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Michael D. Brennan
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Gwendolyn Jo McCarty
Phone (319) 339-6100· Fax (319) 339-6149 Iris Frost
J. Patrick White Civil-Juvenile
County Anorney
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Iowa City City Clerk
RE: 808 Restaurant & Night Club
FROM: J. Patrick White ~ ì
Johnson County Attorney '--/
I have recommended approval of Mr. Uchida's application for
liquor license.
When I met with him today to review and discuss his
application, I advised him that two modifications are necessary
to the application:
(1) On the second page, he incorrectly checked "sole
proprietorship" on his status of business. It is,
however, evident from the balance of the application
that he has created a privately-held corporation, 808
Restaurant & Night Club, Inc., which will be the
license holder; and
(2) In Section 5-3 of the application he has entered
"None." He failed to enter a 1996 conviction for
Fifth Degree Theft, a simple misdemeanor. He
describes that as being with a friend who shoplifted
and that he forgot about it. That should be shown on
the application. It does not alter my conclusion to
recommend approval of the application.
Cy: Robert T. Uchida
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Date: May 27,2004
To: City Clerk
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From: Anissa Williams, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner
Re: Item for June 15, 2004 City Council meeting: Installation of ROAD CLOSED
AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY sign at the end of Foster Road
As directed by Title g, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council
of the following action.
Action:
Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A(17), Installation of ROAD CLOSED AUTHORIZED VEHICLES
ONLY sign at the end of Foster Road.
Comment:
This action is being taken at the request of the Engineering Division to clarify where Foster
Road ends in the Peninsula subdivision.
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Date: May 27, 2004
To: City Clerk oJif
From: Anissa Wiliiams, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner
Re: Item for June 15, 2004 City Council meeting: Change parking meter term in the 300
biock of S. Linn Street from 5 hours to 2 hours; change parking meter term from 30
minutes to 2 hours; install two meters with 2 hour time limit in the 300 block of S. Linn
Street
As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council
of the following action.
Action:
Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A(17), Change parking meter term for L306, L308 on 300 S. Linn
Street from 30 minute time limit to 2 hour time limit. Change parking meter term for L310, L312,
L320, L322, L324, L326, L328, L332, L334, and L336 on 300 S. Linn Street from 5 hour limit to
2 hour limit. Installation of two meters L330, L338 on 300 S. Linn Street with 2 hour time limit.
Comment:
This action is being taken at the request of the Parking Division to accommodate the new angle
parking arrangement on the east side of the 300 block of S. Linn Street. The conversion to
angle parking will result in an increase in the total number of metered parking spaces from 12 to
14.
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From: Jane Flanigan [otis5011@mchsi.com]
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:09 PM
To: co unci I@iowa-city.org
Subject: Thanks
Dear Council Members, I .J
Thank you so much for approving part of the Penninsula for our much awaited off-
leash dog park This park is very important to us and we would like to see it open
soon. Please try to find the money to make the necessary road and parking
improvements so we can be using the park this summer.
Thank you again,
Jane Flanigan
6/1/2004
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From: Dale Helling
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 8:54 AM
To: 'deesofianos@msn.com'
Cc: 'City Council; Kathryn Johansen
Subject: RE: MEC Retired
Mr. Sofianos,
Thank you for your recent email correspondence to the City Council regarding future employment with the City. Council
members do not receive their emails directly. Your message will be forwarded to them as official Council
correspondence.
All City job vacancies are posted on the City's website at WWW,iç!Jov,org and those not filled from within the organization
are advertised locally as well. They are also posted on the City JOBLlNE at (319) 356-5021. This practice would be
followed in the event we were seeking to fill vacant positions for a municipal electric utility. I'm sure the creation of such a
utility would be widely publicized by the local and area media. If that were to occur, you could contact our Human
Resources office to make known your interest at that time.
Dale Helling
Assistant City Manager
cc. City Council
Kathi Johansen, Administrative Assistant
-----Original Message-----
From: Sofianos, Thomas H [mailto:THSofianos@midamerican.com]
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 9:50 AM
To: council@iowa-city.org
Subject: MEC Retired
I will be retiring from MidAmerican Energy Company this June. Age - 58. Title: Electric Meter Engineer, location
Davenport, Iowa.
I will be looking for part-time work starting in year 2005. If Iowa City votes to become a municipal electric utility,
you are welcome to contact me if the city is interested in hiring me for part-time work.
