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MEMORANDUM
Date: January 16, 2012
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Marian K. Karr, City Clerk
Re: Council Work Session - Meeting with Area Legislators, January 6, 2012,
7:30 AM in Emma J. Harvat Hall
Council: Champion, Dickens, Hayek, Mims, Throgmorton, Payne
Absent: Dobyns
Legislators: Senator Joe Bolkcom, Senator Robert Dvorsky, Representative Dave Jacoby,
Representative Vicki Lensing
Absent: Senator Hahn, Representative Mascher, Representative Kaufmann
Lobbyists: Stanberry, Harder
Staff: Markus, Fruin, Dilkes, Karr, Fosse, Davidson, Long
(A complete transcription is available in the City Clerk's Office and the City website)
Handouts:
➢ Iowa League of Cities Legislative Priorities 2012
➢ RES. 12 -01, Resolution establishing City of Iowa City 2012 Legislative Priorities
➢ RES. 12 -02, Resolution establishing City of Iowa City Strategic Planning Priorities
➢ Commercial Property Tax Cut Fact Sheet
Review of Council Legislative Priorities as determined by resolution
Mayor Hayek thanked the local delegation for taking time to meet with Iowa City, and stated
copies of the recently passed resolutions concerning legislative priorities and strategic planning
priorities were being distributed. The following items were identified and discussed:
1. Economic Development
TIF
2. Krupp Place Judicial Decision
Co -ops
3. Road Use Tax
4. Amtrak Service between Chicago -Iowa City -Des Moines
5. Chapter 411: Police /Fire Pension System
6. Commercial Property Tax Reductions & Diversification of Local Government Revenue
Options
Hotel -Motel Tax
7. Alcohol — Local Regulatory Authority
8. Iowa League of Cities and Metropolitan Priorities
Council Work Session
January 6, 2012
Page 2
General Updates
Community Development Coordinator Long asked for support for the low -head dam public
hazard (DNR) program, noting it was previously funded but is not currently. Long stated the
program would work well with the proposed white water park on the Iowa River south of
Burlington Street.
Meeting adjourned 8:33 AM.