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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-03-01 Correspondencew-ui_~ ~ 4f 1 Marian Karr From: Marcia Bollinger Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 8:48 AM To: 'dennis.t.donovan@gmail.com' Cc: Council Subject: RE: update on Waterworks Sculpture Project Dear Mr. Donovan - Thank you for your email. I am the staff support for the Public Art Program and assist with the Public Art Advisory Committee and can respond to your questions. You are correct that those payments have been made to the artist. The fees paid to that artist represent compensation for the time spent on developing the proposed project for the Waterworks Prairie Park with the expectation that a project can be commissioned with the same artist by April 8, 2011. The artist is still interested in pursuing a project with the City but most likely not one of the scale and cost of the one proposed for the Waterworks Prairie Park. As current funding available to the Public Art program does not provide for the level of funding necessary to complete the proposed project or a downsized version, either alternative funding sources must be pursued or the proposed project amended. Continued discussions with the artist will proceed to determine alternatives and City Council will be apprised. Please let me know if you have further questions. Marcia Bollinger Public Art Program Coordinator City of Iowa City 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, Iowa 52240 319-356-5237 From: Kathryn Johansen Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 1:42 PM To: Marcia Bollinger Subject: FW: update on Waterworks Sculpture Project Hi Marcia, The following email was sent to Council and will be accepted as official correspondence on their March 1 agenda. Would you please respond to Mr. Donovan and cc City Council on your reply? Thank you, Kathi From: Dennis T. Donovan [mailto:dennis.t.donovan@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 11:05 AM To: Council Subject: update on Waterworks Sculpture Project Dear Council: I am wondering if you or your staffinember can provide to me an update on the sculpture project for Waterworks Park. The latest information I have is from April, 2009. As of that date, the City Council was going to pay the sculptor in Mt. Vernon $5,000 for breach of contract, and another $5,000 was to be paid on July 1, 2010. According to minutes of the Public Art Committee (4/2/2009), the project was going to be deferred after paying the sculptor a total of $10,000. As of this date, is this how the project currently stands, with the city having paid a total of $10,000 to the sculptor for breach of contract? Have any private funds been received to pay the balance or work been done to solicit funds? I am assuming the sculptor is not proceeding with the work after having received the $10,000, but correct me if I am wrong. Any updated information on present and future status of this project would be appreciated. Thank you. Dennis. T. Donovan This correspondence will become a public record. Please add this to your information re: red light cameras. It is a study published in the Florida Public Health Review. The abstract of this paper states, in part: "Intuitively, cameras appear to be a good idea. However, comprehensive studies conclude cameras actually increase crashes and injuries, providing a safety argument not to install them." I encourage you to download and read the complete study. It can be obtained here. Thank You W. H.. Kamery From: martin martian <mrtnmartian@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 10:48 PM To: Council Subject: Red Light Cameras Marian Karr From: Helgerson, Ryan S <ryan-helgerson@uiowa.edu> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 11:35 AM To: Council Subject: Feb. 16, 2011 Good Morning, This morning, on my way to class, I walked through College Green park as usual. However, unlike all of the previous days that I have walked through this city park I didn't feel safe. Due to your ban on our second amendment right last night if I had been jumped there would legally have been no one there to protect me. As a citizen in this city I no longer feel safe walking around. We all know that Iowa City is no south side Chicago or north Omaha, but it does have its fair share of violent crime (257 violent crimes in 2008. I apologize I wasn't able to find updated data). You illegally banned us as citizens of this city the right to carry a weapon to protect ourselves. I am not 21, so I do not have the opportunity to carry myself. However, it was always comforting to me to know that there were likely many people around me who were carrying if the need ever came about. I no longer will have that sense of security. That is a problem. My question for you all is what changed? I assume that you all know that people have been legally carrying concealed weapons on city property for many years. This new law simply took out the sheriffs discretion. So of course more people will apply for permits, but people have been legally carrying in Iowa City for years with little to no problems. So what was it that caused this irrational decision to be made? The media has done a great job inflecting fear into this law change, so maybe that was it? Or maybe it was just a good excuse to fulfill an agenda and take away a right that has been around in this country for hundreds of years? You tell me. I am anxiously waiting for the NRA and other groups to come after this law hard and prove its unconstitutionality in the court of law. And they will, I can guarantee that. When I do turn 21 I will purchase my first hand gun and will carry it on city property, regardless of this ban. And with this hand gun I will know that I am safe because unfortunately crimes to happen and more often than not there is not a police officer right there to help. If you are "scared" of guns I would gladly take you out to Hawkeye Wildlife Area's shooting range and introduce you to them and teach you some simple and proper handling and safety guidelines of them. I think you would see that there is no reason to be scared of them. They are a great tool to own and to use to harvest food and also as protection. The only time they are dangerous is when they are put in the wrong people's hands. And those people will not care what the law is. They will not care that you just illegally banned guns on city property, if they want to kill someone, they will do it. I'll tell you what I'm scared off. I'm scared of a person pulling out a revolver and shooting a group of people in this town. Sound familiar? I just hope that it doesn't take another incident like the one that occurred on November 1st, 1991 to get you to change your minds. Thanks for your time and have a great day. Ryan Helgerson FILE( Mayor and City Council c/o City Hall 410 E Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Mayor and City Council: ZO!! FEB ! 6 Alf !!~ 34 Cl~Y Cl.ER~S f0~'~A CliY. IO~ddA Subject: Consideration to Prohibit /Restrict Permitted Weapons 1885 Geode Street Marion, IA 52302-5662 February 15, 2011 I am submitting this letter in response to article published in the Cedar Rapids Gazette on February 15, 2011 that reported Iowa City is considering a weapons ban on City property, to include law-abiding citizens who, with issued non-professional permit, are qualified by state law to carry weapons. In particular, I take exception to quote of Assistant City Attorney, Eric Goers, which stated, "we really see ourselves like any other property owner". For reasons noted below, reason dictates there clearly is distinct difference between a private property owner and public subdivision of the State (such as city, or county). When the Marion Council deliberated (but declined) to ban /restrict weapons from City property, some findings of consensus were made evident during public meeting considering the matter: 1. By its inherent nature, acouncil /staff of a municipal government will make some people within the population happy and some un-happy. 2. Of those who are unhappy, some will be angry. 3. Of those who are angry, some will have a violent nature. 4. If a person is angry, and of violent nature, then no law, no signage ...nothing ...will prevent them from doing harm, if that is their intent (whether they possess a permit to carry a weapon or not ... in-fact, it could be argued that those without a permit may be more inclined to violence because they would not have had state mandated instruction for education concerned with safety, law, etc., and consequences of enacting poor judgment). 5. Therefore, it does not make any sense to disarm law-abiding citizens who are qualified by permit to carry weapons for the purpose of defending themselves or others who may face imminent life-threatening danger when occupying property that (as noted) is prone to the possibility of violence. 6. The distinction is that, unlike conducting business on private property, where people have a choice concerning where they will spend consumer money, the general citizenry that needs to conduct municipal business on City property has no option but to do so except on City property (for example: obtaining a permit, securing information, attending a meeting, etc.). If a convenience store, bar, etc. should decide to ban or restrict weapons on their property they, (at their risk), have that right. However, their consumer clientele likewise has the right to take their business elsewhere (and not enter a place where defense with weapons is not possible). Regardless, the general citizenry of a municipality does not have that luxury. By its nature, City business is conducted within a confined public arena that is accessible to anyone /everyone. 7. Thus, a person compeled to enter space deemed potentially unsafe should be able to defend themselves to the best of their ability, such as when qualified /permitted to carry weapons. This right (as opposed to privilege) should not be infringed, as guaranteed for individuals in accordance with the 2°d and 14t" amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America. 8. Taking action to prohibit permitted weapons from City property has the opposite effect of rendering that property, and its occupants, defenseless in an environment logically deduced to be prone to the possibility of violence. In addition, I assert that any action to disarm law- abiding citizens will subject such entity to litigation ... if harm should come to a person on their property when rendered unable to defend themselves, or others, when faced with imminent life-threatening danger. 9. In addition, by oath of office, council members are obligated to support the laws of the State. Therefore, they should not take preemptive action otherwise more restrictive. Finally, I'd like to add a note of clarification regarding the posting of property with signage for the purpose of prohibiting or restricting weapons. As I've confirmed with Marion's Police Chief, signage is not sufficient to prevent someone from entering property, nor is it needed to enforce a violation of trespass. As I directly quote from e-mail conveyed to me by Marion's Police Chief, Harry Daugherty: "Businesses do not have to have a sticker displayed to enforce criminal trespass. If we are called because a patron was carrying a weapon or not and has been asked to leave but refuses to do so, we will tell the individual to leave. If the individual leaves, then the incident is resolved. If the individual does not leave, they then would be arrested and charged with criminal trespass. If, at that time, the owner wants to ban this individual from their property from that point forward, they would be informed of this by the officer. If the individual shows up again, they would be arrested. If the individual shows up and hasn't been banned, then the process starts over as if the previous incident had not occurred. This is standard proced&fl~ for ~minal trespass and is no different than before the gun law changes. " _= ~~ ~ ca •~r w , ~ ~.r~ ~a v a- m t-.. ew v~ 0 2 0 Although not a resident of Iowa City, I am a firm believer in individual rights bestowed by our Constitution. I hope the information I've conveyed will help convince the Council that it is not appropriate for a city to enact any weapons provision that is more prohibitive or restrictive than stipulated by the State, with foundation in the Bill of Rights; in particular, that the City is not like any other property owner. Sincerely, ~e• Gary A. Hughes a ~~ _`' ~ 3~ .:.~ vo 6,... ~~ ~, ~ ~- ~. ~~ .. w ~- Marian Karr From: kevkoep@mchsi.com Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 10:32 AM To: Council Subject: Guns and stuff Thanks, guys. You showed courage last night when you voted to ban guns on city property. The veiled threat was notable, but so was the Cedar Rapids resident who told you he expects the same treatment in Iowa City that he gets at home. No In Iowa City, we treat everyone better. Most of us chose to live in Iowa City because it is not like other communities. Our town has always been more humane and open to free expression than any other places for hundreds of miles around. These are the characteristics that make Iowa City unique, and it sometimes requires courage to help keep our little piece of the world special. Thank you. Kevin Koepnick 23 Evergreen Place Iowa City Marian Karr From: Judith Pfohl <judypfohl@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 10:56 PM To: Council Subject: ban guns Dear City Council, I did not attend tonight, and assumed there would be a lot of people at the council meeting supporting a ban on guns on public property. I watched on TV and was surprised to see out of town and county people speak. I was appalled that one speaker threatened the NRA could be a big gorilla in a lawsuit against the city, another kept showing he did not have a gun. Thank you for throwing out the man who had threats against the council who did not have guns in their homes. Thank you for voting for the ban and to help me feel protected. I have never been around guns and would be very uncomfortable having one around me. Judy Pfohl Ty'n Cae Neighborhood President 2229 Abbey Lane Iowa City, IA 52246 Marian Karr From: rogerrichers@yahoo.com Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 6:24 PM To: Council Subject: Gun ban I hope you realize what you are about to vote on. I "carry" for my protection. I have passed background checks and received proper training for my right to defend myself if needed. I am not your problem! I don't live in la City but shop there. If you don't respect my legal rights I will take my business elsewhere. Again, I AM NOT YOUR PROBLEM! Thank you Roger Richers Mt Union, Iowa Sent from my U.S. Cellular BlackBerry® smartphone Marian Karr From: Joel Sauser <joel.sauser@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 6:27 PM To: Council Subject: Gun ban I will avoid iowa city whenever possible. Law abiding citizens with arms training you are not welcome. Marian Karr From: reed white <reed.cusinc@hotmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 6:13 PM To: Council Subject: Gun Ban I was just watching the news at 6 and saw someone say that banning guns on city property would not be an infringement on 2nd amendment rights. You have got to be kidding me! The example he used was by saying it would be no different than the rules banks have and currently use. Banks use the rule for the reason of robbery. It is like the banks having a sign that says please remove your hat before entering. Does that mean the city will decide people dont need to wear hats too? The law makers of this great state have voted and given the people of the state the right to carry a weapon. A right that had been given and taken time and time again. There is no arguement. The 2nd amendment says it all...the right to bear arms. What part of that is so hard to understand? The members of the council have decided that they dont like guns and dont want to carry a gun, therefore no one should be allowed to anywhere they can prevent them from doing so. You really think that the people who go out of their way to get a permit, get the gun registered and learn how to properly use the weapon are the ones you should be worried about? It seems to me there is plenty of crime involving firearms currently in the city. They are not the ones who will go get a permit and you council members all know it. I do work in Iowa City but do not live there and never will. I will also be staying away from Iowa City when im not working. I know my business does not mean much to you but I also know a lot of friends and family who will be taking all of their business to another city. It is very disappointing to see members abusing their power in the way that is being illustrated by the members of the Iowa City council. Sit down and rethink this decision. The answer is very clear. Reed White 4f(4) Marian Karr From: Natalie Jones <blondeballerina19@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:52 PM To: Council Subject: Sanctuary City Dear Iowa City Council, Hello, my name is Natalie Jones. I am a junior at City High and am currently working on a civics project for my local government class. This assignment includes a research paper and a paper on possible solutions to each individual's topic. For my project, I have chosen to study the possibility of Iowa City becoming a Sanctuary City. I strongly believe that Iowa City should become a Sanctuary City. In order to create a safer community, we need to make it safe for the general population to interact with the local government, especially when it comes to reporting crimes. I am aware that locally we have been practicing this to some extent. However, I believe that making it official will increase cooperation and success. Despite their illegal status, we cannot allow people to be taken advantage of in any way. There are certain inalienable rights that as Americans, we fight all over the world to protect. Why are we not protecting these rights on our own territories? In the majority of cases, people are here illegally because they are trying to create a better life for themselves and their families. If they could com here legally, they would. Although I believe that immigration is a federal issue, I believe that the time has come for states and local governments to step up and lead the way. Our federal government needs to reevaluate its policies on immigration. Becoming a Sanctuary City, becoming part of this new movement, could help initiate this process. Thank you so much for your time. I will be looking forward to attending the upcoming meetings where this issue will be discussed. Sincerely, Natalie Jones N Q J. J. DE RYKE 2101 MUSCATINE AVENUE IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 Dear Mr Hayek, O ~~ ~ ~~ w ...~ ~~ - r ~ February :7.