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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-02-15 CorrespondenceDate: February 1,2005 To: City Clerk From: Anissa Williams, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner Re: Item for February 15, 2005 City Council meeting: Install NO PARKING CORNER TO HERE sign at the intersection of Melrose Ave and MacBride Road As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council of the following action. Action: Install NO PARKING CORNER TO HERE sign at the intersection of Melrose Ave and MacBride Road 5' north of the first driveway on the west side of MacBride Road. Comment: This action is being taken to improve vehicle turning movements at this intersection. Vehicles parked close to the intersection and directly opposite another vehicle make it difficult for vehicles turning south on MacBride Road to complete their turn. Mgr/agd/melrosemacbdde.doc Date: February 8, 2005 To: City Clerk From: Anissa Williams, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner Re: Item for February 15, 2005 City Council meeting: Removal of two DEAF CHILD AREA signs in the 3100 block of E. Washington Street As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council of the following action. Action: Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A(5), removal of two DEAF CHILD AREA signs in the 3100 block of E. Washington Street Comment: This action is being taken since the deaf child in the area has moved away. Mgr/agd/aw-deafchld2-15itm.doc Scott and Court Intersection ~ Marian Karr From: Karen korenzen [klorenzen@hlplc.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 4:07 PM To: cou ncil@iowa-city.org Subject: Scott and Court Intersection Dear City Council Members, I'm writing to you as a concerned citizen and parent regarding the above referenced intersection. T personally travel Court Street each morning and each evening on my way to and from work and dropping off my daughter at Longfellow Elementary. In the 5+ years I have lived in the Windsor Ridge area, the growth and increase in traffic has been extraordinary. With this increase has come a tremendous increase in the danger associated with navigating the 5cart~Court intersection. To be honest I'm amazed that someone hasn't been killed already. The Semis that use Scott regularly exceed the speed limit and the numbers of semis using this section of roadway has greatly increased with the Scott extension and the growth associated with the Scott Industrial Park. I have spent anywhere from 7-t5 minutes waiting at the intersection to cross safely at peak traffic times. It should not be lost on the council that the number of children in this area is also ever increasing, with many of them riding their bicycles through this intersection to go to the gas station/convenience store, Quizno's or the Mid Town Diner. It simply is not safe for them to do so. The time has come to install a traffic light at this intersection, to prevent what is under the present conditions likely inevitable, a serious or fatal car accident. Why wait till a tragedy occurs to react. Being proactive with slow down the drivers on Scott Blvd. and facilitate traffic through the intersection. As the new president of the board of directors for Windsor Ridge, the single biggest concern ]~ hear from homeowners is the Scott/Court interchange. I am hopeful that the City Council will give strong consideration to this request before irreversible harm occurs. Thank you for your time and consideration. Koran A. borenzen 2/2/2005 Page 1 of 1 Marian Karr From: GLENN NANCY YOWELL [GLENNANDNANCYYOWELL@MSN.COM] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 10:46 AM To: cou ncil@iowa-city.org I understand there's debate on whether or not to pursue placing a traffic signal at the intersection of Court&Scott. I am very much in favor of this. Around the 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. hours, you may have to wait several minutes to cross the intersection ~ and when you chance it, you better go quickly! Many people (including myself), take the "shortcut" on the street right before Scott Park (believe it's Scott something) - and I'm sure those homeowner's don't appreciate the add'l traffic on their street. Also, I run across that intersection EVERYDAY and would feel much safer if I could follow traffic signals rather than chance jumping out in the street without any "protection." Ifeel bad for the semis, asI know this would be a major inconvenience for them - since Scott is such a main thoroughfare for them, however, just one fatality is one too many when it could be easily prevented with a traffic signal. Thanks for reading my input. Nancy Yowell 1/31/2005 January 26, 2005 City Council of Iowa