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Home My WebLink About2009-10-06 Correspondence4f 1 Marian Karr From: Marian Karr Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 1:49 PM To: 'Lpcardella@aol.com' Cc: '`City Council Subject: Requesting info on the Franchise Fee. Dear Ms. Cardella, Your email request has been forwarded to me for a response. A recent law passed by the State legislator directs the City Council to act upon the franchise fee. The City Council has discussed the franchise fee on a number of occasions. Transcriptions, minutes, and memos are available on the City website, wwicgov.org, then selecting "Government", "City Council", and "Documents 1990 -present" on the sidebar. Specific work session meeting dates you may wish to review are June 4, June 29, and September 14. In addition a word search under "franchise fee" will show additional information. Please let me know if you have any problems researching the site, or if I can answer any further questions. ~~ 3~. sue., e.me/.Nt.~e City of Iowa City 319-356-5041 (Phone) 319-356-5497 (FAX) Population 62,380 From: Lpcardella@aol.com [mailto:Lpcardella@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 2:49 PM To: Council Subject: Requesting info on the Franchise Fee. This correspondence will become a public record. Iowa City City Council Members: I am requesting the following info on the "franchise fee" or tax on utility companies. 1.) How is it determined who votes on such a tax? The people vs the City Council. 2.) Please refer a link or any information the council has on this tax at your earliest convenience. Respectfully, Lori Cardella 9/28/2009 Page 1 of 1 `~ ~ ~.J Marian Karr From: Dana [halldana@mchsi.com] Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 8:21 AM To: Council Subject: Franchise Fee As a citizen of Iowa City and a voter I would erge you to not vote to raise my taxes by passing the franschise fee. The utility company has already stated this fee would be passed on to me. I can't afford to be nickel and dimed to death. Find another way to pay for the fire station. How about trimming some of the fat already in the budget? Dana Hall 10/5/2009 Page 1 of 1 `~-~~~> Marian Karr From: yourcitycan@aol.com Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 9:51 PM To: Council; Regenia Bailey; Matt Hayek; Mike Wright; Amy Correia; Ross Wilburn Subject: Restore Founders' Intent The Honorable Regenia Bailey The Honorable Connie Champion The Honorable Matt Hayek The Honorable Mike Wright The Honorable Mike O'Donnell The Honorable Amy Correia The Honorable Ross Wilburn Life for the people, Municipalities, Counties and States under the heel of a Federal Government that has grown too big, too arrogant, too distant and outright dictatorial is causing widespread unrest in the land. Unless we can Restore The Founders' Intent to the way it conducts our business, the future of our nation, at best, is pretty grim. The Founders Intent can be restored, but only if the Municipal officials will do what has to be done to make it happen. You are our hope for the future. Step back in history. It's 1787. Your nation is about to implode. You are a Statesman Delegate on your way to Philadelphia to do what you can to prevent it. I do not exaggerate. What I will ask you to do is equally important as what they did in 1787 when they drafted the Constitution. I have laid it all out for you at http:~~www.torestorefo_u.nde_rs~ntent coml. Check it out. Study it. It's brief and to the point. In no way should this be viewed as political or directed at the current administration. As with 1787, it is absolutely non partisan. After you have examined the website and approve of what you find there, please share this with all elected, appointed and supervisory personnel, forward it to everyone you know and ask them to do the same. Respectfully Sterling H. Saunders 10/5/2009 Page 1 of 1 4 -~~t~ Marian Karr From: Rachel Corrigan [rmcorrigan319@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 7:44 PM To: Council Subject: Utility Franchise Tax Process To the City Council: I have read that you are about to begin the process of instituting a franchise tax upon the citizens of Iowa City. I am confident that you will take a deliberate and thoughtful approach to this, considering the tight financial situation of many residents. I note that your schedule proposes to start receiving franchise tax revenue in April To do this, the present City Council will be dealing with one important part of the budget process (raising revenue) and the next City Council (post January) will be dealing with the rest of the budget picture. I wonder why the rush to have this Council pass this tax, before a complete budget picture is known and