(gq~ 21.1 ::~- ~~ .. ~~ w This letter is written in reference to the "Sanctuary City" proposal directed to the City Council by the Consultation of Re- ligious Communities. It is important to note that not all mem- bers of the constituent groups of the CRC are supportive of the proposal: I do not presume to speak for them, but I have had a number of persons tell me that they share the concerns I am ex- pressing in this letter. Before addressing the proposal specifically it is necessary to state clearly my general position regarding immigration. The establishment of rules and requirements for immigration into the U. S. is reasonable and certainly not unique to our country; as T have experienced personally in foreign residence and extensive international travel. I am not against immigration but do draw a definite distinction between legal and illegal. As I see it, il- legal immigration is patently unfair to those who play by the rules and enter legally. The blurring of this distinction, shar- ed by advocates of "Sanctuary City", has contributed at least in part to the negative backlash against immigrants in general. I have had, and continue to have, a variety of supportive relation- ships with a variety of-legal immigrants (including my parents) in a variety of situations. A serious evaluation of the "Sanctuary City".concept requires attention to the designation details themselves and to their rami- fication. We need to be aware that a City Council resolution or a City ordinance would constitute official endorsement of illegal ac- tivity. Do we really want to set this precedent? Additionally, as I have encountered in different but comparable situations, what is seen here as compassion has a strong likelihood of being inter- preted as license by potential illegal immigrants and their facili- tators, as well as those already here. Federal, State, and Local law enforcement agencies, although specific areas of concern, are all basically members of the same team, enforcing the law. Do we"really want to foster an official adversarial relationship between them? Avoidance of a "Postville" type of situation is an expressed concern of the "Sanctuary City" advocates. I share their concern about the planning and execution of that raid; but also recognize that it was the direct result of the harboring (sanctuary) and exploitation of illegal immigrants. Not advertizing ourselves as a "Sanctuary City" may well be the best way to avoid a situation such as Postville. ~~(4~ Marian Karr From: V Donohoe <dvdonohoe@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 10:36 AM To: Council Subject: sanctuary city To all council members: Why would any of you think that Iowa City should be a sanctuary city? If they are illegals - it is illegal for them to be here. The word "illegal" itself should stop you from going any further and even thinking about it. If they want to do things the legal way than fine but why should they be protected when they are in our country illegally? Protect illegals - I don't think so and I wouldn't think you would think that way either. You could or would attract ones with records and they would then be protected???? Why would we want those kind of people here? What kind of example is this for the children of Iowa City - to see that these people don't have to follow the rules and they are protected from prosecution so why should our children or adults for that matter have to follow the rules? Why should the citizens of Iowa City and the Police who are hired to protect us not be able to do anything about these people that are here ILLEGALLY! ! ! I don't want my tax money going to protect and house illegals. We have to follow the laws of our city, state and every state in our country so why shouldn't the people that come here illegally have to do the same thing. If they want to be in this country they need to follow the rules and do it the right way. Please don't make Iowa City a sanctuary city. Thank you. Valerie Donohoe 1130 Penkridge Dr. Iowa City, IA 52246 ~~~~ Marian Karr From: Larry Klemesrud <Iklem@osage.net> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 7:48 PM To: Council Subject: Scantuary Ordiance This correspondence will become a public record. I realize I am not a resident of Iowa City, but I am a resident of Iowa and I wish to voice my opinion on your forth coming discussion about becoming a Sanctuary City. It is my personal opinion that the idea of your city being a safe zone for Illegal Immigrant's is ABSOLUTELY WRONG. This is like allowing your city to HARBOR fugitives from justice. Illegal Immigrants are in fact fugitives from the law. We all know that harboring fugitives from Justice is illegal. It is extremely sad when you, in effect, are slapping the faces of Legal Immigrants who followed the laws of our land and came to the United States the legal way. It appears to me that there is a LIBERAL driving force behind this and it should be stopped. Doing this will allow your local area to be a SAFE HAVEN for all kinds of Illegal Immigrants with a whole host of backgrounds, some good and some bad. If people follow the laws on immigration then they should be welcomed into this country. In allowing a sanctuary for illegals then you are telling them it is ok to break our laws. Thank you for allowing me the privilege of speaking my peace. Respectfully yours, Larry Klemesrud 1016 Chase Street Osage, Iowa 50461 641-732-3356 ~~'C~ Marian Karr From: RussUPS@aol.com Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 3:05 PM To: Council Subject: (no subject) In regards to whether Iowa City should be a "sanctuary city" or not. Federal immigration laws are already in place. It sounds like Chief Hargadine and his officers are doing exactly what people don't want them to do and that is not ask for immigration status without probable cause. The city has a right to ask for status if there report of a crime or involvement of one. Many immigrants have gone through the proper channels to gain citizenship here in the United States. Let others do the same. The city shouldn't be writing their own policy or loophole to provide city services for non-citizens of this country with public money. If that is the case let me decide "HOW MUCH I SHOULD PAY IN PROPERTY TAXES". Russell Haught s~-~' C~) Marian Karr From: Denise Halter <denise.halter@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 8:30 PM To: Matt Hayek; Council Subject: Sanctuary City - NO To my City Council, 2-27-11 Thank you for taking a moment to read my email. I am not usually very `vocal" about what is happening in my city but some things cannot be left without a comment. I wanted to voice a resounding "NO" on the Sanctuary City! I know you have a work session to discuss it on Monday and I cannot attend but I want my voice heard. As in a few past emails or letters I have stated that I am a native Iowa Citian and pretty much trust our council to do the right thing. Right now, I do not. As a family, we do and have taught our children to be active in volunteering, giving to the local charities and just trying to be a good "citizen". I believe in human rights very strongly and have had a daughter receive a Human Rights award in your chambers for her actions. She also attended the Children's World Congress in Italy due to her actions. We try to live what we teach to our children. They are all adults now but I think our legacy goes on. To my point, we also teach them to respect the law! Illegal is illegal! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! I will firmly stand on this issue and definitely make it my deciding factor the next time council positions open up for voting. Someone needs to reflect the positions of its citizenry. I truly believe that our City Council members have more things to focus on than how to make something "illegal" be ignored, hidden, denied or nullified! I know I am not alone. I have ason-in-law who is from South Africa. It took him a long time to legally get to the states. Now he is an awesome Dad of 3 and tax paying employee at the University. I, like many others had their grandparents or great-grandparents come from foreign lands and they did it legally!!!!!!!!!! Illegal immigrants do not pay taxes, they do use our charities, hospitals, schools and emergency services. Think about the people that actually "hire" them and the consequences it too has on our financial systems. You will get no tax benefits from the people that hire them either. Illegal goes a long ways. Please take a moment and actually think about how this can and will affect Iowa City. If newcomers want to be here, they can do it legally and we will welcome them with open arms. Thank you Denise Halter 718 Rundell Street Iowa City 351-1774 "Remember, there are two places you will always be accepted...church and grandma and grandpa's!" `~ ~ ~`~> Marian Karr From: Peter Small <psdfliowa@yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 12:41 PM To: Council Subject: Letter to the members of the Council re "Sanctuary City" proposal for Feb 28 Attachments: Letter to ICCC - 20110228.docx Dear Council Members, Please find attached a letter regarding your upcoming discussion of the proposal fora "Sanctuary City" ordinance. Peter Small Letter from Peter Small in regards to the "Sanctuary City Proposal", 02/25/2011 Dear members of the City Council of Iowa City, Since I will be commenting on questions of law, I feel like I first have to say that I have placed my law license in a dormant state while I attend graduate school. So I am not writing this as an attorney. However, I have some knowledge about federal immigration law and its intersection with local and state laws and law enforcement. Among the things I know about this subject is that it can be complicated, confusing and subject to frequent change on both the federal and state levels. A major reason why I have taken so long to write you on the issue of the Sanctuary City proposal is so that I could conduct some research into questions related to this issue. I write this to you based not on any expertise, but on my best understanding. I have read the memo that City Attorney Eleanor Dilkes wrote to you in regards to this proposal and I will refer to that as part of my discussion of the proposal. I also need to say that I have, over the years, worked, as a volunteer, with various immigrant rights organizations and efforts in Iowa and Iowa City. Through work, church and other activities I have also gotten to know and have befriended a number of immigrants. I believe that our federal immigration laws are arbitrary and punitive to the point of being irrational. Going back to at least the Chinese Exclusion Act of the 1890's, our immigration laws have been rife with discrimination. Those laws have always been enforced in an uneven and hypocritical manner based more on political concerns than on anything to do with the merits of the individuals and families against whom they are enforced. Most of the people who come here to work in industries where there are employment opportunities, such as agriculture, have no "line" they can even get into to apply for a work visa, let alone apply for legal residency. The "lines" that do exist are only for people who meet very specific criteria. The federal immigration raids in Marshalltown and Postville were brutal traumatizing events that tore families apart. In short, I have strong views on federal immigration law and would like to see it reformed to be both more fair and more just. However, I also realize that the city of Iowa City cannot change federal immigration laws and that its legal authority and jurisdiction are constrained by state and federal law. But, both out of principle and its own interests, the city should do what it can within the bounds of its authority to make its residents feel safe to interact with its officials, particularly with its police. The city should want all its residents to feel that they can cooperate with and seek assistance from its law enforcement officers. I do not believe that the "Secure Communities Act" to which Ms. Dilkes refers in her memo should affect the operation of city police. That law imposes requirements on county jails to share fingerprint information with federal immigration law enforcement ("ICE"), but, based on my understanding of that law and on Ms. Dilke's description of it, I do not see why it should impose any obligations on city police officers to request or obtain information about immigration or citizenship status from anyone with whom they interact, even from individuals whom they arrest. 1 Letter from Peter Small in regards to the "Sanctuary City Proposal", 02/25/2011 Even under the Secure Communities Act, the role of the county (I want to emphasize "county") jails is to send fingerprint data, which they already obtain, to one additional federal law enforcement agency. As I understand it, ICE will use that fingerprint information to identify jail detainees with standing deportation orders against them. It is not an all purpose check for immigration status. As I understand it, the Johnson County Jail already sends the names of individuals it arrests to a variety of state and federal law enforcement agencies, including ICE, so that they can check their records for any outstanding warrants or orders. It sounds to me as if sending the fingerprint information to ICE is simply a more precise and convenient way of performing that same function. There are good reasons why federal law does not require state or local law enforcement agencies to engage in immigration law enforcement actions, including asking for proof of a right to be present in the United States. First, to be fair they would have to ask everyone this question, and, even if such a law would be constitutionally valid, we do not, yet, require citizens to carry proof of that status. Second, determining whether any given person has the right to be legally present in the U.S. is difficult. There are any number of types of "documents" which could demonstrate the right to be present under an immigrant ornon-immigrant status. In addition, even a person without a document might be eligible for, or in the process of obtaining, a particular type of visa. In regards to the non-immigrant status, a number of people, including people who work or study at the UI, may have the right to be temporarily present in the U.S. for a particular purpose, often for a period of years, without having the right to immigrate here, that is to obtain permanent residence status or citizenship. Although such individuals may later qualify for immigrant status under different grounds. Federal law does allow local governments to sign a voluntary agreement with ICE to have their law enforcement agencies engage in certain types of immigration enforcement. ICE provides training and funding for agencies that enter these agreements. But most local law enforcement agencies do not want to be involved with immigration enforcement because it is complicated and time consuming, but more fundamentally because it damages their relationship with immigrants and interferes with their ability to ensure public safety. I do not believe that city police would be under any obligation to assist ICE in any civil immigration law enforcement action that they might undertake in Iowa City, unless perhaps they were directed at individuals with a warrant for arrest for separate criminal charges. Violations of immigration law are civil offenses and do not carry generally criminal penalties. Based on what one person who was present told me, during the immigration raid in Marshalltown, the city police were, of their own volition, present outside of the plant where the raid took place, but they were not directly involved in the enforcement action. In a newspaper interview, the Chief of Police in Marshalltown said that his officers did not assist in enforcement and had only short notice of the raid. After the immigration enforcement raid in Postville, the individuals who were detained were taken to the jails of different county jails in the east and central parts 2 Letter from Peter Small in regards to the "Sanctuary City Proposal", 02/25/2011 of the state where they were held either under the state crimes they had been charged with or perhaps through some agreement with federal authorities. At this point I do not remember. But, again, local law enforcement did not participate in the enforcement and detention actions. As a practical matter, ICE appears to have shifted its focus away from direct raids on employers in the last couple of years. Based on his public statements, Samuel Hargadine, Iowa City Chief of Police, does not want his officers to ask the people they assist, question or detain about their immigration status. If the council were to enact an ordinance making this a city policy, it could help the Iowa City police with their efforts at outreach to the immigrants who live in our community. For the reasons I stated above in regards to the "Secure Communities" Act, I do not believe the concerns that Ms. Dilkes raises in the "Don't Ask" and "Don't Enforce" should apply to city law enforcement officers any more than they would to any other city employee. I am less certain about the federal law which Ms. Dilkes describes in the "Don't Tell" part of her memo. It is correct that anon-citizen who does not meet certain residency requirements would not qualify for a city administered federal benefit such as Section 8 Housing. But, based on what I know of the federal law in this area, including past experience working for a federally funded agency that had a lot of dealings with other federally funded agencies, depending on the program, federal law may impose requirements of both immigration status and duration of residency which bar a number of people who are legally present in the U.S. from receiving benefits or assistance. In other words, simply being ineligible for a federal benefit does not mean that you do not have a right to be present in the U.S. Under what circumstances would a city employee even have reason to know whether or not someone seeking city services was or was not present legally in the U.S.? I would hope that the Council could ask Ms. Dilkes for more specific information about the federal statute she refers to in that first section of her memo. I want to end by saying that I think the city should stop referring to the proposed ordinance as one fora "Sanctuary City". That term has always been a misnomer and has caused confusion among both those who support and who oppose the concept. The term originated in the movement to provide sanctuary in private homes and houses of worship to refugees from Central America in the 1980's. They based their actions on the traditional grounds for sanctuary of obedience to a higher, religious law. Subsequently, some cities either took the term on or had it applied to them after they adopted policies of not asking about immigration status. Besides being a misuse of the word "Sanctuary" the term "Sanctuary City" has led people of all sides of the immigration issue to misconstrue what a city can actually do. They both seem to believe it provides some kind of veil of protection from federal enforcement of immigration law, which it does not. For example, in a recent Press Citizen editorial, Sarah Swisher, a member of the Sanctuary City Committee made very impassioned statements about the harms done by the raids in Marshalltown and Postville. I largely agreed with that part of her statement. But she also based her support for the Sanctuary City ordinance on the grounds that it 3 Letter from Peter Small in regards to the "Sanctuary City Proposal", 02/25/2011 would somehow prevent such a raid from occurring in Iowa City which is inaccurate. I also worry that some people, including perhaps immigrants themselves, will get the false notion that the Sanctuary City law would apply to state agencies, such as DHS or DOT. I have heard proponents of the ordinance make statements using state agencies as examples which could, even if unintentionally, give this wrong impression. I also worry that this type of misunderstanding of the term Sanctuary City will actually encourage some legislators and others who would like to pass an Arizona type law in Iowa that would impose on local law enforcement a duty to inquire about immigration status based on a "reasonable suspicion" that a person is present in the U.S. without permission. By focusing both the name of a proposed ordinance, and your discussion of it, on the valid public policy reasons for local police to not engage in the enforcement of a federal law that is non-criminal in nature and which would interfere with their principle duties, you could bring those reasons to light as reasons against any proposal to drag local law enforcement agencies into that arena. Thank you for your attention to this lengthy letter. I will probably not be present during your discussion on the 28th due to a prior work commitment, but I hope you will take my thoughts into consideration. I plan to send copies of this letter to City Attorney Eleanor Dilkes, some of the members of the Sanctuary City Committee, the Iowa City Human Rights Commission, State Senator Joe Bolkom and some attorneys and other individuals who are knowledgeable about immigration law. Sincerely, Peter Small P.O. Box 1271 Iowa City, IA 52244-1271 4 ~ ~ ~~) Marian Karr From: Albert Gibson <albert.gibson@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 8:01 AM To: Council Subject: City Council matters To the City Council, This Sanctuary City idea is such a bad idea. Have you ever had a family member injured in a car accident because an illegal alien was driving without a valid visa, license, and without insurance? I have. You want those people, criminals, protected from the law? If you do, you people have truly lost your minds. I question the sanity of all of you who are in favor of this. Sincerely, Albert Gibson Iowa City, Iowa 4f 5 Marian Karr From: Chris O'Brien Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 8:07 AM To: 'frogczar@yahoo.com' Cc: Dale Helling; Kathryn Johansen; '`City Council Subject: RE: Joseph's bus stop Peter, Your e-mail was forwarded to me regarding concerns that you expressed about the removal of the stop previously located on Clinton Street in front of Joseph's. This stop is the first in what will eventually be several stops, system wide, that are being removed or combined with other stops . There are multiple reasons why we designated this stop as one to be removed. It is located in close proximity to two other stops, one at the corner of Dubuque Street and Burlington Street and one at the corner of Clinton Street and Washington Street. We had hoped that having stops in such close proximity would ease the negative impact to those that utilized this stop. In addition, there were some safety concerns associated with this stop as well. In order to get into the transit interchange, it is necessary for us to get from the right lane over to the left. With the amount of traffic utilizing Clinton Street, the proximity to the parking facility, the amount of pedestrians and the location of the stop light, there were some safety concerns that were addressed by removing this stop. Finally, as you mentioned in your e-mail there are some time savings. While this one stop may only save a few moments, when added to other stops that we will be evaluating and adjusting, we feel that we will be able to better serve our users by increasing our reliability. This will allow customers to be able to rely on making their transfers, arriving and departing stops as scheduled which in the end results in better service for all who utilize our transit system. I am sorry that this has resulted in a negative experience for you and may have caused you to change your travel habits. We had hoped that the signs we posted on the stop four weeks prior would have given advance notice to everyone. Please feel free to contact me directly if you would like to discuss this further. Thank you for your time, Chris O'Brien Director of Transportation Services City of Iowa City (319)356-5156 Chris-obrien(a~iowa-city.org From: Peter Franke [mailto:frogczar@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 10:58 AM To: Council Subject: Joseph's bus stop Dear members of the Iowa City Council, I have been a resident of Iowa City for nearly 15 years. I moved here to go to college at the University of Iowa in 1996 and following my graduation in 2000, I eventually accepted a position at the University of Iowa in the College of Education. About 2 years ago, I began riding the Iowa City Transit buses to work every day. Having recently married and moved into our first house it was only possible to fit one car between me and my wife into our tight budget. Riding the bus is a very inexpensive and convenient solution for me to get to work without us having to own two vehicles. Until recently, each morning I rode the Towncrest bus route and got off at the Joseph's bus stop to go to work. This fit very well into my schedule since my workplace is Lindquist center which is just a short walk from that stop. Now, according to IC Transit, the Joseph's stop has been recently removed. The nearest location for me to get off the bus is the stop on Burlington that is near the Mill restaurant. This new stop adds extra minutes to my arrival at work and is a significant inconvenience for me. I have been told the stop was removed to save time on the bus route's arrival at the Old Capital center. I know from many rides on this route that the stop only took a few seconds to let me off and is right on the way downtown. The time savings in removing the stop is insignificant when compared to how much it inconveniences me and other passengers who also got off at the "Joseph's" bus stop. I spoke with Iowa City Transit about having the Joseph's stop restored to the bus route and they told me to contact City Council. Please reconsider the removal of the "Joseph's" bus stop. Thank you for your careful consideration, Peter Franke University of Iowa employee 1712 E Street Iowa City us-u~ -~ ~ 4f 6 Marian Karr From: Alan and Sara Cross <crosser87@mchsi.