City Dear Members: I respectfully request that you examine the situation with the gate put in place on Lexington Avenue at the McLean Street location, between the dips on Lexington Avenue. I feel that with several years passing, that it is time to survey the current citizens in the neighborhood to see if they still feel this barrier is warranted or accepted. There has been a turnover of citizens in the area of the gate, and some individuals may have changed their minds on the matter. Please have your proper employee's survey the current citizens affected by this gate, to see if it is currently favored by a majority of them. Thank you for acting on my request. Sincerely, Nora Lee Balmer 359 Lexington Avenue 319-337-3298 Marian Karr From: lowell brandt [Idbrandt@avalon.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 01,2005 9:43 PM To: council@iowa-city.org Subject: Historic Preservation I was very disappointed with the decision by three Council members this evening to not support the request of our Historic Preservation Commission, our Planning and Zoning Commission, the plurality of residents who actually live in the near Northside, and all of us who cherish our older neighborhoods. When my wife and I moved to Iowa City 20 years ago, there were some efforts being made to include our area into an historic preservation overlay. Despite the many protestations of people who did not want their property rights infringed upon, the Council eventually had the foresight to designate the Brown Street Historic District. Many claimed that our property values would suffer but it would seem that the reverse has occurred. One property owner lamented that their home, which had been on the market for several months, would now never be sold and then found their home selling almost immediately after the District designation was made. We have been to the Historic Preservation Commission to seek approval for home improvements and found the Commission to be exceedingly accommodating and helpful in their advice. We removed the aluminum siding from our house and replaced the wood trim features that had been hacked off by those who put the siding up. Our painted house looks better, the regular maintenance painting we do is not a great expense, and our home is able to "breathe." We addressed heating issues by adding insulation in our attics, not by putting vapor locks in our walls. I just don't understand these arguments about property values going down and maintenance expenses going up if historic structures are maintained in traditional ways. Most importantly, I say shame on you who fail to see how quickly you can contribute to the deterioration of homes and the neighborhood they exist in. You should already be aware of how much activity there has been in the Linn-Gilbert area, much of it by Mr. Buxton, in rushing to strip homes of their architectural features so the vinyl siding and windows could be put up. Should anyone ever be willing to try to return those homes to their original appearance, the cost will now be much greater (if we should be so lucky to have those homes even survive.) Many, if not most, of us who chose to purchase homes on the northside and then actually live in those homes are proud of our neighborhood. We're proud of the diversity, the history, the proximity to downtown, and each 1 other. We know that each time a home is allowed to deteriorate or to be replaced with non-historic features, that our own homes are jeopardized. Some of our neighbors eventually give up and flee. It is hard work to keep up the fight to save our neighborhoods and it is especially hard when our elected representatives choose individual concerns over neighborhood concerns. I'm sorry, but I won't buy your statements that you can't support infringing on our individual property rights when as many as half the properties oppose something. If that were the standard for not instituting zoning regulations, the zoning ordinance book would be much, much smaller than it is now. So, I am at a loss as to why the three councilors could not find a way to consider the future of our neighborhood. By the way, Mr. Mayor, the Historic Preservation Commission did visit with Northsiders about pulling this vote off the Council agenda and bringing it back for review by the Commission. The vast majority ef us wanted the Council te have a chance te publicly state where they were at on this issue and put their final votes on the record. You have done that new se let the next round begin. I hope we can still find enough pieces of that neighborhood te fight for. Lowell Brandt 824 N. Gilbert St. Iowa City, IA 52245 Page 1 of 2 Marian Karr From: Tim Holman [Sewel1254@msn.