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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-02-13 Transcription #2 ITEM 2 Wilburn: Karr: Strank: Champion: Wilburn: Page I PROCLAMATION. a. Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Day - February 14,2006 (reads proclamation) Here to accept the proclamation is Gary Strank, Volunteer Program Manager, VA Hospital. (applause) (can't hear) thank you for this proclamation to the Hospital for a national salute and for all the citizens of the Iowa City that have helped us with Valentines for Vets this fine week. We appreciate your kind hearts and giving to the veteran. We really appreciate knowing that they're appreciated and we love to have them. Well, we certainly do appreciate them serving their country. Thank you. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #2 Page 2 ITEM 2 PROCLAMATION. b. Preucil School Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day - February 14, 2006 Wilburn: (reads proclamation) Karr: Here to accept the proclamation is Jeff Edberg, President, Preucil Board. (applause) Edberg: On behalf of the school and the teachers, the staff, I thank you for this honor. Wilburn: Thank you. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #2 Page 3 ITEM 2 PROCLAMATION. c. Sertoma's Freedom Week - February 12-18, 2006 Wilburn: (reads proclamation) Karr: Here representing the Sertoma Club is Ted Halm. (applause) Halm: We would like to thank both the Mayor and the Council for this proclamation, and on Thursday the winners of the 8th grade essay contest will read their essays at noon at the Athletic Club. So, thank you again for this proclamation. Wilburn: Thank you, Ted. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. ~ ~~4 ITEM 3 OUTSTANDING STUDENT CITIZENSHIP AWARD - ROBERT LUCAS ELEMENTARY Wilburn: If our three students could come fOlWard. Well, thank you three for coming down this evening, and I think you have some essays to share with us? Okay. I'm going to go ahead and let you hold the microphone. Okay. Walterhouse: My name is Alannah Walterhouse and I go to Robert Lucas Elementary School. When I heard about the citizenship award I thought about some of the things I've done, not only in school but also out of school. I help with the Tsunami box in school and I did a power lunch to think of ideas to raise awareness about factory farming. Last year I organized a few of my friends to make wacky bands. We raised money for the Iowa City Animal Shelter. I'm active in choir, band, and orchestra. I like to try new things and meet new people. I always try to help people with their problems and make people feel better when they're sad. These are some of the reasons why I think I got the citizen award. I'm honored to receive the citizenship award. (applause) Wilburn: What instrument do you play? Walterhouse: Flute and violin. Wilburn: Burden: Ringen: Okay, very good. All right. Hi, my name is Morgan Burden. I am a Robert Lucas 6th grader. I am honored to be chosen as one of the three students who won, from my school, who won the citizenship award. First of all, I would like to thank my teachers, Ms. Dostal, Ms. Meggitt, Mr. (can't hear), and my principal Mr. Saddler for letting me represent my school and giving me opportunities to promote good citizenship. Some of the opportunities at my school are Safety Patrol after school, projects (can't hear), and (can't hear) club. They also have Student Council and fundraisers. It is also important to be active in out of school environments, like politics, sports, and church. This is what citizenship means to me. Thank you again for having me here. (applause) Hi, I'm Megan Ringen and I'm a Lucas 6th grader. I'd like to start by thanking the City Council for recognizing me tonight, my teachers and principal for offering me many opportunities to get involved in my school and community, and my classmates for being good friends to me. Some of the extracurricular activities offered at Robert Lucas Elementary that have allowed students and me to become a better citizen include Safety Patrol, Peace Builders, Text-perts, Natural Disaster Relief Efforts, LegislativeForums, and School Board candidate forums. I want to thank my parents for their support and encouragement. I will always remember This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #3 Wilburn: Elliott: Page 5 this fun time in my life and take from it the lessons I've learned to become a better person. Thank you for the honor of receiving this citizenship award. I really appreciate it. (applause) On behalf of the Council, I want to thank the three of you for coming down tonight. It is a citizenship award, but you all earned it. It's not really given to you - you've done a lot of work; we're all proud of you; and you really represent your school well. We've got three awards for you, and I'll read one but they all have your own name on each one. "For her outstanding qualities ofleadership within Robert Lucas Elementary, as well as the community, and for her sense of responsibility and helpfulness to others, we recognize Megan Ringen as an outstanding student citizen. Your community is proud of you. Presented by the Iowa City City Council." And, Megan, okay. Do it that way. There you go. Congratulations. Alannah, did I say that right? Great. Congratulations. And Morgan, good job. (applause) About a week ago I spent a few minutes one morning at Robert Lucas School, and as I assumed I would, I came away very impressed, talking with teachers and the principal. School has changed so dramatically since I went to grade school in Chicago, since my daughter went to grade school at Robert Lucas, and I'm just impressed with what the teachers and the administrators deal with at the elementary school. Something that we never dreamed they'd be dealing with when I was younger. Just great job. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #4 Page 6 ITEM 4 CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED OR AMENDED. Bailey: Move adoption. Vanderhoef: Second. Wilburn: Moved by Bailey; seconded by Vanderhoef. Discussion? Bailey: I just want to note that we are setting the public hearing for the budget in this Consent Calendar and although that's been announced, I would encourage citizens to come down to speak to the budget on February 28th. Wilburn: Roll call. Carries 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #5 ITEM 5 Wilburn: Stoll: Page 7 COMMUNITY COMMENT (ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA). Community Comment, it's a time for items not on tonight's agenda. Feel free to approach the podium, sign your name, and state your name. My name's Andy Stoll. I'm a resident here of Iowa City and I work at the UI College of Public Health (can't hear) and I'm also with the local nonprofit called the James Gang. I'm here to speak very briefly about a specific line in the budget coming up, which is the Summer of the Arts budget request for 2007, and I think there's been some excellent public comments, at least from the angle that I'm speaking from, to fully fund the $50,000 request and I wanted to come and say 'thank you' for those who have made those public comments and hope that they carryon as this process continues. I want to just give you a really short, brief story that involves me. I graduated from the University ofIowa in 2003. I come from out of state and I came here for school specifically, and just like any senior graduating college, after five or six years, I can't remember, or seven or eight, or ten or fifteen...I really had my eye set on 'what's next, what's the next big adventure' and I, you know, the whole world in front of me and all the choices I could make and all the places I could do and I could do anything. (can't understand) great and wonderful and also scary in the same sense, and so I had my mind set on bright lights, big city, I was moving on, I was out of this little town ofIowa City, so I moved to Omaha (laughter) and it turned out not to be as much bright lights and big city as I thought, and I spent about six months looking for a job there. I'm from Omaha, that's why I went there, and I recognized after that time in Omaha looking for a job, that I had taken a lot of stuff for granted about Iowa City, about the community, and I moved back here. I didn't have a job and I didn't really have a specific place to land, but I just knew that this community had an environment which I really enjoyed, especially as a young person coming back to, and what it was that drew me was the openness in the community, as you all know, the reason you all live here. The citizens, the place that it is, but a lot of it had to do that Iowa City has an environment of a small town, but it has big city opportunities and amenities. So I came back to enjoy the art of Hancher Auditorium, some of the speakers, amazing, world class speakers that come to the University in such a small little town. I came back for some of the arts. I came back to see a world-class jazz festival in a little town. You know, 60,000 people. I came back for an Arts Fest. I came back to watch Big Wooden Radio play on the Pentacrest and I came back not at the time, but with the idea of 'hey can we watch the Wizard of Oz on the Pentacrest, outside.' And it's those things that I think attract young people and whether you agree with the creative economy theories or whatnot, attracting people to the community grows the pie for everyone, and I think that the opportunities and some of the people the Summer of the Arts programming draws to our community ultimately is going to grow the pie This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #5 Wilburn: Elliott: Wilburn: Ikerd: Page 8 for everyone, it's ultimately going to attract more people of all ages to come to our community, and ultimately make this a better place to live. So, young people like me who come to the University and say 'I'm out of here, bright lights, big city,' might see some of these events, some of these activities, and say, 'Hey, I want to stay and make this place a home.' Thank you very much for your public comments regarding the funding, and I hope the full funding is what we see when this is all said and done. Well, thank you, Andy, and just on a related note, we know, the Council knows the James Gang has done a lot of good work. We appreciate the efforts. It is a team effort, but every wave I guess requires the beginning, a ripple, and I consider you being one of those, so I really appreciate your efforts. Here, here. Any other public comment? Good evening. I'm Cokie Ikerd and I'm the Director of the