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ITEM 2. OUTSTANDING STUDENT CITIZENSHIP AWARDS -Lincoln
Elementary
Hayek: Would the students from Lincoln Elementary please come forward to the front
here, please. Well, thanks for coming. I'm Mayor Matt Hayek and this is the
City Council, and we are very honored to have you with us this evening. This is
the best part of our City Council meeting, and we get to see and meet, uh, the
leaders of the various elementary schools around town and hear what they've
been up to in their communities, and so the way this'll work is I've got an award
I'm going to read and...and hand out to the three of you, but first we'd like to
hear from each of you and we'll just go in the order in which you've, uh, appeared
up here. Tell us a little bit .about yourselves and then we'll pass the microphone.
Peterson: Hi, my name is Will Peterson. I want to thank my teachers and Mrs. Cleric for
nominating me to receive this award. I appreciate being chosen and I've had a lot
of fun working on the memory book committee, safety patrol, student council,
kindergarten reading, and being a lunchroom server. After school I spend my
time playing basketball and soccer. I also play the trumpet in the sixth grade
band. Thank you again. (applause)
McDonough: Hi, I'm Mae McDonough. I'm a sixth grader at Lincoln. I'm really honored to
receive the Outstanding Student Citizen award. Some of the things I've done for
Lincoln are being part of the safety patrol, being on the newsletter committee,
helping with kindergarten reading buddies, helping with kindergarten mail. I take
ballet at the University of Iowa. I take piano lessons. I like to spend time
drawing, reading, playing outside, and cooking. I'd like to thank Mrs. Hutton and
Mrs. Kolarik and all the other intermediate teachers. I love being a student at
Lincoln. (applause)
Sarin: Hi, my name is Simran Sarin. I think I was chosen for this Outstanding Student
Citizenship award because I try my best at what I do. At school I participate in
safety patrol, the newsletter committee, kindergarten readers, and I do hole
punching for the mileage club. Outside of school I learn piano at Preucil School
of Music. I play flute in after school band, and I learn classical Indian dance. I
also play tennis. I also volunteer to play piano at Emerson Point Assisted Living.
This summer my neighbor and I walked dogs and had lemonade stands to raise
money for the Animal Shelter. I'd like to thank Miss Kolarik and all the other
teachers at Lincoln Elementary for nominating me for this award. Thank you.
(applause)
Hayek: Well, I must say, that was very well done, all three of you, and, um, the...the
thing you do is showed to the community that leadership is developed at a young
age, and you show the community that it's important to become involved and do
things for your neighbors and for your schoolmates and... and for really the entire
town, and we appreciate that, and a lot of the leaders you see up here did just what
you did, uh, back i.n the day. They were active in... in their schools and... and
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developed leadership skills, and you're doing that, and you're really giving back
to your community, so that's fantastic! Well, the award we're going to read to
you, and...and hand out is the same one, but it has your name on each one, so I'll
just read...read one of them. It's called a Citizenship Award. And it says for his
or her outstanding qualities of leadership within Lincoln Elementary, as well as
the community, and for his or her sense of responsibility and helpfulness to
others, we recognize you as an Outstanding Student Citizen. Your community is
proud of you. Presented by the Iowa City City Council in November 2010. Um,
and I also, uh, want to give special recognition to your parents and to your
teachers, and to...I see some extended family members as well. I know they're
very proud of you and they've played a big role in helping you accomplish
everything that you've accomplished. So, congratulations. I'11...I'll hand this out
and then we'll send you back! (applause)
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ITEM 4. COMMUNITY COMMENT (ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA).
Hayek: This is the opportunity we provide to the public each evening to address the
Council on agenda items, or on items that are not on our agenda rather! Uh, if
there's something you'd like to talk to us about, please come forward, uh, sign in
and state your name, and limit your comments to five minutes or less, please.
Dieterle: Uh, hi, I'm Caroline Dieterle. I live on Walnut Street, and I have two issues, uh,
that I want to briefly bring up. Um, one is is that I've noticed in the paper that
you've been discussing the intersection of Madison and Burlington, where the
new University Recreation building is, and worrying about the safety there.
