HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-03-26 CorrespondenceRECEIVEEl HAR 0 6 1§§6
Iowa City City Council
410 E. Washington Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
Dear Members of the Council:
1241 Oakes Drive
Iowa City, IA 52245
March 1, 1996 ~
337-3083
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 15, 1996, I received a parking ticket
for an expired meter. As this was a nationally and locally recognized govern-
ment holiday, I was confused and surprised. Metered parking is free on such
days.
When I paid the ticket, the clerk gave me a list of offidal city holidays. I have
endosed a copy. Both Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Veterans' Day are official
holidays. However, unlike the other government holidays, these two are treated
differently in that parking meters must be paid. Why is this? What message
does the exclusion of these two holidays send to the community regarding the
seriousness of these days of honor? I fear it insinuates that they are not really
important. I believe that both holidays are more important to our American
heritage than New Year's Day, January 1st, which is included in the free meter
policy.
If the problem is lack of money to change the holiday listings on meters, I am
happy to volunteer my time to do this. I would like some help and am willing
to lead the committee.
Please, let's fully honor these Americans who literally gave their lives for our
country. Please send me a written response to this letter.
Sincerely,
Kathy Folk
DATE:
CHARGE-
NOTICE OF
VIOLATION AND
CITy OF iOWA CITY'
tOc~'no~ DUB 1,0 aETER.
F~E DU[ $ ,3. O0
ZONE
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Fine Esealalion:- if not paid within tO ealendfir clays alter
issue data, tickets will osoalmo as tollo~s: $2.00 tickels ~Jll
mcm~ to $5.00. For tickets older than 30 ~endar d0ys
aOer.issue date, $3.00 and $5.00 tickets will increase to $~0.,~
All receipts apply.to o ~es~ tickets first, credi[ed on date received.
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STATE
TRAFFIC TICKET RECEIPT SCREEN UP
118.586 CASHIER: EL TODAY: 17-JAN-96 14:51
TVL753 FOLK, JAMES C
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VOID:
BALANCE DUE
RCPT SAME AS BAL? :
RECEIPT ANT
DAlE RCPT APPLIED
3.00 TOTAL CASH : ,00
N TOTAL CHARGE : ,00
FIRST CHECK : 3,00
6,00 SECOND CHECK : 3,00
: 18-JAN-96 TO'r AL CHECKS : 6.00
TOTAl. MONEY RECD : 6,00
CHANGE OUE : .00
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March 14, 1996
CITY OF I0 WA CITY
Kathy Folk
1241 Oakes Drive
Iowa City, IA 52245
Dear Ms. Folk:
I have distributed copies of your letter to the City Council as requested.
The purpose of parking regulations in the central business district is to control traffic and
create turnover, not generate revenue. The City bases the decision to operate a service on
the level of business activity expected. When a majority of businesses remain open, services
such as parking, transit, and downtown maintenance continue to operate. A full staff may
not be scheduled, but a level of service is provided.
The current schedule of parking holidays was established in 1983. Prior to each holiday the
City issues a press release stating which services will be in operation. The newspapers have
been very helpful and print our schedule of services and enforcement activities. A list of
parking holidays is displayed on each parking meter.
I believe the City Council and City employees honor the Americans who have given their lives
for our country. These holidays are recognized in our collective bargaining agreements with
three separate labor groups.
I hope this response answers your concerns surrounding the issuance of your parking ticket.
If you have any further concerns, please contact Joe Fowler, Director of Parking and Transit,
at 356-5156.
Sincerely,
'Stephen. 'At ki~"
City Manager
cc: Joe Fowler
City Council
410 EAST WASIIINOTON STREET · IOWA CITY, IOWA ~2240-1826 · ~[319) ,~:$6-$000 · FAX [319) 3~6-J009
1541 Prairie Du Chien Rd.
Iowa City, IA 52245-5617
March 10,1996
Iowa City City Council
Civic Center
410 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, IA 52240
Dear Members of the Council:
I've lived on Prairie Du Chien Road for almost two years and have
become increasingly concerned of the high speed and reckless driving that is
occurring along its length. The abuse of the speed limit occurs at any time of
the day or night and with impudence. Frequently a vehicle traveling at
excessive speed will pull out and pass those few that are observing the 25 mile
per hour limit
Though more patrol by law enforcement could help, especially a
stationary police car at the corner of St. Anne's Drive and Prairie Du Chien
Road, I believe what is needed is the addition of stop signs to slow the traffic
down. The most likely placement would be at the intersection of Prairie Du
Chien Road with St. Anne's Drive, Caroline Ave and Kimball Ave.
Prairie Du Chien Road passes through a residential neighborhood with
many children and is a very popular route for bicyclists to ride out north of the
city. The vehicles traveling at excessive speed not only are dangerous to
pedestrian and bicycle traffic but are obnoxious and a nuisance due to the
noise that they generate.
Thank you for taking the time about my concerns on this matter.
Sincerely,
Thomas J. Barna
Naomi J. Novick-Mayor
306 Mullin Ave
Iowa City, IA 52246
Dear Naomi Novick,
There are several points that we want to bring to your attention concerning the preliminmy plat for Galway
parts 3 & 4, which comes before you on March 25th & 26th
1. The plat does not mcorporate g~cen space for the 20 homes in part 1. I believe Parks & Recreation is
blinded by the bike trail project We support the trail and are anxious to see it completed, however, does
the trail need 3 acres ofswamp that is removed from existing homes? The final plats for parts 3 & 4 can be
approved on a foot by foot basra, so who's to say when or fin road m sidewalks will lead to the lower corner
and then the question of when the cfly would develop rt into a park also looms over this whole project.
What would be best for our city, an improved park maintained by willing homeowners or mowed weeds
whtch may not be improved in om lifeme?
2. The addibon of Parts 2, 3 & 4 with a total of 141 lots, including the current 39, would dramatically
increase the traffic, yet we and our cluldren would have to share the roadway, as we walk to buses, high
school or wherever, with cars and construction vekicles. Part I contains 39 lots, 16 of which are
undeveloped and have no sidewalks. Them would remain only one entrance into Galway Hills flora
Melrose Avenue.
3. Part of the reason for [ranging this problem to your attenbon ~s to show what happens when partml plat
approvals me allowed Home buyers have no possibility of knowing what character a new subdMsion will
have. Our homes are typically our largest and most important investment. Most buyers were shown the
only avatlable concept plan for the area and many were encouraged strongly with the sartre plan by rite
developer h/resell We all based our decisions on the information given to us. This is our 4th home
purchase,and we have never been made to feel so misled and betrayed Part 3 included attractive cul de
sacs, in part 4 the road configurations axe drasbcally changed, now 10 lots back onto 3 lots in part I. The
maps am included to show the progression in layout chmtges m as short of period as one year.
'llmre are many fence [me ttees between parts I & 4 but with the drastac changes they will be lost. The
trees in our fence hnes don't quahfy for protection, even so they could be mcorporated rate a park area or
positioned at the back of lots. We appreciate the value of these trees for ascetics, noise con~ol, air quality
aud wildlife habitat. The opportunity to meld thom into the plan for the subdivision is there and that action
would be in kcepmg with Iowa City's desire to protect our beautiful landscape They would also provide a
buffer between the methum s~d lots and the desh'ed smaller lots.
Our developer is not wil[mg to mediate. He has told us to take our concerns up with you
Dee Norton voiced dismay last October that neighborhoods are constantly having to battle and protect
themsalves from changcs that various pardes would like to make wittun their surroundings. Dick G~bson
said at a P & Z meeting this JanuaB,, that approving sub plats witlan a subdMsion is a mistake and leads to
problems. haae Jakobsen was between a rock and a hard place, knowing what we had anticipated when we
purchased and how she would have to vote on the approval for parts 3 & 4. Others voiced that same
op~on
We feel thee issues are something C~ty Council should give serious consideration to Ifyou have any
questions about these maps or oar letter please call us at 337-7634. We ask that time is taken so a thorough
discussion of this issue can occur. Thank you.
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LOCATION MAP
DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT/oE[£NTATiON PLAN
GALWAY HILLS SUBDIVISION
IOWA CITY. IOWA
'GALWAY HI~ [~
CONCEPT PLAN
16.92 ACRES RS-5 TO 1~?-8
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DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT/ORIENTATION PLAN
GALWAY HIll,IS SUBDIVISION
IOWA CITY.
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IVlelrose Avenue Neighborhood Association
829 Melrose Avenue, Iowa Cily, Iowa 52246
(319) 354-4171
March 21, 1996
Iowa City City Council
Civic Center
Iowa City, IA 52240
re. Melrose Reconstruction Project
Dear Council Membew
Since you have already received a copy o? the Melrose Avenue Neighborhood Association~
recommendations for the street improvements during its reconstruction, we will not duplicate that
list here. Instead, we wish to comment on three items contained in the memos you have received
from Jeff Davidson and Steve Jacobsen. [
1) Pedestrian Cro~walks. The m~st i.~portent item on our list of racommended improvements
was pedestrian %r~,walks. Of partiqular concern is the intemection of Melrose Avenue and
Melrose Court. NNW, Inc., an~ s.ta~f have rea:ommended that a decision on the
signalization ofthe pedestrian v~alkway at this intemectinn be postponed until a need is more
clearly identified. One reason cited ~o,r this recommendation is that a pedestrian signal may
result in increased traffic on Mottos~ Court (although why this may occur is not entirely
clear). A second reason for the vost~0onement is that a traffic study would need to be
conducted first to see if a signal is wfrranted.
We feel very strongly that a sigral ialnesded at Melrose Court. The Melrose Court crossing
is the single heaviest point of pead.e~,'an traffic across Melrose and is immediately adjacent to
the two busiest city bus and Ca0abt~ stops along this stretch of ~ad. It is difficult to
imagine that widening the s .t.~e.. tlwillleliminate the need for a crosswalk signal; on the
contrary, given the predicted inqreas ~ in traffic volume on Melrose Avenue, it seems more
likely that the need will be even]gins ~r. Regarding the pedestrian traffic study, we question
the need for such a study when ped~ ~tfian counts were included as part of the Melrose
Avenue Environmental Assess~ent~ If, for some reason, additional study is warranted, we
request that the work be underte3cen low, so that by the time the street construction is
completed, it will be possible to mov~ quickly on the signalization decision.
2) ~ Shelters. Steve Jacobsefts me~ o refers to 4 bus shelters, 2 each on the north and
south sides of Melrose Avenue, at S ~uth Grand Avenue (at the field house) and Hawkins
Drive. Jeff Davidson refers toe bu~
association requested 2 sheltnmlbut
the. street. We did not consider ~.co. ,~,,,ending a shelter at Hawkins Drive because it seems
to include so few fiders. As a recsult~ we have not discussed this proposal with the provertv
ownera (as we did for the shelteir' tol~e installed near the field house). We would b~wil' lin~
to do so, however, ff there is st. mug lentiment that an additional bus shelter is needed.
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) I.,aadseapiag. e ha e reconurlended consideration of landscaping treatments on the south
side of Melrose wherever appropriate, but especially from Triangle Place to the bridge. As
you know, the 5 houses closest.go tl~e bridge will lose much, if not most, of what is now
their float yards. We consider landscaping to be an example of the mitigating measures
recommended for these properties iq the EA. Jeff Davidson felt that the neighborhood's
request that the city work with prop~ rty owners was too vague -- it was unclear what the
neighborhood was asking the city to do. This vagueness stems from the fact that we are
shelters, both on the south side. The neighborhood
oth near the field house, on the north and south sides of
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unsure exactly what our options are and how they will fit with the new Melrose
configuration. Despite our lack of specifics, the neighborhood association wants very much
to have plantings included in th~ streetscape design. Like the city's consultant, BRW, Inc.,
we believe that landscaping is an integral part of this project. We strongly urge the city ~
work with the property ownera and our neighborhood orgnni?~tion in devising a workablo
plan. If this process includes working with Project Green or Trees Forever to gain the
· benefit of their expertise, all the better. Insofar as possible, we believe that landscaping
costs should be considered as part of the project.
Thank you for your consideration.
Truly yours,
Michaelanne Widncss
President
Metrose Avenue Neighborhood Assicialon
cc'J fid ' ' ·
· e avidson, Assmtant Director, City & Transportation Planrang,
Marcia Klingaman, Neighborhood Services Coordinator
Steve Jacobsen, President, NNW, Inc.
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March 14, 1996
Mayor and Council Members
City of Iowa City
Civic Center
410 E. Washington Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Council Members,
Enclosed please find a copy of a recent letter regarding [,~hat I believe to be an improper
charge for an error made by some Ctty official, and clarified only ~'~hen my wife and I brought the
matter of refuse collection at the referenced address to their attention. I absolutely DO NOT
believe that we should be assessed for an error obviously made by the City.
My wife and I shall look forward 1o the prompt rectification of this matter and trust that
each of you t~ill understand the obvious unfairness of the City's position on this issue. No one
should be penalized for bringing an error to the attention of a public official, and literally fined, for
the mistake made by someone else.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
805 Iowa Avenue
Iowa City, iowa 52240
March 14., 1996
Mr. Sieve Adkins, City Manager
Civic Center..4t0 E. Washington St.
Io~Ja City, Iowa 52240
Dear Steve,
I hate to bother you L~ith what must seem like a minor matter to you, but is something
more than trivialto Maxine and me. Early In February, Maxine called the City offices requesting
clarification as to the number of trash containers that would be allowed for a rental properly
o['~n at 809 IoP~a Avenue. Maxine L~Jas assured that the matter would be looked Into and her call
promptly returned. Alter a lapse of nine days, Maxine again called and was told that the property
in question was TWO units therefore a total of four specified containers L~ere allowed. Later I
called and stated to whomever I was referred to that City Building Inspection charged us for
THREE rental units at that address, and requested that the person to whom I ~'~as talking recheck
with Inspection and respond to me in writing as to the number of units.
