HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-05-31 TranscriptionMay 31, 1995
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Council: Horow, Baker, Kubby, Lehman, Nov, Pigott, Throg.
Staff: Atkins, Helling, Karr, Yucuis,
Trueblood, Fosse, Schmadeke.
Franklin, Davidson,
Tapes: 95-72, all; 95-73, Side 1.
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Atkins/ Out there somewhere beyond 2000 of the current plan. Those
that have been encapsulated are the annual appropriations and
as I read you, don't need to go through the priority process.
Kubby/ But we did discuss that we might want to look at the money
per year.
Atkins/ ...completely new projects I have flagged those .... All set
(refers to handouts)
Under Pedestrian/Bicycle Projects we added Hwy 6-Pedestrian-
Drainage Improvements ....
Parks and Rec .... referred it to the P/R Commission and asked
them for their priorities .... you accepted those in the plan
...... Not sure how you want to attack them in the priority
setting process ..... easiest one to start with... policy still
is let's refer them to the Commission and allow them to set
the priorities for us and send them back. Terry is here ....
Nov/ .... Think about the South Sycamore Soccer Complex, isn't that
going to move forward?
Atkins/ Yes.
Trueblood/ That complex is under construction right now ..... nine
soccer fields and preliminary parking .... It is not hard
surfaced... The South Sycamore Soccer Complex... field
development basically replaces... parks sports complex .....
This is essentiall¥...forgetting about softball... developing
soccer complex with just the necessary amenities .....
Kubby/... picnicking place?
Trueblood/ We would anticipate that it would eventually .....
Horow/ Any other questions before we start this?
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Kubby/ ...go through this that are currently beyond 2000 ..... 2003.
Are there any we want to put into the time frame between 2000
and 2003?
Atkins/ .... if you are not interested, scratch it .... Clearly...
outside of the plan... I will prepare a list that are pending
projects for you to deal with sometime in the future.
Kubby/ For example, the cemetery.
Atkins/ When we kick them outside the plan .... we are not going to
do much work on those ....
Horow/ I would feel strongly about putting the cemetery into our
priority setting concept ..... I don't want it thrown out.
Lehman/ I am interested in what Terry and the Commission are
thinking about ..... Have their recommendations and their
priorities.
Horow/ .... Up to us to identify any of these others ....
Kubby/ Lighting needs to be bumped up .... U. of I. Softball Complex
Lighting... sooner ....
Trueblood/ That depends on the priorities .... now that we are sort
of abandoning the idea of a softball complex in conjunction
with a soccer complex, it may very well become a higher
priority.
Nov/ ...
Trueblood/ Their priorities really need to be updated.
Throg/
Baker/ ..... P/R, just leave it be and wait to hear from them ....
Arkins/ I do think if you have some interest in increasing the land
acquisition/park land development... that is a message you
ought to send ....
Throg/ ...suggest that we specify some amount of money... to
purchase more land to the northeast of Hickory Hill Park
Horow/ Is that more of an issue...work on budget?
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Atkins/ Yes ..... If there are larger purchases ...... You will need
to give us direction on that. We can prepare a list of ideas
for you .... You are expressing an interest... push land
acquisition policy up. As a commissioner I would read that as
this is important to the council .....
Nov/ We also need to look at the Neighborhood Open Space Plan .....
Trueblood/ ...Neighborhood Open Space Committee... now working on
a action plan .... try to identify parcels of land... general
areas .... that we may want to be proactive and go after .... I
am sure they would appreciate any input that they could get.
Kubby/ The $50,000 a year comes from Hotel Motel Tax-
Arkins/ The Parkland Development comes from the General Fund. Land
Acquisition comes from the Parkland Acquisition Fund .... the
Hotel Motel Tax .... two sources of financing: General Fund and
Hotel Motel Tax.
Kubby/ ..... I am hesitant at this time to add money .... I wouldn't
mind talking about it at budget time.
Throg/ Another source of funding could be the sale of bonds ....
Arkins/ We do have General Obligation Debt capacity available .....
If this is well planned, you may have 1-2 purchases that could
eat up the $350,000 in the seven years and there is nothing
wrong with that ..... accommodate that ..... When thinking
about capital acquisition, think $350,000 as a number
available to you ......
Baker/ We already have $400,000-500,000 in the fund already?
Atkins/ Yes we do. Almost $400,000 ......
Nov/
Atkins/ At the end of a period of time if you didn't do
anything .... If you had a special project ..... within that
general budget framework, I would assume that is authorization
for me to put together to go out and get the land for you.
Lehman/ Basically guidelines ..... consider it .....
Atkins/ It was a deliberate decision to set aside money to buy land
...... We have not spent a lot of it .....
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Throg/ I want to encourage us to give staff direction to use-to
direct the P/R Commission to use funds to purchase land to the
northeast of Hickory Hill Park ....
Kubby/ Action plan from Open Space Committee... look at whole
picture.
Horow/ Is there anything on here that you want to eliminate right
off the bat? I would like to suggest...indoor ice rink.
Arkins/ That will go to pending list ..... Anything on there that
doesn't get a priority .... you can throw it out. I said put it
on the pending list.
Pigott/ It did get a priority from the Commission ....
Arkins/ ...require referendum.
Baker/ The South Sycamore Soccer is nebulous out there in the
future? .....
Atkins/ We started the investment process on that.
Lehman/
Baker/ One on that list I would see speeding up with a date
specific to '98.
Nov/ Are there three items that require referendum?
Atkins/ The Rec Center .... indoor ice rink ..... and the expand the
Mercer Aquatic Center .....
Nov/ Things such as purchasing open space do not require a
referendum?
Atkins/ No... referendum, think debt .....
Nov/ If we decided to sell a $1 million in bond to buy property for
open space, does it require a referendum?
Atkins/ I think so under the definition of new P/R facilities.
Horow/ Park maintenance building, does that require a referendum?
Atkins/ It would if you built the whole thing .... may want to stage
that thing and use some current cash ..... I am not sure
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because that is a renovation
plus it is less than $700,000.
