HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-12-11 CorrespondenceMarian Karr
From: Nelson, Gayle [gayle-nelson@uiowa.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 11:22 AM
To: 'council@iowa-city.org'
Subject: Vote YES today
Gayle Nelson, M.S., R.N.C.
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Student Health Service
The University of Iowa
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Iowa City, IA 52242-1100
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From: HOWARD HORAN [hhoran@email,rnsn,com]
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 6:45 AM
To: councH@iowa-city.org
Subject: Peninsula Project
Dear Friends,
We are very interested in the Peninsula Project. This plan will allow me to
join my business (H Horan Studio) with my home.
My portrait studio is consistent with the types of businesses contemplated
for the live-work units. In our business plan for the Peninsuala we will
NOT be offering photofinishing - no chemicals or machines.
Marti & I feel that the live-work idea is great for us. Our housing needs
are modest (we are empty-nesters) and I hate yard work.
Our interest is strong and our abilities are consistent with the timeline of
the project.
We urge you to continue to support the Peninsula Project at every possible
opportunity.
We will wait and watch with interest.
Sincerely,
Howard & Marti Horan
2407 Crestview
mjhhoran@msn.com
(Individual envelopes addressed to Council)
December 3, 2001
To whom it should concern:
It is so comforting to know that the ICPD is cracking down on seat belt violations, public
intoxication among students, skateboard riding on the Ped Mall and other heinous crimes
that plague our city and make it unsafe for its citizens. We definitely need more police to
stamp out these types of crimes once and for all.... YEAH, RIGHT!!!
Two weeks ago I was stopped for a seatbelt violation. Does the law require seatbelts?
Yes. Was I wearing my seatbelt? No. Did I immediately fasten it when I saw the
approaching police car? Yes. Was I violating any other traffic laws? No.
We all know that seatbelts save lives. But was Officer Huff protecting my life when he
made a U-turn across four lanes of traffic to slap me with a $47.50 fine or was he just
teaching me a lesson about police powers and making a few bucks for the city coffers.'?
You judge.
I've lived in the Iowa City area for almost 30 years and have watched with increasing
dismay how the ICPD runs roughshod over the good, law-abiding students and natives of
this city. The ICPD's "take-no-prisoners" attitude -- experienced by many friends ~- is
absolutely unwarranted. As one of those friends put it when I told him of my run-in with
Officer Huff: "The job of the ICPD isn't to serve and protect, it is to monitor and harass."
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From: Stewar~, Jan [jan-stewart@uiowa.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:49 AM
To: 'council@iowa-city.org'; 'Lisa-Mollenhauer@iowa-city.org'
Subject: Fareway and 1 st Avenue Opinion
To City Council Members,
Just want to state my opinion to you all as the issues are very important to
the East side of Iowa City where I reside.
Please allow Fareway to build at Scott and Hwy 6. We are in desperate need
of addition choices in grocery shopping on the east side. I do not see
where the presence of a grocery store will hinder industrial development,
nor do I feel that "families in their vans" will be at risk from the truck
traffic in the area. Please release your tight controls on businesses so
they stop moving to Coralville!
And deciding not to open 1st Avenue to traffic for 1 year is ridiculous. We
built the road because the majority voted in support of it. There is no
purpose in keeping it closed for an additional year. Every morning I watch
the traffic jam at Regina, and am convinced that the traffic congestion
could be improved by giving people a choice to drive 1st Avenue. I also
think kids at Regina would be much safer. We are forced to drive 4
additional miles every time we want to travel to the 1-80 and Hwy 1
intersection, which is a waste of time and resources. I think you should
make access to our beautiful new Sycamore Mall and to the new medical
buildings on the east side both easier and safer for the people in this
community.
Thank you for your hard work.
Jan Stewart
528 Scott Park Drive
Iowa City, Iowa 52245
338-2396
From: John Westefeld [jwestef@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu]
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 4:28 PM
To: council@iowa-city.org
Dear Members of the City Council:
Today I received word that I had been appointed to the Parks and Recreation
Commission. I want to thank each of you for this opportunity, and I look
forward to serving.
Best wishes for a good holiday season and in the year ahead.
John Westefeld
HAYEK, HAYEK, BROWN & MORELAND, L.L.P.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
WILL J. HAYEK {1896~198;) BREMER BUILDING AREA CODE 319
JOHN W. HAYEK IZ~OVs EAST WASHINGTON STREET TELEPHONE 337-9G06
C. PETER HAYEK FAX 338-7376
IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240-,3976
DAVID E, BROWN
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Iowa City City Council
Civic Center
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Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1826
Re: Southgate Development Company, Inc. vs. City of Iowa City
(Johnson County No. LACV061752)
Dear Members of the City Council:
Enclosed for your review and information are copies of the joint pretrial statement,
defendant's memorandum brief, and trial brief filed by plaintiff Southgate Development
Company, Inc. in connection with the certiorari case which proceeded to hearing before
Judge Amanda Potterfield on November 27, 2001. At the hearing, it was obvious that Judge
Potterfield had read the file and relevant portions of the certified record; based upon the
questions which he posed to the attorneys during the hearing, it also appeared that she had
identified and understood the relevant legal issues involved in this rezoning matter.