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 9:12 PM To: Council Subject: Fw: Attachments: Markus Letter.doc; Scott Park Trail City Proposal.pdf; Annual trail maintenance.pdf; Proposed route #1.pdf; Proposed route #2.pdf; Scott Park Development and Trail Funding.pdf; Unfunded trail and park projects.pdf From: Alan and Sara Cross Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:04 PM To: Tom Markus ;John Yapg Cc: Liz Lee ;COLLEEN RAPP ;Mike Moran Mr. Marcus and Mr. Yapp, We sincerely thank you both for meeting with us today. It meant so much to all of us to be able to talk to you about the trail. I have made revisions from time-to-time on my packet, so I am forwarding Mr. Moran my most recent version which is the one I had with me today. Route #1 is most definitely our preferred route as the Court Street path is only approximately 200 ft. from the creek which isn't much further for bicyclers, walkers, joggers to go. Aesthetically, the green space would loose its' appeal with parallel paths only 200 feet away from one another. And, people can walk along the creek, without a path, if they would like too. However, we included Route #2 in the packet simply because we do like it better than the City's proposed alignment. Thank you both again for your time. Sincerely, Sara Cross 2/17/2011 Mr. Markus, A number of us neighbors feel Windsor Ridge would be better connected to Scott Park Trail without cutting down trees and at a lesser cost. I have included the City's proposed trail alignment and highlighted areas of concern. I have also included two routes that we hope the City will consider in order to save trees, construction and maintenance costs while still enhancing the overall path connectivity between Windsor Ridge and Scott Park. With proposed route #1, there would be approximately 1,400 feet less of path laid, two less bridges constructed and 0 trees taken down by incorporating the existing path on Court Street that already connects to the Windsor Ridge Path system. This saves the City money not only in construction costs but roughly $2,600 a year in maintenance costs while enhancing the overall path connectivity and maintaining the area's natural beauty and wildlife habitat. This trail alignment also reduces the redundancy in having three paths and the sidewalk on both sides of Cumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another and saves approximately 150 trees. (1 have included Page 106 of the Final Report on I.C. Parks and Recreation and Trail Master Plan and Final Report dated Nov. 2008 says that it costs $10,000 per mile per year for path maintenance.) With proposed route #2, the need to construct one bridge and approximately 100 feet of path is eliminated while reducing the number of trees that would be removed. With this route, construction and maintenance costs would be significantly reduced while trees and wildlife habitat are saved. (With this alignment, there would be redundancy in having two paths and a sidewalk on both sides of Cumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another. However, this option would at least save trees, money and redundancy.) According to the City's Capital Improvement Plan for 2011-2015 the Scott Park development project which includes the trail, will cost $1.03 million and $364,000 of that will be funded by bonds and $250,000 by the storm water utility fee which equates to roughly $614,000 from tax money and residential fees. We feel money from our pockets-that could be saved on this project-should be put to better use in a time when we are laying off a firefighter and police officer (January 14, Press Citizen article on the need to eliminate one fireman and one policeman due to budget constraints). I have also included a list of unfunded projects listed in the City's Improvement plan that could benefit from any saved money from this project. If there is grant money specifically allocated for this project-that is saved by using our route #1 proposal-we would like to suggest it be used for enhancements in Scott Park or beautification of the trail on the north side of the creek, instead of being used for taking down trees and planting cement on the south side. Thank you for your time. With so many viable options, we hope the City's proposed trail will be revised in order to save trees, tax dollars and better maintain the natural features and beauty of the area. Sincerely, Sara Cross Colleen Rapp Elizabeth Lee 351-4693 crosser87@mchsi.com --~ p~ ~~~-i-~~i ilk ^,I) ~'~~J"'; ~~ - F-, F9 !-.f ~__ f-~ ~ ~a i~ 4~ -!` ~ ,. ~+, ~~ ly _~~ ~~ '.~ __ ~ ~ ~ ' H A Ivl R O C ~ '~ w V ~ ~~ r.v sue. - ' t ~~ ~~~I d ,i ~~ ,,-~ _~ C -% I ~ ~~ Scott r Park ~ ~ ~ R'O•F o FA:~ ~o~ _~.r -_-- ~••••~ ~~r ~O .j 1 7 l 'I I I U I I I ~ r I \ I I I I I ~ If ~ I • /~ ~~••~ / ~~ ~~~~ ~`. rs ~1~~ TO BE DEDICATED TO ~ ~~ '` N'EIGH6oRH°°° OPEN Scott Park Development and Trail project: `~'~. r f'' .~~ SPACE REQUIREMENT ~j,~'` - ~ ~ ~~ f + 6,. ~~~'`~ ~ ~ Project budget is $1.03 million, o ~` <~' ~~` ~.'~, . 1 r` ~ ~,' ~ Approximately 1 .mile of concrete paths ,~ ~ ~ ~ ; , j ~~~' I There would be 5 concrete paths running ~~ parallel within 200 yards of each other ~~ °~ ~ which are numbered above /~ I• ;r-'•' >`~ ~~' Q: Approximately 150 trees will be cuf down .• ,~~ ~ I ../• ~-*~;• ~% in green shaded areas above to make I PROPOSED ~,,,-.~; ; N ~. ..room far the paths RIDGE 7 I~~~ _ ' I ~ Note: I , I r,-,__ _ I . R1ta s j; 2406 Planimetrics ~ ~ Ranch ~~I! ~I~, ~ `' iq; -'~, a' Dog I ; PROPOSED TRAILS ~~ ~ \ s Park STAGE ONE 0 saos.a ~F ~ ~G~j ' \ , I~; STAGE TWO 0 iii.e~F ~ ~~ V STAGE THREE ~ ass ~F i ~ C~ \ ~ p~,, STAGE FOUR 0 zszs~r- I~ N~ Q~ ~ ~,,,~,, ,~, ~ ~' STAGE FIVE 0 sai.s ~F I D wCA S T\-~ w_. °I I~ •® .~ -~--~~ ~: ~~ ?, Peninsula Park development $300,000 CIP $2,500 General Fund Recreation center $225,000 CIP N/A N/A improvements Sand Lake Recreation $5,900,000 CIP, Grants, $50,000 General Fund Area Donations Waterworks Prairie $115,000 CIP, Donations $1,000 General Fund Park Hospice Memorial Wetherby Park $200,000 CIP, CDBG, N.O.S., $5,000 General Fund splashpad Grants, Donations Total 2009-2012 CIP $11,340,500 {in 2008 dollars) Replace upper playgrounds at City $750,000 Parl<with a Destination/ Adventure Playground Construct Planned Trail $g 000 000 Projects Implement Creekside $300,000 Park Master Plan Add restrooms to one $150,000 east side park Add two small shelters $30,000 to multi-use trails Addition of twa N/A maintenance workers Sand Prairie $260,000 development Scott Parl< development $450,000 Total 2013-2016 CIP $9940,000 {in 2008 dollars] CIP, Partnerships, Sponsorships, Grants CIP, Partnerships, Grants CIP CIP CIP, Grants N/A CIP, Grants CIP $10,000 General Fund $10,000/mile per General Fund year N/A N/A $5,000 General Fund $2,000 General Fund $76,000 General Fund $5,000 General Fund $2,500 General Fund 106 Proposed Route # 1 This trail alignment also reduces the redundancy in having two paths and the sidewalk on both sides of Gumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another (Page 106 of the Final Report on I.G. Parks and Recreation and Trail Master Plan and Final Report dated Nov. 2008 says that it costs $10,000 per mile per year for path maintenance. With proposed route #1, there would be roughly 1,400 feet less of path laid, two less bridges constructed and 0 trees taken down by incarparating the existing path an Caurt Street that already connects to the Windsor Ridge Path system. This saves khe City maney not only in construction costs but roughly $2,600 a year in maintenance costs while enhancing the overall path connectivity and maintaining the area`s natural beauty and wildlife habitat. Proposed Route # 2 -- ~T_ .__ .--- (With this alignment, there would be redundancy in having two paths and a sidewalk on both sides of Cumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another, as is the case with the City's trail proposal. However, this option would at least save trees and money.) With proposed route #2, the need to construct one bridge and approximately 100 feet of path is eliminated while reducing the number of trees that would be removed. With this route, construction and maintenance costs would be significantly reduced while trees and wildlife habitat are saved. CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS Project Summary by Name Rctivity Frior Y_ars 20'1_ 201.2 2013 2014 aL15 '"oral 4217 - Sutler Bridge Pedestrian Trail Cm srrc:cr.inn ~f a separate pedestrian bridge on widened piers on the sutler B_idge, allowing .or separated pede^>.rian and hicy^l e. travel Thi9 ~rnjt'rr. will be utilizing Federal STF grant lunda- 334yDD Vt.h rr Ste t.e C;ran is 440.000 550,000 336110 Johnson Ccunty 70,00) 70,000 336130 Coralvillc 27 SCC 2'f, 500 393419 From 10 v0 8cuds 02,SC0 02,500 393420 cram 11 GO sands 340,000 350,000 Receipts Total 550,000 410,000 960,000 441680 Trail Construction 550,000 ,10,000 9EC,OOD 73zpenae Total 550,000 910,.000 968,000 4219 - Scott Park Development & Trail nent of Scott Park into s nei 3htorhood/regional park, score excavation tc. uevcln p t::e detention. basin, and the ccnatruction of anew trail to connect with other trsils _n east Iuwy City itCStroom in:.ludecl 331100 Federal Grants 416,159 416,159 393290 Frnm Stormwater aSC,CCp 2!,0,000 393~i11 From FY13 GO Bcnds 363,841 363,841 Receipts Total 250,000 780,000 1,030,000 491660 Trail Construction 760,000 760,000 56020L Storm Water Mgrzt Capital Acq~aiaiti 250.000 250,000 Expense Total 250,000 760,000 1,030,000 4221 - Terry Trueblood Rec Area Trail Connection Construct an ex_enaicu of the Iowa liver Corridor 'trail from Napoleon Park to Tern}' Tr u_1,1 [~uS Re~re=a tiu-l Iu:ea. 339900 Uth.r Stage Grants 261,000 261.,~CO 303420 From 11 GO tlonds 9!,000 9%.,OCO Rao Clpt9 Total 375,000 375,400 441880 ^ra it Co[, 3tructlou '/b, OCO 3:[b,.`'CC, ]ixpense Total 375,000 375,000 4222 - Highway 1 Sidewalk/Trail - RiveraideDr to Sunset Couatruct a 10 feet wide sidewalk r-~1 nog TR Hwy 7. har.w~~.n Rivrrsicle P=ive (Uld al6j and Sur,s et 39d41C l+rom F'Y 1'L GU sonde 1,000,000 Receipts Total 1,000,000 441660 Trail Construction 1,000,000 Expense Total 1,000,000 4223 - Normandy Drive Trail This project will construct a trail from Lower Cir_y park o~t~ Normandy Urive t 9~t410 ±rorc R~r i'1 C;t~ so„ds Receipts Total 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000 CCO 1,000,000 475,000 47s,DDD 975,000 47s.oDD C - 47 Marian Karr From: Alan and Sara Cross <crosser87@mchsi.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 10:10 PM To: Mike Moran; Glen Meisner Cc: Tom Markus; John Yapp; Council; Marcia Bollinger; Neal Hunger; Neal Hunger; Liz Lee; COLLEEN RAPP Subject: trail I just had two more quick thoughts this evening. The City has previously made arrangements with the condo association to attach the City's path with the condo's path, as they are joined today on the south side of the creek which is the path that currently connects Windsor Ridge and the condos to Court Street. So, since it has been done before, I would think it could easily been done again. With this alignment, the individuals in the condos would have better accessibility to Scott Park as well as Windsor Ridge and Court Street. Individuals coming from the east and going to Scott Park would actually have a more direct path to the park then they would weaving back and forth across the creek. I was also wondering if the land survey showed any reason why the path would be better aligned on the south side than the north side of the creek? By living on the south side of the creek, we have already noted several issues that would make aligning the path on the south side less desirable. Some of the issues brought up at the meeting were, the large amounts of standing water on the south side, the narrow strip of land between the lot lines and creek bed which would have to be built up, the number of trees that would have to be unnecessarily taken down, the amount of federal and local tax money that would be unnecessarily spent, the wildlife and the vast amount of pavement and bridges that would take away from the areas natural beauty. These would not be issues if the path were aligned on the north side, while still enhancing the entire path flow to Scott Park and beyond. Lastly, I'll have to take another look, but I believe Court Street already has two 8' wide paths/sidewalks on either side of it which is a great resource to use with the overall path connectivity. Thanks again for your time. Sincerely, Sara Cross Marian Karr From: Alan and Sara Cross <crosser87@mchsi.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 9:17 PM To: Council Subject: Scott Park Trail From: Alan and Sara Cross Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 10:06 AM To• Mike Moran Mr. Moran, It was nice to finally meet you. I wanted to personally meet you after the meeting, but somehow I missed you. We really appreciated having an opportunity to learn about the trail and have our concerns heard. A fellow member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church mentioned that they thought you were a member of our church as well. If that is true, we look forward to seeing you one of these Sundays. I know you told us to email if we had additional thoughts after the meeting, so I thought I'd pass some final thoughts along. Since we had a room full of people at the meeting (15-20 most of which were representing their significant others as well) who were all for putting the path on the north side of the creek, without any opposition, I hope the City is able to talk to the condo association about simply connecting the path to a portion of their path on the north side of the bridge or having the City take over their portion of the path. (Our Route #2 proposal.) Or, perhaps connecting the path to the existing Court Street path/sidewalk and then running it along the tree line on the north side of the creek. Or, lastly, simply using the existing 8' path/sidewalk on Court Street. (Our Route #1 proposal)This saves the most green space, trees and money of all. And of course, this route alignment is the most aesthetically pleasing. I understand the City wants to use as much grant money as possible, but it seems like a terrible waste of nature and money (federal and local tax money) to lay pavement and build bridges unnecessarily, simply to use this money up. Also, I believe Kris Ackerson said that existing sidewalks were not incorporated in the path system. He said the people in charge of sidewalks are starting to put in 8' wide sidewalks on one side and 5' on the other. There is a reason for this and it is an incredible resource! I believe it is a terrible shame if the trail/grant employees don't work together with the sidewalk people for the betterment of the connectivity of the path system, tax payers and nature. As a former state employee of Virginia, we strived for all of our departments to work together and not as our entities. Well, those are some final thoughts. Thank you for taking the time to listen again. It'll be so nice when we won't have to email about this path anymore, won't it? Sincerely, Sara Cross Marian Karr From: Rockne and Susan Foreman <rsforeman@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 12:35 PM To: Mike Moran Cc: Jeff Davidson; Council; Tom Markus; Ron Knoche; g.meisner@mmsconsultants.net; Kristopher Ackerson; Josh Slattery; Marcia-Bollinger@iowa.city.org Subject: Fwd: Fw: Scott Park Trail Attachments: Scott Park Trail City Proposal.pdf; Annual trail maintenance.pdf; Proposed route #1.pdf; Proposed route #2.pdf; Unfunded trail and park projects.pdf; WRtrailmeetingnotice.pdf As residents of the Windsor Ridge neighborhood, we wish to express our disappointment with the City of Iowa City's proposed extension of the Scott Park Trail. At a time when the City is eliminating vital city service positions like police and fire persons, we feel that it is irresponsible to use any city monies for trails. This is particularly true when trails and sidewalks already exist in close proximity to the proposed trail. The fact that part of this trail funding comes from the federal government is only indicitive of irresponsible federal spending, and not a justification for Iowa City to accept this money for a trail project that will increase the tax burden for Iowa City citizens. Please refer to the letter and attachments below concerning the Scott Park Trail extension. We support all of the statements in this letter and we lend our support for the alternate trail route proposals #1 and #2. Sincerely, Rockne and Susan Foreman 1201 Hamilton Court Windsor Ridge Subdivision Iowa City, IA 52245 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alan and Sara Cross <crosser87(a~mchsi.com> Date: Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 5:57 PM Subject: Fw: Scott Park Trail Dear Fellow Windsor Ridge Neighbor, A number of us neighbors feel Windsor Ridge could be connected to Scott Park Trail without cutting down trees and with less cost to you and I. I have reattached the City's proposed trail alignment and highlighted areas of concern. I have also attached two routes that we hope the City will consider in order to save trees, construction and maintenance costs while still enhancing the overall path connectivity between Windsor Ridge and Scott Park. With proposed route #1, there would be approximately 1,400 feet less of path laid, two less bridges constructed and 0 trees taken down by incorporating the existing 8' wide path on Court Street that already connects to the Windsor Ridge Path system. This saves the City money not only in construction costs but roughly $2,600 a year in maintenance costs while enhancing the overall path connectivity and maintaining the area's natural beauty and wildlife habitat. This trail alignment also reduces the redundancy in having three paths and the sidewalk on both sides of Cumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another and saves approximately 150 trees. (Page 106 of the I.C. Parks and Recreation and Trail Master Plan and Final Report dated Nov. 2008 says that it costs $10,000 per mile per year for path maintenance.) Proposed route #2 is the most direct route to Scott Park and the need to construct one bridge and approximately 100 feet of path is eliminated. With this route, construction and maintenance costs would be significantly reduced while trees and wildlife habitat are saved. (With this alignment, there would be redundancy in having two paths and a sidewalk on both sides of Cumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another. However, this option would at least save trees and money and allow for the most direct route to the park.) In the meeting notice written by Mike Moran, he states $416,159 of this trail project will be funded through a federal trails grant (federal tax dollars) and $364,000 of the project will come from the City's Capital Improvement Budget (local tax dollars). We don't feel local or federal tax money should be unnecessarily spent/used up, simply because it is available. We feel local and federal money saved on this project could be used to continue building trails elsewhere. (See unfunded trail and park projects attachment.) And, money saved could also be put to use in a time when we are laying off a firefighter and police officer (January 14, Press Citizen article on the need to eliminate one fireman and one policeman due to budget constraints). (See attachment for the meeting notice.) With so many viable options, we hope the City's proposed trail will be revised. If you agree, we hope that you will take the time to write Mike Moran mike-moran@iowa-city.org and copy Jeff-davidson@iowa-city.org ;council@iowa-city.or~ ;tom-markus@iowa-city.org ;Ron-Knoche@iowa-city.or~ ~.meisner mmsconsultants.net ; Kristopher-Ackerson(«)iowa-city.or~ ;Josh-Slattery@iowa-city.or~; Marcia- Bollin~er iowa.city.or~ .You are welcome to use all or any parts of this email as your own. You may even wish to simply forward on this email and state that you support it or parts of it and one or both of the proposed routes. Or, you may want to make a simple statement expressing your desire for the City's proposed trail leading from Windsor Ridge to Scott Park to be revised in order to save trees, save tax dollars, and better maintain the natural features and beauty of the area. Please feel free to forward this on to anyone you think would also like to help. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Sara Cross 2 --~ p~ ~~~-i-~~i ilk ^,I) ~'~~J"'; ~~ - F-, F9 !-.f ~__ f-~ ~ ~a i~ 4~ -!` ~ ,. ~+, ~~ ly _~~ ~~ '.~ __ ~ ~ ~ ' H A Ivl R O C ~ '~ w V ~ ~~ r.v sue. - ' t ~~ ~~~I d ,i ~~ ,,-~ _~ C -% I ~ ~~ Scott r Park ~ ~ ~ R'O•F o FA:~ ~o~ _~.r -_-- ~••••~ ~~r ~O .j 1 7 l 'I I I U I I I ~ r I \ I I I I I ~ If ~ I • /~ ~~••~ / ~~ ~~~~ ~`. rs ~1~~ TO BE DEDICATED TO ~ ~~ '` N'EIGH6oRH°°° OPEN Scott Park Development and Trail project: `~'~. r f'' .~~ SPACE REQUIREMENT ~j,~'` - ~ ~ ~~ f + 6,. ~~~'`~ ~ ~ Project budget is $1.03 million, o ~` <~' ~~` ~.'~, . 