Kubby/ Soccer Complex, now we have
existing facility ....
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of an existing facility .....
done part of the plan...now
Atkins/ We would get a bond opinion .... to make sure ....
Horow/
Arkins/ All of these to the P/R Commission. Some specific interest
in northeast of Hickory Hill Park.
Horow/ Specific interest in the cemetery to look at as well.
Kubby/ I guess for that list of options for the cemetery I do want
to add buying lots in a private cemetery as one of the options
that we look at.
Horow/ Is that something that everyone is interested in?
Pigott/
Lehman/ That is a separate discussion .....
Pigott/
Kubby/
Atkins/ We are preparing a memo for you. You are going to get that
on the cemetery anyway ....
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Atkins/ Pretty straight forward. Carved out the two recurring
expenses. New ones. As far as our work schedule we are really
in pretty good shape .... number of major ones all the way
through to 2000. I guess I would point out the left turn at
First and Sunset, the right turn lane are probably
inconsequential in size ..... Willow Street-Muscatine to
Brookside...reconstruction.
Baker/ ..... money aspect...seem we could push them up without
adjusting too much else?
Atklns/ We have about $800,000 a year in Road Use Taxes in addition
to General Obligation Debt. Those are small projects .... How
you choose to deal with them is really very much up to you
...... Those two in particular pretty straight forward.
Horow/ Does First Avenue, Muscatine to Bradford have to-I would
like to suggest that that be considered sooner than year 2000.
Kubby/ The issues are do you really incapacitate that corridor for
totally .... or disable it for double of the time?
Pigott/
Kubby/ A lot of dependency...on First Avenue between Muscatine and
Bradford .....
Davidson/ ..... With respect to street capacity that is one area ....
it is starting to stretch out .... that is an area that we have
an existing problem where it is starting to worsen ....
Horow/ How can this one be done as well as First Avenue D to
Muscatine... as well as Eagle being constructing?
Fosse/ If we were to tackle both of these projects as one we would
probably phase it...similar manner on Rohret Road ....
Pigott/
Davidson/ Originally... it was one project. Because of the Eagles
Project we broke it into two .....
Kubby/ Also waiting for the issue of extension of First Avenue to
be played out and what we have kind of said is the answer is
no ......
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Horow/ I would like to suggest to council that we consider moving
it up to .... '96. Is that feasible?
Fosse/ Not necessarily two reasons. We would split it into two
phases .... property acquisition...funding...difficult ....
Horow/.. What would be reasonable for linking these two together in
a reasonable time frame?
Fosse/ We could probably do both of them in '97 or split season and
do one in late '96 and other one in '97.
Lehman/ Rick...Dubuque Foster Road Intersection. How high of a
priority do you think that is?
Fosse/ I don't have a good feel for that. Do you, Jeff?
Davidson/ I think right now there are maybe some people who live
out in that area that are trying to get access... tell you it
is a high priority .... that is minor movement kind of
intersection. I think development of Idyllwild area, possible
development of the peninsula, and Mr. Glasgow... those would
all push it ....
Throg/ Those are largely dependent of construction of Foster Road
on either side of Dubuque.
Nov/ Comment that I have had...traffic is heavy in both directions
no matter when .....
Davidson/
Nov/ I am talking about east side of Dubuque Street ....
Baker/ Just one of the things that you learn to live with...
Nov/ Amount of development in the county has expanded since you
lived there .... heavy traffic .... traffic in and out is heavy.
Davidson/ When we checked the warrants for a signal a couple of
years ago, it was not quite ....
Nov/ Do you want to check it again?
Horow/ ....
Nov/ It is something we need to look at .... at least do a traffic
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count.
Horow/ Why don't we take it off this list and have it-
Nov/ It is on the list... expensive.
Davidson/ It is in the beyond CIP.
Throg/ Should be linked up with the construction of one or both of
the other two segments of Foster Road ..... Seem to me to be
inappropriate to rebuild that intersection right now ....
appropriate to rebuild it once one or both of the other links
are made ....
Kubby/ Timing...other projects...after 2003?
Throg/ I think one of them ought to be sooner.
Nov/ Foster west of Dubuque is already in here...
Atkins/ Remember, part of your capital planning process, when we
assign these FY's, this allows us to tell developers that that
thing is not scheduled until year 2002 ..... By way of
scheduling those projects controls the pace from which you
want developer to occur and where .....
Lehman/
Atkins/ If you consider one you are going to just start marching
right across .....
Throg/ I can imagine saying the intersection and both links ought
to be done before 2003. And if we did that what would be
written down up here?
Kubby/
Atkins/ Under Dubuque and Foster intersection? If you felt it was
going to be part of this plan, that it is likely to occur
during the seven years and you wanted it in an out year, just
tell me '03 and I would write '03 down there ..... We will give
you a balanced seven year plan for financing .....
Kubby/ ....
Horow/ We are still trying to get rid of these ....
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Kubby/ .... To look at the '96 through '98 top say do we want to
keep those as priorities and the answer is yes or no .... Then
we look at the things that are in the out of 2003 and say
which things do we want to be later than 2003? Mark those off
and then we prioritize ....
Horow/ .... we are essentially pleading a cause before we have even
prioritized them.
Kubby/
Throg/ Do we want to agree on the '96 through '99?
Baker/ '96- '98,
Horow/ I would like to add '99, the Woolf Avenue. Okay.
Baker/ I wanted to move the First Avenue to Bradford into '97 and
look at .... traffic signal at ACT pushing that back to '98 ....
Atkins/ That traffic signal..beginning of a process .... come back
to you ...for approval but we are trying to get from you a
plan ....
Baker/ ...looking at financial considerations...trading off ....
Kubby/ ...we should look at priorities...
Pigott/ I would be interested in staying with '96 through '98 .....
Throg/ What about the First Avenue Muscatine and Bradford? .....
Kubby/ I think there should be more time instead of less time
between those ..... traffic flow is weird in that part of
time ....
