HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-01-30 TranscriptionJanuary 30, 1995 . Counoil Work Session
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January 30, 1995
Council Work Session
7:00 PM
Council: Horow, Baker, Kubby, Lehman, Nov, Pigott, Throg.
staff: Atkins, Helling, Woito, Karr, Franklin, Davidson, Schoon,
Nasby, Meisel, Rogusky, Trueblood, Moran, Fowler, Severson.
Tapes: 95-16, all; 95-17, all; 95-18, all.
Parks and Recreation Fees and Charges 95-16 Sl
Horow/ The agenda says P/R fees and charges .....
Trueblood/ ...... I really didn't plan a specific presentation
.... answer questions...recall last year was the first time we
put a three year plan together. Here is an updated three year
plan ....... One significant differenoe...area of aquatics...
needed to raise the swimming fees this year .... Survey was
conducted...we were fairly low as far as our daily admission
fee .... punch cards and passes...those are being proposed for
an increase in FY96 as well ..... We have proposal...Commission
adopted this .... one proposal...offer a three month pass...
eliminating a su~mmer pass ..... takes a place of a summer pass
...... three month pass and 12 month are good fromthe date of
purchase ....
Horow/ Calls for you to have a good explanation in the brochure as
to what this means, right?
Trueblood/ Right.
Baker/ You are not saying you are going to raise fees just because
we are low compared to somebody else?
Trueblood/ That is one reason .... low compared to a state wide
survey ..... have self imposed goal of.~eeting 45% of our
budget with non-property tax revenues...
Nov/ And the water price has been going up ....
Trueblood/ That does play a part in it.
Kubby/ The adult annual pass is going up $31. That is a big hike
Trueblood/ It is predicated on what we charge for daily admissions
...... This year we are suggesting it just goes to the price
we feel it needs to be..... two year phase put into one year
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Lehman/ Family of four is going up about 25%.
Trueblood/ So is the daily admission fee. That is why.
Kubby/ Seems like a lot at once .... too much of a jump...
Trueblood/ There was quite a bit of discussion at the staff level
..... Yes .... it can certainly be modified .... budget is based
upon the revenues generated ....
Kubby/
Trueblood/ The summer pass is higher cost than the annual pass
because far more swimmers utilize the facility much more in
the summer time ..... annual pass...three times a week during
the summer and once a week during the remainder of the year
.... base three month pass on. the summer rate ...... One
Commissioner supported...summer pass lower than what it is ....
decided to not lower that rate.
Nov/ Three month pass is half the price of the one year pass ....
Trueblood/ Passed on summer pass rates...more people utilize more
pools during the summer time ..... three month rate...people
will need to pay equivalent to what the current su~er rate is
or would be .....
Baker/ Goal or policy of trying to achieve 45% non-property tax
revenue. How long has that been policy...?
Trueblood/ Policy probably for 6, 7, maybe 8 years now and we come
very close every year .... get us at 44.63%.
Kubby/ Question about the SPI Programs...cost of those seems to be
going up much more slowly .... Why...?
Trueblood/ Traditionally the $PI Programs have been lower priced
.... bring in line .... quite a few of participants... are
actually adults on a limited income .... When it was
established .... we are slowly raising them... tradition...
income...
Kubby/ Statement...family breaks on prices .... swim pass ....
defines family ..... I would like P/R Commission....Domestic
Partnership, that you should get those same benefits .....
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Trueblood/ We did have a request that we look into that .... advised
them to send a letter to P/R Commission ....
Throg/ Have you looked at a way...so fee increase would not be
necessary.....
Trueblood/ Try to do that routinely .... quite a few of costs are
things we really can't control ..... material costs ..... other
areas we look at...try to make our adult programs self
supporting ...... target youth programs...§0% self supporting
...... direct cost to operate the program .... Also have to
think in terms of the many temporary staff that we hire...
wages don~t go up nearly as fast.....keep costs down....
Horow/ Okay.
Trueblood/ We also do have our low income still intact.
Horow/ Thanks .... Like P/R to stay here for a little while .... open
space.
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Review Zoning Matters 95-16 Sl
ITEM NO. 6 a. Public hearing on an amendment of the
Comprehensive Plan to change the land use map
designation of property located on the north
side of Highway 1 West from 8-16 dwelling
units per acre and 16-24 dwelling units per
acre to 2-8 dwelling units per acre and
general commercial.
Franklin/ ...Items a. through 1 .... deal with Harlocke/Weeber area
rezoning. Like to do first...Dee Vanderhoef is here, Chair of
P/R Commission...also on the subcommittee that is working on
the implementation of the Neighborhood Open Space Plan. They
have looked at this area and have a concept to propose for
open space in this area. Like to have her present that and
then we can get into some ~f the grit of the zoning.
Dee Vanderhoef/ Thank you .... interested in this area .... park land
.... sketch of what we can vision for this area..... Vision
that we put on this is no way set in stone... with a proposed
downzoning that is before you now...process of going from
about 6.95 acres of deficit park land in the area...down to
· ..4.65 is what the zoning group re-figured for us. That
changes our initial plan that was in the Neighborhood Open
Space ..... down to one park...and trail...to connect...
Harlocke/Weeber Neighborhood and .... Miller/Orchard
Neighborhood (refers to sketch/map) ....... two property owners
have indicated a possibility of donation of land .... This is
where we Would like to have the flat land for a neighborhood
park .... Have two neighborhoods connected ....
Nov/
Vanderhoef/ That is our sketchy plan;..want land in here...want a
trail in here and we ill be happy to work with all the people
involved.
Horow/ Thank you very much.
Franklin/ .... when the residential area at corner of Miller and
Benton came in for approval...an area where we would require
dedication of land and we may need to purchase some additional
land .... money...would come from the in lieu of fees exacted
from the development on the Jensen Tract and west portion of
the Ruppert Tract...depends upon how the zoning finally turns
out .....
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Throg/ Just looking at sketoh...diffioult...coherent' park....
Having a lot of trouble imaging what that park might really be
Franklin/ We are a little premature here in talking about how the
open' space is going to be configured .... They did go to the
work of thinking about that.
Kubby/ (Can't hear).
Franklin/ ..... Envisioning what was there .... topographic relief...
becomes gentler as you proceed east .... work the gentler part
of that into what the Buss's andMr. Lepic have indicated that
they would contribute...look at when that property comes in
for development .... conceivable to do it...deal with-these
zoning issues first.
HOrOW/
Franklin/ Very much generalized at this point in time. Let's go to
the comp plan part of this. First step is for you all to
resolve what you believe are the appropriate general land use
designation is for this area ...... What is before you now is
a change from 8-16 dwelling units per acre and 16-24 dwelling
units per acre to 208 and commercial. It is the 16-24 .... that
is going to 2-8 ...... The 8-16 is what would be changed to
c0m~ercial. And that is the first Dart of this to consider
..... And the concept is basically to extend more commercial
'development on the north side of Highway i and to diminish the
development potential for residential in that part that is
west of the ravine and north into the Jensen Tract. That is
the general concept ......
Kubby/ ...Westport Plaza..there was some concern about commercial
along Highway 1 .... this would just be kind of perpetuating
that .......
Horow/ It' is the general land use perspective that we are talking
about....
Throg/ This side of the Ruppert Tract is best used for commercially
..... matter of access and design ....... Very comfortable with
the idea of that portion being zoned commercial ....
Horow/
Franklin/ This shows you what we are dealing with (refers to
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overhead projector map) ..... Already have got commercial on
the south side.
Throg/ Green .... is residential .....
Franklin/ This is a rough map. The idea is that it is east of the
ravine~ .... designated co~mmercial. The ravine...logical break
point. Decisions tomorrow night are whether you are going to
vote on that comp plan change or not. Three developments since
the last time we talked about rezoning. We do not have a
signed conditional zoning agreement for the Rupperts. There
are reservations about the.content of the negotiations that
were presented to you the last round ..... my understanding is
an appraisal was done in which it revealed the value of the
land from P44-44 to CC-2 would be diminished .... reservations
about accepting the extent of the CC-2 or the residential
zoning on the corner of Miller and Benton .... resolutions
...extend commercial to the west property line of the
Rupperts, past the ravine; to change the RS-5 to CC-2.
Kubby/
Franklin/ To upzone the corner of Benton and Miller to get
additional density there to compensate them for the change
from RM-44 to CC-2 ..... difference in the value is $851,000.
At this point, the RS-5 here (refers to map). If the rest of
it is to remain the same, the Rupperts do not find this
acceptable. If the RS-5 is to remain as it is, then the
suggestion is is that the zoning-at Miller/Benton corner be
increased in density. Crux of that is the agreement that we
thought we had before, we no longer have. You also received a
letter fromMr. Jansen that indicates that he representing the
Jensen Tract owners would be amenable to a conditional zoning
protecting the ravine if the zoning is RS-8. The third thing
that you have received is a memo from Linda Woito re: the
defensibility of a downzoning to'RS-5 as distinct from RS-8.
I will let Linda address that particular issue.
Woito/ Not a whole lot has changed since my prior memo to you in
July ...... seems to have fallen apart. Bill Meatdon called me
today and he has been contacted by the Rupperts and so we have
yet another lawyer involved .... concerned about is based on the
hum%bets that we have extrapolated from Jim Brachtel and Jeff
Davidson there is not sufficient evidence for us to say that
RS-§ is safe for Hatlocke and RS-8 is dangerous. That is
basically the bottom line.
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Kubby/.The difference in the traffic count between RS-§ and RS-8 is
29% above the guidelines ....
Woito/ Not according to Jeff Davidson...that 500 is a mid-range
between I and 1,000 and it is something that we have used~..
guideline that Jeff has used .... can't say that RS-8 is
dangerous and RS-§ is safe.