Today, March 14, 1996, I received the attached letter which stated that Building
inspection had advised that the building In question actually contained FOUR units. Further, they
stated Illat I was responsible for one-half of the back billing for the past usage of water/sewer/
collection services. Ned's, Steve, Maxine and I brought this matter to the attention of whomever is
in charge of these City services. The error in determining how much should be paid for these
services L,~as NOT OURS. In fact, WE brought it to the attention of the proper City official, and it
would prohab]y gone undiscovered if L~e had not take this action. I think it is grossly unfair that
Maxine and I are assessed for an error made NOT BY US, but a City official.
I would appreciate it If you L~ould look Into Illis matter. As a matter of interest, ~e have
a~ays paid inspection fees for THREE unils in this building, so you can see the confusion it
creates for me and my L~ife t~hen we receive correspondence of this kind...particularly when our
only intention was to assume responsibility for whatever was the proper manner to handle refuse
collection at this address. There Is NO reason L~hy L~e should be assessed a back fee of $591.00
for an error made by/he City.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. I shall look fop,~Jard to prompt rectification of
the issue.
Yours Truly,
805 IoL.'~a Avenue
Io~Ja City, Iowa 5224
cc: Council Members
Mr. Joseph Holland, Altorney
March 13, 1996
Harvey Miller
805 Iowa Avenue
Iowa City IA 52240
CITY OF I0 WA CITY
RE:
Account #:
Address: 809 Iowa Avenue
043-155-01
Dear Mr. Miller:
In February 1996, you telephoned the refuse office questioning the refuse pickup for the above
four-plex after March 1996. We realized then that we had not been billing refuse and recycling
charges on this account correctly. The records from Housing and Inspection Services confirm
your properly is a four dwelling unit.
The City of Iowa City provides refuse service to any property that is a four dwelling unit or less.
Each dwelling unit is assessed one refuse and one recycling charge. As a four-dwelling unit
this property should have been appropriately assessed four refuse and four recycling charges
per month. We have charged only two charges for each service per month.
Recycling services began on July 13, 1992. Recycling services and charges are applicable to
any account billed for refuse services after that date.
It is a City policy to process a billing adjustment when an investigation proves that a customer
was incorrect;y billed for a utility service (water, sewer, and/or refuse/recycling). The period of
any adjustment is the period of inaccuracy or up to five years, whichever is the lesser period.
The period of adjustment in this case is from February 7, 1991 to February 7, 1996.
It is the obligation of the utility account holder to pay for one-half of the total back billing. The
total amount of the back billing is $1,182.00. The amount you owe is $591.00.
Enclosed is a billing which includes the current refuse charges as well as those we are back
billing. We realize it is difficult to financially plan for this type of billing and would set up
payment arrangements upon your request. If you have questions concerning this adjustment
you may contact me at 356-5064. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Customer Service Representative
RENTAL PERMIT
CITY OF IOWA CITY
VALID THROUGH: 08/31/97
Permit %:REN00710
Premises Address: 809 IOWA AVE
Operator's Name, Address:
HARVEY & L MAXINE MILLER
8O5 IOWA AVE
IOWA CITY IA 52240
Type/Use of Structure: 3 Rooming Units
2 Dwelling Units
CAUTION: This Permit certifies that
the requirements of Section 14-5E-19
issuance. This does not imply that the property is in compliance with the
, Iowa ~i-re Code, or current Building Codes
City Zoning ordinance State of ·
Issued: 10/02/95
Bu )fficial
this structure was in compliance with
of the Iowa City Housing Code at time of
Iowa
Phil Phillips
712 Iowa Ave.
Iowa City, Io~a
March 21, 1996
City Manager, City Council
City Of Iowa City:
In the matter of garbaBe colicetlon assessments, underbillings
and back-billings:
One day back in the Seventies --I think ~t was the Seventies
--Councilman Pat Foster indicated to me that I might expect the City
to begin adding sixty five cents to my ~ater bill to pay for garbage
collection. Later, the City did impose a garbage collection charge
in that or some other amount. This constituted a basic change in
billing practice.
Additionally, at that same time, or at some point subsequent to
that time, the City decided upon another change in basic practice:
Historically, water bills had been for cubic feet of water, so
much for each meter, plus sewer rental based upon the amount of water
consumed, again, so much for each meter. The number of d~elling
units served by that meter dl~ not matter°
Then, at ~ome point in time unknown to me, a decision was made
to base garbage collection fees upon the number of dwelling units
served by the meter.
The difficulty ~as, of course, that the City did not know which
of its meters served ~ore than one unit; therefore, in order to
implement their decision, the City must necessarily do a survey to
ldentif2 meters servln~ more than one unit, thus to be able properly
to bill those accounts.
The City neglected to ~o th~s, with the result that accounts
for meters serving more than one unit, at least in the case of du-
plexes, continued to be billed as sln¢le units. I own two duplexes
on Iowa Avenue, each duplex havin~ a single water meter, a~d there-
fore a sln~le ~ceount number. These duplexes continued to be billed
as single units. (They were llcense~ as duplexes.) I ~ever received
any notice that duplexes are supposed to be assesse~ differently than
single units.
The way I founU out about It was as follows: I recentl~ re-
celved a notice that beginning March ~, ~996, there would be a limit
of two containers of solid waste "for each residential customer." I
~ent down to the water company office seeking clarification of the
term, "each residential customer," and was to~ that each unit of my
duplexes would be allowed two containers, that is ~o say, four con-
tainers for e~ch duplex. However, when the clerk called up my accou~t~
on the screen, she found that each duplex was listed as a s~ngle unit.
I was then told that the City will now be~ln charging me double, and,
moreover, will back-bill me ~or the past five years;' ho~:ever, since
the incorrect billings were the Clty~s error, the City will ~bsorb
50~ of the back-biil amounts.
2
I have not yet taken advise, but it would appear to me, as a
layman, that my position should be as follows: ! will here be
speakins of negligence, not in an antagonistic sense, but In a
technical sense, insofar as a layman is able:
The City has been negligent in the fol!owin~ respects:
At some indeterminate time in the past, the City made a de-
clslon to implement a new billin5 policy regardln5 garbage pickup.
implementation of the new billing policy necessarily required the
City to acqalre information as to the number of dwellin~ u~lts
bclng served by each water meter. The City failed to ~o this, with
the result that underbillings occurred, and still do occur.
In my own case, I own two ~uplexes on Iowa Avenue, each duplex
having a single meter. The City has been underbilling these ~uplexes
as single units, notwithstanding that they are on recorg with the
City as duplexes, as follows:
I have City-issued rental permits So!rig baok to 1983, which is
as far back as I have kept them, aI1 of which identify both proper-
ties as duplexes.
I have certificates of structural compllance dated 1983, one
for each of the two duplexes, both certificates identifying the
structures as duplexes.
I have contracts that I signed ~lth the City l~ 1985, putting
these two duplexes under the CDBG program, the contracts showing the
two properties to be ~uplexes.
In 1985 I sl~ned a rental agreement with the Clty's Leased
Housing program for one of the units; Leased Housing was therefore
aware that that particular building was a duplex.
Notwithstanding 3ll the above, the City kept bll]ln~ my water
accounts for these duplexes as single units. I was u~aware thst they
~ere supposed to be billed any differently, and paid the amounts
shown, reIylng upon the accuracy of the bills.
I have been tol~ that, although other City ~epartments knew that
my properties were duplexes, the water department itself did not know.
This is obviously true, and the re~son they did not know is that they
failed to avail themselves of information so abu~antly available:
At any time ~uring the five-year back-billing period, and farther
back than that, they coul~ get a computer printout of all the duplexes
in Iowa City, and compare it with their billings. For that matter,
they shoul~ have ma~e an appropriate determination in the first place
when the garbage pickup billing system was new.
Accordingly, any underbilling loss was Jue solely to the Clty's
negligence. I contend that it is inequitable for the City to expect
customers to pick up the cost, or 50% of the cost, or any part of the
cost of the Clty's negligence.
I have been told that the City shoul~ back~bill me because over
the years I have been recel¥1ng service for which t have not been
bllleU, and that this is not fair to the other ratepayers.
This is not factually correct. Each of the units of my two
duplexes is, and except for widely scattered exceptions, always has
been occupied by a single resident. This makes a total of four people.
In this and like areas, City zonln~ permits up to four unrelated
people to occupy one unit, an~ it is no~ uncommon for students to ~et
tocether in fours to occupy single units. My four people do not ~en-
crate any more garbage than four people in a single unit, and si~ce
my four ~eople are distributed between two buildingand two accounts,
I hsve been paying twice the garbage collection fee paid by four
people l~ a single unit.
I am not obJectln~ to this; ! am seekln~ to show that the fees
I have been paying for the services I have be~n receiving have not
been unfair to the other ratepayers.
Havin~ said all these things about the City and the water
department, let me note that the problem has its roots back in
a time before any of the preseut people came o~ the scene. I
note also that all the people with whom I have talked or com-
municated have been unfailingly attentive and courteous toward
me. i get the impression that they might like to accommodate
my arguments if they could, but are bound by a policy that re-
qulres back-billing. The policy is flawed and should be reviewed.
I thlnk that the City should do now ~hat should have been
done in the first place in the distant past: do a survey and
~dentlfy those meters serving more than one unit. I think that
they will thereby discover and correct enough underbillings that
with the resultln~ increased revenue they can forget about back-
billin5.
Sincerely,
' ~ i' ,~~ ARTS CEi~rER AND GARRY o 129 East Washington Street · Iowa City, Iowa · 52240-3925 · (319) 337-7447
RECEIVED1 3 I996
March 11, 1996
To the Iowa City Council: Mayor~aomi Novick and Councilors Larry Baker, Karen
Kubby, Ernest Lehman, Dee Norton, Dean Thornberry,
and Dee Vanderhoef
To the Iowa City Staff:
From:
Steve Atkins, City Manager
Karin Franklin, Planning & Community Development
Shirley Wy~ck, President
Arts Iowa City recently received mailings from the City of Pasadena and the
National Association of Local Arts Agencies which I want to share with you.
It seems to us, at Arts Iowa City, that our own community, although not as large as
Pasadena's, is voicing the same "Needs, Priorities and Recommendations" as
Pasadena does so well in their publication. I would welcome your response to this
publication in relation to our community.
The second publication is significant in presenting data confirming the tie between
the arts and higher achievement in educational goals. This brochure brings good
evidence for what in the past has been only intuition!
The Oty o[ Pasadena is one of thee most culturally enriched communities in our nation. and over the past hundred years
has established a highly regarded tradition of arlistic excellence and achievement. Throughout its history, Pasadena has valued
the p~servation and enhancement of its historic structures and architecture, and has also nurtured the abundance of open
natural spaces as integral elements of its aesthetic environment.
Pasadena has a tradition of recognizing the relationship of culture to the overall quality of life in the city, as rellected in its
long range vision. A strong cultural presence has been included as a vital element in a number of local planning initiatives over
the years. In the mid-70s, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts led to the development of Old Pasadena, one of
Southern Califomia's most successful revitalization projects. In the recently completed General Plan. culture is cited as one of
the six guiding principles in the planning of Pasadena's future.
In the future. Pasadena's identity will be reflected not only in its historic tradition. but'in the diverse cultural vision of its
people. Culture will play an important role in enhancing the quality of daily life in the city. and will fortify Pasadena's identity as a
model city and community for the new millennium.
I?
URPOSE OF THE COMMUNITY CULTURAL PLAN
The PURPOSE of the COMMUNITY CULTURAL PLAN is to present a public voice that cleady states the priorities and
goals for the cultural life of the city. Findings, recommendations and priorities have been developed to be used as a guide for
meebng the cultural needs of the City of Pasaden~
W~lharn M. Paparian, Mayor
Chris Holden, Vice Mayor
Bill Crowfoot
Paul bttle
Joyce Streator
Wdliam E. Thomson
Ann Marie Villicana
Philip A. Hawkey, City Manager
Alvin D. James, Director, Planning and Permitting Dept.
Denise Nelson Nash, Executive Director
Erlinda Romo, Special Projects Coordinator
Kathleen Shannon, Public Art Coordinator
Stephanie Tanaka, Assistant to lhe Executive Direclot
Stacy Brightman
James D. Clark
Cheryl Hubbard
Virginia KnJeger
Mae Turner Moody
Poppy Solomon
Ruth Strick
Eartlene Weiss
Stanley Wilson
El Centro De Action Social
Old Pasadena Business & Professional Association
Pasadena Chamber of Commerce
The Pasadena Journal
Los Angeles Urban League - Pasadena/Foothill B~nch
Pasadena Convention and Visitors Bureau
South Lake Business Association
The Cultural Planning DMsion would like to thank the hundreds of community participants, artists, arts
organizations and ~ublic meeting hosts who are too numerous to list. but were viLal to the development
of the Community Cultural Plan.
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The following NEEDS and PRIORITIES were identilled from an analysis of the findings from all the studies.
The following RECOMMENDATIONS are based upon the ideas and strategies developed by public participants, community
leaders, and staff during the planning process of the COMMUNITY CULTURAL PLAN.
A WELL SUPPORTED, CITYWIDE SYSTEM OF ARTS EDUCATION:
VVhat Is Recommended: Establish partnerships with arts, education, business, and civic groups, including youth members, to
create and develop coordinated support programs for arts education· Initiate a public information campaign to
promote the integral benefit of cultural experiences in the basic education of children.