That's been a very hazardous intersection for a long time, and I have complained
to the Council earlier about it. When I did complain before, I was happy to find
afterward that the. , .the traffic light there had been modified and made better so
that there was actually time to get across the street during the interval that the
pedestrian crossing was, uh, supposed to be done. Because prior to that there
really had time...and there really wasn't time for anyone unless they were really
pretty quick to get across. Um, however, the times that I have actually been hit
myself and I have been hit there twice. Once was knocked into the middle of the
intersection and another time just sort of nudged, and a number of near misses
took place when people were trying to turn right on red, and this is...this is a very
hazardous place to turn right on red, and I think the quickest fix to make it safer
that you could do would be to make it no right turn on red. The other, uh, the
other possibility would be to simply have afour-way stop, all at the same time,
for 30 seconds, so that people could cross any way they wanted and no...no
traffic would move at all. But I really do believe that unless you do something,
that someone is going to be very seriously hurt there soon. The only reason I
wasn't was because I was wearing so many heavy...heavy winter clothes, that I
had enough padding that I, uh, I didn't get hurt too badly. So, uh, that's issue
number one. The other one is is that I've noticed in the paper that you're thinking
about lobbying the legislature to make some allowance for you to have a different,
um, and stricter alcohol policy than the State...allows. Um, and I guess the
reason that this annoys me...is is that I've talked to you a couple times in the past,
and asked, begged, that the Council do something to limit the usage of toxic lawn
chemicals, and the answer that I've always gotten is is that can't be done because
you can't pass any legislation that is more strict than the State. But I really do
believe that the toxic lawn chemicals are going to have a much worse long-term
effect on the general population of the town, to say nothing of the quality of the
river water, than a few drunk people. Even if there's lots of drunk people, it's not
going to do the same kind of damage. It's not going to give children and pets, uh,
cancer in 20 years or less, and...and these chemicals, many of them have been
proven to be cancer-causing. If you doubt me, I can give you, uh, references, um,
in various publications that would back up what I'm saying. So if you succeed in
talking the legislature into giving you a home rule, uh, let-out clause for the
alcohol, please consider doing something about the lawn chemicals too, because
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people do...do not apply them according to the label. A lot of people don't bother
reading it. They say, you know, if a little is fine, more is better. They don't
understand the level of toxicity of these things. So, that's it. One other final idea.
I noticed you've been talking about recycling. And I'm happy that you decided
not to go for single stream, because um...one of my daughters is a...is an
engineer that works with this kind of thing for the City of Lawrence, Kansas, and
she says that the single stream is not as good as the one where you sort it, so I'm
glad you made that decision. But one thing that we don't have here that is very, I
think, necessary is an easy way for people to recycle, uh, rechargeable batteries,
the NiCad's and the nickel-metal hydrides, and there are now you have to make
an appointment for the toxic waste removal, or toxic waste acceptance at the
Landfill, and drive all the way out to the Landfill, and I just...I do that, but I think
there are probably a lot of people that don't bother and just throw them into the
trash, which is a serious bad thing. We should be trying to do something about. It
also should be made easier for people to recycle the compact fluorescent bulbs
because everywhere we're hearing about how we should switch to these bulbs and
how much we can save on our electrical bills and how much better this is for the
environment, but when you're trying to get rid of them when they do eventually
burn out, which they will eventually do, again, you have to make an appointment
and go all the way out to the Landfill. And they only accept this stuff on a
number... a limited number of days a week, I think Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
possibly Saturdays. It would be better if they had a way out there that you could
just hand these things in, or you know, you didn't have to make an appointment,
because these aren't liquids that are like paint thinners and, you know, the other
kinds of toxic stuff that they want you to make an appointment for. They're...
they...they're really relatively inert. It's just that you don't want to get them into
the Landfill and have them broken and then have the toxic contents getting into
your Landfill and eventually, possibly, into lots of other things. So that's what
I'm saying, and I hope that, uh, you continue with your efforts on recycling
and... and do do something about these, uh, moderate improvements that use lots
less energy, but also are much more polluting. Thanks!
Mims: Thank you.
Wright: Good points!
Hayek: Thank you, Caroline!
Champion: Caroline, I take my batteries up to Iowa State Bank on Rochester. I probably
shouldn't say that publicly (laughter) be filled with batteries!
Hayek: Would anyone else wish to...like to address the Council? Moving on!
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ITEM 5. PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS.
b) REZONING APPROXIMATELY 1.38-ACRES OF LAND LOCATED
AT 385 RUPPERT ROAD FROM INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL (CI-1) TO
INSTITUTIONAL PUBLIC ZONE (P-2) (REZ10-00009)
1. PUBLIC HEARING
Hayek: Approval of this will allow the property to reflect ownership by the University of
Iowa for use as a helipad. This is a public hearing. (bangs gavel) Public hearing
is open. Initially, any ex-parte communications? (several responding) Okay.
