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Home My WebLink About2000-11-07 Info Packet of 10/26 CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION PACKET P;~,~ October 26, 2000 I MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS IP1 Meeting Schedule and Tentative Work Session Agendas IP2 Memorandum from Assistant City Manager: AFSCME Local 183 Initial Proposals IP3 Memorandum from City Engineer to City Manager: Plastic Storm Sewer Pipe IP4 Memorandum from Planning and Community Development Department Assistant Director to City Manager: Near Southside Transportation Center; City Council Question from October 16 Work Session IP5 Memorandum from Airport Manager to City Manager: Airport Operations IP6 Memorandum from Neighborhood Services Coordinator to City Manager: Trash Receptacles - Broadway Street and Cross Park Avenue IP7 Department of Public Works Special Projects City Council Report #2 [Color version available at Clerk's Office] IP8 Department of Public Works - Engineering Division Special Projects: Photographical Report #2 [Color version available at Clerk's Office] IP9 Letter from Dick Siefers and Lori Riley (Iowa City Road Races) to City Manager: Appreciation IP10 National League of Cities National Municipal Policy [Vanderhoef] IPll Minutes: September 26, 2000, East Central Iowa Council of Governments IP12 Article: Preservation is Good for Business [Vanderhoef] IP13 Email from Luanne S. O'Shea: Town Hall Meetings to Discuss Youth Access to Tobacco IP14 Letters from Mayor to Boards and Commissions Applicants ~ _~ , ~ 10-26-00 ~~, IP1 -- City Council Meeting Schedule and 26, Octo er2000 ~ Cltl/or ~,~ c~ Tentative Work Session Agendas I November 6 Monday 6:30p COUNCIL WORK SESSION Counc~ Chambers November 7 Tuesday 7:00p FORMAL COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers November 10 Friday VETERANS' DAY HOLIDAY - CITY OFFICES CLOSED November 20 Monday 6:30p COUNCIL WORK SESSION Council Chambers November 21 Tuesday 7:00p FORMAL COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers November 23~24 Thursday/Friday THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY - CITY OFFICES CLOSED December '18 Monday 6:30p COUNCIL WORK SESSION Council Chambers December 19 Tuesday 7:00p FORMAL COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers Meeting dates/times subject to change FUTURE WORK SESSION ITEMS Kirkwood Avenue Signalization Sidewalk Cafes Campaign Contributions Dog Park Northside Marketplace Emma Hatvat City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM TO: City Council ~~L~.~-~ FROM: Assistant City Manager DATE: October 26, 2000 RE: AFSCME Local 183 Initial Proposals City staff met with AFSCME Local 183 representatives on October 25, 2000, at which time the Union submitted the attached initial proposals. We will meet again on November 8 at which time we will present the City's counterproposals. Attachment cc: City Manager 2001 - 2002 Union Initial Proposal Submitted to the City of Iowa City, Iowa by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Local 183 All other items currently contained in the 1999-2001 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the parties are to remain status quo. Should the Union, during the course of negotiations, withdraw any proposal submitted herein, the status quo language in the 1999-2001 Collective Bargaining Agreement shall be inserted into the next Collective Bargaining Agreement. unless specffically negotiated to the contrary ARTICLE 6 DUES CHECK OFF S~ction 2. Dues witl be deducted from the first pay check of each calendar month and will be remitted together with an itemized statement, to the Union Treasurer within ten (10) days after the deductions have been made. On a monthly basis, and at no cost to the Union, the Employer shall provide the Union with a computer disk, which, in a format agreeable to both parties, shows the bargaining unit employee's name, social security number, home address, payroll number and any other information mutually agreed to, Section 3. Tho City will not dod~ct duoo boginnin9 tho first ef tho calcnd=r month 3ftcr whloh an omployoo i~ no longor part cf the b=fgaininS unit. An oml~leye9 my vol~/ntqrily sancol or revoko ot~orbation for cheek eft by delivory of ~wittgn notleo to tho C~,, Tho City will Fq'evide :~ c~opy of the noti~o to tho Unbn. Can¢oll~tions .receivod by tho 16th of tho month will booomo offoctivo on tho first of tho noxt month, Such orders shall be terminable, with written notice to the Employer and the Union dudng a two (2) week period following the anniversary date or the Employee's authorization to withhold dues. The Employer agrees not to hold requests to terminate authorization for payroll dues deduction. such deductions shall cease within sixty (60) calendar days from receipt of the Emptoyee's notice to te.rminate dues deduction. 2 ARTICLE 7 HOURS OF WORK Section 1. Definitions Temporary Employees - Those employees working four (4) months or less each calendar year. The City shall notify the Union president of the date that temporary employees am hired and the date that they cease employment. Those .who regularly work loss than twenty (20 hours per week, reg:~rdloss of Ior&'th of employment; or those who work in _~ position which is 3uthori~od for toss than nine (g) months. When a temporary employee corvos gro3ter than nine (0) months 3vomging twenty (20 or rrK>ro hours per week, the perties shell moot 3nd confer '~s to the states of such employee; provided, however, such employee sh311 3crd'uo slsk leave. holidoy and ~c3tion time (pror'~tod if p3rt time) and sh311 3~o seniority for purpor, oc of bidding pursuant to Section 4~2 of thi~ Artiolo. The parties my :~greo to w'~ivo the nine month prov~on in s:~sos involving spoc4aily funded employees. Waiver of such requirement will not be unroason3bly withhold. Casual Employees - Persons employed for bdef, irregular pedods or those who perform work on a pedodic basis. Seasonal Employees - Those who work in positions which relate to regular periodic weather or climate conditions, or who work in positions which relate to phases of the school year. Seasonal employees shall not work for more than four (4) months within each calendar year. Permanent Employees - Persons who are appointed to authorized budgeted positions and who have completed a probationary period upon initial employment with the City. Full-Time: Those who regularly work forty (40) hours per week. Part-Time: Those who are assigned to work less than a forty (40) hour week; generally the assignment will be based on ten (10) hours-per-week increments. The City shall provide the Union a list of names of temporary, seasonal, and casual employees of the City, along with hire dates, termination dates (if applicable), and account number of these employees. The Union will request this information under this provision no more than three times annually. Section 5. Rest Pedods. Except for the transit drivers the City will provide a fifteen (15) minute rest pedod at two (2) times dudng the regular work day. The location and scheduling will be determined by the immediate supervisor. The rest pedod will be schedules at regular times within the work day to accommodate staffing needs. Employee preferences will be considered. As another exception to the above, police dispatchers shall receive one thirty (30) minute rest period during the regular work dayjnstead of two (2) fifteen (15) minute rest pedods. 3 eKK:O[ O0 IE Article 7 - Hours of Work Section 10. (New). Transit Recovery Time No transit operator working in the P.M. shall be booked for A.M. report the following day with less than ten (10) hours off, unless the transit operator indicates his/her agreement to work. 4 t,'~ ei~:OI O0 K~ ~o0 ARTICLE 8 OVERTIME Section 3. Overtime Rest Period. If an employee is required to work at least two (2} additional hours within thirty (30} minutes immediately after the employee's normal work day the City wilt provide for one of the following: a. A rest period of one-half (1/2) hour immediatdy following the work day. or b. One (1) additional half-hour of paid compensation at the overtime rate. This section does not apply if the employee is required to work los than two (2) hours following the work day. Section 4. Stand-By Time, Employees who are on stand-by time am required to be at a place designaled by them which has access to a phone and from which they may reach the work area pmmpUy. Employees on stand-by will be compensaled as fobws: Empioy_ee_ Assigned to Stand-by Pay Per Week 1. is provided with and takes vehicle home 1...9.0,7- hours pay 2. Is provided with but declines to take a vehicle home (supervisor may require employee to take vehicle) 10__~ hours pay 3. Cannot be provided with a vehicle due to lack of vehicle availability 10 hours pay 4. Is not provided with a vehicle because employee resides outside dry limits 10 hours pay Employees of the Street/Sanilation Department who am required to be on stand-by for the purpose of emergency snow removal will be compensated at a rote often (10) hours at curtain base pay rate for each week of stand-by time. Stand-by in the,so circumstances will be assigned in no less than one (1) week increments. Such employees will be furnished a call device, but no vehlcle. Employee padicipation in the stand-by time system will be voluntary. Secbon 12. Shilt Differential. Employees who worl< a scheduled shift which begins at or after 1:30 p.m. , but before 10:00 p.m. eh*ll re,~eivo --t ^-,~liene l tweNy ~n'* (~"0) liar h~wr dwrin9 lhe fi~t yeer ef thts ;l~jr~ement (F¥:~O00) ang shall receive an additional !wenty-~ve ($.25) per hour durtne the sotend year of this z~roomont (FY2~01). Employees who work a scheduled shift which begins at or after 10:00 p.m. but before 1:00 a.m. chall receive ~n $~dQition~l thirty Iivo c:nts ($,31) leer he4,N' durinS the ~rft ye:-r _~f Ihic aereem~nl (F¥'~000) ~ 5 e'd dOS:LO O0 t,~ o, o0 ARTICLE 9 HOLIDAYS Section 1. The following days shall be paid holidays for permanent employees: New Year's Day (January 1 ); Madin Luther King, Jr. Day (third Monday in January); Washington's Birthday (third Monday in February); Cesar Chavez's birthday (March 31 ); Memodal Day (tast Monday in May); independence Day (July 4); Labor Day (first Monday in September); Veteran's Day (November 11); Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November); the Friday after Thanksgiving; Christmas Day (December 25); and one (1) personal leave day. Provided, however, that at the time employment begins or terminates, personal leave shall be pro-rated on the basis of two (2) hours personal leave credit for each quarter of the fiscal year, or proportion thereof, dudng which the employee is in pay status. In order to receive holiday credit, an employee must be in pay status the day before and the day after a holiday. 7 (2) Senous ilktess or hospital confinement of a spouse o{' child, or critical illness of The emptoyee's mother. father, mother-in-law. faint-In-law. brolher, sister, or grandparents. as well as any other feblives of member of the immediate household of the emT~oyee up to a maximum of/arty (40) eighty (80) hours per occurrence provided thai the employee's presence and eftotis are teedeal. Gent by: AFGCME COUNCZL 61 5152446467; I0/~4/00 2:29PM;Jlirja._#639;Page 1/4 ARTICLE 11 SICK LEAVE Section 1. Accumulation. Employees shall be granted one day el ffek leave credit INN' monlh erie-half (1/2) day of sick leave credit per bi-weeldy Day perkx;I and shah have the right to accumulate unused sick le;ve up to a maximum of 1440 hours (180 days). Sick leave shal not be accumulated while an employee takes a leave of absence without pay. but any employee granted a paid leave shall continue to earn sick leave. Accumulation of sick leave shall corm, hence on the date of first permanent employment. Additional sick leave wig accrue while an employee is receiving worker's Upon resignalert or retirement, the City shall pay for of the accwnulaled sick leave at the tene of reeignatjon/mlW'ement on the basis of the emlNoyee's then current hourty base salary, _lwevided ihat it,: de'.qar -_.,-weql el the laaymenl may I;I Mp *--- bet ih'ill lit* exceed the ae,q4al lh31 3R Sc-.Iilela, wavld h,."~t bOeR due if h,z~tke .kqd lel...~J!~il an Jmg 3i. 19~6. ~mplsyooa I~!r':_d on er altar Jyrto 2i), IOOE ~ m elilik~e fit. pl)...IAI ~zdee I~.e Izrw,~iii,ml 8l Ik:l la~ril~r~Oh. An employee must have bee~ employed by the City for at least one (1) year in order to be ellgzble for payment of accumulated sick leave uDon lerrmnalion. IncentNe: Employees who utilize no sick leave in any thirteen consecutive pay lariods and who have at lusl 600 hours of sick leave muleled at the end of Ihe six months may. at the option of the employee. convert four hours of sick leave to four of sick leave, employees who have at least 1200 hours of sick leave accumulated may. at thek option, colwed an additional four hours of sick leave to Incentive leave for a total of up to but no more than lweive hours in any 26 consecutive pay periods. The maximum number of hours eligible for carry-over from one fiscal year to the next shall be 8 hours. Section 2. Use of Sick .Leave. a. A day of accumulated sick leave shall be used for each day an employee is sick alld off work duping a work week. A do{tots statement regarding nature of illness and recovery therefrom my be required if abuse is suspected. Requiremere of such doctor'$ statement will not be used merely for Ihe purl)ose of harassment of any eml:)loyee. Sick leave may be used on an hour-to-hour basis for dealer'6 appoinlments or other health mainlenance needs. addition to sickness of an employee. sick leave may be used for: } On-the-job injury. iv'd [ < dO3:LO O0 i~,3 ARTICLE 12 SPECIAL LEAVES Section 2. Funerals. An employee will be granted up to three (3) work days per incident with no loss of compensation or accruals if required to attend the funeral of his/her spouse, child, grandchild, stepchild, foster child, mother, father, step-parent, sister, brother, step-sister or step-brother, or domestic partner (as recognized by City ordinance or City policy), or mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent, aunt or uncle, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, permanent member of the immediate house, legal guardian or spouse's grandparent. An omployoo will bo gr:mtod ono (1) day por occurronco with no Ior~s or compons-qtion nor lose of 3C, Ond31 from sick, annual, or compone.'