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Home My WebLink About2000-06-20 Correspondence Greater Iowa City Housing Fellowship opening the doors of Iowa City 1700 South First Avenue Suite 25B Iowa City, IA 52240 (319)358-9212 June 7, 2000 Iowa City City Council Civic Center 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Members of the Council: At a recent work session several of you had questions and expressed concerns about the Community Land Trust Program of Greater Iowa City Housing Fellowship. The Community Land Trust Program provides affordable home ownership to working families in Iowa City. I have enclosed an informational sheet for each of you. I am available, as are many of our volunteer Trustees, to discuss the program with you and answer your questions. We would welcome the opportunity to do so. Sincerely, Maryann Dennis Executive Director Greater Iowa City Housing Fellowship (319) 358-9212 AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP June, 2000 A Community Land Trust is a well established strategy to develop affordable home ownership opportunities for working families. It has been used in many parts of the United States and is now accepted by buyers and lenders in Iowa City. PROJECT FINANCING.' GICHF received a City HOUSE FEtTURE$.' of Iowa City HOME Loan in the amount $109,400 to * Three bedrooms, one full and one three quarter purchase lots. The loan is a declining balance, 20-year baths, full basement with egress window and loan. GICHF has been able to purchase five lots. An roughed-in plumbing for future finishing deck, additional lot was donated as a consequence of our and attached garage. The living area averaged acquisitions for a total of six single-family lots. 1,200 square feet · Built in accordance with all sub-division covenants NO OTHER PUBLIC FUNDS ARE INVOLVED and restrictions IN THIS PROJECT. THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC SALF. AGREEMENT: FUNDS PER LOT FOR ALL SIX LOTS WAS · Home owner purchases the housc and all $18,240. improvements outright · Home owner signs a 99 year (renewable) land lease Construction financing was obtained by GICHF from agreement for the land a local private lender. · t fome owner has full use of the land · GICHF maintains ownership of the land Home buyers arrange 100% of the price of the home · The land lease has the effect of reducing the price from down payments and private mortgages. of the house for the homeowner while maintaining affordability and residential use of the BUYER EI.d'GIBIHTI'..' (maximum income) property if the buyer wishes to sell in the future. Fami~ Si,~e Gross Annual Income · Resale agreements provide the homeowner an 3 $39,650 increasing percentage of the value of market 4 $44,100 appreciation of the house and any improvements 5 $47,600 made to it based on length of residency over a 6 $51,150 period of 9 years. Buyer must qualify for a private mortgage and meet all PARTNERS: This project is a culmination of the private lender underwriting criteria. efforts of many people and organizations. The Board o f GICHF is made up o f volunteers. G I ( ] t 1F was BUYERS'INCOMES.' $17,568 - $37,689 rounded I>y the loc~ faith community and is incorporated for no other reason than to provide SALRP, RtCE' $92,500 - $99,500 affordable housing for our ncighl>ors in this community. The development of the lease took at PROPERTY TAXES: least 19 months and all legal fees were donated. A The buyer of the home pays full property taxes on the local Realtor charges no commission to market the home and land. Neither is eligible for exemption from homes. GICHF has purchased the Student Built property taxes. house for the last two years. Other partners include: Firstar Bank, A1 Thomae Construction, John Loomis MARIrETINTEREST: Construction, Thomas