HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-07-27 AgendaSubject to change as finalized by the City Clerk. For a final official copy, contact the City
Clerk's Office, 356-5040. ~
AGENDA
IOWA CITY CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL COUNCIL IVIEETING - JULY 27, 1995
7:30 A.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
ITEM NO. 1 - CALL TO ORDER.
ROLL CALL.
ITEM NO. 2- PUBLIC HEARING RELATIVE TO AN APPLICATION FOR EIGHTEEN (18)
REPLACEMENT UNITS OF PUBLIC HOUSING.
Comment: Paragraph 403A.28 State Code of Iowa requires this Public
Hearing prior to undertaking this housing project. The Iowa City Housing
Authority proposes to apply for eighteen (18) three-bedroom, single-family
dwelling units, pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937 as
amended for dwelling unit replacements for disposition of 18 units located at
1926/1946 Broadway Street subject to Section 18. Possible locations of
replacement units and estimated costs will be discussed at said hearing.
Action:
ITEM NO, 3 -
ITEM NO. 4-
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN APPLICATION FOR PUBLIC
HOUSING REPLACEMENT UNITS FOR DISPOSITION.
Comment: On June 16, 1995, the Department of Housing and Urban
Development issued a Notice of Funding Availability for the Development of
Public Housing. This would enable the Iowa City Public Housing Authority to
apply for acquisition of eighteen three-bedroom, single-family units, which are
replacement units fo~ disposition of 18 multi-family units located at
1926/1946 Broadway Street, if approved.
Action:
CONSIDER
PROJECT,
A PHA RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PUBLI~SING~~'
Comment: See comment above.
Action: (~[[~-f--~c.,_~_~
#2 page 1
ITEM NO. 2 - PUBLIC HEARING RELATIVE TO AN APPLICATION FOR
EIGHTEEN (18) REPLACEMENT UNITS OF PUBLIC HOUSING.
Horow/Declare the p.h. open.
Kubby/Discuss it?
Horow/Council's discussion will come under consideration of the
resolution.
Boothroy/ I think if you want something on record I can just
indicate that these are scattered sites housing units that
will be located in Iowa City. All single family.
Horow/When we say scattered site housing, however, I know in the
area behind me there are, already, between Kirkwood and Mark
Twain, Kirkwood and Highway 6, Keokuk and Sycamore, there are
quite a number of city houses already. Quite a number. A
reasonable number. Now, when you say scattered sites, how are
you determining the scattered sites. Just the availability of
the houses?
Boothroy/Primarily. I think we are very sensitive to the issue of
location in terms of the concerns the council has expressed
and other people have expressed about Southeast Iowa City. So,
we look or I look I should say and try to find houses that are
north of Highway 6 and also try to spread them out so they are
not, you know, two on the same block or something like that.
There may be a couple in the same neighborhood like over by
Southeast Junior High. We have three houses in that area. One
on Wayne, one right across from the pool and so fourth but
they are not within-they are a couple of blocks apart.
Throg/I find that to be an admirable goal and I strongly support
but it suggests there are significant limitations in terms of
what part of the city what parts of the city scattered site
housing would be economically viable within at least- I can
imagine parts of the city where it would be very difficult to
buy a lot or buy the land, buy the house and actually use it
as public housing.
Boothroy/Well, the farthest north on the east side of Iowa City
that we have bought housing is on Lower West Branch Road. We
have gone that far north. But you are right. Certainly the
newer areas that are developing are not available. The housing
costs are just too high.
Thisrepresents only a reasonably accurate transcription ofthe Iowa CIty councilmeeting of July 27, 1995.
F072795
." I · ' ". -' ' : '.' '.,!2: .' .~.,':".~ .'..','.~:.':~.,'~ :,,..-',!-~j...~'!'.'.' .':~ '....'.;~:!:~>.i,--~::::."'-'::.:.·
#2 page 2
Horow/Anybody else? In terms of discussion among council members, ';'
I w uld rath r this be questions. Okay. Declare the p.h. '.
closed ....