there is no attempt to make cuts and set priorities to the rest of the budget? Isn't that putting the cart before the horse - to raise revenues in advance of budget discussions? This is a very important decision to make in the last two months of this term. Perhaps letting the new City Council deal with the entire budget picture, revenues and expenditures, might be a better approach? Why the need to start receiving revenue in April when the next fiscal year begins in July? Since this is a permanent tax that will affect generations of future Iowa Citians, unlike the sales tax which has a definite expiration date, I trust you will enact this only after thorough and thoughtful discussion and deliberation. You also need to consider that there are periodic spikes especially in gas prices, and that could be a windfall for city coffers at the expense of its citizens. I recall many with $300 heating bills a few years ago and this tax would apply no matter what the natural gas prices at the time. I recall the first mention of this tax was in a televised City Council meeting several months ago, and I heard one Councilor refer to it as a "gift from the Governor", and others laughing when asked if they were interested in pursuing it, like it was going to be an automatic decision. This was disheartening to listen to, since many people even in this wealthy community, myself included, need to watch every penny. It is certainly not a laughing matter to residents to learn of an additional new tax, on top of the recent sales tax, in the midst of a historic recession. I note that .5% of the proceeds is to go to "utility administration". That appears to be a very significant expense. How was this figure arrived at? Could your staff provide a detailed accounting of the type of expenses involved to justify this dollar amount for utility administration? That would be useful to the public to study in advance of the public hearing. Could you provide a copy of that information to me or post it on the website? Thanks for your consideration and public service. R. Corrigan Iowa City 10/5/2009 1615 Pine Ridge Court Coralville, IA 52241 Sept. 21, 2009 To: Members of the Iowa City Council & City Manager RE: September 18th Senior Center Forum. 4f 2 From: Eve Casserly (former Senior Center Commission Member, Chair AARP and of Heritage Johnson County Task Force on Aging. Current chair Program, Planning and Budget Committee of Heritage; member Heritage Advisory Council; Secretary livable Community for Successful Aging Policy Board; Iowa City Hospice Volunteer.) I have been an active volunteer in senior organizations for over 14 years. I attended the Senior Forum last week and appreciated the opportunity to listen, learn and offer an opinion. While it is always good to validate the responses of dedicated participants, I believe issues of funding and operating a centralized facility by the city and county need to reflect the demographics, needs and desires of a growing senior population. (Tables on seniors provided on following pates). Here is a summary of salient details for your perusal: 2008 ;_, a 29,722 persons ages 50 + (Johnson County) 1,071 persons aged 50+ were paid members of ICJCSC ".*~ • 57% of members are aged 70+ • 3.6% of Johnson County population, ages 50+ were members. `-' v • 7.4* of Iowa City population, ages 50+ were members NOTE: Significant financial and programmatic efforts were made to recruit younger seniors such as conversion of meeting and class room space to accommodate fitness equipment and exercise. According to the 2008 Senior Center Annual Report.-eight tenths of one percent of county residents in their. fifties belong to .the Senior Center. During this same period, 9'3% of county residents aged 80+ belonged. It seems to me that in times of economic shortfalls both in the public and non- profitsectors, community organizations need to partner focusing on people and services (from health to recreation to socialization and education). How can we best utilize the dollars and manpower. necessary to deliver services and programming to meet needs and wants? I urge you to put the collective leaders of the Senior Center, Heritage AAA, Elder Services, Johnson County Livable Community for Successful Aging, Johnson County Board of Health, VAN together to develop a viable plan to meet recognized needs. We need to move beyond defensive postures of any one provider. ~ .} PH: (319)351-113 E-Mail: Casserly@mchsi.com ~~ .~ Johnson County Population: 2008 (courtesy State Data Center- 2008 figures & Johnson County Auditor web sit - 2007 figures) 1) total county population -128,094 2) "mature adults" population (aged 50+) - 29,722/ (23.2%) 3) Iowa City population - 62,220 4) Iowa City "mature adults (aged 50+) - ??