~tion ticno to :attend tho funoral of hlc/hor mothorin law, fathor in law, grandperent, aunt or undo, brothor in k~w, sietor in lav,% er permanont mombor of tho immodhto housoheld, In such c"soc, ho/sho shall bo gFantod up to h,,o (2) addition31 d'ays for tr'Jvol, if noeosoary. If additional time is needed, an employee shall be permitted to use up to three (3) work days of accumulated sick leave with the approval of his/her supervisor. Employees who have designated a domestic partner shall be entitled to the leave established above in the event of the death of any of the domestic partner's relatives in the above list. Section 9. Union Business Leave. a. Any employee elected to office in the Intemational Amedcan Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees shall be granted a leave of absence without pay for a pedod not to exceed two years. Such ieaves shall be granted to not more than one City employee in Local 183 at any one time. An employee desidn9 such leave shall give thirty (30) days notice to the City. Consistent with Section 3 of this Article, such employees shall not have a job guarantee on return. b. Leave of absence without pay to attend and serve as a delegate to conventions and training conferences relating to the Union shall be granted to not more than five (5) City employees in Local 183 in any one calendar year. Not more than five (5) days may be taken by any three (3) employees and not more than ten (10 days may be taken by any two (2) employees under this section. Employees seeking such leave shal~ present certification in wdting of their selection by the Union to act as a representative to a specified conference at least ten (10) working days prior to the time they wish to be absent. c. No more than one employee who is elected or appointed to offices in the Union that is not part-time staff will be granted sufficient unpaid time off to carry on the duties of the office provided he/she gives masonable advance notice and receives approval for such leave from the department head. Approval may be denied by the 9 Article 12 - Special Leaves department head where the employee's absence could adversely affect or interfere with the operation of the department. d. Employees on Union leaves shall only be entitled to accrual of seniority for time spent on such leaves, except for subsection c above, where employee will continue to accrue benefits during a pedod not to exceed ten (10) work days per year. e. Employees appointed to the position of Staff Representative for AFSCME/Iowa Council 61 shall be entitled to an unpaid leave of absence not to exceed one year. The City may deny such leave if it would create a hardship. Return from leave is governed by Section 3 of this Article. Not more than one employee shall be granted such leave at any one time. The employee must make application for such leave at least ten (10) working days in advance of the commencement of this leave. The provisions of subsection d. above shall apply. f. The Local Union/Chapter may, at its discretion, make presentations to new employees during their work tim. such presentations will be limited to one-half hour. One Union representative making the presentation shall be in pay status. Section 11 (New). Negotiations Leave. Employees who are members of the Union's bargaining team shall be granted time off without loss of compensation to attend negotiating sessions and necessary negotiating caucus sessions, The time off granted for bargaining sessions shall not be considered as hours worked for over tim eligibility. The paffies shall mutually agree upon negotiations dates and times. 10 wGI:Ot OO I~ ~o0 ARTICLE 13 SENIORITY Section 3. Use of Seniority. An employee who has successfully completed an initial City probation period of six (6) months may exercise seniority as follows: a. Transfer Procedures. Except in the case of emergency circumstances, a notice which describes the position for permanent job openings will be posted on administrative and departmental bulletin boards for not less than five (5) working days. During this pedod, employees who wish to apply for the position may do so. The City will provide a wdtten form for application which must be received in the Personnel Office by 5:00 p.m. on the day stated on the notice as the closing date. If current or !aid off employees are qualified for the positions he/she may compete with other employee applicants for the position. Step I. If q~r~lffications including skilie, abilities, and oxporionce of tho altftlieante aro rolativoly oquok The employee with the greatest seniority who meets the minimum qualifications of the position will be offered the job first, except as provided in Section 3, subsection b.2.(a) of this Article Step II. If tho qw"lifis3tions of current employees do not meet the minimum qualifications of the open position am msrginal but equal to outside applicants they will be offered the position if it is to be filled, subject to the further provisions of Section 3, subsection b.2.(b) of this Article. If an employee feels that seniority has been ignored by the City, he/she may request the reason for his/her rejection for the position in writing, and the wdtten reasons will be given. The minimum qualifications shall be reasonably established. in the event that a casual employee performs five hundred (500) or more hours of work for the City in a twelve (12) month period, the position will be posted. b. Reduction in Force. Reductions in force will be by departmental division according to seniority in the jobs affeded with the person having the least seniority within classification to be laid off first. The City will give fifteen (15) days notice to employees who are to be laid off except in an emergency. Temporary, casual and seasonal employees within classification (e.g. those job titles listed in Appendix A) will be laid off prior to permanent employees. The City will consult with the Union as far in advance as possible pdor to a contemplated layoff in order to provide the most equitable treatment to employees who are to be laid off. Article 13 - Seniority 11 1:[ 'd ~I :0[ OO I3 1. The City will attempt to accomplish reduction in force by attrition. 2. An employee whose job is to be eliminated may be transferred to vacancies within the department. Employees notified of lay-off or who are subject to recall from lay-off under Section 3, Subsection c, of this Article shall be given the oppodunity to bid for new or vacant ~,q.-promotional positions to be filled by the City as follows: a. When competing with other bargaining unit employees, a laid off employee will be offered the job first where qualifications, including skills, abilities and experience of the applicants am relatively equal without regard to seniority. b. When competing with applicants who are not employees of the City, laid off employees shall be offered the job first where the City determines the laid off employee has the abilities to adequately perform the job under normal supervision. 3. If no vacancies exist a more senior employee being laid off shall bump the employee with the least seniority in their classffication within their department; but, if no such person or position exists, the laid off employee may bump the least senior employee in a job outside their classification within their department and, if no such person or job exists, then the bargaining unit. Provided, however, an employee shall not bump into a job without seniority propor orodonti31c (ineludirv~ pdor raoordod oxpodonco in tho job with tho CAb,,; oxcopt whoro 3 bid off omployoo w,3s pl3c, od in tho job out of premotionat soo/jonoo in tho r,,lorical, m3intonanco workor, plant o~omtor, mochanic, librarian dispatohor, plannor/progr3m analyst 3nd constn~tion inspootor sedos) and the ability to perform the duties of the job under normal supervision. A person shall first bump into the highest classification which also meets the preceding conditions. Bumping shall not result in any promotion. In no event shall a full time employee be forced to bump the least senior employee when it would result in decreased hours of work or shall part-time employees bump into full time positions unless their total seniority is greater based on a comparison of computation of time actually worked. c. Recall From Layoff. The names of permanent employees laid off shall be placed on a re-employment list for the jobs affected in the layoff. such persons shall be eligible for re-employment in reverse order of layoff in the job from which they were removed for a pedod of two (2) years, provided that they are stiff qualified and able to pedorm the job. Employees may apply for vacancies in the City in titles other than those affected by the layoff dudrig the period that they are on the recall list while maintaining their option to return to the job from which they were laid off. 12 RE:I :O[ O0 I~ ~oO Article 13 - Seniority When an employee is notified by certified mail to last known address to retum to work, he/she must make arrangements to return to work with the immediate supervisor within seven (7) days or be removed from the recall list. An employee on the recall list will accrue seniority pursuant to Section 1 of this article and will be entitled to exercise seniority accrued pdor to lay off after their return to work. d. Preferred Shift. Employees may use seniority to bid on a preferred shift or transit run provided a vacancy exists. Employees currently within the classification in which the vacancy has occurred will first be given the option to bid prior to the vacant hours being posted for other City emptoyees. The use of seniority in library scheduling, if any, will be the subject of a separate letter to be negotiated at a later date. 13 G[ 'd clwt ~ eeI :OI OO I8 Article 15 INSURANCE Section 1. Medical Insurance. The City will provide the health insurance policy known as the Blue Cross/Blue Shield "Iowa 500," Alliance, two-day deductible plan for employees and eligible dependents. Employees who elect to obtain family coverage will pay twenty dollars ($20.00) per month (prorated for port time employees) toward the cost of such coverage. A -pro rata share of the eost of the premium will be paid for part time employees. Part time employees who elect single health insurance coverage will pay twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per month toward the cost of such coverage. Part time employees who elect family health insurance coverage will pay one hundred dollars ($100.00) per month toward the cost of such coverage. A description of the provisions of the negotiated "Iowa 500," Alliance plan are set forth in Appendix "B". Benefit coverages are based on usual, customary and reasonable rates. Disputes regarding sped~ claims shall be addressed to the insurance company and are not subject to the grievance procedure of this agreement. The parties agree to actively pursue incentives and/or other alternatives to the existing health care plan and pledge their mutual cooperation to achieve this end. However, no such programs will be implemented except upon mutual agreement by the City and the Union. The City may meet with representatives of the Union for the purpose of negotiating an alternative to the "Iowa 500," Alliance. Five Union representatives shall attend such meetings without Soss of pay. Should the parties fail to agree, they will proceed to arbitration pursuant to Article 20. The issue to be decided by the arbitrator is the appropriateness of such an alternative, and whether or not it is reasonable equivalent to the "Iowa 500," Alllance. If the arbitrator determines that the alternative is not appropriate or reasonably equivalent, the "towa 500," Alliance plan shall remain in effect. Section 3. Dental Insurance, The City will provide dental insurance for employees. Family dental insurance will be made available to the employee at the employee's expense. A description of the provision of the new dental plan are attached to this proposal. nogoti3tod Delt_ Dent31 pbn are sot forth in Appendix -_r,,,. Benefit coverages are based on usual, customary, and reasonable rates. Disputes regarding specific claims shall be addressed to the insurance company and are not subject to the grievance procedure of this agreement. 14 Adide 15 -Insurance Section 4. Payroll Deductions. When the employer develops the computer capability to accommodate payroll deductions for a Union insurance plan or group benefit plan it shall provide for deduction of up to one such item. The Employer agrees to deduct from the wages of any employee who is a member of the Union a PEOPLE deduction as provided for in a written authorization. Such authorization must be executed by the employee and may be revoked by the employee at any time by giving wdtten notice to both the Employer and the Union. The Employer agrees to remit any deductions made pursuant to this provision promptly to the Union together with an itemized statement showing the name of the employee from whose pay such deductions have been made and the amount deducted during the pedod covered by the remittance. Section 6. Long Term Disability Insurance. Effective July 2, 1983, the City will provide long-term disability insurance for permanent part time and full time bargaining unit employees with sixty percent (60%) coverage of salary to a maximum of thous:and fivo I'v-ndred dollars ($1,600) three thousand dollars ($3000) per monff. This benefit, as applied, shall be subject to other applicable offsets such as workers compensation, social security, sick leave, etc. Such disability insurance shall begin paying benefits after ninety (90) working days of continuous covered total disability. Regardless of other situations which are covered or not covered by the terms of the poticy, long-term disability benefits shall not pay for situations adsing from employment by any employer other than the City of Iowa City. Tho City will cabsere tho cost of long torm disability insur. anoo dudng tho torm of this contr3ot providod that promiums do not incroaso in an amount groator than Ion poroont (10%), If s3id premiums do incroar.,o by rnoro than ton porcont (10%)~ thc incroaso shall be subjcot to mute31 39reoment by tho partios. All offer incro?