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Home My WebLink About2003-10-14 Correspondence Marian Karr ~ From: Lisa Mollenhauer Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 10:06 AM To: 'jeff funcke' Cc: *City Council Subject: RE: Deer Jeff, This note is to acknowledge receipt of your email to the City Council. It will be included on their Formal Agenda Consent Calendar (distributed October 9) as an official, public record. Council Members will not receive your email before your deadline. Therefore, if you wish to speak with them, I recommend you call them. Contact information is available at: http:flwww.!cgov.orglcitycouncil.htm If you would like to see the Deer Management Plan (which was approved by the Council), it is available at: http;llwww.icgov orgldeermgmt, htm Best of luck with your project. Lisa Lisa Mollenhauer Administrative Assistant to the City Manager City of iowa City 410 E Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 (319) 356-5010 ..... Original Message ..... From: jeff funcke [mailto:bartboy24jf~yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 5:17 PM To: council@iowa-city.org Subject: Deer Deax Iowa city council I am a sophmore that attends West High School. For Biology i am doing a project on the deer problem in Iowa City and Coralville. What you think about the deer? and Why? What should be done about them? and Why? If you could would you please reply to me by thursday the ninth. Sincerely Jeff Funcke 10/8/03 Marian Karr ~ From: dmueller@eoswind.com Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 8:01 PM To: eleanor-dilkes@iowa-city,org; marian-karr@iowa-city.org; council@iowa-city.org; steve- atkins@iowa-city,org; dale-helling@iowa-city.org; ed-moreno@iowa-city.org; mary.mascher@legis.state.ia, us; vicki.lensing @legis.state.ia, us; richard.meyers@legis.state.ia.us; ed,fallon@legis.state.ia.us; robert- osterhaus@regis.state, ia.us; pat.murphy@legis.state.ia.us; robert.dvorsky@legis.state.ia.us; joe. borkcom@legis.state.ia.us; mark,shearer@legis.state.ia.us; webteam@ag.state.ia,us Subject: Energy Bill; MTBE contamination Dear City Staff and Councilors, and Iowa State Legislators: I am writing to you to express my concern regarding a provision in the Energy Bill being considered by the House and Senate on Capitol Hill. Time is of the essence in this matter. As an environmentally-conscious men, er of the energy industry, I have been monitoring the progress of this bill as the petroleum industry and President Bush have sought to ram it through Congress. A provision has been introduced and heavily supported by petroleum industry lobbyists to grant that industry a legal waiver to product liability claims for a chemical additive to gasoline that has been turning up in groundwater studies. The additive is known as MTBE (methyl teriary butyl ether) and is listed by the EPA as a possible carcinogen. Contamination in ground water poses a health threat and causes the water to have a bad odor and taste. The chemical is making its way into groundwater from leaky underground fuel storage tanks across the country. The chemical spreads rapidly in the soil. The fuel industry has known about this problem for a long time. Cities, water utility districts, state attorneys general and, now, the State of New Hampshire are now quickly filing lawsuits against the oil companies in order to protect their citizens from the potentially massive fallout should Congress pass the Energy Bill containing this provision. If the petroleum companies succeed in getting an MTBE liability waiver, in the event of groundwater contamination, citizens and governmental units will not be able to sue the fuel manufacturers for cleanup costs. Suing gas stations is often unsuccessful because these businesses are typically unable to pay the millions of dollars that cleanup operations cost. The State of Iowa Groundwater Protection Fund does not have sufficient funds to handle such massive cleanup operations. It is my understanding that three communities in Iowa have already been found to have MTBE-contaminated water systems. To be pro-active in protecting the City and its citizens, I urge the City to look in to this matter im/nediately and consider joining the wave of entities filing suit or otherwise putting pressure on Congress to abandon this provision. I urge the City to contact Attorney General Tom Miller (515.281.5164) and request that the State of Iowa immediately examine what can be done to protect Iowans. I also urge you to contact our Iowa state and federal representatives & senators and ask them to vote against this measure. The U.S. Conference of Mayors estimates that the effects of MTBE contamination could cost large cities alone around $29 billion. For more information on this issue, you will find plenty of press releases by doing an Internet "Google" search on "Energy Bill" + MTBE. Here are some examples: Environmental Working Group (EWG) http://www.ewg.org/issues/mtbe/2OO31OO1/index.php Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier http://www.~cfc~urier.c~m/artic~es/2~3/~/~7/business/~ca~/3~4654ac48ceb~a9862 56dbS004aald9.txt Concord Monitor http://www.cmonitor.com/stories/front2003/100703 mtbe 2003.shtml Respectfully submitted, Dawn M. Mueller PO Box 1654 Iowa City, IA 52244 dmueller@eoswind.com 2 FAX' 'FILE[) ~ - CI~ CLERK ~A~Y ~HILO~E~ A~O ~A~OCH~LO~E~ OF ~2H~I~ 01~ PATIenTS ffAVE ALR~AOY I~ T~ C~eATIO~ OF ~ VICIOUS PflLI~ STATE [ P~oPL~ I~ T~E COU~T~y A&our TN~ P~oBL~s we FAc~. T~I~ PA~H OF THE LAST ~. A NU~OE~ OF ~EAA~ ~ K.~ FO~ ~A~Y ~S 0~ v~Ky ~0~0o0 CHICOpeE PE6DUC~D ff~OOO TO STaP P~OPL~ F~O~ ~O COLLECCIV~L~.THEV LOST T~s ~Y ~THE~~ TO ~upr IT~ o~a~s ~o OIL STEP* ~ose~TH~FI~A~O T~ D~VgAOP~T op ~ DISeASEs G~ T~ ~lSr oF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE II. Alzheimer's is supposed to be a hereditary disease. Until ~o late 1980's I had nev~ h~d of A~hoimer's disown. ~e to my oducafion~ backwood ~d th~ envimment I ~ew up in I should have ho~d about ~oimor's dise~e or dis~ ~at had s~l~ s~pto~ ~foro 1980's ~ss it ~ of ex~emely r~e occ~en~. My fa~or w~ a Me~o~st ~nistor so~ing churches in No~ E~t Ohio, ~ ~ea ~at ~ a pop. etlon of about five million ~pl~. During ~e 1950's ~d 1960's I had ~t miM~ers in the s~o~ding communities ~d once a y¢~ for a week I ~ conm~ Me~odist miMsters ~om ~e No~ E~t OMo ~ea M~ ~ ~ual n~b~ of la~n for ~eir ~uM meeting, ~ore w~ no mention of~eim~'s ~s¢~o or ~y.dis~so ~t r~embl~ it. ~e s~e, is ~ of my sm~s ~ Biolo~ ~d Bioch~mi~ at B~d~n-W~laoo Coll~ 1957- 1961 ~d Rutgors U~v~rsity 1961-1965. I ~d a r~s¢~h p~ when I ~ ~ ~dua~ school on ~c blood br~n b~cr ~d ~c was no mention of~y ~c~c l~c Al~c~cr's. I &~ ~t · e m~on I did not see it m~on~ ~ ~e scien~fic ~te~e or h~ ~yone s~ ~ a · s~e like Alzhe~er's w~ ~t i~ o~ence ~ ve~ ~. Se~ ~ a State Senator in OMo 1967-68 1 heard of no men,on ora dis~e ~at ~embled A~eimer's ~om my ~men~, fellow Se~, ~, lobb~ ~te officiMs, or Se~te he~gs of~ ~u~fio~ He~ ~d Welf~ co~ ofw~ I ~s a memb~. Berg employ~ in R~ E~ s~es ~d pmpeRy ~em~t ~ A~n, Tex~ in ~e 1970's ~d ~ly 1980's I never h~d of a d~e ~embl~ ADhe~or's. ~ere ~o now d~i~ ~s to c~e &e~, I beflcve ~t a ~g ~ desi~ ~d develop~ to p~duc~ b~n d~ng con~o~ ~t closely resemble ~e~er's ~d it is a~gored to elderly ~ople by doctor. I ~i~ ~t ~is ~ done primly ~ ~ ~lific~ ~n~ol " wMle ~ aRempt is ~ m~c to ~ ~ U. S. A. ~to ~ MI powe~l ~li~ ~te. I ~ow of sev~ ~ple who have or hav~ ~ ~e~er's diane: I. Ro~d Re~ - A college ~iend of ~no, Ohio Be~er, now a Vi~Pm~dem at BMd~: W~e College ~t next to P~sidcnt R~g~ d~ ~s 1~ ~ ~ o~co at a b~quot m~iv~ ~ honor~ Docto~e ~ee. A~r~ng ~ Obie B~der, President ~ co~d not c~ on ~ intelligent ~nve~fion. Obie Bender is a gr~t conversafiona!~ he ou~d~ footb~l player, ~d have ~k~ a~ut President R~g~'s oxp~on~ of ~o~omg footb~l g~es over ~e r~o ~d ~y o~ subj~ts, ~ p~ple ~at ~e work~g ~d ~ cr~tc a police s~te ~d not ~t to ~vc ~o~ pop~ president give a f~cll M~ess to ~e nation where he w~ ~e ~eri~ people, Hke Pr~ident E~e~ower ~d, "bede cftc mHi~ indu~M ~mplex". Presid~ Re~ worked ve~ ~d ~d he~ to cr~te ~ onviromont ~at led to ~e demise of~e poh~ s~to ~ R~si~ I boli~ if ho ~u~t ~ a~e~pt w~ berg mad~ to o~a~ a ~i~ off~ ~d,te~or ~ ~ U,S.A. he ~ ~ ~¢d to stop er siU nt new in acme mi~t le~ out of o~ce when ~s ~n~c~ to ~e outside world wo~d be l~s ~ll~d ~s ~at eam~ Al~e~er's dis~e or a s~il~ mental ~n~fion. . ~ph Fr~cdc- Hc resides in A~t~, Text, during Ms c~icr hc ~scd miH~s of ~l~s ~or Houston hospi~s. I got to ~ow ~m ov~ s n~bcr of y~ when we wcrc bo~ mcm~s of A~t~ Ro~ Club ~d I visited St. David's ~piscop~ Ch~ch. About ~c or ~o~ y~ ~go I ~d ~ wondor~ ~y ~nut~ ~hone conversation ~ ~ph F~de about ~s pilofl~ a bomber ~ ~ Il ~d ~cn going into mili~ intelligence, r~ing money ~or hospi~s ~ Ho~n, otc. ~ough now retired, hc still ~d ~c ~bilRy to con~ ~y o~ thc richcs~ most influcn~ people ~ Ho~ton ~d co~d be pcr~ivcd ss a r~l ~at to ~osc w~t~g to establish a ~li~ state. One and a half y~ars later his brain is destroyed by a disease they call Alzheirner's and he is no longer a potential threat. 3. Dr. Blyth, Ph.D. - He was head of the athletic department at thc University of North Carolina and knew many wealthy and influential people in that state. I never met the senior Dr. BIYth but ! know his son, Dr. Carl Blyth, Professor of French, University of Texas, Austin. 4. M~Lical Doctor, M.D. - He lived and practiced medicine in Chardin, Ohio. I met him at a retire~nent home in that city in the lam 19g0's, it was the first time I heard of Alzheimer's dLsease. I was visiting my sister and her husband's home, Rev~ B~n Magee. The Meth0di~t C.hurch yquth _gr_o_ up we.re _s'_mg. in. g C_ _l~i.s _tjn~_c .ar.o_ls_ .at ~ retirement home. ~/A~ 5. Mrs. Mary Longsworth Miller - My Aunt Mary, she lived in Wadsworth, ~io, taunt higt~ school government, her first husband, Harley Oivier, was a respe~ed basketl~.~ ~bashc~ho diect at an early age of cancer. Her second husband, lack Miller, was a Republic executive. Aunt Mary probably know too many people and what was going ~n2_l.g~r i ...... 'politics, so she got Alzheimer's disease., 6. Alberta Bailey- She was the mother of my best friend m hivh school her l~l~nd · o- . , ~-~ t~ s~periRtenfl, ent of the schools iR Golumbiun,~ Ohio for runny years I had a 1o fcon" with their family while I was growing up and during the college years, at holiday' vac~tions,CPwould go to their home to play cards, a foursome. She knew too many people and knew too much, so she got .A I~heimer's disease. 7. Mother - Mother of a family that I was the Realtor for iR three Rcai Estat~ transactioas iR . Austin, Texas. I know ofno reason to give her Al:r~elmer's except *hut they had enough money and insurance to help enrich the health care indnst~'y during her long illness. We ram understand the logic a~d I~olitical nec~sity of &,stroying the brWn, of six ofth~ seven ' Alsheimer's disease eases that I'm aware of. Those who receive this fax are iR influential positions in the nations social structure and could be considered ~ potential threat but Dr. Blyth' and Ralph Fre]de who knew hundreds of people like you posed such a worry that their brains · were deslxoyed by a disease resembling Alzheimcr's. We'can understand the potential threat posed by an honest Do~tor. The manipulators in Washington, D. C. did not have any iR~tiIninntlng ¢vldenee on President Ronald Re'gan to control his Presidential power so he was turned into a healthy lookiRg walk~g zombie. My Aunt Mary Longsworth Miller and Alberta Bailey were highly r=~o~tod individuals, had contact with influcn~al people and kn~v too much . about what was going on in politics. LISt EVEry D~¥t A~CF_ A'tl'~pr/ve~. To Ot~$'r~oy T~e- l"~o~'~- A~n> IMTE//ECT~'AL OlD M~ ~0~ ~HAT ~AS GOI~ To HApP~ ~MT OT~S DID ~O SA~ Ta I~Ar ~RvIVEO. ~CRASHEO TH~ORLD~S EC~o~y A~O ~Ao~ LIFE DIPF/CULT ~U~GI~G ~0~1~0 WITH ~SyCO~O~ICAL _.TO~ I~ OH/b OF ~000 ~OPLE ~R~RE ~ ~7HE~ ~A5 A V~RV ~OP~LA~THODtSK ~ oF~14~ oF ~V U~cL~ PAuL ~L~ WHO wAS Vice ~5/oE~ o~ 5g(3) NO PAGE #6 RECEIVED. O~TO~EK IN, A ~s~/~TO~s D. C, ~orgL ROo~ ~c~ T~ Oe~L ~AS ~/~ ~ OD N~T WA~ TO GE TOO H~D OM ~eoR~ ~uSH ~, [ T~I~I( ~ I$~ P~T~IOTIC ~TS P~opt~ 70 8eH~ve T~ TH~ ~JTE HO~SE ~0 ALO~E~ ~ ELIminatION 0 F ~E~S O~M~$HI~ OF I~S A DECEMT HU~A~ ~EI~G A~ ~I~HT HE ~V~ FIGM~ o~T ~RAT HAPPeneD ~ TOLD ~po~ ~ ~r~ ~ ~As SHOT ~ I~A T~ ~Ou~ ~U~l~g ~EGI D~TIAL CAHDI OAT~ ~ USK I~ ~/~AgY ~ACE. 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STATE T~ ~oRt~ HA5 ~VER 7 Marian Karr ~ From: "Hattie Harris Good Spirit Youth Clubs International" Youth Ambassadors [cnounl@mchester. rr. com] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 'i 1:53 PM To: Iowa City Council, Mayor's Office IA Iowa City Cc: Mr. Keith Booker, Honorary Ambassador "Good Spirit Youth Clubs International";" Booker Family Youth Ambassadors" Subject: Iowa City, IA: November 7th "International Freedom Award Ceremony" Dear Mayor Ernie Lehman, Councilwoman Connie Champion, Councilwoman Dee Vanderhoef, Councilman Steven Kanner, Councilman Mike O'Donnel, Councilman Irvin Pfab and Councilman Ross Wilburn: Student Ambassadors are coordinating a "International Freedom Award Ceremony" scheduled at the Mayor's office in Washington DC November 7th to celebrate multicultural Freedom Heroes and their contribution to world peace. Norfolk State University Student Ambassador Sachkia Shimmay Elaine Barnes from the British West Indies plans to conduct the Washington ceremony. This brief ceremony offers cultural groups the opportunity to honor Freedom Heroes together. We hope to successfully identify a Youth Ambassador in Iowa City to help coordinate a IocaJ event. We are entirely volunteers. We do not have fundraisers. We do not ask for donations. Multicultural celebrations encourage friendship. Youth Ambassadors selected an American Freedom Hero Frederick Douglass for the "international Freedom Award Ceremony". Two quotations from Mr. Douglass are included in the program. Two appropriate quotations from every Freedom Hero honored are also included. Special four-part harmony vocal arrangements of "O Freedom" and "God Bless America" are available for a brief 15-20 minute ceremony. Two Youth Ambassadors in Webster, New York Chelsea (11) and .lessica (7) Booker designed a wonderful project to schedule a "2003 Year of Frederick Douglass Musical Tribute" in all the Monroe County Parks. We just communicated with their father Mr. Keith Booker. Chelsea and Jessica would be delighted to communicate their plans to interested young people in iowa City. On November 7th Student Ambassadors celebrate their first "National Thank You Day" for elected officials to express appreciation for those who do their best to serve communities and constituents with integrity and devotion. A Mentoring program is underway to guide youth that aspire to serve in elected office. Our Youth Ambassadors hope one day to coordinate scheduling musical programs at all 155 VA Medical Centers in the country for their "November 11th National Musical Tribute to Veterans". Iowa City VA Medical Center 601 Highway 6 West. When Youth Ambassadors achieve a national success, hats off to the next generation. Best regards, Christopher P. Noun international Advisor "Good Spirit Youth Clubs International" http://www.artsrochester.org/hattieharris.htm / www.artsrochester.org "Good Spirit Youth Clubs international" @ Arts & Cultural Council Web Site 19 Panorama Trail Rochester, New York 14625-1507 USA (585) 383-9088 / Fax (585) 218-9399 international Chairman, "Hattie Harris Musicals & Hattie Harris Charitable Youth Programs" E-mail cpn@rochester, rr.com 10/3/03 Iowa Department of Transportation District 6 Office 319-364-0235 430 Sixteenth Avenue SW FAX: 319.364-9614 P.O. Box 3150: Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-3150 Se!~tember 26, 2003 Ref: LMN-80-6(237)240--0E-52 Johnson County Notification 2004-M-030 The Honorable Ernest Lehman, Mayor 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 SUBJECT: Proposed Patching Prqject on Interstate 80 Dear Mayor Lehman: This letter is official notification to your City Council that the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) proposes to let a patching project on Interstate 80 within Johnson County from just west of 1- 380 easterly to just east of Iowa I on January 27, 2004. A part of said project lies within the City of Iowa City and extends from the city's west corporation limits easterly to just east of Iowa 1. The project is proposed for construction during 2004. Ihe work wil! be done in accord with the current Form 810034, "Agreement for Primary Road Extension Maintenance and Operation". Project costs will be paid from the Primary Road Fund and no charges will be made against the city. Resident Construction Engineer, Ken Yanna, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, telephone number 1-319-365- 6986, will advise you of the contractor's proposed schedule when the information is available. We would appreciate this project notification being included on your next City Council meeting agenda as a matter of information for Council members. Please contact this office if you have any questions concerning this project. Very truly yours, Richard E. Kautz, P.E. District Engineer REK(ih cc: Ed Fawkes, Local Systems, Iowa DOT, Ames, IA 50010 Newman Abuissa, P.E., Iowa City Area Engineer, Iowa DOT, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 Ken Yanna, P.E., Resident Construction Engineer, Iowa DOT, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 September 26, 2003 Dear City Councilors and Iowa City Telecommunications Commissioners, I am writing to you now for two reasons. As you may be aware, the cable franchise agreement between the city of iowa City and the cable company is going to be renegotiated soon. In addition, the Iowa City council has recently conducted a study to find how municipal energy rotes can be decreased by ending the city's contract with MidAmerican and starting a municipal energy service. I recommend that part of this study include research into a municipal cable company, that is a cable system set up by the city of Iowa City for iowa Citians. As part of setting up a municipal energy grid, the infrastructure of which is already in place, the city could also establish its own cable television service. Many cities in Iowa already have such an arrangement in place. Secondly, I would like to recommend that as part of the refranchising with the cable company that a clause allowing for 'Universal Service' connections be included in the new agreement. I have enclosed a part of the Franchise Agreement from Berks Community Television in Reading, Pennsylvania on Universal Service (Section 11.10). Universal Service would allow local, cable access channels to be viewed virtually by anyone in the community after having paid for an installation and cable hookup fee. While this second recommendation would allow people to view local access channels, it could also include local network channels, which I have found to have very poor reception (probably due to the fact that none originate in Iowa City). In fact, cable subscription numbers in our area can likely be attributed to this poor reception. Please consider these proposals I have outlined and if you have any questions feel flee to contact me at 339-7260. Thank you. Sincerely, B. Adam Burke 630 North Dodge Street Iowa City, IA 52245 AN O.R D I N A N C g ESTABLISHING REGULATORY POWERS TO BE VESTED IN THE CITY~ OF READING, CONSISTENT WITH THE CABLE COMMUNICATIONS POLICY ACT OF 1984 AND APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS TO REGULATE CABLE TELEVISION AND COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE; SETTING FORTH CONDITIONS ACCOMPANYING THE GRANT OF AN NON-EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE; PROVIDING FOR CITY REGULATION AND USE OF THE S~STEM; PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT TO CITY FOR OPERATION OF SYSTEM; AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF ITS PROVISIONS. COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF READING HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 11.10 Universal Service. The Grantor requires that all dwelling units within the City, upon request of the occupants of said dwelling units, who pay the installation charge, shall be connected physically to the cable communication system by the Grantee by means of drop cables terminating at each dwelling unit, whether or not the dwelling unit occupants desire to subscribe to shall be limited to 'the access channels, C)~ ~ ~-- Additional Channel Capacity for Municipal Uso~ Grantee shall provide suffioient channel to enable the Grantor to utilize remote meter reading, traffic light control, energy management and video monitoring. Grautee shall assist Grantor in planning the utilization of these services as specified in the franchise agreement. (B) As set forth in the franchise agreement, additional community access channels may be mad.e available by the Grantee upon a showing that the existing access channels have become fully utilized, and shall be made available if directed by the arbitration . procedure described in the final proposal. ll~.l~Aecess Funding. Grantee shall provide capital funding for the access channels as specified in the franchise agreement. SECTION 12. RIGHTS RESERVED TO THE GRANTOR 12.1 Rights to Purchase the System. Pursuant to the Act, the Grantor may upon the payment of a fair market valuation The Creater Iowa City Area Iowa City, Iowa 52244 Fax: (318) 358-2443 E-mail: hbaofic@cs.com HOME BUILDERS ASSSClAT~ON www.iowacityhomes.com Advocates for homeownership by promoting standards for quality and q[£ordablility October 5, 2003 0~ ~'' $ ~ Mayor Emie Lehman Iowa City Council Members City of Iowa City 410 E Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Councilor; I am writing to express the concerns of the Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association in regard to a proposed amendment to the Development Code regarding Residential Design Standards. We have serious reservations as to the validity