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 9:03 PM To: cou ncil@iowa-city.org Subject: historic district To the council: While ! expected as much from Mr. O'Donnell and Mr. Lehman, T was very disappointed in Mr. EIliott's vote on the Gilbert-Linn Historic district proposal. Apparently the concept of one person-one vote is lost on certain council members. The majority of residents in and near the neighborhood supported the proposal. Tf the majority of property owners didn't support it, most likely it was because a few people own a large number of properties. ! personally pay $3000 per year in taxes. Your vote is another example of how the city takes my taxes and gives back dumpy apartments with trash-strewn porches and yards, illegally parked cars that are not removed or even ticketed unless we take the time to call, half-way houses for the mentally ill and homeless and spot-zoning changes to allow modification or construction of properties not in keeping with a residential neighborhood. T moved to this neighborhood in part because it was down zoned to RNC12. That appears to be the last good thing the council did for the north side. Tn my 9 years at this address the evidence is clear the council has consistently voted against the interests of the north side neighborhood while spending lavishly to create a neighborhood on the peninsula that is supposed to look like the one we're trying in vain to preserve on the north side. To Mr. Elliott: T supported your efforts on the first avenue extension. You seemed like a reasonable person to me and T voted for you because ! thought you would be a voice for the east side. Apparently your voice only covers the parts of the east side where you live. This initiative would have been a good thing for the city. Tf you had any vision you could see downtown TC 30 years from now will have several large buildings similar to what is currently under construction. Your vote helped doom the north side to the same fate as what befell the neighborhood south of Burlington St. Or worse, the area will look like what is adjacent to every urban downtown in America, from cities the size of Cedar Rapids and Des Moines to cities the size of Chicago. There will be no elementary school, no families and few owner occupied homes with owners willing to preserve the unique architecture of the area. Tnstead there will be trash, little tax base and nothing the city will choose to advertise to visitors. Some future council will be forced to grapple with how to clean up the north side area decades from now just as in other cities. And it will be as a direct result of your vote 2/1/2005 Page 2 of 2 tonight. Please rest assured that I won't support your re-election and will actively work to defeat you. My guess is many others in the north side feel the same way. Sincerely, Tim Holman 420 Fairchild St. Sincerely, Tim Holman 420 Fairchild St. 2/1/2005 Page 1 of 1 Marian Karr From: dennis kowalski [mayflyd@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 9:01 AM To: cou ncil@iowa-city.org Subject: NETWORK Just an observation: The vote in favor of the historic designation of Gilbert/Linn, consisted of three women and one African American. The vote against: Three old white guys! Make of this what you will. Yours for a better Iowa City, Dennis Kowalski, aka An old white guy! Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' 2/2/2005 2-1-05 Dear Iowa City City Council: The recent discussion by the Conference Board showed that Iowa City is concerned with the cost of the City Assessor. With this in mind, I think you will find that the biggest possible savings comes from consolidation. A consolidation of City and County Assessors in Polk County has saved hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to figures from the Polk County Auditor's Office. A concern that perhaps the County Assessor does not possess the optimal background and/or qualifications to assess city property was mentioned. This is quite the opposite. The County Assessor, with 32 years of experience, handles all assessments for Coralville, North Liberty, Solon, Lone Tree, Tiffin, and every other municipality in Johnson County. This includes hundreds of millions of dollars worth of residential, industrial, and commercial property. When compared to the other Assessors throughout the state (see attached), the Iowa City Assessor fared very well, but not quite as well as the County Assessor. Statistics do not support the idea that the City Assessor would be somehow uniquely better suited to addressing Iowa City's needs. In fact, the exact opposite is likely true; because Iowa City has recently annexed considerable acres of farmland, the City Assessor may be the one who lacks the optimal expertise. It appears that the City Assessor has provided the taxpayers with an