Following the submission of legal arguments at the hearing, Judge Potterfield
informed the attorneys that she would file a ruling in this case as soon as possible, perhaps
as early as next week. I shall notify you as soon as we receive that ruling.
Sincerely yours,
DEB:ms
Enclosure
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Subject: [jcnews] Keep Learning or Remain a Troglodyte
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"
Phillip S. Smith, Editor, psmith@drcnet.org
David Borden, Executive Director, borden@drcnet.org
Economic Realities
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/213.html#economicrealities
Often, divergent intellectual pathways can lead to similar
conclusions, and drug policy reform is an excellent example of
this. There may be no other issue that draws together such
diverse advocates, representing such wide ranging, sometimes
starkly opposing viewpoints.
Several years ago, I was part of a team that helped organize the
drug policy track for a justice reform conference held in
Springfield, a mid-size city in western Massachusetts. One of the
panelists there was Dr. Jeffrey Miron, an economist at Boston
University and a true, free-market libertarian. In a journal
article published a short time later, Miron discussed drug
prohibition and its economics, in which he pointed out among other
things -- in contrast with the prevailing view of drug use as a
drain on society -- that in strict economic terms, money spent by
consumers on drugs is a benefit, not a cost.
Miron wasn't advocating that people use drugs -- nor that they
don't -- but merely explaining a concept to help others think
through the issue more clearly. Though I accepted Miron's
observation in that spirit, my initial reaction was that this is
not our strongest argument {politically at least) for drug
legalization. Money spent by consumers on drugs might help to
employ people and aid the economy on that end of the equation.
But on the other end, drug use, while not universally evil as many
believe, does indeed cause serious harm to some. There were, in
my opinion, much stronger, certainly more palatable reasons to be
for legalization than the economic benefits of the drug trade.
In the intervening years, I've concluded that Miron's argument is
more compelling than I originally thought. It's easy to dismiss
the economic benefits of an industry when you already have a job.
But for many in our nation's poorest neighborhoods -- or in the
world's poorest regions -- drug growing or distributing or selling
is the only work available.
The ripple effects from that may be even more important. At a
conference in New Jersey a few years ago, Imani Woods, a notable
in the harm reduction movement, described a chain of events she'd
observed on a corridor of a once busy Harlem avenue. The
neighborhood, in addition to all its storefronts, had a
substantial drug scene -- the "open-air drug market," as it's
often called.
Eventually, the city conducted a "sweep," clearing the drug market
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off of that neighborhood's sidewalks, or at least eliminating that
glaring form of it. But the neighborhood didn't let out a sigh of
relief, at least not for long. It turned out that for all the
pathologies associated with the illicit, open-air drug trade, the
influx of people and cash that it brought was a cornerstone of the
local economy, without which the rest would become unsustainable.
Over the months following the sweep, store after store shut down
for block after block, leaving a desolate stretch of blighted
urban cityscape.
The unintended consequences of a drug war operation serve as an
indicator of some of the challenges that may be faced in the
immediate years after legalization is enacted. Earlier this week,
I spoke with an economic justice activist in Philadelphia, with
whom I shared my view of the impact of drug prohibition on our
poorest communities. By creating a massive criminal underground,
I argued, prohibition fuels violence and disorder, particularly in
the inner cities, and these conditions drive away business and
make every other method of addressing poverty far more difficult.
Legalization could reduce the violence and open up greater
possibilities for economic development, better schools, etc.
He agreed, but pointed out a problem given where we are at now.
Large numbers of people are dependent on the drug trade in its
current form for their only source of employment. If drugs were
legalized tomorrow, the resulting unemployment would cause massive
economic turmoil. As damaging as prohibition is to poor
communities, then, how we make the transition to a post-
prohibition system is also an issue of great importance.
Drug trade participants understand this. According to Valerie
Vande Panne, a drug reform activist and former East Harlem
resident, the neighborhood drug dealers were not in favor of
legalization; they understood very well that legalization would
put them out of business, and that was a greater threat to them
than the risk of incarceration. Across the continent in rural
British Columbia, organizers with the province's Marijuana Party
report that many marijuana growers are less than enthusiastic
about the party's efforts to enact marijuana legalization, for
the same reason.
All of the above would also apply if the drug trade were erased,
not through legalization, but by a cessation of use. As damaging
as drug use can sometimes be, the economic consequences for
society could be catastrophic, if the drug warriors were to
suddenly succeed in their implausible goal of eradicating drugs --
as legitimately problematic as drug addiction and its attendant
consequences can be. But if drug sales, and therefore drug users
and dealers, play that important a part in our economy, do they
deserve to be so demonized as government and society currently do?