~o¢ in promium costs shall bo subjoc.,l to nerrna| contnct nogotiations. All insr_';-3soc shall be included in computing tho ~n3ncksl torm¢ of any nogoti3tod contr3et sottloment. The parties agree to meet and confer regarding any proposed job retraining for a disabled City employee, in order to discuss the terms and conditions of such retraining and reassignment. Section 7. (New) Changing Enrollment. Employees shall be allowed to change enrollment pursuant to the enrollment change requirements existing as of July 1, 2000. In addition, each year, during the pedod from June 15 - July 1, employees shall be allowed to change enrollment without a qualifying event. The City shall provide advance notice of the open enrollment pedod in employee's paychecks. 15 e~I:O[ O0 l~ APPENDIX B IOWA 500 IOWA 500 HEALTH CARE COVERAGE IOWA 500 coverage combines basic Blue Cross hospital, Blue Shield physician and IqaJor Medical coverages into a single program using deductibles and copayments. And after the deductible and copayment have been satisfied, the dollar coverage and nu~er of hospital days are unlimited except for Nervous and Iqental admissions. In short, the Subscriber shares in the costs of the medically necessary hospital, medical and surgical services provi deal. However, the Subscriber's share never exceeds $500 per contract per year for covered services, regardless of the number of family members. IOWA 500 plan benefits encourage medical self-maintenance practices by paying for 90% of the covered Usual, 'Customary and Reasonable charges for: * One routine annual physical examination in a doctor's office or clinic * Hone and office calls needed to diagnose or treat a medical condi ti on * Immunizations required by a Subscriber or any person in a Subscriber's family The idea behind IOWA 500 coverage? To encoura · continuing medical self-maintenance and help reduce the length an) number qf unnecessary hospital stays. These efforts, of course, can 'help keep health care costs--and rates--in line. THE IOWA 500 Plan Covers These Extensive Services: HOSPITAL CARE 90/10 PHYSICIAN SERVICES 90/10 Inpatient . Home and office vtsts · Semi-private room and board . One routine annual physical · Necessary services and supplies exam · Operating room, intensive care, . Pre-natal and post-natal .care coronary and burn care units in phystctan's offtce ·Deltvery rooe for normal delivery, . Imunizattons Caesarean section, miscarriage or . Hospital visits and nursing admission for false labor facility visits · Necessary laboratory and x-ray services Outpati ent NERVOUS AND NENTAL gO/10 · Surgery Outpatient - 90/10 to $10,000 · Diagnositc x-ray and laboratory Lifetime Naximum. services · Accident care SKILLED NURSING FACILITY 90/10 · Unlimited Room and Board HONE HEALTH CARE 90/10 . Services and supplies · Services provided by a ........... Registered Nurse · Services prescribed by a physician B-2a Hospice care has been added to include respite {:are. a means by which services can be provided to relieve an " .,~ individual caring for a terminally ill patient at home. Also ':~' ~-. included under hospice care are continuous home care and -- general inpatient care services. · -t~" .... _ ;,... ;' Hospital Bill Audits ':' Experienced Blue Cross and Blue Shield auditors will review a random sample of bills over $10,000. This ensures that the _ charges are appropriate and represent services actually · ' received. ~ 2) What happens if you fail to obtain prior approval for a non- ALLIANCE Program Provisions emergency or planned admission? · Always obtain pre-admission certification prior to. any non- l ) The ALLIANCE program consists emer~ncyor planned inpatient admissions. Fail'u. ,o do so will result in a substantial penalty, perhaps as much as ofsevenprogram components. s0 percent, alter which any applicable deductible, and coinsurance amounts will be applied to the remaining They are: bala,ce. Remember, it is your responsibility to make sure Pre-Admission Certification the call is placed. Blue Cross and Blue Shield must be notified prior to any Remember that it is not necessary to contact Blue Cross non-emergency or planned inpatient admission to a hospital, and Blue Shield unless you are admitted as an inpatient to skilled nursing facility, mental health institution, or use of a health care facility or to receive home health or hospice home health care or hospice program services. services. For example, if you obtain care on an outpatient Admission Review basis (i.e., visit the doctor's office or go to a hospital emergency room or clinic), and you are not admitted for Blue Cross and Blue Shield must be notified of all emergency inpatient treatment, you need not contact us. and maternity admissions within 24 hours. · Always notify Blue Cross and Blue Shield of all emergency Continued Stay Review and maternity admissions within 24 hours. if you fall to do All hospital stays will be reviewed to ensure that continued 'so, you will be responsible for the room-and-boan:l charges hospitalization, home care, hospice or other services are for any days it is determined your condition did not require medically necessary to meet the patient's ongoing health inpatient hospitalization. care needs. Individual Case Management 3)To appeal a possible reduction Focus is placed on special needs of patients with severe illnesses or injuries. Arrangement may be made to waive Of benefits: standard coverage limitations or exclusions that might otherwise hinder alternative care arrangements outside the · You or your physician may ask for a reconsideration of the hospital. decision. All requests should be made in writing and Mandatory Outpatient Surgery submitted by either you or your physician. · You must appeal a benefit reduction within six months of Certain surgeries and procedures can be saJely performed on receipt of notice for failure to notify Blue Cross and Blue an outpatient basis without sacrificing the quality of care. Shield of an emergency or maternity admission within 24 This requirement will be waived if inpatient admission hours. is medically necessary. ALLIANCE... working with you, for you! Additional Home Health Care and Hospice Benefits Coverage is provided for services not usually offered in traditional coverage. Additional home health benefits provide expanded coverage for: · Skilled nursing services · Physical therapy · Speech therapy · Occupational therapy · Medical social services · Home health aide services · Enteral and pa.nteral nutrition · Prescription drugs and medicines administered intravenously or intramuscularly · Medical supplies 3 ; THE ZOklA 500 PLAN COVERS THESE OTHER SERVZCES: These"other. services ire subject tO a $100 contract deductible per cal.endar year · Prescriptions Nursing Services · Anesthetics . Private-duty nutstrig services · Blood plasma · Casts Ambulance . Crutches . Atr · Durable eedtcal equipcent . Ground ·-Other suppltes when ordered by a physician DEDUCTTBLES AND COPAYNENT · Hospital - The Subscriber is.._ res.ponstble for the first two days of private room and board, ,~;~+ .-~.-:---: .-.~-.:-... ~. ::'.~--.~-'."~-w,~,--~',--:~ -: ....../, ..--~_~ Per Hospttal Admission. · Physician - The subscriber pays lOS of the phystctan's Usual o Customary and Reasonable charges Including offtce calls. ZO~ 500 coverage pays the remaining 90S. · Other Supplies/Services - The subscriber pays the ftrst $100 per contract per calendar year for medtcal supplies and services. These may tnclude prescription drugs° servtces of a Registered Nurse, ambulance services, home health care and braces· klhen the subscrtber's expenditures for hospital, physician, and/or other services reach $500 per year, ZOI4A 500 pays 100~ of all remaining charges· Zf the subscrlber's' expenditures for hospttul, physician, and/or other serfices do not reach $500, the subscriber pays 10~; of all remaining charges up to a total maxtatm expenditure of $500. (Outpatient treatment for nervous and mental conditions is paid 90/10 co-payment unttl the $10,000 Lifetime Naxtmum is met. Co-payment for outpatient Nervous and Hental does not apply to the out-of-pocket maxtmum. CARRYOVER OF DEDUCTZBLE Expenses for covered services tncurred during the months of October, November and December and which are used to satisfy that year's deductible can be used toward satisfyring the next calendar year's deductible. 1 o~ 2 day g0%~0% S100 deduLtl~e ., ,~. ,. ,. .~. ~~--'-'*- ~ .,.~,r~..:~:~- gmmery et Benefits DELTA DENTAL COVERAGE Delta Dental Plan of Iowa severage net only proviolas · variety of benefne ~ also encourages timely and effective dental meimenlnc~. Morn then 80% of the dentists In Iowa parlJclpete In the Delta Dental program. Delta Dental payment Is bleed on Usual, Customary end Reasonable allowances, subject to deductible and copeyment provi- sions of the program. Your Delta Dental program includes I 'medical necessity" provision which ensures coverage for dental services provided within generally accepted dental practices. Uke Blue Cross and Blue Shield of lows, the Delta Dental Plan receives claims directly from participating dentists. And we pay them directly for you. That elimimes claims-handling chores for you end your employees --- and laves valuable tim end mone~ To provide e program to meet your.companYi needs, Delta Dental Plan benefits am available with deductibles, copeyments end maxi- mum payment allowances for covered services. These benefits am combined to meet your needs: · Routine checkups at six-month intervals including bitewing x-rays at 12-month intervals. · Teeth cleaning once every six months. · Topical fluoride applications as prescribed but no more than once every six months. · Full-mouth x-rays once in any three-year interval unless special need is demonstrated. Routine Restorative benefit provides ongoing care including: · Regular cavity fillings. · Oral surgery (including pre- and post-operative care). · Emergency treatment for relief of pain. Major Restoel~e benarK covers: · High-cost fillings. · Cast restorations. · Root canal fillings. · Non-surgical treatment for gum diseases. Dm~te Dental Pin of ~ M-.0115.4 24d ~M Delta Dental Plan of Iowa s-4 RATE QUOTATION PLAN II mnek~am.y (A~nu~) Preventive Maintenance $ - - Routine Restorative $ 25/75 50 % Major Restorative $ " 50 % Dental Prosthetics $ % [] Periodontics $ D Orthodontics $ . % D Dependents to age __ D Full-time students D Adults Program Maximums Single $ 500 per year Family $ 500 per member, per year I,~etime benefit maximum on Orthodontics $ Program Rates* Single $ per month Family $_ per month These rates guaranteed for :T2 months beginning on 7-1-85 (date) if purchased by 7-1-85 Idatel eRatea quoted here are based upon census information provided and acquiring end maintaining coverage is subjeC~t to The terms and conditions specifBd in the contrlct itlelf end enrollment regblmtions in force when the contract becomes effective. Delta Dental Plan Article 16 SAFETY Section 6. The employer will provide required protective clothing or protective devices, including up to $100.X)0 ann~llly a shoe allowance stipend of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) on or near each July I for the purchase of safety shoes. Employees required to wear shoes with puncture resistant soles will receive ~,esh reimbweomont up to $160 3nnu??.lly. a shoe allowance stipend of throe hundred dollars ($300.00) on or near each Jul_!y~. The employer shall pay the reasonable full cost of medically prescribed safety shoes. All f, ofoty shoo I~drd'asco m' .st rec, oivo prior 21~'~oval from tho employoo's imme~li?tc s~porVi6or. Ooni:~l of safety shoo i~Irshasc_ ic e~bje~t to the ~riov:}noo pm¢edv;'3 oemmenoing at Step 'l. The shoe allowance stipend in this section shall be provided to employees in the form of a lump sum payment on a separate check; this is not a reimbursement type program. 16 9I'd Article 17 PERSONAL TRANSACTIONS Section 5 (New). Performance Evaluations All bargaining unit employees are entitled to a fair and impartial performance evaluation. 17 Li 'd B', eq~ :0~ O0 ~ o, oO Article 18 CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT Section 1. Employees who am required to wear special uniforms will be provided with such uniforms. Cleaning and maintenance will be paid by the employer. OutenNear, including hats, jackets and coats. will not be provided. except for Parking Enforcement Attendants and except as provided in paragraph below- Gloves for discomfort from cold will not be provided. Rain hats and rain coats wiX be provided for employees required to perform a majority of their work out-of-doors (Police Department employees see Appendix G.) The Cit}f witi provide and will raplace upon proof of wear, heavy-duty winter outerwear of the same style and brand provided to employees in 1999. The following employees are covered by the heavy-duty winter outerwear provision: a. Landfill Division - all employees except scale house opera_tom; b. Refuse Division - all collection personnel c. Water Division - all employees. d. Pollution Control Division - all employees who perform emergency sewer repairs in Ihe winter. e. Parking Enforcement Attendants (leg wear only - they am provided coats pursuant to paragraph above. f. Special Projects Inspectors - Engineering Division. g. Parks Department (Parks, CBD, Fore~tr~t~ Ce_metary) - all employees. h. Traffic Engineering - all employees. i. Streets - all employees. j. Wastewater Division - till employees. k. Equipment Division - all emptoyees. The City of Iowa City logo may be placed on the oulerwear. The outerwear will be used by the cmplolmes only when performing the duties of ~hei'~'~:espective positions as City eml~loyees. This outenNear is not part of the employees required uniforms and the City shah not be responsible for its cleaning or maintenance. The outerwear will be turned into the City in the event employment terminates or the employee transfers to shot_her posit. ion not eligible for the heavy-duty winter outerwear. 