HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-04-04 TranscriptionApril 4, 1995 Joint Meeting of The City Council of Iowa City
And The Johnson County Board of Supervisors 4:30 PM
City Council: Horow, Baker, Kubby, Nov, Throg, Lehman (5:05 PM).
Absent: Pigott.
City Staff: Atkins, Karr, Smith, Helling (5:15 PM).
Board of Supervisors: Bolkcom, Duffy, Lacina, Sehr, Stutsman.
county Staff: Peters, White.
Tapes: 95-44, Side 2; 95-50, all.
Call To Order 95-44 S2
Horow/ Charlie, should we start the joint meeting. Ernie Lehman is
going to be late... 5:15 PM. I expect Bruno. Let's call to order.
Economic Development In County (City and County)
Horow/ The first issue is the economic development in the county.
Office research parks and the industrial park.
Lacina/ April 10 .... They are on the County Zoning agenda,
Strebs .... are proposing roughly 18 acres of Commercial along
Scott Blvd. They would have one curb cut and a frontage road
that would go back in between Scott Blvd and the creek and we
need to take a look at that to see if it is space that could
be used for industrial as opposed to just having commercial.
Then the rest behind it would be industrial. The theory being
the commercial would offset some of the expense to hold the
costs down back in behind. The competition apparently is
running as low as $5,000 per acre for paved streets, curb and
gutter is some of the surrounding industrial parks .....
infrastructure will have to be very carefully designed and
pulled off if we are going to be viable.
Horow/ This April 10, Steve or Karin Franklin could certainly come
and address-
Lacina/ I would encourage them to do so. But the objective from the
county standpoint is to rezone from residential use to
industrial and if it is appropriate, some commercial between
the stream and the Scott Blvd.
Kubby/ Council had talked about this a little bit .... concerns
about how much commercial there was .....
Lacina/ May be something we might want to go out and physically
walk to check and see just where it would go. I understand the
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concern. So basically that is where we are at on the
industrial park. We did have an application that came to u~
this morning from an electrical co~perative down by Lone Tree
and it on for Thursday for action ar~ discussion. But we are
considering supporting a grant application to the state for a
business that runs 8 employees now and would be expanding to
20. They are going after a forgivable loan and in the event
that the application is sized back to a low interest loan then
the payments would co~e to the county if we so chose to set it
up in a revolving fund account and it would have to be around
$50,000 for the account. So, with that, then we can start some
economic development on a revolving basis. But there would be
a lot of work that would have to be done before that is in
place. The grant is on for Thursday. It looks very good.
Horow/ I don't understand ....
Lacina/ The Cooperative would be providing service to · business
that would be eight miles east of Lone Tree. They would be the
service provider. ! will help them write the grant and it
would be in Johnson County and so they would go from the 8
employees to the 20. In the event that they got the low
interest loan, we w~uld have s potential of establishing a
revolving fund for economic development in the county. The
first step would be seel~g if we could get the grant.
Horow/ At what point do we get involvmd in tem of who does what
to absolutely promote this or to develop it or to put
infrastructure in? Is the county going to be putting some
money into this as well as the city?
Latins/ The first step was to preserve the land as far as
residential use, to stop that. I think it is no~ time for the
discussion to take place as far as the roles and if the owner
is willing to annex at that point, X think the discussion
would be between Iowa City and the land owner, with the county
maybe supporting RISE applications and that. We are not set up
within our budget right now for expenditures on this area.
Horow/ Would this be something that would come out of this
revolving fund?
Latins/ We probably better not depend upon that now. That is
something that is a real if... paid back over the life of the
loan of the company which I think is five years .....
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...Probably has use for more rural development.
Lacina/ I don't think there will b~ &:~i' &fringe on that on the
revolving fund .... have to have some guidelines for within the
county. Now, going back to the industrial park, if the zoning
is in plac, the next step is to sit down with the owner and
start talking about the overall layout and I know the city has
done a tentative lay our for the streets. And we need to look
at Phase I if that is possible and...configuration you have
here doesn't lend itself well to that. But in talking with a
paver, his proposal was to go in with a 1/4 mile of concrete
which would open up 8-10 lots and do it in phases. That we
won't have a lot of money sunk into the entire project. But
again we need to discuss the value of the property at the end.
What the inventory is going to cost because if it is extensive
and we are out of the picture.
Horow/ Steve .... This is the sort of thing that you and Karin
should really work out before the 1/4 mile road.
Atkins/ The question that I have was...about having the park in
place or the zoning in place and then meet with the ownership.
Lacina/ We are working with the ownership. My idea ie to stop
residential us, right now. I think this is more appropriate
for industrial in light of your comp plan of where it
Atkins/ Let me tell you where wQ are. I have spoken with the
Houghton/Tk~cker folks and they want to sell. They have no
interest in acting as a developer and th,y are willing to do
it on contract and in general terms I think we can reach some
sort of agreement if the council is interested in the actual
outright purchase. We are talking probably cloee to half
million dollars for the land .... 2-We have begun a little more
specific detail on that design so we can get some b~tter cost
figures for you. What I was wondering ie what is the next
step? I think I understand clearly what the Moughten/~h~cker
ownership is and that is they just want to sell land and get
out of it. Since it is in the county .... what is my role or
Karin's role ..... to meet with the $trebs and discuss it? Now
the zoning application is coming up on the 10th and you
expression on the council was that you weren't wild about all
of that commercial.