INCREASED CULTURAL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY:
What Is Recommended: Encourage more small and mid-sized performance venues and exhibition spaces which are
accessible to local artists and groups, and more cultural facilities in East and Northwest Pasadena. Encourage and advocate
zoning and business incen~ves which will facilitate creative use of spaces, including Work/Live space for a~ists.
EQUITY AND ACCESS:
What Is Recommended' Develop incentive programs, including supporting initiatives which encourage diversity, access, and
equity. Expand mentorships. and cooperative exchanges between la~ge and smaller organizations, as well as partnerships
between ethnically specil~c and mainstream groups, which foster increased access and equity.
4. OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS AND GROUPS TO GENERATE EARNED AND CONTRIBUTED RESOURCES:
What Is Recommended: Create and encourage coalitions which will expand the base of local ads resources.
Create publidprivate partnerships, consorttums, co-ops, collectives, and mentorships which will share support systems.
5. INITIATIVES AND STRATEGIES WHICH RECOGNIZE AND ENABLE ARTISTS AS VITAL MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY THEY SERVE:
What Is Recommended: Enact a series of enabling initiatives which will establish sewices for artists in the areas of:
Employment and Employment Referral, Affordable Won~JLive Space and Human Se~ces (ie. health care, insurance, credit union)
6. PUBLIC ART THAT MAINTAINS PASADENA'S HISTORIC BEAUTY AND ENRICHES THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT:
What Is Recommended: Continue the city. sponsored public art program which provides opportunilJeS for local artists and
audiences. Establishment of city, vide development and design guidelines which encou~ge the presentation o[ the local
aesthetic, and which facilitate increased privately-sponsored public art projects.
PROMOTION OF THE CITY OF PASADENA AS A CULTURAL DESTINATION:
What Is Recommended: Create a h~gh profile arts and cultural marketing campaign directed at enhancing the public
awareness of the irapad o[ arts and culture on the local economy. C~eate an information neb, vork, exchange and linkage
system for organizations and a~ists, to share promotional, media and publicity resources.
The overall impact of the arts in Pasadena, based on 47 organizations reporting direct, indirect and induced resources. and using
a conservative impact multiplier of 1.5, generates $110.000.000 within the local economy each year.
REVENUES:
Income generated from sales. contributions and other earnings.
A total of 4? arts organizations reported $43,500,000 in revenues. in
the following categories:
*' $ [ 3.500.000 in paid admissions and ticket sales
"$600,000 in sales and concessions
"' $20,900.000 from tuitions. workshops, and performing fees
"$8.500.000 m contributed income, grants. etc.
The range of annual organizational income was
$5.000-$3.700.000
EXPENDITURES:
Wages. operational costs and other fees and charges incurred.
A total expenditure of $40.500,000 was reported by 47 arts
organizations in the following categories:
$2 1.000.000 in salaries and wages
$16.000,000 in operational costs
.$3.500,000 in other expenditures
ARTS GENERATE $110,000.000 WITHIN
THE LOCAL ECONOMY ANNUALLY
$47,500,000 in revenues
$40~500.000 in expenditures
1,650 jobs
EMPLOYMENT:
A total of 47 arts organizations reported:
A total of 880 professional artists were employed Ihrough
the arts
An additional 770 administrative and technical arts
professionals were employed thl'ough Ihe aris in 1991.
The Economic Impac~ of the ~s is a sub-study of the Community
Cultural Plan, based on 47 Pasadena ads organizations.
The Cultural Planning DMsion is an agency of the City of Pasaden~ under the Planning and Permitting DepartmenL
The agency was created in 1991 to serve as the administrative arm for city-sponsored arts and cultural programming, senflees,
and act~ities.
The Arts Commission is a citizens advisory body to the City Council on the arts, established in 1986 upon the recommen-
dation of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Arts. The role of the Commission is to make recommendations to the City Council
on arts and cultural programs and policy. The Arts Commission and Cultural Planning DMsion work cooperatively to:
FOCUS ON CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO
THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY
PROVIDE LEADERSHIP IN THE MARKETING OF THE CITY OF PASADENA AS
A CULTURAL DESTINATION
PROMOTE AND DEVELOP PROJECTS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE AESTHETIC
LANDSCAPE AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PASADENA
FACILITATE GREATER ACCESS TO THE DIVERSE CULTURES OF PASADENA
PROMOTE CULTURAL AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION
FACILITATE CREATIVE LEARNING AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES WHICH OPEN
DOORS TO DIVERSE EHPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
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Arnenr.~n Academy of [~n"41t.,~ Arts I~ first ~n~.ed Method~s~ Church
Armed,an Cg~ut~l C~"Y~' ~ Fnend~h,p B~pt~;t ChurCh
Center for ~ Arts t~j The Gamble HOuse
Cent~ Co~le~ of
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Pasadena N~toricaJ Hweum
l~nn~.h Foik Art Huseum
Curt.~n House
~asadena Jewish Temple & Cemer
P~den~ Par~s & Rec Center
He~o~ Park (Amphr, hea~er)
Robinson Park
WoW Park Center
Wngh~ Auditorium
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PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE
ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Sosan Barnes-Gull Qul.cy Jones
Lerone Benocli,Jr. finlily M~ll[to
Madeleine Ilarels 11rrmuo robeel Mcnschul
j.hn 11. Bffa. Jaroslav I'di~n
Ililario Calldrill hnlhony Pod~la
Anne Cox Chamhc~ Phyllis Rosen
blargarct tlerbelt Unit') Marin S~dik
Evereit fly finn ~hclfer
David tt Gardner Raymond Smith
Ila~ey Golub Isaac Stern
Richard S. llt,rio llnve Warren
Irene ~ Illran. Shirley Willtile
D;n~d Ilrnq Ihx~ng liarold Williams
William he)
Federal Members:
rorer Itnnnedy
llarl A. Poxveil III
Richard W. Riley
l~slle 5ainuels
I~m renee Wllker
Timulhy WItIll
Ellen M¢Culh,ch-Lovcll, £xecultt'e Dtreclor
Eloquent
Evidence:
Arts at the
Core of
Learning
ARTS
ELOQUENT EVIDENCE
Arts at the Core of Learning
A dr,un,lhC revolulmn iu cogn:hve understand Jog began
teacl:ers and parents already knex~, mtuiove'.y -- that the arts
Most o[ Ibe sludws cited here are summareed m the
recently completed Schuols. Cummnn~ttes and the Arts: ~
Research Europe,drum. developed b) the National
In,orate [or Pubhc Policy Usiug ~et selection criteria. flus
compendmm locuses on sludies published since 1985 which
employed ~mmd metbodulog~e~
"Dnrt~lg the past quariot ccnlut)'. hler~tll)'
Ibollstutds O/'.school.based proguu.s have denton-
Ml'~led herolid quesltol~ IIJal II)d ~r15 ca~ 11ol Oll0'
bring coherence to otu'Jn~entented acad~ttlic
It'oFld bill Iblottgb Ibe alls. Mttdents' perforntance
i. olber tit tld~'1111(' dtSClldtne, t all bc enlJttltced
14,$00 nldependent school boards and approxirnalely
.t0,000 to~n, c~ty and courtly councds across the coonlr~:
Iim~ chddren learn.
and learrang becomes clear and esidenl Well-known and
respected leaders now advocate fl',e view pul forth in 1984
byJohn I (;oodlad mA Place Called School. when he
they are bas,c '
The salue of arts edocanon ~s nm~ firmly grounded in
theory and research Mtbough the hard-nosed, scientff:c
lauguuge used m stud:es ~s oi'ten lacking tn h~erary
eloqaente. II~e e',~d~.'nce accumulated ~ eloquent testimony
to the remrkablc relationslnp t~etween learning. knm,,mg.
and the ar~s
'file arts are serious and rigoroils
academic subjecls, They are an essential
aspect of human knowing.
"Science will...prodoce the data..., but never the
.fidl mean Dig. l:or perceiving real significance, toe
shall .eed...most of all the brains of poets, [and]
also those of m.tists, t. uslcla;~s, philosophers,
historians, writers to gtmeral. . tewl~ a'boa~a~ Solenils1
The arts co]Ivey kmtwledge aud oleanlug not learned
tltrougk lilt slndy ol other .%ulqecls. They represent a for~n
thinking and a way of konwing lkal is based in human
imaginaliou and judgmenl.
q'he aris delight sluduuts. but they are also intellectual
discipli~ies of substance. I,ike hnlguage or mathemattc% tile
arts involve the use of complex s~nbols to communicate. To
aliain compelcote in the arts, il is necessa~ to gain llleracy
ailh these symbol s}~tems. Some, like music and painting,
use nau-~erbal s~mbols; others, like poet~ and song, use
language in parlictdar ways.
Arts Ionichers daily ask their students Io engage in
learntug activilies which require use of higher-order
Ihinkiug ~kills like analysis, ~nthesis and evaluation.
Arts educalitm, Ihen, is first of all au activity of tile mind.
Creative aclivily is also a source of joy and wonder,
while it [fids its sindenis to Iouch and t~te and hear and see
II~e world· Children are powerMlly affected by sto~telling,
music, dance, and Ihe visual arts. They often construct
their nnderslalldillg of Ihe w¢~r[d arot~lld muslc~ g~es,
imaginative dramas and draxviug.
This view of the aris :cs imporlant ways of knowing and
conMructhlg kllowlrdge fluds ils fools luosl notably In the
phih:s~qdfical ~x ork of Bruni Cosbiter, Sosnone Langer
Nelsm~ (;oodm:to and in the Iheofies of many cognitive
sctellliM~.
The arts have far-reaching potential to help
students achieve education goals.
The groundbreaking theor'/of muhiple intelligences,
developed by ]1oward Gardner of Ilaryard IJniversity,
broadells oor view of how ]lnutans ]e,m~ and realize their
potentials. It shows Ihat the aris can play a crucial role in
hoproving students' ab[lity to learn because they draw on
a raoge of Intelligences and learning styles, not jusl the
linguistic and IoglcaJ-matkemalical intelligences upon which
most schools are based.
Schools Ihat incorporate music, art, drama, dance, and
creative writing into the basic curriculnm have found that
teaching the arts has a significant effect on overall succe~ in
school. Because the arB are closely associated with
Important ideas and events in ktstory, students who have a
good backgronnd in tile arts are likely Io have a richer
source of information and insight to draw upon, compared
to those who do not study tke arts.
For example, students of the arts continue to
outperform their non-arts peers on the Scholastic
Assessment Test, according 1o The College Entrance
l!xamlnation Board. In 1995, SAT scores for students who
sludied tile arts more titan four years were 59 points higher
on the verbal and 44 points higher on the math portion
than students with no coursework or experience in the arts.
The ~.~11e~e Board. Profile of x4r and Acbleremettl Test taken. 1995
It has also been documented titat the arts have the
potential to aid learning in specific areas, such as reading,
writing, malh and creativity.
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Reading, Writing and Math Skills Can Be
1!nhanced Through the Arts
Many studies docunlenl tile role of the arts in Improving
basic skills, the 3'Rs. llecanse uf tire mounting evidence
linking the ann Io basic learning, some researchers refer to
the arts as "Tire Fmtrth R."
· Students Improved an average of one to two
months in reading for each month they participated
In tile %earning In Rend Through the Arts" program
In New York C{ y. Student. writing also Improved, tire study
revealed. "Learning to Read Through the Aris," an intensive,
Integrated arts curriculum, has been designated a model
program b? the Natinnasl Diffusion Network and bas been
adopted by numerous sellnull and dislricls across
the conoIry.
d rl~. l Y)2.~I. {~ce t~ KdlwtlllOnal ReseatcS. Netc York CIIJr Board of
m "lIumnnits~ Program" students In Los Angeles high
schools wrote higher quality essays, showed more
conceptual understanding of history and made more
interdisciplinary refereileen than non-Humanita$
students. Lew-acbieving students made gains equivalent
to Ihose made by Iligh-ndtieving students. Tire Rumanltas
prograin in£orpnrales tire arts lato a broad humanities
curriculum, drawing upun tbe reIaUonahip between
literattire, social studies and the aris. Tbe program has
readied 3,500 stlldenls in twenly high schools.
il The most gains hi tntal ~'eadhlg, reading
voc:lbulap/and reading coinprehension were made by
elelnentar¥ studetlta in the "Spectra+" arts program
tn Obin, cmupared to the coulrol group. 'l'he students also
.',cared better in luadl cmnprellension-
~r Riclmnl L I~la. 1~)91
· Vocabulary and reading comprehension were
significantly improved for elementary students in the
"Arts Alternatives" program in New Jersey. Antrung
connection between drama skills and Ilteraq was found In
this program, which involved role-pla~ng, Improvisational
techniques and stoP/writing activities.
Delgado,
· The writing quality of elementary students was
consistently and significantly improved by using
drawing and drama techniques, compared [o the control
group, which used only the discussion approach. Drama and
drawing techniques allowed the student wrller to test-out,
evaluate, revise and Integrate ideas before writing begins,
thus significantly Improving tbe results.
· Students made significant gains over the control
group In language mechanics, total language and
writing on the California Achievement Tests after
participating in a special music and poetry program.
Fo~rtb Gr~d~ L~ngung~ Am ¢la~roOm, by Carolyn Carlet Hud~p~lb. I~
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Creativity Is Naturally Developed
Thruitch the Arts
livery child has the innate urge and capacity to he
artistically expressive. Arts education requires sindents to
draw upon Iheir erealive aliililies and to deepen them, as
well The heneAt is thai err, hive Ihinking, once learned early,
lasts for a lifetime and can be applied in other endeavors.
w Total ereailvlty meaasrss were four times higher
for elemantory studeats in au arts curriculum Ihas for
the cantrol groups in two Ohio school districts. Gains were
maiulained and conlintled m hoprove in a second year
evaluation.
br Richard L L~lg. 1~gJ
II Orighutlity and huaglanthm scores were
significantly higher f*r preschool children with
disabllilles after imrtlclpatloo In a dance progrant
than for those participaling ir~ die adapted physical
educalioa program.