Davidson: Good evening, Mr. Mayor, and Members of the City Council. I'm Jeff Davidson,
the Planning Director for the City. And as the Mayor has indicated, uh, this is a
request from the University of Iowa to rezone a piece of property, which you see
here, on the south side of Ruppert Road, near the intersection with Old Highway
218, from CI-1 to P-2, and...this is for the location of the, uh, new location for the
University's helipad for the Air Care helicopter. It'll be moving from Oakdale
Campus to, uh, this location. Uh, it's obviously, as you can see from the runways
to the south there, adjacent to the Iowa City Municipal Airport. Uh, it is
approximately 1.3 acres in size, and was a lot of Aviation, uh, Commerce Park,
um, that was purchased, uh, from the, uh, City by the University. Um, this...this
action, uh, as I indicated, is to reflect the ownership of the property by either the
State or federal government. That's the purpose of the P-2 classification, to put
adjacent landowners and anyone else who cares, uh, just on...on record that this is
owned by, in this case the State, um...the recommendation from staff and the
Planning and Zoning Commission is, uh, for approval. Is there any questions?
Are there any questions? (laughter) Thank you!
Hayek: Thanks, Jeff. Anyone else from the public? Public hearing is closed. (bangs
gavel)
2. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE (FIRST CONSIDERATION)
Bailey: Move first consideration.
Dickens: Second.
Hayek: Moved by Bailey, seconded by Dickens. Discussion? Roll call, please. Item
passes 7-0.
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ITEM 5. PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS.
c) REZONING THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE CITY OF
IOWA CITY TO NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC (P-1) ZONE: FROM OVERLAY
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT LOW DENSITY (OPD-5) ZONE FOR
PROPERTIES LOCATED IN DEAN OAKES SIXTH ADDITION,
THORNBERRY DOG PARK AND PENINSULA PARK, AND OAKMONT
ESTATES; FROM OVERLAY PLANNED DEVELOPMENT LOW DENSITY
(OPD-5) ZONE AND INTERIM DEVELOPMENT MULTI-FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL (ID-RM) ZONE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED IN SAND HILL
PARK; FROM OVERLAY PLANNED DEVELOPMENT MEDIUM DENSITY
(OPD-8) ZONE FOR FRAUENHOLTZ-MILLER PARK; FROM LOW DENSITY
SINGLE FAMILY (RS-5) ZONE FOR AUDITOR'S PARCEL 2002301, TERRELL
MILL PARK AREA, AND CERTAIN CITY-OWNED LAND WEST OF SCOTT
BOULEVARD; AND FROM INTERIM DEVELOPMENT MULTI-FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL (ID-RM) ZONE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED NORTH OF
MCCOLLISTER BOULEVARD (REZ10-00011)
1. PUBLIC HEARING
Hayek: This is a public hearing. (bangs gavel) Public hearing is open. Uh, any ex-parte
communications? (several responding) Mr. Davidson.
Davidson: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, this is an application from us, from the City of Iowa
City, and it's kind of a cleanup item from the Planning Department. Uh, the
Mayor has very nicely read through all the properties, so I will not do that again.
Um...let's just quickly walk through these. What the purpose of this action is is
to reflect public ownership and...and rezoning to P-1, which is the classification
for, uh, local entities of government. Uh, the majority of these properties, uh,
with a couple of exceptions were acquired, uh, through the subdivision process for
parkland and open. space. Uh...as I say, let's...let's just, maybe the easiest thing
to do is just walk through these and I noticed now that the senior planner did not
put them in the order that we have them (laughter) both myself and you, in our
materials, so I apologize for that, but I still think we can get through these, uh,
pretty quick here. Um, the...the first item here is from Dean Oakes, uh, Sixth
Addition. Uh, you can see the interstate, uh, Interstate 80 up at the north portion
of the property here. Uh, Bristol Drive, uh, Oakes Drive, just to orient you. And
the shaded area here, which is currently zoned OPDH-5, uh, was dedicated with
Oakes Sixth Addition, uh, and is open space, uh, dedicated to the City, and part of
the City's parkland system. This is not active parkland, uh, this is considered a
woodland preserve, uh, but the maintenance requirements do accrue to the City.
