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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-01-25 TranscriptionPage 1 ITEM 2. OUTSTANDING STUDENT CITIZENSHIP AWARDS -Hoover Elementary Hayek: Would the young ladies from Hoover Elementary please step forward. Well, hi guys! We met just a few minutes ago. I'm Matt Hayek the Mayor and this is the City Council for Iowa City behind you. This is the best part in our Council meetings because, uh, this is when we recognize leaders of the various elementary schools in Iowa City for all that they do in their schools. And, the way we'll do this is that I see each of you has brought a piece of paper to read from, and we'll have you read from your paper and then I'm going to tell you about this award we're giving you, and then we'll also maybe recognize your parents out in the crowd. So, why don't we start with you, and you can hold this or I can hold this, whatever you prefer. Bywater: My name is Emily Bywater. I'm in sixth grade at Hoover School. I'm a leader for the other students because I represent my class on student council and I get my work done on time and with thought. Often other kids call on me for help because they know I am willing to help them do their best. My teachers often say that I am kind and willing to include everyone. I also include my younger siblings and help them do their best on homework and after school activities. Other activities I do are piano, orchestra, band, dance, science club, church activities, and Girl Scouts. At church I help with the younger kids, for example, teaching Sunday school and playing with them in the nursery. In Girl Scouts I have sold cookies to be donated to the Free Lunch program. My Girl Scout troop has (mumbled) Free Lunch program and I prepared food and served at Free Lunch three times. Another thing that I do for my community is that on my birthday instead of having my friends bring presents for me, I ask them to bring supplies for local charities. In the last four years I have donated to the Crisis Center, Children's Hospital, Ronald McDonald House, and Free Lunch program. I would like to thank Mrs. Bender for nominating me and thank the City Council for having me here tonight. (applause) Carrell: Hi, my name is Lizzie Carrell, and here's my speech: (mumbled) I was speechless when I got the letter that I was the nominee for the Outstanding Student Citizenship Award. I was ridiculously grateful and honored, but as I read on I learned I would have to write at least one paragraph explaining what actions I have taken to win this award. This should have come naturally to me for writing is my passion, but this time I was struggling. My difficulty was that I really hadn't done any one large deed to receive this high honor. But I then told myself to think really, really hard, and then it came to me. It is true that I haven't done any one special act of kindness to receive this award. But it...but it is true that the other years...that over the years I have strived to be the best I can...that I can be. Every day I try my best to not only think of myself, but to think of others and the decisions I make 24/7. Things like inviting the new girl at school to come and sit with me and my friends, or joining student council to try to make my school and the school's community...school's community a better place to be. These small This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 2 acts of kindness I assume have led me to be the proper Iowa City citizen I am today. Again, this is a huge honor. I am thrilled to have met you wonderful people who have run my hometown with ease. Thank you. (applause) Hayek: Well thank you! Those are both two very excellent speeches, and uh, it's clear that you are very active in your schools, and I think you understand what it means to be a student and a citizen and that's the point of these awards! You work very hard to at school with just basic schoolwork, but you also understand that you have a role to play in the community, and if every person in Iowa City did the kind of things you did, we would...we would be a better place and you are a great example for both, uh, children your age and frankly for the rest of us. And I know your parents and your teachers are very proud. So, we have an award, uh, it's...it, uh, goes to each of you, and has your name, and I'm going to read it. It says as follows: Citizenship Award, for her outstanding qualities of leadership within Hoover Elementary, as well as the community, and for 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, January 2011. Congratulations! (applause) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 3 ITEM 3. PROCLAMATIONS. a) Arts and Culture Day: January 31, 2011 Hayek: (reads proclamation) Karr: Here to accept the proclamation is Nancy Kula, a Member of the Board of Directors of the Cultural Corridor Alliance. (applause) Kula: Thank you very much, Mayor Hayek and Members of the Iowa City Council. Um, as a Member of the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance Board of Directors we're very grateful for this proclamation. Monday is a very special day for us. This Arts and Culture Day, January 31St, is our 5th annual awards, uh, ceremony. It's going to be a night where we bring all of our members together and we celebrate the...everything that we've accomplished in the past year. ICCA represents over 150 different arts and cultures from throughout the corridor area, and we look forward to celebrating on this evening. Um, many collaborations and the way that we've helped drive the economy in our communities. Thank you very much. Hayek: Thank you, Nancy. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special iormai iuwa ~.iiy City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 4 ITEM 4. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED OR AMENDED. Champion: Move adoption. Wright: Second. Hayek: Moved by Champion, seconded by Wright. Discussion? Karr: Mr. Mayor, you do have someone here for the Consent Calendar. Hayek: Okay. Wright: Good evening, uh, my name's Bill Wright, and I live at 1902 Woodridge Avenue, and I was here two weeks ago to address you about one of the issues and that was the parking issue on, uh, Windsor Drive and moving it from the west side to the east, or from banning it on the west to the east, and I'm just here tonight to thank you because, uh, too often you don't get thanked for listening to people and, uh, taking their concerns, uh, you know, to heart, but I think last week the Council did that, or two weeks ago, by, uh, tabling this for two weeks, uh, I'm not here to advocate either way tonight, uh, but just to say thank you. Secondly, I'd like to thank the City staff who often don't get the thanks that they deserve, because I did get a call from, uh, one of the people in your Engineering, Parking...or Traffic Engineering department, uh, they...we had a good discussion about the issue and I just wanted to let you know I really appreciate the fact that somebody had listened and uh, actually got back about the issue. So that's all I have to say about it. I'm sure you've all considered it and had a chance to do that and uh, but thank you very much for your consideration. Hayek: Thanks for your words, Mr. Wright. Further discussion? Roll call, please. Item passes 6-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 5 ITEM 5. COMMUNITY COMMENT (ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA). Hayek: This is the opportunity at each Council meeting for the public to address t lease y Council on items that are not on our agenda. If you'd like to address us, p step to the, uh, podium, sign in, uh, give us your name, uh, and please limit your comments to five minutes or less. Thank you. Bokessa: My name is Jerry Bokessa. I'm a union carpenter. I just moved back here from, uh, Los Angeles, California, after retiring