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MEMORANDUM
Date:
To:
From:
Re:
December 1, 1997
Mayor and City Council
Marian K. Karr, City Clerk
Joint City Council and P&Z Commission, November 19, 1997 - 5 p.m.
Council Present:
Council Absent:
P&Z Commission Present:
P&Z Commission Absent:
Staff Present:
Tapes:
Novick, Kubby, Lehman, Norton, Thornberry, Vanderhoef
Baker
Bovbjerg, Chait, Gibson, Starr, Supple.
Ehrhardt, Shire
Atkins, Helling, Karr, Franklin, Davidson, Miklo
Reel 97-157, Side 2; Reel 97-159, all; Reel 97-160, Side I
1997 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DISCUSSION Reel 97-157, Side 2 ,
Planning and Community Development Director Franklin facilitated the proposed 1997
Comprehensive Plan Council and Planning and Zoning discussion. The following changes were
proposed:
Page 31 Cooperative Efforts
· 1st Goal, include use of the Internet or World Wide Web.
· 4th Goal, include Iowa City Community School District in strategies.
· Add ECICOG and develop strategy.
· Add emerc~encv manaqement.
· Add regional transportation.
· Add electronic kiosk.
Page 33 Arts, Culture and Human Development
· 1st Goal, 1st Strategy, add consistent with the cloals of the Strategic Plan.
· 4th Goal, 2nd Strategy, add at a minimum to ADA standards.
· 2nd Goal, 1st Strategy, change include to promote.
Joint City Council and P&Z Commission
November 19, 1997
Page 2
Page 35 Economic Well Being
2nd Goal, 2nd Strategy, add such as Reelion 10 Work Force Development Board.
Last Goal, include Strategy for receiving information early prior to signing a CEBA grant.
· 5th Goal, add Strategy to encouracle creative reuse of existincl commercial sites that are
either emptv or under utilized.
· Include Strategy to address support of growing small businesses.
Page 37 Environmental Protection
· 7th Goal, rewrite to consider the value of scenic and historic vistas.
· 2nd Goal, add Reevaluate floodplain manaqement ordinance.
Page 39 Housing
· Include reviewing Codes language.
· 1st Goal, 6th Strategy, change monitor to eliminate.
· 1st Goal, 5th Strategy, change to read "Fund pro.clrams that assist lower income households
with housinq which mav include public housinch and the rental assistance certificate and
voucher pro.qram.
1st Goal, delete for populations with.
· Add/rewrite Strategy regarding senior citizens and alternative housing options .... and/or
move to appropriate qroup settinqs.
· 1st Goal, 5th Strategy, change to read .... which mav include public housinch rental
assistance certificate and voucher programs and non-profit housincl initiatives.
· 1st Goal, Strategy 6, change monitorto identify.
Page 41 Land Use and Urban Pattern
· 4th Goal, 3rd Strategy, change to Promote growth downtown consistent with the Near
Southside Development Plan.
· 6th Goal, 2nd Strategy, Promote a mix of housing styles within neighborhoods, including
compatible infill development, throuclh neiclhborhood conservation districts and other
measures.
Joint City Council and P&Z Commission
November 19, 1997
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Page 45 Public Safety
· 1st Goal, 1st Strategy, delete DARE.
· Include Goal or Strategy relating to Police crime prevention.
· 4th Goal, add and coordinate closely with other clovernment aqencies
· 1st Goal, Strategy #2, add other citv departments and other aclencies, includin.q the
Universitv.
· 7th Goal, delete future.
Page 47 Social Services
· 3rd Goal, 3rd Strategy, include Human Rights statement under Human Development
section.
· 4th Goal, 1st Strategy, include statement regarding working with Johnson County.
· Standardize "Goals" language (change first word to a verb).
Page 49 Transportation
· 2nd Goal, 3rd Strategy, add where appropriate.
· Add Goal/Strategy Support efforts to secure Amtrak rail service in the central Iowa corridor.
· 3rd Goal, Strate.clies 1 - continue aqqressive marketincl campai.cln; 2 - create innovative
wavs to increase ridership.
· Vision Statement, revise second sentence to read, "This is a system which will
accommodate all forms of mobility in the community."
GENERAL DISCUSSION Reel 97-159, Side 2
Council tentatively scheduled Comprehensive Plan discussion December 8 at 6:30 p.m. Senior
Planner Miklo distributed copies of the July 1997 South District Plan.
Meeting adjourned: 7:30 p.m.
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