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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-02-21 Correspondence-D-1, State of the City Address Mayor Matthew J. Hayek February 21, 2012 Good evening. It is my pleasure, along with my colleagues on the City Council, to present the 2012 State of the City Address. Before I begin, I'd like to recognize our newest council members — Rick Dobyns, Michelle Payne and Jim Throgmorton — and thank them for their commitment to serve Iowa City. With a growing population and an economy slowly on the mend, we should be encouraged by the opportunities before the city council and the community at large. For almost half a decade, our country has suffered a poor economy and jobs outlook that are finally showing some positive movement. Iowa City fared better than most communities given current national unemployment of 8.3 %, state unemployment of 5.5 %, and local unemployment of 4.3 %, and it is clear that we enjoy a competitive advantage in even a down economy. However, recent decisions at the state and federal levels have created financial uncertainty at the local level and require us to be cautious about long term planning. Here in Iowa, commercial property tax reform and the Supreme Court's ruling on housing cooperatives are expected to have a significant impact on already- strained budgets. At the federal level, we continue to see a reduction in funding for programs typically offered through the City. Moreover, while our community has grown in terms of population size and geographic scope, property tax values remain flat. The reality is the City will continue to rely on existing staff and resources to carry out its functions. Our budget circumstances force us to limit expansions in staffing and programing. In fact, we have made modest reductions in our operations, mostly through attrition, to accommodate flat revenue streams. Without a doubt, we are operating in a fragile economic environment with considerable risk on the horizon. We must continue to tighten our belt and be responsible stewards of public resources. And we must learn to operate in the so- called "new normal" economy, looking for opportunities to partner with surrounding communities, organizations and the private sector, and to streamline city functions to be as efficient as possible while maintaining appropriate levels of service. I would now like to focus on a few of the City's ongoing activities. Public safety continues to be a top concern for both the council and the community. Not only do fire and police services provide security for us all, they are investments in our future by encouraging residential and commercial investment. In 2011, we opened the fourth fire 1 station. The total project construction cost was $3.2 million and was partially funded by a $2.2 million I -JOBS grant. Despite our budget constraints, we added nine new firefighters to ensure full staffing for the fire station. The addition of this station and the commitment to staff it is an investment in the life and property of our residents. Contemporaneous with the new fire fighters, we recently added five new police officers and opened a new police substation in Pepperwood Plaza. These measures have enhanced our crime prevention and community outreach efforts. The Police Department has embarked on a number of partnerships within the community. Working with the public library, the new substation offers free computer access to the public. Working with the school district, the department has promoted safety and security initiatives such as competency training for officers and teachers. Working with the Partnership for Alcohol Safety, the department (along with local officials, university leadership, and business stakeholders) is making Iowa City a safer place for young people. The new City Council recently concluded a strategic planning process intended to develop a long -term vision for Iowa City. The process included a comprehensive survey of our citizens, line staff, department heads, and members of the City Council. Together, we generated a list of priorities that will help to guide the decisions of the City Council and staff. Among those priorities are two in particular that I would like to mention: economic development and neighborhood stabilization. The last year in Iowa City has seen a renewed emphasis on economic development, with active outreach to the business sector, numerous partnerships intended to grow the tax base, and a concerted effort to meet the needs of existing business and attract new investment. Our partners in this effort -- the University of Iowa, the Iowa City Area Development Group, the Chamber of Commerce, and others — work with us to expand current industry, pursue new opportunities, and encourage overall growth. Downtown continues to be a central focus for economic development. Adjacent to downtown are the University of Iowa and the newly established Riverfront Crossings area. Our studies indicate that this new "downtown triangle" provides an incredible opportunity for economic development. The area boasts the geography, infrastructure, population and culture needed to foster the so- called "creative class" of educated and skilled workers who demand culture and other amenities in addition to quality jobs. We consider Iowa City uniquely positioned to grow this demographic, which has serious growth potential for the entire community. Essential to this growth downtown is a live -work environment that we believe has real promise. Creating a home for not only renters but owners must be a goal for our downtown. This helps to foster an environment that harnesses the excitement of an academic town but is sensitive to professionals and families. With recent policy changes such as the 21 ordinance and bar- related zoning restrictions, we believe progress is being made to make downtown exciting and attractive to all our citizens. We are also excited about the Self- Supported Municipal Improvement District, recently created for our central business area. This self- imposed tax will generate over $350,000 per year, $100,000 of which will come from the University of Iowa. The funds will be used to support a downtown organization whose mission is to promote downtown and support its businesses. For obvious reasons, economic development extends well beyond the downtown area. The Towncrest area and the corridors along Highways 1 and 6 will continue to see attention from the City as we look to redevelop and grow our commercial base. The new industrial park along 420th Street and the Moss Green commercial park are two areas that will help us achieve community goals by developing commercial, manufacturing, and industrial opportunities. Something that remains a top priority for the City is the Amtrak passenger rail project from Chicago to Iowa City and potentially Des Moines. This federal initiative will connect regions, enhance sustainability, and create jobs. It will promote local development, including residential growth and hospitality related businesses. A comparable city in Illinois recently reported more than $200m in private sector investment around its passenger rail station, and we believe an Iowa City station would have a similar development impact in the heart of Riverfront Crossings. We will continue to make the case to the Iowa Legislature that state support for passenger rail makes strong economic sense and will give Iowa a competitive advantage as passenger rail is enhanced throughout the Midwest. The other strategic goal I'd like to mention is neighborhood stabilization. We are committed to growing the city, encouraging quality jobs, expanding our tax base and supporting our private sector. We cannot, however, sacrifice our fragile and exceptional neighborhoods to do so. Given this commitment, we have directed staff to coordinate a strategic approach to protect and reinvest in one of our best assets: our neighborhoods. The UniverCity Neighborhood Partnership Program, a successful joint venture between the University and the City, has restored 26 homes, 18 of which have already been sold to owner occupiers, and will be continued. Through our Neighborhood Services Coordinator, we support those who support their own neighborhoods. We are making important capital investments in neighborhoods, such as the streetscape enhancements along North Linn Street and the park upgrades at North Market Square. And our traffic calming program has improved the balance between motor vehicle and residential interests. These programs and investments, and others, will help maintain a high quality of life in our neighborhoods. It is also worth thinking about how we move around as a community. To that end, our Transportation Services department completed a number of worthy projects in 2011. First, we modernized two of our parking decks by upgrading elevator systems and installing LED lights that save the City a million kilowatt hours each year, replaced three buses, and fully 3 integrated the Bongo bus monitoring system to provide real time updates on buses en route to their stops. Our collaboration with the Coralville and University of Iowa transit systems has resulted in better service for our citizens. As our transit system modernizes, we will stretch our tax dollars to ensure the City is providing efficient, high quality public transportation for our citizens. A few words about flood relief. We continue to deal with the aftermath of the 2008 floods, which caused over a billion dollars of damage to the City and the University. The City budget includes a number of significant flood mitigation projects designed to better safeguard our community in the future. Currently planned are ten major flood mitigation projects totaling $121M. Thus far we have assembled over $66M in committed State and Federal grants as well as $32M in local option sales tax to help cover the cost of these projects. Recently we approved plans for the relocation of the North Wastewater Treatment Plant to a more secure site out of the Iowa River flood plain and adjacent to the existing South Wastewater Treatment Plant. At an estimated construction cost of $39.7 million, this will be the most expensive public works project in our history. In addition to protecting our ability to treat wastewater, the project also opens up