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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-12-04 Transcription#2 Page 1 ITEM NO. 2. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED OR AMENDED. Kanner: Moved. Champion: So moved. Lehman: Moved by Kanner. Seconded by Champion. Kanner: I'd like to have discussion. (All talking) Kanner: First on the Housing and Community Development minutes. Number 1 a. Dee on my initial reading you made a presentation to the Housing and Community Development about the executive development committee. One of the things I recall from the executive, Economic Development Committee was that you were going to bring up the idea of the development committee making recommendation of the 9% and taking that away from HCDC making recommendations. I didn't see that mentioned in your presentation, I was wondering if you did make that presentation. Vanderhoef: Absolutely. Kanner: OK. Vanderhoef: And I sent a memo to Council about that and what was discussed at HCDC. Kanner: OK, maybe I misread that. Can you tell me where that is in the minutes? Vanderhoef: I'm saying I wrote up my own memo after the HCDC meeting and presented it to Council. That we were recommending from the Economic Development Committee that we use 9% and that there was discussion about how that could happen since the City steps would have to be amended if it stayed at 5% and we wanted this to continue for several years. So that was the presentation that Steve Nasby did then on what three ways that this could possibly happen and what ultimately happened was that we said this year we will just apply for it rather than try to get the City steps amended before they go into hearings. Kanner: So I don't know if one is contingent on the other but my point was that if the Economic Development Commission beyond getting the 9% you said This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of December 4, 2000. #2 Page 2 that you wanted your development commission to be the one to make the recommendations instead of HCDC. Vanderhoef: No. What we said at that meeting was that the Economic Development Committee was recommending to Council the 9% and we were going to HCDC presenting what we were going to present, ask them to take another look at it, and to make their recommendation to City Council and that we would not make a decision on this until after HCDC had had an opportunity to talk about it and to make a recommendation. Kanner: OK, I guess I didn't see you mention in the minutes, maybe I thought they missed it in the minutes of the Housing and Community Development Commission. Vanderhoef: I didn't go the second night, I went and presented... Kanner: Wait let me just finish, I think it's important because who makes some of those recommendations I think is an important decision, some people perhaps would prefer to see HCDC make those recommendations having a broader viewpoint perhaps in some ways than Economic Development Commission and I'm just wondering why that point wasn't clear. It seemed to be clear in your commission meeting that I attended and read the minutes from that you wanted that to be part of your decision making process and take it away from HCDC. Vanderhoef: Oh, you're talking about an annual allocation, and this is not unusual for City Council to do this. We have done that for years on the Aid to Agency. We have taken up front by policy decision, we choose as a council to take that one hundred and five thousand dollars from our allocation from CDBG monies and give it to Aid to Agencies and that's been a long standing council policy. In this case, this is another policy the Economic Development Committee is asking Council to look at. It has not been made it is just coming forward as a recommendation for this entire council to talk about. Kanner: OK, I would just recommend that perhaps make it clear that the Economic Development Commission wants to make the decisions and that the recommendation should, perhaps a note be sent to HCDC. Vanderhoef: About what? Kanner: About how Economic Development Commission wants to be specific in making the recommendations and taking any recommendation authority away from HCDC. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of December 4, 2000. #2 Page 3 Vanderhoef: For the 9% we're talking about is not for annual allocation in the same sense as what we are doing with the HCDC. What we're talking about is putting those dollars into a revolving loan fund. Therefore they can be applied for an awarded by Council, not by Economic Development Committee, but by the entire Council to be awarded at any time during the year rather than only during that small window of time that HCDC is looking at projects. That's the whole point of this business of getting the opportunity to use monies at a different time for economic development. Lehman: Let me just say this and then we're going to let this one, this is going to come back to us anyway, but the intended Economic Development Committee was to send it back to HCDC indicating to them that we felt that the 9% or some such number should be allocated for economic development. That that money would not be recommended by that committee. Historically there has been some real problems in getting applications. That the accumulation of a revolving fund might be more appropriately handled by the Council. We chose not to do anything until we get a recommendation back from them and then the Council will address that. My understanding is that we are making the application as any other agency would. Vanderhoef: For this year. Lehman: For the funds to (can't hear) revolve. But that's where it is now and I think out of courtesy to them we ask that they come back to us before we make anything and discuss it publicly. Champion: Well I can't speak historically, but I know this Council, or how long have I been on here, seems like a long time. But has been concerned about the lack of money from that fund going in to economic development. Lehman: And lack of applications. Anyway, that's where it is. Kanner: Two other things, we're setting a public hearing for the construction of the government channel and the new parking ramp on Iowa Avenue. I was wondering if I could get the budget for that, the expenses and the income in the next council packet? Helling: You'll have it for the public hearing. The final estimates. Kanner: When will that be? The Thursday before the public hearing? Helling: Correct. Kanner: Is there anyway to get it sooner than that? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of December 4, 2000. #2 Page 4 Helling: Well I can tell you that probably roughly it's going to be somewhere between two thirty and two fifty thousand, I just don't know exactly. That' s just a guess, that's close. But we won't have the final figures until all the documents are prepared and that will be a week before the public hearing. Kanner: And also will we be getting, we usually don't get where the income is coming from. Helling: I can give you that. Kanner: Could I get that also please? Helling: Sure. Kanner: OK thanks. And one final thing, we've got a letter from Carol Thompson just to make notice, I assume we're going to, this is on correspondence C4 or D4 from the supervisors asking us to kick in some money for the juvenile justice youth development program funding. I guess to the Council and Steve Atkins, I assume that will be coming to us in the budget considerations and are you planning to add that in any way to the proposal or make a recommendation on that? Atkins: I will make a recommendation, I haven't balanced the budget yet, so I couldn't tell you. But it will be in the budget, it will be considered at budget time. This is the second or third year they've asked for money. Lehman: Right. Atkins: Last year it was a very minimal amount, and I think this year they want twenty-five thousand dollars. So it's a bigger hit. Kanner: Last year they weren't sure if they were losing the money at the time of our budget considerations, and this year they know that they're not getting that one hundred and sixty thousand dollars. Atkins: That's what I understand. Kanner: The County wants us to kick in more since about 50% or more of the people that are serviced by these funds are from Iowa City. Thank you. Lehman: Other discussion? Roll call. Motion carries. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of December 4, 2000.