McMurray, Attorney, Kevin All homes were sold within 40 days of initial listing at Hanick, Lepic-Kroeger Realty, Iowa City Community the listed price. School District, Home Builders Assoc. of Iowa City, MAHP, Cedar Rapids, IA, Institute of Community Economics, Springfield, MA, Fanhie Mae Dear Editor: Once again the Iowa City Deer Committee, a supposedly well-balanced committee composed of all different positions and opinions, is meeting to review all possible lethal and non-lethal methods af deer control. Big joke! The Deer Committee can't get any more biased. All they care about is sharpshooting deer. They do have people who are against sharpshooting. About two! Maybe not even that many. In fact, four people from the local group Save The Deer, an organization against lethal deer-control methods, applied for the at-large positions on the Deer Committee. None were accepted. I expected that. It is obvious that the City Council is controlling it so that sharpshooting is implemented. Today in the Press-Citizen I read that the committee was considering non-lethal methods. I won't get my hopes up. If this is anything like last year, in a couple of weeks all they will be talking about is sharpshooting. Last year, it sounded as if they might exclusively use non-lethal methods. After a few weeks their true intentions became clear. They were just kind of going along with everyone, pretending that they were considering all options. Sharpshooting is an ineffective and cruel method of controlling deer. Let's come up with a non-biased committee that can implement a better solution. Elijah McNeish, age 12 606 Westgate St. Apt. 29 Iowa City, IA 52246 (319) 338-2146 Dear Iowa City City Council: Attached is a letter that I wrote to the Press-Citizen. -Elijah McNeish G -?..o -oo ,June 8, 2000 dUN 1 IOWA CITY CITY COUNCIL ~.~ CiTYM, jifI :]'S OFFICE City of Iowa City Civic Center Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear City Councilors, The Iowa City Hospice Board of Directors sends our appreciation to the City for working with us and contributing to the Hospice Volunteer Trail Site in Willow Creek Park. For Hospice, this was a special project allowing our organization to not only honor the hospice volunteers in our community but also to provide a quiet place for rest and reflection. It was a pleasure working with Terry Trueblood on this project. We hope it is the first of many trail sites along the city's growing trail system. Thank you for your support of Iowa City Hospice. Sincerely, Craig ' ' President - Hospice Board of Directors Cc: Terry Trueblood 1025 Wade Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52240. 319-351-5665 · info@iowacityhospice. com November 5, 1999 The Honorable Ernie Lehman Mayor of Iowa City 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mayor Lehman: Being an Iowa City resident, as well as a salesman for a national company that can assist in reducing city street costs, my interest in the usage of dual wall high density polyethylene pipe for storm sewer applications is beth personal and professional. Advanced Drainage Systems is a national company that has had roots in Iowa City for over 30 years. Over the past twelve years we have experienced explosive growth due to one product, HDPE dual wall storm sewer pipe. ADS has been fortunate to have thousands of cities from the size of Iowa City to metropolitan areas, such as the Twin Cities, recognize the high- performance and significant cost savings HDPE dual wall storm sewer pipe provides. ADS has been working closely with the Iowa City Engineering Department in attempting to gain city acceptance for our product. Unfommately, we have not gained that acceptance. The product saves the contractor - and the city - money while outperforming other current Iowa City accepted storm sewer