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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-05-18 Info PacketCITY COUNCIL INFORMATION PACKET May 7, 1999 IP1 IP2 IP3 IP4 IP5 IP6 IP7 IP8 IP9 IPIO IPll IP12 IP13 IP14 IP15 IP16 IP17 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS Meeting Schedule and Tentative Work Session A~'ndas Memorandum from Planning and Community Development Assistant Director: Traffic Calming Program Memorandum from Assistant City Attorney Matthews: Iowa City Former Manufactured Gas Plant Site (505 Burlington Street) Letter from Joe Eichelberger to Parking and Transit Director: Route Changes Letter from Susan Mims (Iowa City Community School District) to Parks and Recreation Director: City High Tennis Lights Statement Submitted by Residents of Dunlap Court Concerning the Lights on the Iowa City High School Tennis Courts Memorandum from Dianna Furman: Utility Discount Program Statistics by Month - January 1998 and Fiscal Year 1999 Letter from Cable TV Administrator to Rene Paine (PATV): Contract Renewal Iowa City Police Department Use of Force Report- April 1999 Letter from J. Dean Keegan (Kinnamon, Kinnamon, Russo & Meyer) to Carolyn Cavitt and Jim Clayton (Stepping-Up Project: Letter Dated April 8, 1999, to Mr. Aziz Longou, Vito's Restaurant Release: Phase II Iowa City Downtown Streetscape Improvements Release: Historic Preservation Recognition Program to be Held May 12 Article: Suburban Myth [Norton] Ensuring a Central Role for Cities in the Electronic Marketplace [Vanderhoef] Chamber of Commerce Government Update - April 30, 1999 Article: John Beckord (Chamber of Commerce) - Local Option Postmortem Agenda: May 6 JC Board of Supervisors Letter from NCS vice-presidents regarding extending of Transit routes to NCS. Information Packet May 7, 1999 page 2 Agenda for the 5/11/99 Informal meeting of the Board of Supervisors. 1999 Project - Construction Projects (overhead from 5/12 work session) Information regarding tax increase, capital projects, Senior Center, Storm water (overhead from 5/12 work session) Suggestions for re-budgeting to accomodate operating expenses associated with library expansion replacement from Dee Norton. IMay 12 8:00a 05-07-99 IP1 City Council Meeting Schedule and Ma~ 7, ~999 Tentative Work Session Agendas SPECIAL COUNCIL WORK SESSION Wednesday Council Chambers II I~,,,/., 7 TBA COUNCIL WORK SESSION Joint Meeting with Library Board Regular Agenda Monday Council Chambers IMay 18 7:00p FORMAL COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday Council Chambers ]May 31 MEMORIAL DAY - CITY OFFICES CLOSED Monday ]June 14 6:30p 7:00p Computer Q & A (Council Only) COUNCIL WORK SESSION Monday Council Chambers Council Chambers lJune 15 7:00p FORMAL COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday Council Chambers )June 28 6:30p COUNCIL WORK SESSION Monday I Council Chambers IJune 29 7:00p FORMAL COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday Council Chambers Goosetown Traffic Calming Transit Interchange Energy Deregulation Airport Terminal Council Goals Invisible Fences Adopt-a-Park Meeting dates/times subject to change FUTURE WORK SESSION ITEMS Chutes and Vaults Hickory Hill West Englert Theater Free-Standing Signage Animal Microchipping Circuses and Rodeos Capital Project Review City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: To: From: Re: May 4, 1999 City Council Jeff Davidson, Assistant Director, Dept. of Planning & Community Development Traffic Calming Program Attached is a copy of the City's approved traffic calming program, which has been in effect for the past year. These are the steps we use in working with neighborhoods when they contact us regarding the need for traffic calming in their neighborhood. Please let me know if you would like to schedule this for a work session to discuss any individual elements you would like to consider modifying. cc: Steve Atkins Karin Franklin Doug Ripley Rick Fosse Marcia Klingaman IndexbcVnemos~-2JD.doc Iowa City Residential Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program Evaluation Criteria Modified by the City Council 3/23/98 To initiate a traffic study of the street proposed for traffic calming, a formal request will be required from the neighborhood association that includes the street proposed for traffic calming, or a petition will be required from interested residents along the street proposed for traffic calming. The street considered for traffic calming measures should be functionally classified as a local residential street or a collector street. On a collector street, traffic diversion should not be an objective or a result of traffic calming measures. Traffic volumes on a residential street should exceed 500 vehicles per~ day and on a collector street should exceed 1000 vehicles per day. Traffic volume on any street proposed for traffic calming should not exceed 3000 vehicles per day, or The measured 85th percentlie speed should exceed 5 mph over the posted speed limit. For example, on a street with a posted speed limit of 25 mph, the 85th percentlie speed should exceed 30 mph to be considered for traffic calming. Staff will meet with the neighborhood association and/or interested residents, and determine which traffic calming measures are reasonable for evaluation. Staff will conduct a traffic study which will include evaluating the perceived traffic problems, roadway geometry, and the impact on adjacent streets (traffic diversion) from the proposed traffic calming measures. The Police Department, Fire Department, and ambulance service will be asked to comment on the proposed street modification's impact on emergency vehicle response. The Transit Division will be asked to comment on the proposed street modification's impact on public transit service. Speed humps and speed tables will not be recommended on primary emergency response routes or transit service routes. If the traffic study shows that traffic calming measures can be implemented safely, a mail-back survey of all affected residential dwelling units will then be conducted by the City. The questionnaire will allow each residential dwelling unit to express: (1) support for all proposed traffic calming measures; (2) support for some traffic calming measures but not others; or (3) no support for any traffic calming measure. A proposal for traffic calming must be supported by a simple majority of the residential dwelling units responding to the questionnaire in order to be considered for implementation. On a street functionally classified as a local residential street, the mail-back survey will include all residential dwelling units with direct access to the street. On a street functionally classified as a collector street, the mail-back survey will include all residential dwelling units with direct access to the street, as well as all residential dwelling units on adjacent local residential streets which feed into the collector street. 8. No minimum number of responses to the mail-back survey is required, but a low response rate will be taken into consideration by the City Council. jccogtp\lrafcalrn.doc ,i:) 0 City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: May 3, 1999 To: City Council From: Andrew P. Matthews. Assistant City Attomey~.~ Re: Iowa City Former Manufactured Gas Plant Site (505 Burlington Street) We recently received a "Fact Sheet" from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 regarding the above-referenced site. To summarize, the EPA has provided notice that it has reached an agreement, or an Administrative Order on Consent, with MidAmerican Energy Company and the Iowa-Illinois Partnership, for additional investigation of the contamination at the site. MidAmerican will investigate the nature and extent of coal tar contamination at the site, and will conduct a risk assessment resulting from the contamination. It is anticipated that the field work for such activity will commence in late summer. Following completion of the investigation and risk assessment, EPA will then review and determine what additional actions may be appropriate for the site. I have attached a copy the EPA Fact Sheet for your review. Please feel free to call me if you have any questions. CC: Eleanor Dilkes, City Attorney Steve Atkins, City Manager Marian Karr, City Clerk Chuck Schmadeke, Public Works Director Rick Fosse, City Engineer EPA FACT SHEET Region7 Iowa City Former Manufactured Gas Plant Iowa City, Iowa April 1999 INTRODUCTION The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , ' ' Energy Company, and the investigation of the contamination at the Iowa City Former Manufactured Gas Plant (FMGP) site. Th6 site is located at 505 Burlington Street in Iowa City, Iowa. REQUIREMENTS OF THE AGREEMENT Under the terms of the agreement, also known as an Administrative Order on Cdnsent or AOC, MidAmerican Energy Company will investigate the nature and extent of coal tar contamination at _ the site, which resulted ~'om the operation of a former manufactured gas plant. MidAmerican Energy will also determine the risks to human health and the environment resulting ~'om the coal tar contamination. NEXT STEPS MidAmerican Energy Company will prepare a Work Plan that describes the work they will perform at the site and submit it to EPA for review in June. Once the Work Plan is approved by EPA, MidAmerican Energy will conduct field investigation activities at the site to determine the nature and extent of the coal tar contamination. This field work is expected to occur in late summer and will include collecting soil samples, installing and sampling ground water monitoring wells, and collecting sediment and surface water samples ~:om Ralston Creelc. 'llae samples will be sent to a laboratory for analysis. This data will be used to determine the risks that the site poses to' human health and the environment. EPA can then determine what additional actions may be appropriate for this site. EPA is planning to hold a meeting in Iowa City prior to the start of the field work so that interested citizens may learn more about what will be taking place at the site. BACKGROUND From 1910 to 1939, gas was manufactured at a plant located on the southeast comer of Burlington and Van Buren Streets. Iowa City Light and Power Company operated the plant. In the 1940's, Iowa City Light and Power Company became the Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company (now known as MidAmerican Energy Company), which maintained service facilities on the property until about 1971. In 1983, the Iowa-Illinois Manor apartment complex was built on the site. When the gas was produced, by-products such as coal tar were also produced. Some compounds found in coal tar are hazardous substances that can cause health and environmental problems if handled improperly. EPA conducted sampling of soil, groundwater, air, and sediment and water from Ralston Creek over the past few years. Coal tar contaminants related to former manufactured gas plant operations, such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including benzene and toluene; metals, including lead, cyanide and arsenic; and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been identified in some samples taken both on and off site. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Site related documents, including the Administrative Order on Consent and reports containing the results of previous investigations, are available for review at the Iowa City Public Library, 123 South Linn, Iowa City, Iowa. The docnment,,'~.are referred to as the Achninistrative Record File for the Iowa City FMGP site. If you have questions about this fact sheet or need additional information regarding this site, please contact: Diane Huf~nan, Community Involvement Coordinator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 Office of Extemal Programs 726 Minnesota Avenue Kansas City, Kansas 66101 (913) 551-7003 or toll free at 1-800-223-0425 E-mail: huffrnan.diane@epa.gov 2 L05-07-99 IP4 1428 Keokuk St. Iowa City, IA 52240 1 May 1999 Joe Fowler Director of Transit 410 Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52245 r, lr. Fowl er: I am unable to attend the public forum regarding the proposed changes to current Iowa City bus routes, but would like to make some comments and suggestions. I live on Keokuk street, and from time to time utilize the bus which travels through the area. I often notice that the Broadway route is one of the city's busiest. In addition, I am aware of some retired citizens who do not drive, and thus depend on the bus to get downtown to the senior center for meals and activities. Ending service of the Broadway route through this area would cause them considerable hardship. I would like to suggest that the route remain as it is. If this is not possible, I would suggest that service be provided at least to the corner of Highland and Keokuk. This would allow patrons access to the transit, and perhaps shave off some travel distance. Another option may be a fare hike. This may prove unpopular with some, but would be a better alternative than the drastic reduction in service outlined in the charts at the public 1 ibrary. Thank you for your time and consideration regarding this matter. Sincerely, Joe Eichelberger Barbara Grohe, Ph.D. Superintendent IOWA CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 509 S. Dubuque Street Iowa City, IA 52240 (319) 339-6800 (319) 339-6890 FAX 05-07-99 IP5 May 4, 1999 Terry Trueblood Director of Parks and Recreation 220 S. Gilbert St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Terry, I am writing in regard to the tennis court lights at City High. As you know, this was a joint project between the City of Iowa City and the Iowa City Community School District. The lighting of these courts will benefit both the students in the district as well as the general public. While we are still working through the concerns of the neighbors, with a meeting scheduled on May lOth, one possibility is to place the Level-8 hoods on the existing lights. I am writing to inquire into the possibility of the city and district sharing the cost of this option if it is selected. It is my understanding that Musco would provide the hoods at their cost, approximately $900 - $1000, and their technicians to install them. We would need to provide the use of a truck with a lift, which it sounds like we can arrange to have donated. Thank you for your consideration of this request. Sincerely, // Susan Mims President, ICCSD Board of Directors CC: Steve Atkins City Council Members IP6 Statement Submitted by Residents of Dunlap Court Concerning the Lights on the Iowa City High School Tennis Courts 27 April 1999 Members of the Iowa City School Board: We are here once again to voice our shared objections to the lighting of the Iowa City High School tennis courts, and to urge the Board to meet with us to develop a constructive resolution to this serious and continuing problem. As you know, several of us came to this Board's meeting on February 23 to present you with a petition listing our concerns and requesting that the Board take appropriate action. That petition was signed by nearly 40 members of the Iowa City community who make their homes near the high school. For the past five weeks since the lights have been in regular use we have been forced to endure serious and offensive light pollution, light trespass and light nuisance, at a high cost to personal privacy and disruption of the quiet enjoyment of our homes and neighborhood. The extreme nature of this intrusion and offense is far greater than we could have imagined when we first learned of the lights project last November. Objectively stated, there are twenty six (26) 1000 watt bulbs emitting 105,000 lumens each, from a height of 50 feet, for a total illumination of nearly 3, 000,000 lumens. By comparison the city's proposed lighting standards (discussed further below) would require all !ights greater than 2,000 lumens to be equipped with cutoff shields, and would limit the height of light fixtures within 300 feet of a residential zone to not more than 25 feet. The February meeting was not the first notice to the Board that the district had failed to take the community's interests into account. A letter to Board President Mires, Associate Superintendent Palmer, Principal Day and Director of Parks & Recreation Trueblood was delivered just before Thanksgiving of last year stating our objections not only to the lights themselves, but also to the fact that the community had received no notice whatsoever of plans for the project and had been given no opportunity to be heard. This was a complete surprise. A meeting held December 3, 1998, attended by the individuals just mentioned and other principals involved provided additional information, and some documents were provided in response to a follow-up letter of request dated December 7. But that meeting left many questions unanswered and no progress was made toward resolution of this matter. Subsequent calls for a meeting to establish a constructive dialogue have been met with silence, and the Board has yet to place this item on its agenda for public discussion. When we came before you in February we noted that the Board's duty to address our concerns is not only an ethical and fiduciary one, but a legal duty as well. Administrative regulations clearly state that projects costing $25,000 or more must go through a more rigorous and public approval process (including a feasibility study) than was followed here. The lights alone cost $24,915. (It is noteworthy that documented previous estimates place the cost far higher.) But the total cost of the project included other contributed labor and materials from Merit Construction and Metro Pavers, utilities and maintenance costs. Landscaping, planted just within the past two weeks, was specifically approved as part and parcel of the project. It is incumbent on the Board to make a full inquiry and accounting for the decisions that were made. The Board should take whatever measures are necessary to make sure a situation like this one cannot happen again. Recent information, much of which comes from newspaper accounts, suggests that the Board is now prepared to talk with the community. The board's interest in doing so was communicated by Ms. Mims on March 18 in a telephone conversation with Mr. Olick. The long-awaited Musco Lighting report (a 2 page letter) has been issued. Still no meeting has been set. On April 20 a number of us brought our concerns to the City Council. We are pleased with the Council's public commitment to facilitate a prompt resolution of this matter. The City Council has wisely recognized that light pollution, trespass and nuisance are serious -- but not new -- problems in our community. The Council is currently considering adoption of lighting standards to shield citizens from light pollution. You should too, and should voluntarily follow the same standards for school facilities in close proximity to residential properties. In fact, the power, glare and height of the tennis lights far exceeds that of the locations the city has identified as sources of light pollution that do not meet the proposed standards. The Musco Lighting letter recommends installation of light shields to reduce glare. This might be a step in the right direction and we would welcome a demonstration of each of the options suggested by Musco to test the real effect of these measures. But strong reliance on the report is misplaced. Musco did not take any light readings beyond the schoors property line. We are not concerned with the amount of light on the courts. The problem is the amount and intensity of light that extends into our homes and neighborhoods. Even if Musco is correct that their readings "are not considered offensive in relative lighting terminology," this conclusion - whatever it may mean -- is irrelevant to our situation. Whatever the sports industry standards for tennis courts may be, those standards do not take into account a critical feature of our situation -- the fact that the courts are in close proximity to residential property. We find the light pollution deeply offensive and that is the measure of offense that counts. 3 The Board's efforts to enlist Musco's participation and ideas is encouraging, but the most prudent approach is to develop a complete and comprehensive plan to eliminate the pollution and nuisance -- before incurring any financial obligations for the district. This cannot be done without involvement of the community most directly and adversely affected. In an effort to open this dialogue we have several proposals to offer. 1. Give the lights to City Parks and Recreation for use at one of our city parks. The City already owns approximately 40% of the lights. Mr. Trueblood should be willing to accept -- or to purchase -- the right to use the lights on city courts, creating new opportunities for a wider public than would be served by City High. He has previously stated that lighting for at least one city park tennis location needs to be upgraded. Lighting of city park courts would make evening tennis available to far more people in the Iowa City community than does lighting the high school courts. The district could attach two stipulations. First, the City High tennis teams would have the right to use the courts at designated times during the tennis season for practice and matches. This would free court time at the high school for students not on the tennis team and maintain the school's commitment to increased tennis opportunities for all students. Second, the lights should be used only for city park courts removed from residential areas. No other neighborhoods should be treated the way we have been treated. There is a further reason to take this proposal seriously. Fifty foot light poles within 30-40 feet of private homes and major power lines pose a substantial safety threat in severe weather. It has been suggested that the poles have been tested up to 125 m.p.h. winds, but no documentation of this has been provided and the Board has seemingly dismissed this issue out of hand. Even if certified to 125 m.p.h. - and this does not appear to apply to the light fixtures -- winds up to 130 m.p.h. were reported during last June's straight wind storm that hit Iowa City. The City has recently announced that weather warning stations should be certified up to 140 m.p.h. Are a few hours of tennis each week really worth putting so many of us in .harm's way? 2. Comply with the City Council's proposed lighting standards. As previously noted, the City has recognized that light pollution is a legitimate problem and that it has a civic responsibility to take appropriate action to address and abate in problem areas. The Board should adopt the same lighting standards as have been proposed by the City, including any applicable and reasonable special exceptions, and should apply them to school projects such as this one -- where the lighting has a direct affect on immediately adjoining residential neighborhoods. Compliance with these standards would require shorter poles and light shields,. and thus would address a number of our concerns. Other improvements, identified below, would still be needed, but voluntary compliance with these standards would be a substantial step in the right direction. 3. Make the following modifications to the courts and adopt the following rules regarding their use. If the lights are not removed, then in addition to compliance with the City's proposed lighting standards we urge the Board to do the following to reduce to the greatest extent possible our exposure to light pollution and nuisance: 1. Install shields on all lights (as would be required by the lighting standards). 2. Reduce the height of the poles (also required by the lighting standards). 3. Re-position the lights so that they are end to end across the length of the courts and no lights are shining directly toward our homes. 4. Install professional grade green mesh around the entire fence of the courts to partially block out both light and noise. 5. Direct that the lights be turned off by 8:00 p.m. 6. Direct that the lights not be used on Friday, Saturday or Sunday evenings. 7. Direct that the lights only be used during April, May and June -- the High School tennis season. 8. Ensure that the courts are properly monitored so that the lights are only on when they should be; not when the courts are empty and not after 8:00 p.m. We welcome the opportunity to work constructively with the District and the City so that this situation can be resolved to the mutual satisfaction of the district, the city, the high school and its students, and affected residential communities. Respectfully submitted, Residents of Dunlap Court Communications may be directed to Robert S. Olick CC: City Council of Iowa City Date: To: From: Subj: Month FY98 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Total FY99 Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr Totals Treasury Division Memorandum 3-May-99 City Manager and City Council Dianna Furman i~ Utility Discount Program Statistics by Month - January,1998 and Fiscal Year 1999 Water Sewer Refuse Total Accounts Recyling Water Sewer on Discount Water Discounts Discounts Program Discount Sewer Tax Discount Discount Refuse Discount Recycling Discount Total Discounts 173 60 233 1,192.96 58.25 1,253.54 1,134.88 363.30 4,002.93 182 65 247 1,218.56 59.52 1,280.44 1,161.12 371.70 4,091.34 179 73 252 1,141.65 57.15 1,144.88 1,659.68 531.30 4,534.66 180 77 257 621.27 31.26 623.04 721.60 231.00 2,228.17 178 76 254 923.94 46.27 926.56 1,210.33 387.45 3,494.55 174 75 249 899.16 45.15 901.70 1,174.24 375.90 3,396.15 1066 426 1492 5,997.54 297.60 6,130.16 7,061.85 2,260.65 21,747.80 109 59 168 431.88 21.61 433.10 115 59 174 612.42 30.70 614.16 120 62 182 631.89 31.67 633.68 117 57 174 654.90 32.80 656.76 119 62 181 633.66 31.72 635.45 117 65 182 649.59 32.52 651.43 124 66 190 651.36 32.74 653.20 134 67 201 700.92 35.12 702.90 138 73 211 725.70 36.44 727.75 141 73 214 762.87 38.36 765.03 478.88 153.30 1,518.77 728.16 233.10 2,218.54 780.64 249.90 2,327.78 806.88 258.30 2,409.64 780.64 249.90 2,331.37 783.93 250.95 2,368.42 780.64 249.90 2,367.84 852.80 273.00 2,564.74 879.04 281.40 2,650.33 921.69 295.05 2,783.00 1234 643 1877 6,455.19 323.68 6,473.46 7,793.30 2494.80 23,540.43 cc: Don Yucuis utildis.xls5/4/9911:45 AM IP8 May 4, 1999 CITY OF I0 WA CITY Rene Paine PATV 623 S. Dubuque St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Re: Contract Renewal Dear Rene Paine: Thank you for your letter dated April 1, 1999 concerning PATV's contract renewal with the City of Iowa City pursuant to Section 19, Item A, or our current contract. The City is putting together the process, which will involve the Iowa City Telecommunicetions Commission, as you know, which will make a recommendation concerning the next contract to the City Council by the end of December, 1999. We will be in contact with you to discuss the process, information needed, and timeframes necessary to carry out and complete contract requirements. Thank you for your interest and cooperation. We look forward to a successful outcome for the whole community. Sincerely, ~e TV Admi ~strator cc: Dale Helling ICTC City Council Im~ltfids4-29,doc 41o EAST WASHINGTON STREET · IOWA CITY. IOWA 52240-1826 · (319) 356-5000 · FAX (319) 356-5009 IOWA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT USE OF FORCE REPORT APRIL, 1999 OFFICER DATE CASE # INCIDENT 12 04-02 99-902771 Intoxicated Subject FORCE USED Officer tried to speak with subject regarding a criminal mischief incident. Subject fled. Officer caught subject and had to physically place subject's hands behind back for cuffing. 46,51 04-04 99-902856 Domestic Dispute Subject refused to leave area where victim was at and had to be physically removed. Subject continued to resist and was exposed to OC. 20,48 04-05 99-902892 Drug Case Subject fled officers after being seen in a drug transaction. Officer tackled him after foot chase and had to be physically restrained as he continued to resist. 21,11 04-07 99-902922 Intoxicated Subject Subject involved in incident at bar and refused to go outside with officers. He had to forcibly be removed and struggled with officers entire time until cuffed and placed in car. 54,13 04-07 99-902929 Traffic Stop Officers stopped car for traffic violation. When asked for ID he reached to glove box where handgun was observed. Officers drew weapons and removed occupants from car. 88,85,23,35,44 04-08 99-902966 Search Warrant 48,20,50, 13,40 Weapons displayed as search warrant served. 49 04-09 99-903009 Domestic Dispute Officer responded to a domestic dispute where no one answered the door. Officer heard yelling inside and what sounded like an assault in progress. Officer pushed his way in door that was being held shut. Officer then had to push subject back who tried to leave and then came at him. 9 04-18 99-903339 PAULA Officer had to grasp on to subject who began walking away from him when he asked her for ID and she would not respond. 