19 Article 20 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE Section 2. Representation. An employee who is a member of the bargaining unit covered by this Agreement shall have the dght to be represented by a steward at any grievance headn9 or at any step of the grievance procedure, if he/she chooses. Employees are also entitled to representation by a steward at disciplinary conferences. Stewards will not attend other conferences between supervisors and employees except with the supervisor's approval. The Union will cedify the names and addresses of the designated stewards to the City Personnel Administrator. The City will compensate not more than one employee steward for the investigation of a grievance, If a second City employee has a spedal office in the Union handling grievances, that employee may request released time from his/her supervisor, and permission to work on the grievance will not be unreasonably withheld, but the City will not provide compensation for time spent. Any stewards who are City employees shall be released from work for not moP_ than tv, q) (2) hc'_'re in ono a reasonable amount of tim in any work week to work on grievance resolution. The employee w~l obtain permission from the immediate supervisor before investigating the grievance, but such permission will not be unreasonably withheld. Released time under this section is limited to grievance resolution. Supervisors and stewards agree to handle discipline and grievances with discretion. 19 ][ eg[:O[ O0 ~ ~oO Article 21 PAY PLAN Section 1. Classification Plan. The classification plan for bargaining unit employees is attached to this Agreement (see Appendix A). The pay plan in effect on June 36 22, ~ 2001, shall be adjusted upward by throo porcont (3%) seven point two five percent (7.25 offoctivo .luno 24, 1000 cffoclivo ,,I,dnO ."3,, 2001 .. Tho p3y p/3n in offoct on Juno '~0OO~ shall bo 3djuslod Mmvord by throo Forcent (3%) effoctivo Juno 2,1, 2000. The effective date of compensation adjustments and beneft adjustments applicable to any fiscal year will be the first day of the pay pedod which begins between the dates of June 24 and July 7, inclusive. Effective dates over the next two years, for example, are as follows: Juno 2,6, June 23, 200t .Luno '~4, 2000 Sealion 5. Longevity Pay. Permanent employees who have completed the required number of years of continuous service with the City by December I shall receive longevity pay on a separate check on t he last payday in November in accordance with this schedule: YEARS COMPLETED ON DECEMBER Amount 5 years $276,00 $ 325.00 10 years 4 tO.00 500.00 15 years 600,4]0 650.00 20 years 750.C~0 800.00 25 years .1,000,4:)~ 1,050.00 30 years 1,500.00 Employees who terminate will receive a prorata share of the longevity payment reflected in their final check. The proration will be based on the nearest whole month of the year. Section 8. (New) Out of Classffication Pay If an employee is assigned to perform work in a higher rated classification in excess of forty (40) working hours in a rotating tweive (12) month period, the employee will be paid in accordance with Article 13, Section 5 for additional time spent performing this work, 20 O~'d [ _ eg[:O[ O0 I~ ~o0 Article 23 GENERAL CONDITIONS Section 2. The City agrees to meet and confer at reasonable times with the Union on mandatory items to the fullest extent required by law and to provide to the Union a copy of the City Personnel Rules and Regulations and any amendments as adopted by Council. The City agrees to establish reasonable work rules. The Union reserves the fight to gdeve the reasonableness or application of any work rule so established. Newly established work rules or amendments to existing work rules shall be reduced to writing and furnished to the union at least fourteen (14) calendar days pdor to the effective date of the rule. The term "work rule" includes City Personnel Rules and Regulations. Comments on rules and the need for revisions in rules and regulations may be discussed by the Labor-Management Committee but any new negotiations on mandatory items or other items will be conducted only by authorized teams in compliance with this complete Agreement. Section 5 (New) -Transit Late Policy All Transit employees must report for work at their assigned times. Employees who are late in reporting to work must contact their supervisor as soon as possible upon their report. Reporting late to work will be excused for verified emergendes and sickness. Being late to work is when a transit employee has not been excused by a supen~isor and reports to work .five (5) or more minutes late. Employees who are !ate shall be subject to discipline based upon the following discipline schedule for tardiness in a nine (9) month pedod: First late Verbal warning Second late Verbal warning Third late Verbal waming Fourth late Writlen warning Fifth late Written warning Sixth late Final wdtten warning Seventh late One day suspension Eighth late Two day suspension Ninth late Three day suspension Tenth late Four day suspension Eleventh late Five day suspension Twelfth late Discharge 21 E-3 AMENDMENTS TO CONTRACT SIDE LETTER ON LIBRARY SCHEDULING Beginning with the fall 2001 Library scheduling period, such periods will be bid on three times annually effective the first Saturday after New Year's Day, the first Saturday on or after May 1st, and the first Saturday after Labor Day. The second paragraph of the November 27, 1978 Contract Side Letter on Library Scheduling is amended to clarify that the selection list to determine who works an evening in a scheduling period will be routed starting with the person on the list after the last person to make a choice in the previous schedule period. To maintain seniority advantage, new employees will be added at the bottom of the list when it is routed for the next schedule period after their hire. As a result, although the lists will originally be in seniority order, they may fall out of exact seniority order over time due to employee turnover. In accordance with Article 9, Section 6, when the Library is operating and open on City approved holidays, schedules will be selected as follows: The selection list for holiday shifts given compensatory time will be routed starting with the person on the list after the last person to make a choice in the previous schedule period. New employees will be added at the bottom of the list when it is routed for the next schedule period after their hire. During the departmental routing of the selection list of holiday shifts given compensatory time, part-time employees will select one shift before passing the list while full-time employees will select two. If not all shifts are filled after each employee has made their selection(s), the list will be routed again starting at the top of the list. No part-time employee may be required to work more than one shift per holiday. Conflicts will be resolved by the department manager and the affected employees. The selection list for paid holidays routes in seniority order. During its routing employees may select only one shift. If not all shifts are filled after the initial routing is complete, the list will be routed once again until all shifts are filled. If after re-routing all shifts are not filled, the manager will assign shifts in reverse seniority order. No employee may select nor be assigned more than one shift per paid holiday. Schedule period packets will include an opportunity for those who wish to accept extra Sundays to be identified. After Sunday shifts have been distributed equally, managers will distribute any extra Sunday shifts to those requesting additional ones. If no staff member accepts an extra shift, they will be distributed to departmental permanent staff in the Sunday rotation on a fair and impartial basis. In addition, staff may relinquish up to one additional Sunday shift per schedule period, if the department head determines that staff are available to accept such additional shifts. Extra shifts chosen through this voluntary process are available for pay only. Employees cannot regain their shift after it has been reassigned. RE: October 10, 2000 City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: October 26, 2000 /- . To: Steve Atkins, City Manager ~/~C{ ~ From: Rick Fosse, City Engineer ~ ~ Re: Plastic Storm Sewer Pipe On October 20th I met with Dennis Rigby of Advance Drainage Systems, Inc., (ADS) and on October 25th I met with Bret Mathews of Hancor, both sales representatives of companies that market storm sewer pipe made of high density polyethylene (HDPE). In both meetings we reviewed the past problems Iowa City and Coralville have experience with this product and why we do not include it in our design standards for storm sewers 12" and larger. I went on to explain that we continue to experiment with the product on small, low damage potential projects such as one we did near 601 First Avenue earlier this month. With regard to the use of their product for 4" and 6" pavement subdrains, I explained to both representatives that we can include their product in our standards if they can supply a detail for connecting sump pump discharge tiles to the subdrain. Currently, only the manufacturers of poly vinyl chloride (PVC) pipe have supplied this information. Both said they would get me the detail. Cc: Chuck Schmadeke City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: October 24, 2000 C~ To: Steve Atkins, City Manager From: Jeff Davidson, Assistant Director, Department of Planning & Community Development Re: Near Southside Transportation Center; City Council question from October 16 work session At the October 16 City Council work session, Councilor Vanderhoef asked for information which would show the estimated expense of constructing a basement underneath the daycare center portion of the Near Southside Transportation Center. As shown in the attachment, our architectur.al consultant has gotten back to us with a figure of $423,172 as the estimated expense. If there is a majority of the City Council in favor of us proceeding with the design of a basement underneath the daycare center, please have them indicate so at either the November 6 work session or November 7 formal City Council meeting. Otherwise we will proceed with the existing design that does not include the basement underneath the daycare center. Because of budget constraints, the basement would be bid as an add alternate. It is possible for us to accommodate all functional areas for the daycare in the above-ground space. Let me know if there are any questions. cc: Joe Fowler Karin Franklin ppdadm/mem/jd-basement$.doc COST ESTIMATE prepared by STECKER-HARMSEN, INC. PAGE 1 P.ojscT: NEAR SOUTHSIDE TRANSPORTATION CENTER LOCATION: IOWA CITY, IOWA ow.E.: CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA DA~E: OCTOBER 19, 2000 ARCHITECT: OPN ARCHITECTS STATUS: SCHEMATIC NO. D E S C R I P T I O N QUANTITY UNIT UNIT COST TOTAL 1 2 3 ADD BASEMENT ~ DAYCARE CENTER 4 5 BASEMENT EXCAVATION 5000 CY 2.32 11575 6 - BACKFILL W/GRANULAR FILL 1250 CY 12.54 15669 7 REMOVE EXCESS MATERIAL FROM SITE 3750 CY 2.10 7875 8 9 FOUNDATION WALLS - 14" 4590 SF 16,31 74849 10 11 WATERPROOF BASEMENT WALLS 6480 SF 2.27 14692 12 DRAIN TILE 540 LF 11.46 6190 13 14 STRUCTURAL SYSTEM @ MAIN FLOOR 15 - JOISTS/BEAMS 8990 SF 5.85 52618 16 - DECKING 8990 SF 1.45 13014 17 - CONCRETE FILL - 3" 8990 SF 3.00 26961 18 - FIREPROOF STRUCTURE 8990 SF 1.58 14159 19 20 METAL PAN STAIRS 42 RSR,,E 224.45 9.427 21 - LANDINGS 64 SF 20.68 1324 22 - CONCRETE FILL 232 SF 4.93 1144 23 24 SS PARTITIONS COMPLETE 960 SF 6.30 6'048 25 DOORS 4 EA 1267.45 5070 26 27 MECHANICAL 8990 SF 5.25 47198 28 29 ELECTRICAL 8990 SF 3.15 28319 30 31 32 33 336131 34 35 ADD FOR GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 5.00% 16,807 36 37 352,938 38 39 CONTRACTOR'S MARKUP ON NET COSTS 9.00% 31 ,'764 40 41 384,702 42 43 CONTINGENCY ON NET COSTS OF 10.00% 38,470 44 45 ** E S T I M A T E T O T A L ** $423,172 PRINTED: 10/20/2000 06:44 AM IOWA CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 1801 SOL,TH RI'v~'RSIDE DRIVE _ ~/' IO\X,;A CITY, IO%VA 52?_46 '~' 019) 356-50q5 Memo To: Steve Arkins From: Ron O'Neil ~,F~,.,.~. Date= October24, 2000 Re= Airport operations The latest operations count conducted by the IDOT indicates there are 26,400 operations per year at the Iowa City Airport An operation is defined as a take off or a landing, To calculate economic impact data, I think the IDOT uses the numbers of an average of 2.3 occupants per aircraft The breakdown of the 26,400 indicates that 3000 operations are charter or air taxi, 5000 are local general aviation operations, 10,000 are general aviation itinerant, and 400 are military. We also have some glider operations that are not included in the count The count does not include practice take-offs and landings (touch and go operations). There are also an increasing number of helicopter operations. I am not certain if they are included in the count. City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: October 23, 2000 To: Steve Atkins From: Marcia Klingaman Re: Trash Receptacles - Broadway Street and Cross Park Avenue As part of the effort of the Broadway Improvement Group (BIG), four trash receptacles have been installed along Broadway Street and Cross Park Avenue within the past few days. There are two located along the sidewalk of Villa Garden Apartments, one adjacent to Cedarwood Apartments and one next to the bus shelter on Broadway near Coronet Apartments. The trash receptacles, originally located on the downtown pedestrian mall before the renovation, have been placed on a cement pad at these locations and secured. The management of Villa Garden Apartments, Cedarwood Apartments and Coronet have agreed to be responsible for the removal of garbage as well as keeping them clear of snow. We are working with the Broadway Street Neighborhood Center to orchestrate a comprehensive litter control campaign in the neighborhood. The recent clean-up day held on October 14th was a great success. A slogan contest is also occurring in the Wetherby Friends and Neighbors area to encourage keeping the neighborhood clean and using the trash receptacles. A cash award of $100 for the winning entry has been donated by Heartland Management. You should be seeing the winning slogan used throughout the neighborhood soon. Terry Robinson, Alaina Welsh of Bums and Bums, L.C. (Villa Gardens Apartments), Blaine Schaffer of Heartland Management (Cedarwood Apts.), and Sean Mclntyre of Southgate Development (Coronet Apartments) have been very helpful in coordinating this effort. 