Kubby/ That was pretty strong ..... suggested that staff actually go
speak at the p.h.
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i~tkina/ Absolutely .... prepar~ so~thin~ in writin~ .... what do~e
that do to the whole atrateqy process...?
Horow/ I think since the ~prll 10 acetiny Is crucial in terns of
talkinq with P/~- ...but if ther~ Is the potential of the
Houqhton/Tucker property cosln~ in then It seeas to as that
the whole territory should b~ looked at In terns of the dealqn
of accessibility or any infrastructure.
Arkins/ I think we can say confidently we can deeiqn either on~ of
~t two ~or
will satisfactorily fit
on ~ fact ~at
to bl~nd Into
Lacina/ The desiqns are different &rid right nov where we are
dealir~l with $treb and JUlt this tract, he has an access on
top of the hill rlqht here (refers to nap) .... &rid h~l laid in
sore proposals for a rail spur v~l~h chef,Fee r..he confiqur&tlon
soa~. If you can do the entire tract toqef~er I think it Is
9oinq to ba better off for planniN.
ArkIns/ And you will nasd only o~ entr&~.
Sehrl
Arkins/ Nhat you hav~ to do,
you could e~ of ~ant ~ sittiN ~ ~t ~reb
pro~rty do~ ~o ~e o~ ~ ~~ ~ tell ~~ ......
~ts .... If y~ ~ ~l~ to ~ ~ l~ue~l~l ~rk you
r~lly only ne~ OhS ~}or
Rugby/ I think then it becones an industrial area.
trains/ I an assuaino park is what you want. You wanted to see
somethincj that Is coapllaentary with respect to we], tile desi~ll
in laid out.
Lacina/ The application cosinq in on the 10th, he is shovinq one
curb cut off his property. As this is, he has no access. So
that is sosethlnq and one of the representatives fros
Houghton/Tucker cane in and talked briefly to us, too. But if
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that is the idea Is to take the entire tract and to design for
it, we need to sit down mvan no~ before thm 10th and express
some overall view with Streb so he ~mws ....
Horow/ ...l really would question -,~ethmr or not if he is thinkiN
big .....
Laclna/Thm rail voluntarily dmmiqnedthlm~holmtractfor mpurbut
8trmb*l problmm im he can only plan for thmqr&y are& (refers
to map) bmcaumm that is all he really ham control ovmr. 80 he
will bmdeflnitely limited and I don*t think Is lookin, at thm
big picture .....
Arkins/ If he stripe off the front of that for co~merclal, he Is
going to kill the value of the land bmhind it because what
happens if the Houghton/Tucker falls apart for momm reason.
Lacina/ ....
Kubby/ On the other hand having · separate ·cease for thm
commercial .... miqht...beapomitivethinq .... might be best to
keep those t~o armas mepmr&tm .... diffmrent kinds of ~r&ffic
..... $ommthin~ to think about and b~ pert of the discussion.
Sehr/ Sommbody~houldmmmt withStrsbbsrors day nl~hc andreimy
the clty*a r#ltn~s. tie o ovid hays· reprmntetlvethare and
you could have m rmprmmmntmtivm
ttkln5/ #e will c~11
Bolkc~/... Is the city ol~o:m,md to m~y coms~l·l devmlolmmnt
there?
Horow/ Initially we t~rm...counoil
ground ..... less th&n what he was talking mbout ....
Lacina/
mini~l
sehr/
Nov/ What I thought would us~ was the natural lxamdarl~s of the
creek ....
Horow/
Nov/ May be logical to separate industrial and co~ercial with that
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natural boundary.
Kubby/ Through your sonin~ proc~ vou~.d t~h~re b~ any
a~ut h~ to mitiqate any kl~ of ~ off f~ ~rkl~ areas
or Just extra p~utio~, septic fields ..... ~at Is ~rt of
the water sh~ d~ ~ at Sn~ ~
Lacina/ Xn the sonir~ process, no.
Kubby/ ~ould that be par~ of th~ plattin~ proo~u then?
Lacina/ Throuqh the pl&ttinq it would be · condition as far as the
infrastructure.
Xorow/ $oam of thin companies in BOX have, on their o~n, ut up s
containment situation ..... Mhoevmr cornera up vith t~m covmnant
for the land for the pietro in this arma for mitigation of
runoff and storm water ....
Lacina/ By public &mmimt~ncm, do ~o~ roman mt~rmmtm .... or actuml
qrants?
lnfram~ctu~. far.
Nov/ Not q~ants.
Kubby/ If our nam~ is on a ~ qrant-
Nov/ X was thinkinq of other qrants.
Lacina/ So in trying to think of an m~mplm .... ltI~B fund~ .... what
conditions... ?
Kubby/ Some of ~he iramumm are ho~ many Jobm a~m thm~m, what
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rate of pay in comparison vith other similar Jobs in thl
county ..... things that are with CEBA in tern of b~nefitl and
terms or the wagl... other thins... kinds of benefits ....
product that is made, where is the product Is golnq to end up,
pollution prlvention proqrans, run off prevention progress ....
doeln't mien there is qoinq to be a majority of p~opll
Inetrested in all of those but tho~e are the kinds of things
we are talking about .... Concept of sustainable economical
devllopnent .... waste...product... support business to local
businesses .... create stronger local economies ....