1 r` ~ ~,' ~ Approximately 1 .mile of concrete paths ,~ ~ ~ ~ ; , j ~~~' I There would be 5 concrete paths running ~~ parallel within 200 yards of each other ~~ °~ ~ which are numbered above /~ I• ;r-'•' >`~ ~~' Q: Approximately 150 trees will be cuf down .• ,~~ ~ I ../• ~-*~;• ~% in green shaded areas above to make I PROPOSED ~,,,-.~; ; N ~. ..room far the paths RIDGE 7 I~~~ _ ' I ~ Note: I , I r,-,__ _ I . R1ta s j; 2406 Planimetrics ~ ~ Ranch ~~I! ~I~, ~ `' iq; -'~, a' Dog I ; PROPOSED TRAILS ~~ ~ \ s Park STAGE ONE 0 saos.a ~F ~ ~G~j ' \ , I~; STAGE TWO 0 iii.e~F ~ ~~ V STAGE THREE ~ ass ~F i ~ C~ \ ~ p~,, STAGE FOUR 0 zszs~r- I~ N~ Q~ ~ ~,,,~,, ,~, ~ ~' STAGE FIVE 0 sai.s ~F I D wCA S T\-~ w_. °I I~ •® .~ -~--~~ ~: ~~ ?, Peninsula Park development $300,000 CIP $2,500 General Fund Recreation center $225,000 CIP N/A N/A improvements Sand Lake Recreation $5,900,000 CIP, Grants, $50,000 General Fund Area Donations Waterworks Prairie $115,000 CIP, Donations $1,000 General Fund Park Hospice Memorial Wetherby Park $200,000 CIP, CDBG, N.O.S., $5,000 General Fund splashpad Grants, Donations Total 2009-2012 CIP $11,340,500 {in 2008 dollars) Replace upper playgrounds at City $750,000 Parl<with a Destination/ Adventure Playground Construct Planned Trail $g 000 000 Projects Implement Creekside $300,000 Park Master Plan Add restrooms to one $150,000 east side park Add two small shelters $30,000 to multi-use trails Addition of twa N/A maintenance workers Sand Prairie $260,000 development Scott Parl< development $450,000 Total 2013-2016 CIP $9940,000 {in 2008 dollars] CIP, Partnerships, Sponsorships, Grants CIP, Partnerships, Grants CIP CIP CIP, Grants N/A CIP, Grants CIP $10,000 General Fund $10,000/mile per General Fund year N/A N/A $5,000 General Fund $2,000 General Fund $76,000 General Fund $5,000 General Fund $2,500 General Fund 106 Proposed Route # 1 This trail alignment also reduces the redundancy in having two paths and the sidewalk on both sides of Gumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another (Page 106 of the Final Report on I.G. Parks and Recreation and Trail Master Plan and Final Report dated Nov. 2008 says that it costs $10,000 per mile per year for path maintenance. With proposed route #1, there would be roughly 1,400 feet less of path laid, two less bridges constructed and 0 trees taken down by incarparating the existing path an Caurt Street that already connects to the Windsor Ridge Path system. This saves khe City maney not only in construction costs but roughly $2,600 a year in maintenance costs while enhancing the overall path connectivity and maintaining the area`s natural beauty and wildlife habitat. Proposed Route # 2 -- ~T_ .__ .--- (With this alignment, there would be redundancy in having two paths and a sidewalk on both sides of Cumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another, as is the case with the City's trail proposal. However, this option would at least save trees and money.) With proposed route #2, the need to construct one bridge and approximately 100 feet of path is eliminated while reducing the number of trees that would be removed. With this route, construction and maintenance costs would be significantly reduced while trees and wildlife habitat are saved. City of Iowa City Capital Improvements Program Unfunded Projects 29 S GILBERT ST Reconstruction from Benton Street to Stevens Drive. This $3,278,000 IMPROVEMENTS project does not include improvements to the Gilbert St. 1 Highway 6 intersection. 30 SOUTH ARTERIAL AND Construction of a south arterial street and bridge over the $15,069,000 BRIDGE, US218 TO Iowa River, connecting from Old Hwy 218/US 218 GILBERT STREET interchange on the west side of the Iowa River to Gilbert StreetlSycamore 'L' intersection 31 SYCAMORE-CITY LIMITS TO Reconstruct Sycamore to arterial standards from City limits $2,141,000 'L' to the Sycamore L. Storm sewer, sidewalk improvements and bike lanes are included. 32 SYCAMORE-HWY 6 TO This project involves additional lanes to improve capacity. $1,475,000 DEFOREST 33 TAFT AVENUE Herbert Hoover Hwy to 420th Street. $16,400,000 3 -Transportation Services 34 ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD Preparation of Old Rock Island Railroad Depot for Amtrak $5,072,000 DEPOT RESTORATION service, including platform construction, lighting, utilities, passenger informations display, ticketing kiosks, canopy, warming shelter, signage, parking, and accessibility improvements. 35 U SMASH 'EM DEMOLITION Demolition of the U-Smash'm bulding; securing adjacent $208,000 foundations; and restoration of the area to grass. This does not include demolition of the Wilson's building. (A water pipe will need to be relocated before demolition can occur. ) 4 - Ped & Bike Trails 36 CITY PARK TRAIL This project calls for the replacement of the old section of $301,000 IMPROVEMENTS trail in the southeast portion of the park and relocating it closer to the river. Another part of the project is to expand the trail system by constructing a new section of trail near the bottom of the wooded hill south of the Boys' Baseball fields. 37 CITY PARK TRAIL LIGHTING Install pedestrian lighting on the trail system in City Park. $240,000 38 HWY 1 SIDEWALK 1 TRAIL Construct a 10 foot wide sidewalk along IA Hwy 1 between $639,000 Sunset Street and Mormon Trek Boulevard. 39 HWY 6 TRAIL - Extend existing trail along Hwy 6 between Broadway to $2,440,000 BROADWAY/SYCAMORE Sycamore Street. 40 HWY 6 TRAIL -SYCAMORE Extend existing trail along Hwy 6 between Sycamore Street $1,749,000 TO LAKESIDE and Lakeside Drive. C - 65 City of Iowa City Capital Improvements Program Unfunded Projects 41 IA RIVER TRAIL - BENTON Relocate a portion of Iowa River Corridor Trail between $121,000 STIHWY 6 Benton Street and Clinton Street approximately 1,500 feet. Project would relocate this portion of the trail from a high truck traffic location in front of City Carton to along the river in back of City Carton. 42 IA RIVER TRAIL- Continue the River Trail project from Benton St., along the $2,186,000 BENTONlSTURGIS west bank, through Sturgis Ferry Park, and construct a pedestrianlbicycle bridge over the Iowa River to connect with the existing trail on the east bank, near Napoleon Park. 43 IRC-ELKS PROPERTY Construction of a trail along the Iowa River Corridor (IRC} $874,000 on the south side of the Elks property. 44 LINN ST PED Installation of pedestrian and streetscape improvements in $370,000 IMPROVEMENTS walkway next to Van Allen Hall between Iowa Avenue and Jefferson Street. 45 N DISTRICT NATURE TRAIL Construct a trail along Williams pipeline easement from $328,000 Bristol Drive to Dubuque Street. 46 RIVERSIDE DRIVE PED Construction of a pedestrian tunnel through the railroad $874,000 TUNNEL embankment to provide a pedestrian route on the west side of Riverside Drive south of Myrtle Avenue. 47 SAND LAKE TRAIL {Behind Develop awalking/biking trail around Sand Lake {behind $437,000 Hills Bank) Hills Bank} to tie in with existing Iowa River Trail and the Highway 6 Trail. 48 SHIMEK SCHOOL J FOSTR Construct a trail north of Shimek School to future Foster $76,000 RD EXT TRAIL Road. 49 SIDEWALK-OLD 218 Construct a 10 foot wide sidewalk along S. Riverside Drive $656,000 {Old 218} between US Hwy 6 and the future extension of Mormon Trek Boulevard. 50 WILLOW CREEK TRAIL - Construct a trail from Willow Creek Drive, under Highway $820,000 PHASE III One, around perimeter of airport, to connect with Iowa River Corridor {IRC) Trail. 51 WILLOW CREEK TRAIL- Connect Willow Creek Trail from its current west terminus $2,652,000 WEST via a tunnel under Highway 218, to connect with the trail in Hunters Run Park and further west. 5 -Wastewater 52 NORTH BRANCH DAM This project extends easterly along Ralston Creek from the $3,639,000 TRUNK SEWER North Branch Dam to Scott Boulevard. 53 NORTHEAST TRUNK Reconstruction of an under-sized sewer through the $4,921,000 SEWER northeast neighborhoods. c - ss City of Iowa City Capital Improvements Program Unfunded Projects 54 NORTH WASTEWATER Demolish and remove all the NWWTP facility and prepare $17,000,000 PLANT DECOMMISSIONING site for parkland or redevelopment. 55 ROHRET SOUTH SEWER This project would extend the 30" sanitary sewer along $1,093,000 Abbey Lane from Burry Drive to the west side of Highway 218. This project will allow development within the watershed of Highway 218. 56 SCOTT BLVD TRUNK This project will extend the Scott Boulevard Trunk Sewer $1,311,000 SEWER - IAIS/WINDSOR from the north side of the Iowa Interstate Railroad at the RIDGE Scott Six Industrial Park to the lift station currently serving the Windsor Ridge Subdivision. 6 -Water 57 TAFTICOURT GROUND Construction of a one million gallon buried potable water $1,366,000 STORAGE RESERVOIR storage reservoir including pumping facilities. Land Acquisition was in FY02, FY03. 7 - Stormwater 58 CARSON LAKE REGIONAL Construction of a regional storm water management facility $1,093,000 STORMWATR on the middle branch of Willow Creek immediately west of Highway 218. This facility will serve development west of Highway 218 and south of Rohret Road. Rohret South Sewer project is a prerequisite. 59 IOWA AVENUE CULVERT This project will repair a box culvert that carries Ralston $328,000 REPAIRS Creek under Iowa Avenue. 60 N BRANCH BASIN Aerial mapping done for the update to the flood plain maps $127,000 EXCAVATION revealed that sedimentation has consumed a portion of the capacity of the facility. This basin is located in Hickory Hill Park. 61 OLYMPIC COURT Stormsewer retrofit to relieve localized flooding from $437,000 STORMWATER stormwater runoff. 62 SUNSET ST STORM SEWER The area just north and south of Kineton Green, east of $415,000 Sunset, has experienced back yard flooding and drainage problems. 8 -Parks & Recreation 63 DESTINATION/ADVENTURE Replace playground equipment in upper City Park with a $773,000 PLAYGROUND "destination/adventure playground" as recommended in the Parks & Rec Master Plan. 64 MESQUAKIE PARK This project will cover the entire old landfill with soil for $1,639,000 safety purposes in order to open up the green space for passiveJsemi-passive public use. 65 OUTDOOR ICE RINK J Construct outdoor ice rink suitable for figure skating or $1,500,000 SKATE PARK hockey. During warm weather rink could be used as skate park. C - 67 City of Iowa City Capital Improvements Program Unfunded Projects 66 PARK SHELTER Replace Creekside and Happy Hollow ShelterlRestroom $175,000 IMPROVEMENTS buildings. 67 PENINSULA PARK ENTRY Construct a sidewalk adjacent to the entry road in to $103,000 SIDEWALK Peninsula Park to reduce safety concerns with pedestrians utilizing the same narrow road utilized by motor vehicles. 68 REC CENTER EXPANSION Expand the Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center; $5,464,000 likely expansion would be to the east over the existing parking lot which would allow for an expanded gymnasium as well as additional space for racquetball, arts and crafts, community meetings and other activities. 69 RECREATION !AQUATIC As recommended in the Parks and Recreation Master Plan, $1,854,000 CENTER construct a major new Recreation & Aquatic Center, probably in the western part of Iowa City. 70 REDEVELOP CREEKSIDE Renovate Creekside Park as recommended in the Parks & $309,000 PARK Receation Master Plan. 71 SAND PRAIRIE Take steps to clear, re-seed and perform low impact $273,000 ENHANCEMENT & development on the 38 acre sand prairie and adjacent PRESERVATION McCollister property acquired in 2004105. The primary objective is to re-introduce sand prairie grasses in this area and construct a nature trail and small parking area. 72 SCANLON ELEVATED Construct an elevated runninglwalking track in the Scanlon $880,000 RUNNINGIWALKING TRACK Gym facility 73 SOCCER PARK POND Construct a pond at Kickers Soccer Park to accommodate $338,000 a field irrigation system. 74 QUEST SIDE PARK Acquire and develop land for a major new park in the west $1,700,000 part of the city, as recommended in the Parks & Recreation Master Plan. 9 -Other Projects 75 CEMETERY MAUSOLEUM Construction of a mausoleum. $382,000 76 CHAUNCEY SWAN This project involves the reuse of components of the old $121,000 FOUNTAIN City plaza fountain. 77 POLICE EVIDENCE Construction of a permanent evidence storage facility, $876,000 STORAGE FACILITY 78 FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM This project connects outlying City buildings onto the fiber $382,000 optic backbone, greatly increasing data transmission capacity. 79 FIRE STATION #1 Relocate and expand /modernize Central Fire Station #1 $10,927,000 RELOCATION C - 68 crrY o~ rower cr~r~r January 31, 2011 Dear Windsor Ridge resident - The City of Iowa City has recently received communication from residents of Windsor Ridge regarding the proposed Scott Park Trail Phase Three project. The project is being funded through a federal trails grant of $416,159 and matching funds of $363,841 funded through the City's Capital Improvement budget. The project is proposed to occur over two years. There will be completed on the storm water retention basin during the first year, July 2011 -June 2012 and the trail project will occur the following year, July 2012 -June 2013. The attached map to this email provides some general locations for the trail and priority phases. It is likely that two to three of the stages may be completed in the second year and will be determined when final designs and estimated project costs are determined. In order to provide the opportunity for dialogue and input, a neighborhood meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday February 9, 2011 at 7pm in Meeting Room B of the Recreation Center, 220 S. Gilbert St. We will have members of staff and the consultants present in order to answer your questions, take feedback and give you information about the project. If you have any additional questions or concerns prior to this meeting, or cannot attend and would like to provide in put, please feel free to contact me at Mike-Moran(a~iowa-city.orq or at 319-356-5104. Thanks again for your feedback and we look forward to meeting with the neighborhood next week. Sincerely, Michael Moran CPRP Director Parks and Recreation 220 S. Gilbert St. Iowa City, IA 52240 319-356-5104 220 S. Gilbert Street • Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1632 • (319) 356-5100 • FAX (319) 356-5487 Marian Karr From: Gerken, Kathryn C <kathryn-gerken@uiowa.edu> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 12:42 PM To: Mike Moran; jell-davidosn@iowa-city.org; Council Subject: FW: Scott Park Trail Attachments: Scott Park Trail City Proposal.pdf; Annual trail maintenance.pdf; Proposed route #1.pdf; Proposed route #2.pdf; Unfunded trail and park projects.pdf; WRtrailmeetingnotice.pdf Kathryn Gerken, Ph.D. Director of Training and Internship Coordinator School Psychology Program 362 LC The University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 Phone:319-335-5333 Fax:319-335-6145 E-mail :kathryn-gerken@uiowa. edu From: Alan and Sara Cross [mailto:crosser87@mchsi.com] Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 5:32 PM To: Karen Lorenzen; Endahl, Jennifer J; Putney, Judith A; m_t_cox@q.com; Jennifer Fiegel; heatherlhyatt@hotmail.com; kj4cress@aol.com; E2glenn@aol.com; Elismark@aol.com; ckuusisto@yahoo.com; jmshield@lcom.net; jkoenig34@juno.com; tward88@msn.com; btmlclapp@msn.com; Ho11y.Garner@Pearson.com; mari_brian@hotmail.com; carlanmill@aol.com; Gerken, Kathryn C; alainajwelsh@gmail.com; funkcl@aol.com; travisshield7464@msn.com; mmoreland@mchsi.com; mikehughes@mchsi.com; aanda@healthsworld.com; Angobrien@msn.com; Edemetroulis@mchsi.com; j eanneanddoug@mchsi.com Subject: Fw: Scott Park Trail Dear Fellow Windsor Ridge Neighbor, A number of us neighbors feel Windsor Ridge could be connected to Scott Park Trail without cutting down trees and with less cost to you and I. I have reattached the City's proposed trail alignment and highlighted areas of concern. I have also attached two routes that we hope the City will consider in order to save trees, construction and maintenance costs while still enhancing the overall path connectivity between Windsor Ridge and Scott Park. With proposed route #l, there would be approximately 1,400 feet less of path laid, two less bridges constructed and 0 trees taken down by incorporating the existing 8' wide path on Court Street that already connects to the Windsor Ridge Path system. This saves the City money not only in construction costs but roughly $2,600 a year in maintenance costs while enhancing the overall path connectivity and maintaining the area's natural beauty and wildlife habitat. This trail alignment also reduces the redundancy in having three paths and the sidewalk on both sides of Cumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another and saves approximately 150 trees. (Page 106 of the 1. C. Parks and Recreation and Trail Master Plan and Final Report dated Nov. 2008 says that it costs ,$10, 000 per mile per year for path maintenance.) Proposed route #2 is the most direct route to Scott Park and the need to construct one bridge and approximately 100 feet of path is eliminated. With this route, construction and maintenance costs would be significantly reduced while trees and wildlife habitat are saved. (With this alignment, there would be redundancy in having two paths and a sidewalk on both sides of Cumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another. However, this option would at least save trees and money and allow for the most direct route to the park.) In the meeting notice written by Mike Moran, he states $416,159 of this trail project will be funded through a federal trails grant (federal tax dollars) and $364,000 of the project will come from the City's Capital Improvement Budget (local tax dollars). We don't feel local or federal tax money should be unnecessarily spent/used up, simply because it is available. We feel local and federal money saved on this project could be used to continue building trails elsewhere. (See unfunded trail and park projects attachment.) And, money saved could also be put to use in a time when we are laying off a firefighter and police officer (January 14, Press Citizen article on the need to eliminate one fireman and one policeman due to budget constraints). (See attachment for the meeting notice.) With so many viable options, we hope the City's proposed trail will be revised. If you agree, we hope that you will take the time to write Mike Moran mike-moran(c~iowa-cit ~~org and copy Jeff-davidsonna Iowa-city.or~ ; council~a,iowa-cit~g ;tom-markus(cr~,iowa-city.org ;Ron-Knoche(a,iowa- cit .or ; g.meisner(a~mmsconsultants.net ; Kristopher-Ackerson(a~iowa-city.or~ ;Josh-Slattery(a~iowa- cit .or ;Marcia-Bollin~er~a iowa.cit~.org .You are welcome to use all or any parts of this email as your own. You may even wish to simply forward on this email and state that you support it or parts of it and one or both of the proposed routes. Or, you may want to make a simple statement expressing your desire for the City's proposed trail leading from Windsor Ridge to Scott Park to be revised in order to save trees, save tax dollars, and better maintain the natural features and beauty of the area. Please feel free to forward this on to anyone you think would also like to help. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Sara Cross --~ p~ ~~~-i-~~i ilk ^,I) ~'~~J"'; ~~ - F-, F9 !-.f ~__ f-~ ~ ~a i~ 4~ -!` ~ ,. ~+, ~~ ly _~~ ~~ '.~ __ ~ ~ ~ ' H A Ivl R O C ~ '~ w V ~ ~~ r.v sue. - ' t ~~ ~~~I d ,i ~~ ,,-~ _~ C -% I ~ ~~ Scott r Park ~ ~ ~ R'O•F o FA:~ ~o~ _~.r -_-- ~••••~ ~~r ~O .j 1 7 l 'I I I U I I I ~ r I \ I I I I I ~ If ~ I • /~ ~~••~ / ~~ ~~~~ ~`. rs ~1~~ TO BE DEDICATED TO ~ ~~ '` N'EIGH6oRH°°° OPEN Scott Park Development and Trail project: `~'~. r f'' .~~ SPACE REQUIREMENT ~j,~'` - ~ ~ ~~ f + 6,. ~~~'`~ ~ ~ Project budget is $1.03 million, o ~` <~' ~~` ~.'~, . 1 r` ~ ~,' ~ Approximately 1 .mile of concrete paths ,~ ~ ~ ~ ; , j ~~~' I There would be 5 concrete paths running ~~ parallel within 200 yards of each other ~~ °~ ~ which are numbered above /~ I• ;r-'•' >`~ ~~' Q: Approximately 150 trees will be cuf down .• ,~~ ~ I ../• ~-*~;• ~% in green shaded areas above to make I PROPOSED ~,,,-.~; ; N ~. ..room far the paths RIDGE 7 I~~~ _ ' I ~ Note: I , I r,-,__ _ I . R1ta s j; 2406 Planimetrics ~ ~ Ranch ~~I! ~I~, ~ `' iq; -'~, a' Dog I ; PROPOSED TRAILS ~~ ~ \ s Park STAGE ONE 0 saos.a ~F ~ ~G~j ' \ , I~; STAGE TWO 0 iii.e~F ~ ~~ V STAGE THREE ~ ass ~F i ~ C~ \ ~ p~,, STAGE FOUR 0 zszs~r- I~ N~ Q~ ~ ~,,,~,, ,~, ~ ~' STAGE FIVE 0 sai.s ~F I D wCA S T\-~ w_. °I I~ •® .~ -~--~~ ~: ~~ ?, Peninsula Park development $300,000 CIP $2,500 General Fund Recreation center $225,000 CIP N/A N/A improvements Sand Lake Recreation $5,900,000 CIP, Grants, $50,000 General Fund Area Donations Waterworks Prairie $115,000 CIP, Donations $1,000 General Fund Park Hospice Memorial Wetherby Park $200,000 CIP, CDBG, N.O.S., $5,000 General Fund splashpad Grants, Donations Total 2009-2012 CIP $11,340,500 {in 2008 dollars) Replace upper playgrounds at City $750,000 Parl<with a Destination/ Adventure Playground Construct Planned Trail $g 000 000 Projects Implement Creekside $300,000 Park Master Plan Add restrooms to one $150,000 east side park Add two small shelters $30,000 to multi-use trails Addition of twa N/A maintenance workers Sand Prairie $260,000 development Scott Parl< development $450,000 Total 2013-2016 CIP $9940,000 {in 2008 dollars] CIP, Partnerships, Sponsorships, Grants CIP, Partnerships, Grants CIP CIP CIP, Grants N/A CIP, Grants CIP $10,000 General Fund $10,000/mile per General Fund year N/A N/A $5,000 General Fund $2,000 General Fund $76,000 General Fund $5,000 General Fund $2,500 General Fund 106 Proposed Route # 1 This trail alignment also reduces the redundancy in having two paths and the sidewalk on both sides of Gumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another (Page 106 of the Final Report on I.G. Parks and Recreation and Trail Master Plan and Final Report dated Nov. 2008 says that it costs $10,000 per mile per year for path maintenance. With proposed route #1, there would be roughly 1,400 feet less of path laid, two less bridges constructed and 0 trees taken down by incarparating the existing path an Caurt Street that already connects to the Windsor Ridge Path system. This saves khe City maney not only in construction costs but roughly $2,600 a year in maintenance costs while enhancing the overall path connectivity and maintaining the area`s natural beauty and wildlife habitat. Proposed Route # 2 -- ~T_ .