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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-12-15 Council minutes City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: December 15, 2003 To: Mayor and City Council From: Marian K. Karr, City Clerk Re: Council Work Session, December 15, 2003, 6:30 PM in Emma J. Harvat Hall Council: Champion, Kanner, Lehman, Pfab, O'Donnell, Vanderhoef, Wilburn Staff: Atkins, Helling, Dilkes, Karr, Franklin Tapes: 03-88, Both Sides (A complete transcription is available in the City Clerk's Office) PLANNING & ZONING ITEMS PCD Director Franklin presented information on the following items: A. SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JANUARY 6 ON AN ORDINANCE REZONING APPROXIMATELY 119.94 ACRES FROM ID-RS, INTERIM DEVELOPMENT SINGLE-FAMILY AND ID-RM, INTERIM DEVELOPMENT MULTI-FAMILY, TO OPDH-5, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY - SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTH OF PEPPERWOOD ADDITION AND EAST OF GILBERT STREET. (Sandhill/REZ03-00020) B. SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JANUARY 6 ON AN ORDINANCE REZONING APPROXIMATELY 16.1 ACRES FROM RESIDENTIAL FACTORY BUILT HOUSING, RFBH, TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT HOUSING OVERLAY-12 (OPDH-12), FOR PROPERTY ON HEINZ ROAD SOUTH OF PADDOCK BOULEVARD. (Saddlebrook/REZ03-00024) C. SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JANUARY 6 ON AN ORDINANCE REZONING APPROXIMATELY 25.07 ACRES FROM HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL, CH-I, TO SENSITIVE AREAS OVERLAY (SAC/CH-I) FOR PROPERTY LOCATED WEST OF MORMON TREK BOULEVARD AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 1. (Carousel/Davis/REZ03-00027) D. REZONING APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OF AN ACRE FROM PLANNED HIGH-DENSITY MULTI- FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (PRM) TO SENSITIVE AREAS OVERLAY PLANNED HIGH DENSITY MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (OSA-PRM) FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 512 S. DUBUQUE STREET. (University View Partners/REZ03-00022) Council Member Kanner noted the engineering recommendation {page 4) contained in the Terracon report, and questioned groundwater level fluctuation to design and construction plans. The City Manager stated the City Engr. would be at the formal meeting the next evening to address the matter. Council Work Session December 15, 2003 Page 2 E. ORDINANCE VACATING A PORTION OF AN ALLEY RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED SOUTH OF KIRKWOOD AVENUE AND WEST OF DIANA STREET. (VAC03-00001) (SECOND CONSIDERATION) F. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT OF LINDEMANN SUBDIVISION PART TWO A. (SUB03-00037) G. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT OF LINDEMANN SUBDIVISION PART THREE. (SUB03-00038) H. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT OF LINDEMANN SUBDIVISION PART FOUR. (SUB03-00039) COUNCIL TIME & AGENDA ITEMS 1. (Item # 10 - Resolution approving agreement ... Goosetown Neighborhood Art Project; and # 11 - Resolution approving agreement ... Longfellow Neighborhood Art Project) In response to Council Member Kanner, PCD Director Franklin and City Atty. Dilkes stated that the City license agreement allows two or three dimensional reproductions for educational or noncommercial purposes. 2. (Consent Calendar # 4g(9) - correspondence ... Spencer Long ...College Green Park lighting) In response to Mayor Pro tem Vanderhoef, Council agreed to refer the letter to the Parks and Recreation Commission for a response. 3. (Consent Calendar # 4g(15) - correspondence ... Mike Messier... First Avenue Railroad Crossing) In response to Mayor Pro tem Vanderhoef, Council agreed to discuss the matter during the CIP (Capital Improvement Projects) budget discussion. 4. (Consent Calendar # 4e(1) - setting public hearing ... CITY STEPS .... ) Council Wilburn requested the item be removed for separate consideration as he had a conflict of interest. PCD Director explained the request was from Prairie Garden to include three units purchased on F Street into the package allocated CDBG and HOME funds. 5. (Agenda item # 7 - ordinance ... to create a stormwater utility and establish a stormwater utility fee) Council Member O'Donnell stated he was uncomfortable with the 50 percent reduction suggested by the Economic Development Committee, and suggested a fee based on square footage. 6. (Consent Calendar # 4a(2) - November 24 Special Work Session) Council Member Kanner noted that the minutes stated the Council would be discussing the homeless shelter overflow at this work session and requested a status report. The City Manager stated he would be meeting with the churches on Thursday, the 18th, and would report after that meeting. 7. Council Member O'Donnell reported that he, Mayor Lehman, and Councilors Wilburn and Champion attended the groundbreaking of the Moen Project (Plaza Towers). Council Work Session December 15, 2003 Page 3 8. (Consent Calendar - # 4b(5) Minutes, Police Citizens Review Board) Council Member Kanner stated he did could not follow the final repod, noting two complainants had been combined in one report, and the report didn't quite meet their usual standards. 9. Council Member Pfab stated he had received a 32 page communication from David Wergeland for Lewis Investments Inc. regarding the Bayard Street Property be distributed and accepted into the public file. The City Atty. stated the City had been litigating the matter for some time. 10. (Agenda item # 14 - Resolution ... approving agreement ... Howard R. Green ... North Dodge Street Project) In response to Council Member Kanner, the City Manager stated the project involved extending the design work from Interstate 80 to North Dodge, in conjunction with reconstruction of Highway 1. Staff will be available at the formal meeting. 11. Mayor Pro rem Vanderhoef noted the registration information distributed for the upcoming League of Cities/Congress of Cities in March, and encouraged new Council people to review and consider registering to attend. 12. Mayor Pro tem Vanderhoef reported she just returned form the National League of Cities meeting in Nashville, which included a radio interview with KXIC, and she would provide more information in an upcoming packet. 13. In response to Council Member Kanner, Asst. City Mgr. Helling clarified Telecommunication Commission discussions on two matters dealing with Mediacom. Calculation of the maximum permitted rate is done every year, and the other is cable franchise renewal formal and informal processes. Council Member Kanner noted discussions on the national level about no taxes for cable TV; Council Member Pfab noted phone service through cable. 14. Council Member O'Donnell shared frustration in contacting Mediacom with repair needs, requesting more accessibility as a potential issue for negotiations. 15. In response to Council Member Champion, the City Manager stated that Tower Place parking facility was 100 percent between 10:00 and 2:00. 16. City Clerk Karr reminded Council that laptops would be reprogrammed for the 2004 year later in the week, suggesting Council could leave them after the formal meeting. Laptops, and the January 5 and 6 agenda materials (including the budget) may be picked up after 3:00 on Tuesday, December 23 or December 24. DISCUSSION OF COUNCIL PRIORITIES RETREAT The City Manager stated the retreat location would be the water plant community room, and noted he was having difficulties locating a facilitator. He would follow up as soon as he had something to repod. Meeting adjourned 7:50 PM.