outstanding service, and this should not be ignored. That office deserves credit for a job well done. I am also extremely sensitive to the individuals whose livelihoods might be affected by such a change, and I believe that the Conference Board should keep this in mind as alternatives are studied. The people have charged their elected officials with providing governmental. services in a cost-effective manner. We must not charge the taxpayers for our individual needs for control. We must work together. I think you will find that the abolition of the City Assessor would be a positive step in this direction. We owe it to the public to explore the pros and cons of just such a move. Sincerely, Rod Sullivan 2326 E. Court St. Iowa City, IA 52245 · rodsullivan@mchsi.com CO Cc: ICCSD Board of Directors Johnson County League of Women Voters 1033 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 February 3, 2005 TO: Iowa City City Council, Johnson County Board of Supervisors, IC Planning & Community Development, RDG Planning/Design, IC Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Association, UI Planning & Design Services, UI Campus Planning Committee, Jim Clark, Doug Curtiss, Don Guckert, Marc Moen, Harry Ostrander, Lonny Pulkrabek, Dave Ricketts Dear Friends: At the February 1 UI Campus Planning Committee meeting we had our first discussion of design considerations for the proposed student recreation center that will be located on the southwest comer of Burlington and Madison streets. One very important concern with this location is the matter of getting a large number of center users safely back and forth across Burlington. While the University does have a considerable presence south of Burlington, this is the first time a student-centered part of the campus will be placed in this area. With the city's new transportation center and additional proposed private office/apartment buildings adjacent to and south of Burlington, it's more than obvious that both downtown and campus are moving south together the only direction both can go, other than up. Recent pedestrian deaths on Burlington suggest we have a problem that could get worse. I believe that one of the most important factors in downtown Iowa City's renewed growth is its "walkability." With our new library, restored Englert, restaurants, coffehouses, new apartments and condominiums, more and more people want to come (and live) downtown mostly because it's easy and fun to get around. Clinton and Washington have been made pedestrian-friendly. Is it time to think about doing the same for Burlington? I've enclosed an article I clipped last fall about one consultant who works on "taming" urban streets (and I'm sure there must be others who do this). He does have a very informative website: walkable.org. Is it presumptuous to suggest that we should all be working together on this? I know that none of us has the power to tackle it alone. As one who gets around the com. munity mostly by foot and bicycle, I hope this can become a high priority. Si ely ncer , . Jim Walters P.S. The Iowa Department of Transportation is obviously another stake~ier ~thiS~ matter, since this part of Burlington is also a state highway. r..~ 24 NYT THE NEW YORK TIMES, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2004 TRAFFIC To Smo°;th Drive borhood street. That is an unfortunate per- ception because that is not what traffic does. ~C~ ;~t~ ,~l~ ' Traffic wants to stay on the significant road and does not want to go into a neighborhood ~ · 'l' ~; ':?~ i::i~ ~ ~ ~ · · /~~ andunleSSgetsit forcedgets strangledthere, at an intersection i-,:51ow ltDown He : ays Business owners also get nervous. Aper- ' fect example is in Missoula, Mont., on a street called Broadway. It is a four-lane ~..';i / i. f' '~/--~,j~,?.~ road, and there were a couple of pedestrian By KEITH $CHNEi~''~ ? !~' '~str6~i' It reduced the carrying capacity of fatalities. The volume of traffic on Broad- the road 30 percent and increased the hum- way does not warrant four lanes. The road bet of crashes. A better idea is to build needs to be only two lanes. The City Council THE answer to traffic congestion in boulevards with divided medians. A typical in 1998 approved putting Broadway on a most towns, Dan Burden says, is to put boulevard has an opening every 660 feet and road diet, reducing it from four lanes to two run,is on a diet. By taking lanes away, a lane to allow people to make left turns. By lanes, with raised islands so that people could cross the street. traffic slows down, drivers feel safer as they doing that you increase the carrying capaci- Some business people were worried it get closer to the car in front, and the road ty of the road 30 percent, would reduce traffic volumes and hurt