Horow/ Seem to me that Rick's phasing of that would accomplish that
over the '96 '97 construction season.
Kubby/ .... I think we need more time to figure it out in '97 ....
Horow/
Lehman/ I would do it as soon as I could ....
Kubby/ I think the timing...longer ....
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Pigott/ Eagle Grocery Store .....
Kubby/
Nov/ What happens we said do it a year afterwards and we delayed it
to the following year because of r.o.w?...
Atkins/
Horow/ Are there four people then with sticking that '97 on First
Avenue Muscatine and Bradford with the understanding that who
knows?
Nov/
Horow/ All right.
Lehman/ Should Eagles decide, for what ever reason, not to go
through with their plans, I would assume that both of the
projects would be put on the back burner.
Atkins/ Not necessarily... commercial zoning there .... deal with
something else .... commercial ....
Horow/
Kubby/ Can we take the rest that are new and mark? ...comparing one
project to another.
Arkins/ What I understand for a thinning process, these first six
and their dates have been accepted.
Horow/ Yes.
Atkins/ I can set those aside. Those are done and we will prepare
the plan in accordance with that schedule.
Horow/ Question...Woolf Avenue '99 ..... that goes in there. So it
is seven, it is the first six plus.
Atkins/ The major projects in here are right here (refers to
chart).
Throg/ Dubuque Foster Intersection ...important because it enables
development of land on either side of that intersection
...preferable to develop that land than it would be to build
new roads farther out. I would prefer the more compact
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Kubby/ So what on there is a new road?
Arkins/ American Legion is your biggest ticket item.
Kubby/ I would say take out outside of '03.
list. .... to that past seven
Atkins/ I counted four ( lgott, Throg, Nov, Kubby).
p.
Nov/ I am a little concerned about River Street from Riverside to
Woolf ....
Fosse/ Are you talking about the bridge?
Nov/ I am talking about the street...sinking...patching ....
Fosse/ Busses keep pushing that brick base down further .... depend
quite a bit on the timing of the bridge, too ....
Nov/ ..oI am questioning River Street from Woolf Avenue to
Riverside. River Street looks like it is caving in.
Fosse/ That one we have scheduled for '98.
Nov/
Fosse/ It Will just require more maintenance dollars to keep it out
there another year .....
Kubby/ Sunset right turn, I was hearing talk last night that that
wasn't really a big concern. What do people think about?
Horow/ I thought those two were no big deals.
Atkins/ I think the Sunset right turn, they are not beating down
the doors. The left turn on First Avenue and Hwy 6.. there
is clearly a stacking problem .... ''
Nov/ Stacking problems at many intersections.
Horow/ Are there four people who Would like to eliminate the Sunset
Right Turn at Hwy 17
Nov/ I have no problem with that.
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Atkins/ ...we will do the financing part ....
Nov/
Arkins/ It goes to a pending list.
Pigott/ On the one above it I would be interested in having it
sooner .....
Horow/ I thought you wanted us to take the bottom four-
Baker/
Arkins/ You can fit them in anywhere that you want.
Baker/ Does anybody want to move any of those into the '96 to '98
range?
Pigott/ Yeah, that is why I mentioned Hwy 6 left turn.
Baker/ The four at the bottom .... I don't see any advantage right
now tonight of us prioritizing stuff for '99 to 20-
Kubby/ That is what this whole process is for.
Baker/ ...
Throg/
Baker/ I think we have to do this anyway in the spring.
Throg/ I disagree.
Kubby/ Could we-Let's take Dubuque Foster Road Intersection and
Benton Street Greenwood to Orchard and compare them...which
one we want to do first.
Atkins/ ..... easy way to decide the thing. Which one is more
important to you?
Horow/ Benton Greenwood to Orchard is heavy traveled ....
pedestrian... bicycles ....
Kubby/ ...increased ....
Horow/ I would push for a higher priority on that one.
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Throg/ By 2000?
Kubby/ I don't think we need to put numbers to them. We just need
to know-
Atkins/ You tell me which is more important and I will assign a
number when I do the financing for you .....
Horow/ Sycamore Hwy 6 to Deforest is heavy .....
Kubby/ So Benton, Sycamore, Dubuque
Horow/ .... I agree with that order right there ....
Atkins/ And American Legion is pending.
Horow/ Okay, took care of that ..... Gilbert Hwy 6 Dual Left Turn is
at 2000?
Atkins/ Yeah.
Kubby/ I had suggested for these two annual budgets that we have
some amount to add another category for traffic calming
infrastructure.
Baker/
Kubby/ ...I just want to add it to the list.
Baker/ I am not sure we need a special fund for that ....
Horow/ I would prefer to wait until we get the evaluation back from
the neighborhoods.
Throg/ If you have a category that says traffic category that means
you intend to be continually investing funds in traffic
calming measures for neighborhoods.
Kubby/ I think it is a show of commitment.
Baker/ Show business.
Throg/
Lehman/ .... Why not include that traffic calming devices as Mis¢?
It is in there, it shows a commitment.
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Kubby/ As long as we understand that that is part of it.
Atkins/ I don't see that-
Horow/ Traffic calming is a philosophy .....
Kubby/ Everything we do is a philosophy .... we bind
that sense all of the time ....
Horow/ Are there four who wants this?
Throg/ Naomi gave us document a little while ago... Teg Avenue neighbors ....
Horow/ ...are there four people who want this?
Nov/ We are not talking about a lot of money here ....
Kubby/
Lehman/ I don't think it should be an annual commitment ....
Council/ (All talking).
Nov/ I think it should be in there.
Horow/ Great ....
Nov/
Atkins/
councils in
material from
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Arkins/
Kubby/ Can we X out
after '03?
Atkins/ Yes.
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anything that is not in the city limits to
Kubby/ Which would be Sand to Sycamore; Sycamore to Detention Basin
and East Line to Sioux Ave.
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Nov/ Say again which ones you want to put in '03.
Kubby/ East West Parkway.
Atkins/ All of these add up to that (refers to chart). East West
Parkway, $3.3 is all of these ....
