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AGENDA
CiTY OF I0 W,4 CITY
CiTY COUNCIL fiEGULAR MEETING
May 21, 1996 7:30 p.m.
Civic Center
ITEM NO, 1
CALL TO ORDER,
ROLL CALL,
ITEM NO. 2
ITEM NO. 3
MAYOR'S PROCLAMATIONS.
a. BicycleMonth-May1996. ~ ,~--~/.~;~
b- Good Sam Clean-up Day - May 28, '~'~,~
c. Olympic Torch Relay Day - May 30, 1996.
d. Systems Unlimited Week - June 2-8, 1996.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.
a. Outstanding Student Citizen Awards
(1) Mark Twain Elementary School
(a) Kristin Bosch
(b) Lindsey DeFrance
(c) Zac Hill
(d) Tara Olsen
ITEM NO. 4
CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED
OR AMENDED.
a. Approval of Official Council Actions of the special and regular meetings of
May 7, 1996, as published, subject to corrections, as recommended by the
City Clerk.
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ITEM NO.2 MAYOR'S PROCLAMATIONS.
Bicycle Month - May 1996.
Good Sam Clean-up Day - May 28, 1996.
Olympic Torch Relay Day - May 30, 1996.
Systems Unlimited Week - June 2-8, 1996.
Nov/ Mayor's Proclamations. We have four proclamations today.
The first one is Bicycle Month. (Reads proclamation). We have
Greg Kovaciny. Would you like to say something about this?
Kovaciny/ Just very briefly, thank you. On behalf of the League of
American Bicyclists and Bicyclists of Iowa City, I am pleased
to receive this proclamation. I would like to take this
opportunity to thank council for their continued efforts to
bring better bicycling into the Iowa City structure. I offer
this Bicycle Month reminder. To motorists and bicyclists as
you are out enjoying your drive or bicycle ride or making your
daily work commute, remember your neighbor, the motorist, or
your neighbor, the bicyclist. Be courteous. Be predictable.
Bicyclists, always where a helmet, take extra care at
intersections, use good lights at night if you ride at night
and to motorists and bicyclista like, clear the road. Thank
you.
Nov/ My second proclamation is Good Sam Clean Up Day. (Reads
proclamation). Do we have someone here to pick this up?
Kubby/ A Herky City Sam.
Jeanette Fulton/ On behalf of the Herky City Sam Club I would like
to thank you for this proclamation and tell you that we are
very happy to accept it. As you heard on Tuesday, May 28, we
are going to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of
the Good Sam Club which is for people who have recreational
vehicles used for camping. Our peers from around the country
will be making the world a little cleaner when the 2 million
members of the National Good Sam Club stage a nation wide
clean up day. We are asking everyone, including President
Clinton, to lend a hand and reach down and pick up a piece of
paper, litter, or trash and that would mean 263 million fewer
pieces of trash in one day in our environment. And who doesn't
have the time to do that. The Herky City Sam is a local Good
Sam Club that started in 1984. Membership totals about 15
rigs. We will be doing our part for the Good Sam National
Clean Up Day by picking up trash and litter in the West
Overlook Campgrounds area at 5:30 PM on Tuesday, May 28. Also
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we will continue to our part by leaving a camp site in better
condition than it was when we found it. We will make a special
effort to do some extra clean up of the grounds at each of our
camp outs, especially if the wind keeps blowing it out of the
trash can. We ask that each of you support our clean up
efforts by picking up litter on May 28, even if it is only one
piece. Remember, Clean Up Day is the day after Memorial Day.
Thank you.
Kubby/ Thanks.
Nov/ (Reads Olympic Torch Relay Day Proclamation). This is Margaret
Silber who is in charge of our Olympic Day.
Margaret Silber/ That is right and Mayor Novick, on behalf of the
Olympic Relay Torch Co~ittee in our Iowa City, Coralville,
North Liberty and the United Way of Johnson County which is
sponsoring the Olympic Torch Relay through Iowa City,
Coralville and North Liberty. Thank you very much for this
proclamation. I would like to just say that the torch will do
us the honor of passing through our communities next Thursday,
May 30, It will enter the city limits of Iowa City on the far
south side on 01d Hwy 218 at approximately 5:30 PM and it will
leave Iowa City and Coralville at the intersection of Hwy 6
and 965 at approximately 7:30 PM. So it will be coming through
tow~ for about two hours. I hope that you are all able to join
us in the celebration. That many of the residents of our three
communities will come out to see the celebration. We will have
activities on-going at City Park and Hancher Auditorium from
3:00 PM on that day sponsored by the Iowa City Parks and
Recreation Department and family festivities also in
Coralville at around Hills Bank and in North Liberty at Quail
Ridge Park. So there will be opportunities for all families
and residents of our communities as well as those from
throughout Iowa to come and join in this significant event
which is really a once in a life time opportunity. I thank you
very much°
Nov/ Thank you° One question for you though. At what time is your
program at Hancher Auditorium.
Silber/ The program will be from 6:30 until 7:00 PM. The torch will
be present for 15 minutes of that time. but we will have
introductory music. All of the olympic theme music and the
Bugler's Dream and such will be performed by the Eastern Iowa
Brass and we will do proper acknowledgements of important
guests and of all our community heros who are participating as
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torch bearers in this relay at that time.
Nov/ The south side, in front of the auditorium.
Silber/ It is on the north side facing City Park on the grounds of
Hancher Auditorium and then there will also be events ongoing
at City Park across the street. So we are anticipating rather
a large crowd.
Nov/ We expect everybody to have a good time.
Silber/ That is right. Thank you very much.
Nov/ Thanks° (Reads Systems Unlimited Week Proclamation).
McKay/ I would just like to thank you Mayor Novick and city council
on this proclamation and this very important landmark year for
us. We had great support from this community for 25 years and
I expect it will continue and we will continue to provide the
services we have done so since 1971. Thank you.
Nov/ Do you want to tell everybody about the activities that you
are planning?
McKay/ We have a major celebration coming up in June which is going
to be at the University memorial Union where we are having all
of the past directors, Board members, etc., are going to be
coming to help celebrate at a luncheon. We expect a huge turn
out with all the consumer families and supporters that we have
in this community. So it is going to be quite a special day.
Other than that we have just got our ongoing celebration.
Nov/ Congratulations.
McKay/ Thank you°
Thornberry/ Too bad about the gold tournament. Last Monday that was
rained out but we will be looking forward to participating on
Tuesday.
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ITEM NO.3 SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.
a. Outstanding Student Citizen Awards
(1) Mark Twain Elementary School
Kristin Bosch
Lindsey DeFrance
Zac Hill
Tara Olsen
Nov/
outstanding student citizens. May we have all the student
citizens come forward. Kristin Bosch, Lindsey DeFrance, Zac
Hill, Tara Olsen. Get everybody to come back this way, stand
in front of the microphone and read your piece. So, who is
first? Kristin.
Kristin Bosch/ I am a 6th grader at Mark Twain Elementary. I am
involved in the student council and patrol. I make sure that
I show up at my meetings on time and fulfill my
responsibilities. Outside of school I am involved in piano,
girl scouts, and have been in softball for three years. I have
learned it is important to manage my time so I am able to
complete everything. I try to maintain high standards for
myself and my friends through caring actions. This can be seen
for solving problems and being involved in Helmet Safety
Video° I am always willing to help others and share with my
peers. I would like to thank my teacher, Ms. Burger, and my
principal, Mr. Allen, for picking me. Receiving this award is
an honor. Thank you.
Nov/ (Can't hear). Next we have Lindsey.
Lindsey DeFrance/ I am a 6th grader at Mark Twain. I have been a
student at Mark Twain all of my life. Let me tell you a little
about myself. In kindergarten and ist grade I attended The
Young Writer's Conference. In 3rd and 4th grade I belonged to
Conflict Manager Program. Also in 4th grade I started in the
school patrol team and I still belong to that. In 5th grade I
became a member of the student council and I help run the
school store. I try my best to be responsible in school and
out. I try to finish my school work on time. I try to be fair
when I am cooperating in groups and with classmates. I also
try to respect other's feelings. Outside of school I have been
in dance eight years, gymnastics for four years, softball for
three years and girl scouts for six years. I also think
receiving a Citizenship Award is an honor.
Nov/ I should read one of them. They are all the same except for
the students name. It says Citizenship Award. For her
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outstanding qualities of leadership within Mark Twain
Elementary School and for her sense of responsibility and
helpfulness to others, we recognized Lindsey DeFrance as an
outstanding student citizen. Your community is proud of you.
Presented by the Iowa City City Council on May 21, 1996. Tara-
Tara
Olsen/ I have been a valuable member of the Mark Twain School
community since kindergarten. I show my concern for others in
the Iowa City through my commitment to serve others by working
as a volunteer. I have been an active volunteer working with
special needs children over the lunch hour. I have also been
a reading and writing buddy to kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade
students. I trained for the Twain Safety Patrol Program and
have successfully completed two years of service. Conflict
Manager was another position I held, helping students problem
solve. I am certain this is a skill I will use my entire life.
I participate in service learning, working directly with pre-
school children at the HACAP Headstart Program and with the
Iowa City Coralville Animal Control Shelter. Currently I am
president of student council. Our team has worked hard helping
to make Mark Twain a closer community. I am an active person
involved in East Elementary Orchestra. I have been playing
soccer at the Iowa City Kickers team since kindergarten° I
like to thank my teacher, Ms. Rod, and my principal, Mr.
Allen, an my parents for helping me achieve my goals° I would
also like to thank the Iowa City council for inviting me and
presenting this award.
Zac Hill/ I am in 5th grade at Mark Twain Elementary. wrote
a paragraph about why I should be nominated. He sa--I~that Zac
is a type of student that strives to do everything well. He is
quiet leader which contributes (can't hear). He seems to
always try to be respectful to others and thoughtful (can't
hear). He is a conscientious worker and dedicated to do
special work to complete projects. Zac is one of my most
responsible students in class and I can always count on him to
have a positive attitude. I wrote some stuff. I am glad to
receive this award because like being awarded for being good°
I have not received many awards in my lifeo I have seen a lot
of good kids this year and I am happy that I am one of the
students receiving the award. I have received some awards for
being athletic and other stuff like that. But this one is a
very important award to receive° This is signifying good and
responsible behavior. I think that all of my relatives are
going to be proud of me. I am also proud of myself for
receiving this award and I thank you for giving it to me.
Thanks to my teacher, , and my principal, Mro Allen, for
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nominating me.
Nov/ We send a copy of the videotape to school
also.