an opportunity for us to develop a riverfront park on the site of the old facility. Other flood mitigation projects include the Gateway Initiative, which is the elevation of Dubuque Street and the Park Road Bridge. This $32 million project will protect the principal entrance to Iowa City, the University and Downtown employment centers. The elevated street is being designed to accommodate all modes of transportation including pedestrian, bicycle, and public transit. We are evaluating several potential levee projects intended to protect areas of our community impacted by the 2008 flood. We are wrapping up our flood buyout program, and by the end of 2012 we will have purchased and demolished some 95 flood -prone residences, which reduces the future flood risk at those locations to zero. We replaced them with approximately 130 new homes constructed through the State's Single - Family New Homes program and, in so doing, added to the tax base. While the floods were certainly devastating for those affected, the opportunity to rebuild parts of Iowa City and the University is unprecedented. We hope to make the most of this disaster, both for flood protection and for community and economic development. Iowa City's vibrant culture and high quality of life are well recognized. From our designation as the only UNESCO City of Literature in the western hemisphere, to our community calendar with its constant artistic, athletic and academic programming, to the numerous "best of" lists we make on a state and national level, Iowa City should be proud of its accomplishments. We are recognized as a great place to have a career or start a small business. We are known for our high rate of volunteerism. And we are a popular destination for people of all ages, from students to retirees. 4 Contributing to this are the many opportunities provided by our parks and recreation operation. The Iowa City Farmer's Market is starting its 40th season and has been named the top farmers market in Iowa two years in a row. Beginning this year, the Park and Recreation Department will add two new locations for special community events. The Ned Ashton House on the Iowa River, built in 1947 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001, was purchased by the City as part of the flood buyouts. With its commanding views of the river, this facility is sure to become a popular location for weddings, receptions and other events. At the other end of town, the Terry Trueblood Recreation Area Lodge will open in the spring of 2013. This is a brand new facility in the City's new 200 -acre park of the same name. Situated adjacent to the park's lake and offering a capacity of 150 people, the lodge will be used for City functions and event rentals. We believe the park will become a popular recreational venue for outdoor enthusiasts of all types. Bicycle and pedestrian trails are important to our community, and last year two major new trails were completed and added to our growing regional trail system. The North Dodge pedestrian bridge was a 100% federally funded stimulus project and connects the significant employment centers near the Dodge Street /Interstate 80 interchange to the remainder of our sidewalk and trail network. The Iowa River Trail extension from Napoleon Park to Terry Trueblood Recreation Area builds on a continuous trail network running adjacent to the Iowa River. These and other trail projects throughout the community build on our sustainability and complement a growing list of outdoor amenities. With respect to environmental progress, we continue to enhance our recycling operations and are working to boost recycling among our citizens. We recently finished construction of the new East Side Recycling center and it is scheduled to open soon. This will be a one -stop location for the many recycling and environmental programs offered by the city. Highlights include an environmental education center, the Habitat for Humanity Restore, the Friends of Historic Preservation Salvage Barn, the Furniture Project, a recycling location for oil and electronic waste, storm water management features and a residential wind turbine. Lastly, a word about cooperation. As we have learned from examples like transit, land use planning and emergency communications, intergovernmental partnerships often make a lot of sense. Shared goals, investments, and costs ensure that taxpayer dollars are maximized and often mean better services for communities who participate. By speaking as a region, and more importantly by acting as a region, we can do more to encourage economic development and enhance quality of life in the corridor. But regionalism requires more than lip service, and it is undermined when local governments act in parochial fashion. From our transparent economic development policies to our ongoing push for shared solutions to shared problems, Iowa City hopes to lead by example. At the end of the day, we 5 believe Johnson County will become a true region when its local governments act in ways that build trust, support open communication and pursue common goals. From our neighborhoods to our businesses to our schools to our cultural venues, Iowa City is a special community. We continue to face challenges to our budget and our resources. But thanks to deliberate planning and conservative forecasting, we will ride out the economic storm and position ourselves for the future. We are blessed to have a safe, growing and vibrant community. On behalf of the City Council and City staff, I thank the community for its involvement in these important issues. Thank you. Marian Karr 5g(2) From: cclothworks@etherbiz.net Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 11:46 AM To: Council Subject: Thank you Dear council members, Thank -you to all members of the Iowa City city council for listening to us at the meetings concerning the rezoning at 911 N. Governor St. Never before have I lived in a true neighborhood; what we call Deweyville is a special, delicate place. I appreciate the votes overturning the rezoning for townhouses so close by. I also look forward to working with the council on developments that would compliment the area around 911 N. Governor and adjacent Happy Hollow Park. Once again, thank -you for your time and consideration. Sally Bowers 931 N. Summit St. Marian Karr From: Risa Dotson Eicke <risamde @gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 1:31 PM To: Council Subject: Broadway St 59(3 I think renaming Broadway St. will change nothing except cause confusion. And, if it were to be re- named, naming it after a non - native tree would make the city look foolish. Thank you, Risa Dotson Eicke Iowa City Marian Karr From: alyssa @dvipiowa.org Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:47 PM To: Council Cc: kristie @dvipiowa.org Subject: Free Bus Ticket Program Attachments: image001.jpg To the Iowa City City Council, 5g(4) At the Domestic Violence Intervention Program, we use the tickets we receive through the free bus ticket program to support women and children staying in our shelter. These bus tickets are used by residents to help transport individuals and families to important appointments to receive medical or legal advocacy. The bus tickets also provide women with an avenue for getting out into the city to look for housing availability and meet with landlords about safe locations for the woman and her family to live. In the short term, these bus tickets also help women get to and from work until their next pay check, and allows women traveling with small children to move around Iowa City in the safety of the public bus system. Without the free bus ticket program, the majority of our residents would struggle to work, pick up their children from school, and access important health care appointments. The free bus ticket program allows residents to access many different housing opportunities and the option to work in a part of Iowa City that is safe and secure for them and for their children. Being able to access a few free bus tickets helps take some of the strain off of women who are working to start their lives anew. We never have an excess of tickets, and often run out even before the end of each month. It is a positive support for our residents, and communicates to them that not only DVIP but also the City of Iowa City is supporting their efforts at self - sufficiency. Thank you, Alyssa Clayden Director of Shelter Services Domestic Violence Intervention Program P.O. Box 3170 Iowa City, IA 52244 Business Line: 319.351.1042 Fax Line: 319.466 -4624 Crisis Line: 319.351.1043 or 1.800.373.1043 DVIP website: www.dvipiowa.org DVIP email: dvipgdvipiowa.org YOU CAN CATCH ME FASTER WITH EMAIL!!!! This e -mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C.2510- 2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. Marian Karr From: Steven M <stevekat2004 @yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:03 PM To: Council Subject: Layoffs, outsourcing 5g(5) This correspondence will become a publLaic reco Ladies and gentlemen, Afscme local 183 strongly disagree with the plan to layoff several positions. And the outsourcing of others. We will be visiting you soon on this matter. Thank you Steven G Miller Local 183 President Marian Karr From: iowaprogressive @iowaprogressive.net Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 2:29 PM To: Council Subject: What Happens When Iowa City Sacrifices Humanistic Zoning This correspondence will become a public record. 