You can see there is a connection...right there, uh, from the end of Bristol Drive,
uh, into the remainder of the area. Any questions about this? Okay, the next item
here...is, uh, a portion of the, uh, Peninsula Park, which includes the Thornberry,
uh, Dog Park. Uh, and as you can see, it is also zoned OPDH-5, uh, and was, uh,
a portion that was purchased with federal funds, uh...as part of flood recovery
efforts, flood mitigation efforts, uh, after the flood of 93 actually. Uh, so this
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property by virtue of the purchase with those funds, uh, can never be developed
for anything other than open space, uh, would be allowed to be inundated during,
uh, a flood event if necessary. Um...any questions? Uh, the next piece then...is,
and actually I'm glad, uh, Bob put these two slides out of order because this area
is...right...right there. So you can see, it's adjacent to the piece that I, uh, was
just talking about, and this is part of the Oakmont, uh, Estates subdivision. Again,
is a, uh, parcel that was dedicated as parkland and open space, and may
eventually, uh, hopefully, attach...uh, be part of a, uh, a trail system that runs
along the river on this side of the, uh, on...on the Iowa City side of the river, uh,
over here is, um...River Landing area of Coralville. Uh, any questions? Okay,
the next piece here„ and I think there's two pieces here, yeah, you can see
there's...there's two pieces. Uh, the first piece here that you see was part of
Sandhill Estates, uh, Part One, and it was dedigated...uh, dedicated by the, uh,
developer as part of the Conditional Zoning Agreement for Sandhill Estates
Subdivision. The other piece, directly adjacent...oops! Wrong way. The other
piece directly adjacent to it...uh, was...was dedicated by the previous property
owner, uh, and is part of, again, the...the two pieces will be combined into a
single parkland area. I believe this is the...the portion, uh, that includes a...a,
some type of a sand dune feature that is, uh, an environmentally sensitive feature,
and um, this parkland has not been developed yet, but will be at some point in the
future, uh, future, and you can see, this is zoned IDRM, and the other piece is
zoned OPDH-5 currently. Any questions about either one of those? Uh, this is
Frauenholtz-Miller Park and specifically the south portion, uh, the...the street that
you see, Lower West Branch Road that you see running through the middle of the
property no longer runs through the middle of the property since we reconstructed
it. Uh, if you've been out there, this is of course the location of St....the new St.
Patrick's Church and this is a, um, kind of a, for lack of a better term, a town
square feature, uh, that, uh, we've just recently finished doing a, uh, park plan, uh,
with the, involving a lot of public input from the...the neighborhood out here, uh,
and at some point I imagine we'll discuss that with you when we discuss capital
improvement projects and you will determine when it, uh, is going to receive
funding to actually be implemented, but the plan is in place, and the north part
here is already zoned P-1, and this action would zone the south part P-1 as well.
Currently it's OPI)H-8. Any questions? Uh, this is one of those exceptions that I
refer to. This is, uh, part of the Country Club, or was part of the Country Club
Estates property. We actually purchased this property, um, for a ground, uh,
storage reservoir f:or the water system and, Rick, are there plans for
implementation of that any time soon?
Fosse: No. It's long-terns planning.
Davidson: Long-term planning, okay. So the City does own this property. We will at some
point when the remainder of the subdivision is platted, we will also receive some
parkland adjacent to this area, uh, so it'll become a single open space feature that
at some point in the future would include, uh, the ground storage reservoir. Any
questions? Uh, this, uh, area, you can see the two shaded locations. This is where
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the Gilpin house was. Uh, and this, to orient you, this is where the...the Trimbles
lived, uh, there was an additional property here. These three properties, uh, were,
uh, bought out, um, as part of the, uh, the FEMA buyout, actually, this one was
bought out with I believe CDBG funds, and the others were bought out with
FEMA funds, and um...then the remainder of this property, there was another
platted lot right here, and then the remainder of this property, which was owned
by Parkview Church, was basically bought out for the potential that it could be
developed for housing in... in the future, but essentially if you would have
elevated, uh, under our former ordinance, you...if you had elevated a foot above
the...the 100-year :Flood plain, you would have been able to develop this area. So
we...we purchased. it through the buyout program because of the three existing
homes that were here, and then the potential for the remainder to be, uh,
developed residentially. Uh, this is intended at some point in the future to be
added to Terrell, uh, Mill Park. Of course the strategy in this area is to eventually
have, uh, buyouts occur for all the properties in the, what we now refer to as the
`flood hazard zone,' but that will occur, uh, over time, as part of the long-range
strategy. In the meantime, we will rezone these properties to P-1. Any questions?