Franklin/ ...we have in the comp plan a design capacity listed for
local streets which is 0 to 100,000 average daily trips .....
0 to 1,000 average daily trips .... What we look at in making
deoisions...street design is usually an average of 500. Issue
is if we were to go to court on this and anyone'of us was to
take a stand and say do these counts meet our design standards
and our design capacity for local streets, we would have to
say tha~ existing volume as well as the projected volume are
within the design capacities that we have for local streets.
And that between the RS-8 zoning...and RS-5 zonings...it
doesn't take you beyond those design capacities.....it is
Within the realm of what has been judged .as safe for local
streets and this doesn't look at the particulars o~ any
situation......What has been put before you is. a zoning
decision based on the amount of traffic that would come
through the neighborhood and'what is being said. .... what they
would be able to defend .... we could not make that big of
distinction in terms of the number. of vehicles per day between
RS-5 and RS-8 in relation to our design capacity.
Kubby/'....
Woito~
Kubby/ ....
Throg/ Moot anyhow because the Rupperts have chosen not to continue
with what we understood.
Horow/
Franklin/ It might be useful to move this thing along to some
degree of.closure. At least the council votes on the comp plan
land use designations so that we k~ow from a pol$cy
perspective what you are outlining for this area as the proper
zoning ..... Right now you don't have the protection of the
ravines that you want.
Horow/ Suggest that you take c., e., g., and i., k., and close the
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p.h.s and send it back to P/Z.
Franklin/ ~ think that probably would be appropriate. Tom is
here...good to get some input from him ..... the ravine is an
issue enough with the Commission that they would want to'have
this back,
Baker/ You are' advocating going ahead and approve the changes in
the comp plan. But once we do that we have a comp plan that
.says one thing and the underlying zone that contradicts.
Franklin/ You have that now.
Nov/ The contradiction has'been there for awhile and we are tryihg
to clear it.
Horow!
Tom Scott/ ...Commission had serious problems with the ravine being
ihcluded ih CC-2..~... At the Commission level we tried...to
tighten that language..zremain in its natural state as it is
today...,. If in fact the agreement is null and void because
it is not signed bythe Ruppert family prior to closure of the
p.h., I really think the Commission would like to revision the
western tract of the Ruppert Property including the ravine
...... Jensens... open to conditional zoning agreement ...
attractive to the Commission.
Kubby/
Scott/ ...my only concern would be .... present proposal for the comp
plan revision...if in fact that would include commercial over
to the ravine and through the r~vi. ne or if in fact the
zoning ..... CC-2 line would be backe'd off ....
Franklin/ I don't think it matters what side of the ravine the line
is on for the zoning. The important concept is the ravine is
a natural demarkation for changing land use and whether the
zoned boundary is on the eats of the ravine or on the west of
the ravine has more to do with the preservation of it. Safe to
say you are probably not going to get a signed conditional
zoning agreement on-this property with anything that we have
talked about so far.
Kubby/_It is an opportunity ..... If it is going to be opened up
again, let's make sure we are as inclusive as possible and
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everybody taking responsibility to get themselves involved as
well as being asked.
Horow/ At some point council has to make that decision J~st exactly
what the end product is.
scott/ ...on the proposed commercial, on that north tract that was
part of the agreement. I think if in fact the CZA iS null a~d
void, the Commission may look differently at that area a~so.
Kubby/ What does that do to the comp plan vote?
Franklin/ Nothing. There is already commercial extended along
Highway .6 on that north side. The 1.5 acres there that is
under consideration from RS-8 to CC-2 is really
incons~quential in terms of the comp plan.
Horow/ Move on-.
Throg~ I'want to say something...I would think the owners of the
land would have a strong incentive to take. the initiate to
organize meetings with the other owners who'are affected by
this'whole complex of'issues ...... ahd with the neighborhood in
order to further their o~ interests and I would strongly
encourage that.
ITEM NOo 6 b.
ITEM NO. 6' c.
ITEM NO* 6 d.'
Consider a resolution amending the
Comprehensive Plan.to change the land use map
designation of property located on the north
side of Highway I West from 8-16 dwelling
units per acre and 16-24 dwelling units per
acre to 2-8' dwelling units per acre' and
general commercial. (First Consideration)
Public .hearing on an ordinano~ changing the
use regulations of an approximate four acr~
tract of land, known as the JenSen tract,
located east of Hatlocke street from. PJ~-44,
High Density Multi-Family Residentfal, to RS-
5, Low. Density S%ngle-Family Residential.
(REZ93-0007)
Consideration of an ordinance changing the use
regulations of an approximate four acre tract
of land,- known as the Jensen tract, located
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ITEM NO. 6 e.-
ITEM NO. 6 f.
ITEM NO. 6 g.
ITEM NO. 6 h.
east of Hatlocke Street from RM-44, High
Density Multi-Family Residential, to RS-5, Low
Density Single-Family Residential. (REZ93-
0007) (First Consideration)
Public hearing on an ordinance amending the
Zoning Ordinance By changing the use
regulations of approximately two acres lo6ated
generally on the west side of Hatlocke Street
from RM-44, High Density Multi~Family
Residential, to RS-5, Low Density Single-
Family Residential. (REZ93-0007)
Consideration of' an ordinance amending the
Zoning Ordinance by changing .the use
regulations Of approximately two acres located
generally on the west side of Hatlocke Street
from RM-44, High Density Multi-Family
Residential, to RS-5, Low Density Single-
Family Residential. (REZ93-0007) (First
Con~ideration)
Public hearing on an ordinance amending the
use regulations of an approximate 4.57 acre
tract of l~nd, knownas the western portion of
the Ruppert 'tract, located generally north of
Highway i West from ~-44, High Density Multi-
Family Residential, to RS-5, Low Density
Single-Family Residential. (REZ93-0007)
Consideration of an ordinance amending the use
regulations of an approximate 4.57 acre tract
of land, known as the western portion of the
Ruppert tract, located generally north of
Highway 1 West from RM-44, High DensityMulti-
Family Residential, to RS-5, Low Density
Single-Family Residential. (REZ93-0007)
(First Consideration)
Public hearing.on an ordinance amending the
Zoning6rdinancebyconditionally changing the
use regulations of'an approximate 4.09 acre
tract, known as the eastern portion of the
Ruppert .Tract, located generally north of
Highway i West from RM-44, High Density Multi-
Family Residential, to CC-2, Community
Co~ercial. (REZ93-0007)
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ITEM NO. 6 j.
consideration of an ordinance amending the
Zoning Ordinance byconditionally changing the
use regulations of an approximate 4.09 acre
tract, known as the eastern poztion of the
Ruppert Tract~ located generally north of
Highway i West from RM-44, High Density Multi-
Family Residential, to CC-2, Community
Commercial. (REZ93-0007) (First
Consideration)
ITEM NO. 6 k.
Publi~ hearing on an ordinance amending the
Zoning Chapter by changing the use regulations
of an approximate 1.5 acre tract of land
located north of Highway I West and west of
Miller Street from RS-8, Medium Density
Single-Family Residential, 'to CC-2, Community
Commercial. (REZ94-0019)
ITEM NO. 6 1.
Consideration of an ordinance amending the
Zoning Chapter by changing the use regulations
of an approximate 1.5 acre tract of land
located north of Highway i West and west.of
Miller Street from RS-8, Medium Density
Single-Family Residential, toCC-2; Community
Commercial. (REZ94-0019) (First
Consideration)
ITEM NO. 6 m.
Public hearing on a resolution to annex an 80
acre tract of land, for a project known as the
Green View Manufactured Housing Park, located
southeast of Sycamore Street and east of the
Pleasant Valley Golf Course. (ANN94-0007)
Franklin/ Tom is here also .... not representing the C0~mission as
the Commission in consultation with the council on either
Green View or Lake Calvin. Depending upon which direction you
choose to go on either of these two, you may have to have a
consultation with the Commission. One way to do that .... is
for you to take your initial votes ..... Green View~ you have an
annexation and a rezoning..You can vote on the annexation
which will only take:a'four vote majority. You can then vote
on the rezoning assuming the annexation is positive. Because
the rezoning requires 6, that is going to be harder to get'a
positive. If that vote then is in the negative on the
rezoning, I guess what I would suggest...is that at that point
we will then know that the council is not in sync with the
Commission. That we. set up for your meeting..~ 13th work
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session, the consultation with the Commission on Green View
beforeyou take your next'vote on the rezoning. The 14th then,
if it appears that the council is going to continue to go with
a negative on the rezoning, the side that-pre%ails on the
annexation will need to call for reconsideration so that we
don't have property that is annexed but not rezoned.'
Baker/Are you saying you can annex, fezone with a majority, until
you get to the third vote with a extraordinary mojority, it
doesn't die the first time because (can't hear)?
Franklin/ It does die.
Woito/ It dies with any sufficient vote'whether it is first, second
or third.
Kubby/ ..... defer...so we can meet with P/Z which is our policy
.... If we want to follow our process...
Franklin/ You are right, it. does 'die .... We will have to defer if
there is not. Let's get to the meat of the matter ....
Baker/ (Can't hear).
Franklin/ I am going to talk about the amended contract, the county
land swap, the road costs, the land choices and then if you
want to talk about the alternative uses of the flood money.
T~e amended contract, in response to the council's concerns
about .... the income level that was being served by this
project. We gave you a revised contract which indicated that
in the park there would be an obligation to provide 20 rental
units over the time of build out of the park ..... Thisis an up
front cost to Mr. Wolf to buy those units and then of course
pads are. rented at the subsidized value. Entry income level
for people who would be renting the rental units would be 50%
of median or less .....