This represents only a reasonBbly accurate transcription of the Iowa CIty council meeting of July 27, 1995.
F072795
#3 page 1
ITEM NO. 3 - CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN APPLICATION POR PUBLIC HOUSING REPLACEMENT UNITS FOR DISPOSITION.
Horow/Moved by Pigott, seconded by Throg. Discussion.
Lehman/Susan, I talked to a Realtor yesterday and I got some
numbers that I think are somewhat significant. At this point
in time there are 49 properties on the market under $100,000
and this is the highest within memory for most realtors. Of
those 49 properties, 24 have pending offers. That means there
is a total availability right now of 25 properties under
$100,000. We are talking about buying 3/4's of those
properties. I really don't think the city has any business
competing with the private sector to this degree. I mean if we
had 500 properties, I can understand us buying them. But if we
got 25 properties. Buying 18 I think is totally unfair to the
folks who live in this community. Of those properties, two of
them are between $60,000 and $70,000; three of them are
between $70,000 and $80,000; nine are $80,000 and $90,000 and
12 are $90,000 to $100,000. Now we have got young families in
this community who work hard and try to buy a home. We are
competing with those folks. I don't think that is right. I
absolutely don't think that is right. In addition to competing
with them and taking these off of the market, if and when we
acquire these 18 properties we will then own, I believe 110.
Boothroy/I would have to add them up.
Lehman/I think that is right. The property taxes on 110 units is
about $160,000. Those are families whose kids go to our
schools. They pay no taxes for the schools. They pay no
support for the city. I just think we would better advised not
to buy these properties.
Kubby/Doug, in the agreement that we are going to vote on later,
doesn't it say these properties will pay a fee for taxes that
will then be passed onto the county and school board?
Boothroy/Right, we do pay a payment in lieu of taxes. We have done
that ever since the Public Housing Program has been-
Lehman/How does that compare to the tax-
Boothroy/It is not the same because we are not paying any city
taxes, of course, and-or county taxes~ They just go to the
school district. So, it is primarily for the school district.
Lehman/Which is another cost to the city, right?
Boothroy/The property is owned by us so I am not so sure-I don't
know how to answer that. You would be taxing yourself if you
Thisrepresents only areasonably accurate transcription ofthelowa City councilmeetlng of July 27,1995.
F072795
#3 page 2
are talking about the city taxes now. But the people who are
in the units do pay water and sewer. The Public Housing
Authority doesn't pay the water and sewer bills. So they pay
all their utilities. The only thing they are not paying for
is, I guess, the taxes the city pays.
Lehman/You say what they are paying.
Boothroy/The tenants are paying. They pay all their utilities.
Lehman/They pay what they can afford. We subsidize amounts, right?
Boothroy/We have a utility allowance that is available but it is
pretty minimal. You know, they are talking maybe $20-30 month.
Lehman/All I am saying is if we have a $20-30 a month allowance
for utilities and they use that, they aren't paying for that.
We are.
Boothroy/Well, that comes from HUD. I understand what you are
saying.
Horow/If, as we have talked about in terms of a sliding scale or
some sort of assistance for the water and sewer rates that
have gone up, then these family would also be given a break
or given some money to pay those fees as well.
Boothroy/That is a very important issue for this because-
Horow/This is 18 units but when you connect them with all the rest
of them that is a lot of support. And none of this money comes
from HUD. Is that right?
Boothroy/Not for the utilities that you are talking about.
Horow/So that should HUD be severely pruned by Congress this will
fall back on the Iowa City property.