Economic laws are not so easily repealed as are laws of Congress,
the views of congressional drug warriors notwithstanding; cracking
down on drug users or sellers has no hope of stopping the
overwhelming economic force of human habit. Those who participate
in the drug scene, in whatever capacity, cannot simply be removed
from society, as for better or worse, we are all interdependent
and interlinked in a web of social and economic activity. We
marginalize and persecute members of society, and ignore their
fundamental economic realities, at our cost and peril.
Proposed New Medical Marijuana Initiative Would Create State-
Controlled Medical Marijuana Distribution System
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/213.html#newinitiative
Americans for Medical Rights (AMR), the organization that fielded
successful medical marijuana initiative campaigns in several
states, including California, is taking aim at the Drug
Enforcement Administration's (DEA} crackdown on medical marijuana
in the states with a proposed initiative to set up a state-
controlled distribution network. A successful initiative would
almost certainly result in a Supreme Court showdown over states'
vs. federal rights.
"Through the actions of Attorney General Ashcroft, the federal
government is trying to thwart the will of the voters in
California and other states," said AMR's Gina Palencar. "We are
looking at doing an initiative in response to the federal
government's recent actions in California, the raids and the
closing of the cannabis distribution center," she told DRCNet.
Saying that last summer's Supreme Court ruling in the Oakland
Cannabis Buyers' Co-op case, which held that state medical
marijuana laws provided no defense against federal prosecution,
had frightened legislators and led to an impasse at state houses,
Palencar said it was time to look again at the initiative process.
"We are looking at the possibility of an initiative in 2002 in
Arizona, Oregon or Washington," she said. "That would give the
voters the opportunity to decide if the state government should
have a role in distribution."
But although California has been the scene of the most recent
federal enforcement activity against medical marijuana
distribution, AMR has pretty much ruled out another initiative
there as too expensive, said Palencar. "California would require
more time and more resources," she said. "It is the largest
state, and that makes any campaign more expensive. We don't think
medical marijuana patients can afford to wait."
That's fine with Dale Gieringer, head of California NORML
/http://www.canorml.org), who told DRCNet that while he generally
opposed any new medical marijuana initiatives in California, he
would support AMR's effort. "We don't need any new initiatives in
California," he said, "but I do support AMR'S idea of having
another challenge to the feds with a state distribution system
that would raise constitutional issues that would have to be
decided by the Supreme Court," Gieringer said. "We don't need
that here in California; a state distribution system would be much
more restrictive that what we currently have with the de facto
club system that is still out there. But if they went to a state
like Arizona, where there is a nominal medical marijuana law that
is so restrictive it's never been used, that could be useful."
For Gieringer, the courts hold more promise than the chance of a
sudden burst of enlightenment within the federal government.
"We're certainly not getting any progress out of the Bush
administration," he said. "The courts are the only place we can
Palencar, too, is looking to the courts. "There is an impasse
because of federal policy," she said. "Ultimately this is a
battle that will be played out between the states and the federal
government in the courts."
But it is also a matter of public opinion and political will, she
added. "If we pass one of these initiatives, it will be time to
see what the federal government is made of," said Palencar. "How
far will they go to enforce their laws? Under this scenario, they
would have to get injunctions against states or state officials.
We don't think they are willing to do that, but there is no
turning back. We can only engage the feds."
According to AMR's Palencar, the group is studying two models for
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an initiative. In the first model, states would petition the
federal government for marijuana from its farm in Mississippi.
"We think, however, that the feds would likely ignore or deny any
such request, so we are falling back on a model of having the
state do the actual cultivation in a secure location and
distribute the medicine to qualified patients."
While Palencar and A/MR would like to formally announce the new
initiative, it isn't yet a done deal. "We are definitely planning
an initiative, but it will depend on polling and public opinion
research, so we can't say where yet, and we can't say absolutely
that it will happen. Look for an announcement in February,"
Palencar added.
Feds Lose "Crack House" Case Against Florida Rave Club Owners
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/213.html#clublavela
The Justice Department's campaign to use federal crack house laws
against rave club owners took a serious hit this week when jurors
in federal court in Florida declined to convict two Panama City
Beach club owners targeted by state and federal law enforcement
officials. Club La Vela bills itself as the nation's largest
nightclub, with the multi-tiered playpen accommodating thousands
of people. In addition to holding numerous raves, it is a
significant live music and performance space, having hosted such
events as the VANS Warped Tour, the Skoal ROAR tour, World
Championship Wrestling and even the Bay Watch Talent Search.
Brothers and co-owners CEO Patrick Pfeffer, 31, and general
manager Thorsten Pfeffer, 30, were charged with conspiring to use
the club, or allow it to be used, for the use and distribution of
drugs. If convicted, they faced up to 20 years in prison, fines
and the possible forfeiture of the club.