CF~NGE TAPE TO REEL 95-16 SIDE 2
...... for the r~mainder of t~e 166 pads that are subsidized
through this project. .116 minus 20. The entry income level
would be 65% of median...would be able to increase their
income and still have their subsidy up to 80% of median.'When
any became higher than 80% of median, the rent structure on
the pad would change to market rent ....
Kubby/ Has Mr. Wolf said for those 20 units he would accept Section
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Franklin/ You get the same amount for rent. It is Just working with
our program ....
Kubby/
Wolf/ (Can't hear).
Kubby/ The answer is yes.
Nov/ Back to the change of income ..... as soon as you get to 60%, do
you have to move out?
Franklin/ No. The idea was to allow people to increase t~ei~ income
and not have to move .... up to 80% median. Then the rent
structure ~ould change...market rate .......
Nov/ I am talking about a mobile home unit.
Franklin/ There will be 20 rental units tops unless .... units have
to be purchased by the Wolfs .....
Nov/ And the rent would go up on those units, however the person
living there would not be forced tb move out? '
Franklin/ That is correct. Once you are not 50% of median, you' no
longer qualify for Section 8. You still have the subsidized
pad rent when you are above 50% median but below 80% .... have
to pay the regular rent. for the unit.
Lehman/
Franklin/ No, you don't have 20 unite that are below but you have
got 20 rental units. At some point we would expert there would
be turn over....anybody who comes in has to be at 50 or lower.
And it is not like there is necessarily going to'be this swell
in income that we are going to have this kind of turnover as
the norm. But it is to have that opportunity....not locking
them in .... to stay there in order to get the subsidy.
Nov/ We'are keeping the median at whatever it is at each current
year?
Franklin/ Yes. Just as the fair market rents will change, the
median incomes will change.. ....
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Nov/ It s~ys rental units shall be in affect for the term 6f this
agreement. Are we talking back to the 20,880 months?.
Franklin/ That is right.
Nov/ Can we insert that after the word agreement?
Franklin/ ...sure.
Nov/ About f6ur lines up. In effect is the left hand word. In the
heavy underline section°
Lehman/ Page 14.
Nov/ About four lines up. If effect is the left hand word whePe the
terms this agreement and I would like to insert 20,880 months
after the word agreement.
Kubby/ I think we have a long way'to go before we start talking
about making things clear.
NOV/
Franklin/ That is' the amendment to the contract to deal with the
issue of the income level.
Horow/ Anybody have any questions for Earin on this?
Franklin/ We. investigated the land exchange with the county. I
think you have the letter back from Charlie that indicates
there is not support for that arrangement. So that site as an
option is out.
Kubby/ Can you go back ...t~'the change in the agreement .... about
the city ~eviewing and getting written approval for al~ the
rules, regs and requirements .... so that would include
everything?
Franklin/ Yes.. That would be decided at some future date but with
this body~
Kubby/ If we say no to a rule. We negotiate all the rules.
Franklin/ Right. We understood that that' was your desire to have
that rule. Likewise the design of the. project goes to the P/Z
Co~ission and city council. Okay?
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Throg/ In preliminary plat review or what?
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Franklin/ It is not exactly plat review. It is a plan. there is not
subdivision of land with this project. It will be owned by one
entity...t~e layout. What this overhead is (refers to
overhead projector) breakdown of-looking at concern of the
investment that was being made by the city at the outset of
this project. And what this is suggesting that we would build
Sycamore Street Extended in phases. Phase I would come
to...high point of the development (refers to-map) .... 76
contour line on the road ...... just south of the first entry
road that this part of the project...northerly part Would be
Phase I. This road would be built to the standard that was
used (refer~ to map) .It would go into a park road for an
interim period of time...only traffic that this road would
serve...park road is considerably less .... $40 per linear
foot .... The $317 per linear foot is a concrete road probably
31. feet of paving, curb and gutter, storm sewer, 8 foot
sidewalk, standard street-collector..
Baker/ (can't.hear).
Franklin/ That is from Sycamore L, yes the top, d6wn to that first
entry road. Then from that high point .... south and through
the park to the soccer .fields, the $40 per linear foot.is. a
rural cross section...crown is up .... down to ditches on the
side...drainage ditches along the side and chip seal. That
road you have to completely reconstruct to then put in the
concrete road, the is Phase II and Phase III. Phase I gets us
about $172-units according to the design we are working with
now ..... can vary...172 units is a 3-5 year build out depending
upon how quickly or slowly they go .... That initial cost of
$424,000 would be for approximately three years, maybe five,
before we had any additional costs for roadway to allow the
c6ntinuation of Green View Manufactured Housing Park.
Baker/ (Can't hear).
Franklin/ It would be possible but I wouldn't recommend it. We
don't ~eduoe standards and put in rural cross sections in any
other subdivisions and projects that occur in the city. I
think it would be a bad policy direction to take.
Baker/
Franklin/ We are talking about around 819 trips per day with the
projected traffic from 172 units...onoe all 172 are built ....
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819 .... 500 for local, 2500 for. collectors, and about 15,000
f~r arterials.
Baker/ 172 units would be considered first phase ....
Fral~lin/ About five years on the outside, three years if it goes
fast ..... 50 a year...assuming this goes forward and we get te
start this spring...pads are available in the fall. Probably
~bout 50 units at seven vehicle trips per day, that is 350.
Baker/
Franklin/ .....
Nov/
What about the length of time on the park road style of
construction? Is it going to last seven years or ten years or
whatever?
Franklin/ How long the park road would last?
Nov/
Atkins/ If the road is merely used for recreational purposes, you
are going to see very little in the.winter time traffic ....
seal those roads every 3-4 years;...
Baker/
Atkins/ With weather condition...with
.shouldn't be any major difficulty
very passable condition ....
routine
keeping
maintenance there
the road under a
Horow/ This would be considered fulfilling our agreement with the
county.
Franklin/ We believe it would. The county may have a different
notion...
Kubby/ ...we have made an agreement with them for a paved ~oad.
Arkins/ We didn't agree to that.
Kubby/ They are very strong about that....We should clarify and
make sure we are a1% thinking about the same thing.
Franklin/ Sure, we will.
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Kubby/ ...we need to do a road and we need to make sure we are in
agreement.
Baker/
Franklin/
Kubby/ .... Regular development, no city involvement, this piece of
ground .... who pays for those. road costs. Forget the soccer
fields.
Franklin/ If it is an annexation, then the costs are entirely to
the developer. Everything. '
Baker/ And if it is not annexed but developed with in the county
what are his obligations for that road...access?
Franklin/ Probably be a rock road .... this is in the fringe'area
which we have an agreement in flux right now. We have some say
about subdivisions...we will advise on the zoning...tndicated
to Bob...staff positions...not appropriate'to zone to RFBH in
the county...it should happen in the city with municipal
services.
Kubby/
Franklin/ There is not plat involved.
Nov/ The county would still have to fezone and we could
message on what we thought the rezoning should be.
Throg/ ...... more expensive...phased in over time.
send our
Franklin/ ...$60,000 more .....
Horow/ Park road would have to be totally redone ....
Nov/
Franklin/ $59,600..estimate...for a park road within the Wastewater
Treatment Plant's site proper...linear feet...that 1490 ought
to add up to 620 and 870.
Nov/ Phasing a~so does project an increase in cost per foot.
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Frankltn/...build in inflation .... cost more.
Kubby/
Franklin/ It is to address some of your concerns.
Kubby/ Confused about-
Baker/ Confused about the argument that the infrastr~oture costs
are an argument against this project because...ratio...cost
per unitthat is acceptable ....
Kubby/
Baker/
Throg/ ...... When I look ~t this total cost...what would be the
total cost of an acces~ road...forgetting about Green. View
Estates. But Just providing access from the L to the park.
Franklin/ $40 per linear foot for 2,640 feet .... .
Throg/ What I see up here is $900,000 versus $80,000 and the
difference is Green View Estates.
Baker/ ...road that you are going to put in there eventually.
Throg/ But the city wouldn't necessarily have to pay $800,0007
Baker/
Pigott/
Baker/ You said this is too much money for this kind of project....
I am at a lost...I am willing to spend this amount of money.
Franklin/ We gave you a breakdown of the foregone rent that the
Wolfs would essentially contribute and we were talking about
something like $1.4 million which is around what these
infrastructure costs are. .... That was the rationale or one of
the rationales for Justifying this project and the expenses
that are going to go into it.
Kubby/ ...how. will phasing in relieve?
Franklin/ It won't in the'long run.
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Baker/
Franklin/ Do you believe that you will get 116 subsidized pads in
the manufactured housing park somewhere else for less money?
Kubby/ We have got to look at what you are getting ....
Franklin/ So is the direction then that I amgetting is that you do
not want to consider a manufactured housing park.
Horow/ I think that is the question that has to be answered as we
are dancing around this now.
Baker/ We are 'talking about affordable housing or subsidized low
income housing .... aren't necessarily the same things .....
Horow/ We told the staff to go out and look for something that we
could get more affordable housing. We now seem to be hung up
on the cost of the road.
Kubby/ That is not the only thing.
Baker/ ...I look at the whole pro.Ject ....
Throg/ ...not Just a matter of affordable housing. It is a matter
of affordable transportation...affordable public services
.... mile and half away for the existing city ..... People have
to drive ....
Baker/ I'am listening. Can you explain to me how this project
increases a demand for city services or creates a new demand
for city services that this city didn't already create by the
annexation and rezoning of Sycamore Farms which is right next
to it?
Thr0g/ I would consider that statement to be an exaggeration...
Baker/ What is the burden'here that we are talking about?'
Atkins/ I think you have to qualify certain public services...Ftre
and Police response I don't see any major concern.... Sow
removal we already have an agreement with the county... don't
have a waste collection issue .... If you were to extend a
transit route...