16,40,26,20,35 04-19 99-903381 Search Warrant Door forced to residence and officers OFFICER 48 98,85,35,39,43 48,20,50 56 23,17 38 13,54,42,21 11,43 36 13,20 16 DATE 04-19 04-20 04-21 04-21 04-22 04-23 04-23 04-24 04-25 CASE # 99-903386 99-903428 99-902728 99-903462 99-903465 99-903504 99-903506 99-903549 99-903584 INCIDENT Search Warrant Sick Animal Arrest Warrant Intoxicated Subject Arrest Warrant/ Interference Intoxicated Subject Intoxicated Driver Intoxicated Subject Suicidal Subject FORCE USED entered with drawn weapons "at low ready position" when occupants would not answer door. Weapons displayed during securing of residence with search warrant. Sick raccoon shot with officer's sidearm. Subject was contacted by officers and informed of warrant. He resisted being arrested and had to be forcibly cuffed. Subject was told she was under arrest for intoxication and fled to her residence. Officer caught her just as she got to door. Subject had to be forcibly cuffed as she continued to resist. Subject was arrested on a warrant and he resisted. Officers had to forcibly remove him from establishment he was found in and cuff him as he continued to resist. A companion then tried to assist subject and was arrested as well. He continued to resist and was exposed to OC. Subject arrested and being escorted to car when he began to resist and kick at officers. Subject had to be forcibly placed into car as he continued to resist and kick at officers. Subject resisted cuffing and resisted getting in and out of squad car. Officer had to force hands behind back for cuffing and pulled subject from car by armpits. After being placed under arrest, subject refused to place hands behind back for cuffing and resisted against officers. Subject taken to ground as he continued to resist. Eventually he was exposed to OC. Subject took overdose of pills and then refused to cooperate with paramedics. Officer had to grasp person by her OFFICER DATE CASE # 43 04-25 36 04-30 14,37 04-30 CC: Chief City Manager Captains Lieutenants Library City Clerk Hurd 99-903587 99-903740 99-90376O INCIDENT Intoxicated Driver Interference Juvenile Psych Transport FORCE USED arms in order to lead her where needed. Subject was arrested for OWI and was then observed trying to destroy a controlled substance. Subject resisted officer who tried to prevent destruction of evidence. Subject was exposed to OC after continuing to resist. Subject was spectator of OWI arrest and began interfering with process. Subject refused to leave area. When told he was under arrest he began struggling with officers and resisted being cuffed. He was exposed to OC. When told she was being taken to hospital for evaluation subject resisted against officers. She had to be forcibly cuffed. '615 Iowa State Bank Building Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Telephone: (319) 351-2650 Fax: (319) 351-1452 330 First Street S.E. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401 Telephone: (319) 364-6000 Fax: (319) 351-1452 111 E. 3rd Ste. 535 Davenport. Iowa 52801 Telephone: (319) 324-8489 Fax: (319) 351-1452 Carolyn Cavitt, Chair Jim Clayton, Vice-Chair The Stepping Up Project 112 S. Dubuque Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Kinnamon, Kinnamon, Russo Attorneys at Law An Association of Sole Practitioners & Meyer Jerald W. Kinnamon lon. M. Kinnamon J. Nicholas Russo, P.C. Mark C. Meyer J. Dean Keegan R.N. Russo (1915-1995) Re: Letter dated April 8, 1999, to Mr. Aziz Longou, Vito's Restaurant Dear Ms. Cavitt and Mr. Clayton: I am in receipt of the letter dated April 8, 1999, which you sent to my client, Mr. Aziz Longou and Vito's Restaurant. We are greatly concerned by both the tone and content of your letter. We are especially offended that you, without first veiifying the accuracy of your allegations, saw fit to copy this letter to the Iowa City City Council, the Coralville City Council, and the State Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Quite frankly, your action reflects a reckless disregard of both the truth and the harm your allegations can inflict upon law-abiding members of the community, such as Mr. Longou and Vito's Restaurant. Your letter begins with a laudable goal, reducing binge drinking. Mr. Longou and Vito's Restaurant share that concem. The remainder of your letter, however, is flawed in both its logic and its facts. You begin by noting that "you and your employees have experienced difficulty in monitoring underage drinkers in your establishment in the past year..." In fact, Mr. Longou and Vito's have been incredibly successful in preventing underage drinkers from consuming alcohol in the past year. Vito's has long been a leader in this community and was one of the first establishments serving alcohol to limit the access of their patrons to only those above the age of 21 after food service is terminated for the evening. This is only one of the many steps Vito's has taken as it has become a leader in fighting underage drinking in the Iowa City community. Your next assertion that "each time the Iowa City Police checked your establishment in the past year, at least one underage drinker was cited" is blatantl.y wrong and absurd on its face. Iowa City police walk through Vito's several times a night and arrest no one. Carolyn Cavitt Jim Clayton May 4, 1999 Page 2 May I suggest that your statistics are just plain wrong and your use of faulty statistics, at a minimum, borders on libelous. You then go on to say "...we want to encourage you and your employees to increase your compliance with state law." It would serve you well to determine the status of state law before you accuse Mr. Longou of not being in compliance. May I suggest you read the case of State of Iowa v. Casey's General Stores and HyVee Inc., 587 NW2d 599 (Iowa 1998). You will note that under the ruling of that case, a corporation such as Vito's has to have actual knowledge of serving alcohol to a minor before they can be found to have violated the law. I would hope that we can all agree that Vito's not only is not knowingly serving minors but is taking great steps to attack the problem. May we suggest that before you send the State Alcoholic Beverage Commission and the Iowa City City Council a letter which lectures Mr. Longou and Vito's and accuses them of being an "establishment that lets underage students drink," that you have your facts straight. In fact, nothing could be farther from the truth. May I suggest that your committee apologize to Vito's and Mr. Longou for the tone and content of this letter, notify the Iowa City Council, the Coralville City Council, and the State Alcoholic Beverage Commission that you were in error and take greater steps in the future to attack the real problem, hinge drinking, rather than law-abiding citizens such as Mr. Longou and Vito's Restaurant. Your immediate retraction is anticipated and expected. S~ ~rely, J. De J cc: Io oil Cor uncil rage Commission Aziz Longou May 5, 1999 PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rob Winstead Iowa City Public Works Phone No.: 356-5145 David Schoon Iowa City Planning Phone No.: 356-5236 Re: Phase II Iowa City Downtown Streetscape Improvements Weather permitting, on Monday, May 10, 1999, All-American Concrete, Inc. will move into the City Plaza Pedestrian Mall to begin streetscape improvements including the installation of limestone planters and a new fountain feature. Work in the City Plaza will begin within the west and central area of College Street where water main improvements are nearly complete. Work will proceed east along College Street and north along Dubuque Street with total project completion this fall. Work will also continue on Washington Street, predominately on the north side between Clinton and Gilbert. The bulk of the work on Washington Street is likely to be completed by May 24th. Light, bench, trash receptacle and bike rack installations will take place upon delivery to the project site later this summer. Weather permitting, removal of old and installation of new play equipment near the Library will take place during the month of June. 410 EAST WASHINGTON STREET * IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240-1826 ** (319) 356-5000 = FAX (319) 356-5009 PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release May 5, 1999 Contact Person: Scott Kugler Assodate Planner, (319) 356-5243 CITY OF I0 WA CITY HISTORIC PRESERVATION RECOGNITION PROGRAM TO BE HELD MAY 12 The Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission will recognize Iowa City property owners for their preservation efforts at the 1999 Historic Preservation Recognition Program, to be held on Wednesday evening, May 12, at the Masonic Temple, 312 E. College Street. The event will be the 17~ annual program held by the Commission, and is part of National Histodc Preservation Week, May 9 - 15. Molly Myers Naumann, architectural historian and preservation consultant from Ottumwa, Iowa, will be on hand to discuss the award winning projects and present the awards. Refreshments will be served at 5 p.m., courtesy of Mercantile Bank, and the awards program will begin at 5:30 p.m. Parking will be available free of charge in the Chauncey Swan ramp on College Street after 5 p.m. Awards will be presented to a total of 20 property owners in the categories of Rehabilitation, Additions/New Construction in a Historic Setting, Painting and Exterior Finishes, and Stewardship (list of properties attached). In addition, the winner of this year's Margaret Nowysz Preservation Person of the Year Award will be announced. The Johnson County Historic Preservation Commission will also present awards for properties located outside of the Iowa City corporate limits. 410 EAST WASHINGTON STREET · IOWA CITY. IOWA 52240-1826 · (319) 356-5000 · FAX (319) 356-5009 2 Each May, the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission recognizes individuals for preservation efforts and recently completed rehabilitation projects. The awards program is cosponsored by the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission, Friends of Historic Preservation, the Johnson County Historical Society, and the Johnson County Historic Preservation Commission. The Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission was formed in 1982 by the Iowa City City Council. The Commission's pdmary functions are to promote public awareness and appreciation of significant historical, architectural, and cultural resources in the community, and to encourage the protection, enhancement, and perpetuation of these resources through the designation of local historic districts, historic landmarks, and conservation districts. For more information, call Scott Kugler, Associate Planner, at 356-5243. ppdadmin/pr-hpcawrds.doc Iowa City Historic Preservation .Commission ~ I I I I HISTORIC PRESERVATION RFCOGNITION AWARD RECIPIENTS 1999 Painting and Exterior Finishes: 1110 E, College Street 922 Bowery Street 1132 E, Burlington Street 632 ~rown Street 819 E, Market Street 622 N, Van Buren Street 730 Kirkwood Avenue 715 N, Johnson Street Steve & Melissa Long · Klaus Bielefeldt & Susan Zikmund Joe & Meg Corbin Kevin & Kim Glenn Doris Stormoen & Leslie Schwalm Joyce A, Daniels Brian & Laura Wolf Beth & John Rapson Building AdditionsiNew Construction in a Historic Setting: 1231 E, College.Street 2 Bella Vista 1217 Rochester Avenue 530 Ronalds Street 419 Beldon Avenue 216 Magowan Avenue Kent & Loretta Angerer Daissy P, Owen Larry Baker & Ginger Russell Robert Miklo & Matthew Lage Kevin Kopelson Ed & Holly Teagle Rehabilitation: 932 E, College Street Phipps) 130 E, Jefferson Street 526 N, Linn Street 1016 E, College Street 109 S, Johnson St, Leighton House L,C, (John W, Phipps & Diana K, Michael & David Hodge Tim & Ruth Toomey Hillary Sale & Edward Wood Pamela Michaud Stewardship: 715 E, College Street James Dixon SUBURBAN MYTH By Gregg Easterbrook ~ he ideal restaurant would have terrific food, moderate prices, and would be unpopular, so lines would never inconvenience diners. Legis- .-. latures could make restaurants less crowded by, say, mandating that some tables be kept vacant even when customers are queued. Those already seated would surely benefit. But others would stew over being denied service, while business and jobs would be lost. It's worth remembering this as politicians begin to tackle the issue of suburban "sprawl," currendy emerg- ing as a primary topic in the run-up to Campaign 2000. Polling data and focus groups show that sprawl has hot political Q-scores; last fall, state and local voters ap- proved nearly 200 ballot measures to limit development 18 THE NEW REPUBLIC MARCH 15, 1999 or preserve green space. Vice President Gore has un- veiled a "livability agenda" to ease traffic and other frus- trations of suburban commuters. As Gore notes, "Par- ents want to spend more time with their kids and less time stuck behind a steering wheel." And Gore is hardly alone. New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman, a Republican, is leading the charge for a $1 billion pro- gram to set aside half the state's remaining wildland. Even Ralph Reed is touting sprawl politics. Of course, everybody wishes there were fewer cars on the road, fewer strip malls, and less demand for living space or commercial square footage. But how do you discourage such things without denying a place at the table to those who have not yet been seated---especially in a country whose population is growing? If suburbs are where Americans choose to live--and that verdict is in, the suburban class now constituting the majority of Americans--then brainpower should be applied to mak- ing burbs as livable as possible. It's a good sign that pol- icy organizations such as the Brookings Institution are turning their attention to such tasks as planning for "smart growth." But, as an issue, sprawl can also sound awfully similar to exclusionary zoning and other pull-up-the-ladder ideas that comfortable communities have used in the past to keep out unwanted arrivistes--often minorities and immigrants. One person's greenspace preservation is another's denied housing permit. So here are a few qualms about the emerging national buzz on sprawl: Sprawl is infuriating but not statistically significant. The footprint of the United States reflects an ever-bigger shoe size; the Chicago metropolitan area, for example, grew 46 percent from 1970 to 1990. The Sierra Club estimates that 400,000 acres per year are being converted to developed use. Yet are these figures really as worrisome as they seem? Four hundred thousand acres, for example, sounds like the circumfer- ence of the Crab Nebula but represents 0.02 percent of the U.S. land mass: 50 years of sprawl at the current rate would be required to consume a single percent of ?anerica's expanse. Just 3.4 percent of the United States is urban, subur- ban, or otherwise "built tip," according to federal fig- tires. If roads are added to the calculation, the total concrete-ized area of the country rises to 4.8 percent. The forested portion of the United States is, by con- trast, 20.4 percent, meaning there are four acres of woodland for every acre of development. Even if.the definition of "developed" is expanded in the most lib- eral way, to include all land used for crops or grazing, the United States is still two-thirds wild, one-third under the hand of man. Sprawl is a local problem, not an all- encompassing effect. Recent concerns about agricultural land-use patterns, often spun in the media and by lobbyists as a crisis of "vanishing farms," also diminish on close examination. "Land in farins" fell 16 percent between 1964 and 1997, according to the Agriculture Department. But this much-cited category incorporates considerable acreage that owners were calling farms only for tax purposes. Since the 1960s, "total cropland" is down only about one percent, while "harvested croldland," or land under cultivation, is up eight percent. And production per acre--what matters most--is way, way up, thanks to high-yield crop strains. Moreover, the trend line, is toward the decline of sprawl, relative to people at least. David Rusk, a theorist of the smart-growth movement, estimates that U.S. metro development covered 208,000 square miles in 1950 and by 1990 had sprawled out to 345,000 square miles. But, through that period, the population of those areas rose from 84 million to 159 million. This trans- lates to a 66 percent increase in physical area for a pop- ulation increase of 89 percent. America isn't gobbling up more space per capita; it's gobbling less--mainly because developers are responding to market incentives to use land more efficiently. Sprawl theory assumes that builders despoil the land without restraint. Yet price is already an important restraint; land is an expensive resource. Deople fled city centers because they wanted to. One motivator for suburban expansion was white desire to escape contact with blacks. As Brookings .~. Review recently noted, "Race has been a major factor in the spatial configuration of our metropolitan areas." That aspect of sprawl does not reflect well on American society, but the rest of the phenomenon is mainly a voluntary choice. Blacks are now sprawling, too: mainly African American, middle-class burbs are expanding in Georgia, Maryland, and elsewhere. Detached homes, verdant lawns, lower crime rates--for many millions of Americans, including many millions of minority Americans, such things represent a lifelong dream. People of all races seek the sprawled areas because that's what they like. People also sought the suburbs to escape the corrup- tion and mismanagement of urban govermnent-- especially the disastrous inner-city school systems. Sub- urban government is usually clean and responsive, ifho- hum; if people like honest government supervising their driveways and lawns, why should public policy argue with that judgment? Intellectuals have long dis- dained the expansion of the burbs, despite works such as The Levittowners that demonstrate little urban- suburban distinction in sophistication. Of course, many suburbanites have trite values and nothing to say, but then the same goes for many who reside in Upper West Side walk-ups and hold subscription seats for the opera. And, for reasons never entirely clear, twentieth-century liberalism swooned for Le Corbusier's contention that human beings deserve to be packed into high-density tower housing that rises from the landscape like so many vertical penitentiaries. Maybe there was once a reason to believe that such structures were the only way to bring decent living standards to the masses, but now it's clearly possible to bring detached homes to the masses. That's an important social achievement, not a cause for angst. We know from the choices of housing buyers, and from the unhappiness of housing-project residents, that most Americans despise living in cramped quarters. Despite this, some sprawl theorists assert that, since the average density of an American metro area is one- fourth the density of metro areas in nations such as Ger- many, public policy should strive to force a dramatic compression of American living space. But if Germany, or any of many other European or Asian countries, had more land area, its citizens would clamor for detached tromes and lawns, too. The fact that other nations lack the expanse in which to offer the majority of their citi- zens homeownership hardly means that America, blessed with such space, should prevent citizens from occupying it. MARCH 15, 1999 THE NEW REPUBLIC 19 Sprawl has economic utility. Some cities have spread out in a jumbled, ill-thought-through manner that causes awful traffic bottlenecks, wasted fuel, and an excessively asphaltized ambiance. Bnt it is not the case that tract housing, overpasses, multilane roads, malls, and other aspects of suburbia happen solely because of rapacious developers or civic pande- monium. Most happen because they are economically efficient. Subdivision development is nowhere near as tastefnl as an elm-shaded, turn-of-the-century Cape Cod in the university district, but it has the virtue of being afford- able to many more families. Malls may be stupefying, but they are a furiously efficient means of retailing. Two- car, two-earner families with husband and wife commut- ing in opposite directions may lead to daily stress but might also be one reason for the American economy's flexibility. The United States has experienced unprece- dented economic growth, low unemployment, and improvement in li~4ng standards during the very period of burb explosion and traffic jams. Maybe these factors are positively correlated, not negatively. Consider the assumption that road construction is odious. Roads are not only much cheaper to build than mass transit systems; they are also more flexible. The excellent subway system in Washington, D.C., which I ride to work, is fixed in its downtown-oum'ard configu- ration: tens of billions of dollars would be required to rebuild the system to reflect the between-burb com- muting that has been the main urban transportation' trend of the past 20 years. Roads, on the other hand, can reflect changes in commuter patterns instantly-- peoplejnst point their cars at different destinations. Cars, in turn, are consumers of money and fossil fuel, and we belittle ourselves when we regard them as status symbols. But automobiles also promote eco- nomic efficiency and personal freedom; there are good reasons why even anti-sprawlers want to own one. As new cars approach negligible levels of pollution emis- sions, environmental objections to them decline. And an annoying little secret of suburban life is that, even with traffic congestion, it's almost always faster to get somewhere in a car than by riding public transit. Cars are ubiquitous partly because people make rational time-money tradeoffs regarding their use, and those sorts of judgments, though sometimes wrong on the micro scale, are usually logical on the macro scale. Thus, the fact that the federal government spends about $28 billion a year on road construction, com- pared with about $6 billion on mass transit, isn't neces- sarily the outrage that current sprawl politicking suggests. It surely can be argued that shifting some spending toward mass transit makes sense, though such purposes can be far more quickly and fiexibly achieved by better bus service than by the rail lines that urban planners adore. But roads and car culture aren't a crazed anti-people conspiracy. The challenge is to make roads and cars serve us better while bugging us less. The Michigan Land Use Institute, an impressive new smart-growth organization, recently proposed a sensi- 20 THE NEW REPUBLIC MARCH 15, 1999 ble middle course along these lines for Traverse City, Michigan, Local officials currently plan to bracket the metro area with a high-speed highway bypass. The Michigan Land Use Institute offered a detailed alterna- tive plan for improving existing major arteries and left- turn lanes, speeding up traffic within the city but preventing cars from being sucked away from estab- lished commercial zones[ Compromises like this admit that the automobile is here to stay as America's primary means of transportation bnt seek to adjust car cultt~re to avoid construction that isn't really needed. Sprawl is caused by affluence and population growth, and which of these, exactly, do we propose to prohibit? The Census Bureau projects that the American population will expand to 394 million by the year 2050, half again the level of today, with almost all that growth attributable to (legal) immigration, which currently runs at about 900,000 arrivals per year. Do we want to halt or deeply restrict immigration? Unless we do, the country's stock of houses, roads, commercial space, and other construction must substantially enlarge in decades to come. Meanwhile, the reason Axnericans keep buying more housing, more SUVs, more swimming pools, and other space-consuming items is that they can afford these things. And so ... affluence is bad? The literature on sprawl is rife with sarcastic references to the square footage of the typical new home and to the spread of McMansions--"spacious" is a sneer word in this context--as if cramped quarters or adjoining walls are what human ,beings ought to prefer, damn it! There are many philosophical reasons why people might be more content with a modest lifestyle. But these are argu- ments about materialistic culture and the modern soul, not about appropriate housing-lot size. If prosperity puts the four-bedroom house within reach for the typi- cal person, it's hard to see why public policy should look askance at that. Sprawl complaints might justi~ exclusionary zoning. If political opposition to sprawl leads to smarter growth, or more parks and wildlife habitats, or better bus service, or better traffic regulation, then the public good is served. The trouble is, some sprawl concerns would not serve the public good. Aspects of environmentalism have long been criti- cized as using ostensible concern. s about nature to serve private purposes such as property values. Sprawl theory is now being hailed as an alternative to this. Since every person, rich or poor, is equally inconve- nienced by being stuck in traffic, The New Yorh Times recently opined, Gore's livability initiative will "take the lingering elitist tinge off environmentalism." Actually, it's the other way around. Sprawl control has much greater potential to wander into have-and-have-not inequity than does, say regulation of CFCs or dioxin. In a passage of his 1992 book Earth in the Balance, Gore worries about a glade of trees removed to build a new housing subdivision near what was then his Virginia home. "As the woods fell to make way for more concrete," he writes, "more buildings, more park- ing lots, the wild things that lived there were forced to flee." ~qqen he wrote these words, Gore was himself liv- ing in a large suburban house built on cleared wood- land and parking his car on concrete. Why are coTnfortable homes and long driveways all right for those who already possess them, but threatening when others ask for the same? Adopting smart-growth policies and better trans- portation plans is something every community should do. But, if communities take the kind of steps that would really stop s~rawl, they would confer a windfall on those already entrenched, while damaging the prospects of those who long to attain the detached- home lifestyle. It's not for nothing that the Supreme Court has long taken a dim view of regulations whose official purpose is to keep communities leafy and quiet but whose effective result is to lock in the favored at the expense of new arrivals. ~'~ verybody wants symbolic action against sprawl, but .~ real action would drive people crazy. Gore's "livability agenda" matches great p.r. ring with hardly any .~d content. Its chief plank is federal support for about S9.5 billion in local land-preservation bonds. This is a fine idea, though a oue-shot infusion that won't change the larger panorama of land-use politics. (For my own admittedly politically improbable proposal to require developers to preserve at least one acre of land for every new one they build on, thus making ever- greater increments of land preservation a permanent part of American pnblic policy, see "Greener Pastures," TNR, March 2, 1998.) The rest of Gore's initiative are inof- fensive, small-change items, such as $10 million to help schools become "community centered" or $17.2 million for safeguarding ex-urban agricuhural land--an amount that will buy roughly two farms per state. Announcing the livability initiative, Gore mused about "the Lakota storytellers who described the vast clearness of the Western sky as a metaphor for inner courage." It's easy to see why he would rather discuss the Lakota than the emphatic actions that would really cut down on sprawl. One would be exclusionary zon- ing. Another would be the denialof environmental or sewer permits, which brings business expansion to a halt. Another would be revoking the hugely popular mortgage-interest deduction. Another real-world restriction would be raising gasoliff~ taxes. If mortgage interest were not tax-deductible, and gasoline prices were quadrupled (putting them on a par with Europe's), demand for those sinister spacious homes would wane, enthusia, sm for public transporta- tion would rise, and the market could be relied on to take care of the rest. But do you want to be the politi- cian who advocates a $3-per-gallon gasoline tax? Think of Bill Glinton's panicky 1996 retreat from a 4.3-cents- per-gallon gas-tax increase--not exactly a metaphor for inner courage. There is little chance any major candi- date will advocate higher gasoline taxes during Cam- paign 2000. And, if the political world is afraid of this moderate reform--which would not imperil car cul- ture, just trim some of the tonnage off our SUVs~ where is the will for real change? Other anti-sprawl proposals have similar implausibil- iW quotients. Rusk and other theorists, for example, call for consolidating urban and suburban govern- ments to prevent local entities from playing one off the other in development contests. It's an admirable idea, and a few cities and their suburbs have voluntarily com- bined, notably Indianapolis and jacksonville. But, if you live in the ring burbs around Newark, Detroit, or Wash- ington, D.C., you'd have to be dragged kicking and screaming into combination with their corrupt, incom- petent governments. Some have proposed that combin- ing the tax bases of suburban and hrban jurisdictions would reduce sprawl contests and promote equity by improving schools in poorer neighborhoods. The lat- ter goal is totally justified, but where is the political support for this idea? Tax-base sharing is currently foundering in Vermont, one of the most liberal states. And, if you want decisive action against sprawl, don't you want land-use planning? Imagine how poll num- bers will shoot up for the candidate who proposes that! Regional land-use planning has done well by the city of Portland, which has both controlled its boundaries and seen its economy prosper. But Portland is a special case; its geography imposes physical limits on growth. Portland's high land values and high quality of life tell us land-use planning and prosperity are not incompati- ble, which is an important lesson for local officials who traditionally have felt compelled to approve any and all construction. But the kind of land-use planning that's worked in Portland may not work nationally, especially since Portland has pretty much closed its doors to pop- ulation growth, which is not an option for the country as a whole. Ion .t You bet "" ~ ey, these movie-theater lines are too g __ the lines at the movie theater are too long. My proposed solution is to forbid you from go- -~- .