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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-12-04 Info Packet of 11/30 -- CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION PACKET '~/f~'~ November 30, 2000 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS IP1 Memorandum from Council Member Kanner: City Council Appointments to Englert IP2 Memorandum from Council Member Kanner: Human Service Agency Funding Hearings (CDBG Funding Hearings) IP3 Memorandum from City Manager: Near Southside Transportation Center IP4 Memorandum from City Manager: Chamber Activities IP5 Letter from City Manager to Fred Amundson: Spring Leaf Collection IP6 Memorandum from City Attorney to City Manager: Vaults in City Right-of-Way IP7 Memorandum from City Clerk: January Meeting and Budget Schedule IP8 Memorandum from Planning and Community Development Director: Peninsula Neighborhood Update IP9 Memorandum from Transit Manager to City Manager: Saturday Family Fare IP10 Memorandum from Nancy Sereduck to Emergency Communications Staff: City Office Keys IP11 Iowa City Police Department Use of Force Report - September 2000 IP12 Email from Police Chief to City Manager: Tobacco Checks IP13 Agenda: November 15 Broadway Improvement Group Steering Committee IP14 Gazette Editorial: Use Those Grants: Make Economy Hum IP15 Johnson County Juvenile Crime Prevention Community Program Progress Report: April - June 2000 IP16 Email from Carol DeProsse to JCNEWS: Jail Meeting IP17 Email from Carol DeProsse to JCNEWS: Press Citizen IP18 Email from Carol DeProsse to JCNEWS: Sheriff/Jail IP19 Minutes: November 2 CEO Board Meeting IP20 Minutes: October 26 East Central Iowa Council of Governments IP21 Minutes: September 21 PATV Board of Directors IP22 Letter from Assistant City Attorney to Paul Smith (DTA): Downtown Alleys IP23 Water Facility Improvements Project Photographical Report #3 [color version available at Clerk's Office] IP24 Memorandum from Economic Development Coordinator: Iowa City Area Quicklook 2000 [color version available at Clerk's Office] STEVEN KANNE City. Councilmember_, Iowa City Home Address: 807 E. Washington, #4, Iowa City, Iowa 52240 (319)338-8865 To: City Council From: Steven Kanner Re: City Council Appointments to Englert Release Date: November 30, 2000 Last week I brought up the idea of the new Englert Theatre Board of Directors having a certain portion of their directorships be reserved for Iowa City City Council appointments. With the City having such a large investment (over $300,000) in this community project it makes sense that the City have some form of oversight. Just as the Johnson County Board of Supervisors is allowed to make some appointments to the Senior Center Commission, because of their investment, so too should the City Council be able to appoint representatives to the Englert Board. I would recommend that the number of seats reserved for the City be set as a percentage of the total seats. The figure could range from 1/5 to 1/3 of the total seats. Or it could be a set number, if that works better for the parties involved. Englert Board members and representative have shown their enthusiasm for having City representation on their Board. I would encourage that the language be included in the contract for the sale of the Englert Theatre. It seems to me that these types of non-real estate clauses are ot~en put in real estate contracts. Just look at the "No Movie" clause that is in the Enlgert contract that we signed on to. I would propose that this issue be discussed at our next Council Work Session, December 18. Perhaps our City Attorney could write up an example of a clause that we could insert into the contract language. (I don't imagine the clause would have to be more then a few lines long.) CC: Stephen Atkins, City Manager Eleanor Dilkes, City Attorney Justine Zimmer, President, Englert Theatre Board of Directors  4 11-20-00 5 T E V E N K A N N E ip2 City Councilmember. Zowa City Home Address: 807 E. Washington, #4, Iowa City, Iowa 52240 (319)338-8865 To: City Council From: Steven Kanner Re: Human Service Agency Funding Hearings (CDBG Funding Hearings) Date: November 30, 2000 I certainly concur with the Mayor's assessment on the importance of the United Way Joint Human Service Agency Hearings. (What the Mayor called the CDBG Hearings. Last year [FY01] City Council apportioned for the agencies, General Funds [from property taxes] that totaled $350,500 plus they apportioned CDBG funds totaling $105,000.) I am glad that Councilmember Mike O'Donnell was able to attend the 11/15 hearing. In fact I would recommend that if other Councilmembers have any flee time that they also attend a hearing. The more City Councilmembers there are that are knowledgeable about such an important subject as the City's Aid to Agencies the better we can all make well informed decisions. I take my appointment as the City' s representative very seriously. That is why I arranged to videotape the 11/15 hearing that I missed. (If any of you wish to view the video feel free to contact me or United Way, who has the tape.) Along with the United Way audio tape I was able to witness and hear all four presentations given that night. In addition, with the United Way orientation given the week before, and having read the 20 plus page forms that each agency prepares for the United Way hearings, I felt that I did the homework that was necessary to help make future recommendations to the full City Council on the extent that we should fund these free agencies. I look forward to reporting back to the full Council. Concerning committees and appointments in the future, I would recommend that Mayoral and/or Council appointments to committees be announced one meeting ahead of the appointment date. This will give all Council members a chance to voice their interest in the committee and allow all of the particulars (council expectations of the committee, meeting dates, etc.) to be known ahead of time. Although I must say that I am quite honored to be the City' s representative for this worthy endeavor. Soon after each Wednesday Hearing/Presentation I will try to give a brief surmnary of the four presenting agencies: Preliminary Recommendations City of Iowa City -Human Service Agency Funding FY02 Increase Agency Funding Allocated % Increase Request Dollar Percent FY00 FY01 FY00-FY01 FY02 Red Cross $ 5,155 $ 5,500 6.7% $ 6,050 $ 500 10% Neighborhood 57,836 62,856 8.7% 76, 178 13,322 21.2% Centers DVIP 51,673 54,256 5% 65,110 10,854 20% MECCA 27,872 29,962 7.5% 30,850 888 3% TOTAL ALL $427,323 $455,500 6.5% $516,850 $61,350 13.4% AGENCIES ~ ' (14 oM + 3 new agencies) Nov. 15 Presentations _~.. I) American Red Cross - Betty Hargraves, Director .~: - 1 - A. Mission Statement: A humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, will provide relief to victims of disaster and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. B. Programs: Emergency Services; Health Services. C. Budgeted Total Support & Revenue FY02: $325,559. (Iowa City projected: $6,050. 2% of total budget.) D. Initial United Way Citizen Review Panel (does not include elected officials) Programming/Fiscal/Management Quality Analysis (P/F/MQA) (community need of services are not included here): "6" (out of scale of 1-10) II) Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County - Brian Loring, Director A. Mission Statement: Dedicated to building a better future for people in low-income neighborhoods through programs that educate, foster self-esteem, strengthen families, and create a sense of community. B. Programs: Education and Support Programs; Prevention Programs; (Currently has three neighborhood centers - Broadway and Pheasant Ridge in Iowa City and the third serves the rural Clear Creek community. ) C. Budgeted Total Support & Revenue FY02: $1,509,910. (Iowa City projected: $76,178. 5.1% of total budget.) D. Initial United Way Citizen Review Panel P/F/MQA: "8" IH) Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP) - Cris Kinkcad, Director A) Mission Statement: Founded on the belief that everyone has the right to live flee of fear and harm. Our mission is to end domestic violence through support, advocacy, shelter and education. B. Programs.: Residential Services; Children's Program; Community/Education; Outreach Services; Furniture Project. C. Budgeted Total Support & Revenue FY02: $725,767. (Iowa City projected: $65,110. 9.78% of total budget.) D. Initial United Way Citizen Review Panel P/F/MQA: "5" IV) MECCA (Mid-Eastern Council on Chemical Abuse) - Arthur Sehut, Director A) Mission Statement: Organized to provide comprehensive services related to chemical abuse and dependency, to prevent substance abuse, to promote the early detection and interruption of substance abuse careers and to reintegrate the problem substance abuser into the productive life of the community. · B) Programs: Outpatient Treatment Services; Residential Treatment Services; Employee Assisted Programs (EAP)/Prevention Services; OWI/IMCC Program (includes programming at Hope House); Iowa Substance Abuse Program Directors Association Training Grant (contracted to MECCA). C. Budgeted Total Support & Revenue FY02: $3,677,529. (Iowa City projected: $30,850. 0.8% of total budget.) D. Initial United Way Citizen Review Panel P/F/MQA: "6.5" If you have any questions about any of the agencies, feel l?ee to contact me at home, 338- 8865. cc: City Manager Director of planning and Community Development -2~ City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM TO: City Council FROM: City Manager DATE: November 29, 2000 RE: Near Southside Transportation Center Attached is a copy of a letter received by the Federal Transit Administration from representatives of Mr. Wes Fotsch and a response. We were not copied on the Tronvold letter, but as you will see, it is critical of the Near Southside Transportation Center project. As you know, we are no longer acquiring Mr. Fotsch's property; however, he apparently has chosen to continue his criticism of the project. We are providing you this as information only, and we will further respond to any questions that the Federal Transit Administration might have as it relates to this or any other aspects of our project planning. Attachment Mokhtee Ahmad Regional Administrator Federal Transit Administration Region VII 901 Locust Street, Suite 4O4 Kansas City, MO 64~06 Re: City of Iowa City proposed Near $outhside Transpo~ation Center; Project IA-03-0086 Dear Mr. Ahmad: ~e have received a copy of the correspondence sent to you from 3effrey R. Tronvold, representin9 Mod Pod, Inc., dated November ~, 2000. We appreciate this correspondence bein~ sent to us by Margaret Brown of your staff~ as we were not sent a copy by Mr. Tronvold. We feel the conclusions dcawn by Mr. Tronvo~d in his letter are not valid, and believe our position is substantiated by the Near Southside Transpo~ation Center Feasibility $tudy, which FTA has reviewed and approved. We are now substantially fu~her alon9 with the plannin9 for the functional elements of the facility than we were when the feasibility study was submitted, and feel there is even 9reater justification for our proposal at this time. For example, we feel Mr. Tronvold's conclusion about the feasibility of the daycare center is completely unjustified. We are currently reviewin9 ~o proposals from entities who wi~h to operate the daycare center and feel they can do so successfully. We have discussed the prospect of a downtown daycare center with several persons who currently operate daycare centers in Iowa City. All of them have stated to us that they would very much like to operate a daycare center in downtown Iowa City where the employment center is located, but cannot afford to do so because of the high corninertial rents in downtown Iowa City. We feel our project is fulfillin9 a need that the private sector cannot fulfill in a market economy. I have fo~arded copies of correspondence to your office in which we have indicated to Mr. Tronvold and Mr. Fotsch that the City no longer wishes to acquire the Mod Pod prope~y owned by Mr. Fotsch. Mr. Tronvold's letter of November ~ indicates that Mr. Fotsch is still apparently opposed to our project for reasons known only to Mr. Fotsch. It is our hope that the information we have provided to FTA already, as well as the concept plan and environmental assessment which you will be receivin9 in approximately a week, provide a sound basis for us 9oin9 ahead with our project. Please let me know if you wish us to provide any fu~her defense of our project in light of Mr. Tronvold's November ~ le~er. I can be contacted at (S~ 9) 356-5252 or eraall jeff-david~on~iowa-city. or~ if you have any questions. $incerely, , ~? _ ~eff Davidson, Assistant Director Depa~ment of Plannin~ and Community Development cc: City Council Steve Atkins, City Manager ~oe Fowler, Director of Parkin9 and Transit Ron Logsden, Transit Manager Karin Franklin, Director of Plannin9 and Commumty Development Eleanor Dilkes, City Attorney Paula $chwach, FTA Regional Counsel David Brown, City of Iowa City Counsel ppdadm/~trs/ahmad .doc 410 EAST WASHINGTON STREET · IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240:1826 · (319) 356-5000 · FAX (319) 356-5009 Nov-14-00 11 :!i0am From-FED TRANSIT ADMIN +8165230gZ7 T-606 E-0Z/08 F-383 WHITE & JOHNSON, P.C. ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW ~ ?~o~, s. WroTE November 1, 2000 J. RtCHARD JOH.,'%1SON Mokhtee Ahmad, Regional. Ad__mlnistrator w~.j~ 6. ~qxc,o~.so.~ Federal Tran-~R Administration, Region VII 901 Locust Street, Suite 404, s,~&~ ~.. sc,~ Kansas City, Missouri 64106 ~s w. V,A~m Re: City of Iowa City Proposed Project IA-03-0086 Construction of Intermodal Facility D~nOP, AH M, Dear Mr. Alunad: J~.nmEv R. Tso~vo~_v I represent MOD POD, Inc., a corporation owned by Mr. Wes ~ArrJ, r~n~.r.v Fotsch, which will be greatly and adversely affected by the approval of grant IA-03-0086. I _a_m writing you rhk letter because I feel there is a significant v,o~x'rJ. ~_t-omAvox mount of information that you should be made aware. of prior to seriously considering approval W t_M.~ project. I have had several conversations with c~ms~,o~,e-x ~,s~ your Regional Counsel, Paula L. Schwach, as well as several conversations with Margaret Brown. As a result of those telephone conversations, ...... ,=~: infomtion I received pursuant to a Freedom of Infomtion Act Request, ~o~. w~,-~.~so~,~ combined with recent developments in the Iowa City area, I am forwarding xo~ta_u L. Loen~st~ this information for your department's review. A couple of years ago, the City of Iowa City srm'ted out with an idea w build a parking ramp at the corner of Clinton and Burlington Streets. .[:: .?-"~'~'ZT:"7.':.~.i:.,.~his idea evolved into the concept of a parking ramp combined with a ma. nxspomtion facility. Later it was recommended ~o add a daycare center, /' "'~' "~ Fi~.By, the idea to add a commercial area to the building was /..~. ,; :. ~/0V 2O0/j recom_'m_ended. (Tab 16, The Gazette, "Parking Ramp Plan Needs to Slim 1 . . ~Down sOcto.~r 13 2000 ) Today, three of the four recommended uses are ' ' · unneces dry ' the City of Iowa City and the fourth option, dayca~e, is being V' . ~.'., \.:~ .. recommended without any supporting data to suggest an unmet demand. <.-.,.. ..........: The City of Iowa City is asking for the federal governmere to commit ~o~ ~o~ -- ~:::.:L:-: .... approximately $9 million in finds to a project that currently lacks foundation AHE~C^~ eu~O~r~ or support. ~01 5F-C(DND $TP, FFT 5E ,.o. aox seTe I wish to begin with a short history of the project from its inception c~ ~,os. ,~ to the current date. Initially. the City of Iowa City fried an application on $z~06-5~ October 1, 1999, rcquesting a grant for the Iowa City Imcmodal Facility. FAX: 31~.368.1414 E-PIAIL: w&i~gwjlpc,ec~m Nov-14-00 i1:50am From-FED TRANSIT ADMIN +Bi65Z309ZT T-606 IL03/08 F-383 WHITE & JOHNSON, P.C. ATTORNEY~ AND COUNSELORS AT LAW Novmnber 1, 2000 Pag~ 2 Crab 1 .) On October 28, 1999, the City of Iowa City distributed a memorandum that direcmd its staff u3 conduct a feasibility study required by the Federal Transit Administration. Crab 2.) This document was a response to th~ Fe~leral Transit Adminisu:ation, and shows tha~ the: City had not conducted any workup of the proposed facility prior ro being notified that they must conduct such a study in ord=r to receive grant funds. As the interaction b~tween the Federal Transit Administration and the City of Iowa city began m incre, as~, it became apparent that no~ only had a wae analysis of rhig project nor begun, but the City had also failed m engage in the analysis of alternatives or the impact r. his project would have on the ~nvironmem as required by the National Environm~mal Policy Act. Crab 3 .) After r~view of the initial application, your office: generated comments regarding Lhe project on January 28, 2000. (Tab 4.) Iowa city responded to r. he FTA comments by s~adng tha~ r. heir feasibility study which !rigart in October, 1999, would be completed and forwarded to answer the FTA comm=nts. (Tab 5.) The feasibility study was ultimately concluded in F~bruary 2000 and forwarded to the FTA. (Tab 6.) After the receipt and review of th~ feasibility study, your office outlined a number of concerns that were contai_ned in a letter from you to Mr. Jeff Davidson on April 20, 2000. (Tab 7.) Mr. Davidson responded to you in a l~tmr dated May 26, 2000. (Tab 8.) On June 13, 2000, the City of Iowa City had a meeting for r. he Near Southside Transpomdon Center which analyzed both th~ budget and several schematics depicting options for the construction of the ground wanspormtion center. (Tab 9 .) .REA_SONS TO DENY TI-W, GRANT FOR AN INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION CENTER IN IOWA CITY, IOWA There are a number of reasons that Grant No. IA-03-0086 should not be approved by the Federal Transit Administration at this time or in the future. There cxis~ several ovcrarcl/mg reasons which I will briefly oudine which will be followed by an analysis of r. he four proposed uses of the proposed transportation center. A GROUND TRANSPORTATION CENTER IS NOT JUS__TIFIED IN IOWA CITY. IOWA 1. Failure to comply with FTA policies warrant dcniaI of the grant. The Cind of Iowa City applied for this gram prior to conducting art environmental analysis of the proposed area. This is evidcnc. e,d by the eraall correspondence found at Tab 3. The City of Iowa City pro-selected ti~ site for the proposed trs_n~omtion c~nmr, and only then was a feasibility study conducted and writIon to support the location that the City wishes m use for~the proposed ground transpomtion center. Nov-14-0Q 11 :SOam From-FED TRANSIT ADMIN +8165Z30gZ? T-606 P~04/08 F-383 WHITE & JOHNSON, P.C. ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW November 1, 2000 Page 3 It is also significant to not~ that this proposed project will be built on urban renewal ground will result in the destruction of he:wet buildings intended to improve the area. Additionally, this typ~ of project is questionable in a city such as Iowa City given its sm~l! size, lack of true urban blight and the fact that it is prirnaffiy a University town. 2. Ridership patterns and th~ proposed location of the transportation center warrant the grant. The feasibility study forwarded to your office (Tab 6, p. 7), indicates that Iowa City Transit Ridership in fiscal year 1999 was 5,219,272. These rid~rship figures grossly owrstate the ridership that would be supported by the proposed ground transportation center, First, the figure provided includes not only Iowa City bus ridership, but also Coralville, Iowa ridership as well as ridership for the Cambus, a University bus system that is prodded to students free of charge. For your benefit, I hav~ ~nclosed copies of the Transportation Improvement Program for the Iowa City Urbani~ed Area for the 1998-2000, 1999-2001 and 2000-2002 periods. (Tab 10.) The feasibility study located at Tab 6 stat¢s on page '/that ridership in the Iowa City area is stable. This conchsion is direc~y refuted by the information provided in the Wanspomdon improvement program documents. You will note that in 1996, Iowa City ridership was 1,578,401, 1,~51,226 in 199~ and 1,301,38~ in 1998. Not only does this show a definite decline in ridership, but it also highlights the fact that Iowa City ridership is much smaller than suggested in the feasibility study, Moreover, a recent study conducted in Iowa City shows that ridership trends are continuing to decline in the Iowa City area. (Tab 11 .) As you Will now from this newspaper article, ridership in the year 2000 is 1,256,263. Moreover, you should observe that in each year's TIP, the: City of Iowa City overcstima_ted what ridership would be in its projections. Not only is ridership d~reasing in the Iowa City area, the ridership that Iowa City claim-~ will use the ground transportation center involves less than one-fifth of the City' s ridership. As your letter w Mr. Jeff Davidson on April 20, 2000 pointed out, the 1990 U.8. Census showed that 48 % of the people commuting in Iowa City used an alternative means of transportation to the single occupant vehicle. I think it i's important to bear in mind that this is a college town, and many of the students either lack an automobile, or choose to ride the Cambus, which is a service provided flee of charge. More significantly, tim Cambus will only have one route that swps at the proposed ground tran-~portation center. (Tab 6, p. 14, para. 2.) More significantly, the Coralville bus system will not utilizc the proposed transportation c~nter at all. The Coralville bus system must us~ another drop off located approximately two and a half blocks from the transportation center. (Tab 8, p. 2, para. B(1)CB).) Finally, not even all of Iowa City's bus s~rvices will use the proposed ground transpomtion center. Them is no m~ndon that any of the para-tr_ansit activities in Iowa City will utilize the proposed transportation center, and only the eastern routes in the City of Iowa City will utilize the proposed transportation center. (Tab 6, p. 14, para. 2 Transit Access.) Nov-14-00 11:50am From-FED TRANSIT ADMIN +8165Z30fIZ?' T-606 P-,05/08 F-383 WHITE & JoHNsoN, P.c. ATTORI',IEYS AND COI, JNSI~LOR5 AT LAW November 1, 2000 Page 4 Thus, tl~ majority of the ridership claimed by the City of Iowa City does not even belong to the City of Iowa City, and even the portions that do will not have significant access to the proposed tran.~portation center. The City also failed to show the demand or need for such a facility in the location that is being recommended. Finally, Iowa City is claiming the ridership of itself, Coralrifle and the Cambus system, wh/ch is entirely University of Iowa owned and operated, yet it is keeping all of the money generated from the proposed facility for itself. (Tab 8, p. 3, para. 5(A).) Therefore, it seems highly questionable that a $12 million plus structnre should be built for a ridership That is declining and where the need for such a facility is highly suspect. 3. Budgetary issues warrant denial of the ~nt. If you examine the information from the meeting at Tab 9, you will see that the proposed project has an estimated cost of $16,689,828. In the event the City decides to decrease the number of parking spaces by 120, the total cost is still $15,189,828. I think one question forwarded by the Federal Transit Administration and your comments of January 28, 2000 still remains unanswered. The intoreal comments on January 25, 2000, found on page 2, question the grantees technical capacity Oversee, manage and direct th~ activities design and building, as well as administration. (Tab 4.) This question still appears m be unanswered anywhere in the documents submitted to your administration. I think it is significant to note, that the proposed cost of this project was to be $12 million and the City is already at a level 25 % above that figure. THE SPECIFIC USF-~ FOR TI~ TRANSPORTATION CENTER LACK SUPPORT AND JtISTIFY DENYING ~ GRANT 1. Parking demands are satisfied. This project grossly overstates th~ need for parking as it exists today in the City of Iowa City. As your letter of April 20, 2000 points out, the parking numbers used in the study arc inconsistent. (Tab 7, auachmcnt 1, p. 3.) Moreover, Iowa City is just completing the construction of a ramp with 567 parking spaces and 27,000 square feet of commercial space. Crab 12.) This new construction of additional parking commercial space is not even mentioned in the feasibility study. For your benefit, I have _marked the location of the new parking facility as X-1 on the map located in Tab 12 and the proposed site for the tra,sportadon center as X-2. As you will note, the two facilities are approximately two and a half to three blocks from one another, Moreover, the article states, "The Iowa Avenue parking facility is expected to more than handle the displaced motorists." Thus, one must question where the increased demand for parking will come from since the City of Iowa City said they only had waiting lists of up to 200 people each month. Additionally, the information provided in the budget at Tab 9 shows that the City is already seriously entertaining d~creasing parking capacity by 120 spaces. Nov-14-00 II :51am From-FED TRANSIT ADMIN +8185Z309ZT T-606 P-.06/08 F-383 V~H]:TE & JOHNSO:N, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW November 1, 2000 Page 5 Thus, it appears that the original idea of a parking ramp, which originally gave rise to this gra_nr application, no longer appears to justify the construction of a significant parking ramp within the proposed transportation center. 2. The transportation center lacks the support of the National Bus Companies. Both in the proposal by the City of Iowa City, and the feasibility study, there is a lot of discussion about Greyhound and Trailways having an interest in the transportation center. However, there has been no commitment by either company that would suggest they support or need the proposed facility. To date, Greyhound has specifically refused to commit to the proposed Intermodal Project and sffil requires a number of issues to be resolved. Crab 13.) The City of Iowa City has merely provided statements in the feasibility study, but there is a clear lack of supporting data or studies to suggest either national carrier would support the use of a facility at this location, or that such a facility is even necessary. 3. There exists exe. ess retail commercial space. As noted above, there is 27,000 square feet of new commercial space in the recently constructed parIcing ramp. There also exists approximately 80,000 square feet of privately owned retail/commercial space within six bloclos of the proposed site that is currently vacant. This additional space never factored into the feasibility study presented to the FTA. Additionally, the recently constructed Coral Ridge Mall, with its 1.3 million square feet of retail space, has been hurting the retail and commercial markets in the City of Iowa City. A study conducted by DL Ken Stone at Iowa State University ou~ines the impact of the mall on Iowa City businesses. Additionally, the Iowa City comprehensive plan in 1997 specifically stated that it would not be prudent for Iowa City to consider the development of new commercial centers in the foreseeable future. Both the article stlmmarizing Dr. Stone's study and the extract from the comprehensive plan are located at Tab 14. Recent developments have also radically changed the need for the proposed cornmartial space in the tr?_n~ormtion center. Originally, the City of Iowa City accepted schematic l-E, located at Tab 9, as th~ desired construction plan. However, the bank that the City of Iowa City wished to place in a large potion of the commercial space ha.q recently decided it would not like to be located in the proposed ground transportation center. As a result of this decision, the City has altered its construction plans. The documents outlining these changes can be found at Tab 15. Basml upon these recent developments, the City of Iowa City is now considering abandoning the commercial section of the transportation center in its entirety. Newspaper articles describing this recent change are contained at Tab 16. Nov-14-00 ll:51am From-FED TRANSIT ADMIN +I3165Z30gZ? T-606 P--0U08 F-383 W ZT , & Jos soH, e.c. ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW November 1, 2000 Page 6 Thus, the City is entemining the idea of eliminating the commercial space because there is no demand for such space and it needs to find a way to trim back significam cost overruns. However, what is most significant, is that absent the commercial space, the entire structure basically becomes a daycare center with a small bus stop attached at the southern end. The project is apparently transforming into the construction of a daycare facility with a bus stop. 4. There is no evidence suggesting an umet demand for daycare. As stated above, the new design for the facility, absent the commercial space, results in a large daycare center with a bus station and parking. The feasibility study alludes to the need for daycare, but them has been no infomtion provided by the City of Iowa City to suggest that there is either a short fall in daycare facilities, or that such a demand would be met by locating a facility at the proposed location. Moreover, it is interesting to note that the City is attempting to get FTA funding by simply changing the classification of the services provided at the facility. (Tab 17.) The bottom line is that, to date, the City of Iowa City has failed to conduct any studies or provide any documentation that supports the construction of such a large daycare facility at the proposed site. CONCLUSION At present, there are so many uncertainties surrounding this project, the Federal Tran.~it Administration should seriously consider rejecting the grant application in its entirety. As was pointed out in the beginning of this correspondence, the original intent of Iowa City was to provide additional parking space. This evolved into the idea of a transportation center combined with additional commercial space and a daycare center. As one looks at Iowa City today, there is significant additional parking that has been added to the City within several blocks of the proposed site. Thus, it is highly questionable whether additional parking is necessary. Moreover, the City of Iowa City does not have the firm backing or support of either National Bus Line, and there is the distinct possibility that either business may not SUppOrt the transportation center m its proposed location. As for the commercial component, the City of Iowa City has iost the commitment of what was once an anchor tenant. Additionally, the new regional mall has significandy decreased demand for retail and commercial space in the proposed location, and the City already has 27,000 squaze feet of newly constructed commercial space that can meet existing demand. Thus, it appears that, as of today, the only real portion of the project remotely necessary is the proposed daycare center. However, the daycare center lacks concrete support that would suggest that a demand for such services. Finally, the FTA should also consider the ramifications of scaling back both the parking and commercial/retail areas. Them does not seem to be a method for supporting the center financially if these portions of the transpomtion center are not included or fail. Therefore, based upon the information provided in this analysis, I would strongly recommend a re-evaluation and denial of grant application IA-03-0086. Nov-14-O0 11:51am From-FED TRANSIT ADMIN +8165Z309Z? T-606 P-,08/08 F-383 WHITE & ~OHNSON, P.C. ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW November 1, 2000 Page 7 I ask that you seriously consider the points raised in thin correspondence, and I would greatly appreciate any response you could provide with respect to these issues. I am forwarding a cour~sy copy of this correspondence to Paula Schwach as well so that she is fully apprised of our position with respect to this grant. If you have any questions concerning what is contained in this correspondence or require any more detail, I would be more than happy to provide you with such information. I may be reached at (319) 364-0900 or facsimile at (319) 368-1147, I greatly appreciate your me and consideration in this matter. Sincerely, WHITE & JOHNSON, P.C, Jdfr~y R, Tronvold IRT:jsf Enclosures cc: Wes Fo~sch P~ula L. Schwach Regional Cou_~sel U.S. Dept. of Trzmport~tion Federal Transit Ad~in~.~tradon 901 Locus~ SL, Room 404 Kansas City, Missouri 64106 City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM TO: City Council FROM: City Manager DATE: November 30, 2000 RE: Chamber Activities 1. Tuesday, December 12, 5p - 6p. Legislative Reception at Old Capitol 2. Friday, December 29, 4p - 6:30p. Year-Ender at Radisson 3. Thursday, January 25, 5:30p. Annual Chamber Banquet at Sheraton 4. Friday and Saturday, February 2-3. Walk of Stars Business Expo at Carver- Hawkeye Arena 5. February 7. Trip to the State Capitol. C ty November 21, 2000 Fred Amundson 703 George Street Iowa City, IA 52246 Dear Mr. Amundson: To respond to your November 11 letter concerning the possibility of a spring leaf collection, from time to time we have had similar requests. To date I have recommended against a spring leaf collection, due primarily to our other maintenance responsibilities during the early spring months. With the snow gone the sand and other debris in the streets must be cleared as well as immediate a~ention given to potholes and related winter weather damage. We do this work early on in order to avoid spring rains washing these materials into our storm water systems and eventually our streams and rivers. It is also impodant to note that several new federal laws regulate what goes into our storm sewers and therefore makes our clean-up effo~ that much more impo~ant. These tasks are performed by our Public Works crews - the same individuals that provide the fall leaf pickup. To provide a spring leaf pickup would dive~ their duties from the street maintenance and winter recovery. Additionally, if we were to offer such a leaf collection program, we would need to do it City-wide, and the obligation of time would be far greater than one or two neighborhoods. I am sor~ I cannot provide you with a more favorable response, but to date we have recommended and the Council has generally supposed that our winter recove~ work in the spring is more critical, padicularly since we offer a leaf pickup alternative by way of our bag program. I appreciate you expressing your opinion. Again, I am sor~ that I cannot recommend accommodating your interests. Sincerely, City Manager cc: Bud Stockman City Council' Iw/Itrs/sa-springleaf. doc 410 EAST WASHINGTON STREET · IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240-1826 · (319) 356-5000 · FAX (319) 356-5009 Date: November 28, 2000 From: o s Re: Vaults in City right-of-way At your request, this memo will summarize my thoughts regarding vaults in the City's right-of- way. As I understand it, there are a number of vaults in the City's downtown right-of-way that have been used for many years by the adjoining property owners. Although this has gone on for many years, to my knowledge there are no agreements that authorize such use of the City's right-of-way. As you know, under our current practice, if a person wants to use City right-of-way in a manner that does not impede vehicular and pedestrian traffic and is not otherwise contrary to public interest, the City may authorize that use by way of a temporary license agreement. These agreements set conditions on the use of the right-of-way, and require the property owner to have insurance and agree to indemnify the City in the event of claims for damages. The City Council recently authorized the Director of Public Works to sign such agreements. As we have discussed, if a person sustains injury on a vault or as a result of the use or misuse of a vault, the City most likely will be sued because the injury occurred in its right-of-way. The City should consider making continued use of the vaults contingent on execution of the type of agreement described above by the