But after six weeks of testimony, it took the jury only 75 minutes
to come back with "not guilty" verdicts on all counts. Coming
after a New Orleans crack house prosecution that ended with a
whimper instead of a bang -- federal prosecutors settled for a
consent agreement wherein the club owners banned glow sticks and
similar items, and even that settlement was blocked as an appeal
winds through the courts -- the decision in the La Vela case
strikes a major blow against federal prosecutors hoping to use the
tactic in their war on the rave culture, which in their minds is
indistinguishably linked with ecstasy use.
The nightclub, opened in 1996, quickly drew the attention of local
authorities, and undercover officers sent into the club reported
repeated drug use and sales. In 1997, it gained the dubious
distinction of being the first club raided under Florida's new
Anti-Rave law. The 1999 "Operation Heat Rave," unleashed by the
Florida Office of Drug Control and the state's sheriffs,
spotlighted La Vela, and in April 2000, local law enforcement
officials raided the club with great fanfare, but found no drugs.
That didn't stop Bay County Sheriff Guy Tunnell from using a post-
raid press conference to demonize the Pfeffer brothers and the
club as a place to groom drug consumers. Tunnell pointed to the
presence of underage patrons (there legally) and a "lackadaisical"
attitude toward drug use that, he said, made it likely that young
people would be exposed to drugs. "They were raising them to come
back and buy their drugs later," he claimed. He also attempted to
tar the brothers with numerous drugs seized over the course of a
three-year investigation centering on La Vela, but failed to
provide any link between the drug seizures and the Pfeffers.
(Neither did prosecutors during the trial. The Sheriff's
Department refuses to comment on those claims now.)
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Despite Tunnell's show for the reporters, state charges against
the brothers fizzled. But the reds picked up the ball, and in
June 2000 a federal grand jury indicted the club and the brothers
under the federal crack house statute, a heavy-handed weapon
crafted during the late-1980's drug hysteria designed to go after
property-owners actively involved in ongoing drug sales. The
indictment marked only the second time US Attorneys had sought to
use the crack house law against rave clubs, and while law
enforcement officials in Austin had been making similar
threatening noises, the disappointing State Theater case in New
Orleans and the La Vela fiasco may quiet them down.
During the trial, federal prosecutors and their witnesses painted
a lurid portrait of orgiastic excess and open drug use. Assistant
US Attorney Greg Miller told the jurors the club was little more
than "what could only be described as a full-service drug shop."
He also accused the club of promoting raves, which he described as
parties that promote and enhance drug use, citing "chill out"
rooms, where overheated patrons could cool off, as evidence. And
while various undercover police, club patrons and employees
testified that drug use did occur at the club, Miller was reduced
to waving around glow sticks as he failed to provide any evidence
that the Pfeffer brothers conspired to engage in drug sales at the
club or negligently allowed them to take place.
While defense attorneys conceded that drugs were present at times
and even admitted that Patrick Pfeffer had a personal fondness for
ecstasy, jurors were apparently swayed by some hard numbers. La
Vela attorney Todd Foster told the jury that the club grossed $2.5
million in alcohol sales and $3.2 million from cover charges in
last year. "That's where they're making their money," he said in
his opening argument.
In his closing argument, Prosecutor Miller told the jurors he had
only to show that the Pfeffers had entered into some sort of
agreement to use the club to distribute drugs, not that they had
profited from drug sales. "At the end of this case," he said,
"I'm going to ask you to return a verdict that is consistent with
the evidence, consistent with the truth and consistent with
justice."
Much to Miller's chagrin, they did just that.
Rave Wars Come to Austin: Cops Threaten Club Owners,
Promoters, Negotiations Under Way
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/213.html#austinravewars
Austin has long had a reputation as a live music capital, and in
recent years it has also become a powerhouse in the rave and
electronic music scene. But a letter sent to local club owners
and promoters by Austin police commander Robert Dahtstrom put the
city's vibrant music scene on notice that law enforcement's war on
Ecstasy was poised to impose some significant collateral damage.
Directed to such Austin music institutions as the Backyard, La
Zona Rosa and the Austin Music Hall, as well as the nightclubs
Texture and Element, and promoter Coy West of 626 Soul
Productions, the letter warned that clubs and promoters who hold
raves would face a triple-whammy of scrutiny from the Austin
police, the Drug Enforcement Administration {DEA) and the Texas
Alcohol and Beverage Commission (TABC), a legendarily crusty bunch
of good o1' boys who enforce the state's liquor laws.
"We have gotten intelligence that points to a RAVE being nothing
more than a haven for drug dealers and drug use," wrote Dahlstrom,
who heads the Austin Police Department's Organized Crime Unit.
"If the owner of the business or the promoter of the event
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continues to allow this type of behavior, appropriate charges will
be filed on those responsible."