there. I came back to, uh, Iowa City because this is my home. I was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and I have, uh, credits to building Iowa City as a carpenter and a construction worker such as the Hancher Auditorium, the, uh, sewer plant, uh, on south Dubuque I think it is, and uh, University Hospital and Kinnick Stadium. There's a sewer line in the middle of, uh, Clinton and Washington that I assisted putting in, and those are my credits to the contribution of Iowa City. I would like to propose a project of stopping the funds coming in here from the federal government building low-income housing to eliminate the criminals that are coming along with it. Right now there are no jobs for these people to take. Their basic premise is to disrupt and disturb businesses. I have seen with my own two eyes on December 7th, uh, 2010, the harassment of a co-ed on the corner of Clinton and Washington in broad daylight, that the, uh, young lady said she was frightened and was in fear because the guy kept harassing her, and she stepped behind me after I intervened. They also witnessed a disruption of the business at, uh, underneath the Gazette, uh, Newspaper, where the police were called to a disturbance there and they had ordered one guy out, and this is just an attempt to intimidate the police. While the police do not have the right to stop a car going down the street because they're driving "black" as they do in L.A., but out of ~our~car and put a gun to your heads to stop anybody, and they will pull you Y and handcuff you, and they don't have to have a reason. They can do it any time they want to, and I want the same powers, uh, given to the Iowa City Police. They also don't have...the Iowa City Police do not have the right to arrest a fugitive in Iowa City that has a warrant from another state because it's not in their jurisdiction. I have sent a letter to O e~and make those arrest in order to getral, asking for a U.S. Marshall to come this...rid of this place. I have noticed that there was a robbery at the Dollar Tree Store some time back where the guy that robbed the place had two convictions on Armed Robbery, and now he had a third here. Now those are the type of people I don't think that belong in Iowa City. Iowa City is a good place. I have lived here in Iowa all my life, and I hated ild sue rt for mydtwo daughters which d d ~ I find a job to support, uh, pay ch pp sent them as much as $1,500 in one chrin in aboutyuh r proposal to~uh, stop the uh, Police need assistance in, uh, b g g these people on the street if they seem to be, uh, acting suspiciously. Now, most of...most of the people are hiding behind the fact that because they are black they are using it as a defense saying that you're picking on them, but I have seen these This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 6 people, as of today, harassing other people, making threats, and I wish there was some way to...to do it other than the way I'm doing it, but I intend to file a lawsuit against the federal government to stop the funds coming in here for low- income housing in order to get rid of these thugs. They are harboring fugitives inside of these houses, and the Police tell me that there's nothing they can do about it, but once they get out in the street, they're going to go back to their, uh, original source of income, just like I am. I'm a union carpenter. The first thing I did in my neighborhood was start making handyman repairs in the neighborhood on houses. And picking up money that way. They're going to go back to selling drugs and armed robbery, just like they done before. And before a Iowa City policeman is shot like the ones that are being shot all over the country, you should do something about this problem before it gets out of hand. Thank you. Nurnberg: Good evening Council and Mr. Mayor, my name is Eric Nurnberg, from 1629 Spruce Street. I'm here this evening in my capacity as First Vice President of the Iowa City Association of Professional Firefighters. First off, we'd like to congratulate Emily and Lizzie on their Outstanding Citizenship Award and...anybody that has to speak after them tonight has got a tough act to follow, that's for sure! (laughter) Great presentation! Um...want to talk a little bit tonight, uh, if I can about the recent decision in the budget work session to, uh, at least preliminarily eliminate a position from the Fire Department. A little ironic that I'm here tonight because I...the first time that I addressed the City Council was about eight years ago, uh, I believe the last time that, uh, City...City jobs were eliminated during this budget, uh, during the budget work session, and those too came from, uh, the Police Department and the Fire Department. Just like to talk just a little bit about that decision, please. Now, knowing that I represent the union, I don't want anyone to...to mistake that I want intend to do here. This isn't a turf war, and certainly it...it isn't an `us vs. them' or a circling the wagons type situation. That's not...that's not how we operate. Uh, just ask that you remember that the people that...that I represent are the same dedicated and professional people, the captains and the lieutenants, and firefighters that, you know, ride on the trucks every day and respond to the emergencies. All of us certainly committed to...to better service for our citizens, uh, better service delivery, the continual quality improvement, uh, that we always seek, and to that end, we've invested an incredible amount of time in strategic planning efforts. You've seen, uh, I think some of those documents, certainly, and because of those, uh, really laborious efforts, the Iowa City Fire Department is one of fewer than 130 worldwide that have been recognized with the distinguished, uh, accreditation from the Center for Public Safety Excellence. So our strategic plan steers us, uh, a lot. It's a very good document, and as part of that strategic plan the last time we made it, we invited in 74 external stakeholders from the community, and as part of the process, many of the things that they were asked to do to help determine our, uh, our focus for the future was to come up with some concerns related to our department and our service delivery. Those 74 people generated 114 points of concern regarding the ICFD, and 41 of those comments were related to insufficient staffing, comments such as, `Do they maintain proper This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 7 levels of staffing,' `Do we have adequate staffing,' `Do we have funding to cover needed staffing,' `Are we stretched too far,' `They're understaffed,' `Staffing not consistent with City growth,' `Too small for the community,' `Underfunding is always an issue,' etc. Now these are the external stakeholder opinions. These are citizens and community leaders. And...and frankly after leading aneight-year battle to build and staff the fourth Fire Station, which has been needed for at least twice that long, I would have thought that we could agree that these are the thoughts and opinions of our community, as well. Certainly, public safety has been a popular headliner in the past couple of local election cycles, and I have to say, I lost a little bit of face in the Firehouse the other day when we learned that the position elimination would be recommended to you, because I told the membership not to be concerned, that I did not believe that the City Council would, uh, in any way entertain that idea. So I...of course I was shocked, uh, when six of you accepted that recommendation to eliminate the position. And...as far as the membership goes, I think we were really more concerned with how little discourse was involved, and if I could just have one quick moment, I'd like to respond to a couple of points that were used to support that decision, and...you know, the first one being, to