__ .--- (With this alignment, there would be redundancy in having two paths and a sidewalk on both sides of Cumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another, as is the case with the City's trail proposal. However, this option would at least save trees and money.) With proposed route #2, the need to construct one bridge and approximately 100 feet of path is eliminated while reducing the number of trees that would be removed. With this route, construction and maintenance costs would be significantly reduced while trees and wildlife habitat are saved. City of Iowa City Capital Improvements Program Unfunded Projects 29 S GILBERT ST Reconstruction from Benton Street to Stevens Drive. This $3,278,000 IMPROVEMENTS project does not include improvements to the Gilbert St. 1 Highway 6 intersection. 30 SOUTH ARTERIAL AND Construction of a south arterial street and bridge over the $15,069,000 BRIDGE, US218 TO Iowa River, connecting from Old Hwy 218/US 218 GILBERT STREET interchange on the west side of the Iowa River to Gilbert StreetlSycamore 'L' intersection 31 SYCAMORE-CITY LIMITS TO Reconstruct Sycamore to arterial standards from City limits $2,141,000 'L' to the Sycamore L. Storm sewer, sidewalk improvements and bike lanes are included. 32 SYCAMORE-HWY 6 TO This project involves additional lanes to improve capacity. $1,475,000 DEFOREST 33 TAFT AVENUE Herbert Hoover Hwy to 420th Street. $16,400,000 3 -Transportation Services 34 ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD Preparation of Old Rock Island Railroad Depot for Amtrak $5,072,000 DEPOT RESTORATION service, including platform construction, lighting, utilities, passenger informations display, ticketing kiosks, canopy, warming shelter, signage, parking, and accessibility improvements. 35 U SMASH 'EM DEMOLITION Demolition of the U-Smash'm bulding; securing adjacent $208,000 foundations; and restoration of the area to grass. This does not include demolition of the Wilson's building. (A water pipe will need to be relocated before demolition can occur. ) 4 - Ped & Bike Trails 36 CITY PARK TRAIL This project calls for the replacement of the old section of $301,000 IMPROVEMENTS trail in the southeast portion of the park and relocating it closer to the river. Another part of the project is to expand the trail system by constructing a new section of trail near the bottom of the wooded hill south of the Boys' Baseball fields. 37 CITY PARK TRAIL LIGHTING Install pedestrian lighting on the trail system in City Park. $240,000 38 HWY 1 SIDEWALK 1 TRAIL Construct a 10 foot wide sidewalk along IA Hwy 1 between $639,000 Sunset Street and Mormon Trek Boulevard. 39 HWY 6 TRAIL - Extend existing trail along Hwy 6 between Broadway to $2,440,000 BROADWAY/SYCAMORE Sycamore Street. 40 HWY 6 TRAIL -SYCAMORE Extend existing trail along Hwy 6 between Sycamore Street $1,749,000 TO LAKESIDE and Lakeside Drive. C - 65 City of Iowa City Capital Improvements Program Unfunded Projects 41 IA RIVER TRAIL - BENTON Relocate a portion of Iowa River Corridor Trail between $121,000 STIHWY 6 Benton Street and Clinton Street approximately 1,500 feet. Project would relocate this portion of the trail from a high truck traffic location in front of City Carton to along the river in back of City Carton. 42 IA RIVER TRAIL- Continue the River Trail project from Benton St., along the $2,186,000 BENTONlSTURGIS west bank, through Sturgis Ferry Park, and construct a pedestrianlbicycle bridge over the Iowa River to connect with the existing trail on the east bank, near Napoleon Park. 43 IRC-ELKS PROPERTY Construction of a trail along the Iowa River Corridor (IRC} $874,000 on the south side of the Elks property. 44 LINN ST PED Installation of pedestrian and streetscape improvements in $370,000 IMPROVEMENTS walkway next to Van Allen Hall between Iowa Avenue and Jefferson Street. 45 N DISTRICT NATURE TRAIL Construct a trail along Williams pipeline easement from $328,000 Bristol Drive to Dubuque Street. 46 RIVERSIDE DRIVE PED Construction of a pedestrian tunnel through the railroad $874,000 TUNNEL embankment to provide a pedestrian route on the west side of Riverside Drive south of Myrtle Avenue. 47 SAND LAKE TRAIL {Behind Develop awalking/biking trail around Sand Lake {behind $437,000 Hills Bank) Hills Bank} to tie in with existing Iowa River Trail and the Highway 6 Trail. 48 SHIMEK SCHOOL J FOSTR Construct a trail north of Shimek School to future Foster $76,000 RD EXT TRAIL Road. 49 SIDEWALK-OLD 218 Construct a 10 foot wide sidewalk along S. Riverside Drive $656,000 {Old 218} between US Hwy 6 and the future extension of Mormon Trek Boulevard. 50 WILLOW CREEK TRAIL - Construct a trail from Willow Creek Drive, under Highway $820,000 PHASE III One, around perimeter of airport, to connect with Iowa River Corridor {IRC) Trail. 51 WILLOW CREEK TRAIL- Connect Willow Creek Trail from its current west terminus $2,652,000 WEST via a tunnel under Highway 218, to connect with the trail in Hunters Run Park and further west. 5 -Wastewater 52 NORTH BRANCH DAM This project extends easterly along Ralston Creek from the $3,639,000 TRUNK SEWER North Branch Dam to Scott Boulevard. 53 NORTHEAST TRUNK Reconstruction of an under-sized sewer through the $4,921,000 SEWER northeast neighborhoods. c - ss City of Iowa City Capital Improvements Program Unfunded Projects 54 NORTH WASTEWATER Demolish and remove all the NWWTP facility and prepare $17,000,000 PLANT DECOMMISSIONING site for parkland or redevelopment. 55 ROHRET SOUTH SEWER This project would extend the 30" sanitary sewer along $1,093,000 Abbey Lane from Burry Drive to the west side of Highway 218. This project will allow development within the watershed of Highway 218. 56 SCOTT BLVD TRUNK This project will extend the Scott Boulevard Trunk Sewer $1,311,000 SEWER - IAIS/WINDSOR from the north side of the Iowa Interstate Railroad at the RIDGE Scott Six Industrial Park to the lift station currently serving the Windsor Ridge Subdivision. 6 -Water 57 TAFTICOURT GROUND Construction of a one million gallon buried potable water $1,366,000 STORAGE RESERVOIR storage reservoir including pumping facilities. Land Acquisition was in FY02, FY03. 7 - Stormwater 58 CARSON LAKE REGIONAL Construction of a regional storm water management facility $1,093,000 STORMWATR on the middle branch of Willow Creek immediately west of Highway 218. This facility will serve development west of Highway 218 and south of Rohret Road. Rohret South Sewer project is a prerequisite. 59 IOWA AVENUE CULVERT This project will repair a box culvert that carries Ralston $328,000 REPAIRS Creek under Iowa Avenue. 60 N BRANCH BASIN Aerial mapping done for the update to the flood plain maps $127,000 EXCAVATION revealed that sedimentation has consumed a portion of the capacity of the facility. This basin is located in Hickory Hill Park. 61 OLYMPIC COURT Stormsewer retrofit to relieve localized flooding from $437,000 STORMWATER stormwater runoff. 62 SUNSET ST STORM SEWER The area just north and south of Kineton Green, east of $415,000 Sunset, has experienced back yard flooding and drainage problems. 8 -Parks & Recreation 63 DESTINATION/ADVENTURE Replace playground equipment in upper City Park with a $773,000 PLAYGROUND "destination/adventure playground" as recommended in the Parks & Rec Master Plan. 64 MESQUAKIE PARK This project will cover the entire old landfill with soil for $1,639,000 safety purposes in order to open up the green space for passiveJsemi-passive public use. 65 OUTDOOR ICE RINK J Construct outdoor ice rink suitable for figure skating or $1,500,000 SKATE PARK hockey. During warm weather rink could be used as skate park. C - 67 City of Iowa City Capital Improvements Program Unfunded Projects 66 PARK SHELTER Replace Creekside and Happy Hollow ShelterlRestroom $175,000 IMPROVEMENTS buildings. 67 PENINSULA PARK ENTRY Construct a sidewalk adjacent to the entry road in to $103,000 SIDEWALK Peninsula Park to reduce safety concerns with pedestrians utilizing the same narrow road utilized by motor vehicles. 68 REC CENTER EXPANSION Expand the Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center; $5,464,000 likely expansion would be to the east over the existing parking lot which would allow for an expanded gymnasium as well as additional space for racquetball, arts and crafts, community meetings and other activities. 69 RECREATION !AQUATIC As recommended in the Parks and Recreation Master Plan, $1,854,000 CENTER construct a major new Recreation & Aquatic Center, probably in the western part of Iowa City. 70 REDEVELOP CREEKSIDE Renovate Creekside Park as recommended in the Parks & $309,000 PARK Receation Master Plan. 71 SAND PRAIRIE Take steps to clear, re-seed and perform low impact $273,000 ENHANCEMENT & development on the 38 acre sand prairie and adjacent PRESERVATION McCollister property acquired in 2004105. The primary objective is to re-introduce sand prairie grasses in this area and construct a nature trail and small parking area. 72 SCANLON ELEVATED Construct an elevated runninglwalking track in the Scanlon $880,000 RUNNINGIWALKING TRACK Gym facility 73 SOCCER PARK POND Construct a pond at Kickers Soccer Park to accommodate $338,000 a field irrigation system. 74 QUEST SIDE PARK Acquire and develop land for a major new park in the west $1,700,000 part of the city, as recommended in the Parks & Recreation Master Plan. 9 -Other Projects 75 CEMETERY MAUSOLEUM Construction of a mausoleum. $382,000 76 CHAUNCEY SWAN This project involves the reuse of components of the old $121,000 FOUNTAIN City plaza fountain. 77 POLICE EVIDENCE Construction of a permanent evidence storage facility, $876,000 STORAGE FACILITY 78 FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM This project connects outlying City buildings onto the fiber $382,000 optic backbone, greatly increasing data transmission capacity. 79 FIRE STATION #1 Relocate and expand /modernize Central Fire Station #1 $10,927,000 RELOCATION C - 68 crrY o~ rower cr~r~r January 31, 2011 Dear Windsor Ridge resident - The City of Iowa City has recently received communication from residents of Windsor Ridge regarding the proposed Scott Park Trail Phase Three project. The project is being funded through a federal trails grant of $416,159 and matching funds of $363,841 funded through the City's Capital Improvement budget. The project is proposed to occur over two years. There will be completed on the storm water retention basin during the first year, July 2011 -June 2012 and the trail project will occur the following year, July 2012 -June 2013. The attached map to this email provides some general locations for the trail and priority phases. It is likely that two to three of the stages may be completed in the second year and will be determined when final designs and estimated project costs are determined. In order to provide the opportunity for dialogue and input, a neighborhood meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday February 9, 2011 at 7pm in Meeting Room B of the Recreation Center, 220 S. Gilbert St. We will have members of staff and the consultants present in order to answer your questions, take feedback and give you information about the project. If you have any additional questions or concerns prior to this meeting, or cannot attend and would like to provide in put, please feel free to contact me at Mike-Moran(a~iowa-city.orq or at 319-356-5104. Thanks again for your feedback and we look forward to meeting with the neighborhood next week. Sincerely, Michael Moran CPRP Director Parks and Recreation 220 S. Gilbert St. Iowa City, IA 52240 319-356-5104 220 S. Gilbert Street • Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1632 • (319) 356-5100 • FAX (319) 356-5487 ~ ~ ` ~' Marian Karr From: Mary Ellen Hein <mehein5@msn.com> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 10:08 AM To: Mike Moran; Jeff Davidson; Council; Tom Markus; Ron Knoche; g.meisner@mmsconsultants.net; Kristopher Ackerson; Josh Slattery; Marcia- Bollinger@iowa.city.org Subject: Scott Park Trail Attachments: Scott Park Trail City Proposal.pdf; Annual trail maintenance.pdf; Proposed route #1.pdf; Proposed route #2.pdf; Unfunded trail and park projects.pdf; WRtrailmeetingnotice.pdf A number of us neighbors feel Windsor Ridge could be connected to Scott Park Trail without cutting down trees and with less cost to you and I. I have reattached the City's proposed trail alignment and highlighted areas of concern. I have also attached two routes that we hope the City will consider in order to save trees, construction and maintenance costs while still enhancing the overall path connectivity between Windsor Ridge and Scott Park. With proposed route #1, there would be approximately 1,400 feet less of path laid, two less bridges constructed and 0 trees taken down by incorporating the existing 8' wide path on Court Street that already connects to the Windsor Ridge Path system. This saves the City money not only in construction costs but roughly $2,600 a year in maintenance costs while enhancing the overall path connectivity and maintaining the area's natural beauty and wildlife habitat. This trail alignment also reduces the redundancy in having three paths and the sidewalk on both sides of Cumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another and saves approximately 150 trees. (Page 106 of the Final Report on I.C. Parks and Recreation and Trail Master Plan and Final Report dated Nov. 2008 says that it costs $10,000 per mile per year for path maintenance. http•//www ic~ov orb/site/CMSv2/file/parksAndRecreation/masterPlan/IOWACITYFINALREPORT12.07.08.pdf) Proposed route #2 is the most direct route to Scott Park and the need to construct one bridge and approximately 100 feet of path is eliminated. With this route, construction and maintenance costs would be significantly reduced while trees and wildlife habitat are saved. (With this alignment, there would be redundancy in having two paths and a sidewalk on both sides of Cumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another. However, this option would at least save trees and money and allow for the most direct route to the park.) Mary Ellen Hein 714 Arlington Drive Iowa City, Iowa 52245 --~ p~ ~~~-i-~~i ilk ^,I) ~'~~J"'; ~~ - F-, F9 !-.f ~__ f-~ ~ ~a i~ 4~ -!` ~ ,. ~+, ~~ ly _~~ ~~ '.~ __ ~ ~ ~ ' H A Ivl R O C ~ '~ w V ~ ~~ r.v sue. - ' t ~~ ~~~I d ,i ~~ ,,-~ _~ C -% I ~ ~~ Scott r Park ~ ~ ~ R'O•F o FA:~ ~o~ _~.r -_-- ~••••~ ~~r ~O .j 1 7 l 'I I I U I I I ~ r I \ I I I I I ~ If ~ I • /~ ~~••~ / ~~ ~~~~ ~`. rs ~1~~ TO BE DEDICATED TO ~ ~~ '` N'EIGH6oRH°°° OPEN Scott Park Development and Trail project: `~'~. r f'' .~~ SPACE REQUIREMENT ~j,~'` - ~ ~ ~~ f + 6,. ~~~'`~ ~ ~ Project budget is $1.03 million, o ~` <~' ~~` ~.'~, . 1 r` ~ ~,' ~ Approximately 1 .mile of concrete paths ,~ ~ ~ ~ ; , j ~~~' I There would be 5 concrete paths running ~~ parallel within 200 yards of each other ~~ °~ ~ which are numbered above /~ I• ;r-'•' >`~ ~~' Q: Approximately 150 trees will be cuf down .• ,~~ ~ I ../• ~-*~;• ~% in green shaded areas above to make I PROPOSED ~,,,-.~; ; N ~. ..room far the paths RIDGE 7 I~~~ _ ' I ~ Note: I , I r,-,__ _ I . R1ta s j; 2406 Planimetrics ~ ~ Ranch ~~I! ~I~, ~ `' iq; -'~, a' Dog I ; PROPOSED TRAILS ~~ ~ \ s Park STAGE ONE 0 saos.a ~F ~ ~G~j ' \ , I~; STAGE TWO 0 iii.e~F ~ ~~ V STAGE THREE ~ ass ~F i ~ C~ \ ~ p~,, STAGE FOUR 0 zszs~r- I~ N~ Q~ ~ ~,,,~,, ,~, ~ ~' STAGE FIVE 0 sai.s ~F I D wCA S T\-~ w_. °I I~ •® .~ -~--~~ ~: ~~ ?, Peninsula Park development $300,000 CIP $2,500 General Fund Recreation center $225,000 CIP N/A N/A improvements Sand Lake Recreation $5,900,000 CIP, Grants, $50,000 General Fund Area Donations Waterworks Prairie $115,000 CIP, Donations $1,000 General Fund Park Hospice Memorial Wetherby Park $200,000 CIP, CDBG, N.O.S., $5,000 General Fund splashpad Grants, Donations Total 2009-2012 CIP $11,340,500 {in 2008 dollars) Replace upper playgrounds at City $750,000 Parl<with a Destination/ Adventure Playground Construct Planned Trail $g 000 000 Projects Implement Creekside $300,000 Park Master Plan Add restrooms to one $150,000 east side park Add two small shelters $30,000 to multi-use trails Addition of twa N/A maintenance workers Sand Prairie $260,000 development Scott Parl< development $450,000 Total 2013-2016 CIP $9940,000 {in 2008 dollars] CIP, Partnerships, Sponsorships, Grants CIP, Partnerships, Grants CIP CIP CIP, Grants N/A CIP, Grants CIP $10,000 General Fund $10,000/mile per General Fund year N/A N/A $5,000 General Fund $2,000 General Fund $76,000 General Fund $5,000 General Fund $2,500 General Fund 106 Proposed Route # 1 This trail alignment also reduces the redundancy in having two paths and the sidewalk on both sides of Gumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another (Page 106 of the Final Report on I.G. Parks and Recreation and Trail Master Plan and Final Report dated Nov. 2008 says that it costs $10,000 per mile per year for path maintenance. With proposed route #1, there would be roughly 1,400 feet less of path laid, two less bridges constructed and 0 trees taken down by incarparating the existing path an Caurt Street that already connects to the Windsor Ridge Path system. This saves khe City maney not only in construction costs but roughly $2,600 a year in maintenance costs while enhancing the overall path connectivity and maintaining the area`s natural beauty and wildlife habitat. Proposed Route # 2 -- ~T_ .__ .--- (With this alignment, there would be redundancy in having two paths and a sidewalk on both sides of Cumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another, as is the case with the City's trail proposal. However, this option would at least save trees and money.) With proposed route #2, the need to construct one bridge and approximately 100 feet of path is eliminated while reducing the number of trees that would be removed. With this route, construction and maintenance costs would be significantly reduced while trees and wildlife habitat are saved. City of Iowa City Capital Improvements Program Unfunded Projects 29 S GILBERT ST Reconstruction from Benton Street to Stevens Drive. This $3,278,000 IMPROVEMENTS project does not include improvements to the Gilbert St. 1 Highway 6 intersection. 30 SOUTH ARTERIAL AND Construction of a south arterial street and bridge over the $15,069,000 BRIDGE, US218 TO Iowa River, connecting from Old Hwy 218/US 218 GILBERT STREET interchange on the west side of the Iowa River to Gilbert StreetlSycamore 'L' intersection 31 SYCAMORE-CITY LIMITS TO Reconstruct Sycamore to arterial standards from City limits $2,141,000 'L' to the Sycamore L. Storm sewer, sidewalk improvements and bike lanes are included. 32 SYCAMORE-HWY 6 TO This project involves additional lanes to improve capacity. $1,475,000 DEFOREST 33 TAFT AVENUE Herbert Hoover Hwy to 420th Street. $16,400,000 3 -Transportation Services 34 ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD Preparation of Old Rock Island Railroad Depot for Amtrak $5,072,000 DEPOT RESTORATION service, including platform construction, lighting, utilities, passenger informations display, ticketing kiosks, canopy, warming shelter, signage, parking, and accessibility improvements. 35 U SMASH 'EM DEMOLITION Demolition of the U-Smash'm bulding; securing adjacent $208,000 foundations; and restoration of the area to grass. This does not include demolition of the Wilson's building. (A water pipe will need to be relocated before demolition can occur. ) 4 - Ped & Bike Trails 36 CITY PARK TRAIL This project calls for the replacement of the old section of $301,000 IMPROVEMENTS trail in the southeast portion of the park and relocating it closer to the river. Another part of the project is to expand the trail system by constructing a new section of trail near the bottom of the wooded hill south of the Boys' Baseball fields. 37 CITY PARK TRAIL LIGHTING Install pedestrian lighting on the trail system in City Park. $240,000 38 HWY 1 SIDEWALK 1 TRAIL Construct a 10 foot wide sidewalk along IA Hwy 1 between $639,000 Sunset Street and Mormon Trek Boulevard. 39 HWY 6 TRAIL - Extend existing trail along Hwy 6 between Broadway to $2,440,000 BROADWAY/SYCAMORE Sycamore Street. 40 HWY 6 TRAIL -SYCAMORE Extend existing trail along Hwy 6 between Sycamore Street $1,749,000 TO LAKESIDE and Lakeside Drive. C - 65 City of Iowa City Capital Improvements Program Unfunded Projects 41 IA RIVER TRAIL - BENTON Relocate a portion of Iowa River Corridor Trail between $121,000 STIHWY 6 Benton Street and Clinton Street approximately 1,500 feet. Project would relocate this portion of the trail from a high truck traffic location in front of City Carton to along the river in back of City Carton. 42 IA RIVER TRAIL- Continue the River Trail project from Benton St., along the $2,186,000 BENTONlSTURGIS west bank, through Sturgis Ferry Park, and construct a pedestrianlbicycle bridge over the Iowa River to connect with the existing trail on the east bank, near Napoleon Park. 43 IRC-ELKS PROPERTY Construction of a trail along the Iowa River Corridor (IRC} $874,000 on the south side of the Elks property. 44 LINN ST PED Installation of pedestrian and streetscape improvements in $370,000 IMPROVEMENTS walkway next to Van Allen Hall between Iowa Avenue and Jefferson Street. 45 N DISTRICT NATURE TRAIL Construct a trail along Williams pipeline easement from $328,000 Bristol Drive to Dubuque Street. 46 RIVERSIDE DRIVE PED Construction of a pedestrian tunnel through the railroad $874,000 TUNNEL embankment to provide a pedestrian route on the west side of Riverside Drive south of Myrtle Avenue. 