"lg,rmuids. cathedrals mid rocgets exist not
hecattse u. f geomelo'. theories of structures or
lbermodynamics, hut be~m~ they w~r~ first
s pichire ~ lilerdly a ~ision ~ tn lh~ mtn~
~lhose who bttJlt lbett~. " Illaorl~ogene ~'e~uson
Student Eng:tgement and Persistence
hnprnve with an Arts-Based Curriculum
Tl~e :Iris ran lrau~fi~rm die chlssrnont environment,
nlakhlg learning a li',el~,, ur, igorallng experience. With their
empha.qs uu creative di.',cmery and Ihelr ability to sthnalate
a varicly of learuing Myles. Ihe :Iris engender enthuslasn! and
mnli,,alhn! for learninR The aria also teach dlsclpllne,
value of .,,uslaillcd cift~rl tu achieve excellence, and the
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concrete rewards of hard work. All these factors can
encourage higher attendance altd decrease drop-out rate~.
"The process of sttMying a,d creath~g arl in all
of its d/stinct forms defines those qualifies that are
at the heart of education reform in the 1990~ ~
crsattotty, perseverance, a sense of standards,
and above all, a striving for excellence."
· .U.S. Secretary of Education, Richard w. Riley
Ii Classes were more interactive, there were more
student-initiated topics and discussions, more time
was devoted to literacy activities and problem-solving
activities in scbools using the arts-based "Different
Ways of Knowing" program. The program also produced
significant positive effects on student achievemenl,
motivation and engagement in learning.
Different Irars of Kt~owhtg. 1991.94 .Vat iottal I.~#1~ltttdimtl.rtu4r FDial
Rtport. b. rJame~ $ Ctttterall. 199~
I $tudents see relationships, question and analyze
material, and clearly articulate thoughts through the
"Humanltas Progrant." These students also had
significanlly higher class attendance and were signifiesrely
less likel}' to drop oul of school. They reported more
positive perceptions about their academic abilities than did a
comparison group. Teachers reported an overall new
enthusiasnt for teaching.
rbt Ihtttta~ita$ prograo! £oMttalto~t 1990.91. by httItela A~cbbac~ and
Jo~;t Ilerman. 1991
II The open and exploratory nature of the arts
lessons in New York Clty's "Arts Partners" program
allowed students to explore their "regular" subject
areas more actively. The students drew upon their
learning from the "core" disciplines for much of the content
[or their art works, titus reinforcing academic achievement.
Arts and Cog#lllott- A ~htd. r of the Rdatfonsblp Between Arts PartnerS
I'togra,t$ a,d the Oetwlopm~nt of Higher Leeel Tbt#kt~8 processes tn
tltete#larl an~lJttnior Illgb School $tu detrt$. b.r Carol FDicberg. 1991
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High-Risk Students Helped Through the Arts
· 't~Tle. I e.vumine iio'selfand my method of
tho.gbl. I come to the conchsion that the g~
qffautasy bas mea.t more to me than my talent
forabsorbiDgkuou,ledge." ~bm ~tem
" -.' ,~ : ::/7
Many students find Ll]:tt the arts help them master
acadmulc skills. Drawing helps writing. Song and poetv/
make Iacts memorable. Drama makes history more vlvld and
real. Creative movement makes processes understandable.
Titis is doubly lrne for the high-risk student, who often
excels for tile first linre in an arts program.
SomeUmes, Ihe stadenl who Is not doing well in
traditional academics ndght have an artistic talent that has
not yet flowered. As tile writers of The Fourth R point out:
"Imagine what might happen to l.eonardo da Vinci today If
he were placed in tile average American public school.
illegitimate son of a prior woman, a left-handed writer who
loved to draw and cltallenge conventional thought, would be
labeled an at-risk special education candidate..." Schools
witIt an integrated arts curriculum might be better able to
address lite needs of students like da Vtncl.
- l!igh-risk elementary students with one year in
lite "Different Ways of Knowing" program gained
8 percentlie iratats on standardized language arts
tests; slitdents wltb two years in the program gained
16 percentlie putors. Nun-program students showed no
percenttie gain in language arts. Studen15 with three years in
the program trotscored non-program students ~ltb
sigoificandy higher repnrl card grades In the core subject
areas of la.guage arts, math, reading and social studies.
I'arlicipants sin}wed significmttly htgher levels of engagement
and iucrea.',ed beliefs Illat there is value in personal effort
air achieveremit. In mtsl, 920 elementary students tn 52
clasmmms were studied ht this national longitudinal study
in I.o:, ^agelea, south liDston and Cambridge, l~la~achusetts.
! Seventy-five percent of Manchester Craftsmen's
Guild students go on to college. An after. school program
for at-risk high school students at a community arts center
in Pittsburgh. the Gulld'a extraordina~ succ~s shows how
valuable community arts groups can be to school districts.
Safe Ilarits. Portraits of Edttcdllnnal gffecllren~ In CommuMt$ Atl CtnterJ
that FOC~ on Education tn Economically Dlladmntoged CommunDfe~. by
m Fifth grade remedial readers nslng creative drama
as a learning strategy scored consistently higher on
the Metropolitan Reading Comprehension Test. The
drama readers' scores also showed a steady increase over
tire slyweek period. The comparative group engaged in the
same reading activities, followed by vocabulary lessons and
discussion of the story.
rbe Effectiveness of Creative Drama a~ an Immtctlonal .~lralepO' to
~nbanc* the Reading Comprehension Skills of fifth-Grade Remedial Readers.
by.~ntrO'. DuPont. 1992
I Drama techniques were an effective method for
promoting faclltty in English as a second language
among young children. The "drama group" exhibited
significantly greater improvement than the control group in.
total verbal output.
£nbm~ctng the Practice of Drdma In ~dttcatlo# Tbrottgb Reyesrob,
by I~wrenve O'Farrell. 1~3
IJnderstandlng of One's Self and Others
Expands with Arts Education
Based on what we know, what do students need in order
to do well in school? Belief titat success In school is possible
Is DUe of lite most important factors for students. Positive
self-perceptions have been shown repeatedly to ald the
development of skills and learning.
Belated to self-concept ts an understanding of others.
cultural studies challenge students to respond to the world,
to look beyond themselves and to see the connectedness of
human soctely. The arts foster understanding of other
cultures, their histories, symbols, myths, values and beliefs.
8
Projections nhonl lite demographic cmuposltJon o[ the
Oniled Slates in Ihe next 4tl years show Illat the "mlnorlly"
impalalion will sous he Ihe nmlorlt~ population. lh~e
projectohs have pmhmnd hnpllcatlons for educatom, m
they prepare our childreu h~r tomorrow's world.
~ Studcuts reported slgnlflmutly Improved attltud~
reinling Io self-cxpre~lon, trust, self-acceptance
and acceptance o[ others In the '~ Alternative'
program ta New Jersey.
19X5
~ Attitudes and perceptions toward Natl*e ~nerlcans
were changed illrough ar~ Inslructloa. In Arizona,
music and cullnral experiences were effective In diminl~hing
fourth grade sludeul~' ~tereotypical views toward mlnortt~
cnllures.
~ Sclf-cm~cepl Is positively enhanced through the
arts, according 1o a revle~ of 57 studies, as are
langnnge acqni~tlinn, cognitive development, ctltlcal-
d}inldng ahilil~ and ~ocial s~lls. The authors examined
similes o[ measurable results in Ib~ emotional and social
development of children. Tile relationskip behveen music
particlpalion aud ~6f-concept was slronglF In evidence.
ffi Fifth grade sludeuls derived satisfaction from
their band experience regardless of their perception
of their talents. In a sludy uf six elementa~ schools In a
large mdmrhan $chnul dislricl, studen~ viewed their role m~
band members us parl nf Iheir identily and beneftled from
Imlh peer and aduh rccoguillou.
The Arts Prepare Students for Jobs
Skill requirements for all xvorker~ are going up.
including those In production and support Jobs. In tile
modern bushless euvlronmeu[, Ihe ability to comulnnicate,
adapt, diagnose problems and find crcalive solutions ts more
Important than ever before. These attributes can be nurtured
and boned through studying the arts.
Arts education also plays a role in improving and
maintaining a communily's business climate. In a study ol
142 businesses, most agreed tbat cull0ral amenities,
Including artsedacatton, were important "quality of fife'
factors in their location decisions. Businesses say that
schools are the most important vehicle for enbanctng
awareness of and interest in tile arts.
A Slttdy oJ the Percepllml$ of Bushtess and Colnmtt.llj, Leaden Regttrdlnl~
! Communications skills were ranked as the second
most important factor In hlrlug, a natlonnl employer
study reveals. Employers look at educational levels and
certificates, but what is more Important to employers is how
the applicant presents himself or herself, tn terms of attitude
and communication skills.
Educational l~#allty of tbe IVorkfor~e ,V~llonal ~.~ployer .rttr~j.: First
Flndl#8$, b.F ~ Lynch a#d Roberl ~ent~lty. 199~
I Arts education olds achlevemeat of "core
compeluncles" needed for employment, according to a U.S.
Labor Department's report (Secretary's Commission on
Achieving Necessary Skills, SCANS). The arts are cited as
important for certain "foundation" skills which include
drinklog creatively, problem solving, exercising individual
responsibility, sociability and self-esteem.
I0
II
The $36 Billion Nonprofit Arts Industry !s A
Source of Future Employment for Students
There are Jobs in the urts! It is an industry that provides
substautiul employment opportunities, about 1.3 million Jobs
per )'car, a {nct anmelintes overlooked by educators. The
economic dimensions of the nonpro~l arts sector are
extensive at $36 billiml. It jumps to $314 hiltIon when
commerckd arts scclor is added.
'*Ou~ of a chts~room uf ~1) children, maybe I0 will be
employed in an arts-related occupation some~y," s~
Rexford Brown oF the I:ducation Commission of ~e Stales.
This factor alone shows the necesslly of aris edu~on In
each and eve~ one of our nation's schools.
Goals 2000 ~ts Education
biota than 100 nation~ org~l~flons from ~e~.~*
educatiou, arts, corporate ~nd priv3te ~ound~flon,
goverumen~ scctors h~ve ~orm~d ~e ffo~/~
~ vital componeut of eve~ chlld's education. Chances
are ibis boo~et k~s [ound Its way to you ~an~ to
member org~nlz3tiou of tiffs unique
Eor more in[orm3tion flboul th~
/'~rtn~rs~/p, hrcludlng copies of ~r~
~uc~t/ou ~a/s, contact the Pa~erahip's naflon~
nffice, c/o the Coonctl o~ Chief State School O~cers,
Ouc ~lassachust'tL~ ,~veuue, NW, SuRe 700, ~hington,
DC ZooOI.
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RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS
AND PARENTS
Eloquent ~videoce, Aris at the Core of Learning, by
Elizabeth Murfee. We encourage broad distribution of this
guide. Feel free to reproduce it and make It available to
anyone who would benefit from It. Each study has its own
context and complexities that csnnot be presented in this
brief format. Readers are encouraged to seek more
information. Additional copies can be obtained from the
NaUonal Assembly of State Aris Agencies, l 010 Vermont
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20005
Schools, Communities, and the Arts: A Research
compendium, developed by the Nation',fl Endowment for the
Arts in cooperation with the Morrison Institute for Public
Policy, can be purchased In print and disk versions lrom the
National Arts Education Netxvork, Kennedy Center,
Washington, DC 20566; or contact Scott Stoner, Director,
ArtsEdge, 202-416-8871. ArtsEdge is an electronic network
lit~Mng individuals and groups interested in arts education
Ar~ Education ia Public Elementary and Secondary
Schoo/s, the most current survey of the conditions of arts
education, can be obtained from the National Center for
Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, Rm. 418,
555 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20208; or
contact Judl Carpenter 202-219-1333
The Basic School, A Community.for Learning, by
Ernest Boyer, in which the arts are considered an essential
understanding for all elementary school students, can be
purchased from California Princeton Fulfillment Services,
1445 Lower Perry Road, l!wlng, New Jersey 08618
800-777-4726
Be Smart, Incl#d~ Art: A Plonniug Kit for PTds,
can be obtained from The National PTA, 330 North Wabash
Avenue, Suite 2100, Chicago, IL 60611
State and local arts agencies and state alliances for arts
education are Important, useful resources. They often have
abundant materials, resources, and expertise In arts
education.
March 7, 1996
RECEIVED .MAR
Iowa City City Council
Civic Center
Iowa City, iowa 52240
Dear Council Members:
! am writing to give you my input on the bus service.
Them are a lot of people in the community who depend on
the b.uss~e.s to get t.o and from work and to enjoy recreational
even. t.s.. /ne tr. ans~t manager said that SEATS will not be
prowcrag service to people who lose transit service, even if
they need to get to and from work. People might lose their
jobs. If you have to raise rates to keep night service, I am
willing to pay for it. How about getting smaller busses, too?
Sincerely,
Leanne Mayhew
March 4, 1996
City Council of Iowa City
Civic Center Council Chambers
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Attn: Marian K. Karr, City Clerk
To the City Council of Iowa City:
Greetings. I am a concerned citizen of Iowa City and I am writing with
regard to the proposed options concerning the Iowa City Transit Service.