Uh, this is a property, to orient you, adjacent to Scott Park, which you see right
here. Scott Boulevard, uh, runs through the middle of the...the screen here. Uh,
this is a... a parcel that is actually part of a storm water management area. It was
purchased for storm water management. Uh, there is a trail... if... if any of you,
like me, uh, are out in Iowa City riding your bikes, if you go down to the end of
Beech Street, right: here, there's a very nice trail that goes up to the dam and
eventually will cross over, and I think it's next year we're going to be completing
the trail system through this park, over to where it hooks up with the trail, uh, as
part of one of the subdivisions over here. Um, so at any rate, this is the storm
water management area that, uh, again, is currently, um, zoned RS-5, and this
would create it, uh, make it P-1. And this is an area adjacent to the new Public
Works complex, just to the south of Napoleon Park, where the softball diamonds
are, up here, and of course the major feature here is the Terry Trueblood
Recreation Area, the new arterial street comes through with the bridge across the
river here. This was part of the Showers Estate property that we purchased in... in
two iterations. Uh, this is the portion that was actually in the city to begin with,
uh, and again, would...would rezone it from IDRM to P-1. And that is it. Any
questions about any of that? (several talking)
Hayek: Thanks for the summary! Anyone from the public, uh, on this? Hearing none I'll
close the public hearing. (bangs gavel)
2. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE (FIRST CONSIDERATION)
Champion: Move first consideration.
Mims: Second.
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Hayek: Moved by Champion, seconded by Mims. Discussion? Roll call, please. Item
passes 7-0.
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ITEM 5. PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS.
d) FOR A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 1.85
ACRES OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4764 420TH STREET SE,
JOHNSON COUNTY (ANN10-00004).
1. PUBLIC HEARING
Hayek: This is a public hearing. (bangs gavel) Public hearing is open. Any ex-parte?
(several responding)
Davidson: If it's all right, Mr. Mayor, I'll take both the annexation and the rezoning up, uh,
here, so you...you can consider both items separately obviously. Uh, t his is a
request from Max :f. and LaVaughn M. Neppel, the property owners, for a
voluntary annexation, and then the following item will be a rezoning... of, uh,
approximately 1.85 acres, uh, to allow the property to be incorporated into Iowa
City and rezoned to General Industrial, I-1. As I mentioned, it's, uh, slightly
under 2 acres in side...in size, and currently zoned in the County for Heavy
Industrial. Um...to orient you, here's the location of the property, and you can
see...sort of, I guess it's an inverted `L' sort of, which is the former Bonnie
Pribell estate, uh, property, 179 acres which we just pur...purchased, uh, and have
just recently finished platting for industrial development, and you can see this
parcel is, uh, directly...adjacent to it, right there. Um...you know, we don't know
for sure if it will be added to property that we currently own or not. This would
allow that to occur. Uh, certainly makes sense, and in fact when we were, uh,
commencing reconstruction of 420t" Street we actually inquired of all the property
owners out in this little corner if they were interested in coming in, uh, to the city.
They were not at that time, but this property owner has subsequently, uh, decided
to come in. Uh, as you know, when we receive requests for voluntary annexation,
we have, uh, three primary criteria that we use to judge whether or not it's a good
idea. Does the area fall under con...does the area under consideration fall within
the adopted long-range planning boundary? Uh, this one does. You'll recall
when we brought our industrial property into the city, uh, we did adjust the
growth area boundary out here. The growth area boundary is principle the
sanitary sewer, uh, area, the area that the city is willing to commit to sanitary
sewer, and Public Works has indicated this property can be sewered with the
infrastructure that we're extending to this area as part of our industrial
development. Uh, second, does development in the area proposed for annexation
fulfill an identified need without an...without imposing an undue burden on the
city? Uh, obviously this will, uh, this does involve a "burden" in that we are
committing to the eventual extension of utility infrastructure to the area, but uh,
with...with our industrial development out here the incremental added burden will
be...will be very little. And then is control of the development, uh, in the City's
best interest? We clearly believe, uh, that it is. It will allow the property to be
developed consistent with our Comprehensive Plan and, uh, will ensure that it's
done according to City standards. Uh, so, uh, we, the Comprehensive Plan states
that when these three criteria can be met, we, uh, recommend approval of the
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annexation. We believe this is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and I
won't go into detail, but obviously we've slated this area for expansion of our
industrial area. Uh, we are in the process of finishing up the, um, reconstruction
of 420t" Street out to this point. We will eventually commit to the remainder and
then to the, uh, reconstruction of Taft Avenue. That' 11 be the next north-south
arterial, paralleling Scott Boulevard, at some point in the future we'll begin
reconstruction of that. We're currently, as part of that 420th Street project, we
extended, uh, water. mains out into this area, and then, uh, if you've been out there
recently you've seen that the sewers been going in up the draw, and so we' 11 have
sanitary sewer, uh, service, as well. Uh, so recommendation from both staff and
Planning and Zoning Commission is that the annexation and rezoning of this
property be approved. Any questions?