property owner. Please call me if you have any questions. cc: Chuck Schmadeke Rick Fosse Karin Franklin Sarah Holecek · Mitch Behr eleanor/mem/vaults.doc City of Iowa City IP7 MEMORANDUM Date: November 29, 2000 REVISED To: City Council From: Marian K. Karr, City Clerk Re: January Meeting and Budget Schedule Due to Martin Luther King's birthday, Mayor Lehman has asked that the work session scheduled for January 15 be rescheduled to 5:00 PM on January 16 (before the formal meeting). Dinner will be provided. Please note the change on your calendars. Thursday, January 4 - 8:3 O-Noon Budget Overview Monday, January 8 - 6:30 p.m. Special Work Session Tuesday, January 9 - 7:00 p.m. Special Formal Meeting Tuesday, January 16 - 5:00 p.m. Special Work Session Tuesday, January 16 - 7:00 p.m. Regular Formal Meeting Monday, January 22 - 1:00-5:00 p.m. Budget Tuesday, January 23 - 6:30-9:00 p.m. Board and Commission input & other budget issues Tuesday, January 30 -8:30-Noon Budget Regular first and third formal meeting schedule resumes with the meeting of February 6. Staff estimated approximately 13 hours of time for review of the budget. This schedule takes into consideration Council absences, the regular meeting schedule, and the necessity to set public hearing on the budget at your regular meeting on February 6. cc: City Manager Finance Director City Departments Boards and Commissions Maintenance cclerk\budgetdoc City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: November 29, 2000 To: City Manager and City Council ' . ',', Kann Frankhn D~rector P Re: Peninsula Neighborhood Update Over the last three months we have been working with the Peninsula development team on the details of the preliminary plat and regulating code for the Peninsula neighborhood. This has consisted of taking the "Dover/Kohl" plan and fleshing out the exact phases of construction, the housing types and locations, the variations of the OPDH to our zoning code, and the architectural standards that will be private covenants in this neighborhood. On Monday, December 4, 2000, the staff, with the development team, will meet with the Planning and Zoning Commission to present the preliminary plat, amended OPDH with conditional zoning, and the regulatory code. The architectural standards will be presented at a later date. It is anticipated that the Commission will review this project through December and have it to the Council for formal Council consideration in January, We are tentatively scheduling it for the work session on January 16th. The beginning of construction is still targeted for spring. Cc Bob Miklo ~(~" Scott Kugler City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM To: Steve Atkins, City Manage~L ~ / / From: Ron Logsden, Transit Manager C~ Cc: Joe Fowler, Director, Parking and Transit Date: November 28, 2000 Re: Saturday Family Fare Below is the policy regarding the one year trial of the Saturday Family Fare that we discussed offering as a demonstration project. We will evaluate the usage over the course of the year and report back to you periodically in order to determine if this is a program that we want to implement permanently. Iowa City Transit Saturday Family Fare Demonstration Project December 10, 2000 through December 29, 2001 Iowa City Transit will begin offering a Saturday Family Fare effective Saturday, December 10, 2000. The Saturday Family Fare will enable two adults and two minors, 17 years of age or younger, to ride the bus for one $.75 fare or by using one of the following Iowa City Transit passes: 31 day pass, student semester pass, faculty/staff annual pass, 10 ride card, strip ticket, disabled off peak pass, or elderly off peak pass. At least one minor will need to accompany the adults to be eligible for the family fare. Transfers will only be given for the paid fare, but the transfer will enable up to two adults and up to two minors to ride another Iowa City Transit bus to complete their trip without paying an additional fare under the regular transfer policies. When boarding the bus, the adult paying the fare or using a pass or transfer should let the bus driver know how many riders are accompanying them. Emergency Communications Memorandum To: Emergency Communications From: Nancy Sereduck Date: October 26, 2000 Subj: City Office Keys The Civic Center Master Key will no longer be given to any City employee. If an employee comes to the front desk of the Police Department after normal business hours to request the key to get into a locked office he/she shall be accompanied by a Police Officer or a Communications Operator to the office. The office will be unlocked for them. Be sure to get an ID from the person requesting admission to an office. I have labeled the keys for this reason. The Lobby Conference Room key may be given to a person for use of the room for a scheduled meeting. It should be returned to the front desk immediately after opening the room. F[~O-O0 IOWA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT USE OF FORCE REPORT SEPTEMBER 2000 OFFICER DATE CASE # INCIDENT FORCE USED 34,8,45 09-01-00 2000-08375 Mental Patient Officers assisted medical personnel at an apartment by using hands-on controls to handcuff and safely restrain a physically resisting subject. 36 09-02-00 2000-08401 An-est At a convenience store the officer used a pressure point technique to get a physically resisting subject into a squad car. 59,47 0%02-00 2000-08416 Intoxicated Person Outside a convenience store the subject attempted to damage the squad car after being placed inside. The officers used hands-on controls to apply leg restraints. They also had to use a multiple officer lift to carry the subject during transport to the jail. 24 09-02-00 2000-08452 Mental Patient While assisting VA Security with a physically aggressive patient, the officer sprayed the subject with OC. The officer then applied hands-on controls to handcuff the subject. 24,38 09-02-00 2000-08418 Weapon Offense Officers initiated a high-risk vehicle stop in the Wal-Mart parking lot. One sidearm and one shotgun were deployed in the low-ready positions. 39 09-03-00 2000-08439 Intoxicated Person When asked to step out of the squad car at the jail, the subject refused and verbally and physically resisted. The officer used hands-on controls to remove him from the car and guide him into the jail. 11 09-03-00 2000-08441 Subject with a Weapon The officer responded to a fight call in a residential neighborhood. At close range the officer had to use his OC on a subject advancing on him with a golf club. 6,86 09-05-00 2000-08488 Intoxicated Person In a residential alley the officers used hands-on controls to physically detain a subject struggling to get away. The individual then had to be physically placed in the squad car. OFFICER DATE CASE # INCIDENT FORCE USED 60 09-15-00 2000-08885 Intoxicated Person After arresting a subject in the downtown area, the individual refused to get into the squad car. The officer then physically placed the subject in the car. 17 09-15-00 2000-08921 Intoxicated Driver A subject at ICPD for chemical testing physically resisted. The officer used hands-on controls to gain compliance. 11 09-16-00 2000-08934 Fight The subject was ejected from a bar and told he was under arrest. He resisted the officer both physically and verbally. The officer took him to the ground and sprayed him with OC when he continued to resist being handcuffed. 24 09-16-00 2000-09016 Intoxicated Person In the jail's elevator the subject physically and verbally assaulted the officer. The officer took him to the floor where he was restrained until jail staff could assist. 32,2 09-16-00 2000-08945 Intoxicated Person The subject physically resisted being handcuffed by officers in the Ped Mall. Officers used hands-on controls and OC spray to complete the handcuffing. 42 09-16-00 2000-08947 Intoxicated Person The subject attempted to mn from the officer when being placed under arrest at Gilbert and Iowa. The officer took him to the ground and told him he would be sprayed with OC if he continued to physically resist. The subject stopped resisting. 36 09-17-00 2000-09009 Liquor Violation After being arrested and handcuffed on Market Street the subject tried to run from the officer. The officer physically stopped the subject. 3,40 09-17-00 2000-09019 Intoxicated Person When officers checked on a person urinating on a residential sidewalk not far from downtown, the subject took off running. An officer caught the individual and took him to the ground. The officers then used a wrist flex to handcuff the physically resisting subject. 2,32 09-17-00 2000-09057 Mental Patient At a residence a subject was physically resistive and combative to a mental OFFICER DATE CASE # INCIDENT FORCE USED committal. Officers used hands-on controls to take the subject to the ground. There they used OC to get the individual handcuffed. Later at the hospital an officer had to assist staff by helping physically restrain the individual. 34 09-1S-00 2000-09068 Injured Animal The officer used a firearm to shoot an injured deer. 94 09-20-00 2000-09130 Damage to Property Near the downtown officers had a foot pursuit to stop a fleeing subject. When stopped, an officer used an arm bar to handcuff the individual. 59 09-20-00 2000-09143 Out of Control Juvenile The officer was called to a local juvenile facility to assist staff. The officer handcuffed the subject and helped the staff physically restrain her on the floor until she calmed down. 3,26,35,20 09-21-00 2000-09166 Subject Interfering with While backing up another officer on a a Traffic Stop traffic stop, the officer arrested a bystander for interference. Officers used hands on controls to handcuff the physically resisting subject after verbal requests failed. When the subject refused to enter the squad car, officers used pressure point and hands on control techniques to get the subject inside. 16 09-21-00 2000-09195 Injured Animal The officer used his shotgun to destroy a badly injured deer. 30 09-22-00 2000-09220 Juvenile Problem In the Towncrest area a juvenile ran from the officer while in custody and being escorted to the squad car. Officers caught up to the juvenile and used verbal skills and hands-on controls to handcuff the subject. 43 09-24-00 2000-09274 Assault Arrest Outside the jail the subject slipped a hand out of the handcuffs and tried to escape from the squad car. The officer used hands-on controls and took the subject to the ground when verbal commands failed. Although physically resisting the officer, the subject was restrained and handcuffed again. 3,49,92 09-26-00 2000-09344 Narcotics Arrest While assisting another agency near the OFFICER DATE CASE # INCIDENT FORCE USED downtown, the officer placed a subject under arrest. The subject verbally and physically resisted being handcuffed. The officers used hands-on controls to take him to the ground. There he was sprayed with OC to stop his resisting and complete the handcuffmg. 12,60,38 09-28-00 2000-09415 Intoxicated Person On Iowa Ave. officers used hands-on controls to handcuff a subject. At the squad car the individual physically resisted again. Officers used a pressure point technique, OC, and physically placed the subject into the vehicle. 59,38,82 09-29-00 2000-09492 Assault Officers were at a residence when the subject fled. Officers pursued on foot and took the subject to the ground where the individual was handcuffed. Later at ICPD the intoxicated juvenile started banging his head on a door. An officer took him to the floor for his own safety and he did it against the floor. Officers then physically restrained him until he calmed down. CC: Chief City Manager Captains Lieutenants Library City Clerk Sgt. Hurd Steve Atkins From: RJ Winkelhake Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 3:37 PM To: Steve Atkins Subject: Tobacco Checks ..... Original Message ..... From: Robert Gass Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 1:32 PM To: RJ Winkelhake; Pat Harney; Matt Johnson; Bill Campbell; Andy Matthews Subject: On 11-29-00 Officers conducted tobacco checks on the following businesses, all of whom successfully passed: The Den, 207 E. Washington Quinton's, 215 E. Washington HyVee, 1201 N. Dodge (recheck) On The Go Convenience Store, 2315 Muscatine Glass Lodge Pipe Emporium, 13 S. Linn #2 College St. Oasis, 110 E. College City News, 113 Iowa Ave Campus Amoco, 102 E. Burlington Cub Foods Gasby's, 1310 S. Gilbert Handimart, 1410 Willow Creek L&M Mighty Shop, 504 E. Burlington 11-20-00 IP13 Broadway Improvement Group - B.I.G. Steerin Committee Meetin Wednesday, November 15, 2000 Heartland Management Company - 1927 Keokuk Street. 3:00 PM Safety, Image and Sense of Neighborhood Task Force meeting to immediately follow AGENDA ~' · UPDATE BY TASK FORCE GROUPS (subcommittees) Economic Development Facilities Safety, Image and Sense of Neighborhood · GOAL SETTING - identify projects/tasks, establish timelines, estimate costs and determine responsible committees/individuals in preparation for December 19 Iowa City City Council Update Some projects/tasks the have been determined: · Parkland Acquisition/Lease/Development · Community Center · Shuttle bus service · Clean up campaign · Landlord Accountability' · Pepperwood Place upgrade · Highway 6 improvements · Signalized crosswalk across Highway 6 at Broadway · Cart Corral · Parole office/police substation · Neighborhood Activities- Drive -in Saturday night Neighborhood Cleanups Park Events · Others? I'd0-3: N0 r Wcc 7_q. 2_oooF GAZETTE. EDITORIALS' Use those grants: ¢ Make economy hum IOWA I~ITY created a terrific funding tool /~ five years ago to help provide low- to moderate-v~age jobs, job training and em- ployment services. That tool, using federal dollars, was underused, so it has been cut ~ almost in half. The funds were underused mainly because C~ few businesses knew they were available. The 'program ought to have had a chance to get off the ground before its wings were clipped. HERE'S HOW IT works: Each year since 1996, the city has received more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, including a chunk of Corn- munity Development Block Grant funding. The five-year funding cycle allocated 9 percent of the CDBG funds for economic development projects. The city's Consolidated Plan (required to keep the funding) set aside $705,298 for that, Both the councirs Economic Development but only $245,260 was used by local businesses. Committee and the Iowa City Housing and Now the Consolidated Plan for the second Community Development Commission, which five-year cycle allocates only 5 percent for help create and administer the Consolidated economic development. Plan, are concerned about these cuts. They have spent long hours talking about how to make the This is directly at odds' with the City Court- program work the way it's supposed to, includ: cirs stated goal to boost CDBG spending on ing creating a revolving fund for the CDBG ecofiomic development. It also ignores the suc- money that wbuld allow larger grants and allow cessful experience of the few businesses that applications to be accepted year-round, instead used the program. Two local start-up compa- of in a brief window of time. And they're hies, Heartland Candleworks (recognized for talking about restoring the allocation to 9 hiring workers other c_ompanies probably percent. wouldn't even consider) 'and Torus Technolo- gies (which makes optics for telescopes) re- Both groups were asked to make a recommen- ceived low-interest loans to buy equipment, dation to the' CRy Councfi. The Economic which allowed them to create new jobs. Development Committee has decided not to push to amend the Consolidated Plan. Instead, it will simply apply for about 9 percent of the CDBG funds and see what happens. The Iowa City Housing and Community Development Commission has not yet made a recommenda- tion. THIS IS A no-brainer. Nothing is lost by restoring the allocation 'to 9 percent, since the funds, if unused, can be channeled to another Consolidated Plan program. Much can be gained, especially if the funds are marketed effectively. The 'new director of the Iowa City Area Development Group, Joe Raso, and the Chamber of Commerce could help with that. If it's too late to restore the economic development set-aside for fiscal 2002, the City Council should make sure that R's set back at 9 percent for fiscal 2003. Johnson County Juvenile Crime Prevention Community Program Progress Report April - June 2000 Contact person: Joan Vanden Berg Iowa City Community School District Report prepared by: Marlene J. Perrin Project consultant Johnson County Juvenile Crime Prevention Community Program A community-wide initiative Padicipating agencies: Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Johnson County Mayor's Youth Employment Program Mid-Eastern Council on Chemical Abuse Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County United Action for Youth Youth Homes, Inc. Other participants: Johnson County Board of Supervisors City of Iowa City Iowa City Community School District Iowa City Police Department Johnson County Attorney Juvenile Court Office, Sixth Judicial District Johnson County Decategodzation Project Johnson County United Way Johnson County Council of Governments The following is a report of the fourth quarter of activities of the Johnson County Juvenile Crime Prevention Community Program for FY 2000 Year-end Summary The Johnson County Juvenile Crime Prevention Grant served 2,026 people in fiscal 2000. That is a decrease of 126 over FY 2000. People served by the Hills Family Resource Center were again not included in the 2000 database. Hills does not receive funding through the grant, although staff at United Action for Youth help with family and teen-night programming there. The chart shows changes in the numbers of people served in the juvenile crime prevemion program over the years. In addition to the 2,026 in the crime N umbers served in Johnson County prevention program Juvenile Crime Prevention Program database, MECCA worked with 188 young people i during the year and 4909-00 ' ' provided additional services to 242 school staff ~ 908-90 ........ members and parems. (The yearly MECCA total could ; ~ 9eT-e8 include some duplication. Those served by MECCA ~ e96-e7 · are not included in the ~ 99s-96 crime prevention program database because of the ~4-~s !.:::i,f~:i~ :~.~5 ~i~5_ .........;7- ....7 ......~":' agency' s confidentiality requirements.) o soo ~ ,ooo~ ,soo2,ooo 2.soo a,ooo Total Among achievements or new programs for the year: · The Johnson County Board of Supervisors agreed to budget $160,000 for juvenile crime prevention programs for fiscal 2001. This replaces part of the $198,000 that was available from the state in 2000 for the crime prevention program. · North Liberty agreed to increase its contribution for crime prevention programs from $12,000 to $15,000 for fiscal 2001. · The Policy Board appointed 17 new members, bringing it within 11 of the 50- member board that is planned. All five major school districts in the county are now represented on the board. Four citizen members applied for the Policy Board as a result of a public announcement of openings. Others generally had to be recruited. The new members also included four youths. Policy Board membership continued to be fluid, however, as members continued to move away, resign from positions, etc. This has made it difficult to reach full membership. · Policy Board programs continued to educate members and the public. Bill Roach of the Iowa Attorney General's Office talked about the state's vision for crime prevemion programs before a packed house in October. Lane Plugge, superintendent of the Iowa City Community School District, talked about how the crime prevention goals and the district 's goals dovetailed. Polly Nichols of the University of Iowa Adolescent Psychiatry Department talked about the work of a group she organized to begin working on developing youth assets. Nichols has since been appointed to the Policy Board. · Collaboration among agencies involved with the crime prevention program continued. One result' was new programs and grants. For example, United Action for Youth and Planned Parenthood worked with the North Liberty Family Resource Center to offer sessions on sexuality for upper elementary school students and their parents. MECCA offered programs for parents in the Youth Homes PAL program. Big Brothers Big Sisters trained volunteers to work with the Young Black Men's Group offered by Neighborhood Centers as part of the crime prevention program. Agencies worked together on several grants to cominue or expand programming next year. · The police worked with Neighborhood Centers at Broadway Street to find ways to deal with unsupervised young people. New officers were introduced to the neighborhood and the center as part of their trig. Neighborhood Centers also sponsored a public forum for Iowa City Council candidates. Parents fi'om the neighborhood met with officials and other concerned citizens to talk about how to revitalize the area following the closing of major retail businesses including a grocery store. · Agencies took messages from their programs to the wider community. Staff of United Action for Youth, for example, were facilitators for a conference at the Iowa Peace Institute. UAY's Dating Cellos, a drama troupe, gave a presentation on dating violence to students and parents at the University of Iowa. · The Teen Group at Neighborhood Centers established a planning committee that gives the teens more responsibility for programming and more opportunities to learn cooperation skills. The committee makes decisions about activities, and plans and executes various events. Also this year, enrollment in spring and summer programs at Neighborhood Centers reached an all-time high. · Tutoring hours at South East Junior High School were expanded. Mark Twain School gave Neighborhood Centers classroom space for a Family Resource Center and Kids Klub. Neighborhood Centers also based a staff member at City High, where MECCA also has been given an office to use. Demographic information about those served in fiscal 2000 follows: 4 As in prior years, more than half of those served under the crime prevention grant were women, as shown in the chart Participation by gender at right. However, women were 72 percent of the 464 adults served, reflecting the large ..J ? :s.~:~, .......M ale number of female- Female '.'., '. L'.':' 49% headed households. 51% - ~ f Among young people, the majority of those served continued to be male: 53 percent of the children 12 and younger and 58 percent of juveniles ages 13 to 18. The chart below shows the distribution by age category. (Children are those aged 0 to 12. Juveniles are 13 to 18.) The percentage of children in the total number served decreased fi'om 39 percent to 35 percent. Juveniles, however, increased from 37 percent of the total to 42 percent. Similarly, the number of children in the program dropped fi'om 838 to 715, while the number of juveniles increased from 790 to 847 in 2000. Participation by age category Overall, the 464 adults served made up 23 percent Adults Of the database, 23% Children down from 24 /" [::!:':~!~:'?:~:-'!:ii'!!~ 35% percem in fiscal 1999. In all, 60 -, _- fewer adults Juveniles' participated in 42% crilile prevention programs in 2000. Of the adults served this year, 71 were ages 19 to 22 and were in the district's alternative high school or in employment programs through Mayor's Youth Employment Program or United Action for Youth. The rest were parents, guardians or other parent figures participating in parent education, counseling or skill-building programs. The median age of youths in all programs, for those whose ages were known, was 14, up from 13 in all past years. This is a reflection of the increased percentage of juveniles as part of the total. In all, 666 participants were adults or were among those young people whose ages were not known. The age distribution for the 1,360 children, juveniles and young adults for whom ages were available is shown in the chart below. Note that those participating in crime prevention programs were concentrated in the teen years. The largest age group, as was true last year, consisted of 14-year-olds~ Age distribution 200 186 180 -- 166 160 - 138 140 - 120 - 111 104 100 -- 92 80 -- 73 70 69 71 69 40 - 41 20 - 9 6 5 6 11 ~ 10 0 f f 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Age Among all of those served under the crime prevention grant, 47 percent participated in prevention programs for only one quarter. Another 20 percent participated for two quarters, and 13 percent participated for three quarters. The 20 percent who participated in programs all year long was three percentage points above the participation level for four quarters last year. Encouraging participation in crime prevention programs throughout the year remains a challenge. The charts on the next page show the distribution ofethnicity and income level among crime prevention program participants. The charts represent the distributions of those for whom information was available. Some agencies and programs do not keep ethnic or income dam. The ethnicity of 2,000 was known, leaving only 26 for whom ethnicity was not available. Fewer programs maintained statistics relating to income level. The agencies recorded an income level for only 933 of the 2,026 participants. 6 P a rtic ip a tio n b y e th n ic ity Minority 26'% White - 74% Participation by income level High 9% ~' ' .....--~, M oderate ~ ........ 31% 60% .... More than half of those in juvenile crime prevemion programs in 2000 lived in Iowa City, as shown in the chart on the next page. The Iowa City percentage did increase slightly: t~om 53 percem hst year to 56 percem in 2000. The Family Resource Center in North Liberty and Neighborhood Cemers programs in Oxford and Tiffin accounted for most of the participants in those areas. North Liberty participation decreased tiom 14 percent of the total last year to 11 percent this year. The Oxford-Tiffin participation 7 dropped one percentage point: fi-om 9 percem last year to 8 percent in 2000. The percentage of participants fi'om Coralville also decreased 1 percentage point. Lone Tree contributed 1 percent of the participants, but the numbers fi'om Solon and Hills were too small this year to register in the chart. Distribution by town Other or unknown Lone Tree 17% 1% Tiff in L ' Oxford . ,. · 4% : -.. low a City ' :--:- -'. J--' 56% North Liberty 11% Coralville 7% Goal 1 STRENGTHEN RESIDENTS' ATTACHMENT TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY Major Accomplishments · Enrollment in spring and summer programs at Neighborhood Centers is at an all- time high. · Parents join neighborhood association members, business owners and resident apartment managers to talk about the closing of major businesses in the southeast Iowa City neighborhood served by Neighborhood Centers. · Family resource centers survey parents and get high marks for center programs. Objective 1: Build upon existing parental involvement in neighborhood and community activities by adding 50 new parents to program activities. Neighborhood Centers: Overall this quarter, Neighborhood Centers served 108 adults and 354 youths (unduplicated count) under the juvenile crime prevention program. Parent involvement is a primary objective for youth programs. Staff members kept in contact with youth and parents in center programs while also reaching out to new families as they moved into the neighborhood. Youths for the summer Future Leaders In Gear for Higher Training (FLIGHT) program were identified. Parents signed contracts for the children to participate in the program. Enrollment in spring and summer programs was at an all-time high and a waiting list was established for programs. This has added to the drop-in numbers at the center, and staff struggled to meet the needs of all of the families. In June, the drop-ins included several homeless families who heard about the center through the Emergency Housing Project. Community organizations began discussing the lack of general hang-out space for these families and the need for activities for the children. April and May saw continued participation and success in the Kids' Club program at the Twain Family Resource Center. Parent groups, parent-teacher meetings and other activities at Twain made parents aware of the resource center and helped them feel a greater comfort level at the school. The year-end tutoring party included parents as well as children and tutors. Junior high and high school staff continued home visits to discuss such issues as grades, summer school requirements and truancy. Parents attended conferences/meetings with school staff to discuss disciplinary actions. One family in particular enjoyed success. The child had expressed little respect for staff at City High, and his mother did not follow through with meetings at school. With staff support, mother and child finally had a 9 productive meeting with the associate principal and came away feeling the issues had been resolved. The youth also developed a new relationship with the associate principal. Parents and youths attended a workshop called "One Breath At A Time" arranged by the University of Iowa law school. The presenter was a former gang member .,who is now a law student. Parents and youths continued to have a monthly meal and recreation time. Parents and youths who participated in the MESA tutoring program had an end-of- the-year picnic at City Park. Recruiting for and providing transportation to summer school and the Boost program was a primary focus this quarter. A group of children also receives speech and language support through the Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Clinic. The clinic supports literacy activities for children exhibiting a developmental delay in language. United Action for Youth: The agency recorded contacts with 596 new youths and 51 new parents this quarter, bringing the totals served this year to 2,224 youths and 323 parents. Agency programs also served eight new babies and two other adults during the quarter, bringing the totals to 87 babies and six other adults for the year. Agency staff during the quarter made 43 community presentations to audiences totaling 886 people. This year the agency has recorded 1,727 prevention contacts, 135 counseling interventions and 362 that incorporated both counseling intervention and prevention. Family resource centers: See Goal 1, Objective 3. Objective 2: Reduce the incidence of juvenile crime by 10 percent in the high crime neighborhoods of Iowa City through citizen and resident involvement and coordination with police. Neighborhood Centers: Parents of youths in center programs met to discuss the effect on the neighborhood of the loss of major businesses in the southeast part of town. Meetings were held with resident apartment managers, neighborhood associations and business owners to discuss proactive measures to resurrect the city's southeast quadrant. Also, see Goals 3 and 4 for activities designed to encourage involvement in the community.: Objective 3: Maintain and strengthen the two school-based family resource programs at Hills and North Liberty, and the neighborhood-based center at Clear Creek, as well as resource programs at Grant Wood, Mark Twain and Horace Mann elementary schools, and South East and Northwest junior high schools. Hills: The Hills Family Resource Center recorded 1,330 contacts this quarter through Tuesday and Wednesday evening activities. A total of 276 people came to at least one evening activity in the quarter. This brings total contacts for the year to 5,331, an 18 10 percent increase over last year. The total number of people attending one or more of the evening programs was 638, a 24 percent increase over last year. Programs during the quarter included a health and safety fair, bike safety rodeo, diversity fair with artifacts and books from around the world, a focus group discussion of child care needs and issues, and a school-wide book fair that included parenting and other adult books. Family Night continued every week through June. Teen Night continued through May, then closed for the summer. Family outreach and support for the year included 705 contacts with 85 people. The contacts break down as follows: 16 percent counseling and referrals to area human services agencies, 11 percent skill building (literacy, parenting, budgeting, etc.), 72 percent informal contacts (outreach calls and relationship building), and 1 percent direct services (transportation, clothing, food, etc.). Surveys were distributed to all parents at spring parent/teacher conferences. The surveys were returned by 46 of 210 families (22 percent). Among the results: · 80 percent agree or strongly agree that "the school is a place to get connected to services for my child and family." · 100 percent agree or strongly agree that they feel welcome at school. · 53 percent volunteered in the school sometime during the year. · 95 percent attended school activities. · 81 percent got acquainted with other parents at the school this year. * 100 percent agreed or strongly agreed that "overall, my child talks about school as a positive experience." When asked what they liked best about Hills School, 16 percent listed Tuesday Family Nights and 11 percent cited the family atmosphere or orientation. The center provided scholarships for four children to attend the Hills Care for Kids summer day care program for 11 weeks. Selections were based on need for day care services, ineligibility for DHS child care assistance and income level. Recommendations were made to various organizations and agencies for children to attend ovemight summer camps, and five were given full scholarships. Hills School received a 21~t Century Community Leaming Center grant from the U.S. Department of Education for a new program to begin in fall 2000 and last through summer 2003. The project will include intensive tutoring, homework help and enrichment activities every day after school. The building will be open for recreational activities on Saturdays in addition to programs during the week. Summer enrichment camps will begin in June 2001. United Action for Youth will provide recreational services, and Neighborhood Centers will provide aspects of an in-home literacy program as well as the empowerment family support program. MECCA will provide a drug abuse prevention program, and Community Mental Health will offer on-site counseling and other services. UAY's youth counselor and two adult volunteers helped staff six Hills family fun nights during the quarter. The counselor coordinated activities such as basketball and the computer lab. He reported 68 contacts with youths for 12 hours of service. North Liberty: A core group of 14 parents were surveyed about the effectiveness of the North Liberty Family Resource Center. Among the results: 100 percent agreed that they became more involved with the school through participation in the center. 100 percent 11 strongly agreed that a school should not be only a place for education. 98 percent increased the kinds of services they were receiving af[er they came to the center. 100 percent of parents who received home visits reported that the visits were "very helpful." 100 percent of parents who needed transportation fi'om the center reported that it was "very helpful." 