~. ing to the movies. Your proposed solution is to forbid me. We both claim a noble public purpose-- the shorter movie line. But sometimes what seems like concern for the public square is really a declaration of "me first." Thoughtful study of smart-growth alternatives is in everyone's interest and will lead to improvements in suburban livability. But many of the people who now grouse abont sprawl the~nselves live in spacious houses, own an SUV, owe their good fortunes to the growth economy, and would be entirely ontraged if there were not ample roads, stores, restaurants, and parking wher- ever they went. They wish everybody else would get off the highway so that they can have the road to them- seh,es. In this way, the sprawl issue touches on the self- ish downside of democracy. Smart growth is a smart idea, but those who pnrsue it must be wary of favoring the enfranchised and the organized, which our politics does too much of already. · MARCH 15, 1999 THE NEW REPUBLIC 21 Ensuring A Central Role for Cities in the Electronic Marketplace I National League of Cities Dear Local Leader: Did you do any of your shopping online during the holiday season last year? If you did, you were probably thrilled by the convenience of clicking a mouse button to make your holiday purchases - no traffic, crowded stores, harried salespeople, or pushy shoppers. What you might not have noticed is that there was also no state or local sales tax. In 1998, NLC led an important effort in Congress to protect local and business interests as decisions are made about the structure of the electronic marketplace. Congress passed the Internet Tax Freedom Act which put a three year moratorium on any new taxes for Internet transactions and established a national commission to make recommendations on the taxing structure - if any - for .electronic commerce. Thanks to the work of thousands of local officials across the country, the length of the moratorium was shortened from six years to three years, and Congress made a commitment to seek input before making decisions about the long-term structure of this important new way of doing business. But, the next three years are critical. As a local elected official, you must work in your community to educate citizens, business leaders, and key stakeholders about the risk that the dramatic growth of tax-free online shopping poses to local revenue bases. This handbook is a starting point for that effort. It provides basic information about the growth of electronic commerce and public policy issues that we must be prepared to address together at the local, state, and federal level. The dramatic growth of technology offers exciting possibilities for how we do business and deliver services. As local leaders, we must be active players in maximizing the great potential technology offers. I urge you to join with me this year in advocating municipal interests in this important discussion. Together, we can ensure that our cities and towns continue to grow and flourish in the 21st century. Sincerely, Clarence E. Anthony Mayor, South Bay, Florida NLC President Copyright © 1999 National League of Cities OVERVIEW President Clinton signed the Internet Tax Freedom Act into law in October 1998. That law imposed a three-year moratorium on new state and local taxes for online transactions and sales. During the morato- rium, a national advisory commission is supposed to study and recommend appropriate rules for interna- tional, federal, state, and local income and excise taxes on Internal and comparable international and national sates activities. The national debate around the Internet Tax Freedom Act raised a groundswell of concern among state and local officials about the long-term impact of the emerging electronic marketplace on local revenue bases. It also raised concerns about the long-teN viability of Main Street businesses whose ability to compete would be threatened if online sales became permanently exempt from traditional state and local sales taxes. The growth of exempt mail order sales has raised similar concerns over the years and well documented revenue losses to state and local governments. Unfortunately, Congress has resisted all attempts to create a level play- ing field when it comes to mail order sales - and, in 1998, appeared to be moving in the same direction for Internet sales. As a result, the long-term future of the sales tax as a vital source of support for local ser- vices is in serious jeopardy. The number triple in the of U.S. households shopping online is expected to more than next several years. ~ 45 O ,,1= = 30 O e" '-"-15 O .o 0 13 9 II 1998 1999 18 4O 30 2001 2002 2000 2003 Projected municipal sales tax revenue sacrificed from non-taxation of Intemet purchases $1,400 $1,226 $1,200 .......... -,___.~. -' $1,o00 $soo $600 $400 $200 -- $9~ $0 1998 1999 2000 Y~ar 2001 2002 2003 Data Sources: · E-Commerce proiections: Forrester Research, Cambridge, MA · U.S. retail sales: U.S. Census, Annua} Retail T~ode Survey · General sales tax revenue for municipal governments: U.S. Census of Governments 1 The rapid growth of online sales in recent years pushed this issue to the forefront among local officials, producing an impressive grassroots response when the 105th Congress debated the Internet Tax Freedom Act. That effort drew the attention of some key legislators who worked with state and local officials to produce a less offensive bill. Yet the risk remains. As electronic commerce takes off, fueled by a generation of consumers who have "grown up digital," government and business leaders must work together to educate consumers about the changing marketplace and its impact on: (1) State and local government tax bases; and (2) Retail businesses which must compete in this new environment.. Percent change in federal, state, and municipal revenues compared to national economic growlh 20% 10% 0% -10% Baseline - Change in 2% GDP = 65% Federal State Revenues Revenues -20% -19% Municipal Revenues The National League of Cities is launching a multi-year education and advocacy effort to increase under- standing of the electronic marketplace and develop public policy recommendations that will help shape the debate at the end of the three-year moratorium on taxing online transactions. This handbook provides basic background to help local officials across the country lead that grassroots effort in their communities. KEY MESSAGES There are three key messages guiding this campaign: State and local leaders strongly support technology advances and the opportunities offered by electronic commerce. At the same time, we must protect local retailers from unfair competition and preserve tax bases needed to deliver basic and expected government services. Charging sales tax for online purchases of traditional goods does not represent NEW taxes. A book purchased off a shelf at Borderg Bookstore and a book purchased online through Amazon.corn are and should be subject to the same taxes. If a consumer buys two book~ at Amazon.com and no books at the local Borderg, the government has lost expected revenue from the sales tax. Convenience, not tax avoidance, is what lures consumers to online purchasing. In fact, many don't know whether they pay any sales tax when they buy online or under what circumstances they would pay local/state sales tax. Therefore, it is safe to assume that charging sales tax for traditional purchases will not stymie the growth of this new marketplace. Moreover, it is absolutely clear that state and local taxes have in no way restricted the phenomenal growth of the nation's leading e-commerce companies like Microsoft, Intel, and others. Federal legislation should not create a pro- tected class of taxpayers at the expense of Main Street and other taxpayers. PARTNERSHIPS To be effective in shaping this public policy discussion about new rules for the new marketplace, local officials must create strategic alliances with partners who will be affected by the growth of the electronic marketplace. Key partners to pursue include: Local chambers of commerce and retail federations whose members will be dramatically affected by the outcome of the debate; Local developers whose role in growing the local economy will be dramatically shaped by a new marketplace that does not require stores, shopping centers, parking lots, and warehouses; By 200.3, howcrew: Massach usct ls-bascd Forrcstcr expects ch'ct ton ic sah's tO sttrl~ass .S 108 billion, or 6% qj' total retail slwnding. That~ cnottgh to mc&c a ntajor im!~acl on how rctaih'rs do b.sincss, iucl.ding their phms fi,' cxl~ansion, say rctail analysts. -I .... 'xn,LLck- '[ lll/c-, [ k'}~IL~,L/", [D. iclul~} 3 Labor unions who represent employees in the traditional retail marketplace whose jobs will be changed at best, or jeopardized at worst, if electronic transactions overtake traditional retail shopping; Demand for rctail space still high, but Intcrnct's lhrcalcning. Analysts say if's just a matter of lime and suggcst plans for new malls be shch'ed. State, county, and regional government partners who can join in the education effort to ensure that citizens understand the important connection between lost sales tax revenue and continued high quality government services. Public safety, education, and other municipal employees and related organizations whose jobs and services are dependent upon sales tax revenues to provide essential services. OUTCOMES The desired outcomes from this education and advocacy effort are to: · Win support for a new revenue structure that ensures that all transactions are subject to the same taxes regardless of how the transaction occurs - by mail, telephone, online, or in a local store; · Protect state and local revenue bases for the next millennium to ensure continued delivery of essential government services; · Protect all retailers by ensuring business and tax equity in a rapidly changing marketplace; and · Ensure well-informed consumers, citizens, and public policy decision makers in setting the rules for the new electronic marketplace. Quietly, without any publicity or controversy, the U.S. government took an unprecedented step last October. It invited 12 industry executives to join the 50-member delegation negotiating a pan-American free-trade agreement. The invited companies and trade associations, including the Motion Picture Association of America, America Online Inc., and the Software Publishers Association, were brought aboard because they are creating the worldwide electronic commerce marketplace, and the U.S. government is happy to let them reshape trade agreements to foster high-tech trade. -National Journal, February 13, 1999 NEW LEADERSHIP IN THE ELECTRONIC MARKETPLACE - GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT The electronic marketplace is here to sta3~ It has grown faster than early predictions, and it has raised fundamental questions about how to adapt existing business and revenue concepts and structures to fit this new world. In fact, the growth of this marketplace has vastly outpaced the public policy discussion about its implications. So, while public policy makers examine the key issues surrounding the new mar- ketplace during the three-year moratorium on taxing Internet transactions, online purchasing will contin- ue to grow, drawing more and more consumers into this convenient, increasingly accessible, tax free mar- ket. Change in tax revenue per capita, 1985-1995, constant dollars 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% -5% -10% Federal ross State of ssm Santa Clara Government California County Cities Major sources of tax revenue 1995, all cities in Santa Clam county · Sales 37% · Other 36% [] Property 21% · Hotel 6% Source: State Canttoilet, California Department of Finance, Tax Foundation Local officials must emerge as voices of reason and wisdom in this important discussion. You can do that by: Being Informed and Informing Others. Begin by making sure you understand both the opportunities and risks of the electronic marketplace and that you can explain the challenges to key stakeholders in your community and to your Congressional delegation. This handbook provides a starting point for that education - and NLC and your state muv_icipal league will continue to provide practical information and resources as the debate unfolds. Creating New Partnerships. Local government cannot win this battle alone. And, it cannot be waged only by lobbyists in Washington, DC, working on behalf of cities and towns. Congressional leaders will need to hear directly from: · citizens who understand the risk to local services if tax-free online shopping becomes a permanent way of life; · local businesses who recognize the jeopardy they face from unequal charging of basic taxes for the same purchases; · coalitions of dty-county-regional-state officials who are working together to protect the long-term rev- enue bases needed to deliver services without enacting major new taxes to replace no longer viable taxes; · developers who recognize the broad risk to local economies if online businesses have an unfair advan- tage over businesses physically located in a community; and · consumers who understand the importance of fairness and don't object to equitable charging of sales tax for all purchases. A well-informed local official can create the partnerships that will strengthen the message and shape the debate in ways that emphasize equity in the emerging marketplace. Being an Aggressive and Well-Informed Advocate. As the National Commission on Internet Taxation begins its work and as well-funded online corporations continue to make their case for "protecting" the new marketplace, local leaders must provide a well-informed and aggressive voice of reason that looks at the big picture and emphasizes the importance of "protecting" local businesses, local economies, and local government services. You can do that by: sharing this handbook and other resources from NLC and your state municipal league with people you know can make a difference; engaging your local media in communicating clearly and fairly about this issue; letting your Congressional delegation know that you are on top of this issue and that it matters in your community; and staying well informed. State municipal leagues are the key coordinators of the local voice at the state level. The National League of Cities, working closely with the state municipal leagues and with its national state and local partners, is the coordinator of the local voice at the national level. Paying attention to the issues and responding to calls for action from your state league and NLC will ensure that the local voice is heard. You are the key spokesperson for your community, and you can influence this fundamental discussion that will shape the future of your community. You can learn more about the ongoing discussion about electronic commerce by reading Nation's Cities Weekly, NLCg weekly newspaper, and by visiting Access Local Government, the online information resources for local government officials at www. algov. org, which includes a copy of this handbook online for downloading, a sample article for sharing with your local media, and sample letters you can send to key partners to initiate your community advocacy effort. ABOUT THE INTERNET TAX FREEDOM ACT The Internet Tax Freedom Act was the hot button that set off this important public policy discussion. To many, the name of the act and the arguments about protecting a growing industry from the intrusion of new state and local taxes initially seemed to make sense. But the long-term implications of a new tax-free marketplace gradually became clear - first to state and local leaders who could see both their revenue bases for service delivery dwindling and their economic futures threatened by the loss of any shopping core, and gradually to key leaders in the Senate who took up the argument and worked to slow down the train. Understanding the evolution of the debate that led to the new law is important in order to be a leader in the new public policy discussion. I. What happened? On October 21, 1998, Congress passed and the President signed into law the first major piece of legisla- tion related to the new electronic commerce marketplace. The final outcome was determined by three critical votes that raised awareness about the dramatic impact of this legislation on cities, states, and small businesses. Those votes (1) shortened the moratorium on new taxes on Internet transactions, (2) attempt- ed to ensure a balanced commission to study the issue, and (3) protected any existing taxes for online transactions. An effort to give states authority to require remote (electronic or mail order) sellers to collect and remit a blended stateqocal sales tax, and for the states to provide that equitable formula to cities and towns was soundly defeated - a vote which did not portend well for future votes in favor of protecting state and local sales taxes in the new marketplace. That's why an aggressive grassroots education effort during the three-year moratorium is essential. A summary of Senate votes on all four issues is included on page 12. II. What does the Internet Tax Freedom Act do? The Internet Tax Freedom Act: · Imposes a three-year-moratorium on state and local Internet access, bit, discriminatory, and multiple taxes, effective October 21, 1998 until October 21,2001; and Creates a national advisory commission to study and recommend appropriate rules for international, federal, state, and local government income and excise taxation of the Internet and other comparable international and national sales activities. As written in the law, the commission must include three federal representatives; six business and consumer representatives including one Main Street retailer; and six state and local representatives. The Senate Majority Leader and House Speaker were each to make five appointments; the respective minority leaders were each to make three. The Commission is to issue a report to Congress by June 2000 and its recommendations - which must receive two thirds approval of the membership - must promote tax and technological neutrality among all forms of remote transactions. III. What is happening now? The National Advisory Commission was established late in 1998. Its makeup did not follow the specific guidelines in the law. The commission has only one local officml and not a single representative of the nation's 1.6 million retailers. It is heavily weighted toward the electronic marketplace in its business appointments. Members of the commission are: Appointed by Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) Governor Michael Leavitt (R-Utah) Delegate Paul Harris (R-Virginia) Stan Sokul, consultant, Association for Interactive Media James Barksdale, Chief Executive Officer, Netscape (America Online) John Sidgemore, Vice President, MCI-WorldCom Appointed by then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) Dean Anal, Chairman, California State Board of Equalization Governor James Gilmore (R-Virginia) Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform Richard Parsons, President, Time-Warner, Inc. David Pottruck, President and CEO, Charles Schwab Appointed by Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) Michael Armstrong, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AT&T Ted Waite, Chairman and CEO, Gateway Computers Gene LeBrun, former state legislator, South Dakota Appointed by House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) Governor Gary Locke (D-Washington) Mayor Ron Kirk, Dallas, Texas Robert Pittman, President and CEO, America Online (AOL) If you know any of these key players or can build a coalition to reach them, it is important to take advantage of those connections to get the state and local message out in a way that can influence the work of the commission in the coming months. Reach out and touch a commissioner! IV. What is NLC's position? NLC supports legislation to ensure a level playing field for businesses and citizens in the new electronic marketplace. State and local leaders advocate treating businesses equally whether they sell goods in a local store, on the phone, through a mail order catalogue, or over the Internet. Federal legislation should not create a protected class of taxpayers at the expense of Main Street and other taxpayers. V. Why do we need any federal action? Only Congress can change federal laws to provide authority for states to require out-of-state mail order and electronic vendors to collect and remit state and local sales taxes. Absent such a change, the growth in electronic commerce is so phenomenal that, as TIME magazine wrote in a July 20, 1998 cover story, ~lyou can kiss shopping malls goodbye." Because Internet sales transactions often cross state borders, only Congress - working in close partnership with state and local governments - can enact a new standard for fair taxation of purchases in this new marketplace. Business will never be the same. VI. So, what does Congress need to hear during this moratorium period? The three-year moratorium provides a valuable opportunity to build coalitions, raise citizen awareness, and send clear messages to Congress about the importance of equity in the new electronic marketplace. Industry leaders who stand to benefit from a tax-free environment will keep the heat on during the mora- torium. It is essential that state and local leaders create new coalitions to tell the other side of the story - a story that focuses on protecting local economies, protecting local businesses, protecting state/local revenue systems, and ensuring that everyone benefits from the emergence of the electronic marketplace. A 7 Percent Loss to Web Could Force Closures Although some retailers pooh-pooh the effect the Web will have on their sales in coming years, analyst Sally Gordon of Moody's Investors Service says that if U.S. retailers lose only 7 per- cent of their sales to the Internet (the amount that sales decline in a moderate recession), their profitability can decline as much as 50 percent. And that could force retailers, who have been on an expansion kick in recent years, to shut many under-performing locations. That's bad news for residents who have to live with the blight of empty stores and worse news for property owners, shopping center note- holders and the municipalities that have been wooing retail centers for the precious sales tax revenue they provide. * Los Angeles Times, February 16, 1999 9 INTERNET FACTS & FIGURES "Net" Gain · More people keep swarming online - nearly 100 million worldwide now, swelling to some 320 million by 2002, predicts market researcher International Data Corp. A Visa USA Inc. survey of some 1,000 Internet users found that nearly half planned to shop on the Web this winter alone. All told~ cyber- shoppers were expected to spend $13 billion in 1998, jumping to $108 billion by 2003, or 6 percent of all U.S. retail spending, says Forrester Research, Inc. · Business-to-business electronic commerce is growing at an even fakter pace. About $~r8 billion changed hands among businesses last year, with online business transactions projected to grow to $109 billion in 1999 and $1.3 trillion by 2003 as more industries revise procurement methods and buy on the Web. · According to Jupiter Communications, almost 17 million people will buy something from an Internet web site this year, up from 10 million last year and 5 million in 1996. Within a decade, according to Jupiter Communications, the mouse-clickers will eclipse the catalog buyers. · Online consumers enjoy obvious advantages - they can avoid crowds and comparison shop with a mouse click. A less well-known advantage is that almost every Internet purchase is tax free - and it's guaranteed to stay that way until at least 200]-. · Chet Bowers, an education professor at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, says it didn't take all that many sales dollars moving from downtown to suburban mails to destroy America's city centers. He wonders whether the Web will have a similar effect, and explores such questions in an upcoming book called Let Them Eat Data. USA Today, 12-1-98. · In a small, family-owed camera shop, a customer spends an hour talking with the owner about some high-end cameras, thanks the owner, and goes home. He wasn't really planning to buy a camera there. He just wanted enough information to help him buy one on the Internet, which he does for $150 less than the store owner~s marked price. The Washington Post. · Amazon.com, the pioneer online bookstore, offers an easily searchable trove of 5 million titles which is 15 times more than any bookstore on the planet without the costly overhead of multimillion-dollar buildings. That paves the way for each of its 1,600 employees to generate, on average, $375,000 in annual revenues - more than triple that of the top bricks-and mortar bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc.'s 27,000 employees. Sector by Sector Business-to-business commerce on the Internet compared with total business-to-business commerce in the following areas (dollars in billions) INDUSTRY SECTOR 1997 2000 2003 Computing, electronics TOTAL REVENUE $477.8 $693.1 $1,005.4 INTERNET REVENUE $8.7 $121.4 $395.3 INTERNET PCT. OF TOTAL 1.8% 17.5% 39.3% Motor Vehicles TOTAL REVENUE $915.9 $1,150.5 $1,445.3 INTERNET REVENUE $1.5 $22.7 $212.9 INTERNET PCT. OF TOTAL 0.2% 2.0% 14.7% Pc/to-chemicals TOTAL REVENUE $987.3 $1,142.9 $1,323.0 INTERNET REVENUE $2.1 $22.6 $178.3 INTERNET PCT. OF TOTAL 0.2% 2.0% 13.5% Utilities TOTAL REVENUE $490.2 $567.5 $656.9 INTERNET REVENUE $3.2 $32.2 $169.5 INTERNET PCT. OF TOTAL 0.7% 5.7% 25.8% Paper/office Products TOTAL REVENUE $826.7 $981.8 $1,166,0 INTERNET REVENUE $0.6 $6.4 $65.2 INTERNET PCT. OF TOTAL 0.1% 0.7% 5.6% Shipping/warehouse TOTAL REVENUE $312,6 $34.7 $358.3 INTERNET REVENUE $0.5 $6.8 $61.8 INTERNET PCT. OF TOTAL 0.2% 2.0% 17.2% Food/agriculture TOTAL REVENUE $1,489.6 $1,627.7 $1,778.6 INTERNET REVENUE $0.1 $6.3 $53.6 INTERNET PCT. OF TOTAL 0.0% 0.4% 3.0% Other TOTAL REVENUE $4,411.9 $5,314.4 $6,412.9 INTERNET REVENUE $2.0 $32.7 $194.4 INTERNET PCT. OF TOTAL 0.0% 0.6% 3.0% TOTAL TOTAL REVENUE $9,911.9 $11,812.6 $14,146.5 INTERNET REVENUE $18.6 $251.1 $1,330.9 INTERNET PCT. OF TOTAL 0.2% 2.1% 9.4% Source: Forrester Research, Inc. 11 KEY 1998 SENATE INTERNET TAX VOTES Senators by State Vote to reject Bumpers amendment to allow sales taxes on electronic and mail order sales (No vote favors state/local) 66 yeas - 29 nays. Vote to reject state/local commis- sion language (No vote favors state/local) 30 Yeas - 68 Nays Vote to increase moratonum to 4 years (No vote favors state/local) 45 Yeas - 52 Nays Vote to delete grand- father clause (No vote favors state/local) 28 Yeas - 69 Nays Shelby (AL) Sessions (AL) Stevens (AK) Murkowski (AK) McCain (AZ) Kyl (AZ) Bumpers (AR) Hutchinson (AR) Feinstein (CA) Boxer (CA) Allard (CO) Campbell (CO) Dodd (CT) Lieherman (CT) Roth (DE) Biden (DE) Graham (FL) Mack (FL) Coverdell (CA) Cleland (CA) Inouye (H1) Akaka (HI) Craig (ID) Kempthore (ID) Moseley-Braun (IL) Durbin (IL) Lugar (IN) Coats (IN) Grassley Harkin (IA) Brownback (KS) Roberts (KS) Ford McConnell (KY) Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N,V. Y Y Y Y N Y N N Y Y N Y N Y Y N N N Y N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N Y Y Y N N Y N N N N N Y Y N Y Y Y Y N N N Y Y Y Y Y N N N Y Y N Y Y Y N N N Y Y N N N N N Y Y N Y Y N N N Y N N N Y N N Y N N Y Y N N N N N N N N N Y N N N N Y KEY 1998 SENATE INTERNET TAX VOTES Senators by State Vote to reject Bumpers amendment to allow sales taxes on electronic and mail order sales (No vote favors state/local) 66 yeas - 29 nays. Vote to reject state/local commis- sion language (No vote favors state/local) 30 Yeas - 68 Nays Vote to increase moratorium to 4 years (No vote favors state/local) 45 Yeas - 52 Nays Vote to delete grand- father clause (No vote favors stateAocal) 28 Yeas - 69 Nays Breaux (LA) Landrieu (LA) Snowe (ME) Collins (ME) Sarbanes (MD) Mikulski (MD) Kennedy (MA) Kerrey (MA) Levin (MI) Abraham (MI) Wellstone (MN) Grams (MN) Cochran (MS) Lott (MS) Bond (MO) Ashcroft (MO) Baucus (MT) Burns (MT) Kerrey (NE) Hagel (NE) Reid (NV) Bryan (NV) Smith (NH) Gregg (NH) Lautenberg (N J) Torricelli (NJ) Domenici (NM) Bingaman (NM) Moynihan (NY) D'Amato (NY) Helms (NC) Faircloth (NC) Conrad (ND) Dorgan (ND) N N Y Y N N N Y N Y N Y N Y N.V. Y Y Y N.V. Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y Y N N N N Y Y N N N Y N N N Y N N N N N Y N Y N N Y Y Y Y N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N Y N Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y N N Y Y Y Y Y N N Y N Y N N N N N Y N N N N N N N Y Y Y N Y N N N Y N N Y Y N Y N N N Y Y Y N N 13 KEY 1998 SENATE INTERNET TAX VOTES Senators by State Vote to reject Bumpers amendment to allow sales taxes on electronic and mail order sales (No vote favors stateAocal) 66 yeas - 29 nays. Vote to reject state/local commis- sion language (No vote favors state/local) 30 Yeas - 68 Nays Vote to increase moratorium to 4 years (No vote favors state/local) 45 Yeas - 52 Nays %re to delete grand- father clause (No vote favors state/local) 28 Yeas - 69 Nays 10 Senators voted against state/local on all three votes - (9 Rep. 1 Dem.) 37 Senators voted with state/local on all three votes - (8 Rep. 29 Dem.) 8 states had perfect support ofstateflocal position (KS, LA, MD, NV, ND, RI, SD, WV) Glenn (OH) Y N.V. N.V. N.V. DeWine (OH) N.V. N Y N Nickles (OK) Y N Y Y Inhofe (OK) Y N N N Wyden (OR) Y Y Y N Smith (OR) Y Y Y N Specter (PA) N N N.V. N.V. Santorum (PA) Y N Y Y Chafee (RI) Y N N N Reed (RI) N N N N Thurmond (SC) Y N N N Hollings (SC) N.V. N.V. N.V. N.V. Daschle (SD) Y N N N Johnson (SD) N N N N Thompson (TN) Y Y N N Frist (TN) Y Y N N Gramm (TX) Y N N Y Hutchison (TX) Y N N Y Hatch (UT) N N Y N Bennett (UT) Y N Y N Leahy (VT) Y N Y N Jeffords (VT) Y N N Y Warner (VA) Y N Y N Robb (VA) Y N Y N Gotton (WA) N N N N Murray (WA) Y Y Y N Byrd (Vv'V) N N N N Rockefeller (VVV) N N N N Kohl (WI) Y Y N N Feingold (WI) Y N N N Thomas (WY) Y N N Y Enzi (%VY) N N N N OP-ED-A FAIR AND OPEN MARKETPLACE ~ou can attach your by-line to this article and submit it to your local newspaper for publication as part of your community outreach effort.) The electronic marketplace is changing the way America shops. Today, a consumer or business can make purchases with the click of a mouse button. This innovation is exciting, dramatic, and powerful, and it has already reshaped America and its economy. But it has important implications for our traditional con- cepts of fairness, and it presents serious challenges to our existing revenue systems that are critical to pro- viding for our schools, roads, and public safety. Electronic commerce and the new information economy have produced one-third of the growth in the U.S. economy over the past five years, and it is only now starting to catch fire. Consumers purchased $13 billion in goods electronically this past year, a figure projected to jump as much as 400 percent over the next two years. Business-to-business purchases will climb even faster, from $15.6 billion to $ 275 billion annually by the year 2000. The prospects of better price comparison, more choices, and greater conve- nience are behind one of the most profound changes in our history. But electronic commerce will produce other changes that affect all of us. The more consumers and busi- nesses shop online over the Internet, the less they will shop at malls or on Main Street. It will affect the bottom line of many businesses, and it will also affect the ability of cities, counties, and states to provide education, public safety, and all the other services and infrastructure that citizens need and demand. Why? Because under legislation Congress passed and the President signed into law last October, the same goods and services sold over the Internet are not taxed the same as they are do~vntown or at the mall. Should an online seller enjoy special tax privileges unavailable to a local merchant? If the world of shop- ping is going through a revolution, what should the rules be? These questions are at the heart of a debate now underway in Congress, where online vendors who sell via the Internet are engaged in a campaign to avoid the responsibility of collecting state and local sales taxes. If these corporations succeed over the next two years, everyone else will be stuck with paying their tab. For Main Street merchants and shopping mall stores, this effort will lure customers at the expense of local businesses that collect sales taxes. For the cities and states that will lose billions of dollars in tax rev- enues, (including XXX $ estimate for us here in YYY), this means having to raise other taxes to make up the difference, or cutting public services that can affect the entire community. Fairness is the key issue in any type of competition. You don't give five downs to one team in a football game and three downs to the other. If you do, it's simply not fair. What can be done to assure fairness in the marketplace and simplicity in terms of tax policy? The National League of Cities (NLC) has been working with governors, state legislators, business leaders, tax administra- tors, retailers, consumers and representatives of the computer and telecommunications industry to achieve a sensible and even-handed solution to some legitimate concerns that still need attention. Things like uniform tax rates, statewide revenue centers, and exemptions for very small businesses will greatly reduce sales tax collection burdens. And treating electronic commerce, telephone orders, and catalog mail-order purchases the same as over-the-counter sales give all customers and businesses equal treatment. Federal legislation is needed to accomplish this, and that's where Congress could play a constructive and essential role. Steamrolling over states, cities, and local businesses with predatory special interest legisla- tion for Internet commerce is just the opposite - an ugly example of destructive and intrusive federal intervention. Taxes are a necessary part of life in our modern societ3~ 'They are the money we pay to have safe neigh- borhoods, good schools, well-paved roads, attractive parks and recreation facilities, good libraries, clean water, and an overall quality of life that sustains a healthy local economy with good jobs and a promising future. Our tax structure should work the same for everyone in the community or else there will be a heavier burden for some to offset the exemptions given to others. And our local merchants should not have their livelihood imperiled by an arbitrary tax preference for electronic commerce. If our national policy leaders want to assure a healthy economic climate for all businesses to compete on a level field, they should take the approach being advocated by NLC and its working group to assure an efficient, fair and equitable tax structure for all the buyers and sellers doing business in our community. ABOUT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES The mission of the National League of Cities (NLC) is to strengthen and promote cities as centers of oppor- tunity, leadership, and governance. The National League of Cities (NLC) was established in 1924 by and for reform-minded state municipal leagues. It now represents 49 leagues, more than 1,500 member cities, and through the membership of the state municipal leagues, more than 18,000 cities and towns of all sizes in total. It is the largest and oldest national organization representing cities and the only one that includes both mayors and council members as active participants. NLC serves as an advocate for its members in Washington in the legislative, administrative, and judicial processes that affect them; develops and pursues a national urban policy that meets the present and future needs of our nation's cities and the people who live in them; offers training, technical assistance and informa- tion to municipal officials to help them improve the quality of local government in our urban nation; and undertakes research and analysis on topics and issues of importance to the nation's cities and towns. National League of Cities 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004-1763 202/626-3000 Fax 202/626-3043 http ://www. nlc. org To: ~t~ins, Steve From: Cole Chase~tlC_Chambcr 84/30/99 1B:13:Z? "To advocate for a vibrztnt Iocal cconora)~ pzovkte opporlzznit~s and vakzable services to otzr members and contrjl~tle to the qtzah~y of lire k~ Johnson Count): '~ IOWA CITY ~/~a~HEAAMBER OF //~////~/COMMERCE April 30, t999 Session Ends - Key Chamber issues head to Governor Many important Chamber issues are awaiting action by Governor Vilsack. If you have an interest in any of these bills, now is the time to contact Governor Viisack! Property Tax: The House and Senate passed a $70 million property tax reduction bill supported by the Chamber. Governor Vilsack is likely to sign hhis bill and the chamber supports this bill Itow to contact the Governor Governor Tom Vilsack State Capitol Building Des Moines, IA 503 19 Telephone: (5 15) 281-5211 Fax: (5 15) 281-6611 E-mail: torr~ vi ls ack~ ig ov. staB. ia~ us Income Tax: The House and Senate passed a $74 million income tax reduction bill This bill increases the pension income deduction, increases personal and dependent credits, and increases the head of household deduction. Governor Viisack has indicated he will veto this legislation while the Chamber supports this bill Condemnation/Annexation (I-IF 476): This bill has passed both the House and the Senate in identical form and is on its way to the Governor. The Governor is likely to sign this bill unless he hears a reason not to. THE CHAMBER OPPOSES THIS BILL. Reasons I-IF 476 deserves to be vetoed: 1. k reduces the ability of a local government to maintain site control, an important first step in the recruitment of development prospects; 2. It creates a major obstacle to development of industrial and technology parks by limiting condemnation of land to a specific project; 3. It encourages "sprawl" by steering developers (including local governments) to the least e~ensive, available property, no matter where this property is located. It encourages spot development; 4. It singles out agricultural property and ranks this land above other types of property such as residential Private prop ~3, rights should apply to all Iowans; 5. It favors large Iowa communities and larger development projects over smaller Iowa communities and smaller projects, which do not qualify for the New Jobs and Income program; 6. It perpetuates a piecemeal approach to land use by focusing on only one of several economic development tools - - condenmation - - rather than considering total land use planning. The Legislature will deal with land use planning next session and it should be studied together, as an entire picture; condemnation is only one piece of the whole; 7. It gives the Compensation Commission members new authority for which they are not qualificcL These citizens currently decide ~e price of disputed land, How many citizens will want to serve when they realize lhey may be lobbied by other communities or may even be sued? 8. Iowa has the slowest growth ram among neighboring states except for North Dakota. It is the fifth slowest growing state in the nation. There is no proof in Iowa of an excess of condemnations for industrial purposes, and we want NO additional limitations to our growth. Contact Governor Viisack before Monday, May 3 and ask that he veto ItF 476. This service is provided to all members of the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce and occurs on a monthly basis. For more informallen on any of these issues, comments or complaints, please contact Cole Chase at 319-33 7-9637, Fax at 338-9958 or via E-mail cchase~.icarea. com. To: fitkins, Steoc Prom: Cole Cbasc#IC_ChamSer 84/38/99 18|14|19 883 'To argocare For ~ vT~brant local e~oaorny, provide oppormnitu~s and valuable serwicea to our members and costrzl~te to the qulaty of Me lo Johnson Coun~ " Workforce Development: The bill known as the Accelerated Career Education bill passed both chambers and is on its way to Governor Vilsack for his consideration. The Chamber supports this bill. Electric Utility Restructuring: The Electricity Restructuring bill (PIF 740) will be carried over to the 2000 legislative session. For information on this issue, go to www. iowaelectricchoiee. com on the' Intemet. Please join the Economic Growth committee to discuss the Proposed Constitutional Amendments Date: May 20, 1999 Time: 7:15 am Location: Mercantile Bank Board Room (Downtown Office) Featured guests: David and Jean Stanley This ~v~nt is open to all Chamber m~mb~rs but scaring is limitc~l. Plcasv RSVP to the Chamber (337-9637) no later than May 10, 1999. Tax tidbit Often we hear elected officials refer to the 8-10 limit when referring to taxation. The 8-10 limit refers to the level at which jurisdictions can tax property. State law limits property tax levels to $8.10 per $1000 of the assessed value of a property. This limit applies only to taxation for the C~neral Fund and other levies -- such as the school levy --- are allowed LATIA, HARRIS, HANON and PENNINGROTH to Sponsor 1999 LEGISLATIVE ROUNDTABLE SERIES I am happy to announce that Latta, Hams, Hanon andPenningroth will be the sponsors of the 1999 Legislative Roundtable Series. The intent of this series is to afford our members an opportunity to meet with varions state leaders to · Advance the Chamber position on various issues, · Discuss the role of johnson County in the future of the state, · Provide an increased awareness of the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce and our Community, and · Develop increased interest and participation in Chamber legislative committees and activities. Target groups for the 1999 Roundtable Series will include the Governor, the Senate Majority Leader and President of Senate, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House and House Majority Leader, House Minority Leader and the Heads of various Departments germane to the interests of the Chamber. Look for more information on this series in mid-June. Please contact the opportunities. INew Service: 'i Chamber at 337-9637 for other sponsorship HEALTH CENTER USA KICK-OFF As part of the Health Center USA initiative, Disney Institute's top notch program, "The Disney Keys to Service Excellence," will be in Iowa City for a half day training for all area businesses. Thursday, June 17, 1999 12:30 to 5:00 p.m. Radisson on Highlander Plaza Call Jane Murphy at 337-9637 for more information. Electronic version of the Government Update. This saves time, money and paper. '.Fo receive your electronic version. of the Government Update, e-mail Cole Chase at cchaseC.~icarea. com. Please put "Government Update" in the subject field. This service is provided to all members of the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce and occurs on a monthly basis. For more information on any of these issue& comments or complaints, please contact Cole Chase at 319-33 7-9637, Fax at 338-9958 or via E-mail cchase@icarea. com. Consider this... John Beckord, President Gbeckord@icarea. com) Local option postmortem 05-07-99 ~ IP16 ow that Johnson County voters N have made their views on a local option sales tax abundanfiy clear, the analysis, second-guessing, and sorting- out process is in full swing. I am hoping you might appreciate a summary of what I have been hearing from other members of the Area Chamber about the outcome. Too complicated I have heard many people, both proponents and opponents of the tax, suggest that the issues were far too complicated for the average voter. Most members with this point of view are referring to the Iowa City ballot initiative which one member suggested, "read like a grocery shopping list." A related argument is that the multi- jurisdictional nature of the collection and distribution of the tax fueled a debate on the fairness of the tax as it relates to where the tax would have been collected versus where the tax revenues would have been spent. This is not uncommon looking around the state, but the recent addition of Coral Ridge Mall to our local retail base added a unique and controversial dimension to the debate. The wrong focus Lack of commitment to local property tax relief has been mentioned by some as an explanation for the failure of the referendum. I hear comments about members' frustrations with their property tax liability every week. Some observers believe the tax had a chance if it would have focused on property tax relief instead of addi- tional spending. I should note that many other members feel quite differently. about property taxes. They argue that when you look at your property tax bill you should ask what you get for your money. Great schools, parks and recreation programs, law enforcement, lure protection, library services, trans- portation services, and health and human services, just to name a few. It is an interesting debate between people who agree on many other issues of public policy. Just a bad idea Another group of voters I have heard from--loud and dear I might add --are at the end of their proverbial taxation rope and will not vote for any increase in taxes. Period. Their unlikely allies in the recent referendum were those who intensely dislike sales taxes because they are regressire. It is my impression that these two camps have litde in common politically except they oppose sales taxes. One interesting observation from a few members is that combing the votes of the No New Taxes camp and the No Regressive Taxes camp may result in enough votes to defeat any future local option tax referendum, regardless of how the tax revenues would be spent. This point is particularly interesting to me because in 1998 the Iowa Legisla- ture enabled school districts to initiate local option tax referendums as long as the revenues were earmarked for school infrastructure. Referendums have already passed in Sioux City and Davenport where the local option tax now totals two cents on a dollar. If it is true that these two very different political camps can combine to defeat a local option tax referendum regardless of how the revenues would be allo- cated, our local school board would be misguided to consider a local option tax as a potential source of revenue for our school system. Only a fairly sophisti- cated survey of voters in the Iowa City Community School District could determine if this conclusion is valid. This is a very fragmented commu- nity in a purely political sense. Even within the membership of the Area Chamber, the feedback I received on this issue was remarkably diverse. Your Board of Directors did not shy away from taking a position on what was a volatile issue. We had a handful of members drop their memberships, but a vast majority of the members I heard from appreciated: 1) the Chamber's willingness to take a stand, and 2) our focus on trying to help voters under- stand what was, in fact, an exceedingly complicated referendum. Moving ahead It's time to move on. Challenges and opportunities demand our attention. I would like to extend a special thanks to the volunteers who served on the local option task force and all the volunteers who offered their opinions and perspectives to me during the last few months. Your thoughtfulness and passion have been inspiring. ':* 85/85/99 88|41:1~ ~19-~54-4~1~ -~ +~1995~5889 I0~ CITV CLERK Johnson County ]IOWA Jonathan Jordahl, Chair Charles D. Duffy Michael E. Lehman Sally StuBman Carol Thompson BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Agenda Boardroom - 2nd Floor Johnson County Administration Building 913 South Dubuque Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 May 6, 1999 FORMAL MEETING Call to order 9:00 a.m. 2. Action re: 3. Action re: 4. Action re: claims formal minutes of April 29m payroll authorizations 5. Business from the County Auditor a) Action re: permits b) Action re: reports c) Other 6. Business from the County Attorney a) Discussion/action to approve Eastdale lease for Department of Human Services space including remodeling plans. b) Other 913 SOUTH DUBUQUE ST. P.O. BOX 1350 IOWA CITY, IOWA 52244-1350 TEL: (319) 356-6000 FAX: (319) 356-6086 B5/05/99 BB;41|3G 319-3~4-~213 -> +3193565BB9 IOWfi CITY CLERK Page BB2 Agenda 5-6-99 Page 2 7. Business from the Board of Supervisors a) b) c) d) e) g) h) i) j) Motion to authorize the Johnson County Auditor to enter into an agreement with EideBailly L.L.P. for audit services for fiscal years 1999-2003 as follows: FY1999 670hours $25,000 FY2000 670 hours $25,500 FY2001 670 hours $26,000 FY2002 670 hours $26,500 FY2003 670 hours $27,000 Motion accepting bid from L. L. Pelling Company, Inc. to perform maintenance on the seal coat road system throughout Johnson County, and authorizing the Chair to sign the contract in the amount of $371,273.00. Discussion/action re: awarding contract for seed and fertilizer to be used in 1999 and authorizing chair to sign the contract. Action re: Proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week for May 16-22, 1999. Discussion/action re: appointing Jonathan Jordahl as alternate to the Highway 965 Extension Study Committee. Discussion/action re: Discussion/action re: Assessment. Discussion/action re: Discussion/action re: Other recommendation for Central GIS Coordinator. sending out request for proposals for GIS Needs Proclamation for 160th Anniversary of Iowa City. fireworks permit(s). 8. Adjourn to informal meeting 9. Adjournment a) Reports and inquiries from the County Attomey ,~ b) Inquiries and reports from the public ~ :~: c) Reports and inquiries from the members of the Board of S~s~s ~'~ d) Other ,-~ '-" ~ : ~.,, ...... April 26, 1999 Mr. Ron Logsden Manager, Iowa City Transit 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mr. Logsden: This lctter provides support to tile City Counci l's consideration of extending hourly bus routes to North Dodge Street and the NCS fhcility. The benefits of this proposal to Iowa City Transit and NCS are numerous, including tile opporttmity for increased ridership and additional com~nuting options fbr NCS employees. NCS currently employs 1015 regular employees and 800+ temporary staff, a number which is expected to increase and peak during the month of May, continuing through June. We have another peak season in fall dnring w'hich ti~ne we anticipate hiring 500 temporaries. NCS will encourage employee ridership of the expanded bus service by offering the following: · Bus passes will be available lbr purchase by employees through the Human Resources depamnent. We are exploring the possibility of payroll deduction. · Monthly bus passes will be available through NCS' Rewards and Recognition Program. This progrmn encourages employees to recognize co-workers who go beyond normal job duties by awarding an item of special interest. · NCS w'ill pay tile cost of four joint advertisements in tile Iowa City Press Citizen li2aturing the expanded bus service. · Posters will be displayed throughout tile IC NCS facility announcing tile expanded service and encouraging employees to ride. ~'~ addition to the abo:'e. vC~ ,~'i~ give a o;:c--time cash donation of $' 00a to lo:va City T Thank you for your consideration of expanded bus service to the NCS facility on North Dodge Street. Sincerely, ~nor Vice President, Measurement Services Richard J. Schwab Vice President, Government Services National Computer Systems P.O. Box 30 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 05/18/99 88:4fi:82 319-354-4213 -> +31935fi5809 IDOfi CITY CLERX Page 801 Johnson Coun~ I Jonathan Jordahl, Chair Charles D. Duffy Michael E. Lehman Sally Stutsrnan Carol Thompson BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Agenda Boardroom - 2nd Floor Johnson County Administration Building 913 South Dubuque Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 May 11, 1999 INFORMAL MEETING 1. Call to order 9:00 a.m. 2. Review of the formal minutes of May 6th 3. Business from Jay Honohan re: Senior Center update. discussion Business from Merlin Studt, Mayor of Solon re: Highway 1 improvements between Iowa City and Mount Vernon. discussion/action needed 5. Animal Control budget/discussion/action needed a) How are costs assessed now (Misha Goodman-Herbst, Iowa City Animal Control Supervisor) 356-5297 b) Costs incurred by other county departments, i.e. Sheriff, Public Health and others. c) How could animal control be handled differently? 1. Discussion/designation of a committee to review animal control costs and ordinances for Johnson County. d) Other 913 SOUTH DUBUQUE ST. P.O. BOX 1350 IOWA CITY, IOWA 52244-1350 TEL: (319) 356-6000 FAX: (319) 356-6086 85/18/99 08:46:31 319-354-4Z13 -> +3193565889 IOW~ CITY CLERE Page 88Z Agenda 5-11-99 Page 2 6. Business from the County Auditor a) Discussion/action needed re: and Expenditures. b) Other review of FY '99 Department Revenues 7. Business from the Board of Supervisors g. Discussion from the public 9. Recess a) Discussion/action needed re: Fiscal Committee budget calendar, budget monitory tool. b) Discussion/action needed re: Resolution 05-13-99-B1 transferring from the interest earned in the Capital Projects Fund remain in the Capital Projects Fund. c) Discussion/action needed re: Resolution 05-13-99-B2 transferring from the interest earned in the Capital Expenditures Fund remain in the Capital Expenditures Fund. d) Discussion/action needed re: setting a work session to prepare evaluations for the Ambulance Director and Planning and Zoning Administrator prior to May 20th. e) Discussion/action needed re: meeting with representatives of The University of Iowa. f) Discussion/action needed re: appointment to the Johnson County Cluster/Social Welfare Board for a term ending December 31, 1999. g) Discussion/action needed re: appointment to the Johnson County Historic Preservation Commission for a term ending December 31, 2001. h) Minutes received 1. Johnson County Board of Social Welfare/Cluster Board for April 12, 1999 2. Hawkeye Area Community Action Program for April 14, 1999 i) Reports j ) Other 1999 PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS PROJECTS BID TO DATE PROJECT ESTIMATE LOW BID DIFF. Sand Pit Pump Station Summit Street Bridge College St. Water Main Downtown Streetscape River St.NVolf Ave. Recon. 1999 Curb Ramp Project 1999 Asphalt Resurfacing IAIS/Crandic Interchange IC Civic Center Add. & Ren. Foster Road Imp. Kiwanis Park 590,000 1,246,000 203,650 1,809,700 2,306,283 270,000 1,049,751 803,950 1,548,000 6,353,000 280,600 799,325 1,292,897 254,345 2,025,973 2,888,645 189,355 1,123,202 689,971 1,887,000 4,946,238 338,477 209,325 46,897 50,695 216,273 582,362 80,645 73,451 113,979 NOt Awarded 1,406,762 57,877 TOTAL CUMULATIVE DIFFERENCE 362,506 REMAINING PROJECTS PROJECT ESTIMATE COMMENT Westminster San. Sewer Hwys. 1 & 6 Turn Lanes Iowa Ave. Parking Facility Willow Creek Trail San. Sewer Linings Landfill Scalehouse Civic Center, 3ru FlOOr Public Works Facility Transit Facility Gas Coil. Chauncey Swan Fntn. Iowa River Power Dam 620,000 92,200 10,924,000 400,000 30,000 920,000 1,200,000 1,500,000 120,000 30,000 1,501,400 Bid Date: May 25 Construction: Late Summer Bid Date: June 3 Construction: Late Summer Construction: Late Summer Bid Date: July 7 Bid Date: June 10 Construction: Late Summer Bid Date: June 8 Bid Date: June 24 Bid Date: May 12 TOTAL PROJECTED ESTIMATE 17,337,600 Will you accept a tax increase? ff yes, go on (* tax increase) Yes No '1. No change in budget - capital or operational * 2. Submit a library (when?) addition/renovation referendum · Red,uce operations of library to pay sta~ff/i!n~cidenta,I e x pen se s · Consider Civic Center tax(?) .13½¢. audi.torium Keep auditorium a part of it Reserve a portion of 64-1 a for hotel expansion for additional If not take out * 3. Semior Center- policy - will remain downtown · Lease 2nd floor of ramp Center- no bands N,o additional space available now Senior Dining et. al must make do ? Wi;ll County support ? Will County continue 20% share - future expansion for Resolve program policy issue before proceeding * 4. Storm Water * · Use G.O. Debt wherever practical · Commit to utility fee to support rngr/taxincr.doc Suggestions for Re-budgeting to Accommodate Operating Expenses Associated with Library Expansion/Replacement Councilor Norton May 12, 1999 A. Some Possibilities 1. Police Add one less new officer, or allow attrition to accomplish this reduction by the beginning of FY02, saving $30 - $50K, depending on how the change is accomplished. Consider seriously a public safety role for a volunteer auxiliary to help deter problems in certain areas, e.g., the CBD. Fire Add just two in '01, rather than three as planned, then make re-assignments from the main station to provide the required minimum staffing at the new #4. Saving: $50K. As with the Police Dept., perhaps well-trained volunteers could help stretch the force. Must all three emergency units respond to all calls? Information Services Add either the Webmaster in the '00 plan, or the Programmer/Analyst in the '01 plan, but not both, saving at least $50K. May need to hire a consultant to help design the Website, but that wouldn't need to be a continuing commitment. Library The Library should be asked to get along with one less professional than planned, thus restricting the added operating costs to something less than $150K. The County contract and State reimbursements should help. And of course, volunteers continue to be an important resource. B. Other Thoughts 1. Review sharing of JCCOG costs. 2. Review size and use of reserves. 3. Consider charges for police assistance at special events. 4. Is it time again to review the Assessor's office? CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION PACKET May 14, 1999 IP1 Memorandum from Meeting MAY 12 WORK SESSION ITEM Jesse Singerman (IC Public Library Board of Trustees): Joint IP2 IP3 MAY 17 WORK SESSION ITEMS Letter from Mark Moore (Iowa Workforce Development): Workforce Investment Act Memorandum from City Clerk: Absence Policy for Boards and Commissions IP4 IP5 IP6 IP7 IP8 IP9 IPlO IPll IP12 IP13 IP14 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS Memorandum from City Manager: Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule Letter from Finance Director to Donald Swanson (Mayor, University Heights): Fiscal Year 2000 Contract between the City of University Heights and the City of Iowa City for Transit Service Letter from JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner to Goosetown Neighborhood & Adjoining Residents: Potential Traffic Calming in the Goosetown Neighborhood - City Council Results Email from Luke Keller to Council Member Norton: The Price of Fines [staff response included in Council packet] Capital Improvements Program - FY99 Budget to Actual for the Nine Months Ending March 31, 1999 Letter from Marc Moen to Area Fire Departments: Appreciation IC Transit Public Input Meeting Comment Form: Harry R. Smith Newsletter: River Street/Woolf Avenue Reconstruction Release: Phase II Iowa City Downtown Streetscape Improvements Meeting Notice: May 26 - Iowa City/Coralville Deer Management Committee Agendas: May 13 JC Board of Supervisors Memo from City Engineer regarding Landfill Recycling Center Project. Memo from PCD Director regarding Peninsula Project. Information Packet May 14, 1999 page 2 Memo from Chamber of Commerce regarding Forum on proposed constitutional amendments. Agenda for the 5/18 informal meetings of the Board of Supervisors. Article "Measure may alter finances" (states accounting system) Memo from CIty Clerk regarding absence. Article "Experts debate tax amendments" owa City Public Library 123 South Linn · Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1820 Susan Craig, Director · Information (319)356-5200 · Business (3'19) 356-5206 · Fax (3'19) 356-5494 05-14-99 IP1 Date: To: From: 5/13/99 City Council Jesse Singerman, President Library Board of Trustees May 17 meeting I was requested to provide you with a list of the questions the Library Board of Trustees wants to discuss at our joint meeting on May 17. We are seeking your guidance as we move ahead with plans for a library building expansion and we hope to answer the following questions: · We have asked the Council to hold parcel 64 1-A for possible use by the Library. Is this acceptable? Are there any restrictions you would place on the Library's use of this parcel? Please note that we feel parking is an important element if this site is used for a new library. · Alternatively, would you accept a plan that involved acquisition of new property by the City, or should we restrict ourselves to potential sites already owned? · In the event we reconunend a new building would you be willing to assign a City staff member to develop a plan for disposition of the current building? We believe this will be important information for the public to have. · Additionally, it would be very helpful if you would clarify for the public that since the City has had difficulty finding the additional operating funds needed for an expansion of the downtown library, you could not afford the additional funds needed to support a branch library at this time. On Wednesday the City Manager spoke about the possibility of using a 13 ½ cent levy the Council could use to fund operations of a civic center and there was discussion of using these funds to support the public meeting room component of the Library. The Board of Trustees has not had an opportunity to discuss this issue as a group, but I believe there would be interest in this assistance as long as the role of meeting rooms in the public library is protected. The possibility of expanded space for public meetings is also a possibility, I have attached information regarding estimated costs for a new stand-alone library on 64 1-A and estimated costs for expanding the current building on to 64 I-A. The purpose of presenting you this information is simply to show that our guess of $15M - $17M for a library project is a reasonable assumption. The information is not a proposal from us about what should be done with the library. We will make a final building recommendation to you later in the sum~ner following our planning process. This process will include opportunity for public input and a thorough review of the various options available. Thank you for your support of the Library. We are looking forward to our joint ~neeting. 