Bailey: Just to get a sense of this area, um, which we've looked at quite a lot this year,
um, how many property owners are around this property? You said you talked to
all of them.
Davidson: Oh, there's an aerial!
Bailey: Okay, great!
Davidson: If you're interested! Um...there are at least...two, if not three, and I apologize. l
don't know exactly, but the other properties are under at least one other
ownership, if not two.
Bailey: And then south of here, south of 420th, is...county residential?
Davidson: Um...I, sorry Regenia, I can't tell you what it is zoned in the county, but it is...it
is county property that is...
Bailey: Okay, so it's county residential.
Davidson: Right, within our...without our growth area.
Bailey: All right.
Davidson: At some point, wee do see that area filling in, between our industrial park and,
uh...um, Highway 6, uh, we have planned our rail infrastructure, the...the sitings
which, uh, the spurs, which will extend into our lots that we're planning, uh, that
can eventually be extended further south, as well.
Bailey: Okay. That's kind of where I was going with that. Thanks!
Davidson: Any other questions? Thank you.
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Hayek: Thanks, Jeff. Anyone else from the public? Okay. Public hearing is closed.
(bangs gavel)
2. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION
Bailey: Move adoption of the resolution.
Mims: Second.
Hayek: Moved by Bailey, seconded by Mims. Discussion? Roll call, please. Item passes
7-0.
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ITEM 5. PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS.
e. REZONING APPROXIMATELY 1.85 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED
AT 4764 420TH STREET SE FROM COUNTY HEAVY INDUSTRIAL (MH)
TO GENERAL INDUSTRIAL (I-1) (REZ10-00012)
1. PUBLIC HEARING
Hayek: This is a public hearing. (bangs gavel) Public hearing is open. Any ex-parte?
Okay. Anyone from the public? Public hearing is closed. (bangs gavel)
2. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE (FIRST CONSIDERATION)
Wright: Move first consideration.
Champion: Second.
Wilburn: Second.
Hayek: Moved by Wright, seconded by...Mr. Wilburn. Discussion? Roll call, please.
Item passes 7-0.
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ITEM 6. APPROVING PROCEEDING WITH THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF
NOT TO EXCEED $2,400,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
MIDWESTERN DISASTER AREA REVENUE BONDS (EPS
PROPERTIES LLC PROJECT) SERIES 2010 OF THE CITY OF IOWA
CITY, IOWA, AND RELATED MATTERS.
a) PUBLIC HEARING
Hayek: This is a public hearing. The public hearing is open. (bangs gavel) Dale, do you
want to...give us just a quick summary on this.
Helling: Yes, um, I don't think you've dealt with Midwestern Disaster Area Bonds before.
Uh, this is essentially federal money that is made available as low interest loans to
businesses in these designated areas, and I'm not sure if the whole state of Iowa,
if not most of the state of Iowa, is included. Um, we're merely a conduit for... for
this...this money. Uh, there's no risk to the City. We don't pledge our full faith
and credit like we do the GO Bonds, or any revenues like we do the Revenue
Bonds, um...and it doesn't affect our debt limit in any way. Uh, in fact, even any
costs that we incur in the issuance of these bonds as the conduit is also reimbursed
to us by the borrower. So, at no cost to the City we can bring this federal money
in and make it available, uh, as low interest loans to businesses that can use it in
the community. This is the first one, I don't know if there'll be others, but we
have not done...this is the first one.
Wilburn: As I recall a few years back, uh, different type of bond, but the...with ACT, we
did a similar conduit role...