Boothroy/What I see happening with Public Housing is that they are
going to-they want to evolve to a point where the local
jurisdictions take more and more responsibility. So, recently
we applied for money that helps us deal with
infrastructure of units and stuff like that. Those type of
funds down the road, a few years down the road, just won't be
there and the expectations I think on HUD part and I think
certainly this Congress would support that is that the local
housing authorities will be able to support themselves in
Public Housing based on the rent they charge. What that means
is that they are looking at issuing vouchers and certificates
to all people that are getting assistance, including public
housing people, giving them the flexibility to move wherever
Thisrepresents only areasonably accuratetranscription ofthelowa City councilmeeting of July 27,1995.
F072795
#3 page 3
they want and the Housing authorities will them be charging
fair market rents. We will have to charge fair market rents in
order to maintain the properties and keep them attractive for
the utilization by tenants. The one thing that s.f. structures
do for us is it puts us in a situation where we are very
competitive in that sense because we don't have-We have a long
waiting list for s.f. houses. It is where people want to live.
People don't want to live necessarily at Broadway. We have a
3 out of 4 turndown rate at Broadway. We don't have any
turndown rate with our s.f. houses. So, we are meeting not
only what our clients-their needs. But in the long run we will
be healthier because of the fact that we will have the s.f.
houses. I think to address Ernie's concerns, we of the things
keep in mind is the housing will be maintained for low income
families. I bought 30 houses over the last three years and I
found that during that period of time, the first house I
bought have appreciated in value $12,000 or more and that same
house is not as affordable as it was 3-4 years ago to the same
family and the incomes for those families haven't gone up. So
what I am trying to say is that we are serving families, we
are serving low income families and once the Housing Authority
owns that property, those are going to be available for those
low income families for as long as we own the property and
they will have the opportunity then to have that same, you
know, living environment that they want as the families that
you are talking about. Both families want to live in s.f.
houses. The difference is ownership and the other point that
I want to make is that the several million dollars that I have
expanded over the last few years in buying these houses, most
of the families that we would purchase the houses from
continue to live in this area. Which means there was a
multiple buyer effect for the expenditure of that fund. I
spend, let's say, this last time around we bought ten units at
over $900,000. So it like- You know, $940,000. That is going
to end up generating real estates revenues as well as revenues
for the people who own houses. It provides mobility within the
community as well as it generates income within the real
estate community. So, I understand what you are saying. It
takes it off the market but it also does provide some
positives. It is not all negative.
Lehman/I don't disagree with you. All I am saying is that if the
18 properties that we are talking about purchasing were
purchased by the private sector, Iowa City would be better off
economically.
Boothroy/I don't necessarily agree with that.
Throg/The City of Iowa City when you say that?
Lehman/The City of Iowa City, right.
Thisrepresents only a raasonably accurate trBns~Iptlon ofthelowa City council meeting of July 27,1995.
F072795
#3 page 4
Throg/The municipality and the government.
Boothroy/You are talking about the government because of taxes?
Lehman/Yeah.
Boothroy/The people-Many of our clients do work. I think it is a
common misconception that Public Housing clients don't work.
They work at the K-Marts, the Walmarts and places like that.
The problem is is that when they work at those commercial
enterprises they are not making the kind of income that allows
them to purchase their own house and we have, you know, one of
my employees for example that I hired two years ago simply
does not make enough money to afford his own house. So he
lives in Public Housing. He is a good employee and he does a
fine job for the city but he has got a family of four, at
$23,000 a year or whatever it is, he qualifies for Public
Housing. And I don't have any problem with that I guess is
what I am saying. I think that is a positive and that house is
always going to be available for people at that particular
income level.
Pigott/Doug, you mentioned that over the past three years you have
purchased 30 houses.
Boothroy/Three or four years.
Pigott/Three or four years. Tell me what was the largest number of
houses you purchased in one go.
Boothroy/Twenty. It took me less than a year to purchase that and
I didn't really have any problem.
Pigott/And that was over a period of a year?
Boothroy/Approximately a year.
Pigott/So, when you purchase, Ernie said that 25 are available
today and that if we bought 18 today that would take a huge
chunk of that off the market. But we don't plan on buying
anything like that amount on one day at one time in the
market.