their will actually carry more vehicles more effi- Q. Are some cities downsizing their roads? sales. It wasn't going to reduce traffic. The ciently. Mr. Burden, a photographer and planning A, They are, all over the country. We call traffic would just be handled in fewer lanes. consultant, has other traffic-calming reme- them "road diets," where we actually take And it would move slower. When traffic dies, including making intersections small- away lanes. In some cities, like Hartford, we moves slower people will see stores better er, constructing roundabouts, building boul- made a list two years ago of 12 roads that and otherwise stop when they might not evards divided by medians and designing will go on a road diet and lose some of the have before. places where people walk, bike and use lanes. They've actually done six of them so I also had lifelong friends tell me they didn't like the idea because it would take public transit, far, and everywhere Hartford has done it, them a minute longer to get home from In 1996, he founded a nonprofit group traffic has improved, work because i'm slowing down the traffic. called Walkable Communities in High Typically before a road diet, speeds are 10 So the resistance to these pro~ects can come Springs, Fla., where he still lives. Since then, miles per hour too fast, which means it's not from many places. By the way, construction Mr. Burden, who is 60, has been exceptional- ly energetic about teaching his counterintui- on this project is about to start. tive approach to fixing traffic problems, Q. How did you get into this field? holding workshops in 1,700 communities /n Who's against his ideas? ^. i kind of followed my heart. I had no the United States and Canada. background in engineering or planning or Cl. What do you call your job? Friends worried about landscape architecture. I have a very good A. I'm a specialist in converting towns that background in bicycl/ng. were overdesigned for cars back into towns needingan extraminute. Around 1981, 1 made my first trip to Australia. When I walked around their for people. It's kind of like being a bumble- towns, I realized that Australia was the bee but having a vast field. I do a lot of country that I remembered when I was a photography. I analyze the towns i've been as safe, it's harder to get out of driveways, kid growing up in Columbus, Ohio. Somehow in. I read about how things come to work it's harder to maneuver. The road diet gets my country had lost that scale, that sense of and why they work. I collect the pollen from it down to the right number of lanes, and the being a place where people knew one an- one town, and I disperse it as quickly as I speeds come down. In Hartford, the average other, where you could walk anywhere, can to people who want the information, speed has come down 6 m.p.h, on neighbor- where an~rthing you needed you could get by Q. In terms of traffic, the engineering ap- hood streets. Safety goes up. It's so much walking or biking or public transit. At the proach is to make things biggeG wider and easier to get across a two-lane road instead time, I was the state bicycle coordinator at faster, of a four-lane road. the Florida Department of Transportation. I A. That's correct. Il. What are other ways to solve traffic just basically went back to my job and Q. You are showing that the conventional congestion? changed my job title, didn't even ask, to approach is often counterproductive. Can A. You have to pay attention to the intersec- Kevin MolOaey tot The New York Times state bicycle and pedestrian coordinator. you give me an example? tions. That's the first place that traffic q.'What places are doing it right? A. By not moving vehicles as fast, by pay- breaks down. We build big roads that build p£~Cl/Dan Burden on a traffic-calming island that he inspired. A. One I like is Fairview Village, near Port- ing attention to intersections, by controlling up huge volumes of traffic at the intersec- land, Ore. [fairviewvillage.com]. It's per- access and turns, roads actually move more tions. The typical response of the engineers fect. It's actually got a Target store, a traffic, are safer and are more attractive, is to widen the entire road. Then intersec, build up a long line of cal-$, uniform rate, you need less space between department Store, a school, lots of single- Here's an example. The typical road tions become so wide that the traffic signal cars. Drivers feel more comfortable being we've been building for a long time is five cycle is longer, and we lose efficiency. There q. You say speeding traffic up /ncreases family residential housing, apartment hous- lanes The fifth lane, where people make left is a need to be more surgical in our solution congestion, closer to the car