5g(6) Here is a web link for all Councilmembers and our Mayor to heed, it shows what happens when a city does not care about its resident citizens and instead becomes a whore to developers with no concern about city heritage, city culture, city atmosphere, and city harmony with its people present and future: http: / /www.face book.com /l. ph p? u= http%o3A%2 F %2 Fwww.Vo utu be.com %2 Fwatch %3 Fv %3 D5 N uc6cW icZQ %26featu re% 3Dyoutube gdata player& h= NAQFsYxTCAQHogBfRY3vOWLTkbUK4LQ 1J5a0PrSH6APu74g Mr. Libris Fidelis founding and Presiding Director Iowa Progressive Campaign, Incorporated downtown resident and member Occupy Iowa City 320 South Dubuque Street, Nr. 412, Iowa City Marian Karr From: Adam Bentley Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 1:20 PM To: 'Amy Butler'; *City Council Subject: FW: Final press release Attachments: Severson PRFINAL.doc Ms. Butler: 02 -21 -12 5g(7) Attached is a press - release from the City regarding the event. If you would like any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you, Adam Adam Bentley I City Manager's Office I City of Iowa City 2319-356-5010 1 2319-356-5009 1 Padam- bentley @iowa - city.org www.icgov.org From: Robin Butler Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 9:57 AM To: Adam Bentley Subject: FW: Final press release Marian Karr From: Marian Karr Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 9:03 AM To: 'Amy Butler'; Council Subject: RE: charity contest for Linda Severson memorial Amy, Thanks for your inquiry. It was announced at the Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) meeting last week that Coralville was the winner. A press release will be issued today with other information. Marian Karr, MMC City Clerk From: Amy Butler [mailto:butieramy5 @gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 12:56 PM To: Council Subject: charity contest for Linda Severson memorial Hello Council. I recall reading in local newspapers around the holidays about a donation drive in memory of Linda Severson, social worker and city employee. I wanted to include in a newsletter what the results of that charity drive were. I believe it was to be a challenge between local governmental agencies. I haven't read any followup articles so I thought I would contact you for the results. I'd like to include them in a newsletter. A photograph of the conveying of the trophy would be useful as well if available. I don't know what staff member is in charge of the contest, so I thought I would direct it to the Council and your staff can distribute to the appropriate person. ' Thanks for your time. Amy Butler Iowa City In November the Johnson County governments joined together to honor Linda Severson, former human services coordinator for the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) of Johnson County, with the Severson Holiday Charity Challenge. Severson served the Metropolitan Planning Organization of Johnson County from 1994 until her death this past August, and for years coordinated the city of Iowa City's holiday donation drive. The Severson Holiday Charity Challenge was proposed as a way to continue that effort while including the other local governments she served. The Challenge allowed communities to select the individual charity. Tally forms were provided to each participating entity with basic guidelines for tallying donations per full -time employee. Participating entities were responsible for returning the tally sheets, information on the donated items, and the respective charity. The Challenge was widely accepted and the results announced at the MPO January meeting held January 25. The City of Coralville will receive the first "Severson Cup," which will serve as a travelling trophy each year. Herteen & Stocker Jewelers co -owner and Iowa City Council Member Terry Dickens agreed to have the cup engraved and the formal presentation is scheduled for the March MPO meeting. Final tally amounts and charities include: City of Coralville - 7.37 items per employee - Coralville Ecumenical Food Pantry City of North Liberty — 6.83 items per employee - North Liberty Family Resource Centers Johnson County — 1.99 items per employee - Cassie's Mittens and Crisis Center City of Iowa City — 1.81 items per employee - Joan Buxton School Children's Aid Fund University Heights also participated by donating items to the Crisis Center and Hope Lodge but did not wish to be included in the tally results. MPO and City staff thanks everyone for their participation and anticipate an even greater participation next year. Marian Karr . 59(8 From: Jean Walker <walkersic @yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 8:14 AM To: Council; Jeff Davidson; Bob Miklo; Jean Walker; Marcia Bollinger; Jim Throgmorton; Tom Markus; icdobs @aol.com Cc: Jean Walker Subject: Fw: URGENT: UI Health Care Master Plan as regards the Melrose Neighborhood Attachments: BOR2012FEB.pdf :.• I would appreciate if you would forward this (and the previous email about the Melrose Place parking lot) to the Historic Preservation Commission and the Planning and Zoning Commission. Thank you, Jean - - - -- Forwarded Message - - - -- From: Jean Walker <walkersic @yahoo.com> To: "mbruns @iastate.edu" <mbruns @iastate.edu >; Bob Downer <bobd @meardon law. com >; "ken- kates @uiowa.edu" <ken- kates @uiowa.edu >; "jean - robillard @uiowa.edu" <jean - robillard @uiowa.edu >; City <council @iowa - city.org> Cc: Jean Walker <walkersic @yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, February 6, 2012 7:58 AM Subject: URGENT: UI Health Care Master Plan as regards the Melrose Neighborhood Ms. Brunson, I would appreciate if you would distribute this email to the members of the State Board of Regents. Thank you, Jean Walker Melrose Neighborhood Representative The Melrose Neighborhood Association's Executive Committee members were shocked to discover a copy of the attached document entitled: University of Iowa Health Care Presentation to The Board of Regents, State of Iowa February 6 -7, 2012. A member of the Executive Committee noticed the document. It was not provided to us by the UI. In this document we found that, on two graphics on pages 35 and 56, there are plans for at least three large institutional buildings placed along Melrose Avenue starting at 629 Melrose and proceeding westwards. Two of these buildings are labeled 'Medical Campus'. The western-most 'Medical Campus' building stretches over at least a majority of the existing properties of 801, 805, 807, 811, 817, and 821 Melrose Avenue. Only one of these, 807, is currently owned by the UI, yet the UI has repeatedly assured us that it has no plans to purchase further properties in our Neighborhood. The eastern- most'Medical Campus' building stretches over the existing properties of 629, 701, 707, 711, 727 Melrose Avenue, which are all within the Melrose Historic District as part of the National Register of Historic Places. Neither 629 nor 727 are owned by the UI, and 629 dates from 1870 and was listed, separately on its own merit, on the National Register of Historic Places. This is a very serious matter. We are told that one explanation, given by a UI official, is that there is no intent by the UIHC to place or build a building as shown and that the rendering was created by one of the consultant planners the UIHC have employed and it is a very general and preliminary graphic showing the Childrens' Hospital site and the sun angles to that site. Also, that the consultant artist's representation of those boxes south of Melrose is a mistake and there is no intent to suggest a project or future buildings as shown. However, it seems unlikely to us that a consultant planner would have included these'Medical Campus' buildings on his /her own, without them being suggested by UIHC officials. This matter underlines the absolute need for the UI, the City and the Neighborhood to meet to discuss the preservation of the Melrose Neighborhood and now we request that meeting. Sincerely, Jean Walker Melrose Neighborhood Representative Marian Karr From: Jean Walker <walkersic @yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 12:47 PM To: Tom Markus; Council; Bob Miklo Cc: Jean Walker Subject: Melrose Neighborhood Below, I am sending you (FYI) a copy of the Guest Opinion that I sent to The Gazette. Bob, I would appreciate if you would forward it to the Planning & Zoning Commision. (I already asked if you could forward it to the Historic Preservation Commission.) Thanks, Jean Walker 335 Lucon Drive Signifying its historic importance, most of the Melrose Neighborhood is on the National Register of Historic Places, and the City has noted that efforts should be made to preserve it. However, less than a week before the topic was to be brought to the Board of Regents, The University of Iowa told the Neighborhood that it was purchasing two Neighborhood houses and demolishing eight to make a temporary parking lot for up to 300 cars at Melrose Place (though the entrance appears problematic and those 300 cars could be disruptive to Melrose Avenue traffic). No time was allowed to find alternative solutions. The Regents approved the UI's purchase of the houses, even though one property is in the Neighborhood's National Historic District and includes the Neighborhood's last (100 - year -old) barn. The UI is proceeding with its plans, choosing a consultant for the project even though it has not yet obtained City approval for the necessary vacation of Melrose Place. Since the 1920s, the UI's modus operandi has been to buy neighborhood homes and use them temporarily before demolishing them to build a large institutional building or parking lot. Thus many historic subdivisions in the area adjacent to the Neighborhood, dating back to the 1920s and earlier, have been erased by the UI. The Melrose Neighborhood contains the last historic houses in this area - houses occupied by people who chose (and still choose) to live there to walk to work at the UI. So the Neighborhood's history is a shared history with the UI, and for the UI to destroy the Neighborhood is for it to destroy its own (as well as the City's) heritage. In spite of that, and even though it has said it is in favor of historic preservation and has given assurances that it does not intend to purchase any further Neighborhood properties, the UI has continued to purchase properties. Once the UI purchases these properties, it can destroy them, and the City cannot preserve them. Also, these properties go off the tax rolls, causing a deficit in funds for the City. Due to its historic importance, the Melrose Neighborhood should be off the table as regards further acquisition /destruction by the UI, which should make its future plans with that in mind. Once an area is cleared, its historic properties are lost forever. To ensure this Neighborhood is preserved, the City needs to uphold its stated commitment to the Neighborhood's preservation and make a clear statement to that effect directly to the UI, perhaps stating that the UI should not purchase any further properties east of Melrose Place. Similar statements by the Historic Preservation Commission should also be made. The UI needs to