~acina/ .... ICAD meeting...Proctor end Ga~ble not being ebll to
expand on site...next phase may be finding s vlr~house... In
order to expand their production line .... ~l~e industrial park
might be a w&rehouse ..... put in Jobs .... When you look st
it... with the ide~ of how it affects the surrounding county
as well ....
Kubby/ Fits in with conoept .... ve vo~ld not like to see
warehousing. But if the warehouse supports expansion of Jobs
that have some of those oilier ~ltl~ ~l~ ...... ~t ~t
vireouse mile ~o~ o~er ~i~...fits In ~f~ly with
~is concept of sul~/~ble ~.
Baker/ ...idea of promoting already uisting busiessee ..... fits
in with that qoml ....
Kubby/
Nov/ ~artety of state kinds of things that elso fit into this ....
Dept. Of Agriculture of s gr&ntprograB...non-tridittonal fuel
production ....
Lacina/ Canning Co ..... worked out real veil for Genstel NilIs ....
Application .... objective in the Winning may not be the
reality in the end .....
Kubby/ ..... talking about sonekindofperfo~nonitorirKj .....
pay back in a pro-rated way .... crawl beak a~x~,- mt .....
needs to be so~e recourse
Baker/
Lacina/ It would be difficult in selectively appl¥1n~ .....
Nov/ ~hat helped us with this Can Co. wast here was a contract that
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maid they vould repay this money if they didn't succeed ....
Lacina/ If they are solvent and varlab~ .... What ¥as the one ouC
ln Eastdala...matal toothpaste Company .... Victor Reynolds ....
then they converted it into the mall ....
~ubby/
Horov/ Our responsibility to explain this to thepublio .... vhatve
vould like to see there .... reality ..... matter of selling it
in a realistic manner that is our remponsibility .....
Kubby/
Thrng/ #ithrmqardtothmmumtminmblm dmvmlo13mmnt~n~mpt, it might
help to think matmpboricmlly very brimfly .... choosing to
spend some money to plant momm trmms .... ummm nutrients ....
leaves fall do~n... providmmnutrlants for further qrot~h ....
lmavmm fall and thm nutrimntmrmc~cle Into the soil... You can
imagine planting a hey b~minmmm...qro~m...~amtm products...
that arm then ummdb~otherbuminttl~ Ant he local community
~hich in turn produc~ products thmt cmn b~ ummd to hmlp
nurture theism m that--... thmt Am & v&y of thinking about
sumtithable development CM~CIp% ..... SO if Vm think about
Anvelting funds in & emilnell park ....
Baker/ Me had a m~mff rmport ~.~-rmd o~ thm ~lm concept of
sustainable gro~t~ ......
Bolkcom! I am unclmar~hmthmrthim im~ingtob~ tnt~moAty or An
the county in tmrmm of t~o diffmx~nt ~lm, the ~trsbm and
the Houghton/T~ckm~ .... mr~m~? ..... Mho is doing lead on
this?
Horov/ When Steve and I talked vith Siribm .... iy fNling... ve are
going to be getting & feeling trom h~m vhethir or not he v&ntm
to be annexed ..... Me cmrTJlnl¥ mrmn*t going to be putting the
infrastructure in there ..... if h~ dommn*t a~ked to be
annexed. He does hav~ that right to ~a¥ no, h~ do~n*t ~ant
to ..... better have plan B ready.
Nov/ I think there viii be an advantage 1:o an lndumtr~ to be in the
city to be on city rarer .... and that ~ort of thing ....
Lacina! Fire protection vith the vatmr pum~ Am another example ....
Positive things that the city could annex it .... S~reb... rill
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want to kno~ what restrictions will be placed upon hlB and
what benefits he viii receive ..... gre~ter opportunity for
RISE fundiN .... overall plannln~ .... not herin to establish
his own wastewater treatment facility .... If v~ work with the
existiN bOI Board .... make soB~ modifl~ations .... they were
discussing the idea of r~mtrictlons as far as Job creation ....
by modification of those cov~nants...vl can use that is a
telplats to move forward ..... ! think that will need to be
answered to Streb or given some ~uidelinee .....
Duffy/ .... developers have to know that long list that you are
talking about.
Kubby/ #s need to get o~rselves tcKIsther to Bike some decisions ....
only fair on the front end to talk about this stuff.
Duffy/ ..... Next Monday night o~r P/{ neetiN, forial Besting ....
anybody has a chance to say what you vine to say .... There is
a public meeting for the public .... ~B411 segment of people in
Johnson County thst have asked Be questions ..... if this is
going to take place ..... I would be surprised if s(:m~ of the
general public didn't sho~ up to &sk qu~stlon~ on the zoning
...... platting ..... A lot of ansn~r4d questions.
Nov/ ~hat tiu of day is that
Duffy/ 6:30 PN .... We can ~nd ycxl & schedule.
Nov/ City council is meeting 6:30 thlt evening ....
Duffy/
Xubb¥/ O.th?r.th~ng is ~h&t_ Is the po4~ibillt¥ during ~ county'm
nexn =~Ggec mem!~on ~o talk &bout having & little pool of
money for economic development ..... I~ould like tome more
diverse form of tmrkinq together than Just the resorting.
