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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-08-15 AgendaIOWA CITY CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF AUGUST 15, 1995 7:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CIVIC CENTER 410 EAST WASHINGTON Subject to change as finalized by the City Clerk. Clerk's Office, 356-5040. For a final official copy, contact the City AGENDA IOWA CITY CITY COUNCIL REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - AUGUST 15, 1995 7:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS ITEM NO. 1 - CALL TO ORDER. ROLL CALL. ITEM NO. 2- MAYOR'S PROCLAMATIONS. a. Woman Suffrage Movement Day - August 26, 1995. ITEM NO, 3 - CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED OR AMENDED. Approval of Official Council actions of the special meeting of .luly 27, 1995, and of the regular meeting of August 1, 1995, as published, subject to corrections, as recommended by the City Clerk. b, Minutes of Boards and Commissions, (1) Riverfront and Natural Areas Commission meeting of June 21, 1995. (2) Civil Service Commission meeting of July 27, 1995. (3) Parks and Recreation Commission meeting of July 12, 1995. (4) Board of Adjustment meeting of July 12, 1995. (5) Planning and Zoning Commission meeting of August 3, 1995. Permit Motions and Resolutions as Recommended by the City Clerk. (1) Consider a motion approving a Class "E" Beer Permit for New Pioneer Corporation Society, dba New Pioneer Cooperative Society, 22 S. Van Buren St. (renewal) (2) Consider a refund for a Class C Liquor License for Season's Best, Inc., dba Season's Best, 325 E. Washington St, (3) (4) Consider a motion approving a Class "C" Liquor License for George's Buffet, Inc., dba George's, 312 E. Market St. (renewal) Consider a motion approving a Class "C" Liquor License for Plamor Bowling Inc., dba Plamor Bowling, 1555 1st Ave. (renewal) Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting August 15, 1995 Page 2 -235, (5) Consider a motion approving a Class "C" Beer Permit for Voss Petroleum Company, dba Dan's Mustang Market, 933 S. Clinton St. (renewal) (6) Consider a motion approving a Class "C" Liquor License for Cardan, Inc., dba Joe's Place, 1 ,15 Iowa Ave. (renewal) (7) Consider a motion approving a Class "C" Beer Permit for RSNV, Inc., dba Russ' Amoco Service, 305 N. Gilbert St. {renewal) (8) Consider a motion approving a Class "B" Liquor License for High- lander Inc., dba Highlander Inn & Supper Club, 2525 N. Dodge St. (renewal) (9) Consider a motion approving a Special Class "C" Liquor License for Masala Inc., dba Masala, 9 S. Dubuque St. (renewal) (10) Consider a resolution issuing a dancing permit to the Field House, 111 E. College St.; Highlander Inn, 2525 N. Dodge St. Motions. (1) Consider a motion to approve disbursements in the amount of 917,834,802.32 for the period of June 1 through June 30, 1995, as recommended by the Finance Director subject to audit. Disbursements are published and permanently retained in the City Clerk's office in accordance with State Code. (2) Consider a motion to approve disbursements in the amount of 946,915,353.05 for the period of July 1 through July 31, 1995, as recommended by the Finance Director subject to audit. Disbursements are published and permanently retained in the City Clerk's office in accordance with State Code. Resolutions. (1) CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE WORK FOR THE IOWA CITY LANDFILL FY95 CELL CONSTRUCTION. Comment: See Engineer's Report. (2) CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE WORK FOR THE NORTH SUMMIT ALLEY EMBANKMENT IMPROVEMENT PRO- JECT. Comment: See Engineer's Report, Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting August 15, 1995 Page 3 (3) CONSIDER RESOLUTION ACCEPTING WORK FOR THE MALDEN LANE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE PROJECT. Comment: This project is the pedestrian bridge portion of the Maiden Lane Improvements. The final construction cost is 9105,017.40. See attached mamo and Engineer's Report. (4) CO. NSIDER A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE WORK FOR THE SANITARY SEWER, STORM SEWER, WATER MAIN AND PAVING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR LOTS 72-95, 137, 138 AND 157-174 FOR WHISPERING MEADOWS SUBDIVISION - PART 2. Comment: This item was deferred from the previous Council meeting. Engineering staff will report. (5) CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST THE RELEASE OF A LIEN REGARDING A LIFE LIEN EXECUTED FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 626 OAKLAND AVENUE, 10WA CITY, IOWA. Comment: The owner of the property located at 626 Oakland Avenue, received assistance through the City's Housing Rehabili- tation Program on May 20,1991. The financing was in the form of a life lien for $14,300. The loan was paid off on July 31, 1995, thus the lien can now be released. f. Correspondence. (1) Letter from Jay V. Clark, Vice President of NCS, regarding the proposal for lower cost housing. (2) Letter from Colin Gordon regarding the draft "Economic Develop- ment Policies, Strategies, and Actions." (3) Letter from Robert P. Burns regarding rezoning application REZ95- 0010, (4) Memorandum from the Traffic Engineer regarding handicapped parking in the 1100 block of Church Street, Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting August 15, 1995 Page 4 ITEM NO. 4 · g, Applications for City Plaza Use Permits. (1) END OF CONSENT CALENDAR Applications from Rebecca Thomas for permission to set up a table on July 28 and on August 5 and 12, 1995. (approved) PUBLIC DISCUSSION (ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA). ITEM NO. 5 - PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS, a. Consider setting a public hearing for August 29, 1995 on an ordinance amending the Zoning Chapter by changing the use regulations of an approximate 29 acre tract of land located west of Mormon Trek Boulevard and south of Rohret Road from RS-5, Low Density Single- Family Residential, to OPDH-8, Planned Development Housing Overlay. (REZ95-0009) Comment: At its August 3 meeting, by a vote of 6-1 with Dierks voting no, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the requested rezoning, subject to certain conditions. The Commis- sion's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation. #3e (4) page 1 ITEM NO. CON8IDER ~%DOPTION OF THE CONSENT C~LENDA~ AS PRESENTBD OR ~BNDBD. Resolutions. CONSIDER ~ RESOLUTION ACCEPTINO THE WORK FOR THE S~a_NITARY SEWERr STORM SEWER~ WATER M~INAND PAVIN~ PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR LOTS 72-95t 137, 138 AND 157-174 FOR WHISPERIN~ M~ADOWS SUBDIVISION - PART 2. Horow/ Moved by Kubby, seconded by Lehman. Is there discussion and the chair would entertain a motion to pull out item #e(4) for separate discussion if an amendment would be made. The amendment has been made by Throg, seconded by Nov. Discussion. This is the resolution accepting the work for sanitary sewer/storm sewer water main and paving public improvements in Whispering Meadows Subdivision, Part 2. Is it your pleasure to adopt the Consent Calendar and discuss this item later on to do you want to do it now or right after the consent calendar? Kubby/ Is Rick here? Horow/ Rick is here. Kubby/ Now (can't hear). Horow/ There is a motion on the floor to adopt the Consent Calendar. We will deal with this right afterwards. Any further discussion? Woito/ There was a motion to pull this out separately? Horow/ Yes. We need to vote on that. All those in favor signify by saying aye (ayes). Thank you. Back to the main motion. Any further discussion? Roll call-(yes). And now to item e(4). We have tonight a revised resolution accepting the work for the sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water main and paving public improvements for lots 72,95, 137, 138, 157-174 for Whispering Meadows, Part 2, Subdivision and public improvements open for public access. Rick, would you like to address this, please? Fosse/ Sure. Since we could find no good way to financially secure the extended maintenance bond on this. It was concluded that the best way to handle it would be a one time payment, escrow Thisrepresents only a reasonably accurate transcription oftholowa City council meeting of August15,1995. F081595 #3e(4) page 2 payment, for anticipated maintenance and repair costs and we concluded that $7,500 was a good amount to cover an annual cleaning of the lines for 10 years and also the possible relocation of two sanitary sewer services. Horow/ All right. Any questions for Rick? Kubby/ Will that amount really cover all the rest if we had to move those two anytime within the ten years? Would that amount of money really cost the cleaning for ten years, the removal and restoration of the property? Fosse/ Yes, that is what we are figuring and we will also accumulate some interest as well. Horow/ Any further discussion or questions? I need a motion- Moved by Kubby, seconded by Nov. Any further discussion? Roll call- (yes). Thank you. Thisrepresents only aressonsbly accuratetrens~lpfion ofthe lows City council mee~n9 of August15,1595. F081595 #Sa page 1 ITEM NO. 5 a. Consider setting a public hearing for August 29, 1995 on an ordinance amending the Zoning Chapter by changing the use regulations of an approximate 29 acre tract of land located west of Mormon Trek Boulevard and south of Rohret Road from RS-5, Low Density Single-Family Residential, to OPDH-8, Planned Development Housing Overlay. (REZ95-0009) Horow/ Moved by Throg, seconded by Nov. Discussion. Last evening we included in the discussion about asking the developer for the condition of the traffic light, affordability, the whole issue of the traffic light to be looked at by our engineer, traffic engineer, as soon as possible. Anything about that or just let that stand within the minutes? Lehman/ Personally I really don't see where a single development is responsible for traffic light which serves the area. So I don't really care whether or not staff looks into assessing that development. I think we can look into it from a total safety standpoint but not do for one development. Baker/ Excuse me but was that the question last night? Not just putting in but assessing back to the- Pigott/ I wonder if the developer might be amenable to helping to contribute at least to the installation. Nov/ I don't think we meant to put the total cost to tone developer. I think we were discussing the possibility of allocating parts of the cost to people who were contributing. Horow/ The discussion was also part of the concern for that particular corner in that it hastens in terms of getting traffic- Baker/ So staff is going to check about counts and the whole bit and. I tend to agree with Ernie right now that I don't see us assessing it back to the developer. But certainly want staff to look at that location. Kubby/ I think the issue is more the CIP has this sometime in the next up to five years and that in looking at this developer we felt that if this development went through we need that light sooner and that we might not be ready to pay for it. So if the developer wanted the development to happen sooner rather than later, they should be able to help pay for part of the costs. Thisrepresents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of August15,1995. F081595 #5a page 2 Baker/ But what I understand, the developer has already agreed to phase in the project anyway. Horow/ Right. Baker/ That he wasn't going to do it under the former schedule. Horow/ Any other discussion? Kubby/ And the other issue was just about affordability because some of the discussion has been that the housing in the subdivision would be of an affordable nature. So we needed to just know more explicitly what that meant and I know that I had a talk with Gary in the past about the possibilities in some of the multi-family units have some number of units earmarked for the possibility of Section 8 Housing for Assisted Housing and I hadn't heard about that. So, not tonight, but in some written form to, as much as possible, to explain the affordability definition. Horow/ All right. There is a motion setting the p.h. Any further discussion? All those in favor signify by saying aye (Ayes). This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of August 15, 1995. F081595 Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting August15,1995 Page 5 Consider setting a public hearing for August 29, 1995 on an amend- ment to City Code Title 14, Chapter 6, Article V, "Minor Modification Procedures," to allow parking for persons with disabilities in the front yard of e commercial zone even when located adjacent to a residential zone. Comment: At its August 3 meeting, by a vote of 5-2 with Jakobsen and Scott voting no, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommend- ed approval of the requested text amendment. The Commission's recommendation is cunsistent with the staff recommendation, Action: c, Public hearing on a resolution to annex a 3.05 acre tract located of American Legion Road and west of Arlington Drive,, (ANN94-000~ Comment: At its July 18, meeting, by a vote of 5-2, with Gibson-and Scott voting no, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this annexation. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation contained in the staff report dated October 20, 1994 and the staff memoranda dated November 1, 1994 and August 3, 1995, ~_~_../~ d. Public hearing on an ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance by changing the use regulations of a 3.05 acre tract located north of American Legion Road and west of Arlington Drive from County RS, Suburban Residential, to RS-5, Low Density Single-Family Residential. (REZ94-0013) Comment: At its July 18, meeting, by a vote of 6-1, with Scott voting in the negative, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this rezoning, The CommissioNs recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation contained in the staff report October 20, 1994 and the staff memoranda dated November 1, dated and August/31.) 99~5),.../ 1994 Action: ~t~ · ~'~'/~- (~,")l/~ ~,~¥1.~,/~/~,~L~. ~ ~ ~ #5c page 1 ITEM NO. $ c. Public hearing on a resolution to annex a 3.05 acre tract located north of A~erican Legion Road and west of Arlington Drive. (ANN94-0008) Horow/ Declare the p.h. open. I would ask that you sign in, state you name, and keep your comments to about five minutes. John Moreland/ I am one of the co-developers of Windsor Ridge. Mr. Weinstein can't be here tonight and I wish he could be here. After we found out the law changed and the City Development Board was no longer in jurisdiction of this property we decided to go ahead and proceed with the annexation. With the other houses being built in the area and with this green space we know we needed to do something before the whole development was pushed farther ahead and people could come back and say we thought there was going to be parkland or greenland or whatever and because I think already in our plans out there we have more open space than any other subdivision within the city that has been approved to date. So I called Alan Weinstein and talked to him for 2-3 times and tried to explain our position that now that the City Development Board didn't have jurisdiction that it didn't matter whether it was 200 feet or 50 feet. That we wanted to proceed with development of our lots and we had really good discussions. There wasn't a lot of arguments and always at the end he would say John, I would like to have you develop, I don't mind the houses, but I want it developed in the county and I would say to Mr. Weinstein, we would like to do that but our subdivider's agreements specifically states that when we develop Tract A it must be developed within the City of Iowa City. And when you look at it there is a possibility of selling lots there and there is a potential of maybe $50,000 in property tax that might as well be coming to the City of Iowa City rather than Johnson County. I don't know how that is split up but you know, it makes more sense to be in the City of Iowa City. The sewer is there and everything is there. Now I wasn't an original partner in Windsor Ridge. I got into it at a later date and the scenario as far as I now it, maybe you guys might know a little bit more, was that it was originally approved by P/Z with these lots already approved. It was originally approved by council. Steve Atkins, Karin Franklin, Gary Watts- they went to Des Moines to get it finally approved and one person on the City Development Board in their wisdom decided well, maybe we better have 200 feet instead of 50 feet. So at the last minute it was changed and it was changed to 200 feet in width and I think part of that may have been for vehicles getting back and forth. I don't know. But the situation now Thisrepresents only ereesonably accuratetranscription ofthelowa City council meeting of August 15,1995, F081595 #5c page 2 with the paved road is a lot easier to get at Mr. Weinstein's property than it was at the previous time. We don't want to have him involuntarily annexed and we have told him that. We don't have an argument with him. I told him, I said Allen, if we had a problem or an argument we would have appeared in full force when you were applying for a commercial zoning for his property. I think you guys might have known. It came through the council. He wanted to put an art studio there which is fine. We don't have any problem with it. He is a good neighbor and we didn't even come out and oppose that. I mean, it is not an argument with him against us. All we want to do is develop our seven lots. The city really doesn't have a written law but the unwritten rule is they don't involuntary annex anybody and we don't want that for him. I don't think you guys want it for him. But if we can't develop our seven lots right now, we can see a problem in the future once people fill up across the street and it was always meant to be there from day one. If that would have been originally platted as open space or park space, you know, I could see that being a problem. But it was always originally planned to be lots. So, you know, I think the fact that he wants to develop in the county. We can't do that because of our subdivider's agreement. I think it is important to proceed with it. We would like to get all the utilities and everything in this fall if possible and do that without hurting him. And if you guys have any questions I would be glad to answer them. Horow/ The only question that arose last evening was being able to continue the p.h. for another two weeks. Does this cause an undue hardship on you? Moreland/ I don't think so. You know, like I say, we don't have any argument with Mr. Weinstein. If he can come back and say whatever he wants to say. I mean, two weeks isn't going to kill it after that. But, I mean, I would hope that we could proceed right after that. Nov/ Do we know if he will be back in two weeks? Horow/ No, we don't. I was hoping that-Would Melody or someone have his number? Moreland/ At the P/Z, I think is wife might be here. I am not sure. But basically we both said everything we had to say at the P/Z p.h. and I mean, I don't think anyone of us has anything to add more light on the subject and so I mean it seems like we are just delaying it for the reason that he can't be here and This represents only sreasonably accurate transcription ofthe Iowa City council meeting of August15,1995. F081595 #5c page 3 I think that, you know, I think that it is important that if you have something at stake you should at least have a representative here. But if you decide to delay it two weeks, I mean, it is not going to- Kubby/ We talked last night about- We decided last night that we would continue the p.h. but also have consideration of it on the same agenda and that is the beauty of living in a town like Iowa City. That for one person we will do something like that to have the process be as clear as possible to give everyone a chance if possible. It works for everybody. Horow/ Anyone else care to address council? Karr/ Could we have a motion to accept correspondence, please? Horow/ Moved by Pigott, seconded by Nov. to accept correspondence. Any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying aye (ayes). Movedby Nov, seconded by Kubby to continue the p.h. to August 29. Any discussion? Lehman/ I guess I personally don't see any deep- This person has been notified six weeks ago. If there is a compelling reason why he does not approve of this hearing tonight at least he or his wife or a representative could have been here. And so for that reason I see no reason to (can't hear). Horow/ Any other discussion? All those in favor signify by saying aye (ayes, Lehman-no). Lehman voting no. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of August 15, 1995. F081595 Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting August 15, 1995 Page 6 Action; Consider a resolution to annex an approximate 250 acre property located north of 1-80 and west of N. Dubuque Street.. (~ANN,94-0009) Comment. At its July 6 meeting, by a vote of 6-0, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the annexation of this property, which is the site of the proposed water treatment plant. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommen- dation contained in the staff report dated January 19. No comments were received at the Council's August 1 public hearing on this item. Consider an ordinance amending the Zoning Chapter by changing the use regulations of an approximate 250 acre property located north of 1-80 and west of N. Dubuque Street from County A1, RS, and R3A to P, Public. (REZ94-0018) (First consideratioh)~,~/~_~,~ Comment: At its July 6 meeting, by a vote of 6-0, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this rezoning. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommen- dation contained in the January 19 staff report. No comments were received at the Council's August 1 public hearing on this item. Action: Consider an ordinance amending Title 14, Chapter 4, "Land Control and Development," Article C, "Historic Preservation Regulations," and Chapter 6, "Zoning," Article J, "Overlay Zones" to allow the City to designate historic landmarks and conservation districts. (First consider- ation) Comment: At its July 6 meeting, by a vote of 4-2, with Jakobsen and Starr voting no, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the amendments concerning conservation districts, and by a vote of 6-0, recommended approval of the amendments on historic landmarks. The Historic Preservation Commission, by a vote of 5-0, also recommended approval of the amendments at its May 9 meeting. Comments were received from the public at the Council's August 1 public hearing. #5g page 1 ITEM NO. 5g, Consider an ordinance amending Title 14, Chapter 4, "Land Control and Deve].opment," Article C, "Historic Preservation Regulations," and Chapter 6, "Zoning," Article J, "Overlay Zones" to allow the City to designate historic landmarks and conservation districts. (First consideration) Horow/ Moved by Pigott, seconded by Throg. Any discussion? I would like to thank both Commissions on the work that they have done on these ordinances. Kubby/ I know that there were two dissenting votes, particularly because of the Conservation Districts. But I really think that is the important of the addition to the Historic Preservation Ordinance because it allows some protection of older neighborhoods that can't be deemed historic, that they can maintain their integrity so that maybe some day they can become a historic neighborhood. It protects the cohesion and the flavor of our older intercity neighborhoods. And as the city grows and gets older neighborhoods as we go further out. So I am very much in support of the conservation district concept and hope some neighborhoods will petition the council to become a conservation district. Nov/ I think the landmark concept is important also because it allows us to get a single structure into historic preservation. Kubby/ Versus a whole district and grouping of buildings. Horow/ Any other discussion? Roll call- (yes). First consideration is adopted. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of August 15, 1995. F081595 Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting August 15, 1995 Page 7 qS. 36 5 h, Consider an ordinance amending the Zoning Chapter by changing the use regulations of an approximate 103.86 acres, which includes the Highway 218/Highway 1 interchange and property located in the southwest quadrant of the interchange from County RS, Suburban Residential, to C1-1, Intensive Commercial. (REZ95-0011) (Second consideration) ~'~ Comment: At its June 15 meeting, by a vote of 6-0, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this rezon;ng. This recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation contained in the staff report dated June 15. No public comments were received at the July 18 public hearing. i. Consider an ordinance amending the Zoning Chapter by changi g use regulations of an approximate 0.82 acre tract of land, the north potion of Lot 4, Highlander First Addition, located on Northgate Drive from RDP, Research Development Park, to C0-1, Commercial Office. (REZ95-0008) (Second consideration) ~ Comment: At its June 15 meeting, by a vote of 6-0, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the requested Noahgate Drive rezoning. This recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation contained in a staff memorandum dated June 15. The applicant has requested expedited consideration of this item. No public comments were received at the July l~ublic hearing. Consider an ordinance amending the conditional zoning agreement for Lots 4-17, Highlander First Addition, revising the development standard pe~aining to rooflines and parapet walls. (REZ95-0008) (Second consideration) Action: Comment: At its June 15 meeting, by a vote of 6-0, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of revising the development standards for Northgate Corporate Park concerning rooflines and parapet walls. This recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation. In a letter dated July 17, the applicant requested expedited consideration of this item. No comments were received at the July 18 public hearing. #5h page 1 ITEM NO. Consider an ordinance amending the Zoning Chapter by changing the use regulations of an approximate 103.86 acres, which includes the Highway 218/ Highway 1 interchange and property located in the southwest quadrant of the interchange from County RS, Suburban Residential, to CI-1, Intensive Commercial. (REZ95-0011) (Second consideration) Horow/ Moved by Pigott, seconded by Baker. Any discussion? Kubby/ I had talked a little bit last night about my growing concerns about how you come in on the south from Highway 1 from the south coming into Iowa City. Just what that entrance to Iowa City looks like. We are going to have a lot of car dealerships, Mennards, Walmart and I am just concerned about it. There is probably not a better land use for that particular piece of property since it is annexed into the city now and so I don't object to this. So I will be voting yes but I continue to have faith in Karin Franklin that in the site plan review process and how it is set up that it helps mitigate as much as possible traffic concerns and on another item later in the agenda we had asked the mayor to write a separate letter about knowing that that will increase some traffic that will in that area might make it hard for people turning in and out of Kitty Lee Land. Is it Land or Road? Kitty Lee Road sounds better. Kitty Lee Road. And-I will mention that later because that is with another item. Horow/ Any further discussion? consideration was passed. Roll call- (yes) . Second This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowe City council meeting of August 15, 1995. F081595 Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting August 15, 1995 Page 8 Action: Consider an ordinance vacating a 20-foot wide alley located east of Gilbert Court and immediately north of Lot 4 of Block 3, Lyon's Addi- tion, (VAC95-0002) (Second consideration) Comment: At its June 15 meeting, by a vote of 5-0, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the requested alley vacation, This recommendation is consistent with the staff recommen- dation. No public comments were received at the July 18 public hearing. Consider an ordinance amending City Code Title 14, Chapter 6, e,ltitled "Zoning," Article S, entitled "Performance Standards," Section~ lOB and 10C, concer.ning the location of underground storage tanks. (Second consideration) Comment: At its June 15 meeting, by a vote of 5-0, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the amendments concerning underground storage tanks. This recommendation is consis- tent with the staff recommendation contained in the staff memoran- dum. No public comments were received at the July 18 public hearing. Action: Action: Consider a resolution approving the final plat of Longfellow Manor, a 7.64 acre, 20 lot, residential subdivision located on the south side of the 1300 block of Sheridan Avenue. (60-day limitation period: waived.) (SUB94-0012) Comment: At its September 1, 1994, meeting, by a vote of 6-0, the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval of the final plat of Longfellow Manor, subject to certain conditions. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation. On October 11, 1994, the Council deferred this item indefinitely pending submittal of a County Treasurer's certificate. A County Treasurer's certificate has been submitted. On August 1, Council deferred this item to allow a title opinion issue to be resolved. It is anticipated that the title opinion will be cleared, and the final plat will be in order for approval. ~5m page 1 ITEM NO. 5m. Consider a resolution approving the final plat of Longfellow Manor, a 7.64 acre, 20 lot, residential subdivision located on the south side of the 1300 block of Sheridan Avenue. (60-day limitation period: waived.) (SUB94-0012) Horow/ Moved by Nov, seconded by Lehman. Discussion. Pigott/ We talked about two additional things last night. One was somehow coming up with a sign so that we notify the -so that the people who are in that area knows the green space and the drive along that green space is public. Hopefully we can do that, the city or someone. And- Nov/ We decided the P/R Commission would probably approve it. So we referred it to them. Pigott/ And we also referred to them the idea of perhaps purchasing the two other lots. Investigating whether or not that is a possibility. What they think of it. That will come back to us. Kubby/ And the reason the neighborhood asked and we agreed to explore that is because it is difficult to know that the space within this development is public open space is available for people to use. It has very little frontage on the street. You have to really go-The sign will help with the atmosphere of private property to get to the public space. We have a lot along the street and then one above, one more deep, then there will be more green space available to the public. Kind of emotionally people will know that is green space because it will increase the amount of public space. Throg/ Sue, I think I notice that Ceci Kuenzli would like to talk. We don't have a p.h. Horow/ We don't have a p.h. on this but I think for the purposes of the public, this issue has been occupying the minds and the hearts and the emotions of this neighborhood for quite a long period of time. I would like to ask the president of the Longfellow Association to say something and if Mr. Greenleaf, representing the owner, wishes to say something he certainly may as well. ceci Kuenzli/ Thank you for acknowledging me. I hope I am standing here for the last time on the ADS related issue. Throughout three years of meetings with you and city staff and P/Z, P/R, the developer and the Association we have had two goals: the Thisrepresents only areasonably accurate transcription ofthelowa Citycouncil meeting of August 15,1995. F081595 #5m page 2 development, which we recognize must come. A development that would be compatible with the neighborhood. By that we mean architecturally and that it would be owner occupied which would constitute an asset to the neighborhood. Secondly we hoped for open space the need for which was identified by your open space committee which would be accessible to the neighborhood. We thank you for working with us, for hearing us as often as you have. We have tried to keep the lines of communications open and to avoid strident tones. While we recognize that your hands are tied in many areas, we would ask as that as you pass the plat or accept the plat that out of goodwill of the council you would do two things further. A- When the actual plans, building plans are submitted to the building inspector's office, would you direct the building inspector and the city staff to review the plans with an eye for more than mere compliance with codes. What makes a neighborhood is more than a question of square footage, street alignment, sewage disposal. By your creation of the neighborhood association, we acknowledge the importance that you put on the neighborhood. Therefore, we ask that we fill that if on these 21 lots there are 42 rental units this would not be compatible with the neighborhood. Secondly, we you have discussed, we would ask to direct P/R to purchase the two lots along Sheridan Street, if possible, for access to the open space by (can't hear). Again, thank you. Horow/ Thank you. Kubby/ Linda, in terms of having an additional condition, basically, of putting an eye more towards the architectural compatibility with the neighborhood, we don't really have the power to do that at this point in the process, do we? Woito/ No, not in terms of-they will be complying with the UBC, Plumbing Code, etc. We have no design review per se for a new subdivision. Kubby/ During the rezoning process or the platting process we could have put conditions on the zone, on the land or on the plat but that didn't happen. And this is a final plat so in that sense- Woito/ It is too late. Kubby/ I know the neighborhood association had written Karin Franklin asking her to help facilitate some informal agreement to behave that way and I hope that that will happen. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of August 15, 1995. F081595 #5m page 3 Woito/ Ceci- We had a conversation today and I suggested that in terms of being good neighbors that they try and work with the new owner and developer and try and see what you can work out that way since we really don't have any authority with respect to the design. Nov/ If this kind of thing were going to happen then a conservation district then would there be this kind of review? Woito/ Yes. Precisely, that is a very good example. Throg/ Linda, I also heard Ceci say something about wanting all of the units-or not all of the units to be rental (can't hear). Preferring that they all be owner occupied. My understanding is we don't have any legal authority over that at all? Woito/ That is correct, we don't. We do not and we talked about that. Throg/ So that is another instance of encouraging the neighborhood association to talk with the owner and all sorts of informal conversations took place as well. But we just don't have legal authority. Woito/ No, we do not. Kubby/ In rezoning to RS-8 we basically said duplexes area possibility because that is allowed in the zone and one of the things-I must apologize to the neighborhood association about is that I heard the input about wanting open space but I never heard that we don't want duplexes. If I would have heard that I would have said well, then we should be asking for an RS-5 zone or having a condition that the density can be RS-8 but no duplexes. So, I know in the letter from the Association that said all along you have been saying that and I apologize for not hearing that. I didn't pick that up. Horow/ Any other discussion? Baker/ Yeah, two weeks ago a question was raised about the difference in wording between the plat that we approved originally and the plat that is before us now and we asked Karin Franklin to sort or go back and ask. I want to know why it was emphasized in the staff report if it wasn't important and I am wondering if Bob had talked to Karin about that or not. Thisrepresents only areasonably accuratetranscription ofthelowa CIW council meeting of August15,1995. F081595 #5m page 4 Miklo/ What was the wording that was in question? Woito/ We clarified that. It was-there were three-Well, there were many versions of that plat and it was language that was put in and taken out and it was something about the easement. That street, cul de sac, is now a public street. At one point Jim O'Brien wanted it to be private. And first it was going to be a public access easement and then it was noted on the plat and it was taken off and eventually now it is a street. So, I don't know why it was emphasized but it is moot. Horow/ Any other issue? Roll call-(yes). Motion is adopted. Thlsrepresents only a reasonably accuratetranscription ofthslowa City council maatingofAugust15,1995. F081595 Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting August 15, 1995 Page 9 Action: Consider a resolution approving a preliminary plat of Saddlebrook, a 223 acre, 10-lot residential subdivision located south of Highway 6 and .e,nz.oad. suB95-oo 2 Comment: At its August 3 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commis- sion, by a vote of 7-0, recommended approval of the preliminary plat of Saddlebrook, subject to certain conditions. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation contained in the staff report dated July 6 and the staff memorandum dated July 20. Consider a resolution approving the Manufactured Housing Site Plan for Saddlebrook, Lot 5, a 41 acre, 222-unit Manufactured Housing Park located south of Highway 6 and Heinz Road. Comment: At its August 3 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commis- sion, by a vote of 7-0, recommended approval of the manufactured housing park proposed for Saddlebrook, Lot 5. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation. Action: Consider a resolution approving the final plat of Walden Wood, Part 9, a six-lot, 3.01 acre residential subdivision located on Walden Road west of Mormon Trek Boulevard. (SUB95-0022) Comment: At its August 3 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commis- sion, by a vote of 7-0, recommended approval of the final plat for Walden Wood, Part 9, subject to approval of legal papers prior to Council consideration of the plat. The legal papers have (nct) been approved. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation contained in the staff 'report dated August 3. #5o page i ITEM NO. 5o. Consider a resolution approving the Manufactured Housing Site Plan for Saddlebrook, Lot 5, a 41 acre, 222-unit Manufactured Housing Park located south of Highway 6 and Heinz Road. Horow/ Moved by Kubby, seconded by Pigott. Discussion. Kubby/ This has been a very very long process and everyone has been very patient. There have been a lot of give and take and change. I am very glad that this resolution is happening and I look forward to seeing this get developed as soon as possible because I think I know ten people off the top of my head who want to move in and this is affordable housing. Horow/ Okay. Any further discussion? Roll call-(yes). Resolution is adopted. Thlsrepresents only areasonablyaCcurate ~anscriptlon ofthelowa City council meeting ofAugust15,1995. F081595 Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting August 15, 1995 Page 10 ITEM NO. 6- q. Consider a resolution approving the preliminary and final plat of Britt's First Addition, a 36.73 acre, two-lot residential subdivision located in Fr nge Area 7 on the west side of Kitty Lee Lane, approximately 1/2 mile north of Highway 1. '(SUB95-0024) ~ Comment: At its August 3 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commis- sion, by a vote of 7-0, recommended approval of the preliminary and final plat of Britt's First Addition. This recommendation is consistent with the August 3 staff report recommendation. PUBLIC HEARING ON PLANS, SP CI~FICATIONS, FORM OF C OI~~AND ESTIMATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE 1995 CURB RAMPS PROJECT. Comment: This project consists of the construction and reconstruction of sidewalk curb ramps to Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) standards along routes prioritized by JCCOG and citizen requests. The estimated construction cost is approximately 9103,000. This project will be funded by road use taxes and 1995 bond proceeds. Action: ITEM NO. 7 - CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATE OF COST FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE 1995 CURB RAMPS PROJECT, ESTABLISHING AMOUNT OF BID SECURITY TO ACCOMPANY EACH BID, DIRECTING CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH ADVERTISE- MENT FOR BIDS AND FIXING TIME AND PLACE FOR RECEIPT OF BIDS AT 10:30 A.M. SEPTEMBER 6, 1995. Comment: See Comment Above. Action: ~,_~c)/~0~, #5q page Consider a resolution approving the preliminary and final plat of Britt's First Addition, a 36.73 acre, two-lot residential subdivision located in Fringe Area 7 on the west side of Kitty Lee Lane, approximately 1/2 mile north of Highway 1. (SUB95- 0024) ITEM MO. Sq. Horow/ Moved by Kubby, seconded by Lehman. Any discussion? This is the one that we were talking about sending a letter to the state from both mayor and hopefully the chair of the County Board of Supervisors visa vis the Highway 1 and the traffic problem. Kubby/ The problem is that Highway 1 is two lanes within the city and as you go into the county it goes into one and even though not a lot of people live on Kitty Lee Road there are county people coming into town and town people going out in to the county and there is a lot of traffic turning into Kitty Lee Road and onto from the road to the highway. Everybody has got to slow down and if you don't it is dangerous. So we are talking about requesting a turning lane. The city is putting pressure on that area as more county development happens. The county is putting pressure. That is why we need to work together, the city and the county, in getting this resolved. Horow/ We can only send a letter. I don't know what the state will do about it. We certainly can send a letter. Any further discussion? Roll call-(yes). The resolution is adopted. Thisrepresents only a reasonably accuratetranscription ofthelowa CIW council meetlngofAugust15,1995. F081595 #7 page 1 ITEM NO. 7 - CO~SIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING PLANS, SPECIFICATIONSt FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATE OF COST FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE 1995 CURB RAMPS PROJECTt EBTABLISHING AMOUNT OF BID SECURITY TO ACCOMPANY EAOE BID, DIRECTING CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS AND FIXING TIME AND PLACE FOR RECEIPT OF BIDS AT 10:30 A.M. SEPTEMBER 6, 1995. Horow/ Moved by Nov, seconded by Pigott. Any discussion? Nov/ Yes. Is this going to be like the homes that are here on the corner that with the red curb ramps? Fosse/ Yes, we will continue with the red visual (can't hear). Nov/ And this is for what purpose? Fosse/ It is for the visually impaired, not necessarily the blind, but the visually impaired so there is some visual delineation of where a curb ramp is. As nearly as can interpret the federal regulations that it is a requirement (can't hear). But as we saw the truncated domes went away last year. Horow/ Is this something that we anticipate doing with paint throughout the rest of the city? Fosse/ No, it is not. I don't think paint would be a good thing because it wouldn't last and it would also be slick. Nov/ This is color that is mixed in with the concrete? Fosse/ Right. The method that we specified for the project is a sprinkle coat that is put in with a hardener when the concrete is wet so it penetrates about the top 1/8 inch of the concrete so that it won't wear away. Horow/ Thank you very much. Any further discussion? Roll call- (yes). Resolution is adopted. Thisrepresents only areasonably accurate trsnscriptlon ofthelowa Citycouncil meeting of August15,1995. F081595 Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting August 15, 1995 Page 11 ITEM NO. 8 - ITEM NO. 9 - ANNOUNCEMENT OF VACANCIES. a. Previously announced 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. b. Current vacancy. (1) Historic Preservation Commission - One vacancy for a Summit Street representative to fill an unexpired term ending March 29, 1998. (John Shaw resigned.) (4 females and 2 males presently serving on Commission.) This appointment will be made at the September 26, 1995, meeting of the City Council. CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION. ITEM NO. 10 - REPORT ON ITEMS FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY. a. City Manager. #9 page ITEM NO. 9 - CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION. Horow/ City Council Information. Baker/ I may get some of the stuff on the list actually off of it here. First of all a message from my wife to the rest of Iowa City. For those of you who have been picking up magazines like Newsweek, that is Jerry Garcia that died, not me. So don't-we appreciate the condolences but I am still here. Throg/ People want to hear the joke about touch of gray here? Baker/ The second- CHANGE TAPE TO REEL 95-96 SIDE 1 Baker/ For subsidized housing. Was a date discussed for that? Was there some conversation? Horow/ We have some dates and I will be making an announcement on them. FYI September 30 which is a Saturday. It is in the morning. Baker/ I just want to let the council know that I had asked Marcia Klingaman to distribute copies of that memo to the coordinators of the neighborhood associations and see if they a-If it was coming to their neighborhood, what would be their concerns and so that they could articulate some of those early which might be helpful to us. Nov/ This date is firm then? Horow/ Well, it is the only date we have got right now. The 21st is no longer viable, Larry teaches. So Saturday morning. Baker/ Thursday night. I start this fall semester and teach on Thursday nights. Last thing, Madam Mayor. I talked to a couple of you, several of you, about this individually. I have been thinking for many years as I am sure we all have about one of the problems with local elections in Iowa City is that there is a very low turnout and is there a way to generate interest in local elections and get more people out. I spent this last week trying to get a hold of and I finally did get a hold of a man named Larry Agran with Local Elected officials for Social responsibility. Larry and I worked together ten years ago when I was on the council previously and he is in charge of a program now called CityVote which this fall 20 Thisrepresents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of August 15, 1995. F081595 #9 page major cities across the country in their municipal elections in addition to the voting for the whatever local offices that are relevant will be holding a presidential straw poll on their ballot and I talked to Larry about this and he said yes, indeed, this is one way this will generate inters in a local election and get people out and he was excited because Iowa City-I would like to present this idea to you if perhaps on our ballot we could have a presidential straw poll. A lot of details to be worked out. But Agran was excited about it because we would be the only city as far as he knew participating. Other cities are like Boston, Minneapolis, Spokane, Boulder, Rochester, New York, most of them much larger than Iowa City. But Iowa City would have a unique spot being in Iowa on an election year, caucus year. And so I would like for us to consider taking this opportunity to put a presidential straw poll on our ballot and just get a sense of the public here in Iowa City and bring some attention to Iowa City. Horow/ That would be kind of fun. Nov/ Sounds good. Pigott/ I love the idea. Do it. Baker/ We're going to need, I talked to Marian and things that we'll eventually have to have a formal resolution to the county auditor. I don't know if we need the exact wording in it, but we'll have to talk about the wording and the candidates listed. Agran said that basically what you've got is a Republican list, a Democratic list and an Other list. And he certified all these potential candidates as either as announced that they're going to run or there's enough indication that they would be serious candidates and the public interest is there. And the other cities, they have put Colin Powell and Ross Perot on there ballots. Kubby/ So what is the definition of a serious candidate? Baker/ Well, we thought about that, but there's certain- well most of them are self evident. The eight or nine. Kubby/ Coming from a certain perspective. Baker/ Well sure, but look, you even have to give Morrie Taylor credit for being a serious candidate, whether the public takes him seriously, I think he is a serious candidate. And he is, This represents only a reasonably accurate trenscription of the iowa City council meeting of August 15, 1995. F081595 #9 page 3 in fact Agran asked about Taylor because he is not on the ballot in these other places yet, but he is going to suggest that they start including him. But we need to talk about this soon because I think the deadline for us putting it on the ballot here is the middle of September, so we need to put it as an agenda item at the next meeting and get it straightened out. Horow/ Anyone have any problems with that? Pigott/ I think it's a great idea. Horow/ Go for it Larry. Kubby/ The more people coming out the better. Horow/ Okay, anything else? Baker/ That's it. Thank you. Horow/ Mr. Pigott. Pigott/ Yes. There's one thing I was interested when we received in our packet this week the city of Iowa City's FY95 comparison of budget to actual revenue. And thank you for providing that. And along side this we received a memo which was reported on one of the papers about cut-backs in city service, I mean funding, federal funding. So that was sort of interesting you know though. It appeared in the same packet and I think that was very wise to do that. Atkins/ Thank you. It was unintentional but thank for going on. Pigott/ Secondly, about that, I noticed that it said that the hotel/motel tax revenues have increased, if I'm reading this correctly, revenues totalling $456,633 or $29,405 more than last year. Arkins/ Okay. Pigott/ And I remember that earlier this year we had a discussion on council about hotel/motel tax revenues and the possibility that they might not increase or they might even decrease and it's just good to know they're increasing and that we do have a good revenue source which goes to support police patrol, convention bureau, a couple of festivals we had this summer, as well as Mercer Park and Parkland Acquisition Fund. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of August 15, 1995. F081595 #9 page 4 Horow/ Is that FY95 funds or FY94 funds? Pigott/ F¥95. Atkins/ 95. End of the year report. Pigott/ So thank you. Horow/ Anything else? Pigott/ No, thanks. Horow/ Throgmorton? Throg/ Sure. One brief point. I noticed in reading the minutes of the Board of Adjustment's last meeting, the Board had been able to work out an agreement with George Haskell and other members Lucon Drive neighborhood and with the Church of Latter Day Saints with regard to use of 503 Melrose, and remember the controversy as it was being experienced there. I remember talking with George and other neighbors out there and I'm really happy to see them work out this agreement. I want to praise the people involved. Kubby/ It would be interesting to further explore, because the neighborhood came in saying we don't want this to happen and by the end they came in supporting the application. Throg/ That's right. Kubby/ We should explore what was the turning point because there are potential conflicts that don't have to be conflicts all over. Horow/ I noticed the garage once we moved them, to increase the parking space. Kubby/ That wasn't part of the original structure. Horow/ No. That's right. And it was sought by the people (can't hear). Ms. Novick? Nov/ All I could say to the television crew, I watched our last meeting on T.V. It was the re-run and I thought everybody looked good and the television crew should take a bow. Pigott/ Thanks. How is it that everyone looked good? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of August 15, 1995. F081595 #9 page 5 Horow/ Let's say the clarity of the image. Nov/ Yeah. It was an excellent picture. And I think they deserve a compliment. Horow/ Anything else? Nov/ No. That's it. Horow/ Ms. Kubby? Kubby/ Continuing the conversation about how potential conflicts can end up being people working together, I've been thinking about this and the Saratoga Springs situation where there are definitely not six votes on this council to have it happen in the form of either 41 units or 32 units° That the applicants for the developers do not want to withdraw their application and that last night my understanding is P/Z deferred it up to March of '96 which means it is just hanging there in limbo really and I'm interested in us as a city facilitating the profit and non-profit developers, the neighborhood. Maybe P/Z, maybe people on both sides of the issue on council, getting together in an informal way to sit down and say how can something happen here. What would it look like? How can we engage everybody together to make something happen. There are a couple of time constraints here that if we wait too long HOME moneys, the date expires, which means not only does this development not use them but we send them back to the feds. I don't want to be placed in that position. To apply for state tax credit moneys there is a November deadline. If you miss the deadline you have to wait until the next November. So I am interested in having us gather people around to say in what form could we all get on board with this. A combination of different kinds of housing as buffers or whatever. But I would be interested in seeing if council would direct the mayor to send a letter to say hey, is there a way to make it happen. Let's sit down together. If not, not. But if there is some way to make something happen on that plot of land-I guess the reason I want to push on this particular piece of ground is because when-Well the Fellowship and Bob Burns have been looking all over the city for something that is not way on the edge of town where there is no transportation and that there is very few jobs around within a walking distance or biking or bussing distance. Not that this is the only lot ever in the city that could be developed but this is one opportunity. I hate to let it go by without trying as hard as we can to see if there is some way to make things happen. Maybe in a Thisrepresents only areasonably accuratetranscrlptlon oftheloweCitycouncll meeting of August15,1995. F081595 #9 page 6 completely different form. Horow/ We do have the meeting on tha 30th from that certainly would come a little more clarity in terms of whether it could be there, should be there, couldn't be there, shouldn't be there. That would be- Kubby/ But I am talking about a group of people talking about that specific plot of land in that specific neighborhood. Not about the general-It may be that this meeting should happen after ours. Pigott/ I think that your brainstorm is an important one but I do think that it is important that the council talk before because council votes are the ones that are keeping from going forward regardless of what the conflicts are between the neighbors and the developers and maybe that would help change things. Maybe not. But I think having that meeting that Larry suggested that we talked about scheduling before hand would help clarify that. Kubby/ The meeting is scheduled. I would like to see if there is a majority of council who would like to initiate some kind of more informal process where people can really talk indepth about this issue and see if there is a way to make something. Horow/ What does council- Baker/ I don't know that council needs to initiate that. I think as a formal-I don't see this not happening if we don't initiate it. I am trying to think- Kubby/ Anyone could initiate. Baker/ The real thing is the neighbors and Bob Burns have one set of conflicts and then we as a council have to establish clearer criteria for what is acceptable for us. Kubby/ But someone has got to get the ball rolling in a positive way. Why not us? It is moneys that we have control over. Baker/ I think Bruno's point is well taken that we don't even know ourselves what we will agree on if that is possible. Kubby/ And I am saying do it after our meeting. I don't have a problem with waiting until that- This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of August 15, 1995. F081595 #9 page 7 Baker/ Well, I want to follow up on that because I had a question about timing here as well because you are right about the money has to be allocated by a certain date or it reverts back. What are the dates here? What are the constraints on the federal money? Do we know? Kubby/ June. Baker/ June of '96? Nov/ There is another constraint date, the option to purchase will expire probably by the 1st of January. Lehman/ I think there is a much bigger issue here than the property. I think it is the city's housing policy, our philosophy, whatever and I think until we resolved those we cannot correctly address problems associated with a single piece of property. I think there are much much bigger questions and I guess even if we were to lose some money that might be better than doing something and doing it wrong. Baker/ The point it we could use that money for something else, too. We may want to do that. And I am perfectly willing to, if the council can do it, to move up our discussions that is at the end of September, to do it earlier than that. Lehman/ I don't think we have a date. Kubby/ See, the thing is we haven't looked at other things on our regular scheduled meetings that could get bumped to the 30th so that we could talk about this at a normally scheduled meeting sooner. I would be willing to look at that list of other things. Baker/ This almost acts like a special meeting. Horow/ It is going to take longer than an informal session which is why we scheduled it on a Saturday. Kubby/ I am saying doing only the things we absolutely have to do at a regularly meeting and bump the other things down. Horow/ Are there four people who want to do this because last night I thought we agreed on a Saturday morning for either this one or economic development? I think it is going to take a good hunk of time. Thisrepresents only ereasonebly accurate trenscriptlon ofthelowa City council meeting of Au§ust15,1995. F081595 #9 page 8 Baker/ And you said we can't do it earlier than September 30th? Horow/ No we can't. Baker/ All right. That is the consensus that you all reached last night then. Horow/ Okay. Kubby/ I am still interested in seeing if there is a majority of people who would like to direct the mayor to have the city initiate. To write the letter to say that it will happen after September. Horow/ There does not seem to be four doing this. Baker/ If you wrote a letter just saying that this is our schedule and after this we would like to get together, sure. We would obviously have to get our house in order. Horow/ I think there has to be a little more clarity. Kubby/ I am not disagreeing. Horow/ There is not four strong votes for doing this right now. I think it would be premature. Baker/ Because I am not quite sure exactly, I mean, what we are really asking them to do. Kubby/ In another sense it may or may not matter what we come up. A lot of issues that were brought up from the neighborhood are things that council members couldn't support it. It brought those issues to their attention and I think if there is neighborhood support for something, say yes let's do it here. I mean I am trying to find a way to shift the conversation a little bit to say instead of everybody being scared of these kinds of developments. To say how can we work together to make things happen. Baker/ One of the things that can happen is that if the neighborhood can reach some comfort level with the Burns project they might remove that extraordinary vote requirement. Pigott/ And that is what Karen is talking about. Throg/ I think Bob Burns might say that he has been trying for Thisrepresents only areasonably accuratetranscription ofthelowa Citycouncil maetingofAugust15,1995. F081595 #9 page 9 months and he has been having those conversations for months and that he in fact reduced the density from 66 units to 41 to 32 and it is hard to see what number would be appropriate. But he has been continually having these conversations. Kubby/ That is why I am suggesting that it come from council because it may be seen differently, open up different possibilities for people. Horow/ Karen, I appreciate your concern on this. Pigott/ And maybe explore different shapes- Kubby/ Different housing styles and more diverse amount of housing styles within the Saratoga Springs property. Horow/ Are there four people who wish to do this before the 30th? Kubby/ I am not asking for that. That frustrates me. I am asking- You are misrepresenting what I am asking for. I am asking for a letter to go out kind of soonly but with saying that in anticipation of our September 30th meeting to take that input into that conversation and have it happen after September 30th. Horow/ Does council wish this letter to go out to the neighborhood and to the developer with the intention of having council be essentially the forum which some sort of mediation would take place. Is that the intent? Kubby/ I am talking about an informal round table discussion to see if something can happen. Pigott/ Just between them-the developer, the neighbors and see what they come up with. Kubby/ Possibly some city staff, P/Z, couple of members of council who have different viewpoints on things. Even to be there to witness the conversation. Nov/ I don't see anything wrong with that as long as we don't send that letter now before we have any idea what kind of criteria we are going to have. Lehman/ I really think until we come up with a policy or whatever that discussion is really not (can't hear). This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of August 15, 1995. F081595 #9 page 10 Throg/ I guess my sense is that I would encourage and support the idea but it really rides on what Sue and Ernie and anyone else who might want to oppose that particular project would care to do. Pigott/ I encourage informal discussion. I don't have a problem with that if it helps to come up with some other method of doing this. But I agree with the others in a sense that it is a-right now the stumbling block is up here. Baker/ I don't- Kubby/ Don't worry about it. I will write my own letter as an individual council member encouraging discussion. Horow/ That takes care of that. Any thing else, Karen? Kubby/ Yeah. We had directed staff to kind of do a general clean up of the bus barn area where the recycling and the oil bins are and that started to happen and one of the results of that clean up is that the recycling bins are gone temporarily from there. I got calls from two different people who didn't leave their names saying that is where I recycle, they are gone. The bins will be back. It will be cleaner. They will be newer and we are going to try to figure out a maintenance schedule to have the whole area be maintained in a better way. So I wanted to let people know that. Also I wanted to let people know that Alice's Rainbow Childcare Centers have been awarded one of two 1995 Louise Eo Dell Enhancement Award by the Iowa Association for the Education of the Young Child and they are going to use their award which is a cash award to buy a toddler water table. I think it is important to recognize childcare providers that are recognized in a statewide way. It shows the quality of services in this community. Nov/ Tell me what is a toddler water table? Kubby/ Well, it is a place where children play with water and you can even have some curriculum to do some physics, some unconscious physics activities with them without them being in the water. But it is a table that has water in it. You don't have to worry about as many wet clothes. lifeguards and all that stuff. Horow/ Maybe not as many wet clothes. Kubby/ Not as many wet clothes. Lastly there was an open house for Thisrepresents only areasonably accur~etranscripfion ofthelowa City council meeting of August15,1995. F081595 #9 page 11 the manufactured house on 5th and I Street that the city was involved in. I just want to say thanks for all the different staff members that help put that together. The house arrived and two hours later it was put up and it