uphold its commitment to historic preservation (and preservation of its own history) and look elsewhere than the historic Melrose Neighborhood for future expansion and not play Monopoly in our Historic District. This is not an industrial wasteland. This is where we live - our architecturally - historic houses, our homes, our history and our heritage. The playing field is very unequal if UI officials are planning for the destruction of our very homes, especially without our timely input or consideration of less- destructive alternatives. If the UI omitted the possibility of using the historic Melrose Neighborhood for destruction /development, it should be able, with the help of the considerable brainpower of the university, to come up with innovative and very satisfactory alternatives. If the UI keeps picking away at the Neighborhood, it will disappear like all the other little neighborhoods in the area already erased by the UI. This is the last neighborhood of this historic area. ** 74 Page attachment archived with City Clerk Marian Karr From: Jean Walker <walkersic @yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 7:58 AM To: mbruns @iastate.edu; Bob Downer; ken -kates @uiowa.edu; jean- robillard @uiowa.edu; Council Cc: Jean Walker Subject: URGENT: UI Health Care Master Plan as regards the Melrose Neighborhood Attachments: BOR2012FEB.pdf ** Ms. Brunson, I would appreciate if you would distribute this email to the members of the State Board of Regents. Thank you, Jean Walker Melrose Neighborhood Representative The Melrose Neighborhood Association's Executive Committee members were shocked to discover a copy of the attached document entitled: University of Iowa Health Care Presentation to The Board of Regents, State of Iowa February 6 -7, 2012. A member of the Executive Committee noticed the document. It was not provided to us by the UI. In this document we found that, on two graphics on pages 35 and 56, there are plans for at least three large institutional buildings placed along Melrose Avenue starting at 629 Melrose and proceeding westwards. Two of these buildings are labeled 'Medical Campus'. The western-most 'Medical Campus' building stretches over at least a majority of the existing properties of 801, 805, 807, 811, 817, and 821 Melrose Avenue. Only one of these, 807, is currently owned by the UI, yet the UI has repeatedly assured us that it has no plans to purchase further properties in our Neighborhood. The eastern- most'Medical Campus' building stretches over the existing properties of 629, 701, 707, 711, 727 Melrose Avenue, which are all within the Melrose Historic District as part of the National Register of Historic Places. Neither 629 nor 727 are owned by the UI, and 629 dates from 1870 and was listed, separately on its own merit, on the National Register of Historic Places. This is a very serious matter. We are told that one explanation, given by a UI official, is that there is no intent by the UIHC to place or build a building as shown and that the rendering was created by one of the consultant planners the UIHC have employed and it is a very general and preliminary graphic showing the Childrens' Hospital site and the sun angles to that site. Also, that the consultant artist's representation of those boxes south of Melrose is a mistake and there is no intent to suggest a project or future buildings as shown. However, it seems unlikely to us that a consultant planner would have included these 'Medical Campus' buildings on his /her own, without them being suggested by UIHC officials. This matter underlines the absolute need for the UI, the City and the Neighborhood to meet to discuss the preservation of the Melrose Neighborhood and now we request that meeting. Sincerely, Jean Walker Melrose Neighborhood Representative 1 UNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE University of Iowa Health Care Presentation to The Board of Regents, State of Iowa February 6 -7, 2012 Board of Regern - 112412012 8:32 AM 1 Agenda 1 1 UNIVERSI'iYOFIOWA HEALTH CARE Opening Remarks (Jean Robillard) Operational and Financial Performance (Ken Kates, Ken Fisher) UI Health Care Master Plan and the New UI Children's Hospital (Jean Robillard, Ken Kates & Kimberly Stanley) Board of Regern - 112412012 8:32 AM 2 Opening Remarks Jean Robillard, MD Vice President for Medical Affairs 1 U NIVERSIiYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE Board of Regern - 112412012 8:32 AM 3 1 UNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE Operating and Financial Performance Update Ken Kates, Chief Executive Officer UI Hospitals & Clinics Ken Fisher, Associate Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer 1 1s Board of Regern - 112412012 8:32 AM 4 Volume Indicators December 2011 Prior Variance Variance to Operating Review (YTD) Actual Budget Year to Budget Budget 1 UNIVERSITYoF IOWA HEALTH CARE Variance Variance to Prior to Prior Year Year Discharges 15,297 15,102 15,099 195 1.3% 0 198 1.3% 0 Patient Days 97,521 97,114 100,202 407 0.4% 0 (2,681) -2.7% Length of Stay 6.33 6.51 6.60 (0.18) -2.7% 0 (0.27) -4.1% 0 Average Daily Census 530.01 527.79 544.58 2.21 0.4% 0 (14.57) -2.7% 0 Surgeries — Inpatient 5,771 5,789 5,719 (18) -0.3% 0 52 0.9% 0 Surgeries — Outpatient 8,153 7,577 7,657 576 7.6% 0 496 6.5% 0 ED Visits 30,016 28,905 28,075 1,111 3.8% 0 1,941 6.9% 0 Outpatient Clinic Visits 429,923 436,364 415,575 (6,441) -1.5% 0 12,407 3.0% 0 0 Greater than 0 Neutral 0 Greater than 2.5% Favorable 2.5% Unfavorable Board of Regents — 112412012 8:32 AM 5 Discharges by Type December 2011 Prior Variance Variance to Operating Review (YTD) Actual Budget Year to Budget Budget 1 UNIVERSITYoF IOWA HEALTH CARE Variance % to Prior Variance to Year Prior Year Adult Medical 5,260 5,135 5,150 125 2.4% 0 110 2.1%0 Adult Surgical 6,906 6,858 6,820 48 0.7% 0 86 1.3%0 Adult Psych 773 794 799 (21) -2.7% 0 (26) -3.3% 0 Subtotal — Adult 12,939 12,787 12,769 152 1.2% 0 170 1.3% 0 Pediatric Medical & Surgical 1,678 1,632 1,641 46 2.8% 0 37 2.3% 0 Pediatric Critical Care 392 403 407 (11) -2.8% 0 (15) -3.7% 0 Pediatric Psych 288 280 282 8 2.8% 0 6 2.1% 0 Subtotal — Pediatrics w/o newborn 2, 358 2,315 2,330 43 1.8% 0 28 1.2% 0 Newborn 733 765 716 (32) -4.1% 0 17 2.4% 0 TOTAL w/o Newborn 15,297 15,102 15,099 195 1.3% 0 198 1.3% 0 0 0 • Greater than Neutral Greater than 2.5% Favorable 2.5% Unfavorable Board of Regents — 112412012 8:32 AM 6 Discharge Days by Type December 2011 Prior Operating Review (YTD) Actual Budget Year Variance Variance to to Budget Budget 1 UNIVERSITYoF IOWA HEALTH CARE Variance % to Prior Variance to Year Prior Year Adult Medical 30,334 30,431 30,871 (97) -0.3% Q (537) -1.7% Q Adult Surgical 36,395 35,600 36,010 795 2.2% O 385 1.1% O Adult Psych 9,230 9,462 9,593 (232) -2.5% 0 (363) -3.8% 0 Subtotal —Adult 75,959 75,494 76,474 465 0.6% O (515) -0.7% O Pediatric Medical & Surgical 9,187 9,231 9,385 (44) -0.5% O (198) -2.1% O Pediatric Critical Care 9,376 11,574 11,762 (2,198) - 19.0% 0 (2,386) - 20.3% 0 Pediatric Psych 2,359 2,030 2,053 329 16.2% O 306 14.9% O Subtotal — Pediatrics w/o newborn 20,922 22,834 23,200 (1,912) -8.4% 0 (2,278) -9.8% 0 Newborn 1,639 1,824 1,588 (185) - 10.1% 0 51 3.2% O TOTAL w/o Newborn 96,881 98,328 99,674 (1,447) -1.5% O (2,742) -2.7% 0 O O • Greater than Neutral Greater than 2.5% Favorable 2.5% Unfavorable Board of Regents — 112412012 8:32 AM 7 Average Length of Stay by Type December 2011 Prior Operating Review (YTD) Actual Budget Year Variance Variance to to Budget Budget 1 UNIVERSITYoF IOWA HEALTH CARE Variance % to Prior Variance to Year Prior Year Adult Medical 5.77 5.93 5.99 (0.16) -2.7%0 (0.23) -3.8% 0 Adult Surgical 5.27 5.19 5.28 0.08 1.5% 0 (0.01) -0.2% 0 Adult Psych 11.94 11.92 12.01 0.02 0.2% 0 (0.07) -0.5% 0 Subtotal -Adult 5.87 5.90 5.99 (0.03) -0.6% 0 (0.12) -2.0% 0 Pediatric Medical & Surgical 5.47 5.66 5.72 (0.18) -3.2% 0 (0.24) -4.3% 0 Pediatric Critical Care 23.92 28.68 28.90 (4.77) - 16.6% 0 (4.98) - 17.2% 0 Pediatric Psych 8.19 7.24 7.28 0.95 13.1% 40 0.91 12.5% 40 Subtotal - Pediatrics w/o newborn 8.87 9.86 9.96 (0.99) - 10.0% 0 (1.08) - 10.9% 0 Newborn 2.24 2.39 2.22 (0.15) -6.2% 0 0.02 0.8% 0 TOTAL w/o Newborn 6.33 6.51 6.60 (0.18) -2.7% 0 (0.27) -4.1% 0 0 0 • Greater than Neutral Greater than 2.5% Favorable 2.5% Unfavorable Board of Regents - 112412012 8:32 AM 8 Outpatient Surgeries - by Clinical Department December 2011 Prior Operating Review (YTD) actual Budget Year Variance to Variance to Budget Budget 1 UNIVERSITYoF IOWA HEALTH CARE Variance % to Prior Variance to Year Prior Year Cardiothoracic 36 34 39 2 6.5% 0 (3) -7.7%0 Dentistry 336 288 277 48 16.6% 0 59 21.3%0 Dermatology 22 21 21 1 5.8% 0 1 4.8%0 General Surgery 1,317 1,256 1,263 61 4.9% 0 54 4.3%0 Gynecology 437 383 381 54 14.1% 0 56 14.7%0 Internal Medicine 8 1 2 7 440.5% 0 6 300.0%0 Neurosurgery 216 231 254 (15) -6.4% * (38) -15.0% Ophthalmology 1,801 1,607 1,647 194 12.1% 0 154 9.4%0 Orthopedics 1,983 1,864 1,859 119 6.4% 0 124 6.7%0 Otolaryngology 1,176 1,195 1,158 (19) -1.6% 0 18 1.6%0 Radiology — Interventional 19 16 12 3 21.2% 0 7 58.3%0 Urology wrProcedure Ste. 802 681 744 121 17.9% 0 58 7.8%0 Total 8,153 7,577 7,657 576 7.6% 0 496 6.5%01 0 0 • Greater than Neutral Greater than 2.5% Favorable 2.5% Unfavorable Board of Regents — 112412012 8:32 AM 9 Inpatient Surgeries - by Clinical Department December 2011 Prior Operating Review (YTD) actual Budget Year 1 UNIVERSITYoF IOWA HEALTH CARE Cardiothoracic % Variance % Variance to Variance to to Prior Variance to Budget Budget Year Prior Year Cardiothoracic 575 572 562 31 0.5%0 13 2.3%0 Dentistry 78 64 62 14 22.7%0 16 25.8% General Surgery 1,693 1,646 1,603 47 2.8%0 90 5.6%0 Gynecology 368 396 391 (28) -7.1% (23) -5.9% Neurosurgery 844 8491 834 (5) -0.6% 10 1.2% Ophthalmology 76 75 83 1 0.9%0 (7) -8.4%w Orthopedics 1,302 1,386 1,420 (84) -6.1%0 (118) -8.3%0 Otolaryngology 398 385 378 13 3.5%0 20 5.3%0 Radiology — Interventional 61 57 54 4 7.3%0 7 13.0%0 Urology w/ Procedure Ste. 376 359 332 17 4.8%0 44 13.3%0 Total 5,771 5,789 5,719 (18) -0.3%0 52 0.9%0 Solid Organ Transplants 150 159 166 (9) -5.7%0 (16) -9.6% 0 O O • Greater than Neutral Greater than 2.5% Favorable 2.5% Unfavorable Board of Regents — 112412012 8:32 AM 10 Emergency Department December 2011 Prior Operating Review (YTD) Actual Budget Year 1 UNIVERSITYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE Variance to Variance to Variance to Variance to Budget Budget Prior Year Prior Year ED Visits 30,016 28,905 28,075 1,111 3.8%0 1,941 6.9%0 ED Admits 8,017 7,603 7,337 414 5.4% 0 680 9.3%0 ED Conversion Factor 26.7% 26.3% 26.1% 1.5%0 2.2%0 ED Admits / Total Admits 52.8% 50.7% 48.9% 4.2%0 8.1%0 0 0 0 Greater than Neutral Greater than 2.5% Favorable 2.5% Unfavorable Board of Regents — 112412012 8:32 AM 11 Clinic Visits by Clinical Department December 2011 1 UNIVERSITYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE °rg Prior Variance to % Variance to Variance to Operating Review (YTD) Actual Budget Year Budget Variance to Budget Prior Year Prior Year Anesthesia 6,8511 7,880 7,744 (1,029) -13.1% 0 (893) -11.5%0 CDD 4,258 4,111 4,112 147 3.6% 0 146 3.6% 0 Clinical Research 4,944 5,494 5,659 (550) -10.0% 0 (715) -12.6% Dermatology 13,003 15,913 12,755 (2,910) -18.3% 0 248 1.9% 0 Emergency Department 30,016 28,905 28,075 1,111 3.8% 0 1,941 6.9% General Surgery 12,703 12,418 11,828 285 2.3% 0 875 7.4% Heart and Vascular 19,322 19,485 18,539 (163) -0.8% 0 783 4.2% 0 Hospital Dentistry 7,713 6,515 6,365 1,198 18.4% 0 1,348 21.2% 0 Internal Medicine 55,588 55,538 52,290 50 0.1% 0 3,298 6.3% Neurology 8,481 8,8NT. 8,272 (345) -3.9% 0 209 2.5% 0 Neurosurgery 4,670 4,7041 4,659 (34) -0.7% 0 11 0.2% 0 Obstetrics /Gynecology 39,102 39,548 37,064 (446) -1.1% 0 2,038 5.5% 0 Ophthalmology 35,058 36,446 33,098 (1,388) -3.8% 1,960 5.90/6 Orthopedics 31,404 31,288 29,640 116 0.4% 0 1,764 6.0%0 Otolaryngology 14,749 14,705 13,694 44 0.3% 0 1,055 7.7%0 Pediatrics 22,8321 22,930 22,057 (98) -0.4% 0 775 3.5% Primary Care 119,881 120,329 118,990 (448) -0.4% 0 891 0.7% 0 Psychiatry 20,241 22,042 20,818 (1,801) -8.2% 0 (577) -2.8% Urology 8,772 7,896 7,743 876 11.1% 0 1,029 13.3%0 Other 351 295 248 56 19.2% 0 103 41.5%0 Total 459,939 465,270 443,650 (5,331) -1.1% 0 16,289 3.7% 0 0 Greater than 2.5% Favorable 0 Neutral Q Greater than 2.5% Unfavorable Board of Regents - 113011013 8:33 AM 12 Outpatient Activity Detail December 2011 Primary Care Clinics Prior Operating Review (YTD) Actual Budget Year Variance to Variance to Budget Budget 1 ti UNIVERSITYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE Variance to Variance to Prior Year Prior Year Employee Health Clinic 8,622 8,775 8,518 (153) -1.7%0 104 1.2%0 Family Care Center 44,760 53,484 45,462 (8,724) -16.3%0 (702) -1.5%0 Offsite Clinics 40,345 32,870 42,185 7,475 22.7%0 (1,840) -4.4% 0 Quick Care Clinics 14,593 13,859 11,743 734 5.3%0 2,850 24.3%0 Primary Care Clinic North 11,561 11,341 11,082 220 1.9%0 479 4.3% O TOTAL 119,881 120,329 118,990 (448) -0.4%0 891 0.7%0 Clinical Cancer Center Infusions 20,343 20,952 17,708 (609) -2.9%0 2,635 14.9°O O O O • Greater than Neutral Greater than 2.5% Favorable 2.5% Unfavorable Board of Regents — 112412012 8:32 AM 13 Case Mix Index 2.3 2.2 2.1 2 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 Jun -09 1 UNNERSTIYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE Aug -09 Oct -09 Dec -09 Feb -10 Apr -10 Jun -10 Aug -10 Oct -10 Dec -10 Feb -11 Apr -11 Jun -11 Aug -11 Oct -11 Dec -11 —4,— Medicare Acute Board of Regents — 113011013 8:33 AM 14 UIHC Comparative Financial Results Fiscal Year to Date December 2011 Dollars in Thousands NET REVENUES: Variance to Actual Budget Prior Year Budget 1 UNIVERSITYoF IOWA HEALTH CARE Variance to Variance to Variance to Budget Prior Year Prior Year Patient Revenue $514,039 $523,415 $494,931 ($9,183) -1.8% $19,301 3.9% Other Operating Revenue 23,531 24,018 22,789 (487) -2.0% 742 3.3% Total Revenue $537,762 $547,433 $517,720 ($9,671) -1.8% $20,042 3.9% EXPENSES: Salaries and Wages $272,253 $281,117 $243,523 ($8,864) -3.2% $28,730 11.8% General Expenses 215,072 211,321 205,297 3,750 1.8% 9,775 4.8% Operating Expense before Capital $487,324 $492,378 $448,820 ($5,054) -1.0% $38,505 8.6% Cash Flow Operating Margin $50,438 $55,055 $68,900 ($4,617) -8.4% ($18,462) -26.8% Capital- Depreciation and Amortization 33,964 33,744 34,557 220 0.7% (593) -1.7% Total Operating Expense 1 $521,2881 $526,1221 $483,376 ($4,834) -0.9% $37,912 7.8% Operating Income $16,474 $21,311 $34,343 ($4,837) -22.7% ($17,871) -52.0% Operating Margin % 3.1% 3.9% 6.6% -0.8% -3.5% Gain on Investments 6,397 10,984 17,784 (4,588) -41.8% (11,388) -64.0% Other Non - Operating 1,666 (2,624) (2,081) 4,290 163.5% 3,747 180.1% Net Income 1 $24,537 $29,671 $50,047 ($5,135) -17.3% ($25,510) -51.0% Net Margin % 4.5% 5.3% 9.4% -0.8% -4.9% Board of Regents - 112412012 8:32 AM 15 UIHC Comparative Financial Results December 2011 Dollars in Thousands Variance to Variance to NET REVENUES: Actual Budget Prior Year Budget Budget 1 UNIVERSITYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE Variance to Variance to Prior Year Prior Year Patient Revenue $85,878 $84,463 $81,077 $1,415 1.7% $4,800 5.9% Other Operating Revenue 3,749 4,003 4,010 (254) -6.3% (261) -6.5% Total Revenue $89,627 $88,466 $85,087 $1,161 1.3% $4,539 5.3% EXPENSES: Salaries and Wages $45,683 $46,135 $40,741 ($451) -1.0% $4,943 12.1% General Expenses 35,445 34,183 33,455 1,262 3.7% 1,990 5.9% Operating Expense before Capital $81,128 $80,318 $74,196 $811 1.0% $6,932 9.3% Cash Flow Operating Margin $8,498 $8,148 $10,891 $350 4.3% ($2,393) - 22.0% Capital- Depreciation and Amortization 5,693 5,624 6,041 69 1.2% (348) -5.8% Total Operating Expense 1 $86,8221 $85,9421 $80,237 $8801 1.0% $6,5841 8.2% Operating Income $2,805 $2,524 $4,850 $281 11.1% ($2,045) - 42.2% Operating Margin % 3.1% 2.9% 5.7% 0.3% -2.6% Gain on Investments 6,177 1,831 1,801 4,346 237.4% 4,375 242.9% Other Non - Operating (155) (437) (257) 282 64.5% 101 39.2% Net Income 1 $8,827 $3,917 $6,394 $4,910 125.3% $2,432 38.0% Net Margin % 9.2% 4.4% 7.4% 4.9% 1.8% Board of Regents - 112412012 8:32 AM 16 Comparative Accounts Receivable at December 30, 2011 So 70 60 so June 30, 2010 1 1 UNIVERSI'iYOFIOWA HEALTH CARE June 30, 2011 December 31, 2011 Net Accounts Receivable $117,737,680 $136,477,870 $148,855,960 Net Days in AR 471 49 52 Days of Revenue in Net A/R MEDIAN (46) Moody's Aa2 Rating 52 51 51 52 52 52 5 So . 1 49 49 49 49 49 49 48 48 49 50 50 50 .27 46 46 40 Jun- Jul- Aug- Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Fels- Mar- Apr- May- Jun- Jul- Aug- Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Fels- Mar- Apr- May- Jun- Jul- Aug- Sep 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 $12,506 $10, $7. $5. $2. -$2, -$5, Oct- Nov- Dec - 11 11 11 10 Jun- Jul- Aug- Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- May- Jun- Jul- Aug- Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- May- Jun- Jul- Aug- Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec - 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Board of Regents - 112412012 8:32 AM 17 Bad Debts ($,000) 000 500 000 $2,8082.908 $ 2.553$ 2.851 2.689 $2.259 $24582.660 ..856$3.018$2. ' $1.998 $2.034 $2.376 $1.757$2.208$2,43' 2 80 $2.2511.8 500 $1,668 1.494 75 . $ 76 $0 500 000 10 Jun- Jul- Aug- Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- May- Jun- Jul- Aug- Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- May- Jun- Jul- Aug- Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec - 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Board of Regents - 112412012 8:32 AM 17 I fi UNIVERSITYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE ,4; University of Iowa Health Care Master Plan and the New UI Children's Hospital Jean Robillard, MD Vice President for Medical Affairs Ken Kates, Chief Executive Officer UI Hospitals & Clinics Kimberly Stanley Stanley Beaman & Sears Board of Regents — 112412012 8:32 AM 1 1 UNIVERSI'iYOFIOWA HEALTH CARE EVOLUTION OF A HEALTH CARE CAMPUS Board of Regenn - 112412012 8:32 AM 19 1929 1 UNNERSTIYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE Today Board of Regents — 113011013 8:33 AM 20 1 1950Sj H�TH c IOWA tl y i 'r . 3yY 4 - -_i `� 7 al IkL ML r� r Y f � Boar E of 21 �. k 1 1 1970s UNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE Eli ' -- K I - � r � [ r ! f Y- f F Board of Red. w � 22 w 1970s k. 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VERAGF Operating Expenses Extend UNIVERSITY Master Plan objectives Board of Regents — 113011013 8:33 AM 28 1 Navigating Our Campus Presents Challenges H�THCowA Views from East Campus Looking West 1 UNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE Board of Regern - 112412012 8:33 AM 30 View from West Campus Looking East 1 UNNERSTIYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE Board of Regern - 112412012 8:33 AM 31 1 1 UNIVERSI'iYOFIOWA HEALTH CARE Paving the way for the next generation THE MASTER PLAN Board of Regern - 112412012 8:33 AM 32 2006 Master Plan: Northwest Growth IA g_ 1 UNNERSTIYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE t H 1� Board of Regern - 112412012 8:33 AM 33 1 2008 Master Plan: Westward Growth (initial concept H�THC °� °"'A Board of Regents — 113011013 8:33 AM 34 2011 Master Plan: Westward Growth (refined) 1 1 UNIVERSI'iYOFIOWA HEALTH CARE F- _, F a •.. -� �. 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WA Original Children's Hospital 1 UNNERSTIYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE University of Iowa Special Collections Board of Regents — 113011013 8:33 AM 43 Creating a system of care for Iowa's children THE NEW CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL 1 1 UNIVERSI'iYOFIOWA HEALTH CARE University of Iowa Children's Hospital University of Iowa Health Care Board of Regenn - 112412012 8:33 AM 44 kHEALTH Age nda C °� °"'" • Program Review • Strategic Design Issues • Highlights of the Work in Progress • Schedule and Next Steps • Discussion / Questions Board of Regern - 112412012 8:33 AM 45 1 UNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE y� try -�Al ri PROGRAM REVIEW Board of Regenn - 112412012 8:33 AM 46 Program & Design Participation 1 UNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE Administration, Faculty, Staff & Family Involvement • Executive Committee • Steering Committee • 12 User Groups • Service Excellence Team • Family & Child Advisory Groups • Over 150 People involved! • Collaborative Planning Process from start to finish 7�-. tr q, Tr r Board of Re,nrz — 112412012 8:33 AM w V. 47 Program Review: Key Components 1 1 UNIVERSI'iYOFIOWA HEALTH CARE • Public Spaces and Patient / Family Amenities • Education / Conference Space • Pediatric Specialty Clinics • Three (3) 28 -bed Medical /Surgical Inpatient Units • 28 -bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit • 28 -bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit • Pediatric Surgery & Support • Pediatric Imaging, Procedure Suite & Support • Two (2) Shelled Floors for Future Expansion • Ancillary & Support Services • Inpatient Pharmacy, Food & Nutrition /Dining, Sterile Processing • Environmental Services, Materials Management • Building Services / Physical Plant Board of Regern— 1124120128:33 AM *Pending approval 48 Iowa Ranked #1 for Child Health System Performance State Ranking on Child Health System Performance WP No 1 MN NE \ IP ur I ca KS MO oaQp Q State Rank D Top Quartile ii Second Quartile i� Third Quartile Bottom Quartile 1 UNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE State Scorecard Summary of Child Health System Performance Across Dimensions State Rank m" ❑ Top Quartile 0 Second Quartile 0 Third Quartile %a ?