99 percent of parents whose children used the tutoring program felt it was "very helpful." Teachers surveyed about the effectiveness of the center's tutoring program said 26 percent of students made significant academic improvement, and 42 percent made fair improvement. Teachers said 16 percent of students made significant improvement in social skills and behavior, and 26 percent made fair improvement. Teachers said 47 percent of students made significant improvement in developing enthusiasm for learning and self- esteem, 5 percent made great improvement and 21 percent made fair improvement. The center recorded 920 individual contacts this quarter, including 199 for such direct services as transportation, school supplies, clothing and food; 432 informal contacts, including family visits and outreach calls; 112 referrals to various outside agencies and services; and 180 counseling contacts dealing with psycho-social issues, relationships, crisis intervention and skill-building. The unduplicated numbers served totaled 192, including 103 adults and 89 youths. Center staff continued to be involved with the parent library at Penn School. This quarter, the library recorded a total of 53 checkouts. At the drop-in facilities, families can network with other parents as well as check out resource materials. The center continues to collaborate with Table to Table, a non-profit organization that redistributes food from grocery stores, restaurants and bakeries. The center distributes food once a month to families and delivers to families that do not have transportation. Distributions went to 66 people in April. The center will begin distributions again in September. Meanwhile, a local church will make distributions in the summer, as well as a second distribution each month of the school year. The center also continues to collaborate with Sweet Vision Bakery. Day-old items are picked up four days a week and distributed to families in need. Center staff continues to make in-home parenting visits, with referrals received from child study teams, school counselors, teachers, Grant Wood AEA social workers, local police officers, local family health care facilities, Department of Human Services and self-referrals. Referrals also are made to other agencies. The center made a total of 438 referrals to various agencies this year. A single mother with six children was referred to the center by the child study team. Two children me in out-of-home placement and living with a relative in Chicago. Two children attend Penn School, and the other two are at home. When the family arrived in North Liberty ~'om the domestic violence shelter, they were without transportation, furniture and a telephone. The oldest daughter had difficulty seeing the classroom board, so center staff connected with the Children's School Aid Fund and provided transportation for an eye exam. The girl is now doing better in school. Other issues addressed included support with parenting, dealing with apartment management and help with goods including furniture, food, clothing and transportation..The family was referred to several local agencies. Community support for the center continues to grow stronger. In addition to $12,000 in funding from North Liberty this year, the center received $100 ~'om Coldwell 12 Bankers, $100 through pencil sales at Penn School, and a total of $1,144 raised through monthly bake sales. Students and families also donated 2;200 of non-perishable food items to the center food pantry throughout the year. Neighborhood Centers: The level of activities and programs at existing school- based and neighborhood-based centers was maintained. Summer programs are now at the center, where children are reminded daily of scheduled programming. Academic success continued to be incorporated in summer programs. The America Reads program had about 12 children. Transportation was provided to the Iowa City Public Library Cosmic Connection reading program, to summer school and to academic programming in the FLIGHT program. Outreach continues to ensure that children new to the neighborhood are enrolled in school and aware of center programming. The after-school child care program expanded to all day during the summer and offers a range of educational and recreational activities. South East Junior High School: See entries fi'om Neighborhood Centers and United Action for Youth under Goal 5, Objective 3. 13 Goal 2 STRENGTHEN FAMILY MANAGEMENT SKILLS Major Accomplishments · Parent support groups resume at PAL program as new facilitator is hired. · Substance abuse counselors provide clinical interventions for 41 students. Objective 1: Train and conduct skill building for parents in community and neighborhood settings to enhance their prevention skills with their own children. Youth Homes: This quarter 39 adults, including 13 new to the program, participated in the Youth Homes PAL (Pursuing Adventures in Leaming) Program's parent support groups. A new facilitator led support group meetings, which resumed in June after a hiatus due to staff changes. The June meeting focused on introductions and developing group expectations and plans. Nine families participated. Group members said they felt it was important to maintain a space where they could vent frustrations as well as celebrate successes. It was agreed that the first half of each session would be used as a check-in period, and the second half would focus on a specific topic and/or structured activity. The parents generated a list of possible topics, including medication management, behavior modification systems, how to deal with co-existing conditions, sibling issues and how to advocate for one's children. The facilitator also met individually with each family to assess needs and goals. Actions plans were developed for each new child in the program. Many parents new to the program decided to implement the "stoplight" behavior modification system in their homes. Instruction on how to implement and follow through with the system was provided. This quarter, 71 children participated in PAL, including 26 new to the program. Groups in PAL classrooms continued to focus on self-esteem, strengthening family relationships, anger management and relaxation techniques. The children particularly enjoyed learnhg basic yoga poses. In an ~ffort to continue building PAL's relationship with area schools, the facilitator sent introduction letters to teachers and counselors who work with the program's children and families. Meetings will be set up at the beginning of the school year. Neighborhood Centers: Staff continued to strengthen relationships with parents, recording 204 parent support contacts this quarter. They worked with parents to advocate terms for IEP plans and attended case management meetings. They also continued to work with families informally and through structured home visits, dealing with such issues as finding day care, securing funding for their children, finding appropriate programming for the children, dealing with substance abuse, finding summer employment and job skills training and referring families to numerous community agencies. 14 Parent groups meeting on site had as a central theme "violence in the home and its effect on children." Participation was high, with 90 percent of the participants either in abusive situations currently or previously experiencing violent relationships. Staff continued to provide information on parenting and behavior management techniques. Big Brothers Big Sisters: Volunteers and parents commtmicate at least weekly. In addition, parents get schedules and other materials to help them prepare, keep their children informed about GAP meetings and arrange for pick-up of their children. Various agencies: See Goal 1, Objectives 1 and 3. Objective 2: Concentrate substance abuse prevention programming in the secondary schools, with half-time counselors available at the high schools and part-time counselors at two junior high schools to work with students, parents and faculty. MECCA: The juvenile crime prevention grant pays for the counselors at the high schools, and the school district pays for counselors' services 20 hours a week at Northwest Junior High and four hours a week at South East. Substance abuse counselors at the four secondary schools provided clinical interventions for 41 students this quarter, including 24 boys and 17 girls. There were 17 interventions at City High, seven at West High, two at South East and 15 at Northwest. The average age of the students seen was 16.3 at City High, 16.5 at West, 13.5 at South East and 13.8 at Northwest. Three (7 percent) were minorities. School staff continued to be the most frequent referral source, with 24 total referrals. Of the total, 13 were self-referrals. Four were referred by others, including two by parents. Of the total, 26 were referred for disciplinary reasons, eight because of personal concern and seven for other reasons. Students meet with site-based clinicians for support, education and counseling. Occasionally referrals are made for students to participate in more structured treatment services outside of school. Recommendations for services are based on assessments conducted by site-based clinicians in consultation with a clinical supervisor at MECCA. Determinations concerning what type of service is recommended are based on several factors, including individual needs, evaluation results, available support systems, the professional judgment of the clinician and his/her supervisor and input from school officials. MECCA staff provided other services, including conssultations, to 25 school staff members, 21 parents and eight other people. MECCA staff also participated in groups and classroom presentations that emphasized prevention, and worked with juvenile court officers. At City High, the prevention specialist facilitated SAGE (Substance Abuse Group Education) and made four classroom presentations to 114 students. She also provides individualized assessment and intervention services to an average of three to five students a day. The West High specialist presented in health and drivers education classes, and at staff meetings. The South East specialist presented in classrooms and at weekly school staff/resources meetings, and led TATU (Teens Against Tobacco Use). The Northwest specialist again presented to the street law class and the VIP class. 15 Goal 3 INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH TO BE POSITIVELY INVOLVED IN THEIR COMMUNITY Major Accomplishments · Neighborhood Centers solicits business sites for summer job shadowing experiences for youths. · MYEP serves 177 youths this year. · UAY reports success stories from Youth Center programs. Objective 1: Provide youths with pre-employment opportunities related to bicycle repair, neighborhood improvement projects, and downtown concert events. Mayor's Youth Employment Program: Thirty-six new teen-agers were served in various aspects of the agency's program this quarter, bringing the total served to 177. This quarter, 46 youths received subsidized employment services at the MYEP bicycle repair shop, United Action for Youth, Iowa City School District Print Shop, MYEP Document Destruction, the Crisis Center and the Iowa City Recreation Center. A total of 133 youths were employed competitively this quarter at the following places: Goodwill Industries, University of Iowa, MCI WorldCom, Sub Shop, Country Kitchen, Hardees, Paul's Discount Store, County Seat, National Computer Systems, Eagles Food Store, Walden Place, Happy Joe's Pizza, Quality Care, The Can Shed, City Plaza, Pet Degree, Merrill Research, Professional Building Services, Hy-Vee, Pizza Hut, Target, Wal- Mart and other Johnson County businesses. The MYEP bicycle repair shop continues to operate after school Monday through Friday and from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Young people participate in strategic planning sessions to learn about becoming entrepreneurs and business managers. In addition to bicycle repa~ they also learn such employment skills as filling out applications, writing resumes and interviewing. In June, the bicycle repair shop was open two days a week. Neighborhood Centers: Pre-employment activities were supported and summer activities for the FLIGHT and Pre-FLIGHT programs planned, targeting junior high age youths. An Americorps staff person on site at South East helped facilitate the group with Neighborhood Center staff. Parents, teachers, counselors and participants themselves recommended youths for the program. Businesses were contacted regarding potential job shadowing opportunities for youths. This component of the FLIGHT program called for - youths to spend at least six hours a week in a work environment, either at an assigned job shadowing site or at Hickory Hill Park and Fae Ridge Organic Farm. Local businesses hosting FLIGHT participants included the Crisis Center, Goodwill, Hy-Vee, Pet Degree, 16 River City Dental Clinic and Planet X. Local agencies also contributed time and resources to the program. They included Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department, United Action for Youth, Public Access Television, Department of Natural Resources, Coralville Reservoir and the University of Iowa. The Pre-FLIGHT program helped clean local neighborhood apartment complexes and Wetherby Park. Pride in the neighborhood has increased with the project. Youths in the programs also helped with the summer lunch program, which provides nutritious lunches to area children. Youths help with set-up and clean-up. They interact with younger children and parents and form ongoing relationships and support. Objective 2: Provide prevention activities in group and one-on-one settings to youths in critical need, rural mobile home courts. Big Brothers Big Sisters: The GAP (Group Activity Program) this year served 370 children, including 211 in the 1999 summer program and 159 in after-school programs at seven locations. Among those in al~er-school programs, 93 were boys and 66 were girls. Serving as volunteers were 127 University of Iowa and Kirkwood College students, 27 male and 100 female. Activities for the spring program were listed in the report for the last quarter. Groups continued trips to community buildings and programs, and participated in art, science and nutrition programs. Big Brothers Big Sisters did not have the resources to offer the summer GAP program, so it was offered this year by the Iowa State Extension Service and 4-H. Objective 3: Increase the number of youths involved in peer-supported and volunteer activities at Neighborhood Centers, UAY and other community locations. UAY: The agency reported several success stories for the year. For example, a 15- year-old girl took bass guitar lessons ~'om UAY staff, then formed a band with two other girls and a staff person. The band played for a young women's conference. At each band practice, the girl shared personal concerns about drug use, sexual orientation and family difficulties. She soon developed a commitment to her music. "I want to concentrate on my bass playing, and I know I won't get any better with drugs distracting me," she said. A 15-year-old boy worked on recording projects at UAY to learn skills he needed to create his own band. He now writes the songs, plays guitar and performs with his group at concerts. Another 15-year-old, who had been flotmdering with music and in school, became serious about his music aRer he was asked to join the same band. Eventually, he was able to write his own bass parts. He also retumed to school and was working to catch up academically with his classmates. A 15-year-old girl, who was shy and had difficulty expressing herself, volunteered for the Dating Cellos drama troupe and peer counseling programs. She completed her training, began expressing herself through theater and has been a vital actor in the troupe for months. She also answers peer phone counseling lines with confidence. The Youth Center is open until 9 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as well as six at~ernoons a week. The center was open for 308 hours during the quarter and 17 recorded 1,057 sign-ins. Center use included 216 hours in the sound studio with 20 projects completed, 146 hours in the art studio with 42 projects completed and 27 hours in the writing lab-with 12 projects completed. In photography, 27 projects were completed. For the year, the programs were used for 1,655 hours, and 571 projects were completed. The Dating Cellos drama troupe gave three performances this quarter totaling seven hours. Performances were given at parent/teen sex education seminars and school assemblies on dating violence. " The UAY staff made outreach visits to the Senior High Alternative Center, West High, City High, South East Junior High, Northwest Junior High and the Pedestrian Mall downtown. The staff facilitated seven art groups at the alternative center, recording 38 contacts with 15 youths. During the quarter, youth volunteers included 20 teen-line volunteers giving 284 hours of service and nine Dating Cello drama troupe members with 140 hours of service. Altogether, 25 different youths contributed 424 hours of service, and 23 adult volunteers contributed 323.1 hours of service. For the year, 57 youths contributed 1,973.7 hours as volunteers. Youth Center staff helped facilitate the CASE curriculum, which focuses on anger management techniques and conflict resolution, for 15 youths at South East Junior High. Ropes course facilitators took 15 groups through the course. The groups included the ASURE Center, Grant Wood AEA, ECHO Alternative High School and the Domestic Violence Intervention Program. Outsiders groups met nine times with 27 youth contacts for 48 hours. Neighborhood Centers: Teens participated in a number of workshops as part of Teen Group, Young Black Men's Group and Young Women's Group. Highlights included a theater workshop presented by Riverside Theater and a guest speaker series organized by graduate students from the Belin-Blank Center called "One Breath at a Time." The series focused on making decisions during the transition from adolescence to adulthood. Kids' Club, an after-school program for students at Mark Twain Elementary School, met twice weekly. Much of the time was spent exploring the outdoors. Tutoring for Tomorrow, a program at Twain that matches students with one-on-one help after school, ended with a pizza party and awards ceremony in May. A local teacher continued to read and distribute free books to students. The center recorded 1,032 duplicated contacts this quarter through programs funded by th~ crime prevention grant. Staff continues to struggle to find enough room for the increasing numbers of children in the neighborhood who want access to programs. For other activities at South East Junior High School, City High and Mark Twain Elementary School, see Goal 5, Objective 3. Big Brothers Big Sisters: High schools were approached this spring to recruit volunteers who could serve as positive role models for younger children. The effort had limited success; only one high school volunteer was recruited who was able to provide his own transportation. Parents of high school youths involved in the program are required to sign consent forms. 