Mayor's Youth Empowerment Program and I have to say thank you to you because Mayor's Youth has benefitted from the James Gang, so we do appreciate their efforts, as well, but I'm here tonight to give the City Council a brief update of what Mayor's Youth has been doing. You folks allocate money to Mayor's Youth through the Human Services Aid to Agency Fund, and with budgets being tight and the economy as it is, I want you folks and the community to know how we're spending your dollars, and last year you allocated to us $20,000, and what we're to do with that money is to serve at-risk youth and do youth employment training and teach youth employment skills, and like I said, Ijust want to thank you all for giving us that money. We truly do appreciate it. We see the value. We see the value when we work with these young people that we do. Our services are very individualized. We work one-on-one with these young people. We see, we tend to see the most at-risk youth, and so when I say it's very individualized, it truly is. We spend many hours working with these young people. Just to give you a sort of synopsis, one individual we started working with back in June, we have them come in, we have them do our application process. We sit down with them, we spend time talking with them, find out what their likes, their dislikes are, ifthey have any employment background at all. If not, it takes us a little bit longer, but this young man had to take his paperwork home to his mother and in the process, he took it home and his mother would not finish the paperwork. She would not fill out the income tax forms, and some of the other documents, and so we had to send another set home. We had to work with the mom personally, and finally three to four months later, we get the paperwork finished, filled out and completed in order to work with this young man to actually start and do the employment. So a lot oftimes This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #5 Page 9 there's some upfront work to working with these young people. But what I wanted to do tonight is let you folks know from July 1st to December 31 st, 2005, what we have done with the money that you have allocated to us thus far this fiscal year. I do have a handout. This gives a brief synopsis, again, of what we've done for the first six months. We have served 28 individuals through our youth employment services program. 21 of them have been males, 7 have been females, and again, the breakdown you can read for yourself. There's a breakdown of ethnicity, ages, and then if you go to about the middle of the page it explains what we've done with them. That's self-explanatory to me, but it may not be to some other folks. The exploratory is a young person coming into our agency and not really sure what they want to do, not sure what type of job they want to do, so we'll work with local businesses, we'll work with local agencies, and we'll place them, so to speak, in internships or job shadowing so that they can experience first hand and decide whether that's something they're interested in. This does not necessarily have wages tied to it. Then you can see that we did some employment. There's subsidized and non-subsidized. We consider the non-subsidized competitive employment where we'll go to the local businesses, we'll help a young person say maybe fill out an application at Hy-Vee; we'll walk them through the steps; we'll go through it from the start to end and we'll follow through with them. One individual we helped get a position at McDonald's. That's what they wanted to do. We helped them fill out the application. We participated in the interviewing process. Assisted them with appropriate dress; how to go to the interview; and then we followed through once they got the job because sometimes they have a little difficulty staying with it. That's what non-subsidized means. Subsidized means that the money that you folks give us, we are able to pay youth wages with that money. We like to see the majority of the money that you folks give us go to subsidized wages. To teach these young people how to turn in a time sheet, how to fill out a time sheet, tearn work, again, the application process, interviewing process, so if you go down to the bottom, as at six-month's end with a budget of$IO,OOO, we spent 86% of the dollars that you folks have allocated to us on youth wages and their benefits. And then the other, another 6% has gone to our staff wages, because we do have to have some staff time involved, and then we still have a little bit of money left, which doesn't concern us. We have a little less than $800, because once we start approaching the spring and summer months, we have a big influx of young people corning to us wanting positions for the summer time, so that leftover dollar amount on our six- month budget is not a huge concern because we know we'll be able to spend it with the young people corning in to us this summer. Again, I just wanted to update you folks. I really want, I appreciate the money that you allocate to us. I know times are tough, budgets are tight, and this money does really benefit the youth in our community. Thank you. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #5 Page 10 Vanderhoef: Thank you for the report. Ikerd: No problem; if anybody should have any questions after the fact, if any of this is not self-explanatory, please feel free to give me a. call. Wilburn: Any other items for Community Comment? This is a time for items not on the agenda. Glasgow: I'm Dan Glasgow from Dan's Short Stop. May I ask the City Clerk a question? Is, if this is the time and place to address this (can't hear). Karr: It'd be Item 8. Glasgow: 8, oh, I'm sorry. I'll wait. Wilburn: Need a motion to accept correspondence. Bailey: So moved. Vanderhoef: So moved. Wilburn: Move by Bailey; seconded by Vanderhoef. All those in favor say "aye." Opposed? Carries 7-0. Any other Community Comment? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of Febrnary 13, 2006. #8 ITEM 8 Wilburn: Karr: Wilburn: . Chappell: Wilburn: Glasgow: Page II ASSESSING A $300.00 CIVIL PENALTY AGAINST DAN'S SHORT STOP CORP., PURSUANT TO IOWA CODE SECTION 453A.22(2) (2005) (a) Conduct Hearing This is a, what are we calling these Conduct Hearings now? No, this is conducting a hearing, (can't hear) public hearing. All right, it's not a public hearing. I was confused by the terminology. Go ahead. Good evening, Andy Chappell from the Johnson County Attorney's Office. As you know, we're here for tobacco civil penalties, Iowa Code Section 453A.22 requires that the City Council assess civil penalties when an employee or agent of a retail cigarette permittee sells or provides tobacco to a minor. Several ofthem appeared on your Consent Agenda. We have two here tonight, though we'll actually have hearings on, and the third, I think, has been taken care of, though it's still on your agenda as a hearing. Relative to the first one, Dan's Short Stop. On December 20, 2005, a Dan's Short Stop employee sold cigarettes to a minor. According to the reports, the employee checked the J.D., asked for and checked the J.D., but sold it to the 16 year old anyway. This is the first violation of 453A.2, that is seller providing tobacco to a minor by an employee of Dan's Short Stop within a two-year period, actually the first ever that our office knows about, but pursuant to 453A.22, the City Council should assess a $300.00 civil penalty. And I can answer any questions you might have. Okay, if there's no questions then the (can't hear), this is a chance for you to come up and address the Council with information you deem appropriate. I'm Karmen Glasgow and Dan and I have owned the Short Stop for 21 years, and we really consider it far more than just ajob. We try to contribute to our community in a positive way, to our customers, and to their children. We feel really responsible about what we do. I think if you ask most people what's most important to Dan and me, they could easily tell you it would be children and their welfare. We're right across the street from Regina and just blocks away from other schools, and I know you all know that. We take our responsibility very seriously. When kids get to an age that they want to experiment, we actively try to be a deterrent to that. If kids come in our store and they ask us for matches, we don't let them have them. If they ask to buy a lighter and they don't look like they're old enough, which to me is 18, the first thing we say is, 'Yes, you This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription ofthe Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #8 Page 12 may buy this lighter. First we need to get permission. Give me your parent's number,' and we grab the phone and we're more than willing to call parents. We're not required to do that; we do that because we want to, because we care about the kids, because we care about our community, we care about our customers, we really care. We don't want to sell tobacco or alcohol to minors. One time a couple of, and I think they were City High kids, it doesn't matter, came in during a busy lunch hour when I was running the register and Dan was out at the pumps, and first one boy gave me a fake 1.D. or an altered LD. and then another boy right behind him did, and I was just ripping their heads off. One of our regular customers, in fact, went out to the pumps to get Dan, telling him he better get in there, before I did rip the kids' heads off (laughter), and I did that with a reason - to discourage them from ever trying to do that, not only again at our store but any place. We have one regular customer now, who when he first came into the store I was running the register, and I think he is 30, 35. This happened maybe five years ago, and he wanted to buy cigarettes and he didn't have an 1.0. and I said, 'I'm sorry and I don't know you and I don't know how old you are, and I'm not going to sell you cigarettes.' He cussed and swore and yelled at me until Dan had to escort him out. And that's fine, I don't care. He is a customer to this day. Hap, our employee that did this, I've known him since he was five years old. I care also about our employees. I could have fired Hap. I chose not to. I choose not to. I've talked to him. I've explained to him that that's not what we do, and that ifhe wants to work for us, he needs to get behind us and support us in our effort to keep our community safe. Hap's been yelled at by me, he's been lectured by numerous of our customers, and I prefer really to be a part of his growing and learning process, hoping that he will