be eliminated from that spot because that's where the growth most recently occurred, and you know, we would just like to, uh, reinforce to you that, you know, when I thanked you for Fire Station #4, I asked you please to remember that that didn't mean that we were going to have nine extra firefighters. These were...this was a defined need in the community. A desperate need and...and uh, we assessed that, uh, a franchise fee to help pay for that and we just believe that it's counterproductive to, uh, to eliminate positions at the same time that we're adding positions. A little bit hard to understand, frankly. Also a little dismayed at the justification that, uh, that we could accept this because the City Manager in the coming year will take a good hard look at the budget. Um, certainly I believe firmly that the City Manager is going to come through with some ideas for amuch-more transparent and workable budget process. Uh, but I believe three of you said that we would be comfortable with this cut for a year, because we're going to really look at the budget in the coming year. Well, I don't know what being comfortable with it for a year means. I don't know if that means we'll be uncomfortable with it next year, or next year it may be reinstated, uh, I don't know, but if the justification used to make the cut is that we're really going to look at the budget, um, very close in the coming year, we believe that that's the justification be used to keep the position on the Fire Department for the coming year. The reality is that the community has a defined fire and life safety need. Our call volume is up nearly 10%, uh, and that's a trend that will continue and grow. Uh, while others go about their day, certainly tragedy strikes, unfortunately, in Iowa City that requires the response of a...atyell-trained and well-staffed Fire Department. And by any objective professional standard, our Fire Department still remains understaffed. So as I conclude, I want to say I'm thankful for people like you, certainly. You do a lot of hard work, uh, probably not always appreciated as you should be. I know. You work very hard and you subject yourself to criticism and just recently I know that you've been in here almost every night. I appreciate that. Um, I This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa ~.iry City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 8 sometimes wonder if...if maybe you all don't wonder if people understand or care or appreciate, but...I would ask you with humility that...as you face the mountain of this budget and the budget to come, and the budget the year after that, that you please don't confuse...doing athing with doing the right thing. And, because of this and...and because of some of the reasons that I've already listed, I would just implore you, please, to go back to the drawing board and discuss whether a...a staffing cut to the Fire Department is absolutely necessary. And...and if it's the right thing. And, I...I certainly hope, and I trust, that...that you'll find that it is not. Thank you for your time, and of course, thank you for your service. Hayek: Thank you for your service, Eric. Would anyone else from the public like to address us during community comment? Hembreiker: My name is Helene Hembreiker. Dear Iowa City Council Members, I would like to bring before you a concern I have. I live in a duplex on the southeast side of Iowa City. I live in the lower level and I rent the upstairs to a retired couple. When I first bought this duplex in 1993, the City came to inspect it every three years. The fee at that time was $56.00. Now the City is coming to inspect my duplex every two years and the fee is $212.00. I am retired and on a fixed income. So is the couple who rents from me. I asked Art Anderson who comes out to inspect my duplex why is the City inspecting more often, and why has the fee increased so much? Mr. Anderson replied, that as prices go up, the City needs to bring in more income. I keep my duplex in excellent condition, and carefully follow all the City codes for rental property. I have a very good record as verified by my inspector, Mr. Anderson. I carry Allstate Auto and Homeowner's insurance, and have the good driver rate. I receive a discount on both my policies because I am claim-free. Allstate rewards me with lower rates because I am conscientious and careful. Therefore, I am asking for someone like myself who maintains my property in top-notch condition. It seems like the City would inspect my duplex less often and charge me a lower fee than rental property owners who let their units deteriorate and endanger their tenants. I feel that those of us who are conscientious about the upkeep and safety of our rental units should be rewarded, not penalized. At present, I am paying over $100 each year for one rental unit. Therefore, I am asking the City Council to consider granting me rental inspections less often and a lower rental permit fee. Thank you. Hayek: Thank you, ma'am. Appreciate your comments. Karr: I'll be happy to take that. Thank you. Motion to accept correspondence. Wilburn: So moved. Bailey: Second. Hayek: Moved by Wilburn, seconded by Bailey. Discussion? All those in favor say aye. Opposed say nay. Motion carries. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 9 Wright: (mumbled) that might be something we could consider taking a look ~t~bOtlher cities do have their rentals based on...their rental fees based on, uh, p properties. Hayek: Do we want to ask... Champion: If there's a problem they have to go back too. Wright: Yeah. Champion: We could look at it. Hayek: Well, uh...Dale and Tom, do you think, uh, we could... Markus: We could take a look at it. Hayek: ...take a look at that and give us your thoughts? Okay. Thank you. Wright: Thank you. Hayek: Anyone else on community comment? Okay, let's move on to Item 6, Planning and Zoning matters. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 10 ITEM 6. PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS. a) CONDITIONALLY REZOT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ES OF PROPERTY LOCATED A MUSCATINE AVENUE AND SCOTT BOULEVARD, FROM LOW DENSITY SINGTI-F MIL RESI ENTIAL (RM-12). R E 0-00016) DENSITY MUL 1. PUBLIC HEARING Hayek: This is a public hearing. (bangs gavel) Public hearing is open. Uh, any ex-pane communications to report? Mims: Nope. Bailey: I did...I, um, talked with the Planning Director about the sidewalk connectivity, just briefly. Nothing of real consequence. Just sort of outlining that. Davidson: Good evening, Mr. Mayor and Members of the City Council. I'm Jeff Davidson the Planning Director for the City of Iowa City. And as the Mayor has indicated, the uh...first item under Planning and Zoning items this evening is a request by TNT Land Development to rezone 8.84 acres from low-density single-family residential to RM-12, low-density multi-family residential. Uh, this is for the development of Terra Verde Subdivision, which will ultimately include 191ots of detached single-family units, and three lots for multi-family units. It is located, as you can see from the map here, at the intersection, uh, that would be the northwest intersection...northwest corner of the intersection of Muscatine Avenue and Scott Boulevard. The entire, um, size of the entire parcel is 12.48 acres. The portion to be rezoned, which you see...right here, is 2.84 acres. Um...the land that is under consideration here is currently used as farm land, and is all zoned low-dens...low- density single-family residential. So the intent here is to rezone this portion here for some multi-family buildings that I will show you in a moment. Uh, Terrence ...Terrence Lane would extend up through here, and I'll show you, um, a picture of the proposed preliminary plat in a... in a moment here, and then the remainder of this would remain, uh, single-family, and