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b. Minutes of Boards and Commissions.
(2)
(3)
Iowa City Board of Adjustment- April 10, 1996.
Iowa City Airport Commission - April 11, 1996.
Human Rights Commission- April 22, 1996.
(a)
Consider a recommendation of the Human Rights
Commission that the Council continue to announce the
gender make-up of all Iowa City boards and commissions as
vacancies occur and to continue to strive for gender equality.
It was noted that this procedure has never been challenged
nor deemed unconstitutional in the past and is in line with
the Iowa State Code Section 69.1 6A.
(4) Broadband Telecommunications Commission - Apdl 22, 1996.
(5) Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commission - May 2, 1996.
c. Permit Motions and Resolutions as Recommended by the City Clerk,
(q)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
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Consider a motion approving a Class C Liquor License for Pershell
Corp., dba Colonial Lanes, 2253 Old Hwy 218 S. (Renewal)
Consider a motion approving a Class C Liquor License for Gunner-z,
Ltd., dba Gunnerz, 123 E. Washington St. (Renewal)
Consider a motion approving a Class C Liquor License for J.S.
Mummey, Inc., dba Mumm's Saloon & Eatery, 21 W. Benton St.
(Renewal)
Consider a motion approving an Outdoor Service Area for J.S.
Mummey, Inc., dba Mumm's Saloon & Eatery, 21 W. Benton St.
(Renewal)
Considur a motior~ approving a Class C Liquor License for Linn Street
Cafe, Inc., dba Linn Street Care, 121 N. Linn St. (Renewal)
Consider a motion approving a Class E Beer Permit for Krause
Gentle Corp., dba Kum & Go ~-422, 513 S. Riverside Dr. (Renewal)
Consider a motion approving a Class C Liquor License for
Fitzpatrick's Ale House, Inc., dba Fitzpatrick's, 525 S. Gilbert St.
(Renewal)
Consider a motion approving an Outdoor Service Area for
Fitzpatrick's Ale House, Inc., dba Fitzpatrick's, 525 S. Gilbert St.
(Renewal)
Consider a resolution issuing a Dance Permit for Gunne[-z, 123 E.
Washington St.
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Motions.
(1)
CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE DISBURSEMENTS IN THE
AMOUNT OF $7,779,204.01 FOR THE PERIOD OF APRIL 1
THROUGH APRIL 30, 1996, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE
FINANCE DIRECTOR SUBJECT TO AUDIT. DISBURSEMENTS
ARE PUBLISHED AND PERMANENTLY RETAINED IN THE CITY
CLERK'S OFFICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE CODE,
Resolutions.
(1)
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO
SIGN AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST THE RELEASE OF A
LIEN REGARDING A NO INTEREST LIFE LIEN FOR PROPERTY
LOCATED AT 930 HUDSON AVENUE, IOWA CITY, IOWA.
Comment: The owner of the property located at 930 Hudson Avenue
received a $2,200 loan through the City's Housing Rehabilitation
Program on September 12, 1990. The financing was in the form of a
no interest Life Lien. The note was paid off on May 1, 1996; thus, the
lien can now be re!eased.
(2) CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING WORK FOR THE
FAIRVIEW AVENUE/HIGH STREET STORM SEWER PROJECT.
Comment: See Engineer's Report.
f. Correspondence.
(1) Sally Crowe and Lucy Choisser, Penny Bryn Neighborhood
Association regardlng traffic calming around Willow Creek Park.
(2) Jean Blair regarding back-billing policy.
(3) Jim and Ceil Pickering regarding design review.
(4)
Richard A. Pcrk, ins, D.D.S. and Bart J. Thompson regarding backflow
prevention valves. (Response from Bernie Osvald, Plumbing
Inspector, included in Council packet.)
(5) Marjorie A. Jones regarding Oakland Cemetery.
(6) Memorandum from Traffic Engineer regarding handicap parking in
the 500 block of E. Davenport Street.
(7) Memorandum from Civil Service Commission submitting certified list
of applicants for the position of Special Projects Inspector.
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Applications for Use of City Plaza.
(1) John Murphy, Downtown Association Family Fun Day
May 25, 1996. (approved)
(2) Mark Ginsberg, Jazz Fest Amana Recycling Demonstration -
July 3 and 4, 1996. (approved)
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Yvonne Putz, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Great Stddes Walk -
May 19, 1996. (approved)
Patricia Van Eck, Oakland Cemetery Memorial Day Service -
May 27, 1996. (approved)
Applications for Use of City Streets.
(1)
(2)
(3) Vicki Jennings, HealthFIRST Family Fun Run and Walk
May 30, 1996. (approved)
(4)
(5) Caroline Yocum, Concern
June 22, 1996,. (approved)
John Peters, Fourth Annual Mormon Trek Commemorative
June 8, 1996. (approved)
for Women
Walk-A-Thon
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR.
ITEM NO. 5 PUBLIC DISCUSSION (ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA).
ITEM NO. 6
PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS.
Consider a motion setting a public hearing for June 4 on an ordinance
amending the Zoning Chapter by conditionally rezoning a 2,32 acre
tract from I-1, Industrial, to CI-1, Intensive Commercial, for property
located east of Sunset Street on the south side of Highway 1, (REZ96-
0006)
Comment: At its May 2 meeting, by a vote of 6-0, the Planning and Zoning
Commission recommended approval of the proposed rezoning subject to
conditions. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff
recommendation.
Action: U~~/~~ ~~
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ITEM NO.5 PUBLIC DISCUSSION (ITF~S NOT ON THE AGENDA).
Nov/
Public Disoussion. This is for items that are not on today's
agenda. Please come forward, sign your name and limit your
comments to no more than five minutes.
Dick
Dolezal/ Thank you for allowing me to speak to you tonight. I
am here with mixed emotions. I have no idea an organization
like this (can't understand). I don't really want to be here
tonight but there is something wrong in River City. I got
pictures here of our cemetery.
Nov/
I am sorry but we don't hear you unless you are standing at
the microphone. You can set them here against the table and go
back and talk.
Kubby/ We want you on the public record, Dick.
Dolezal/ At the top of my poster I show the entrance to Oakland
Cemetery where you can see city trucks parked in the
background. I have got some close up pictures of it and these
are not trucks used in the cemetery operation based on my
definition that I have in my word finder dictionary. It says
to desecrate is to divert from a sacred use. I believe the
city is desecrating that cemetery by using it as a parking lot
for trucks that are not needed in that cemetery. I have talked
to several members of the council and I am certain you all
know where I am coming from. I had a nice discussion with Miss
Karen Kubby and she told me that I should probably try to come
up with some alternatives of where the vehicles could be
parked and so on the lower level of the pictures you see
there, I show the storage area down on South Riverside Drive.
I also show storage area at the City Park and I was under the
impression that the cemetery was under the P/R Division. So it
seemed logical to me that that would be a good place for them
to be stored. I know there is a lot of opposition to that but
they certainly belong somewhere other than the cemetery. I
have had discussions with Mr. Terry Trueblood and I think I
have come up with some short term goals that may help us out.
I don't know. He said he would investigate them but they are-
I hate to mention any space within the cemetery because all I
am going to do is make people, if you move them from the
entrance to the cemetery, the trucks, somewhere else in the
cemetery, you are going to make somebody in the cemetery
unhappy. I have a lot of friends in town and I know where a
lot their grave sites are and I don't want them after me and
I don't even want to suggest it. But there is one place the
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neighbors would be mad but there is a place in the 1100 block
of Ronald Street. It is a one block long street that runs
between Reno Street and Center Street. There are no houses
that face that street. The city has the authority to dedicate
street to Mercy Hospital and to Jim Clark's Apartments and
things like that. I don't know why on a short term you
couldn't take this space street area. you have electricity
there so that outlets could be installed where the trucks
could be plugged in in the winter time. I understood in my
talk with Mr. Trueblood that that is some of the problems they
run into. They have to be able to start these trucks in foul
weather. It is shielded from the public. I believe you people
discussed this last night I was told earlier. There is no
sense in- Do you want to see the pictures of what we were
talking about. I do have pictures here.
Kubby/ To be clear for people who haven't heard previous
conversations, the trucks belong to the Forestry Division
which is housed at the Oakland Cemetery. I don't know that
that was explicitly stated tonight.
Dolezal/ There is a house on the corner of Reno and Ronald, 100
block of Ronald. There is one on the corner of Center. But
these trucks would be actually in their backyard if you park
them along there and that is only approximately I would say
200 yards from the cemetery also. I had it explained to me, my
original proposal, that if you were to take them down to the
maintenance building, F~r. Trueblood has estimated that it
would cost roughly $30,000 a year in expenses to the city to
transport people down there, pick up the trucks and bring them
back to where they are going to use them and I am not trying
to create additional problems to the city. But there is the
expense there. I guess the way I look at it is they shouldn't
have been in the cemetery. They have been there for well, my
grandparents grave is right near where they are at and every
year when we go uD there to decorate graves or visit the
graves, I would say to my wife, my gosh, the cemetery has got
a lot of equipment° Why do they have to park it here? Shortly
after the death of my son, we found out that that wasn't
cemetery equipment and since then I have kind of been on my
own campaign to get equipment out of there. Another area close
to the cemetery that you might want to look at is Happy Hollow
Park of the Brown Street Park as a lot of people know it. I
notice that to the north of the entry way drive that goes in,
the first house north is a duplex and it looks like the grass
is mowed maybe 50 foot behind the house and then there is a
snow fence that apparently the city has put up along that side
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of the drive along a field that really is pretty well shielded
from the other adjoining houses on Dodge Street and there is
an apartment complex north that is shieldedby trees. That is
wouldn't be offensive, I would think, to too many people. That
land could be rented. I asked Trueblood. He didn't think it
belonged to the city so you would have to lease it. It is
large enough to house some of those trucks and it would only
be one block from the cemetery. So it would make it a lot more
oonvenient. These are short term things that I have looked up
to try and find a way to resolve a problem. I also found that
I saw in tonight's paper where you discussed Mercer Park
Aquatic Center last night. Looking at your P/R CIP for the
next F¥, '97-2002, I see you got Napoleon Park renovation as
the #1 thing. I have been down South Gilbert Street and you
have got a big pile of dirt and something needs to be done
with it and I would give into that in deference to the
cemetery. But I do think- I see you have the south soccer
field complex, Benton Street Ned Ashton Park, Kiwanis Park. I
knew Ned Ashton. I dated his daughter, Ruthie. Ned Ashton
would not want the cemetery desecrated in deference to having
a park named after him, I can tell you that° He was a very
nice man° I don't think there other parks that you are talking
about that you want to spend money on, to me, they are not
existing, so if you don't have them, you don't miss them. But
the cemetery is there and a lot of people need a cemetery.