2 Ms. Susan Craig Director iowa City Public Library 123 South Lyrm Street iowa City, iowa 52240 May 4, 1999 Re Magnitude Cost Comparison Dear Susan, Per your request we have taken a cursory look at the costs for two library expansion options: a.) building a new library of 81,000 square feet on site 64-1A, or b.) expanding the existing library over the College Street pedestrian mall at the second level with supporting columns and elevators on site 64-1A. In each case we have figured in parking at a lower level and for option b.) we have assumed temporary surface parking at grade in addition to the sub-surface parking. The reason for this is that foundation for the addition will necessitate an excavation of at least on half of the site. If full use of the land is going to demand future parking for the library it should be built now. The cost to put underground parking in later will be cost prohibitive. Scenario a.) Build a new 81,000 square feet public library building on the levels with underground parking accessible through the Burlington Street ramp. Construction Cost Contractor OH & P Underground Parking ll7'stalls Construction Contingency at 5% Design Contingency at 10% FFE (Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment e $16/s.f. Moving Expenses (allowances) Reimbursable Expenses (allowances) Land Cost Automation/Telecommunications 81,000s.f. @ $110/s.f. 1.10 x 8,910,000 @ $1Z000/stall Sub Total Sub Total Sub Total Sub Total Grand Total 8,910,000 9,801,000 1,404,000 11,205,000 560,250 11,765,250 1,179,515 12,941,775 1,210,210 15,447,985 50,000 100,000 0 0 15,597,985 ] North Broadway Milwaukee, Wisconsin 5 engberganderson.com 414 207 7000 FX 414 207 7100 Page 2 May 4, 1999 Scenario b.) Remodel existing library building after construction of 80,000 square feet second floor addition over College Street pedestrian mall and a portion of site 64-1A. In this scenario we would not expand the second floor over the existing library (7,200 s.f. at $140/s.f.) because of expense. The existing lobby and pedestrian mall (south) fagade would be demolished and rebuilt and ~0,000 square foot of the first floor would be "gutted" and remodeled. Surface parking will be bunt above underground parking on site 64-1A. First Floor: Second Floor: Demolition 6,000 sf @ $5/sf 20,000 Remodel 30,000sf @ $110/sf 3,300,000 Demolition Remodel Addition 21,800 sf @ $110/sf 30,000 sf @ $115/sf Sub Total Contracts OH/P @ 10% (1.10x 8,960,000) Surface Parking 117 spaces x $350/stall Underground Parking 117 spaces x $12,000/stall Sub Total Construction Contingency at 5% Design Contingency at 10% FF& E (Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment) A & E Fee 8.5% (includes interiors) Sub Total Sub Total Sub Total Moving Expense (allowance) multiple moves Reimbursable Expenses (allowance) Collection Acquisition Automation/Telecommunications Grand Total 2,180,000 3,450,000 8,960,000 9,856,000 411,250 1,404,000 11,671,250 583,562 1,16Z125 13,421,937 1,296,000 14,71Z937 1,251,024 15,968,961 100,000 100,000 0 0 16,168,961 Please note that ff the underground parking is not built along with surface parking we believe it will be cost prohibitive to build it at a later date. Scenario b.) without underground parking would cost less as shown below: $16,168,961 1,404,000 $14,764,961 Grand Total Underground Parking Net w/o Underground Parking Page 3 May 4,1999 Ftmction / Disruption Summary We need to underscore ~hat these costs have been projected from Me-of-thumb methodologies and that several levels of cost estimating will be required based on a real program, and a real design. What these two estimates show is that the two scenarios are roughly comparable in cost. However, based on our preliminary understanding of the program as it will relate to the plan organization of each scenario, we believe that scenario a) a new building on site 64-1A is far superior to scenario b) because it will be a more efficient layout with fewer oddly shaped areas allowing greater flexibility. In terms of staff utilization scenario a) is more flexible and it will have better time/distance ratios for the staff which translates into greater efficiency. From a long-range maintenance perspective, scenario a) will cost less to heat and cool with less surface area than scenario b). Scenario a) will have a much less complex roof form suggesting that water penetration will be less likely than scenario b). Aesthetically, we know that without integrating any structure below the expansion area of scenario b) that it would look and feel awkward and incomplete. Scenario a) has every advantage for success aesthetically over scenario b) because all aspects of interface with the mall, the parking garage and the streetscape can be controlled. Finally, the disruption of services to the public and extreme inconvenience to the staff during construction in the case of scenario b) due to multiple moves suggest that in-place occupancy during the construction period would not be workable. In Litis case it would be prudent to find an alternate library location for the construction period. This would cost minimally 10/sf or 47,500 sf x $10/sf = $475,000/per.year for rent plus the inconvenience and cost of planning the interim move. We do not recommend scenario b). Please keep us informed of your progress with the board and the City Council regarding this issue. Sinc , rg, AIA, NCARB Partner CME/ag I 0 W A DEVELOPMEIIT Thomas J. Viisack Governor Salkj J. Pederson Lt. Governor Deborah L Dessert Acting Director Iota Workforce Development 150 Des Moines SIreet Des Moines, IA 50309-5563 Phone 515-281-9328 April 28, 1999 The Honorable Ernie Lehman City of Iowa City 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 ? o Dear Mayor Lehman I request to be on the May 17th Work Session Agenda of the City Council so I can discuss the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and the responsibilities that local elected officials have concerning this Act. This Act replaces the present Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) with a new and expanded delivery system. It requires that twelve or more various employment and training programs funded by federal funds create a One-Stop System that is locally controlled and meets the needs of the local area. This One-Stop System should provide workers with the information, advice, job search assistance and training they need to get and keep good jobs. It should also provide employers with the skilled workers they need. The Workforce Investment Act requires that the Chief Elected Officials appoint a local board to assist them in developing strategic workforce development plans, in selecting service providers, and overseeing the delivery of employment and training activities in their local area. Region l 0 is a seven county area that includes Iowa City and Johnson County. We are inviting all seven counties and the cities of Cedar Rapids, Coralville, and Iowa City to form a consortium to become the Chief Elected Officials for Region 10. I need about a half of an hour to have a dialogue with you and the council concerning this Act. During this time I will explain the responsibilities of the Chief Elected Official and the liabilities that go with this. Enclosed is a copy of the handout that I use during my presentation. Please advise me if I will be able to attend your May 17th meeting. You can reach me at the address on this letter. My direct telephone number is (515) 281-9026. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Thank you for your attention concerning this important matter. ~. Moo~e Workforce Development Consultant FAX S15-281-9096 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 Summary The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) is the result of a seven-year bipartisan effort to coordinate and integrate employment, training and educational services. Upon implementation, the Job Training Partnership Act is replaced with a broader based service delivery system. Several key elements of the Act offers an innovative and creative perspective and approach to an integrated workforce delivery system including streamlining services, empowering individuals, universal access, increased accountability, collaborations and partnerships, improved quality with local and state fle,'dbility. WIA embraces the One Stop delivery system providing information and access to a wide array of job training, education, and employment services at a single site. Universal access to core services such as job placement, counseling, assessment, and labor market information offer the customer greater choice and access to service. In addition it provides service providers greater opporttmity to integrate delivery of these services in a seamless service delivery system. Information on the performance of training and service providers will be made available to the customer via the One-Stop Centers. The Act allows states that have adopted reform legislation to "grandfather" pans of their system. The Act permits and encourages the submission of unified State plans to ensure coordination of, and to avoid duplication between workforce development and education activities. The plan continues to be subject to the requirements df the plan or application under the Federal stature authorizing the program. 14 programs are specified to be included, including programs under the Workforce Investment Act, Wagner-Peyser, Carl Perkins Act, Welfare to Work, and Unemployment Compensation. Local Workforce Investment Boards are appointed by the Chief Local Elected Officials. Existing boards can be "grandfathered;" however, even if that happens, future appointments will be nominated and appointed by the Local Elected Officials. Legislation calls for Local Governance. Functions of the local board are in parmership with the Chief Elected Official of the area. Responsibilities include selecting the one-stop operator(s), selecting eligible service providers, program oversight, negotiating performance measurements and coordinating employment and training programs with economic development initiatives. Local Elected Officials are the grant recipient and are liable for the use of WIA funds. LEOs may select a sub-recipient to serve as fiscal agent but still retain the liability. Workforce Investment Act Signed Into Law August 7, 1998 Workforce Investment Act · Replaces Job Training Programs (JTPA) With WIA · Requires Greater Coordination Between Education and Workforce Development Programs-Unified Plan · "Codifies" the One-Stop Career Center System · Allows Iowa to 'Grandfather' Portions of its Current System IOWA'S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM -l Local Elected Officials · County Supervisors and Mayors of Municipalities 50,000 and Higher · Local Agreement for Sharing Liability and Responsibilities · Select Chairperson · Local Agreement with Local Board for Sharing of Responsibilities Local Elected Officials · LEO Consortium Serves As the Grant Recipient · Liability · Sub Recipient/Fiscal Agent · Agreement With Governor Local Boards · Grandfather existing RAB structure and members as the Workforce Investment Boards (WIB). · New Boards for modified Region 11 and Carroll Region. Local Boards- New Appointment PrOcess · Local Elected Officials (LEOs) submit recommended names to Governor · Governor may add or remove and then sends back to LEOs for final selection · Guidelines of SF2409, WIA and other laws are followed Local Board In Partnership With CEO · Selects One-Stop Operator · Negotiates Local Performance Measures With IWD · Develops Memo of Understanding With One-stop Partners · Develops Local Budget for Itself · Conducts Oversight Local Workforce Investment Board · Develop 5 Year Local Strategic Plan · Appoint Youth Council · Coordinates Workforce Investment Activities With Economic Development Activities · Identifies Eligible Providers of Adult & Youth Services One-Stop Operator Selection [] Selected by Local Board and Chief Elected Official [] Through Competitive Process OR [] Consortium of 3 or More One-Stop Partners OR [] Existing One-Stop Delivery System (CSP) One-Stop Operator Role [] Coordinate Service Providers [] May Be Provider of WIA Services [] Local Board and Chief Elected Official Decision Required One-Stop Partners WIA Title I SERVICE PROVIDERS · Adults · Dislocated Workers · Youth · Native American Programs · Migrant & Seasonal Farm Workers · Veteran Workforce Programs · Job Corps Required One-Stop Partners · Wagner-Peyser (IWD) · Unemployment Insurance (IWD) · Senior Community Service Employment Activities - Title V Older Americans Act · Adult Ed & Literacy Activities (Title II) · Title I of Rehabilitation Act of 1973 · TAA & NAFTA Assistance (IWD) 2 Required One-Stop Partners · Welfare to Work · Veteran Services Under Chapter 41, Title 38 (LVER & DVOP) (IWD) · Employment & Training Activities Under Community Block Grants · HUD Employment & Training Activities · Post Secondary Vocational Education Activities Under Carl Perkins Optional One-Stop Partners · TANF Programs · Work Programs - Food Stamps · Employment Training Programs - Food Stamps · National & Community Service Programs · Other Appropriate Programs · Local Decision One-Stop Partner Role [] Services Must Be Available Through the One-Stop Delivery System [] Use Portion of Funds Available to Partner's Program to · Establish One-Stop Delivery System · Provide Core Service to Adults and Dislocated Workers 4 Next Implementation Steps · Develop Local Agreement for LEO Consortium · Appointment of Youth Council · Selection of 1-Stop Operator · Selection of Service Providers · Development of Local Agreements and Service Delivery Plans Implementation Date · Iowa Workforce Development Board's Recommendation to the Governor: "No later then July 1, 2000." Recommended Boundaries ~,,,~,~,e · ....... ~ ...... · ~ · ~'~i~ ',~;!~Io,, ........ ,,.'~,~.~c,~°"cny PLYMOtH CHEROKEE BUE~ VISTA P~AHONTAS HUMBOLDT WRJG~ FRANKLIN BUTLER BREMER ..... 1%1.,...~, .......,. ......, ..... ' ' ' . ...... . Regions are not m consecuhve order No region ~s ~denhf~ed as Region 8 · Itinerant Service · Primary and Satellite Centers An Equal Employment Opportunity Agency 70 9626 (1-99) City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM 05-14-99 IP3 DATE: TO: FROM: RE: May 13, 1999 Mayor and City Council Marian K. Karr, City Clerk Absence Policy for Boards and Commissions Council deferred discussion of the proposed absence policy for Boards and Commissions at their May 3 work session, and asked that information be provided in this week's packet. Attached is a copy of the memo sent to all Boards and Commissions stating the policy and requesting their input. Also attached is copies of minutes and/or memos received. Please contact me with any further questions you may have. City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM DATE: TO: FROM: RE: March 8, 1999 Staff of City Boards and Commissions Marian K. Karr, City Clerk ~ Absence Policy for City Boards and Commissions The City Council Rules Committee has proposed a City wide Board and Commission Absence Policy. After discussion the City Council recommended input on the following proposal prior to Council action. Please review the policy with your Board or Commission and submit written comments to me by April 30. 1. Absence of a board or commission member from more than 20% of the meetings in any successive 12 month period after the date of their appointment shall constitute just cause for removal from office. After notification from the staff of a Board or Commission of such absence, the City Clerk will advise City Council in writing and provide a copy to the board or commission member. 2. In accordance with Chapter 372.15 of the Code of Iowa, persons appointed to a Board or Commission by the City Council may be removed only by that body. Such removal must be by written order (resolution) filed with the City Clerk with a copy sent to the member by certified mail. The order must set forth the reason for the removal and must explain that it is subject to the right of the member, within thirty (30) days from the mailing date, to file with the City Clerk a request for a hearing before the City Council on all issues related to the removal. The hearing shall be held within thirty (30) days of the date the request is filed, unless the member involved requests a later date. In the event no hearing is requested the order for removal stands and a vacancy is announced on that Board or Commission. 3. A Board or Commission member who has accumulated one-half of the maximum number of permitted absences will receive from the City Clerk, upon notification from the staff of a Board or Commission of such absence, a written reminder of this policy. Such reminder will be sent prior to the next meeting of the Board or Commission. absence.doe AIRPORT COMMISION AIRPORT ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AIRPORT ZONING COMMISSION ANIMAL CONTROL ADVISORY BOARD BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT X ' BOARD OF APPEALS BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES X BOARD OF REVIEW CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT X HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION X PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION X PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION POLICE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD X PROJECT GREEN PUBLIC ART ADVISORY COMMITTEE RIVERFRONT & NATURAL AREAS COMMISSION SENIOR CENTER COMMISSION TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS RESPONDNG TO PROPOSED ABSENCE POLICY Iowa City Board of Adjustment Minutes March 10, 1999 Page 2 OTHER: Rockwell explained that there is a new absence policy currently under consideration by the City Council and asked members for their thoughts. Corcoran stated that the policy seems like overkill, especially the idea of giving a member a warning for missing one meeting. She said she could easily see missing three meetings per year for legitimate reasons. She said the entire process and procedures would need to be spelled out, including what constitutes cause for removal. The policy should allow for legitimate absences (vacation, illness, death in the family, work emergency). She reiterated that the proposed policy seems like overkill. She said removal of a Board member shouldn't be automatic, punitive, arbitrary or capricious. Bender said absences have never been an issue with this group. She noted that the Board would have to change its bylaws or it would be in direct conflict with the new policy. S.he said she understands that the City needs to protect itself; however, if this is implemented, more work would fall on City staff. as well as on the City Council. ' Paul said that he preferred the Board's procedural rules language ~f "three unexplained absences" and believed that Council should continue to leave this up to each individual board and commission. He said he objected to the idea of a volunteer Board member having to go through a public hearing or face removal. He said the City would be treating them under the proposed policy as though they warrant a criminal trial Brandt said that he would like to see each step of the proposed procedure spelled out. For example, would there be a way to appeal? All members agreed that the Board would prefer to retain control of its policy. Brandt and other members agreed that if such a policy is absolutely necessary to maintain consistency among city boards and commissions, and to remove dead wood so that quorums can be achieved and business conducted, the City needs to spell out its procedures. The City needs to allow for legitimate absences in order not to discourage current and potential volunteers from serving. &I owa Ci t3Z. Public Library 123 South Linn · Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1820 Susan Craig, Director · Information (319) 356-5200 * Business (319) 356-5206 · Fax (319) 356-5494 FROM: DATE: Marjan K. Karr, City Clerk Susan Craig, Library Director / 3/29/99 RE2 Proposed Absence Policy for City Boards. and Commissions The Library Board discussed the proposed City wide Board and Commission Absence Policy at their meeting on March 25. They feel the proposed policy is unnecessary and the matter of attendance is most appropriately taken care of at the Board or Commission level. The notification after "accumulation [of] one-half of the maximum number of permitted absences" would result in a member who missed one meeting getting a notice from the City Clerk if the group meets 12 or fewer times per year. The Library Board feels the policy stated in their bylaws of removal due to four consecutive absences from regular meetings is adequate and appropriate. MINUTES IOWA CITY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION CIVIC CENTER, LOBBY CONFERENCE ROOM MARCH 12, 1999 MEMBERS PRESENT: STAFF PRESENT: Lyra Dickerson, Sue Dulek, Mike Kennedy Sylvia Mejia, Machele Wiebel, R.J. Winkelhake OTHERS PRESENT: None. RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY MANAGER AND STAFF: None. RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL: Commissioners recommended that Council accept the certified list for the position of Police Officer. SUMMARY OF RELEVANT DISCUSSION: Chairperson Kennedy called the meeting to order at 8:35 AM. The first order of business was the certified list for the position of Police Officer. Mejia reported 93 applications for Police Officer were received. 60 applicants took the wdtten test, 49 applicants participated in the physical agility test, and 41 applicants were interviewed, resulting in a certified list of 16. Kennedy moved and Dickerson seconded a motion to approve the certified list for Police Officer. Motion carded unanimously. Mejia clarified that the Absence Policy for Board and Commission Members doesn't apply to the Civil Service Commissioners because they don't meet regularly, but rather on an as-needed basis. If the Commission would start meeting frequently on a regular basis it could become an issue, but was not a source of concern at this time. Old Business: None. New Business: None. Dulek moved and Dickerson seconded the motion to adjoum. Motion passed unanimously. Meeting adjoumed at 8:40 AM. Housing and Community Development Commission Minutes March 24, 1999 Page 9 MOTION: Coleman moved to allocate $5,000 to the City of Iowa City Housing Rehab, $5,000 to the Salvation Army for facility improvements and $6,609 to the Greater Iowa City Housing Fellowship for acquisition and rehab. Renquist seconded the motion. The motion carried by a vote of 7-0. " Head said that the Commission is scheduled to present their funding allocation recommendations and justifications to the City Council on April 5. SchmuCh, Moreski and Elltort agreed to work on the justification rationales. NEW BUSINESS: Long handed out the proposed Board and Commission Absence Policy from the City Council. He said the proposed policy is that if a member misses more than 20% of the meetings in a 12- month pedod, which would mean 3 meetings for this Commission, they would be notified by mail and have to go before the City Council, who would decide if the member should be retained or terminated from their Commission or Board position. Stewart said that sometimes members have reasons, such as illnesses, for missing meetings. Long said that the proposed policy would allow members to appeal to the Council in those cases. He said the Council would like input on this proposed policy before April 30. Moraski noted that most Commission and Board members were volunteers, and she thought the current absence policy was working fine. Elltort said he was not in favor of the proposed policy, and said the Council appoints Commission and Board members so they should be able to remove them if they feel the need to do so. Nasby said that he would call Commission members to let them know where the allocation discussion was on the Council's work session agenda. Schmuch asked Commission members if they wanted to set the loan terms and rates for the funding allocations, or if they wanted to have staff do it. Members agreed to have staff do it. ADJOURNMENT: MOTION: Coleman moved to adjourn the meeting. Page seconded the motion. The motion carried by a vote of 7-0, and the meeting was adjourned at 8:20 p.m. Minutes submitted by Tract Wagner. pl:x~cdb,g/mk't/hcdc3-24.1~oc City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM To: The Iowa City City Council From: The Iowa City Human Rights Commission Date: April 28, 1999 The Iowa City Human Rights Commission (HRC) has reviewed the City Council's proposed mandatory attendance policy for all boards and commissions. The HRC is padicularly interested in providing feedback to the Council on the policy because the Commission has recently dealt with this very issue. After several months of discussing, writing and revising the HRC's attendance policy, the Commission has developed a policy that they feel is fair and attainable. The HRC believes that the Council's policy is overly restrictive. If a commissioner may only miss 20 percent of regularly scheduled monthly meetings in a 12 month period, that means a person on the HRC may only miss 2.4 meetings before there may be just cause for dismissal. In addition, if a commissioner will receive a warning letter after missing only half of the allowed amount, a person would receive a letter after only 1.2 meetings. Because it is likely that a health-, family-, or work-related conflict will arise over the course of a year, a number of letters will need to be mailed. The HRC believes that this will create an abundance of extra paperwork for City staff and the Commission would rather not see time and tax dollars spent on such a task. Commissioners also question the wording of "just cause." What constitutes just cause? Who makes the decision that just cause has been found and is there an appeals process for someone who may possibly have valid, justifiable reasons for missing 2.4 meetings? HRC members also stated that the City boards and commissions need to be realistic and remember the human factor. The volunteers on the City boards and commissions are not employees. Most employers, including the University, do not have such a punitive policy. An employee has the opportunity to explain his or her absence. Commissioners would like to see a more lengthy description of the process for finding that a commissioner should be removed with the proposed policy. In addition, commission members are concerned that good candidates may shy away from serving because of this policy. They also note that the policy does not encourage or count other active participation besides regularly scheduled meetings. The HRC's revised policy, however, recognizes active participation. The HRC's revised policy was this Commission's best effort after several discussions and meetings. Members have advised that perhaps Council should look at the HRC's proposed policy rather than start the whole process over again. Iowa Ci~ Human Righ~Commisslon January25,1999 Page 3 9. OLD BUSINESS: Attendance Policy- Revision of the Bylaws Martin stated that a subcommittee had Just ~nalized their Ideas for a revision to the Commisslon's bylaws concerning the attendance policy. She read the current policy, which states: Commissioner shall attend (or have excused absences for) twelve (12) regularly scheduled monthly meetings dudng the calendar year. 1. Commissioners who violate provisions of B above may be asked to resign and be replaced. Excused absences are allowable for personal, work or school related emergencies. The Chairperson or Human Rights Coordinator must be notified of a planned absence in advance of any meeting. Martin explained that the subcommittee reviewed the attendance policy of a number of other Commissions. Most did not have any number of set meetings that a Commission member could miss. She asked Commissioners whether the bylaw should be amended to add 'Three (3) consecutive absences without pdor notice Or four (4) absences within a twelve month pedod without pdor notice may result in a vote by simple majority to 1.) request the resignation of the commissioner in violation of the absence policy or 2.) recommend to City Council that the commissioner in violation of the absence policy be removed;' Martin explained that this could replace point I of the old policy and point 2 would be removed. Iowa City Human Rights Commission January 25, 1999 Page 4 Warren was concemed that a commissioner may feel they have allowance for missing three meetings per year, In addition, she wanted to make