learn to be more responsible and understand that he takes on a huge responsibility if he's going to do this kind ofajob. Dan and I refuse to accept contracts from cigarettes companies who would pay us to have cigarettes or advertising where children could see them. We don't do that; we don't want to do that. I have a letter written a while back to the editor by Dean Gorrell who was at the time the Principal ofthe Regina Junior/Senior High School, and we also have an award that we were given from the Johnson County Tobacco-Free Coalition, and I hope you'll look at those, and if you have discretion in this matter, I hope you'll use it. It isn't about the money; it's the fact that Dan and I really don't feel that we've done anything wrong. We wouldn't do this. I think our employee made a mistake. Sometimes you make the right decision, and I'm asking you to do this, you make the decision right. Thank you. Glasgow: Hi, I'm Dan Glasgow. I don't feel that I should be assessed a civil penalty because of the following: number I, I've been in business at this location for 21 years without a civil penalty for tobacco. My employee made a mistake. He asked for the 1.0., but he erred on the math of the birth date. He promptly paid the $162.00 fine. Number 3, we have no outside This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #8 Page 13 advertising, as most convenience stores do. Number 4, we have no lottery or touch-play lottery because so many kids are prevalent in the neighborhood, and number 5, we don't accept coupons. Most of the coupons which would corne in in a convenience store setting would be for cigarettes. We don't want them, and number 6, I'm the only C-store ownerlretailer that I know of that's been active in CAFEs, Clean Air For Everyone, and also the Johnson County Tobacco-Free Coalition. I encourage you to ask Eileen Fisher about me or my store. Thanks for your consideration. Correia: I have a question. I'm sorry,Mr. Glasgow, you said that your employee promptly paid the $162.00 fine. What is that? Wilburn: . . . up at the microphone, please. Glasgow: It's a fine issued by the ICPD for sale oftobacco to minor, so it goes against the clerk and then the civil penalty is assessed against me or the corporation. Correia: Okay. Dilkes: Just, mostly for Amy's benefit since you haven't been through one of these before. The Iowa Code really provides little discretion to the Council. Essentially, once there's a conviction of the employee, of the retailer, the Code says the civil penalty shall be assessed. So it's not really a question of finding actual fault with the retailer, but it's the, the penalty is automatic upon a conviction of the employee, essentially. Champion: Then why do they leave the decision in our hands? Dilkes: You'd have to ask them. (laughter) The penalty has to be assessed by a body, and there has to be a minimal amount of due process afforded, so... O'Donnell: You know, I've known Dan my whole life and I don't question character for one second. I know that this is something that would never happen deliberately, and I wish we did have discretion on it, but we don't. It says you shall assess the fine. So, I wish that there was something else I could do on this one. Champion: I want to.. . (can't hear). Wilburn: I'm sorry, if you want to finish final comments, you'll have to corne to the microphone again. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #8 Page 14 Champion: No, we appreciate the way you handle your business. You have an excellent reputation, and this is, our vote for this penalty does not mean we don't approve of what you're doing. Elliott: I couldn't agree more. I think our hands are tied. We have no discretion. It's black and white. We know what we have to do, but [ think as the others have said, we greatly appreciate, especially where your facility is located. The philosophy that you have taken in this respect on how you deal with minors in regard to tobacco and alcohol is commendable. Unfortunately a mistake was made, not by you personally, but by someone at the store. Wilburn: Okay. Karr: Motion to accept correspondence. Wilburn: (can't hear) motion to accept correspondence? Vanderhoef: So moved. Correia: Second. Wilburn: Moved by Vanderhoef; seconded by Correia. All those in favor say "aye." Opposed same sign. Need a motion to consider the resolution. (b) Consider a Resolution Vanderhoef: So moved. Correia: Second. Wilburn: Moved by Vanderhoef; seconded by Correia. Discussion? Roll call. Carries 7-0. Chappell: If! could just say, if not for the benefits of the Glasgows, but for other permit holders out there. [fyou are to, if you go through the State's, I think they call it the I-Pledge Training, I think there are, there's training all over the state. It takes about two hours, and if your clerk is trained through that system, and then still sells during a compliance check, that sale will not count against you. I think it's one every two or three years. No consolation (can't hear), but in the future, you can go through, and you certainly will be rechecked within the next few months (can't hear). Wilburn: Do we, how does that information get out to the cigarette permit holders? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #8 Page 15 Chappell: I think that the State, my recollection is the State had some mailings about it a year and a half to two years ago when they changed the law. I don't know that they've done anything else since then. It's available on the State's web site, it's www.iowaabd.com. If you go through the tobacco prompts, you'll find information on that. It appears that they have classes basically all over the state, all through the months, all through the weeks. Wilburn: Thank you. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #9 ITEM 9 Wilburn: Chappell: Wilburn: Bailey: Correia: Wilburn: Page 16 ASSESSING A $300.00 CIVIL PENALTY AGAINST KUM & GO LC. PURSUANT TO IOWA CODE SECTION 453A.22(2) (2005) (a) Conduct Hearing Hearings open. Kum & Go, we have a similar situation. This is Kum & Go, there's a number ofKum & Go's as you probably know. Kum & Go LC, 513 S. Riverside Drive. On December 20th, again, a Kum & Go employee sold cigarettes to a minor. In this case, the employee from my information did not check the LD. This is the first violation by a Kum & Go LC. at this location by an employee within two years. There's was actually a prior violation back in 2001, but it doesn't count against it, so this is actually being treated as a first violation. We recommend that you assess a $300.00 civil penalty. Questions? (can't hear) Kum & Go? Okay, hearing closed and consider a resolution. (b) Consider a Resolution Move the resolution. Second. Moved by Bailey; seconded by Correia. Discussion? Roll call. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #10 ITEM 10 Wilburn: Chappell: Wilburn: Bailey: Correia: Wilburn: Page 17 CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A WAIVER OF RIGHT TO HEARING AND PAYMENT OF A $1,500.00 CIVIL PENALTY FROM HARTIG DRUG COMPANY D/B/A HARTIG DRUG STORE, PURSUANT TO IOWA CODE SECTION 453A.22(20 (2005) (a) Conduct Hearing We have an update. It's scheduled as another hearing. My understanding, however, is that they've decided, Hartig Drug has actually decided to pay the civil penalty and City Clerk was to receive the payment. So, just need to... (b) Consider a Resolution This is a resolution accepting civil penalty and waiver of right from Hartig Drug Company, Hartig Drug Store. Move the resolution. Second. Moved by Bailey; seconded by Correia. Discussion? Roll call. Carries 7- O. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #11 Page 18 ITEM 11 CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF lOW A CITY AND THE ARTIST FOR THE SYCAMORE GREENWAY TRAIL AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST THE SAME. Champion: Move the resolution. Bailey: Second. Wilburn: Moved by Champion; seconded by Bailey. Discussion? Elliott: I will not support this. I would assume I'm the only one on the Council that probably will not support it. I recognize the value and the benefit of public art. I will be supporting the public art entities that are destination events, but I think we need to start watching our pennies, and our hundreds and thousands of dollars because we have public safety to deal with. So I'll be voting no. Correia: Sort of on the line of thinking about destination points, I mean, I really view public art as a destination, and would like to think about ways to have signs, you know, directing people to where there may be public art and other ways that we can let people know outside of the neighborhoods who might not normally go to certain areas, that there is public art and another reason to go to another, a neighborhood. Bailey: And from what I understand, this is a very busy trail and it's good to see public art on the southeast side ofIowa City. I appreciate that this is the location we chosen. Correia: I think it's another way to promote the creative economy through another avenue. (several talking) Wilburn: Roll call. Carries; Elliott in the negative. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #12 Page 19 ITEM 12 CONSIDER A RESOLUTION REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 05- 216 AND ADOPTING A NEW PERMIT SYSTEM FOR SOLID WASTE CONTAINERS IN THE DOWNTOWN ALLEYS INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR APPLICATION, ISSUANCE, DURATION, INSPECTION, SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, REMOVAL, FEES, AND INSURANCE. Vanderhoef: Move the resolution. Wilburn: Moved by Vanderhoef. Bailey: Second. Wilburn: Seconded by Bailey. Discussion? Elliott: We talked about this in the work session. I don't like the $50 fee. I don't like the unlocking the trash bins, but I think our hands our tied. I think we have no alternative but to do this. I would like for the City to work as closely as possible with the Downtown Association, and I would hope the merchants and the residents in the downtown area would think very seriously about the need to look after these things, because this is not fun for the Council to make these kinds of decisions. Bailey: I don't have a problem with the fee. I think that we spend a lot of our City staff time cleaning up downtown, and I think that we should be doing that. I do want to reiterate that I'd like this looked at in four to six months to make sure that this is actually working the way we want it to be working and it's not causing problems of overpiled dumpsters or dumpster fires, I suppose, or (TAPE ENDS) O'Donnell: ... willing to give this a four