as well as the necessity of this proposal. The HBA of Iowa City members have serious reservations about our local government mandating design standards for private homeowners; particularly when such a regulation is seemingly supported by no compelling public interest. On its face, this proposal is in direct opposition to the HBA's market and costumer driven philosophy and unnecessarily infringes on the sanctity of the individual private homeowners choices. The current proposal would require among other things, at least 15% of any street-facing faqade being window or pedestrian entryway and requiring any length of any garage wall facing a street to not exceed 50 percent of the length of the street-facing building fagade. Also included in the proposal are requirements for rear alleys on residential lots less than 45 feet in width, as well as restrictions on how close a homeowner's garage may be to the front lot line. Additional infrastructure required in the form of alleys and associated drainage adds substantially to the cost of constructing a housing unit. The 2002 Means Site Work and Landscape Cost Data Manual estimates that labor and materials cost for the installation of 12-foot wide asphalt alley, (including concrete curbing and associated drainage and earthwork) would cost approximately $378,910.40 per mile. Considering a subdivision with 60-foot wide lots, this would equal an additional $4,305.80 per home for the provision of the alleyway. Our local governments regulate residential development and home building through a myriad of rules and regulations designed to protect current residents, many of which we support as necessary to protect the safety and health of the home buyers. However, in many cases, the purposes of the regulations and procedures have either been lost or superceded by other concerns. The Residential Design Standard has no apparent justification as a compelling public safety matter, but rather is rooted in a highly subjective basis of aesthetics. Affiliated with NationalAssociation of Home BuiMers & Hotne Builders Association of Iowa Page 2. Iowa City Council Unnecessary requirements and procedures limit the number of homes that can be built, increase the cost of those that are built, and reduce the affordability of all homes. Often, the net effect, even if unattended, is to restrict those who can live in some areas to only the wealthiest. The greatest impact falls on young families, first time home buyers, minorities, and others with limited incomes. We recommend the Residential Design Standards provision to be removed in its entirety from consideration. It has no compelling public safety basis. Moreover, it is an unnecessary and costly intrusion into the rights of private homeowners. As always, we look forward to working with you on this matter and other important issues affecting the building and construction industry of the Iowa City community. Please do not hesitate to contact our office if we can be of any assistance. Boyd Crosby ~/ President cc: Karin Franklin Steve Atkins City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM October 7, 2003 To: City Council From: Karin Franklin, Director, Karen Howard, Project Re: HBA letter re: residential ndards In their most recent letter to the Council dated October 5, 2003, the Iowa City Home Builders Association (HBA) expressed concerns about the proposed "single family residential design standards" and contend that there is no compelling public interest to adopt such standards. Urban planning staff recently met with the HBA to discuss the proposed residential standards. At the meeting staff agreed to continue working to refine the standards so that the home builders' interests in minimizing costs and maximizing their returns is balanced with the public interest of establishing and maintaining quality residential neighborhoods that will endure over time. Attached is a letter sent to the HBA as a follow-up to this meeting. It describes in some detail the standards that are proposed, the public purpose they intend to serve, and responds to a number of questions and concerns expressed by the HBA members that were in attendance at the meeting. There is indeed a public interest in building neighborhoods that will be long-term assets to the community. These principals are expressed in the City's Comprehensive Plan and in the many District Plans that have been adopted over the last several years with considerable public input. We are proceeding with the recommendations outlined in the Development Regulations Analysis prepared by Duncan and Associates. Without going into great detail, the proposed changes to the Zoning Code will streamline the development process for developers by reducing reliance on the "planned development" rezoning process and provide the opportunity for more affordable housing options by reducing minimum lot sizes and widths. However, Duncan and Associates also recommended that if more compact development is to be allowed without legislative oversight, then some minimum standards need to' be established to provide some assurance that the resulting residential neighborhoods will function as healthy and enduring elements in the larger community. Street-facing garages that take up a majority of the lot frontage, blank street-facing facades, loss of on-street parking, sidewalks interrupted by wide driveways, and excessive front yard paving are issues of concern. These are not aesthetic concerns, but rather issues of livability that will affect the long-term viability of residential neighborhoods. The proposed single family residential standards are intended as one tool to ensure that new subdivisions are thoughtfully designed so that both the private and the public spaces in a neighborhood function together to create a healthy community. HBA Memo p.2 With regard to the HBA's concern about alleys, we want to make it clear that the proposed Code language only requires alley access for lots narrower than 45 feet. It is true that building alleys costs money; it is also true that their cost-effectiveness increases as lot widths narrow. For lots narrower than 50 feet the cost of building an alley can be offset by reductions in front yard driveway pavement. Currently lots narrower than 45 feet are not permitted in Iowa City except through the planned development rezoning process. The proposed changes to the Code would allow development of neighborhoods with lots narrower than 45 feet without having to go through the planned development process, provided that access is provided from an alley or rear lane. The proposed language does not require alleys for al_l residential development, just for narrow lot development. We would like to work with the HBA and other interested parties to create standards that support development of homes that are affordable, efficient to build, and that meet homeowners' expectations for private space, without sacrificing elements that are important to the creation of livable neighborhoods. The HBA speaks about consumer choice in their letter. If one examines the City's wealthiest neighborhoods, where homeowners have incomes that allow them to choose their preferred home design, it is significant to note that most homes easily meet the proposed design standards. In other words, people do not choose to have large front-loaded garages that hide the house from the street and detract from the character of residential streets. On narrower, more affordable lots, however, the current choices offered by homebuilders are limited. Most of the plans offered feature front-loaded garages with the living space of the home setback from the street. Street frontages dominated by such designs are counter to the pedestrian-friendly streets desired by most citizens. We have offered to local builders and developers alternative house plans that are efficient to build, affordable, and also meet the proposed standards. Our initial research indicates that many communities across the country are grappling with these same issues and in response architects and developers have produced a myriad of plans that effectively meet the challenge. It is possible to build affordable neighborhoods that have friendly streets and attractive public spaces. As mentioned previously, it is our goal to work with the HBA as well as other community groups to draft development regulations that enact the policies of the Comprehensive Plan and address the issues identified in the Development Regulations Analysis. Prior to holding public hearings at both the Commission and Council level, we are proceeding with work sessions with Planning and Zoning and will continue to work with the HBA and other interested citizens on these important issues. Cc: City Manager Bob Miklo Boyd Crosby, President, HBA September 24, 2003 Joan Tiemeyer -- The Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association P.O. Box3396 Iowa City, IA 52244 Dear Ms. ZJemeyer: Thank you for giving us another opportunity to meet with your organization regarding revisions to the Iowa City Zoning Code. It is helpful for us to have the opportunity to discuss the code language with interested parties as it is being drafted. As we discussed with you at a previous meeting and Jn our many phone conversations, we are available to meet with your subcommittee or with a representative of your organization on a regular basis to discuss the preliminary draft language as Jt is for~varded to you. Face-to-face meetings provide opportunities to answer questions, clarify the intent of various sections of the Code, and to identify issues that need further research or revision at this early draft stage. Additional opportunities for public comment and discussion will be provided once the Code, Jn its entirety, is drafted; most likely Jn the form of public "open house" meetings, where all interested citizens and organizations can review the draft code and make comments and suggestions. These open house meetings will be followed by a series of more formal public hearings before the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council. The Code is being revised based on the outreach, analysis, and recommendations of Duncan and Associates, the consultant hired by the City to examine the current regulations with regard to policies adopted in the Iowa City's Comprehensive Plan. As suggested by the consultant, it is also our intention to make the zoning and subdivision codes easier to use and to streamline the development process for proposals that meet objective review standards. At your subcommittee meeting on September 15, Bob Miklo and I were invited to outline the proposed standards for single family residential development. A cor~siderabte portion of Iowa City's Comprehensive Plan is devoted to discussion of the building blocks of quality neighborhoods. There is great value in designing and building attractive neighborhoods, where homes are designed to function as elements in a vibrant community. The comprehensive plan calls for "more efficient and compact design," "interconnected streets," "reduced front yard setbacks," and "narrower lot frontages." There is also recognition that if there is to be more compact development, then the design of neighborhoods becomes even more important. While the per-lot cost for infrastructure may go down as lot sizes are reduced, people will be living closer together. Careful planning of the shared spaces in the neighborhood becomes even more important. The most visible and most used common areas in a neighborhood are its streets. For.compact neighborhoods, the Iowa City Comprehensive Plan proposes a time-tested solution for designing pleasant neighborhood streets: the rear alley. Following is a list of the advantages of streets designed with rear alleys: · Alleys allow utilities and garages to be located away from the street. The view along the street is one of homes rather than garages. · Alleys improve traffic circulation and safety along neighborhood streets. Traffic is reduced and there are fewer conflict points, because cars back into the alley rather than into the street. · Sidewalks are not interrupted by driveways, which allows a safer, more continuous sidewalk system and a much more pedestrian-friendly street. · Due to a reduced need for driveway curb cuts, on-street parking is preserved. · Alleys eliminate the need for a large amount of front yard paving, leaving more space for landscaping and trees. Moving the garage to the rear of the lot leaves more room on a home's front facade for windows, front doors, porches, and stoops rather than blank garage doors. As a result, neighborhood streets are treated like a shared outdoor space, rather than just a conduit for traffic and automobile access. In their analysis of current zoning regulations, Duncan and Associates noted, "We concur with the plan's recommendation that lot width standards should be adjusted to better accommodate various building styles. Again, however, such adjustments should be coupled with new garage placement regulations and alternative access provisions." (p.19). They also state, "Alternatives to front-loaded garages are recommended in several places of the comprehensive plan. The plan recommends greater use of alleys and rear lanes as a means of improving traffic circulation and improving the appearance of residential streetscapes. It also supports greater use of shared driveways to reduce the amount of paving in front yard areas. These ideas are consistent with development practices in other communities and should be considered in iowa City." While staff agrees that constructing rear alleys is one of the best ways to ensure safe and attractive streets, alleys may not be cost effective for larger lots and may not be feasible in all cases due to topography or site constraints. Therefore, in the draft code language, staff has proposed several alternative design solutions. · For the narrowest home lots, those less than 45 feet, an alley must be constructed, or, for infill situations, and for lots where topography prevents development of alleys, a narrow driveway may be constructed that leads to a garage located behind the house. · For lots between 45 and 60 feet, inclusive, staff has proposed garage placement standards to prevent paving and garages from dominating the streetscape, combined with a standard that prevents the garage from taking up more than 50% of the length of the street-facing building wall, and a wall opening standard that prevents blank street-facing wails. · For lots greater than 60 feet, there is a standard requiring that the garage take up no more than 50% of the length of the street-facing building wall. The wall opening standard also applies to these lots, preventing blank walls along neighborhood streets. Staff feels that these neighborhood design solutions are the minimum necessary to address policy goals of the Comprehensive Plan. Similar standards have been adopted in a number of cities and towns due to a desire to build attractive, livable neighborhoods, while at the same time preventing sprawl by allowing narrower lots and higher densities. Staff also recognizes that adoption of these types of standards is a change that may require adjustments in the local homebuilding industry. Your committee members expressed a number of concerns during our discussion of the proposed single family residential standards. Following is a list of the issues that were raised by your committee and our initial response to those concerns. · The standards will prevent the use of some standard house plans, particularly the split-level design with the front-loaded garage used so often on narrow house lots. ," While the split-level home has been around for a long time, it is only in the last 10 or 15 years that garages have grown to such a scale as to totally dominant the streetscape. As a means of achieving more compact growth, the trend has been to subdivide lots into narrower and deeper lots rather than wide, shallow lots, which has resulted in pushing the garage even further forward on the lot, with the main living space of the home almost entirely obscured from the street. Due to this unfortunate result of compact subdivision design, communities across the country are beginning to adopt garage placement standards as a reaction against the repetitive use of such front-loaded garage designs. If the City is going to encourage compact development and narrow home lots on a large scale, then the issue of garage placement must be addressed. v' While some of the house plans used today do not meet the proposed standards, we believe that there are many standard house plans that will work. We would like to work with local homebuilders to find efficient, affordable building designs that will contribute to the development of quality neighborhoods. We will conduct further research to compare various house plans with regard to garage placement, cost, square footage, and the interior floor plan. We welcome suggestions on ways to tweak the garage placement standards to make them work better with existing home designs. · Restricting the length of the street-facing garage wall to 50 percent of the length of the street-facing building fagade may prevent construction of front-loaded two- and three-car garages on narrow lots. ¢' A fifty-foot wide lot can accommodate a house with a front-loaded two-car garage and meet the 50 percent standard. For wider lots, it is not difficult to meet the standard. At your suggestion, we toured the Walnut Ridge subdivision. There are few, if any, homes that do not meet the 50 percent standard and many homes are designed in a way that camouflages the garage completely. However, when subdivisions are designed with lots narrower than fifty feet, garage placement becomes more difficult. In the absence of alleys, garages must be side-loaded or be tucked behind the house and accessed from a driveway along the side of the home in order to meet the standard. ¢' There is no question that a street-facing, front-loaded three-stall garage will be the most dominant feature of any home on a lot narrower than 70 feet. Recognizing that three-car garages are becoming more common, it is important to ensure that these garages do not have a detrimental effect on future neighborhood streets. Once again, for wide lots, it is not difficult to design homes that meet the 50 percent standard. For narrower lots, there are a number of solutions to accommodate three-car garages, including side-loaded designs, split garage bays, tandem bays, and rear-loaded designs. ," If you feel that the market for homes in a subdivision would demand large garages, then the issue should be addressed at the subdivision stage. The most important shared space in the neighborhood should not be sacrificed because of poor subdivision design. There are ways to design homes with two and three-car garages where the garage does not dominate the entire street-side of the home. The attached article from Design Lines, a publication of the National Association of Homebuilders, offers many good suggestions for designing home~ to accommodate multiple car garages without sacrificing the neighborhood streetscape. However, tots have to be laid out in a manner that will accommodate these design solutions. · Committee members questioned whether there was a need for a window coverage standard in the Code, given that most houses would easily meet the standard, ¢ This standard is intended to prevent blank facades along neighborhood streets. Most homes, where the garage does not dominate the street-facing faCade, will easily meet this standard. However, on corner lots and for side entry garages, the garage wall may take up a significant portion of at least one of the street- facing fa~;ades (the 50 percent standard only applies to one street frontage for corner lots). Requiring a minimum number of openings along all street-facing fa~:ades will prevent blank facades along any street frontage where the garage predominates. As stated in the standard, garage doors do not count toward the 15 percent, but windows in a garage wall do count. · Questions and concerns were expressed regarding the use of alleys or private rear lanes, particularly with regard to maintenance of alleys over time. ¢' It is the City's policy to maintain paved, public alleys throughout the design life of the pavement (about 20 years). Since removal of snow along streets is a first priority, it is difficult for the City to remove snow from alleys in a timely manner. Therefore, snow removal is the responsibility of abutting property owners or a homeowners' association. Private alleys do not have to be constructed to the same standard as public alleys, but must be maintained by the abutting properly owners or a homeowners' association. · The general consensus of your committee was that RS-5-sized lots (60 feet and wider) should be exempt from any new standards. ¢' In the current draft, the garage placement standards do not apply to lots wider than 60 feet. However, garages may not take up more than 50 percent of the length of the street-facing faCade. This standard is easy to meet on lots 60 feet and wider. Lining neighborhood streets with living space rather than garage space is important for the safety and livability of every neighborhood, regardless of how wide the lots are. Requiring that at least 50 percent of a house be visible from the street is really the minimum necessary for pedestrian-friendly streets. · A concern was expressed about MidAmerican Enecgy requiring e 15-foot easement at the front of the lot and placing unsightly utility boxes in front yards. ¢' Placement of utilities is definitely important to the design of attractive neighborhoods. There are a number of things, including the one that you have mentioned, that are affected by placement of utilities. This is an issue that we will pursue as a part of the new subdivision regulations. In summary, staff would like to continue to work with your organization in formulating workable solutions for building urban neighborhoods. Unfortunately, in the absence of clear and objective standards in the Code, the process for designing compact, livable neighborhoods often involves the time-consuming "planned development" rezoning process. As we review and revise the development regulations, our goal is to establish a more streamlined process for development proposals that meet the goals and vision of the Iowa City Comprehensive Plan. Translating these policies and goals into workable regulations is the task before us. We will continue to send your subcommittee copies of the preliminary code language as it is drafted. As I have mentioned in the past, I am available to meet with your subcommittee or a representative of your committee to discuss each of the sections as they are forwarded to you. We welcome suggestions from your organization that will further the City's vision to establish a "community of neighborhoods" that are safe, attractive, and affordable. Sincerely, Associate Planner Depadment of Planning and Community Development (319) 356-5251 karen-howard@iowa-city.org Cc: Karin Franklin Bob Miklo Enc. c. Articles from Desi~Tn Lines, a publication of the National Association of Home Builders. IViake Education Part of Desi§n for Neighborhood Planning Livable Communities: Learning from fragmented plan ~vith token Abuildermust dear several hur- to the Past new neighborhood: antiquat most vocal opponents ed zoning and subdivision or- As a first step, the builder dinances, antagonistic neigh should establish an ongoing dia By Brit Perkins borhood groups, and uncooperative [ogue with the local planning corn- I n comparing older neighbor- city councils and planning commis mission, city council, and other eel- I hoods built between the 1890s sions. When faced with opposition, evant agencies It is important to !and 1930s with the communities the builder must convince naysas'ers remember that agcncy staff may not Iof today, thc older communities that a proposed new development be aware of new design approaches · inevitably come across as more will enhance the overall community, that can make neighborhoods more neighborly and charming. Newer Developing strategies for educating liveable as wall as efficient. 