Boothroy/Oh, no. It is impossible to buy 18 units. I think I will
have to say that getting those 20 purchased in approximately
a year was I think just good fortune and hard work. It
probably should take maybe a year and a half to get 18. That
would be a reasonable estimation and the-with this last go
around and talking about this project we still have people or
I still have people contacting me and offering houses to me.
So I think- I understand what you are saying. At particular
Thisrepresents only a reasonably accurate trans~iptlon ofthelowe ClW council meeting of July 27,1995.
F072795
#3 pag~ 5 '.""
one point in time there is 25 but when I have been buying
houses, there is always sort of a limited supply on any one
month but there is always different houses different months.
So that if you added up for the whole year it may actually be
more than 25. I don't know what that number would be but I
think it is a much more dynamic. It is not a static situation.
It is much more dynamic. It also depends on what time of year
you are looking at those number.s
Lehman/The average inventory is considerably less than 25. Back in
February it was like 12.
Pigott/But we are not buying 18 during that average period. We may
by one during that one, you know, moment in time.
Boothroy/I think this last year in February I bought two houses.
Pigott/Two. That is a significant difference and I understand your
concern. I mean, I would be concerned, too, if I thought at
one time in that one window that you are looking at we would
buy the chunk of all the houses. But I don't see us doing
that.
Bo0throy/And we are fairly competing. I didn't pay more than what
people are asking, as I mentioned at the last meeting. I don't
remember the numbers. I can certainly get those to you. But we
were less than a 100% of the asking price, some place down
around 95-96%. So we did not beat people out by paying more
than what the asking price. In fact, I lost a house based on
the fact that I offered slightly less than full value, 98%,
which I thought was a good offer and the offer they accepted
was more than what they were asking for. It was an underpriced
house. I thought it would have been a heck of a deal. But-So,
you win a few and you lose a few and of course that happens to
anybody that is on the market.
Throg/Ernie, I would like to suggest an alternate way of looking
at this. You have made it sound as if there is a chunk of
housing out there and the city is coming in and buying a large
portion and taking that housing out of the market and then
making it more difficult for people to buy housing they want
in an affordable range. Well, it seems to me a different way
of looking at it is to think of us as something like a
property management firm that is competing in the market with
all these other people who want to be buying houses and we are
purchasing some property, we are managing the property and
making it available to people who could not otherwise buy or
get into s.f. housing. So we are just in the market on behalf
of other people rather than taking housing out of the market
and hurting a group of people.
Thisrepresents only a reasonably accurate transcription of theIowa Citycouncil meeting of July 27, 1995.
F072795
#3 page 6
Lehman/I hear what you are saying but we are competing with folks
who want to own their own homes.
Throg/Just as other people are competing with people who want to
own.
Horow/No. I disagree with that because as Doug was saying meeting
clients needs. The times that I have been in contact with
people who wanted to purchase s.f. units, the question could
be is it a need or a want. The dream of having your own home
with picket space and green space around there, some of the
people that are trying to purchase these houses, they have
saved up and are at the point where they can do this. Other
people, for whatever reason, are not. That philosophy when I
was raised, that is tough and you stay in a non s.f. home
scenario until you can get out of it. So it is not necessarily
a need as much as it is a want. Now, on the other side of that
I understand that a government is suppose to, at this point,
our philosophy is to assist people. Certainly being in a home.
But I have a lot of problems with the difference between a
need and a want.
Throg/Where, then, do lower income people live?
Horow/They much live in apartments.
Pigott/Even if they have a family of four kids?
Horow/Yes.
Pigott/I think that is sometimes very difficult.
Horow/Well, sure it is difficult, but not impossible.
Pigott/I am not sure it is realistic.
Horow/Iowa City, as Iowa City becomes more and more involved in
social issues, Bruno, I think it becomes also the profile is
more and more as large cities.