to six month test period and we will revisit it. Champion: Well, I don't have a problem with the unlocked dumpsters. This is a fairly new ordinance that they had to be locked. Most of them were not locked, and I see, I think, I walk down one ofthe alleys most days, and I see more trash on the ground now with the locked dumpsters and I (can't hear). O'Donnell: Well, you're going to see a lot more with the dumpsters unlocked, but time will tell, I guess. Elliott: I'm just sorry that the Council has to deal with this. I wish that the people in that area had dealt with it themselves. Wilburn: Roll call. Carries 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #13 Page 20 ITEM 13 CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST A CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE MORMON TREK BOULEVARD EXTENSION - WILLOW CREEK TO OLD HIGHWAY 218 PROJECT. (DEFERRED FROM 1/23 ) Wilburn: The engineer estimate was $3,832,000, and Public Works and Engineering recommend awarding it to Iowa Bridge and Culvert LC of Washington, Iowa, for $3,535,397.98. Champion: Move to award the contract to Iowa Bridge and Culvert. Wilburn: Moved by Champion. Correia: Second. Wilburn: Seconded by Correia. Discussion? Elliott: Don't you wonder how the 98 cents gets on those? (laughter) Wilburn: It has to do with postage. (laughter) Roll call. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #17 Page 21 ITEM 17 COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS. a. Airport Commission Wilburn: At our work session earlier this evening, there was consensus to appoint John Staley to fill this term. Motion? Vanderhoef: Move to accept. Wilburn: Moved by Vanderhoef. Bailey: Second. Wilburn: Seconded by Bailey. Discussion? Vanderhoef: I'll even say 'thank you' to John Staley for reapplying. Wilburn: All those in favor say "aye." Opposed same sign. Carries 7-0. b. Youth Advisory Commission Wilburn: This is a long list I got to get here. Okay, for the benefit of the public, this is a newly created commission and we had Council Member Correia put forth a slate of candidates, seven members, four for the 15 through 17 age group and three for the 18 to 21 bracket. For the 15 to 17 year bracket, we've got Audrey Keranen, Sara Ziegenhorn, Subha, am I pronouncing that right, Regenia? Subha Subramanian, Elyse Abbboud Kamps. For the 18 to 21 year, we've got Maison Blaim, I should have just let you do it, Jacqueline Stubbers and Michael Nelson. And need a nomination to accept that slate of candidates. Bailey: So moved. Wilburn: Moved by Bailey. Champion: Second. Wilburn: Seconded by Champion. Discussion? Amy, did you want to add anything? Correia: Ijust wanted to say, Regenia and I met with 14 of the 15 applicants, and anyone of them would make a fabulous youth commissioner on this commission, so it was a really hard decision and you know, had to just go on my gut, and just based on the different levels of experience with different groups and breadth of interests and experiences, as well, and so this was what I came up with. But, I want to thank all of the, everyone who applied. We have amazing youth leadership already in this This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #17 Page 22 community and I'm excited to move forward on the commission and try and bring all of those voices to this body. Bailey: And I'm looking forward to working with this group, and even some who applied, because I think I would like to encourage them to be involved, and anybody who applied would make a good youth commission. They would make a good Council member (laughter) with the incredible breadth of experience from these young people. It was very impressive. Wilburn: I think that's why we all hope that those who are not appointed stay involved, stay involved with the City and this particular group, and look forward to good things to come. Elliott: Thanks to Amy and Regenia for all the work on this, and especially the comprehensive evaluation selection process. Wilburn: All those in favor say "aye." Opposed same sign. I almost didn't appoint them! This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #19 Page 23 ITEM 19 CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION Wilburn: Bob? Elliott: In line with savings, I have talked about it previously, that I wish we would find a less expensive way for the deer control. The figures that I have, and the one, two, three, years that we have hired sharpshooters we've spent $409,000 on that. There is a much, much, much less expensive way to do that, and I guess sometimes we consider more the feelings of the deer than we do our public safety. I disagree with that, and just a point to be made. Wilburn: Regenia? Bailey: Well, I wasn't going to say anything, but since Bob started with that as the opening salvo has been.. .cost can't always be measured in dollars. There are also costs to public safety when you consider methods and I, I feel confident in the methods we've chosen, besides the dollar amount. That we're also considering other things, not probably the feelings of the deer. I don't think that that's part of it. Elliott: We disagree. Bailey: Again. (laughter) Vanderhoef: Just one thing tonight. I want to thank our video folks who sat with Council couple weeks ago and we went through out Capitol Improvement