"There's been a real increase in ecstasy in the last six months or
year," Dahlstrom told DRCNet. "We've been making lots of arrests,
a lot of it coming from Houston, and the rave scene has blatant
dealers all over the place. "Hell," he drawled, "I've been to
rock concerts where there's drugs and we'll make arrests there,
but we've been to raves where there's people lined up 30 deep to
buy their dope. That's the difference. I want to see no more
blatant drug use like we've seen at all the raves we've gone to,"
he said.
No one that DRCNet interviewed denied that ecstasy use occurs at
raves, but club owners and promoters see a threat to livelihoods
as well as to the rave culture in general. According to the
Austin Chronicle, an alternative weekly, Noah Balch of Ark
Entertainment has already been squeezed. It happened 75 miles
down the road in San Antonio, when San Antonio police and the TABC
pressured Sunset Station, the huge venue where Balch had massives
(great big raves) scheduled in September and October.
"They told us, 'We don't like raves in San Antonio, and that's all
there is to it,"' Balch told the Chronicle, adding that San
Antonio police specifically threatened club owners with the
federal crack house law if the show was not canceled. "I ended up
losing $30,000 that night," he said. "We still had to pay for Bad
Boy Bill, the fliers, lighting crews -- all the stuff that
suddenly wasn't going to be happening."
Balch's attorney, Buck McKinnon, told the Chronicle, "If you can
read that crack house statute and see how it ought to apply to a
rave, i'd like you to explain it to me. It's just the most
tortured reading that you could possibly imagine. The primary
purpose of a rave is to put on a concert, not to provide a place
for people to come do drugs, and frankly I don't see how you can
even get there from here."
McKinnon's view notwithstanding, Balch's San Antonio experience,
along with back-channel rumblings from the TABC, and the letter,
were enough for the Austin Music Hall, the city's largest club, to
drop raves. "We've probably done a hundred or so rave events in
the past six or seven years," said Shay Jones, the club's manager.
"Our first inkling of trouble was when the Austin police told us
we couldn't hire off-duty officers for security anymore. Then
when we heard about one of our main promoters, Noah Balch of Ark
Entertainment, getting harassed in San Antonio, we investigated
through our TABC connections," Jones told DRCNet. "They told us
in no uncertain terms that we'd be lunatics if we went ahead with
rave events. "I got the distinct impression this was coming from
higher up," he said. Then the letter arrived.
"It's the DEA and local law enforcement, basically saying if you
have an arrest at your event, we'll shut you down for a TABC
violation," said Jones. "With the threat of a death penalty for
an arrest, we can't take that chance. We're not booking raves.
Funny though, we had 2,500 people drinking and smoking pot at a
Tesla show -- that's not a problem."
The Austin electronica industry is not just complaining, however.
Led by local old-school performer and promoter Coy West of 626
Soul Production, promoters, performers, and club owners have
formed the Austin Nightlife Coalition to attempt to find workable
solutions. "Here in Austin, we have tons of talented performers,
multiple record labels and some of the best djs in the country,"
West told DRCNet. "The crackdown has prevented promoters from
promoting, performers from performing. Local clubs and promoters
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are taking the hit, but they're not the only ones. Local record
stores, late night restaurants, taxis who profit off the clubbets,
this is having an economic impact," he said.
The coalition has held one meeting with law enforcement officials,
West said, and there are plans for another. "The police have been
relatively open-minded," said West. "We went in with about 40
music professionals and discussed our concerns, and although we're
not exactly on the same page as law enforcement, I'm optimistic we
can reach some sort of solution. I mean, the DEA wants some sort
of grand coalition to 'fight ecstasy use,' but we are more
interested in the welfare of the electronic music industry in
town."
Conmmander Dahlstrom inadvertantly echoed West's point. "The
purpose of the meeting was to make it where they would get rid of
the drugs," said Dahlstrom. "I think it was very positive. We're
meeting with a smaller group from the coalition to come up with
guidelines to help promoters keep better control and have better
security," he said.
The Music Hall's Jones is willing to give the meetings a chance.
"Thanks to Coy's hard work, we've got an organized front now, and
maybe we can come up with some rules to make the shows less
frightening for the cops," he said. "We have a long history of
doing events, and we think the police and the fire department will
respect that. We'll see how far Coy's proactive approach gets us
and take it from there. But you can't tell people they can't come
listen to music because ecstasy might show up."
So far, organized resistance to the anti-rave campaign has been
limited to the Austin Nightlife Coalition, which represents the
interests of the industry, not the ecstasy users who populate its
shows. West likes it that way. "We're trying to avoid being
tagged with the electronica equals ecstasy label," he said. "In
fact, I kind of resent the assumption. We're avoiding the
DanceSafe approach where they hand out drug information. We're
taking the industry approach."
And where are the candy kids? West doesn't know what they're up
to, but he did say that the local contingent of the rave nation
was invited to a public meeting being scheduled for late January.