Baker/ This p~oJect makes that transit route more viable.
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Kubby/ Everybody says that if this happens that we would commit to
transit ....
Baker/ This project makes transit more viable for the whole
area....
Throg/ ...transit is most viable for density above RS-8 or there
abouts ........
Kubby/ It matters how you structure a new route .... We haven't even
started to talk about that.
Baker/ .... i am at a loss to see where this project increases the
burden on that obligation .... how we structure the
route...problem of the transit people.
Kubby/ It makes the cost different ....
Baker/ It might make the cos~ less ..... in the same area...cannot
see where transit is an additional burden...
Throg/ Jeff Davidson has told us repeatedly that transit does not
serve low density development as well. It is not designed to.
And if you add linear miles to routes through low density
development, you are going to be adding to the cost of the
public service without being able to recoup the benefit in
terms of'those revenues.
Baker/ ...population that is more likely to use transit ....
Throg/ Not true in terms-of the whole route .... I agree that if we
do Green View we have a commitment to provide service ....
Horow/ We have already made a commitment to serve ~he RFBH to
Sycamore Farms and that would be certainly the same type of
situation we are talking about Green View ....
Lehman/ The route will lose money but if you put another 15-20
people on the bus ...... lose less ....
Baker/
Kubby/ ,
Baker/ One argument. There are four arguments....one of whtch..is
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this an appropriate or.'responsible .use of the flood moneys
°..arguments against this project ..... Nobody is comfortable
with the location .... be up front...in this area I don't want
any more manufactured housing...I don't want anything out
there.
Throg/ ...The location .... it has to do with distances from public
services .... cost of extending roads .......
Baker/ What is the figure?
Pigott/ The point is we are spending...an extra $1.4 million...in
infrastructure costs fgr the road .... If we would did a private
development .... we wouldn't bear all of those costs.
Bake~/ There is a trade off. We are getting something here for that
money ....
Pigott/ ...Hang up on infrastructure costs...get rid of those.
Franklin/ Yes there is if you locate it right here .....
Kubby/
Franklin/ The land is not for sale .... it is right across f~om Mount
Prospect... it would take a strange.configuration...would this
be easier for council.
Kubby/ Larry, I am willing to pay the infrastructure costs if some
~f the other things about the location .... The people that I
want to serve are different than the people you want to serve
with this project .....
Baker/...what are our goals here...?
Kubby/ There is a whole problem with our process .... talked about
it..end of March .... who we wanted to serve and what kind of
park...until December '19 and part of it .... I hope we will
learn we should have been talking about the details of this in
'a parallel conversation with P/Z ..... Their issue was the land
use i~sue. We should have been talking about this about six
months earlier so we all had the same vision ....
Horow! It has evolved as we have taken on more and more details.
KubbY/ ...I had to really work hard...did have different
visions .... we had different ideas of people we wanted to
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serve with this project.
Lehman/ ...We all knew from day one that we weren't servicing low
and very very low income people. You can't do that in a
manufactured home park.
Kubb~/ I don't think that I knew that ....
Lehman/
Baker/ .....
Throg/When we first discussed this the idea was to buy up land in
the flood plains which would force people to relocate...
commitment to help them have a place to relocate to .....
property further north .... that made sense to me ..... But we
didn't have a conversation about the land in the flood plain
not being available....We'didn,t even had that conversation
.... I am impressed and affected'by Bob Wolf's willingness to
alter the conditions of the agreement .... It is affecting my
thinking ..... I really find myself struggling to see a way in
which I could buy into the development ....
Baker/ We have a timing problem.
Nov/ ...I can sort of identif~ with this with this slowly evolving
system...I can support this...getting a lot of concessions for
affordable housing .... And we did not get that...if this
develops beyond city standards .....
Baker/
Kubby/ When we say affordable housing that gets back to who is it
when there are public moneys involved .... and the kind of
housing that the manufactured housing park is not the people-
..... barely able to get in there .... catch 22 .... when there
are public moneys involved and we are saying 'this is our
affordable housing effort for this year. You are not serving
the people I want to serve with our public moneys.
Horow/ So you are willing to throw the whole thing out?
Nov/ You are getting 20 rental units ....
Baker/ And you are getting 100s of units who can't find units in
that price range.
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Kubby/
Nov/
Kubby! People can afford it on their own....
Nov/ ...I am talking about-
Kubby/ I am saying...look at the census figures...median income of
people living in mobile homes in the city limits is $I7,000.
Those households are not able to afford the Modern manor style
· mobile home ....
Baker/ By the-definition...n~t affordable housing ....
Horow/ I thought it was.
Pigott/ clearly there are different levels of affordable housing
.... Great debates throughout the community about the kind of
housing we should build in Iowa City ...... I think it is more
affordable than buying your average home .... The private isn't
responding to that.
aorow/
Kubby/ Modern Manor fills up as fast as-a pad is available and it
would...on its own ....
Nov/ Then we wouldn't get any subsidized pads ....
Kubby/ I am saying I want to target my moneys in a different way.
Baker/
Horow/
Lehman/ I thinkwe should point out, in 1993-94 we administered and
applied for and worked very hard to get $24,215,000 for
extremely low and very low ...... The city is really very much
involved...good job...is another group of folks that this
would serve .... it is assistance ....
Baker/ ...serving a number of people...
H0row/ We have got to get moving on this.
Kubby/ Are we going to be deferring....? There are not at least 6
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votes...if we want to discuss this with P/Z we need to defer
this tomorrow night.
Baker/ Do we have to confer with P/Z because there is not 6 people
who support this?
Woito/ Yes .... The majority isn't enough to get you to where they
'want you to go, so you do have to meet.
Baker/
Horow/
Woito/
Nov/ Why don't we just defer indefinitely?
Horow/ Why would we even defer indefinitely?
Woito/ That would kill it and you wouldn't have to meet with P/Z.
Franklin/ The council has to make a decision sometime very soon
· about how to use these flood moneysunless your decision is to
send them back. So we have got to have that decision soon so
we can get an expenditure of those funds and there is a lot of
work to be done there. You are deferring until the 14th to
allow time to meet with the P/Z ~ommission.
Horow/ Yes.
Franklin/ Is'there anything else that you want from the Wolfs or
from the staff about this?
Horow/ No.
Throg/
Franklin/ I had a map here that Bob put together about different
pieces of land that he has looked at for location for
manufactured housing. I~ doesn't appear to me that that is the
issue.
Baker/ It is the issue but it is not an issue that can be resolved.
Franklin/ .... looking at Bob Wolf .is going to build a manufactured
housing park some place...farther out in the county and of
course..transportation costs for the people who live there.
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The alternative use of flood moneys. LetIs just wait and talk
about that when you decide what you are going to do with this.
Horow/ Other zoning issues.
Franklin/ Skip over first considerations and second considerations
unless there are questions about that....go on to item u.
ITEM NO, 6 n.
ITEM NO. 6 o.
Consider a resolution to annex an 80 acre
tract of land, for a project known as the
Green View'Manufactured Housing Park, located
southeast of Sycamore Street and east of the
Pleasant Valley Golf Course. (ANN94-0007)
Public hearing on an ordinance amending the
Zoning Chapter by changing the use regulations
of an 80 acre tract of land, for a project
known as the.Green View Manufactured Housing
Park, located southeast of Sycamore Street and
east of the Pleasant Valley Golf Course from
County 'RS, Suburban Residential, to RFBH,
Factory Built Housing Residential. (REZ94-
00~2)
ITEMNO. 6 p.
Consider an ordinance amending the Zoning
Chapter by changing the use'regulations of an
80 acre tract of land, for a project known as
the Green View Manufactured Housing Park,
located southeast of Sycamore Street and east
of the Pleasant Valley Golf Course from County
RS,. Suburban Residential, to RFBH, Factory
Built Housing Residential. (REZ94-0012)
(First Consideration)
ITEM NO. 6 q.
ITEM NO. 6 r.
Consider an ordinance amending the Zoning
Ordinance by changing the use regulations of a
0.32 acre parcel located at 719 S. Capitol
Street from CI-1, Intensive Commercial, to P,
Public. (REZ94-0017) (First Consideration)
Consider an ordinance amending Zoning Chapter
Article N., Off-Street Parkihg Requirements,
Section 14-6N-lB1 specifying construction
materials for required hard-surface parking
areas. (Second Consideration)
ITEM NO. 6 s. Consider an ordinance amending Zoning Chapter
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ITeM NO. 6 t.
ITeM NO. 6 u.
Section 14-6E-6Cl to clarify the density
requirement for dwelling units in the CB 2,
Central Business zone. (Second Consideration)
Consider an ordinance to vacate a portion of
Waterfront Drive located south of Highway 6'
and west of the CRANDIC Railroad rlght-of-way.
(VAC94-0007) (Pass and Adopt)
Consider a letter to the Johnson County Board
of Supervisors recommending denial of an
application submitted by Jerry Eyman to r~zone
approximately 12.48 acres from A1, Rural, to
CP-2, Plahned Commercial, for property located
in Fringe Area 5 west of the 1-80 interchange
with the Herbert Hoover Highwpy. (CZ9465)
Franklin/ Is a county rezoning request...to fezone 12.5 acres at
the 1-80 Interchange right next to the piece that Mr. Eyeman
requested rezoning to...P/Z Commission gave a strong
recommendation for denial. I am assuming the council will
support that.
Kubby/ Why would someone want to have two convenience stores at
that one interchange?
Franklin/ I think he wants more mini warehouses .....
Kubby/ Do we need to ask Susan to go to another meeting?
Horow/ Sure.
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Lake Calvin Rezoning 95-16 S2
Franklin/ There is a protest that requires 6 votes out of 7.
need to talk about'it?