Pigott/Also the issue isn't necessarily whether it is a s.f. house
always or an apartment as much as it is do we help people who
couldn't afford but work here and who live here who couldn't
afford to even rent an apartment. That is the bigger issue
that we are looking at. The philosophy is if a person can't
make it because the cost of living is so high because they are
working below the poverty level with four kids, do we lend a
helping hand so they can struggle to get on their feet. I
think yes, the answer is yes.
Horow/I have been, as you know, have been on ECCOG for a number of
This represents only a reesonably accumtstranscrlptlon ofthelowa City council meeting of July 27,1995.
F072795
#3 page 7
years, ever since being on council. And this issue has been
going around and around in terms of the housing availability
and affordability, not only in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City but
in the rest of the communities who belong in the six county
area and I guess I tend to think of it as something that is
more important that the regional availability and
affordability to work on rather than individual Cedar Rapids-
Iowa City being magnets because I totally disregard the
argument that people would have to buy a car and pay gas in
order to commute to their jobs. That cuts no ice with me any
longer. People are going to do that anyway and the houses or
the communities like Oxford, Tiffin, that are beginning to
increase their housing stock, I think is a way we should be
cooperating with other cities rather than increasing the
number of houses that are taking off our property taxers in
this city. I am arguing out of both sides of my mouth here
because I am going to support it. Doug-
Kubby/I was just going to remind you that I will be abstaining.
Horow/I have a question, Doug. If at some point the Public Housing
Authority, that is the city councils of the future, decide to
divest themselves of some of these homes, some of this stick,
I am assuming we pay HUD back. But if these houses appreciate
in value-
Boothroy/No, we don't pay HUD back. We would own these outright.
These are owned by the City of Iowa City.
Horow/So if they appreciate in value then we have actually made
some money on the deal.
Boothroy/Well, I think the only hook that HUD might put on that is
that if you sell these houses you probably have to use the
revenue for meeting some housing needs or housing related
needs.
Horow/Well, that wouldn't be bad at all because-
Boothroy/ But you can't use the money to go out and buy
infrastructure for new paving or something like that.
Horow/That softens, then, what I consider a very harsh resolution
in that the Public Housing Authority cannot use the money for
anything other than acquisition. It can't use it for
rehabilitation building. So, you are saying if we did sell a
house we then could use the money as we saw fit but within the
same general area.
Boothroy/For housing, housing needs or housing services of some
kind. And the-Yeah, it- Keep in mind also that we still have
Thisrepresents only areesonably accurate transcription ofthelowo City council meeting ~ July 27,1995.
F072795
#3 page 8
an obligation to sell 20 of the houses that I bought over the
last few years so that we make it-To get back to the point
that you are talking about, Ernie, where we make it possible
for people to step into a home ownership role and those houses
would go back on the tax rolls in those situations. We still
have an obligation to put 20 of these homes back on the
property tax rolls. We haven't started that yet but we do
intend to start that soon.
Kubby/To clarify, though, you are talking about selling them to
the people who currently live in them.
Boothroy/Who are currently living in them or if they choose not to
buy them or don't want to buy them then at such time they move
we would offer it to somebody else that might be interested in
in. There is not displacement involved but it is everybody
that is eligible for the program. So I think that is a real
positive program that goes farther than anybody else in the
community does at this point because we are looking at
providing a very deep subsidy for these people to get started
and a helping hand to try to maintain them in that way of life
that we are talking about which they would not have.
Throg/Karen, I don't remember why you are abstaining.
Kubby/Because I am on the Board of HACAP and the only reason we
are doing this is because we are selling the 18 units on
Broadway to HACAP.
Lehman/I think this is a separate issue, though.
Throg/It strikes me as a separate issue.
Kubby/Doug, would we be doing this if we weren't selling the other
units to HACAP?
Boothroy/This application is for replacement units.