sum that a provision for emergencies would be included in the policy. ,- Larew said that they needed to make provisions for events that are not emergencies. Martin said that the words "pdor notification" address that situation. Slmmons-Welbum asked how specific an excuse would need to be because this may have an impact on people's willingness to serve. Martin said that just a general excuse would be fine and commented that the subcommittee struggled with how specific the policy should be, Vincent stated that he agreed with Wan'en's concem because the proposed wording seems to allow for a commissioner to have any number of excused absences with prior notification. Larew agreed that there may be situations where the commissioner has legitimate excuses every single month. Nelson-Kuhn noted that this should not be likely because a commissioner applies to be on the Commission and it is something they want to do. Martin agreed and said that the only time she has seen a problem is when a commissioner has had to be out of town frequently because of work. However, they always received pdor notice. Thomopulos stated that no matter what number is included in the policy, there will be a problem. Vincent suggested that they remove the words "without prior notice." The policy would then state, 'Three (3) consecutive absences or four (4) absences within a twelve month pealed may result in a vote by simple majodty to 1 .) request the resignation of the commissioner in violation of the absence policy or 2.) recommend to City Council that the commissioner in violation of the absence policy be removed." Warren asked if they could make a stronger statement in the bylaws which reminds commissioners of their commitment and the importance of attendance, Vincent said he believes that the first sentence is not at all ambiguous; it speaks to the need to attend and the obligation of the commissioner. Simmons-Welbum added that the commission application materials a parson receives clearly state the need to attend each meeting. Warren asked for clarification on what has changed in the new version. Martjn replied that there were no numbers in the current bylaws. Shank noted that this new policy would replace the entire section B in the bylaws. Warren asked what would happen if a member were to miss several meetings. Martin clarified that the Commission could take a simple majodty vote or make a recommendation to Council. Jehle reminded everyone that the Commission is willing to reschedule meetings to fit with people's schedules, Legally the Commission only needs to provide notice of the public meeting far enough In advance. Larew asked how often they have had special meetings. Shank stated that they have only held one since 1994. Larew asked how a special meeting might impact the attendance policy. Vincent replied that the wording only refers to "regularly scheduled meetings," not special meetings. Iowa City Human Rights Commission January 25, 1999 Page 5 Martin said the commissioners had also expressed concorn about the active partidpation of members. She noted the subcommittee came to the conclusion that it would not be possible to define "active participation." However, they also recognized that the bylaws should state that it is each members responsibility to partialpate in the activities of-the Commission. As a result, they drafted the following statement for the bylaws: "It is each Commissioner's responsibility to take an active role in the work of the Commission. This shall include reviewing human dghts complaints and the investigative file, attending Commission meetings and community/educational functions." Martin said they may want to modify this and that this is something they definitely feel has been missing from the bylaws. Warren asked if the last part of the statement was too passive because it only talks about "attending" rather than participating in the function or being involved in planning the function. Simmons-Welbum stated that some boards and commissions require that a member serve on a subcommittee. Both Simmons-Welbum and Warren agreed that language encouraging subcommittee involvement should be included. Commissioners agreed that the above statement should be modified to read "planning and attending Commission meetings and community/educational functions." Martin stated that she would provide everyone with a copy of the improved version and the Commission could vote on the final version at the next meeting. Team Case Review Vincent reiterated his concam about meeting the team case review deadline of 30 days. He said he is wondedng how they can make the deadline and 'still do justice to all parties involved. Larew asked if the cases could be checked ouL Major said he does not like the idea of checking the cases out because of the seriousness of the documents. Nelson-Kuhn noted that where she works in human services, confidentiality is broken when a document leaves the building. Vincent said he did not see a logical reason why they should not be able to check out a document if they am bound by con~dentiality. He said this would help him to be sure that he had made a reasoned decision because he would not be rushed. Larew asked when the documents would be available to read. Shank noted that they are available all day, In the evenings, and on Saturdays. Thomopulos noted that peop!e who work dudng the day may only have the weekend free. Martin asked if this was a decision the Commission could make from a legal perspective. Shank noted that historically, cases have been checked out only in emergencies (when the case cannot be read at the City). She said this has resulted in problems when the case is not available for review by the other team members or by Shank when there is an immediate question. Vincent asked about making copies. Shank said this is cost-prohibitive. Vincent asked if the Commission encouraged an informal meeting between team members to ensure consensus on their decision. Warren and Major agreed that the team members would talk about each case, but the discussion could take place informally over the telephone. If there was disagreement, the team could get together and talk. CITY OF IOWA CITY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: DATE: RE: Marjan Karr, City Clerk Terry Trueblood, Parks & Recreati.~~~tor April 15, 1999 o~~r~ Proposed Absence Policy f s/Commissions At their meeting of April 14, the Parks and Recreation Commission discussed the proposed Board and Commission Absence Policy. The Commission (with 8 of 9 members in attendance) voted unanimously its preference to follow the absence policy as written in the Parks and Recreation Commission By-laws, as opposed to the proposed policy recommended by the City Council Rules Committee. Some of their concerns expressed included the following: the proposed policy provides no flexibility for members who are absent for valid reasons, other than going through an appeal process such a policy could result in the loss of valuable, contributing members and would be a further detriment to attracting new members The Commission appreciates the intent of the proposal with regard to encouraging better attendance and taking some of the pressure off as it relates to monitoring themselves. They do, however, feel the existing policy under which they are optrating is more appropriate and seems to be working sufficiently. J 5_ Planning and Zoning Commission March 15, 1999 Page 12 the light, it should be shielded so that the bulb is not seen. Gibson said that if the shield keeps the light from shedding onto adjacent property, that would probably take care of what he is talking about. Yapp said staff intends to develop a brochure showing examples. of appropriately and inappropriately shielded light fixtures. Gibson suggested clarifying the first point in staff's report, adding to it after "horizontal plane parallel to the ground", "running through the light fixture". Yapp said he would try to fine tune the language. Ehrhardt discussed the use of lighting as advertising and said she felt the DeliMart lighting is an example of this. Yapp said the City does not currently regulate lights as signs. Supple said the Commission would vote on this item on Thursday. CONSIDERATION OF MARCH 4, 1999 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES: Supple had two amendments for the March 4, 1999 meeting minutes. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION INFORMATION: Miklo distributed a memorandum from the City Council proposing a new absence policy for City boards and commissions. He said the City Council was asking for input in the form of an informal response. Gibson said that someone who attends 80% of the meetings may make a better contribution than someone who attends 100% of the meetings. The consensus of the Commission was that members liked the current more informal policy whereby the CHair would have a discussion with anyone who was missing a lot of meetings to find out why and to resolve the problem. The Commission discussed the letter that was drafted to the Press-Citizen in response to an editorial that was published. Supple said that the letter was never sent on advice from Holecek. Holecek said she recommended that the letter not be sent because it is difficult to respond to something that was ill-formulated. She said the editorial ineptly attempted to ask questions regarding where the affordable housing is and was primarily addressing the City Council. PCRB - MARCH 30th 2 STATUS RE NEW LEGAL COUNSEL The 3/25/99 memorandum regarding update on legal counsel search was reviewed. Stating that there are. plenty of competent attorneys in Johns, on County, P. Hoffey voiced his reservations about interviewing attorneys from Linn County. ANNUAL REPORT PLANNING Deferred POLICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWS The subcommittee had no report. ABSENCE POLICY The Board expressed no concerns regarding the City Council's proposed absence policy for City Boards and Commissions. MEETING SCHEDULE · Regular Meeting April 13, 1999, 7:00 P.M. (J. Watson will be absent) · Special Meeting April 27, 1999, 7:00 P.M. · Community Forum at Broadway Neighborhood Center, April 28, 1999, 7:00 P.M. · Regular Meeting May 11, 1999, 7:00 P.M. · Special Meeting May 25, 1999, 7:00 P.M. Motion by M. Raymond and seconded by P. Farrant to move Item No. 10 on the agenda, to appear after Item No. 14 on the agenda. Motion carried, 5/0, all members present. PUBLIC DISCUSSION None BOARD INFORMATION J. Watson - reported on his attendance at the City Council work session on 3/29/99. To remedy a concern about an inadvertent attempt to identify an officer even though a report doesn't identify an officer, it was the City Attorney's recommendation that the Board develop a standard statement under "Board Procedure" that the number used to identify officers in this report are unique to this complaint and do not correlate with identifying MINUTES PUBLIC ART ADVISORY COMMITTEE THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1999 - 3:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS - CIVIC CENTER MEMBERS PRESENT: Deborah Galbraith, Kevin Hanick, Gary Nagle, N, ancy Purington, Terry Trueblood, Lesley Wright MEMBERS ABSENT: Rick Fosse STAFF PRESENT: Karin Franklin OTHERS PRESENT: Carol Spaziani RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL: The Committee recommended, by a vote of 6-0, that they follow the attendance policy stated in their by-laws. DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED ABSENCE POLICY: Franklin explained the background and purpose for the proposed absence policy. Wright noted the Committee's policy in their by-laws of three consecutive unexcused absences as cause for removal. Hanick suggested that 25% replace 20% in the proposed policy. He said that he thought most of the time a person who could not commit the required amount of time to the Commission would realize that and resign from their Commission position. He said he did not think that this policy was needed because it would create more work to deal with. Galbraith suggested replacing "will be asked" with "may be asked" in the proposed language to give some flexibility. MOTION: Hanick moved to recommend to the City Council that there be no absence policy. Trueblood seconded the motion. Trueblood noted the Committee's current absence policy. Wright said that the Committees and Commissions are comprised of lots of volunteers. Franklin said that her department has had attendance problems over time with different Boards and Commissions, and they have handled it by having the staff liaison for that Committee/Commission meet with the Chairperson to discuss the issue, and if the Chairperson agrees that there is an attendance problem he/she discusses it with the individual causing the problem. Hanick said he thought the Committee's existing policy was fine. MOTION: Galbraith moved to amend the motion to say that the Committee already has an attendance/absence policy that they would like to keep using. Hanick seconded the motion. The amendment carried by a vote of 6-0. The amended motion carried by a vote of 6-0. City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM IP4 Date: May 11, 1999 To: City Council From: City Manager Re: Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule The Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) has begun a review of our building code. This work is done on behalf of the insurance industry and rates the City's code, code compliance and related efforts. The review is called the Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule (BCEGS). Tim Hennes, our Senior Building Inspector, is the primary contact. BCEGS was developed through the combined efforts of the three national model building code organizations and the property/casualty insurance industry. The program evaluates a community's building code enforcement - focusing on natural hazard mitigation. The intent is to encourage code compliant construction thus ultimately reducing catastrophe-related damage and lower insurance costs. The program also includes advisory premium discounts for property insurance written in municipalities with effective codes that are well-enforced. The Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule is an insurance underwriting and information rating tool. It is not for the purposes of determining compliance with any state or local law or regulation, nor is it for making property/casualty loss prevention or life safety recommendations. ISO has previously visited Iowa City to evaluate the fire defenses. During the next two years, ISO intends to visit and classify virtually every jurisdiction in the state of Iowa. Im\rnem\sa5-11 .doc May 6, 1999 05-14-99 IP5 CITY OF I0 WA CITY Mr. Donald Swanson, Mayor City of University Heights 40 Koser Avenue Iowa City, IA 52246 Re: Fiscal Year 2000 contract between the City of University Heights and the City of Iowa City for transit service Dear Mayor Swanson: The City of Iowa City proposes continuing the annual contract for transit service to University Heights for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 starting July 1, 1999. The proposed annual cost is $28,050 (current $27,500) ~2,337.50 per month (current $2,291.67) and 2% more than the current contract. I would recommend that we incorporate an extension agreement within the new 28E for FY2000. If this is acceptable, please let me know at your earliest convenience and I will have Johnson County Council of Governments draft the necessary contract documents. If you have any questions about the Iowa City Transit budget, feel free to contact me at 356- 5052. If you have any questions about the operation of Iowa City Transit, feel free to contact Joe Fowler at 356-5156, or Ron Logsden at 356-5154. Thank you for your consideration of this matter. Sincerely, Director of Finance CC: Jeff Joe Ron City Davidson, JCCOG Fowler, Parking and Transit Director Logsden, Transit Manager Council City Manager Steve Ballard, University Heights Attorney finadm~ltrs\swanson .doc 410 EAST WASHINGTON STREET · IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240-1826 · (319) 356-5000 · FAX (319) 356-5009 May 7, 1999 Goosetown Neighborhood & Adjoining Residents CITY OF I0 WA CITY Re: Potential Traffic Calming in the Goosetown Neighborhood - City Council Results Dear Goosetown Neighbor: At their May 3, 1999 work session, the City Council discussed the traffic calming proposal for the Goosetown Neighborhood to determine if the proposal voted on by the neighborhood should be installed. As you will recall, a survey of you and your neighbors resulted in 136 of 259 surveys returned, with 55% in favor of the proposal, 42% opposed to the proposal, and 3% undecided. This information was presented to the City Council along with the traffic data and emergency service provider information that was contained in your survey. After discussion, the City Council voted informally not to implement the Goosetown Neighborhood traffic calming proposal. Although Council members appreciate the traffic concerns of you and your neighbors, they were concerned about the high number of neighborhood residents opposed to the proposal as well as the cost of the project. It is also believed that the extension of First Avenue to North Dodge Street, now scheduled for 2002, will significantly reduce cut-through traffic in your neighborhood. Thank you for taking the time to be part of the process and for participating in the neighborhood survey. If you have any questions, please call me at 356-5254. Sincerely, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner CO: ~~ Steve Arkins, City Manager Karin Franklin, Director of Planning & Community Development Chuck Schmadeke, Director of Public Works Jeff Davidson, Ass[ Dir., Planning & Community Development Rick Fosse, City Engineer Andy Rocca, Fire Chief Pat Hamey, Captain, Police Department Joe Fowler, Dept. of Parking & Transit Bud Stockman, Streets Superintendent Marcia Klingaman, Neighborhood Services Coordinator Indexbc\ltrs~-3DR.doc 410 EAST WASHINGTON STREET · IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240-1826 · (319) 356-5000 * FAX (319) 356-5009 Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 05:21:03 EST From: Keller77@aol.com To: denorton@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu Subject: The price of fines. Dear Ms. Norton, Earlier this school year the $100 dollar maximum fine law was removed. Even though i abide by the laws, I have many friends who do not. The laws made over these past few months have hurt many of my companions. I would just like to rmind you that this town needs the students of this university to survive in many ways. Half the population attends the U of iowa or works for it. This fine issue hurts the students and disrupts their habits. you may think that this new fine thing will deture students from breaking petty laws, but it doesn't. And if you want to make more money, have the cops raid more bars on a thursday night. Just don't hurt the unlucky few that get caught, lower the price and catch more kids. That is a money making venture even the cops can have fun with. I know they like busting us punks and I right? Just think about what you are doing to the main population of this town and think if you are going to get re-elected A unhappy and frustrated student. Luke Keller Dennis Mitchell To: Cc: Subject: Keller77@aol.com denorton@blue.weeg .uiowa.edu The price of fines Dear Mr. Keller: I am writing in response to your e-mail dated Friday, March 26, 1999 to City Council Member Dee Norton. I apologize for the delay in getting back to you. Under state law, cities are limited to prosecuting crimes which are simple misdemeanors. The state legislature, rather than city councils, set the amount of the fine which can imposed for a criminal violation. Currently a simple misdemeanor carries a minimum fine of $50.00 or a maximum fine of $100.00 and/or up to thirty (30) days in jail (although it is rare for someone to be sentenced to jail time for a simple misdemeanor). Most crimes which are classified as simple misdemeanors by the state legislature, such as possession of alcohol under the legal age, are considered '"scheduled" violations. A "scheduled" violation is one in which the sentence is set by the legislature. For instance, someone who is convicted for the first time of possession of alcohol under the legal age will automatically receive a $100.00 fine plus surcharge and court costs. The amount of the fine is the same whether it is prosecuted by the city or the state (county attorney). Cities have no authority to change the amount of the fine set by the legislature. You are correct that the state legislature now has the authority to impose fines greater than $100.00 for a simple misdemeanor. It will remain to be seen if the legislature increases the fine for any current simple misdemeanors. My guess is that some serious misdemeanors, such as a second offense charge for possession of alcohol under the legal age which carries of fine of $250.00, may be reclassified as simple misdemeanors. If you are concerned about the amount of the fines being imposed for simple misdemeanors or other criminal violations, you should pass on those concerns to your state legislators. I should note that cities also have the authority to issue municipal infractions. Municipal infractions are typically issued for violations which are not covered by the state code, such city building, housing, and zoning codes. Under state law, a city may impose a fine of up to $500.00 for a first offense municipal infraction and $750.00 for a second or subsequent offense. Environmental infractions may be punished by a fine of up to $1000.00 per day. Currently the City of Iowa City imposes a fine of $100.00 for a first offense municipal infraction, $250.00 for a second offense, $500.00 for third or subsequent offense, and $1000.00 for an environmental infraction. If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me back at the above address or call me at 356-5030. Dennis J. Mitchell Assistant City Attorney 410 E. Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 (319) 356-5030 dennis_mitchell@iowa-city.org This email, and any attachment thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this eraall, and attachment thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you received this email in error, please contact me immediately by telephone and permanently delete the original, any copy, and any printout of this email. cITY oF iOWA CITY Capital improvements program FY99 Budget to Actual for the Nine Months Ending March 31, 1999 Table of Contents Receipts by Revenue Category - Summary .......................................... Receipts by Revenue Category - Detail ............................................... Expenses by Category - Summary ..................................................... Expenses by Category - Detail .......................................................... Expenses by Project in Alphabetical Order ........................................... 1 2 5 6 11 Capital Improvement Projects Receipts by Revenue Category - Summary FY 1999 - for Nine Months Ending March 31, 1999 Total Project Totals for General Fund - Operations Totals for Parking Fund - Operations Totals for Wastewater- Operations Totals for Water - Operations Totals for Landfill - Operations Totals for Road Use Tax - Operations Totals for Other Funds - Operations Totals for Airport - Operations Totals for Transit - Operations Totals for Federal Grants Totals for State Grants Totals for Interest Income Totals for Interfund Loan Totals for Miscellaneous Revenue Totals for Bond - General Obligation Totals for Bond - Sewer Revenue Totals for Bond - Water Revenue Totals for Bond Proceeds-Control Grand Totals $1,010,496 $439,425 $25,329 $304,308 $2,837, 140 $6, 173, 030 $2, 140,300 $49,898 $507, 111 $2,311,210 $4,915,426 $1,671,360 $5,809,010 $937,116 $26,979, 752 $30,949, 339 $0 $52,685. 702 $139,745,953 98 & Prior $556,136 $11,358 $24,187 $304,260 $2,32~389 $4,710,738 $1,988,297 $49,898 $449,339 $1,136,512 $4,394,836 $1,074,923 $4,881,359 $733,843 $18,57~ 778 $23,57~501 $0 $3~82~327 $101,624,682 99 Actual $454,360 $428,066 $1,142 $48 $510,751 $1,462,292 $152,003 $0 $5~773 $1,174,697 $520,590 $596,437 $92~652 $20~273 $8,401,974 $~371,838 $0 $15,858,375 $38,121,271 99 Budget $1,132,855 $2,11~322 $30~000 $18~000 $1,486,210 $3,539.313 $55~546 $0 $18~667 $4,096469 $1,762,447 $633,927 $1,714.416 $~415,623 $42,844973 $1~548,307 $9,029,447 $58,99~362 $144,540,884 Budget-Actual $678,495 $1,689,256 $298,858 $184,952 $975,459 $2,07~021 $403,543 $0 $12~894 $2,921,772 $1,241,857 $3~490 $786,764 $5,212,350 $34,44~999 $3,176,469 $9,029,447 $43,138.987 $106,419,613 -1- Capital Improvement Projects Receipts by Revenue Category FY 1999 - for the Nine Months Ending March 31, 1999 ref Account Account Name Total Project 98 &Prior 99 Actual 101 - General Fund- Operations 1 5177 COMM DEV * NON GRANT $36 $36 2 5174 GEN FUND-LIBRARY $54,542 $54,542 3 5171 GEN FUND-NON OP ADM. $413,349 $217,646 4 5179 GEN FUND-OTHER $31,314 $0 5 5173 GEN FUND-PARKS $116,139 $105,797 6 5176 GEN FUND-PRKLND ACQ. $323,836 $106,836 7 5170 GENERAL FUND $71,280 $71,280 Totals for General Fund - Operations $1,010,496 $556, 136 10~ L Parking Fund: Operations 8 5181 PARKING FUND $439,425 $11,358 Totals for Parking Fund - Operations $439,425 $11,358 99 Budget Budget-Actual $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $195,703 $548,000 $352,297 $31,314 $95,560 $64,246 $10,342 $184,000 $173,658 $217,001 $305,295 $88,294 $0 $0 $0 $454,360 $1,132,855 $678,495 $428,066 $2,117,322 $1,689,256 $428,066 $2,11~322 $1,689,256 i03- WaStewater - Operatio.Z 9 5182 WASTEWATER TREATMENT $25,329 $24,187 Totals for Wastewater - Operations $25,329 $24, 187 104 - Water- Operations 10 5183 WATER FUND $304,308 Totals for Water - Operations $304,308 105 - Landfill - Operations 11 5185 SANITATION-LANDFILL Totals for Landtiff - Operations lO~- Road Us~ Ta~ ~ OperatiO"~ 12 5120 ROAD USE TAX Totals for Road Use Tax - Operations 107 - Other Funds - Operations 13 5180 ENTERPRISE TRANSFERS 14 5190 MISCELLANEOUS TRANS 15 5140 PROPERTY TAX TRANS 16 5195 RESIDUAL EQUITY TRAN Totals for Other Funds - Operations 108 L Airport- Operations ' $1,142 $300,000 $298,858 $1,142 $300,000 $298,858 $304,260 $48 $185,000 $184,952 $304,260 $48 $18~000 $184,952 $2,837,140 $2,326,389 $510,751 $1,486,210 $975,459 $2,83~140 $2,326,389 $510,751 $1,486,210 $97~459 $6,173,030 $4,710,738 $1,462,292 $3,539,313 $2,077,021 $6,173,030 $4,71~738 $1,462,292 $3,539,313 $2,07~021 $725,486 $725,486 $0 $0 $0 $1,297,105 $1,200,251 $96,855 $555,546 $458,691 $2,560 $2,560 $0 $0 $0 $115,149 $60,000 $55,149 $0 ($55,149) $~ 140,300 $1,988,297 $15~003 $555,546 $403,543 $49,898 $49,898 $0 $0 $0 $49,898 $49,898 $0 $0 $0 $507,111 $50~111 $2,139,075 $172,135 $2,311,210 $449,339 $57,773 $183,667 $125,894 $449,339 $5~ 773 $183,667 $125,894 $964,377 $1,174,697 $4,096,469 $2,921,772 $172,135 $0 $0 $0 $1,136,512 $1,174,697 $4,096,469 $2,921,772 17 5186 AIRPORT FUND Totals for Airport - Operations 109- Transit- Operations 5187 TRANSIT FUND Totals for Transit - Operations 110 - Federal Grants 19 4431 FEDERAL GRANTS 2o 4427 FLOOD REIMBURSEMENT Totals for Federal Grants ~ i i : Sta~e Sr~nts -2- Capital Improvement Projects Receipts by Revenue Category FY 1999 - for the Nine Months Ending March 31, 1999 ref Account Account Name Total Project 98 &Prior 99 Actual 99 Budget 21 4426 OTHER STATE GRANTS $4,915,426 $4,394,836 $520,590 $1,762,447 Totals for State Grants $4,915,426 $4,394,836 $520,590 $1,762,447 22 4511 INT. ON INVESTMENTS $1,671,360 $1,074,923 $596,437 $633,927 Totals for Interest Income $1,671,360 $1,074,923 $596,437 $633,927 ff3 - Inte~und Loan 23 5900 INTERFUND LOANS $5,809,010 $4,881,359 $927,652 $1,714,416 S786,764 Totals for Intedund Loan $5,809.010 $4,881,359 $927,652 $1,7~4,416 $786, 764 114 - Miscellaneous Revenue 24 4351 CODE BK. & ORD. SALE $790 $0 $790 $0 ($790) 25 4372 CONTACTED SERVICES $0 $0 $0 $4,960 $4,960 26 4681 CONTRIB. &DONATIONS $516,841 $435,930 $80,911 $3,221,898 $3,140,987 27 4671 DEPOSITS $10,000 $0 $10,000 $0 ($10,000) 28 4366 DEV FEE-SDWLWPAVING $103,653 $102,573 $1,080 $1,080 $0 29 3111 GENE~L LEVY $11 $0 $11 $0 ($11 ) 30 4410 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS $0 $0 $0 $667,000 $667,000 3~ 4352 MAP SALES $56 $0 $56 $0 ($56) 32 4353 MISC. COPIES/PAPER $6,876 $4,041 $2,835 $0 ($2,835) 33 4655 MISC. REFUNDS $1,117 $1,117 $0 $0 $0 34 4684 MISCEL~NEOUS OTHER $17,659 $17,659 $0 $1,446,000 $1,446,000 35 4636 MISCEL~NEOUS SALES $4,052 $4,052 $0 $0 $0 36 4653 REIMB FOR DAMAGES $70 $0 $70 $0 ($70) 37 4652 REIMB OF EXPENSES $172,149 $87,648 $84,501 $74,685 ($9,816) 38 4651 REIMB OF OVERPAYMENT $340 $340 $0 $0 $0 39 4635 SALE OF EQUIPMENT $11,982 $11,982 $0 $0 $0 4o 4363 SDWL~STR REP/MAINT $7,500 $7,500 $0 $0 $0 41 4325 SEWER CONNECT & TAPS $61,000 $6t ,000 $0 $0 42 4364 STORMWATER MGMT $23,019 $0 $23,019 $0 ($23,019) Totals for Miscellaneous Revenue $937, 116 $733,843 $203,273 $5,415,623 $5,212,350 ff5 : Bond ~ G~erai ObligatiOn 43 5191 TRANSFER IN - 90 G.O $91,230 $91,230 $0 $0 $0 44 5192 TRANSFER IN - 91 GO $279,312 $279,312 $0 $0 $0 45 5193 TRANSFER IN - 94 GO $4,~1,362 $4,~1,362 $0 $0 $0 46 5194 TRANSFER IN - 95 GO $2,787,986 $2,787,986 $0 $0 $0 47 5196 TRANSFER IN - 96 GO $5,424,132 $5,424,132 $0 $0 $0 48 5197 TRANSFER IN - 97 GO $7,837,311 $3,423,955 $4,413,357 $5,255,578 $842,221 49 5198 TRANSFER IN - 98 GO $5,020,110 $2,029,801 $2,990,309 $6,211,395 $3,221,086 5o 5199 TRANSFER IN - 99 GO $998,308 $0 $998,308 $31,376,000 $30,377,692 Totals for Bond - General Obligation $26,979,752 $18,577,778 $8,401,974 $42,842,973 $34,440,999 116 - Bond - Sewer Revenue 51 5296 96 SEWER TRANSFERS 52 5297 97 SEWER TRANSFERS 53 5298 99 SEWER TRANSFERS Totals for Bond - Sewer Revenue 117 - Bond - Water Revenue 54 5398 99 WATER TRANSFERS Budget-Actual $1,241,857 $1,241.857 $37,49O $3~490 $16,962,397 $16,962,397 $0 $0 $0 $10,229,527 $6,615,105 $3,614,423 $3,665,575 $51,152 $3,757,415 $0 $3.757,415 $6,882.732 $3,125,317 $30,949,339 $23,57~501 $7,371,838 $10,548,307 $3,176,469 $0 $0 $0 $9,029,447 $9,029,447 -3- Capital