Kubby/ I am suggesting that the portion that are not in the city
limits be after the year 2003.
Davidson/ Sand to Sycamore is currently outside; Sycamore to
Detention Basin is currently outside; these two are in and
this one is outside (refers to chart).
Kubby/ Maybe we need to look at a map, too .....
Davidson/ (Refers to map) .....
Throg/ Last one connects to Taft ..... Sioux Avenue .....
Davidson/ (Refers to map).
Kubby/ Sand to Sycamore...shouldn,t do that.
Horow/ Got four in agreement.
Kubby/ Sycamore to Detention ..... that would be important...
Davidson/
Throg/ East West Parkway in Sycamore Farms wouldn't make any sense
without that.
Horow/ Let's leave that in .... road that would go around the
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wetlands is the Basin to Saddlebrook or Saddlebrook to East
Property Line .... that would be left in. Then Jim's point about
going out to...Sioux Avenue .... Karen, I would agree to taking
the Sand to Sycamore out but leaving the rest in ....
Kubby/ Do we want to prioritize? ....
Horow/ I would like to ....
Franklin/ The properties that are abutting this roadway (refers to
map) ..... You will have request for annexation from Sand Road
to Sycamore Farms property ..... Already interest expressed by
property owners in that area for annexation.
Kubby/ With our growth policies they have to pay for the road.
Franklin/ Yes, generally with annexation that is true. If the
decision of council at any time is to put in a road ahead of
development .... then of course the developer wouldn't have to
pay for it. This is an arterial .... the city could put the
road in ahead of the actual platting of development .... depend
upon your responses to annexation requests .... This is an
active area ....
Horow/ Of those on the East West Parkway, is there a preference in
your mind in terms of priority?
Davidson/ (Can't hear).
Franklin/ East Line to Sioux Avenue.
Davidson/
Franklin/ I can see the most immediate demand being for the
Sycamore to Detention Basin ..... northern boundary of the
Langenberg Tract .....
Kubby/ Why wouldn't we wait until that is annexed and let the
developer pay for it?
Franklin/ You are talking now about seven years and what I am
relating is the relationship of parts of these to the other
parts. Where you put it in the seven years...or beyond .... is
up to you .....
Horow/ Sycamore to Detention Basin you would suggest to be sooner.
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Franklin/ If you are going to prioritize in this grouping, that
would be the first one .... The second one ..... From City
Limits to L .....
Horow/ Just within the East West Parkway.
Kubby/
Franklin/ Saddlebrook to East Property Line .... next demand...after
that .... Basin to Saddlebrook for #3 .... Sand to Sycamore would
be 4th and East Line to Sioux Avenue-Sth.
Lehman/
Kubby/ Having is prioritize them gives Steve direction ....
Lehman/ I think they should remain in the seven years.
Franklin/ It is within our growth area where we have sewer capacity
Kubby/ Do people still agree with Sand to Sycamore being within the
next seven years?
Throg/ A question of who pays for it .....
Kubby/ ...I am not going to be paying for some of these unless the
developer pays for them .....
Nov/ That is another question .... In order of construction... Sand
to Sycamore is obviously near the bottom of our list ....
Horow/ Steve, we prioritized within the East West Parkway ......
Kubby/
Throg/ Some of it should be done within the next seven years ....
Baker/
Pigott/
Kubby/ I say put #4 & 5 in beyond for now and keep #1, 2, & 3.
Horow/ You have got four for #4 & 5 are for beyond.
Throg/ I would llke to suggest we delete First Avenue Extended, the
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Hickory to East West Arterial. Because when we had that joint
meeting with P/Z we talked about building East West Arterial
and extending Scott Blvd North... also talked about deleting
the First Avenue Extension... At that time a majority of us
agreed to do that.
Nov/ All right ......
Pigott/ Steve said last night ....
Davidson/
Horow/ I think we have all been in cities where streets are
adjacent to a park .... calming for the citizens to know that
First Avenue has gone up to east west .... there is a buffer to
the park .... So there is no question whether or not there is
going to be development ..... I don't understand why the
concept of a road being put through up to the arterial cannot
be put .... buttress to a park area .....
Throg/ If you built First Avenue, what you do is created a
barrier.. clearly defines the absolute limit of any kind of
natural area linking Hickory Hill Park with the ravines to the
north of Steve's house .....
Horow/ I don't see it that way .....
Pigott/ The function of a second road going north south like that
would be my question ..... If you got Scott Blvd, why do First
Avenue in addition to that?
Horow/ Because you have nothing else that goes up north ....
Kubby/ What is the distance between Dodge and Scott?
Davidson/ More than a mile ....
Kubby/ It doesn't preclude having...some kind of collector street
from Rochester north in between Dodge and Scott that would get
to that development. First Avenue isn't the only choice ....
Horow/ .... My point is you having nothing going all the way north
between Dodge and Scott.
Lehman/
Throg/
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Atkins/
Kubby/ (Refers to map) .... I was thinking it was Extension of First
Avenue up to Dodge was what we had said no to.
Throg/ It was never suppose to be extended up to Dodge.
Horow/
Davidson/ I think what Karen is referring to is building this
portion of the East West Arterial (refers to map) ....
Kubby/ Our decision with P/Z that one day was not to.
Lehman/ I thought that went all the way to ACT ...all the way to 1.
Throg/ ..... I think we had a pretty clear understanding of what we
were choosing not to do at that meeting and what we chose not
to do was to build this one segment of First Avenue.
Horow/ I just disagree .....
Kubby/ ..... For those who want to see it happen .... expect to see
it happen within the next seven years.
Lehman/
Horow/ You are saying you don't mind it being beyond the seven
years? Okay.
Nov/ '03.
Throg/ To be clear about that ..... what I am trying to suggest is
that we not build First Avenue and that instead we buy some
land and extend Hickory Hill Park onto the east. That is what
I am suggesting. If you want to build the road then you are
not going to be buying the land .....