Thomas Sofianos
2707 Fillmore Street
Davenport, Iowa 52804
home (563) 391-0503
e-mail: deesofianos@msn.com
6/2/2004
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From: Dale Helling
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 10:03 AM
To: 'McWherter, Jeanne'
Cc: 'City Council
Subject: RE: Special mortgage programs for Fireman & Police Officers
Ms. McWherter-Koster,
I am responding to your recent ernail to the City Council regarding
special mortgage programs. The City does not actively participate in
the marketing or promotion of goods or services targeted toward specific
employees. I will forward your ernail message to the presidents of the
firefighters' and police officers' respective employee unions, for their
information only. They may then contact you on behalf of their
membership, at their descretion, regarding your program. Any future
dealings would then have to be conducted directly with the Union(s) and
not through the City of Iowa City.
Dale Helling
Assistant City Manager
-----Original Message-----
From: McWherter / Jeanne [mailto:Jeanne.McWherter@bankofamerica.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 1:52 PM
To: council@iowa-city.org
Subject: Special mortgage programs for Fireman & Police Officers
I'm not sure who to contact, but I wanted to get this information out to
all the police & firemen in Iowa City. Bank of America has a new
mortgage loan program that will roll out this month for Fireman & Police
Officers.
Can you please provide me with a name & number of who to contact?
Thanks,
Jeanne McWherter-Koster
Bank of America
Vice President - Sales Manager
6200 Aurora Ave. #201E
Orbandale, IA 50322
515-235-5960
800-362-1615 X5960
515-235-5985 fax
515-988-4684 cell
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From: DavDowe@aol.com
Sent: Friday, June 04, 20047:03 AM
To: council@iowa-city.org
Subject: Trial of New City Buses
I just wrote to the City Manager then thought I should include the council. This is about
my experience with at least one of the new buses the city is trying out. As a Senior
Citizen, I think they are neat, cool, fab, awesome, and forgive me, groovy.
I was lucky enough to ride one of the buses the city is trying out last Wed. I was coming
back from the VA Medical Center.
I thought I would mention to you that at least that model, Damlier Chrysler, (I asked) was
great. I am a senior citizen and it was very a comfortable ride. I add that I have always
thought that at least on some routes, we need smaller buses.
Anyway, that bus has my vote even though we aren't voting on it. The bus driver seemed
to like it also. I asked him.
Thanks,
Dave Dowell
Mayor of South Dubuque St.
320 South Dubuque St.
Iowa City
6/4/2004
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From: Dale Helling
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 20044:43 PM
To: 'Jeremiah D. Hackett'
Cc: 'City Council
Subject: RE: Water heater license fee
Mr. Hackett,
Thank you for your recent email correspondence to the City Council.
Council members do not receive their ernail directly and your message
will be forwarded to them to be formally accepted as part of an upcoming
meeting agenda.
The City of Iowa City does not asess a water heater license fee. l'rn
not sure to what the salesperson was referring, but if you could provide
more specific information, I would be happy to try and further assist
you. With regard to your inquiry about a fee schedule, most information
regarding City fees is accessible on the City website: www.icgov.org
These can be accessed by selecting the "Services" menu item or by going
to the page of the applicable City department.
I can be reached at: dale-helling@iowa-city.org or at 356-5013.
Dale Helling
Assistant City Manager
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremiah D. Hackett [mailto:jeremiah-hackett@uiowa.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 2:56 PM
To: council@iowa-city.org
Subject: Water heater license fee
Hello Council Members,
I recently purchased a new water heater at a local home
improvement store
to replace an old, leaking unit. The salesman informed me that because
I
live in Iowa City, I will have to pay a $25 water heater license fee.
According to him, Coralville does not charge this fee. I was hoping
that
the Council could explain why this fee is levied and what the money is
used
for. My family and I live on a tight budget and this was additional
cost
was surprising and upsetting. I would like and explanation for why the
city
needs this money, which increases the cost of maintaining my home.
Also, is there a resource for home owners to obtain information about
this
and other City fees that impact the cost of home improvement and
maintenance. I would have liked to know about this fee before I
purchased
the unit.
Thank You,
Jeremiah Hackett
1817 Hollywood Ct.
Iowa City, IA 52240
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From: garry.klein@act.org
Sent: Monday, June 07, 20044:07 PM
To: cou nci I@iowa-city.org; steve-atkins@iowa-city.org; karin-Iran klin@iowa-city.org
Cc: marcia-klingaman@iowa-city.org
Subject: Creekside Neighborhood Association 1 st Annual Picnic Sunday 6/13
I would like to cordially invite each of you to the 1st Annual Creekside
Picnic at the Creekside Park Shelter this Sunday 6/13 from 4 to 8 pm. As
this is our first year as a neighborhood association, we are very
grateful
to the dedicated staff in Neighborhood Services for their support and
for
the funding from the council for our first PIN grant.