Do you
Horow/ We will have to take a straw vote to see where we are on
this because we are pretty close. How many people want to
continue to discuss this...?
Kubby/ Depending upon the conditions I am open to talking about it.
Baker/ I am not.
Throg/ I am...
Pigott/ I have a lot of questions about it...
Lehman/ I don't think it needs talking about.
Nov/ I am willing to drop it ....
Horow/
Franklin/ Okay, so we don't have 6. That is deferred to your
February 14 meeting. That is when it is on your agenda for you
to vote. Lake Calvin is on your February 14th meet%ng to vote.
Kubby/ So what conditions are on there that we will be voting on?
The four-
Franklin/ The subdivision, buffering on the north, density at RS-8
and the
Kubby/ The CZA with Sycamore Farms. So it is those four. No
changes...
C}{ANGE TAPE TO REEL 95-17 SIDE i
Woito/ That Steve Bright got today was a fax from our office today
including all of the requests from your last meeting.
Franklin/ Yes, but the original zoning agreement, do we have a
signature on that? No, we do not have a signed CZA so you will
be- The p.h. is open. If you close it then you are voting on
rezoning it to RFBH without conditions.
Kubby/ If they sign...if they do before we close the p.h. on the
14th-
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Franklin/ Right. ~
Pigott/ Why not close the' dar~ thing...?
Karr/ Because you deferred to the'14th.
Kubby! Because it is not on the agenda.
Karr/ You deferred it to the 14th.
Nov/
Kubby! ...they can sign before the end of the p.h. and the things
we would b e voting on would be the four conditions. It may not
make any difference.
Woito/ For clarification purposes, I would appreciate- Bob Miklo,
Sara and I redrafted the CZA as you requested last time. If
you don't want me to be getting their signatures, I need to
know that. I am not going to be doing a futile act.
Horow!
Nov/ I have about ten othe~ conditions.
Horow! There is not four people going to continue this.
Franklin! It is the original CZA that we ne~d the signature on. The
new one is gone-
Kubby! What would be helpful is to get those to Karin and the
developer so if they should in some future time want to come
in again they know what the concerns are .....
Nov/ They can do it .... without coming into allthese conditions ....
Kubby! They seem real open .... letting them know whet the concerns
are.
Horow!
Throg! Why did you oppose Lake Calvin?
Baker/ (Can't hear)...I haven't heard ..... case to change it ....
Horow!
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Throg/ I thought based on what you had said earlier a tomgelling
case might be that it would increase the supply of
manufactured housing within the =ity ....
Baker/ It might but Green View would give us a lot more~
Throg/ Based on what you had just said.%..
Baker/ Put more housing in there with more people would make the
transit more viable.
Throg/ ...Just curious.
Horow/ Folks, we have to move on.
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NCS CEBA Loan Agreement
Horow/ David-
95-17 S1
David Schoon/ On your agenda tomorrow night you'have a resolution
authorizing the mayor to sing the load agreement with NCS for
the CEBA funds .... June 1993 the city council approved the
submission of a CEBA application .... July...state approved the
$635,000 forgivable 1can and that is what the agreement on
your agenda is about. Until the 1can agreement. is executed,
funds cannot be released for the project. The loan agreement
is..set up..state makes a 1can to the city which then turns
around and loans the money to the company. the city is then
responsible for administering the 1can locally .... primarily
responsible for collecting on the load if it goes into default
.... Also outlines that the jobs have to be created or retained
within two years of the award date. So that would be of August
of this year...maintained for three years beyond that award
date .... If they don't meet that job obtainment obligation, or
maintain the jobs for that three year period they have to
repay the funds on a pro-rated basis.
Kubby/ Will you explain...lag time between the application and the
actual loan agreement.
Sohoon/ .... legal counsel for NCS...and the state coming to
agreement on the use of specific words in the loan agreement.
The form you have is pretty much the standard 1can agreement
that the state uses...NCS has tried to have revisions... has
taken NOS has taken a long time...work load at the state. They
have one attorney that deals with 400 CEBA projects .... to get
her attention is very difficult. Also Doug Divelbiss and
are here to just provide a brief update on the status of the
projects ....
Throg/ I have a question...I know nothing about the 200 and some
odd jobs .... 212 Jobs. Do we have any information on the nature
of the jobs...?
Schoon/ The commitment was for 150 full time Jobs; 62 full time
eq~ivalent jobs which would be about 120 part time Jobs. The
average wage for all of the jobs would be about $12.00 an hour
and split between the full time jobs, $13-13.50...and part
time would be around $6.00 an hour. That is what was ~rovided
on the application. The full time positions do have full
benefits. The part time do not.
Throg/ The-S13.00 include benefits?
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Sohoon/...just salary.
Doug Divelbiss! With NCS and .thank you. The project is going very
well. We are moving into the Plaza Building .... The employees
are in the process of putting together an opening.... The
project .... by August of 95 we would have around 800 employees
which includes the 212...and we are substantially past that
now here in Iowa City...all indications are is that it will
continue to grow.
Kubby! Do we traditionally have any kind of side agreements with
the people. that we apply for CEBA money...in terms of default
...like with the Can Company? How did we get the moneyto pay
the state back...?
Woito! They volunteered.
Kubby! How do we protect our interests?
Woito! We don't have any security...a side agreement 'for any loan
like we did for the Can Company .... This is fairly straight
forward.
Kubby/...what is our recourse?
Woito/ Sue them. We don't have a security interest. I have asked
Sara about that and David and there is no security interest
involved. That is a Judgement call on your part.
Kubby/
Woito/
Schoon/ In preparing the application and given the standing of the
company in the community and overall, that a specific security
'instrument wasn't requested.
aubby/
Horow/ ...Thanks very much. Chair would like to move around the
agenda and move directly to ADP and discuss Ride Sharing and
Parking Ramp afterwards.
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Adult Day Program 95-17 S1
Horow/ You have rpceived two memos from me...January 12 and January
20. Steve Lacina is here. The SC Commission has submitted
their recommendation. This is a letter from Susan Feehey who
was on the ADP Task Force Committee at the beginning ..... The
SC Commission has already given us a recommendation. The two
advisory bodies essentially stayed consistent with their
original recommendations....Linda Severson took over
adequately for Marge Penney on this ..... Actual vote, there
was a split ...enlarge. ADP square footage and proposing for
increase in staff ..... two year and five year projections...
better ...another location for another location for the
program ..fiscal reality...space in the senior Center ....
Kubby/ I.thought the Board of Health had said they would be the
$15,000 towards staff. That they had made that commitment.
Horow! ...The County Board still has the $25,000 in escrow for a
building .... ~raham .... money for increased staff.
Graham Dameton/ I think with the number that you increase, I thiN(
we could take care of the $15,000.
Kubby/ Has the Board of Health said they would like to do that?
Dameton/ We would like to increase the number and if you increase
the number I think we can meet the operational expenses.
Kubby/ Seems like a pretty cost efficient way to get the service
back up... if we have. got the space there .... to serve that
many more people...efficient use of space and staff ....
Baker/
Horow/ The recommendation that the. minority took was to have the
staff and the square footage stay in the Senior Center passed
the Jur~e 30 deadline which was the agreed upon deadline last
year and work for getting another location.
Kubby! The two year plan would be same place .... same staff... And
five year plan would be a new b~ilding.
Horow/ The two year plan would be stay right where you are...at
.same time...look for another location.
Rusty Martin/ ...I understand the two year plan is a two year
planning situation to build that new building. You would
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expand the space at the Senior Center which would continue in
perpetuity. There would continue to be a program at the Senior
Center and then the idea was the second site is an additional
site for more people.
Horow/ Minorities point was...to honor the original agreement ....
June 30, 1995. That was the short term objective...of
increasing the square footage to meet the state
requirements...
Pigott/ Was it to try to find a solution-?
Horow/ The long term...to find the long term solution to what to do
with this program .... Do we even keep it ....
Kubby/ It is not a city program ..... gets confusing...it is not our
program.
Horow/ The location is.
Kubby/ ...$25,000 ...CCN...contingent on at it being at the Senior
Center ....
Horow/ Part of that money has already been spent .... If this
council...other 10cation...council can also change the
location for the use of that money ..... $25,000 in escrow from
the county for building or rehabilitating another building.
Also Rusty...CCN-
Martin/ About $3,000 .... have about $22,'000 ....
Kubby/
Horow/
Kubby/ Is the realquestion what services should be provided at the
Senior center and to what degree or how big services...?
Horow/ ...the size of this program and its relationship with th~
Senior Center.
Pigott/
Horow/ ...looking at compendium of programs at the Senior Center
.... supported a short term agreement to increase the square
footage...agreement..do it...last until June 30, 1995. Over
this year...we sent back... we would prefer that the ADP
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Program Advisory Committee look at the long term and make a
recommendation to us and they came hack with a two year and a
five year .... I have had to ask myself whether or not is a
reality that we keep this program...this is not a respite
program... can we afford to continue to do this .... the space
in the Senior Center. We have two different advisory...two
different recommendations ....
Kubby/ I am not totally clear what the SC Commission recommendation
is .... Is it to leave it as is in the current space that it is
and not further growth in space and clientele?
Horow/ Right...that is what it says...and to look outside the
center for other options ...... To a point of wh~ther or
not...we disagree with the SC Commission and agree with CCN in
'.terms of increasing the square footage in the SC...
Baker/ (Can't hear). Sort term'consequences ....
Kubby/ The clientele decreased...
Horow/ There is a waiting list.
Sher Hawn/ There is a waiting list and typically it is 3-4 people
.... that changes very quickly ....
Horow/
Hawn/
Linda Severson~ I am the Human Services Coordinator for JCCOG. The
difference .... in Susan'squestion is the ADP is a structured
program that has goals for the individuals. A respite
situation is defined as an occasional break for the primary
care taker. Looking at two different services.