47 SAND LAKE TRAIL {Behind Develop awalking/biking trail around Sand Lake {behind $437,000 Hills Bank) Hills Bank} to tie in with existing Iowa River Trail and the Highway 6 Trail. 48 SHIMEK SCHOOL J FOSTR Construct a trail north of Shimek School to future Foster $76,000 RD EXT TRAIL Road. 49 SIDEWALK-OLD 218 Construct a 10 foot wide sidewalk along S. Riverside Drive $656,000 {Old 218} between US Hwy 6 and the future extension of Mormon Trek Boulevard. 50 WILLOW CREEK TRAIL - Construct a trail from Willow Creek Drive, under Highway $820,000 PHASE III One, around perimeter of airport, to connect with Iowa River Corridor {IRC) Trail. 51 WILLOW CREEK TRAIL- Connect Willow Creek Trail from its current west terminus $2,652,000 WEST via a tunnel under Highway 218, to connect with the trail in Hunters Run Park and further west. 5 -Wastewater 52 NORTH BRANCH DAM This project extends easterly along Ralston Creek from the $3,639,000 TRUNK SEWER North Branch Dam to Scott Boulevard. 53 NORTHEAST TRUNK Reconstruction of an under-sized sewer through the $4,921,000 SEWER northeast neighborhoods. c - ss City of Iowa City Capital Improvements Program Unfunded Projects 54 NORTH WASTEWATER Demolish and remove all the NWWTP facility and prepare $17,000,000 PLANT DECOMMISSIONING site for parkland or redevelopment. 55 ROHRET SOUTH SEWER This project would extend the 30" sanitary sewer along $1,093,000 Abbey Lane from Burry Drive to the west side of Highway 218. This project will allow development within the watershed of Highway 218. 56 SCOTT BLVD TRUNK This project will extend the Scott Boulevard Trunk Sewer $1,311,000 SEWER - IAIS/WINDSOR from the north side of the Iowa Interstate Railroad at the RIDGE Scott Six Industrial Park to the lift station currently serving the Windsor Ridge Subdivision. 6 -Water 57 TAFTICOURT GROUND Construction of a one million gallon buried potable water $1,366,000 STORAGE RESERVOIR storage reservoir including pumping facilities. Land Acquisition was in FY02, FY03. 7 - Stormwater 58 CARSON LAKE REGIONAL Construction of a regional storm water management facility $1,093,000 STORMWATR on the middle branch of Willow Creek immediately west of Highway 218. This facility will serve development west of Highway 218 and south of Rohret Road. Rohret South Sewer project is a prerequisite. 59 IOWA AVENUE CULVERT This project will repair a box culvert that carries Ralston $328,000 REPAIRS Creek under Iowa Avenue. 60 N BRANCH BASIN Aerial mapping done for the update to the flood plain maps $127,000 EXCAVATION revealed that sedimentation has consumed a portion of the capacity of the facility. This basin is located in Hickory Hill Park. 61 OLYMPIC COURT Stormsewer retrofit to relieve localized flooding from $437,000 STORMWATER stormwater runoff. 62 SUNSET ST STORM SEWER The area just north and south of Kineton Green, east of $415,000 Sunset, has experienced back yard flooding and drainage problems. 8 -Parks & Recreation 63 DESTINATION/ADVENTURE Replace playground equipment in upper City Park with a $773,000 PLAYGROUND "destination/adventure playground" as recommended in the Parks & Rec Master Plan. 64 MESQUAKIE PARK This project will cover the entire old landfill with soil for $1,639,000 safety purposes in order to open up the green space for passiveJsemi-passive public use. 65 OUTDOOR ICE RINK J Construct outdoor ice rink suitable for figure skating or $1,500,000 SKATE PARK hockey. During warm weather rink could be used as skate park. C - 67 City of Iowa City Capital Improvements Program Unfunded Projects 66 PARK SHELTER Replace Creekside and Happy Hollow ShelterlRestroom $175,000 IMPROVEMENTS buildings. 67 PENINSULA PARK ENTRY Construct a sidewalk adjacent to the entry road in to $103,000 SIDEWALK Peninsula Park to reduce safety concerns with pedestrians utilizing the same narrow road utilized by motor vehicles. 68 REC CENTER EXPANSION Expand the Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center; $5,464,000 likely expansion would be to the east over the existing parking lot which would allow for an expanded gymnasium as well as additional space for racquetball, arts and crafts, community meetings and other activities. 69 RECREATION !AQUATIC As recommended in the Parks and Recreation Master Plan, $1,854,000 CENTER construct a major new Recreation & Aquatic Center, probably in the western part of Iowa City. 70 REDEVELOP CREEKSIDE Renovate Creekside Park as recommended in the Parks & $309,000 PARK Receation Master Plan. 71 SAND PRAIRIE Take steps to clear, re-seed and perform low impact $273,000 ENHANCEMENT & development on the 38 acre sand prairie and adjacent PRESERVATION McCollister property acquired in 2004105. The primary objective is to re-introduce sand prairie grasses in this area and construct a nature trail and small parking area. 72 SCANLON ELEVATED Construct an elevated runninglwalking track in the Scanlon $880,000 RUNNINGIWALKING TRACK Gym facility 73 SOCCER PARK POND Construct a pond at Kickers Soccer Park to accommodate $338,000 a field irrigation system. 74 QUEST SIDE PARK Acquire and develop land for a major new park in the west $1,700,000 part of the city, as recommended in the Parks & Recreation Master Plan. 9 -Other Projects 75 CEMETERY MAUSOLEUM Construction of a mausoleum. $382,000 76 CHAUNCEY SWAN This project involves the reuse of components of the old $121,000 FOUNTAIN City plaza fountain. 77 POLICE EVIDENCE Construction of a permanent evidence storage facility, $876,000 STORAGE FACILITY 78 FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM This project connects outlying City buildings onto the fiber $382,000 optic backbone, greatly increasing data transmission capacity. 79 FIRE STATION #1 Relocate and expand /modernize Central Fire Station #1 $10,927,000 RELOCATION C - 68 crrY o~ rower cr~r~r January 31, 2011 Dear Windsor Ridge resident - The City of Iowa City has recently received communication from residents of Windsor Ridge regarding the proposed Scott Park Trail Phase Three project. The project is being funded through a federal trails grant of $416,159 and matching funds of $363,841 funded through the City's Capital Improvement budget. The project is proposed to occur over two years. There will be completed on the storm water retention basin during the first year, July 2011 -June 2012 and the trail project will occur the following year, July 2012 -June 2013. The attached map to this email provides some general locations for the trail and priority phases. It is likely that two to three of the stages may be completed in the second year and will be determined when final designs and estimated project costs are determined. In order to provide the opportunity for dialogue and input, a neighborhood meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday February 9, 2011 at 7pm in Meeting Room B of the Recreation Center, 220 S. Gilbert St. We will have members of staff and the consultants present in order to answer your questions, take feedback and give you information about the project. If you have any additional questions or concerns prior to this meeting, or cannot attend and would like to provide in put, please feel free to contact me at Mike-Moran(a~iowa-city.orq or at 319-356-5104. Thanks again for your feedback and we look forward to meeting with the neighborhood next week. Sincerely, Michael Moran CPRP Director Parks and Recreation 220 S. Gilbert St. Iowa City, IA 52240 319-356-5104 220 S. Gilbert Street • Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1632 • (319) 356-5100 • FAX (319) 356-5487 ~~ r~. ~ ~ ~ Marian Karr From: Marina Usacheva <marinay55@yahoo.com> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 10:56 PM To: Mike Moran Cc: Jeff Davidson; Council; Tom Markus; Ron Knoche; g.meisner@mmsconsultants.net; Kristopher Ackerson; Josh Slattery; Marcia-Bollinger@iowa.city.org; crosser87@mchsi.com Subject: Fw: Scott Park Trail Attachments: Scott Park Trail City Proposal.pdf; Annual trail maintenance.pdf; Proposed route #1.pdf; Proposed route #2.pdf; Unfunded trail and park projects.pdf; WRtrailmeetingnotice.pdf Hello Mr. Moran, We would like to inform you that we strongly support our neighbors Alan and Sara Cross. We share their concerns regarding high cost and unnecessary landscape changes in the proposed Iowa City's trail connecting Windsor Ridge and Scott Park. We would like to ask you to revise the current decision regarding this project. We would favor proposed route #1. Marina and Yuriy Usachev 4402 Buckingham Lane Iowa City, IA, 52245 ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Alan and Sara Cross <crosser87@mchsi.com> To: dcflanagan@mchsi.com; mkchris2@msn.com; pinnell.sheila@iccsd.kl2.ia.us; pjshellyconlon96@msn.com; iccubfans@msn.com; joelmyersathome@gmail.com; krcollect0l@aol.com; Rossetti53@msn.com; hansches@aol.com; arensdr@aol.com; Julie & Bart Floyd <jbfloyd40@hotmail.com>; maria@gomerland.com; marina_y55@yahoo.com; fames-ploessl@uiowa.edu; tcsuchomel@msn.com; triplett@infionline.net; 5iowahawks@gmail.com; Robert- Millsap@uiowa.edu; b.mitchell@mchsi.com; edmarciai@mchsi.com; s.sindt@mchsi.com; Becky4542@aol.com; whinneys2@mchsi.com; bryan_dietz@mchsi.com; shelly-deutsch@hawkeyebasketball.com; mbgurnett@aol.com; lindazzstewart@aol.com Sent: Sun, February 20, 2011 5:02:07 PM Subject: Fw: Scott Park Trail Dear Fellow Windsor Ridge Neighbor, A number of us neighbors feel Windsor Ridge could be connected to Scott Park Trail without cutting down trees and with less cost to you and I. I have reattached the City's proposed trail alignment and highlighted areas of concern. I have also attached two routes that we hope the City will consider in order to save trees, construction and maintenance costs while still enhancing the overall path connectivity between Windsor Ridge and Scott Park. With proposed route #1, there would be approximately 1,400 feet less of path laid, two less bridges constructed and 0 trees taken down by incorporating the existing 8' wide path on Court Street that already connects to the Windsor Ridge Path system. This saves the City money not only in construction costs but roughly $2,600 a year in maintenance costs while enhancing the overall path connectivity and maintaining the area's natural beauty and wildlife habitat. This trail alignment also reduces the redundancy in having three paths and the sidewalk on both sides of Cumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another and saves approximately 150 trees. (Page 106 of the I.C. Parks and Recreation and Trail Master Plan and Final Report dated Nov. 2008 says that it costs $10,000 per mile per year for path maintenance.) Proposed route #2 is the most direct route to Scott Park and the need to construct one bridge and approximately 100 feet of path is eliminated. With this route, construction and maintenance costs would be significantly reduced while trees and wildlife habitat are saved. (With this alignment, there would be redundancy in having two paths and a sidewalk on both sides of Cumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another. However, this option would at least save trees and money and allow for the most direct route to the park.) In the meeting notice written by Mike Moran, he states $416,159 of this trail project will be funded through a federal trails grant (federal tax dollars) and $364,000 of the project will come from the City's Capital Improvement Budget (local tax dollars). We don't feel local or federal tax money should be unnecessarily spent/used up, simply because it is available. We feel local and federal money saved on this project could be used to continue building trails elsewhere. (See unfunded trail and park projects attachment.) And, money saved could also be put to use in a time when we are laying off a firefighter and police officer (January 14, Press Citizen article on the need to eliminate one fireman and one policeman due to budget constraints). (See attachment for the meeting notice.) With so many viable options, we hope the City's proposed trail will be revised. If you agree, we hope that you will take the time to write Mike Moran mike-moran@iowa-city.org and copy Jeff-davidson@iowa-city.org ;council iowa-citv.or~ ;tom-markus@iowa-city.org ;Ron-Knoche@iowa-city.or~ e.meisner mmsconsultants.net ; Kristopher-Ackerson@iowa-city.or~ ;Josh-Slattery@iowa-city.or~; Marcia- Bollinger iowa.citv.org .You are welcome to use all or any parts of this email as your own. You may even wish to simply forward on this email and state that you support it or parts of it and one or both of the proposed routes. Or, you may want to make a simple statement expressing your desire for the City's proposed trail leading from Windsor Ridge to Scott Park to be revised in order to save trees, save tax dollars, and better maintain the natural features and beauty of the area. Please feel free to forward this on to anyone you think would also like to help. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Sara Cross z --~ p~ ~~~-i-~~i ilk ^,I) ~'~~J"'; ~~ - F-, F9 !-.f ~__ f-~ ~ ~a i~ 4~ -!` ~ ,. ~+, ~~ ly _~~ ~~ '.~ __ ~ ~ ~ ' H A Ivl R O C ~ '~ w V ~ ~~ r.v sue. - ' t ~~ ~~~I d ,i ~~ ,,-~ _~ C -% I ~ ~~ Scott r Park ~ ~ ~ R'O•F o FA:~ ~o~ _~.r -_-- ~••••~ ~~r ~O .j 1 7 l 'I I I U I I I ~ r I \ I I I I I ~ If ~ I • /~ ~~••~ / ~~ ~~~~ ~`. rs ~1~~ TO BE DEDICATED TO ~ ~~ '` N'EIGH6oRH°°° OPEN Scott Park Development and Trail project: `~'~. r f'' .~~ SPACE REQUIREMENT ~j,~'` - ~ ~ ~~ f + 6,. ~~~'`~ ~ ~ Project budget is $1.03 million, o ~` <~' ~~` ~.'~, . 1 r` ~ ~,' ~ Approximately 1 .mile of concrete paths ,~ ~ ~ ~ ; , j ~~~' I There would be 5 concrete paths running ~~ parallel within 200 yards of each other ~~ °~ ~ which are numbered above /~ I• ;r-'•' >`~ ~~' Q: Approximately 150 trees will be cuf down .• ,~~ ~ I ../• ~-*~;• ~% in green shaded areas above to make I PROPOSED ~,,,-.~; ; N ~. ..room far the paths RIDGE 7 I~~~ _ ' I ~ Note: I , I r,-,__ _ I . R1ta s j; 2406 Planimetrics ~ ~ Ranch ~~I! ~I~, ~ `' iq; -'~, a' Dog I ; PROPOSED TRAILS ~~ ~ \ s Park STAGE ONE 0 saos.a ~F ~ ~G~j ' \ , I~; STAGE TWO 0 iii.e~F ~ ~~ V STAGE THREE ~ ass ~F i ~ C~ \ ~ p~,, STAGE FOUR 0 zszs~r- I~ N~ Q~ ~ ~,,,~,, ,~, ~ ~' STAGE FIVE 0 sai.s ~F I D wCA S T\-~ w_. °I I~ •® .~ -~--~~ ~: ~~ ?, Peninsula Park development $300,000 CIP $2,500 General Fund Recreation center $225,000 CIP N/A N/A improvements Sand Lake Recreation $5,900,000 CIP, Grants, $50,000 General Fund Area Donations Waterworks Prairie $115,000 CIP, Donations $1,000 General Fund Park Hospice Memorial Wetherby Park $200,000 CIP, CDBG, N.O.S., $5,000 General Fund splashpad Grants, Donations Total 2009-2012 CIP $11,340,500 {in 2008 dollars) Replace upper playgrounds at City $750,000 Parl<with a Destination/ Adventure Playground Construct Planned Trail $g 000 000 Projects Implement Creekside $300,000 Park Master Plan Add restrooms to one $150,000 east side park Add two small shelters $30,000 to multi-use trails Addition of twa N/A maintenance workers Sand Prairie $260,000 development Scott Parl< development $450,000 Total 2013-2016 CIP $9940,000 {in 2008 dollars] CIP, Partnerships, Sponsorships, Grants CIP, Partnerships, Grants CIP CIP CIP, Grants N/A CIP, Grants CIP $10,000 General Fund $10,000/mile per General Fund year N/A N/A $5,000 General Fund $2,000 General Fund $76,000 General Fund $5,000 General Fund $2,500 General Fund 106 Proposed Route # 1 This trail alignment also reduces the redundancy in having two paths and the sidewalk on both sides of Gumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another (Page 106 of the Final Report on I.G. Parks and Recreation and Trail Master Plan and Final Report dated Nov. 2008 says that it costs $10,000 per mile per year for path maintenance. With proposed route #1, there would be roughly 1,400 feet less of path laid, two less bridges constructed and 0 trees taken down by incarparating the existing path an Caurt Street that already connects to the Windsor Ridge Path system. This saves khe City maney not only in construction costs but roughly $2,600 a year in maintenance costs while enhancing the overall path connectivity and maintaining the area`s natural beauty and wildlife habitat. Proposed Route # 2 -- ~T_ .__ .--- (With this alignment, there would be redundancy in having two paths and a sidewalk on both sides of Cumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another, as is the case with the City's trail proposal. However, this option would at least save trees and money.) With proposed route #2, the need to construct one bridge and approximately 100 feet of path is eliminated while reducing the number of trees that would be removed. With this route, construction and maintenance costs would be significantly reduced while trees and wildlife habitat are saved. City of Iowa City Capital Improvements Program Unfunded Projects 29 S GILBERT ST Reconstruction from Benton Street to Stevens Drive. This $3,278,000 IMPROVEMENTS project does not include improvements to the Gilbert St. 1 Highway 6 intersection. 30 SOUTH ARTERIAL AND Construction of a south arterial street and bridge over the $15,069,000 BRIDGE, US218 TO Iowa River, connecting from Old Hwy 218/US 218 GILBERT STREET interchange on the west side of the Iowa River to Gilbert StreetlSycamore 'L' intersection 31 SYCAMORE-CITY LIMITS TO Reconstruct Sycamore to arterial standards from City limits $2,141,000 'L' to the Sycamore L. Storm sewer, sidewalk improvements and bike lanes are included. 32 SYCAMORE-HWY 6 TO This project involves additional lanes to improve capacity. $1,475,000 DEFOREST 33 TAFT AVENUE Herbert Hoover Hwy to 420th Street. $16,400,000 3 -Transportation Services 34 ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD Preparation of Old Rock Island Railroad Depot for Amtrak $5,072,000 DEPOT RESTORATION service, including platform construction, lighting, utilities, passenger informations display, ticketing kiosks, canopy, warming shelter, signage, parking, and accessibility improvements. 35 U SMASH 'EM DEMOLITION Demolition of the U-Smash'm bulding; securing adjacent $208,000 foundations; and restoration of the area to grass. This does not include demolition of the Wilson's building. (A water pipe will need to be relocated before demolition can occur. ) 4 - Ped & Bike Trails 36 CITY PARK TRAIL This project calls for the replacement of the old section of $301,000 IMPROVEMENTS trail in the southeast portion of the park and relocating it closer to the river. Another part of the project is to expand the trail system by constructing a new section of trail near the bottom of the wooded hill south of the Boys' Baseball fields. 37 CITY PARK TRAIL LIGHTING Install pedestrian lighting on the trail system in City Park. $240,000 38 HWY 1 SIDEWALK 1 TRAIL Construct a 10 foot wide sidewalk along IA Hwy 1 between $639,000 Sunset Street and Mormon Trek Boulevard. 39 HWY 6 TRAIL - Extend existing trail along Hwy 6 between Broadway to $2,440,000 BROADWAY/SYCAMORE Sycamore Street. 40 HWY 6 TRAIL -SYCAMORE Extend existing trail along Hwy 6 between Sycamore Street $1,749,000 TO LAKESIDE and Lakeside Drive. C - 65 City of Iowa City Capital Improvements Program Unfunded Projects 41 IA RIVER TRAIL - BENTON Relocate a portion of Iowa River Corridor Trail between $121,000 STIHWY 6 Benton Street and Clinton Street approximately 1,500 feet. Project would relocate this portion of the trail from a high truck traffic location in front of City Carton to along the river in back of City Carton. 42 IA RIVER TRAIL- Continue the River Trail project from Benton St., along the $2,186,000 BENTONlSTURGIS west bank, through Sturgis Ferry Park, and construct a pedestrianlbicycle bridge over the Iowa River to connect with the existing trail on the east bank, near Napoleon Park. 43 IRC-ELKS PROPERTY Construction of a trail along the Iowa River Corridor (IRC} $874,000 on the south side of the Elks property. 44 LINN ST PED Installation of pedestrian and streetscape improvements in $370,000 IMPROVEMENTS walkway next to Van Allen Hall between Iowa Avenue and Jefferson Street. 45 N DISTRICT NATURE TRAIL Construct a trail along Williams pipeline easement from $328,000 Bristol Drive to Dubuque Street. 46 RIVERSIDE DRIVE PED Construction of a pedestrian tunnel through the railroad $874,000 TUNNEL embankment to provide a pedestrian route on the west side of Riverside Drive south of Myrtle Avenue. 47 SAND LAKE TRAIL {Behind Develop awalking/biking trail around Sand Lake {behind $437,000 Hills Bank) Hills Bank} to tie in with existing Iowa River Trail and the Highway 6 Trail. 48 SHIMEK SCHOOL J FOSTR Construct a trail north of Shimek School to future Foster $76,000 RD EXT TRAIL Road. 49 SIDEWALK-OLD 218 Construct a 10 foot wide sidewalk along S. Riverside Drive $656,000 {Old 218} between US Hwy 6 and the future extension of Mormon Trek Boulevard. 50 WILLOW CREEK TRAIL - Construct a trail from Willow Creek Drive, under Highway $820,000 PHASE III One, around perimeter of airport, to connect with Iowa River Corridor {IRC) Trail. 51 WILLOW CREEK TRAIL- Connect Willow Creek Trail from its current west terminus $2,652,000 WEST via a tunnel under Highway 218, to connect with the trail in Hunters Run Park and further west. 5 -Wastewater 52 NORTH BRANCH DAM This project extends easterly along Ralston Creek from the $3,639,000 TRUNK SEWER North Branch Dam to Scott Boulevard. 53 NORTHEAST TRUNK Reconstruction of an under-sized sewer through the $4,921,000 SEWER northeast neighborhoods. c - ss City of Iowa City Capital Improvements Program Unfunded Projects 54 NORTH WASTEWATER Demolish and remove all the NWWTP facility and prepare $17,000,000 PLANT DECOMMISSIONING site for parkland or redevelopment. 55 ROHRET SOUTH SEWER This project would extend the 30" sanitary sewer along $1,093,000 Abbey Lane from Burry Drive to the west side of Highway 218. This project will allow development within the watershed of Highway 218. 