Helling: Industrial Development Revenue Bonds. Yeah. Those were back in the 80s and
even the early 90s I think before they phased them out.
Wilburn: Yeah.
Bailey: Are businesses aware of the availability of these? You said that this is the first...
Helling: Uh, yes, I mean, we...we've, you know, made it known...in the community,
and... and the federal government has done that, as well. Um, you know, I can't
say who is or who isn't, but anybody who's...who has been eligible, if
they've....if we know who they are, we at least made them aware of it. So...there
may be others. I don't know if there's a limitation...how long this money will be
available. I'm sure there is. Cause it's primarily for disaster areas. So...
Hayek: Um, okay. Thank: you. Anyone else from the public? Public hearing is closed.
(bangs gavel)
b) CONSIDER A RESOLUTION
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Wright: Move adoption.
Bailey: Second.
Hayek: Moved by Wright, seconded by Bailey. Discussion? Roll call, please. Item
passes 7-0.
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ITEM 11. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ON UNCLASSIFIED SALARY
COMPENSATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 FOR THE CITY
ATTORNEY AND CITY CLERK.
Hayek: This entails a 2.87°% increase for both positions.
Bailey: Move adoption of the resolution.
Wilburn: Second.
Hayek: Moved by Bailey, seconded by Wilburn. Discussion?
Wright: Just point out that this is in line with the increases that other City (mumbled)
Hayek: (mumbled) Roll call, please. Item passes 7-0.
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ITEM 14. CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION.
Hayek: Why don't we start down on your end, Mr. Dickens.
Dickens: I'd like to, uh, hope everybody comes downtown this weekend. We have
"Celebrate the Seasons" uh, there's going to be children's yoga, story time, Santa
Claus is coming on a Clydesdale-drawn wagon, uh, also like to congratulate
Regina on their championship. Uh, Solon on their championship, and City High's
almost championship. They played very well, so they did well for the area
(mumbled)
Bailey: Is that it?
Dickens: Yep!
Bailey: Um, I thought Caroline had some really good suggestions for the
Burlington/Madison Street, and I was wondering is that, um, walk-light a timer?
Is it a count-down timer on...it is? I'm not familiar with the area, but I was
wondering if we could look at some of those other transportation adjustments
there. I think it makes a lot of sense. Or, if we have...what we've done.
Wright: I also thought she had a good point in terms of the lawn chemicals, although that
means tackling the- Farm Bureau.
Bailey: Is that what we want to do this year?
Wright: Maybe not this year; there's always next! (laughter)
Bailey: That's all I have.
Wilburn: Nothing.
Wright: Um, I just want to point out that we have a new City Manager starting his position
tomorrow, which we're all very pleased about. And also, to thank Dale Helling
and Rick Fosse for yeoman service in their acting, uh, interim city manager and
assistant city manager positions. You guys have done a terrific job and we could
not have made it through without you!
Champion: You have done a terrific job! I also liked Caroline's idea of making it easier to
recycle, uh, fluorescent bulbs of any kind, and batteries, besides Iowa State Bank.
Wright: Maybe adrop-off in the lobby!
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Champion: Yeah. We used to have one. That was a student project! Remember when we
could drop off batteries and stuff here. That was a student project, uh, a City
High student project.
Mims: Nothing.
Hayek: Um...as to the work Dale and Rick have performed, ditto times a hundred, um,
we are incredibly appreciative of the, uh, hard work you have performed in recent
months, and I know I speak for everyone when I say that. I also want to welcome
Tom Markus, uh, who is the new city manager, who's sitting out in the peanut
gallery for the last...first and last time, and will be, uh, here in the...the hot seat,
uh, starting, uh, well, actually you start tomorrow, and uh, want to invite the
public to a reception we are holding for, uh, Tom Markus at City Hall on
December 9th, uh, from 4:00 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. It's a chance for the community
to meet our new city manager and interact with other, uh, representatives from
City Hall, and we f;ncourage your attendance.
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ITEM 15. REPORT ON ITF,MS FROM CITY STAFF.
a) City Manager
Hayek: Dale?
Helling: Nothing, Mr. Mayor.
Hayek: Rick?
Fosse: I'll just point out that Jennifer's already working on a program for the drop-off for
the CFL, uh, bulbs. (several talking) get the details on that we'll get those to you.
Hayek: No surprise!
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