¢ 0 Bottom Quartile o`am ,`co 10 �,aL ro 4 d J RANK STATE Q Qc Q� rp�' RANK STATE 1 Iowa NH 1 2 7 NY 27 Milli 1 N, 1 PA 7 4 NJ IN ON Illinois DE Vermont 9 No 3 VA DC M 29 New Jersey State Rank D Top Quartile ii Second Quartile i� Third Quartile Bottom Quartile 1 UNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE State Scorecard Summary of Child Health System Performance Across Dimensions State Rank m" ❑ Top Quartile 0 Second Quartile 0 Third Quartile %a ?¢ 0 Bottom Quartile o`am ,`co 10 �,aL ro 4 d J RANK STATE Q Qc Q� rp�' RANK STATE 1 Iowa 6 1 2 7 27 South Dakota 1 Massachuse is 1 4 7 4 28 Illinois 3 Vermont 9 B 3 2 29 New Jersey 4 Maine 7 5 10 1 30 Alaska 5 New Hampshire 2 2 13 11 31 Delaware 6 Rhode Island 9 2 14 14 32 North Carolina 7 Hawaii 3 12 23 3 33 South Carolina 8 Minnesota 18 11 1 12 34 Montana 9 Connecticut 8 26 6 6 35 Wyoming 10 North Dakota 16 23 11 17 36 Kentucky 10 Pennsylvania tt 17 24 15 37 Alabama 12 Wisconsin zt 14 8 25 38 Oregon 13 Kansas 19 6 20 26 13 Washington 12 26 12 21 39 District of Columbia 15 Michigan 14 = 21 9 40 Louisiana 16 Nebraska 22 16 14 23 41 Idaho 17 West Virginia 24 to W 5 42 Arkansas 18 Maryland 4 18 26 34 43 Georgia 19 Ohio 14 8 36 27 44 California 20 Colorado 28 28 4 27 45 Oklahoma 21 Missouri 26 19 30 13 46 New Mexico 21 New York 27 34 17 10 47 Florida 23 Utah 17 25 5 48 Texas 24 Virginia 25 27 49 Arizona 25 Indiana �424 33 22 50 Mississippi 26 Tennessee t9 51 Nevada 2l ro N 4 Zrzy >tC QrC titi� 4 y w J P Qc Q° vra Source: Commonwealth Fund State Scorecard on Child Health System Performance, 2011. 49 Boartl of Regents - 113411013 8:33 AM J 1 UNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE STRATEGIC DESIGN ISSUES Board of Regents — 112412012 8:33 AM 50 Strategic Design Issues Explored 1 UNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE T Integrating the Children's Hospital within the x� larger Master Plan T✓ Parking Strategy — taking the long view `> Flexibility, Adaptability, Growth & Phasing Critical connections to the Main Hospital ` Leveraging Existing Space: a look at shared resources • Designing for Operational Efficiency • Utilizing Evidence -based Design Principles • Facility Image & the Patient Experience • Accommodating state -of- the -art Technology • Sustainability & the Environment Board of Regern - 112412012 8:33 AM 51 Opportunities Revealed J W, 1' Aj r � ,M 7 �o1E�-Jrvkl V!► C000017� 1 UNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE 0 a�- Board of Regents — 113011013 8:33 AM 52 1 UNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WORK IN PROGRESS Board of Regenn - 112412012 8:33 AM 53 Aerial Photo: A Special Site d � '1 J . '.. Y' -'. •111 ..: !. - +'•yam, .. NN G6w�tt. �POWmAhai u kI d M 1 fi UNIVERSITYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE FIftmerz- ! i Board of Regents — 112412012 8:33 AM 54 � '1 � 1 M 1 fi UNIVERSITYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE FIftmerz- ! i Board of Regents — 112412012 8:33 AM 54 1 Aerial Photo: Site Constraints UNIVERS►IYOFIOWA HEALTH CARE -yF � • r� 1. 1. i aseses�� \ =�\ `"Wes. ass �-7 a ,` '— 'se �MM 1 Board of Regents — 113011013 8:33 AM 55 Master Plan Evolution & Benefits r� F • a x� ws � Ij 1"` • R • r •• r•Hws�M�s rw.w••r F• .. •: .. rte. �+•H �....�e. { yil[Y�r►....�r Ir f 1 UNNERSTIYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE �f �J 'Of r ••.�..�•••: ..� 11 :.- ..•.•••�•3 •.. s.w�a�sr r'r��.i. iY rarssaa.r♦ •• Board of Regen[e — 113011013 8:33 AM 56 Sectional Diagram: East -West 'Kinnick Stadium 11 ACUTE UNIT AI INPATIENT RESEARCH- 28BEDS 10 ACUTiUNIT B- 28BEDS 9 ACUTE UNIT C - 22 BEDS! B.M.T. - q BEDSI GALLE 8 FUTURE UNITS — 28BEDS i 7 PUTUAEBEDS- 28BEDS 6 NICU j 28 BEDS KITCHEN 5 PEDIATRICSURGERY w_ 4 MECHANICAL �'� ; 4 3 PICU DECEDENT CARE - 28BEDS', 2 I'� CONFERENCE / EDUCATION I CL OFFICES MAIN ENTRY & PUBLIC SOACES / DINING LL3 MECHANICAL LL2 MEGH PEDIATRIC' - IMAGING/ 20,000 5f PRE -OP I PACU 1 UNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE i i I i a � I UICH' FINE® JPP � I Board of Regents — 113011012 8:33 AM 57 7 ALIGN EXISTING NICU 6 AND LDR ALIGN ADULT SURGERY 5 RENOVATION ORT/ ALIGN 4 OUTPATIENTCARE II ii ALIGN EXISTING ADULT 3 IMAGING I! I� it ALIGN CONSOLIDATED 2 _ CLINICS I' II ALIGN PEDIATRIC PSYCH. 1 SERVICES Y, EVS SIGN CENTER FOR . I LL DISABILITIES & DEV. I i a � I UICH' FINE® JPP � I Board of Regents — 113011012 8:33 AM 57 Sectional Diagram: North -South BELOW GRADE PARKING 1 9 III MECH�4NICAL 'I 11 ACUT UNIT A - 28 BEDS 10 ACUTE UNIT B 1, Q ACUTIE UN17C 1. 8 FUTU�E UNITS - 28 BEDS 7 FUTURE BEDS -28 BEDS NICU L 28 BEDS I 1, 6 1 S PEDIATRIC SURGERY PRE -QP I PACU IQ MECH CSSd SU WAIT ^SUPPORT /I FAMILY PIG AMENITIES PICU DECEDENT CLARE - 28 BEDSi 3 2 C4NF, I EDUCATIOjJ l CL OFFICE 1 MAIN ENTRY & PUTLIC I DINING LL1 PHARf , PATIENT�FAMILY, EVS j MECHANICAL 'I LL2 PEDIATRIC IMAGING I PROCEDURE SUITE MECH I 1 UNIVERSITYoF IOWA HEALTH CARE Pomerantz Family Pavilion Board of Regents — 1124QO12 8:33 AM 58 Study Models & Sketches 1 kUNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTHCARE Bedfloors: Options Explored Designing from the inside out P . -1 rte, ■ ,� M, OM III! all i U18 BEGS SATEii iYE PHARMAC. 1 UNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE Board of Regents — 112JR012 8:33 AM 60 Attention to Detail Natural light and views of nature Child Amenities Play /Learning Board of Regents — 113011013 8:33 AM A look at nursing model and staffing efficiencies... of Non - institutional character 1 UNNERSTIYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE Family Welcome Designing for Noise reduction 61 The Patient Room: Insights from families • Staff zone and family zone • Good Visibility and Daylighting • Patient and family storage, small safe • A place for in -room family meals • Adequate seating for family /siblings • Workstation /desk for family use • Daybed — parent sleeping space (for two) • Adequate seating for family /siblings • Media Access: TV, CCTV, Internet, Games • Whiteboard • Under - counter refrigerator • Task/reading lights for staff and patients • Clean supply storage • Dirty Linen and trash out of view • Attention to safety, cleanliness, privacy 1 UNNERSTIYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE Board of Regents — 112412012 8:33 AM 62 The Patient Room: Studies in progress FOLD -UP WORK DESK FAMILY SEATI COUCH /RECLI f FOLDOUT BED TV /M ED BENCH- c'emo\*\ fi N. 41 O 41 �I NI I I � III � III � III III FAMILY STORAGE/ LINENS /SAFE UNDERCOUNTER REFRIGERATOR O I _ ill 11 III 'III III l l II I II lil in 1 UNIVERSITYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE PPE/ CLEAN SUPPPLY SOIL CART OBSERVATION ' —STAFF WORK AREA \'I PERSONAL STORAGE Board of Regents — 113011013 8:33 AM 63 The Patient Room: Virtual Mock -up AMWI 1 UNNERSTIYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE Board of Regern - 112412012 8:33 AM 64 The Patient Room: Virtual Mock -up 1 f - r 1 kUNNERSTIYOF IOWA HEALTHCARE Board of Regen[e — 113011013 8:33 AM 65 The Patient Room: Virtual Mock -up p I 1 UNNERSTIYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE Board of Regern - 112412012 8:33 AM 66 The Patient Room: Virtual Mock -up 1 UNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE r Rendering - View from Hawkins Drive 1 UNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE Board of Regern - 112412012 8:33 AM 68 1 UNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE IL SCHEDULE AND NEXT STEPS Board of Regents — 112412012 8:33 AM 69 Schedule Highlights Phase Programming & Design Site Visits Programming Master Plan Integration Design & Document Construction Enabling Projects Children's Hospital & Parking Move Planning & Occupancy 1 fi UNIVERSITYoF IOWA HEALTH CARE 2011 2012 2013 A M J J A S O N D J FM A M J J A S OI N D J F M AM J J AS O N D I f f I f f I f f f I f f - - - - -- ---------------------------------- '- - - - - -- --------------------------- - - - - -- 14 15 16 f Board of Regents — 1124120128:33 AM 70 Next Steps: 1 UNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE Building Character, Functions, Materials Board of Regern— 1124120128:33 AM 71 Next Steps: Technical Development 1 UNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE Board of Re,n¢— 1124120128:33 AM 72 Next Steps: Outdoor Opportunities 1 UNIVERS►IYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE i :• w Board of Re,nrz— 1124120128:33 AM 73 Discussion / Questions Y� y w , y • /� Ue1. 1 U NIVERSITYOF IOWA HEALTH CARE Marian Karr From: Jean Walker <walkersic @yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 8:11 AM To: Marcia Bollinger; Jeff Davidson; Bob Miklo; Jim Throgmorton; Tom Markus; Council; icdobs @aol.com Cc: Jean Walker Subject: Fw: Re: Inquiry #114 (12): Item for the members of the Board of Regents at the Dec. 8 meeting - - - -- Forwarded Message - - - -- From: Jean Walker <walkersic @yahoo.com> To: "Brunson, Marcia R [BOARD]" <mbruns @iastate.edu >; Bob Downer <bobd @meardonlaw.com> Cc: Jean Walker <walkersic @yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, February 6, 2012 7:52 AM Subject: URGENT: Re: Inquiry #114 (12) URGENT: Item for the members of the Board of Regents at the Dec. 8 meeting Ms. Brunson, Thank you for your response to my email. I would appreciate if you would forward this email to the members of the State Board of Regents. Please note: I did not choose the title for my Guest Opinion in The Gazette February 5. In answer to some of your comments: 1. Although 711 Melrose Avenue and 1 Melrose Place are currently rental properties and not owner - occupied, they are not of low value to the Melrose Neighborhood. Your assumption in this regard is incorrect. Your email appears to imply that, just because they are rentals, it is okay to tear them down. This sentiment flies in the face of preserving both the integrity of the Neighborhood and the individual houses which are used as people's residences. Tearing them down means the rich history of people living in the Neighborhood is destroyed, along with the houses. 