so it doesn't require any kind of, uh, of a rezoning. Uh, the applicant has used the good neighbor policy and notified the, um, adjacent neighborhood of what is planned. Um...in terms of the Comprehensive Plan, uh, as I mentioned the zoning, uh, currently allows for low- density single-family. Uh, if you look at the guidance in the Comprehensive Plan, it does say that it is appropriate for multi-family units at intersections. If, for example, you go about a half mile down, uh, Scott Boulevard, that's the way that intersection is set up. That intersection also has a commercial, uh, development added, as well, but there's...there'skfnd of a node of multi-family, higher density housing around the intersection, cause that's an area of higher traffic, higher noise, and then it, um, goes out into single-family beyond that point, and that's the...a similar design to what is, uh, proposed here. Uh, to get into just a few of This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 11 the specifics here then. This is Terrence Lane that I mentioned. You can see the proposed, uh, single-family lots here, and then the three multi-family lots, uh, that are proposed for right here, uh, at the corner. Um...so we do believe that the proposed multi-family zoning at the intersection is consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan. Um...the layout of the proposed multi-family, you can see here, uh, again, to orient you...Muscatine Avenue would be here, Terrence Lane here, uh, you can see the six buildings, uh, that are proposed. Um...in terms of these multi-family properties, there would be no access to Scott Boulevard, and no access to Muscatine Avenue. The access would come off of a driveway here. Uh, there are as designed...I think we also have a, yeah, here's...here's an elevation to show you what the building would look like. Um...there would be at each of the units four parking spaces, two in the garage and two, uh, in the driveway, and then as you can see, uh, there's an area, a landscaped area here that could have, well, you can even see some parking proposed, uh, for visitors and there could even be additional parking added in this area, and this was a concern, and you can see the driveway loops around like that. Uh, this is a concern because at the intersection of two arterials there's not a lot of opportunity for on- street parking, uh, and we would...because of the width of Terrence Lane, which is 26-feet wide, we would just propose parking on one side of that, uh, street. So, the adequacy of parking for the proposed rezoning was a concern. Um...a couple of other things that are conditioned, well, one that is conditioned in the, um, Conditional Zoning Agreement that you're considering, uh, the...the intent here, as you might imagine, is to eventually bring Terrence Lane back around and loop to another intersection here on Muscatine Avenue. This portion of the property's being purchased by the development company, from the owners who are here. Uh, we did work with the owners and felt that it was appropriate because of the increase in density at the corner here to extend the sidewalk. Uh, right now the sidewalk terminates here at Juniper Drive. That sidewalk, uh, as one of the conditions of the rezoning would be extended, uh, between Terrence Lane here. It would be required in this part of the subdivision, but it would not be required here. The developer, uh, has agreed to extend that sidewalk down to Juniper. So it'll be a nice...nice connection, uh, between the existing sidewalk, which terminates right there, down to the Scott Boulevard, uh, sidewalk. Um, in terms of environmentally sensitive areas, Ralston Creek is back here. It is not on the property under consideration; uh, it is on city property; just to the north is the Court Hill trail, uh, that is right here. Um, there may be some hydric soils, uh, present on the property. That will be handled, uh, site plan stage and it may require certain building techniques for the dwellings, but otherwise really not significant environmentally sensitive areas, uh, as part of the proposed subdivision. Uh, in terms of traffic and access, I've mentioned there would be no access from Muscatine Avenue and Scott Boulevard. All the access will come off of Terrence Lane. Um...we are providing a temporary, uh, turnaround for emergency vehicles at this location. You can kind of just barely see it right there, um, so that in the interim time before the street is extended back down to Muscatine Avenue there is a place for emergency vehicles to, uh, turn around. Uh, we are also getting additional right-of--way in this area. We do envision, This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 12 probably in the relatively short-term, a traffic signal at this intersection. Uh, it is currently warranted for a traffic signal, but it's not rela...it's not based on any safety related issues, and so we tend to let those go out a few years until traffic builds up and there's a little more compelling reason for it, but we will, uh, be including a turn lane, uh, hopefully on Muscatine Avenue when this traffic signal goes in, and so we will be acquiring right-of--way in this area, uh, for that. Uh, I mentioned the conditional zoning, uh, requirement for the sidewalk along here then. Oh, there's two other trails...I just wanted to point out that would be a trail constructed, uh, from Terrence Lane right here out to Scott Boulevard, uh, to allow persons in the subdivision to access the Scott Boulevard sidewalk very easily, and then there's also a sidewalk, uh, a trail between the two lots here that goes down to the creek, uh, you know, we did...we did some consideration of a bridge across the creek, uh, to actually connect with the Court Hill Trail. That would be a great thing. It would be a very, very expensive thing for this particular subdivision. So, we're just, uh, asking that the trail be extended to the creek and possibly eventually extended across the street...the creek. It's not terribly inconvenient for persons who would live here to use this sidewalk and then access the Court Hill Trail, uh, via Scott Boulevard. Uh, the subdivision does not have any land set aside for parkland, so there will be fees in lieu of, uh, dedication of property for the neighborhood parkland requirement. Uh, storm water management will be provided on outlot A, which you see right...here. Uh, that'll be the area for storm water management. There's too other small outlots, one here, which will be deeded to this property, and one here...outlot B and outlot C, sorry, I could have called them by name I guess. And this one will be deeded to this property owner here. Um...so then the...the, uh, the recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission is for approval. We would have the preliminary plat follow your third reading, uh, of the ordinance. There's...there's nothing involving platting for your consideration this evening. So the conditions then for the Conditional Zoning Agreement is the sidewalk on the north side of Muscatine Avenue that I mentioned. Uh, there will also be a requirement, uh, for a sidewalk along the side of this property, uh, when Terrence Lane is, uh, constructed, and then that the multi-family buildings, we want to ensure consistency with the neigh...the adjacent neighborhood, so the elevations that you saw...see, you saw them somewhere. Here they are. Uh, they'll be required to substantially comply with the...the elevations that you see here. Uh, any questions about anything that's been presented? Hayek: Uh, the area that is not...that has not been acquired, sort of the lower-left quadrant there. Davidson: Yes. Hayek: What is that zoned, and what is that...what does the Comp Plan... Davidson: It is...it is single-family, uh, and...and you know, it's hard to say, Matt. The Comprehensive Plan calls for, um, a mix of dwelling unit types, overall in the This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special iormai iuwa .,.