in front of them. Therefore ing and vast amounts of open space. It's all you can move more cars through than if the mixed together beautifully. It has six points turns, is called a scramble lane. By putting and design more compact intersections. The a, This surprises most people because it is cars are traveling faster, and you need of access into the village so that all the the fifth lane in and getting the driver signal cycles are shorter, and pedestrians counterintuitive. We actually lose capacity more headway, more space, between cars. traffic gets distributed. None of the roads making a left turn completely out of the feel comfortable crossing the street, on a road if we design it for high speed. If picture, the thought was that you can great- Another solution is a roundabout. With a you are in an urban area with a lot of Ol. Presumably not everyone agrees with are big. It has links and trails. ly increase the capacity of the road and roundabout, we have more volume per lane, driveways and intersections, you get your your counterintuitive approach Q. What surprises you about your work? reduce the crashes. We started doing that and therefore it can keep the intersection best capacity at somewhere around 30 A. There is resistance. Many people don't A. I go to work in a community, and even if all over our country, much more compact. We can keep crossing m.p.h. But we have designed a lot of places understand how traffic works. They think if I'm there two or three days, I don't have a It was a mistake. By making it possible to distances down to 14 feet, and because there where the running speed, the speed that you have a street where people aren't going clue whether the leaders are Democrats or turn left into every single driveway, we are no signals, the pedestrian isn't holding most motorists travel, is 40, 45, even 50 to be driving as fast and it won't be as wide, Republicans. That means this is an issue for created all this incredible friction in the back the motorist. And there is no signal to m.p.h. When you drive at a slower and more that traffic will come into their local neigh- everybody. Jammry 26, 2005 Iowa City Council Members 410 East Washington St. I0wa City, IA 52240 Ladies and Gentlemen of the City Council, I am pleased to invite you to join in celebrating the inauguration of Iowa City's Historic Theatre at the Englert Civic Theatre's Gala Grand Opening on Wednesday, March 2. This Black Tie event will honor the dedication and commitment of the Iowa City community to preserving the historic integrity of the building and transforming it into a professional perforating arts center. The evening will begin at 6pm with a Reception in the Englert Theatre. At 7:30pm there will be a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, and at 8pm world class violinist, Nadja Salemo- Sonnenberg and pianist, Anne Made McDermott will take the stage to perform. Your leadership in this community and dedication to the Englert Theatre have been vital to the success of this project, and your presence at this Gala Grand Opening will be a great honor. Two complimentary tickets are being held for each Iowa City Councilors for this event. Please contact the Box Office Manager, Nate Bassinger, at (319) 688- 2653 before February 23, 2005 to confirm your attendance. Thank you for your past and continued support for the Englert Civic Theatre. I look forWard to seeing you on March 2 at our Gala Grand Opening! Sincerely,,q ~;;cuK~rvCehnDe~ctor ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240~1826 (319) 356-5000 January 31, 2005 (319) 356-5009 FAX www.icgov.org Eric Kerchner, Executive Director Englert Theater 221 E. Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 Re: Your letter to the City Council of January 26; 2005 Dear Mr. Kerchner: Your letter of January 26, 2005 to the Iowa City council members offering them each two complimentary tickets for the Gala Grand Opening of the theater on Wednesday, March 2 has been referred to me for response. While I am sure the members of the Council appreciate the thought, Iowa law prohibits them from accepting gifts of this nature. Please feel freeto contact me if you have any questions. Sincerely, Eleanor M. Dilkes City Attorney cc: City Council Eleanor~r~erchner1-31.doc Marian Karr From: Dale Helling Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 11:00 AM To: 'Paul VanDorpe' Cc: *City Council; david-skorton@uiowa.edu; Andy Rocca Subject: RE: "Storm Ready" Mr. VanDorpe, Thank you for your recent email to the City Council regarding the "StormReady" program. Fire Chief Andy Rocca has completed the required information for "StormReady" designation on behalf of Iowa City and has forwarded it to the Johnson County Homeland Security and Emergency