Duffy/ ......
Horow/ . Citizens in love City do have to pay
infrastructure ....
for the
Xubby/
Lacina/ If we do it outside of the city ve would probably TZF the
property and reinvest the appreciation and taxes back into it
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to cover our 20t that is to covered by RISE ..... specific use
of the honey ..... Our Board viii have to discuss that and see
what is viable and what Isn't ....
Xubby/ Putting honey up front.. ,better ....
Lacina/ Side benefits to the school ....
Kubby /
Lacina! Froa the standpoint right nov since it isn't platted ....
valuation Is about $500 acr~ .... And ~ool district isn't
really gainiN nuch fron it ..... By TIFfiN it they &rs really
not losinq anythiN ..... But thowe are factors to consider ....
Kubby/ ! think ?IFs are nors hidden to the public than havin~ a
line lien in your budvet that you can point to and sayiN this
is what we are doiN for economic developa~nt .....
Nov/
Kubby/ ...it: is less hidden,
Horov/ Under ~2a I put both of£1c~ ~e~vr~h l~rks &~d Industrial
city or
Park
Kubby/ Do you know many sores In vest part of toefl that are zoned
for that?
Horov/ NO but t~at is sorted that .... like to ~ us keep this...
zoned alon~ 380, alonq ...Avenue of ~ ~ain~. 1~e arcs known
as Clear Creek ..... The developers are looking at that in
teZlS of residential. I would like to hear if anyone has any
co~nents about that ..... Does the County plan on keeping all
the ORP in Oakdale or do you potentially se~ It somevhe3:'e else
I~cina/ several Individuals who are involved in the research park
£roa the University did show interest in the Scott Blvd .....
~hat would be developed in Oakdale would hove... keep it
locally ..... loyalty to the University. ?hey are looking for
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transplant locations for their industries ...... Northqats ....
Is it true that qround is $6S,000 p~r acre?
ASkins/ Clo~s to that.
Lacina/ Based upon those numbers it is not viable.
Horow/ Rlqht. ! want to kaap thasa ~ words on people°s brains.
BolXcom/
Horow/ 380 and Ca~p Cardinal and N~lrosa and Highway
Baker/ $o~ inclination on the p~r~ of o~m~rs to resorts?
Horow/ Oh yes ....
Nov/
~ubby/ Is thar~ eny oonflic~ of sonin~ the industrial park for
bo~h .... ORP/Indus~rlal Park? Ar~ thin any kind of use
con£licts0 ~raffic conflicts,,.?
ASkins! ! h&v~ sNn it done .... lndust~rial boildin~s are ueu&lly
forced to uks .... ~or~ investment In t~eir bulldir~ .... There
are
$ehr/ Se~ that in D~s Noires or W~st D~s Noises ....
Nov/
A~kins/ #e w~r~ &his to put so~e pretty inserts& uses in an
industrial park ..... Notorola .....
Kubby/
A~kins/ Ny t~pression of Oakdale is ~t it is h~avlly office
research .... University is al~o pretty hur~ary .... hungary to
see $ome~hincj occur.
rioroy/
~k~ns/ Phazlaceut~ca! usage ~s a very ve~ process .... lots o£
water and sewer capacity ....
l~ubby/ In terms o~ our zoning, Is that considered lndusl=ria~, the
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ph&lmaceutical?
Arkins/ ! suspect it would b4 .....
they are actually producinq & product and
~4ov/ s.h,i~.pl~Or,itml.,round th. world... th,y h,v. d,vslop~d th.
product.
Horow/ Just vented people to be evare of these two typ~e of
economic development and the potential.
Lacina! Real quickly. Nonday night our options would be accept
application as it etamSs. to~odif¥ the &pplic~tion. to defer
the application for further research and it looks to m~ like
ve have mo~ thins to discuss and fourth vould be to vote It
down ..... Hope ve ~uld ei~ modify or continue discussion
and I think it Gld ~nke wont unse to continue discussion.
So that Is vhere I ~n conin~ fron.
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~.QQ~I O~t!On B,'IOI T'w IOl~l
Horov/ I had pl&ced at your seat materlaX on local option sales
tax. Two issues are vhether or ,~L it goes on the ballot ....
Here importantly, that we as locally elected officials are up
to date on ~hat this actually meant because people are asking
Baker/ When is the deadline for getting something on the November
ballot?
Karr/ End of August.
Horow/ Solon has sent us a letter asking that we work with them on
this issue and ! sent them a letter back saying that we are
still discussing it andwe haven't rejected it but we haven't
obviously endorsed it ..... Council has not come to a decision
on it ..... Iowa City alone, if 1,722 people came up with a
petition here in Iowa City, you have got it on the ballot
because Iowa City makes up more than half of the county's
residences.
Bolkcom/ Is anybody working on that right now?
Horov/ Not right nov.
Baker/ But council can put it on the b~llot.
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Nov/ I think that when you are dealing with a contiguous co~munity
it 1s one vote? So if the people in Coralville rejected it,
however there yes still a majority strong enough among
everybody else, they would have it whether they would have
voted for it or not. It is not on a col~unit¥ by community
basis. But on the whole contiguous mall .....
Horow/ On the update Coralville could vote to not accept that,
right?