In the meantime, West and others are working to fend off the feds
and the local law. "The DEA is behind this," West said. "They
made it clear they're picking on raves, and their local agent has
been hyping it to the local media, undoing much of the community
education and relations work we've been trying to do."
"The rave scene is easy to pick on," West said. "That's because a
lot of promoters haven't protected themselves by holding
responsible events. It's also because a lot of people in the
scene don't know their rights, don't know how to coordinate a
community effort to defend themselves."
Maybe that will change as their culture comes under concerted
attack.
Western Australia Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession, Approves
Heroin Trials, Rejects Safe Injecting Rooms
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/213.html#westernaustralia
The Labor government of Western Australia Premier Geoff Gallop
announced a sea change in the state's approach to drugs this week.
Delivering its long-awaited response to the state's Community Drug
Summit held in August, the government announced it was accepting
44 out of 45 recom/nendations, including the decriminalization of
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possession and consumption of small amounts of marijuana and
prescription heroin trials. The drug sumit had been a key
election pledge of the Gallop government.
The government rejected a recommendation for safe injection rooms,
arguing that the state did not have heroin users in sufficient
concentrations to make the sites cost-effective. "Drug use is
spread throughout the conununity," said Gallop. "We don't have the
same extent of the problem that they get in Victoria and New South
Wales," he explained.
And the heroin prescription trials will not happen as long as
Prime Minister John Howard is around. He will be around for
awhile. Howard, an avowed foe of such harm reduction measures,
was elected to a new term earlier this month, running largely on
an anti-immigrant platform.
"The fact of the matter is the federal government needs to give
its endorsement and John Howard has made it clear he is not going
to allow any heroin trials in Australia," said Gallop as he
announced the new policies. "The notion of the heroin trials
should be part of our armory, and we should keep it on the agenda,
but the fact of the matter is we in Western Australia can't do
it."
Under the state's new marijuana policy, people caught with up to
two plants or less than 25 grams will face only civil penalties,
such as fines, and will not enter the criminal justice system.
Western Australia will join South Australia, which decriminalized
in 1987, and Tasmania, Victoria and Queensland in the last four
years have also instituted ticketing instead of arresting
marijuana offenders caught with less than 50 grams.
The community drug summit recommendations also called for
increased emphasis on prevention and treatment. The government
responded with a 10% increase in the drug budget and the
establishment of a new Drug and Alcohol Office within the state
health department.
Higher Education Act Reform Campaign Gains New Endorsements
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/213.html#newendorsements
The campaign to repeal the Higher Education Act drug provision
scored two more student government endorsements this week --
Loyola University in Chicago and De Anza College in California's
Silicon Valley -- bringing the number of new student government
endorsements this semester to nine and the total number to 81.
Please visit http://www.raiseyourvoice.com to write to Congress
and find out how to get involved with the campaign. Congress
needs to hear from you so they know that people care about this
issue; that is what will keep supportive members focused on
keeping it on the Congressional agenda.
Please also call your US Representative to speak your mind with
even greater impact. You can use the Congressional Switchboard at
(202) 224-3121, or visit http://www.house.gov to look up their
contact info yourself.
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Date: November 26, 2001
To: City Clerk
From: Beth Pfohl, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner ~2
Re: Item for December 11, 2001 City Council Meeting: Installation of two
public parking meters on the west side of the Senior Center
As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council
of the following action.
Action:
Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A(17), two on-street angle parking spaces on the west side of the Senior
Center wilI be convened to public meters with a 60-minute meter term.
Comment:
These two spaces were designated as Ecumenical Towers visitor parking during the construction
of Tower Place. Ecumenical Towers has since moved into their new parking area in Tower Place,
and the spaces are being converted back to public-metered parking.
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City of Iowa City
M MORANDUM
Date: December4, 2001
To: City Clerk
From: Beth Pfohl, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner ~
RE: Item for December 11, 2001 City Council Meeting: Installation of two TOW AWAY ZONE
signs on the north side of the 100 block of Iowa Avenue
As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council
of the following action.
Action:
Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A(10), two R7-type TOW AWAY ZONE signs will be installed on the
north side of the 100 block of Iowa Avenue.
Comment:
The signs have already been installed under the City Manager's emergency authority. They
have been placed below the current signs at this location indicating NO PARKING BETWEEN
SIGNS. This action is being taken to allow the Police Department to tow vehicles parking
illegally in the University's construction driveway.
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Ma,ia. Ka. ('o)
From: LE99ers'123@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 200'13:25 PM
To: council@iowa-city.or9
Subject: Franchise renewal
Dear Council members:
I hope you will 9ive serious consideration to the request that you only renew MidAmerica's franchise
for four years. We need to take a serious look at other options and consider the possibility of public
power. With many new developments in energy possible, we do not want to lock ourselves in for '15
more years without takin9 a serious look at the alternatives. From what I have read, most municipally
owned utilities provide power at a cheaper rate that for-profit companies. We own our own water
service and bus service. There is no reason we should not consider public power, too.