It has been an exciting first year us with over 40 neighbors
participating
either in projects, meetings or ideas/articles for our newsletter. We
are
working with neighbors on 4th and A to alleviate traffic calming issues,
conducting a heritage tree survey, meeting to discuss the extension of
Court Hill Trail through our neighborhood, and planning other
improvements.
It is important to say without the guidance of Marcia Klingaman and the
experience of other neighborhood associations, we would not be as
well-organized as we have been able to become in such a short period of
time.
We look forward to our next year to become an even more cohesive group
and
applaud the support of the City for neighborhood associations which, in
my
humble opinion, are one of the best line-item expenditures the council
can
ever approve!
Sincerely,
Garry Klein
Coordinator
Creekside Neighborhood Association
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From: Andy Rocca
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 11 :24 AM
To: 'jklapper@paulweiss.com'
Cc: 'City Council
Subject: RE: Noise Pollution
Mr. Kiapper:
I have been asked to respond to your e-mail regarding noise pollution.
The Code of Iowa authorizes emergency vehicles use of visual and audible warning devices during an emergency
response. The Iowa City Fire Department utiiizes these devices for three reasons. First, is for the safety of our
responding personnel. Second, is to warn motorists and pedestrians in the area of the emergency vehicle's approach.
Third, to avoid liability resulting from a failure to use all available audible and visual warning devices during an emergency
response in the event an ICFD apparatus is involved in an accident. The ICFD is currently researching response
procedures that may reduce the use of audible and visual warning devices during a response to a fire alarm incident.
The Johnson County Homeland Security and Emergency Management office is responsible for conducting the monthly
testing of the Johnson County Outdoor Weather Alert System. The City of Iowa City maintains weather alert sirens located
within the corporate city limits and serves as a back-up activation point for the City sirens. Perhaps the JCHSEM agency
would be able to explain their rationale for the monthly outdoor weather alert siren test. Coordinator Tom Hansen or Sue
Faith can be contacted by telephone at (319) 356-6028 or bye-mail at jocoema@co.johnson.ia.us.
Hopefully, I have provided you with the basis for the ICFD's use of lights and sirens during an emergency response and
given you an agency contact regarding the testing of the outdoor weather alert siren system. If I can be of further
assistance or answer any additional questions, do nor hesitate to contact me. Thank you for your inquiry.
Sincerely,
IOWA CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT
Andrew J. Rocca, Fire Chief
PH. 356-5260
-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Klapper [mailto:jklapper@paulweiss.com]
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 9: 22 AM
To: council@iowa-city.org
Subject: Noise Pollution
I recently moved to Iowa City from New York City, and I am continually surprised
by what little regard the city places on maintaining noise pollution. I am even
more surprised to learn that Iowa City seems to have even less regard for such
matters than New York City! Let me site two examples....
Firetruck/police car sirens: In New York, when a firetruck is rumbling through
the city in middle of the night and there is no traffic to speak of or they are
not passing through an intersection which does not require them to run a red
light or stop sign, they have their sirens off. In Iowa City I have witnessed at
all hours of the night, fire trucks speeding down a quiet and deserted road with
sirens blazing. What is the purpose of this show of noise? Is it in the public
interest? It serves no safety concern I can think of. One presumes the flashing
lights and head lights are enough to alert an innocent walker and/or solitary
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driver hoping to cross a road.
Monthly Siren test: Every month the city runs an emergency siren test. A city
government presiding over a small town such as Iowa City would presumably have
very few emergencies which would require such a siren test every month, but
putting that aside, what time of day would you think a people friendly city
government would choose to run such tests? Noon? 3 in the afternoon?
Surprisingly you choose 9 AM.
These may seem like little items, but as a new member of the city and a tax
payer there in, I would hope a small Midwestern town would more readily embrace
the celebrated Midwestern tradition of kindness and respect of others.
This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee and may
contain information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL.
If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have
received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the
message and its attachments and notify us immediately.
Thank You.