10-26-00 LIP7 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS SPECIAL PR 0 JE C TS WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND COLLECTION FACILITY Contract 3 - South Plant Improvements i~lt~ C CITY COUNCIL REPORT Report Number: #2 Contractor: Story Construction Company Report Date: September 14, 2000 300 South Bell Ave. Ames, Iowa Project Number: 3387.0 Engineering Consultant: City of lowa City Administration and Inspection Staff: Stanley Consultants, Inc. Tim Randall, Special Projects Manager A1 Richerson, Special Projects Inspector 225 Iowa Avenue Terry Simmons, Special Projects Inspector Muscatine, Iowa Date Construction Started: March 14, 2000 Approved Time Extensions (Days): 0 Contract Completion DatedDays: March 13, 2002 / 730 Revised Completion Date: N/A Days Elapsed: 184 Percent of Project Completed: 9.4 % Days Remaining: 546 Contract Price: $26.574.000.00 Percent of Time Used: 25 % Progress Payments to Date: $2.491.205.84 Summary of Construction Activities To Date: ~ Laboratory/Administration Building: Placement and compaction of fill sand is complete. Placement of the concrete floor slab is anticipated next. Modern piping has placed under- slab sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer and acid waste piping. Price Industrial Electric has placed under-slab conduits for main electrical service and control wiring. Currently working on the balance of the under-slab conduit. Seedorff Masonry is on-site to begin construction of the concrete block walls. South Wastewater Plant Contract 3 City Council Report #2 Page 1 September 14, 2000 Maintenance Vehicle Storage Building: Placement and compaction of fill sand is complete. Modem piping has placed under-slab sanitary sewer and water main. Currently working on trench drains and sediment collection box. Price Industrial Electric has placed main feed conduits. Addition to Sludge Processing Facility: The concrete footings and foundation walls are complete, except for the wall for the rotary drum thickener room. The start of work on fill sand within the foundation walls is anticipated next. Sludge Digestion Building: The concrete work for the digester base slabs is complete. The first set of wall pours for Digester 8101 (to elevation 643') is complete. The steel workers have placed and tied the reinforcing steel for the 2nd set of wall pours on this digester. Work is progressing on the wall pours for Digesters 8201 and 8301. Concrete work for the remaining digester wall pours, base slab for the sludge equalization tank, and foundation for the digester building is anticipated next. Chlorine Contact Tanks: The excavation work is complete. Installation of the mud mat and base slab is anticipated next. Secondary Clari~ers: The reroute of existing lines through the site is complete. Mass excavation of the site for Clarifier 5300 is complete. Placement of the test auger-cast grout piles is under-way. Excavation work for Clarifier 5400 is underway. Testing of the auger- cast grout piles is anticipated next week. Primary Clari~ers: The start of excavation work is anticipated in spring. Aeration Tanks: Final grading of the base of the excavation is complete. The placement of under-slab piping and mud mat is anticipated next. Concrete work should start soon. Blower Building: Work is scheduled to start in January. Grit Dewatering Building/Vortex Grit Chambers: Work is scheduled to start in September. High Strength Flow Equalization Tank: Work is scheduled to start in November. Flow Equalization Basins: Earthwork is complete for the new, expanded basin No. 2. The existing berm for basin No. 2 has been removed. The bentonite clay liner has been placed. Placement of the 6" aggregate base is anticipated next. Respectfully submitted, Tim Randall City of Iowa City Special Projects Manager South Wastewater Plant Contract 3 City Council Report #2 Page 2 September 14, 2000 N INTERCFPTOR JUNCTION INFLUFNT PU"~INC STATION STRUCTURF NO, I ~ I II]rl~ 130l~ 1501'1 AFRATED GRIT TINKS RFTURN FlOW ~'A~;URFf"tNT STRLICTURF INTFRCFPTOR JIINC. TION " ~ ,,o,,.,'~f,',o.' · ,,...;',~| 'N T I~N [NFLUFNT PUu^I~"~T~T[ON I BASIN {CELL B&STN ICFL ~2r,,..00. ~,.,'~:.:..'.~ · .o. ,, VORTEX r_.,RIf CHAi""IFR<; I. .... .', I ITI:~ ITOI~ iI ~ .... , ' f--] II ,,,, Y/,) .,~,~'.",;. L ~..A,',.,,.,'---'---'.' AFRAT~GN I[LDiNGoo3..' " .... ,NKS :.-" .....'-.: /' ......'-... ~ILD1N~ RF'CYCIF Pt!'r.2 ""']NC~!DO r.. WASTFWATFR.,,,,.,~,~LuD~;~: :,_2fT";'T:2A.:,~-',,:[ - _,_ ~ ~~~ ,~ . 8500 ...... ~ ~OQ, 9TOO, 9800 ............ TRIrALI'~NT FAC I L I T IF S LAB/ADMIN ............. OCATION MAP iST~I',JLEY CONSULT~NT~ CZTY OF IO~A CITY, IO~A IASTEIATER TREATMENT AND COLLECTION FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS ]NTENt~TION~,. EONSULI~ITS IN ENGINEENING. ARCHITECTURE. PL~:~INING. 7 I e I q I DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WOI~d¢~S -Engiaeeriag Division ooo ' Steve Atkins F/~ ~ ~ City of Iowa City ~ 410 East Washin~on St. ~ ~ ~ Iowa City, IA 52240 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Dear Steve, Sunday, October 15 was a great day For the Iowa City Road Races' "2000 Run For The Schools"$ Under near perfect weather conditions, nearly 2000 ~nners, 500 plus volunteers, and over 75 business and civic sponsors worked together to raise over $33,000 for the Iowa City Regina Foundation and the Iowa City Community School District Foundation. As one of our elite sponsors, thank you for helping make this years' "Run For The Schools" happen~ There are only a limited number of events held in the Iowa City area, which draw the kind of active, broad community, participation as our a~ual fall ~n and ~ndraiser. As an organization consisting solely of volunteers, we are proud of our efforts and what we did for the community. We hope tha you are equally as proud and feel that your businesses positively benefited from the race operaions support you gave. Your efforts helped make a difference! Sometime soon, we will be meeting to review wha we went well and what we should improve. Our meeting will involve the school foundations, key members of our race operations team, participants, and many of our board members. We welcome your panicipaion either by sharing your views, reflections, and ideas at the meeting or by expressing them to Dick Siefers by e-mail, mail, or conversation using the addresses and phone number provided above. Your ideas are imOo~ant for the ~ture success of the "Run For The Schools". With appreciation and graitude, tha~ you for your support. incere Y~~~t~ Diek Siefers President RaGe Diree Board of Directors Gloria Marchmm~, Vice President Ted Pacha Nancy Goldsmith Gretchen Holt Shav, m Noble, Secretary Joarme Higgms Todd Jacobsen FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VANDERHOEF IPIO National league of CitiesNational Municipal Policy This issue of the Policy Informer summarizes the work of the Other: No additional policy related to municipal revenue will steering committees for 2000 and their recommendations to be recommended in view of extensive existing policy. The the policy commlttee~ This is the last issue before the committee does intend to continue work on this subject in Congress of Cities in Boston. conjunction with other NLC efforts. Other recommendations concern the U.S. Census-and protecting the right of " - municipalities to file lawsuits. '- Finance, i Administration,& Five proposals from Member Cities and individual elected __,_ officials will also be presented to the FAIR Policy Committee in ~ Intergovernmental December. The subjects of these proposals are: employer !ll!llllllll support of the National Guard, payments in lieu of taxes, Relations(FAIR) streamlined municipal contracting with the military, debt " · forgiveness for the countries of sub-Saharan grica, and pension portability between municipal employers. The Steering Making commerce more equitable by requiting tax collection on Committee took no position on any of these proposals but asked sales conducted by marl-order or Internet, shielding that additional information be presented to the Policy municipalities from financial liability from federally-required Committee on each of these issues. regulatory activities, and a series of proposals relating to municipal bonds are some of the major recommendations from rffi' Informatio; & the FAIR Steering Committee this year. Making Commerce Fair: No changes to NLC's policy Technolo advocating federal law authorizing state and local governments to require remote vendors to collect use taxes are being Communications recommended. The committee is recommending renewal of a resohitio due to e,re at year- .d, o. ads high priority (ITC) subject. Protecting municipal fights-of-way, supporting federal programs Municipal Liability for Takings Required by the Federal to promote universal service, opposition to further federal Government: The FAIR Policy Committee in March government sales of spectrum, and policies related to specifically asked the steering committee to look at situations in communication and broadcast tower location are among the which municipalities are required to more intensively regulate subjects on which the steering committee will be submitting private land uses in order to carry out federal requirements. For recommendations to the ITC Policy Committee in December. example, ff compliance with federal policy on endangered migratory fish species requires cities to impose distant set-back Rights-of-Way: Policy recommendations on fights-of-way requirements from streams, then cities can expect to be sued by reiterate the importance of the public rights-of-way for multiple private property owners for inverse condemnation. The Steering functions and the importance of government supervision, Committee decided to recommend policy which would seek to management and permining of private firms to perform work in make the federal government responsible for all costs incurred the fights-of-way in order to protect public safety and welfare. in such situations. The policy opposes any federal preemption of authority over ads property which would dictate identical treatment of service Municipal Bonds: Among the policy recommendations that providers, since different uses place different demands on this the Steering Committee will be presenting at the Congress of public property. Cities are the following: that municipal elected officials, in most cases, should be shielded from liability if their bonds are Universal Access: Language acknowledging governmental, declared taxable after they have been issued; support for private sector, and not-for-profit roles in assuring access of alternative administrative remedies ff a municipal bond is residents to services is being proposed in ads area. The policy judged to be taxable after issuance; and broadened liability for identifies the federal government as having specific compensated professionals involved in the issuance of tax- responsibility to assure affordable access. Among the services exempt bonds. specifically identified as mefiting federal support are: high- speed connection of all schools and libraries, capacity of all Profiling is used in many contexts. For example, profiling is residences to connect to the Internet and 911 services. widely used by retail and marketing companies to identify potential customers. However, the committee concentrated on Converging Technologies: The committee spent considerable criminal and biased profiling. The committee agreed that time reviewing the existing policy on the term "telephone" to criminal profiling, an investigative method in which an office, i, ascertain if the term should be adjusted to reflect the multiple through observation of activities and environment, identifies providers and technologies, which can provide communications suspicious people and develops a legal basis to stop them for services. This discussion opened up a whole variety of issues questioning, is a legitimate tool in the fight against crime. about what the appropriate responsibilities and obligations of Biased profiling, which refers to a decision by a police officer to various providers should be in regard to issues such as open randomly stop and question people when their personal bias is access, universal access, permits, and taxation. used as the primary indicator of suspicious activity, is not acceptable. Triggered by this discussion, the Committee will be recommending language that says in part: "Although The resolution being recommended condemns the practice of convergence is a useful strategy for delivering competitive biased profiling by law enforcement officers while seeking services. it should not result in undermining govemment's financial support from the federal government to state, county regulatory or management authority and activities." and local law enforcement agencies for training programs, equipment, data collection, and research as a measure to prevent Spectrum: The United States Government should stop the further incidents and allegations ofbias profiling. practice of selling portions of the broadcast spectrum to private parties according to a committee-approved recommendation. Encryption: The use of strong encryption products and The federal government should lease or rent space on the services is extremely beneficial when used legitimately to spectrum so that the federal govemment has the authority to protect sensitive information and communications. However, reallocate this public resource as technologies and public needs the use of strong encryption products by criminals and terrorists evolve. The lease or rental periods should be structured to allow to conceal their criminal communications and information from time to recover investments made by the renting or leasing law enforcement poses a serious threat to public safety. The parties. steering committee supports the development of a balanced encryption policy that addresses the public safety concerns Other: More and earlier notification of potentially affected while at the same time satisfies the commercial needs of the jurisdictions when broadcast tower applications are filed with industry. the FCC and limiting the legal recourse of cell tower installers against cities are other policy recommendations which the Transporting Violent Criminals: Transporting violent Committee will be presenting at the Congress of Cities. criminals by private companies was not a priority identified by the Policy Committee; however, several steering committee , Pu c Sa I transport companies. Increasingly, states depend on private (PSCP) , Crime Prevention prisoner transport companies as an alternative to their