18 Goal 4 INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO LOW- INCOME YOUTH AND FAMILIES Major Accomplishments · PAL has Spring Fling and open house to increase family involvement. · Neighborhood Centers works with resident apartment managers to welcome new families, plans a block party and participates in the Wetherby Park renovation celebration. Objective 1: Provide support and incentives for low-income families and others to participate in activities within their neighborhoods and community. Youth Homes: This quarter, PAL sponsored two events geared toward increasing family involvement. May 17, PAL threw its annual Spring Fling, providing dinner, family games and prizes. Later in the month, the new families were welcomed and the summer staff introduced at an open house. Tours were given, and snacks and beverages were provided. The staff led the children in fun activities while parents filled out paperwork and talked with the program coordinator and family development specialist. Dinner and fi:ee child care are provided during parent support group meetings. Table to Table continues to offer food donations to attending families. Each Friday, the program sends home food with some of the children to help supplement weekend meals. Gift certificates fi'om area businesses were offered as incentives to attend the June 14 parents support group and were much appreciated by the families. Transportation was provided to families to attend meetings, appointments and special events. UAY: This year 521 UAY clients have met low-income guidelines; 291 are from families with moderate incomes, and 74 ~'om families with high incomes. Low income clients thus make up 59 percent of clients for whom an income level is known. Neighborhood Centers: The center continues to deliver the monthly newsletter informing families of upcoming events and programs. Articles highlight community and school programs available to parents as well as center programs. Staff support was given to walking children to the Iowa City Recreation Department program at Wetherby Park four times a week. Parents were encouraged to use this fi'ee program. Bus tickets are available to families, as is use of a telephone and flee food fi'om Table to Table. Families are working with Table to Table to maintain a garden plot for produce. Family nights include transportation to Music in the Park in Coralville and access to the Farmer's Market. 19 Big Brothers Big Sisters: Transportation is provided for children to GAP sites by the coordinator and volunteers. Supervision, transportation and free programming are major incentives for families to participate in GAP. Several children in GAP do not speak English at home. They have had opportunities to improve their English in GAP, and parents have commented on dramatic increases in language skills. Many children in GAP are relatively new to Johnson County. GAP has introduced children and parents to educational and recreational opportunities that are low cost or fi'ee. Family resource centers: See Goal 1, Objective 3. Objective 2: Conduct family outreach with low-income families, offering assistance and support to encourage their participation in activities. Neighborhood Centers: New families were contacted this quarter; a number of those who moved into the neighborhood were unaware of the center and community resources. Staff members are working with resident apartment managers to provide a more formal welcome to new families in the neighborhood. Word of mouth from neighbors has been the most common reason people give for walking in the door of the center. Staff response and follow up is critical to building trust with new families and making them feel welcome in the neighborhood. UAY: The agency made 809 contacts in the home this quarter. These included counseling appointments, crisis intervention and prevention services. In addition, 702 contacts were recorded in community settings, 46 in other agencies, 1,124 in the schools, 2,879 at the Youth Center and 544 by telephone. Big Brothers Big Sisters: Information about GAP is distributed at schools in target areas and at family resource centers. Accommodations are made for families with particular needs. Family resource centers: See Goal 1, Objective 3. Objective 3: Encourage low-income youths and families to participate in decision- making groups in the community. Neighborhood Centers: The Neighborhood Advisory Group was much more visible this quarter. More people are being recruited to participate in group meetings, which focus on improving the lives of residents of the neighborhood. Upcoming plans include a neighborhood block party and participation in the Wetherby Park renovation celebration. Parents have voiced concerns about a safe place to play and activities for their children. Drugs are still perceived as a safety concern. Plans are to involve teens in the Neighborhood Advisory Group meetings and in activities sponsored by this group. Staff 20 time did not allow for continuation of the Teen Planning Committee, but members hope to resurrect the committee in the fall. UAY: Youths are encouraged to participate in planning and organizing a variety of programs, including community service and drug-flee events for teen-agers. Many of those youths develop into leaders. For example, a 15-year-old boy who has participated in every aspect of the Youth Center for many years has matured to the point where he takes on the toughest of situations with the skill of a staff person. He comes to the UAY staff with suggestions and concerns about people and situations. He is particularly courageous in advocating for other youths who need support in the community. His active participation and interest in learning have helped him become a resource that staff calls on regularly. A 16-year-old girl who sings in a band and works with the Dating Cellos has begun developing her own ideas for youth programming. She often helps plan events, answers the telephone and helps publish the UAY magazine. This summer she coordinated a trip to Adventureland. A young man, now 18, began working with UAY staff when he was in junior high school. High school was a struggle, and he eventually dropped out. He re-entered UAY through the Youth Center and began leaming to play guitar. Staff started writing songs and jamming with him in hopes that learning music would help him. It did. He now comes up with his own creative music projects, writes music reviews for the UAY magazine and is a positive leader in a group helping to create a web radio station. He also has retumed to school and has a steady job. 21 Goal 5 REDUCE TRUANCY AND INCIDENCE OF DROPOUT AMONG YOUTH Major Accomplishments · Among senior high students seen by the student advocate, haft graduate or go on to the next grade and 60 percent improve attendance; they pass 80 percent of their classes. · Of 20 probation students at South East Junior High, only three do not significantly improve attendance, behavior and/or academic performance. Objective 1: Maintain three student advocates to work with truant and delinquent youth at two junior high schools and the district's alternative school. Senior high schools: The student advocate worked with 68 high school students this year, including 63 involved with the juvenile court. Of the total, 45 attended West High and 23 attended City High; 32 were freshmen. Among juvenile court students, 25 also were involved with either the ACE or DAP programs. During the year, 16 completed terms of their probation; one was waived to adult court; 13 reoffended, and nine were placed out of the home. In school, 21 received at least one out-of-school suspension. One was referred to the Behavior Learning Center, and eight dropped out of school or moved out of town. Half of the students in the program either graduated or earned enough credit to go on to the next grade level; 60 percent improved their school attendance. The students passed an average of 80 percent of their classes. Their daily attendance averaged 86.25 percent, and they earned an average of 23.46 credits while in the program. The advocate serves at-risk students at both traditional high schools and the alternative high school. This allows a better transition for students transferring back to the high schools from the alternative school. High school staff members have access to the student advocate via e-rnail and a cell phone. Periodic updates are provided regarding classroom behavior, grades and overall progress. The after-school study group was held all year at West 'High. As many as eight students were served during each session.' South East Junior High School: The student advocate worked with 20 probation students during the school year. Five were girls, and seven were seventh graders. Seven were on informal probation, and the remaining 13 were on formal probation. One formal probation student transferred out of the district, and one transferred within the district. A third violated her probation and was truant from school. Two probation students also were served by the Department of Human services. Four served time in juvenile detention during the year. Four were referred to the Attendance Task Force, and two received task force interventions. Ten students, including 22 five girls, participated in the ACE pull-in program, and nine actually served time at ACE. Two participated in the Detention Alternative Program. One student was sent to the State Training School, one to the Mental Health Institute, one to shelter and one to residential treatment. The advocate also supported 12 non-probation students in danger of failing courses and having disciplinary and attendance problems. These students did not receive support through other programs such as special education and resources. The advocate spent 10 to 15 hours a week in support group meetings, at~er-school homework groups and counseling sessions. An additional eight students received support informally from the student advocate. This consisted of lunch group meetings, counseling and mentoring contacts. Issues addressed included academics, behavior, social concerns, gangs, drugs and conflict mediation. Of the 20 non-probation students in touch with the advocate, 11 were girls. Of the 20 probation students, only three did not show a significant improvement in attendance, behavior and academic performance. One of the three made modest improvements but became too dependent on home visits and transportation to school. A second dropped out after being referred to the County Attorney's Office, and the third student was sent to residential placement after possession and truancy charges. Success stories included a student who went fi'om nine truancies the first trimester to no truancies in the second and third trimesters, after he began participating in the school liaison and ACE pull-in programs. Two other students went fi'om five and four truancies, respectively, in the first trimester to no truancies in the second and third trimesters. One non-probation student who missed an average of two or three days a week the first trimester began to attend school regularly after conferences and home visits. Another, with a similar pattern of absences, improved her attendance immediately after meeting with the School Attendance Task Force and missed only two days during the last month of the third trimester. One student who received numerous referrals for being disruptive and disrespectful to teachers completely reversed her behavior. She went from four suspensions in the first trimester to no suspensions or disciplinary referrals for the second and third trimesters. One extremely disruptive student with eight suspensions during the second trimester received no suspensions in the third trimester and only two minor behavioral referrals. A third student with several truancies and suspensions the first trimester received only two minor referrals during the second and third trimesters and made tremendous improvements in his behavior. His parents reported that his behavior at home also showed dramatic improvement. Prior to probation, he violated curfews and was defiant. Other parents also reported improvement in behavior at home. Three girls showed improvements in the way they chose to resolve conflicts. Prior to involvement in the liaison program, they had frequent conflicts that usually culminated in disruptive behavior. By the third trimester, they had learned to ask for mediations to resolve conflicts. One student who had received two Fs and a D the first trimester earned two As and 3 Bs the third trimester. A student who failed all of his classes last year made the honor roll 23 this year. A third student who failed two courses the first trimester earned two As the third trimester. Three non-probation students participated in the YLOT Tae Kwon Do program, which requires that they maintain a certain grade point average. All three made excellent progress academically. One made the honor roll. A total of 13 ACE pull-in sessions were assigned as conseqt/ences for disruptive behavior. Four girls and three boys were pulled in this year. Only three of the 20 probation students committed additional offenses during the school year. One student (a girl) who had been charged with assault was charged with harassment during the second trimester. She was assigned to take CASE(Character Education, Social Skills and Empathy training). She continued to have difficulty with other students but did learn to ask for mediations to resolve conflicts. The second student who reoffended continued to refuse to attend school and follow rules at home. Eventually, he was charged with truancy, possession and interfering with official acts. A third student ran away fi'om Johnson County and was charged with possession and harassment in Clinton. She was extremely defiant while in the liaison program. Her antisocial behavior was reinforced and even encouraged by her mother. Contacts were made with parents of all 20 of the probation students. Weekly contacts were made with six parents, and daily contacts with one parent. Five parents were dealing with particularly challenging behaviors at home and appreciated assistance ~'om the advocate. Children of two of those parents made excellent progress this year. The son of a third parent was placed in residential treatment, but the parent continued to be cooperative. Two parents who presented themselves as cooperative continued to enable their teens' delinquent and disruptive behavior. Another who was extremely irrational and difficult began to cooperate with the advocate at~er realizing that the program was intended to help her ch~d. Most of the parents were cooperative, but one defended her daughter's marijuana use, would not come to terms with the inappropriateness of her daughter's dating older men and refused to cooperate with juverdle court officers. The greatest challenges this year were presented by the five girls, who were far more disruptive than the boys. The number of girls increased, and the severity of their behaviors was noticeably more intense. The girls in the program exhibited aggressive and very confrontational behavior. All had conflicts with peers. Only one girl made excellent progress with her grades and behavior. Northwest Junior High: The student advocate worked formally with 17 students this year, including 15 involved with the juvenile court. Five were in seventh grade, and 12 were in eighth grade. The advocate also worked with 14 parents (82 percent) during the year. This is up fi'om 75 percent last year. The advocate worked individually with students monitoring attendance, building life skills and increasing communication among schools, parents, juvenile court officials and community agencies. Of the 17 students, only eight finished the year at Northwest. Six moved out of the Northwest district, including three who left the area. Three students were sent to detention 24 due to poor behavior outside of school. One of the three will return to Northwest next year, one will go to West High and one will move fi:om the area. Of the eight who completed the school year at Northwest, 40 percent improved attendance. This was down slightly ~'om last year's 45 percent. Truancy was a minimal problem, with 75 percent of the eight students logging no truancies. A small number of students who were not involved with the juvenile court had truancy issues and were referred to the School Attendance Task Force. Of the 17 students in the program, 15 received at least.one out-of-school suspension. Eight of those students had no more than three out-of-school suspensions. The overall grade point average for the students who completed the year at Northwest was about 2.4 on a 4-point scale. This is up fi'om 2.3 last year. All of the students maintained at least a C average, but none had grade point averages above 2.5. All eight students also were promoted to the next grade level, but three will need to complete summer school in order to move on. Of the 15 juvenile court students, five received further charges. Two were sent to residential placement. Six students went to detention during the year, but only two spent longer than 30 days there. Objective 2: Coordinate with the Juvenile Court System for youths who are chronic truants and do case by case planning with their families. Of 117 students seen by three student advocates during the quarter, 98 were referrals t?om the juvenile court. The advocates work closely with juvenile court officers to plan programming for individual youths. See Goal 5, Objective 1. Neighborhood Centers: Staff members continued to act as liaisons between youths and the Juvenile Court system. Involvement consisted of such things as attending meetings with youths, lawyers and probation officers; testifying in court; doing home visits as a condition of probation; setting up psychiatric evaluations and in-home services as a condition of probation; involving youths in groups and activities as a condition of probation; involving youths in volunteer work at the center as a condition of prohation; providing transportation for court appearances; and arranging community service. Objective 3: Foster activities to make school attendance attractive to youths and families. Neighborhood Centers: Staff members provided tutoring, counseling and advocacy to approximately 50 youths at South East Junior High and City High. Topics included academic skills, peer relationships and building relationships with school staff. Truancy continues to be an issue, but a decrease in truancy was recorded this quarter. Work with at-risk personnel in the school continued. Staff members helped in classrooms and followed up with parents. They also helped parents understand court documents and 25 attend court dates or meetings with juvenile court officers. Support was given to follow through with juvenile court expectations for youths and parents. Staff members also continued to provide tutoring, counseling and advocacy to students at Mark Twain Elementary School, as covered in Goal 3, Objective 3. In addition, participation in after-school groups and teen programs are contingent on being in school. Some summer programs such as FLIGHT and Pre-FLIGHT incorporated summer school or a mandatory academic component as a requirement for enrollment in the programs. This has proven to be an incentive for youths to attend school during the year and in the summer. UAY: UAY counselors at South East continued counseling and prevention activities aimed at truancy reduction. An at~er-school program operated by UAY counselors and Vista volunteers offered activities and tutoring, recording 165 contacts with 20 youths. The agency also offered counseling services, talked with young people in the lunchroom and after school and met with youths referred 'by the school disciplinary team. Altogether, the agency recorded contacts with 106 youths during the quarter. Big Brothers Big Sisters: Children in the GAP program must be at prearranged places, usually school, to be picked up for the program. It is hoped that college students who serve as volunteers also are positive education role models for GAP children. Volunteers are encouraged to show children where they live and show them the university. Some children have had no previous contact with college students. 