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438 HIGHWAY 1 WEST IOWA CITY, IOWA 52246
REAL TOR® E-mail: icaar@icaar.org 319/338-6460
Web site: www.icaar.org Fax: 319/338-6957
Mayor Ernie Lehman
Iowa City Council Members
410 E Washington Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
3 June 2004
Dear Mayor Lehman and Council Members,
The Iowa City Area Association of REAL TORS® Board of Directors would
like to let you know that we are supporting MidAmerican Energy and their
efforts to remain the provider / distributor ofIowa City's gas and electric
services.
Cost, service and reliability are of concern, and MidAmerican Energy has
proven to be fair and effective in those areas. Also, the consumer can rely
on MidAmerican Energy to effectively take on risk management issues. The
City of Iowa City is not equipped to effectively take on the complicated
aspects of risk management, which MidAmerican Energy has a proven
record of success.
Please take action by signing a franchise agreement with MidAmerican
Energy.
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From: D Narveson [douglasn@rocketmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 11 :50 PM
To: council@iowa-city.org
Subject: Fwd: Letter to City Council on Electric Franchise Request
As a current resident of Iowa City and a former resident of California,
I am
interested in public ownership of the electric utility. In California,
cities
that owned their utilities did not suffer while others were hit with
rolling
blackouts by private power companies.
I expect energy markets will continue to be volatile, maybe even more
than in
the past. I think it might well be good for Iowa City to have more
public
control in this matter.
I have read Mekies & Spaziani's letter and agree with what they write.
Don't
add a special election for MidAmerican Energy.
Thank you,
Douglas Narveson
--- Carol Spaziani <spazianic@rnsn.com> wrote:
> From: "Carol Spaziani" <spazianic@msn.com>
> To: "Carol Spaziani" <spazianic@msn.com>
> Subject: Letter to City Council on Electric Franchise Request
> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 01:20:14 -0500
>
> Dear Public Power Supporters,
>
> Attached is a letter which Saul Mekies and I are sending to the Iowa
City
> City Council for inclusion in their packets tomorrow. At its work
session
> on Monday, June 14, the Council is scheduled to discuss the request of
> MidAmerican Energy that they set a date within the next six months for
a
> referendum on renewal of the now-expired franchise with that company.
> Another referendum on the question of whether the Council should
proceed
> with steps toward a municipal electric utility is already set for a
> November, 2005, vote, so we thought we should express our opinions to
the
> Council.
>
> Please read over our letter, and if you too would like to express an
> opinion, please do so. Emails can be sent to council@icgov.org. The
public
> may not speak at the Work Session, but may speak the next evening,
June 15,
> at the formal Council meeting during the public comment period.
>
> Many thanks for your continued interest in encouraging Iowa City's
Council
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Your
> comments and volunteer help are welcome at any time!
>
> Saul Mekies
> and
> Carol Spaziani, Co-chairs
> Citizens for Public Power
> spazianic@msn.com
> 338-6140
>
>
> ATTACHMENT part 2 application/msword name=CityCüuncil letter-franchise
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Dear Members of the Council,
We are writing in response to the request you received from MidAmerican Energy
(MEC) to hold a special election within the next six months on the question of whether
MEC's expired franchise for delivery of electric services to Iowa City should be renewed.
We understand you will be discussing this request at your next work session and wanted
you to have our viewpoint on this question.
I.) We do not understand the need for such an election and feel it can do nothing but
confuse the electorate who would be asked to vote twice on virtually the same issue. The
required authorizing election on the question of whether the Council may proceed with
the steps needed to establish its own electric system is already scheduled for the next
regular City election in November, 2005. This election will not incur extra costs to the
City. Over 1,200 eligible voters requested that this election be held.
2.) MEC collected signatures asking for a vote on the second Tuesday of August. They
are now asking for a date within the next six months. Either way, this reduces the
amount of time voters would have to study the issues. We do not agree that everyone has
had plenty of time to get this information. As Mayor Lehman has commented in the
press, this issue is complicated to him. It has long-term fiscal impact on the City and its
electric ratepayers. Most voters have not read the feasibility study and did not attend the
Question and Answer session with Bob Latham which you held last November. There
must be time for the information contained in those sources to be distilled and
disseminated to the public. Holding separate elections spaced widely apart and on such
closely related issues will make it difficult for voters to cast ballots consistently and
intelligently. Especially it should not be held at a time when many residents are out of
town as MEC originally wanted. A timetable for the election must be set in the interest
of the public.
3.) We suggest that both required referenda should be on the same ballot (November,
2005) so that voters can at least see the two questions side-by-side at the same time and
not separated by many months. Even the most intelligent voter might be confused by
such a situation. This would also avoid funding a separate election and the appearance
that a private corporation with a vested interest in the outcome is "buying" the election.