Pigott/
Severson/ The ADP Programs offers...'variety.... Also the
individuals participate in other activities that go on at the
Senior Center .... · speaker...dancegroup...can participate on
those as their abilities define that .... Visiting Nurses...
health screen checks ....
Pigott/ Could you tell me the range of ages...ADP?
Hawn/ ....the wellness Well Elderly Manager with Johnson County
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Department of
clients... one
one... low 90s
Public Health .... range of ages...current
under 55, most of them are in their 60s ....
Lehman/ Are these services available by private contract?
Hahn/ Currently not in Johnson County, no .... that is coming from
what we understand .... When their is 1iconset for these kind of
programs and people can get third party payments, there will
be other'p9ople moving into this kind of programming.
Nov/ Can you get third party payment through ADP?
Hawn/ Not right now, no .....
Dameton/ A possibility.
Nov/
Hawn/ The state rules just went into affect in May and we are just
right now trying to meet state rules ....
Horow/ ...how many people actually pay?
Hawn/ We have 18 enrollees...average of 11 per day .... of those
11 .... 7 of those 11 are paying.
Baker/ (Can't hear).
Hawn/ Our hope was to be able to serve about double the number ....
22-24...Two year plan...controlled way...maJor cost would be
increased staff cost ....
Baker/ (Can't hear).
Hawn/ Our plan was to expand elsewhere .... we really wanted to be
able to serve a couple differing levels...Level I and Level
II .... at the Senior...and Level II clients would be served
elsewhere.
Baker/
Hawn/ No.
Horow/ Do we have Level I and Level. II clients right now?
Hawn/ Most of our clients are Level I .... they don't have major
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major medical needs ....
Kubby/ Important to know...what are we. giving up at the Senior
Center .... In this two year plan...where does that space come
from?
Harold Stager/ I will give you a few figures .... I do play pool
down there once in a while...9500 seniors in Johnson County
...5500 here in Iowa City...to keep the ADP in the Center and
dispense the pool room players would be a disaster It
doesn't give them a place to go... socialabi~i~]...
commeraderiship .... Last week in January there we 72 members
who played pool in tha~ room ..... Whole month of Januarythere
were 291 .... . Where would you put us pool room players?
Kubby/ Couldn't those two pool tables and the coffee pot go into
the space that is currently occupied by ADP?
Slager/ I am not the Senior Center Director so I can't answer that.
Kubby/
Walt Shelton/ The two pool tables will go in there but it won't
allow room to play properly .... plus if we go in there and have
to take all the athletic equipment, where would you put the
pool tables .... We don't have any room any place else to put
that athletic ecplipment ....
Baker/ Are we down to a either or situation...ADP;..get rid of pool
program...?
Pigott/ .... both sides...need for both are legitimate.
Kubby/ What would happen if we gave some informal policy direction
to say we value the pool services...? And we want to do what
· the Committee recommended about ADP, how can you make that
happen in the Senior center .... Have them come back witha few
options..reconfigure how space is used?
Horow/ Tha~ was the charge that the Task Force gave the Senior
Center and ADP last year....agreement was to go until June 30,
~99§. We are the decision makers here ....
Kubby/
Linda Severson/ It was my understanding that there was space at the
SeniQr center for the ADP .... Susan is saying there is a
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deadline of June 30, 1995 ..... space was available...
Kubby/ SC Commission has said they can stay at the size they are
at...space...indefinitely, right.
Horow/ The deadline was reached for using the amount of increased
space that we gained last year .... not that the ADP program and
each year increase.
Seversen/ That they could continue with the current space
indefinitely.
Horow/ No.
Kubby/ But that is what the current SC commission recommendation.
Horow/
Severson/.But there is space ....
Nov/ In the strategic plan...two year plan...funding sources...more
space...inCreased County funding...Heritage funding and
increased client fees.
Severson/
Horow/ Ask County Board of Supervisor...funding is important.
Nov/
Steve Lacina/ We have $25,000 in-escrow and we will be levying
depending upon what is decided an additional $25,000 in F¥96
...... The money has been set aside. Will it bet here in the
future, I don't know.
Nov/ I am talking about ope~ating funding.. ....
Lacina/ Okay, there would be support for increased client fees.
Will there be support for increased operational expenses from
the county, we are going to have to look at all the other
requests we have...struggling...We will be looking at this
program in comparison to all the other requests that we
have .... mandates .... will come in advance of this program.
Sher
Hawn/ In terms of the projections for increased funding for
operational costs, we*did ask Heritage for some additional
funding this year...increase clients...having more client fees
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...applying for Elderly Waiver Funas .... Department of Human
.Services .... now it costs us $31 a day .... reimbursed at that
level throughthe Elderly Waiver Funding ..... get that in place
this next year .....
Linda. Severson/ Elderly Waiver Program is a Title 19 Prograin that
is administeredbythe state and it is a federal program where
they provide about 67% of he cost and the cottnty provides
about 33% of the costs.~ ..... county...$10 per day.
Throg/ Skeptical ...looking forward to federal funding.
Severson/
Horow/
Severson/ Currently there 'are two people in Johnson County that
participate in the elderly Waiver...get some in home
assistance ...... it'is a process.
Nov/
Harold Engen/ I am Chair of the sc Commission. I believe you have
our recommendation and we are your commission... we serve a
large population of handicap persons ..... the configuration of
Senior Center is we need more room for our own expansion and
our ownprogram ..... providing a quality program...in favor of
ADP .... thing is we feel a very strong loyalty to persons who
are participating in'our current programs at the p~esent time
.....40 some regular members...in our game room...also...
future program.....2 treadmills, three bikes.... Just a part
of that game room ..... Ecumenical Towers entrance...number of
problems. We as a Senior center feel that we need to meet the
needs of all seniors .... bonding with other adult seniors. they
are providing a very definite adult day care program as we
would look at it.;... Work with ADP...We as a
Commission...make best recommendation that we can for our
entire population ....
Kubby/ What will it do to the quality of programming at the Senior
center if you had to'...offer 12 programs...create space?
Engen/ ...want to .... not decrease back to 1981 but to meet the
needs of the current population in Iowa City which is
growing .... Cutting back and removing our program for the
needs of another program do not make sense to me
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Horow/
Nov/ Is there somewhere some space at a different level...?
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Nov/ If the ADP.has to stay on the first floor. Can something else
on the first floor move upstairs?
Engen/ At the present time there is no room for that .... Would you
like for me to have our director to talk to that? She has more
information ......
Bette Meisel/ It was really because when Karen said if you had one
less program. But our rooms are used for program after program
after program...large spaces...are the two big spaces on the
second floor...used for all kinds of fabric...when push comes
to shove...the classes take place .... The other big space ....
top floor is our exercise room .... second most used room ....
maintenance workers...take down 50 chairs...taking them down
again...There is no space that is large .... Every building has
its ebbs and flows'but aside from smaller spaces there isn't
anywhere to put anything...What we look at...future...healthy
aging...we need more room because keeping healthy means
exercise.....lot of wonderful things .... We are talking about
1000s of people .... about today who we are serving. The people
who are using the Center today.
Rusty Martin/ We are not talking just about 11 people here...viable
program...praised by funders at 18 People.... push for getting
400 more square feet is so they can get back up to a viable
number....18 people and have a viable program which they can
do very efficiently with a small increase in staff ..... We
know that there is a larger population out there yet this is
the only ADP in the county and why is that ..... third party
.payment.~.State of Iowa...needs to get their act together ....
model for us in the future .... how can we encourage that to
happen .... I think the model of day cares is something we
should look at. We have the 4C's here...I see this thing of
being a model program, located in the Senior Center where many
of the services are...a place where you could help other
people .... They could come into the Senior Center...continue
to be a part of all the good things that are happening there.
So for me that is the longer term future. I think Susan this
is one of the first times where we have actually talked
publicly about ending th~ program because this idea of putting
a massive investment into a building which would then
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essentially serve the same number of people...iS sort of
strange .... I mean when we spend money we like to go up. We
don't like to just get back to where we were. That is one of
the reasons why I am strongly supportive of keeping it at the
Senior Center. And then if we wanted to make an investment of
maybe a smaller amount of money, I would invest that in making
sure we get all the money we can ..... and help .... private
people understand they can get funds here too....my vision for
it .... important that we continue to have it...at the Senior
Center...with the connections for services...have a good
program now .... As far as the pool room ....
Horow/ The vote that we have is to accept the task Force
recommendation .....
Baker/ ...also some discussion of this service being joined with
some other services ....
Horow./ Business about expanding the health Department or building
an annex to it...other programs...
Dameton/ Larry is talking about joining with other groups .... other
agencies in town .... We have had more discussion this year....
-Certainly willing to look at those options .... did have some
discussion with Community Mental Center ...Crowded Closet ....
6,000 square feet...certainly willing to work with any elderly
groups ..... ESA and Mental Health....Are certainly other
elderly services that could be utiIized...
Nov/ Is the space that you mentioned still available?
Dameron/ We are suppose to know by February 1 .... about what is
going to happen with that .....
Horow/ Issue' that we have is to accept the task Force
recommendations and this then will assist the county in terms
of what they are thinking of ..... it is not an easy issue.
Kubby/ I would like to accept the recommendation tentatively, hear
from the county, would that funding be there to make it
happen; hear from the SC commission real specifically how' to
make it so the pool league is still in existence and in an
appropriate space to see if it can happen.
Nov/ My hesitation...go through pool space to get to Ecumenical
Towers .... my main reason for hesitating about that space.
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Baker/ Using my memory of the Senior Center the last time I was in
there. I did not get to go dow~n...I would feel more
comfortable myself...after I go to the senior Center..i..