When I bought this poster board I talked to a lady at the
check out counter that waited on me and she asked me what I
bought it for and I told her that I was preparing a poster
board to be able to show the pictures of the trucks in the
cemetery and her response was we need that cemetery. I was 27
years old when my mother died unexpectantly of cancer. She
said I had two little girls and she says I was not ready for
my mother to die and she said I used that cemetery a lot. So
folks, that is used. It is something used by the living. It is
not used by the dead. I mean, they lay there but people go
there to be with them. They loved them as they lossed. So I
would hope you would give a lot of consideration to changing
the priorities that you have and move this up to a 1997 FY
budget. I see you have it for '98. I know- I read the minutes
of the P/R Department. By the way, what is a cemetery? Is it
under the P/R Commission or is it not? Well, if it is, they
have been short changing it. I hate to say it but that is the
way it comes across in these minutes. There are other issues
here. I don't want to get into them tonight. I would like to
get the trucks out of the cemetery. I would hope that you
would give some consideration when you make your next
appointments to that commission that there would be some
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thought of people who would like to see things done with the
cemetery because it is an important function of our city.
Nov/
We are committed to having the Forestry Department in City
Park and it is already on the books. We will hire an architect
this year, we will make plans and it will be moved but it
cannot happen tomorrow.
Dolezal/ I understand that. I mean originally I wanted to have it
tomorrow. But I also know that is why when I was talking with
Karen, she mentioned that I should come up with some
alternatives and I was trying to do that. I drove the
neighborhood and I looked at all the places that you could go
that was presently owned by the city that was close by and I
know that nobody will be happy. I am aware of that and there
is places that I could propose in the cemetery but I don't
think they would be happy with that either. So, I would just
ask that you look at some of the short term places you could
park and get them out of the entrance to the cemetery and then
take into consideration that the cemetery has been there for
153 years. It has been there longer than our state has been a
state. I do think we should be showing some respect, more than
it is getting now. Thank you°
Thornberry/ I have learned a lot about cemeteries in the last
couple of days after our discussion and found out that for
quite a while the Forestry Department and the Cemetery
Department was one department.
Dolezal/ That is right. That is when Billie Huber was the Forester
and the head- It is nobody's fault, it just occurred.
Thornberry/ The Forestry trucks have been around the cemetery for
a long long time and we are con~itted to getting these moved
and I totally agree with your stand on this and we have moved
it up and like Naomi said, there will be things done this
winter to possibly start construction next year. We have moved
it up to alleviate this problem as quickly as possible. Some
of the places that we have mentioned in moving the trucks to
have been done on a periodic basis and found that vandalism
occurs, quite extensively. These vehicles are hidden from all
view in the area and some of the places that you have got in
your pictures would be ideal to put them but then the
vandalism occurs and then we have got more expense and so on
and we have even discussed putting them at the bus barn of the
City Park or whatever and the down time in running back and
fourth and doing what they have to do is quite expensive. But
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we are going to get them a permanent home away from the
cemetery just as quickly as possible.
Dolezal/ I talked with Mr. Trueblood about that Monday and he
indicated to me that some of the places like in the back of
the cemetery, not only would it make other residents unhappy
but they have no electricity back there and I am aware of
that. That is why I suggested the Ronald Street. You have
electricity where you could get to that. They have to have
that where they can get the trucks started in the winter. I
suggested that place there where the Brown Street Park is. I
know neither one is ideal but both are better than the
cemetery.
Thornberry/ You sure rattled our cage and we are working on it.
Nov/ Tha~( you.
Dolezal/ Thank you.
Nov/
Dean, for the record, this was not moved. It was already on
the schedule. It was not moved forward, it was already on the
schedule. FY98 is just a year from now but in the interim we
are hiring an architect and making plans and-
Thornberry/ The years and the F¥s are a little different. It is on
next year's budget.
Dolezal/ I am aware of that. That is what I am requesting when I
spoke to you about you have some other things that are not the
F¥97. You have the south soccer field complex, you have the
Benton Street Ned Ashton Street Park and you have the Kiwanis
Park. None of these exist at this point as a finished product.
So why are you taking something that is existing that is an
irritation to the public and putting these others° I am asking
that you move the cemetery ahead.
Thornberry/ It takes a little more time. We have got to get an
architect involved and redo the facility and it is not
something that we can do right away because we have even
gotten an architect at this point.
Nov/ By the time all the plans are drawn and we are ready to
construct, it will be next year.
Dolezal/ You will then consider an alternate place on a temporary
basis?
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Nov/ We don't know yet. We will look at ito
Kubby/ You have taken the time to suggest some alternatives. Some
of them have gotten shot down. So we should take the other
ones that haven't got shot down yet and say are those feasible
for us to do for short term. We should ask Terry to look at
the ones that we didn't talk about.
Dolezal/ (Can't hear).
Kubby/ He is right behind you.
Nov/ Is there anyone else who wants to discuss an item that is not
on the agenda today?
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City of Iowa City Page
Public hearing on an ordinance amending the Zoning Chapter by rezoning
a /,~acre tract from CC2, Community Commercial to OSNCC2,
Sen'~ffiv'e Areas Overlay/Community Commercial Zone and approval of a
preliminary Sensitive Areas Development Plan for property located at the
intersection of Sturgis Comer Drive and Highway 6. (REZ96-0008)
Comment: At its April 18 meeting, by a vote of 6-0, the Planning and
Zoning Commission recommended approval of the proposed Sensitive
Areas Development Plan and Rezoning. The Commission's
recommendation is consistent with staff recommendation cited in the
staff memorandum dated April 18.
Act,on:
Consider an ordinance amending the Zoning Chapter to change the use
regulations of a 3.09 acre tract from RS-5, Low Density Single-Family
Residential, to OPDH-5, Planned Development Housing Overlay, and
approval of a preliminary OPDH plan for property located on the north side~
of Village Road. (REZ96-0004) (Second consideration) (/,/J6~,~ (~d~d~/
uomment: At its March 21 meeting, by a vote of ,5;0, the Planning and
Zoning Commission recommended approval of the proposed rezoning and
preliminary OPDH plan. The Commission's recommendation is consistent
with the staff recommendation cited in the staff report dated February 15.
No comments were received at the April 23 public hearing on this item.
Consider an ordinance amending the Zoning Chapter to change the use
regulations of a 1.88 acre tract from RR-1, Rural Residential, to RS-5, Low
Density Single-Family Residential for property located at 3263 Rohret
Road. (REZ96-0003) (Pass and adopt)
Comment: At its March 7 meeting, by a vote of 6-0, the Planning and
Zoning Commission recommended approval of the proposed rezoning.
The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff
recommendation cited in the staff report dated February 15. No comments
were received at tJ~e April 9 public hearing.
Action:
,May 21, 1996
ITEM NO, 7
City of Iowa City
Page 6
Consider a resolution approving a preliminary and final plat of Broken
Arrow Estates, a 1.88 acre, 3-lot, residential subdivision located at 3263
Rohret Road. (SUB96-0004)
Comment: At its Mamh 7 meeting by a vote of 6-0, the Planning and
Zoning Commission recommended approval of the preliminary and final
plat of Broken Arrow Estates, subject to City Attorney approval of the legal
papers pdor to Council consideration of the final plat. This
recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation cited in the
staff report dated February 15. This item was deferred from the May 7
meeting·
Action:
Consider a resolution approving the extension of the preliminary plat of
Hunters Run Subdivision, Part 8, a.16-1ot residential subdivision located on
the north side of Rohret Road. (S-8801)
Comment: At its May 2 meeting, by a vote of 6-0, the Planning and Zoning
Commission recommended approval of the extension of this preliminary
plat. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff
recommendation cited in the staff memorandum dated May 2.
AMENDMENTS TO THE FY96 ACTION PLAN BUDGET THAT IS A PART
OF THE ClTY'S CONSOLIDATED PLAN (CITY STEPS).
Comment: Budget amendments to the FY96 Action Plan for CDBG and
HOME funds have been approved by the City Council on a project-by-
project basis. A final version of the total amended FY96 Action Plan
budgot needs m be approved and forwarded to the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development. Staff memoranda included in Council
packet.
a. PUBLIC HEARING
b. CONSIDER A [.~ESOLUTION ADOPTING
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ITEM NOo6e. Consider a resolution approving a preliminary and
final plat of BrokenArrow Estates, a 1.88 acre, 3-1or, residential
subdivision located at 3263 Rohret Road. (SUB96-0004)
Nov/ (Reads agenda). Are the papers in order today?
Woito/ Yes, they are and the item that Dee Vanderhoef asked about,
the fees in lieu of for the Neighborhood Open Space, are in
the Subdivision papers.
Nov/ Okay. We need a motion° Moved by Norton,
Any further discussion? Roll call-
resolution has been adopted.
seconded by Lehman.
(yes). Okay, this
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ITEM NO.7 AMENDMENTS TO THE FY96 ACTION PLAN BUDGET THAT IS A PART
OF THE CITY'S CONSOLIDATED PLAN (CITY STEPS).
b. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ADOPTING
Nov/ Moved by Lehman, seconded by Vanderhoef. Any discussion?
Thornberry/ I have a question about the DrIP Furniture Project. Is
there a furniture coordinator that is a paid position that
person would dig up furniture on the curbs and things. Is that
what that person does?
Kubby/ She takes calls and coordinates the pick ups of furniture
and delivery of the furniture. She doesn't necessarily haul
everything herself although she does do some of that.
Nov/ Volunteer and you schedule it. Rather than put it at the curb,
you call this person and schedule a pick up.
Thornberry/ I had a call from a person in town asking about the
salary of our furniture coordinator and I didn't know we had
a furniture coordinator but this is in conjunction with
something else?
Atkine/ It is not an employee of the city. That individual does, as
Karen indicated, she is not a scavenger. She is not out on
weekends taking off of the curb for you. It truly is a
coordinating position. That her primarily responsibilities is
not only receiving the goods and making sure there are
inventcried properly. But also that folks call in and they are
sold to. That is her primary job. She is not out scavenging.
Thornberry/ Students come to Iowa City or leave Iowa city and they
are in need of or have furniture, they call this person?
Nov/ It is not for students.