Woito/That answer is no.
Boothroy/Well, that is right. The way is couched, right. We would
have not put in an application otherwise because there isn't
any money there.
Horow/Does Karen need to abstain in the next PHA resolution in
support of the Public Housing Project? In other words, in all
these-
Woito/We wouldn't be doing this but for our sales in HACAP because
we wouldn't have any money.
Thlsrepresents only areasonably eccuratetranscdptlon ofthelowa Citycouncil meetlngofJuly 27,1995.
F072795
#3 page 9
Throg/What would the
understand.
reason be for Karen to abstain. I don't
Kubby/It is my choice.
Woito/It is Karen's choice.
Throg/You can abstain from anything. I understand that.
Woito/It is her choice.
Kubby/Because as a Board member of HACAP and I abstained through
all of these issues at that Board as well because it is just
a conflict when there are these two sets of interests, doing
things- I mean, it is actually positive interests. They are
not in conflict. But I just feel uncomfortable that I am
representing the interests of both parties in an economic
interaction. I just feel more comfortable abstaining.
Horow/Okay; any other questions for Doug?
Lehman/Doug, I want to make it very clear, I have no problem with
helping people with housing. None whatsoever. In fact I think
it is at least a moral responsibility if not a legal one for
us to help our folks. My problem is because of the competitive
nature of the market that we really really are taking away
housing from folks who live here, who work here, who have
worked hard and the city is not a fair competitor when it
comes to buying property. We can go in and write a check out.
Somebody else has to go and make arrangements for a loan.
While they are making arrangements we can go in and buy it and
I don't think that is fair. If there were something like a
waiting period of 60-90 days after a listing. Something to
kind of even the playing field I could probably go along with
this.
Boothroy/It is really not that quick. It is usually 3-4 weeks
after we have made the offer. I would say-I understand what
you are saying we can just write a check. It doesn't happen
that fast. When we make an offer it is contingent upon HUD
approval, lead base paint testing, termite inspection and
those are all things that delay our moving forward. If
somebody could also-The time period between the offer and
finally making that good is enough time for them to qualify
for a loan, too. So we are not moving any faster in that
sense.
Lehman/No, but, if you were a property owner and you had an offer
from the City of Iowa City for your property and an offer from
Joe Blow who works at wherever. Which offer are you going to
take? Same offer.
This represents only a reasonsbly occurate transcription of the Iowa City counci] meeting of July 27, 1995.
F072795
#3 page 10
Boothroy/Well, I will tell you something, Ernie, in doing 30
houses I have never felt that I had that much of a competitive
advantage because I have been turned down on so many of them
that I feel like every time I lose a house I fell that somehow
that- I have not always felt that being the City of Iowa City
has been an advantage. In fact, it has been a negative in some
cases.
Lehman/I can understand that in some cases. But from a financial
standpoint, if you are the seller, the city is pretty solid.
Boothroy/Well, I think what gives us some advantage is that, as I
mentioned earlier, is who is out shopping in December, January
and February and I certainly take advantage of that. So, to
that extent, and we are a good buy. Obviously we are going to
stand behind it so there aren't any questions.
Horow/Okay, folks, let's move on this. The motion on the floor by
Pigott, seconded by Throg. We have had discussion. Any further
questions? Roll call- (Horow-Yes; Kubby-(Abstain); Lehman-no;
Pigott-yes; Throg-yes). Resolution passed. No, excuse me.
Karr/Madam Mayor, it takes four votes to pass.
Horow/0och!
Throg/I have no idea how protocol works here. I suppose we could
continue talking about this a little bit, Ernie, if there
were-if we had an amendment that called for say a 21 day
waiting period or something like that, would that have any
influence on your vote?
Lehman/My big problem is that the very limited amount of property
in this price range. We can't change that and that inventory
becomes less and less and less all the time as prices go up.