Horow/ I need a second for Karen's motion which was 'to accept ....
Kubby/ ..~this is. not a place where we take motions ....
Horow/ We have to'think how we are going to answer .....
Kubby/ I made a suggestion~ I would like to hear' some feedback
about the suggestion ....
Throg/ I find this extremely difficult .... given the demographics of
our community, we are an aging community...unwise to think in
terms of shrinking services of either kind ..... We are going
to have to expand services for both...the long term issue ....
wiser thing to do...maybe expand space for ADP in the Senior
Center but only as a short term solution. In the long rtm we
need to have expended space...for senior services and to
provide new facilities for ADP.
Kubby/ .....
Baker/
Pigott/ Tug and a pull between .... maybe the short run is doing
Something with that corridor ..... maybe we can figure out
something....
Baker/ Were you suggesting that space be appropriated temporarily
.... ? I thought this was headed towards some other solution
Throg/ ..... It does seem to me we need to expand the capability of
the Senior Center to p~ovide services to the elderly in our
community because there will be more .....
Pigott/
Horow/
Woito/ Susan, has Jim Schoenfelder looked at this?
Horow/ He looked at it last year. He has not looked at it since
then.
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Nov/ Keeping some elderly day care at the Senior Center makes sense
.~ .... If we expand .... maybe another location is better ....
Kubby/....when there is further expansion do a satellite ....
Nov/.' ..... other spouse needs to get out of the house and
participate at the Senior Center. So having that location
overlap is the way to handle that probability.....
Lehman/ Last year...temporary sort of thing .... I really think that
enlarging this...wrong direction...need...permanent solution.
Nov/ If that other space becomes available...know in a couple of
days .... seriously look at it.~..
Kubby/ So there has been a shift from the Senior Center perspective
of not having it there at all .... keep it the way it is and
start working on that five year Plan now .....
Baker/ Tomorrow night.
Kubby/ I hear at least four people saying let's keep it as it. is in
the Senior Center and start the five year plan now. So why
don't we make that decision?
Horow/ Fine with me.
Meisel/ Karen, I think you are misinterpreting the Senior Center
commission decision. What. they are saying is that they know
that the long run is going to take time. Tom made it clear
..... and spoke for the Commission...that with our goals and
our mission statement we have our eye on the room for an
exercise room .... he was saying..theyunderstand that tomorrow
...you couldn't move out...leave it as is-
Kubby/ But move out when you can.
Meisel/ Our mission statement...say what we are going to do ....
Everyone is very frustrated .... playing pool...we could match
11 people...who could be part of an ADP...they are not costing
you any money. They are being taken care of by their peers.
Horow/ At this p0int...th~s council has said we would like the
existing ADP to stay in the existing square feet beyond the
June 30 deadline but with the pressure...on to find the other
facility.
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Kubby/ ...And keep that ADP as it is now permanently.....
Nov/ That was j~st me.
Meisel/ ADP has said that having a small program in one place and
a large program in another place is not an efficient ....
Kubby/
NoV/ ..... need a respite program in the Senior Center ....
Horow/ We haven't looked into that...
Martin/ Last 'year the County's initial proposal to us was for
$200,000 .... they dropped that down to $140,000 ..... essentially
for shifting .... you all are also agreeing to spend $200,000
and I don't know...
Lehman/ ...private ....
Martin/ Model program...with space in Senior Center .... don't have
the private people now...more complex ....
Kubby/ The original money .... Block grant money... having a variety
of programs .... senior agencies would be housed in the Senior
Center... ADP came on later .... important to remember
Sher Hawn/ ...deadline .... I always thought that was a deadline ....
I have never been under the impression that we had to be out
of there ..... it was clarified that there was no time that we
had to be out of the space ....
Kubby/ I still don't know where we are as. a group...?
Hawn/ One concern is the clients themselves .... pressure that exists
there.
Horow/ There is not deadline of July 1. But the pressure is on to
find .....
Nov/ Is there a spouse participating at the Senior Center...?
Hawn/ That has existed in the past....
Meisel/ There aren't any .... There was a person whose wife came but
that is very very infrequent .... One of the things about being
-part of the activities at the Senior Center...meals and the
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health .... and services are brought out to the county to other
sites ..... As far as the programs...they are usually brought
to entertainment programs ..... they do not get to take
advantage of them .... They do not take advantage of' our
programs .....
Hawn/ I know that numerous participants do participate in Head to
Toe screening and fall health assessments which are not out in
all the other sites....very appropriate that they are there at
the Center .....
Kubby/ Just leaving it in limbo.
Horow/ We are working with th~ county in terms of looking for
another location.
Throg/ That is what I understand.
Pigott/o..o
Throg/ I haven't heard us decide that we would eventually move all
of ADP out.
Horow/ I don't think we can decide that. It is a county program.
Pigoft/ And we have not decided whether we would expand inside the
Senior Center or not, the ADP.
Horow/ Yes, we essentially have.
Kubby/ In saying that you are also saying not have ADP in the long
term at the Senior CentJr.
Lehman/ I think you are exactly right.
Nov/ They have also said the pool room is not feasible....
Kubby/
~. crow/
Pigott/
Kubby/ I am hearingADP is to move out of the Senior Center as soon
as there is another facility. And the pressure is on to do
that.
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Lehman/ Eventually I think that is probably going to hagpen.
Throg/ What I hear is if they choose to move because we haven't
decided and we are not,going to decide tonight that they must
· move .... at that point it would be u9 to them to decide. If
there is a new facility lined up ....
Martin/
Pigott/
Kubby/
Martin/
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City Steps 95-17 S2
Atkins! Do you have anyquestions'about City Steps...? Steve'Nasby.
Throg/ Steve can you send a copy of that report to Grechen Lohman
for me and her address 48 I~U, U~ of I. student gover~ent.
Vice President of Student Government.
Kubby/ Page 3 of the Citizens Participation Plan....under general
citizen participation practices .... like this section a lot
..... I am glad we are responding within 15 days after they are
received. The thing I would like to add is under #1. that
co~ents have to be received in writing or orally. There are
so many ways that people are communicating now a days that I
hate to see us liEit ourselves.
Nasby! How other ~han orally or written?
Kubby! ...electronically...audio tape or video tape.
Nasby! That is oral...and that is oral .... it is covered. I just
want to hang out tomorrow night...
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Ride
Jeff
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Davidson/ This issue...maybe transit cannot do everything ....
one of the things that came out of that is Larry and Jim
convened a meettng...talked about What can we do .... reduce
traffic volume .... If public transit is not going to be the
answer then what are the answers .... Can we agree on the
statement that our goal as a council is to reduce traffic in
the c~mmunity overall...?
Throg/ We are not going to reduce traffic...reduce the increase ....
big distinction ....
Davidson/ CIP...shows streets...widened .... existing deficiencies
· .. have to make that decision..,. we are faced with these
issues routines..the traffic through neighborhoods, the
w~dening of arterial Streets...routine issues that we are
faced with .... maybe there are some other things that we' can
fOCUS on ....
Kubby/ ...east side loop...success .... being driving ....
Davidson/ If Joe and I lined up performance standards...Iowa City
Transit is accompltshing.a lot .... Joe and I are faced with
ideas .... don't feel transit can accomplish effectively ....
Two things: peak period commuting still has to. be an emphasis
for Iowa City Transit .... let's not have expectations for it
that maybe are unreasonable.
Throg/ .... The land use transportation interactt~....driven my
the kinds of land development pattern that we will be pursuihg
over time .... if we alter our land use plan and develop in a
way that is supportive of transit, then we will be able to
build transit ridership ..... we don't seem to be focusing in
on that connection and seeing that it is important.
Davidson/ We are living with the legacy of what has happened the
last 30 years .... pattern of development. o.do have to deal
with ....
Horow/ We are living with reality...increased number of people that
want to build homes in the upper range .... not going to have
heavy density within the city...
Throg/ . ....
Kubby/ That is where we help create the new reality....
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Davidson/ ...keep these kind of transportation
relationships in mind ....
land use
Baker/
Davidson/When there is a proposal to increase density in an infill
area, you hear about it.
Throg/
Davidson/
Baker/
NOV/
Davidson/ Green View is a perfect example of that area...proposed
for high density and there are some people that are unhappy.
Throg/
Davidson/ Joe and I have a couple of ideas that came out of this
meeting ..... get some'reaction from you. The section on walking
and bicycling. There is not a lot of specific decisions there
other than we do think it is something that council should
continue to emphasize ..... very effective mode · of
transportation, both walking and biking .....
Horow/ Question .... is there any way of equipping a bus...busses are
capable of taking bicy¢les...is this...something that you were
thinking of?
D~vidson/ That is not actually what we were thinking of. Places in
U.S...have much longer trips .... We haven't suggested that ....
With respect to walking and bicycling the information there is
pretty general .... this is a town where you see them every
day .... It is a viable mode of transportation for this
community that maybe we can provide some additional resources
to. The other item...respect to increasing the average number
of people in an automobile...specific economies that we can
achieve by doing that .... these kinds of things..will not be
embraced...voluntarily ....
Throg/ How do you mean that?
Davidson/ There will be resistance from the public to do something
that is not what they perceive to be the most convenient
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thing.
Throg! Reslstance...to
incentives-
double
up...sure .... Using
market
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Throg/ ...So if we change those incentives, they are still making
voluntary choices.
Davidson/ There needs to be a policy direction from you as a group
to implement those sorts of things and that once you make that
decision then we can pursue that .... it is feasible to try...
but they are important policy decisions...going with a split
fee structure for different types of permits...limiting the
n, mher of single occupancy vehicle permits .... University is
trying some of these things already... these are the kinds of
incentives...that in Iowa City may have some potential for-
Horow/ How do we know...bring in enough money...?