Management Office (formerly the Disaster Services Coordinator). That office must make application to the National Weather Service. The National Weather Service has not yet made the designation for our area and the Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management will be following up to determine when we can expect that to happen. Thank you for inquiring about this matter. We will hopefully have the official designation soon. In any event, we believe all the mechanisms are in place locally to respond to any storm emergency in the same manner as those communities already designated as "StormReady". Dale Helling Assistant City Manager ..... Original Hessage ..... From: Paul VanDorpe [mailto:pvandorpe@igsb.uiowa.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 1:20 PM To: council@iowa-city.org; david-skorton@uiowa.edu Subject: "Storm Ready" Dear Iowa City Council Members and U. of I. President: I read in the November "Natural Hazards Observer" about the "StormReady" Program. Is Iowa City or the University "StormReady"? We're not on the map of Iowa communities that are (www~stormready.noaa. gov/). Shouldn't we be as prepared as Cedar Rapids or ISU? Sincerely, Paul Paul VanDorpe Groundwater and Stratigraphic Studies Section Iowa Geological Survey 109 Trowbridge Hall Iowa City, IA 52242-1319 E-mail: pvan dorpe(,~igsb.uiowa.ed u Voice: 319/335-1580 Fax: 319/335-2754 Web: htt p ://www.igsb,uimva,edu 2/7/2005 Marian Karr ~ From: Michelle M. Swieter [michelle.swieter@wartburg.edu] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 7:03 PM To: council@iowa-city.org Subject: Greetings! Hello, my name is Michelle and I am the new Miss Johnson County 2005! I am very excited to volunteer my services throughout Iowa City and am looking forward to meeting the people of this wonderful community. I was 1st runner up to Miss Iowa last year and have decided to come back and give it one more try. My platform is promoting children's literacy and I have traveled all over Iowa and surrounding states. I plan on working closely with the University of Iowa Health Care's Reach Out and Read program as well as visiting the schools and libraries of Coralville, Iowa City and Tiffin. If you have any ideas of how I can help Johnson County in general, please let me know! Thanks for your time and I look forward to your response. Sincerely, Michelle Swieter P.S. If you would like further information, please check out my website at http://michelle_swieter.tripod.com Page 1 of 1 Marian Karr From: Eastham-Fox [eastham@mchsi.com] Sent: Sunday, February '1:3, 200S 8:06 PM To: cou ncil@iowa-city.orfl Cc: markpatton@ivhfh.org Subject: Proposal by Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity to purchase a lot on Crescent Street Dear Council members, The agenda for your Feb. 14 informal work sessions includes an item regarding a proposal by Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity to purchase a lot on Crescent Street to be used in their affordable home ownership program. There is a memo form Tracy Hightshoe, Associate Planner, giving information about this proposal. Tracy notes that the lot is located in the Twain Elementary school attendance area and thus the Council will need to approve purchasing this particular lot. I would like to ask the Council to approve the purchase of this lot by Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity. Their program of affordable home ownership is an important part of our communities efforts to provide safe, decent, and affordable housing for all members of our community. My experience has been that families who move into Habitat homes most often quickly begin making positive contributions to their neighborhood and the schools their children attend. This is a 9ood opportunity to add to the stability of this neighborhood and to make a positive contribution to an outstanding neighborhood school. Thank you for your consideration of this important matter, Charlie Eastham President, Greater Iowa City Housing Fellowship 2/14/2005 NUMBER STREET DEED HOLDER 324 Gilbert Alberhasky, John & Erma 1 301-303 Fairchild Allen, Greg 2 304 Davenport Ammentorp Properties LLC 3 308 Davenport Ammentorp Properties LLC 313 Linn Ammentorp Properties LLC 319 Linn Ammentorp Properties LLC 418 Gilbert Barrientes, Benjamin & Carolyn 4 419 Gilbert Baum, Amelia & Singer, Michael 5 221 Fairchild Blair, George 6 225 Fairchild Blair, George 219 Gilbert Brookfield, Mark & Murphy, Melissa 7 225 Church Buxton, James & Becky 8 402 Davenport Buxton, James & Becky 403-405 Linn Buxton, James & Becky 322 Bloomington Carroll, Howard 9 204 Gilbert Chudacek, Mary Ellen 10 210 Gilbert Chudacek, Mary Ellen 214 Gilbert Chudacek, Mary Ellen 402 Market Chudacek, Mary Ellen 319-323 Church