Kerr/ Page 2, when cities are contiguous they certainly ...... But
we do have additional provisions in the law that allows
entities to reject within ..... I Just got this today ....
Kubby/ Meaning a separate ballot Maeure that would severe the one
community from having the sales tax?
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Kubby/ That is what ! am saying is allowed ....
Patrick White/ ...The Board has not a~ed me to look at it.
Kerr/ I Just got it half hour before I ca~e ..... that la a new issue
since the last tins.
Now/ We all have to be infor~ed before we decide what to do about
it.
Kerr/ I have been informed #9 addresses that, 3 paragraph ......
Arkins/ The tax can be repealed within a municipality which is
contiguous to other municipalities. It has to be in for a
year.
Kubby/ So after a year a eeparate ballot?
Arkins/ Then you can undo it.
Kubby/ ...at so~e point I would like to hear...city and county
needs to deal with it individually and then ~aybe come
together.
Baker/ X think the City of Iowa City ouqht to offer it on the
ballot this Novemblr and council ouqht to decide if it were
passed b y the voters how themon~y-...thepurpoee of the males
tax .... Talked about it in tareeel the water rate increaeee.
X think the council can put it o~ the ballot ..... X think
there ie enough interest within Xowa City t~at Jumtifies
letting the people in Xowa City decide whether they want a
melee tax as long am they underat~ndwhare tAm.shay would be
used ..... The council could aqree on the purpose of the eales
tax and let the votere decide .... ouqht to get it on the
ballot in Novelabet .....
Horow/ What does the Board feel about this?
Sehr/ We have never really discussed it... agree withLarry... This
November, county wouldn't be votlr~. It would Jt~t ~ tA~e
cities...
Horow/ Has Solon talked with you about this?
Sehr/ Just through the newspapers ....
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Duffy/ We haven't discussed ~his among ourselves.
Thro~/ .... Question we would have to oak ourselves would be do we
want to make some decisions about water and sewer first ....
then decide this question about sales tax... or do we want to
have the two questions proceed simultaneously ..... We should
have a special council meeting focused exclusively on that
point (sales tax).
Baker/ We ought robeaiming towards t. he decision in time to put it
on the ballot.
Kubby/ Request the county discuss it and give us some feedback.
Duffy/
Sehr/ We should discuss it with North Liberty and Cor&lvllle, too
..... ~hat Is the ~atter with doing It at JCCOG?
Nov/ That is fine... Henry Her~ig did &sktheCor&lvllle Council to
discuss it .... They ire planning to discuss it.
Kubby/ Nay~e should ask th&tbeont~m JCCO~&~enda ..... I'll call
Jeff about it. Dogs anyone here bays an objection to that?
Nov/ ! talked to Jeff tod&y &bo~ a OllOl~C &g~ndi on l?th because
~e ~ Awa~s s~rt ~t S:00 ~. ~y~ 8o~tl~ after ~at
~eetlng.
Laclna/ Are there sous exiles of s/m/l&r counties and
municipalities .... me~or prop~rt.y tax relief .... Is there a
~odel?
Kerr/ ~hy don't we get so~e other /n£or~atlon on what other
municipalities In counties are dolN it and get back to you
for discussion purposes. Is there any c-~mties you are
particularly interested in?
Lacina/ Story ....
Baker/ And you are suppose to designateupfrontvherethemoney-?
Kerr/ ~7-
Baker/ If you renove the water issue we don't have a compelling
reason ....
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Lacina/ Black Hark
K&rr/ 100% dedicated to streets ....
Sehr/
I~hman/ N~d to find out for sure is contlquous area...can ~ have
it and Coralville not have it?
Xarr/ .... No,
Karr/ It is voted on in one larq, incorporated area ....
I~h~an/ Coralville couldn't repeal it after a
Ncv/ Yes.
L~h~an/
mJor chanq. in the law.
Lacina! #e could probably do th~ r~earch for I~AC in the
countlu .... or ~ork tog~
Bolkcom! ! have h~ard eo~, cor~e~n frc~ rural folk~ ..... Ustr~ &
very regrusive ~ax to pay ·lm r,%,,tlfiv~ f,~ ....
?brow/ Curious to kno~ ~dlich was ~ t,~,~,~:usive....
Horov/ #ould the unincorporated ~ or the ommty have any
benefit from this in t~r~ of ~y ta~
Horow/
Bolkcom/ #e haven't indicated ho~ we ~ould apply our funds ....
property tax relief...
Sehr/ We haven't even talked about it...
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Bolkcon/ ...sales tax is & flat tax... It would be taking very
sales tax which is very regress~v~ .... property tax which i~
a little less regressive.
asker/ A sales tax in qener&l is a r~raeeive tax and undar othar
circusstances ! don't think it would be &ppropriate to
consider it in Iowa City .... lnt~rast a~ong people in Iowa
City,.. ~ could present it to thu ..... Then it is a choice
the coBunity ~akes .... ~ don't l~pose it. It is their
choice ....
Lehman/ ...~uddy the water. I don't think that when you are faced
with a huge water and sewer bill .... look at a sales tax...
the public is not going to look at it as carefully as we are
lookinq at it .....
Nov/ This is a way to say that futur~ increase will be less
oevere..**
Baker/
Bolkcon/ If it go~s o~ the ballot w~ ~hould do good education on
it .... People that own property sr~oingtobemore likely to
b~ voting .... Lower lncoa~ p~opla do not vote...