I would first like to say that I am grateful to the City Council in their
willingness to listen to the views of concerned citizens,- such as myself,
who are interested in maintaining and improving the transit system that is
currently operating in Iowa City.
I am not opposed to increasing the bus fare, as I feel that it is'necessary to
do so in order to maintain the transit service.
However, I am greatly concerned regarding the proposal to decrease the
night time services, even by one hour. I am employed at the University of
Iowa Hospitals in the evenings (as are many other citizens of Iowa City),
and I depend on the Iowa City Transit System to provide transportation
even until 10:30 p.m., as I work late hours at the hospital. There are also
many students who depend on the late evening hour service In order to
attend classes, activities, etc. I feel that you are making a grave error in
decreasing the night time services by even one hour, as there are many
people who will be forced to try and find a ride (as I would have to do), or
bring out their car and add it to the congestion that is already out there.
I cannot possibly believe that by decreasing the bus service by one hour
that you would be saving that much money, and would possibly lose more
money due to people who would have to take other measures to get
transportation.
Also, I would urge you NOT to cut the Saturday Iowa City Transit System
hours, as there are many downtown businesses that are already suffering
from lack of business, and cutting down on the service hours will only
affect them even worse and decrease the number of people who are
shopping downtown.
As I had mentioned previously at the meeting held in February 1996, there
are many people who work downtown and at the Hospital who need the
Saturday bus servlce and who will be greatly affected if you decrease the
hours of the transit service on Saturday.
If anything, there are many people (including students), who would use
the bus service on Saturday nights, thus decreasing congestion downtown
and decreasing the number of drunk drivers who make the roads
hazardous in Iowa City, if it were provided to them. I am sure that if you
would give this a one year trial, you would see that for the number of
people who do not ride during the week due to work hours or location,
etc., that you would see an increase in the number of people who would
ride the bus on Saturdays that would make up for the loss of riders during
the week.
I also wish to voice the concern that there is also a lack of transportation
in Iowa City on Sundays. As everyone is aware, Iowa City is no longer a
"small town" and we must start operating to meet the needs of a growing
population. Here is another opportunity where you could increase the
number of riders for the Transit System, particularly the elderly and those
who cannot afford their own cars, who desperately need transportation
on Sundays and are often left isolated and without desperately needed
social contacts due to the lack of transportation in Iowa City. There are
also many people who work at the University of Iowa Hospitals on
Sundays who would be more than happy to leave their cars at home and
take the bus if you would provide them with this opportunity to ride the
bus. This would also increase much needed business for the stores
downtown and bring in more people to shop downtown if they had a way
to get there. You should take this into sertous consideration, as many of
the downtown businesses are struggling to survive.
Finally, I believe that you are not tapping into the most valuable source of
"riders" that you have right here in Iowa City, and that is the students. If
you would start every Fall when the students are new In Iowa City, and
provide them with an "1owa City Transit Package" that would include
special "reduced rates" and provide them with route maps, etc., and get
them interested rtght away when they first move to Iowa Clty, this would
cut down on the competition of using the Cambus and students would be
"trained" to use the Iowa City Transit System.
I would also be interested in helping to organize fund raisers for the Iowa
City Transit System, and I am sure that we could get many other people
interested in helping out if they knew that this was to benefit the
community as a whole. You have many loyal Iowa City Transit System
riders who want to see the transit system maintain its' current sevices and
to grow and prosper!! Flow about having some "brain storming"
committees who are assigned to come up with some viable and practical
ways to increase and improve the Iowa City Transit System rather than
possibly destroy a good thing by cutting the services that are so
desperately needed in Iowa City.
Let us all work together in making Iowa City an example to other cities in
cutting down on traffic congestion, pollution, and building of unncessary
parking ramps, etc., that will only add to problems for future generations
who wish to continue to live in Iowa City. If them is anything that I can do
to help, or if you wish to contact citizens who are willing to get together
and try and work out a feasible plan to keep the Iowa City Transit System
operating in an even more service effective and cost productive manner,
please feel free to contact me. I am willing to do what I can do help and I
know that other people would be willing to also If given the chance to
share their input.
Thank you for taking the time to read my concerns regarding the
proposals that will affect all of the citizens in Iowa City who depend on
the transit system for their transportation.
Sincerely,
Ms. Robyn Wheeler
1244 Sunset Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52246
338-3695
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RECEIVED 1 3 1996
March 12,1996
City Council
CIVIC Center
410 East Washington
Iowa City, IA. 52240
Dear City Council,
At our recent Parking and Transit Committee meeting an idea
surfaced to help generate use of the bus systemby the young
people of Iowa City. During April which contains National Library
Week we would like to offer free bus rides on Saturday to all
youth through Junior High age who show a Iowa City Library book.
We feel this would not only support the Library activity but 9et
greater utilization of the buses on Saturday and introduce the
convenience of bus ridership to all of these children. We would
also expect that parents would sometimes be accompanying these
children.
If this sounds like a good idea, we will work with the Library
getting posters in the buses ahead of time and put a few ads in
the paper promoting it.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sin_ce~e~rely/? //~ ~
Gross
Parking and Transit Committee Chairman
cc:Susan Crai9
Joe Fowler
JAG/adn
Plaza Centre One P.O. Box 1846
Iowa City, Iowa 52244
319-354-5950
Toll-Free 800-7790093
FAX 319-354-8973
711 Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402
319-364-7010
Toll-Free 800-7790094
FAX 319-364-7133
1703 Second Street
Coralville, Iowa %2241
319-338-6274
F,~( 319-338-7788
IOWA CITY
P.O. Box 64
IOWA CITY, IOWA
52244-0064
{319} 354-0863
March 18, 1996
TO: Iowa City City Courtall Members
RE: Center Space
The Downtown Association of Iowa City endorses the Center Space concept which will
contribute to the future vitality of the downtown area, Iowa City community and Eastern Iowa.
The DTA recognizes the need for a multi use facility in the heart of the community which will
provide a variety of cultural and educational activities to area residents and visitors. A multi use
facility wil] attract people of all ages, races, religions, income levels, and interests.
This facility will enhance the DTA's and commtmity's commitment to the arts and add to the
overall quality of life in Iowa City.
Sincerely,
'- Xduzar~ie Gumett Streitz ~
DTA President
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Downtown Association of Iowa City
83/20/1996 15:32 3193548724
SDOI]80I~:
TCI of Eastern Iowa
The Catering Shopj0e
Sara Lee Foods
Eli's Chicago~s Finest
First National Bank & Trust Co.
F. aglc Country Market No. 220
Cable TV Office, City of Iowa City
New Pioneer Co-op
Care del Sol
Burro Toast Productions
U ell APe Service
l~ch's H~ Co.
I~rnbllr~ Inn No. 2 Inc.
Halget Medical Systen~s
Potpourri Inc.
Whitedog Garage
Iowa City Telephone
Great Midwestern Ice Cream Co.
Ha~burg Inn No. 2, Inc.
Hah ttcv~cw
Potpouni Inc.
The Breakroom
F.~nofoods
Cooldes & More
W'dso,, Eastdale Sports Center
Io. wa City Telephone Company
RoberYe Dab3,
Cryst~ Cle~ Water
Coca Cola Bottling Co.
F. aste~ Iowa Ivlan~c~e~
McDonald's Restaurants
KCJJ Radio
~$CR,(} TV-9
ay Che,~e" Cheesecake
LIVE SKILLS, INC. ?~ 02
March 20, 1996
iowa City Council Merr~ers
Clvio Center
410 E. Wa8hington St,
Iowa City, IA 52240
Dear Council Members:
LIFE Skills, Ino., a private non-profit United Way of Johnson
County agency, is concluding It's annual fundraising event on
Saturday April 6, 1996, from 11:00 AIVI to 3:00 PM. The LIFE
Skills, Inc. Cheesecake Exposition will be held at the dmuntow~
Iowa City Holiday Inn,
Procastle from the Cheesecake Exposition are u$~l to supplement
agency programming. As you are wall aware, In this time ~f human
service funding cutbacks, Individual agencies must work diligently
to raise funds to support their programs. In order to ~ontinue to
provide quality service delivery to all of ~e individuals we serve,
fundralslng haa become an extremely important component in
sustaining agency programming.
Much of the cost of the Cheesecake Exposition is covered through
donationa. The LIFE Skills staff donate their time to coordinate
and facilitate t~e Cheesecake Exposition as do 20 to 30 community
volunteers. That is why I am requesting that the City Council
approve the waiver of fees for 20 parking spaces In the parking lot
North of the Burlington Street ramp. This donation would relieve
the agency from paying for parking for out staff, would allow LIFE
Skills t~ raise additional funds, m~d would be a generous and
extremely helpful contribution to the LIFE Skills fund-raiser. While
I realize this is a unique and unprecedented request, I believe that
the small amount of revenue lost by this donation is a large step
toward the City encouraging and supporting agencies in
independent fundraising attempts.
Gillian J.H. Fox
Exac~ivo Director
March 4, 1996
CITY OF I0 WA CITY
TO:
RE:
The Honorable Mayor and the City Council
Civil Service Entrance Examination
INSPECTOR I
- CONBTRUCTION
We, the undersigned members of the Civil Service Commission of Iowa
City, Iowa, do hereby certify the following named person(s) as
eligible for the position of Construction Inspector I.
Kevin Hockstedler
Hired: 4/1/96
IOWA CITY CIVIL SERVICE
COMMI IO~
Michael W. Kennedy, Chair
ATTEST:
, City Clerk
410 EAST WASHINGTON STREET · IO~/A CITY, IOWA $2240-1826 · (3lg) 3S6-S000 * FAX (319) 356-5009
February 26, 1996
CITY OF IOWA CITY
TO:
RE:
The Honorable Mayor and the City Council
Civil Service Entrance Examination - FIRE CHIEF
We, the undersigned members of the Civil Service Commission of Iowa
City, Iowa, do hereby certify the following named person(s) as
eligible for the position of Fire Chief.
Andrew Rocca
Hired: 2/26/96
IOWA CITY CIVIL
COMMISSION
chael W. K~edy,
SERVICE
Chair
ATTEST:
Ma~ian Karr, City Clerk
410 EAST WASHINO~ON STREET · IOWA CITY. IOWA $2240-1826 · (319) 3S6-SO00 · FAX ()19) 356-5009
March 4, 1996
CITY OF I0 WA CITY
TO: The Honorable Mayor and the City Council
RE: Civil Service Entrance Examination - SPECII%L
INSPECTOR
PROJECTS
We, the undersigned members of the Civil Service Commission of Iowa
City, Iowa, do hereby certify the following named person(s) as
eligible for the position of Special Projects Inspector.
$haun Bradbury
Hired: 2/29/96
IOWA CITY CIVIL SERVICE
00H14ISSION
ATTEST:
Karr, Cxty Clerk
February 21, 1996
CITY OF I0 WA CITY
TO:
RE:
The Honorable Mayor and the City Council
Civil Service Entrance Examination - TREASURY CASHIER
We, the undersigned members of the Civil Service Commission of Iowa
City, Iowa, do hereby certify the following named person(s) as
eligible for the position of Treasury Cashier.
Michelle Buhman
Hired: 3/4/96
IOWA CITY CIVIL SERVICE
COMMI~I~ .
Michael W. Kenne~ Chair
ATTEST:
'Mabian Karr, City Clerk
City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Date: Mamh 15, 1996
To: The Honorable Mayor, City Council and City Clerk
From: Jim Brachtel
Re: Modification of On Street Parking Meter Zone on the West Side of 100 Block of North
Clinton Street
As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3 of the City Code this is to advise you of the
following action:
ACTION:
Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A17 of the City Code, the City Traffic Engineer will authorize the
removal of the most southerly parking meter on the west side of the 100 block of North Clinton
Street. This meter is known as CL153. This action will take place on or shortly after 29 March,
1996.
FOR COMMENT:
This action is being taken to provide for the installation of an extended bus stop at the southerly
end of the west side of the 100 block of North Clinton Street. The University of Iowa will be
installing hard surface pads so as to accommodate their handicapped lift buses which will be
utilizing this stop. The removal of one stall of metered parking is required so as to allow the
buses to be positioned adjacent to and parallel with the street curb.
' I
¥MO! ),.L 3 ¥MOI
01 ~i I, t4 ~1
City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Date:
March 19, 1996
To:
The Honorable Mayor, City Council and City Clerk
From:
James Brachtel, Traffic Engineer
Re:
Temporary Alteration of the Parking Prohibitions in the 500 Block of South Linn
Street
As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3 of the City Code, this is to advise you of the
following action.
ACTION:
Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A10 of the City Code, the City Traffic Engineer will direct the
removal of the odd-even parking in the 500 block of South Linn Street. In its stead the west
side of the 500 block of Linn Street will be posted NO PARKING 8 A.M.-5 P.M. MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY. This action will take place on or shortly after April 2, 1 996.
COMMENT:
This action is being taken to facilitate the construction of new rental property at the lots
known as 515 and 521 South Linn Street. The prohibitions noted above will provide that the
west side of the 500 block of South Linn Street will remain open, providing access to the
work sites for the various trades and suppliers of the contractor in a mere safe and efficient
manner than if parking were to be alternating back and forth during the work day. As the
proposed prohibition will only limit parking from 5 to 8, Monday through Friday and will permit
parking after the hour of 5:00 p.m., this action will not affect the nighttime on-street parking
supply in this one block of South Linn Street. The contractor anticipates that his construction
work will be completed by August 15, 1996, at which time the calendar parking will be
reinstailed in the 500 block of South Linn Street.