Horow/ I think you can have a road through there and still have a
natural area and at least it is a completed picture.
Kubby/...would you agree that a park that is a natural area would
not have an arterial street going through it ..... That could
happen in a different kind of park ....
Nov/ Could have a different kind of street.
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Davidson/ If you build it it will function as an arterial ....
Horow/ I would like to leave it on and put it for beyond '03.
Atkins/ If it goes into the seven year plan I intend to show you
how to finance it. If you put it outside the plan then I don't
show you financing.
Horow/ How many are for getting rid of it totally? You have got
four.
Atkins/It goes beyond?
Kubby/ No, nixed ....
Atkins/ It is not in '03.
Horow/ It is pending. It is not killed.
We have got Scott Blvd. First of
'97, ~98 and down at the bottom.
all...those that are '96,
Davidson/ Scott Blvd Phase I (refers to map) ..... Phase II .....
Phase III.
Throg/ Jeff, what affect of construction of Phase II and III of
Scott Blvd have on Phase I having been done and East West
Arterial having been done. What affect would building Phase II
and III have on traffic on North Dodge south of where the East
West Arterial meets North Dodge.
Davidson/ Our model does not show a great deal of diversion of
Dodge Street ....
Throg/ So what purpose would constructing Phase II and III
accomplish?
Davidson/ It would allow some diversion .... allows development of
that area.
Nov/ It would keep some of the trucks off of Dodge ....
Davidson/
Baker/ Can you quantify that phrase some diversion?
Davidson/ Minor.
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Horow/ Jeff, in terms of diverting truck traffic on Dodg~ ..... What
other alternative is there? ....
Davidson/ You have a lot of truck traffic destinations in this
community that are not oriented to southeast Iowa City ....
larger trucks in CBD ......
Horow/ There is no need to get a bypass of Dodge Street for
commercial traffic?
Davidson/ Certainly it would serve some function to do that ....
principal function it would serve is to allow development
...north east area of Iowa City .... could achieve some
reduction of traffic along this corridor... it is just going
to use other streets to get to central part of town ....
Kubby/ ...I propose that Phase II and III be beyond '03.
Throg/ I would agree .... Do you mean that Phase I would be altered
so as to not purchase r.o.w. for Phases II and III.
Nov/ I don't agree with that .... purchase r.o.w ..... all at
once .....
Atkins/ So Phases II and III remain as they were in the old plan.
Horow/ Right, beyond. Okay.
Atkins/ You need to decide Foster Road and Camp Cardinal.
Horow/ East West Arterial, Phase I-
Davidson/ Phase I was from the Scott Blvd Extension into ACT ....
Phase II, through the ACT property... Phase III construction
through the Gatens and Larsons ....
Throg/ We ought to pin those years down.
Kubby/ Are we still in agreement that we want to go from east to
west?
Nov/ Yeah.
Horow/ I think that makes sense.
Throg/ When is the ACT Traffic Signal? ....
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Horow/ '97.
Davidson/ You can construct that without doing that
the East West Arterial ....
Horow/ Do we have the design for Phase
ACT?
Davidson/
Council/
Davidson/
III anywhere
No, you have to decide where you want
(All talking).
(Refers to map).
Phase III of
near road for
it to go.
Throg/ Suggest that we construct the East West Arterial in two year
increments, doing '98-2000, then 2002 ..... Phase I in 1998,
Phase II in 2000, Phase III in 2002.
Kubby/ I am against us putting numbers .... just putting priorities.
Horow/ We accepted Phase I, II, and III east to west.
Atkins/ ...in the Plan?
Horow/ Yes, in the plan.
Kubby/ I don't want to go that fast in that area in the next seven
years.
Horow/ Karen is not for going that fast in the next seven years.
Kubby/ I just want that to be part of the public record.
Nov/ Does Phase I include land acquisition?
Atkins/ I am pretty sure it does.
Horow/ First Avenue Extended is pending. Foster Road-Dubuque-
Prairie Du Chien. What do we want to do with that?
Nov/ ...developer had to come in with a reasonable plan .... Put
beyond 2000.
Horow/ ... okay, pending.
Atkins/ Camp Cardinal.
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Nov/ 2003.
Kubby/ Put quotation marks around Camp Cardinal.
Arkins/ Is there a reason for that?
Kubby/ Because it may not be at where the current Camp Cardinal is.
So it is a north south street in the west side of town.
Atkins/ Okay, we will get another name.
Horow/... got to work together with Coralville on this but it is
the design ....
Davidson/ You are working with them at this very moment... joint
study to look at the alignments .... Coralville has got a lot
more going on.
Horow/ If they do extend that does it fall within our city limits
in that some of that $3 million would have to be used?
Davidson/ Some of it does currently .... We have a land use
agreement with Coralville in that are that does call for
potentially part of the area within Iowa City... to be severed
and annexed by Coralville because they can provide sewer to
it ....
Franklin/ We do have some development interests in that area ....
Point being there could be some private development that would
pay for part of this road as it is kind of extended
incrementally.
Kubby/ Low priority .....
Lehman/ ..... Camp Cardinal ....
Davidson/ ..one facility ....
Lehman/ Within the next seven years...something is going to have to
be done ....
Horow/ Low priority but keeping within the seven years.
Nov/ 2003.
Atkins/ You want it in the Plan. It means I have to show financing.
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Nov/ Yes. Far out. Low priority.
Horow/ Court Street Extended. Sycamore South through Langenberg.
Atkins/ Yeah, drop those.
Kubby/ Court Street Extended to Taft I think should be beyond '03.
Horow/ We have this '98.
Kubby/ At least not '98 .....
Franklin/ One of the other .aspects of Windsor Ridge is the
rezonings that we just went through .... higher density... I
know that there will be some interest on the part of the
developer for this to be extended... or to have a role in its
extension before 2003, definitely .... it is within the seven
year plan.
Horow/ I think this goes along also with the movement of St. Pats
in that general area ..... before seven years.
Nov/
Fosse/ One important point that this precede the reconstruction of
American Legion Road... traffic control problems during
construction.. This should lead the other one.