Improvement Projects Receipts by Revenue Category FY 1999 - for the Nine Months Ending March 31, 1999 ref Account Account Name Total Project Totals for Bond - Water Revenue $0 118- Bond Proceeds-Control 55 4711 SALE OF BONDS $52,685,702 Totals for Bond Proceeds-Control $52,685,702 98 & Prior 99 Actual 99 Budget Budget-Actual $0 $0 $9,029,447 $9,029,447 $36,827,327 $15,858,375 $58.997,362 $43,138,987 $36,82~327 $15.858,375 $58,99~362 $43,138,987 Grand Totals $139,745,953 $101,624,682 $38,121,271 $144,540,884 $106,419,613 -4- Capital Improvement Projects Expenses by Category- Summary FY 1999 - for the Nine Months Ending March 3~, 1999 Total Project Totals for Bridges Totals for Street Reconstruction Totals for Ped & Bike Trails Totals for Wastewater Totals for Water Totals for Stormwater Totals for Parks & Recreation Totals for Airport Totals for Landfill Totals for Other Projects Totals for Bond Control Accts Grand Totals $4,283,396 $1~ 701,591 $2,406,352 $34,325,055 $15,77~488 $1,000,907 $1,658,624 $4,846,933 $3,325,501 $~18~216 $38,754,237 $126.268,302 98 & Prior $3,513,185 $~809,339 $1,241,064 $2~991,902 $1~054,878 $81~888 $1,35~940 $~426,457 $2,814,391 $3.84~488 $22,978,200 $87,852,730 99 Actual $770,211 $2,892,253 $1,165,289 $~333,153 $3,721,611 $181,020 $302,684 $2,420,476 $511,111 $3,341,728 $1~77~037 $38,415,571 99 Budget $2,275,043 $8,062,136 $1,700,732 $1~848,307 $13,429,902 $1,660,634 $2,46~850 $5,21&500 $1,186.210 $48,589,145 $6~86~095 $158,296,554 Budget-Actual $1,504,832 $5, I6~883 $53~443 $3,515,154 $9,708,291 $1,479,614 $2,160,166 $2,79~024 $675,099 $4&24~417 $4~090,058 $119,880,983 -5- Capital Improvement Projects Expenses by Category FY 1999 - for the Nine Months Ending March 31, 1999 ref Activity ~ -Bridges 1 35210 BROOKSIDE DRIVE BRIDGE $244,555 2 35310 BURL ST BRIDGE/RALSTON CREEK $238 3 35760 BURLINGTON ST DAM SAFETY $2,566 4 35770 MELROSE AVENUE BRIDGE $2,561,596 5 35340 ROCHESTER AVENUE BRIDGE $284 6 35500 SUMMIT ST BRIDGE REPLACEMENT $96,806 7 35720 WOOLF AVE. BRIDGE RECONSTRUCT. $1,377,351 Totals for Bridges $4,283, 396 Activity Name Total Project 98 &Prior 99 Actual 99 Budget Street RecOnStruction 8 34525 9 34585 10 34765 11 34760 12 34770 13 34657 14 34690 15 34656 16 34980 17 34960 18 34755 19 34625 2o 34440 21 34945 22 34720 23 34920 24 34950 25 34930 26 34530 27 34415 28 34880 29 34860 30 34870 31 34740 32 34515 33 34510 34 34810 35 34845 36 34840 37 34641 38 34750 39 34850 4o 34550 41 34991 1 ST AVE-MUSCATINE/BRADFORD $183 B E NTO N-O RC HARD/OAKNOL L $14,164 BIENNIAL ASPHALT/CHIP SEAL $1.465,068 BIENNIAL BRICK ST RECONSTRUCTION $0 BIENNIAL P.C.C. MAINTENANCE $0 BURLINGTON/GOVERNOR SIGNALS $56,283 BURLINGTON/MADISON TO GILBERT $86,862 CAPITOL/BENTON SIGNAL $28,580 CAPTAIN IRISH PKWY-ACT/DODGE $1,653,764 COURT ST EXTENDED PHASE I $705,139 CURB RAMPS - A.D.A. $230,186 DODGE ST-ACT/OLD DUB RD INT $0 DODGE STREET PAVING $0 EAST-WEST PARKWAY $0 EXTRA WIDTH SIDEWALK $676 FIRST AVENUE EXTENDED $1,476 FOSTER RD-DBQ/PRAIRIE DU CHIEN $3,672 FOSTER RD-W OF DUB THRU ELKS $221,489 FY99 PAVEMENT MARKING $62,595 GILBERT ST CORRIDOR STUDY $89,082 GILBERT/HIGHWAY 6-DUAL LEFT $0 HWY 1/SUNSET - RIGHT TURN $1,113 HWY 6/1ST AVE - LEFT TURN $812 IOWA AVENUE STREETSCAPE $41,705 MELROSE AVE-WEST HIGH/HWY 218 $2,165,178 MELROSE AVENUE $1,098,050 MELROSE-WEST-218/CITY LIMITS $701 MORMON TREK-ABBEY LANE/HWY I $19,521 MORMON TREK-BENTON/MELROSE $219,523 MORMON TREK/ROHRET ROAD $52,597 OVRWDTH PAV/EXTRA WDTH SIDWLK $0 RIVER ST PAVING $642,863 ROHRET ROAD IMPROV. $2,244,832 RR CROSSINGS-CITY WIDE $49,623 Budget-Actual $246,522 ($1,967) $0 $1,967 $0 $238 $0 ($238) $2,566 $0 $0 $0 $2,519,003 $42,594 $42,586 ($8) $0 $284 $0 ($284) $27,534 $69,273 $1,572,466 $1,503,193 $717,560 $659,790 $659,991 $201 $3,513,185 $770,211 $2,27~043 $1,504,832 $0 $183 $0 ($183) $13,177 $988 $4,323 $3,335 $1,449,467 $15,601 $395,000 $379,399 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $53,493 $2,790 $6,527 $3,737 $78,675 $8,188 $10,000 $1,812 $28,545 $36 $0 ($36) $939,396 $714,368 $2,163,711 $1,449,343 $179,383 $525,756 $635,617 $109,861 $218,997 $11,189 $301,104 $289,915 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $7 $670 $29,993 $29,324 $729 $747 $24,344 $23,597 $3,672 $0 $0 $0 $111,723 $109,767 $145,800 $36,033 $0 $62,595 $136,500 $73,905 $13,980 $75,102 $76,020 $918 $0 $0 $0 $0 $540 $573 $99,460 $98,887 $375 $437 $99,625 $99,188 $41,542 $163 $266,458 $266,295 $2,164,614 $564 $0 ($564) $1,076,380 $21,670 $21,741 $71 SO $701 $0 ($701) $16,253 $3,268 $0 ($3,268) $208,350 $11,173 $12,000 $827 $34,537 $18,060 $18,060 $0 $0 $0 $20,000 $2O,OOO $81,891 $560,972 $2,548,109 $1,987,137 $2,244,832 $0 $0 $0 $18,636 $30,987 $69,113 $38,126 -6- Capital Improvement Projects Expenses by Category FY 1999 - for the Nine Months Ending March 31, 1999 ref Activity 42 34745 43 34820 44 34925 45 34420 46 34790 47 34590 48 34560 49 34635 5o 34600 51 34610 52 34570 53 34990 54 34490 Activity Name SCOTT BLVD SIDEWALK SOCCER SITE ACCESS ROAD SOUTH AREA ARTERIAL SOUTHGATE AVE. EXTENSION STREET SCAPE IMPROVEMENTS SYCAMORE-BURNS TO CITY LIMITS TAFT SPEEDWAY TRAFFIC CALMING TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECTS WASHINGTON/IOWA SIGNAL WATERFRONT DRIVE IMPROV. WATERFRONT DRIVE RR CROSSING WOOLF AVE-NEWTON/RIVER ST Total Pr~ect 98 & Prior $0 $0 $472,300 $472,300 $12,033 $0 $905,641 $204,442 $4,956 $4,956 $1,043 $1,043 $130 ($47) $27,801 $26,723 $1,220 $0 $44,164 $44,164 $64,851 $64,851 $11,716 $11,716 $o $o $12.701,591 $9,809,339 $0 $0 $16,183 $16,183 $64,220 $64,174 $0 $0 $1,801,820 $760,737 $24,057 $19,487 $206,841 $206,841 $4,304 $0 $288,927 $173,642 $Z406,352 $1,241,064 Totals for Street Reconstruction 4 -Ped & Bike Trails 55 38631 COURT HILL TRAIL 56 38975 HICKORY HILLS TRAIL DEV 57 38675 IA RIVER TR-WATER PLANTRAFT 58 38672 IA RIVER TRAIL-BENTON/STURGIS 59 34710 IA RIVER TRAIL-BURL/NAPOLEON 60 38680 INTRA-CITY BIKE TRAILS 61 38670 iOWA RIVER TRAIL-IMU/IOWA AVE 62 38681 LONGFELLOW/PiNE ST PED TRAIL 63 34780 WILLOW CREEK TRAIL Totals for Ped& Bike Trails 5~ Wastewater 64 33310 65 33570 66 33830 67 33530 68 33640 69 33820 7O 33210 71 33540 72 33850 73 33550 74 33860 75 33320 Totals for Wastewater 6 - Water 76 31380 COLLECTOR WELLS - L. T. 77 31360 COLLEGE STREET MAIN 78 31310 COUNTRY LANE APTS. MAIN MELROSE MARKET SANITARY SEWER N RVR CORRIDOPJB'JAYSVILLE NAPOLEON PARK LIFT STATION RIVER STREET SEWER SCOTT BLVD TRUNK SEWER SEWER CONNECTION - N & S PLANT SEWER MAIN PROJECTS-ANNUAL SHERIDAN AVE SANITARY SEWER SOUTH RIVER CORRIDOR SEWER WESTMINISTER RD SANITARY WILLOW CREEK SANITARY SEWER WYLDE GREEN SANITARY SEWER 99 Actual 99 Budget Budget-Actual $0 $60,000 $60,000 $0 $0 $0 $12,033 $80,000 $67,967 $701,200 $713,991 $12,791 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $177 $0 ($177) $1,078 $30,640 $29,562 $1,220 $94,000 $92,780 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 80 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $2,892,253 $8,06~ 136 $5,169,883 $0 $0 $0 $0 $44,000 $44,000 $47 $0 ($47) $0 $0 $0 $1,041,083 $1,511,374 $470,291 $4,570 $20,000 $15.430 $0 $0 $0 $4,304 $0 ($4,304) $115,285 $125,358 $10,073 $1,165,289 $1,700,732 $535.443 $34,105 $10,931 $23,174 $524,558 $518,706 $5,852 $6,028,689 $5,985,637 $43,051 $0 $0 $0 $2,288,703 $2,169,992 $118,710 $13,904,154 $13,671,676 $232,478 $1,334 $0 $1,334 $694,237 $676,254 $17,983 $3,244,943 $2,990,637 $254,306 $14,599 $7,919 $6,679 $7,336,957 $707,372 $6,629,585 $252,776 $252,776 $0 $34,32~055 $26,991,902 $~333,153 $718,358 $34,067 $10,538 $0 $4 $0 $46 866 $29 103 $43 226 $208 000 $118 595 $76 921 $300 000 $17 983 $678 768 $425 005 $8,903,840 $0 $1~848,307 $684,291 $1,463,088 $10,538 $200,000 $4 $0 $23,692 $23,251 $175 $208,000 ($115) ($155,557) $298,666 $0 $424,462 $418,326 $2,274,255 $0 $3,515,154 $778,797 $189,462 ($4) -'7- Capital Improvement Projects Expenses by Category FY 1999 - for the Nine Months Ending March 31, 1999 ref Activity Activity Name Total Project 98 & Prior 99 Actual 99 Budget Budget-Actual $767,456 $763,287 $4,169 $4,169 $0 $17,329 $13,615 $3,713 $569,554 $565,841 IA RIVER/EMERALD-PH 4 $405,099 $771 $404,328 $1,331,519 $927,191 PENINSULA MAIN, SITE DEV. $164 $0 $164 $1,600,000 $1,599.836 PENINSULA WATER-FOSTER/DUBUQUE $I 9 $19 $0 $1,365.000 $1.365,000 PENINSULNDUBUQUE RD-PH 3 $55 $0 $55 $0 ($55) RAW WATER MAIN-PH I $812,893 $774,660 $38,232 $138,114 $99,882 SAND PIT PUMP STATION $153 $0 $153 $800,000 $799,847 SILURIAN WELLS - NOS. 3 AND 4 $163,930 $163,930 $0 $0 $0 SITE WORK-PHASE 1 $2,533,588 $138,563 $2,395,025 $4,174,967 $1,779,942 SURFACE WTR TRTMT PLANT IMPROV $363,818 $363,693 $125 $0 ($125) SYCAMORE STORAGE RESERVOIR CO $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 WATER MAIN PENINSULA PH 3A $239.562 $233.925 $5,637 $1.371.637 $1.366,000 WATER MAIN PROJECTS-ANNUAL $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 WATER TREATMENT FACILITY $8,152,109 $7,963,698 $188,411 $410,574 $222.163 WATER TREATMENT PLANT $1,811 $1.811 $0 $0 $0 WELLHOUSES-JORDAN & SILURIAN $704,270 $718,786 ($14.515) $0 $14.515 WILLIAMS GAS PIPELINE RELOC. $885,333 $884,053 $1.280 $1,280 $0 Water $15,776,488 $12,054,878 $3,721,611 $13,429,902 $9,708,291 GROUND STORAGE RESERVOIR IA RIVER POWER DAM IMPR. 79 31513 8o 31515 81 31340 82 31120 83 31320 84 31330 85 31514 86 31370 87 31516 88 31518 89 31740 9O 31220 91 31335 92 31210 93 31510 94 31610 95 31519 96 31517 Totals for 7 - Stormwater 97 34240 98 34140 99 34130 loo 34270 101 34340 lo2 34320 lo3 34290 104 34230 lo5 34260 lo6 34160 lo7 34220 108 34380 ELLIS/RIVERSIDE STORM FLOOD PLAIN MAPPING HWY 6 SIDEWALK/DRAINAGE MORMON TREK/ABBEY LANE STORM S N BRANCH BASIN EXCAVATION S RIVERSIDE STORM SEWER S SYCAMORE REG. STRMWTR DET. SANDUSKY STORM SEWER SHAMROCK/PETERSON STORM SEWE SNYDER CREEK WATERSHED SOUTH GILBERT STORM SEWER SUMP PUMP DISCHARGE TILES Totals for Stormwater 8 - Parks & Recreation $136 $0 $136 $0 ($136) $200,632 $185,413 $15,219 $15,576 $357 $44,439 $0 $44,439 $100,000 $55,561 $930 $0 $930 $0 ($930) $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 ¢68) $0 ($68) $0 $68 $242,164 $187,325 $54.839 $1,158,531 $1,103.692 $182,885 $I74,234 $8,651 $8,634 ($17) $126,460 $118,500 $7,960 $8,433 $473 $37,948 $0 $37,948 $344,460 $306.512 $121,149 $121,149 $0 $0 $0 $44,233 $33,267 $10.966 $25,000 $14.034 $1,000,907 $819,888 $181,020 $1,660,634 $1.479,614 109 38925 110 38610 111 38931 112 38985 113 38640 114 38140 115 38930 1~6 38690 117 38980 118 38650 BENTON ST (NED ASHTON) PARK BOAT RAMP - CITY PARK FOOTBRIDGE REPLACEMENT HOSPICE MEMORIAL KIWANIS PARK LOWER CITY PARK - PROJ #96676 NAPOLEON PARK SOFTBALL FIELDS OPEN SPACE-LAND ACQUISITION PARK ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAMS PARK SHELTER IMPROVEMENTS $12,876 $12,876 $0 $62,351 $62,351 $24,645 $24.645 $0 $0 $0 $15,739 $0 $15,739 $20.000 $4.261 $0 $0 $0 $8,OOO $8,000 $30,732 $9,700 $21,032 $266,153 $245,121 $75,768 $75,768 $0 $0 $0 $727,330 $594,629 $132,701 $277,664 $144,963 $98,320 $98,195 $125 $50,000 $49,875 $0 $0 $0 $45,OOO $45.OOO $1,023 $1,023 $0 $23,000 $23.000 -8- Capital Improvement Projects Expenses by Category FY 1999 - for the Nine Months Ending March 31, 1999 ref Activity Activity Name 119 38691 PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT 12o 38570 PARKS MAINTENANCE FACILITY 121 38960 PARKS SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT 122 38990 PARKS-PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS 123 38950 PENINSULA PARK 124 38924 SCOTT PARK DEV./BASIN EXCV. 125 38150 SKATEBOARD PARK 126 38929 SOUTH SITE SOCCER FIELDS 127 38645 STURGIS FERRY PARK DEVELOPMENT 128 38940 WATERWORKS PARK Totals for Parks & Recreation 9 - Airport 129 37330 AIRPORT CORPORATE HANGAR 130 Total Pr~ect $0 $54,803 $0 $5,859 $11,824 $0 $4OO $578,263 $11,013 $10,030 $1,658,624 $323,923 37410 AIRPORT NORTH COMMERCIAL PARK $20,093 98 & Prior 99 Actual 99 Budget Budget-Actual $0 $0 $25,O00 $25,00O $0 $54,803 $750,000 $695,197 $0 $0 $10,000 $10,000 $0 $5.859 $20,000 $14,141 $0 $11,824 $13,000 $1,176 $0 $0 $7,000 $7,000 $400 $0 $0 $0 $538,329 $39,934 $838,682 $798,748 $0 $11,013 $35,000 $23,988 $375 $9,655 $12,000 $2,345 $1,35~940 $302,684 $~462,850 $2,16~ 166 $0 131 37310 AIRPORT SE T-HANGAR $371,682 132 37320 AIRPORT TERMINAL $10,800 133 37490 MAINTENANCE BUILDING $0 134 37200 MASTER PLAN $104,060 135 37100 MASTER PLAN IMPROVEMENTS $359,051 136 37480 MASTER PLAN-LAND ACQUISITION $3,648,825 137 37210 NE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT $8,500 Totals for Airport $4,846, 933 10 - Landfill 138 32210 FY 98 CELL CONSTRUCTION 139 32130 GROUNDWATER MONITORING $365,710 $0 $0 $104,060 $359,051 $1,589,137 $8,500 $2,426,457 $1,281,175 $907,411 $6,192 $0 14o 32240 HAZARDOUS WASTE RECYCLING FAC $42,921 $0 141 32110 LANDFILL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT $314,680 $228,011 142 32270 LANDFILL LIFT STATION $941,326 $939,929 143 32120 LEACHATE MONITORING $739,209 $739,040 Totals for Landfill $3,325,501 $2,814,391 11 - Other Projects 144 38515 ANIMAL SHELTER CAT RUN $19,358 $0 145 38510 ANIMAL SHELTER-WEST WING $212,490 $195,462 146 38595 ART $11,081 $0 147 36210 C C PARKING LOT LIGHTING IMPRO $7 $0 148 38130 CEMETERY EXPANSION $19,117 $12,520 149 38750 CIVIC CENTER - OTHER PROJECTS $38,683 $0 150 38720 CIVIC CENTER - ROOF PROJECTS $74,718 $70,458 151 38770 CIVIC CENTER NORTH 3RD FLOOR $84,647 $29,776 152 38760 CIVIC CENTER-HVAC $7,205 $0 153 38890 COPS GRANT $119,722 $101,615 154 38170 CRANDIC PARK - PROJ #96679 $588 $588 155 38970 DOWNTOWN STREETSCAPE $885,677 $75,145 $323,923 $750,000 $426,077 $20,093 $75,000 $54,907 $5,972 $0 ($5,972) $10,800 $92,000 $81,200 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $2,059,688 $3,548,500 $1,488,812 $0 $750,000 $75O,OOO $2,420,476 $5,215,500 $Z795,024 $373,764 $497.027 $123,263 $6,192 $0 ($6,192) $42,921 $620,000 $577,079 $86,669 $0 ($86,669) $1,397 $0 ($1,397) $169 $69,183 $69,014 $511,111 $1,186,210 $675,099 $19,358 $27,000 $7,642 $17.028 $17,028 $0 $11,081 $100,000 $88,919 $7 $0 ($7) $6,597 $25,000 $18,403 $38,683 $50,000 $11,317 $4.260 $4,261 $1 $54,871 $1,550,000 $1,495,129 $7,205 $18,000 $10,795 $18,108 $489,056 $470,948 $0 $0 $0 $810,532 $3,333,187 $2,522,655 -9- Capital Improvement Projects Expenses by Category FY 1999 - for the Nine Months Ending March 31, ~999 ref Activity 156 38340 157 38315 158 38740 159 38810 16o 36920 161 38860 162 38350 163 38355 164 38330 165 36260 166 38555 167 38550 168 38565 169 38560 17o 38110 171 38120 Activity Name EMS PARTS OFFICE RENOV. ENT. TO CITY-BEAUTIFICATION FIN/HMN RES COMPUTER SYSTEM FIRE STATION #3 EXPANSION FY 96 BUS ACQUISITION FY 96 FIRE PUMPER GIS COMPUTER PACKAGE H.I.S. COMPUTER UPGRADE INDUSTRIAL PARK EAST IOWA AVENUE PARKING RAMP LIBRARY COMPUTER REPLACEMENT LIBRARY EXPANSION LIBRARY ICN ROOM LIBRARY-ROOF, HVAC, CARPET LOWER CITY PARK - PROJ #85688 LOWER CITY PARK - PROJ #96675 172 38360 MONTGOMERY/BUTLER HOUSE 173 36250 PARKING RAMP - NEAR SOUTHSIDE 174 38365 PENINSULA PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT 175 38840 POL DISPATCH WINDOW REMODELING 176 38850 POLICE SECOND FLOOR DESIGN 177 38820 POLICE WAITING AREA 178 38380 PUBLIC WORKS COMPLEX 179 36600 RAMP MAINTENANCE & REPAIR 180 38190 SCANLON GYMNASIUM 181 38530 SENIOR CENTER - HVAC RENOV 182 38580 SR CENTER REPAIRS-PHASE II 183 38830 TORNADO WARNING SIRENS 184 36940 TRANSIT DOWNTOWN INTERCHANGE 185 36950 TRANSIT METHANE PROJECT 186 36930 TRANSIT PARKING LOT RESURFACE Totals for Other Projects 12 - ~,'d bo,troi Accts 187 39600 1999 G.O. BOND ISSUE 2001 G.O. BOND ISSUE 97 SEWER REV BOND CONTROL 99 SEWER REV BOND CONTROL 99 WATER REV BOND CONTROL APR 97 G.O. BOND ISSUE APR 98 G.O. BOND ISSUE NOV 97 G.O. BOND ISSUE-WATER 188 39800 189 33930 190 33940 191 31930 192 39200 193 39400 194 39310 Totals for Bond Control Accts Grand Totals Total Pr~ect $1,941 $27,766 $0 $2,836 $2,633,232 $1 $14,758 $33,720 $3,393 $434,310 $237 331 $97 786 $13 792 $157 537 $127 458 $20 505 $52 589 $2,364 $125,629 $5,634 $66,204 $629 $43,523 $3,379 $1,339,655 $180,390 $20,024 $0 $11,545 $49,635 $8,353 $~ 189,216 $998,308 $7,557,879 $11,065,919 $3,757,498 $21 $5,141,578 $5,058,980 $5,174,054 $38,754,237 $126,268,302 98 & Prior 99 Actual 99 Budget Budget-Actual $0 $1,941 $0 ($1,941) $0 $27,766 $60,000 $32,234 $0 $0 $0 $0 $2,836 $0 $0 $0 $2,452,132 $181,100 $186,048 $4,948 $0 $1 $260,000 $259,999 $10,922 $3,836 $0 ($3,836) $0 $33,720 $172,725 $139,005 $3,393 $0 $0 $0 $8,995 $425,315 $12,800,000 $12,374,685 $0 $237,331 $580,000 $342,669 $97,786 $0 $22,500,000 $22,500,000 $0 $13,792 $76,000 $62,208 $157,368 $169 $169 $0 $127,458 $0 $0 $0 $20,505 $0 $0 $0 $45,827 $6,763 $24,173 $17,410 $2,364 $0 $0 $0 $80,544 $45,085 $200,000 $154,915 $0 $5,634 $10,520 $4,886 $41,184 $25,021 $644,000 $618,979 $0 $629 $0 ($629) $35,128 $8,395 $2,468,072 $2,459,677 $0 $3,379 $317,322 $313,943 $148.631 $1,191,024 $1,657,640 $466,616 $115.307 $65,084 $65,084 $0 $0 $20,024 $175,238 $155,214 $0 $0 $17,512 $17,512 $11,545 $0 $211,110 $211,110 $0 $49,635 $400,000 $350,365 $0 $8.353 $150,000 $141,647 $3,84~488 $3,341,728 $48,589,~45 $45,247,417 $0 $998,308 $31,500,000 $30,501,692 $7,557,879 $0 $0 $0 $7,449,496 $3,616,423 $3,667,575 $51,152 $0 $3,757,498 $7,046,062 $3,288,564 $0 $21 $9,200.000 $9,199,979 $4,524,881 $616,697 $855,123 $238,426 $2,068,549 $2,990,431 $6,211,395 $3,220,964 $1,377,395 $3,796,659 $4,385,940 $589,281 $22,978,200 $15,77~037 $62,866,095 $47,090,058 $87,852,730 $38,415,571 $158,296,554 $119,880,983 -10- Capital Improvement Projects Expenses by Alpha FY 1999 - for the Nine Months Ending March 31, 1999 ref Activity Activity Name Total Project 1 39600 2 34525 3 39800 4 33930 5 33940 6 31930 7 37330 8 37410 9 37310 lo 37320 11 38515 12 38510 13 39200 14 39400 15 38595 16 38925 17 34585 18 34765 19 34760 20 34770 21 38610 22 35210 23 35310 24 35760 25 34657 26 34690 27 36210 28 34656 29 34980 3O 38130 31 38750 32 38720 33 38770 34 38760 35 31380 36 31360 37 38890 38 31310 39 38631 4O 34960 41 38170 42 34755 43 34625 44 34440 45 38970 46 34945 47 34240 48 38340 49 38315 98 & Prior 1999 G.O. BOND ISSUE $998,308 $0 $998,308 1 ST AVE~MUSCATINE/BRADFORD $183 $0 $183 2001 G.O. BOND ISSUE $7.557,879 $7,557,879 50 97 SEWER REV BOND CONTROL $11,065,919 $7,449,496 $3,616,423 99 SEWER REV BOND CONTROL $3,757,498 $0 $3,757,498 99 WATER REV BOND CONTROL $21 $0 $21 AIRPORT CORPORATE HANGAR $323,923 $0 $323,923 AIRPORT NORTH COMMERCIAL PA $20,093 50 $20,093 AIRPORT SE T-HANGAR $371,682 $365,710 $5.972 AIRPORT TERMINAL $10,800 $0 510,800 ANIMAL SHELTER CAT RUN $19.358 $0 $19,358 ANIMAL SHELTER-WEST WING 5212,490 $195,462 $17,028 APR 97 G.O. BOND ISSUE $5,141,578 $4,524,881 $616,697 APR 98 G.O. BOND ISSUE $5,058,980 $2,068,549 $2,990,431 ART $11,081 $0 $11.08t BENTON ST (NED ASHTON) PARK $12,876 $12.876 $0 B ENTON-ORCHARD/OAKNOLL $14, 164 $13,177 $988 BIENNIAL ASPHALT/CHIP SEAL 51,465,068 $1,449,467 $15,601 BIENNIAL BRICK ST RECONSTRUCT $0 $0 $0 BIENNIAL P.C.C. MAINTENANCE $0 $0 $0 BOAT RAMP - CITY PARK $24,645 $24,645 50 BROOKSIDE DRIVE BRIDGE $244,555 $246,522 ($1,967) BURL ST BRIDGE/RALSTON CREEK $238 $0 $238 BURLINGTON ST DAM SAFETY $2,566 $2.566 $0 BURLINGTON/GOVERNOR SIGNALS $56,283 $53.493 $2,790 BURLINGTON/MADISON TO GILBER $86,862 $78,675 $8,188 C C PARKING LOT LIGHTING IMPRO $7 $0 $7 CAPITOUBENTON SIGNAL $28,580 $28,545 $36 CAPTAIN IRISH PKWY-ACT/DODGE $1,653,764 5939,396 $714,368 CEMETERY EXPANSION $19,117 $12,520 $6.597 CIVIC CENTER - OTHER PROJECTS $38,683 $0 $38,683 CIVIC CENTER - ROOF PROJECTS $74,718 $70,458 $4,260 CIVIC CENTER NORTH 3RD FLOOR $84,647 $29,776 $54,871 CIVIC CENTER-HVAC $7,205 $0 $7,205 COLLECTOR WELLS - L.T. $718,358 534,067 $684,291 COLLEGE STREET MAIN $10,538 $0 $10,538 COPS GRANT $119,722 $101,615 $18,108 COUNTRY LANE APTS. MAIN $4 $0 54 COURT HILL TRAIL $0 $0 50 COURT ST EXTENDED PHASE I $705,139 $179,383 $525,756 CRANDIC PARK - PROj #96679 $588 $588 S0 CURB RAMPS - A.D.A. $230,186 $218,997 $11,189 DODGE ST-ACT/OLD DUB RD INT $0 $0 $0 DODGE STREET PAVING $0 $0 $0 DOWNTOWN STREETSCAPE $885,677 $75,145 $810,532 EAST-WEST PARKWAY $0 $0 $0 ELLIS/RIVERSIDE STORM $136 $0 $136 EMS PARTS OFFICE RENOV. $1,941 $0 $1,941 ENT. TO CITY-BEAUTIFICATION $27,766 $0 $27,766 99 Actual 99 Budget $31,500,000 $0 $0 $3,667,575 $7,046,062 $9,200,000 $750,000 $75,000 $0 $92,000 $27,000 $17,028 $855,123 $6,211,395 $100.000 $62,351 $4,323 $395,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $6,527 $10,000 $0 $0 $2,163.711 $25,OOO $50,000 $4,261 $1,550,000 $18,000 $1,463,088 $200,000 $489,056 $0 $0 $635,617 $0 $301,104 $0 S0 $3,333,187 S0 $0 $0 $60,000 Budget-Actual $30,501,692 ($183) $0 $51,152 $3,288.564 $9,199,979 $426,077 $54,907 ($5,972) $81,200 $7,642 $0 $238,426 $3,220,964 $88,919 $62,351 $3,335 5379,399 $0 $0 $0 $1,967 ($238) $0 $3,737 $1,812 ($7) ($36) $1,449,343 $18,403 $11,317 $1 $1,495,129 $10,795 $778.797 $189,462 $470,948 ($4) $0 $109,861 $0 $289,915 $0 $0 $2,522,655 $0 ($136) ($1,941) $32,234 -11- Capital Improvement Projects Expenses by Alpha FY 1999 - for the Nine Months Ending March 3~, ~999 ref ActiviW Activity Name 5O 34720 51 38740 52 38810 53 34920 54 34140 55 38931 56 34950 57 34930 58 36920 59 38860 6o 32210 61 34530 62 34415 63 34880 64 38350 65 31513 66 32130 67 38355 68 32240 69 38975 7O 38985 71 34860 72 34130 73 34870 74 31515 75 38675 76 38672 77 34710 78 31340 79 38330 8O 38680 81 36260 82 34740 83 38670 84 38640 85 32110 86 32270 87 32120 88 38555 89 38550 9o 38565 91 38560 92 38681 93 38110 94 38120 95 38140 96 37490 97 37200 98 37100 EXTRA WIDTH SIDEWALK FIN/HMN RES COMPUTER SYSTEM FIRE STATION #3 EXPANSION FIRST AVENUE EXTENDED FLOOD PLAIN MAPPING FOOTBRIDGE REPLACEMENT FOSTER RD-DBQ/PRAIRIE DU CHIE FOSTER RD-W OF DUB THRU ELKS FY 96 BUS ACQUISITION FY 96 FIRE PUMPER FY 98 CELL CONSTRUCTION FY99 PAVEMENT MARKING GILBERT ST CORRIDOR STUDY GILBERT/HIGHWAY 6-DUAL LEFT GIS COMPUTER PACKAGE GROUND STORAGE RESERVOIR GROUNDWATER MONITORING H.I.S. COMPUTER UPGRADE HAZARDOUS WASTE RECYCLING F HICKORY HILLS TRAIL DEV HOSPICE MEMORIAL HWY l/SUNSET - RIGHT TURN HWY 6 SIDEWALK/DRAINAGE HWY 6/1ST AVE - LEFT TURN IA RIVER POWER DAM IMPR. IA RIVER TR-WATER PLANT/TAFT IA RIVER TRAIL-BENTON/STURGIS IA RIVER TRAIL-BURL/NAPOLEON IA RIVER/EMERALD-PH 4 INDUSTRIAL PARK EAST INTRA-CITY BIKE TRAILS IOWA AVENUE PARKING RAMP IOWA AVENUE STREETSCAPE IOWA RIVER TRAIL-IMU/IOWA AVE KIWANIS PARK LANDFILL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT LANDFILL LIFT STATION LEACHATE MONITORING LIBRARY COMPUTER REPLACEMEN LIBRARY EXPANSION LIBRARY ICN ROOM LIBRARY-ROOF, HVAC, CARPET LONGFELLOW/PINE ST PED TRAIL LOWER CITY PARK - PROJ #85688 LOWER CITY PARK - PROJ #96675 LOWER CITY PARK - PROJ #96676 MAINTENANCE BUILDING MASTER PLAN MASTER PLAN IMPROVEMENTS Total Pr~ect $676 $0 $2,836 $1,476 $200.632 $15.739 $3,672 $221,489 $2,633,232 $1 $1,281,175 $62,595 $89,082 $0 $14,758 $767,456 $6,192 $33,720 $42,921 $16,183 $0 $1,113 $44,439 $812 $17,329 $64,220 $0 $1,801,820 $405,099 $3,393 $24,057 $434,310 $41 705 $206 841 $30 732 $314 680 5941 326 $739 209 $237 331 $97 786 $13 792 $157 537 $4,304 $127.458 $20,505 $75,768 $0 $104,060 $359,051 98 & Prior 99 Actual 99 Budget Budget-Actual $7 $670 $29.993 $29,324 $0 $0 $0 $0 $2,836 $0 $0 $0 $729 $747 $24.344 $23,597 $185,413 $15,219 $15.576 $357 $0 $15,739 $20.000 $4,261 $3,672 $0 $0 $0 $111.723 $109,767 $145,800 $36.033 $2,452.132 $181,100 $186,048 $4,948 $0 $1 5260,000 $259.999 $907,411 $373,764 $497,027 $123,263 $0 $62,595 $136,500 $73,905 $13,980 $75,102 $76,020 $918 $0 $0 $0 $0 $10,922 $3.836 $0 ($3,836) $763,287 $4,169 $4,169 $0 $0 $6,192 $0 ($6,192) $0 $33,720 $172,725 $139,005 50 $42,921 $620,000 $577,079 $16,183 $0 $44.000 $44,000 $0 $0 $8,0O0 $8,000 $540 $573 $99,460 $98,887 $0 $44.439 $100.000 $55,561 $375 5437 $99.625 $99,188 $13,615 $3,713 $569.554 $565,841 $64,174 $47 $0 ($47) $0 $0 $0 $0 $760,737 $1,041.083 $1,511,374 $470,291 $771 $404,328 $1,331,519 $927,191 $3,393 $0 $0 $0 $19,487 $4,570 $20.000 $15,430 $8,995 $425,315 $12,800,000 $12,374,685 $41,542 $163 $266,458 $266,295 $206,841 $0 $0 $0 $9,700 $21,032 $266,153 $245,121 $228.011 $86,669 $0 ($86,669) $939,929 $1,397 $0 ($1,397) 5739,040 $169 $69,183 $69,014 $0 $237,331 $580,000 $342,669 $97,786 $0 $22,500,000 $22,500,000 $0 $13,792 $76,000 $62,208 $157.368 $169 $169 50 $0 $4,304 $0 ($4,304) $127,458 $0 $0 $0 $20,505 $0 50 $0 $75,768 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $104,060 $0 $0 $0 $359,051 $0 $0 $0 ref 99 loo 101 lo2 '1o3 lo4 lo5 ~o6 lo7 ]o8 '109 '1~o ]'12 113 114 ]15 ]'16 '1']7 118 119 '12o 121 '122 123 124 125 ~ 26 '127 128 129 13o 131 132 ] 33 134 135 136 '137 138 '139 ]4o ]4] ]42 143 144 '145 ~46 ~47 Capital Improvement Projects Expenses by Alpha FY 1999 - for the Nine Months Ending March 3~, ~999 Activity Activity Name Total Project 98 &Prior 99 Actual 99 Budget Budget-Actual 37480 MASTER PLAN-LAND ACQUISITION $3,648.825 $1,589.137 $2,059,688 $3.548,500 $1.488,812 34515 MELROSE AVE-WEST HIGH/HWY 21 $2,165,178 $2,164,614 $564 $0 ($564) 34510 MELROSE AVENUE $1.098,050 $1.076,380 $21,670 $21,741 $71 35770 MELROSE AVENUE BRIDGE $2.561,596 $2.519,003 $42.594 $42,586 ($8) 33310 MELROSE MARKET SANITARY SEW $34,105 $10,931 $23,174 $46,866 $23,692 34810 MELROSE-WEST-218/CITY LIMITS $701 $0 $701 $0 ($701) 38360 MONTGOMERY/BUTLER HOUSE $52,589 $45,827 $6,763 $24,173 $17,410 34845 MORMON TREK-ABBEY LANE/HWY $19,521 $16,253 $3,268 $0 ($3,268) 34640 MORMON TREK-BENTON/MELROSE $219,523 $208,350 $11,173 $12.000 $827 34270 MORMON TREK/ABBEY LANE STOR $930 $0 $930 $0 ($930) 34641 MORMON TREK/ROHRET ROAD $52,597 $34.537 $18,060 $18,060 $0 34340 N BRANCH BASIN EXCAVATION $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 33570 N RVR CORRIDOR/B'JAYSVILLE $524,558 $518,706 $5.852 $29,103 $23,251 33830 NAPOLEON PARK LIFT STATION $6,028,689 $5,985,637 $43,051 $43,226 $175 38930 NAPOLEON PARK SOFTBALL FIELD $727,330 $594,629 $132,701 $277.664 $144,963 37210 NE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT $8,500 $8,500 $0 $750.000 $750,000 39310 NOV 97 G.O. BOND ISSUE-WATER 55,174,054 $1,377,395 $3,796,659 $4,385.940 $589,281 38690 OPEN SPACE-LAND ACQUISITION $98.320 $98,195 $125 $50,000 $49,875 34750 OVRWDTH PAV/EXTRA WDTH SIDW $0 $0 $0 $20,000 $20,000 38980 PARK ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAMS $0 $0 $0 $45,000 $45.000 38650 PARK SHELTER IMPROVEMENTS $1.023 $1,023 $0 $23,000 $23,000 36250 PARKING RAMP - NEAR SOUTHSIDE $2,364 $2,364 $0 $0 $0 38691 PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT $0 $0 $0 $25.000 $25,000 38570 PARKS MAINTENANCE FACILITY $54,803 $0 $54,803 $750.000 $695,197 38960 PARKS SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT $0 $0 $0 $10,000 $10,000 38990 PARKS-PARKING LOT IMPROVEMEN $5,859 $0 $5,859 $20,000 $14,141 31120 PENINSULA MAIN, SITE DEV. $164 $0 $164 $1,600,000 $1,599,836 38950 PENINSULA PARK $11,824 $0 $11,824 $13,000 $1,176 38365 PENINSULA PROPERTY DEVELOPM $125,629 $80,544 $45,085 $200,000 $154,915 31320 PENINSULA WATER-FOSTER/DUBU $19 $19 $0 $1,365,000 $1,365.000 31330 PENINSULA/DUBUQUE RD-PH 3 $55 $0 $55 $0 ($55) 38840 POL DISPATCH WINDOW REMODELI $5.634 $0 $5.634 $10,520 $4,886 38850 POLICE SECOND FLOOR DESIGN $66,204 $41,184 $25,021 $644,000 $618,979 38820 POLICE WAITING AREA $629 $0 $629 $0 ($629) 38380 PUBLIC WORKS COMPLEX $43,523 $35,128 $8,395 $2,468,072 $2,459,677 36600 RAMP MAINTENANCE &REPAIR $3,379 $0 $3,379 $317,322 $313,943 31514 RAW WATER MAIN-PH I $812,893 $774,660 $38,232 $138,114 $99,882 34850 RIVER ST PAVING $642,863 $81,891 $560,972 $2,548.109 $1,987,137 33530 RIVER STREET SEWER $0 $0 $0 $208,000 $208,000 35340 ROCHESTER AVENUE BRIDGE $264 $0 $284 $0 ($284) 34550 ROHRET ROAD IMPROV. $2,244,832 $2,244.832 $0 $0 $0 34991 RR CROSSINGS-CITY WIDE $49,623 $18,636 $30,987 $69.113 $38,126 34320 S RIVERSIDE STORM SEWER ($68) $0 ($68) $0 $68 34290 S SYCAMORE REG. STRMWTR DET. $242,164 $187,325 $54,839 $1.158.531 $1,103,692 31370 SAND PIT PUMP STATION $153 $0 $153 $800,000 $799,847 34230 SANDUSKY STORM SEWER $182,885 $174,234 $8,651 $8,634 ($17) 38190 SCANLON GYMNASIUM $1,339,655 $148.631 $1,191,024 $1.657,640 $466,616 34745 SCOTT BLVD SIDEWALK $0 $0 $0 $60,000 $60,000 33640 SCOTT BLVD TRUNK SEWER $2,288,703 $2,169.992 $118,710 $118,595 ($115) -13- Capital Improvement Projects Expenses by Alpha FY 1999 - ref 148 38924 149 38530 150 33820 151 33210 ,152 34260 153 33540 ,154 31516 ,155 31518 156 38150 157 34160 ,158 34820 ,159 34925 16O 34220 ,161 33850 162 38929 163 34420 164 38580 165 34790 166 38645 167 35500 ,168 34380 169 31740 ,170 31220 '171 34590 172 34560 173 38830 174 34635 ,175 34600 176 36940 177 36950 178 36930 179 34610 18o 31335 181 31210 'i82 31510 183 31610 184 34570 185 34990 186 38940 · 187 31519 ,188 33550 189 31517 19o 33860 191 34780 192 34490 193 35720 194 33320 Grand Totals for the Nine Months Ending March 31, 1999 Activity Activity Name Total Project SCOTT PARK DEV./BASIN EXCV. $0 SENIOR CENTER - HVAC RENOV $180,390 SEWER CONNECTION - N & S PLAN $13,904,154 SEWER MAIN PROJECTS-ANNUAL $1,334 SHAMROCK/PETERSON STORM SE $126,460 SHERIDAN AVE SANITARY SEWER $694,237 SILURIAN WELLS - NOS. 3 AND 4 $163,930 SITE WORK-PHASE I $2,533,588 SKATEBOARD PARK $400 SNYDER CREEK WATERSHED $37,948 SOCCER SITE ACCESS ROAD $472,300 SOUTH AREA ARTERIAL $12,033 SOUTH GILBERT STORM SEWER $121,149 SOUTH RIVER CORRIDOR SEWER $3,244,943 SOUTH SITE SOCCER FIELDS $578,263 SOUTHGATE AVE. EXTENSION $905,641 SR CENTER REPAIRS-PHASE II $20,024 STREET SCAPE IMPROVEMENTS $4,956 STURGIS FERRY PARK DEVELOPM $11,013 SUMMIT ST BRIDGE REPLACEMENT $96,806 SUMP PUMP DISCHARGE TILES $44,233 SURFACE WTR TRTMT PLANT IMPR $363,818 SYCAMORE STORAGE RESERVOIR $0 SYCAMORE-BURNS TO CITY LIMITS $1,043 TAFT SPEEDWAY $130 TORNADO WARNING SIRENS $0 TRAFFIC CALMING $27,801 TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECTS $1,220 TRANSIT DOWNTOWN INTERCHAN $11,545 TRANSIT METHANE PROJECT $49,635 TRANSIT PARKING LOT RESURFAC $8,353 WASHINGTON/IOWA SIGNAL $44,164 WATER MAIN PENINSULA PH 3A $239,562 WATER MAIN PROJECTS-ANNUAL $0 WATER TREATMENT FACILITY $8,152,109 WATER TREATMENT PLANT $1,81 1 WATERFRONT DRIVE IMPROV. $64,851 WATERFRONT DRIVE RR CROSSIN $11,716 WATERWORKS PARK $10,030 WELLHOUSES-JORDAN & SILURIAN $704,270 WESTMINISTER RD SANITARY $14,599 WILLIAMS GAS PIPELINE RELOC. $885,333 WILLOW CREEK SANITARY SEWER $7,336,957 WILLOW CREEK TRAIL $288,927 WOOLF