MEMORANDUM
To: Marion Can'
City Clerk
From: John F. Doershuk, Ph.D. 5~f~
Director, General Contracts Program
Date: March 22, 1996
@ 319/335-1122 (office)
319/335-2776 (fax)
john-doershuk@uiowa.edu
Karen Kubby asked that I provide a hardcopy print-out of the e-mail messages Bill Green and I each sent to
you earlier today. These are to be distributed to the Couacil as items for the official consent calendar.
Thankyou.
Ill
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
March 20, 1996
Mr. Stephen J. Arkins, City Manager
City of Iowa City
410 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1826
Dear Mr. Arkins:
In this letter I wish to thank you and other City staff members for assistance in our efforts
at Napoleon Park and I wish to clarify a couple of points that may have been missed in the
hubbub of the last few days' events.
1. I thank you and Chuck Schmadeke and Tim Randall of the Engineering Divison for
permitting and helping to arrange for my office's monitoring of construction last week.
Your efforts were instrumental in helping us arrange monitoring and data retrieval with the
construction contractor.
2. I am very grateful to the City Historic Preservation Commission for reviewing our
Historic Resource Development Pr6gram (HRDP) grant proposal, for holding a special
meeting at short notice, and for endorsing the proposal. I also thank you for your own
endorsement of that proposal.
3. Finally, I want to thank the City Planning and Community Development Department for
originally notifying us of the impending construction.
Our initial inspection of the cleared and grubbed pipeline route and subsequent monitoring
of the early stages of construction last week led to: (1) confirmation of archaeological site
13.1H250, (2) mapping of concentrated deposits of artifacts, and (3) recovery of
approximately 700 prehistoric and historic-era artifacts. We have nearly completed
cataloging these specimens, and we will prepare a report which we trust will be of use to the
City and its archaeological consultant. This report and our upcoming ISTEA-sponsored
survey of the Sand Road area, combined with the City's work along the pipeline route,
should contribute to a greater appreciation of the area's prehistoric and historic resources.
As you know, we conducted field work, archival research, and grant preparation at no cost to
the City. We did this because we were informed the pipeline project had no federal
involvement and hence required no compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act.
Had I been aware of the Corps permit, I would not have prepared the HRDP proposal and I
would have immediately urged the City to contact the State Historic Preservation Office and
the Corps. Apparently when the SHPO learned of the federal involvement (ironically,
through your letter of endorsement) they cancelled approval of the grant and notified the
Corps, which set off last Thursday's events.
Office of the State Archaeologist 303 Eastlawn Iowa City, Iowa 52242.1411 319/335-2389 FAX 319/335.2776
I am glad a procedure has been agreed upon for cultural resource work which is acceptable
to the Corps and the SHPO and which allows construction to proceed. By copying this
letter to the individuals listed below I am extending my thanks to others with whom we have
worked, as well as my continued offer to cooperate in any way that the City might find
helpful.
Sincerely,
William Green
State Archaeologist
Chuck Schmadeke and Tim Randall (Iowa City Engineering Division)
Karen Franklin, Charlie Denny, and Scott Kugler (Iowa City Planning and Community
Development Depa,~.tent )
Linda Woito (Iowa City City Attorney's Office)
Doug Russell (Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission)
Ron Puleher (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Kathy Goufiey and Doug Jones (State Historic Preservation Office)
Derrick Marcucci and John Hotopp (Louis Berger and Associates, Inc.)
I m-carr@blue.weeg. ui, 12:10 PM 3/22/96, Correspondance for Official Co
To: m-carr@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu
From: John Doershuk <John-Doershuk@uiowa.edu >
Subject: Correspondance for Official Consent calendar
Cc:
Bcc:
X-Attachments:
At 07:15 PM 3/21/96 -0600, Karen Kubby wrote the following, my response is below, at Karen's
request please enter this as correspondance for the official consent calendar:
>John,
>
> Richard Fishel and I have been corresponding a little bit electrordcally
>and he came to see me at my office hours about the sewer line going
> through Napoleon Park. I feel that I am getting very different kinds oBf
> information from different sources.
>
>In light of these differing perspectives and since I am a little late in
> creating any positive action to save archaeological resources at this
> site, I have a request for you. I would appreciate if you could put in
>writng the following series of information from your perspective in the
> Office of the State Archaeologist:
>
> 1. What would have been the ideal process that the city would have gone
>through for aproject like this? Timeframes, offices contacted (and
>whose responsibility under the law it is to do this), studies performed,
>work performed--all to determine significant sites, a plan to preserve
>and/or document them appropriately. Also, when and who should be at the
>work site and what we should include with our contracter for the project
>to meet the goals outlined in whatever front end studies/surveys were done.
>
>2. What actually happened? This will help the city council and staff
> compare and contrast reality with possibility.
>
>3. What did we potentially lose by bulldozing ahead in the manner in
>which we did?
>
> 4. Anything else you think I should be asking or that you know?
>
[Printed for John Doershuk < John.Doershuk@uiowa.edu >
, m-carr@blue.weeg. ui, 12:10 PM 3/22/96, Correspondance for Official Co
>This sounds like a lot of information. Ideally, we could have a brief
> form of this into the City Manager's Office (to Lisa) by noon Friday.
>This may not be possible. This timeframe would allow this information to
> be in the city council packet which is delivered to each council member
>on the weekend. That way council members could read it and know what I
>am talking about on Monday evening at our informal council meeting. You
>could also call Lisa at 356-5010 to see how late she can accept items for
> the packet.
>
> If Friday is not possible, either Monday or Tuesday to the City Clerk's
> office so she could deliver it to us at our evening meetings this week.
>The disadvantage of this is that we won't have time to read it before the
> meeting where we would discuss this.
>
> Whatever timeframe you can accomodate, feel free to state that I
>requested this information from you to be given to all council members.
> Please copy any correspondence to the City Manager, Director of Public
> Works, and City Engineer.
>
> If you have questions about my request, feel
>free to call me at 338-1321. I'll be in and out in the morning, but
>gone after lpm at the latest. Thank you in advance for answering my
> questions.
>
> We need to learn from this experience and do much better next time. I
> am feeling very disheartened by our actions or lack thereof.
>
> Karen Kubby
>338-1321
> kkubby@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu
>
Karen -
Thank you for taking the time to discuss Rich's concerns. Our aim in this statement is to provide
constructive comment on the general cultural resources compliance process as well as specific
aspects of the City's interceptor sewer project to assist the City in understanding their role and
responsibilities. Obviously, as both citizens of Iowa City and professional archaeologists, Rich and I
are keenly interested in the City's sewer project, especially as it relates to the archaeological
resources in Napoleon Park (and elsewhere along the proposed right-of-way) and the effects of
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considering the impacts of the proposed construction on known (or unknown) cultural resources on
city finances. The OSA mission, as a state agency and organized research unit of the University, is
to "develop, disseminate, and preserve knowledge of Iowa's prehistory and history," and our actions
relative to Napoleon Park and the sewer project have been guided all along by a desire to salvage
available information without interrupting the city's plans. Please see Bill Green's (the State
Archaeologist) letter dated March 20, 1996 to Steve Arkins for more detail on this point - he is
e-mailing this letter separately today, perhaps this could be included in the Council's packet as
well..
The Office of the State Archaeologist and the City of Iowa City have worked together for a number
of years to develop an increasingly sophisticated awareness on the part of city employees to the
cultural resources of the area as well as the legal and ethical responsibilities associated with
development of the city's infrastructure. Our greatest success has been with members of the
planning and community development division; we have had (apparently) less success with public
works and engineering, although it remains unclear to us how internal communications within the
city government flow on projects like the interceptor sewer project. The sewer project have been
unfortunate divergences from the otherwise positive advances the city has made in being sensitive
to archaeological and historical resources.
The realm of cultural resources management is admittedly obscure; however there is a process
typically followed by those engaged in development projects in the State of Iowa which results in
compliance with existing federal and state laws and timely completion of projects. First and
foremost, please be aware that the entire corpus of laws, executive orders, regulations, standards,
and guidelines relating to cultural resources are designed to ensure that consideration of these
resources are integrated into project plaxming to allow projects to proceed while significant aspects
of the cultural environment are respected. The "laws of the land" require "consideration of effects"
but do not mandate protection from all such effects. In the case of the City's sewer project, issuance
by the Rock Island District Corps of Engineers (COE) of a "nationwide" permit in response to the
application filed on behalf of the City by Stanley Consultants on August 1, 1996 was done following
standard practice, as was the attachment by the COE of"Fact Sheet No. 3(IA)" and "Appendix A to
Part 330: Nationwide Permits and Conditions."
General Condition 12 under Section C ("Historic Properties") of this appendix reads in part:
"No activity which may affect Historic properties listed, or eligible for listing, in the National
Register of Historic Places is authorized...[the] permittee must notify the [COE] district engineer if
the authorized activity may affect historic properties...and shall not begin the activity until notified
by the District Engineer that the requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act [NHPA]
have been satisfied...Information on the location and existence of historic resources can be
obtained from the State Historic Preservation Office [SHPO]".
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This statement means that if the permittee is engaged in a project involving historic properties as
defined in the NHPA, then the permittee is to contact the SHPO for information. In Iowa, the
SHPO is based at the State Historical Society of Iowa in Des Moines. That office has review and
compliance authority under the NHPA. The Office of the State Archaeologist specifically does not,
but we do maintain the state database on historic and prehistoric archaeological resources. In the
typical case, the receiver of a COE permit will contact either the SHPO or OSA (or both) to
enquire as to the presence/absence of known historic resources within a project area and as to the
sensitivity of the project area in terms of unknown resources. The OSA will provide the site
information and an idea about sensitivity, the SHPO will actually indicate whether or not a "Phase I
survey" is required. The point about unknown resources is important because the NHPA requires
consideration of resources on or eligible for the National Register and those potentially eligible
(i.e., unknown or as yet unevaluated resources).
OSA staff on multiple occasions during the month of February discussed with city planning, public
works, and historic preservation commission staff the known (but unevaluated for National
Register eligibility) presence of prehistoric and historic cultural resources at Napoleon Park as well
as the strongly suspected potential for highly significant 1830s era archaeological remains
associated with John Gilbert and the first county courthouse in Johnson County. The latter
structure is known from historical documents to have been the meeting place of the Territorial
Commission that chose Iowa City as the first seat of Iowa government, an event of local, county,
and statewide significance (particularly in light of this being Iowa's Sesquicentennial). City staff
consistently indicated the sewer project had no federal involvement and indicated it was impossible
to delay the contracted construction. The OSA then elected to pursue an emergency grant from the
State Historical Society for salvage work at Napoleon without interference with the construction
activities; this grant was endorsed by the city Historic Preservation Commission and Steve Atkins.
In his letter of endorsement, Mr. Arkins referenced the COE permit, flagging the project as a
federal undertaking. This resulted in our grant application being denied, the Historical Society's
notifocation to the COE, and the COE's actions on March 14th.
If the City had contacted the SHPO or OSA last summer/fall before or after receiving the COE
permit, it would have been a relatively simple and cost effective procedure to hire an
archaeological consultant such as the OSA to indicate the recorded presence cultural resources,
discuss possible alternative routes and/or the cost-benefit of maintaining the preferred alignment,
and design an archaeological survey and archival records search to establish the actual presence of
"historic resources" within the proposed right-of-way. I estimate (and it is my job to calculate
timeframes for this type of work) that approximately one month would have been required at an
expense of $13-$18,000 to the City to receive a comprehensive statement on the sewer project from
the OSA. This document would then have been submitted to the COE and SHPO for review and
comment (another 30 days for this review - no cost to the City). If this report recommended
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additional work at any location (which, knowing what we do now, it would have for Napoleon
Park), these investigations could have been conducted last fall by our office or some other
archaeological consultant with a report prepared over the winter for submittal and comment in
time for construction to have started when it did in March 1996. Associating a cost with the
additional work that might have been recommended had this typical process been followed is
difficult as no scope-of-work exists; however, it is safe to say that it would have been cheaper then
than it is under the current circumstances with archaeologists being flown in from out of state.
We are pleased that the City's current consultant was able to arrange a small subcontract (it will be
completed Monday March 25, 1996) with the OSA to allow us to finalize the artifact processing
resulting from our volunteer monitoring activities prior to the COE halting the project. We are
disappointed the City chose to hire a different consultant after asking us to prepare a proposal but
we are pleased the the Napoleon Park resources are now being given the chance to "speak" that
was heretofore denied.
We would be happy to discuss these issues further with you at any time, please call either me or Bill
Green or stop by the office (SW corner of Gilbert and Iowa).
Sincerely,
John F. Doershuk, Ph.D.
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The recent tempest created by the City of Iowa City's decision to place a sewer line through the
former location of the town of Napoleon and the fkst courthouse in Johnson County, both now
situated within Napoleon Park, raises an interesting question: Who is responsible for the
preservation of the history of Iowa City? For those City officials unaware of the history of this
area, and based upon the transpiring of events in the last few weeks this number is quite large, a
brief history lesson of this area is in order.
The Napoleon Townsite has long been recognized as the historically important site of the first
meeting of the Territorial Commission charged with determining the location of the first seat of
Iowa government. The Napoleon Townsite was conceived by none other than John Gilbert, the
first non-Indian settler in Johnson County. Gilbert was allowed by the Mesquaki chief Poweshiek
to erect a claim cabin within the area now known as Napoleon Park, adjacent to the village of
Wapashashiek, another Mesquaki leader. At that time, Gilbert also began construction of the first
County Courthouse in Johnson County, which was completed in 1839. The first post office in the
county was also established this same year in Napoleon.