~y City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 13 neighborhood, with the higher density at the intersection. Uh, you might add a little additional, uh, multi-family at some point in the future here, but otherwise transition, uh, to the single-family that you see here along Juniper Drive. There's currently a residence here, a residence here, and a residence here, and for the time being, those would remain in place. Bailey: So, in regard to the parking, um, it's proposed 23 units, each unit would have four off-street spaces, so are we ass ~meems 1 keoa 10 ofrparking. four people can live there, plus the extra parkmg...i Davidson: Um...you know, I guess that's a matter of opinion. We wanted to perhaps I think err to the side of making sure there was enough because of the inability for people to park on-street. We didn't necessarily want to encourage a situation where the next best option was for...for people in these multi-family units to go down here and park on Juniper Drive, uh, and...and hopefully by having the amount of parking that is proposed here, and. • •anatlleas allows an area where additional y'll build out all this parking at first, but parking could be added on the site. Bailey: And there would...parking on one side of.... Davidson: And then parking on one side of Terrence Lane, and of course we don't think that's a bad thing because it does slow... slow traffic down when you have the on- street parking on one side of the street. Bailey: Yeah, and I guess, oh... Hayek: I think actually each unit shows two parking spots within the garage and two (several talking) Bailey: Right, so (several talking) within the unit you could have four people, or four vehicles within the unit, right? Davidson: Yes. Bailey: Yeah, so I guess if you did have (mumbled) it would make sense, I guess. Wright: It doesn't seem excessive if you consider, you know, just...the multi-family units, just a couple of folks entertaining on a weekend. Bailey: Yeah, that's what I was thinking about, you know, how many people would park on the street and that sort of thing. Okay. That helps. Davidson: You know, for an occasional event like what Mike referred to, you know, a little bit of parking on Juniper Drive. It's just, you know, when you have a situation This represents only a reasonably ac 2011 a transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, Page 14 day after day after day it's there then that creates more of a situation for the neighborhood. Bailey: Okay. Makes sense. Thanks. Davidson: Any other questions for me? Thank you. Hayek: Anyone else, uh, before I close the public hearing? Okay, I'll close the hearing. (bangs gavel) 2. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE (FIRST CONSIDERATION) Bailey: Move first consideration. Mims: Second. Hayek: Moved by Bailey, seconded by Mims. Discussion? Roll call, please. Item passes 6-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 15 ITEM 6. PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS. b) REZONING APPROXIMATELY 2.97 ACRES LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF FIRST AVENUE AND HICKORY TAILDTDEVELOPMENT O V RLAYAME IUM DENS TY FOR A PLANNE SINGLE FAMILY (OPD-8) ZONE. (REZ10-00013) 1. PUBLIC HEARING Hayek: I'm going to allow the, uh, ~1~ had done somre legal work relat dho thiseso flict of interest. Someone in my need to recuse myself from the discussion and the voting. Wilburn: Uh, for the benefit of the public, uh, this was approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission, 7-0; staff recommended approval. Um, it was pending some recommendations from staff; um, and it will amend the planned development to combine three lots into one for the purpose of constructing a 16-unit multi-family building instead of the previously approved plan for three 6-unit townhouse style buildings. This is a public hearing. The public hearing is open (bangs gavel). Before Jeff goes, does anyone have any ex-parte communications? I did have a brief conversation today with, uh, Jeff, uh, just looking for an update on, um, anything, and there was none, and just a...and now just a brief comment that, uh, apparently the developer has been, um, considering...considerate of some of the concerns in trying to address those where they can. Davidson: Thank you, Ross. As Ross has indicated, this is a resubdivision of a property which you see there along First Avenue, to orient you...uh, here is where Ralston Creek crosses Hickory Hill Park. There's a parking lot, uh...in this vicinity for, um...Hickory Hill Park. Uh, and this is...this is a project which would involve the extension of Hickory Hill, excuse me, Hickory Trail, uh, to the west of First Avenue to provide access into this area, and you ro erte uhefor t eleurl ose of three lots that were created from the single, uh, p p y~ p ~ the townhouse project that you already have approved. The, uh, developer has indicated that after some additional analysis of the townhouse project and specifically the, uh, expense to grade the property for the townhouse project, uh, he now desires to, uh, go to more of a, uh, single unit, 16-plea, which I'll show you a picture of here in a second, uh, in order to minimize the environmental impact to the property. This is a site, I know many of you live in east Iowa City, that's on the side of the hill and it will require a ro osed~with th three loading far either for the project, uh, that was appros...uh, p p the project that's under consideration, uh, this evening. The project that's under consideration this evening would be a 16, uh, unit apartment building. Uh, and it's a building which the developer has described as being, well, there's a picture of an elevation of it, uh, but if you know the building that's catty-corner across the street, um, on the...what would it be, the southeast corner of the intersection This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 16 of Hickory Trail and First Avenue, uh, it's a building of very similar design, and here you see what it would look like, uh, on the site, uh, should you approve the project, uh, this evening that's under consideration, and again, there's the elevation of it. It's kind of hard to see how the, uh, the bay window portions stick out from that, but it shows up pretty clearly there. Um...this is what the proposed site would look like. You would see that the, um, predominantly most of the building, uh, occurs on the south end of the site here. Uh, and similar to the townhouse project, uh, there would be a sidewalk that would extend to First Avenue, uh, there would be a sidewalk which is actually part of the conditional zoning, uh, that...which I'll run through in a second, but a sidewalk from, uh, Hickory Trail into the property. Uh, this is the sole access point, uh, there's no access to First Avenue, uh, from the proposed development, and you can see that the parking area is at the rear, and then would be underneath, uh, the building, similar to the building that's catty-corner across the street. Uh, this area here, uh, would not be developed and is proposed for prairie plantings, uh, and that, um, that sort of thing. So you can see, uh, it's pretty obvious how it does minimize some of the grading of the site, compared to the, uh, townhouse project. The entire property here is just shy of 3 acres, and as I pointed out, is adjacent to Hickory Hill Park, and that was one of our concerns, uh, both with the previous project and this project in terms of how, uh, the site does relate to, uh, Hickory Hill Park, and the, uh, the applicant I think has done a good job of working, meeting with the Friends of Hickory Hill Park and...and working out some things which again, I'll run through when we...when we summarize the proposed Conditional