Horow!
Thru/ ~e number of etuden~ who 11~ h~e... they ~y so ~ny
Sehr/ You can,t convince ~ that s ~ in s $300,000 house,
buying all kinds of axp~nsl~ furnlture...lmn,t going to ~
~yinq ~e pretty tax for 8.: ~y up on 3~on Street ....
~at is 11vl~ on s~lal s~lty ~ ~t ~yl~ an~hi~ ....
I don*t see vh~e It Is e r~re. ive tu .....
?hr~!
$ehr/ People spend ~ore ~oney accidently than so~eone ....
Lehman/
Baker/
Throg/ A question about the sales tax ..... Do we have the ability
to exclude certain goods fro~ the sales tax?
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Karr/ Nandated to exclude sou ....
l~aker/ We do have the ogtion of putting into it a sunset
deadline
~4ov/
Lacina/ ExEmptions are food, e~dicin~, automobile ....
Nov/ ...beco~es ~ complicated.
Sehr/ . ;.tickets at the Univ~reity...
is sub3ect to the It sales tax .... To my )wayledge athletic
tlc~e~J were not
called & use ~x and has nothing to do vith ~ eels& tax.
Hay/
lqubb¥! Is alcohol taxed?
At&ins/ .....
Throg/ One big question ! have about t~e Islam tax is ~Xemplified
b~ this. 14hy ~hould .s: ~nl vho tm~ slothes in d.t. Isys
city, a visitor vho bun clothes in d.t. lava City, help to
pay for a vat~ plant?
Lacina/ If the count~ chose to use it for re&do ..... we would say
yes they are using our re&do coming in ....
Throg/ Addressing that to o~r follow ooqlr~ll loll~rl ....
Horse/
Lehn~n/ If they coi~ into tcnm and true ~J~ ~tau~anl~l .... increase
in cost might not be as much ....
SeAr/
Kubby/ ! think the price of a meal Should reflect the actual
cost ....
herman/ .....
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Kubby/ Thaoratically tha ·ales t·x plu· tha r·ta lncrea·e ·hould lm
the ·aria &· Ju·t tha rata incra··a vithout a ~ala· tax ....
qoinq to be the ·am· a· a hotel a~d restaurant ....
L~hman/
Kubby/
Baker/
Horow/ Purpose of havir~ this Nt~rial.,. th&t w do m~rt talklP~
about it .....
Bolkcon/ I haven't had any c~11a fro~ i~eopla tallinq m they want
mor~ tax·· ..... Solon... if it la · qreuroots thinq...
Horoe/ Ho~ are you qoin~ to sexist Solon...?
Nov/ I would ·&y let's · co~ of this to th~ ~r of Solon and be
sure that everybody Who is talkin~ about is talkinq about it
with qood lnfor~ation .....
Sehr! Other-
Nov/
Horow! #e will leav~ t~at for tl~ ommt¥ to do-
Duffy/ Iowa City put~ to ule~ t~m i~u~ on th~ b~llot .... don't
lika the idea of luvl~ Coralvilla Xn · bX~d ~£ they vote it
do~n. They would hmv~ it for · ~ar if they ~ould like it or
not .... Xf waw~nt throm~ tha oount¥ by p~tition, would that
apply?
Kerr/ Yas.
Nov/ The petition Just puts Xt on the baXlot.
Duffy/
Horow/ Get it on tha ballot altd lat thee rots.
Nov/ I an on tha board of ~b.% L~B ....
Kubby/ So in teram of JCCOG, ~aybe Jurt~wottld be · good t~.
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Nov/ Check ¥1~h Jeff.
~ubby/
Throq/ Naybe l~e olty council can set & special work session on
th&t particular topic.
Nov/
Sehr/ Jln~e lde~.,.&11 the ~yore end everybody lit: do~n at ·
where there le only one or eye repr~sent&tlves fro~ each body.
Horow/ ]:ova ¢lty to host & circle1 ~tin~ for ell og the ,ayers?
$ehr/ I. would thlhk t~e ,~yors of ell the s~al! trams end the
eul~rvleors vould be better than Just ~CCOG
~ubby/ Not Just .ayers...t~e ~bole body.
Duffy/ .... #e oould ~et u~ · ~eetin~ ~ t~e sui~rvleore.
#orov/ Does the eul~rvisors vent to t~ke the lead on this?
Duffy/ Do you v&nt to be involved In it, too?
l~orov/ Sure...
Nov/ At the county bulldln~ ....
Kubby/
?hro~/ ..Would the purpose of that meetlz~{ to deoide... or to
discuss... ?
Horov/
Thro~/ ... It is one ~bin~ for 50 people to distains a par~tcula~
issue but it is anon. her to discuss At knovlr~ t~at 7 members
fro] the Iowa. City city council can choose, can decide,
whether to put it on the ballot. Me may be misleading people
Nov/ ! don't think 50 people vould make that decision.
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Thro0/ If the purpose Is for discussion, that u~uld b~ fine.
aorow/ ~et'a see whether we can do this.
Kubby/ .... Make aure ba~k~roundreadin~don~b~for~them~tin~ao
ve don't s~ half ~e ti~ havi~ i~ff tell us ~at is In
here .... So If we c~ld ha~ s~ a~n~ notice ....