Kubby/ We have American Legion beyond '03 .... Do people want it in
the seven year plan but later than '98?
Horow/ Not as low as Camp Cardinal ..... say 2000.
Nov/ When we put in American Legion we put 2002?
Horow/ Yes.
Kubby/ We said beyond and we are saying now that Court Street has
to come before that one?
Horow/ Yes, So we put on like 2000.
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Street Reoonstruction(Unimproved) 95-72 S2
Horow/ Are you all right with the existing years for Sycamore Burns
to City Limits; Foster West to Dubuque and Melrose 218 to West
High School? Melrose 218 to West High School ...was tied with
Rohret Road... Are we in agreement that that still stands for
next year?
Nov/ Yes ....
Kubby/ I would like to push Sycamore Burns to City Limits back a
little bit ..... See if we can do some cost sharing with
developers .... I want it back... past-
Pigott/
Kubby/ Later than Foster.
Atkins/ Foster ..... may go away. Peninsula .... it will be built at
your pace depending on a whole bunch of issues.
Nov/ Go to '99.
Kubby/ Bump it back a little.
Atkins/ I can deal with that...flexibility on scheduling ....
Horow/ Waterfront North of Southgate.
Nov/ I think we have to do that one soon.
Horow/ That would be done with the sewer construction ....
Schmadeke/ Sewer construction we can replace it as is .....
Horow/ '96-'97?
Schmadeke/ Yes.
Nov/ If we are going to tear it up anyway let's put in a good
street.
Horow/ Okay, '96-'97.
420th Street Near Industrial Park.
Kubby/ Farther out.
Pigott/ I would say farther out.
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Horow/ Pending.
Sycamore City Limits to South to Corner and Slothower.
Arkins/ Yes, not currently within the plan.
Kubby/ Keep in beyond.
Horow/ How realistic is Slothower with the 965 alignment?
Davidson/ It is out there.
Horow/
Nov/ Hold off ....
Davidson/
Horow/ Put it on Pending .... Sycamore...
Arkins/ I wrote it L ..... Corner ....
Horow/ Remain pending ..... okay, pending.
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Bridges 950-2 S2
Horow/ Woolf '96, Burlington '96 ....
Atkins/ ... our plans are for '96.
Horow/ Are we still all right with the ones we have got ....
Kubby/ All we need to tell them is the order ....
Atkins/ That is your order right now.
Nov/ What happened to Brookside?
Atkins/ There was a chance for some funding.
Fosse/ We have ....
Atkins/
Kubby/ Isn't that how we do bridges? When it comes to the top ....
Atkins/ ...Practically speaking, as the aid becomes available.
Horow/ Pedestrian Overpass Hwy 6.
Nov/ Beyond 2003.
It may get pushed up.
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Atkins/ .... interest in bike trails for additional funding.
Pigott/ I would be interested in upping the funding.
Horow/ Do we need to do that within this prioritization?
Pigott/ ...... I would like us to annually allocate more ....
Atkins/ P/R should comment on that ....
Trueblood/ We have done two... also where the money is coming from
to do the design work on the Willow Creek Trail.
Atkins/ Have the Commission made any comments on this one?
Trueblood/ They did in '93 .....
Arkins/
Pigott/ I would love to have their comments... interest in
increasing that pot of money for those people to be able to
explore projects .....
Kubby/
Pigott/
Nov/
Kubby/
Horow/ Are there four people who wish to increase the amount? (No).
Baker/
Atkins/ I need a ranking on those.
Horow/
Kubby/ Mormon Trek is very high...school
Nov/ And I think Willow Creek .....
Davidson/ (Can't hear).
Kubby/ ...River Trails System is next .....
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Horow/
Nov/ River Trail System has been designed in sections ....
Atkins/ Three projects.
Davidson/ $900,000 I think that is all of them added up.
Atkins/ .....
Nov/ Do sections of it every year.
Horow/ Low priority... I don't think we should throw it out.
Kubby/ What does it mean to the neighborhood? (Longfellow)
Davidson/ Makes it much more convenient ....
Throg/ Will it make is safer and easier for kids to go to school?
Davidson/ I am not sure exactly where the district lines are .....
Horow/ Southeast kids definitely would be using it .... many ....
Kubby/ Tie it together with Willow Creek.
Atkins/ Tieing them together. Big project is the pedestrian, $1.8
million .....
Kubby/ To make Hwy 6 more pedestrian friendly.
Davidson/
Fosse/ (Refers to map).
Council/ (All talking).
Pigott/ Can we do it in sections?
Atkins/ That is the idea.
Nov/
CHANGE TAPE TO REEL 95-73 SIDE 1
NOV/ Sidewalk and a formal crosswalk.
not that
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Horow/ Putting this down for fourth priority .....
Atkins/ In the plan. We will get back to you ..... we will carve it
up...
Kubby/ ...phases .....
Horow/ The HyVee construction. Will the existing HyVee Building be
eliminated?
Davidson/ No...will be re-used ..... You will see the Contractor
Tool and Supply Building go away.
Horow/
Nov/ What about the sewer line construction?
Davidson/ They are going to bors under the HyVee..
Fosse/ (Refers to map) ..... Right now on the medians there are no
curbs...ruts ....
Horow/ Is Project Green going to be brought into this?
Fosse/
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Stormwater 95-73 S1
Horow/
Atkins/ Drop Sandusky because that is already budgeted.
Horow/ Shamrock.. South Sycamore .... Kiwanis Park, are we all still
with those?
Kubby/ We have all kind of committed to those.
Atkins/ I don't see how you can get out of those three in
particular.
Kubby/ Flood maps are really my priority ....
Pigott/ We have to do that ....
Fosse/ A portion that we do have an obligation of to upgrade is the
Snyder Creek Water Shed because we have annexed that area
..... Our flood maps do not address the portion of Snyder
Creek that have recently been annexed.
Pigott/ Whether or not some other federal agency does this...
Kubby/ We are talking about priorities ....