There are other events associated with the Napoleon Park area. The McCollister farm, which
Napoleon Park was formerly a part of, supplied the timber used in the stairways and trim of the
Old Capitol Building. The only lynching in Johnson County occurred within Napoleon Park in
1858. Irving Weber has published more than 20 articles pertaining to the history of just the park
itself. In addition to the recent historical events associated with the park listed above, Napoleon
Park also contains materials from an earlier Indian village that dates between 2000-1000 years ago.
In applying for the nationwide permit from the Army Corps of Engineers needed to complete
the sewer project, the City failed to notfly the Corps of the historical significance of Napoleon
Park, a direct violation of the nationwide permit procedures. Based upon the misinformation
supplied to them by the City, the Corps granted approval to the City for the completion of the
sewer project. When the Corps was notified of this serious omission by the State Historical
Preservation Office in Des Moines, the Corps rescinded the permit and halted construction.
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Besides apparently being in violation of Federal regulations, the City chose to by-pass its own
Sensitive Areas Ordinance, passed in December 1995. One of the purposes of this ordinance is to
regulate "development of lands which contain archaeological sites" and to "help assure that sites
which contain information regarding the community's prehistory and history are identified,
studied, protected, and\or properly excavated when appropriate." Despite protests from the State
Historic Preservation Office, the Office of the State Archa ;ologist, and the Iowa City Historic
Preservation Commission, the City chose to ignore the Sensitive Areas Ordinance and commence
with the construction activities without taking into consideration the historical and archaeological
significance of the area.
After numerous conversations with the above listed State and local agencies, the City reluctantly
agreed to have archaeologists on-site, at no cost to the City, to monitor the destruction of the Park.
Unfortunately, the archaeologists were not notified that this construction had begun until after the
upper two feet of the park within the construction corridor had been removed by bulldozers and
belly scrapers. What historical information was contained within this area will never be known.
Also unfortunately, monitoring heavy equipment operation is not the most beneficial means to
assess a historical area. I do not know how much one of the belly scrapers or bulldozers used in the
construction process weighs, but after this machinery runs over a 150-year old glass bottle or a
2000-year old Indian clay pot, nothing can be done but pick up the pieces.
I charge that the City, during this, the sesquicentennial of Iowa, is not concerned with its own
history. The City had more than ample opportunity to investigate the park area before the
construction began but chose not to do so. The City has passed a Sensitive Areas Ordinance but
chose not to abide by it. What will be the next historically significant building or archaeological site
area within the city to fall victim to the insensitivity of City officials. Will the Old Capitol Building
be replaced by a parking lot? You may think that this would be absurd, but I would have thought
the destruction of a historically significant area such as Napoleon Park in the 1990s would also be
absurd. City officials have been cited in the March 16 edition of the Cedar Rapids Gazette as
saying they "didn't think interest was high enough to merit exploration of the [Napoleon] site." If
the City is not interested in one small area that contains the locations of the first courthouse in
Johnson County, a 150-year old Mesquakie village, and a 2000-year old Indian village, what are
they interested in? Past city administrations have honored John Gilbert by naming one of the main
streets within Iowa City after him. The current city administration has chosen to honor Gilbert by
potentially destroying the town he founded more than 150 years ago. A city who destroys its
cultural heritage loses its identity. And without an identity, we are nothing. I restate my opening
question: Who is responsible for the preservation of the history of Iowa City?
Richard Fishel
1316 Muscatine Ave.
Iowa City, IA 52240
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University of Iowa Dormitory Student Population
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The Iowa City water service area for the year 2015 (20-year projection, assuming the
proposed new facilities are in operation by 1995) is about 77,000. The projected
water service area population for the year 2035 is about 95,000. The projected
average and peak day water demands are shown in the table below.
IOWA CITY WATER SERVICE AREA
Current ~ :,~~' =
2035
55,080 76,950 95,000
Average Day
Usage
6,800,000 gal
11,150,000 gat
Peak Day Usage 1~.~_200,000 gel 16,700,000 gel
period.
15,350,000 gel
23,000,000 gel
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Projected Population
Average Day Usage
Peak Hour Usage
4. Peak Hour Plus Fire Flow
Present
56,200
6,800,000 gpd
1 5,000,000
76,950
11,150,000 gpd
22,300,000 gpd
The same procedures as described above for the present peak hour plus fire flow were
utilized for addressing future fire flow in conjunction with future peak hour demands.
=uture fire flows were not determinable. It was assumed that the range of needed fire
=lows {between residential type test locations and commercial/industrial locations)
Nould not change substantially in the future. '
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PI~OPOSED ALLUVIAL COLLECTOIl WELL
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tsmtnante. ~e court atate~ 'In light of the ¢1~ la~ d ~e te~ga~va ~
'~n~m~n~ aM ~e Jmpe~e~ na~ o~e av~a~le ~e~men~ an~ ~e~
~e~ ~nnot ~e as J~mtion for ~da~ ~ con~111~ mn~mt~ ~
may ~ ~f~7~ ~e a~ncy ~n~Med ~at ~e pro~d ~e pub~shed ~e day
~on ~ ~e preyed re.etlon ~ GAC ad~on tree.an& vaffe~ Ped-
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p~s~ ~e. ~ny s~ ~e~Lh ~en~es, ~nsulti~ en~nee~, and mos~ wa~r
utgifies oppos~ tL2e USEPA respond~ ~ ~fl~ optstrion ~ ~e GAC p~p~ ~
publls~ ~ a~tional s~ment ~ ~e J~y 6, 1978, F~m~ ~? ~ever-
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~ongress aevere]y underestimated the time required for USEPA to develop
ere&~]e regn]afiorm. USEPA's slowness in regulating contamtnante and i~ fagure to
require GAC treatment for organic contemlnants servecl as a foc,~ point for dh~.
don of 9osdble reyesluna to the taw. Minor amendments to the 1974 SDWA were
made in 19377 19797 and 1980~ (~abte 1-3). ~hese amendments provided for
funding reauthor;zation and made a number of minor clmnges to the SDWA.~
TabI~! -3
The 1986 Safe Drlnklng Water Act Amendments
lle~orte in ~e early 1980s of drlnldng water eon~ta. mlnation By organ~e contard.
nante and other chemicals~ and pathogens such as O/ard/a lamblie~ arottsed con.
gresdonat concern over the ade~uav~ of the SDWA. 'l~e rate of progress made by
USF~A to regulate contaminants was partlc~arly crltictzed by merebeta of Con-
grass, and legislation was ;ntrotu¢ed to amend the SDW~.~9,40.4 1
To strengthen the SDWA, especially the regulation-setting process and ~round.
water protection, Congress amended most of the orig;nal 1974 SDWA in 1985. The~e.
amendmentz, known as the SDWA Amendments of 1986, were signed into law
(P.L. 99-339) June ~9, 1986.43 Among other provisions, t~e 1986 amendments ~g.
n~canfly altered the rate at which USEPA was to set dr;nklng water stander&.
Since the time the 1986 amendments were signed, ~ ~reefoid increase in the
~DWA and amendments
Year Pub~o Law Date
1974 P.L 93-523 Dec. 16, 1974
1977 P.L 95-190 Nov. 16, 1977
1979 P.L 96-63 ~epL 6, 1979
1980 P.L 98-502 . Dec. 5, 1980
1988. P.L 99439 June 18, 1986
1988 P,L 100.572 · eel 31, 1988
No~: CodFed ~oreraly as 42 U.S.0. 3001-300J-11.
SDWA
$DWA Amendments of 1977
SDWA Amendments of 1979
SDWA Amendments of 1980
SDWA Amendments of 1986
Lead Con~a~natlon Control Act
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Ordinance No. 9§-3714
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"Water Services Charges" to read as follows:
subsection entitled "Water Service Charges" in Section 3-4-3 and adding a new
Amount of Fee, Charge,
Bond, Fine or PenalW
Meter Size March 1, ~996
(inches) Cha~qe
9.35
1 ~ 22.01
2 29.58
3 54,65
4 95.36
6 191.91
minimum monthly
holder's cost will be based on the minimum for a %" meter, regardless of the size.
get meters will be based on comparative costs to a 6" meter. The
an account holder who furnishes and maintains the meter at the account
There will be no minimum monthly charge for a single.purpose water meter from November to March
for those months during which no weter is used.
Monthly user charges for water in
excess of 200 cu. ft. per month for
dual purpose water meters
Single-purpose meter charges for water
in excess of 200 cu. ft. per month
Returned check/automatic bank debit for
payment of water services
Discount for combined accounts enrolled
in sure pay, per billing
MonthN
Usage March 1, 1996
(Cu. F(.I Char.qe
201 to $2.00/100 cu. ft.
3,000 t"" :~
CU.ft, '" '
Over 1.43/100 cu. ft.
3,000
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Char.qe
$10.00
1.00
ORDINANCE NO, 90-3~,76
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 32.1, ENTITLED "TAXATION AND REVENUES," OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, BY AMENDING SECTION 32.1-73
THEREIN TO REVISE SEWER AND WATER CHARGES AND ESTABLISH A CHARGE FOR
UNMETERED SEWER SERVICE AND FOR MANUFACTURING HOUSING PARK UNMETERED
SEWER SERVICES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CiTY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA:
SECTION I. That Chapter 32.1, ~l'axatton and Revenues,' of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Iowa City, Iowa, be, and the same is hereby amended by repealing Section 32.1-73, and
adopting in lieu thereof a new section to read as follows:
Sec, 32.1-73. Fees and Chargee Authorized In Cha~er 33.
Municipal Code Section
Authorizing Fee, Charge,
Fine, or Penalty:
(a) Sec. 33-45 (a)-(O
Description of Fee,
Charge, Fine, or Penalty
Sewer Service Charqes:
Minimum monthly charge
(includes the first 200
cu. if. of water used)
Monthly charge for each
additional 100 cu. ft.
of water used
Charge:
$5.75
$1,40
Monthly surcharge
BOD (per pound)
SS (per pound)
$.13
$.10
(b) Sec. 3,3-45(h)
Unmetered user, monthly
minimum
$12.90
Manufactured housing park,
monthly minimum per lot $12.90
(c) 33-46(h)
Fee for delinquent sewer
service account
$3.00 for each water service
account not paid within 30 days
of billing date. Fee is waived for
first occurrence In each calendar
year.
(d) 33-48(a)
Deposit fee for combined city
water and/or sewer and/or
solid waste collection
accounts
Residential account: $50.00 per
combined residential service for
waste collection service
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D. Blendinq of Water Sources :~c~ c.n ~---~
The two Silurian Wells (300-feet deep) and the one Jordan Well (1,600 feet deep)~a~e an
integral part of the raw water-supply-combination for the new Iowa City Water Supply and
Treatment Facilities Project. These deep groundwaters are necessary to blend with the surface
Iowa River water during pedods of high contaminant levels in the River, such as nitrates and
nitrites. When we attempt to place these wells on the proposed site, hydrogeology tells us that
the Siludan and Jordan aquifers must have wells located far enough apart to prevent
interference of their cones of depression, one from the other, and also to avoid reducing
pumping capacity of adjoining wells, see attached schematic from an article attached to the City
Attorney's August 1991 memo to the City Council. Finally, regardless of the type of well or raw
water source, the City needs control over surrounding areas to avoid construction of private
wells which would adversely iml~act the City's wells and other existing wells in the area to the
North and Northeast. -
In summary, if the 1,000-foot radius circles were required by the EPA, approximately 183 acres
or 80% of the 230-acre site would be incorporated w leaving approximately 47 acres or 20%
of the entire site remaining for other necessary treatment and storage uses.
E. Additional Requirements for Separation of Wells and Water Sources from Treatment
Facilities,
The water wells, sand pit and dver water sources must not only be protected from each other's
influence, but must also be protected from chemicals and process wastes of the water
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treatment plant and the sludge lagoons. This means the plant building, site and lagoons must
be designed to contain the processing chemicals and residuals within the treatment facilities
themselves. Howard R. (~reen therefore recommends the City locate the plant and lagog~s as
far away as possible from the raw water sources on the site, preferably ou~de a~001~
foot radius of control for each water source.
Although not depicted on the accompanying Howard R. Green Map, Iocation~'bf theplant
building and sludge lagoons outside a 1,000-foot radii of control is not entirely possible·
Nonetheless, the need to separate the plant from the raw water sources confirms the
concomitant need for the full 230-acre site, so the City can provide safe drinking water for the
citizens of Iowa City.
Finally, IDNR has no current regulations for water treatment sludge lagoons, but they do require
certain design standards of wastewater treatment lagoons be used for water treatment sludge
lagoons. Given the ambiguities in the current regulation and the unknowns of future rules,
Howard R. Green recommends the City design the sludge lagoons to the full standards of
wastewater lagoons, as proposed in the Howard R. Green Report.
IV. SENSITIVE WELL FIELD: GEOLOGICAL FORMATION
Information from the UI Geological Survey indicates that much of the proposed site for the
Project includes '~Visconsinon Loess soil over high terrace alluvium," see attached. In lay
term;, this means a special type of geological formation covers much of the proposed site, and
includes very permeable soils and sands, see Howard R. Green Map indicated in gold. As a
practical matter, this type of geological formation also means that anything which is dropped
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treatment plant and the sludge lagoons. This means the plant building, site and lagoons must
be designed to contain the processing chemicals and residuals within the treatment facilities
themselves. Howard R. Green therefore recommends the City locate the plant and lagog:~s as
far away as possible from the raw water sources on the site, preferably ou~de a~000~
foot radius of control for each water source.
Although not depicted on the accompanying Howard R. Green Map, Iocatiort~of th~:~olant
building and sludge lagoons outside a 1,000-foot radii of control is not entirely possible.
Nonetheless, the need to separate the plant from the raw water sources confirms the
concomitant need for the full 230-acre site, so the City can provide safe ddnking water for the
citizens of Iowa City.