own personnel or the United States Marshals Service to transport I : prisoners. There are no current federal standards or regulations goveming private prisoner transport companies. The I transporting of violent prisoners affects public safety and ) ~ interstate commerce, and existing federal controls over such traffic do not adequately enable state and local governments to The PSCP Steering Committee will be recommending control this traffic. Therefore, the steering committee is looking resolutions and policy language on mental health services for to the U.S. Attorney General to establish standards for the juveniles in the justice system, profiling, encryption, private companies transporting prisoners. Some of the standards transporting violent criminals, hate crimes, and domestic the committee would like to see established include: violence. background checks of employees, type of employee training, markings on the conveyance vehicles, the type of restraints used Profiling: "Racial profiling can never be justified as a when transporting prisoners, notification to appropriate law legitimate tool or practice in law enforcement," states Joseph enforcement officials when stops are made, and the safety of the Brann, former Director of the Community Oriented Policing prisoners. Office with the Dept. of Justice, now senior vice president of PSCom, a technology-consulting firm. This echoes the Resolutions: Seven of the twelve resolutions passed last year sentiment of the steering committee. Based on the information are being recommended for policy, four to be renewed, and the presented by the speakers at the spring and fall meetings, the resolution on Lawsuits Against the Firearm Industry (#2000-38) steering committee wants to ensure that NLC policy makes a will be discontinued, since the FAIR Committee will be distinction between criminal and biased profiling. introducing policy language on the issue. #00-34 Renew Loopholes in Federal Firearms Law Policy Informer October 2000 Page 2 #00-36 Renew Mental Health Treatment for proposed amendments to the policy call for rational, scientific, Juveniles and streamlined ESA decision-making; enhanced consideration #0~7, .~. Renew" ~Drug'Testing & Treatment for Law of human health and safety; adequate consideration of vital ..... "" .....'municipal fu. ctions; and clearer methods for de.sting recovered #0041 Renew Colored Tread Tires species. The new language is also supportive of safe harbor ~i~!(~;!~!~!~?Z~i!g~!~.i!!~;:~!%!~:~iti.!i;%:!agreements, where landowners protect and/or improve habitats New Encryption without compromising the use of their land. Review Lock Devices on Firearms Sprawl: On the issue of sprawl, Mayor Bruce Tobey of Gloucester, Ma., Board Representative to EENR, reported on the activities of NLC's SMART Team, which was established · , Energy, Environrnent,& Committee requested that staff review whether there are policies in the EENR chapter that need rethinking based on the SMART I team's decisions. No changes to policy are anticipated, as the Natura was extensively addressed last year by the community and R. eSOI. IFCeS Economic Development Committee, which has primary jurisdiction. Other Issues: The committee reviewed several policy proposals submitted by NLC direct member cities. This review included At the Congress of Cities in Boston, the EENR Policy policy language creating a new section, "Natural Resources," in Committee will be presented with policy amendments on the EENR policy. While the committee was generally current water policy, electric deregulation, and endangered supportive of the concept, they designated a subcommittee to species. review and revise the proposed language. The revised language will be presented in Boston. Water: Based on discussions at the spring EENR Steering Committee meeting documenting the $23 billion annual funding In addition, the subcommittee was asked to review proposed gap in municipal drinking and wastewater infrastructure needs, policy language on the management of federal lands and mineral the major water policy agenda item was adoption of a resolution rights by the Wyoming Association of Municipalities to targeting this issue. The committee calls on the federal determine whether it too can be revised and incorporated into a government to provide adequate and reliable long-term funding new "Natural Resources" section. This, too, will be addressed for municipal water infrastructure to close the'gap between in Boston. needs and expenditures. The Committee is also recommending adoption of policy To be consistent with current infrastructure needs, the submitted by the city of Pdchfield, Minn., calling for the Federal committee made editorial revisions to existing policy to reflect Aviation Administration to expand its noise abatement program more accurately the new municipal water infrastructure to include standards for the mitigation of low frequency noise information. EENR also updated other water policy issues, impacts. including current language on TMDLs. Resolutions: EENR will also recommend re-adoption of Electric Deregulation: At its Fall meeting, speakers addressed existing resolutions on Pipeline Safety, Full Funding for the the committee on regional transmission organizations and Land and Water Conservation Fund (if not re-authorized by general transmission issues. Also discussed was the recent Congress), and Abandoned Mine Lands. However, the California deregulation experience, particularly that in San committee took no action on a resolution supporting the Diego where rates more than doubled in early August. Education Land Grant Act, which allows municipalities to acquire certain public lands or national forest lands for The committee's proposed policy broadens NLC's position in recreational, educational, or other public purposes. the market power section, stating that the federal government must have the authority to assess the impact on competition of P, enew EENR #00.2 Full Funding for the Land and Water any mergers and acquisitions and to take action to protect the :; ; Conservation Fund interests of all rate payers. The committee is also replacing the Renew EENR #00-3 Supporting the Abandoned Mine title of the Independent System Operators (ISOs) section with Lands Program the broader heading of Regional Transmission Organizations; Renew EENR #00-5 Pipeline Safety Improvements however, the policy still supports the formation of ISOs to New Adequate and Reliable Long Term assure fair compliance with transmission, efficient and reliable Federal Funding for Municipal Water grid utilization, and enforcement of reliability standards. Infrastructure New Supporting H.R. 150, Education Endangered Species Act (ESA): The committee is Land Grant Act recommending new policy on the endangered species. The Policy Informer October 2000 Page 3 transportation systems. The revised language broadens the Transportation projec that should be given fundinS priori to clude bus Infrastructure an d lanes and pedestri pro ec . Services (TIS) Other ,s, ues: At the request ofNLC Preside.t Bob r ight, d the Board of Directors, the committee examined airline service k~ issues to determine what role, if any, NLC should play in the debate. Last year a number of proposals in Congress were At the Congress of Cities in Boston, the TIS Policy Committee introduced to direct the airline industry to adopt specific will be presented with policy amendments on intelligent customer service measures. With the threat of pending transportation systems, transit equity, rail issues, and seaport legislation, members of the airline industry agreed to develop a finance. voluntary plan to improve customer satisfaction in the airline industry. Because of the December 2000 deadline imposed for Seaport Finance: At its Spring meeting in Rochester, Minn., airlines to have their plans in place, and a commitment from the committee began to address the funding issues facing port Senator John MeCain (R-AZ) to take action if those plans go projects. While this issue was presented in the context of the unmet, the committee chose to adopt a wait-and-see approach. Harbor Maintenance Tax, and the need for a funding alternative, the Committee focused on the land-side issues ports present to Resolutions: The commiUee considered a resolution submiued the municipalities in which they are located. by Kansas City, Mo., to prohibit "wreck chasing" by tow tracks. The City believes that federal law severely restricts the authority The committee will propose expanding current language of municipalities to regulate tow trucks. The committee took no describing the impact that ports can have on their local action onthe resolution. communities and calling on the federal government to provide the needed financial resources to support the infrastructure Finally, the TIS Steering Committee reviewed its nine current required to operate an efficient inter-modal transportation resolutions. The committee recommended the renewal of its system. resolution addressing federal preemption of local authority related to railroads. Six of the resolutions, ranging from airport Rail Issues: The committee is recommending new policy safety and security, motor carrier safety, and railroad issues, language that addresses (1) the need for inter-modal connections were voted into policy. The committee voted to discontinue the with passenger rail systems; (2) the environmental impacts of two remaining resolutions, one on the reauthorization of the railroads, including pollution, air quality, and noise; and (3) Federal Aviation Administration (now moot) and the other on flexible funding for interstate passenger rail. The committee also pedestrian and bicycle safety. will propose adopting policy to limit the length of trains to no more than one mile. Renew TIS #00-22 . Addressing Federal Preemption of Local Authority Related to Railroads The committee also approved recommending a resolution be New Prohibiting "Wreck Chasing" by sent to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on its Tow Trucks proposed rule on whistle bans. The committee believes the New Supporting Uniformity of : issue is a matter that is best lef~ to local authorities and not Commercial Motor Carrier at. dictated by the FRA as an unfunded mandate. ' Border Crossing Transit Equity: Current transit policy was reviewed, and the ity' committee is recommending policy amendments that address (1) Cornrnun and transit as a comprehensive alternative to increasing traffic congestion and (2) transit-related social justice issues. E C Onornic The amended policy calls for an increase in funds designated for Development transportation as a vital component to providing a multi-modal · transportation system. The committee will also recommend policy stating that transit benefits should not be measured The CED Steering Committee completed its work on exclusively in terms of revenue generated. Furthermore, the international trade agreement impacts on local economic committee will suggest policy recommending that a federal development programs, elimination of the "digital divide", and commitment should be made to new funding, not shifting federal insurance requirements for disaster assistance. resources from existing transportation programs. International Trade and Local Economic Development: Intelligent Transportation Systems: The committee reviewed Committee members unanimously agreed NLC leadership should its recommended changes to current policy on intelligent devote more attention to this issue, and requested a workshop covering trade agreement impacts on local government Congressional City Conference this coming March. Members economic development programs be developed for the approved a resolution requesting that the office of the U.S. Policy l.former October 2000 Page 4 Trade Representative, among other things: (1) keep NLC Renew~O0-9 RethinkingFederally-Assisted members and staff informed on agreements under negotiation; Housing (2) provide NLC with opportunities to respond on the effects of Renew #00-10 Local Concents On Post Ofli~:e proposed agreements on local economic deVelopment progtan~; Localion and Resloration and (3) consult, during trade negotiations, with NLC members Renew #00-11 Supporting Full funding of CDBG in and staff on protections to ensure state sovereignty and local 2001 government prerogatives. Renew' 1i00-12 Renewal of WTO's "Green Light" Subsidy Rules Bridging the Digital Divide: Committee members will Renew #00-13 Supporting The New Markets propose a new subsection on enhancing affordable access to Initiative computers and to the Internet as an essential local economic New Supporting Expedimd Federal development tool. The new language recognizes that more Disaster Assisumce people are using the Internet to purchase goods and services at New Local Concems on Revisions to lower prices, to work from home, or to start their own Federal Insurance Requirements for businesses. The proposal acknowledges, however, that others, Disaster-Damaged Buildings primarily low-income individuals living in rural areas and in N~:w Supporting Delay ofNcw IIUD inner cities, do not have regular access to computers and the Regs. On Lead-Based Painl Internet because the areas in which they live are not connected. · ' Human The proposed policy language would support federal incentives for private sector initiatives to bring computers, affordable Development Internet access, and appropriate training to economically disadvantaged urban and rural areas and Native American (HD) reservations. Believing Internet access would have a positive affect on the economic vitality of these communities, committee members proposed encouraging the use of Community · ~. Development Block Grant funding for computer placement and training inhousingdevelopments. The lID Steering Committee focused on medical records privacy, Medicare reform, mental health issues, and The proposed policy also calls for federal, state, and local reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families government partnerships with the private sector, schools, (TANF) block grant program. libraries, and faith-based organizations. Medical Records Privacy: Steering Committee members Disaster Assistance: The committee approved policy approved new policy recommendations in the health section that recommendations urging the federal government to assist cities create a