Kubby/ It for lower income households, especially coming out of the
shelters who maybe have rent money now or on a program but
they have no furnishings for themselves and the children and
this is where they get it from and we are coordinating with
our landfill operation and that sometimes if someone one calls
in for bulk waste and they say they have a couch, we ask what
condition it is and we suggest that instead of paying the bulk
waste fee, why don't you call the furniture project. She is
really good.
Nov/ They pick up all kinds of little things. If you have extra
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pots and pans, they need that kind of thing also. So it is not
totally furniture but they get mostly furniture.
Thornberry/ Is there a number that we could distribute to the
people to let them know about this project. I don't know if it
is widely known. I mean people sometimes just drop off things
at Goodwill or whatever. But if they are are- If this program-
Nov/ It is publicized every once in a while in the newsletter that
comes with your water bill.
Thornberry/ Okay.
Nov/ And not in every newsletter but pretty regularly°
Thornberry/ Usually I look at my water bill and after I see that
number in there I can't read much else. Tell people to read
the literature before you look at the amounts.
Nov/ Anyway, it is a good cause. If anyone has any furniture that
they are not using, that is the place that is should go.
Norton/ It is a good place.
Nov/ All right. Any other discussion? Roll call- (yes)°
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Baker/ Naomi, before you go to item 8., Karen was fixing to leave
and I had a couple of questions under council time that are
related to Planning. I wondered if I could ask her now before
she leaves?
Nov/ Sure, go ahead, let Karin go home.
Baker/ And actually you can probably articulate my questions better
than I can because they are questions back to the council
about what the council's direction was on particular issues
having to 4o with zoning that we talked about before the
meeting.
Franklin/ Okay° The question was-
Council/ (All talking).
Nov/ Let somebody state the question.
Baker/ There was some confusion about what the council direction
was on two issues. One of which was zoning-
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Baker/ The council wanted the staff to review the requirements in
the CB-5 zone in light of construction down there related to
commercial on the first floor and residential above that.
Nov/ Did you get a feeling that we had talked about that?
Franklin/ Had questions about both of those topics. What I would
like to do is at one of your work session, like on June 10,
d~scuss this with the council, particularly the issue of
apartment buildings, construction of apartment buildings, the
number of bedrooms, the aesthetics, what it is. You discussed
it on the 7th but I am not clear on exactly what direction you
would like us to go and maybe more it is more of problem
identification for that one. In the CB-5, I am not clear on
whether we are suppose to re-evaluate the CB-5 in terms of
uses. Is there a direction from council on that? I know Larry
has raised it before.
Baker/ The question was is the ordinance written in such a way that
we are going to lose most of that commercial block to
residential development unless we make some amendments to the
ordinance? About the first floor requirements. That is in
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general the question.
Nov/ You want more than the first floor?
Baker/ I don't know if that is the answer but I perceive it as a
problem and if I individually perceive it as problem they can
go on with their loves° But if council perceives it as a
potential problem, do we want them to look at it and discuss
that with us?
Norton/ I would say yes. The original intent was to get more o%msr
commercial space, wasn't it, in that first block? So, if we
are not achieving that, we ought to take another look.
Nov/ And it was tied to incentives.
Franklin/ Right now the incentive is in tax abatement. If one
chooses not to request tax abatement, then there is no
requirement to go beyond one floor commercial use which is the
case with the apartment building that is going up there now.
Kubby/ So the incentives that we have set up so far have not
produced the desired affect. The question is do we want to do
something more regulatory to produce-
Baker/ The regulatory as a disincentive to residential development
on that block.
Norton/ It is essential to review it. We don't necessarily have to-
We may not decide to change it but we ought to take a look.
Lehman/ This is really something for a work session, isn't it?
Nov/ For a work session. What she is asking about is-
Council/ (All talking).
Franklin/ Are there four of you that wish to do that?
Nov/ Yes.
Norton/ Yes.
Lehman/ I will talk about ito
Nov/ Are we really interested in changing something?
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Franklin/ Okay, I have got four right now.
Nov/ Okay.
Kubby/ My question to you, Larry, is even if it is just you,
they really go on with their life?
Baker/ You haven't seen my other council agenda items yet.
Kubby/ I will wait.
Nov/ All right, moving on.
can
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ITEM NO. 8
ITEM NO. 9
City of iowa City
P~e7
PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATE OF
COST FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE ABBEY LANE TRUNK SEWER AND
KIWANIS PARK STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT,
ESTABLISHING AMOUNT OF BID SECURITY TO ACCOMPANY EACH
BID, DIRECTING CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS,
AND FIXING TIME AND PLACE FOR RECEIPT OF BIDS.
Comment: This project consists of installing a sanitary trunk sewer through the
proposed Kiwanis Park and along part of Abbey Lane. It will also include repair
work at two adjoining stormwater detention basins. The total estimated
construction cost of $250,000 will be funded by General Obligation and
Revenue bonds,
PUBLIC HEARING
Action: ~ --~"~ .~-
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FINANCES, TAXATION AND
FEES CHAPTER OF THE CITY CODE BY AMENDING TITLE 3, CHAPTER
4, SUBSECTION 6, ENTITLED "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION," TO
INCREASE THE FARE FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. (SECOND
CONSIDERATION)
Comment: The federal government has reduced the §upplemental
operating assistance available to Iowa City Transit, As a result, fares must
be increased to avoid operating at a deficit. This ordinance change is
anticipated to generate an additional $186,000 annually. Staff
memorandum included in Council packet, Staff recommends expedited
action on this item.
Action:
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ITEM NO.8 PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATE OF
COST FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE ABBEY LANE TRUNK SEWER AND KIWANIS
PARK STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, ESTABLISHING AMOUNT OF BID
SECURITY TO ACCOMPANY EACH BID, DIRECTING CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS, AND FIXING TIME AND PI2%CE FOR RECEIPT OF
BIDS.
a. PUBLIC }{EARING
Nov/ P.h. is now open.
Judy
Pfohl/ I have a few things to bring up but hopefully it will
be very short. First is it is exoiting that we are getting
this project going. We have been waiting for a lot of things
in the neighborhood. We couldn't work on Kiwanis Park until
the sewer project was figured out. We couldn't get the storm
water figured out and solved until the sewer project was
figured out. So it is exciting that we are finally at this
point. But there is one thing that we really would like to
bring up in conjunction with this. Part of the bidding and
everything that is going out is to fix and repair work on the
storm water detention ponds. There is a large one that is
already there that has been eroding back because of the large
flash flood that we get on our flood plain behind us between
Plaenview and between Abbey° And what we are asking is some
kind of consideration. I have some pictures and some letters
here from some of the neighbors and I have some more coming.
We weren't quite prepared to have it this soon. We figured on
June 1 to get information to you. To ask for consideration of
a way of preventing future repair problems with the storm
water and with also the culvert that is going under Mormon
Trek which is eroding back, too, because the water coming from
underneath the interstate, when we have these flash floods,
comes at such a high volume, it can't go through the culvert
fast enough. It hits Mormon Trek and it actually goes not only
across Mormon Trek but down Abbey. So we have water- I don't
know if you are familiar with my house but I am half way down
Abbey and on the 9th when we had the flash flood in the middle
of the night at 2:30, a neighbor called to see if I thought
she should evacuate her house. I looked out my front yard and
I had water all the way up to our basketball pole. The water
between us and the neighbor two doors down was at the cross
bars of the fire hydrant and this is Abbey which is quite a
few feet above the creek behind us which is the beginning of
where the flood plain is. And it is just because of the
overflooding coming down the street and coming to our way and
that rushes between the houses and joins into that extra
water, goes through in the section of the spill way. As it
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goes through with such a large volume so fast, it has eroded
back the spillway. I think it is now about 25 feet eroded back
and it is something like 20 feet high° It is a huge amount of
dirt that actually filled in the area. Plus it is also eroding
lots of the creek and a lot of our places into and adding
problems with the stormwater. Such as it took the wood that I
have around my trees in my front yard and flooded that down
between my house and the neighbors and it ended up in my
backyard. And this is not water related to the flood plain
part. This is water because the flood plain can't handle the
volume coming at it and coming down around the street. So we
would just like to have that added into some of the planning
on the stormwater detention basin. I know the bids are going
out for this specific part of the project but I don't know if
it can he added in to say to look at this other part maybe in
relation to how it is going to affect it to somehow stop the
water before it comes under the interstate. So it is really a
problem of water coming, flash flood water, coming too fast so
it is causing trouble with the repair of the storm water
basin.
Kubby/ I am hearing two different things. One is diverting water in
a different way or catching it somewhere else and two, is the
erosion factor.
Pfohl/ The erosion factor at this point they are saying that they
are going to go in and put rip rap and put in large rocks and
all of this so that if the water comes in it is not going to
erode it again. We did have some rip rap and it was smaller
and there were some problems with it. Actually before I was
here there was a problem, too, and it was originally built
there wasn't a spillway so it had to fill up that whole area
before. So some places have been flooded multiple times. To
prevent future erosion once this has been repaired, it needs
to be looked at and also as part of the repair part you are
also going to need to do the repair of the culvert under
Mormon Trek. Since you have already got the equipment and all
the things down in that area, it seems like that would be the
time to start adding some of this in or at least see how the
addition of it would affect the other part of the water and I
have pictures and descriptions of our flood. The house right
next to me, the Hoffman's and the Kearney'so Can I leave these
with you then?
Kubby/ So Rick, was this (can't hear) in terms of where the water
is coming from and how fast it is moving.
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Norton/ Put your finger in the dike down there.
Fosse/ It would take a pretty big finger for this one. There is
about a square mile up stream of the interstate that drains
through here and we have been looking at this problem over the
past couple of years. The culvert, our Mormon Trek Blvd over-
tops because the culvert, by design, is not sized to carry all
the flows that comes through there in the large events. I am
not sure why they used that design criteria on an arterial
street but it was a decision that was made at the time. So
that roadway does over-top and then what happens and I don't
think this is by design, that flow splits. Some if it goes in
the backyards, some of it in the detention basins and some of
it heads down Abbey Lane. I think that is where a lot of the
problems are being caused. We can look at three options for
solution and I won't go into those right now unless you are
really interested or there may be some combination of those
three as well. If you like we can develop some costs and
benefits and dis-benefits of each option in time for the next
go around for the CIP. It would be pretty tough to come up
with anything for construction for this season.
Nov/
So, we are going to bid the construction this sunimet of what
we have already specified and then hopefully next year we will
get to the rest of it and prevent some of these water
problems.
Fosse/ We can prepare some estimates on what it would cost to
remedy it and or least reduce the problem and it will be your
decision on where that fits into the priorities for all the
other capital projects.