Bolkcoe/ ~[hen did you want to mr...?
Duffy/ We have other thirds ....
Horo~/ .... ~ot all of the mller cite# loo~lnq at loea City...
havtnqth#underatandhoethey~ouldbeaffected .... #ouldbe
helpful if we did call th# to~eth~r. Should th~ t~o of us
work toqether and pull off a ~tinq, tin and place. Okay. We
will let everybody else k~o~abo~t it.
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Tr,-ffio Coatrol ,Is-e!
Horow/ Karen...
Kubby/ There are t~o things, one is kind of specifio and one os
very general. ~he specific one Is that ~ reconstruct Rohret
Road again, the second half of it, this year Neler Avenue Is
going to b~ used as a detour ~hich ~eans a lot ~ore turning
and traffic coming onto Highway 1 South and our Police Chief
is going to be getting a hold of your sheriff.
Horow/ I talked with the sheriff today about this.
Kubby/ ~he reason ! bri~j this up is so that you kno~ ~ are
requesting that... ~ore communication .... 3ust the awareness
and safety factor .... any support you can give us... ~ould be
appreciated...
Horow/ I talked to him (S~erlff) and he is ready to d~al with
it .... He and the Chief ~hen the issues arrive... they viii be
ready to deal with It .... Nopefully IDOT viii per~lt greater
signage on Sighway 1 ..... potential for accidents there...
this is kind of an awareness .....
Kubby/ Note general point.., especiallydian ~ dim~m the fringe
area... are there some lnterse~tion that ~ c4n ki~ of ~
l~kinq at to m~ ~e~ in ~m ~tu~ ~ might ~vm similar
discussions a~t ~rki~ t~~ ~ ~mffie control
Issues .... ~ott BI~. aM ~1~ ~1~ ~d...nmmdl~
Horow/ Should come into the dimcussion about the industrialpark...
Kubby/ Trying to be foreslghtful and hope the supervisors von*t be
totally not ~1111r~ ....
Duffy/
Bolkcom/ They don't do lights ....
Lacina/ Further out on that industrial coeplcxwhere Kirkwood gens
the property on the other side of 180.. -The state ~ in with
a condition ..... that in the evt',= +~hat a light is needed,
the developer will pay for it ....
Kubby/ As we get into discussion about the fringe area, there might
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Horov/ I &n going to have to sake a phon~ cell hmee. ! vii1
right back.
Nov/ Fringe area agraanent ....
Kubb¥/ It yea on lest tiaa ....
forwarded.
! re<p~eeted that
it Just ba
Baker/ This revia~dagrem~nt is subject to anoth~rp.h ..... And w~
need to settle on whether s~parate p.h.e or Joint p.h.
Kubby/ It has been r~o~nded to hav~a Joint p.h. fro~he Joint
committee.
Nov/ I don't know whether P/Z has had their p,h.. ! think they
should come first... They bawl... they hav~ already
recommended this end ~owe should e~t I Joint p.h. eo~e tiaa.
Anybody have any preferences about when?
Duffy/ ...awfully busy ...naybe we can put it off for awhile ....
two or three years ....
Nov/ I viii give you two aonthm ....
Lacina/ There are a couple Of que~tl~ in it putreining to
restriction on i~l~rty ov~r 40 &~ which I me not sure
whether legally wecanconfineonehousetobelmllt on 40 ....
there are seas legal qu~stions that we ~ to mr. That
probably the county needs to have · work asssion on it.
Sehr/ And there was soa~ double asptie syst~a~ in th~re ~h&t we
didn't quits undersr~and ..... surpriaedvithoity planning ....
person on city staff said you viii ~o~ do anl~Jting with Chat
ground until the county passes & fringe erin agreeBent. That
is Just... black ~ail to me.
Kubby/ In essence, since we don't have a new one, we are dealing
with an old one, right?
Sehr/
Kubby/ We have talked about saying if we can't get an agreement
soon or an agreement chat is acceptable, we will Just say
everything in the fringe area within a mile has to h~ to city
standards. That is to a very cooperative way to be ....
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Nov/ I have so~e concerns about the bulldl~I restrictions ..... seer
the firs coda ....
~aclna/ Sose restrictions .... #i~dmor Rl~Ie.,,not conslmtent with
right across In th~ In a lees restrictl~ area ~ ar~
~ssl~ r~latlons.,. ~l~ ~ld ~ ~eat~r ~an your ~
st~a~s .... I c~n u~ersta~ of s~rl~ an eas~nt for
utilities .....
~ubby/ This is s~thir~ that was adopted by both the county and
the city.
Laclna/ It was n~qotiated, too, ..... lots of gives and takes on
this.
Kubby/ Nayb~that is so~thl~I~dan update on... what did you
g~ .... I an not really e~ ~at ~e gl~ a~ tak~ yes a~
~y~ so~ kl~ of mtli~ ~ ~a~ f~ o~ staff ~uld ~
helpful for us .....
Baker/
~aclna/
Nov/ #e should really set a date .... p~o~le are qone ln3~r~. Naybe
we ought to think about ~o~thin~ ln Nay?
~acina/ Durlr~the pl&ntinq ~a~on it is ~oinqtobedifficult for
Duffy/ By reading the docu~n~ .... on~ of the ~o~t restrictive
documents ! think ! have ever read pertaining to the rural
areas ....... This thing here... lead us right into court ....