4.) Whether the funding of a special election by MEC is legal or not, we still question the
ethics and the appearance that a large, profit-making corporation can use its considerable
resources to force an early election on an issue in which it has an inherent financial
interest and that is already on the ballot in November, 2005.
5.) The outcomes of both of these referenda questions will not bind the City Council.
You will still be free to research and exercise your best judgment on either
question.
6.) Regardless of the election outcome on the franchise extension question, we
certainly expect that you would not want to take any premature action by
extending a long-term franchise agreement to MEC while you are waiting to see
the outcome of the public vote on the municipal electric question. Should you
decide to do this, it would render the November, 2005, election on the municipal
system a meaningless exercise. This would appear to the public that the Council
had already made up its mind before seeing what the voters want on both
questions and before a serious consideration ofthe issues. This would not seem
to us to be good public policy and would lend the appearance of favoritism to a
large private corporation.
Your consultant, Robert Latham, and your Assistant City Attorney, Andy
Matthews, told you last fall that the awarding of an electric franchise is not
necessary and provides no benefit for the City. The City cannot regulate rates in a
franchise; in Iowa this is the prerogative of the Iowa Utilities Board. Signing of a
franchise removes any motivation for the company to grant extra benefits to the
City. It would also effectively sign away the possibility of energy independence
for Iowa City and the benefits it might provide to the City and its residents and
ratepayers. We do not believe such a premature and unconsidered action is what
Iowa Citians expect of their representatives.
We look forward to ample time for an open, fair, and public discussion of this important
matter. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Saul Mekies, Co-Chair
Carol Spaziani, Co-Chair r"..7.
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From: Brett Cloyd [bcloyd@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 10:50 AM
To: council@iowa-city.org
Subject: Fwd: MidAmerican Call for Special Election Must Be Stopped
Brett Cloyd
1008 E. Bloomington St
Iowa City, IA 52245
June 14, 2004
Dear City Council Members:
I am writing to express my concerns over the move by
Mid-American Energy to push forth a privately-funded
referendum for August 2004.
I believe the City Council should let the currently
planned referendum on this issue, scheduled as part of
city elections in November 2005, to proceed, and
dismiss Mid-American's call for an early election.
August is a very poor time to schedule an election in
a university town and would likely result in extremely
low participation. Mid-American's plan also provides
an incredibly narrow timefrarne to educate the public
about a complicated issue.
Sincerely,
Brett Cloyd
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From: Larewlaw@aol.com
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 8:58 AM
To: council@iowa-city.org
Subject: MidAmerican Energy's Proposal for Special Election
Attached you will find my statement regarding MidAmerican Energy's request that a special election be convened to
consider the franchise renewal issue.
I understand that the City Council will be considering the matter at the work session tonight, June 14, 2004, and I ask that
the statement be made a part of that consideration.
James C. Larew
Larew Law Office
504 E. Bloomington Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52245
Ph: 319.337.7079
Fax: 319.337.7082
LarewLaw.com
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MIDAMERICAN ENERGY'S CYNICAL PROPOSAL
James C. Larew
504 E. Bloomington Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52245
MidAmerican Energy's cynical and self-serving proposal to speed up and to pay for Iowa
City's political process, in an effort to secure a renewed franchise agreement, and thereby
deprive local citizens of a public power option, is as surprising as it is ill-advised.
A few months ago, led by the seemingly-indefatigable senior citizen, LaVonn Horton, a
group of local people launched a petition drive, using the exact language specified by the
Code ofIowa, asking the Iowa City City Council to schedule a vote at the next regularly-
scheduled local election, at which time the issue of public power can be considered.
In response to the more than 1200 signatures presented on the petitions, and without any
objection, the City Council officially set an election on this issue for November 2005.
As directed by the Iowa Code, the scheduled referendum will pose two questions to the
Iowa City electorate: (1) whether the City Council should establish a new Board of
Trustees for a municipally-owned electric utility and; and (2) whether that Board of
Trustees, once created, should conduct further feasibility reviews ofthe public power
issue. The election results, as a matter of law, will not be binding on the City Council-
they will just be advisory.
Holding the election at that time, to coincide with next regular City Council elections, as
contemplated by the statutes of the State ofIowa, will mean that local taxpayers will not
suffer any additional costs for the voting process and citizens will have a full and fair
opportunity to reflect upon and to register their opinions about the public power issue.