2. Although the properties to be razed on Melrose Place are not within the defined boundaries of the Melrose Historic District, the property at 711 Melrose Avenue certainly is, as you note. You omitted to state that historic 711 Melrose will be very much affected by this project. The property includes a 100 - year -old barn - the last in the Neighborhood - and preliminary plans for the parking lot show that the barn has been removed. In addition, preliminary plans are to have the exit for the parking lot along the house's driveway, which is in extremely close proximity to the house. 3. Though the most recent owners parked 85 cars at the location, that was a recent development - the previous owners did not. 4. It should be noted that although 711 Melrose had been used for daily use parking in the recent past (albeit on a much smaller scale than that proposed by the UI), the City had begun to change that by enforcing its zoning ordinances - specifically, the prohibition of commercial (daily use) parking. The City had already stopped such a project at 817 Melrose Avenue and had begun to turn its attention to other offenders, such as 711 Melrose. So, the argument that past commercial parking at 711 is a reason to continue the practice (at a much higher level) is invalid. 5. Having 250 -300 cars parked in that area is a far cry from the recent parking of 85 cars there. The UI parking project does not, as a UI official has stated, simply formalize that parking. Such a large increase in volume would affect (in addition to the historic house at 711 Melrose): a). Traffic on Melrose Avenue. b). Properties adjacent to the parking lot. c). The integrity of the Neighborhood. d). Property values in the Neighborhood. e). The vegetation in the Neighborhood. Converting such a large area to a hard surface lot would also cause run -off problems. 6. Though the UI has generously offered to have members of the Neighborhood participate in the planning of the parking lot, such an offer does not make up for the destruction of part of our Neighborhood. 7. The UI needs to show its stated commitment to being a good neighbor to the Melrose Neighborhood by preserving it not destroying it. In addition to not being a good neighbor in that regard, the UI in many instances has not been a good steward of its properties and land in the Melrose Neighborhood, unless, in many cases, repeatedly exhorted to do so by members of the Neighborhood. 8. Though we applaud the UI for improving its Children's Hospital, we think it should be possible, using the brainpower of the UI, to achieve this without destroying our Neighborhood. Thank you, Jean Walker From: "Brunson, Marcia R [BOARD]" <mbruns @iastate.edu> To: Jean Walker <walkersic @yahoo.com> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 9:37 AM Subject: RE: Inquiry #114 (12) URGENT: Item for the members of the Board of Regents at the Dec. 8 meeting Ms. Walker: Thank you for your letter stating your concern regarding the University's plans for a surface parking lot in the Melrose neighborhood. The Board of Regents did approve the purchase of 711 Melrose Avenue and 1 Melrose place at its meeting on December 8, along with permission to raze the property at 1 Melrose Place and seven other University owned properties on Melrose Place. The Board also approved the University's request for permission to plan a surface parking lot at this location. Both 711 Melrose Avenue and 1 Melrose Place are currently rental properties, as are the seven other University owned buildings. No owner - occupied structures are involved with this project. The properties to be razed on Melrose Place are not within the defined boundaries of the Melrose Historic District. The property at 711 Melrose Avenue is within the Historic District and is not being razed to accommodate this project. The current owners of 711 Melrose park 85 cars daily at this location on barren land, and this area has been utilized for parking for many years perhaps since the construction of Iowa/Kinnick Stadium. The University's plan is to expand this parking area and design a 250 -300 car hard surface parking lot. The University will go through a formal consultant selection process to choose a firm to design a suitable lot which includes appropriate landscaping and lighting to shield and buffer the adjoining neighborhood to the highest degree possible. The University has also committed to having an adjoining Melrose Circle property owner on the design professional selection committee and on the design working committee. Additionally, the University has indicated, at appropriate stages of design, other neighborhood members will be included in the review of the design. The University is committed to being good neighbors and stewards of its land and resources. Moving forward with this project is critical to the development of the new University of Iowa Children's Hospital, which is currently in the design stage. Marcia Brunson Marcia R. Brunson Policy and Operations Officer Board of Regents, State of Iowa 11260 Aurora Avenue Urbandale, IA 50322 (515)281-6418 (phone) (515)281-6420 (fax) mbruns @iastate.edu http: / /w ,ivw. re2ents.iowa.lZov From: Jean Walker [mailto:walkersic @yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 20114:20 PM To: mbruns @iastate.edu Cc: Jean Walker Subject: Inquiry #114 (12) URGENT: Item for the members of the Board of Regents at the Dec. 8 meeting Dear Ms. Bruns, I would appreciate if you could bring this attached letter to the attention of the members of the Board of Regents for the Dec. 8 meeting. l apologize for the tardiness of this letter, but as described in the letter, we were not given time to respond in a timely manner. Thank you, Jean Walker Melrose Neighborhood Representative 335 Lucon Drive Iowa City Honorable Council, 599) It has been brought to the attention of the University of Iowa Student Government, by UI i Student Legal Services, that city code section 8 -5 -6 (Indecent Exposure & Conduct) currently creates undue and unforeseen consequences for those who have been charged with urinating in public. Greg Bal, Supervising Attorney for UI Student Legal Services attests to numerous incidents in which SLS has been contacted by prospective employers of UI graduates to help clarify a student's criminal record as it pertains to section 8 -5 -6. Mr. Bal believes that as section 8 -5 -6 currently stands, it is misleading, prejudicial and has the potential to erroneously mislabel those who have been charged with public urination as sexual offenders. Upon reviewing city code 8 -5 -6, it is the view of the Executive Board of UISG that city code section 8 -5 -6 unjustly and inappropriately agglomerates those who have been charged with committing sexual offenses with those who have been charged with urinating in public. As you can see, section 8 -5-6 is divided into three subsections. The first two subsections pertain to carrying out sexually offensive or lewd acts. These acts are defined by the perpetrator's intent to carry out such acts in order to consciously fulfill a sexual desire. The third subsection or section 8 -5 -6 (c) simply pertains to making the unfortunate decision to urinate in what is deemed a public place. The lack of clear distinction between these two offenses has the potential to create unfair misconceptions about those who are charged with violating city code 8 -5 -6 and as a result, UI graduates who have been charged with urinating in public may unfairly be denied admittance to graduate programs or be dismissed of consideration for employment under the misconception that they have committed sexually offensive acts. Although it is the view of this Executive Board that public urination should not be tolerated, amending the city code in order to create a clearer interpretation of this ordinance seems just and well within reason. What is being proposed will in no way minimize current fines or penalties, but serves to eliminate any unnecessary consequences of the current ordinance. Proposed Solution As a member of the UISG Executive Board, and as Liaison to the City Council, I recommend the following amendment to city code section 8 -5 -6 in order to better distinguish between indecent exposure and indecent conduct and to eliminate undue consequences of this ordinance. The proposed action is to simply detach these two violations into separate sections within Title 8, Chapter 5 of the city ordinance. The proposed action would resemble the following: 8 -5 -6: INDECENT CONDUCT: It shall be unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate in or upon any street, alley, public place or in any place open to public view, provided this subsection shall not apply to restrooms or public facilities designated for such purpose. (1978 Code §24- 114) 8 -5 -7: INDECENT EXPOSURE: A. It shall be unlawful for a person to allow or permit the exposure of the genitals, buttocks, female breasts or pubes of such person to another not the person's spouse or partner or to commit a sex act in the presence or view of another person except a spouse or partner, if.