new subsection on medical records privacy. The and towns impacted by natural disasters by: (1) reducing the committee voted to recommend language that calls for high economic and financial cost of natural disasters at all levels municipal governments to have the flexibility to formulate or of government and (2) minimizing the economic disruptions and develop privacy policies for medical records and individually- loss from natural disasters. Members agreed that a critical goal identifiable health information that address the needs and for local governments is to reduce the time it takes to recover circumstances unique to their respective jurisdictions. They economically and financially from damage inflicted on public agreed that a "one size fits all" privacy policy was not in the buildings. best interests of their constituents. I-E) members also approved language stating that local governments must have the ability CED members approved a League of California Cities and authority to be more proactive in developing and resolution urging the federal government to ensure that, prior to implementing privacy standards for information records that any rulemaking or insurance requirement for public buildings, a they store and maintain, both electronically and in paper files. comprehensive and detailed cost-benefit analysis be conducted as to whether insurance against catastrophic events is affordable Committee members also voted to recommend renewal of a and available. The committee urged the federal government to resolution, adopted at its Spring meeting and subsequently take account of local government concerns when any proposed adopted at the Summer NLC Board of Directors meeting, urging insurance rule, which would make significant changes to federal the current Administration to put the necessary funding and insurance requirements, is considered. resources in its budget request to Congress to help local governments comply with any federal requirements on medical Renew #00-6 Federal Housing Laws Impacting records privacy. The resolution also requests that municipal Local.Zoning Authority governments have representation on federally-created privacy Renew #00-7 Federal Provision of TechnOlogy to commissions. Maximize Efficiency in Cities Renew#00-8 Supporting L~w-hlcomeHousing Medicare Reform: The Steering Committee approved Tax Credit revisions to existing language on Medicare that call for its Policy Informer October 2000 Page 5 comprehensive reform and restructuring. The proposed families in this country; (3) require states to be held more language states that: (1) Medicare reform has to be a major accountable for how they apportion and use their TANF funds; priority of both the Administration and the Congress; (2) both (4) place more emphasis on job training and education; and (5) branches oft he federal government must seek innovative and include cities and towns as key players in the TANF creative ways to control the program's ever-increasing costs; reauthorization process. Committee members believe these and (3) such actions are necessary to secure Medicare's long- proposed changes will enable local governments to do a better term solvency, and to make sure that other national priorities are job obtaining state and federal funds and serving more low- adequately funded. income families in need of vital support services. Committee members approved new language emphasizing that Renew #00-14/ : :i Supporting the Employment Non- adding a prescription drug benefit without providing for ~!~,~.~!;!:i~!i~i;i~:;~?!~i~i~!!~Discrimination Act .. ....: comprehensive reform would intensify and aggravate Renew #00-15 Women in Local Government Medicare's financial and administrative problems. They agreed Renew #00-16 Head Start PrO, gram Funding ',,.~!;~ .... that even though prescription drug coverage for Medicare Increases . : : . :(. beneficiaries is vitally needed, adding this benefit must be done Renew Proposed Medical Records Privacy in the context of overall reform and modernization. Regulations ReView i:i~ · .'... :'..' .......~ ":Supe6~g 'SCti6bl t6i~6/-iC:5.:'..:~!?~;~ ~...:. The committee accepted new language underscoring that Medicare costs could be controlled by: (1) dedicating a portion New Supporting TANF Reauthorization of the General Fund to Medicare; (2) creating an off-budget "lock box" for Medicare, so that when surpluses do occur, they cannot be "raided" and directed to other areas in the federal budget, but automatically go toward strengthening Medicare; and (3) establishing a unified trust fund, financed by payroll measure or the solvency of Medicare. Mental Health Care: Committee members proposed new language urging the federal government to work with state and local governments to develop a national plan for preventing, diagnosing, and treating mental illness. They also proposed that Steering Committees state governments, in consultation with local authorities, develop state-based plans for the prevention, diagnosis, and Steering Committee applications are due on November 10, treatment of mental illness. 2000. If you are thinking of applying for a seat on any of NLC's Steering Committess, you must hurtft. The new language outlines many of the actions that states should take in developing their state-based plans for dealing You can download application forms from NLC's website, with mental illness. These include providing: (1) viable www.nlc.org or call Lesley-Ann Rennie, (202) 626-3176. alternatives to what the committee viewed as "the current system of neglect or inadequate treatment of the mentally ill"; Fax your completed applications to (202) 626-3043. (2) proper licensing and oversight of group homes to ensure accountability concerning the care and treatment of group home Policy Committees residents; and (3) funding for adequate security in and around To continue to serve on a Policy Committee in 2001, please mental health facilities. let your state league director know of your plans. State The committee also supported the creation of pilot mental health leagues make appointments to the Policy Committees. courts where appropriate decisions about the care and treatment of mentally ill people arrested for committing minor crimes are Policy Committee Meeting Schedule made by mental health professionals. New language calls for at the Congress of Cities states to assist local governments and community organizations to provide a continuum of care for people with mental illness, ranging from community-based counseling and out-patient 9:00 a.rn. treatment to long-term in-patient care. CED, FAIR, PSCP, ec TIS TANF Reauthorization: The Committee approved a resolution 1:00 p.m. urging Congress to: (1) increase the level of TANF block grant EENR, HD, & ITC funding in order to provide better assistance and support to low- income families; (2) change the central focus of TANF to poverty reduction from welfare caseload reduction, since there has been little progress in reducing poverty for the poorest Policy Informer October 2000 Page 6 FROM' COUNCIL MEMBER VANDERHOEF io-26-oo MINUTES .-'. . ...,,-7. : ~ East Central Iowa Council of Governments Board Meeting 12:45 p.m. September 26, 2000 - Iowa Workforce Development 800 7th Street SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa MEMBERS PRESENT Dee F'anderhoef-Iowa City City Council Edward Brown-Mayor of Washington Gary :Edwards-Iowa County Citizen Dennis Hansen-Jones County Citizen Ed Raber- Washington County Citizen Leo Cook-Jones County Supervisor Ann Hearn-Linn County Citizen Mike Lehman-Johnson County Supervisor Jim Houser-Linn County Supervisor Bob Stout- lf ashington County Supervisor Dell Hanson-Benton County Supervisor Larry Kemp- Vinton City Council MEMBERS ABSENT Charles Montross-Iowa County Supervisor Henry Herwig-Coralville City Council Carol Casey-Johnson County Citizen Lu Barron-Linn County Supervisor Don Magdefrau-Benton County Citizen Tom Tjelmeland-Mayor of Ely David Cavey-Mayor of Olin Dale Todd-Cedar Rapids Commissioner Rod Straub-Iowa County Supervisor ALTERNATES PRESENT - None OTHER'S PRESENT - None STAFF PRESENT Doug Elliott-Executive Director Gina Peters-Administrative Assistant Jennifer Ryan-Planner Tracey Mulcahey-Grants Administrator Chad Sands-Planner Lisa Garlich - Planner Chris Kivett-Berry-Housing Planner Mary Rump-Transportation Planner Robyn Jacobson-Planner Jim Nehring-Joint-Purchasing Coordinator Marie De Vries-Solid Waste Planning Coordinator 1.0 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Chairperson, Dee Vanderhoefat 12:45 p.m. .1 Recognition of Alternates - None 1 .2 Public Discussion - None .3 Approval of Agenda M/S/C (Houser/Brown) to approve the agenda. All ayes 2.0 ROUTINE MATTERS .1 Approval of Minutes (August 31, 2000) M/S/C (Hansen/Hearn) to approve the minutes as written. All ayes. .2 ..Preceding Month's Budget Reports/Balance Sheets Elliott gave an overview of the August financial statements. Stout asked if there will now be two separate line times in the budget to reflect the addition of travel-pd. Elljolt told the board that he will have the accountant make the proper changes to next month's statements. M/S/C (Cook/Stout) to receive and file the August financial statements for audit. All ayes. 3.0 AGENCY REPORTS .1 Chairperson's Report Vanderhoef told board members that she made appointments to the transit sub-committee and that the committee recently met. She thanked the members of the committee for agreeing to serve. .2 Board Members' Reports - None .3 Director's Report Elliott introduced Lisa Garlich who was recently hired as a planner in community development. He also passed around the latest issue of City Scape that featured Vanderhoef on the front cover. Elljolt told the board that each staff member now has their own e-mail address. An updated list of staff members was handed out. .4 Joint-Purchasing Report Nehring referred to the Intergovernmental Agency Purchasing Task Force Code of Conduct that was included in the board packet. He noted that the task force made a change to the name of the document to be now called the Procedural_Guide and also changed the wording of number one under the membership heading. M/S/C (Lehman/Raber) to allow the chair to sign the Intergovernmental Agency Purchasing Task Force Procedural Guide. All ayes. .5 Community Development Report Mulcahey told the board that a total of eighty-two CDBG pre-applications were submitted to IDED for approval. ECICOG submitted three pre-applications to IDED. Benton County and the City of Millersburg were both invited to submit full applications for review. She told the board that funds for dry hydrants are still available at $2,500.00 per hydrant. November 1 is the deadline for submittal of applications for dry hydrant. Discussion followed. .6 Housing Report Kivett-Berry told the board that ICN training for the new housing fund applications will take place on October 4. (Hanson joined the meeting at this time.) .7 Solid Waste Report DeVries told the board that she spoke with Liz Christiansen of the DNR and that Christiansen was given verbal comment regarding the AG opinion on transfer stations. When written 2 comment is received, DeVries will meet with Christiansen and. pass on that information to the board. She handed out Bottle Bill Support Cards and encouraged board members to hand them out at local grocery stores. Discussion followed on the Bottle Bill. Ryan gave a presentation on the Safe Chemicals for Schools project she has been working on. .7 Transportation Report Rump told the board that the latest contract with Washington County Mini Bus expired on September 23. At last month's board meeting, it was decided that an ad hoe committee be appointed to review regional transit operations. In order to allow transit service in Washington Count~, to continue, three recommendations have been made by staff. Rump referred board members to page 18 of the board packet where the recommendations were outlined. Discussion followed on the WCMB contract options. M/S/C (Raber/Hanson) to continue the nine-month service agreement with Washington County Mini Bus to complete the fiscal year. To provide on-site assistance of staff time up to three days a week with the option of hiring a third-party consultant. The cost of staff time is to be shared by Mini Bus and ECICOG. The contract may also be subject to change upon recommendations from the sub-committee. All ayes. 4.0 COMMITTEE REPORTS .1 Executive Committee ECICOG was contacted by the City of Victor and the City of Springville to make a presentation on ECICOG services as a result of the letter from Vanderhoef that was recently mailed out. Elliott and a board member from those areas will make the presentations. .2 Budget Committee Elliott reminded the committee that work on the budget will start in October or November. .3 Personnel Committee - None .4 Transit Operator's Group - None .5 Solid Waste Technical Advisory Committee - None .6 Ad Hoc Committee Reports - None 5.0 IOWA INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW SYSTEM No intergovernmental reviews were submitted for review this month. 