Importantly, candidates for the Council at that time will be allowed to consider the public
power matter thoughtfully and, in response to voter concerns, to voice their views about
what could prove to be one of the most important public policy matters to be faced by our
local government in a generation.
This prospect-allowing local citizens to cast informed votes in the context of what one
can only hope will be a spirited and informative campaign-is apparently too much for
MidAmerican's billionaire-owners to consider.
In response, they are attempting to circumvent the "public" nature of our political process
by purchasing it right from under us.
The utility company cynically called for a "special election"-one that it will pay for-to
be conducted, MidAmerican proposed in petitions it circulated to the public, during the
second week of August, 2004, when, its owners know, large numbers of eligible voters
will be out of town.
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY'S CYNICAL PROPOSAL
James C. Larew
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MidAmerican employees assigned to take on the owner's chores claim that on the
circulated petitions they have secured a sufficient number of signatures to demonstrate
public support for its request to force the City Council to convene a special election prior
to the already-scheduled November 2005 referendum. Interestingly, for all the talk about
the company's petitions and their ostensible demonstration of political support,
MidAmerican has neither turned the documents over to the City Clerk's office nor made
them available to the public or to the press for review.
MidAmerican's proposed ballot questions, if approved by a majority of those voters
participating in its touted privately-sponsored referendum, reportedly would direct the
City Council immediately to sign a new franchise agreement with MidAmerican and to
cut off all further consideration of the public power option.
The relentless designs of Mid American could not be more clear: it hopes that the
requested election it will pay for-whether held at the originally-petitioned for mid-
August calendar date, or subsequently-will be characterized by low voter turn out,
reduced public debate and the quashing of any possible alternative to its own
monopolistically-supplied, high-priced electrons to Iowa City residential consumers,
businesses, industries and the University of Iowa.
If the Company can squeak by a victory in a pre-emptive low-voter election, it schemes
to make the already-scheduled November 2005 election superfluous.
For shame. Nothing could be further from the public's interest than such a tainted
political process.
Most members of the public-and, one would asswne, most members of the Iowa City
City Council-have not yet made up their minds on the viability of municipal ownership
of our electric utility. Most thoughtful people will need more information before they
can make that decision and cast an informed vote on the matter.
But, whatever our eventual, collective decision is, it will the best for all of us, and the
local political processes that all of us depend upon, if the outcome is viewed by our
citizens as one that has been fair, clean and above-board.
MidAmerican Energy's efforts to circumvent the normal flow of our local political
processes are an attack on the legitimacy of our political system oflocal self-governance.
A few months ago, MidAmerican Energy earned the censure and disgust oflocal citizens
when it filed a fuvolous lawsuit in an attempt to keep public information about public tax
monies from the public itself-that is, the terms and conditions of the contract it had
formed with the University ofIowa to sell electricity to this public institution.
In response to the immediate, widespread and adverse public response to its legal
shenanigans, the company's legions oflawyers dismissed the case almost as quickly as
they had filed it.
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY'S CYNICAL PROPOSAL
James C. Larew
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Apparently, the civics lessons so recently taught to MidAmerican officials by the local
residents~the same ones whom, according to its advertising, the company purports
"aggressively" to serve~have already been forgotten. To date, this utility has refused to
publish or to allow for review the petitions that it claims support the unsound referendum
proposal it has made.
Are these events amazing? Yes! Are they surprising? No!
We live in an unprecedented era in which the owners of the nation's largest privately held
energy companies have apparently concluded that when it comes to public policies at the
Federal, State or local levels, they'll get what they're willing to pay for.
This sobering political approach-one that implicitly equates the expenditure of money
with the bending of political processes to the energy industry's own designs--knows no
bounds of either geography or of political party.
At the Federal level, electric utility companies have marshaled political contributions to
achieve extraordinary results. A recent cover article in the THE NEW YORK TIMES
MAGAZINE I well-documents how the "bundling" of political contributions~in $100,000
increments~by electric utility company executives, including MidAmerican's own
President and CEO David Sokol, has resulted in the Bush Administration's evisceration
of25 years of progress in cleaning America's air, unhealthily polluted by aging coal-
burning electrical utility power plant by-products.
The same "bundled" payments by the same and similarly-situated special interests appear
to be on the way to purchasing the tennination of one of the most successful national
electrical utility company laws: the Public Utility Holding Company Act. Careful
readers will recall that ENRON's rapid rise the ill-fated fortunes occurred when its
politically-well placed lobbyists and executives, such as Ken Lay, were able to exempt
themselves from this Act. Now, the largest electric utility companies are on the verge of
getting rid of this legislation altogether.