Lehman/
Horow/ Where is this on your priorities?
Nov/ High priority.
Horow/ Sunset, Hafor and RR. What is Sunset Street?
Fosse/ Sunset Street (refers to map).
Kubby/ Hafor and Sunset are really same kinds of issues ....
Fosse/ Hafor is more severe. 0.frequency of complaints and property
damage .....
Horow/ Let's do that for second. One is revise FEMA maps, #2 is
Hafor, #3 is Sunset Street.
Lehman/
Fosse/ (Refers to map) .....
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Horow/
Fosse/ The Iowa Interstate RR one, that is one that we need to do
to proceed First Avenue. We need...if we are going to do
First Avenue, Bradford to Muscatine then we need to move that
one up.
Horow/ Do you want that second?
Fosse/ We need to construct it either fall of '96 or spring of '97
to meet with the schedule that we have laid out on First
Avenue. It can happen currently with the FEMA Flood
evaluation.
Nov/ .... is it the track near Bradford?
Horow/ ..... Iowa Interstate became #2 .... 1-2, Hafor is #3, Sunset
is #4.
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Horow/ Are we all right with the existing.
already budgeted?
Atkins/ Yes, it is budgeted.
Horow/ Do you agree Chuck?
Schmadeke/
Arkins/ No. We need direction on that one.
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...Scott Park, is that
Kubby/ That is in the same area as Phase I of Scott Blvd .....
Schmadeke/ (Refers to map).
Kubby/
Lehman/ What priority do you have for that one?
Kubby/ That won't serve that area. I say later.
Horow/ Why did we have this in '95? Do you remember?
Arkins/ I suspect it was the Iowa City Care Center .....
Kubby/ ....
Horow/ I think that is a very real responsible...getting more and
more people retiring... I think this is important .... You have
a lot of people in Iowa City that are in that Care Center.
Fosse/ That does drain through three city parks.
Lehman/ That changes my opinion.
Kubby/ Other option is to talk to the County Health Department to
make sure that those lagoons are working properly ....
Horow/ Let's take a look at the other priorities .... Peninsula sewer.
Horow/ Why is that a high priority?
Kubby/ So that the upper terrace can-
Horow/ Develop.
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Throg/ Why wouldn't we time that with the extension... of Foster
Road?
Nov/
Schmadeke/ That is the sewer that serves the new water plant.
Kubby/ Shouldn't that be determined with the phasing of when we
need it?
Arkins/ Should be part of the water and sewer project shown
separately .... now you have incorporated.
Kubby/ It doesn't open up any non-city land for development?
Arkins/ No, I don't think so.
Horow/ Let's take it off.
Schmadeke/ It also takes care of those septic tanks.
Nov/ Foster Road was on '98, so if you are going to do this before
~98-
Horow/
Kubby/ When we have been calculating the cost of the sewer plant,
that $502,000 was incorporated into the total?
Schmadeke/ No.
Atkins/ It was not.
Kubby/ There is a consequence to taking it off here ..... In reality
it is really a part of the water plant.
Atkins/ We were showing it separately when in fact it is a part of
the overall project plan .... It was shown here.
Kubby/ Do sewer rate payers pay for it or do water rate payers pay
for it?
Schmadeke/ Sewer rate because it serves.
Lehman/ It is important to note .... acknowledge that ....
Kubby/ Was there a reason why this was not part of the overall?
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Schmadeke/ It serves a larger drainage area than just the water
plant site.
Kubby/ So the total cost of that is not all for the new water plant
..... need to understand how much of it is for the larger
drainage area and how much for the water plant.
Arkins/ So should this remain in?
Lehman/ Yes.
Atkins/ I am hearing it should be back in.
Kubby/ If we are going to recover some of the costs, too, we
shouldn't put it in the total.
Pigott/
Arkins/
Kubby/ So the project that will be in the cIP will be the part that
is not-
Horow/ But it has a priority of going in tandem of with the water
plant distribution.
Nov/ I am still questioning the timing of this because we put the
Foster Road construction in 1998. Should that be in the same
year?
Atkins/
Schmadeke/ (Can't hear).
Atkins/ B'jaysville and East Iowa City-
Horow/ Wait a minute. We were still trying to
the Peninsula and River Street Sewer and
Kubby/
Horow/ River Street Sewer.
Nov/ I think leave it where it is. Same
reconstruction.
Horow/ Southwest Interceptor.
figure out between
Scott Park Area.
year as the street
No, East Iowa City Trunk and
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B'jaysville Lane Sewer.
Kubby/ Are people okay with leaving the Southwest Interceptor
beyond '03?
Horow/ Yeah. We can't possibly do that.
Kubby/ Maybe we could prioritize B'jaysville, Scott Park, and East
Iowa City, comparing the three at once.
Baker/ I am still not clear in my mind our responsibility the Scott
Park Trunk Sewer ..... Question whether or not we need to pick
up the tab for that.
Horow/ I understand what you are saying.
Lehman/... goes through our parks.
Baker/ How does that-
Kubby/ I am not so sure you can monitor lagoons .... I don't think
you can monitor the lagoons like that on a regular basis to
insure... the effluence is clean ....
Kubby/
Horow/ ....
Lehman/ Desirable to to have that solution going through our parks.
Baker/
Franklin/ I think if it wasn't for the Care Center we wouldn't be
focusing on this. There hasn't been...interest in development
in this particular area .....
Horow/ Where does St. Pat's talk about it?
Franklin/ It would not be served by this sewer.
Throg/ I don't understand why we would be paying for this.
Kubby/ The only reason is to prevent some environmental-
Lehman/ How much is the costs can we recover?
Franklin/If we do a tap on fee... we recover over time whatever is
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served within this water shed.
Lehman/ What about the Care Center?
Franklin/ Presumably they would pay ....
Lehman/
Nov/ We haven't figured it on multi-family ....
Franklin/ While you are looking at priorities of these, the East
Iowa City we have a certain obligation to do part of that for
the development that is occurring in Village Green .... This is
a larger project .... goes beyond to provide to sewer service to
the industrial ....