'Fo over communities, particularly in the n¢!ghborhood groups and public come negative perceptions of a new lower price ranges, o~ten se, em agencies about thc attributes of a development proposal, builders harsh, sterile, and unfriendly. proposal can be the key to getting a should The design philosophy of older project offth¢ ground Indeed, cd · give municipal planners tangible communities was driven by a "peo- ucation should be a vital step in the examples of other neighborhoods pie first" approach to solving the builder's planning process Without that are "user friendly" to people, more mundane probleins associated a coordinated and thoughtful edu ~not just to cars; witll good community design. cation strategy, the result can be a See [DIJC~TION, page 5 Specifically, automobile parking and storage were treated as sec ondary design criteria after the cee YORKTOWN~1781 alien of attractive and liveable streetscapcs. As for the hottses, the '"'~---~2~. careful placement of the rooms ....... within the homes permitted full use of thc front and rear yards. In addi- tion, the street facades of each home conveyed a strong sense of individuality by featuring front _ porches or strongly defined entry/front door elelnents./~fter dark, the illuminai~ed windows of the front-facing rooms reinforced the "someone's home" look, which is central to animating a commun, i- ty's streetscap¢. Here we compare two design (~- ~ programs for an affordable commu'- nity composed of S0 foot x 100- foot lots: one program consists of Extensiveupfronledu~alionotlhecommunilyresultedinreducedstreetwdh andfm eba ks, acombinationof th~'typic~l c°ntemp°rary fm~lt: frei- and e ey- oaded ga ages landscaped island turnarounds, specially &signed rights-of-way allowing innovative loaded 40- foot product; the other Iol arrangements, and a gross densiiy of 6.5 dwellings per acre. . See PAST, page 6 PAST, c0nlinued tr0m page I is taken from the 1916 Modern Homes catalogue. The Modern Homes houses feature large, invit ing front porches and detached garages located at thc rear of the OLD Brit Porkins~ lot, with a driveway situated next to AIA, is a tile house Tile rear garage allows principal of EDI the home to be sold either with or Architecture, without a garage or even with all which has offices in apartment over thc garage, all with New York City, out adversely aflkcting the street Houston, and San scape. Thc contemporary solution, Francisco. EDI with dominant front-loaded Architecture has garages, offers an uninviting street 10'St[~[¥AIID GARAG[50% HOUSE50~ I~/Iit~0W designed more scene and no options for siting the ~[q~t than 200,000 garage. Another negative feature of dwelling units today's plans is the deeply recessed older home's kitchen also relates to The approach to designing a across the nation front doors in relation to the street, tile backyard as well as to tile drive new community should draw on and planned many thus further weakening thc conncc way service entrance, bnt the great traditional regional housing forms master-planned tion between the front rooms and room occupies the entire front of the to create a community with the and traditional the street. On a typical SO-foot home, opening onto the front porch look and feel of a timeless neigh- communities. ;vide lot, thc two-car garage takes with a glass front door and four win- borhood whose simple housing up SO percent of the home's street dows. The front porch, at nearly 2S0 forms address the strectsccne in a facade, leaving little character to square feet, is a major part of the neighborly way. Various product enliven the streetscape, liveable area of the house Clearly, types should blend subtly from one Comparing two similarly sized the older home was designed with to the other (rather than being sep- 1,600-square foot "six-room" or major emphasis on the street scene orated into "pods") to create a three-bedroom floorplans--onc and the community at large rather seam[ess yet evolved look The side from the 1990s and the other from than on the private rear yard. walks in a community should lead 1916--we see three rooms on the The way to bring the charm and to a destination such as a park or first floor of both houses. The major livcability of older neighborhoods to pool (as well as bus stop) rather living areas of the newer house are today's new communities is to corn than just r¢circulating in loops. oriented to the backyard patio. The bine the convetfience and liveability Finally, older communities all of today's plans with the oum'ard offer something sorely lacking in 0[[~ orientation of the homes of y~stei today's new communities: trees. A year. By creadng more outwardly fo recent NAHB sur,,ey showed that cused homes with liveable indoor six out of 10 ne~v homebuyers -- outdoor relationships that integrate would pay $3,000 more for a lot . . the dwelling unit with both its own with trees but that only a minority lot and the community at large, the of builders respond to this desire. home functions more as part of the Iris possible to create attractive community than as a selfcontained and charming neighborhoods that "family dwelling unit." In addition, rival older suburbs. Even though it garages should be either detached may mean a subtle shifting ofde~ and located to tile rear of the lot or sign priorities, the time is right to tucked behind the primary building create the kind of neighborhoods facade to minimize their impact on that our housing consumers are the streetscape yearning for. · OLD HEW DESIGNlines Summer 1995 Garage Conce Functionally, it cnab]cs ~ ~ ~ ~"~Z~:~--~:~'~~'l~.~~ the ~indow to ot~r personality help reduce thc dominance oJthc iinglc car bay and room [hr a shop #~0~ ~$~ changes our sense of scale and dc garage footprint tail In many of today's commum Side-loaded Corner Lot an Americnn tic~ the predominance of the ca~ is Corner lots create an % tO ' deva Rear. Positioned Garage rc~lc~ted m the scale of a home. For tion distinct from thc garage side More prevalem in warm to give up a modcstl} sized home's climates, the garage nay bc located largest toon~ may be 2S0 square to the rear S0 percent of the resi ~J$ {gr... feet. At approximately 700 square dence or tucked behind thc home freedom, typic d 50 t~){)t wide footprinu thc often his p~.,c(-,, ora home's front dil~ictdt to hide bill there's much alter ego, ~hat s~,~sifivc land plam~ing tad it is not g<,o~l design can do to help reduce , negotiable.' d,~. suggestions discussed here can Advantage crcatesa garagclcss . of garage contcp~s always desirabic; added lot depth m front can reduce backyard area . 33 Identify the Market Ali good design begins with an tm 5~1il ~ar~e Advantage--removes garage door and its needs. For example, the offer imercsting opportunities. Disadvantage ~ould compromise fhst time buyer probably has no Side loading thc two ca~ garage size of rear yard in the case ora need fo~ ~ third garage but docs and float loading thc smglc car longer driveway morc snow to need space to store bicycles and garage allow the home to be posi shovel thc other end of thc continumn, Side-loaded Interior Lot Ira bali garage essential ibr securing from either thc carry side of the up hobby a~eas. Knowing thc good tit beN~rccll buyer needs and the physical features of the home Phrec approad~es guide effective garage design: configtiration/ac ccss, land planning, and de-empha sis These approaches may be used separately or in c6mbination Confi~ration/Acc~s Configuraiion and access dctcm~ine 4 DESIGNIme~ Su~nmcr 1995 Advantage--entry-side garage doors Some of our planning is now ac arc suited to narrower width lots knowledging the earlier approach EDUCATION, continued Ifom page ] Disadvantage--reqaires pavement Though thc double system of m demonstrate that thc character of these ncigbborh0ods is ~car the front door for cnt~r side streets and alleys may create higher more impo~ant than high traf~ volumes; and garages infl'astructure costs, it certainly im ·illustratc how narrowc~ streets slow traffic and result m proves the "front doorscapc.' human-scale development, how shorter stretches of road Skewed Garage Wide/narrow lots increase thc minimize thc perception of density and decrease thc visual The garage can bc turned at an an possibility of'side-loaded garages, impact of driveways and garages, and l~oxv reduced set~ pie frc)m thc maill structtu¢ whicb arc mole strcctscapc (ricnd}}r backs allow for the placement of garages behind the Drives can be grouped together et elevation of thc homes, thereby mitigating thc visttal demi shared nance of garage doozs Neighborhood g~oups will benefit ti'om cffi)rts to cdn : ~. , De Emphasis cate citizens about sound dcsign principles Strong ncigb- ~ When planning and configuration borhood organizations have been known to oppose all strategies arc not available, several kinds of zoning changes even downzoning Opposttion (., other approaches can help dc em often stems flora a [bat of thc tlllkllowB and a desire to phasize thc garage's impact on thc maintain thc status quo Traffic and visual impacts, quality ~ streetscape, t ogld~ issues, and reduced property values ate t)licn cited as · Minimize thc impact of thc reasons for denying or redesigning a project Providing sol &ivcway by keeping slopes at a nunimnm and narrox~mg thc dtbrc Educating community members about new ~uay ~s it passes thc sidewalk Screen Advantage--creates visual mtcres~ walls can bultkr the pavement and design approaches can have a major impact on and a sense of spaciousness doors flora view Disadvantage requires pavemem I Use single garage doors instead how the marketplace perceives a plan. in front of home and possible in of a donble door creasein the widthoftbc home · De cnqphasizctbedoot itself by id infom~atkm carly in thc planning proccss can elimmatc cladding it with a material used on much of the emotional opposition to project plans and Tandem thc home, such as siding; ":ccess' make neighbors Gr mo~c likely to review a proposal open Thc tandem arrangement pIcscnts ~ thc door by using colunu/s, a trellis, ly, favorably, and reasonably Thc builder shoukt ~vo car face to the street but stacks or archxvays · supply neighbors with infbrmation about thc proposed bays front to rear, allowing up to M Break thc single ba), flora thc market, current trends in bomc design, and previously built four spaces The tandem is gaming double bay by using an off}ct; make projects that reflect good ~acighborhood design principles; popularity where thc third bay is sure roof lines dnplicatc the break M demonstrate to neighbors how municipal standards can used plimarily f{~r storage, thc col · Blend garage moti with thc and do dictate objectionable design; and lector car, or a shop root~ of thc residence hy using sm~ · show rcsidcnls how their support fei variances ~o exist ila~ tbrms and slopes mg standards can help contribute to creating a beuer com- · Minimize thc space between thc muniW. top of the gar age door and thc roof Thc buiktcr's abiliU' to demonstrate an ongoing corn soffit, mitmcnt to building well designed comnmnitics is essential m Create competition with cbc to cstablishing credibility and ensnring project success garage dent by Again, education is the key. Bnilders should show neigh- ~allowing a portion of the borhood groups the breakdown nfcosts involved in devel home to project in fi'om o[ opmg a neighborhood by illnstratmg the diflkrcnccs be the garage face; re'eon poor- and high.quality design and construction integrating a po~ch with thc Underscoring thc talc of the home budding indusnV m garage; our national and local economics is also important developing a strong window individually, ail these idcas will have some beneficial cF fbature over the garage as part feets But, for the best ~esnlts, buildcrs should try to devise of thc sccotad floor; or and implement a coordinated and synergistic education developing a vertical elcmcnt strategy, h may be worthwhile to invcsi m the develop that blends a garage bay with ment of collateral materials for distribution. 11/thc end, Advantage~a great compromise thc second ffoor, breaking thc ucating communi%' members and regttlators about a pro that creates a nw) car look horizontal lines of a typical posal and new design approaches can have a majo~ impact Disadvantage -cannot store chico three car tbrmat M on how thc marketplace perceives a plan. Over time, edu "active" vehictcs cation programs will produce a lasting and positive effect Jerry Glop isprincoal and vice on project approvals, on business success, on the building L~d Planning president of Knudson Gloss indust~, and on thc quali~, of neighborhoods that people ~chite~s and bnilders often look Architecb ~nd Planners ig.Boulder~ call home. to the past for answers But the at Colorado. cached garage is a relative newcom ~omas 1~ Kopf is principa/of thc D~s~n Alliance~ Ltd., a er. It is only within the past 8S land planning, lan&cape architecturc~ ~nd communications yeah that fl~c garage has joined th~ graphici firm with o~res in Denv~, Color~do, and Lake hem& Uhtil t~n, most garages , Geneva, Wisconsin. He weciMizes in ~'people-~iendO' were alley4nadcd and detached net~bborhood design. DESIGNlines Smlmlcr 1995 5 Marian Karr ~ From: Augusta Denita Gadson [a-gadson@uiowa,edu] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 1:43 PM To: council@iowa-city.org Subject: Invitation to Diabetes Awards Banquet and Mini Health Fair Dear Iowa City Council Members: Diabetes is becoming more prevalent in Americans, and residents of Iowa City/Johnson County are no exception. In 2001, 20.2% of the population in Johnson County was obese, a key indicator for diabetes. Race categories reveal that 31.1% of Black persons, 23.7% of Hispanic persons, and 19.9% of White persons were obese (FACITS, 2001). In Iowa, 5.5% of White persons, 5.0% of Black persons, and 14.7% of Hispanic persons have ever been told by a physician they have diabetes (BRFSS, 2001). In Johnson County during the year 2001, the rate (per 100,000) of diabetes hospitalizations was higher for Black persons than Whites. A total of 677.4 per 100,000 persons were hospitalized due to diabetes, with 744.6 Black persons per 100,000, and 679.7 White persons per 100,000 (FACITS, 2001). Eagles' Flight is requesting your presence at the second annual Diabetes Awards Banquet at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center, 1220 1 st Avenue, Coralville, on Nov. 7. The banquet begins at 7 p.m. You are also welcome to attend the Diabetes Mini Health Fair, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. The health fair is free and open to the public without attendance at the banquet (see attachment for more detail). The purposes of conducting the Annual Diabetes Awards Banquet and the Diabetes Mini Health Fair are to provide public education and information; and, to activate as many people as possible in Iowa City and Johnson County on: * Individual's "at risk" vulnerability; * The people, professionals, programs, projects and services that are helping people with diabetes; * Problems and solutions in dealing with diabetes; and, * Accessing sources of assistance by people with diabetes. We hope to see you on Nov. 7. Sincerely, A. Denita Gadson Event Chairperson A. Denita Gadson, PhD School of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Iowa W301 Seashore Hall (319) 353-1926 - office (319) 335-5210 - fax Office hours -Mon 9:30-11 a.m., Tues 1:30-3 p.m. "Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are." - Bernice Johnson Reagon *** eSafe scanned this email for malicious content *** *** IMPORTANT: Do not open attachments from unrecognized senders *** 10/6/03 Fact Sheet: Nov. 7, 2003 Diabetes Awards Banquet and Diabetes Mini Health Fair. Annual Diabetes Awards Banquet and Diabetes Mini Health Fair Theme: "Unsung Heroes: Community, Compassion and Service" Sponsor: Eagles' Flight, Inc. (501-c-3), see (*) and (**) below. Diabetes Awards Banquet SPEAKER: Gregory C. Doelle, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism Faculty), and College of Medicine. Dr. Doelle's clinical research interests include Intensive Therapy of Diabetes Mellitus and Applicability of Intense Therapies to General Clinical practice. Dr. Doelle is also interested in Insulin Resistanca and its consequences, to include Coronary Artery Disease and Ovarian Hyperandregenism. Diabetes Mini Health Fair, Participants: American Diabetes Association, Iowa and National. HopeHealth, Inc., Diabetes Education and Health Education. Eagles' Flight, Inc., Diabetes Committee. Mercy Hospital, Diabetes Education. University of Iowa Center on Aging, "Diabetes and Aging." University of iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Diabetes Education, The REACH Program. * Wal-Mart: Diabetes Education and Women's Health Education. November 7, 2003 -- FRIDAY 5:30-6:30 pm, -- Diabetes Mini Health Fair (open to the public without attending the banquet) and 7:00-9:00 pm, -- 2003 Annual Diabetes Awards Banquet Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center, Kinnick Banquet Room (Fair in Adjacent Lobby) '1220 1st Avenue, Coralville, Iowa (Near Hampton Inn, North of 1-80, Exit 242), 35'1-5049 Banquet Tickets. To obtain Banquet Tickets call Volunteers Ms. Michelle Turnbough or Ms. Ida Gregoire, 319/337-8628 or email <eagleinc@inav.net>. Participants are encouraged to alert organizers about the desire for a table for 4-persons, 6- persons, or 8-persons so that proper seating can be arranged. 2002 Award recipients were: * Dr. Maureen Connollv, Director, Free Medical Clinic, "Health Care ProfessionalAward." * University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics REACH: Reaching Euglycemia and Comprehensive Health, "Outstanding Service Award." * Caroline Bennett, "Inspiration Awarcf' (inspiration to people with diabetes). * William McBride. "Bronis L. Ringer Scholarship AwarD" (minority student in health or biomedical science, enrolled at Kirkwood Community College or University of iowa). * Gloria Graves, Davenport, "Diabetes Essay Contest WinneY' (junior high and high school students). Purposes. The purposes of conducting the Annual Diabetes Awards Banquet and the Diabetes Mini Health Fair are to provide public education and information; and, to activate as many people as possible in Iowa City and Johnson County on: * Individual's "at risk" vulnerability; * The people, professionals, programs, projects and services that are helping people with diabetes; * Problems and solutions in dealing with diabetes; and, * Accessing sources of assistance by people with diabetes. Some Numbers on Who Has the Disease Called Diabetes: * 17,000,000 Americans have the disease called Diabetes; * 6.2% of all Americans have the disease called Diabetes; and, * 33% or 5,610,000 Americans who have Diabetes are unaware they have the disease called Diabetes. * The disease Diabetes can lead to amputations, blindness, heart disease, Neuropathy, stroke, and kidney failore. Common Signs of Diabetes, Whether Noticeable or Subtle: Fatigue, Increased; * Thirst, Extreme; * Urination, Frequent; * Weight Loss, Unexplained. You or anyone you know is at increased risk for Type II diabetes if you are, he/she is or they are: · Exercise deficient (lack of exercise appropriate to age, health, proper weight -- DEFICITS rampant in USA); · Family history of diabetes (father or mother and/or those in the same blood lines who have had); · Genetics, At Risk: African American, Asian American, Hispanic/Latino, Native American, and Pacific Islanders; · Mothers who had a baby with birth weight over 9 pounds; · Overweight, Obese, Fat (as rated on height-weight-health charts-- OBESITY rampant in USA); The Eagles' Flight Diabetes Committee is processing: * Applicants for the 2003 Diabetes Scholarship Award; * Entries in the 2003 Diabetes Jr/Sr High School Essay Contest; and, * Nominees for the 2003 Diabetes Inspiration, Professional and Service Awards. These winners will be announced at the Banquet and their awards presented. (*) The Diabetes Banquet and Fair is partially funded by the University of Iowa College of Nursing, Culturally Competent Care Initiative. DAB and DMHF are Co-Sponsored bythe Iowa City Human Rights Commission. (**) Eagles' Flight, Inc. (501-c-3) is a community faith-based organization. It was founded by Dr. Lakeetha Ringer, Pastor of the Victory Temple ApostoLic Church of God. The Eagles' Flight program includes the following activities and projects: * Victory Temple Minority Health Initiative; * Youth-Operated Community Garden Project; * Hannah's Blessing Child Care Center; * "I'm Flying Now Seminar Series and Girl Talk"; and, * Diabetes Awards Banquet and Diabetes Mini Health Fair. Contacts: Eagles' Flight, Volunteer Chair, Diabetes Awards Banquet and Health Fair Committee A. Denita Gadson, PhD School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa, W301 Seashore Hall (319) 335-3329 - office, (319) 335-5210 - fax, Office hours - Mon 9:30-11 a.m., Tues 1:30-3 p.m. Diabetes Banquet Ticket Volunteer Contacts: Ms. Michelle Turnbough or Ms. Ida Gregoire, PHONE 319/337-5628 or EMAIL <eagleinc@inav.net>. Participants are encouraged to alert Ms. Turnbough or Ms. Gregoire about the desire for a table for 4-pemons, 6-pemons, or 8-persons so that seating can be arranged and/or presented at the Health Fair. Diabetes Mini Health Fair Volunteer Coordinator: John A. Nesbitt, Ed.D. 701 Oaknoll Drive, Apt. 322, Iowa City, Iowa 52246-5168 PHONE (319)466-3192, EMAIL <john-nesbitt@uiowa.edu> FAX (319)351-6772 Nesbitt. END 503 Locust St. P.O. Box 25 Allison, IA 50602 October 6, 2003 Council Members 410 E. Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Members of the Iowa City City Council, The enclosed sheet explains a project that I started in Allison, Iowa. I deliver welcome packets to new community residents. I have met with all the city councils in Butler County to spread the idea to the other towns in our county. I am sending this letter to the city councils of other cities in the state in hopes that my suggestions might be helpful in starting a similar project in your city. I truly appreciate your time and consideration of these ideas. Feel free to contact me with any questions, concerns, or comments you may have. Thank You, Tim Laehn Allison Welcome Packets Purpose: To ~ ~'~.;; residents to ~ Allison Co .m. munit7, to ~lp _t~em adj.u.st to their-new surroundings'~ ~nf0miation, gifts, ar~ spea~u owers, ana showcase the positive things Allison has to offer. Process: I started this project by going to the Allison City Hall andgetting, a list of all the new residents who had moved to town in the last year. i ney also agreed to let me know any time someone new moved .tp town in the .f~.e. ! .tt~en..o~. an to create numerous booklets, brochures, ana pamphlets to be ~n~ueea ~n me ~ckets. I also talked to several businesses in ~ to find out if they.w, oul,d ,be ~lling add a gift or coupon to the packets. When .me pack .e~s..w?e ~.nls~., ~, ~ started to personally deliver the them to ~e people on my Ik% ~ .maoe a,..me deliveries on my list, and I continue to make more as new peol~e move ~nto town. Eve~ Packet Includes: · Personal letter from me · Churches of Allison brochure Hiff~a:~t of Allison brochure · Busir.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r~ Cards m :-- itl o J&C Grocery - one free 6-pack of- pop ~,"- o Allison Drug Store - one free flower .. _ o AJliSen Auto. Parts - o~e.ffea can of .Penray Glass ar~cl Utilk'y CJeaner <~ Nlison HardWare - one free key -* Gifts: <~ JavasBake~ & Deli::, ~.and menus <> Allison Thera~ CliniC - pens and b~ur~s.. . o AllisOrl Health care Center - notepads ana brochures o Elm Spdngs A,.~__'~ _LMng- no .~...and broth, ures o But~er County Tribune JoUma - pnntea me envaopes Future: ! Will be gradua~ng from high _sct)~.. after nex~ year, .sol ~ ho_.pi~ .an oro~..iza.ti.,on in town such as the Community Club, the Cornmercia~ ~uD, or the IJons L;lUD continue the project when I leave. Some interest has already I;ccn expressed by certain groups. . I would eneourage you to start a pr0ject.similar .to this in you. r. co.m...mur'."tY., .either. . through an indMdual or through a group. It maKes ~ town m. om me.naly aha ~v~e/C~r~tm newcomers and.gives the town a str .~, ~, sense ot community. Bus~ .nesses ?.so oe because they have a chance to adverlJse ~n the packets. All who recen/e pa~ets are ve~ appreciative. Thank You, 3im Laehn Marian Karr From: Lisa Mollenhauer Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 1:53 PM To: 'ali-pignotti@uiowa.edu' Cc: Marian Karr Subject: RE: questions from a UI student for a project Ali, Because you are asking for specific response from each Council Member, I suggest you contact them via telephone. Contact information is available at: http:llwww, icgov.orglcitycouncil.htm Correspondence to the City Council is a permanent, public record. Your note will be included in their next Formal Agenda Consent Calendar. Lisa Lisa Mo[lenhauer Administrative Assistant to the City Manager City of Iowa City 410 E Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 (319) 356-5010 ..... Original Message ..... From: ali-pignotti@uiowa.edu [mailto:ali-pignotti@uiowa.edu] Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 1:37 PM To: cou ncil@iowa-city.org Subject: questions from a UI student for a project Hi my name is Ali Pignotti and I am currently a Junior at The University of Iowa. In my Group Communication class we have been given a project to outline the problems of binge drinking in Iowa City. I would really appreciate if you could respond to the four questions so that my group can include your take on this problem when we present our findings to our fellow classmates and our professor. 1)Is the problem of binge drinking something that has gotten worse over the past years or is it a steady problem? 2)How does it negatively affect the community and the university? 3)Was the 19 ordinance established to curb binge drinking? 4)What do you think is the best way to end this problem? Thank you for your time and I look foreword to hearing back from you. -Ali Pignotti Marian Karr ~ From: Lisa Mollenhauer Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 8:55 AM To: 'Eve Casserly' Cc: Marian Karr Subject: RE: AARP city council candidates forum Oct. 6th Ms. Casserly, The City Council receives correspondence on their Formal Agenda Consent Calendars. The next one will be distributed Thursday, October 9. I suggest you contact them either via telephone or by mailing them information to their homes. Contact information is available at http:llwww, icgov.orglcitycounc!!,htm Lisa Lisa Mollenhauer Administrative Assistant to the City Manager City of Iowa City 410 E Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 (319) 356-5010 ..... Original Message ..... From: Eve Casserly [mailto:casserly~ia.net] Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 9:59 PM To: council~iowa-city.org Subject: AARP city council candidates forum Oct. 6th Announcing .... the traditional AARP sponsored Iowa City Council Candidates Forum - 2003 This event will be held beginning at 2 P.M. Monday, October 6th in the Assembly Room Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center 28 S. Linn Street The city primary election is October 7th. Come hear where the candidates stand on community issues and on issues of special interest to Senior Citizens. Written questions will be requested from the audience. Sponsored by the Johnson County AARP Chapter # 1816 For further information, call 351-1135 The Public is invited!H 9/29/03 Black & Veatch Letter to Iowa Utility Assoc. Re: Latham Study Page 1 of 1 Marian Karr From: Conrad, Charles J [CJConrad@midamerican.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 12:24 PM To: cou ncil@iowa-city.org Cc: mdouglas@iowautillity.org Subject: Black & Veatch Letter to Iowa Utility Assoc. Re: Latham Study Importance: High Dear Mayor and Council members: Attached below, please find a copy of a letter from Black and Veatch to Mr. Mark Douglas, President, Iowa Utility Association outlining their review of the preliminary feasibility study performed for the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities by Latham and Associates, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mr. Douglas may be contacted at the association offices by either calling (515) 282-2115 or e-mailing mdouglas@iowautility.org. <<BV Itr. to Douglas_09_23_03.pdf>> Respectfully submitted, Charles J. Conrad *** eSafe scanned this email for malicious content *** *** IMPORTANT: Do not open attachments from unrecognized senders *** 9/24/03 MidAmerican MidAmerican Energy Company '~EN EKGY 1630 Lower Muscatine Road September 25, 2003 : Honorable Emie Lehman and City Councilors ~~ City of Iowa City 410 East Washington Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mayor Lehman and Council Members: Enclosed please find a copy of the Black and Veatch letter to the Iowa Utility Association with their initial analysis of the IAMU/Latham study. An electronic copy of this letter was'sent to the City Clerk on Wednesday September 24, 2003 but will not appear in your information packets until October 9, 2003. Senior Business Analyst BLACK & VEATCH 11401 Lamar Avenue Black & Veatch Corporation Overland Park, Kansas 66211 USA Tel: (913} 458-2000 Septembar 23, 2003 Mr. Mark H. Douglas President Iowa Utility Association P. O. Box 6007 Des Moines, IA 50309-6007 Dear Mark: We have completed an initial review of several of the Preliminary Municipalization Feasibility Studies prepared by Latham & Associates for the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities (IAMU). The studies we examined relate to the Alliant communities of Elma, Guthrie Center, Kalona, Perry, Rolfe, and Wellman, and MidAmerican (MEC) communities of Dunlap, Eagle Grove, Iowa City, Sheldon, and Shell Rock. In the following, we will briefly outline some of our observations as a result of our initial review. As discussed in some detail below, the studies are wholly inadequate. Even a cursory review raises more questions than answers. Until corrected, these studies cannot be used in any meaningful manner to determine if muniaipalization is economically feasible. Two of the most glaring deficiencies relate to the determination of the value of the systems and the failure to recognize stranded cost. with regard to the valuation of the systems, two measures are presented: Replacement Cost Depreciated and Original Cost Depreciated. We do not understand why Latham chose to present original cost in light of the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) decision in the City of Sheldon case. In that case, the Board specifically rejected use of original cost as a measure of value stating that, "OCLD clearly is not an acceptable measure of value." Moreover, it appears that the original cost estimates are significantly understated. This is expected in light of the understatement of replacement cost depreciated. building a world of dilferenceTM Mr. Mark Douglas September 23, 2003 Page 2 The table below presents a summary of replacement costt, replacement cost less depreciation2 and condition percent3 used in the studies we examined. Replacement Cost Replacement Cost Condition Per Customer Less Depreciation Percent MidAmerican Dunlap $2,130 $584 27% Eagle Grove $2,171 $770 35% Iowa City $1,090 $252 23 % Sheldon $3,144 $669 21% Shell Rock $3,233 $799 25% Alliant Elma $1,413 $280 20% Guthrie Center $2,222 $938 42% Kalona $1,662 $413 25% Perry $2,007 $178 9% Kolfe $2,354 $343 15% Wellman $1,920 $299 16% Replacement cost estimates range from $1,090 to $3,233 per customer with most in the $1,900 to $2,200 range. This 3 to 1 range casts doubt on the reasonableness of the estimates and the underlying assumptions used to develop them. While we expect differences from town to town, we expect a more narrow range in the communities studied. As a test of reasonableness, we examined the Board's 1990 order in the Sheldon matter. In that case, the Board found replacement cost to be $6,169,000. This replacement cost relates to service to about 2,400 customers. Thus, the Board found that replacement cost in the Sheldon matter amounted to about $2,500 per customer. If this allowance is escalated to current cost levels, replacement cost would exceed $3,500. Latham provides no explanation as to why the cost of replacing the Sheldon system would differ by more than 10 percent from the level expected based on the Board's Order. ] Replacement cost represents the current cost of constructing an asset with the functional equivalent of the asset(s) being valued. The functional equivalent of an electric distribution system may not be the same system, but one capable of providing service at a level comparable to that provided through the system. 2 Depreciation for valuation purposes must not be confused with depreciation for accounting (book) purposes. For book purposes, depreciation (reserve) represents the accumulation of depreciation expense (less thc original cost of retirements, less cost of removal, plus salvage value) to date. Depreciation expense represents the allocation of investment (including original cost, estimated cost of removal, and less estimated salvage value) to the accounting period over the life of the asset(s) being depreciated. For valuation purposes, depreciation represents the difference between the value of au undepreciated asset (replacement cost) and the valle of that same asset adjusted for condition. ~ Condition percent represents the ratio of the value (satisfaction, life, etc.) to a potential buyer of an asset to the value of a new asset. Condition percent is frequently measured as the expected remaining life of the asset being valued divided by the expected life of the replacement asset. In the Sheldon matter, the IUB concluded that the best measure of thc condition is its observed condition. Mr. Mark Douglas September 23, 2003 Page 3 The problem is not so much with the estimate for Sheldon. The problem is with the reasonableness of the replacement cost assumed for the other communities (with the exception perhaps of Shell Rock). The most outrageous is the assumption that replacement cost per customer for the Iowa City system mounts to less than $1,100. Latham estimates that there are 866,604 feet (22 feet per customer) of overhead and underground lines in Iowa City compared to 154,202 feet (67 feet per customer) in Sheldon. This 3 to 1 difference is well beyond the range of reasonableness for the communities involved. In addition, the replacement cost estimated for substations in Iowa City mounts to $13,925,000 or $90 per kW of summer peak demand. This compares to $4,600,000 or $415 per kW for Sheldon. Based on these relationships, clearly the replacement cost estimated for Iowa City is considerably below what we reasonably expect. Again, Latham offers no explanation of these differences. Latham reduces the estimate of replacement cost by 60 to 90 percent to reflect depreciation. By so doing, the Latham suggests that the condition of the systems is on the order of 10 to 40 percent of a new system. Again, one needs to go no further than the Board's decision in Sheldon to demonstrate the unreasonableness of this assumption. In the Sheldon matter the Board found that the condition percent of the Sheldon system approached 80 percent. Latham presents no discussion or evaluation that might explain why the condition of the systems they are evaluating is so dramatically different from that of Sheldon. Again, there will be differences between the conditions of various systems, however, to suggest that the condition of the Sheldon system is now about 25 percent of that determined by the Board in 1990 is totally unreasonable. If the condition percent of the systems were on the order of 10 to 20 percent, as indicated by the studies for the Perry, Wellman, Rolfe, and Elma systems, these systems would be virtually falling down. Reliability would be so poor that these systems would need to be replaced in the short-tenn. Even if one were to accept the unreasonably low condition of the systems, Latham, has materially overstated the feasibility of municipalization by failing to recognize the capital costs associated with replacing distribution systems which are clearly deficient based on the condition ascribed to them. Further, we see no allowance for the additional operation and maintenance expenses that would be incurred until such time as the existing systems are replaced. In addition, without a comprehensive capital improvement program for replacing the system, a city would have difficulty securing revenue bonds to finance the purchase of these systems if they were indeed in this poor of condition. These relationships demonstrate a lack of understanding with respect to replacement cost less depreciation (RCLD), how it relates to value, investment requirements, and operation and maintenance expenditures. Theoretically, reasonably maintained systems cannot have condition percents much less than 50 percent. Systems with condition percents of less than 25 percent would be so unreliable and service would be so poor relative to the standard expected by customers that such a situation would not be tolerated in this country. Customers expect almost 100 percent reliability from thek electric utility service. Systems with condition percents at Mr. Mark Douglas September 23, 2003 Page 4 levels ascribed in the studies would be comparable to what one would find in developing countries where power delivery is intermittent at best. They are comparable to a situation where a salesman who needs to travel 50,000 miles a year tries to do his job with a 1962 Chevy with 350,000 miles on it. He would be spending so much money and time trying to keep the vehicle running that he would not be able to perform his job. Clearly, Latham has failed to recognize the interrelation between service and condition. In order to get a rough estimate of the implication of the failure to use reasonable values, we trend the.1990 RCLD for the Sheldon system to 2003 dollars and discount it further to reflect a lower condition percent since the system would be 13 years older. By so doing, we find that the savings over 25 years identified in the IAMU reports for each of the cities would not be realized by as much as 62 percent or would be negative. For example, the IAMU report indicated that Iowa City could save more than $80 million in 25 years if municipally owned. However, using a more reasonable indication of replacement cost less depreciation per customer ($2,000) results in a $6 million loss for Iowa City over the 25 year study period. In its Sheldon decision, the Board makes it clear that observed condition of the system is the relevant measure of value, not book or accounting depredation. The Latham methodology contradicts this. Not only that, the calculation of depreciation clearly demonstrates a fundamental lack of understanding of even the most basic concepts of depreciation accounting, how age relates to depreciation, or how depreciation relates to value. With regard to stranded cost, Latham assumes that there is no stranded cost associated with MidAmerican's or Alliant's generating assets as a result of municipalization. This finding flies in the face of the Iowa statutory requirement that the Board consider the cost of generation not yet in service but approved under Code Section 476.53 as well as electric generating facility emissions plan budgets approved pursuant to Code Section 476.6 when valuing property for municipalization. Both MidAmerican and Alliant not only have generating plants approved pursuant to this section, these plants are now under consmtction. While there may be no finding by the Board that there is currently excess capacity, the fact remains that upon municipalization, excess capacity will result. Further as a matter of law, the Board must consider damages associated with not only existing generating resources, but with planned resources as well. Other errors and omissions that we identified in the reports include: Fails to include sensitivity analyses. · Amortizes investment cost over 33 years whereas revenue bonds are based on 25 years, thereby deferring costs outside the study period. · AssUmes a 1 to 3 percent growth rate in retail sales when census data indicates that population has been declining since 1980 for the smaller communities. Places a zero condition percent on the Guthrie Center and Rolfe substations, thereby indicating those substations are completely worthless, notwithstanding Mr. Mark Douglas September 23, 2003 Page 5 the fact that Alliant uses these substations 24 hours per day, 365 days per year to provide service in these communities. · Assumes that MidAmerican will increase rates in 2005 and 2 percent thereafter when MidAmerican has agreed to freeze its rate levels through 2010~ · Fails to address future stability of purchased power supply, cost, and reliability. · Fails to measure feasibility on the basis of cash flow, the relevant measure. · At best, all analyses are based on very generous assumptions. In some cases, the number of customers and kilowatt-hours projected by IAMU differ from actual by as much as 75 percent. · The cost of normal annual additions and replacements are not shown on a cash basis and are largely deferred beyond the study period. In the above, we have identified glaring errors and omissions in the IAMU reports. If corrected, these errors and omissions would tend to reduce any feasibility indicated in the reports. These are not the only problems that we have found. There are others, most of which we cautioned about in our "white paper". In short, until corrected by using more reasonable values, the studies cannot be used in any meaningful manner to determine if municipalization is economically feasible in the communities studied. Very truly yours, BLACK & VEATCH CORPORATION Director, Enterprise Consulting KI-IW:jjt Dear Mayor and City Council: Please allow me to repeat a quote from page one of the Friday, October 3 edition of the Daily Iowan. "$20 million over 25 years is really peanuts." ---Ernie Lehman, Mayor of lowa City, in reference to the potential savings from a municipally owned utility. Mr. Mayor, I hope you were misquoted. You may be adamantly against a municipally owned utility; that is your prerogafve. But $800,000 per year IS NOT peanuts! To wit: · $800,000 would pay the annual salaries of around 30 entry-level city workers. · $800,000 would pay the annual salaries of 15-20 firefighters. · $800,000 would pay the City Manager's salary for 5 years. · $800,000 would buy 3 new snowplows. · $800,000 would allow the city to acquire enough land for a new park. · $800,000 would cover the budget of many local human services agencies for a full year. · $800,000 would go a long way in helping to subsidize public transpoaation. · $800,000 would help the city absorb increases in employee health insurance premiums. · $800,000 would even buy 15 more downtown kiosks, though I wouldn't advise that one. Any way you slice it, $800,000 is a lot of taxpayer money. There are many of us who live in Iowa City that are straggling to get by every day. The City of Iowa City takes 47% of our property tax dollars. We deserve better from our Mayor. Sincerely, Rod Sullivan 2326 E. Court St. Iowa City, IA 52245 354-7199 rodsulliv@aol.com lowam for P~ce R~lgfion ~ame ?e 2~1 USA P?not ~mfing ~d S~enmg Am~n~ by Pmwd~ng Appropna~ Tools R~m~ to Inte~pt and Obs~ct Ter~mm) Act abu~ + Allowing for i~ d~on ofn~ w~o ~e ~s to a~ ~ or ~ ~y would f~e t~ in ~e~ ~ of odgin; * Giving ~e U,S. ~ ~ ~ ~e S~ ~f Stye the ~ to d~ig~te Gr~nfing t~ ~I ~ a~s to ~sitive ~ne~ r~rds a~m individmls wit~ut ~ng ~ ~ ~d~e ora crime; ~ ~e~fo~ we th~ undem~ed u~e the Iowa Ci~ ~nd Co~He Ci~ou~ to ~ ~ r~lu~on that h si~r to the foHowing:[ ADD~ THINK GLOB,4LLE, ACTLOC.