Kubby/ How old is that culvert?
Fosse/ Mormon Trek I think was pawed in about '82 and it has
probably been over-topping every other year or so. We really
haven't seen any urbanization of the water shed upstream. I
have gone through the design calculations and it seems that
the person who designed it was actually anticipating
urbanization of that water shed and implementation of our
stormwater management ordinance which would actually reduce
the flows from what we have off of the background and so I
think that is the logic that was used for the design.
Woito/ That is exactly right. I was here.
Council/ (All talking).
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Woito/ They anticipated urbanization up further north and that was
calculated in. That is precisely what happened, Rick.
Atkins/ Rick, can I ask you a question just so there is no
misunderstanding. This would be a separate project independent
of this? That is what you are-
Fosse/ Yes.
Atkins/ That this project does not have the ability to be amended
satisfactorily to accommodate eome of the things that was
brought to your attention?
Fosse/ It possible could but to do so in this time frame, I think
we might not find the best solution.
Atkins/ Okay. So your recommendation is look at some options,
develop a separate independent project, bring it back and then
the council has to decide its priority?
Fosse/ That is correct.
Arkins/ Okay.
Thornberry/ Are these pictures from '93? The flood of '93 or is
that this year?
Pfohl/ That is '94. We didn't have trouble in '93 because it wasn't
flash flooding.
Kubby/ There wasn't a problem in '93 because it was not flash
flooding.
Nov/ Okay. It all depends on where the rains hit, which stream was
overflowing today or tomorrow. Okay. May we have a motion to
accept correspondence? Moved by Norton, seconded by
Vanderhoef. Okay. Thank you, Judy, and thank you, Rick. Is
there anyone else who wants to talk about this issue? P.h. is
closed°
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ITEM NO.9 CONSIDER ANORDINANCEAMENDING THE FINANCES, TAXATION AND
FEES CHAPTER OF THE CITY CODE BY AMENDING TITLE 3, CHAPTER 4,
SUBSECTION 6, ENTITLED "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION," TO INCREASE THE
FARE FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. (SECOND CONSIDERATION)
Nov/
Now the motion and description and the discussion last night
has been voided. It is all erased. The federal government
requires a half fare for elderly riders at off-peak times and
the definition of elderly still isn't clear. However, we are
going to clarify it sometime between now and July I and we are
going to amend the elderly fares to $°35 and Dee Norton said
he wants to do all of the a~endments. So-
Norton/ You mean to amend the resolution?
Nov/ First we have to move the resolution. Moved by Norton-
Kubby/ It is really seconded consideration unless we collapse.
Nov/ No, we are not collapsing. This is second consideration of the
ordinance and it has been moved by Norton, seconded by Kubby
that we have second consideration. Now we can do the
amendments.
Norton/ I move that we amend it appropriately to add three items:
One, a monthly pass for low income individuals at $20; second
would be to change the rates for elderly persons, non-peak
hours from $.25 to $.35; and third, under the use of city
transit vehicle, per vehicle, per hour, $30 plus fuel tax
surcharge which was omitted I think. Those three changes.
Where is the fourth one?
Woito/ Handicapped to disability.
Norton/ This one with disabilities. Persons with disabilities.
Okay, that is the third change instead of what it had in it.
Kubby/ I second those changes.
Nov/ Okay. The amendments were moved by Norton,seconded by Kubby.
Can we do that on a voice vote?
Woito/ Yeah.
Nov/ All in favor please say aye (ayes).
we are back to the ordinance
discussion?
Okay. Motion carries. Now
as amended. Any further
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Woito/ May I clarify? As far as Joe and I understand, elderly means
60 years of age out of the State Code. That is what Diana
Donahue has been using in finance.
Nov/ Okay.
Woito/ And a far as we know, 60 is the age.
Council/ (All talking).
Nov/ Okay, anyone who is 60 or older need not be low income to have
a $.35 fare. They would have to be low income to have zero
fare.
Woito/ Right.
Kubby/ I am assuming, too, when people now are buying strip tickets
or buying especially passes, that they are being reminded that
the pass price is going up, especially maybe for the June
passes when people are buying them. That we can remind them
the next time they come to buy a monthly pass they are going
to need more money. And to remind them that there is the low
income pass.
Nov/
And we will have to somehow get this in writing to give them
all the necessary criteria of they want to be a low income
purchaser. They have to justify it somehow.
Norton/ Perhaps I want to add that one point that it should be
understood that last night I was in favor and I think the
council supported it, deleting the-
Baker/ No, you were the only one, Dee, to charge the elderly full
price.
Norton/ The feds got to me. So we have to, okay.
Kubby/ I think it worked out fine. I think we should respect older
people and one of the ways to do that is to get off the
sidewalk when it is too crowded and another way is to have
reduced bus fare. I doesn't really matter.
Nov/
Let's not get into this definition of respect. Okay, any
further discussion? Roll calla (yes). Okay. We have approved
second consideration of this ordinance.
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Woito/ May I clarify? As far as Joe and I understand, elderly means
60 years of age out of the State Code. That is what Diana
Donahue has been using in finance.
Nov/ Okay.
Woito/ And a far as we know, 60 ie the age.
Council/ (All talking).
Nov/ Okay, anyone who is 60 or older need not be low income to have
a $.35 fare. They would have to be low income to have zero
fare.
Woito/ Right.
Kubby/ I am assuming, too, when people now are buying strip tickets
or buying especially passes, that they are being reminded that
the pass price is going up, especially maybe for the June
passes when people are buying them. That we can remind them
the next time they come to buy a monthly pass they are going
to need more money. And to remind them that there is the low
income pase.
Nov/
And we will have to somehow get this in writing to give them
all the necessary criteria of they want to be a low income
purchaser. They have to justify it somehow.
Norton/ Perhaps I want to
understood that last
council supported it,
add that one point that it should be
night I was in favor and I think the
deleting the-
Baker/ No, you were the only one, Dee, to charge the elderly full
price.
Norton/ The feds got to me. So we have to, okay.
Kubby/ I think it worked out fine. I think we should respect older
people and one of the ways to do that is to get off the
sidewalk when it is too crowded and another way is to have
reduced bus fare. I doesn't really matter.
Nov/
Let's not get into this definition of respect. Okay, any
further discussion? Roll call- (yes). Okay. We have approved
second consideration of this ordinance.
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ITEM NO. 10
ITEM NO. tt
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 14, CHAPTER 6,
ARTICLE 0 ENTITLED "SIGN REGULATIONS," TO DELETE SPECIFIC
REGULATION OF "POLITICAL SIGNS," AND TO AMEND REGULATIONS
APPLICABLE TO ALL TEMPORARY SIGNS, INCLUDING POLITICAL
SIGNS. (SECOND CONSIDERATION)
Comment: Staff recommends this ordinance be deferred indefinitely and
referred to the Planning and Zoning Commission for review and
recommendation, Memorandum from staff included in Council packet.
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONSTRUCTION
AT THE IOWA CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT OF A 100' X ~00' HANGAR
BUILDING WITH A 20' X 40' ATTACHED 'OFFICE AREA.
Comment: Atthe May 10, 1996, Airport Commission meeting, the Commission
voted to request Council financial assistance to construct additional hangar
space at the Airport. The aircraft hangar would be 100' by 100' with a 75' door
and room for three to four corporate aircraft. The Commission received
three bids for the project. The bids are listed below. The Commission
recommends accepting the bid from Henningsen Construction of $356,900.
Hangar rental would be used to repay an internal departmental loan.
Mid-America Construction $437,900
Modem Builders Inc. $428,850
Henningsen Construction / ,~ ,~ , $356,900
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ITEM NO.11 CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONSTRUCTION
AT THE IOWA CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT OF A 100' X 100' HANGARBUILDING
WITH A 20~ X 40' ATTACHED OFFICE AREA.
Nov/ We have a request to defer till June 4th.
Thornberry/ I would move to defer this resolution to June 4th-
Nov/ That is the next council meeting.
Thornberry/ That is the next council meeting or longer.
Kubby/ Well, we can defer it again if they don't have our criteria.
So I second that one.
Nov/ Moved by Thornberry, seconded by Kubby. The airport manager
and the Commission have talked to the contractors that they
prefer and they have an extension so that if we have to defer
again to the 10th of June, it will still work out at the same
price.
Kubby/ Dean, can you explain why the deferral?
Thornberry/ The reason for the deferral, we felt at last night's
work session, was due to the fact that there are no contracts
for this building for the rental of this building to repay the
loan and until contracts were in hand, we would move to defer
until these contracts were in hand.
Norton/ At least some, at least half.
Thornberry/ That is correct.
Nov/ And they are working on those and we are deferring it.
Kubby/ So they will be motivated to get them for June.
Nov/ Is there any other discussion? Okay, all in favor of deferral,
please say aye- (ayes). We have deferred to June 4.
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ITEM NO. '12
ITEM NO. 13
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING
MAYOR TO SIGN AND CITY CLERK TO ATTEST CONTRACT FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF THE MELROSE AVENUE WEST RECONSTRUCTION
PROJECT, STP-U-3715(6)-70-$2,
Comment: This project consists of extending the four lane boulevard urban
section of Melrose Avenue from West High School to Hwy. 218.
80% of construction cost will be reimbursed by Federal Surface
Transportation Program Funds, up to $1,720,000. The remainder will be
funded by General Obligation Bonds and Road Use Tax. The bid opening
was held April 30, 1996, by the Iowa Department of Transportation
(IDOT) in Des Moines, Iowa. The following bids were received:
Petemen Contractors, Inc. & Subsidiaries, Reinbeck, IA
Streb Construction Co., Inc., Iowa City, IA
Tschiggfrie Excavating Co., Dubuque, IA
Cedar Valley Corp., Waterloo, IA
Engineer's Estimate
$1,563,468.24
$1,631,344.30
$1,792,484.15
$2,001,659.80
$2,081,600.00
The IDOT has declared that the low bidder, Peterson Contractors, is non-
responsive for failure to subcontract at least 6.7% to Disadvantaged Business
Enterprises (DBEs). IDOT prohibits that the award be made to the low bidder
for this reason. Public Works and Engineering recommend award of the
contract to Stroh Construction Co., Inc. of Iowa City, IA.
THE CITY OF IOWA CITY AND NNW, INC. OF IOWA CITY TO PROVIDE
ENGINEERING CONSULTANT SERVICES DURING THE CONSTRUCTION
OF THE MELROSE AVENUE BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT,
PHASE I [PROJECT NO, BRM-37'IS(2)--SN-52].