was really neat to see where the bolts went in. When you go upstairs you can't tell whether it is any different kind of house. I think the selling price is going to be in the mid-60s, a family of 6 is going to move in. They are very very happy. So, when we talk about affordable housing this has got to be a many pronged approach. This is one of them where the city found an in fill lot that wasn't outrageously expensive where we could afford to put a manufactured house on it and sell it with a subsidy to a lower income family./ That is one house at a time. It is very very slow and so we need to in this discussion figure out what are those other prongs of that approach. Throg/ Sue, could I piggyback on that briefly. I had a conversation this morning with a couple folks at the Java House, one of them is sitting in this room right now, about our housing policies and one of the two people I was talking with asked whether it was true that Iowa City is trying to recruit low income people from Chicago. I think that is a reasonable paraphrase. I hope it is. My reaction was boy, not that I know of. That was a total surprise to me and I know Steve-We had a conversation a while ago and he doesn't know anything about that either. So to the best of our knowledge no. Nov/ If they are coming they are coming without being recruited. Throg/ The other fellow that we were talking with said that he had recently been in a small town in Iowa and he noticed that they had an excellent program wherein people could rent homes that were owned by someone else and receive a subsidy from the local government. He was wondering why we don't do that. And my response was we do that° We do that. And the point once that we have a relatively small number of city owned housing units. I thinkthe total is about 100. Am I right? Help me out here. And a much larger number of units that people are able to use through a rental subsidy program. So, it would help us to get some reasonable information about that. Thanks. Horow/ Anything else, Karen? Nov/ I would like to piggyback on that modular house. It is not only affordable because it is a factory built house. But also it has no central air conditioning and no garage. Thisrepresents only a reasonably accurate transcription ofthe Iowa City councilmeeting of August15, 1995. F081595 #9 page 12 Horow/ And the windows have been placed where you can get cross ventilation (can't hear). Nov/ And it is only 1000 square feet but they have put in good size windows in the basement so the basement can be finished eventually. They have put in vents so that air conditioning can be added later. But in the meantime it is a very minimal house. Horow/ Thank you. Mr Lehman- Lehman/ Just mention a little bit about what Bruno-We did get a report from the city for FY95 showing income and expenses and I think we all have to be proud that in almost every case our income was somewhat greater than what we budgeted and our expenses were lower. I think that speaks very very well for city staff and I think they are to be commended. Kubby/ And I think we are prepping for all these cuts that are coming our way through the state and the feds so that we don't have to have as many choices of cut services. Horow/ Anything else? In the same packet that we received the annual report, the Boards and Commission for FY95 and I urge you to get a copy of this at the Civic Center. Obviously it will be at the library as well. We have 19 Boards and Commission and certainly more ad hoc small subcom~missions, sub-boards. The citizens who take part in this in the activities in terms of making this city function as it does are to be commended because they really do put in a lot of time. But it is also fun and I know they enjoy it. The council has a couple of special executive sessions. One on August 17 and one on the 24th. Both special council meetings for evaluation purposes. And then on August 21st which is a Monday evening we have a work session on having to do with landfill. We have invited the mayors and or council members from the various communities in Johnson County, Kalona, and Riverside and I have followed up with phone calls to these mayors inviting them to come so that everyone can be informed at the same rate, the same level, about the legal and the financial implications of the landfill. This is obviously an open meeting but this is Iowa City and the surrounding communities in terms of a landfill planning for the future. That is about it. Thisrepresents only areasonebly accuratetranscrl~ion ofthelowaCitycouncilmeatingofAugustl5,1995. F081595 #10b page 1 ITEM NO. 10- R~PORT ON ATTORNEY. b. City Attorney. ITEMS FROM THE CITY MAN~%GER AND CITY Horow/ Ms. Woito- Woito/ Last Thursday I was one of two faculty members at an entire legal seminar on wetlands which explains the article that you got on takings and wetlands. I only wrote one part of the six issues but we had to teach four out of the- I am sorry, one out of eight. I taught four. One of the most interested people in the audience were engineers who thought I was absolutely fascinating about how we lawyers work. No it was complimentary. They thanked the two lawyers for all of our work which was nice. Horow/ I am become more and more aware that engineers are so proud of what they do. They are absolutely bubbling over with excitement and effervescent. They really are. Engineers that I have encountered, both in this city and this nation and in Germany. It is absolutely fascinating- Woito/ Two of these were from the Army Corps of Engineers who do our wetlands permitting. So it was really a nice exchange. If you want to learn about wetlands I have a wonderful book. Horow/ Thank you, Linda. This represents only a reasonably ascurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of August 15, 1995. F081595 Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting August 15, 1995 Page 12 City Attorney. ITEM NO. 11- CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ADOPTING "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, STRATEGIES, AND ACTIONS FOR THE CITY OF IOWA CITY." ITEM NO. 12 - Comment: Upon adoption of this resolution, this policy document will be used by the City Council and staff to guide the City's economic development activities. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE IOWA CITY SENIOR CENTER MASONRY RESTORATION PROJECT. Comment: This exterior repair project of the Senior Center is the second and final phase of a water proofing project to eliminate water penetration at various points inside the building. The project includes complete sealant and tuck pointing of all stone and masonry of the exterior walls and exterior stairs. The work should be completed in November 1995. The Engineer's estimate is $97,469.00 with funding provided from an internal loan. Fred Jackson Tuckpointing Co. E & H Restoration, Inc. Technical Specialty Systems Northwest Waterproofing & Restoration Co. ~70,065.00 ~67,400.00 ~64,209.00 ~44,867.00 Engineer's Estimate 997,469.00 Public Works and Engineering recommends that the contract be awarded to Northwest Waterproofing & Restoration Co.' .t,on: #11 page 1 ITEM NO. 11 - CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ADOPTING "ECONOMIC DEVEL- OPMENT POLICIES, STRATEGIES, AND ACTIONS FOR THE CITY OF IOWA CITY." Horow/ It was discussed last evening and it was recommended that we defer this. Nov/ I would move to defer this to August 29th. Throg/ Sue, before we act on that I think there might be some people in the audience who wanted to be able to speak to that topic and since it is an agenda item they wouldn't have an opportunity to speak to it until now. So- Horow/ This is not a p.h. Kubby/ But we had discussed having a separate public discussion item on the agenda which isn't on here but- Woito/ You can always have a discussion. Throg/ It was just my understanding. Horow/ All right. The motion is has been seconded by Kubby. then? to defer this to August 29th. It What is the intention of voting Atkins/ Susan, the 29th is a Tuesday. You didn't want that on the work session for the 28th? Council/ (All talking). Nov/ The resolution can be discussed on the 28th- Atkins/ I understand. I am making the assumption you wish to- Nov/ Yes. Kubby/ And I hope there is a big block of time. Nov/ We had a lot of discussion last night and I had a lot of discussion today about this issue. I would hope that we don't do anything more than an informal meeting. I don't want to get into re-writing the whole thing. I have distributed some re- wording of several items. If anyone else has further re- wording. If I have further re-wording, can we get it to Lorraine this Thursday and then have a week to look about it, This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa Citycouncil meeting of August 15, 1995, F081595 page 2 think about it and then be prepared to discussed the vote on the 29th. Kubby/ Although I don't think anybody's intent was to re-write it. It is that we agreed as a council to go out to get some input about it. We received some and last night was the first chance that we had to talk about the input that we received and it seemed like everybody around the table had some things they wanted to talk about. Frankly we only talked about two items because we weren't very good at facilitating and not repeating ourselves and moving on when there was a majority to agree on something. So, I don't think that is a good impression to leave. We did have some changes that we wanted to make which is a legitimate thing to do after receiving input from the public. Horow/ If you wish to receive input this evening, certainly you may. However I cannot imagine that we will also do this again next on the 29th. And what is your desire on this? I mean we have got to come to closure. Kubby/ When there is public discussion and you say any item not on the agenda which infers and we always have a policy that if something is on the agenda that people can speak. Baker/ I don't think that it is automatic that anybody can speak on any item on the agenda even if it is not a p.h. It is a privilege. It is not a right that- Horow/ It is not automatic. Baker/ It is not automatic but Jim- Throg/ I would want to agree in principle that it is not automatic but we are considering economic development policy for the city of Iowa City and boy, we really ought to give anybody in the public an opportunity to speak about that draft policy before we adopt it and if it is not now, when? Baker/ I agree with you. Horow/ Fine. Baker/ On this issue I agree with you because it is a major issue. Horow/ Do you wish also to have to p.h. or public discussion next council when we adopt this? Thlsrepresents only areasonably accuratetranscription ofthe Iowa City council meeting of August 15,1995. F081595 #11 page 3 Kubby/ I think if people come up I am inclined to hear them. Baker/ On this particular issue if someone wants to talk. I am prepared-I think we ought to be prepared to vote unless lightning hits us. But if there are people who want to come and talk about this issue, this particular issue, I have no problems with that. Horow/ I will ask council then to be thinking as to how you are going to deal with the input from the public who come next week and (can't hear). This is not something (can't hear). Baker/ You always reserve the right to defer, postpone if something happens and something new comes up that you are totally unprepared to absorb on any issue. But I think the inclination here is to get it resolved in two weeks. Horow/ Okay. Lehman/ Sue, I think I need to say this. I think that so many times we get input from folks who many times don't know anymore about it than we do. And I think many cases we sit and debate thing that we get expert opinions from our staff and from other folks where we sit and debate things where we are absolutely unqualified in. I think we can get an opinion from anybody on Just about any subject. If I have got a bad tooth I won't call my podiatrist because basically that is what we are doing. And I don't discourage public opinion. But the process is that we were elected to make decisions and I think it is our responsibility to listen to what the public has to say but at some point we have to make up our minds. Pigott/ I agree with that totally. Lehman/ And I don't disagree with- Now we have had this policy for what, we got the copies two weeks ago. We have had an opportunity to read it but we have not discussed it until last night and while I think not taking an action is in some ways a negative. Taking an action before we have an opportunity to discuss it fully is probably equally- So I will go along. But I really think we have got to address this thing. How long has this been going on? Horow/ Since Vision 2000 started we have had the Economic Policy Committee discussed it, there were p.h.s, P/Z Commission- It is not like we haven't had any p.h.s. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the low8 City council meeting of August 15, 1995. F081595 #11 page 4 Pigott/ That is absolutely true and I think there is a value in discussing it for a period of time and allowing input to do it. I don't have a problem with talking about the issue. I do think Ernie, you are right, in the end of the day we will make the decision. Lehman/ I think the discussion now is between us. The public has basically has an opportunity to present themselves. We have gotten letters. It is our responsibility to digest those letters, to look at the reports that we have gotten and say okay folks, this is where we are at and I don't know if we have had the opportunity. I think we should do that but I think we should do that as quickly- Pigott/ If there are people here tonight, Ernie, I think that gives us that opportunity to digest that oral version as well as we received in writing. So- Throg/ I want to say something briefly here. I am totally implored with the idea of having this item on the agenda two weeks from now and voting on it. Maybe there will be some amendments proposed. We will vote on the amendments, who knows. And then act on the policy in two weeks. Fine. We have had some conversation with some people about the thing. But I think it is extremely important for something as significant as the economic development policy of Iowa City that we do in fact give people an opportunity to know that there is a policy being deliberated and to have an opportunity to read it, to have an opportunity to comment on it both in writing and orally in front of us, and we haven't done that. At least not orally. I will bet you that less than 80 people in this city know that we have a policy being proposed tonight and it may the most important policy that we are going to deliberate. So, I would like to strongly strongly strongly encourage us to be as open as we can to the idea of inviting contributions from the public because a lot of people are very informed about economic development even thought they are not economists, eveD thought they are not business people amd we need to be open to that and then, just like you say Ernie, then make our decision because that is what we are here for. Kubby/ We need to make sure we have the opportunity to discuss among ourselves all of the issues. So many be need a slightly different process for that discussion where we have some time lines to make sure everyone's issues- Horow/ My concern about this right now is that we have, as I said, Thlsrepmsents only a Masonably accuratetranscription ofthelowa Citycouncil meeting of August15,1995. F081595 #11 page 5 we do not have a policy on the discussion of or the ability of having people discuss when we are about to have a resolution addressed. And when you do not have it stated a p.h. those people who get the agenda in advance do not know that there is going to be time set aside for a resolution to be addressed. I think that is just patently unfair. Pigott/ I was under the impression that there would be- Kubby/ A public meeting. Lehman/ Your point is exactly right. Kubby/ I see Linda shake her head. Woito/ This is a public meeting but it is up to four of you to decide whether you want to hear the public. Lehman/ Sue's point though is that if it is listed on the agenda the public is on notice that it is going to be here. It is not as a p.h. we individually can solicit whoever we want to come down and speak to us on it. That means that the rest of the folks who might have spoken to it did not know about it so they are not here. Pigott/ Are you saying you would like to do one, a formal notice? Horow/ No, I want to make- Kubby/ I thought we had decided two weeks ago to do just that but it is not on the agenda. Throg/ I asked about that. Horow/ People who are going to be here can speak certainly speak now but I want to make it clear that if we are going to continue to do this, we are going to have to put down p.h. Pigott/ I agree or public discussion. Kubby/ That is what we had decided two weeks ago. For some reason it didn't happen that way. Nov/ I would like us to put public discussion and the resolution on the agenda two weeks from now. Kubby/ I think that is a great idea. This represents only o reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of August 15, 1995. F081595 #11 page 6 Horow/ Fine. Woito/ You know, this is a bit troubling. I want to- I think we need to clarify under Chapter 21. This is a public meeting and whether it says public discussion or public hearing people are here to find out what government is doing and if you wish to let them speak you certainly may but they are invited in. The doors are open. Horow/ But we don't say the words public discussion. Woito/ It doesn't matter. Pigott/ But what Sue is saying they are not on notice officially. Woito/ The agenda itself is public notice and an invitation to come and be heard. Pigott/ It is in a sense but in realistically the person who gets the agenda may not think that there is time for them to come down- Woito/ Well that is our mistake in terms of educating the public because Open Meetings law is definitely intended to get people down here and participate. Horow/ Linda, I am not against the Open Meetings law. I am just saying from a traditional point of view, this comes as a surprise to me because for the past eight years when it said p.h. everybody has known that both sides have a perfect right to be here. When it hasn't said p.h. we have assumed that council among ourselves will discuss it. Woito/ But you only have p.h.s on zoning issues and utility rates and annexations. You really only have p.h.s- Pigott/ But we have taken special care on certain occasions when we didn't have-we had to say public discussion on the agenda. I think that is the- Kubby/ Should we move on deferral before we hear the people who are present who wish to speak? Woito/ Four of you decide. Horow/ It doesn't make any difference if there are four of us. Thisrepresents only areasonably accuratetranscription ofthelowa Citycouncil meeting of August 15,1995. F081595 #11 page 7 Baker/ If we vote to defer that closes our discussion, doesn't it? Horow/ We have been discussing this (can't hear). Hold off on the deferral motion vote. Let's have the public discussion. Is there someone who wishes to address council on this issue? Please sign in and state your name and keep your comments to no more than five minutes, please. Colin Gordon/ I have submitted written comments to council so I will keep this brief. I think that the draft of economic policies as written is to be diplomatic quite . I think this is an important opportunity to guide economic development, to articulate a vision for the future of the city. The number of opportunities (can't hear). I think the logic of this document is fairly familiar (can't hear) and it is what I would call low road smoke stack chasing. That is that it doesn't take opportunities, especially opportunities that tie strings to public money, that it should. As I said I have submitted written comments so I will just touch on three brief issues that I think need to be addressed. The first of these is this draft focuses too much on growth, growth alone and too little on the kind of growth that we should pursue or award or encourage. And here again I think the draft is driven by sort of a competitive logic (can't hear) through the low road when it could pursue a high road. That is a set of economic development policies that would pursue a sustainable economy, good jobs, not just any jobs, a high living social wage, and the like. I think the logic that foot loose multi national companies will pick up and leave municipalities, play with (can't hear) is patently false. Most jobs, most investment decisions are not made by those sorts of companies. Most local investment firms can accommodate (can't hear). I have linked this concern and my others to particular past documents and I will leave those with my written submission. My second concern is this draft makes no effort to link public regulation or public subsidies to any particular avenues of growth. In setting the rules and conditions for economic growth the city should be less anxious about the mobility of capital, less anxious about making the investment happen and more tend to the long term goals of the community and all of its citizens. This is based on substantially experience elsewhere where communities and states have been very successful in tying strings to public money, in forcing clawback provisions which retrieved public subsidies if firms don't live up to environmental or wage responsible guidelines. And again, as experience elsewhere suggests, these sorts of regulations don't choke off growth as conventional wisdom Thisrepresentsonlyareasonablyaccuratetranscrlptlonofthelowa CiW councilmeetlngofAugust15,1995. F081595 #11 page 8 would have it. They merely channel growth into a more productive channel. My third concern and this subsumes really much of the draft is that this drafts assumes in both tone and policy that economic development is a process driven by investment and employer and forget too often I think that the economy is public driven in which the rights of workers and consumers deserve equal respect. And again I have tied this concern to particular quality in the draft document. Some examples of these sorts of strings on public money that have been used elsewhere on this issue of workers and consumers rights is tying public subsidies to wage rates, set at a certain percentage above the poverty level, to the provision of benefits, to guarantees that workers rights will be respected, even to encourage unionization and other forms of organization. And I hope that the council will take these concerns into consideration during the time period in which the draft is deferred and I hope also in light of the discussion you just had that you will invite a full blown public discussion of this draft at that meeting. Thank you. Horow/ Anyone else care to address council? Lyone Fein/ Arid I was reading through these and I wanted to mention a couple of things that I thought should be added to this document or considered anyhow. In the Policy 3 section of the document under Strategy C, Action 2, it currently reads "Continue to assist community efforts to expand cultural activities and opportunities in d.t." I wonder if the council would consider adding a phrase about maintaining the esthetics of the d.t. are so that it is an inviting place for the public who will then spend their money there to spend time in the d.t. area. I am also wondering if there is a place within Policy 3 so include notation about incorporating provision just as you do in residential areas you have provisions for public open spaces and green spaces. I am wondering if something like that can be included in considerations in commercial zones such as I mean the ped mall would be an example of something like that. Nov/ That is actually mentioned somewhere. Fein/ Is it? I didn't notice anything like that. Nov/ There is something in here about public spaces. Fein/ Right, there is actually in Action 6, Strategy C under this 3rd Policy. It does say continue to provide and promote the Thlsrepresentsonly are~onablyaccuretetrenscrtptlon ofthelowe Citycouncil meeting of August15,1995. F081595 #11 page 9 necessary public infrastructure including parking and public spaces in order to maintain the economic health of the d.t. But my concern is other commercial zones especially as Iowa City grows and there will be other centers of commerce, not just little pockets. That each of these centers of commerce be developed into the kind of place that can be a community center with cultural activities happening. You know, over the next 30 years the population and development of Iowa City is going to be a mix and I think we have to sort of plan ahead to provide these kind of central gathering spaces throughout the city. Kubby/ That may be maybe things we need to consider for our Zoning Ordinance versus Economic Development Policy. It is a very interesting idea. Fein/ I am also wondering if~I noticed that no place in here was there a mention of improving public transportation and this seemed especially relevant to me. I guess under Policy 5 CHANGE TAPE TO REEL 95-96 SIDE 2 Fein/ Strategy A, Action 5 it says encourage pollution prevention programs which is extremely vague but clearly public transportation is a in one aspect is a pollution prevention program but there are also, and I don't recall where this appears, there is also a place in this document that discusses proximity of job opportunities to living sites and it seems that would also be an appropriate place to mention public transportation especially because people have to work second shift, third shift, they work on Sundays, and those are times when there isn't public transportation available to people to get to and from their jobs. And also on the last page of what I was given today it says FY1996 Economic Development Activities. Down on the 4th paragraph or arrow or whatever it says through public, private, or public/private initiatives insure the availability of an adequate