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MEMORANDUM
Date: April 4, 1995
To:
Mayor and City Council
From: City Clerk
Re:
Council Work Session, March 20, 1995 - 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers
Mayor Horowitz presiding. Council present: Horowitz, Kubby, Lehman, Novick, Pigott,
Throgmorton. Absent: Baker. Staff present: Atkins, Woito, Karr, Franklin, Scnoon. Tapes: 95-
38, Side 2; 95-41, All; 95-42, Side 1.
ECONOMIO DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCUSSION;
[:{eel 95-38, Side 2
City Manager Atkins, City Attorney Woito, PCD Director Franklin, and Economic Development
Coordinator Schoon presented information.
1. SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Council discussed sustainable economic development concept, incentives, public financial
assistance criteria, and the Oity's role in supporting Iowa City Ohamber of Commerce and
ICAD. Kubby requested that public input be incorporated into su.';tainable economic
development policy. Throgmorton suggested establishing a commission on sustainable
economic development to integrate the philosophy of sustainability into policies one and
four, and to propose specific strategies to carry out policy five. Council agreed to
incorporate public input into the policy and took no action on establishment of a
commission.
2. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND STRATEGIES
Council added to the economic development policies and strategies as follows:
POLICY ONE
Council requested policies and strategies be reviewed by ICAD, University business
people, regional governmental jurisdictions, and the Chamber of Commeme. Arkins
recommended that the request for review by other regional governmental jurisdictions
include a cover memo summarizing key words/concepts.
POLICY TWO
Add action: targeted employment.
POLICY THREE
POLICY FOUR
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Heading - add "...promote sustainable economic development."
4.B.2 - add "and other jurisdictions in the area."
4.C. - add "and citizen groups."
4.C. - add ACTION FIVE. Explore new methods of facilitating communication between
these groups within new technologies.
POLICY FIVE
Use City ArchitectJEnergy Coordinator Schoenfelder in more entrepreneurial way.
Add pollution prevention program.
POLICY SIX
6.A.1 - add "Invest in infrastructure and encourage business investments that create
employment opportunities for targeted employment."
or
"Encourage business investments that create jobs which provide incomes that enable
people to buy housing in Iowa City housing market."
or
"Create jobs for a highly trained labor force."
or
"Create jobs for a diverse workrome at a livable wage."
or
"Provide livable wages for a diverse workforce."
6.A.3 - delete business from "business community."
Add "make changes to the process that encourages business activity or reinvestment in
the community."
6.C - add strategy regularly review community reinvestment act reports.
6.B. - add action one public input process.
Council directed staff to reactivate economic well being task force to review economic
development policies and strategies and public financial assistance criteria.
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Council directed staff to request comments/responses from ICAD, Chamber, etc.
3. 1995 PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
Council asked staff to look at the employment needs of local labor force and to add public
input process.
4. INDUSTRIAL PARK DEVELOPMENT
Arkins presented an update of the city's industrial park development:
Preliminary work on extension of utilities.
Estimate $40,000 per acre.
Contacted property owners of the Houghton-Tucker property.
Council directed staff to attend the County Zoning Commission meeting to present City
concerns on the Streb commercial zoning proposal. Mayor Horowitz will contact the
Board of Supervisors Chair Duffy.
5. INDUSTRIAL PARK/FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE CRITERIA
Kubby addressed performance monitoring and clawback guarantee agreement.
In response to Franklin, Pigott stated he will contact the University of Iowa Student Senate
to get a student representative for the Near Southside Design Plan.
Atkins stated he will prepare a memo summarizing Council's discussion and decisions
relating to economic development policies.
Staff action: A revised memo to be prepared. (Atkins)
6. GENERAL DISCUSSION
Mayor Horowitz noted a joint City Council/Board of Supervisors meeting is scheduled Apdl
4, 4:30 p.m. at the Highlander.
City Manager Atkins stated a water/forum meeting is scheduled Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
Meeting adjourned at 9:05 p.m.