Zoning Agreement. Um...let's see...I mentioned the access. In terms of the Comprehensive Plan, you know really in terms of how you interpret the Comprehensive Plan, not a lot of difference between what's proposed here and the townhouse project. Uh, clearly, uh, an arterial street like First Avenue is appropriate for multi-family development, and as you look up and down First Avenue, it's been predominantly multi-family development, along with the duplexes, which were the very first things on the, uh, east side of the street, uh, but otherwise, um, multi-family buildings such as the one that's proposed. So we do feel that the consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, uh, is not an issue. Uh, in terms of the proposed designs of the buildings, you saw the elevations and can answer any questions about those. Um...you know, we...we are concerned also about the, uh, retaining wall. You can see it'd be a very prominent feature, uh, of the project, and it would be on both the Hickory Trail and the First Avenue face, and so, uh, again, there will be some conditions in the Conditional Zoning Agreement stipulating, uh, the developer working with staff to ensure that we have something that's not going to be a magnet for graffiti and...and you can see, uh, the...the landscaping that's proposed here. Obviously this is just a rend...a rendering of what could be done, but we would hope to come up with a solution similar to this so that the retaining wall, uh, is not something that becomes an issue for the neighborhood, and of course if you, certainly the...the first building that is up the hill from here on the same side of the street has a very substantial retaining wall as well, so it is possible to...to work out how you, uh, work that out. Uh, in terms of streets and utilities, again, not a lot of differences with this This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 17 Wilburn: project from the previous project, uh, we did look at everything again. The intersection of Hickory Trail with First Avenue. Uh, in the materials you received in the Council packet there's a summary memo from JCCOG Transportation Planning summarizing, uh, that we feel like we're in good shape here with this, uh, with this intersection and no needed, uh, improvements are required. Uh, the...this project requires a Leve12 sensitive areas' review and...and the biggest concern, uh, is the grading of the site, and so as part of that, uh, Leve12 review they'll, the developer will work with site on approval of a grading plan that is suitable, and that's for dealing with the steep and critical slopes, uh, that are...that are on the site. Um...there is a small piece of property...right there being dedicated to Hickory Hill Park, which is adjacent, uh, it doesn't quite meet the, uh, requirement for neighborhood parkland dedication, so there'll also be, uh, balance paid, uh, in terms of a fee. Uh, sewer and storm water, um, is, uh, Public Works has reviewed that and...and have, uh, will approve the ultimate plan as part of the site plan process, but we do feel like we're in a good situation here in terms of sanitary sewer and storm water management. So, uh, to conclude then, uh, consistency with the Comprehensive Plan is fine. Understand the need to try and minimize the grading of the site, and so the recommendation, uh, from the Planning and Zoning Commission and staff is for, uh, approval of the project. Um, there's one condition, uh, that...as part of our recommendations, the accessible pedestrian route between Hickory Trail and, uh, the project, which is right here, uh, is one of our recommended...recommended, um, uh, things that we want to see with, uh, your approval, and then the other...everything else is in the Conditional Zoning Agreement, and just real quickly, uh, we want to see compliance, or the CZA, uh, has compliance with the preliminary plan development plan that you've seen here. Uh, compliance with the building elevations that you saw. Uh, landscape and trees to comply with the species list that's basically species that are appropriate for the adjacency to Hickory Hill Park. Um, this will require a design review, uh, and of course the retaining wall that I mentioned, uh, and then of course the owner shall obtain grading permit, uh, and work with us through the sensitive area's review process on the grading of the site. Those are the conditional zoning conditions that are part of your approval. So, any, uh, questions on what's been proposed? Council? Davidson: Thank you. Wilburn: Thank you. Would anyone from the public care to comment at the, uh, public hearing? Boyd: Yeah, my name's Casey Boyd, and um, I own the land, the proposed land being talked about here. And, um, I just wanted to say that, uh, you guys already approved a project on this. As far as dealing with the Friends of Hickory Hill Park, um, it's less disturbance, it's 30-some feet lower, um, than the peak of the...the, uh, 6-plex that would have been at the top of this property, uh, and they This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 18 refer to it as `eye shed' but they're happy about that. And, um...it's a little bit lower of a price point, and uh, you know, we're...we're happy with the product we have now and excited about it. Um, somebody did address, um, traffic and uh, you know, kids' safety, and uh, we're going to...I'm going to work with him, uh, in a different format to possibly get a crosswalk there, um, and uh, I think that's the long and short of it. I thank you for your time, and I love the, uh, speeches with the little girls! My late grandfather would have loved that! That's the stuff he lived for! Thank you. Wilburn: Thank you, Casey. Anyone else from the public care to comment? Okay, public hearing is closed (bangs gavel). 2. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE (FIRST CONSIDERATION) Mims: Move first consideration. Bailey: Second. Wilburn: Moved by Mims, seconded by, um, Bailey. I almost said Regenia! Uh, roll call. Item passes 5-0, um, Hayek abstained due to conflict of interest. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 19 ITEM 6. PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS. c) AMENDING TITLE 14, ARTICLE 4E, SUBSECTION 8C, NONCONFORMING SIGNS, TO ALLOW MODIFICATION OR REPLACEMENT OF A SIGN FACE ON CERTAIN NONCONFORMINH`SIAGY ~ GHT-OF--WAY~(REZ10 00017) OF AN INTERSTATE HIG 1. PUBLIC HEARING Hayek: Thank you, Ross. (reads item 6.c.) This is a public hearing. (bangs gavel) The public hearing is open. Davidson: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. This is a request from Billion Motors to amend the sign code to allow taller signs in the CI-1 zone near interstate highways, and here you see the sign that's under question. Uh, this is a sign on the former Ford dealership which is now a Honda dealership. So obviously they would like to change the sign face to a Honda sign. Uh, the issue here is that you will recall Billion Motors was required to rezone, uh, the property actually the rezoning that they came to us with was, uh, for the property adjacent to this. We rezoned the...all the pC Ilrtuh, the existing dealership plus the new dealership, uh, from CH-1 to C, um, basically because in the highway commercial zone...we have a very small amount of highway commercial property. Uh, and once you rezone this property, we now have really small amount, um, I don't think I put a slide...yeah, I didn't put the slide in here, but there's basically just two parcels remaining near the interchange. We...we did have all of it at either this interchange, uh, with US 218 and Mormon, uh, Highway 1, or the Dodge Street, I-80 interchange, and now all of it remains at the Dodge Street, I-80 interchange, and you might have noticed that the Sinclair Station did just put up a new tall sign. Those are the only zones that allow...that is the only zone