/14,435 (estimate 14, 435 IF this group represents 23.2% of the population) Senior Center membership - 1,071 (according to SC annual report information -city web site) Therefore: Senior Center membership includes: 1. 3.6% of the Johnson County population aged 50+ (ACTUAL) & 2. 7.4% of the Iowa City population aged 50+ (ESTIMATE) (not corrected for minimal out-of-county membership) ~~~ :. ,_ ,~. 2008 Johnson Co. age 50+ Population and Senior Center population Number of persons by age and by percentage NOTE: reporting system used by the US Census Bureau and the Iowa Data Center ,parer jrnm {Hc nnmhare ~nllartinn system reported by the senior center as shown below: .:~ ::~~ ~a ~:.n a ,;.,.~ ,a ~::~ a ; ~:~1 - - - -- - - --- - - - % of J. of # of J. # of J. % of county's 50+ How Total County County *Senior members population Many in Pop. In Males Females Center in age currently Age the age the age Age Age 50+ members group served by SC group in group J. 50+ - (in the SC Johnson Co. age groups County? 50-54 7,654 25.8% 3,769 3,885 "in their 118 55-59 6,915 23.3% 3,395 3,520 60-64 4,736 15.9% 2,360 2,376 "in their 343 65-69 3,199. 10.8% 1,541 1.,658 70-74 2,354 7.9% 1,064 1,290 "in their 332 75-79 1,887 6.3% 830 1,057 80-84 1,461 4.9% 560 901 "in 80's 278 85+ 1,516 5.1 % 506 1,010 Totals 23.2 % 14,025 15,697 age 50 29,722 Of total Co. (47.2%) (52.8%) 1,071 100% + population TOTALS All ages 128,094 100% http: //data. iowadatacenter. org/datatab les/CounryAll/countyageby5sex20002008. pdf information reported from the City of Iowa Ciry web site SC annual report * the Senior Center lists "80's", "90's"and "over 100": These have been grouped together for greater clarity & simplicity for reporting purposes in this table. a.ny, ivwn a Rura~ rvpu~anon Population changes -Johnson County 2000 to 2007 Locality 2000 pop. 2407 pop. Change since 2000 Iowa Cfy 62,220 67,062 + 7.78% Cocal~lle 15,1'23 18,250 + 20.68% ~I. liberty 5,3;67 10,982- + 104.62°fo Tt#f~ 9"75 1,714 + 75.79% Solon 1,177 1,602 + 36:1 1 Lo;>(~e Tree 1,1`5.1 1,1.56 + .43% U. Heights 987 1,024 + 3.75% Swisher 81.3 837 + 2.95% Hills 679 642 - 5.45% Oxford 705 680 - 3.55% Shue: ille 250 455 + 82.0% West Branch (Johnson Co. only) 86 84 - 2.33% City Totpls 89,533 104,488 + 16.7% Rural Totd 21,473. 21,404- - .32% County 70TALS 125,892. + 1=3.41h•%: www. j ohnson-county.com/auditor/misc/census.htm ,,,,_ ..~ .: ~-~ .;..f .. . ~ ...~ ~~~ ~ ._ _-~,, L j N ~? ,~ L=:~ *Data as of July 1, 2007 Johnson County Auditor Johnson County Population growth by date and by ale YEAR TOTAL POPULATION Total a ed 50 + % Aged _50+ Population Mean a e # aged 8S + 1970 72,398 .11,884 16.4°fo 23.02 4YG 1975 76,577 12,464- 16.3% 24.2.8 523 19:80 $2;19:1 13,30'0 16.2% 25.74 661 19i~5 88;539 14,_162 16.0% 26.29 770 1~~90 96;595 15,451 16.0% 27:06 897 1995 10.4,488 1$,124 17.3% 28:0 1,029 2000 1ll,740 22,338 20c0% 28.4 1,123 2005 121,485 28,414 23.4% 29..69 1-,396 2007 125,692 29,525 23.5% 30.39 1,464 20'08 128,060 30,660 23.9% 30.71 1,49.4 2009 130,443 31,693. 24.3% 30.96 1,524 F-uture estimates 2010 132,836 32,884 24.8%° 31 1,556 2015 144,919 38,444 26.5% 30.89 1,643 2020 157,234 44,01.1. 2$% 31.74 1,633 2025 169,690 47,394 27.9% 32.13 1.,674 2030 182,211 53,264 29.2% 32..11 1,895 2035 194.782 .56,827 29.2% 32.I .2,313 2040 207,435 60,316 29.1%° 32.09 2,634 Source: Iowa Data Center from Woods & Poole Economics, Inc with age projections for Johnson County. 2008 4f 3 Marian Karr From: Brian Bradley [Bradley.Brian@iccsd.k12.ia.us] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 8:03 AM To: Council Cc: RCBKBRAD@aol.com; nicolejeanbradley@yahoo.com Subject: Recent events I am afifth-generation Iowa Citian. I love this town and it means something to me. I am a property owner and am proud to say I live in Iowa City. When I vote for city council members, I hope to do so for individuals who will consider constituents such as myself when casting their votes. Your recent actions regarding the juvenile curfew are a slap in the face to people such as me with along-term vested interest in this city. This is not the town I grew up in, and it continues to change for the worse. Your actions are nothing but an absolute joke, and an embarrassment for our city. Brian Bradley 1905 Rochester Ct. Iowa City, 52245 9/30/2009 Page 1 of 2 Marian Karr From: THann190@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:44 PM To: Council Subject: Curfew We have lived at 1525 Hollywood Blvd for 41 years. I am extremely disappointed with your decision to delay having a curfew in Iowa City. It is NOT discrimination since it was to be enforced in all of Iowa City not just the east side. I can not believe that last night you changed your vote on this important issue. You act as if