Finally, IDNR has no current regulations for water treatment sludge lagoons, but they do require
certain design standards of wastewater treatment lagoons be used for water treatment sludge
lagoons. Given the ambiguities in the current regulation and the unknowns of future rules,
Howard R. Green recommends the City design the sludge lagoons to the full standards of
wastewater lagoons, as proposed in the Howard R. Green Report.
IV. SENSITIVE WELL FIELD: GEOLOGICAL FORMATION
Information from the UI Geological Survey indicates that much of the proposed site for the
Project includes '"~/isconsinon Loess soil over high terrace alluvium," see attached. In lay
term;, this means a special type of geological formation covers much of the proposed site, and
includes very permeable soils and sands, see Howard R. Green Map indicated in gold. As a
practical matter, this type of geological formation also means that anything which is dropped
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UnfortunaTelY, however, much c¢ the existing zoning shown on
Figure II is not responsive to the phySiCal limitatiOnS of the cotrid?"'
ThroughOUt the length of the corridor, zoning regulations have permitted
development within the 100-year flood plain and occasionally within the
floodway. within the developed portions of Iowa City and Coralville,
zoning permits intensive commercial and industrial uses immediately
adjacent to the riverbanks. The suitability of the soils to support
t~is degree of development is questionable. In many instances, these
uses have encroached on the riverbanks resulting in the destruction
of bank vegetation. This lack of vegetation is now contributing To
bank erosion. = ,^..o¢identlal use were
If portions of the study area zoneu -uL -] ~^ the densities ~--~we~
,, ~ b _~:.ven~ional development proceour~= -~ ~ ~ ' ~v ex~ng
develow~ ~ .... ~1 ties o~ some areas would be exCe~ e ~
-%~ DhySICaI ~aM
· ' S. the areas would deteriorate both phySiCallY an~
these limitation . ' t ke -lace are
· as where deterioration could a P ~ ~ ..
aestheticallY' ~re -~eam trot 'hs br~0gs ~-, ~'~'Y
Road W66.
In the southern portion of the study area, the encrOaChment on the
· ~ri^,.slv threatening
r~ve ~ank' so severe that bank eros,on is now s: :~:+h~.nh oer~itte~
r ~s ~ ~dditional devel°PmenT' ~*~ ....... ,
~,,r,~ouS deveiopmer, TS, ~ny o .... ~rnnriate oovernmental
'¢ ' ..... ~¢ he carefully reviewed by ~ne o~-~ -
by ZO'~"'~' ~h
agencieS.
Su~_~_~y_~ Fortunately, the corridor study area i~ subject to existing
land use contrOlS (zoning). The responsibJllty ~or administering and
guiding land development in the study area fails upon the communities ~ ', ~ and aonnson County. ~.~.~
~-~ . *~ benefit of adopted ~9ng-range la. - ~ -:~-I I mita~JO~~
';~.J~u~ - .... ~ ..¢ ~.nllt~es and pny~,~
:~""' '~ .~.izafJon of the aesTne-I* ~ ~ ~rmJtfed based ~.~
~]~forma~ re s · ' ~- date deveJop~nt has ueen u
~¢~ ~he river corr,dor. ~u , : ¢~ility. ~is has done
CH~.UTAUOU~ H~I~,HT:~ ADDITION
IOWA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
. T_A, BULATION OF I~'ATER AN~,LYSI~
{D~sso~ved constituents in parts per million)
Town - V/ell No.
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Hardness
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Ordinance No.
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2. Sensitive
a.
Areas Site Plan
A property containing one or more of the following sensitive features but which
does not require a Sensitive Areas Development Plan, shall reqq~e a Sensitive
Areas Site Plan prior to development activity:
Fully hydric soils
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
Prairie remnants one acre in area or larger
Stream corridors
Archaeological sites
Steep slopes (18*24%)
Woodlands two acres in size or greater, when~ oth~rtsensitiva fea-
tures exist on the site o
as defined in the Definitions Section herein and as delineated on the maps
referenced in subsection 14-6K-1C3 of this Ordinance and/or verified as ~xist-
ing on the site.
b. Recording requirement. An approved Sensitive Areas Site Plan that contains
a protected sensitive area and/or buffer, or has a designated conservation ease-
merit, shall be recorded in the Johnson County Recorder's Office prior to issu-
ance of any certificate of occupancy for the property. The recording is intend-
ed to provide notice to subsequent property owners that environmental limita-
tions apply to the subject property.
c. The procedures for review end approval of a Sensitive Areas Site Plan shall be
in accordance with the Site Plan Review regulations, as specified in Sections
14-5H-3, and 14-5H-6 through 14-5H-8 of Chapter 5, "Building and Housing".
3. Sensitive Features
a. Sensitive features governed by the Sensitive Areas Ordinance include:
1) Jurisdictional wetlands as regulated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engi-
neers,
2) Floodways designated on either the current Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency flood boundary and floodway maps for Iowa City and
Johnson County or the Iowa City (1 inch = 100 foot scale) flood
boundary and floodway maps.
3) Drainageways shown in blue on the current U.S. Geological Survey
Quadrangle Maps.
4) Slopes 18 percent or greater.
5) Woodland areas two acres in size or greater.
6) Hydric soils as designated in the USDA Soil Conservation Service Soil
Survev of Johnson CounW, iowa.
7) Prairie remnants as shown on the iowa City Sensitive Areas Inventory
Map - Phase I, as amended.
8) Archaeological sites as determined by the State Historic Preservation
Officer or the State Archeologist.
b. Prior to woodland clearing, grading or development activity on tracts of land
or portions of tracts of land where sensitive features specified above exist,
either a Sensitive Areas Site Plan or a Sensitive Areas Overlay rezoning applica-
tion, whichever is appropriate, shall first be submitted to and approved by the
City. This application process may occur as pa~ of site plan review, planned
development overlay zoning and/or subdivision review. If the property is ex-
empt, the applicant shall first apply for and obtain a certificate of exemption
from the City before development activity occurs.
Exemptions: The following activities are exempt from the requirements of this Section:
1. Emergency/public safety. Grading, clearing, removal or other activities required for
emergency situations involving immediate danger to life, health and safety, or which
create an immediate threat to person or property or create substantial fire hazards.
2. Normal maintenance/expansion of existing single-family or duplex residences. Exterior
remodeling, reconstruction or replacement of single-family or duplex residences in
Ord(nance No. 95-3699
Page 4 '~
SLOPE, PERCENT OF; The slope of a designated area determined by d v d
o the slope into the ve~ical r~se of the same slope and conve~ing the res~fig~e
percentage value.
SLOPE, PROTECTED: Any slope of forty (40) percent or steeper.
SLOPE, STEEP: A slope of eighteen (18) percent, but less than twenty. five (25) percent.
STREAM CORRIDOR: A river, stream or drainageway shown in blue (the blue line) on the most
current U.S. Geological Survey Quadrangle Maps, and the area of its delineated floodway. In
cases where no floodway is delineated, the blue line will serve as the centerline within a 30-
foot wide stream corridor.
TREE, FOREST: Any tree two (2) inches in diameter or greater, and included on the list of
forest trees approved by the City.
WETLAND, WETLAND AREAS: Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or
ground water at a frequency end duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circum-
stances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil
conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. For the
purposes of this Section, wetland shall mean a jurisdictional wetland that is regulated by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Determination of jurisdictional wetlands shall be made either
by the Corps or by a weftand specialist and accepted by the Corps.
WETLAND SPECIALIST: An individual certified as a wetland specialist by the Society of
Wetland Scientists, and/or a person who can demonstrate to the City that they have expertise
in wetland areas which may include delineation, mitigation and evaluation.
WOODED AREAS: Includes woodlands and/or groves of trees, as defined in this ~ection.
WOODLAND, WOODLAND AREA: - Any tract of land with a contiguous wooded area not less
than two acres and containing not less than 200 forest trees per acre.
WOODLAND CLEARING: The destruction or removal of trees within woodlands subject to this
Section by physical, mechanical, chemical or other means, such that the clearing results in a
total opening in the woodland canopy of 20,000 square feet or more.
Applicability:
1. Sensitive Areas Overlay {OSA) Zone
a. A Sensitive Areas Overlay (OSA) rezoning is required prior to development
activity on properties containing any one of the following sensitive features:
1 } Wetlands,
2) Woodlands two acres in size or greater, where other sensitive features
exist on the site,
3l Critical slopes {25-39%l, or
4) Protected slopes (40% +)
as defined in the Definitions Section herein and as delineated on the maps
referenced in subsection 14-6K-C3 of this ordinance and/or verified as existing
on the site.
b. A Sensitive Areas Overlay rezoning requires a Sensitive Areas Development
Plan that delineates protected sensitive areas and associated buffers in the
manner of a planned development, which Plan shall be submitted and approved
as part of the rezoning.
c. Review and approval of a Sensitive Areas Planned Development shall be by
ordinance in accordance with the Planned Development Housing Overlay Zone
(OPDH) procedures, as specified in subsection 14-6J-2D of this Chapter.
14-3H-2
14-3H-4
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL: The process of
discarding or getting rid of unwanted mate-
rial; in particular, the final disposition of
solid waste.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT: The entire
solid waste system of planning and admin-
istering storage, collection, removal, trans-
portation, processing snd disposal of solid
waste.
SPECIAL WASTE: Solid waste that must be
handled or processed in a special manner
prior to disposal at the landfill.
STORAGE: Keeplng, maintaining or storing
solid waste from the time of its production
until the time of its collection and removal,
TRANSPORTATION: The transporting of
solid waste from the place of collection or
processing to the Iowa City landfill.
UNCLASSIFIED WASTE: Includes any
material disposed of at the landfill which is
not defined as "solid waste".
UNTREATED WOOD WASTE: Includes
limbs, brush, Christmas trees, and untreat-
ed lumber.
14-3H-4: ENFORCEMENT:
A. Inspections and Remedies:
1. In order to ensure compliance with
this Article and the rules promulgated
pursuant hereto, together with all
applicable County, State and Federal
laws and regulations, the Director is
authorized to inspect all phases of
solid waste management within the
jurisdiction of Iowa City. In all cases
where such inspections reveal that the
storage, collection, transportation,
processing, disposal, recycling or
reuse of solid waste are in violation of
this Article or rules promulgated pur-
suant hereto and/or are in violation of
State or Federal law, such violation
shall constitute a nuisance and/or an
environmental infraction under both
State and local law. In such event, the
City may, at its option, elect to carry
out any one or all of the following
remedies:
a. Prosecute environmental infrac-
,sons under subsection 1-4-2A, defini-
tion of "environmental infraction", of
the City Code;
YARD WASTE: Grass, leaves, 'trees, brush
and garden residue. (1978 Code {}15-2;
amd. Ord. 95-3684, 7-18-95)
b. Withhold solid waste manage-
ment services from that person, dwell-
ing, commercial or industrial, busi-
ness, institution or government entity;
14-3H-3: APPLICATION OF CITY AND
COUNTY REGULATIONS: Pro-
visions of this Article, together with any
provision of any ordinance administered by
the County Board of Health which is not in
conflict with this Article, shall govern the
City's management of solid waste. (1978
Code {}15-3)
895
lo~a City
c. Deny or revoke any permit under
this Article;
d. Terminate a service account;
e. Dispose of any nonconforming
solid waste container; or
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14-3H-5
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11. Special carryout service for the
elderly and disabled. (1978 Code
§15-5; 1994 Code)
12. Collection of residential solid
waste resulting from the operation and
maintenance of mo~e than four (4)
dwelling units.
13. Billing and collection of disposal
service charges at the landfill.
14. Hours of operation for the landfill.
A copy of any and all rules and regu-
lations issued under the provisions of
this Section shall be flied in the office
of the City Clerk and shall be avail-
able for public inspection during nor-
mal business hours. (1978 Code
§ 15-5)
14-3H-7
cle to be used only for deposit of
recyclable or reusable waste.
14-3H-6: PROHIBITED PRACTICES:: It
shall be prohibited for any per-
son or operator or any agent or representa-
tive thereof to: ~.
Deposit solid waste in any solid waste
container other than in a solid waste
container either owned by the deposi-
tor or properly and lawfully leased by
the depositor.
Interfere in any manner with the col-
lection, storage or transportation of
solid waste, interfere with the equip-
ment for the use of such collection,
storage or transportation or Interfere
with solid waste collectors in the law-
ful performance of their duties.
Go
Throw, cast, place, lay or permit
placement of any refuse into or on any
receptacle specifically designated by
the City or private entity as a recepta-
Deposit recyclables or reusable waste
in containers or at locations not spe-
cifically designated for such waste.
E. Litter. (1978 Code §15-6)
14-3H-7:
1. See also subsection 6.1-2A of the City Code for nuisance provisions.
8{}5 Iowa C~y
COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE
HAULERS:
Permit Required; Exemptions: No
person or operator shall engage in the
business of receiving, collecting,
transporting, processing, recycling or
disposing of solid waste within the
Iowa City landfill service area without
first obtaining an annual permit from
the City; provided, however, that this
subsection shall not be deemed to
apply to employees of the holder of
any such permit. No permit shall be
required for episodic or irregular col-
lection and transportation of building
demolition material or brick or founda-
tion materials or of dirt or rock materi-
als from grading or excavation activi-
ties. However, a permit shall be re-
quired for persons who provide build-
ing demolition services or who collect
and dispose of building demolition
materials on a regular basis. (1978
Code §15-10)
Application for Permit: Each applicant
for any permit required by subsection
A of this Section shall state in its
application:
1. The characteristics of solid waste to
be collected, transported, processed,
disposed of or recycled.
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