AVE-NEWTON/RIVER ST $0 WOOLF AVE. BRIDGE RECONSTRU $1,377,351 WYLDE GREEN SANITARY SEWER $252,776 98 & Prior 99 Actual 99 Budget Budget-Actual $0 $0 $7,OOO $7,OOO $115,307 $65,084 $65,084 $0 $13,671,676 $232,478 $76,921 ($155,557) $0 $1,334 $300,000 $298,666 $118,500 $7,960 $8,433 $473 $676,254 $17,983 $17,983 $0 $163,930 $0 $0 $0 $138,563 $2,395,025 $4,174,967 $1,779,942 $4OO $0 $0 $0 $0 $37,948 $344,460 S306,512 $472,300 $0 $0 $0 $0 $12,033 $80,000 $67,967 $121,149 $0 $0 $0 $2,990,637 $254,306 $678,768 $424,462 $538,329 $39,934 $838,682 $798,748 $204,442 $701,200 $713,991 $12,791 $0 $20,024 $175,238 $155,214 $4,956 $0 $0 $0 $0 $11,013 $35,000 $23,988 $27,534 $69,273 $1,572,466 $1,503,193 $33,267 $10,966 $25,000 $14,034 $363,693 $125 $0 ($125) $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,043 $0 $0 $0 ($47) $177 $0 ($177) $0 $0 $17,512 $17,512 $26,723 $1,078 $30,640 $29,562 $0 $1,220 $94,000 $92,780 $11,545 $0 $211,110 $211,110 $0 $49,635 $400,000 $350,365 $0 $8,353 $150,000 $141,647 $44,164 $0 $0 $0 $233,925 $5,637 $1,371,637 $1,366,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 $7,963,698 $188,411 $410,574 $222,163 $1,811 S0 $0 $0 $64,851 $0 $0 $0 $11,716 $0 $0 $0 $375 $9,655 $12.000 $2,345 $718,786 ($14,515) $0 $14,515 $7,919 $6,679 $425,005 $418.326 $884,O53 $1,280 $1,280 $0 $707,372 $6.629,585 $8,903,840 $2,274,255 $173,642 $115,285 $125,358 $10,073 $0 $0 $0 $0 $717,560 $659,790 $659,991 $201 $252,776 $0 $0 $0 $126,268,302 $87,852,730 $38,415,57I $158,296,554 $119,880,983 -14- TELEPHONE: 319.351 3900 MOBILE: 319.430.3010 Andrew Rocca, Fire Chief Iowa City Fire Depanrnent MARC B. MOEN ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 300, BREWERY SQUARE 123 NORTH LINN STREET IOWA CITY, IOWA 52245 E-MAIL: mmoen~uiowa.campuscwix.net May 5, 1999 Tom Bigelow, Fire Chief Tiffin Fire Department F~_CSIMILE: 319 354 0559 Gary Kisinger, Fire Chief Coralville Fire Department Ken Barta, Fire Chief Jefferson-Monroe Fire Department Jerry Ford, Fire Chief Lone Tree Fire Department Dan Smith, Fire Chief Solon Fire Department Steve Emerson, Fire Chief Hills Fire Department Mark Hora, Fire Chief Oxford Fire Department Steve Yotty, Fire Chief Kalona Fire Department Ron Eckrich, Fire Chief Riverside Fire Department Brian Greer, Fire Chief North Liberty Fire Department Dick Stoolman, Fire Chief West Branch Fire Department Gentlemen, This letter is to all of the firefighters who fought the fire at the Mondo's Restaurant/ Whiteway Building on March 26, 1999. I will be forever grateful for all that was done to safely evacuate the Whiteway Building and the heroic efforts that saved the Savings & Loan Building. The magnitude of the efforts and the cooperation among all of the firefighters was remarkable. We are hoping to rebuild, and I intend to place a plaque on the new building acknowledging the safe evacuation of the original building by the firefighters. MBM:nms I wish I knew better how to express my thanks. I am deeply grateful to everyone involved. Iowa City Transit Public Input Meeting Comment Form Please return to: Iowa City Transit 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Name: Ilarry R. Su,ith Address: 712 Eastmoor Dr Iowa City Phone Number: 338 1876 Comments: My home is two miles from downtown, and for the past twenty years I have relied on the bus system as my sole means of transportation. I cannot understand how you can possibly consider cutting Manville Heights service while at the same time maintaining a free downtown shuttle service that some use for only a few blocks ride. I know one thing; I know that Iowa City Transit service will be an issue in the next city election. Copy to Iowa City City Council RIVER STREET / WOOLF AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION NEWSLETTER May 1999 PROJECT BEGINS Construction has begun on Woolf Avenue and the west two blocks of River Street. The first few weeks will be construction of the underground utilities: watermain, sanitary sewer and storm sewer. After this grading for the new pavement will begin. Work has also begun near the Riverside Drive and River Street intersection. This work primarily includes storm sewer construction to alleviate the flooding on Riverside Drive / Arts Campus area. PARKING All residents who's driveway has been closed for Stage I, should have gotten parking permits and are parking in designated areas. Residents affected by future stages will receive a parking survey in the coming weeks. Please let us know if you are having any problems. TREE Mid-American Energy has been trimming trees around their power lines. They do this every three years so new growth does not damage the power lines. Two trees are scheduled to be removed as part of this project-one at 225 River St. and one at 505 River St. The City Forester has identified another tree, located at 226 River St., that is dead. The City will remove this tree, but not as part of this project. WATER & SANITARY SERVICES The water main and sanitary sewer work on this project includes new service connections to the mains. The new services will be limited to the property line for watermain and the front of sidewalk for sanitary sewer. Anyone interested in replacing their service from this point to their house should contact a separate plumbing contractor. SCHEDULE OF PROJECT The Contractor is currently on schedule and hopes to have the first stage completed by mid-July. Please feel free to contact NNW, Inc. or the City of Iowa City during construction. CITY OF IO~:A CITY CONSULTING ENGINEERS May 10, 1999 PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rob Winstead Iowa City Public Works Phone No.: 356-5145 David Schoon Iowa City Planning Phone No.: 356-5236 Re: Phase II Iowa City Downtown Streetscape Improvements Weather permitting, on Wednesday, May 12, 1999, All-American Concrete, Inc. will begin streetscape improvements to Dubuque Street between Burlington Street and the Holiday Inn. This work will take place in conjunction with the work already in progress on Washington Street and within the City Plaza Pedestrian Mall. The bulk of the work on Dubuque Street between Burlington Street and the Holiday Inn is likely to be completed by May 24% Light, bike rack, posting pillar and landscaping installations will take place upon delivery to the project site later this summer and early fall. Access to the Holiday Inn, Hawkeye State Bank and the Dubuque Street Parking Ramp will remain open during construction. 410 EAST WASHINGTON STREET * IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240-1826 '* (319) 356-5000 · FAX (319) 356-5009 I05-14-99 IP13 MEETING NOTICE Deer Management Committee Wednesday, May 26, 1999 6:45 p.m. Civic Center Council Chambers Call Lisa (356-5010) if questions. 319-354-42~3 -> +3193565089 IOUfi CITV CLERK Johnson Count3' ]~ IOWA Jonathan Jordahl, Chair Charles D. Duffy Michael E. Lehman Sally Stutsman Carol Thompson BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Agenda Boardroom - 2"d Floor Johnson County Administration Building 913 South Dubuque Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 May 13, 1999 FORMAL MEETING 1. Call to order 5:30 p.m. 2. Action re: claims 3. Action re: formal minutes of May 6th 4. Action re: payroll authorizations 5. Business from the County Auditor a) Action re: permits b) Action re: reports 1. Clerk's April monthly report. c) Other 6. Business from the Planning and Zoning Administrator a) Motion setting public hearing for various zonings and plattings. b) Other 913 SOUTH DUBUQUE ST. P.O. BOX 1350 IOWA CITY, IOWA 52244-1350 TEL: (319) 356-6000 FAX: (319) 356-6086 85/12/99 89:85:48 319-354-4219 -> +~193565889 IOU~ CITY CLERE Page 882 Agenda 5-13-99 Pag~l/ :' ,'... ',;? .?: !!, 6:00 p.m. -Public Hearing on Zoning and Platting"Kp"'pi~ions a) First and Second consideration of the following Zoning applications: Application Z9911 of Willard S. Brenneman, Wellman, Iowa, requesting rezoning of 1.53 acres from A1 Rural to RS Suburban Residential of certain property described as being in the NE ¼ of the NW ¼ of Section 31; Township 78 North; Range 8 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa (This property is located on the south side of 560th Street SW, approximately ~ mile east of its intersection with Johnson Iowa Road SW in Washington Twp.). Application of Z9912 of Thomas Hamey, Iowa City, Iowa, applied for by Eliot Keller, Iowa City, Iowa, requesting rezoning of 2.68 acres from RS Suburban Residential to A1 Rural of certain property described as being in the NW ¼ of Section 35; Township 80 Noah; Range 6 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa (This property is located directly north of Lots 36 and 37 of Prairie View Estates Part III, noah of 1244 Devon Drive NE, Iowa City, Iowa in Newport Twp. ). Application Z9913 of Allen Berger, Iowa City, Iowa, requesting rezoning of 1.0 acres from A1 Rural to C-AG Ag Business of certain property described as being in the NW ¼ of Section 30; Township 80 North; Range 5 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa (This property is located on the west side of Highway #1 NE, west of Fox Lane NE in Newport Twp.). Application Z9914 of Harold Trosky Jr., Swisher, Iowa, signed by Steve Carfrae, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, requesting rezoning of 9.76 acres (approximately 8 residential lots) from A1 Rural to RS Suburban Residential of certain property described as being in the NW ¼ of Section 14; Township 81 North; Range 7 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa (This property is located on the east side of Curtis Bridge Road NE, at the intersection of Curtis Bridge Road NE and Sandy Beach Road NE in Jefferson Twp.). 05/12/99 89:86:38 319-354-4213 -> +319356~889 I~g~ CITY CLERR Page 883 Agenda 5-13-99 Page 3 b) Discussion/action re: the following Platting applications: Application S9810 of Ralph Neuzil, signed by Glen D. Meisner of MMS Consultants Inc., requesting preliminary and final plat approval of NEU-VEU Subdivision, a subdivision described as being located in the SE 1/4 of Section 18; Township 78 North; Range 6 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa (This is a l-lot, 4.81 acre, farmstead split, located on the south side of Bayertown Road SW, approximately 1/3 of a mile west of Naples Avenue SW in Liberty Twp.). Application S9909 of Riehard and Norma Novak, signed by Richard Novak, requesting preliminary and final plat approval of Turtle Run - Part Two, a subdivision described as being located in the NW ~A of the SE xA of Section 33; Township 81 North; Range 6 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa (This is a 2-1ot, 6.00 acre, residential subdivision, located on the south side of Sugar Bottom Road NE, in the SE quadrant of the Sugar Bottom and Mehaffey Bridge Road NE intersection in Big Grove Twp.). Application S9914 of Agnes M. Smyth and Mike Barnard, signed by Agnes M. Smyth, requesting preliminary and final plat approval of Barnard's First Addition, a subdivision described as being located in the NE ¼ of the NE fractional ~A of Section 5; Township 81 North; Range 6 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson CounW, Iowa (This is a 1-lot, 10.67 acre, farmstead split located on the south side of Seven Sisters Road NE, approximately ~ mile east of its intersection with Ely Road NE in Big Grove Twp.). Application S9915 of Joy Baker requesting preliminary and final plat approval of Free Rein Subdivision, a subdivision located in the SW ¼ of Section 17; and the NW ¼ of Section 20; all in Township 80 North; Range 6 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa (This is a 2-1ot, 20.78 acre, one residential and one farmstead split subdivision, located on the south side of Dubuque Street NE, approximately ¼ of a mile east of its intersection with North Liberty Road NE in Penn Twp. ). Agenda 5-13-99 Page 4 Application S9916 of Gene Kroeger requesting final plat approval of Stoney Pointe Subdivision, a subdivision described as being located in the SW ¼ of the NW ¼ and the NW 'A of the NW ¼ of Section 21; Township 80 North; Range 6 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa (This is a 14-1ot (13 residential lots with one outlot), 39.83 acre, residential subdivision, located on the east side of Dubuque Street NE, approximately ½ mile south of it's intersection with 275th Street NE in Penn Twp.). Application S9917 of Mark Kennedy requesting preliminary plat approval of Kennedy Subdivision, a subdivision described as being located in the North ½ of the North ½ of the NE ¼ of Section 32; Township 79 North; Range 6 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa (This is a 7-1ot (4 residential lots and 3 outlots), 40.26 acre, residential subdivision, located on the south side of Osage Street SW, and the west side of Dane Road SW at their intersection in West Lucas Twp.). Application S9918 of William Lane requesting preliminary and final plat approval of Blue Ridge Estates, Part II (A Resubdivision of Lot 3 of Blue Ridge Estates and Lot C and Lot D of Lindsey Estates Part Two) described as being located in the NW ¼ of the NE ~A of Section 15; Township 81 North; Range 7 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa (This is a 3-1ot (2 residential and 1 outlot), 27.53 acre, residential subdivision, located at the end of Blue Ridge Court NE, a private road in Blue Ridge Estates Subdivision in Jefferson Twp.). Application S9919 of Mike Plotz and Cheryl Balster, signed by Cheryl Balster, requesting final plat approval of Horsehoe Acres (A Resubdivision of Lot B of Timberlake Second Addition), a subdivision located in the SW ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 16; Township 81 North; Range 7 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa (This is a 1 l-lot (10 residential and 1 outlot), 31.52 acre, residential subdivision, located on the west side of Highway 965 NW, approximately 1/8 of a mile north of it's intersection with Amana Road NW in Jefferson Twp.)., . , 05/12/99 89:08:11 319-3S4-4213 -> +3193S65889 Ifig~ EITY ELERR Page Agenda 5-13-99 Page 5 9. Application S9920 of Doug and Doreen Kidd, signed by Doug Kidd, requesting preliminary and final plat approval of Westside Pines Part Two (A Resubdivision of Lot 2 of Westside Pines) a subdivision described as being located in the SW ¼ of the SW of Section 19; and the NW ~A of the NW ¼ of Section 30; all in Township 80 Noah; Range 7 West of the 5th P.M in Johnson County, Iowa (This is a 2-1ot, (1 residential ~vith 1 outlot), 43.00 acre, residential subdivision, located on the north side of Highway #6 NW, approximately 3/i of a mile west of its intersection with Greencastle Avenue NW in Clear Creek Twp.). 8:00 p.m. - Public Hearing for the Fringe Area Agreement between Johnson County and North Liberty a) Discussion/action re: North Liberty Fringe Area Agreement. 9. Business from the County Attorney a) Other 10. Business from the Board of Supervisors a) Action re: Resolution 05-13-99-B1 transferring from the interest earned in the Capital Projects Fund remain in the Capital Projects Fund. b) Action re: Resolution 05-13-99-B2 transferring from the interest earned in the Capital Expenditures Fund remain in the Capital Expenditures Fund. c) Discussion/action re: letter of support for household hazardous waste grant. (This grant is from Department of Natural Resources in the amount of $100,000.00.) d) Discussion/action re: appointment to Study Committee of issues related to onsite wastewater systems on lots of less than one acre. e) Discussion/action re: appointment to the Johnson County Historic Preservation Commission for a term ending December 31,2001. f) Motion authorizing Chair to send James Higgins a letter of appreciation and certificate for serving on the Johnson County Task Force of the Heritage Area Agency on Aging. Discussion/action re: fireworks permit(s). h) Other 85/12/99 89:88|51 319-354-4213 -> +3193565889 IOUA CITY CLERK Page Agenda 5-13-99 Page 6 11. Adjourn to informal meeting a) Reports and inquiries from the County Attorney b) Inquiries and reports from the public c) Reports and inquiries from the members of the Board of Supervisors d) Other 12. Adjournment City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM DATE: TO: FROM: RE: May 14, 1999 Steve Atkins, City Manager Rick Fosse, City Engineer ~ Landfill Recycling Center Project Our architect for this project has presented us with a revised cost estimate that is higher than was presented to you at the April 19, 1999 Council Work Session. The estimate now exceeds $1,000,000, and staff does not recommend proceeding with the project in its present form. We are directing the architect to redesign the facility in a more utilitarian fashion that will maintain most of the functionality as well as environmental and energy components. Cc: Chuck Schmadeke Dan Scott City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: To: From: Re: May 12, 1999 City Manager Karin Franklin, Director, Peninsula Project The deadline for submittal for developer proposals on the Peninsula Project was May 2, 1999. Two of the three developers from whom we anticipated proposals have withdrawn from this project; one withdrew early due to the timeframe and the number of projects they were already engaged in and the second withdrew close to the deadline as a consequence of financial issues within their company. We have received a proposal from McCABE LLC of Boulder, Colorado and are in the process of reviewing it. After we have had an opportunity to discuss the proposal with Mr. McCabe, we will be making a recommendation to you on whether to proceed with this one proposal or pursue other submittals. Please contact me if you have any questions. cc: Bob Miklo ImVnem~kf5-10.doc May 1 O, 1999 To: ~'MAY 13 1999 CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE _ IOAREWAACITY All Committee Chairs and Board of Director Members 325 E. Washington Street P.O. Box 2358 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 319-337-963 7 ( tel ) 319-338-9958 (fix) From: Tom Werderitsch, 1999 Chair of the 'Board of Directors Subject: Forum on Proposed Constitutional Amendments On Thursday, May 20, 1999 the Economic Growth committee is sponsoring a forum on the proposed Constitutional Amendments. The forum will be held at 7:30 a.m. at the downtown Iowa City branch of Mercantile Bank. Featured speakers will be David and Jean Stanley. Representative Dick Myers will also be attending. Listed below is a brief description of both proposed amendments. These amendments could fundamentally change the way state government operates. It is important that the Chamber leadership be as fully informed as possible on these issues so please plan to attend. On June 29, 1999 Iowans will vote on two proposed Constitutional amendments. The first proposes to limit state general fund expenditures to 99% of the adjusted revenue estimate. The adjusted revenue estimate is the forecasted amount of state tax revenue for a given fiscal year. This estimate assists the Governor in preparation of the Governor's budget and by the General Assembly in the budget process. This is the most important factor considered when our elected officials budget for all state programs, services and salaries. The second amendment proposes to require a three-fifths majority to increase any state taxes~ This means that any bil!_whichwould ~ead to an increase in statc income, sales or use taxes would require the affirmative votes of at least 60% of the whole membership of each house of the General Assembly for passage. Serving the Communities of Johnson County 85/14/99 14:39:26 319-354-4213 -> +3193565889 I~U~ CITY CLERR Page 881 Johnson C:oun~' ~IOWA mY~ Jonathan Jordahl, Chair Charles P. Duffy Michael E. Lehman Sally Stutsma~n BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Agenda Boardroom - 2na Floor Johnson County Administration Building 913 South Dubuque Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 May 18, 1999 INFORMAL MEETING 1. Call to order 1:30 p.m. 2. Work Session with Department Heads 3. Update/report/discussion of the following: a) Administration Building Plan b) Reports/updates from Department Heads c) Communication Committee report on Johnson County representation at the County Fair d) County-wide performance evaluations e) Department Head evaluations and progress reports f) Employee Computer Purchase Program g) Meeting with representatives of The University of Iowa h) Local Purchase Policy on bids i) Board of Supervisors budget planning j ) Date and time of next meeting k) Other 4. Adjourn 85/17/99 88:49:24 319-354-4213 -> +31935fi5889 IOWO CITY CLERg Page 881 Johnson Count,, i~ Jonathan Jordahl, Chah~ Charles D. Duffy Michael E. Lehman Sally Stutsman Carol Thompson BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Agenda Boardroom - 2nd Floor Johnson County Administration Building 913 South Dubuque Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 May 18, 1999 INFORMAL MEETING Call to order 9:00 a.m. Review of the formal minutes of May 13th Business from Dan Coleman and Colin Gordon, Professor for the University of Iowa re: Living Wage Ordinance. discussion/action needed Business from the County Engineer a) Discussion/action needed re: right-of-way acquisition for grade, pave, and recreational trail project on Prairie Du Chien Road NE between 1- 80 and the intersection with Newport Road NE (Johnson County project STP-E-52(40)--5K-52). Other b) 85/17/99 88;49:49 319-354-4213 -> +3193565889 IOW~ CITY CLERK Page 882 Agenda 5-18-99 Business from the County Auditor a) b) c) d) PagE 2 :::,: c :.",: Discussion/action needed re: Resolution 5-20-99-T1 tr~."'~erri~ from the General Fund to the Capital Expenditure Fund. Discussion/action needed re: Resolution 5-20-99-B4 designating funds in the Rural Capital Projects Fund. Discussion/action needed re: hearing to lower appropriation of Rural Capital Projects from $361,242 to $0. Other 6. Work Session re: funding from Heritage Area Agency on Aging. discussion/action needed a) Elderly Nutrition Program (Senior Dining) 7. Business from the Board of Supervisors a) Discussion/action needed re: Fiscal Committee budget calendar, budget monitory tool. b) Discussion/action needed re: Resolution 05-20-99-B1 transferring from the interest earned in the Capital Projects Fund remain in the Capital Projects Fund. c) Discussion/action needed re: Resolution 05-20-99-B2 transferring from the interest earned in the Capital Expenditures Fund remain in the Capital Expenditures Fund. d) Setting work session meeting re: county campus concept. discussion/action needed e) Discussion/action needed re: Muslim Camp on Corps of Engineers land. f) Discussion/action needed re: appointment to the Johnson County Cluster/Social Welfare Board for a term ending December 3 l, 1999. g) Discussion/action needed re: appointment to the Iowa City Board of Library Trustees. h) Discussion/action needed re: appointments to the Commission of Veteran Affairs. 85/17/99 08:50:23 319-354-4213 -> +3193565009 IOU~ CITV CLERE Page 883 Agenda 5-18-99 Page 3 (Continuation of Board of Supervisors agenda items) i) Minutes received 1. Johnson County Employee Wellness Committee for March 30, 1999 2. Johnson County Board of Health for April 14, 1999 3. Johnson County Task Force Heritage Area Agency on Agency for April 19, 1999 4. Johnson County Nutrition Board for April 19, 1999 5. Sixth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services Board of Directors for April 21, 1999 6. Hawkeye Area Community Action Program for April 29, 1999 j) Reports k) Other 8. Discussion from the public 9. Recess Measu.re may alter finances Iqt 'ltt, !el t 2 anmndments propos By DAVID YT. PSEN The leading supporler of two proposed state comstitutional amendments said Thursday one of the most important changes they will make is in the way the state keeps its books. Da~d Stanley. chairman of Iowains for Tax Relief, said re- qmring the use of generally ac- cepted accounting prmciph~ is "one of the most overlooked provLsions" of the amend- ments, that if passed by voU.rs would make the state's books easier to undersland while helping to prevent deficits. Iowa voters go to the polls June 29 to decide whether to add the amendments h, the stale constitution. One would require a 60 percent vote of 1 he Legislature to raise sales or in- come taxes. The other requires 1 tit' state . to spend only .qs} percent of what it collects. lawmaker. ,~ud the .q.q lmwceBl measure would require the slaw to use the accosting prim'lph.s prepared by a na- tion~ board of financia[ e~eHs. ~ ~e p~, he ~d ~e s~te cornered m money before it w~ r~eiv~, but o~y su~ txaaed it when ch~ were ~tlen to ~de deftelLs. "~ey covert~ it ~ up wi~ ~shonest ~Tco~l~g," ~ey ~d. lie ~d the Iowa Supreme Ce~ ruled l~st ye~ ~e cm~ ~. ~y ~co~ng sy~em it w~mts. gi~ng of~ci~s % ~de~pen hcen~. to go back to the ~tn~e mess we were h~ ~.vcn or eight yc~s ago" when lowa had budget deficits. Sl~t.y made his commenls dunng ~m mte~'iew with [~ Moines Regislet editors and repo~ers. ~'hih. opponunls of J~) percent requ~'ment say i~ Amendment would alter state's books STANLEY Contin ued.h'om P,.~c I M iS tmdemocralic, SUmIcy stud a number of super-m~jo~ty r~ui~- ments a~eady are m the stMe con- stitution, such ~ those r~ui~g a tw~thkds vote of the ~gislat~e t.o Dyerode a govemor's veto, im~ach a governor, {'.~ a speci~ session of the Legislature or pay elmins ag~t the s~le "Tang a bi~er shoe of the ~ pie's pro~ny m a si~fic~t enou~ deckion ~t req~g more ~ a b~e m~ofity is not ~dem~r~c at ~,' he ~d. "O~ concretion does not ~low a le~la~ve m~o~ty to rake away freedom of speech, fr~dom of press, fr~om of wo~p, fr~dom of ~embly ~d so o~' St~ey rod. "ff it's appropna~ to ~e ~e tution ~ protect the p~ple's ~- dom of s~ch and pre~. il m ~u~y appropriate lo use the constitution to provide some protedion of the peoph:s incense m~d property from a government with a constanl tenden- cy to take more anti more," Repoaer David Ye sen can be reached at (515) ~-8545 or ~epsend~oews .dintog.corn ... City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM DATE: TO: FROM: RE: May 18, 1999 Mayor and City Council Madan K. Karr, City Clerk Absence I will be out of the office May 23-May 28, attending the Institute of Municipal Clerks Conference. Sue will have my itinerary. Experts debate tax amendments I Many officials attended the forum sponsored by two area organizations .... By JONATHAN R60S Proposed changes, in the state constitution would keep Iowa out of debt and its taxes trader control, a chief support- cr said Monday. But ~in expert in government finances warned the changes could have LuWRended consequences. " ....... "' David . . Stanley,  chaLrlllali of . lowans for Tax Relief, C0g$~I~0N and Kenneth - Hayhie, a Pr0Sa~dcom0n Des Moines slaes{B~di~mils lawyer, ' de- bated at a noon forum in downtown Des Moines a pair of proposed con:~titutional amendments that Iowans will vote on June 29. Stanley stud the special election will be an opporttmily for people to make it harder for legislators to raise major state taxes, But Hayaie said a future Legislature might then turn to other, easier-to-approve taxes. One amendment would re- quLre majorities of 60 percent or more in the Iowa House and Senate to raise the state in- come or sales tax, or to enact a new tax. The other proposal would put in the constitution an existing law that limits the state to spending not more than 99 percent of the money that it is projected to collect in a year. ' 'tta.Wrde stud the 60 percent- approval proposal would not apply to a dozen other taxO~, including property and e~Cate taxes, fuel 'taxes, fran~; ': taxi,,, imd-taxes,on gambling 'gild alcoholic beverages. ' 'C,...~!)epreSsare is going to be to rajse those taxes because you can do it with a shnpiy majority." he St~dey said he would l~ve preferred a super-m~jority amendment that applied to all taxes, but the proposal on the ballot does per~dn to about two-thh'ds of the state's revenue. He a]so s&id it would send a message to local gov- ernments flint they must con~ Irol proper~y taxes. too. Tt~e debaters 'also sparred over the spending-limil amendment. Stanley said laws aimed at keeping state spending in check can be revised or repealed, so Io- warts need constitutional protec- tions, too. Haynie countered that the proposed amendment would tie state government leaders to proce- dures that might not work well in tough economic times and would transfer some of their power to an unelected board that makes binding revenue projections. The Chamber and the Greater Des Moines Committee, a group of busi- ness leaders, held the luncheon de- bate. It was one of the first in a series of pubtic forums that will be held around the state in coming weeks. Members of the audience, including Iowa State University President Martin Jischke, joined in the discussion. Jischke wondered what the im- pact of the proposed changes would be on Iowa's education system. He noted that states that have had super-majority requirements the longest -- Arkansas, Mississippi, South Dakota and California -- Questions · Do you have questions about the June 29 special election? Call or write Legislative Editor Blair Claflin. He can be reached Monday through Friday at (515) 2848053 or e-mail him anytime at claflinb~t~news. dmreg. com The Register will try to answer your questions in the course of our campaign coverage. "have public higher-education sys- tems that are really second-rate. They aren't very good.' Stanley responded that education spending in those mates has been increasing at a slightly faster rate than in states that don't have the 60percent tax approval require- ment. Reporter Jonathan Roos can be reached at {515} 284-8443 or roosj~news.dmreg.com To LearnMO' e · Information from the ro-amendments campaign is available by writings: 'to ~ for Iowa -- Vote Yes, 3111 In ersoll Aver, 2hd floor, Des Moines IA 50312. g~ou can;~lsO connect to the group's Web site at www. oodfodbwa.com or you can call the group at (80~) 575:~7'18: Information from the brganization opposing the amendments can beob ined b wrfti~g to 'Neigh- bors A ainst Hi her P~o~r~y.I.~xes - Vote No". 4025 ~oanawanagY~Drivl, Des Moines IA 50312. T e do-U, ig', 1' 9 q