Plan and talked with staff and had a lengthy day. In fact we didn't complete it that whole day and went over into a second day. Talking about visions and projects that we need to do and how we schedule them. I hope some of the public has had an opportunity to see that film. It's been replayed several times, I understand, on Channel 4, and if you haven't, I have about three more dates here that it will be shown, in case you'd like to catch it. It will be on Tuesday the 14th, that's tomorrow night, after they re-run this rarticular show, and that will start at 7:00 P.M. It will run Thursday the 16t , after the Council meeting that airs at 2:00 in the afternoon, and again on the 18th, and it will run at 9:00 P.M. that night. Dh, there's one more. February 19th to run at 12:00 noon. So there are four times to catch it. It's probably on the web site, but look in and see some of the hard decisions that we have to work around and certainly dollars are part of that, but we are trying to stay ahead of all of the things that are on our table and a growing city. Wilburn: Mike? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #19 Page 24 O'Donnell: Well, I've never looked on this as a show, but maybe. (laughter) And Bob, I do agree with you on the deer hunt. We spend entirely too much money on that. There are safe ways to do it. $409,000 is an extreme amount to spend. Champion: I'm going to have to ditto what Regenia said about the deer hunt. Bailey: Thank you, Connie. Champion: And I also think sometimes you do have to consider the deer. (laughter) Wilburn: Amy? Correia: Okay. I want to thank Rick Fosse who took a morning with me a couple of weeks ago to take me around to visit the water plant, the waste water division, the equipment facility, and the other public works station by Napoleon Park. Yeah, Streets and Maintenance, it was incredibly interesting and I learned a lot. The most interesting was the wastewater. Amazingly enough, we break everything down with bacteria so there's all biology involved, which was very interesting, and there are some, what are they? Sand Hill, or some cranes that some are out at the wastewater. Elliott: Were you surprised that that's what you found most interesting? Correia: Well, Rick said I probably would. Most people do after they've gone around, but I was very impressed with the water division and I've lived here long enough that I did live here back when we had the bad water, and we do have (several talking). This is such a transient community. Many people don't know, and I feel very confident with all of our Public Works. So, thank you to all of them. Vanderhoef: You didn't get to see the wastewater plant down by the old one. Correia: Yes, he took me by. We drove through, by the Animal Shelter? Which is still in operation. Wilburn: Maybe we need to get you out in a park or something (can't hear; several talking) I have just a couple items. One, Regenia and I went with the delegation from Iowa City and Cedar Rapids out to Washington D.C. last week and I had every good intention of getting a memo done, but those again were good intentions. But just for the Counc.il's benefit in general, it was interesting time to be out because the President's budget had been released. Sounds like discretionary funding will be pretty tight. So, we did have nine proj ects as a corridor that were put forth. I did a presentation on the Dubuque Street, Butler Bridge presentation to try and complete that nine mile section of trail there, and make it a little safer for This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006. #19 Page 25 hikers, pedestrians, bladers to get across from the missing link trail, on up north to the reservoir. But I want to thank Senators Grassley and Harkin, Congressman Leach and Nussle for spending time with the delegation, and thank everyone in the corridor for taking the trip out there. We heard a presentation from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which was interesting. We also, that was a good thought I had and it went somewhere (laughter), but Regenia, I don't know if there's anything you wanted to add about the... Bailey: I think the trip is a great opportunity, not only to present a unified corridor face, but it's also good opportunity for us to get to know people throughout the corridor and I certainly got to spend some time with the new Council members from Cedar Rapids, and that was quite interesting, and I think there's lots of opportunities for collaboration. Wilburn: And, oh along those lines, I remembered what it was, so thank you. That example, I discovered that Marion has a youth, a mayor's youth advisory commission, but theirs isn't done, wasn't done, set up by ordinance, and so I thought that was interesting, and might be something perhaps that (can't hear). Bailey: And Cedar Rapids might be talking to you, Amy, about ours because they've looked at how we're setting ours up, as well. So there's some opportunity there. Wilburn: And the second thing was congratulations to Dee Vanderhoef who was named President-Elect ofIowa League of Cities (applause). Good to have another Iowa City voice there where (can't hear). Way to go! Vanderhoef: Thank you. Wilburn: All right. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council meeting of February 13, 2006.