you are in uncharted territory--that an ordinance like this has never happened before. In case, you forgot--both Coralville a.nd North Liberty have a curfew. I have not attended any council meetings, neighborhood meetings, or written a letter to the editor because I am AFRAID of retaliation. We have 2 neighbors that have experienced this. I am not afraid inside my home but I am AFRAID in my front yard. Do you have the same feeling in your neighborhood? There is a big problem on this side of town. So, now we are going to plan activities for the young adults--that is your solution to the problem? How late are these activities going to run? What happens when the activity is over? Are you planning on taking everyone home? Where are the funds coming from to pay for this? I have been told by more than one Iowa City citizen that the council is responsible for the problems that the tax payers on the east side of Iowa City are living with. Is it true that you recruited citizens from Chicago as we lacked diversity? If so, did you diversify your neighborhood too? Do you come home from work around 5 and have to slow down as their are groups of young adults walking down the middle of the street. They do move slowly out of the way. I have yet to figure out what is wrong with walking on our sidewalks that the city forced us to repair in the last several years. In your neighborhood, do you go to bed at night and hear loud voices around 11:00. Upon looking out the window, do you see several young adults either walking up the street oi- sidewalk, with a 5 or 6 year old tagging along about 5 steps behind. On the weekends, in your neighborhood, do you hear lots of shouting and when you check this out, find a young man chasing a young woman through your backyard and over the fence into the neighbors yard? This happened around midnight. Do you get the picture here? When our kids were young, they went to school activities, out for pizza and then came home because we had a curfew at our house. The above problems start with the parents and what is your grand solution to address that situation? 10/1 /2009 Page 2 of 2 Our house values have decreased and we have had several people tease us about living in the hood or ghetto? We could move but we don't want to. And why should we have to. We ARE the taxpayers here, shouldn't we be given some consideration. And shouldn't we feel safe to go on a walk? I do not exercise in our neighborhood anymore. What are you doing about my rights? What is your grand plan for us? We do see the police patrolling our streets a lot. But they can't be here all the time. And they are trying a lot harder than the members of the council. At least, that is the picture you have painted. My biggest fear is that some innocent person is going to be killed in this neighborhood because they happen to be coming home or are in the wrong place at the wrong time. How will you sleep then? Thanks for listening. The next time their is an election you probably can't count on my vote unless you start making the tough decisions that need to be made. Kathryn Hannemann 1525 Hollywood Blvd. Iowa City, IA 52240 319-351-1129 Thann190(cr~AOL.com 10/ 1 /2009 Page 1 of 2 Marian Karr From: Roberts, Cindy [cindy-roberts@uiowa.edu] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 2:13 PM To: Council; Regenia Bailey; 'Matthew J. Hayek'; Mike Wright; Amy Correia; Ross Wilburn Cc: Marcia Bollinger Subject: follow-up to 9/29 council meeting-Cindy Roberts TO: Regenia Bailey, Mike O'Donnell, Connie Champion, Amy Correia, Matt Hayek, Ross Wilburn, I routinely share news with a growing number of SE IC residents as part of my communication role in the Grant Wood Neighborhood Association. Attached below is my latest communication as follow-up to the 9/29 council mtg. I wanted to share a copy with all of you. There will be some SE IC residents who will feel, after the 9/29 mtg, that their voices have not been heard---or perhaps not heard as clearly as other voices. Regardless, we all need to move ahead. Our next Grant Wood Neighborhood Association meeting will be Thursday, Oct 15, 6:30. We are hoping that Henry Harper will be able to attend and share more details about his coalition ideas. I would appreciate seeing council members at our meetings from time to time as a show of support for all of our residents. Can any of you attend our next neighborhood meeting? Thank you, Cindy Roberts, Grantwood Neighborhood Association Grantwood Street resident cindy-roberts@uiowa. edu From: Roberts, Cindy Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1:26 PM To: Grantwood Neighborhood Association and other SE Residents Cc: 'Marcia Bollinger'; 'harper.henry@iccsd.kl2.ia.us' Subject: 9/29 City Council Mtg follow-up FYI Dear Southeast Neighbors-follow-up to 9/29 IC Council meeting... 