Davidson/ Sit down with Don Yucuis and try to assess what demand
would be.%.still want to keep a revenue stream to pay those
bonds .... demand for those permits is going to be affected ....
Nov/
...incentive for those people who are low enough income .....
I cannot support an increase in permits for someone who comes
in alone in a car...I have been in this kind of situation. I
dropped off three kids at school, my husband and then I went
to park ..... I don't want somebody like that to necessarily
have to pay more money .... go along with a reduction .......
80/20 is unrealistic.
Throg/ I would encourage us to try to begin modestly .... I don't
really want to punish people ...but to provide an incentive
Davidson/ ..the way you police it .... somebody drops somebody off...
Pigoft/
Nov/ They figured out the van pool system ....
Davidson/
Horow/ I have a question on this .... Seems to me...people we are
imposing this on are the d.t. employees .... And what it says to
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me is does this have counter effect in terms of having
businesses move out of the d.t. area ....
Throg/ Why would it be imposing to create an incentive for people
to share.rides to go d.t .... ? Voluntary?
Nov/ ...lot of car pools...other people in the car that got dropped
off.
Throg/ The average vehicle occupancy rate in Iowa City is
1.1....typical nationwide
Baker/
Nov/ With two employee family, I don't believe that the
overwhelming people are like that.
Pigott/ I think most people do one car/one person.
Throg/ ...encourage ride sharing ...... We have a wa~ to...reduce
that pressure ....
Horow/ I want to make sure that economically we will not have a
counter affect by forcing offices or businesses out of d.t.
Pigott/
Baker/...¥ou have names and addresses of the permit holders..can go
through that and match up people in particular areas....
Davidson/ In the City of Ameso..tf you apply for parking permit,
they will look up to see where you live and if you lived
within three blocks of a bus route, you did not get a parking
permit .....that is tough ....
Nov/ Way they handle here is park north ..or south of d.t. and pay
nothing at all.
Davidson/ .... outlying parking.
Kubby/ Say we like to concept of ride sharing, what are a couple of
options of how to implement it so that it is financially
sound.
Throg/ Toss this specifiq idea out....three elements: adopt a
permanent fee for parking lots that provide an incentive
..... 2-Propose attractive locations for 25 multiple occupancy
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vehicles in the two main ramps...2§ each. 3- -Dedicat~ 50
monthly parking permits to people who do the multiple
occupancy stuff ....
Kubby/ Two different separate ideas .....
Fowler/ Would ygupropose increasing the n~ber of permits by 25 in
each facility .... ? Take 25 away from current or increase by 25
Kubby/ Capital Street Ramp you want for short term parking.
Davidson/
Kubby/
Fowler/ Nobody who has a permit ever gives it up .... putting all the
permits in company names...don't get a turnover in permits ....
Kubby/.Going to the companies that have multiple permits...
Horow/ Give them instructions to try. these various things ....
different ideas ....
Kubby/ I thought we were an area that is kind of being watched ....
something that we get because of potential for congestion and
air pollution.
Davidson/ ...Clean Air Act is a big deal .... we are being monitored
Kubby/ ...anymore pull in terms of having some kind of a
program ....
Davidson/ All Of the allowance programs in Iowa are tied to this
federal Clean Air Act .....
Kubby/...To see if they are interested.
Lehman/
Davidson/ ...not voluntary.
Throg/ Are you thinking in terms of traveling allowances?
Davidson/ ...ride sharing ....
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Kubby/ In terms of
interesting to
employees ....
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van pooling...big number of employees...
see .... two vans .... we have a lot of
Davidson/ ....What you have to do...you have to get yourself and 16
other people...coordinate...
Kubby/ University has done it.-Is there a way the city could do
it...?
Horow/
Kubby/ I am talking about Lone Tree...Washington...
Davidson/ In Lone Tree we have 16 city employees....
Kubby/ ...maybe we can do a travel allowance....
Horow/ We get our suggestions to Jeff .....
Throg/ Like to make sure Jeff feels he has received some clear
instructions.
Davidson/ Yeah, we can take those three points. that you have and
work through somethihg.
Kubby/ I want a travel allowance program suggested for our company.
Horow/ Does everyone else want a travel'allowance...?
Nov/ Sure ....
Baker/ I want a parking space With my name on it.
Horow/ Why don't you see the fe~sibility of it?
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ParkingRam~ Improvements 95-18 S1
Fowler/ Should have been a memo in the packet which gave you some
basic cost figures. First thing that was a major concern was
the lighting .... light meter...Dubuque Street Ramp met the
minimal standards...capital Street Ramp did not totally meet
the standards ..... in the middle and driving area.
Lehman/ Will paint change that?
Fowler/ I don't know.
Kubby/ Good order..painting first ....
Fowler/ If you are increasing the lighting...pay $14.50 a bulb to
replace the 9nee that are currently in there ..... multi-year
bulbs... could begin to replace them with higher wattage
bulb...$17.00...will still not bring the travel portion up to
the minimum recommended lighting.....It would require hiring
someone to come in...draw up a plan.
Kubby/ Not interested in doing the lighting until after do some
painting...
Horow/ This needs some life put into it.
Fowler/ Paint one floor .... let you see what it looks like ....
Kubby/
Throg/-...I found myself really wanting to see an entrepreneurial
spirit...not sensing that in the memo...encouraging .... market
product...need some creativity, some entrepreneurial spirit,
imagination, some zip.
Lehman/ Painting is a good first step...
Kubby/ CEC is currently doing a mural'at the Rec Center ....
Fowler/ Talked to you in past about mural programs...school system
submits a plan ....
Horow/ Great, wonderful ....
Kubby/ Inside and possibly outside of the ramp...
Horow/ Get people from Old Capital to kick in money for the
paint ....
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Lehman/ DTA
Kubby/ Memo...response for people for outside signage.
Fowler/ We have found only one vendor .... company is from
France...one distributor .... University currently has this
i4 tDOT getting pe iesion for r.o.w .....they have a eign
now that directs you from one ramp to another....
Burlington Street is a state highway.
Nov/ Sign on the front of the ramp .....
Fow)er/ If it is right on the ramp...you don't see it....
Nov/
Horow/ ..... full, not full sign is on the building....
Fowler/ Looking for something out in the r.o.w ..... on Burlington
Street .... looking for signal on the road ....
Nov/
Fowler/ Double area..parking..stralght ahead or to the right.
Kubby/ Be creative.
Fowler/ I have a tone of information..revenue and usage figures
for all of the different parking facilities ....
Horow/ Talk about it later .... suggest we Just talk with Joe about
it......
Fowler/ (Handouts)
Arkins/ .... give it to you tomorrow night...paoket together for
tomorrow night.
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Air~ort Commission= M. Richard Mascari
CCN= Gretchen Schmuck
Tim Ruxton
Historic Preservation: Summit Street= John Shaw
At Large: Michael Pugh
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council A~enda/Time 95-18 S1
1. Throg/ Memo from DR Co~mittee about site buildlng design of the
Eagles Store in Towncrest. It is excellent advise and desez-;e
our praise for looking into that and making those suggestions.
Throg/ Proclamations...American History Month .... disturbed by
wording in first and last paragraphs...founding fa~hers..~.
would like to suggest changing founding fathers to founders.
3. Throg/ I would like the Sensitive Natural ;treas Commission to
read .... book, Visions For A New American Dream ( by Anton
Clarence Nelessen)...advice...preserving natural sensitive
areas..°.
Pigott/ Appreciated the City Managers mention about GeneralFund
Revenues restrictions .... Expensive cost of government in
Iowa City...it is expensive to live in Iowa City....we do try
to find efficiencies ..... memo on how we are constrained on
spending ....
Pigott/ Value Engineering Study that we are going to do on the
water plant and the scope of the study specifically .... Steve,
can you tell me the scope of how that value engineering study-
Atkins/ (Can't hear)
Lehman/ It is limited to the design of the plant.
Pigott/
NOv/
Pigott/
Kubby/ Are we interested in broadening that scope once we hear the
answer?
Atkins/ Prepare you a memo that tells you what value engineering
is, what this one intends to do-
Pigott/ I might be interested in seeing that scope expanded and I
don't know what it currently covers.
Baker/
Atkins/
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Throg! ..his question is what would happen if we drew all of the
water for the alluvial well? What would the cost consequences
be in terms of the design of the plant...?
Arkins! AII the peripheral issues.
Nov/
e
Eubby/ I had written a memo to you about parking in Hawkeye
State Bank ..... I know that R. J. and people at Hawkeye State
Bank...make the buses park... Not sure what the solution is
.... suggested to have someone for the Police Department...let
officers know...they can plan there route to be there when the
big busses arrive to make sure that that access isn't
blocked ....
Arkins/ If they get another call...suggest about putting it over
against the eastern curb
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Atkins/
Lehman/ New manager...Holiday Inn ....
Atkins/ .... Report back to you.
Horow! Saddens me to tell you that both Sue Costnet and Kent
Sovern have resigned from the Iowa League of Municipalities
..... lobbying efforts look pretty bleak ....
8. Horow/ Who all is going to be able to go to Des Moines on
February 15 (Legislative Day)...need to sign up now ....
g
Kubby/ We are going to Washington D.C. and I would like us if
there were some focus to our lobbying efforts and I am
interested in two issues. 1-retention for ADA and 2-¥es, I
want franchise fees fo~ telecommunication companies that are
in the cable business ..... sense of going in there as a
group .... Talk with Leache's office for funding for the Corp
study-Hydraulic Lab study .... other things we should talk
about.
Horow/ I will work on that.
10. Horow/ Remind that the Human Services local elected officials
get together 3:30, Thursday, 2nd, with United Way.
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