56 SCOTT BLVD TRUNK This project will extend the Scott Boulevard Trunk Sewer $1,311,000 SEWER - IAIS/WINDSOR from the north side of the Iowa Interstate Railroad at the RIDGE Scott Six Industrial Park to the lift station currently serving the Windsor Ridge Subdivision. 6 -Water 57 TAFTICOURT GROUND Construction of a one million gallon buried potable water $1,366,000 STORAGE RESERVOIR storage reservoir including pumping facilities. Land Acquisition was in FY02, FY03. 7 - Stormwater 58 CARSON LAKE REGIONAL Construction of a regional storm water management facility $1,093,000 STORMWATR on the middle branch of Willow Creek immediately west of Highway 218. This facility will serve development west of Highway 218 and south of Rohret Road. Rohret South Sewer project is a prerequisite. 59 IOWA AVENUE CULVERT This project will repair a box culvert that carries Ralston $328,000 REPAIRS Creek under Iowa Avenue. 60 N BRANCH BASIN Aerial mapping done for the update to the flood plain maps $127,000 EXCAVATION revealed that sedimentation has consumed a portion of the capacity of the facility. This basin is located in Hickory Hill Park. 61 OLYMPIC COURT Stormsewer retrofit to relieve localized flooding from $437,000 STORMWATER stormwater runoff. 62 SUNSET ST STORM SEWER The area just north and south of Kineton Green, east of $415,000 Sunset, has experienced back yard flooding and drainage problems. 8 -Parks & Recreation 63 DESTINATION/ADVENTURE Replace playground equipment in upper City Park with a $773,000 PLAYGROUND "destination/adventure playground" as recommended in the Parks & Rec Master Plan. 64 MESQUAKIE PARK This project will cover the entire old landfill with soil for $1,639,000 safety purposes in order to open up the green space for passiveJsemi-passive public use. 65 OUTDOOR ICE RINK J Construct outdoor ice rink suitable for figure skating or $1,500,000 SKATE PARK hockey. During warm weather rink could be used as skate park. C - 67 City of Iowa City Capital Improvements Program Unfunded Projects 66 PARK SHELTER Replace Creekside and Happy Hollow ShelterlRestroom $175,000 IMPROVEMENTS buildings. 67 PENINSULA PARK ENTRY Construct a sidewalk adjacent to the entry road in to $103,000 SIDEWALK Peninsula Park to reduce safety concerns with pedestrians utilizing the same narrow road utilized by motor vehicles. 68 REC CENTER EXPANSION Expand the Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center; $5,464,000 likely expansion would be to the east over the existing parking lot which would allow for an expanded gymnasium as well as additional space for racquetball, arts and crafts, community meetings and other activities. 69 RECREATION !AQUATIC As recommended in the Parks and Recreation Master Plan, $1,854,000 CENTER construct a major new Recreation & Aquatic Center, probably in the western part of Iowa City. 70 REDEVELOP CREEKSIDE Renovate Creekside Park as recommended in the Parks & $309,000 PARK Receation Master Plan. 71 SAND PRAIRIE Take steps to clear, re-seed and perform low impact $273,000 ENHANCEMENT & development on the 38 acre sand prairie and adjacent PRESERVATION McCollister property acquired in 2004105. The primary objective is to re-introduce sand prairie grasses in this area and construct a nature trail and small parking area. 72 SCANLON ELEVATED Construct an elevated runninglwalking track in the Scanlon $880,000 RUNNINGIWALKING TRACK Gym facility 73 SOCCER PARK POND Construct a pond at Kickers Soccer Park to accommodate $338,000 a field irrigation system. 74 QUEST SIDE PARK Acquire and develop land for a major new park in the west $1,700,000 part of the city, as recommended in the Parks & Recreation Master Plan. 9 -Other Projects 75 CEMETERY MAUSOLEUM Construction of a mausoleum. $382,000 76 CHAUNCEY SWAN This project involves the reuse of components of the old $121,000 FOUNTAIN City plaza fountain. 77 POLICE EVIDENCE Construction of a permanent evidence storage facility, $876,000 STORAGE FACILITY 78 FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM This project connects outlying City buildings onto the fiber $382,000 optic backbone, greatly increasing data transmission capacity. 79 FIRE STATION #1 Relocate and expand /modernize Central Fire Station #1 $10,927,000 RELOCATION C - 68 crrY o~ rower cr~r~r January 31, 2011 Dear Windsor Ridge resident - The City of Iowa City has recently received communication from residents of Windsor Ridge regarding the proposed Scott Park Trail Phase Three project. The project is being funded through a federal trails grant of $416,159 and matching funds of $363,841 funded through the City's Capital Improvement budget. The project is proposed to occur over two years. There will be completed on the storm water retention basin during the first year, July 2011 -June 2012 and the trail project will occur the following year, July 2012 -June 2013. The attached map to this email provides some general locations for the trail and priority phases. It is likely that two to three of the stages may be completed in the second year and will be determined when final designs and estimated project costs are determined. In order to provide the opportunity for dialogue and input, a neighborhood meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday February 9, 2011 at 7pm in Meeting Room B of the Recreation Center, 220 S. Gilbert St. We will have members of staff and the consultants present in order to answer your questions, take feedback and give you information about the project. If you have any additional questions or concerns prior to this meeting, or cannot attend and would like to provide in put, please feel free to contact me at Mike-Moran(a~iowa-city.orq or at 319-356-5104. Thanks again for your feedback and we look forward to meeting with the neighborhood next week. Sincerely, Michael Moran CPRP Director Parks and Recreation 220 S. Gilbert St. Iowa City, IA 52240 319-356-5104 220 S. Gilbert Street • Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1632 • (319) 356-5100 • FAX (319) 356-5487 ~ ~ c~~ Marian Karr From: Kelli Hinton <kellikucera@yahoo.com> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 11:44 AM To: Mike Moran Cc: Jeff Davidson; Council; Tom Markus; Marcia Bollinger; Ron-Knocke@iowa-city.org; g. meisner@m msconsu Itants. net Subject: Scott Park Trail We wanted to respectfully voice our opinion about the proposed Scott Park Trail Route. We are a family that lives in Windsor Ridge and uses the bike trails multiple times a week (except in the winter) with three young children ages 8, 5 and 2. Our destination is usually downtown or places along the route from Windsor Ridge to downtown. We support improvements to the trail system, but would like to see the money used in the most efficient manner with the least redundancy with the current paths and fewest trees removed. Looking at the proposed trail route, we would like to suggest an alternate route to consider that would meet these two goals. The current proposal shows a Stage 5 portion that would lead into Scott Park and join up with the Stage 1 route. We would like to suggest the new trail starting at the end of Cumberland Lane, following along the indicated Stage 5 path into Scott Park. The route could then continue southwest, as indicated, to Scott Blvd. If the connectivity to Court St is necessary, the path could also follow the tree line north to Court St. at the point indicated on the proposal as part of Stage 3. This would then eliminate the parallel portions that would be redundant and minimize tree removal. We also feel part of the money saved could then be used to widen the sidewalk from Scott Park Drive to Scott Blvd along Court St. This would bring more connectivity from Taft to Scott and the other trails that branch off of Court St. Any extra monies could also be used to improve sidewalks along Muscatine where the trails end and no other route is safe/available to downtown for walkers or young bikers. We feel these are greater areas of concern that need to be improved to safely get to downtown Iowa City from the eastside. If our proposal does not satisfy your criteria, we do support our neighbor, Sara Cross, and her proposal #1: With proposed route #1, there would be approximately 1,400 feet less of path laid, two less bridges constructed and 0 trees taken down by incorporating the existing path on Court Street that already connects to the Windsor Ridge Path system. This saves the City money not only in construction costs but roughly $2,600 a year in maintenance costs while enhancing the overall path connectivity and maintaining the area's natural beauty and wildlife habitat. This trail alignment also reduces the redundancy in having two paths and the sidewalk on both sides of Cumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another and saves approximately 150 trees. We do not support the use of this money to construct a parallel path with Court St. at any location previously proposed. Thank you for your consideration. Jeff and Kelli Kucera ~t'~~ Marian Karr From: Margaret Winegarden <winegarden22@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 11:44 AM To: Council; Ron Knoche; g.meisner@mmsconsultants.net; Kristopher Ackerson; Josh Slattery; Marcia-Bollinger@iowa.city.org Cc: crosser87@mchsi.com Subject: Fwd: Fw: Scott Park Trail Attachments: Scott Park Trail City Proposal.pdf; Annual trail maintenance.pdf; Proposed route #1.pdf; Proposed route #2.pdf; Unfunded trail and park projects.pdf; WRtrailmeetingnotice.pdf Dear Sir/Madam, I am forwarding the below a-mail as a resident of Windsor Ridge. I agree completely with the sentiments and suggested alternative options outlined by Ms. Cross below, for the reasons she enumerates. Please take the suggestions seriously. I am a life-long (50 year) resident of Iowa City and as you, no doubt, have seen both good and bad development decisions implemented in our town. Please make this one that we'll all be proud of in the future ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alan and Sara Cross <crosser87(a,mchsi.com> Date: Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 9:58 PM Subject: Fw: Scott Park Trail To: iowadoc(a~aol.com, annemur~hy40(a~hotmail.com, kbfosse(a~inavia.net, streitzfamily(a,msn.com, schmit@ptmlaw.com, Janet-sullivan(a~uiowa.edu, noack.cl@~com, Nancy-Bonthius(a~uiowa.edu, Jean M Fobian <jean-fobian(a,uiowa.edu>, winegarden22(a~gmail.com, Ken Nelson818(a,msn.com, he~rueg_er(a,aol.com, ninaweinstein(a~mchsi.com, haman1993(cr~,hotmaiLcom, leslieDePren er ,aoLcom, rcaris(c~mchsi.com, RobertRusselll(cr~,msn.com, sherryspa(cr~,yahoo.com, jlekirk(a,yahoo.com, dlfelderman(a~mchsi.com, vongentzsch(a~aol.com, loren eg ric(a~msn.com, wendyhr2010(a~live.com, brown.greg~a,iccsd.kl 2.ia.us Dear Fellow Windsor Ridge Neighbor, A number of us neighbors feel Windsor Ridge could be connected to Scott Park Trail without cutting down trees and with less cost to you and I. I have reattached the City's proposed trail alignment and highlighted areas of concern. I have also attached two routes that we hope the City will consider in order to save trees, construction and maintenance costs while still enhancing the overall path connectivity between Windsor Ridge and Scott Park. With proposed route #1, there would be approximately 1,400 feet less of path laid, two less bridges constructed and 0 trees taken down by incorporating the existing 8' wide path on Court Street that already connects to the Windsor Ridge Path system. This saves the City money not only in construction costs but roughly $2,600 a year in maintenance costs while enhancing the overall path connectivity and maintaining the area's natural beauty and wildlife habitat. This trail alignment also reduces the redundancy in having three paths and the sidewalk on both sides of Cumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another and saves approximately 150 trees. (Page 106 of the I.C. Parks and Recreation and Trail Master Plan and Final Report dated Nov. 2008 says that it costs $10,000 per mile per year for path maintenance.) Proposed route #2 is the most direct route to Scott Park and the need to construct one bridge and approximately 100 feet of path is eliminated. With this route, construction and maintenance costs would be significantly reduced while trees and wildlife habitat are saved. (With this alignment, there would be redundancy in having two paths and a sidewalk on both sides of Cumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another. However, this option would at least save trees and money and allow for the most direct route to the park.) In the meeting notice written by Mike Moran, he states $416,159 of this trail project will be funded through a federal trails grant (federal tax dollars) and $364,000 of the project will come from the City's Capital Improvement Budget (local tax dollars). We don't feel local or federal tax money should be unnecessarily spent/used up, simply because it is available. We feel local and federal money saved on this project could be used to continue building trails elsewhere. (See unfunded trail and park projects attachment.) And, money saved could also be put to use in a time when we are laying off a firefighter and police officer (January 14, Press Citizen article on the need to eliminate one fireman and one policeman due to budget constraints). (See attachment for the meeting notice.) With so many viable options, we hope the City's proposed trail will be revised. If you agree, we hope that you will take the time to write Mike Moran mike-moran@iowa-city.org and copy Jeff-davidson@iowa-city.org ;council iowa-city.or~ ;tom-markus@iowa-city.org ;Ron-Knoche@iowa-city.or~ ~.meisner mmsconsultants.net; Kristopher-Ackerson@iowa-city.orR; Josh-Slattery@iowa-citv.org; Marcia- Bollin~er iowa.city.org .You are welcome to use all or any parts of this email as your own. You may even wish to simply forward on this email and state that you support it or parts of it and one or both of the proposed routes. Or, you may want to make a simple statement expressing your desire for the City's proposed trail leading from Windsor Ridge to Scott Park to be revised in order to save trees, save tax dollars, and better maintain the natural features and beauty of the area. Please feel free to forward this on to anyone you think would also like to help. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Sara Cross --~ p~ ~~~-i-~~i ilk ^,I) ~'~~J"'; ~~ - F-, F9 !-.f ~__ f-~ ~ ~a i~ 4~ -!` ~ ,. ~+, ~~ ly _~~ ~~ '.~ __ ~ ~ ~ ' H A Ivl R O C ~ '~ w V ~ ~~ r.v sue. - ' t ~~ ~~~I d ,i ~~ ,,-~ _~ C -% I ~ ~~ Scott r Park ~ ~ ~ R'O•F o FA:~ ~o~ _~.r -_-- ~••••~ ~~r ~O .j 1 7 l 'I I I U I I I ~ r I \ I I I I I ~ If ~ I • /~ ~~••~ / ~~ ~~~~ ~`. rs ~1~~ TO BE DEDICATED TO ~ ~~ '` N'EIGH6oRH°°° OPEN Scott Park Development and Trail project: `~'~. r f'' .~~ SPACE REQUIREMENT ~j,~'` - ~ ~ ~~ f + 6,. ~~~'`~ ~ ~ Project budget is $1.03 million, o ~` <~' ~~` ~.'~, . 1 r` ~ ~,' ~ Approximately 1 .mile of concrete paths ,~ ~ ~ ~ ; , j ~~~' I There would be 5 concrete paths running ~~ parallel within 200 yards of each other ~~ °~ ~ which are numbered above /~ I• ;r-'•' >`~ ~~' Q: Approximately 150 trees will be cuf down .• ,~~ ~ I ../• ~-*~;• ~% in green shaded areas above to make I PROPOSED ~,,,-.~; ; N ~. ..room far the paths RIDGE 7 I~~~ _ ' I ~ Note: I , I r,-,__ _ I . R1ta s j; 2406 Planimetrics ~ ~ Ranch ~~I! ~I~, ~ `' iq; -'~, a' Dog I ; PROPOSED TRAILS ~~ ~ \ s Park STAGE ONE 0 saos.a ~F ~ ~G~j ' \ , I~; STAGE TWO 0 iii.e~F ~ ~~ V STAGE THREE ~ ass ~F i ~ C~ \ ~ p~,, STAGE FOUR 0 zszs~r- I~ N~ Q~ ~ ~,,,~,, ,~, ~ ~' STAGE FIVE 0 sai.s ~F I D wCA S T\-~ w_. °I I~ •® .~ -~--~~ ~: ~~ ?, Peninsula Park development $300,000 CIP $2,500 General Fund Recreation center $225,000 CIP N/A N/A improvements Sand Lake Recreation $5,900,000 CIP, Grants, $50,000 General Fund Area Donations Waterworks Prairie $115,000 CIP, Donations $1,000 General Fund Park Hospice Memorial Wetherby Park $200,000 CIP, CDBG, N.O.S., $5,000 General Fund splashpad Grants, Donations Total 2009-2012 CIP $11,340,500 {in 2008 dollars) Replace upper playgrounds at City $750,000 Parl<with a Destination/ Adventure Playground Construct Planned Trail $g 000 000 Projects Implement Creekside $300,000 Park Master Plan Add restrooms to one $150,000 east side park Add two small shelters $30,000 to multi-use trails Addition of twa N/A maintenance workers Sand Prairie $260,000 development Scott Parl< development $450,000 Total 2013-2016 CIP $9940,000 {in 2008 dollars] CIP, Partnerships, Sponsorships, Grants CIP, Partnerships, Grants CIP CIP CIP, Grants N/A CIP, Grants CIP $10,000 General Fund $10,000/mile per General Fund year N/A N/A $5,000 General Fund $2,000 General Fund $76,000 General Fund $5,000 General Fund $2,500 General Fund 106 Proposed Route # 1 This trail alignment also reduces the redundancy in having two paths and the sidewalk on both sides of Gumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another (Page 106 of the Final Report on I.G. Parks and Recreation and Trail Master Plan and Final Report dated Nov. 2008 says that it costs $10,000 per mile per year for path maintenance. With proposed route #1, there would be roughly 1,400 feet less of path laid, two less bridges constructed and 0 trees taken down by incarparating the existing path an Caurt Street that already connects to the Windsor Ridge Path system. This saves khe City maney not only in construction costs but roughly $2,600 a year in maintenance costs while enhancing the overall path connectivity and maintaining the area`s natural beauty and wildlife habitat. Proposed Route # 2 -- ~T_ .__ .--- (With this alignment, there would be redundancy in having two paths and a sidewalk on both sides of Cumberland Lane all running parallel within 200 yards of one another, as is the case with the City's trail proposal. However, this option would at least save trees and money.) With proposed route #2, the need to construct one bridge and approximately 100 feet of path is eliminated while reducing the number of trees that would be removed. With this route, construction and maintenance costs would be significantly reduced while trees and wildlife habitat are saved. City of Iowa City Capital Improvements Program Unfunded Projects 29 S GILBERT ST Reconstruction from Benton Street to Stevens Drive. This $3,278,000 IMPROVEMENTS project does not include improvements to the Gilbert St. 1 Highway 6 intersection. 30 SOUTH ARTERIAL AND Construction of a south arterial street and bridge over the $15,069,000 BRIDGE, US218 TO Iowa River, connecting from Old Hwy 218/US 218 GILBERT STREET interchange on the west side of the Iowa River to Gilbert StreetlSycamore 'L' intersection 31 SYCAMORE-CITY LIMITS TO Reconstruct Sycamore to arterial standards from City limits $2,141,000 'L' to the Sycamore L. Storm sewer, sidewalk improvements and bike lanes are included. 32 SYCAMORE-HWY 6 TO This project involves additional lanes to improve capacity. $1,475,000 DEFOREST 33 TAFT AVENUE Herbert Hoover Hwy to 420th Street. $16,400,000 3 -Transportation Services 34 ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD Preparation of Old Rock Island Railroad Depot for Amtrak $5,072,000 DEPOT RESTORATION service, including platform construction, lighting, utilities, passenger informations display, ticketing kiosks, canopy, warming shelter, signage, parking, and accessibility improvements. 35 U SMASH 'EM DEMOLITION Demolition of the U-Smash'm bulding; securing adjacent $208,000 foundations; and restoration of the area to grass. This does not include demolition of the Wilson's building. (A water pipe will need to be relocated before demolition can occur. ) 4 - Ped & Bike Trails 36 CITY PARK TRAIL This project calls for the replacement of the old section of $301,000 IMPROVEMENTS trail in the southeast portion of the park and relocating it closer to the river. Another part of the project is to expand the trail system by constructing a new section of trail near the bottom of the wooded hill south of the Boys' Baseball fields. 37 CITY PARK TRAIL LIGHTING Install pedestrian lighting on the trail system in City Park. $240,000 38 HWY 1 SIDEWALK 1 TRAIL Construct a 10 foot wide sidewalk along IA Hwy 1 between $639,000 Sunset Street and Mormon Trek Boulevard. 39 HWY 6 TRAIL - Extend existing trail along Hwy 6 between Broadway to $2,440,000 BROADWAY/SYCAMORE Sycamore Street. 40 HWY 6 TRAIL -SYCAMORE Extend existing trail along Hwy 6 between Sycamore Street $1,749,000 TO LAKESIDE and Lakeside Drive. C - 65 City of Iowa City Capital Improvements Program Unfunded Projects 41 IA RIVER TRAIL - BENTON Relocate a portion of Iowa River Corridor Trail between $121,000 STIHWY 6 Benton Street and Clinton Street approximately 1,500 feet. Project would relocate this portion of the trail from a high truck traffic location in front of City Carton to along the river in back of City Carton. 42 IA RIVER TRAIL- Continue the River Trail project from Benton St., along the $2,186,000 BENTONlSTURGIS west bank, through Sturgis Ferry Park, and construct a pedestrianlbicycle bridge over the Iowa River to connect with the existing trail on the east bank, near Napoleon Park. 43 IRC-ELKS PROPERTY Construction of a trail along the Iowa River Corridor (IRC} $874,000 on the south side of the Elks property. 44 LINN ST PED Installation of pedestrian and streetscape improvements in $370,000 IMPROVEMENTS walkway next to Van Allen Hall between Iowa Avenue and Jefferson Street. 45 N DISTRICT NATURE TRAIL Construct a trail along Williams pipeline easement from $328,000 Bristol Drive to Dubuque Street. 46 RIVERSIDE DRIVE PED Construction of a pedestrian tunnel through the railroad $874,000 TUNNEL embankment to provide a pedestrian route on the west side of Riverside Drive south of Myrtle Avenue. 47 SAND LAKE TRAIL {Behind Develop awalking/biking trail around Sand Lake {behind $437,000 Hills Bank) Hills Bank} to tie in with existing Iowa River Trail and the Highway 6 Trail. 48 SHIMEK SCHOOL J FOSTR Construct a trail north of Shimek School to future Foster $76,000 RD EXT TRAIL Road. 49 SIDEWALK-OLD 218 Construct a 10 foot wide sidewalk along S. Riverside Drive $656,000 {Old 218} between US Hwy 6 and the future extension of Mormon Trek Boulevard. 