Clark, James & Loretta 11 521 Linn Clark, James & Loretta 527 Linn Clark, James & Loretta 410 Market Clark, James & Loretta 225 Gilbert Conway, Thomas 12 228-232 Bloomington Cook, Thomas 13 507-513 Linn Cooper, Michael & Debra 14 624 Linn Cress, John & Kayla 15 324 Fairchild Crister, Douglas & Koizumi, Lisa 16 319 Davenport Daters, Jean 17 332 Davenport De Saint Victor, Carol 18 314 Church Delta Chi Fraternity 19 328 Fairchild Dill, Jeffrey & Beth 20 311 Davenport Dobberstein 21 318 Linn Dobberstein, Dwight & Parker, Nancy 326 Linn Dobberstein, Dwight & Parker, Nancy 217 Davenport Dobrian, Joseph 22 312 Fairchild Eckhardt, Wilfred & Patricia 23 506 Linn Eckhardt, Wilfred & Patricia 514 Linn Eckhardt, Wilfred & Patricia 522 Linn Egenberger, David & Moses, Wendy 24 331 Gilbert Emergency Housing Project 25 325 Gilbert Fisher, Eugene 26 420 Gilbert Fisher, Eugene 328-330 Linn Fisher, Eugene 311 Gilbert Fisher, Patricia 27 315 Gilbert Fisher, Patricia 310 Gilbert Fowles, Don & Dorothy 28 311 Fairchild Futrell, Susan & Jennings, William 29 409 Gilbert Garvey, Mike & Jeri 30 414 Gilbert Goldsberry, Krista & Higley, Michelle 31 214 Davenport H & G / Mark Hamer 32 NUMBER STREET DEED HOLDER 420-422 Linn H & G / Mark Hamer 309 Fairchild Harrison, Shirley 33 533 Linn Hassman, Gregory & Leann 34 619 Linn Haverkamp, Clarence & Dorothy 35 326 Fairchild Hinckley, Harry 36 220 Davenport Hodge Construction Company 37 222 Davenport lC Rentals 38 311 Linn Iowa City Monthly Meeting of Friends 39 312 Davenport Johnson, Katherine 40 404 Bloomington Kammermeyer, John 41 412 Bloomington Kammermeyer, John 615 Linn Kane, Thomas & Teresa 42 620 Linn Kane, Thomas & Teresa 320 Davenport Kopsa, Walter & Jane 43 324 Davenport Kopsa, Walter & Jane 404 Davenport Lake & Lake LC 44 223 Davenport Launspach, Donna 45 612 Linn Lepic, Matthew 46 318 Gilbert Leupold, William & Julia 47 225 Davenport Light, Marc & Gaulding, Jill 48 305 Gilbert Logan, John 49 426 Gilbert Maierhofer, Waltraud 50 629 Linn Mann, John & Baldwin, Tama 51 317 Fairchild McNalley, Thomas & Julianne 52 229 Gilbert Mercy Hospital 53 230 Gilbert Mercy Hospital 316 Church Miller, Franklin & Judith 54 308 Church Nadler, David 55 309 Church Offut, Chris 56 322 Linn Palmberg, Mary 57 416 Linn Paulson, Henry & Sarah 58 321-323 Davenport Person, Frank & Robert 59 430 Gilbert Plahutnik, Wally & Walton, Victoria 60 230 Fairchild Pohl, James & Rooney, Ryan 61 413 Gilbert Porter, Jeffrey & Sponsler, Clair 62 324 Church Ramer, Katherine 63 628 Linn Ramspott, Scott 64 228 Church RMB Investments (Slabach) 65 411 Linn RMB Investments (Slabach) 320 Fairchild Rosenbaum, Marcy & Reynolds, Roy 66 314 Fairchild Rosenbaum, Marcy & Reynolds, Roy 421 Gilbert Roth, Melvin & Alice 67 429 Gilbert Roth, Melvin & Alice 314 Davenport Rummelhart, Hubert & Leona 68 319 Bloomington Rust, David & Smith, Joy 69 315 Davenport Schintler, Joel & Melissa 70 317 Church Schneider, Catherine 71 323 Linn Stumbo, Donald 72 412 Linn Sweeting, Arthur & Shari 73 526 Linn Toomey, Timothy & Ruth 74 330 Gilbert Webster, Renetta 75 NUMBER STREET DEED HOLDER 318 Church Woodsmall, Larry & Tina 76 POLICE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD A Board of the City of Iowa City 410 East Washington Street Iowa City IA 52240-1826 (319)356-5041 February 9, 2005 Mayor Ernest W. Lehman 410 E. Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Mayor and Council Members: At the February 8, 2005 meeting, the PCRB voted in open session to request a 45-day extension in addition to its regular 45-day reporting deadline for the Public Report according to the City Code for PCRB Complaint #04-02 for the following reasons: · Due to timelines and scheduling · Public Report presently due February 22, 2005 45-day Extension request - Report would be due on April 8, 2005 The Board appreciates your prompt consideration of this matter. Sincerely, Loren Horton, Chair Police Citizens Review Board cc: City Attorney 24 POLICE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD A Board of the City of Iowa City 410 East Washington Street Iowa City IA 52240-1826 (319)356-5041 February 9,2005 Mayor Ernest W. Lehman 410 E. Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Mayor and Council Members: At the February 8, 2005 meeting, the PCRB voted in open session to request a 30-day extension in addition to its regular 45-day reporting deadline for the Public Report according to the City Code for PCRB Complaint #04-03 for the following reasons: · Due to timelines and scheduling · Public Report presently due March 18, 2005 30-day Extension request- Report would be due on April 18, 2005 The Board appreciates your prompt consideration of this matter. Sincerely, Loren Horton, Chair Police Citizens Review Board cc: City Attorney