Comment: This project involves the replacement of the existing Melrose
Avenue bridge, which spans over the Iowa Interstate Railroad, and approach
roadways from Olive Court in University Heights to just east of Hawkins Drive.
Contracted engineering services for project administration and construction
inspection will total a maximum not to exceed the amount of $125,000 and will
be funded with general obligation bonds and road use'taxes. Construction will
begin dunng July 1996, and is expected to take 12 months to complete.
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ITEM NO.12 CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING
MAYOR TO SIGN AND CITY CLERKTO ATTEST CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
THE MELROSE AVENUE WEST RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT,
STP-U-3715(6)--70-52.
Nov/ The difference there is not a lot and it is nice to know that
we can find somebody local who is doing the right thing and
not bidding all that high anyway° Moved by Kubby, seconded by
Lehman. Discussion°
Norton/ I would like to make a couple of comments. One, I think
Public Works and Engineering and the City Attorney have
labored long and hard to get this one together and the
neighbors have had a lot of input. It has been a long struggle
here. We really should be opening champaign or something to
celebrate this.
Nov/ I think we will do that for the bridge.
Norton/ Maybe so but it is lovely that they are proceeding.
Nov/ They spent a long long time getting easements even for this
one. So, thanks.
Kubby/ This was really the project that was a big learning
experience for the City. That it really pays off to have input
from the neighbors and other jurisdictions on the front end of
projects instead of waiting for the end and it has taken us an
extra year and a half and an extra $100,000 and the time and
money spent on the front end was well worth preventing time
delays and cost delays later. I am glad we learned our lesson
and Rick has spent a lot of extra time with people in pre-
design meetings but it is really paying off and it is better
ownership of the project through the neighborhood as well.
Norton/ How much will football traffic be affected? I know there
will be a lot of interest. This one and the next project.
Fosse/ This will be close. You can't get from in the interstate
into the football games on this route. They are going to need
to find another route. We have already met with the University
about that. I expect that they are going to send some
information out with the tickets, to the ticket holders, that
explains this going on as well as the work in Coralville is
going on, too. All these projects.
Thornberry/ Come early and stay late.
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Norton/ Tailgate for 24 hours.
Nov/ Okay. Any other discussion? Roll call- (yes).
has been approved.
This resolution
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ITEM NO. 13 CONSIDER A RESOLUTION EXECUTION OF AnN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF IOWA CITY AND NNW, INC. OF IOWA CITY TO PROVIDE
ENGINEERING CONSULTANT SERVICES DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
MELROSE AVENUE BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, PHASE I [PROJECT N0o
BRM-3715(2)--8N-52].
Nov/ Moved by Thornberry, seconded by Norton.
Kubby/ Rick, I have a question about some of the hourly rates. Are
they fairly standard?
Fosse/ Yes they are. We have found this engineering firm to be one
of the more economical ones out there.
Kubby/ Thanks.
Kubby/ I would like to make that wage. Even once a month would be
great. Of any of those people, from clerical to highway
technical people.
Fosse/ I should note that that isn't what the individual is
earning. That includes all the overhead for the company and
the profit and everything is built into those hourly rates.
Kubby/ Including benefits and everything?
Fosse/ Right. I would like to pull those wages in, too.
Nov/ We can also say it includes all the drawings and such, isn't
it?
Fosse/ That was in the first part. This will include the materials
testing and those types of things.
Nov/ Okay. I read the contract and it referred to mylar and other
kinds of drawings.
Fosse/ You are right, the as built drawings.
Kubby/ So people know what kind of rate per hour that are included
in those things that we are talking about it. It says up to
$75 per hour for the principle structural engineer down to $25
an hour. Thanks.
Nov/ Any other discussion?
Thornberry/ I am in the wrong business.
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Nov/ Roll call- (yes).
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ITEM N0.14
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE BUDGETED POSITION IN
THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BY ADDING ONE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
DISPATCHER POSITION.
Comment: Calls for service have risen from 57,637 in 1993 to 64,794 in 1995
and continue to increase. The types of services, such as Emergency Medical
Dispatching, have also increased. FMLA mandates have greatly impacted this
critical work area over the last few years and will continue to impact in the
future. Last year, staff worked over 3,500 hours to propedy staff the
Emergency Communication Center. As of Apdl 26, a total of 863.2'5 overtime
and on-call hours have been used to maintain the necessary staffing level.
The cost of a full-time dispatcher, including benefits, is $35,529 per year.
Memorandum from staff included in Council packet.
ITEM NO. 15
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY OF IOWA CITY AND THE IOWA CITY LIBRARY BOARD OF
TRUSTEES AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY,
AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, LOCAL #183, AFL-CIO, TO BE
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1996, THROUGH JUNE 30, 1999.
Comment: This is a three-year agreement with wage increases of 3.25% in the
first year, 3% in the second year, and 2% at the beginning and 2% in the
middle of the th!rd year. In addition, it provides for a reimbursement to
employees who are required to wear safety glasses and need prescription
glasses, and for a new longevity step of $1,000 annually after 25 years of
continuous service. Other language modifications are also included, but these
have no signi~c,3nt economic impact.
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ITEM NO.14 CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE BUDGETED POSITION IN
THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BY
ADDING ONE ~{ERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISPATCHER POSITION°
Nov/
Moved by Norton, seconded by Thornberry. Discussion. We did
have a memorandum on costs tonight. Somebody was asking about
costs.
Kubby/And it really clearly showed that the amount of money we are
spending in overtime is more than the cost of having
additional people and then you have got a safer situation at
the dispatch of people who are not stressed out and exhausted
and we need people to be working 8 hours a day and putting in
quality 8 hours instead of straggling 12 hours. And that will
happen over time if we don't rectify the situation.
Lehman/ The costs are almost the same. By hiring someone we really
are not changing the budget.
Nov/
¥eah, not really and we are going to try to do fewer budget
amendments in the future but we are doing this one now. Roll
call- (yes).
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ITEM NO. 15 CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY OF IOWA CITY AND THE IOWA CITY LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES,
LOCAL #183, AFL-CIO, TO BE EFFECTIVE JULY l, 1996, THROUGH JUNE 30,
1999.
Nov/ Moved by Kubby, seconded by Vanderhoef. Discussion.
Vanderhoef/ Do we have any employees that have been on staff for 25
years?
Nov/ A few.
Helling/ We have some, not a lot.
Vanderhoef/ At the library?
Helling/ There are probably- I don't know about any at the library.
but we have several in our- There are a couple in P/R and
Streets Department and so fourth.
Nov/ This is a three way contract. The City, the library and the
Union. Okay, roll call- (yes). This resolution is adopted.
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ITEM NO, 16
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION COMMISSION TO FILE AN APPLICATION FOR A
HISTORIC RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (HRDP) GRANT TO
OBTAIN FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A
SURVEY/EVALUATION AND PREPARING A NATIONAL REGISTER
NOMINATION FOR A PORTION OF THE LONGFELLOW
NEIGHBORHOOD,
Comment: The Historic Preservation Commission has prepared an
application for a $9,000 HRDP grant to complete the survey and evaluation
of the Longfellow Neighborhood and prepare a National Register nomination
for the proposed Longfellow Historic District. The survey area to be
completed includes properties on Rundell Street, Dearborn Street, and
Seventh Avenue. The grant would require matching funds totaling $5,000,
which the Commission proposes to provide through funds allocated in the
budget for historic preservation activities, a donation from the Longfellow
ITEM NO. 17
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION RATIFYING SETTLEMENT OF PENDING
LITIGATION.
Comment: David Baculis filed two actions in distdct court against the City as a
result of the City's attempt to collect a back-billing for unpaid sanitary sewer
fees. The City Attorney has negotiated settlement consistent with the City
Councirs directions. This resolution ratifies settlement of the litigation, as
required by Chapter 21, Code of Iowa. The City Attorney recommends
adoption.
Action:
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ITEM NO.17 CONSIDER A RESOLUTION RATIFYING SETTLEMENT OF PENDING
LITIGATION.
Nov/ Moved by Kubby, seconded by Lehman. Discussion.
Kubby/ A big thank you to Anne Burnside° Very persistent and I was
glad that this was- A chapter has ended before she leaves.
Woito/ I agree.
Kubby/ If she would do the Yeggy's, too, it would be a great send
off for her.
Thornberry/ And I would like to thank David Baculis also for ending
this problem and ratifying the self settlement.
Nov/ Roll call- (yes). This resolution is adopted.
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ITEM NO. 18
ANNOUNCENIENT OF VACANCIES.
a. Previously Announced Vacancies.
(1) Design Review Committee - Two vacancies for three-year terms
ending July 1, 1999. (Terms end for William Nowysz and Laura
Hawks) (2 females and 5 males currently serve on this Commission.)
These appointments will be made at the June 11, 1996, meeting
of the City Council.
ITEM NO. 19
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION.
ITEM NO, 20
REPORT ON ITEMS FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY.
a. City Manager.
b. City Attorney.
ITEM NO. 21
ADJOURNMENT~
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ITEM NO.19 CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION.
Nov/ City Council Information. Mr. Norton.
Norton/ A couple of items. I know a number of you share this. I was
d.t. last Friday night in the middle of that wonderful scene
but the trash containers were doing double duty° It is either
we need to put a few extra ones up close or move some. By the
time you got down to the library, I saw some people were
trying to get the stuff in there but no way.
Arkins/ May I comment on it?
Norton/ Please.
Atkins/ Since the meeting when it was raised the other day, we have
taken two things. One is that we have a contract pickup and we
added an extra pickup to hopefully accommodate that particular
issue and we have added an additional eight hours to our two
part time people in their work schedule. So that should pick
up some-should improve some of the pick up and clean up in the
d.t. Terry did tell me we still are 1.5 positions vacant. We
simply haven't been able to get people to take these jobs. So
we are working on it and we will expend it and those are
reasonable within our budget to take care of those things.
Kubby/ So, with those accommodations. Friday night at the Concert
Series is intense use of that space. Will that really help
alleviate that short term flood of-?
Atkins/ We hoping that extra pickup will do.
Kubby/ Will empty them out so they are really empty.
Atkins/ Empty them out. That is the idea. Let's see what happens
the next time and we can make adjustments accordingly.