amount of industrial and office research park land and extend the necessary infrastructure and I am wondering if the intention of this was to do all this and extend the necessary infrastructure to those projects which meet the criteria in the policy that is being laid out because that isn't stated here. It is just kind of a blanket statement and I am wondering if the intent of the council is really to limit those initiatives to the kinds of businesses whose development this plan is meant to encourage and support. Thisrepresents only a reasonably accurate transcription ofthelowa City council meeting of August 15,1995. F081595 #11 page 10 Kubby/ It matters what we do with the incentives part of this policy. If we make it so that we create our incentives and then say if you do these things the incentive for doing them is you don't have to reimburse us for this infrastructure cost. If you don't do it you have to reimburse us if you want to be in a park. So then to have a policy although it may be kind of frustrating that they are kind of vague because they are policy and these action programs need to be flushed out more. But it is the skeletal framework to have much much more detailed further discussion. Nov/ It was meant to be generic so that some kinds the cost of the land sold to industry X includes all the infrastructure that we have put in. Other times it may be not done that way because of some other concessions. This gives us as much flexibility as we can by being vague that way. Fein/ I guess it just seemed to me that the way it reads now that the initiatives will be given to everyone and I am just wondering if the wording should be clarified. Horow/ I think you want to get more specific. Nov/ It will be clarified on a case by case basis. Kubby/ Using the policy. Nov/ The policies have to be very general. Fein/ Thank you. Horow/ Anyone else care to address council? Throg/ Can I ask if this analogy works for this process is that what we are doing here is comparable to the Comp Plan compared to the Zoning Ordinance, overall goals and directions and the Zoning Ordinance puts into effect or tries to regulate or fine tune the Comp Plan. It is just one way to look at it. These are very general but we have some underlying set of specific zoning ordinances with respect to the Comp Plan. There will be other ordinances and specificities and specifics after this. Horow/ Anyone else care to address council? Otherwise there is a motion made by Nov, seconded by Kubby to defer this to August 29th for a public discussion as well as a vote. Baker/ That is on the floor is the motion to defer? Thisrepresents only aressonably accuratetranscription ofthe lows Citycouncil meeting of August 15,1995. F081595 #11 page Horow/ That is right. Baker/ Is this the proper time for council discussion on this before we vote on deferral? Horow/ Go ahead. Baker/ Because there were a couple of things in this document that I wanted to bring out for discussion to let you know I would like some more discussion. Horow/ Okay. Before you continue remember Naomi has asked or suggested that we all make our changes in get them into the packet by Friday so we all- Baker/ I will put them in writing but I would just like to raise them. I will certainly do that, mam. Very quickly, in Policy 1 and in Policy 2, Strategies B, Actions 2 & 4. They are both references to the city's role in education efforts and I want to talk about whether or not the city has a role in education efforts in economic development in the context of what this is saying here. Increase public awareness of the role of business in the community and importance of a strong economy. Again, I want to talk about that in two weeks because I am not sure that we have a role working with schools or facilitating public awareness of business as a role and I just want to talk about that. And I was interested in Policy 2, Strategy A, Action 3 development mechanism that would assist underemployed individuals find more appropriate job opportunities within the community. As one of the chronically underemployed, I read that and realized that underemployed individuals, the ones that I know, don't need any help looking. We look all of the time and I just- The role here of the city in that particular item didn't seem to be something that we need to spend a lot of time on. That is one things. And we will talk about this concept of livable wage or living wage. It shows up in Policy 6 and basically those in general were the things I wanted to bring up but I will put them in writing for you. Throg/ I guess in that same spirit I would like just for the public record to note that last night I suggested very specific amendments to the proposed policy. I won't go through them right now. That would be unfair to all involved. But I would like to say that they are part of the public record, am I correct? They are part of the public record. So if anybody wants to see what those amendments were, please. This represents only a reasonably accurato transcription of tha Iowa City council meeting of August 15, 1995, F081595 page 12 Kubby/ Will we be receiving them in any different from than what we- Throg/ Naomi and I had a conversation about that today. What I am going to do is look through what she just provided us this evening and consider making some changes. And if I do suggest some modification I will get them in the packet Friday. I think that is pretty much what we talked about. Nov/ We talked about trying to compromise. Horow/ I appreciate your effort and also Mr. Baker's effort in areas of compromising, There is a motion on the floor. Is there any more discussion? All those in favor of deferring to August 29th for both public discussion and a vote signify by saying aye (ayes). Thisrepresents only are~onably accuratetranscrlptlon ofthelowaCIty council meeting of August 15,1995. F081595 #12 page ITEM NO. lZ CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE IOWA CITY SENIOR CENTER MASONRY RESTOR~%TION PROJECT. Horow/ Moved by Pigott, Baker/ Had we had any before? Nov/ That is exactly what I was going to say. The bid came low. Do we know that they know what they are doing? seconded by Nov. Discussion. experience with Northwest Waterproofing in so Fosse/ I talked with Jim Shoenfelder, our architect, about them and he is comfortable with the company. Nov/ And our engineers are going to send out some good inspectors? Fosse/ Yes. Nov/ I just wanted people to know that we do that. Horow/ Okay. Any further discussion? Roll call-(yes). Resolution is adopted. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of August '15, 1995. F081595 Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting August 15, 1995 Page 13 ITEM NO. 13 - ITEM NO. 14- ITEM NO. 15 - CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY STAFF TO NEGOTIATE AND THE MAYOR TO SIGN BOTH PERMANENT SANITARY SEWER AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE LANDFILL LEACHATE LIFT STATION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. Comment: The City of Iowa City must acquire both permanent sanitary sewer and temporary construction easements to facilitate the Landfill Leachate Lift Station Construction Project. This resolution authorizes City staff to negotiate and the Mayor to sign these documents, including authorization of condemnation if necessary. Every effort will be made to negotiate acceptable agreements without resorting to condemnation. Prior to proceeding with condemnation, staff will notify Council. CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE TEIVIPO- RARY AND PERMANENT USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY BETWEEN THE CITY OF IOWA CITY AND THE CEDAR RAPIDS AND IOWA CITY RAILROAD COMPANY FOR A PORTION OF IOWA AVENUE, IOWA CITY, IOWA. Comment: The Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railroad Company has come to the City requesting that a warning device know as "tattletale chains" be suspended above Iowa Avenue in advance of the CRANDIC Railroad overpass on Iowa Avenue. The CRANDIC has agreed to contribute 86,000 to the City of Iowa City for the installation of the warning device. This resolution authorizes the Mayor to sign and the City Clerk to attest to this agreement between the City and CRANDIC Railway Company. Action: ADJOURNMENT. #13 page i ITEM NO. 15 CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY STAFF TO NEGOTIATE AND THE M~YOR TO SIGN BOTH PERMANENT SANITARY SEWER ANDTEMPOR~RY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE LANDFILL LEACHUTE LIFT STATION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. Horow/ Moved by Nov, seconded by Throg. Any discussion? Kubby/ Quickly will you explain why having a lift station for leachate is safer than hauling it in a truck. Fosse/ It is a matter of volume. We couldn't haul it in a truck fast enough. The new design of the landfill cells, all the rain water that falls on the cell, be it two acres or eight acres,it is high so it is collected. So a lot of what we are hoping to (can't hear) is rain water when the cells are active. That is why we need this larger lift station to accommodate that. Once all the cells are capped off we expect the (can't hear). Kubby/ I assume the city bills itself for sewer. Fosse/ Yes we do. Kubby/ So we see that in your landfill costs. Fosse/ Correct. Horow/ Any further discussion? Roll call-(yes). Resolution is adopted. Thisrepresents only areasonably accurate transcription ofthe Iowa City council meatlngofAugust15,1995. F081595 #14 page 1 ITEM NO. 14 - CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING ~ AUTHORIZING THE TEMPO~Y AND PERM~%NENT USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY BETWEEN THE CITY OF IOWA OITY AND THE CED~R .RAPIDS AND IOWA CITY RAILROAD COMPANY FOR A PORTION OF IOWA AYENUEv IOWA CITYv IOWA. Horow/ Moved by Baker, seconded by Pigott. Any discussion? Kubby/ I am sorry to talk to much with such a scratchy throat but someone called me today and said that in Madison they have an electronic eye that is high. So that if a truck or vehicle penetrates that electronic eye that lights go up. I wondered if we had looked at that because the vandalism, playfulness, attractiveness quotient of that is less than the chain hanging down for playing around on it. I guess I am not interested in deferring this but interested that if we asked the RR if they had looked at that option. That might even be cheaper and that if they have or if it not cheaper or if it seems like a better option we can always rescind this resolution. Have they looked at that option. Fosse/ We did consider that option and some of the communities that have used that have had actually increased accident experience because the lights go off and people stop in a hurry because they don't know what is going on and then they are rear end accidents a~d there were a lot of false alarms where birds would fly in front of them and the people would stop suddenly and in one installation that we checked on in the Quad Cities was taken out. Council/ (All talking). Horow/ Any further discussion on this item? Nov/ I have to say this is ugly. I find great difficulties voting for ugly and the saving grace is at least it is not yellow and black stripes. Horow/ Darrel Courtney, eat your heart out. It is not going to be yellow and black. Nov/ It is not going to be stripes anyway the way those warnings are. Horow/ Roll call-(yes). The resolution is adopted. Thisrepresents only areasonably accurate transcription ofthelowa Ci~ council meeting of August 15,1995. F081595 City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM DATE: August 11, 1995 TO: City Council FROM: City Manager RE: Work Session Agendas and Meeting Schedule August 14, 1995 6:30 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M, 7:45 P.M. 7:55 P.M. 8:05 P.M. 8:35 P.M, 9:00 P.M. August 15, 1995 7:30 P.M. August 17, lg95 6:30 P.M. August 21, 1995 7:00 P.M. August 24, 1995 6:30 P.M. August 28, 1995 6:30 P.M. August 29, 1995 7:30 P.M. Monday - Special City Council Meeting - Council Chambers Executive Session {Pending litigation) - City Council Work Session - Council Chambers Review zoning matters Tattle-tail Warning Chains - Iowa Avenue Underpass Saratoga Springs Apartments/Old Dubuque Road Rezoning - Economic Development Policies and Strategies - Landfill policies - August 21 meeting - Council agenda, Council time, Council committee reports Tuesday Regular City Council Meeting - Council Chambers Thursday Special Council Meeting - Lobby Conference Room Executive Session (Performance Evaluations) Monday City Council Work Session - Council Chambers Meeting with representatives from communities using the Iowa City Landfill Thursday Special Council Meeting - Council Chambers Executive Session (Performance Evaluations) Monday City Council Work Session - Council Chambers Tuesday Regular City Council Meeting - Council Chambers PENDING LIST Appointments to the Housing and Community Development Commission - August 29 Appointment to the Historic Preservation Commission - September 26, 1995