And obviously I think that probably is the highest demand
price range. I just don't think the city should be competing
with the private sector. If we were competing at $250,000, I
have no problem with that. But I really have a problem when we
are competing with basically low and moderate income people.
We are not- We are competing with the people we are trying to
help.
Horow/I would like to suggest something. Because we have got two
members absent, would council, those on the prevailing side of
a yes, wish to reconsider to have this at the next meeting?
Pigott/Yes, I would be happy-
Karr/Doug has a deadline, though. Doug, when do you need to have
it?
Thisrepresents only areasonably accurate trans~iptlon ofthelowa City councilmeeting of July 27,1995.
F072795
#3 page 11
Woito/That is why we are having this meeting, Doug.
Karr/The best you could do, if I may make a suggestion, is Larry
is teaching at Kirkwood a class at 8:00. I did expect him.
Something must have come up. Would be the best you could do is
prevailing side agree to reconsider and set a time later in
the day.
Woito/It has to be at your next meeting.
Karr/Well, you would set a special meeting right now. You would
continue this meeting and vote to reconsider it later today.
Woito/It won't work for Bruno.
Kubby/You could come to a 6:30-
Pigott/I am not going to be here.
Karr/I could call and try to reach Larry. I know Larry is teaching
at 8:00. I don't know what his schedule is.
PigOtt/6:30 (can't hear).
Karr/I don't know that Larry can. I would have to make some calls.
You would have to set it now, though, because it is a
continued meeting and you would have to vote.
Pigott/(Can't hear).
Karr/I don't know that he couldn't make it sooner. I don't know if
he can make it later. I don't have any idea.
Kubby/I would feel unethical changing my abstention because I have
been doing this all the way through.
Woito/You have been consistent and not that I have required it.
You have chosen on your own to avoid the appearance.
Kubby/I think it is unfair for me to change my mind because of an
individual circumstance council-
Horow/At best sometimes (can't hear).
Pigott/I will be hear if we have to do it. This is very important.
Karr/If we do this, if I am correct on this, I can certainly try
to reach Larry. But if Larry is unable to do it you have
called a meeting, so you must be here and we have no quorum.
Throg/I can be here today at 6:30.
Thisrepresents only a reasonably accurate ~enscrlptlon of ~elowa Citycouncll mee~ng of July 27, 1995.
F072795
#3 page 12
Woito/Bruno, you wouldn't have to show up if you know Larry is not
going to be here.
Karr/If you are not going to be here we would have no quorum but
we do have to convene a meeting, announce there is no quorum,
then leave.
Horow/All right. Let's continue the meeting until 6:30.
Karr/Can we just have one second to confer on something?
Woito/We can call, Bruno.
Pigott/Yeah, I just-
Horow/The other issues are-
Karr/Is there any interests to go later than 6:30?
Pigott/My thing-I have a commitment at the Muscatine Public
Library to so something that I have had for several months. It
starts at 9:00. You see, I know that is late and I might not
be out of it.
Karr/Again, I don't know-Our dilemma here as we concurred on this
is that you do have to set a time, a specific time and place,
thank you, specific and without Larry we are sort of binding
ourselves and I can't leave it open to get a hold of Larry,
So-
Kubby/Why don't we say 9:30 tonight? I mean it would take like
five minutes.
Pigott/I would do it. I would be here 6:30. I would be here- This
is more important than that.
Horow/Let's leave this at 6:30.
Throg/But we don't know whether Larry can make it.
Kubby/It is more likely that he can do 9:30.
Throg/Is Naomi out of town?
Karr/Naomi will not be in the-
Horow/All right, is there a motion to defer this until 6:30 this
afternoon? Continue the ph.-
Karr/We need a motion to reconsider and then continue.
Thlsrepresents only areasonabiy accuratetranscription ofthelowa Ci~ council meeting of July 27,1995,
F072795
#3 page 13
Horow/ Moved by Pigott, seconded by Throg to reconsider this. (Can't hear).