At the State level, investor owned utility companies are making their mark, to be sure.
The combined contributions of Mid American Energy Company, its primary owner,
Berkshire Hathaway, and their respective executives now rank as the largest financiers of
Iowa's political campaigns. Although, nonnally, the financial support ofthese
politically-elite players is aimed more generously at Republican candidates for public
office than at Democrats, their equal opportunity approach to political self-interest results
in generous sprinklings of contributions to persons of both major political parties.
I Bruce Barcott, Changing All the Rules-How the Bush Administration Quietly-and
Radically- Transformed the Nation's Clean-Air Policy, THE NEW YORK TIMES
MAGAZINE, April 4, 2004.
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY'S CYNICAL PROPOSAL
James C. Larew
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Having learned that such investments in the political process pay handsome dividends if
citizens are not wary, MidAmerican Energy has now set its sights on controlling the
process and end results of our local affairs. It now proposes to pay for the very election
machinery that, it hopes, can be harnessed to crush careful, thoughtful and timely
consideration ofthe public power alternative to its own monopolistic practices.
Whatever the merits of public power may be, its fate in Iowa City should be the result of
a fair and open political process. Even in an otherwise bleak climate that characterizes
too many Federal and state governmental functions, our City Council should make it
clear that our citizens are not for sale: the most wealthy and powerful interests that own
and control MidAmerican Energy Company should not be allowed to corrupt Iowa City's
policy-making.
If we are not careful, MidAmerican will create a political climate that is so messy and
confused that the public-and the governmental leaders who are elected to serve and to
lead that public-will be unnecessarily impaired in its ability to create the consensus
necessary to plan for our community's energy future. Our City Council should swiftly
and without any qualifications reject MidAmerican Energy's unworthy proposal to
launch a political pre-emptive strike, thereby reaffirming our need for governmental
policy-making untainted by attempts of political purchase.
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY'S CYNICAL PROPOSAL
James C. Larew
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From: Helen Burford [hburford@mchsi.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 11:24 PM
To: council@iowa-city.org
Subject: Northside Nomination for National Register of Historic Places
Members of the Council
As a property owner on the Northside of Iowa City, I am writing to you to express my support for the efforts of the Historic
Preservation Commission to submit the Gilbert/Linn Street area for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.
Recognizing the historic value of the community enhances Iowa City. Perhaps efforts like this make Iowa City one of the
best places to live in the US.
Helen Burford
604 Ronalds
Iowa City, Iowa 52245
6/1 0/2004
City Council Members
410 E. Washington Street
Iowa City, lA 52240
June 8, 2004
Dear Council Members:
I am writing in support of the proposed Gilbert-Linn historic district. As a resident of the
Northside, whose house falls within the proposed district, 1 am delighted that this area is
finally being considered as a national historic district.
While I understand that some business owners have questioned the effects on their
properties of such a designation, those properties are part of an architecturally and
historically important part of Iowa City that deserves protection.
I am especially concerned about the proposal to withdraw some properties from the
historic district in the area around Mercy Hospital. It's true that these are mixed-use
streets, with doctors' offices, gas stations, and historically-significant homes. But as many
cities are aware, mixed-use streets can be very good for neighborhoods and for
businesses. And it's certainly possible for commercial properties to co-exist with, and
even inhabit, historic buildings, as is already the case with some of the businesses in the
Northside. Historic preservation and commerce are often mutually beneficial.
I would hate to see Iowa City miss the chance to preserve one of its most important
assets: its historically significant neighborhoods. Those neighborhoods are what help
make Iowa City a desirable place for people to work and live and we'd be short-sighted
in the extreme not to protect them. For that reason, I hope that City Council will
back---enthusiastically and in its entirety, without whittling away at its borders--the
proposed Gilbert-Linn historic district that has been so carefully developed by the State
Historical Society.
Sincerely,
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From: Dale Helling
Sent: Wednesday, June 09,20044:47 PM
To: 'Mary Clark'
Cc: ·City Council
Subject: RE: A Question
Ms. Clark,
Thank you for your email to the City Council re: your possible move to
Iowa City. Council members do not receive their emails directly and
your message will be forwarded to them.
The City is directly involved in the delivery of fire protection/first
responder services as I'm sure you are aware. We do not issue business
licenses or otherwise control either mortuaries or travel agencies.