50 WILLOW CREEK TRAIL - Construct a trail from Willow Creek Drive, under Highway $820,000 PHASE III One, around perimeter of airport, to connect with Iowa River Corridor {IRC) Trail. 51 WILLOW CREEK TRAIL- Connect Willow Creek Trail from its current west terminus $2,652,000 WEST via a tunnel under Highway 218, to connect with the trail in Hunters Run Park and further west. 5 -Wastewater 52 NORTH BRANCH DAM This project extends easterly along Ralston Creek from the $3,639,000 TRUNK SEWER North Branch Dam to Scott Boulevard. 53 NORTHEAST TRUNK Reconstruction of an under-sized sewer through the $4,921,000 SEWER northeast neighborhoods. c - ss City of Iowa City Capital Improvements Program Unfunded Projects 54 NORTH WASTEWATER Demolish and remove all the NWWTP facility and prepare $17,000,000 PLANT DECOMMISSIONING site for parkland or redevelopment. 55 ROHRET SOUTH SEWER This project would extend the 30" sanitary sewer along $1,093,000 Abbey Lane from Burry Drive to the west side of Highway 218. This project will allow development within the watershed of Highway 218. 56 SCOTT BLVD TRUNK This project will extend the Scott Boulevard Trunk Sewer $1,311,000 SEWER - IAIS/WINDSOR from the north side of the Iowa Interstate Railroad at the RIDGE Scott Six Industrial Park to the lift station currently serving the Windsor Ridge Subdivision. 6 -Water 57 TAFTICOURT GROUND Construction of a one million gallon buried potable water $1,366,000 STORAGE RESERVOIR storage reservoir including pumping facilities. Land Acquisition was in FY02, FY03. 7 - Stormwater 58 CARSON LAKE REGIONAL Construction of a regional storm water management facility $1,093,000 STORMWATR on the middle branch of Willow Creek immediately west of Highway 218. This facility will serve development west of Highway 218 and south of Rohret Road. Rohret South Sewer project is a prerequisite. 59 IOWA AVENUE CULVERT This project will repair a box culvert that carries Ralston $328,000 REPAIRS Creek under Iowa Avenue. 60 N BRANCH BASIN Aerial mapping done for the update to the flood plain maps $127,000 EXCAVATION revealed that sedimentation has consumed a portion of the capacity of the facility. This basin is located in Hickory Hill Park. 61 OLYMPIC COURT Stormsewer retrofit to relieve localized flooding from $437,000 STORMWATER stormwater runoff. 62 SUNSET ST STORM SEWER The area just north and south of Kineton Green, east of $415,000 Sunset, has experienced back yard flooding and drainage problems. 8 -Parks & Recreation 63 DESTINATION/ADVENTURE Replace playground equipment in upper City Park with a $773,000 PLAYGROUND "destination/adventure playground" as recommended in the Parks & Rec Master Plan. 64 MESQUAKIE PARK This project will cover the entire old landfill with soil for $1,639,000 safety purposes in order to open up the green space for passiveJsemi-passive public use. 65 OUTDOOR ICE RINK J Construct outdoor ice rink suitable for figure skating or $1,500,000 SKATE PARK hockey. During warm weather rink could be used as skate park. C - 67 City of Iowa City Capital Improvements Program Unfunded Projects 66 PARK SHELTER Replace Creekside and Happy Hollow ShelterlRestroom $175,000 IMPROVEMENTS buildings. 67 PENINSULA PARK ENTRY Construct a sidewalk adjacent to the entry road in to $103,000 SIDEWALK Peninsula Park to reduce safety concerns with pedestrians utilizing the same narrow road utilized by motor vehicles. 68 REC CENTER EXPANSION Expand the Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center; $5,464,000 likely expansion would be to the east over the existing parking lot which would allow for an expanded gymnasium as well as additional space for racquetball, arts and crafts, community meetings and other activities. 69 RECREATION !AQUATIC As recommended in the Parks and Recreation Master Plan, $1,854,000 CENTER construct a major new Recreation & Aquatic Center, probably in the western part of Iowa City. 70 REDEVELOP CREEKSIDE Renovate Creekside Park as recommended in the Parks & $309,000 PARK Receation Master Plan. 71 SAND PRAIRIE Take steps to clear, re-seed and perform low impact $273,000 ENHANCEMENT & development on the 38 acre sand prairie and adjacent PRESERVATION McCollister property acquired in 2004105. The primary objective is to re-introduce sand prairie grasses in this area and construct a nature trail and small parking area. 72 SCANLON ELEVATED Construct an elevated runninglwalking track in the Scanlon $880,000 RUNNINGIWALKING TRACK Gym facility 73 SOCCER PARK POND Construct a pond at Kickers Soccer Park to accommodate $338,000 a field irrigation system. 74 QUEST SIDE PARK Acquire and develop land for a major new park in the west $1,700,000 part of the city, as recommended in the Parks & Recreation Master Plan. 9 -Other Projects 75 CEMETERY MAUSOLEUM Construction of a mausoleum. $382,000 76 CHAUNCEY SWAN This project involves the reuse of components of the old $121,000 FOUNTAIN City plaza fountain. 77 POLICE EVIDENCE Construction of a permanent evidence storage facility, $876,000 STORAGE FACILITY 78 FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM This project connects outlying City buildings onto the fiber $382,000 optic backbone, greatly increasing data transmission capacity. 79 FIRE STATION #1 Relocate and expand /modernize Central Fire Station #1 $10,927,000 RELOCATION C - 68 crrY o~ rower cr~r~r January 31, 2011 Dear Windsor Ridge resident - The City of Iowa City has recently received communication from residents of Windsor Ridge regarding the proposed Scott Park Trail Phase Three project. The project is being funded through a federal trails grant of $416,159 and matching funds of $363,841 funded through the City's Capital Improvement budget. The project is proposed to occur over two years. There will be completed on the storm water retention basin during the first year, July 2011 -June 2012 and the trail project will occur the following year, July 2012 -June 2013. The attached map to this email provides some general locations for the trail and priority phases. It is likely that two to three of the stages may be completed in the second year and will be determined when final designs and estimated project costs are determined. In order to provide the opportunity for dialogue and input, a neighborhood meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday February 9, 2011 at 7pm in Meeting Room B of the Recreation Center, 220 S. Gilbert St. We will have members of staff and the consultants present in order to answer your questions, take feedback and give you information about the project. If you have any additional questions or concerns prior to this meeting, or cannot attend and would like to provide in put, please feel free to contact me at Mike-Moran(a~iowa-city.orq or at 319-356-5104. Thanks again for your feedback and we look forward to meeting with the neighborhood next week. Sincerely, Michael Moran CPRP Director Parks and Recreation 220 S. Gilbert St. Iowa City, IA 52240 319-356-5104 220 S. Gilbert Street • Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1632 • (319) 356-5100 • FAX (319) 356-5487 4f 7 Marian Karr From: Mboysen <mboysen@mwci.net> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:09 AM To: Council Subject: Response to Downtown Association's proposal to relocate Farmers Market Attachments: downtown market letter 2 13 11.doc Dear City Council Members, My name is Martha Boysen. I am an Iowa City resident and a Farmers Market vendor. Farmers Market vendors were recently notified by the Parks & Recreation Department that the Downtown Association has put forward a proposal to the City Manager's office to relocate the Farmers Market to downtown. I understand that this proposal will have to go to the Parks & Recreation Commission before it goes to City Council, so this may not be immediately relevant for the Council, but I still wanted to make the Council aware of the concerns I and many other Market vendors have about this proposal. I have already written a letter to the Parks & Recreation Department and to the City Manager's office, explaining my concerns; I'm attaching a copy of that letter. Please feel free to call me at 358-0616, or to email me, if you have questions. Thank you. Martha Boysen Farmers Market Vendor Marian Karr From: Mike Moran Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 3:58 PM To: Mboysen@mwci.net Cc: Tom Markus; Council; Marian Karr; Tammy Neumann Subject: FW: Concerns regarding Downtown Association proposal to relocate Farmers Market Attachments: downtown market letter 2 13 11.doc Hi Martha, Thank you for submitting your comments on the Iowa City Farmers Market. I wanted to give you some additional information regarding the process and the timeline. The City received a request from the Downtown Association (DTA) to discuss their idea of possibly moving the farmers market from the Chauncey Swan Parking garage on Saturday mornings to the downtown area for the 2012 season. Preliminary discussions have begun with several City departments and the DTA to gather more information on what they have in mind regarding this process. Several things need to happen to get this started. The DTA has been asked to bring the City a proposal showing us the particulars of what it is they want to do. They have been asked to have discussions with the Parks and Recreation Commission, the Farmers Market Vendors and eventually present their proposal to the City Council. As of today, we are waiting for a proposal from the DTA. Once that is received, the discussion process with begin with the Commission, followed by the vendors and then the City Council. Please remember, this proposal is for the 2012 season which will give all of us ample time to react to and comment on a proposal during the 2011 market season. If you need any additional information or have further questions please feel free to contact us. Michael Moran CPRP Director Parks and Recreation 220 S. Gilbert St. Iowa City, Iowa 52240 319-356-5104 -----Original Message----- From: Mboysen (mailto:mboysen@mwci.net] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 10:57 AM To: Tammy Neumann Cc: Mike Moran; Tom Markus Subject: Concerns regarding Downtown Association proposal to relocate Farmers Market Tammy, I'm attaching my letter stating my concerns about the Downtown Association's proposal to relocate the Farmers Market. I've cc'd copies to the City Manager and to Mike Moran. Please don't hesitate to call or email me if you have questions. Martha Martha Boysen Prairie Dog Bakery 514 Garden Street Iowa City, Iowa 52245 February 17, 2011 Tammy Neumann Parks and Recreation Department 220 South Gilbert Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1632 Dear Tammy: I'm writing to express my concerns about the Downtown Association's recent proposal to move the Iowa City Farmers Market from its current location. We have awell-attended and highly- regarded Farmers Market, and I understand that the Downtown Association may hope that by moving the Market downtown, they can use its success to draw more shoppers downtown. I understand, too, the appeal of the idea-in nice weather, outdoor markets are very charming and often very profitable. But I think the idea is unrealistic, and I think that it will be detrimental to the Market and to many of its vendors and customers. These are my concerns: Weather On a sunny day, when it's not too warm and not too cold, outdoor markets are often very busy. However, we live in Iowa, and pleasant, sunny days are rare here. One of the great advantages of the Market's current location is that it is covered. When the weather is unpleasant-rainy, windy, snowy, or just too hot and sunny-our customers are protected, our vendors are protected, and our vendors' products are protected. At outdoor markets, inclement weather can destroy a day's business; at the Iowa City Farmers Market's current location, weather rarely seems to have a significant effect on business. It's true that Market vendors could purchase tents to protect themselves and their products from the weather, but these tents won't protect customers, and are in any case often of little use in moderate to high winds. Yes, other cities in our area do have outdoor markets-but in most cities, an outdoor market is outdoors by necessity, because it's expensive to build a covered market area, and hard for cities to find space for one. That doesn't mean that outdoor markets are something most market vendors or their customers desire. Cities with successful, well-established, and well-funded farmers' markets-particularly in northern climates-often have or are working toward building covered markets. (There are hundreds of covered markets in American and Canadian cities; in the upper Midwest, Eau Claire's market is a particularly beautiful example. And in Europe, of course, there is a long tradition of covered market spaces.) Because farmers' markets are essential to the economies and culture of these cities, they ensure that markets can be held in all weather. Iowa City has a covered market now, and at minimal expense to the citygetting rid of it, even partially, seems like a step backward, not a step forward. Lack of green space downtown One of the other advantages of the Market's current location is its easy access to green space. Chauncey Swan Park provides a beautiful and pleasant open space, easily accessible from the entire market, for music, festivals, and events. In addition, it provides a relaxing place for customers to socialize-a space for customers to sit and eat before or after shopping, a place for children to play while their parents shop, and so on. The walking mall downtown does offer some of the same advantages, but it also will be more separated from the Market, and I wonder if customers would continue to make the same easy transitions between the two types of spaces. Changing an established location The Market has been in its current location for many years. Moving a business from awell- established, convenient location to a new (and possibly less convenient) location always entails financial risk to the business. Will our customers follow us downtown? Will we be able to attract enough new customers to make up for the loss of those who don't like shopping downtown? I think this is an issue especially because the Downtown Association's proposal concerns only Saturday markets-so Farmers Market would be moving back and forth between two locations. Maybe I'm underestimating our customers, but most people are creatures of habit, and I do think there's a benefit to a business in being in the same place every day that it's open. Parking One of the great advantages of the Market's current location is that it has ample, free parking- onthe street, in lots, and in the ramp. Moreover, all of this parking is within less than a block of the Market. It's easy for customers to carry heavy purchases to their cars, or for customers with impaired mobility to get from their cars to the Market. A downtown Market is likely to face parking problems. There is relatively little street parking downtown, and placing the Market on downtown streets will eliminate much of that. The parking ramps, while large, are farther from the proposed Market area (if it's the same as was proposed last time) than the Market's current parking, which will make attending Market more difficult for some customers. Football season is likely to make the problem worse. Downtown parking is already tight on Saturdays-it's almost non-existent on game days. How will we ensure that parking is available for Market customers during football season? Add to all this the fact that many Iowa Citians are reluctant to shop downtown because they believe (correctly or not) that downtown has little available parking, and I worry that-even more than weather and location-real and perceived parking issues will keep many customers from shopping at a downtown Market. Costs to Market vendors It's true that many of the Market's 140 vendors own long-established businesses, sell at outdoor markets as well as at Iowa City's market, and therefore already have the tents and other equipment they need to protect their products from weather. But many of our other vendors own small or start-up businesses, and would need to buy tents. A good quality festival tent, one that will provide some protection during arain- or windstorm, can cost several hundred dollars, a significant expense for a small or start-up business. On top of this expense, it's also likely that sales at an outdoor market will be less reliable than sales at a covered market. Essentially, it seems that the Downtown Association is demanding that the Market's vendors be required to take on increased expenses and risk in order to bring business downtown, without offering them anything in return. Relationships with other businesses The Farmers' Market has strong ties to its neighbors-the New Pioneer Co-Op and the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center especially. I frequently have customers stop on their way to or from Recreation Center activities or classes, and New Pioneer employees have told me that their store is always very busy on Market days. I would guess that other businesses in the Market's immediate neighborhood also benefit from its presence. Again, it seems to me that the Downtown Association is basically demanding that other businessesin this case, the Market's neighbors-sacrifice so that downtown can (theoretically, anyway) prosper. Why should the Downtown Association's needs take precedence over those of other business districts? It also concerns me that the Downtown Association and some of its merchants do not seem to take Farmers Market vendors seriously as fellow business owners. During discussions of the last move-the-Market proposal, I got the definite impression that some Downtown Association members don't regard Farmers Market vendors as real business owners with the same needs and concerns as any other business owner. In one meeting, for instance, representatives of the downtown merchants demanded that Market vendors not be allowed to use tents to protect their customers and products from the weather, because tents would obscure the storefronts behind them. It seems, too, that the Downtown Association does not respect Market vendors enough as fellow business owners to bring their proposal directly to either the Market's Coordinator or to its Vendor Advisory Board. Instead, they seem to feel justified in asking the City to simply order the Market to move. At the least, I worry that the Downtown Association's high-handed attitude toward Market vendors might make relationships between downtown merchants and Market vendors in a downtown market uncomfortable. Why not build on what we already have? I'm frankly not sure what problem moving the Farmers Market downtown is meant to solve. We already have a fantastic marketa covered market with a great mix of vendors, a large and devoted customer base, dedicated (and free) parking, and its own green space. The Farmers Market, as it is, works beautifully. And because the Market is successful in its current location, there seems to be no compelling reason for it to move. If moving the Market is primarily meant to benefit, not the Market, but the Downtown Association, then I think we need to consider some questions: • First, what does the Farmers Market gain from moving downtown on Saturdays? The usual "if you build it, they will come" answer that customers will flock to any open-air market, scattering cash behind them, isn't good enough. I haven't seen any studies suggesting that Iowa City shoppers would be more likely to attend an open-air market, would spend more at an open-air market, or even want the Farmers Market to move. (In fact, the last time Iowa City citizens were surveyed about the Market, 69% of those who responded preferred that it stay in its current location.) Second, is there any evidence that moving the Market downtown would, in fact, encourage customers to spend more at downtown businesses? The Market is already within an easy walk (about a block) from downtown, and downtown workers have told me that on Market days, businesses like The Wedge and Bread Garden already get a significant amount of business from Farmers Market shoppers. Locating the Farmers Market on Iowa Avenue would still put it a block or more from many downtown businesses. I've seen no studies showing that downtown merchants would receive any significant increase in business from a downtown Market. If they wouldn't, would the move be worth it even to the Downtown Association? Finally, are there other, less extreme, ways the Market and the Downtown Association could work together to the benefit of both? What if we began a relationship between the Downtown Association and the Market with smaller, mutually agreed-upon forms of cooperation, rather than aCity-mandated move for the Market? For instance, could the Downtown Association and the Market share advertising? Coordinate a festival that would incorporate both the Market and the downtown? Encourage customers to visit both areas by giving Market coupons to downtown customers, and coupons for downtown businesses to Market customers? Provide a free shuttle bus between the Market and downtown? Give the Downtown Association a presence at the Market, and the Farmers Market a presence downtown (something we could easily do without moving the Market)? We have an exceptional Farmers Market. We have an exceptional downtown. Why not find ways to work together to build on the strengths of both, without sacrificing one to the needs of the other? Tammy, I know this is a long letter. Thank you for giving me the chance to air my concerns. If you have questions, you can reach me at 319-358-0616 or mboysen@mwci.net. Sincerely, Martha Boysen Owner, Prairie Dog Bakery Iowa City Farmers Market Vendor cc: Tom Markus, City Manager Michael E. Moran, Director, Parks and Recreation Department Iowa City City Council Members