~LLy lowans for Pewee Resolz4tion AGAINST THE ABusEs OF THE JSA m rvaor Act Because the 2001 USA Patriot (Uniting and Streng~bening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obslkuct Terrorism) Act abuses civil liberties by: Allowing for indefinite detention of non-citizens wino are not tevrorlsts on minor visa vi_~lations if they cannot be deported because they ar~ stateless, their country of origin re~ses to accept them or becau~ they would face torture in their count~ of origin; · Minimlzingjudicial supervision of federal telephon~ and Internet surveillance by law enforcement authorities; · Expanding the ability of the government to conduc~ secret searches; ·Giving the U.S. Attorney General and the Seeretary ~f State the power to designate domestic groups as terrorist organizations & deport alny non-citizen who belongs to them; ·Granting the FBI broad acc~s to sensitive besinesl records about individuals without having to show evidence ora crime; and Leading to large .... intellige ~_.~' purpo~s · -sc~e investigations of American ¢~izens for" n . Therefore we the undersigned urge the Iowa City ~nd CoraiviHe Cit~n~ls to pass a resolution that is similar to the foHowing:l "The c.y of No.hampton o2~cialty odc~, fron, no~ on, £Z~ ~ederal and s~ote ~ -< r~ ~--- enforcement report to the IocaI Human Rights Commissio~ ali local in~estigati~ ut~v]ertoken ~nder aegis of the [U~4 P~driot].4ct and Ord~r$; ~ogl that the -com~/'s congressional representatives acti~e~ monitor the implem~nt~on of the .4ct an~rs~.~. and work to repeal those secfions fo~nd urwonstitutional. 'i' - l~d by Nor~ham~O~;MA. CITY NA~E ADDRESS THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALL~ Iowans for Peace Resolution AGAINST THE ABUSES OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT Because the 200! USA Patriot (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) Act abuses civil liberties by: Allowing for indefinite detention of non-citizens who are not terrorists on minor visa vi_.9.1ations if they cannot be deported because they are stateless, their country of origin re~uses to accept them or because they would face torture in their count~ of origin; Minimizing judicial supervision of federal telephone and Internet surveillance by law enforcement authorities; · Expanding the ability of the government to conduct secret searches; Giving the U.S. Attorney General and the Secretary of State the power to designate domestic groups as terrorist organizations & deport any non-citizen Who belongs to them; ·Granting the FBI broad access to sensitive business records about individuals without having to show evidence of a crime; and · Leading to large-scale mvestlgattons of American clttzens for mtelhgene~ purpq~. Therefore we the undersigned urge the Iowa City and Coralville C~ u s to pass a resolution that is similar to the following: The city of Northampton officially asks, from now on, that federal and state 1.~ ~ *:- F-- enforcement report to the Iocal Human Right~ Commission all local investigat~o~_ni~ , undertaken under aegis of the [USA Patriot] Act and Orders; and that the coti~ity congressional representatives actively monitor the impleme,,ntation of the Act a~t Orders, and work to repeal those sections found unconstitutionaL' - Passed by Nonh~-,~on, MA,~02 CITY NAME Al)DREgS Cmm~ $5S-155710~, more bt fo rn, ft.o: 171g Rocherge.,- THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY lowans for Peace Resolution AGAINST THE ABUSES OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT Because the 200! USA Patriot (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) Act abuses civil liberties by: Allowing for indefinite detention of non-citizens who are not terrorists on minor visa ~lations if they cannot be deported because they are stateless, their country of origin ses to accept them or because they would face torture in their country of origin; * Minimizing judicial supervision of federal telephone and Intemet surveillance by law enforcement authorities; · Expanding the ability, of the government to conduct secret searches; · Giving the U.S. Attorney General and the Secretary of State the power to designate domestic groups as taxorist organizations & deport any non-citizen who belongs to them; · Granting the FBI broad access to sensitive business records about individuals without having to show evidence of a crime; and , Leading to large-scale investigations of American citizens for "intelligence".~.purpose~. Therefore we th.e unders!gn.ed urge the Iowa City and Coralville City~n~s to pass a resolution that ~s smmilar to the followim~: "The city of Northampton officially asl~, from now on, ~hat federal and state lct~ enforcement report to the local Human Righfs Commission all local investigatian~ undertaken under aegis of the [USA Patriot] Act and Orders; and that the comm~'s congressional representatives actively monitor the implementation of the Act ~. (~ler.~. and work to repeal those sections found unconstitutional. '" - Passed by No~hamp(.o~ MA, ~2 CiTY°n NAME ADDRESS 1 ) 4) ..~f/....~/~.~?.,.~ W/ , ~/Z:.~, ~/~_ THINK GLOB~lILY, ACT LOCALLY lowaus for Peace Resolution AGAINST THE ABUSES OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT Because the 2001 USA Patriot (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) Act abuses civil liberties by: · Allowing for indefinite detention of non-citizens who are not terrorists on minor visa vi_,qlations if tbey cannot be deported because they are stateless, their country of origin reuses to accept them or because they would face torture in their country of origin; · Minimizing judicial supervision of federal telephone and Internet surveillance by law enforcement authorities; · Expanding the ability of the government to conduct secret searches; ·Giving the U.S. AttOrney General and the Secretary of State the power to designate domestic groups as terrorist organizations & deport any non-citizen Who belongs to them; · Granting the FBI broad access to sensitive business records about individuals without having to show evidence of a crime; and · Leading to large-scale investigations of American citizens for"intelligence" purposes. .-. Therefore we th.e undersigned urge the Iowa City and CoralviHe Ci~Com~lis to pass a resolution that is similar:to the following- ~-~ "The ci~y of Northampton o.O~cially asks, from now on, ~ federal and state 1~ ~ ~ --~ enforcement report to the local Human Rights Commission all local investigati~ ~ ~-- undertaken under aegis of the fUSA Patriot] Act and Orders; and that the co~y's- ~r-rn congressional representatives actively monitor the implementation of the Act ue~ ~t~ie~ and work to repeal those sections found unconstitutional. '"- Passed by lqo~h~.n. .n~tA, NAME ADDRF_;~J> CITYt~O~ 2) 3) lo t 7) 9)' , '- C-.,~aot $58~1557 fo~ m~re info THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY Iowans for Peace Resolution AGAINST THE ABUSES OF THE USA PA TRIOT A CT Because the 200! USA Patriot (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) Act abuses civil liberties by: · Allowing for indefinite d~tention of non-citizens who are not terrorists on minor visa vi~lations if they cannot be deported because they are stateless, their country of origin fetuses to accept them or because they would face torture in their country of origin; Minimizing judicial supetwision of federal telephone and lntemet surveillance by law enforcement authorities; · Expanding the ability of the government to conduct secret searches; ·Giving the U.S. Attorney General and the Secretary of State the power to designate domestic groups as terrorist organizations & deport any non-citizen who belongs to them; · Granting the FBI broad access to sensitive business records about individuals without having to show evidence of a crime; and · Leading to large-scale investigations of American citizens for "intelligence~.p. os~. Therefore we the undersigned urge the Iowa City and Coralwlle C] .[3~eu_ ne~s to pass a resolution that is similar to the following: "The ciO~ of Northampton o.~cially asks, from now on, that federal and state loJ~ enforcement report to the local Human Rights Commission all local invesiigati .a~ undertaken under aegis of the [USA Patriot] Act arid Orders; and that the com?t~lmiO/srx: congressional representatives active~ monitor the implementation of the Act and OrderS, and work to repeal those sections found unconstitutional. '" - Passext by Norma,-pton, MA, 2002 CITY gblA~ ADDRl~ THINK GLOBAILE ACT LOCALLY lowaus for Peace Resolution ,4 G,4INST THE ,4B USES OF THE US,4 PA TRIO T A CT Because the 2001 USA Patriot (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) Act abuses Civil liberties by: · Allowing for indefinite detention of non-citizens who are not terrorists on minor visa vi~lations if they cannot be deported because they are stateless, their country of origin ret~ses to accept them or because they would face torture in their country of origin; · Minimlzing judicial supervision of federal telephone and Internet surveillance by law enforcement authorities; · Expanding the ability of the government to conduct secret searches; ·Giving the U.S. Attorney General and the Secretary of State the power to designate domestic groups as terrorist organizations & deport any non-citizen Who belongs to them; ·Granting the FBI broad access to sensitive business records about individuals without having to show evidence of a crime; and · Leading to large-scale investigations of American citizens for "intelligence" purposes. zo p,a, ssa resoiunon that ~s snnilar to the following: The ciO~ of Northampton o.~cialb~ asks, from now on, that ~ederal a~i state la~ e,¢orceme, , to¢om, i o undena~n under aegis of the [U,~ Pav;oq Act a~l Orders: and that the comrn~O 7) ,~a.~/~ ~.~.,.~ IIB'q ~L.~,~.~d~ c. hi~. -v,.::; ~.~ TI'lINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY Iowans for Peace Resolution AGAINST THE ABUSES OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT Because the 2001 USA Patriot (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) Act abuses civil liberties by: · Allowing for indefinite detention of non-citizens who are not terrorists on minor visa violations if they cannot be deported because they are stateless, their country of origin re~ses to accept them or because they would face torture in their country of origin; · Minimizing judicial supervision of federal telephone and Internet surveillance by law ~foreemem authorities; · Expanding the ability of the government to conduct secret searches; · Giving the U.S. Attorney General and the Secretary of State the power to designate domestic groups as terrorist o~ani~afions & deport any non-oitizen Who belongs to them; · Granting tho FBI broad access to sensitive business records about individuals without having to show evidence ora crime; and · Leading to large-scale investigations of American citizens for"iutelli~ce' ptl~ose~. · . . ,,3 . Therefore we the undersigned nrge the Iowa C~ty and Coralville ~l~Co~hcil~l to pass a resolution that is similar to the following: . "The city of Northampton officially asks, from now on, that federal and sta~ enforcement report to the local Huratm Rights Coramimion all local investi~li~s undertaken under aegis of the [USA Patriot] Act and Oders; and that the congrea~ional representatives actively monitor the implementation of the AEFand O~rs, and work to repeal those ~ections found unconstitutional. '" - Pas~ by lqon~m.~ot~ M& 2OO2. CITY NAME ADDRESS 3) ! Cm~t $5$-l$$? for more THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY Iowans for Peace Resolution AGAINST THE AB USES OF THE USA PA TRIOT A CT Because the 200! USA Patriot (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) Act abuses civil liberties by: · Allowing for indefinite detention of non-citizens who are not terrorists on minor visa violations if they cannot be deported because they are stateless, their country of origin re~ses to accept them or because they would face torture in their country of origin; · Minimizing judicial supervision of federal telephone and Internet surveillance by law enforcement authorities; · Expanding the ability of the government to conduct secret searches; ·Giving the U.S. Attorney General and the Secretazy of State the power to designate domestic groups as t~rorist organizations & deport any non-citizen who belongs to them; · Granting the FBI broad access to sensitive business records about individuals withom having to show evidence of a crime; and · Leading to large-scale investigations of American citizens for "intelligence" purposes. Therefore we the undersigned urge the Iowa City and Coralville Ci~oun~ to pass a resolution that is similar to the following: "The city of Northampton officially asks, from now on, that yederal and state (a~ ~ ~ -Fl enforcement report to the local Human Rights Commission all local investigatioz~ C) ~ "-- undertaken under aegis of the [US,~ Patriot] Act and Orders; and that the comm~ty's congressional representatives actively monitor the impleme,,ntation of the Act ~ar~ter~ and work to repeal those sections found unconstitut~onal. ' - Passed by NOVham.n~ ~A, C1TY cn NA~I~ ADDRt~ 3) c~ ~. ,c~,sco.- 31~ ~ l._t ~t~/ ,SC Contact $$8-1557for mar~ info THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY lowans for Peace Resolution AGAINST THE ABUSES OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT Because the 200! USA Patriot (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) Act abuses civil liberties by: · Allowing for indefinite detention of non-citizens who are not terrorists on minor visa vi~qlations if they cannot be deported because they are stateless, their count~ of origin reuses to accept them or because they would face torture in their country of origin; Minimizing judicial supervision of federal telephone and Intemet surveillance by law enforcement authorities; · Expanding the ability of the government to conduct secret searches; ·Giving the U.S. Att°rney General and the Secretaxy of State the power to designate domestic groups as terrorist organizations & deport any non-citizen who belongs to them; · Granting the FBI broad access to sensitive business records about individuals without having to show evidence of a crime; and · Leading to large-scale investigations of American citizens for "intelligencx~urpos~. Therefore we th.e undersigned urge the Iowa City and Coralville City~nc~ to pass a resolution that is similar to the following: --_~ -o© "The city of Northampton officially asks, from now on, that federal and state l .aw_~ ? *" t' enforcement report to the local Human Rights Commission all local investigation~ ~ undertaken under aegis of the [USA Patriot] Act and Orders; and that the comb's congressional representatives actively monitor the implementation of the Act and~rders[~o and work to repeal those sections found unconstitutional. '" - Passed by Norma-?ton, MA, CITY NAME ADDRE~ Comact $S&1557 for ~ info 171 Rod e. ,e¥ '--' THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY lowans for Peace Resolution AGAINST THE ABUSES OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT Because the 200! USA Patriot (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) Act abuses civil liberties by: · Allowing for indefinite detention of non-citizens who are not terrorists on minor visa rV~lations if they cannot be deported because they are stateless, their country of.origin scs to a .ccept them or because they would face torture in their country of origin; · Minimizing judicial supervision of federal telephone and Interact surveillance by law enforcement authorities; · Expanding the ability of the govermraent to conduct secret searches; · Giving the U.S. Attorney General and the Secretary of State the power to designate domestic groups as terrorist organizations & deport any non-citizen who belongs to them; · Granting the FBI broad access to sensitive business records about individuals without having to show evidence of a crime; and · Leading to large-scale investigations of American citizens for "intelligence" purposes. Therefore we the undersigned urge the Iowa CiO/and Coralville Cit~C~ung~is to pass a resolution that is simila~ to the following: "The city of Northampton o~ctally asks, from now on, that federal and state ia~ enforcement report to the local Human Rights Commission a'll local inve~gati~ ,r:- [-" undertaken under aegis of the [USA Patriot] Act and Orders; and that the coml~l~ff's ~.~ congressional representatives actively monitor the impleme,,ntation of the Act ar~(~ier~5 and work to repeal those sections found unconstitutional.' - Passed by Nor~h~,m.nt~ MA, C1TYcn NAME ADDRES~ 2) Contt~ $5~*l$57 for mor~.'.mfo THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY Iowaus for Peace Resolution AGAINST THE AB USES OF THE USA PA TRIOT A CT Because the 200! USA Patriot (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) Act abuses civil liberties by: · Allowing for indefinite detention of non-citizens who are not terrorists on minor visa vi~qlations if they cannot be deported because they are stateless, their country of origin r~ses to accept them or because they would face torture in their country of origin; · Minimizing judicial supervision of federal telephone and Internet surveillance by law enforcement authorities; · Expanding the abili~, of the government to conduct segret searches; · Giving the U.S. Attorney General and the Secretary of State the power to designate domestic groups as terrorist organizations & deport any non-citizen who belongs to them; · Granting the FBI broad access to sensitive business records about individuals without having to show evidence of a crime; and Leadmg to large scale mvestagat~ons of Amencancmzens for mtelhgen~Jrp~s. Therefore we the undersigned urge the Iowa City and Coralville CitY'ouzels to pass a resolution that is similar to the following: -5? ~ F-' "The ciO' of Northampton officially aska, from now on, that federal and state lo*g enforcement report to the local Human Rights Commissi°n all local investigati.~ undertaken under aegis of the [UX4 Patriot] Act and Orders; ard that the corn'~unio"~ congressional representatives actively monitor the implementation of the Act and Order~J~,, and work to repeal those sections found unconstitutional. '" - Pas~ by Nor~ham~on, MA, 2002 CITY NAME ADDRESS .6) ,/~~ Conm~ $5~lS$? for more ir. fo ~ * rn lt.o: 171g l oche. e' ± L i THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY Iowans for Peace Resolution AGAINST THE ABUSES OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT Because the 2001 USA Patriot (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) Act abuses civil liberties by: · Allowing for indefinite detention of non-citizens who are not terrorists on minor visa vi.olations if they cannot be deported because they are stateless, their country of origin re~ses to accept them or because they would face torture in their country of origin; · Minimizing judicial supervision of federal telephone and Interact surveillance by law enforcement authorities; Expanding the ability of the govemmem to conduct secret searches; , Giving the U.S. Attorney General and the Secretary of State the power to designate domestic groups as terrorist organizations & deport auy non-citizen who belongs to them; · Granting the FBI broad access to sensitive business records about individuals without having to show evidence of a crime; and · Leading to large-scale investigations of American citizens for "intelligence" purposes. Therefore we the undersigned urge the Iowa City and Coralville City Councils to pass a resolution that is similar to the following: "The city of Northampton oj~cially asia, from now on, that 'federal and state law enforcement report to the local Human Rights Commission all local investigations undertaken under aegis of the [US.~ Patriot] .