6.0 OLD BUSINESS · 1 Approval of Expenditures M/S/C (Houser/Brown) to approve payment of expenditures. All ayes. 7.0 NEW BUSINESS - None 8.0 NEXT MEETING: October 26, 2000 Dennis Hansen, Secretary/Treasurer October 26, 2000 Date 3 $1 million spent on rehab creates five more!'10-26-00 IP12 construction jobs and three more permanent jobs than the same $1 million spent on new construction. Preservation is good _-'or business By RICHARD M0E - n the 1850s, when Ann Pamela Cunningham rallied the nation to save Mount Vernon as a shrine to the memory of George WashingIon, she defined preser- vation for the next century. Re- storing and refurnjshing historic houses as places where people could pay homage to the past -- that's whet preservation was all about, and it's whet many people still think of. But preservation today is much more than that. It is still rooted firmly in an appredation of the value of history, but it's no longer concerned primarily with the past. Preservation is in the business of saving spedal places and the quality of life they support. It is one of the a effective tools available for the revitalization of oommuni- ties of all sizes. Preservationists are dedicated, effective partners in efforts to build and maintain com- muftities thet are truly livable. - .. kivability is in short supply in too many of the urban centers and /~v''=': .... ' older suburbs thet we've neglected so callously in recent dadas. Robert Solow, Nobel Prize-.. luxury. It is an economic Lmper- - .... ;-. ative." mud WELLS/REGISTER FILE PHOTO Preservation can make a si~f- Mannlng's main street is busy icant contribution to a comma- · a : with customers. ty's economic vitality and overall ~ ~--- _ quality of life in: 1) downtown re- '~' vitalization; 2) the rehabilitation ' :]{ ,'[| . and reuse of older buildings; 3) as .' a stimulus for heritage tourLsm; . and 4) as an alternative to sprawl. ,. econornic-rovitalization programs emphasizes preservation as one of , - its key elements. The National Trust's Main Street program aims - ' ' -. comrnerdal districts by helping The Stockman House in Mason City was de- The Masonic Templ communities rediscover down- signedbyFrankLloydWrightintheearlylg00s. downtown Des Moines' past. town's urdque assets and leading them thzough a step-by-step oom- oomrnuniries in Iowa here pardc- conm'umities reborrL b~iness districts in a growing prebensive revitalizarion strategy. ipated in this irdtiative. These The Main Street program was number of dries all over the The National Main Street Center communities have seen 4,500 designed for smal towns, butnow country. The Main Street prngram has worked in more than 1,500 buildingrehebs, a net gain of l,9(X) it has moved to bigdfie~as welL just rnaybe the best idea the Na- communities since 1980. The pro- business starts or expansions and j'u.st as small communities need rional Trust ever had. I can start it e~e NANOELL.~RE(ilSTER FILE PHOTO gram has generated almost $13 almost 5,50 0 net newjobs, Almost viable downtowns to survive, ur- up in two words: [t works. The neon Colonial Bread sign billion in downtownreinvestment, $2,60 million in private funds has ban neighborhoods need viable The rehabilitation of older is one of the landmarks in resulted in the rehabilitation of been invested in downtowns. commercial areas to support and bulJdingsworksinwaysthatmake downtown Des Moines. more than 62,000 buildings, pro- These facts and figures translate enhance the daily lives of their it one of the most effective duced 51,000 net new businesses into real sustainable economic vi- residents. Our first citywide Main economic-development tools more r~t jobs than the and193.000 net new jobs. tality brought heck to downtown Street program was establjshed in available. Data from the Com- same ~11 spent on new Iowa's Main Street program is business districts thet were suf- Boston in 190.~, and now the pro- merce Department show that $1 construction. Another study considered one of the best in the fering from deterioration and dis- gram is working -- and getting million spent on rehab creates five showed that in Michigan, $1 rail- country. Since 1986, 43 investment. They translate into results- in 19 neighborhood more constructionjobsandthree lion spent on building rehab Ri c h a r d ] Preserved builclmgs and nemgn- president ~ sense of historic continuity and the of the National economic health of the communi- Trust for His- ty, they also attract tourists. toric Preserva-: "~: Tourism is on the verge of be- tion, talked :..: coming America's No. 1 industry; about the eco- it's already No. 1 in most states. It nomic benefits of historic contributes hundreds of billions of preservation in a speech dollars to the U.S. economy every given in Des Moines recent- year and supports millions of jobs. The fastest-growing segment of ly. Here are excerpts from this enormous industry is heritage that .speech. tourism -- a fairly recent term for something people have done for creates 12 more jobs than manu- centuries: traveling to historic and facturing $1 million worth of cars cultural attractions to learn about and in Oklahoma, 29 more jobs the past in an enjoyable way. Ac- than pumping $1 ion worth of cording to a study a couple of oil. Many of these jobs require years ago by the Travel Industry Association of America, 45 per- skilled craftsmanship; this means cent of all adult American travel- that the rehab of historic buildings, ers included a visit to a museum or combined with job-training pro- grams, can help build a corps of historic site. Heritage tourists take workers with bankable skills that longer trips and spend more serve them for a lifetime. money than other travelers. In St. Louis, to cite just one ex- Visitors from all over the coun- ample, the rehabilitation of a single try come to Iowa to see historic landmark, the historic Union Sta- sites thht give this state its unique tion, has contributed to the rebirth identity --places such as the El- of downtown with 1,600 new full- figy Mounds National Monument, time jobs, $4.5 million in tax reve- the Old Capitol at Iowa City, the nues annually, and more than $400 Amana Colonies, the Herbert million in private investment. Sta- Hoover birthplace, Terrace Hill tistics like these underscore a and hundreds of historic buildings simple truth: Preservation isn't just and neighborhoods in communi- good for the soul; it's good for ties such as Burlington, Dubuque and Mason City. These irreplace- business, too. Some complain that preserva- able historic treasures, like their tion restrictions can hurt property counterparts in other states, are values, but the truth is that pres- part of the great legacy that be- ervation of historic buildings helps longs to all of ns, and everyone owes a debt of gratitude to the protect property values. Every mayor struggles with at- Iowa preservationists who have tempts to get middle-class tax- helped keep these places alive. payers to move back to the city. The success of places such as When back-to-the-city migration these offers proof of the power of has occurred -- and it's occurring historic sites to tell compelling everywhere from Washington to stories that attract, engage, inform Cleveland to Seattle -- it's focused and enlighten visitors while on historic inner-city neighbor- boosting the local economy. What hoods. Cities that allow these attracts visitors is the sense of be- neighborhoods to disappear are ing Someplace, not just Anyplace. cutting themselves off from the Travel expert Arthur Frommet benefits of a future rebirth. said, "Among cities with no par- ticular recreational appeal, those that have preserved their past continue to enjoy tourism .... Tourism simply doesn't go to a city that has lost its soul." I'm not aware of any promoters that are selling tourists on the notion of visiting communities that have trans- formed themselves into a sad hodge-podge of nondescript cookie-cutter housing tracts, clut- tered commercial strips and bleak downtowns. But all of us are aware of the crowds of visitors who flock to places that have preserved their historic character and saved their soul. Replace mindless sprawl " · ith smart growth pr~e~a~on plays a ~d~ f~d~e~y~, It's ~e sine ~n~u~ aff~ a 1~ ~- · role ~ t~y's ~~ ~ o~er ~ of ~e ~. r~ HRer~ wi~ ~o~ of ' "- ....... ~ ~ ~temt~e to sprawl. We ~y ~ ~e 1~. ~e layout ~don~ sho~ ~nters or .'=' ~e o~er ~ d~ ofm~~fi~for~to "d~d~.'~ere~e~ - ' ~rawl ~ "a d~enerate ~ ~e ~e~h~e -- ~d ~y ~e~emof4,~don~ ~:.~ fore t~t ~ t~ ~ to ~ ~one: A f~ y~s ~o, I-~ ~ sh~p~ ~. · ~ ~, ~d t~ ~rs~ to ~s ~r v~cle. A~r~ to a ~ ~d ~ for a ~t to ~ en~, · e ~ersi~ ~d vit~ of a grit ~em of TryRation ~, ~ m~ ~ sprawl. ~ dW.' Howler you def~e it, you ~efi~ adam averse 72 ~- It ~m~ d~n to ~ where , ~'t ~ R. It's ~e~here. A ut~ ~e~ ~y ~d ~e wh~l. to ~e ~v~tmems. ~e ~- i ~e ~o~d ~ ~m ~y ~m- ~ ~ more t~ ~i~ ~ much ~on ~ n~ whether ~ m~u .... m~W~sh~you~rawlati~ ~e$~eaver~e~ent~n~ ~w~gow,~how. Weh~ ' '. wo~: ~r~ pl~ ~d- wiffiffie~e~ a lot a~ ~e ~n~ of go~, automob~e+rient~, We ~y ~ ~her tu~. ~er "s~ gro~" ~ere's a grow- Downtown Des Moines, ~clu~ ~e towe~ ~1 ~d : l~e~W d~opment t~t ~ ~e d~d~, were ~d~ ~er ~ ~ of ~nv~ pr~f ~t b~, pr~id~ ~ ~ ~ck~op for a ~ ~ ~u~e~ ~ mu~ d the ~e~ o~ t~ do~s to ~y for ~s pr~a~on ~ s~ ~o~: Po~ ~W. ~ ~to w~ one c~~c ~ ~e water ~d ~w~ ~, ~ $ M~d~5 n~.f~d~ ~ "~'s own ~y~d." ~d ~ ~ n ~- r~ ff ~ ~e to grow ,,,, Wasting cities people ten~ f~ ~ond a~efi~. ~ t~ to d~te ~em ~ to~c~sbro~ht~ckto~e sid~ ~ ~ly~ it ~ ~tremely spraw~ d~elopmenm, w~e ge t~nera~ ~m for a w~e~ ~d f~y ~r~i- ~e ~rm~e were ~d for ~~. ~t's s~ gro~ ble. A he~ings ~d in ~ ~don~ or ~de~ ~ $ g we ~ d~e~ to ~e W~on ~te not~ m~r older ne~rh~. the~ ~s l~ ~d the~ f~t more, ~o~d ~ ~ ~n- brick ho~ of ~e ~. ~t pr~le~ r~ from ~rawl: ~r~ m~ ~t, we the physi~ env~omem ~ ters m~ more se~ ~ ~ola~on -- ~d ~e f~a~on it $ It n~ly d~oys ~e ~y ~ ~e ~dy eraion d o~ w~ch th~ ~e, wor~ shop ~d ~~ sprawl t~t d~o~s e~enders--~ot~to ~ono~c ~d env~oment~ v~- ~ of ~e. Old~ ~ ne~h- play mm ~ve a ~ off- ue of r~ 1~, ~rh~ ~e endav~ of ~ve~, entation. One d the m~ pre- . ~te mo~t d l~d ~ t~ s~e~ ~ to ~e ~ta~. $ It ~t~ ~ ~effidem l~d- Tr~ ~~ ~e d~ domt c~a~e~ of ~- co~t~ to ~d u~n- ~d ~en If we ~n~ue m ~ow o~ tit- ~ ~em t~t ~ ve~ ~m~e ~oy~ ~ r~d ~de~. ~ to~c ~ ~ ~e~ ~ ff the to ~e. to~c ~ g~ demo~h~. orientation. ~t's smm gr~h. aveable, we don't ~ve ~e mon- a major ~ d ~efi~'s mem~ $ Ra~dom~ab~h~ Eve~pla~ w~up l~ ~e $ S~ gro~h a&~t~ eyto~d the new r~,~h~ ~ d ime~. ~ d~e~e t~- ~ where ~u~ ~ ~- Nopla~. de~ ~d ~ersi~ d ~, M~ ~d other ~r~e ~at gible "~h ~d ~n~' v~enm, p~Hc ~d p~ate, One form of ~rawl -- ret~ older ne~rh~ were d~ sprawl dem~. We hve h~e ~o~. hve ~n rode. developmere tht tr~for~ sign~ wi~ the~ favors ~ ~d. ~v~ents ~ the physi~ r~ wMch much of o~ ~tio~ c~- $It d~oysthe~t~icv~ r~ ~to ~p ~ -- ~ fre- ~them~s~gro~k so~c~of o~d~.We~'t~- a~er w~.fom~. To . c~a~er d the l~. ~en~y s~ on ~ ~t $ Reh~ffita~on ~d re~ of ford to go on w~ them. ~c~ on ~e~ to ~doze ~d $ It erodes a sense of ret~ers, ~y of whom ~ncen- older ~s ~ow for gro~h More ~R~t, We ~'t ~- blacMop ~em ~to ~e~e hom~ ..-. ~~. trate on the ~m~on of su- wi~o~ ~p~onofl~ ~e ford m go on w~ ~e ~ple genei~, or~d~emup~d .: ~ ~ o~ co~, ~r~or~ wi~ more ~ 2~,~ conversion of a w~eho~e ~to ~ ~ thee plac~ wh~ Hv~ ~e t~ write ~em off~ ~ m deny ~d r~ ~rawl touch~ ~ ~ -- ~d one ~ef~t.~ena~ore~et~t dw~ ~ts r~u~ the d~ o~en p~ ~ the a~en~ of j~ o~ own ~o~ ~ a ~ple. way or ~other, we ~ ~y for it. o~, ~e ret~ ~nter of graviW m~d for 10 a~ of f~d. op~W, ~ ho~l~n~ ~d ~e ~ of inch shom~ht~ We ~y ~ o~n s~ce ~d s~ ~m~y ~d n~- ~e r~it~on of Mm Strut ~e. M~y of o~ mer d~ ~d n~er ~ ~d ~ doa~s. It f~d 1~. F~ ~ Iowa's ately away from M~ S~t. r~u~ ~e de~d for ~other have~meendavsof~e~r, wo~d ~ a debit ~ the ~nd-~g~ employer, ~t the ~wntown ~m~ gh~ ton, ~p ~. ~t's s~ ~o~h. ~lat~ from m~ ~eW, ~e~ split. ~ate 1~ 26,~ a~ of w~e ~e r~ ~ ~e --Ric~rd M~ ~t off from ~e gHRe~ gl~ --Richa~ M~ Lisa Mollenhauer From: Kent Bliven Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 12:42 PM To: Lisa Mollenhauer Subject: FW: Town Hall Meetings to Discuss Youth Access to Tobacco Do with as you wish. ..... Original Message ..... From: Luanneoshea@aol.com [mailto:Luanneoshea@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 11:00 AM To: webmaster@iowa-city.org Subject: Town Hall Meetings to Discuss Youth Access to Tobacco Please forward to your elected officials, including mayor, city council, city clerk, chief of police and city attorney. Thank you. Take the IOWA PLEDGE... to stop the sales and possession of tobacco products by minors. The state of Iowa's Alcoholic Beverages Division is sponsoring these important activities in your area. Mark Your Calendar for these important dates: Tobacco Town Hall Meetings - a dialogue among local officials, retailers, interested citizens, law enforcement and the State of Iowa on reducing youth access to tobacco products Tuesday, October 31 - Ames City Council Chambers (10 am); Des Moines City Council Chambers (2 PM) Wednesday, November 1 - Council Bluffs Community Hall (10 am); Sioux City Council Chambers (2 PM) Thursday, November 2 - Waterloo Council Chambers (10 am); Cedar Rapids Council Chambers (2 PM) Friday, November 3 - Dubuque Library Auditorium (tentative) (10 am); Bettendorf Community Center, Banquet Room (2 PM) IN ADDITION: I PLEDGE Training for local officials will be held over the Iowa Communications Network on November 14, 15 and 16 in locations throughout the state I PLEDGE Training for tobacco retailers ~- a review of new tobacco legislation, identification procedures and new information on training clerks will be held over the Iowa Communications Network during the week of November 27. For more information, please contact Nicole Watson, 515-281-7406, or by e-mail at watson@iowaabd.com Luanne S. O'Shea 515,277,5011 V P ROZ\ Communications and Marketing Design. .e IP14 Octobe~ 19, 2000 Joe Eichelberger 1428 Keokuk Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Mr. Eichelberger: The City Council would like to thank you for applying for the Housing and Community Development Commission. At their work session on October 16 the Council agreed not to consider your application due to a potential conflict of interest regarding your employment at Hillcrest Family Services. While you were not chosen to serve on the Housing and Community Development Commission, I would like to encourage you to apply for other Board and Commission vacancies. Again, thank you for your application and I hope you will continue to demonstrate interest in the community by participating in local government affairs. Mayor Cc: City Council 410 EAST WASHINGTON STREET · IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240-1826 · (319) 356-5000 · FAX {319) 356-5009 October 19, 2000 Kathleen Henderson 128-1/2 North Clinton Street #1 Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Ms. Henderson: The City Council would like to thank you for applying for the Solid Waste Management Commission. At their work session on October 16 the Council agreed to delay making appointments until an adequate number of applications were received to select from a pool of candidates, and appoint all 6 vacancies at the same time. Your application will be kept on file and resubmitted to the City Council for appointment at their November 21 meeting. Again, thank you for your application and we will keep you advised of the selection process. Ernest W. Lehman Mayor Cc: City Council PtlSo Cu' -Ph n rrl ,s4iK '])evid 'evin C fo% 410 EAST WASHINGTON STREET · IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240-1826 · (319) 356-5000 · FAX (319) 356-5009