Perhaps the Greater Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce
www.iowacityarea.com or the Iowa City Area Development (lCAD) Group
www.iowacityareadeveloprnent.com might be able to provide the kind of
information you need. We are happy you have chosen Iowa City as a
possible home and think you will find it a pleasant community in which
to reside.
Dale Helling
Assistant City Manager
cc City Council
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From: Mary Clark [mailto:dbzgal04@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 4:28 PM
To: council@iowa-city.org
Subject: A Question
Iowa City is a city I'm interested in moving to. If I
do move there, my major career interests are
firefighter and/or paramedic, mortician, or travel
agent. I pretty much got the firefighting
information. Who do I contact for info on the others,
and how?
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Additional Statement to Iowa City City Council
We wish to thank you for asking the State Historic Society to stop for now the processing of the
nomination of our commercial properties to the National Registry of Historic Places.
Based on letters several of us have received back from the State Historical Society, we were told
that our notification by the city concerning the nomination of our properties was done through an
article in the Northside Neighborhood Newsletter sometime last winter, and by an invitation sent
out inviting us to the May 6, 2004 annual preservation awards program. We believe the above
actions by the city were inadequate and effectually non-existent in providing property owners in
the proposed Gilbert-Linn Historic District any notification about or any chance to voice
objection to the nominations of their properties.
The Northside Neighborhood Newsletter is not distributed to all the property owners in the
commercial area along North Gilbert and most commercial locations throw the newsletter away
without reading it. In addition, the Northside Neighborhood Newsletter is distributed to the local
address on the northside and not in many cases to the property owners who live elsewhere. The
renters usually just throw it away. In addition, many property owners just glance at it and then
throw it out. Concerning the notice about the annual preservation awards program, we thought
this would only provide a Question and Answer session and we were waiting for a public
hearing. Moreover, based on the minutes of the April 8, 2004 Historic Preservation Commission
meeting, the commission voted at that time to submit all our properties to the State Historic
Society for nomination to be placed on the National Registry of Historic Places. Therefore, since
our properties had already been nominated, the annual preservation awards program becomes
superfluous and meaningless as far as any input from we property owners are concerned.
Again, we have been told by people at the State Historic Society that the nominations to the
National Registry of Historic Places of all properties in the three proposed Historic Districts on
the northside were submitted in an Historic District format and not as individual properties.
Therefore, concerning the proposed Gilbert-Linn Historic District, they are considering this as an
all or none package. This means that our commercial area is lumped together with the much
larger residential area and unless "50% + 1" of the owners of all the 103 properties in the entire
proposed Gilbert-Linn Historic District object, our notarized letters of objection are worthless
and our properties will be nominated anyway.
In summary, our commercial properties have been nominated by the city for placement on the
National Registry of Historic Places without our knowledge, with no effective notification or
chance for us to object, and in a package whereby our notarized letters of objection will be
ignored by the State Historic Society. It is hard to believe this is happening in a democracy.
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We believe the following course of action by the Iowa City City Council would be only fair and
just:
I. Weare asking the City Council to request that all the nominations of properties in the
proposed Gilbert-Linn Historic District, especially including our commercial properties,
be withdrawn from consideration by the State Historic Society and returned to Iowa City.
2. We are asking that the City Council remove our commercial area and properties from
consideration as part of any proposed Gilbert-Linn Historic District and go on record that
no Historic Preservation District will be extended into the CB2 and CO commercial
zones on the northside around Mercy Hospital.
3. Then, we are suggesting that all remaining property owners in the residential portion of
the proposed Gilbert-Linn Historic District be notified by an appropriate official letter
from the city about the proposed nomination of their property to the National Registry
of Historic Places and be given an opportunity to vote "yes" or "no" as to whether or not
they wish to go on the National Registry of Historic Places.
Don and Dorothy Fowles SJ~ ; tS)~IL\ &~
310 North Gilbert St:
John Kammermeyer, M.D. ~K~t~
404 E. Bloomington St:
412 E. Bloomington St:
Patricia Fisher b~ ~.~u:k
315 N. Gilbert St:
311 N. Gilbert St:
Rosalie Hancock f?c~~ ~'"L'<!C1v
305 N. Gilbert St: Tom Conway ~ <:,C~
225 N. Gilbert St:
Howard Carroll
319 E. Bloomington St:
Mary Ellen Chudacek for Chudacek Partnership
214 N. Gilbert St: 'mflM{Wvu~
210 N. Gilbert St:
204 N. Gilbert St.
402 E. Market St.