Norton/ Or move one it from down the block because- It is
wonderful. I don't want to complain. It was a delightful
scene. It was marred slightly by that feature. The other item
I wanted to report for the public benefit that the staff is
working on the back billing issues which has troubled a number
of people and I just want to remind them that that is in the
hopper and I also want to co~m~ent on one occasion I went to
last week at the Broadway Neighborhood Center where they
started the neighborhood policing. I thought it was an
impressive group of people in the neighborhood response and
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the officers that were going to go on duty. It was a very
impressive occasion. Finally, I hope that we take a look at
broadcast. I keep wondering, is the city going to do anything
about TCI? We have until June I to complain if we don't like
what is happening with the rate increases. There is a good
deal of grumbling. I don't know whether we have a case or not.
Helling/ As I indicated to you a few weeks ago we did use Rice
Williams Associates, our consultant. We sent them material to
look at because the formulas are very complicated. The FCC
controls this. They have looked at that and just this
afternoon we had a conversation with them and they suggested
we get a couple of pieces of additional information before we
come to any conclusions. But I don't think that we are going
to find that the rates, the new rates, are above what is
allowed by the FCC formulas. It certainly doesn't look like it
at this point, however I would reserve final judgement until
we get that additional information.
Kubby/ And they don't really take into account comparing the number
of channels in adjacent communities. That is not part of the
formula at all. Comparing-
Helling/ Not on a comparative basis, no, because of the types of
service and the other services offered by the communities vary
and also the age of the system and so forth. Certainly part of
our new franchise is that in two years we will have a
considerably upgraded system here with about twice the channel
capacity. We wouldn't expect our rates to double at that
point.
Norton/ They can go up again.
Helling/ I hope not.
Nov/ We didn't expect it to go up until they had done that. We
didn't expect it to go up until they had improved the system.
Helling/ The law allows them to go up and under the FCC rules they
can go up considerably. Keep in mind, too, that with the
newest legislation, the 1996 Act, no later than 1999, the
rates will be totally deregulated and we will have no nor the
FCC will have any authority over local rates at that point.
Norton/ By that time we will have recruited some competition I take
it.
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Helling/ We could hope so but I doubt it.
Baker/ Dale, when you say you doubt it, does that mean nobody else
is going to come in or the city's not going to make an effort
to facilitate that?
Helling/ We can let it be known that somebody else is welcome, but
keep in mind that the franchise from 1978 on has been a
non-exclusive franchise. The problem is that it's very costly
for someone to come in and over build or build a parallel
system and then try and compete with a company that has 72-73%
of the potential subscribers in the community are subscribers.
That doesn't make a lot of economic sense to most companies,
particularly when they're operating as a monopoly in their own
bailiwick so to speak. So there just isn't a lot of interest
in that because the new law allows the telephone companies to
now get into this business. That would probably be the most
likely place that we would see competition from in the future.
Norton/ They've got their wires.
Helling/ Because the physical plant is there. Now they'll have to
do some upgrading obviously, but it's at least more feasible
that way than it is for someone to come in and start from
scratch.
Baker/ Refresh my memory on the franchise that we just agreed to.
Is there a buy out clause in there where the city could go in
and buy out TCI?
Helling/ No. That would have to be negotiated. There again, that's
something that we could not require as a condition of the
franchise, and under the federal law, and the cable company.
We talked about that, but they weren't interested in that
other than they were always willing to negotiate a buy out at
some point in time if they're thinking about selling.
Baker/ We don't have the power to condemn?
Helling/ We do not have the power to condemn, and under Federal
law, we don't have the authority to require that.
Norton/ We don't have the inclination to condemn.
Nov/
I would like
people hired.
pick up?
to revert back to the comment about not having
Are we doing some good advertising on people to
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Arkins/ We are as good an employer as anyone.
Nov/ Are we a good advertiser?
Arkins/ We advertise. I think we do everything at least reasonably
humanly possible to get folks.
Nov/ Was it on the Channel 4?
Arkins/ I think we do post our positions on the access channel.
Baker/ What are we offering?
Kubby/ Nhat's the wage, you mean?
Atkins/ If I say it and I'm wrong.
Nov/ We'll hear tomorrow on that.
Atkins/ Call our personnel office.
Baker/ I wasn't really asking for myself as much as anybody-
Kubby/ You can't make over $1500 in any one year though. It's
seasonal work for me.
Baker/ I've managed that for years.
Vanderhoef/ So we will just advertise tonight that we have
positions open for temporary help on the city plaza.
Arkins/ And there are a number of temporary positions that are
open. It's well above minimum wage. I assure you of that.
Nov/ We will talk about it and see if we can't urge some people to
apply. Karen.
Kubby/ I have three events that I want to remind people about. The
first one is happening this Saturday on May 25. I think it's
from noon to 4:00. It's the DTA's Fun Family Days. It's going
to happen next to the Holiday Inn in the parking lot. And Dee
Vanderhoef and myself and Dee Norton are going to be in a dunk
tank. You can come down and throw balls at the lever to dunk
us in some water. The proceeds will go to the Free Medical
Clinic. So we will taunt you as much as we can so you will
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Vanderhoef/ And then we'll go get our free medical care°
Norton/ Well you did it before you know.
Atkins/ I have a previous involvement.
Kubby/ I encourage everyone to come down and take a whack. The next
day, Sunday, May 26, the Northside is having their annual fair
from noon to 4:00 at Happy Hollow Park. There will be music,
a softball tournament, it's going to be the Northside
Neighborhood Association vs. Longfellow and anyone who comes
can join in. There's also, there will be popcorn provided by
the PTO from Horace Mann. And the last event is rather two
events that are kind of hooked together and the first one is
our paint and household battery collection day. That's going
to be Saturday, June 1, from 9:00 to noon and you do need an
appointment. And it's a little bit different from our other
household toxic days because only latex and oil based paint
and dry cell batteries will be accepted. You can call 337-6077
to get an appointment. When we collect all the paint, the next
weekend on June 8 from 9:00 to noon at the Transit Facility,
you can come in and pickup paint that's in usable form. We're
going to gather the paint, give away to people who want it,
and then stuff that's left over we will deal with in an
environmentally friendly way.
Baker/ Karen, let me get this right. It's June 17
Kubby/ June 1 is the collection day.
Baker/ Collection at the?
Kubby/ At the Transit Facility°
Baker/ When was the toxic waste cleanup day?
Kubby/ About a year ago in the spring but I can't remember the
date.
Baker/ I mean, is there another one coming up soon?
Kubby/ Well this is what we're doing for this year. I don't think
we're doing anything.
Atkins/ The actual toxic thing for heavy duty things, I think we're
talking about the fall one of them.
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Baker/ Okay.
Kubby/ We apply whenever we can.
Baker/ That was on my list because my wife had something I was
supposed to remind you of, and I'll do that under-
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Kubby/ So remember this is just latex oil-based paint and dry-cell
batteries including the 9 volt and button batteries in hearing
aids and watches and things like that. That's all I have,
thanks.
Lehman/ I will not be here next Thursday for the ECICOG and JTPA
meeting, in case someone wants to fill in. That's in Cedar
Rapids at 11:30 on Thursday for JTPA and 1:00 for ECICOG. So
if anybody's interested there interesting meetings.
Thornberry/ I'll talk to you about it after the meeting.
Lehman/ OKo
Vanderhoef/ I'll look at my calendar also.
Novick/ Moving on.
Thornberry/ Just a couple things, Dee Norton kind of stole some of
my thunder, I'm looking at the opinion page on Saturday May
11, 1996 in the Press-Citizen on a guest opinion by Nicholas
Johnson regarding the cable television costs are way too high
is the title here. I remember when there wasn't any TV and you
do to Dee,
Norton/ There wasn't even radio
Thornberry/ You had a couple of cans and a string I suppose for a
telephone right?
Lehman/ And candles right?
Thornberry/ But some of the thing, it's kind of a lambasting guest
opinion but a lot of the things make sense and I've got cable
and I've got all the goodies and I guess I really don't pay
much attention to how much it costs. But 70% subscribe and it
is going up quite a bit but we're getting quite a bit. I don't
really understand why we need as many public access channels
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as we have when some of them are off the air, what half the
time, three-fourths of the time. Why we have to have some many
channels and if those channels couldn't be used for something
else, why can't the public channels be combined? I've got a
lot of questions that I'll talk to Dale and TCI about I guess,
but I do have some questions regarding what we're getting for
our money from TCI. Whoppers right now are $.99 and our cost
have been going up regularly too.
Kubby/ You could take away one of your premi~ channels and pay
your water bill.
Norton/ Yeah, that's right. There you gOo
Thornberry/ ~Fnat is the progress, what are we doing with the $.50
that we got from the TCI?
Kubby/ That's still in discussion.
Helling/ We've just begun to collect in the last couple of months
and the Broadband Telecommunication Commission will be coming
to the Council with recommendations on how to spend that.
Primarily I think they are looking at the whole concept of
community programming and giving the community more on ~ of
what's going on in the community and looking at some sort of
facility for public and other local access because of the fact
that the situation with the library where there very squeezed
over there and in time the library will probably be taking
over that space. And also some equipment to replace some aging
equipment for all the local access programmers. Those are the
three primary things.
Thornberry/ We can't use it to reduce water rates.
~elling/ No, well not unless you change your policy°
Norton/ It is an area that needs to get on our agenda and the BTC,
the Broadband Telecommunication Commission is going to have to
come to us with a bunch of, a whole bunch of issues are coming
to the front.
Helling/ Yes, and they are in the process of dealing with those.
Thornberry/ I mean the rates aren't going up because the City's
taking $.50 from the TCI?
Norton/ No, no.
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Helling/ No.
Thornberry/ I'm getting some of this too and if we can reduce, I
don't know the costs are getting a little out of sight, we'll
have to decide what we're going to do with that. Did you say
add another public access channel? No, Okay. five is plenty.
Kubby/ But there is room for that within our franchise.
Thornberry/ Oh, that's all we need is another one.
Norton/ Two more ¥eah.
Kubby/ I think public access is a great thing and that it gives
local control over some programming to people so it's not all
corporate viewing°
Thornberry/ All I'm asking is how many public access channels do we
really need?
Novick/ We're not going to answer that tonight, do you have another
question?
Thornberry/ No, yes I do, yes I've got a couple of other things. I
asked about a turn signal at the corner of Gilbert and
Kirkwood, that's, I got an answer back from Steve, that's
going to be looked at. These are answering questions that I've
gotten during the course of the week. And one light note that
I'll end on, I saw my first rosebreasted grosbeak and an
indigo bunting at my house and there in town. I'm not a real
big bird watcher and don't all everybody contact me about
going out and watching, but rosebreasted grosbeak, indigo
bunting, they're really blue, there big blue bird, they're
really neat. We have yellow finches and the normal cardinals
and chickadees and downy woodpeckers and toughed titmice and
nuthatches and blue jays and purple finches and all the rest
of the bird. I'm not necessarily a bird watcher but they come
to eat at my house and they're are kind of neat.