2 outcomes from the city council meeting last night: Proposed juvenile Curfew Ordinance Decision: deferred until December 1, 2009 Voting results: 5 in favor, 2 "no" (Hayek & O'Donnell) Specific ordinance wording is located at: http•//www i~ov org/site/CMSv2/file/cit r~Clerk/ProposedNewJuvenileCurfew.pdf Proposed Loitering Ordinance Council passed the second consideration: 6 in favor, 1 "no" (Correia) Specific wording is located at: http•//www icg_ov org/site/CMSv2/file/cityClerk/ProposedLoitering.pdf See IC Press Citizen article at: http://www.press- citizen com/article/20090930/NEWS01/909300339/1079/news0l Comments from Cindy- I realize that the curfew news may be discouraging and make us wonder if our voices have been 9/30/2009 Page 2 of 2 heard by the council. I do believe that we have been heard-by many. Henry Harper, Juvenile Court Liaison at City High, was an individual who spoke last night about steps he is taking to form a group of citizens/organizations to address some of the issues in our neighborhood as a community-based effort. Henri has organized a meeting tonight (Wed, 9/30)), 6pm/Broadway Neighborhood Center, to discuss these ideas further. I'm hoping to attend. Henri also asked to speak at our next Grant Wood Neighborhood Assoc meeting in Oct (date yet to be determined). It will be helpful for us to hear his ideas first-hand. A letter that Henri sent to the council explains, in part, what he was asking the council to consider. A copy of this letter can be found in the council packet. I wasn't able to provide a direct link to open the letter-so here's how to "open" it form the council agenda (I hope). 1. Go to: htt~LLwww.cgov.org[_meeti_n_gagendaj735_.pdf 2. "Click" on item #7-which will take you to the council "info packet" 3. Henry's Itr is on page 155. Use the up/down arrows = ~ ±~ Page 155 of 2~s Go All of us want and need to see change in our neighborhood. Personally, I'm determined to remain optimistic, because that's how I can move forward. I hope what I'm trying to do with general communication to all on my email contact list is helpful to some. Thank you, Cindy Roberts 2034 Grantwood Street resident cind y-roberts@ uio wa, edu cc: Marcia Klingaman-Bollinger, IC Neighborhood Services Coordinator Henry Harper, Juvenile Court Liaison/City High 9/30/2009 Page 1 of 2 `~ ~ ~ 3~ Marian Karr From: Jennifer Jordan Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 2:11 PM To: 'Judith-Leonard@hawkeyesports.com' Cc: Council; Kathryn Johansen Subject: City yard waste bags Dear Ms. Leonard, Thanks for your email. I'm sorry you are having a difficult time with the paper yard waste bags. As you may know, the reason we changed to the paper bags is that the green bags, while marketed as biodegradable, did not break down well in our compost process here at the Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center. Last summer we did extensive research on numerous types of bags before the City changed to the current paper yard waste bags. We tested six kinds of biodegradable plastic and paper bags looking for a good balance between holding up at the curb and breaking down at the compost facility. The paper bags were by far the best option we tried. Under normal circumstances and regular rain events they hold up relatively well and dry out quickly enough to be able to handle without breaking apart when moved. Perhaps I can offer some suggestions and one or more of the following may work for you. 1. Purchase a $20 annual yard waste sticker to put on a container. If you have more yard waste each week than would fit into one container, please keep in mind you can purchase more than one sticker. 2. Put the paper bags in a rigid container so they are easier to fill and move around. On your pick-up day, take off the lid so the City workers can see that the contents are yard waste rather than trash. 3. Cover the bags with a tarp once you get them to the curb and uncover them on your pick-up day. 4. You are welcome to bring the yard waste to the compost facility at the Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center yourself at no charge. This also alleviates the cost of the bags and/or sticker. I hope this information helps. Please let me know if you have further questions. Sincerely, Jennifer Jordan Recycling Coordinator Iowa City Landfill & Recycling Center 3900 Hebl Avenue SW Iowa City, IA 52246 http://www. ic~ov.org/landfill 319-887-6160 From: Leonard, Judith J [mailto:Judith-Leonard@hawkeyesports.com] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:59 AM To: Council Subject: Curfew 10/1/2009 Page 2 of 2 1)Please pass this curfew. It has nothing what so ever to do with race. It has to do with safety and well being of children and neighborhoods. I found it hard to listen to a woman try and compare Detroit with Iowa City. I found it hard that she not see (and some of you) the importance of a curfew. Pass it. I give a lot of credit to North Liberty, Coralville & Cedar Rapids having curfews with no fear of being considered racist on their decision. Pass the curfew. 