Pigott/I move to adjourn and reconsider-
Karr/Just make it part of the motion if that is okay.
Pigott/Yes.
Horow/Any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying aye
(ayes). Do we need another motion to set the time?
Woito/No.
Karr/Do you wish though then to continue the remaining items on?
Horow/ Why don't we just right now take item #7 Announce of
Vacancies because the other two, #5 & 6, are-
Karr/Right. Separate motions. Why don't we defer items #4 & 6 until 6:30 tonight?
Horow/All right. Is there a motion to defer items #4 & 67
Karr/It is numbered wrong but that is okay.
Horow/Moved by Pigott, seconded by Lehman. Any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying aye (ayes).
Thisrepresents only areasonably accuratetranscription ofthelowa Citycouncil mee~ng of Ju[y 27,1995.
F072795
Agenda
Iowa City City Council
Special Council Meeting
July 27, 1995
Page 2
ITEM NO. 6 -
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF COOPERATION.
Comment: See comment above.
ITEM NO. 7 -
ITEM NO. 8 -
ANNOUNCEMENT OF VACANCIES.
a. Current vacancies.
(1) Housing and Community Development CommiSsion:
(a) Three vacancies for one-year terms ending September 1,
1996.
(b) Three vacancies for two-year terms ending September 1,
1997.
(c) Three vacancies for three-year terms ending September 1,
1998.
These appointments will be made at the August 29, 1995, meeting of
the City Council.
. .
ADjOURNMi~r~- v~/.'..~/~,./~. ~/
Subject to change as finalized by the City Clerk. For a final official copy, contact the City
Clerk's Office, 356-5040.
AGENDA
IOWA CITY CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING -JULY 27, 1995
-7;3o . .-
COUNCIL CHAM RS
ITEM NO. 1 - CALL TO ORDER.
ROLL CALL.
ITEM NO. 2 - PUBLIC HEARING RELATIVE TO AN APPLICATION FOR EIGHTEEN (18)
REPLACEMENT UNITS OF PUBLIC HOUSING.
Comment: Paragraph 403A.28 State Code of Iowa requires this Public
Hearing prior to undertaking this housing project. The Iowa City Housing
Authority proposes to apply for eighteen (18) three-bedroom, single-family
dwelling units, pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937 as
amended for dwelling unit replacements for disposition of 18 units located at
1926/1946 Broadway Street subject to Section 18. Possible locations of
replacement units and estimated costs will be discussed at said hearing.
Action: ~,~ 7"-~
ITEM NO. 3 -
el(
ITEM NO. 4 -
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN APPLICATION FOR PUBLIC
HOUSING REPLACEMENT UNITS FOR DISPOSITION.
Comment: On June 16, 1995, the Department of Housing and Urban
Development issued a Notice of Funding Availability for the Development of
Public Housing. This would enable the Iowa City Public Housing Authority to
apply for acquisition of eighteen three-bedroom, single-family units, which are
replacement units fo~ disposition of 18 multi-family units located at
1926/19z~6 Broadway Street, if approved.
Action:
PHA RESOLUTION LIC HOUSING
CONSIDER A
PROJECT.
Comment: See comment above,
*,0,.. ~ / ~
Agenda
Iowa City City Council
Special Council Meeting
July 27, 1995
Page 2
ITEM NO. 6 -
ITEM NO. 7 -
ITEM NO. 8 -
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF COOPERATION.
Comment: See comment above.
Action:
ANNOUNCEMENT OF VACANCIES. ~/~_/b'~<4~
a. Current vacancies.
(1) Housing and Community Development Commission:
(a) Three vacancies for one*year terms ending September 1,
1996.
(b) Three vacancies for two-year terms ending September 1,
1997.
(c) Three vacancies for three-year terms ending September 1,
1998.
These appointments will be made at the August 29, 1995, meeting of
the City Council.
ADJOURNMENT.