Kubby/ Does it move the lift station further south?
Franklin/ It could within this range ....
Lehman/ This would be phased ....
Franklin/
Schmadeke/ It is the upper reach of this sewer that would serve
that Hines Lift Station area. So we would have to put in the
entire sewer. It couldn't be phased.
Horow/ B'Jaysville Lane ....
Throg/ I want to move Scott Park to pending.
Kubby/ I say-nix it.
Atkins/ Scott Park you want out of the plan.
Horow/ We have been out voted.
Nov/ Put it on the pending list.
Atkins/ That is out of the plan. It will not be part of the seven
years.
Lehman/ ...schedule of tap on fees.
Arkins/ We can give you a financing plan... tell Iowa City Care
Center .... they have to convince you .... It is not on the
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plan.
Kubby/ Now we have to prioritize East and B'jaysville.
Nov/ I don't see B'jaysville as urgent.
Franklin/ You put Foster Road Dubuque to Prairie du Chine in beyond
2003. The B'jaysville Sewer is that alignment ....
schmadeke/ This project just repairs a surcharging condition that
existed during flood of '93. It is not to extend the sewer.
Lehman/ We should do it.
Kubby/ There is a lot of people in that small area.
Horow/ '96-'97? When do you see getting to it?
Atkins/ Small enough project that.
Nov/ Do it.
Kubby/ (Can't hear).
Horow/ Southwest Interceptor Sewer. We put that beyond '03. Now we need to prioritize them ....
Arkins/ River Street and East Iowa City .....
Throg/ We should begin East Iowa Trunk when we need to begin-
Horow/ Part of the peninsula we kept in ....
Atkins/ I understand that. We are also going to be shrinking the
size of the project based on what you just told us. Bottom
line is we have one major sewer project left. That is it.
Horow/ Okay. Great. Go with it.
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Other Projects 95-73 S1
Atkins/ The two we added. The Bus Depot. Sooner or later we are
going to have to deal with that. Going to have to go or move.
I Just wanted to flag it for you.
Lot Acquisition. We have normally done that out of an
operating cash position as lots become available.
Planning..annualized appropriation, $60,000 a year times
seven. That -is how we go at that number. As lots become
available .... Not chosen to pursue condemnation ....
Throg/ I had also suggested Streetscape Improvements on Iowa
Avenue.
Atkins/ Okay. That is right, you did.
Kubby/ I would like to nix the Fire Training Facility within the
next seven years.
Horow/ I would prefer just for pending ....
Atkins/ Practically speaking, given these projects...great deal of
difficulty setting priority on almost all of these things ....
(Refers to chart) ..... Not so sure how you can set priorities
on these things .... Airport will sneak up on you in a couple of
years ..... Intended that the FAA will finance 90/10. I have
made the assumption...this is a rough cost estimate and the
city will have to come up with $1 million .....
Kubby/ If we know this is coming I think we should be putting some
money in a reserve fund .... Can we use Road Use Tax money on
the Airport?
Atkins/ No. What you can do is simply take a portion of your
existing reserve, 'transfer it to what you call an Airport
Reserve. You control it, not the Commission .... set aside in
name ..... point is that for other future councils can see an
accumulation of cash... encourage you under your control.
Lehman/ Which of these require referendum? Cultural Conference
Center. Library Expansion?
Atkins/ Yes.
Horow/ What about Industrial Park... what is going on?
Atkins/ We just got appraisals .... The County has talked a lot
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about it .... zoning issue...they have not proposed any real
· participation in it ...... They want to be part of the policy
making but I haven't seen the checkbook.
Horow/
Atkins/ We are continuing all of the contacts ....
Kubby/ Police Second Floor. Is that an already planned section?
Arkins/ Yes ...it is vacant .... It is there. We will sometime need
to do that ....
Kubby/ I would put that lower priority.
Atkins/ It is not a pressing demand. It is out there .... If we can
add the second floor at reasonable ¢ost...chart if back to
federal government... so many mushy issues with this one.
Pigott/ City Plaza Face Lift...
Atkins/ That is the task force ....
Pigott/ Let's go on that City Plaza Face Lift .... make that a high
priority .....
Horow/ GIS System?...Where are we with this GIS? I want to do it
now.
Fosse/ We are in the dreaming stage right now .... next step is to
get together with consultants...phased approached... or dive
into it ....
Horow/ Like to push it. Do I have support of this?
Nov/ Steve, look at the Land Acquisition Ralston Creek and think
about maybe that should be in Parks Acquisition .....
Kubby/ That is a viable commercial lot. Why would we take it off
the tax rolls?
Nov/ I don't know.
Atkins/ These are ideas ....
Nov/ ...I am not sure we should buy it .... would it be open space?
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Arkins/ It would be part of the Civic Center Complex ..... Open
Space .....
Nov/ Grass and trees .... parkland acquisition to buy that.
Atkins/ I am finished...we will rough this out...do a financing
plan .....
Horow/ Other projects .... not eliminating them ....
Arkins/ There will be a list called Pending Projects ....
Pigott/ Would rather have City Plaza Face Lift and Iowa Avenue
Streetscape moved up ....
Atkins/ Current projects ....
Horow/ When can you get this back to us?
Atkins/ Faster than- quickly .....
Throg/ Iowa Avenue Streetscape...didn't mean just tinkering with
the sidewalk.
Atkins/ I understood that ....
Council/ (Ali talking).
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May 31, 1995 CIP - Council Work Session
Sales Tax Discussion 95-73 S1
Atkins/ For information purposes .... Susan and I had spoken about
it...legislative item on for Sales Tax. If you were going to
vote the Sales Tax issue as a council, the legislation would
require you to set it up .... sales and what you are going to
use it for. We can put it on for discussion Monday night .....
Baker/ Discuss it.
Arkins/ I will put it on Monday just for discussion.
Kubby/ I want to say no very clearly.
Adjourn: 9:20 PM.
This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of May 31, 1995.
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