2)Please have the City check into different leaf bags. These paper bags are worthless. Judy Leonard / 2909 E. Washington St /Iowa City, IA 52245 10/1/2009 i `~~~3~ TO: Regenia Bailey, Connie Champion, Amy Correia, Ross Wilburn, Mike Wright FROM: Cindy Roberts, Grant Wood area resident DATE: October 1, 2009 All of you voted to defer the curfew ordinance. I decided it best to correspond with you privately and not place this in the public record at this time. I've received numerous phone calls and emails from SE residents with observations of the 9/29 city council meeting. I was pleased with the number of SE residents who were watching from home as well as those who attended. You may be surprised that the overwhelming number of comments or concerns shared with me had very little to do with the decision to defer the curfew ordinance. Residents shared comments of support and understanding of what Henry Harper presented to the council. Both Marcia and I have invited Henry to speak at our next neighborhood association meeting. The' overwhelming concern from residents came from their observations of council members' behavior and the meeting itself. Here are a few samples... "It looked like the whole deferment vote was "staged"-planned ahead of time to make it look good. Obviously, certain council members had a game plan developed in advance of the 9/29 meeting and they maneuvered their agenda thru. Did they think that wouldn't be obvious?" ' "I don't recall council members coming down to the floor to speak with SE residents personally at earlier meetings. Why was that so different at the 9/29 meeting when council members took the time to talk with audience members who expressed allegiance to the "coalition" proposal?" "Does the council think residents are totally clueless on how the curfew topic was managed and planned to reach ONE conclusion?" "OK-so why did discussions like this not happen months ago --just now a "light bulb" goes off with a new idea?" "The loitering ordinance vote looked like a "carrot" being tossed out to appease other SE residents. I wish Henry Harper was a council member. " "How can a council member sit at a formal council meeting and keep nodding his/her head in agreement with each speaker she/he agrees with? I thought council members were supposed to maintain some sort of objectivity at formal - meetings." °~~' "Will the coalition involve the community as a whole?" - ~..~7 •-_ Cindy's observation... ~~ "~ "" •It appears that no one from the Grant Wood Neighborhood Association has a: contacted and invited to attend the 1St coalition meeting at the Broadway ~~ Neighborhood Center. This seems like an odd way to begin a coalition. A true `~ alliance involves being inclusive. •An unfortunate result of your meeting was making other SE residents feel alienated and ignored. In conversations I had with residents, I told them that I'm sure this was not your intention. Please prove me right on this point. REACH OUT TO ALL-BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR )OB. ,,, ~_`... ~.. J~ ,7~1 Cindy's questions... •Why didn't a council member reach out to the Grant Wood Neighborhood Assoc to inform them of such a meeting? Therese Rafferty-McKenzie would. have been more than happy to attend had she known about the meeting in advance. •Since you voted to defer the curfew, am I correct that you will also be part of the coalition efforts AND will be able to monitor the progress of these efforts? How will those efforts be monitored? •Do any of you have comments to share about the residents' observations above that can help them feel differently about what they observed? If so, I invite you to meet with individuals from the GW Neighborhood Assoc or do an open letter to our association to assure them that your goal is to reach out to ALL. IN CLOSING The Grant Wood Neighborhood Association has always worked to support our neighborhood and to be part of the solution. Thank you for your time, Cindy Cindy Roberts, Grantwood Neighborhood Association Communication Coordinator 2034 Grantwood Street resident cindy-roberts~uiowa.edu work phone: 335-1528 home phone: 337-6034 cc: Marcia Klingaman-Bollinger, IC Neighborhood Services Coordinator Therese Rafferty-Mckenzie, Grantwood Neighborhood Association/Event Coordinator Matt Hayek Mike O'Donnell ~~ .~ ` s ~ `.r : ~ L . ' a ` ; „~.~ ~~ - - _ , ~: 3 ' ~' ~