26 t 1-20-00 Marian Karr IP16 From: Carol DeProsse [cdeprosse@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 10:12 AM To: J C N EWS@yosem ite. leepfrog. com Cc: Dee_Vanderhoef@iowa-city.org; Ernie_Lehman@iowa-city.org; Ross_Wilburn@iowa-city.org; Connie_Champion@iowa-city.org; ipfab@avalon.net; cthompso@co.johnson.ia.us; m leh man@co .johnson. ia. us; cduffy@co.johnson. ia. us; sstutsma@co.johnson. ia. us; jpwhite@co.johnson.ia.us; Steve_Atkins@iowa-city.org; mscoleman@UIOWA. EDU; mary- suecoleman@UIOWA. EDU; mary-sue-coleman@UIOWA. EDU; cgreen@UIOWA.EDU; chuck-green@UIOWA. EDU; jhagen@iowa-city. lib. ia. us Subject: JCNEWS: Jail Meeting Last night's community jail meeting was attended by county residents, the director of MECCA, Board of Supervisors (new and incumbent), Joe Bolkcom (State Senator), Mary Mascher (State Representative), Bob Welsh, local defense attorneys, representatives of several social service agencies, the jail librarian, and students. Approximately 50 people showed up to begin the discussion of dealing with the many issues related to the rates of incarceration in the county, as well as WHO is getting arrested and for WHAT crimes. There was considerable discussion about the City of Iowa City's Drug Task Force. Though they received invitations to attend, the following were unrepresented to the best of my knowledge: The City Council (which was meeting last night but sent no one to represent them) The City Manager The Chiefs of Police of iowa City and Coralville The County Attorney The UI Department of Public Safety The University of Iowa at the level of the President's office Do folks out there have any ideas about how to get these people involved? It has been said over and over that those in positions of authority and especially those in positions of authority within law enforcement are the most intransigent when it comes to participating in anything that could change the way they do business, even if a huge majority of the citizenry does not like the way they do their business. Seems like those unelected can be the cockiest. Thanks to the Board of Supervisors for their attendance, however. Their presence was gratifying to those of us who worked so hard to put the many issues related to the jail in front of the community before the vote on Proposition A. Press Citizen 1 t :~T6'r' IP17 Marian Karr From: Carol DeProsse [cdeprosse@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, November22, 2000 9:11 AM To: JCNEWS@yosemite.leepfrog.com Cc: sstutsma@co.johnson.ia.us; cduffy@co.johnson.ia. us; mlehman@co.johnson.ia.us; cthompso@cojohnson.ia.us; jpwhite@co.johnson.ia.us; Connie_Champion@iowa-city.org; Dee_Vanderhoef@iowa-city. org; Ross_Wilbum@iowa-city.org; Steve_Atkins@iowa-city.org; Ernie_Lehman@iowa-city.org; ipfab@avalon.net Subject: JCNEWS: Press Citizen Please see today's Press Citizen, page 3A, for a positive development in the jail situation. Also, please note Carol Thompson's remarks regarding Citizens for Alternatives. I greatly appreciate this obvious compliment by an elected official of our group's effort. 11/22/00 11-2~)"' Msrisn Ksrr IP18 From: Carol DeProsse [cdeprosse@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 12:58 PM To: j cnews@yosem ire. leepfrog. com Cc: jpwhite@co.johnson.ia.us; cthompso@co.johnson.ia.us; mlehman@co.johnson.ia.us; cduffy@co.johnson.ia.us; sstutsma@co.johnson.ia.us; Dee_Vanderhoef@iowa-city.org; ipfab@avalon. net; Ernie_Lehman@iowa-city.org; Connie_Champion@iowa-city.org; Ross_Wilburn@iowa-city.org; TJNeuzil@dellnet. com; Steve_Atkins@iowa-city.org; chuck- green@UIOWA.EDU; mary-sue-coleman@UIOWA. EDU; Stephen. Gerardll@jb.state.ia.us Subject: Re: JCNEWS: sheriff/jail I, too, am annoyed by the fact that Mr. Atkins wrote the Supervisors and said that Iowa City government and police were disappointed that they were not invited to participate in the discussion before the November 7 election. Why didn't they come to the National Lawyers Guild forum in September? Why did they not attend the LWV's forum in October? Why did they not attend the Democrat's forum in October? Why did Mr. Atkins not use the microphone that he sits behind every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month to say what was on his mind? Why did he not set up a meeting with Citizens for Alternatives to a New Jail? Why did he not contact the Supervisors earlier? Why did he not send a representative of the City to Citizens for Alternatives November 20 meeting? Why did no one from the police department attend any of the above forums, and especially the one on the 20th, when RJ Winklehake received an invitation from CANJ? I think all of this can be answered this way: probably because Atkins would like to put Citizens for Alternatives on the defensive and marginalize them. The group will not allow that to happen and the community will not allow that to happen. The vote of November 7 was a clear mandate for alternatives, and one part of that is alternatives to the way some of the Iowa City police do their work. Citizens don't like it and don't want it. >From: RodSulliva@AOL.COM >To: jcnews@yosemite.leepfrog.com >Subject: Re: JCNEWS: sheriff/jail >Date: Mon, Nov 27, 2000, 11:29 AM > > In a message dated 11/27/2000 8:48:41 AM Central Standard Time, > Sara-Epstein@UIOWA.EDU writes: > > << But the fact remains: he needs to be a part > of this community discussion. I'm a bit dumbfounded that he doesn't > choose to be a part of it. I think JoCo residents are sympathetic to > the position that local law enforcement puts the sheriff's office in, > but, quite simply, they didn't like the proposed solution put on the > ballot by the Board of Supervisors. We need to get to work on another > proposal that WILL be accepted. > How does it go? ... If you're not part of the solution, you're part > of the problem. >> > > This same message needs to be heard by the City Manager. He recently wrote a > letter to Johnson County saying that City Government and the ICPD were > "disappointed" that the County had not "invited" them to discuss jail > overcrowding. (Press-Citizen, 11/22/00.) > > Well, no one from the County ever invited me to speak up, either. But I > believe that we have a responsibility as citizens to see to it that our > governments reflect our values. This means we all need to participate. > I would think that the City Manager would understand that the citizens of > Iowa City need him to participate in the discussion of police practices. The > citizens of Iowa City overwhelmingly rejected the proposed jail. I know that > some members of Alternatives to the Jail invited Mr. Atkins to community 1 > meetings. These are the people that pay his salary. Why wait for an > invitation from people who do not even live in Iowa City? > Mr. Arkins acknowledges in the letter that much of the campaign focused upon > ICPD practices and arrest rates. In other words, the people of Iowa City were > asking their government to help solve this problem. This fell upon deaf ears. > The citizens of Iowa City deserve better. > > I'm no one important, but I'd like to extend an invitation to ALL Iowa City > residents to participate in all discussions of how they are policed. > ---Rod > 11-20-00 IP19 MINUTES - CEO BOARD MEETING NOVEMBER 02, 2000 CEO Board Members Present: Lumir Dostal, Lu Barron, Victor Klopfenstein, John Tibben, Mike Lehman, Ed Sass, Dale Todd, Dee Vanderhoef. CEO Board Members Absent: Lee Clancey, Henry Herwig, Bob Stout, John Bell, Leo Cook, James Houser. Staff in Attendance: Steve Rackis, Mary Ubinas, Sharon Dreyer. Chairperson Dostal called the meeting to order at 11:12 a.m. He asked Steve Rackis to introduce Sharon Dreyer, Youth Program Coordinator from IWD, Des Moines. Chairperson Dostal asked for approval of the August 31, 2000, Minutes. M/S/C John Tibben, Lu Barron that the August 31st Minutes is approved. Chairperson Dostal asked for a motion to approve today's Agenda. M/S/C Ed Sass, Dee Vanderhoef that the November 2, 2000, Agenda be approved. Chairperson Dostal asked for a motion to approve the CEO Minutes of September 26, 2000. M/S/C Victor Klopfenstin, Dee Vanderhoef to approve the September 26th Minutes. Steve Rackis talked about the vacancies on the RWIB Board to represent business. Two nominations are required. The names submitted for business representative were Fern Fackler, Peter Gasper, Patrick Hughes, and Diane Schaufenbuel. The school districts asked Grant Wood Area Education Agency for suggestions/assistance for two nominations to represent education. The two names submittted were A1 Whitlatch and Jerry Van Dyke. Mr. Rackis indicated that Ron Flieder would need to sign off on these nominations. Steve Rackis asked the CEO group if they would give approval to Lumir Dostal, Chairperson, to forward the names to Governor Vilsack. Chairperson Dostat asked for a motion to allow him to forward the nominations to the Governor. M/S/C Victor Klopfenstein, Dale Todd that Mr. Dostat forward the nominations to Governor Vilsack. It was announced that Robert Marsh is now Chair of the Youth Council and Doug Peters is now a member of the Youth Council. Chairperson Dostal mentioned that he would like to discuss how often the CEO Board wanted to hold meetings. He suggested that the meeting dates be scheduled in advance and if there was not a need to hold the meeting it could be cancelled. Steve Rackis mentioned that perhaps there might be some instances where the RWIB Board would want to hold a joint meeting with the CEO Board. Steve also said that maybe the RWIB Board would continue to meet monthly and this could be discussed at their meeting today which will be held at 1:00 p.m. Lumir Dostal asked that the CEO Board members continue to receive a copy of the RWIB Board Meeting Minutes. Chairperson Dostal asked if Thursdays were a good day for the CEO Board to meet and the group present felt it would work. Dee Vanderhoef suggested the dates and times be coordinated so the CEO Board members could attend the EICOG meetings on the same day. Tentative Dates for the CEO Board meetings would be: January 25, 2001 April 26, 2001 July 26, 2001 October 25, 2001 The annual meeting of the CEO and RWIB Boards will be held in December. John Tibben suggested holding this meeting in Amana. The week of December 17--21, 2000, was suggested as probably the best time to allow as many members as possible to attend. Some possible locations suggested were the Bam Restaurant, Ox Yoke Restaurant, and Holiday Inn Restaurant on 1-80. There will be guests invited such as PIC Board members, honorees, staff, etc. This information will be passed on to the RWIB Board when they meet at 1:00 p.m. today to see if they concur with holding the meeting at Amana. Sharon Dreyer discussed the role of the Youth Council. The Youth Council was designed to be an Advisory Group to the RWIB. Sharon mentioned that they wanted to determine the employment needs of youth, are the youth ready to go to work or do they have barriers to employment that need to be addressed first. Some sections of the Youth Program are developing a Strategic Plan, Best Practices, Performance and Accountability, and Oversight of the Youth Programs in each Region. Their plan is to provide services to youth to enable them to be successful as adults Region 10 does not have any enrollments in the Youth Program at this time. The plan is for Bob Ballantyne and Steve Rackis to meet with Kay Nebergall, Director, High School Completion, Kirkwood Community College, and the Kirkwood County Directors to discuss plans on how to get youth enrolled in the program. Thirty percent of the funds must be spent on out of school youth. A youth who is not attending any type of school is the definition in the WIA Act. If the youth is enrolled in a school but is not attending, hopefully they would be determined to be eligible for the program. Dee Vanderhoef moved for adjournment at 12:05 p.m. Minutes submitted by Judy Landt. Lumir Dostal Chairperson 2 1 t-20-"~" IP O MINUTES East Central Iowa Council of Governments Board Meeting 12:45 p.m. October 26, 2000 - Iowa Workforce Development 800 7th Street SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa MEMBERS PRESENT Dee Vanderhoef-Iowa City City Council Edward Brown-Mayor of Washington Gary Edwards-Iowa County Citizen Dennis Hansen-Jones County Citizen Charles Montross-Iowa County Supervisor Henry Herwig-Coralville City Council Ann Hearn-Linn County Citizen Mike Lehman-Johnson County Supervisor Jim Houser-Linn County Supervisor Bob Stout- I'Vashington County Supervisor Dell Hanson-Benton County Supervisor Don Magdefrau-Benton County Citizen Tom Tjelmeland-Mayor of Ely Dale Todd-Cedar Rapids Commissioner Rod Straub-Iowa County Supervisor MEMBERS ABSENT Ed Raber- Washington County Citizen Leo Cook-Jones County Supervisor Larry Kemp-Vinton City Council Carol Casey-Johnson County Citizen Lu Barron-Linn County Supervisor David Cavey-Mayor of Olin ALTERNATES PRESENT - None OTHER'S PRESENT Les Beck Director, Linn County Planning and Development 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 David Correia-Planner Robyn Jacobson-Planner Jim Nehring-doint-Purchasing Coordinator Marie De Vries-Solid Waste Planning Coordinator 1.0 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Chairperson, Dee Vanderhoef at 12:45 p.m. 1 .1 Recognition of Alternates - None (Magdefrau joined the meeting at this time.) .2 Public Discussion - None .3 Approval of Agenda M/S/C (Hanson/Hansen) to approve the agenda. All ayes. (Les Beck Director of Linn County Planning and Development, joined the meeting at this time.) 2.0 ROUTINE MATTERS .1 Approval of Minutes (September 28, 2000) M/S/C (Hansen/Stout) to approve the minutes as written. All ayes. .2 Preceding Month's Budget Reports/Balance Sheets Elliott gave an overview of the September financial statements. The quarterly departmental statements were included in the board packet. M/S/C (Tjelmeland/Houser) to receive and file the September financial statements for audit. All ayes. 3.0 AGENCY REPORTS .1 Chairperson's Report Vanderhoef referred to the draft bottle bill resolution included in the board packet. She asked that board members consider adoption of a similar resolution at the November board meeting. Vanderhoef also suggested that at the November board meeting, local legislatures be invited to discuss a few issues. Discussion followed on the issues and the details of the meeting. Elliott and Vanderhoefwill put an agenda together and send an invitation to approximately 20 local legislatures. .2 Board Members' Reports Houser informed board members that Linn County Supervisor Lumir Dostal's daughter passed away earlier in the week. ECICOG will send a sympathy card. .3 Director's Report Elliott introduced Les Beck, Director of Linn County Planning and Development. Elliott told board members that several responses have been received regarding the letter sent out by Chairperson Vanderhoef regarding ECICOG services. .4 Joint-Purchasing Report Nehring told the board that over $50,000 has been saved to date with joint purchasing efforts. .5 Community Development Report Sands passed around an October 20 article featured in the Cedar Rapids Gazette regarding census information and growth surges around Cedar Rapids. Correia made a presentation to the board on the community development services that ECICOG offers highlighting local site plan and development review. .6 Housing Report Information was included in the board packet. 