~ct and Orders; arm that the community's congressional representatives actively monitor the implementation of the Act and Orders, and work to repeal those sections found unconstitutional. '" - Passed by No.h~mpton, MA, 2002 CITY NAME ADDRE~ ,0 - 'vl--"-' f ' ,..,-- 6) ,, 7) 9) ~o) Contact $5~-1557 fm' more. THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY Iowaus for Peace'Resolution AGAINST THE ABUSES OF THE US~I PATRIOT ACT Because the 200! USA Patriot (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) Act abuses civil liberties by: · Allowing for indefinite detention of non-citizens who are not terrorists on minor visa vislatious if they cannot be deported because they are stateless, their count~ of origin re'~ses to accept them or because they would face torture in their country of origin; Minimizing judicial supervision of federal telephone and Intemet surveillance by law enforcement authorities; · Expanding the ability of the government to conduct secret searches; · Giving the U.S. Attorney General and the Secretary of Sta~e the power to designate domestic groups as terrorist organizations & deport any non-citizen who belongs to them; * Granting the FBI broad access to sensitive business records aborn individuals without having to show evidence of a crime; and . s. Therefore we the unders,gned urge the Iowa City and Coralville Ci~ to pass a resolution that is similar to the following: --4© "The city of Northampton officially asks, from now on, that federal' and stateI~h-~n enforcement report to the local Human Rights Commission all local investigati~js~ undertaksn under aegis of the IlJS, t Pa~ot] Act and Orders; and that the congressional representatives actively monitor the implementation of the Act c~d OrJlec~ and work to repeal those sections found unconstitutional '" - Passed by Northampton, MA. 2002 CITY NAME ADDRE~ 9) ~0) Contact $5~l$57 far mare i~o Marian Karr From: Rachel Beck [whollyword@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:57 PM To: council@iowa-city.org Subject: Bill of Rights Defense Committee Resolution Dear Councilors, Thank you for allotting work session time to discuss the Bill of Rights Defense Co~mmittee's resolution on the Patriot Act. When the world is running amok, it is heartening to know that citizens' rights are still taken seriously here in Iowa City. Sincerely, Rachel Beck Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com Marian Karr From: Angela christiansen [earthangeH976(~care2.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 2:55 PM To: cou ncil@iowa-city.org Subject: PATRIOT Act Resolution Dear Members of the Iowa City Council, I am writing to show my support the Patriot Act Resolution that has been proposed to the Council. I am glad that there will be s work session on Oct. 13th. I believe that the Patriot Act is an invasion of the civil liberties of US citizens, and I want you as my local goverment representatives to make a statement to that effect. At the last meeting Ross Wilburn requested a discussion of where to draw the line on local/national issues. I think that instead of thinking about how to separate them, it needs to be addressed how they are connected. Fundamentally, local and national governments are linked, so it makes sense for citizens to address the local effects of national laws through local government bodies. Although there might be a full schedule for the Oct. 13th meeting, the discussion of this resolution should not be put off. Thank you very much for addressing my concern. Sincerely, Angela Christiansen 717 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Care2 make the world greener! Help the planet each day! It's free and easy: http://www. Care2.com/dailyaction/ Marian Karr From: Lisa Mollenhauer Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1:17 PM To: 'Cara Harris' Cc: *City Council Subject: RE: City resolution Ms. Harris, This is to acknowledge receipt of your email to the City Council. Your note will be distributed to Council Members on their next Formal Agenda. All correspondence to Council is a permanent public record. The City Council of Iowa City has not formally considered or passed any legislation related to the USA PATRIOT Act. Have a nice weekend. Lisa Lisa Mollenhauer Administrative Assistant to the City Manager City of Iowa City 410 E Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 (319) 356-5010 ..... Original Message ..... From: Cara Harris [mailto:cmharris@iastate.edu] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 12:22 PM To: cou ncil@iowa-city.org Subject: City resolution Dear Council members; I am a student at Iowa State University and I the president of the student chapter of the ACLU at the university. I had heard at a League of Women voters meeting Iowa City had passed a resolution repealing some of the power behind the USA PATRIOT Act. I wanted to check on these facts and perhaps ask a few questions concerning this issue. I am interested in passing a similar resolution here in Ames, hopefully after the November elections. I look forward to hearing from a representative soon. Thank you very much. Sincerely, Cara Harris President ACLU at ISU Marian Kart From: Crockett Grabbe [grabbe@einstein.physics.uiowa.edu] Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 4:01 PM To: councir@iowa-city.org Subject: Resolution on the Patriot Act To the Members of the City Council: I am writing in regard to the Resolution against the PATRIOT Act by the Iowa City Bill of Rights Defense Committee. I support the Resolution and believe it should be passed to restore many guarantees of the Constitution to all citizens of this country. Although some of the Patriot Acts provisions were justified for a short period of time because of the emergency threat the US was subjected to because of 911, they are definitely not justified for ongoing policies of the country. Crockett Grabbe (pen name: SeaLane Gray) SeaLane Consulting www.seeLane.com www.seeLane.com/speak www.physics.uiowa.edu/-cgrabbe Hypertext for beautiful image for your website: <A HREF="http://seeLane.com/"><IMG SRC= "http://seeLane.com/images/spaceimages/SuperGlobe/slidel5new.jpg" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT-"140" ALT-"Go see Lane"></A> Marian Karr From: Tom Carsner [carsner~mchsi.com] Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 10:16 AM To: council@iowa-city.org Subject: YES on Anti-Patrioit Act resolution To The City Council: Thank you for agreeing to discuss on October 13 the resolution rejecting the PATRIOT Act as presented by the Iowa City Bill of Rights Defense Committee. I support this resolution and urge the Council to support this resolution and join hundreds of other communities in America who have stood up for civil rights and civil liberties. I have been a patron of the Iowa City Public Library since before I could read by myself. It is fundamentally unfair and uncivilized to put librarians in the position of ratting on patrons reading selections and then not being able to tell anyone that police or federal investigators have requested such information. It destroys the trust built between the librarians I have known for 40 years and takes away the presumption of privacy that makes the library the great institution of democracy that keeps bringing me back to it for over 40 years. The Iowa City Airport should not be put in the place of reporting activities that are fully innocent but may by some stretch of the imagination become suspicious. Airport operators should not be made to become agents of investigation, but should place their full attention on running the airport. The Iowa City Police Department, with professionals I went to school with, should not be put in the place of investigating citizens, but not being able to tell them they are under investigation, or for what crime, or why. Ail these activities, and others not mentioned, put city employees in an untenable situation everyday. The trust the public puts in city employees is compromised when the PATRIOT Act puts them in the place of suspecting the worst of every citizen. And the employees themselves are then put under further strain by, under threat of prosecution themselves, not being able to tell anyone the cause for suspicion. The harm it has already done is illegal to quantify because the very empirical information that could help us understand its ramifications for citizens and employees cannot be divulged without breaking the rules of the Act. It effects Iowa City everyday. The Council should support this resolution and urge the repeal of the worst parts of the Act. The PATRIOT Act is a bad idea that upsets the Bill of Rights guarantees of due legal process and the Constitution presumption of privacy. On behalf of the citizens of Iowa City, I ask you to say "no" to the PATRIOT Act. Tom Carsner 1627 College Court Place Iowa City, Iowa 52245 e-mail: carsner@mchsi.com Marian Karr From: Garry & Betsy Klein [the3rdiowa@mchsi.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 4:26 AM To: council@iowa-city.org Cc: chuck_grassley@grassley, senate.gov; talk2jim@mail.house.gov; tom_harkin@harkin.senate.gov Subject: Follow up on the Patriot Act Resolution Below is a copy of the Iowa City Press-Citizen Editorial from last Friday. I've underlined a key portion below. I look forward to discussion of the issue at your next council working meeting on 10/13. "Legislators must repeal Patdot Act Given a choice between a bit more security and the loss of personal freedom, we'll take freedom. And although it may have seemed like a good idea at the time, it was a big mistake. Sens. Charles Grassley and Tom Harkin and Rep. Jim Leach voted in favor of the Patriot Act. Check out a book at the Iowa City Public Library. Attorney Gener-al John Ashcroff can find out what you're reading - without your knowing. In fact, the librarians aren't allowed to tell you that you're being spied upon. In response, the library has put up signs waming patrons, in somewhat nicer terms than these: Big Brother is watching you. This is a good move by library director Susan Craig and her staff. The public needs to know that the government can check up on us without reason or suspicion. The library here isn't the only one taking action. In Berkeley, Calif., the public library has gone so far as to purge records of all returned books each day. Take that, Justice Department! What do you think? · Should the Patriot Act be repealed, modified or kept in place? Cities throuqhout the United States have passed resolutions opposinq the Patriot Act. In a couple of towns, the government has barred workers from enforcinq the Patriot Act And while larqely symbolic, elected officials here wouldn't be out of line if they called for the repeal of the Patriot Act. Unlikn a lot of fuzzy national issues, this one has a direct and obvious connection to how we live our lives in Iowa City. We need to let Washinqton know what we think. The Patriot Act is intrusive. It goes far beyond what we are willing to accept in the name of public security. It allows spying on your Web surfing, taps on your phones, access to financial records and a variety of other surveillance. The act ignores basic rights established by the Fourth Amendment, which clearly prohibits un-reasonable searches. The folks who wrote the Bill of Rights would be appalled. This is a time when citizens clearly seek less intrusion in their lives. Congress has told telemarketers to stop calling and has restricted the release of personal medical information, attaching stiff penalties for violators. At the same time, the government has given itself too much power to pry into the lives of its citizens. Legislators, repeal the Patriot Act. THE ISSUE: · The Patriot Act, passed after Sept. 11, gives the government broad powers to look into our private lives. WE SUGGEST: · Congress should repeal the Patriot Act, which sacrifices too much privacy in the name of security. Unfortunately, our lawmakers made the wrong choice when they passed the Patriot Act of 2001. In the fallout from Sept. 11, Congress gave the govemment broad powers to pry into our private lives." Sincerely, Garry Klein 628 2nd Ave. Iowa City, IA 52245 Marian Karr From: Angela christiansen [earthange11976@care2.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08~ 2003 4:18 PM To: cou ncil@iowa-city.org Subject: Chicago City Council Passes Resolution Opposing Patriot Act OfigineiB~y.htm Dear City Council Persons, My name is Angela Christiansen. I am a registered voter and my address is 717 E. Washington St., Apt. #5, Iowa City, IA 52240. I would like for you to review the news release that I have attached below. It indicates that the Chicago is now one of the 180 cities that has passed a resolution opposing the USA PATRIOT Act. A coalition of Iowa City citizens is currently trying to convince you to pass a similar resolution. I encourage you to read the arguments of the Chicago City Council persons, who ended up passing the vote 37-7. Thank you for you time and attention to this very important matter. Sincerely, Angela Christiansen NEWS RELEASE Contact: Marilyn Katz 312-822-0505 Chicago City Council Passes Resolution Opposing USA PATRIOT Act 37-7 Chicago, October 1, 2003 - Following a gripping debate between numerous experts opposing the USA PATRIOT Act, including Tom Leahy from the Chicago Federation of Labor, Lewis Meyers, a prominent civil rights lawyer, and Jim Fennerty from the National Lawyers Guild, and the District Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald at hearings last week, today the Chicago City Council passed by a vast majority a Resolution Opposing the USA Patriot Act and Related Executive Orders. Ald. Joe Moore (49), Ald. Hellen Shiller (46), Ald. Freddrenna Lyle {6) and Ald. Ricardo Munoz (22) are the initial sponsors of the Resolution. With its passing by a vote of 37-7, Chicago has become the largest city of the 180 in the country to pass similar resolutions. After today's deliberations, Ald. Moore, a ! member of Chicagoans Against War and Injustice, said, "With this Resolution, Chicago City Council has made a statement to its constituents, to the entire country and to the Administration that we must do everything to protect all of our people, not only against terrorism, but against threats to our constitutional rights, as well." Ald. Shiller stated, "Time and time again, we as a country, as a free and liberal society, have recognized that the only way to ensure that people with power do not exploit that power to restrict our freedoms and liberties is to limit their ability to use that power. District Attorney Fitzgerald belittled the concern that we have expressed with regards to the potential abuses resulting from the Patriot Act. He claims most of our concerns can be done without the Patriot Act - then why the resistance to appealing these aspects of the Act?" "The right to come to this country to seek a better life and to assume the responsibilities of a free citizenry is fundamental to being an American," said Ald. Munoz. "In no way should that right, that deep desire to be free, be chilled by the very government that is supposed to be defending and encouraging freedom for its own people and, by example, the people of the world." Abner Mikva, former US Court of Appeals judge, adds, "The way the Bush Administration is responding to terrorist threats is threatening our very way of life as Americans - of privacy, freedom and democracy. The fragile balance between liberty and security is in question. Our constitutional rights are at risk." Political commentator and member of Chicagoans Against War and Injustice, Don Rose stated, "Today, the Chicago City Council showed courage and moral leadership in advocating repeal of the unjust, repressive USA Patriot Act. A true patriot does not trash the First Amendment. A true patriot does not cripple the Fourth Amendment. A true patriot does not demolish the Sixth Amendment. And a true patriot does not make a mockery of Emma Lazarus's words inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, 'Give me your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free...' The law will have little effect on real terrorists, but many provisions have a toxic effect on all Americans--and doubly on immigrants." Care2 make the world greener! Help the planet each day! It's free and easy: http://www. Care2.com/da±lyaction/ *** eSafe scanned this email for malicious content *** *** IMPORTANT: Do not open attachments from unrecognized senders *** Page 1 of 1 NEWS RELEASE Contact: Marilyn Katz 312-822-0505 Chicago City Council Passes Resolution Opposing USA PATRIOT Act 37-7 Chicago, October 1, 2003 - Following a gripping debate between numerous experts opposing the USA PATRIOT Act, including Tom Leahy from the Chicago Federation of Labor, Lewis Meyers, a prominent civil rights lawyer, and Jim Fennerty from the National Lawyers Guild, and the District Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald at hearings last week, today the Chicago City Council passed by a vast majority a Resolution Opposing the USA Patriot Act and Related Executive Orders. Aid. Joe Moore (49), Aid. Hellen Shiller (46), Aid. Freddrenna Lyle (6) and Aid. Ricardo Munoz (22) are the initial sponsors of the Resolution. With its passing by a vote of 37-7, Chicago has become the largest city of the 180 in the country to pass similar resolutions. After today's deliberations, Aid. Moore, a member of Chicagoans Against War and Injustice, said, "With this Resolution, Chicago City Council has made a statement to its constituents, to the entire country and to the Administration that we must do everything to protect all of our people, not only against terrorism, but against threats to our constitutional rights, as well." Aid. Shiller stated, "Time and time again, we as a country, as a free and liberal society, have recognized that the only way to ensure that people with power do not exploit that power to restrict our freedoms and liberties is to limit their ability to use that power. District Attorney Fitzgerald belittled the concern that we have expressed with regards to the potential abuses resulting from the Patriot Act. He claims most of our concerns can be done without the Patriot Act - then why the resistance to appealing these aspects of the Act?" "The right to come to this country to seek a better life and to assume the responsibilities of a free citizenry is fundamental to being an American," said Aid. Munoz. "In no way should that right, that deep desire to be free, be chilled by the very government that is supposed to be defending and encouraging freedom for its own people and, by example, the people of the world." Abner Mikva, former US Court of Appeals judge, adds, "The way the Bush Administration is responding to terrorist threats is threatening our very way of life as Americans - of privacy, freedom and democracy. The fragile balance between liberty and security is in question. Our constitutional rights are at risk." Political commentator and member of Chicagoans Against War and Injustice, Don Rose stated, "Today, the Chicago City Council showed courage and moral leadership in advocating repeal of the unjust, repressive USA Patriot Act. A true patriot does not trash the First Amendment. A true patriot does not cripple the Fourth Amendment. A true patriot does not demolish the Sixth Amendment. And a true patriot does not make a mockery of Emma Lazarus's words inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, 'Give me your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free...' The law will have little effect on real terrorists, but many provisions have a toxic effect on all Americans-and doubly on immigrants." file://C :\TEMP\OriginalBody.htm 10/8/03 Marian Karr From: Holly Berkowitz [crankyl00@mchsi.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 3:25 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: Guilty until proven innocent? Holly Berkowitz 612 Granada Court Iowa City, IA 52246 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City,'IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. You know that the foundation of our judicial system is innocence until proven guilty. Yet, our system of justice is eroding, battered by the aftermath of 911, some assuming that all are guilty until proven innocent, instead, turning the Lady of Liberty on her head. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review than this. I even wonder if the Patriot Act I was written before 911. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. This is a local matter. We need vision beyond the bounds of Iowa City to produce a more civil world, never easy, cheap or quick. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with unconstitutional and invasive federal directives, violating civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty from want and fear, desperate want and paralyzing fear, fright, flight, fight, and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with 1 City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. I am horrified that my City Council refused to even allow discussion of this very important matter, as if it would reduce someone's private profits. But what about the economic health of this area? Fear paralyzes our ability to produce enough to prosper, and I believe that the politics of fear has caused the economic recession that has seized this nation since the spring of 2001. We need to demand an investigation of financial abuse, such as the Savings and Loan Scandal and the Enron scandal that happened before/during/after 911. Was 911 a tool to cover up the Enron scandal? We need to demand an investigation(s) and demand a reimbursement of taxpayer dollars to taxpayers that found their way into the pockets of private CEOs of the oil and weapons industries .......... at public taxpayer expense ............ costing Iowa City. We need those dollars back. Thank yOU. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties, erosion of liberties that destroys our freedoms and ability to move and think and feel without fear enough to function. Or we die. Or democracy dies. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Holly Berkowitz Form letter received from--~ individuals. Marian Karr From: Julie Spears [julie-spears@uiowa.edu] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 1:58 PM To: Mayor Emie Lehman Subject: Support the PATRIOT Act Resolution Julie Spears 1019 Church St. Iowa City, IA 52245 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman:~ As your constituent, 'I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. T~ese communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, as a principal promoter of this resolution, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed US~ PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter and to working with you to pass the resolution. Sincerely, Julie Spears Marian Karr From: Evan Herrnstadt [eherrn@mchsi.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 200:3:3:37 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: Speak out against PATRIOT Act Evan Herrnstadt 731 Church St. Apt #3 Iowa City, IOWA 52245 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions, I0wa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Evan Herrnstadt Marian Karr From: Elaine Ditsler [elaine-ditsler@mchsi.corn] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 3:36 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: Patriot Act Resolution Elaine Ditsler 1019 Church St. Iowa City, IA 52245 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's con~nitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of con%munities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and ~hree states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These co,unities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local. resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Elaine Ditsler Marian Karr From: Cynthia Crossett [CyndiCrossett@msn.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 3:20 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: PATRIOT Act protection Cynthia Crossett 3348 S. Jamie Lane Iowa City, IA 52240 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Cynthia Crossett Marian Karr From: Casey Kohrt [cjkohrt@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 3:19 PM To: Mayor Emie Lehman Subject: USA Patriot Act Casey Kohrt 435 Rundell Iowa City, IA 52242 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public d~alogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Casey Kohrt Marian Kart From: Natasha Wendt [bullwinkle72@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 3:06 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: Preserving Freedom for all Iowa Cifians Natasha Wendt 24 Phyllis Place iowa city, IA 52245 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the Septe~er 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Natasha E. Wendt Marian Karr From: Rhonda Fabert [ref@willinet. net] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 3:00 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: No Patriot Act In lC Rhonda Fabert 1100 Arthur St. Iowa City, IA 52240 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's co~tmitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to il~-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and ~hree states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Rhonda Fabert Marian Karr From: Michael Davis [michael-davis-~@uiowa.edul Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 2:49 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: Please Protect Our Civil Liberties Michael Davis 100 Currier Hall ~N104 Iowa City, IA 52242 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 co~munities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City ~anager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Michael Davis Marian Karr From: Matt Stoeckel [stoeckel@mchsi.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 2:40 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: Please Protect Our Civil Liberties Matt Stoeckel 723 E Jefferson Street Iowa City, IA 52246 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Matt Stoeckel Marian Karr From: George DeMello [george-demello@uiowa.edu] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 2:33 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: PATRIOT ACT George DeMello Dept. of Spanish and Port. PH 111 Iowa City, IA 52242 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of co~nnunities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and ~hree states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, George DeMello Marian Karr From: Elizabeth Heineman [lisa_heineman@world.oberlin.edu] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 1:59 PM To: Mayor Emie Lehman Subject: Patriot Act Elizabeth Heineman 729 Ronalds St. iowa city, IA 52245 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terroris~ attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Elizabeth Heineman Marian Karr From: Patricia Turner [ptumer@avalon.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 3:40 PM To: Mayor Emie Lehman Subject: Please oppose the Patriot Act Patricia Turner 2500 Rushmore Dr. Iowa City, IA 52246 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's co~tmitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Patricia Turner Marian Karr From: Samantha Schmehl [sschmehl@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 2:31 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: PATRIOT act resolution Samantha Schmehl 702 Westwinds Dr. #5 Iowa City, IA 52246 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's com~itment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the Septen~oer 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians such as myself, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 come, unities -- and ~hree states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Samantha Schmehl Marian Karr From: Jamie Frededcksen [jfrededcksen@k-blaw.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 2:01 PM To: Mayor Emie Lehman Subject: The Patriot Act Jamie Fredericksen 1205 Laura Drive Iowa City, IOWA 52245 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and ~hree states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Jamie Fredericksen Marian Karr From: Susan Henningsen [yayamomma@msn.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 4:11 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: Patriot Act Susan Henningsen 2211 Hollywood Blvd Iowa City, IA 52240 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and i~ gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Susan Henningsen Marian Karr From: Ellen Wetzel [ERW400@aol,com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 4:20 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: Support for the resolution to protect our rights Ellen Wetzel 13 N. Scott Blvd. Iowa City, IA 52245 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of con%munities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty.to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Ellen Wetzel Marian Kart From: Nathan Totten [nathan-totten@uiowa.edu] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 5:14 PM To: Mayor Emie Lehman Subject: Life, LIBERTY, and Happiness... Nathan Totten 363 N. Riverside Dr Iowa City, IA 52246 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all ~ericans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These co--unities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Nathan Totten Marian Karr From: Frik Filean [ErikF77525@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 5:25 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: Oppose the PATRIOT Act Erik Filean 810 W. Benton St., Apt. 204-B Iowa City, IOWA 52246 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and I0wa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Erik P. and Laura K. Filean Marian Karr From: Kim Miller [robin2kim@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 5:30 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: Patriot Act is unpatriotic Kim Miller 805 Spencer Dr Iowa City, IA 52246 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all ~ericans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 co~lmunities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These co--unities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter° Sincerely, Kim Miller Marian Karr From: Greg Bauer [IXHoffaXl@aoLcoml Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 8:27 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: Vote for resolution against the Patriot Act Greg Bauer 338 Koser Ave. Iowa City, IOWA 52246 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's co~itment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without, probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more th~n 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Greg Bauer Marian Karr From: Paul Behrendtsen [monkendcow8@aoi.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 8:34 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: I fear the powers of the Patriot Act. Paul Behrendtsen 1100 Tower Ct Iowa City, IOWA 52246 October 8, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 co~nnunities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties th&n are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Paul Behrendtsen Marian Kart From: Mary Moran [mary-moran@uiowa.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 1:32 AM To: Mayor Emie Lehman Subject: Resolution against the PATRIOT Act Mary Moran 109 S. Lowell St. Iowa City, IA 52245 October 9, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's con~nitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These con~munities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedicatio~ to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. Sincerely, Mary Moran Marian Karr From: John Kazmerzak [organickaz@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 9:30 AM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: USA PATRIOT Act John Kazmerzak 423 Center St Iowa City, IA 52245 October 9, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review° The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, John F. Kazmerzak Marian Karr From: Ethan Grundberg [ethan-grundberg@uiowa.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 9:09 AM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: Preserve our Civil Liberties and Uphold our Constitution Ethan Grundberg 400 N Clinton ST #5 Iowa City, IOWA 52245 October 9, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater. consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, t urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Ethan Grundberg Marian Karr From: ROBIN Doerr [want2teachl@excite.com] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 10:37 AM To: Mayor Emie Lehman Subject: Invasion of privacy for inoscent citizens ROBIN Doerr 2551 Holiday Rd Apt A1 Coralville, IOWA 52241 October 9, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and ~hree states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These con~munities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Robin Doerr Marian Karr From: Kay Thistlethwaite [KayThistle@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 'l 1:13 AM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: Protecting civil liberties Kay Thistlethwaite 510 West Side Dr. Iowa City, IA 52246 October 9, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all ~ericans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and ~hree states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Kay Thistlethwaite Marian Karr From: Aaron Smith [aasmith@appliedsystems.com] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 3:20 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: Patriot Act Aaron Smith 255 Holiday Lodge Rd North Liberty, IOWA 52317 October 9, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all ~J~ericans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the hblders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These co,unities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Aaron Smith Marian Karr From: SUE CHRISTIANSEN [suec1952@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 1:22 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: PROTECT CIVIL LIBERTIES! SUE CHRISTIANSEN 41 VALLEY AVE APT 7 IOWA CITY, IA 52246 October 9, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's con~aitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of conununities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and ~hree states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, SUE CHRISTIANSEN Marian Karr From: Brandon Porter [brandon-porter@uiowa.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 10:45 PM To: Mayor Emie Lehman Subject: USA PATRIOT ACT RESOLUTION Brandon Porter 915 Oakcrest Street ~20 Iowa City, IA 52246 October 9, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of co~aunities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the Septer~er 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of'this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all ~ericans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and ~hree states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Brandon Porter Marian Karr From: John Stewart i'iohnandcharles@earthlink.net] Sent: Fdday, October 10, 2003 1:49 AM To: Mayor Emie Lehman Subject: Patdot Act John Stewart 918 23rd Ave Apt 10 Coralville, IA 52241 October 10, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of coramunities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and ~hree states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA. PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, John Stewart Marian Karr From: Katherine Ramer [katie@bluoplaid.us] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 9:43 AM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: Speak out for Civil Liberties Katherine Ramer 211 Friendship St Iowa City, IA 52245 October 10, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and ~hree states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere° Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Katherine Ramer Marian Karr From: Matthew Olson [navoti@yahoo.com} Sent: Fdday, October 10, 2003 9:56 AM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: Protect Iowa City from the Patriot Act! Matthew Olson 24 Phyllis Place Iowa City, IA 52245 October 10, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the Septe~Der 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Counci~ an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Matthew Olson Marian Kart From: Lindsay Park [letsknf@netscape.net] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 3:23 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: Defend our civil liberties! Oppose USA PATRIOT Act Lindsay Park 401 Douglass St Iowa City, IA 52246 October 10, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved and STILL deserves greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties, including, most recently, the city of Chicago. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Lindsay Alan Park Marian Karr From: Holly Hart [hhart@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 4:21 PM To: Mayor Emie Lehman Subject: Please Help Protect Civil Liberties Holly Hart P.O. Box 2448 Iowa City, IOWA 52244 October 10, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA .52240 Mayor Lehman: AS your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's cormaitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the Septeraber 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all ~ericans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These coramunities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Holly Hart Marian Karr From: Daniel Johnson-O'Mara [danjo@inav.net] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 9:10 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: Resolution Against USA Patriot Act Daniel Johnson-O'Mara 4319 320th Street NE Iowa City, IOWA 52240 October 10, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the Septen~ber 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and ~hree states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These con~nunities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Daniel Johnson-O'Mara Marian Karr From: Chad Aldeman [Aldemoney@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 7:35 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: Patriot Act vote Chad Aldeman 100 Currier Hall #N135 Iowa City, IA 52242 October 12, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Hayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. First off, I am a registered voter who takes that privilege very seriously. Secondly, as you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all ~ericans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 con%munities -- and three states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These coramunities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Chad Aldeman Marian Karr From: Jean Hagen [jeanmarie1952@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 1:22 AM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: Be a True Patriot---Protect Civil Liberties Jean Hagen 540 Kimball Road Iowa City, IA 52245 October 13, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the Septe~er 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in Congress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all ~ericans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 con~munities -- and ~hree states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties° These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere° Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, Jean Hagen Marian Karr From: rhea sloan [rheasloan@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 12:16 PM To: Mayor Ernie Lehman Subject: patriot act rhea sloan 17 essex #3 beverly, PLA 01915 October 13, 2003 Mayor Ernie Lehman City Council 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor Lehman: As your constituent, I urge you to support the resolution reaffirming Iowa City's commitment to protecting civil liberties. Iowa City should join the dozens of communities around the country that have spoken out against the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions of our civil liberties. As you probably know, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress just 45 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks with virtually no debate. I believe legislation of this breadth and severity deserved greater consideration and review. The Iowa City resolution is necessary to respond to ill-considered provisions of the PATRIOT Act and to urge our representatives in C~ngress to oppose all violations of our civil liberties. I believe that the PATRIOT Act goes beyond fighting terrorism and turns all Americans into suspects. For example, the USA PATRIOT Act gives law enforcement broad access to many types of records without probable cause of a crime. It also prohibits the holders of this information, like librarians, from disclosing that they have produced such records, under the threat of imprisonment. It is the City Council's duty to inform Iowa City residents of possible violations of their civil liberties, especially when it might involve a City agency. This resolution calls for public dialogue between residents and city officials. Currently, more than 181 communities -- and ~hree states -- have passed resolutions in support of civil liberties. These communities understood that the USA PATRIOT Act and other federal measures affect every local resident. They realized that city employees might be asked to comply with federal directives and, in many situations, violate civil liberties. The Iowa City resolution reaffirms the City's dedication to liberty and it gives the City Council an opportunity to discuss these issues with City employees and receive reports from the City Manager. The City Council's duty is to stay informed about every possible violation of the rights guaranteed by the US and Iowa constitutions. Iowa City residents deserve to know that the City Council is no less concerned about their constituents' civil liberties than are local leaders elsewhere. Once again, I urge you to support this resolution opposing the flawed USA PATRIOT Act and further restrictions on our civil liberties. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter. Sincerely, rhea sloan ...