products. Contractors and developers continuously look for growing communities that are progressive in their thinking and allow for alternative products. Please find attached local communities in the Iowa City area that allow HDPE dual wall to be used for storm sewers. Many Departments of Transportation and cities have benefited from HDPE dual wall storm sewer pipe. I offer the following relevant information: · To date (since 1987) there has been over 400,000,000 feet (75,000) miles of HDPE dual wall storm sewer pipe successfully installed, and performed as designed, throughout the United States. · I personally have sold over 1,500,000 feet (284 miles) of successful projects in Southeast Iowa over the past five years. · Dual wall HDPE is specified by 48 states' DOTs (including the Iowa DOT since 1989) as an industry standard alternative for storm sewer pipe products (design life 75-100 years). · Approximately 90 percent of all Wal-Marts, Home Depots, Meuards, K-Marts, Cub Foods, Targets, and other major retail compames specify and install HDPE dual wall storm sewer pipe. · See attached listing for local and national usage of HDPE dual wall storm sewer pipe. · See attached bid tabulation of cost savings using HDPE dual wall storm sewer pipe for a 'project installed in March of 1999 in Burlington, Iowa. IOWA CiTY 2905 S. GILBERT STREET IOWA CITY. IA 52240 The Honorable Errtie Lehman Mayor of Iowa City 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 page 2 To ensure that we provide the highest quality storm sewer pipe, ADS and its competition must meet or exceed all material requirements of AASHTO (American Association State Highway Transportation Officials) and ASTM (American Society of Testing Materials), two nationally- recognized organizations. Through research and testing these organizations establish quality standards for construction materials. Their evaluation of HDPE dual wall storm sewer pipe has resulted in approval for applications beneath highway loads. As with any product, when its use is wide-spread, there will be an occasional occurrence of mis-installation or product damage. The City of Iowa City had a problem installation which was replaced with HDPE dual wall storm sewer pipe (the City Engineer can provide you with details). It is my sincere desire to insure that our city has positive experiences and overall satisfaction with HDPE dual wall storm sewer pipe as other cities have and are experiencing. Sincerely, Mark B. Paca Advanced Drainage Systems Southeast Iowa Sales Representative Iowa City, Iowa (319) 354-1138 IOWA CITY 2905 S. GILBERT STREET IOWA CITY. IA 52240 TABULATION OF CONSTRUCTION AND IIATERIAL BIDS Page: 1~ 4 lid Order: IS4 Contract 110: 29-e977-ef4 Prtma~y County: DES NOINES Letting Date: e3/t6/99 9:Be A.M. LTNE NO /ZTDI N / ALT 'SHZPLEY CTWrRACT)IiG COOP. iNELSON, lIKE CONC. PAVING COiLAKiT!f.N CONSTRUCTION, INC. ITEtl DESCIIIPTII)N QUANTITY s UNIT PRICE AI)UNT! UNIT PRICE AIXJliT~ UNIT PtlICE AIIOUI/T I 211t-731112t 4.111 LF lll.llll8 411 elI Sl!tll PIPE, PLASTIC STOIII, 2t Ill. D/A. ' I ' I 211.1 14.e 2s.-T~,e24 ,e,..m LF . 2e.2SeN 2,T,..ee Sl'llll PIPE, ILlSTIC, S3Oll, 24 IN. DIA.. L 1° lIAR FIET· lIEN)ltWIII. PLASTIC stone. B- I I I 141 2t11-/ 511.1 LF I ( 'LINEAl FEET' lIEN) SitfiR, PLASTIC I 35.2elBa 2t97.t 42 .leeee 25 166.4e 55 .ellel 3234e,ee SToma. X- J I I SECTION TOTALS I S It~ 364 7 .................................. , · · t+ S tt3.Stl.24~ $ 162.41.1 sen,..,-,m~, ... ~,~.'~'~7~;~'~;g~'~;~ ..........~- .....~[~-;~ .................· ............................... BID TIltS SECTION IF ALTENNATE 'AA' OPTION 2 XS CHOSEN i 141 25e3-7329et2 239.155 LF I I SEVER PIPE. 2aBeD strum. f2 ZN. DXA, I 36.28 8,670.92 I ~1.04 7,418.56i 844e 25t3-73:2"J~tl 3~7.11e LF S. tNEO PX~. 2eeeo ITDRim. 