?hrog/ Ny sense... ~lstir~Ifrir~eareaaqr~t is lnad~/uate...
needs to ~ ~vts~.,. have ~ln rlohts .... ~ as so
~ere were t~ ~lsslon ~rkl~ on ~t~ to do ~at...
unless you are clear to y~selv~ on h~ you r~ to ~e
pro~s~ ~aft of ~e revi~ fr~e ~ a~e~t. If you
are already clear a~ut ~at~y~don't negro talk~
yourself andore. But-
Horow/ Charlie, is there a .ajorlty on the Board that-
Stutsman/ I need a work session on the fringe area agreement and I
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quess I agree with Steve on havinq the county have · ~ork
session.
~orow/
Kubby/ .... ! am more interested in havinqan ·qr~m~ntth&t~ both
feel ~ood about ..... What~ hay·currently is inadequate ....
#e are lookinq for som~thlnq.
Baker/ ! think it is a generalls&tlonl~t o!~of our p~rcsptlons is
that t~e present arranq~nt has not l~n followed adequately
or satisfactorily enough .... 9round that v~ can both aqrss
Kubby/ Part of the problem is the p~rc~ptlon &bout the doc~amnt...
Is it ls~uidellns or is it & r~Iul·tlon and~hav~differsnt
viewpoints on that... that n~ds to Im clarified ·s well as
what Is actually ended up with.
Lacina/knex&~pls...specl&l aswl.a:~ :nt districts .... difficult for
us for us to establish st~mnd~rds .... b~t ~n ~ are l~kt~
life of ~at h~se, It is dlffl~lt f~us to Justify to ~ose
~ral resid~nts...
Nov/ The way Z read it is stiml~rds will b, oity rvr·l standards
which are not sid~alks,
Lacina/
Baker/
Kubby/ This wasn't so~ethlr~ that the city I .~ on the county.
It was · Joint ~lttee with joint staff and Joint P/Z
Commissions ..... I do b~lleve it ~&s done toilether ....
Letman/ ... I do think P/Z Commtssions~ork at the pie·stirs o! the
COUnCil,., yOtlr responsibility.. to say hey... we have to 9o
back and look at this again ....
Lacina/ ~his qtves us a place rework from ....
Kubby/ ....
Sohr/ A couple of t ham .... There is an area out there north... some
of it is outside the two Ills Jurisdiction .... cluster
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houaes...only build so,any houeea p~r acre... and you are not
thlnkinq about annexinq out there... ~mt of lo~a City...
another water shed .... Traffic co=2~7 dGvm your roads .... they
won't siqn off on that west out there... not riqht ....
Nov/ Can va met up meetitem to talk about the fri~qa area**.? This
is an agreement that can be chanqed by all of us.
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Throq/ The Zoning Couission to vork for a revlsion...~ need to do
precisely the ease thinq. #a have not talked about this
revised proposal in tam of whether v~ think it is what we
want to be doinq aa far as the city la concerned.
Nov/ I think that the Coa~lsalon~ that have recoemended a Joint
p.h. had made a good r~ation ....
Throq/ I personally am quite happy to do a Joint p.h .....
Baker/ Purpose of the p.h .... for the public... on mo~ethinq that
we have tentatively aqreed to and~en~edto have so~e clarity
on what we arm going to pre~ant to the p.h ..... City Is ~ore
clearly on record about ~hat it Am comfortable with than the
County is .... Xf thia lm ~ot eatiafactor~, ~hat Ze? .....
Lelman/ Steve (Lacina) if ~ kno~ specifically what thinqa are
objectionable to you .... hopoint in hayinca p.h. if you know
you cannot accept this document .....
Laclna/ ... might as cell have the ~ork amesions, clear the air and
than-
Throg/
Bolkcom/ We need to schedule a tl~e when ve can sit do~n and work
through it.
Kubby/ Can we get somethir~ from staff ~-hat talkm about what waa
given and what was take~l on each side...?
Lacina/ We do have the three diff~rent copies...shows what was
struck...what was added ....
Kubby/ As to how the decision was ...... In orde~ to make this
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aolkcom/ ! vond~r if v~ ctn got ~isslon ~:rs to sttend the
york ussions in p~rson to eniv~r qu~etions... ~he ~ounty...
I eesu~e the city n~mds to hev~ · semilet ~ork s~ssion ....
l..actna/
]Cubby/ N~yl~ we ~ould so~goal In mind in t~rBs of the tim fram~
..... that vs will get back touch other.
Horov/ Suggest Nay 30, 31 ....
At. kine/ Ruind yo~...ltior policy dilc~llionl .... tIP .... end
prepare & whole eul~Lry of Rtlr end ~r proJ~-t... summary
of the polic~ IIIU~B. Ney vent to i~h~dull it for in off
evening .... k~p that in mind ....
Sehr /
· hrog/ Hsv~ emm~ of what th~ tim ll~ vo~ld ba for both
bodies ....
Kubby/ SeedtiM in the ~ ten vsdks ve rill ~ · hold of each
other and have had thes~ ~mrk ~1oas
$ehr/ ...re need to ~t first ....
$ehr! ?~ke ~y word for It, ~ .e~otl&tors did & ~uah batter }oh
than our negotiators.
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