[rHE _..JSTEPPii IG UP _..J F'ROJECT TO REDUCE THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF HIGH RISK DRINKING www. uiowa.edu/~stepping Executive Members Susie Beederman September 16, 2003 Shelly Campo Carolyn Cavitt Greetings, C*-~ardiaaer We encourage you to read the enclosed fact sheet compiled for our benefit by the American LaShelle Medical Association. Chtistensen The keystone of this fact sheet is the summary of the report released on September 9, 2003 Caxolyn Cavitt by the National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine. This ground breaking ~2~'.ator report fakes the first step in creating a comprehensive, national plan to combat underage Jim CLayton drinking. Ca-Caordinat~r The entire report is available in a bound volume from: www.alcoholpolicysolutions.net. Sam Cochran c~-olyn Col,~i~ Sincerely, Nate Green Carolyn Cavitt and Jim Clayton Sarah Ha.sen Co-Coordinators Dale Helling Enclosed: Reducing Underage Drinking-A Collective Responsibility W'dl Jennings Phillip E. Jones Map/Khowassah Ernie Lehman Steve Patron Lane Plugge Gima. Rose.b~ -~"oco m Bryan Stacy Nan Trefz Andrew Walters 100 Stanley Hall, University of lowa, Iowa City, IA 552~t2 (319)353-2529 1 Reducin~ Underage Drinkin~--A Collective Responsibility Fact Sheet Alcohol is the number one drug of choice for America's young people, and 8,500 youth die each year as a result of underage drinking. The American Medical Association considers this an epidemic worth investing resources to now, so we can prevent the costly soclal and physical consequences now and in the future. ~_~ -< On September 9, 2003, the National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine released Reducing Underage Drinking - A Collective Responsibility, a comprehensive review of existing alcohol prevention --~-- efforts. The report exposes the largely invisible public health epidemic of underage drinking, analyzes the most recent data on underage drinking and addresses the best strategies for preventing youth from using and abusing alcohol. Reducing Underage Drinking - A ~ (,~ Collective Responsibility takes the first step in creating a comprehensive, national plan to combat underage drinking. focused on alcohol prevention in order to establish a more effective campaign on reducing Institute of Medicine, Reducing Underage Drinking - A Collective Responsibility, Key findings from ~Reducing Underage Drinking - A Collective Responsibility" · Patterns and consequences of underage drinking are closely related to the overall include strategies that engage the society at large. · Alcoholic beverages are far cheaper today than they were in the 1960s and 1970s. (Source: Institute of Medicine, Reducing Underage Drinking - A Collective Responsibility, drinking~ Community leaders should assess their local underage drinking problem and consider effective approaches such as community organizing, coalition building and deterring and terminating underage drinking parties. purchasing alcohol for minors· Compiled by the Reducing Underage Drinking Through Coalitions initiative at the American Medical Association, September 2003 (Source: Institute of Medicine, Reducing Underage Drinking - A Collective Responsibility, September 2003) General statistics on underage drinking · More than 10 million underage youth drink, over half of which are binge drinkers. (Source: Summary of Findings from the 1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse,U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1999) -Illegal alcohol consumption by underage youth account for up to $22 billion a year in sales. (Source: Alcohol Consumption and Expenditures for Underage Drinking and Adult Excessive Drinking~National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Columbia University, published in JAMA, 2003) · In a survey of Americans age 12-17, the average person took their first drink before age 13. (Source: National Nousehold Sur~ey on Drug Abuse: Main Findings 1996.U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1998) · Youth who use alcohol before 15 are four times more likely to be alcohol dependent than adults whose first drink is at the legal age of 21. (Source: Gra~t & Dawson· Age at Onset of Alcohol Use and its Association with DSM-IV Alcohol Abuse and Dependence, Journal of Substance Abuse, Volume 9, pages 103-110, 1997} · The consequences of underage drinking are a tremendous expense to the U.S. economy and total more than $53 billion per year, by far the most costly of all drug problems· (Source: Institute Of Medicine, Reducing Underage Drinking - A Collective Responsibility, September 2003) Effects of underage drinking on health and safety · Alcohol plays a key role in accidents, homicides and suicides, the leading causes of death among youth· (Source: American Academy of Pediatrics, information related to planning and promoting October 1998 Child Health Month, May 1998l .Alcohol kills six times more young people than all illicit drugs combined. (Source: Healthy Kentuckians 2010, Cabinet for Health Services) linked to as many as two-thirds of all sexual assaults and date r~_Qf Alcohol is teens and college students. (Source: Youth and Alcohol: Dangerous and Deadly Con_~--~ces~7 Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, April 1992.) 'Studies reveal that alcohol consumption by adolescents results in brain damage ~-~ possibly permanent - and impairs intellectual development. (Source: Alcoholism: 'Cl~al~ and Experimental Research (Volume 24, Number 2)National Institute on Alcohol Alcoholism, February 2000) The power of advertising · The alcohol industry spends approximately $4.8 billion every year on advertising, a powerful medium that has proven extremely persuasive to young people· · A study of 12 year-olds found that children who were more aware of beer advertising held more favorable views on drinking and expressed an intention to drink more often as adults than did children who were less knowledgeable about the ads. (Source: Grube, J.W. (1995). 'Television alcohol portrayals, alcohol advertising and alcohol expectancies among children and adolescents·' Effects of the Mass Media on the Use and Abuse of Alcohol. S.E. Martin and P. Mail. Bethesda: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 105-121.) · A 1996 study of children ages nine to eleven found that children were more familiar with Budweiser's television frogs than Kellogg's Tony the Tiger, the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, or Smokey the Bear· (Source: Leiber, L. Commercial and character slogan recall by children aged 9 to 11 years: Budweiser frogs versus Bugs Bunny. Berkeley: Center on Alcohol Advertising, 1996.) · A federally-funded study of 1,000 young people found that exposure to and liking of alcohol advertisements affects whether young people will drink alcohol. (Source: Grube, J. Alcohol advertising-a study of children and adolescents: preliminary results·) Compiled by the Reducing Underage Drinking Ti~rough Coalitions initiative at the American Medical Association, September 2003 What has the alcohol industry's role been towards preventing underage drinking? · The alcohol industry is a major obstacle to ending the epidemic of underage drinking. Prior to the release of the new report, the National Seer Wholesalers Association assailed it as a misuse of taxpayer dollars and lobbied Congress to undermine its importance. · The Association also lobbied extensively to exclude alcohol messages from the government's billion dollar 'Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign," the largest taxpayer campaign to reduce youth substance abuse, despite the fact that alcohol is the number one drug of choice for youth. What has the government done thus far to prevent underage drinking? · The U.S. Surgeon General has never conducted a single workshop or report on underage drinking. Federal efforts to date to prevent and reduce underage drinking have been poorly funded, coordinated and promoted. · The government is heavily lobbied by the alcohol industry, which donated more than $11.7 million to the national Democratic and Republican parties and their candidates in the 2000 election cycle, making it one of the most generous funders among major industries. (Source: Friend or Foe: The Alcohol Industry, Youth Alcohol Problems, and Alcohol Policy Strategies policy briefing paper, American Medical Association, 2002) Changing the social environment · The alcohol industry has co-opted prevention efforts with their self-serving messages of moderation and personal responsibility· · Traditional public health efforts to reduce underage drinking focus on youth education and prevention techniques, but research shows that this has had only limited success. · Public health experts endorse expanding approaches that focus on how social environments actually encourage and enable alcohol abuse among youth. Environmental factors such as illegal alcohol sales to minors, alcohol distribution and pricing practices, cultural norms, marketing, promotions and advertising all create a culture where drinking is seen as sexy, cool, fun, cheap and easy to buy but also without consequence. (Source: Friend or Foe: The Alcohol Industry, Youth Alcohol Problems, and Alcohol Policy Strategies policy briefing paper, American Medical Association, 2002) Recommended proven steps that can reduce underage drinking · Increased excise taxes on alcoholic beverages · Keg registration to track when alcohol is provided to minors · Strict penalties for parents and other adults who purchase alcohol for underage youth · A clear, sustained counter-marketing campaign that broadly reaches youth with more realistic messages about drinking and its consequences · Increased law enforcement measures and enforcement Targeting youth of color to combat alcohol abuse in a culturally competent effective manner. Compiled by the Reducing Underage Drinking Through Coalitions initiative at the American Medical Association, September 2003 err[mE TO REDUCE THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF HIGH RISK DRINKING wv~v. uiowa.edu/~stepping Executive Members Susie_Beederman September 17, 2003 Shelly Campo Caxolyn Cavitt Greetings, Co-c~ordinator Under sepaxate cover, we sent you the call, issued by the National Academy of LaShelle Christensen Sciences and Institute of Medicine, for a comprehensive, national plan to combat underage drinking. In that report the need for change of the social envixonment Jim Clayton that surrounds the cultuxe of alcohol is highlighted. Co-Coordinator Sam Cochran Many of you read parts of the enclosed p£ess release in one of the local newspapers or in USA Todqy. This informaton addxesses some of the environmental challenges Caxolyn Colvin we face in the Iowa City a~ea, specifically the marketing of alcohol to students. The Nate Green researchers did visit Iowa City in thei~ study of the promotion of alcohol to students. Sarah Hansen Dale Helling We ask that you take a few minutes to ~ead the complete press release and if you would like to review the full study and additional infomaation, please go to w'fll Jennings www.hsph.ha~vard.edu/cas. Phillip E. Jones Thank you fo~ youx attention to this important issue. Ma~y Khowassah Cl~irper~on Since£ely, Emie Lehman Steve paneott Carolyn Cavitt and Jim Clayton -- ,~ Co-Coordinators ~ ~ Lane Plugg~ ~ G~fian Rosenberg Enclosed: Henry Wechsler, College Alcohol Studies _~ ? co ~/~ David Skorton FTI ~ Nan Trcfz 03 Andrew Walters 100 Stanley Hall, University of 10wa, Iowa City, IA 55242 (319)353-2529 HSPH, Depa~ hnent of Society, Human Development and Health College Alcohol Studies, Henry Wechsler, Ph.D., Director For further information, contact: Ellen Wilson, Joe Suthefland, or Preeti Singh at 301-652-1558 SPECIAL EMBARGO FOR RELEASE: 10:00 a.m. (ET), Friday, September 12, 2003 STUDY DOCUMENTS LOW-PRICED, HIGH-VOLUME SALES OF ALCOHOL AVAILABLE TO COLLEGE STUDENTS NATIONWIDE Confirms Strong Link between Low.Priced Promotions and Heavier Drinking Among Students In First National, On-site Bar and Liquor Store Survey BOSTON, MA (September 12, 2003) - Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study (CAS) released today a new study documenting, through systematic on-site observations, the extent to which college students are targeted with sales of large volumes of alcohol (such as 24- and 30-can cases of beer, kegs, and "party balls"), low sale prices, and frequent alcohol promotions at bars, liquor stores, and other retail outlets surrounding college campuses. The study, which, appears in the October issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, found a strong association between the presence of these promotions and higher rates of heavy drinking on college campuses. According to previous CAS research, underage students consume 48 percent of all alcohol consumed on college campuses. The study paints a portrait of the alcohol promotions college students will likely encounter as they start school this fall and enumerates the typical price of a beer, which can be as cheap as 25 cents. This study marks the first time that trained observers went into bars and liquor stores surrounding college campuses to obtain a national picture of the marketing practices for alcohol in college communities without relying solely on student recall. A second study also appearing in the journal found that drinking and driving was less prevalent on campuses in states that had more comprehensive laws and stronger enforcement capacity to restrict drinking and driving, underage drinking, and high volume consumption and sales of alcohol. "The drinking lifestyle is a well-advertised and low-budget form of entertainment on college campuses," said Henry Wechsler, PhD, Principal Investigator of the study and Director of College Alcohol Studies at the Harvard School of Public Health. "Our study confirms that the lower the prices and the more extensive the specials, the more heavy the drinking. What this means for programs to protect college students from destructive drinking and its consequences is clear. They have an uphill battle." "With its findings on the price and marketing sensitivity of high-risk, destructive binge drinking among college students, the Harvard study is testimony to the importance of a community-wide focus on behavior change strategies," said J. Michael McGinnis, MD, Senior Vice President and Director of the Health Group of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. "These efforts must include not only college administrators and stude,n, ts. but local business and community leaders, civic organization, and t~ alcohol industry as well. SC) o* -more- 3>~ ~ ~ The study encompasses survey results from the 2001 Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study, which gathered drinking information on more than 10,000 college students nationwide. Detailed information on prices, specials, and promotions at individual stores surrounding the college campuses was obtained from independent observations. In addition to the 118 colleges analyzed for this study, the researchers observed "on-premise" establishments--bars, clubs, and restaurants where alcohol is consumed on site--and "off-premise" establishments--retail outlets such as liquor stores, convenience stores, and groceries that sold alcohol that is consumed off-site. A total of 1,684 off-premise establishments and 830 on-premise establishments were observed. Field data collectors received more than 22 hours of training, including both classroom instruction and supervised observations in the community. Marketing of low-price, high-volume beer and liquor at on- and off-premise establishments was positively associated with the average total number of drinks students consumed, according to the study. In retail outlets, the average prices for 12-packs of beer and 24-packs of beer were $6.08 (ranging from $2.29 to $11.29) and $11.74 (ranging from $5.89 to $24.00) respectively. For 24-can cases of beer, the lower the price, the higher the college binge-drinking rate. There appeared to be no correlation between low average price and binge drinking forl2-packs of beer. More than 60 percent of these retail outlets provided at least one type of beer promotion. Among the bars, clubs, and restaurants surrounding college campuses, the prices for a single drink, pitcher, or "the largest volume" were significantly correlated with college binge drinking rates: the lower the average alcohol sale price among bars, clubs, and restaurants surrounding the college campus, the higher the college binge drinking rate. The presence of weekend beer specials was highly correlated with college binge drinking rates. Almost three quarters of on-premise establishments offered such weekend specials. Almost one half provided at least one type of beer promotion. College student binge drinking, as defined by Wechsler and other public health researchers, is the consumption of five or more drinks in a row at least once in the past two weeks for men, and four or more drinks in a row for women. Research has shown that this style of binge drinking is associated with lower grades, vandalism, and physical and sexual violence. The researchers conclude that efforts to reduce problems associated with college binge drinking have focused primarily on education and changes, in student behavior. However, the results of this study suggest that the efforts to regulate marketing practices (e.g. sale prices, super-sized packaging, promotions, and exterior advertisements) may be important strategies. "High volume, low-priced saies are an important factor in fueling destructive drinking practices," added Wechsler. State Laws Impact Collegiate Drinking and Driving Comprehensive alcohol polices and their strong enforcement may help reduce drinking and driving among college students, according to the second article released today from the October issue of t~ The American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The study found that 3 of 10 students drove a~r dnnl~g any amount of alcohol, and 1 of 10 drove after consuming more than five drinks. About one.:~t-6Ur s~lents rode with a driver who was high or drunk. ©-< ~ "TI -more- .-< r-- ['I'] 3 According to the study, "Drinking and driving behaviors are not distributed equally within the population of college students... Students who attend colleges in states that have more restrictions on underage drinking, high volume consumption, and sales of alcoholic beverages, and that devote more resources to enforcing drunk driving laws, report less drinking and driving." "State laws play a strong role in the level of drinking and driving at a college," said Wechsler. '~rhis is often overlooked." Joining Dr. Wechsler as authors of the study, "The Marketing of Alcohol to College Students," were Meichum Kuo, ScD (Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Health and Social Behavior, Boston, MA); Patty Greenberg, MA (The Battelle-Centers for Public Health, Research and Evaluation, Baltimore, MD); and Hang Lee, PhD (Harvard Medical School, MGH Biotstatistics Center, Boston, MA). Co-authors with Wechsler of the study, "Drinking and Driving Among College Students," were lae Eun Lee, DrPH, and Toben F. Nelson, MS (Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Health and Social Behavior, Boston, MA) and Hang Lee, PhD (Massachusetts General Hospital). The full studies and additional information on the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study can be found at: http://www, hsph. harvard, edu/cas. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), which funded beth studies, is based in Princeton, N.J. RWJF is the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care. It concentrates its grantmaking in four goal areas: to assure that all Americans have access to quality health care at reasonable cost; to improve the quality of care and support for people with chronic health conditions; to promote healthy communities and lifestyles; and to reduce the personal, social and economic harm caused by substance abuse - tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs. To this end, the Foundation supports scientifically valid, peer-reviewed research on the prevention and treatment of illegal and underage substance use, and the effects of substance abuse on the public's health and well-being. Further information can be found at: www. rwif. org. Mike Porter 760 Forest Edge Drive Coralville, Iowa 52241 September 17, 2003 City of Iowa City Council Members 410 E. Washington Street iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Council Members, On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, I stopped by the police department to speak with our Community Relations officer, Alan Mebus. To my dismay, he informed me that his position has been cut to due to budget concerns. He said he has been reassigned to the streets. It seems to me that Alan's position is an extremely important asset to our city. He works with local businesses on safety and crime prevention. He works with downtown bar owners on alcohol related issues and attends our meetings with staff. He runs the TIPS training courses. He educates our youth in the elementary and middle schools on the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. He educates our youth on safety in the community. He educates parents on the correct use of child safety seats, which are incorrectly used almost 90% of the time. He is involved in so many youth programs that I cannot begin to list them. He works with our community and is invaluable at public relations. I hope you reconsider the termination of this city service and Alan's efforts. I do not believe we need another officer on the street at the price of education. Education is the best solution to crime prevention, riot increased enforcement. Mike Porter cc: R. J. Winkelhake ./~ -- Prepared by: Anissa Williams, JCCOG Traffic Eng. Planner, 410 E. Washington St., Iowa City, IA 52240 (319) 356-5254 RESOLUTION NO. 03-314 RESOLUTION REPEALING RESOLUTION 03-28t AND AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION WITH THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR FUNDING FROM THE IOWA CLEAN AIR ATFAINMENT' PROGRAM (ICAAP) FOR THE ARTERIAL STREET TRAFFIC SIGNAL INTERCONNECTION PROJECT. WHEREAS, the Iowa Department of Transportation has made funds available for projects to reduce vehicle emissions; and WHEREAS, delay along arterial street corridors causes traffic congestion, which produces excessive levels of vehicle emissions; and WHEREAS, an arterial street traffic signal interconnection project has been developed which will reduce congestion and vehicle emissions along arterial street corridors in Iowa City; and WHEREAS, Iowa Clean Air Attainment Program funds will be required to complete said traffic signal interconnection project; and WHEREAS, Resolution 03-281 will be repealed because of updated funding amounts. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, THAT: 1. Resolution 03-281 is repealed. 2. Staff is authorized to submit an application to the Iowa Department of Transportation for Iowa Clean Air Attainment Program funds. 3. Staff is authorized to file any additional documentation that is required by the Iowa Department of Transportation. 4.The City agrees, to maintain'and operate the signal interconnection project for public use during the project's useful life if funding is approved. 5. The City of Iowa City agrees to commit the necessary 20% matching funds up to an amount not to exceed $53,773 for project implementation. 6. That the Mayor is authorized to sign the application form and any subsequent grant contracts with Iowa DOT. Octobeq~~~ Passed and approved this 14th dayof __, 20 03 Approved by Resolution No. 03-314 Page 2 It was moved by Champion and seconded by 0'Donne11 the Resolution be adopted, and upon mil call there were: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: X Champion X Kanner X Lehman X O'Donnell X Pfab X Vanderhoef X Wilbum