18 in. Ola- I 4JD..38 15,627.06 f 35.22 13,6.30.14! 14~ S-?Nm 4.~ LF 'I' ...... ~ .......... I ..... ,~',,-.,,'.. ~ s,-..,..., ,.. D,._ ~,X00.00400.0S {. 3S.Z4.15Z.,..~{ ..... 14~ N-TN4 fltS.m LF 'l" ~ ' · .............. 5EW!~I Pliml{. 2Bell) STOIII, 24 IN. DZA .... I 147e x-~em-T~e~ 947.1 LF 'l 38.72 36,667.84 41.25 .. 41.~l.0JUli. SEW~ PX~E, 2ee~ statue. ~ I~. DI,. .... I 41.72 39,357.32'-{ 45.23. 42e832,81f{ 14ae ~-va2smme saa.eee LF I ' ,"1 ........................ SSW~m PI~. Nee~ STY. N IN. Oxm I 47.72 2~,059.3~I 54.97 32~198.88i SE~VxON n~TaLs I ...... I ...................... .......................................... | ...........$ 1zs,~a2.5o.'+ .............J.j~,L4~.,.1~;, ................: ....................... CONTRACT tOTALS ; $ 9FJ.833.71: $ 1,325,754.44| $ 1,519.ev2.Se $ 23,4~8.03 $ 24,332.11 Total Cost Savings using ADS N/12 Dualwall Storm Sewer Pipe .vs~ " .... Reinforced Concrete Storm Pipe. , , TOVA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATTON Wur~. Oat,e: VEl(X)!~ RANKTNG Page: Primary County: DES IIOINES Bid Order: 104 Contract lID: 29-e977-e14 [sted~1 Letting Date: S3/¶6/99 9:90 A.It. ' Letting Status: AIIANDED to SHIPLEY COI4T!~ACT][NG CORP. Cattact PeriOd: tie iRNIt( DAYS Late Start Date: 15/~3/9g project: STpoU-OD?T( Mork Type: PCC pAVEIIF-NT - REPLACE County: DES MI31NES IIoute: klEST AVE- Location: FitOil TEllACE DRiVE 8UeLIMGTON ....................... . ................................... T ............................ TOTAL 1~ OVER "' VENOm ..... ' SHXPLEY CONTRACTING C - ~a~ ....... ~ .... ORP $ 1,325,754.44 13:!.S974~ t · $ 1,519,87:~.59 ls2.et2sl 2 NE229 lilIKE NELSON CONCRETE pAVING CO 3 LA189 LANGIRAN C()NSTRUCTII~I. INC- SOUTHEAST IOWA MUNICIPAL N-12 USERS ADVANCED ORA~AGE SYSTEMS, ~C. City of Cedar Rapids (319) 286-5802 City of MareRgo (319) 642-3232 David Elgin (City Engineer) Joseph Smith (City Manager) City of Grinnell (515) 236-2600 City of Kalona (319) 656231 0 Duane Kne~ (City Engineer) Doug Morgan (PWD) City of North Liberty (319) 626-5700 City of Center Point (319) 849-1730 Kevin Trom (City Engineer) Craig Eidred (PWD) City of Cedar Falls (319) 273-8606 City of Walcott (319) 284-6571 Larry Bucholz (City Engineer) John Brockmann (PWD) City of Burlington (319) 753-8171 City of West Branch (319) 643-5888 Bob Carhoff (City Engineer) Jim Oaks (PWD) City of West Burlinton (319) 752-5451 City of Btue Grass (319) 381-4700 Bob Christy (PWD) Sandy Remley (PWD) City of Mount Vernon (319) 895-6724 City of Atkins (319) 446-7870 Kevin Stensland (PWD) Dick Lange (City Manager) City of Fort Madison (319) 372-7000 City of Oxford Junction (319) 826-2400 Steve Hayes (PWD) Terry Wink (PWD) City of West Liberty (319) 627-241 8 City of Shellsburg (319) 436-2954 Jim Garner (PWD) Patrick Robinson (PWD) MUNICIPAL N-12 US RS_ Aov,~-'so oe~.,~c~ svsm~. ~. City of Columbus, OH Largest Suburb in Twin Cities, MN Richard Cummins (614) 645-3182 City of Maple Grove Manager of Testing Inspection Bill McGowan, P.E. (612) 494-6000 James Coffey, P.E. (614) 645-3311Fastest Growing Suburb in Twin Cities, MN Administrator of Sewers & Drains City of Blaine City of Ann Arbor, MI Tom Scoff, P.E. (612) 784-6700 Cresson Slotten, P.E.(734) 994-6156 Suburb in Twin Cities, MN City of Mahtomedi City of Bloomington, IN Keith Arbalaba, P.W.D. (614) 4264,344 Jonathon Heald, P.E. (812) 349-3417 Assistant City Engineer City of Rochester, MN City of Salt Lake City, UT Reid Wronski, P.E., or Franklin Hamilton, P.E.(801) 483-6790 David Krammer, P.E. (507) 287-7800 Drainage Engineer City of Cedar Falls, IA Largest Suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA Larry Bucholz, P.E. (319) 273-8606 City of Murrysviile Joe Deitrick, P.E. (412) 327-2100 City of Burlington, IA Bob Carhoff, P.E. (319) 753-8171 City of Monroeville, Pittsburgh, PA Tom Zeglen, P.E. (412) 856-3339