Lolly Eggers
'108 Potomac Dr.
Iowa City, IA
338-8963
leg~lers'123@aol.com
12/6/0 1
Marjan Karr
From: Marian Karr
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 8:05 AM
To: 'c. kemph'
Subject: RE: 21 Only Bar Issue
I will distribute this request to Council at their meeting this evening. Feel free to contact individual Council Members at
their home or business. Addresses and phone numbers are listed on the City's website www.iowa-city.org.
Marian K. Karr
City Clerk
..... Original Message .....
From: c. kemph [mailto:ckemph@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu]
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 9:38 PM
To: Iowa City City Council
Subject: 21 Only Bar Issue
Dear Council Members,
My name is Carilyn Kemph. I am a senior at the University of Iowa. I am
currently writing an article about the 21-only bar issue for a
Journalistic Reporting class that I am taking.
I think it would make my article that much better to have a quote from
one, or many of you regarding your feelings about the issue; what stance
you take and why.
Any correspondence would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Carilyn
Dear City Council Members:
I encourage you to thoughtfully consider Iowa City's future energy
options by renewing the franchise license for MidAmerican Energy
for just 4 more years.
I further encourage you to review Iowa City's energy options through
a energy study that would consider the feasibility of public power.
This study should include an open community conversation that
considers the erergy needs of all Iowa Ci~ans.
Dear City Council Members:
I encourage you to thoughtfully consider Iowa City's future energy
options by renewing the franchise license for MidAmerican Energy
for just 4 more years.
I further encourage you to review Iowa City's energy options through
a energy study that would consider the feasibility of public power.
This study should include an open community conversation that
considers the erergy needs of all Iowa Citians.
Sincerely,
Dear City Council Members:
I encourage you to thoughtfully consider Iowa C!ty~s future .energy
options by renewing the franchise license for MidAmerican Energy
I further encourage you to review Iowa City's energy options through
a energy study that would consider the feasibility of public power.
This study should include ~n open community conversation that
considers the erergy needs of all Iowa Ci~ans.
Since~ ~PZ~r-~
!~ Leslie B. Marshall
256 Magowan Ave. -Tlq -~K8,70b~i'
Iowa City, IA 52246
Dear City Council Members:
d
I encourage you to thoUghtfully consider Iowa City's future energy
options by renewingthe franchise license for MidAmerican Energy
for Just 4 mor~ years.
I further encourage you to review Iowa City's energy options through
a energy study that would consider the feasibility of public power.
This study should include an open community conversation that
considers the erergy needs of all Iewa Citians.
Sincerely, ~
i
Dear City Council Members:
I encourage you to thoughtfully consider Iowa City's future energy
options by renewing the franchise license for MidAmerican Energy
for just 4 more years,
I further encourage you to review Iowa City's energy options through
a energy study that would consider the feasibility of public power.
This study should include an open conunity conversation that
considers the erergy needs of all Iowa Citians.
Sincer~.__~
Dear City Council Members:
I encourage you to thoughtfully consider Iowa City's future energy
options by renewing the franchise license for MidAmerican Energy
for just 4 more years.
I further encourage you to review Iowa City's energy options through
a energy study that would consider the feasibility of public power.
This study should include an open community conversation that
considers the erergy needs of all Iowa Ci~ans.
Sincerely,
Dear City Council Members:
,I encourage you,to thoughtfully' consider Iowa'Ci~'s future energy
options by renewing the franchise license for MidAmerican Energy
for lust 4more years.
I further encourage you to review Iowa City's energy options through
a energy study that would consider the feasibility of public power.
This study should include an open community conversation that
considers the erergy needs of all Iowa Gtians.
Sincerely,
Dear City Council Members:
I encourage you to thoughtfully consider Iowa City's future energy
options by renewing the franchise license for MidAmerican Energy
for just 4 more years.
I further encourage you to review Iowa City's energy options through
a energy study that would consider the feasibility of public power.
This study should include an open community conversation that
considers the erergy needs of all Iowa Citians.
Sincerely,
Dear City ~uncil Members:
I enco.uFage you to thoughtfully consider Iowa City's future energy
options by renewing the franchise license for MidAmerican Energy
for just 4 more years.
I further encourage you to review Iowa City's energy oplions through
a energy study that would consider the feasibility of public power.
This study should include an opencommunity conversation that
considers the erergy needs of all Iowa Citians.
Sincerely,
"" (01'~ Ct~u~/~ iC;t~'"522,4...e
Dear City Council Members:
1[ e~c0,u~a..ge you to,'~oughlfully consider I0Wa C!ty's fUtU~ energy.
options byrenewing the' franCliiSe license for MidAmerican Energy
for Just 4 more yearS,
I further encourage you to review Iowa City's energy options through
a energy study that would consider the feasibility of public power.