Novick/ They're kind of neat, and if you didn't put out food they
wouldn't come.
Thornberry/ I feed them but I don't feed deer.
Venderbeef/ I was just curious when the CIP will be coming up on
the agenda for reconsideration ?
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Atkins/ I don't have a schedule for it, I'll certainly make it a
point between now and the next meeting to get you a better
answer than that but I have not talked to the staff about
where they are on the thing but I'll do that.
Vanderhoef/ I'd like to know. And then I had one other thing. I
appreciated the presentation that the neighborhood community
did two weeks ago with their projects and their pin money
grant for the $25,000 that have been appropriated in the
budget and this is the second year for this grant program. As
I understand it and as I listen to it, they have their own
neighborhood council and they set up the criteria for this
grant money and they spend a lot of time discussing it and
going through the budget and compromising and putting together
a wonderful program of $25,000. As far as I can see there
would be nothing for this council to spend time doing as far
as listening or going over this other than what was in our
packet that told us what the projects were. And I suspect that
this item could be put onto the Consent Calendar for another
year and at the same time I think it is one of the things that
community programming could pick up and do a wonderful job of
advertising and doing the things that, showing the things that
these neighborhoods are doing but I don't think at this point
we are going to redo that budget or re-discuss all the things
that they did and I would invite us to think about putting
that on the Consent Calendar for next year. And that's all I
have, thank you.
Thornberry/ Mr. B.
Novick/ Larry.
Baker/ I'm just sitting over here with this image of Dean
surrounded by all these birds.
Thornberry/ Pretty, pretty birds.
Novick/ Yes, its a nice image.
Baker/ I heard about the tree hugging business and thought they'd
come over.
Norton/ Toe-huggers.
Baker/ Toe-hugging, tree-hugging°
Thornberry/ That's a tree-hugging toad kisser, I forgot.
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Baker/ Couple of quick things, one last, two weeks ago I had ask
Dale to think about getting us an update on how our area
legislators voted on particular issues of interest to cities
in the recent legislative session. Couple days after that the
latest legislative bulletin came out and I noticed that the
league is going to publish a complete list and brief narrative
of all the acts affecting cities in the 96 new laws of
interest special report coming out in mid June. I don't know
if they're going to have the votes on that but you had asked
for specific legislation, I thinkwe ought to start with those
acts and see how our legislators uoted on those particular
acts.
Helling/ Again, there will be a lot of them. We can do that, but
will probably have to do some checking either through the
computer or go through senate and house journals. If there are
specific bills within that group that are of interest and you
can narrow that down a little bit that would be helpful
because
Baker/ What are you anticipating to be on this list?
Woito/ It will be a long list.
Helling/ It will be a long listo
Kubby/ Maybe the Legislative Committee of the Council could look at
the long list and highlight the top 20 or whatever.
Baker/ I just assumed this would be a fairly narrow list.
Woito/ No.
Helling/ No it won't be, it s...
Baker/ Let me take a look at that list with you and we can pick
some stuff out.
Helling/ Or even if you don't want to do it as a committee, if you
each Just look at it and check some we can go back and do
those.
Novick/ The Committee or any Council Member that feels like
checking will do it.
Baker/ Okay. And the second thing, last nights agenda, informal
agenda, there were a couple of things, the airport plan, the
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Mercer Park facility expansion update, correct me if I'm wrong
here. We didn't get any written material ahead of time on
those two issues and this happens to me a bit frequently where
people show up and they give us the stuff but we have nothing
to prepare ourselves for, so if you could just, Steve, put the
word out for most things at least a brief summary or some
written material ahead of time would be helpful on our getting
prepared for the discussion and I noticed those two in
particular seemed like would have
Kubby/ Really big items.
Lehman/ At least know what's coming up.
Arkins/ Yeah.
Baker/ And speaking of one, the airport, a question I forgot to ask
last night, the City's commitment to the airport expansion
improvement project, the $900,000 to $1 million where is that
going to come from, where is the revenue source for that?
Thornberry/ The FAA.
Baker/ 90% but where's our 10% coming from?
Arkins/ I'm suspecting that your really only option is the general
obligation bond.
Baker/ The regular bonding process?
Arkins/ Yeah, right.
Baker/ Okay, the regular bonding process. And Ginger did want me to
specifically tell you that you told her that you were going to
call her to make sure she understood when the toxic waste
cleanup day was cause she doesn't depend on me for these
updates.
Arkins/ Does she mean paint and batteries or does she mean total
toxic?
Baker/ Total toxic thing.
Atkins/ That's in September so somewhere.
Kubby/ She should waste his time for that, she should talk to Brad
Ne%~mann, the solid waste dude.
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Baker/ She's going right to the top on this one.
Arkins/ Keeping Council Members happy is important too, she will
get a phone call.
Baker/ I want you to know that I was here at 6:45 tonight cause I
thought we were starting at 7:00.
Baker/ A true story, I did, I thought we were starting at 7:00,
when does that start?
Woito/ July.
Atkins/ July.
Norton/ You left your home a half hour early.
Baker/ Sorry I sort of turned off in that discussion. Last thing is
I wanted to squelched some misperceptions from people that
have talked to me on the street. There have been news stories
on one of the local television stations about the Cedar Rapids
City Council carrying guns, that is not the Iowa City City
Council, we do not pack guns.
Kubby/ Do you know that?
Baker/ I'm assuming, well in Cedar Rapids they want to protect
themselves from the public and somebody ask me if we were
protecting ourselves from each other and I said no, we get
along fine. So as far as I know we do not carry guns at
Council meetings and you know I'm sure the press will say
there's a story, it's a slow week so they can do that.
Kubby/ I'm not packing are you packing?
Baker/ No, we're pacifists. We're a nuclear weapon free zone down
here and that's all I got madam Mayor.
Nov/
I have a few little things here, your Mayor has been busy
running around and visiting citizens at various events and
some of these are very good causes that need a little plug.
There was a luncheon today for retired and senior volunteer
program, RSVP, and I not only had lunch I had some very
interesting conversation with the people who are volunteers.
There was a woman who has been volunteering at the Salvation
Army ever since the 1993 flood because they advertised for
volunteers and she's been answering the phone and giving
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information ever since. There are several people who are
reading with children in grade schools, there buying groceries
for people who can not get out and buy their own groceries,
and they're are enjoying themselves, and its a great idea. So
if anyone here listening, is anywhere near interested in
getting involved in volunteer activities, there available. I
went to a ground breaking ceremony last week for the Home
Builders Association. They are constructing a home in Windsor
Ridge. They're doing it with a lot of donated time and
materials and the profit from this home will be given to the
variety club and the variety club will turn aroun4 and give
these to local service agencies. And our City Engineer who was
in charge of energy conservation did an energy audit on their
plans and gave them some good ideas to save energy. So we're
all working on these good causes. I went to a dedication of a
Hillcrest home for people who are mentally ill, this new
development in Iowa City, I believe the main organization is
in Dubuque, but they branched out. They've got some homes in
Iowa City and in Cedar Rapids. They're doing good work. There
was a meeting at Mercy Hospital for cancer survivors and they
all deserve a pat on the back. Tomorrow there is an awards
ceremony for the bowlers who went out and raised money for Big
Brothers/Big Sisters and I'm urging people who feel like
celebrating with them to turn up tomorrow evening around 5
o'clock or so at Colonial Lanes° And on Memorial Day we're
going to be at Oakland Cemetery with a celebration of Memorial
Day and at Memory Gardens also. So we're all getting around.
And I have two souvenirs from RSVP and these are for Dee
Norton, our eldest among the Council Members.
Kubby/ We're respecting our elders here.
Novick/ We have one retiree here who may have some volunteer time
to donate°
Norton/ I got lots of time sure.
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ITeMNO.20 REPORT ON ITF~S FROM THE CITY MANAGERAND CITY ATTORNEY.
b. City Attorney.
Novick/ City Attorney?
Woito/ I have some good news tonight. I did give you a memo
yesterday about the new attorney. I've hired Dennis Mitchell,
he's from Des Moines, Iowa and he will be joining us a week
from tonight or today and there will be some overlap for
training beforeAnne Burnside leaves. Her last day will be May
31st.
Novick/ Not much overlap.
Woito/ Pardon.
No¥ick/ Not too much overlap.
Woito/ No there isn't, but enough time to get Dennis trained in
Magistrates Court and some other important things. I'm excited
about it. That's all.
Novick/ Are we doing something for Anne Burnside?
Woito/ She requested not, so I'm going to honor that request.
Novick/ Okay, we could probably say for those who are here that
there will be a party on the 31st for Marianne Milkman, who is
retiring, and there will be a party at the Senior Center on
the 29th for Bette Meisel.
Novick/ Its been moved and seconded that we adjourn. All ayes.
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CITY OF I0
Ci[7 Council Work Session Agendas and Meeting Schedule
IUay 20, 1996
6:30 p.m.
City Council Work Session - Council Chambers
Times Are Approximate
6:30 p.m. Review Zoning Matters
6:50 p.m.
6:55 p.m.
7:25 p.m.
7:55 p.m.
8:05 p.m.
8:25 p.m.
8:50 p.m.
9:15 p.m.
City Steps FY 96 Action Plan Budget
Fringe Area Agreement
Airport Master Plan Report
Airport Hangar Construction Bid
Transit Low-income Fares
Mercer Park Facility Expansion
Sales Tax Discussion
Council Agenda, Council Time
Monday
LNlay 21, 1996
7:30 p.m.
Regular City Council Meeting - Council Chambers
Tuesday J
LlVlay 28, 1996
4:00 p.m.
City Council Work Session - Council Chambers
4:00 p.m. Meeting with Iowa City Area Development Group
5:30 p.m. Meeting with Library Board
6:30 p.m. Parking Rates (time permitting)
Tuesday
~June 3, 1996
6:30 p.m. City Council Work Session - Council Chambers
Monday
J June 4, 1996
7:30 p.m.
Regular City Council Meeting - Council Chambers
Tuesday
IJu_ne 6, 1996
6:30 p.m.
City Council Work Session - Coralville City Hall
Meeting w~th Coralville City Council
Thursday
J June 10, 1996
6:30 p.m.
City Council Special Work Session - Council Chambers
LJune 11, 1996
7:30 p.m.
Special City Council Meeting - Council Chambers
Tuesday