that allows taller signs. When you rezoned the property for Billion Motors, uh, their sign, uh, became, uh, nonconforming. And, according to the sign ordinance, any noncof...nonco...nonconforming sign that is changed or altered in any way has to be brought into conformance, which would have meant taking this sign down and putting up a smaller sign. So, you know Billion Auto appealed to us and...and indicated that, you know, their purchase of the property, they assumed this is a perfectly good sign, relatively new sign. The assumed they could continue to use it, and that was part of the rationale for purchasing the property. They suggested that, uh, we allow the signs on CI-1 zones, and this, in CI-1 zones, and both at staff and at the Planning and Zoning Commission we just were not comfortable with that. You know, these signs, there's only a handful of `em, and there's a reason that they're highly regulated in our sign code. It's that they're, you know, they're...if you get too many of `em, they're very unsightly, and...and generally any place that does an aesthetic improvement to say an arterial street or anything, signs are the major thing. That they're not too tall, that they're not too big, and that there's not too many of them, and so we were concerned with the amount of CI-1 ground out here that, you This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 20 know, even if you limited it to within a thousand feet of the interstate, the purpose of these are for somebody going 70 miles an hour along the interstate to be able to see the sign, and for, uh, traveler-related uses, which I think there's some question as to whether or not a car dealership is atraveler-related use as opposed to a hotel or a restaurant or service station. So, the solution that was arrived at and approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission is...as I mentioned, there's just a handful of these signs, and basically they will be allowed to have the sign face changed, uh, acknowledging the investment that's made in these signs, but they will not be...we're not recommending that they be allowed in the CI-1 zone, which was the applicant's original request. So, what's being recommended to you for approval will allow Billion Auto to continue using this sign, but will not allow them in CI-1 zones. So it'll still only be allowed in CH zones. Wilburn: And that's what this amendment states. Davidson: Yes. Any questions? Thank you. Hayek: Anyone else, uh, during this public hearing? Hearing none I will close it. (bangs gavel) 2. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE (FIRST CONSIDERATION) Wright: Move first consideration. Champion: Move... second. Hayek: Uh, first consideration moved by Wright, seconded by Champion. Discussion? Roll call, please. Uh, item passes 4-2, I believe. Bailey and Wright in the negative. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 21 ITEM 6. PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS. d) CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE REZONING APPROXIMATELY 49.3 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT FIRST AVENUE AND MUSCATINE AVENUE AND AMENDING SECTION 14-3C OF THE ZONING CODE TO ESTABLISH THE TOWNCREST DESIGN REVIEW OVERLAY DISTRICT. (REZ10-00015) (SECOND CONSIDERATION) Bailey: Move second consideration. Champion: Second. Hayek: Moved by Bailey, seconded by Champion. Discussion? Any ex-parte communications...on that overlay? Okay. Any further discussion? Roll call, please. Item passes 6-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 22 ITEM 7. APPROVING PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT, AND ESTIMATE OF COST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FY2011 ELEVATOR MODERNIZATION PROJECT, ESTABLISHING AMOUNT OF BID SECURITY TO ACCOMPANY EACH BID, DIRECTING CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH NOTICE TO BIDDERS, AND FIXING TIME AND PLACE FOR RECEIPT OF BIDS. a) PUBLIC HEARING Hayek: This is a public hearing. The public hearing is open. (bangs gavel) O'Brien: Good evening, Chris O'Brien, Director of Transportation Services for Iowa City. Uh, here to answer any questions and to give a brief description of this project. Uh, what this project will do will, uh, be to modernize the five elevators, uh, mentioned in the plans and specs, which are, uh, two at the Capital Street garage, two at the Dubuque Street garage, and one at the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center. Uh, at the end of this project, um, all the elevators will be brought up to code, uh, and will be brought up to all ADA specifications as required. Um, for this project, the $788,000 listed, uh, just to break that out for you. $714,350, uh, are parking funds, and $73,850, uh, are out of the Parks and Rec department, so GO bonds. Any questions? Champion: Thank goodness! (laughter) O'Brien: This will also be a catalyst to then, uh, we're holding off on other improvements in those...in the elevator lobbies until after this elevator project's done, so that we can, uh, not damage anything that we put into those areas first. So...thank you. Hayek: Thanks, Chris. Anyone else on this item, uh, before I close the public hearing? Hearing none I will close it. (bangs gavel) b) CONSIDER A RESOLUTION Champion: I would be happy to move this resolution! (laughter) Mims: Second. Hayek: Moved by Champion, seconded by Mims (laughter). Discussion? I'm not sure what you're going to be left to talk about, Connie. Champion: I know it! Won't be able to yell about the elevators anymore. I'll start on something else! Wright: You'll find something, yeah! (laughter) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 23 Hayek: Roll call, please. Item passes 6-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 24 ITEM S. RENEWAL OF A CLASS C LIQUOR LICENSE FOR IOWA CITY GROUP, LLC DBA PIANO LOUNGE, 217 E. IOWA AVENUE. a) HEARING (CONT'D FROM 1/10) Hayek: And at this time I will open up the hearing, which is not a public hearing. This is a hearing between staff and, uh, the business, if they're here. (mumbled) PD, yeah, could you come forward? Brotherton: Evening, Mayor, Council. Denise Brotherton with the Iowa City Police Department for Chief Hargadine. Uh, this is in reference to the Piano Lounge, uh, we...they were notified, uh...that the Chief has recommended denial for their liquor license based on the good moral character clause. Uh, the Piano Lounge has three principle owners, Brett Thomas, Steven Fishman, and Chad Freeman. Chad Freeman is 30% owner of the Piano Lounge, uh, he was according to Iowa Courts Online charged with a Theft second in Linn County, which he, uh, eventually pled guilty to Theft fourth in that case, and what that case involved was not, uh, doing...or making good on a bad check after receiving ten day notice to do so. Uh, charged then followed through the Marion Police Department. As other business for Chad Freeman is Freeman Construction, uh, according to the Iowa City County Department, Freeman Constructions owns, or owes the City $46,212.37 in long overdue Landfill fines, despite City collection efforts, and the company's recent award of approximately $700,000 in construction work; those have not been paid. Uh, attempt...I attempted to contact Mr. Freeman. I have not had contact with him, and not returned my calls. He did return one call, played some phone tag, but we never did connect on that, uh, to discuss any of those issues. Uh, because Iowa Code Section 123.26e2 requires good moral character for any and all owners of at least 10% of the applicant entity, uh, Mr. Freeman's good moral...good moral character is required for approval of the application; however, the Chief considers the recent theft conviction and his unwillingness or unability to pay the outstanding debts to, uh, the City, uh, show a failure of Chad Freeman to meet the criteria of a person of good moral character with respect to demonstrating good financial standing, and good reputation, as required and defined by Iowa Code Section 123.326a. Do you have any questions? Hayek: Okay. Thank you. Uh, is anyone here from the Piano Lounge, or anyone associated with the Piano Lounge? Okay. Well, then I will close the hearing and we'll move on item 8.b, which is consider a motion to deny in accordance with staff recommendation. b) CONSIDER A MOTION TO DENY IN ACCORDANCE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION (DEF'D FROM 1/10) Wright: Move to deny. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 25 Mims: Second. Hayek: Moved by Wright, seconded by Mims. Discussion? Champion: Well I think one reason I was willing to defer this is there were two other partners in that business, and I wanted to make sure they had a chance at trying to kind of address the situation. (mumbled) support a denial. They made no effort. Wright: Well, considering the way the State law is written for good moral character, he has a large enough percentage of the ownership, uh, and it's...showing an apparent inability to keep his financial house and his arrest record in line, uh, I...I don't see any choice but to deny. Hayek: Eleanor, can you just confirm, and this is more for the public's benefit, that, uh, financial standing or financial condition is a...is expressly provided within the State statute governing this issue. Dilkes: It is. Hayek: Okay. Bailey: Well, and I think that what underscores it for...for me, not only the difficulty with the financial issues, but...difficulty with the City of Iowa City in financial issues. I mean, I think that that's a critical component, as well. Mims: Well, and for me, additionally, I mean, we deferred this to give them extra time to make contact with staff, and/or to try and work things out between the owners, you know, even to...for him to possibly reduce his ownership or whatever they could come up with for a solution, and the fact that staff does not seem to have been able to, uh, have any success in having conversation with them, even with the deferral, um, then I will certainly support the motion to deny. Hayek: And...and I spoke with Eleanor today and she confirmed that there's just been no response, despite efforts from the City to communicate with...with them. Any further discussion? All those in favor of the motion say aye. Opposed say nay. Motion carries 6-0. Dilkes: Can I just clarify one thing just for the record. We did have a conversation with him. We didn't get any response that moved us any further to dealing with this issue. Hayek: Okay. Dilkes: Um, but it was our understanding that he is working about...out ownership arrangements, um, but those have not resulted in anything to date. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa t,ity City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 26 Hayek: And they can still do that, going forward, even after a denial, because (both talking) Dilkes: If they appeal. Hayek: ....appeal, and keep...stay open. Okay. Thank you for that clarification. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 27 ITEM 9. CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE RENEWAL OF A CLASS C LIQUOR LICENSE FOR CAFFREY IC, INC DBA SLIPPERY PETES,118 S. DUBUQUE STREET IN ACCORDANCE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION. Champion: So moved. Moved to approve. Wright: Second. Hayek: Moved by Champion, seconded by Wright. Discussion? Uh... Mims: ...a hearing? Hayek: What's that? Karr: No, the hearing is not needed because we're (several talking) Hayek: ...done. Mims: Okay, thank you! Dilkes: Fire Chief has signed off (several talking) Hayek: Okay, all those in favor of the motion say aye. Opposed say nay. Motion carries 6-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 28 ITEM 11. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST AN AGREEMENT WITH NEUMANN MONSON PC ARCHITECTS FOR DESIGN SERVICES RELATED TO THE NEAR SOUTHSIDE MULTIUSE PARKING FACILITY. Bailey: Move adoption of the resolution. Wright: Second. Hayek: Moved by Bailey, seconded by Wright. Discussion? Roll call, please. Item passes 6-0. Wright: Good project to start moving on! (several talking) Hayek: Yes, indeed! This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 29 ITEM 13. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST AN AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF IOWA CITY AND H.R. GREEN COMPANY TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR THE ROCKY SHORE LIFT STATION AND FLOOD GATES PROJECT. Champion: Move the resolution. Wilburn: Second. Hayek: Moved by Champion, seconded by Wilburn. Discussion? Just for the public's, uh, edification, this agreement provides for design and construction phase services for the storm water pump station improvements and flood gates at the northwest corner of Rocky Shore Drive and Highway 6. Further discussion? Roll call, please. Item passes 6-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 30 ITEM 14. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE OF UNPAID MOWING, CLEAN-UP OF PROPERTY, SNOW REMOVAL, SIDEWALK REPAIR, AND STOP BOX REPAIR CHARGES AND DIRECTING THE CLERK TO CERTIFY THE SAME TO THE JOHNSON COUNTY TREASURER FOR COLLECTION IN THE SAME MANNER AS PROPERTY TAXES. Wright: Move adoption. Bailey: Second. Hayek: Moved by Wright, seconded by Bailey. Uh, discussion? Karr: I'd just like to note the revised schedule you have before you this evening reflecting some payments received. Hayek: Okay. Is there anyone in the audience, uh, who is on that list who would like to address the Council? Okay. Any further discussion? Roll call, please. Item passes 6-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011. Page 31 ITEM 17. CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION. Hayek: Regenia, want start with you? Bailey: Oh, sure. I noticed that the Library has put in some, um, very large recycling receptacles and I think it's a great addition to a City building, and I would like us to think about seeing more of those on City property, because all the recycling options are in one place. It makes it very easy to drop your recycling in, rather than throwing it in the garbage. So, I think it's a great idea, and I think probably it follows up on their involvement with Eco Iowa City. So, good job...Iowa City Public Library once again! Wilburn: Nothing! Wright: Uh, just a quick plea to everybody. We've had a winter with lots of little snow storms and it's real easy to ignore your sidewalks with these little snows that have been coming along, but they build up and for those of us who do a lot of walking, we really appreciate clear sidewalks! So, uh, just, if you could, take a little extra effort with the shovel and the salt and uh, try to keep the sidewalks clear. Thank you! Mims: Nothing. Hayek: Uh, I just want to, um...call out a couple of departments for good work. First, uh, to compliment the Fire Department and EMS responders, uh, who also helped out with their response to yesterday's tragic death on campus at the University of Iowa construction-related accident. I know that was a long day. Um, second, uh, I want to, uh, pass along a compliment I received, the City received, regarding, uh, the response of Public Works' staff on an issue, um, in a neighborhood, uh, on the east side, and uh, I just...I'll just read it. Please forward our thanks to all of the Iowa City Public Works' staff that investigated and cleared the plugged storm water conduit on Ashwood Drive. The actions taken by the City staff were prompt and all of the communication which I received from your department was timely and informative. Top-notch customer service! So, job well done! Anything else? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the special formal Iowa City City Council meeting of January 25, 2011.