This study should include an open community conversation that
considers the erergy needs of all iowa Citians.
Sincerely,
.,,-
Marjan Karr
From: Phil Klein [phil-klein@uiowa.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 2:01 PM
To: council@iowa-city.org
Subject: support public power
Dear City Council members---
I encourage you to thoughtfully consider Iowa City's future energy options
by renewing the franchise license for MidAmerican Energy for just 4 more years.
I further encourage you to review Iowa City's energy options through an
energy study that would consider the feasibility Of public power. This
study should include an open community conversation that considers the
energy needs of all Iowa Citians.
Sincerely, Phil Klein (an Iowa City worker) and family
Parent Teacher OrE, anlzation
;521/do th Dodge
Iowa (~/tg, Iowa E224E
JUlia Mc~alI~ John Kram~r Joe. Haywa~ Tim Holmart
P~/d~ht Viee-Pr~ideht ~ee~efa~
~2~-1226 2~-1994 ~1-1079 9~7-6177
December 1 I, 2001
TO: City Council, Iowa City.
Horace Mann School would like to see a school speed zone of 20 mph posted on
Church St. Having our school located at Highway i presents many sat~ty challenges; and
reducing the speed of cross traffic would benefit the children arriving and departing the school.
To clarify, the main entrance to the school is on Church Street, the Dodge Street entrance having
been closed due to building remodeling decades ago.
It has also been brought to my attention that only one speed limit sign is posted on Church St.
As so many people unthmiliar with Iowa City use this arterial street it might be helpful to have
some additional signs in this area.
I hope that you will agree that providing for our children's sat~ty should be a priority.
Sincerely
~anne McNallev ~5~
2001-2002 PTO President
IJome and _qohool...Bulld|n~, (~ommunitg To~,ethe~.i
HORACE MANN ELEMENTARY
521 North Dodge Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52245
Phone 319-688-1145 FAX 319-339-5724
http://www. iowa-city.kl 2.ia.us/Schools/Mann/Mann.html
Stephanie Heitman, Principal
December 11, 2001
Dear Members of the Iowa City Council, Iowa City
As the principal of Horace Mann School, I would like to see a school speed zone of 20 mph
posted on Church Street. Having our school located at Highway 1 presents many safety
challenges; and reducing the speed of cross traffic would benefit the children arrivin to and
departing from the school. To clarify, the main entrance to the school is on Church ~treet, the
Dodge Street entrance has been closed due to building remodeling decades ago.
It has also been brought to my attention that only one speed limit sign is posted on Church Street.
As so many people unfamiliar with Iowa City use this arterial street, it would be helpful to have
some additional signage in this area alerting drivers of the speed limit.
I hope that you will agree that providing for our children's safety should be priority and support the
requests above.
Sincerely,
Stephanie Heitman,
Principal of Horace Mann Elementary
Horace Mann Elementary, a diverse community of life-long learners.
POLICE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD
MINUTES - NOVEMBER 27, 2001
CALL TO ORDER Chair John Stratton called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M.
ATTENDANCE Board members present: Bill Hoeft, Loren Horton, Bev Smith
(7:10 P.M.), John Stratton and John Watson. Staff present:
Legal Counsel Catherine Pugh, PCRB staff Kellie Tuttle.
BOARD
INFORMATION Chair John Stratton shared with the Board his discussion
with Captain Tom Widmer regarding the invitation to MATS
training. There will be 30 minutes set aside for the Board
each week where there will be a 5-10 minute presentation
from the Board and then the rest of the time will be for
questions from the Police Department.
RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL
Request a 30-day extension, to January 30, 2002, to
complete its Public Report on #01-02 in order to request an
interview/meeting with complainant and in light of the holiday
schedule.
EXECUTIVE
SESSION Motion by Horton and seconded by Watson to adjourn into
Executive Session.
Motion carried, 4/0, Smith absent. Board adjourned to
executive session at 7:05 P.M.
Board Member Bev Smith arrived at 7:10 P.M.
REGULAR
SESSION Returned to open session at 8:30 P.M.
The Board directed staff to send a letter to the Chief of
Police regarding his report on complaint 01-02. as outlined in
executive session.
Motion by Watson and seconded by Smith to review the
Chief's report on PCRB Complaint #01-02 at level 8-8-
7(B)(1 )(b), interview/meet with complainant and 8-8-
7(B)(1 )(e), performance by board of its own additional
investigation, in accordance with the Ordinance. Motion
carried, 4/1, Horton voting "no".
DRAFT
Motion by Horton and seconded by Hoeft to request from the
City Council a 30-day extension of time on PCRB Complaint
#01-02 in order to request an interview/meeting with the
complainant and also in light of the holiday schedule. Motion
carried, 5/0, all members present.
ADJOURNMENT Motion for adjournment by Watson and seconded by Horton.
Motion carried, 5/0, all members present. Meeting
adjourned at 8:40 P.M.
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