2 .7 Solid Waste Report Ryan told the board that each county in the ECICOG region will have a household hazardous waste collection facility by this spring. Ryan referred to page 21 of the board packet, a travel request to attend a conference in Boston. M/S/C (Houser/Montross) to approve Ryan's travel request to attend the 2000 HMM: The Conference on Household, Small Business and Universal Waste. All ayes. DeVries passed around pictures/articles from projects that were funded with last year's waste tire funds. At the last board meeting, DeVries was asked to explain the five-cent bottle deposit. She gave a presentation on the deposit and the four components of the bottle bill. Edwards asked if word has been received regarding the AG opinion on transfer stations. DeVries noted that she spoke with Liz Christiansen of the IDNR and no written comment has been received. (Todd left the meeting at this time.) .8 Transportation RepOrt Information was included in the board packet. 4.0 COMMITTEE REPORTS .1 Executive Committee - None .2 Budget Committee - None .3 Personnel Committee Elliott asked Edwards to collect the completed performance evaluations for the executive director and asked Houser to deliver them to Barton since she was unable to attend the meeting. Elliott told board members that the Personnel Committee has met with Von Bokern and Associates and reviewed the Employee Information Handbook that was included in the board packet. Elliott outlined the changes that were made from the last policy that was approved in 1996. A separate management handbook will be created by the personnel committee. M/S/C (Brown/Lehman) to approve the Employee Information Handbook effective October 26, 2000. All ayes. Vanderhoef thanked the committee for their hard work. .4 Transit Operator's Group - None .5 Solid Waste Technical Advisory Committee - None .6 Ad Hoc Committee Reports Elljolt gave an overview of the Transit Subcommittee meeting. The committee will meet next on November 14. Straub asked for ideas on how to increase ridership in the counties. Elliott said the committee will report that information to the proriders. 5.0 IOWA INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW SYSTEM M/S/C (Hansen/Hearn) to approve all Iowa Intergovernmental Reviews with a favorable review. All ayes. 6.0 OLD BUSINESS · 1 Approval of Expenditures M/S/C (Herwig/Stout) to approve payment of expenditures. All ayes. 7.0 NEW BUSINESS Vanderhoef appointed a nominating committee for the election of officers for 2001. Brown, Heam and Montross will serve on the committee. 8.0 NEXT MEETING: November 30, 2000 The meeting adjourned at 2:42 p.m. Dennis Hansen, Secretary/Treasurer November 30, 2000 Date 4 I11-20-00 IP21 PATV BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES SEPTEMBER 21,2000 Board Members Present: Petersen, Thompson, Calvert, Cook, Phillips, Nothnagle, Clancy, Paris. Board Members Absent: None PATV: Paine ICTC: McKray 1. Call to Order: 7:07 by Thompson 2. Consent Agenda: ICTC report moved to first item, Comments from Steve Kanner to follow. Betty reported that at the last meeting the name of the Government Channel was changed to The City Channel on a 2-1 vote with McKray voting against. She also reported that next Monday's meeting agenda will include a discussion of the reporting requirements and performance. Rene said that we have been sending 2 reports to Drew. And that Scott has been spending a considerable amount of time preparing them. She thinks this situation may get better with the new software. Drew notified PATV that we are behind on our reporting as called for in the contract. Discussion followed regarding what is involved in producing these reports, why it takes so long to produce them, what our obligation for producing them under the contract, etc.. Variance of the requests from the ICTC with the contract was discussed. The matter will be re-visited. Clancy suggested acknowledging what they are asking for as worthwhile, however it may be too complicated. Steve Kanner requested the Board to consider having PATV act as the fiscal agent for an upcoming conference on alternative transportation to be held in Iowa City. Grant proposals require a fiscal agent with a 501 C-3. In return, PATV may make a small amount. The Board will consider it by next month. 3. Approval of August Minutes: Motion by Petersen, second by Clancy to approve as amended. Passed by yes vote of all present. 4. Short Public Announcements: 5. Board Announcements: Board recruitment- Diana Paulina will be here next month. Thompson discussed the procedures to vacancies with the group. 6. Old Business: Mandatory Producer Fees: Discussion was held regarding the information provided by Rene regarding the PATV Membership survey. Survey responses included producer and provider answers to the question, What would be incentives for you to pay a membership fee.~'. 7. New Business: Committees: The following committee assignments are currently in effect; Financial- Petersen, Clancy, Calvert Executive- fixed by rules of the organization Outreach- Cook, Paris, Nothnagle 8. Reports: Committees- none ICTC-none Chair-none Treasurer-none Management- Rene discussed the budget revisions with the group. She reported the arrival of the digital camera and editing equipment and said that they would be implemented in November. Adam Burke has been hired as the intern workshop director. Kelly will be doing volunteer coordination. We have 3 or 4 unpaid interns helping at this time. The silent art auction will be held on October 28th. Scott is working on it. The Drag Show fundraiser is coming up. Rene reported that we made $250.00 on the Community Theatre production. Rene notified the Board that she would like to have a strategic planning meeting soon, perhaps in January. The Iowa Women's Music Festival and Voices from the Prairie were shot as CAP projects. These will be combined with a piece about an event at Regina High School as an example of CAP projects to be taken to potential sponsors. 9. Adjournment: 9:30 I l -20-00 November '15, 2000 Paul Smith, President Downtown Association of Iowa City P.O. Box 64 Iowa City, IA 52244 Dear Paul: Enclosed please find a copy of a memorandum which the City Manager recently sent to the City Council re~ardin~ maintenance of downtown alleys and the seemingly increasing lack of regard by some adjacent businesses and/or residents for the ~eneral upkeep and cleanliness of the alleys. We request that the Downtown Association a~sist the City in any way you can to encourage downtown businesses and prope~y owners to keep the alleys clean and free of debris and discarded furniture and appliances, as well as ~rease and other liquid pollutants. There is increasing concern now because of the tightening of federal anti-pollution standards re~ardin~ storm water runoff, pa~icularly as these relate to public transpo~ation facilities such as highways, streets and alleys. I think Steve addresses these issues clearly in his memorandum. The City would like to avoid the necessity of pursuin9 more restrictive ordinances and more aggressive enforcement measures. However, it is clear that in the future we will be subject to the threat of federally imposed penalties in addition to the dissatisfaction many citizens now express with regard to the condition of downtown alleys. Anythin~ the Downtown Association can do to assist in our effo~s would be 9reatly appreciated. 8i~~ Dale E. Helling Assistant City Manager ~ I nc osure/~ cc: ~ty Council City Manager m~ass~ltrlsmith. doc 410 EAST WASHINGTON STREET · IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240-1826 · (319) 356-5000 · FAX (319) 356-5009 City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM TO: City Council FROM: City Manager DATE: October 2, 2000 RE: Downtown Alleys Maintenance of Downtown alleys this summer has been especially troublesome. We have seen an increase in complaints regarding garbage, grease and foul odors in the alleys. The City spends approximately $10,000 annually to steam clean the alleys in an attempt to keep them clean and free of grease and odor. Although we plan to continue with the steam cleaning program, it has not resulted in an acceptable level of cleanliness. Grease and litter continue to be deposited in the alleys. The Public Works staff sweeps the alleys every Thursday night. However, the City's sweeping is not sufficient to clean around dumpsters, downspouts, electrical conduits, curbs, etc. City personnel have witnessed the temporary storage of old refrigerators, large cardboard cartons, used shelving, etc. in the alleys. This is not acceptable. Only items which fit inside the dumpsters are allowed in the alleys. If businesses are remodeling or adding new fumiture or shelving, it is their responsibility to have the construction waste material immediately removed and not improperly discarded in alleys. Downtown alleys also have many storm water inlets for drainage. It is contrary to City ordinance and State law to deposit or allow to be deposited any pollutant into the storm sewers. It will soon be against Federal law, i.e., the Clean Water Act. Federal law not only mandates compliance with the Clean Water Act, but local communities must show proof of compliance. According to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the State agency responsible for enforcement of the Clean Water Act, transportation facilities cannot have anything exposed which might pollute storm water runoff. Downtown alleys are part of the City's transportation facility. It is essential that Downtown businesses take a more active role in keeping the alleys clean, and we plan to begin communicating our concern to these businesses. The trash and litter is a product of irresponsible housekeeping, and unfortunately the City government is called upon to correct this behavior. Businesses that store waste matedal in Downtown alleys must confine ALL waste material in watertight dumpsters. We plan a more rigorous enforcement of our ordinances. Hopefully, with a pledge of cooperation by Downtown businesses, we can clean up the appearance of our alleys and avoid future fines or penalties for noncompliance with State and Federal clean water mandates. cc: Dale Helling Chuck Schmadeke Doug Boothroy · · mgr~memo\alleys.doc DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS - El~gineering l)ivisi~m 1 t -20-00 City of Iowa Cit IP24 MEMORAN[ ' Date: November 22, 2000 To: Department and Division Heads From: David Schooner' Re: Iowa City. Area Quicklook 2000 Attached you will find a copy of the updated Iowa City Area Quicklook _which has been compiled by the Department of Planning and Community Development. The Quicklook is a graphical summary of the information contained in the 2000 Community Profile; it contains graphical representations of selected categories such as population, income, housing, etc... Copies of the Iowa City Area Quicklook 2000 are available to the public at the City of Iowa City Department of Planning and Community Development. The Quicklook is updated on a regular basis, if you have any suggestions for additional information that should be included in the Quicklook or general comments, please contact me at (x5236). Attachment O , kloo A graphicai snmm,ry of assorted demographics and statistics compiled by the City of lowa City Economic Development Division Table of Contents Introduction i Population 1 Employment 2 Income 6 Wages 7 Construction 8 Retail Sales 13 Home Sales Report 17 Education 19 The University of Iowa 20 Sources 21 Prepared by: Karin Franklin, Director of Planning and Community Development David Schoon, Economic Development Coordinator Paige Knutsen, Planning Intern Iowa City Area Quicklook 2000 Introduction For the past several years, the City of Iowa City has assembled a compilation of demographic, economic, and statistical data for the Greater Iowa City Area known as the Community Profile for the Iowa City Area. The Quicklook is a summary of selected data from the Community Profile that is easily converted to a graphical format. The Quicklook can be used as a supplement to the Community Profile, or as a quick source for facts and information. The Quicklook has been divided into seven separate sections: population, employment, income, construction, retail sales, home sales reports, and education. The following is a brief summary of each section. The Population section consists of graphs that show total population in the Iowa City area and how this population is dispersed by age group. In Iowa City, a significant percentage of the population falls in the 18-24 year old category. This is mostly due to the presence of a major university and a community college. The University has important impacts on the demographic makeup of the area and will be noted in other sections of the Quickieok. The makeup and overall welfare of the local workforce are summarized in the Employment section. Johnson County has consistently experienced a lower unemployment rate than the national average. This is the result of a local economy that has been able to withstand national and regional recessions. Because of the low unemployment rate, Iowa City is a community of employed and productive citizens. Local businesses, however, face a tight labor market. The resident civilian labor force and total employment have increased each of the past ten years. Expansions in the Nonmanufacturing and Government workforces have led the way for a growing local economy. The Income section provides an analysis of the trends in earnings for the local population. Increases in total personal earnings have been particularly strong in the Nonmanufacturing and Government sectors. Average weekly wages in each sector, and for all industries combined, have steadily risen year after year. The Government sector consistently reports the highest average weekly wages. Per capita income in Johnson County continues to be above that for both the State of Iowa and the United States. This is due in a large part to the presence of a major university that employs well over 15,000 non-students. A number of graphs depicting the total value and number of a variety of building permits can be found in the Construction section. In most categories, the total value and number of Iowa City permits has remained stable or shown slight increases. The North Liberty construction market is similar to that of Iowa City. An overall trend across all categories is less apparent in Iowa City Area Quicklook 2000 i Coralville. With the construction of Coral Ridge Mall, Coralville permits experienced dramatic increases in value and in the number of total permits issued. Retail Sales for the area have increased steadily throughout the 1990s. Johnson County retail sales have risen in all twelve categories since 1994. This is a result of growth in retail sales in Johnson County's two major retail trade areas: Iowa City and Coralville. In Fiscal Year 1999, retail sales increased 18% from the previous year as a result of the opening of Coral Ridge Mall. The Home Sales Report summarizes trends in home sales for Iowa City, Coralville, and North Liberty. Iowa City and North Liberty sell most homes in the $100,000-$149,999 range, with Coralville slipping to the $70,000-$99,999 range for the first time in several years. Coralville and Iowa City have converged and share nearly the same average sale price while the North Liberty average sale price is well below either community. The Education section describes the high level of quality education present in the Iowa City area. Johnson County and Iowa City have a higher percentage of citizens with a high school and bachelor's degree than the rest of the State of Iowa or the United States. The Iowa City workforce is well educated and prepared for current and future challenges they may encounter in the job market. The City of Iowa City Economic Development Division hopes that the Quicklook provides useful, easily accessible information to you and your organization. To purchase an additional copy of the Quicklook or a Community Profile, please call the City of Iowa City Planning and Community Development Department at (319) 356-5230. Iowa City Area Quicklook 2000 ii E~'i~l~iloymeat by Seeliar Waages Taxable Retail Sales - Johnson County 1999 Taxable Retail Sates - Coralville 1999 SOHFCeS Population A & B. Population; 1990 Population Comparison by Age Group, Page 1 Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce; Bureau of the Census; 1990 Census of Population; Iowa City population projections provided by the Iowa City Department of Planning and Community Development; Johnson County population Projections provided by the East Central Iowa Council of Governments Employment A - C. All graphs for this Section, Pages 2-4 Sources: "Labor Force Summary Annual Averages 1988-1993 and 1994-1999", and "Labor Force Summary, 1999 January through December", Labor Market Information Unit of the Iowa Department of Employment Services; "Economic Indicators", Prepared for the Joint Economic Committee by the Council of Economic Advisers (National Unemployment Rate) Income A & B. Total Personal Earnings by Industry; Per Capita Income, Page 5 Source: Regional Economic Information System, 1969-1999, June 2000; U.S. Department of Commerce; Economics and Statistics Administration; Bureau of Economic Analysis; Regional Economic Measurement Division C & D. Average Weekly Wages - Johnson County; Average Weekly Wages by Industry - Johnson County, Page 6 Source: Employment and Wages Covered by Unemployment Insurance, Iowa Workforce Development, 1999 Construction A - H. All graphs for this section, Pages 7-11 Sources: City of Iowa City Housing & Inspection Services; City of Coralville Building Department; City of North Liberty Retail Sales A - D. All graphs for this Section, Pages 12-14 Source: Iowa Department of Revenue and Finance; "Iowa Retail Sales & Use Tax Reports" Home Sales Report A - D. All graphs for this Section, Pages 15-16 Source: Iowa City Area Association of Realtors Education Iowa City School Enrollment, Page 17 Source: Iowa City Community School District Educational Attainment - Persons 25 years and Older, Page 17 Source: U.S. Department of Commerce; Bureau of the Census; 1990 Census of Population C & D. Enrollment by Session and Student Level and Enrollment by Zip Code - The University of Iowa, Page 18 Source: The University of Iowa, Office of the Registrar; Student Profile, Fall Semester 1999- 2000 Iowa City Area Quicklook 2000 21