- (1978 Code §24 -114, amd. 1994 Code) 1. The person does so to arouse or satisfy the sexual desire of either of them; and 2. The person knows or reasonably should know that the act is offensive to the viewer. B. "Sex act" means any act, actual or simulated, which involves contact with human or animal genitalia or the anus. This would include, but not be limited to, such acts as masturbation or sexual intercourse. Summary Currently, city code section 8 -5 -6 encompasses both acts of indecent exposure and indecent conduct. The lack of clear distinction between these two offenses has the potential to create unfair misconceptions about those who are charged with violating city code 8 -5 -6. I have proposed a very simple solution to the problem outline above. Separating these two offenses into two distinct sections within Title 8 of the city code will eliminate the unforeseen consequences aforementioned in this proposal. Sincerely, h..- — Cody Graham City Council Liaison University of Iowa Student Government Amending City Code Section 8-5 -6 8 -5 -6: INDECENT EXPOSURE AND CONDUCT: A. It shall be unlawful for a person to allow or permit the exposure of the genitals, buttocks, female breasts or pubes of such person to another not the person's spouse or partner or to commit a sex act in the presence or view of another person except a spouse or partner, if., (1978 Code §24 -914; amd. 1994 Code) 1. The person does so to arouse or satisfy the sexual desire of either of them; and 2. The person knows or reasonably should know that the act is offensive to the viewer. B. "Sex act" means any act, actual or simulated, which involves contact with human or animal genitalia or the anus. This would include, but not be limited to, such acts as masturbation or sexual intercourse. C. It shall be unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate in or upon any street, alley, public place or in any place open to public view, provided this subsection shall not apply to restrooms or public facilities designated for such purpose. (1978 Code §24 -114) ^ -..l ;i Amending City Code Section 8-5 -6 8 -5 -6: INDECENT EXPOSURE AND CONDUCT: A. It shall be unlawful for a person to allow or permit the exposure of the genitals, buttocks, female breasts or pubes of such person to another not the person's spouse or partner or to commit a sex act in the presence or view of another person except a spouse or partner, if., (1978 Code §24 -914; amd. 1994 Code) 1. The person does so to arouse or satisfy the sexual desire of either of them; and 2. The person knows or reasonably should know that the act is offensive to the viewer. B. "Sex act" means any act, actual or simulated, which involves contact with human or animal genitalia or the anus. This would include, but not be limited to, such acts as masturbation or sexual intercourse. C. It shall be unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate in or upon any street, alley, public place or in any place open to public view, provided this subsection shall not apply to restrooms or public facilities designated for such purpose. (1978 Code §24 -114) Marian Karr From: Steve Goetzelman <sgoetzelman @hotmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 10:39 AM To: Council Subject: Gilbert St Road Diet 590 0) To help you with your consideration of a Gilbert St road diet, to improve it for all users, not just motorists, please check out these two links. The first is from the Twin Cities showing not just how this sort of thing works, but that it works: httD : / /www.bikewalktwincities.orci/ news- events / news / its - official -fhwa- wants - more - road -diets And the the relevant FHWA link: http: / /safeiy.fhwa. dot .gov /provencountermeasures /fhwa sa 12 013.htm Regards, Steve Goetzelman Iowa City From: Jane A Messenger <jmessenger @usgs.gov> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 12:11 PM To: Council Subject: Second request for opinion on two proposed new geographic feature names, Cardinal Creek and Cardinal Creek South Branch, Johnson County, IA. February 7, 2012 U ITED STATES BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC ". NAMES In reply please use this address: U. S. G eological Survey 523 Natiorryd Center R estor:4 V irgiri a 20192 -0523 Mr. Ross Wilburn, Mayor Pro Tern Iowa City Council 410 E Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 council giowa-city. or Dear Mr. Wilburn, On November 15, 2011, our office sent a request for recommendations on two proposals to name unnamed streams, Cardinal Creek and Cardinal Creek South Branch, for unnamed streams in Johnson County, Iowa. We have yet to receive a recommendation, but because local opinion is very important to the Board, we would like your opinion concerning the proposed name. We also ask that you share this request with the appropriate offices or members within your county. For your information the Iowa state names authority recommended approval of these two names. For more detailed information regarding these name issues, including links to online maps showing the location of the streams, please click on Review List 408 at the Board's website at: http: / /geonames.usgs.gov /domestic /quarterly list.htm In order for the Board to review all responses and vote on these issues in a timely manner, we ask that if possible you respond with an opinion by April 9, 2012. Please note that if no response is received, the Board will consider your opinion to be "neutral" and will make a decision that might affect the use of names in your area of interest. If you have any questions or need additional time to conduct your research, please do not hesitate to contact us. Thank you in advance for your assistance in this matter and we look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, J. A. Messenger Geographic Names Researcher (573) 308 -3690 jmessenger@usgs.gov For Lou Yost, Executive Secretary U.S. Board on Geographic Names 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 523 Reston, VA 20192 -0523 (703) 648 -4552 (703) 648 -4549 fax J. A. Messenger Geographic Names Researcher and Cartographer U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Technical Operations Center III 1400 Independence Road Rolla, Missouri 65401 Telephone: 573 - 308 -3690 Fax: 573 - 308 -3652 e -mail: jmessenger(aD_usgs.gov From: webmaster @nebraska.cc Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 7:38 PM To: Council Subject: [FWD: RE: FW: toxic Fluoride] Attachments: fluoride- damage - glands.jpg City Council of Iowa City, Iowa: Please read my initial letter regarding toxic fluoride in our Public Water. I will have followups shortly, and I look forward to your response to this one. Will this, and my future e-mail become part of the public record regarding the devastation that flouride can cause? Thank You! -- Clint R. Cabney -- - - - - -- Original Message -- - - - - -- Subject: RE: FW: toxic Fluoride From: < webmaster @nebraska.cc> Date: Sat, February 04, 2012 8:55 pm To: "Ed Moreno" <Ed- Moreno @iowa- city.org> Cc: Rick - Fosse @iowa - city.org Thank You! I will be contacting the Iowa City Council members with the information I have provided you along with other documentation and inviting them to do their OWN research as well regarding the dumping of the toxic waste products of fluoride into our public waters here in Iowa City in 2012 still!! This in my opinion is as corrupt as it gets and is a danger to the health and lives of ALL of us who drink and bathe in Iowa City! Also over the years i have sent a -mails and CC's to Rick Fosse but he has never once replied back with anything himself; Does Rick ever reply back to people regarding inquires about the toxic fluoride dumped into our water ?? Thanks again for your time in this matter. Clint R. Cabney ---------------- - - - - -- Clint R. Cabney 411 Hwy 1 West Plaza K, Suite 10 Iowa City, Iowa 52246 Home: (319) 855 -5036 Cell: (319) 621 -4982 www.Nebraska.cc -- - - - - -- Original Message -- - - - - -- Subject: FW: toxic Fluoride From: Ed Moreno < Ed- Moreno @iowa- city.org> Date: Tue, January 31, 2012 8:32 am To: "'webmaster @nebraska.cc "' < webmaster @nebraska.cc> Cc: Rick Fosse <Rick- Fosse @iowa- city.org> Clint, As I shared earlier, the City Council discussed water fluoridation in detail at a meeting in April of 2010. At that meeting they discussed the issues that you raise, but remain satisfied with our current fluoridation practice. The City Council does not have this topic scheduled again on any upcoming meeting agendas. However, as with any topic, you are welcome to e-mail the City Council directly or address them at the public discussion portion of their meetings. A link to the City Council is http: / /www.icgov.org /default / ?id =1115 As a professional in the field of water treatment, I have the responsibility to provide safe potable water for the public health of Iowa City. There are continuous inquiries and changes to water quality standards and contaminant monitoring that I must have knowledge about. We are fortunate in Iowa City to have a modern, state of the art treatment plant and good water resources. We adhere to the standards and guidelines of the industry to monitor and maintain the treatment process under very exact criteria. I have committed to the City Council and the citizens of Iowa City to treat the drinking water to the exact standards set by our regulations and will continue to do so. Sincerely, Ed Moreno From: webmaster(a)nebraska.cc [ma i Ito: webmaster(cb nebraska.cc] Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 3:14 PM To: Ed Moreno Cc: Rick Fosse Subject: toxic Fluoride Ed Who would I contact to have Fluoride removed from our public drinking water in Iowa City. Please send me a list of ALL people I may contact that are involved in purposely putting medications such as toxic Fluoride in our water? Also, I have attached a photo of what fluoride does to our glands. Please share this with your supervisor(s) and colleagues so they can see, then get back to me and let me know if you feel comfortable still adding fluoride to our wate,r and also with the list of people i could contact. Thanks for your time, Clint R. Cabney ---------------- - - - - -- Clint R. Cabney 411 Hwy 1 West Plaza K, Suite 10 Iowa City, Iowa 52246 Home: (319) 855 -5036 Cell: (319) 621 -4982 www.Nebraska.cc ---------------- - - - - -- y. 3 0 CL C L CD CD CD cn 11 i f 0 i co4 !i 0 tt Marian Karr 1 59(13 From: Robert Sessions <sessions.bob @gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 4:36 PM To: Council; matt -hayek @iowa- city.gov; tom- markus @iowa - city.gov Subject: petition for Feb 21 council meeting Attachments: Long Term Prosperity 2.doc.docx This correspondence will become a public record. To the Iowa City Council: On behalf of the citizens of Iowa City signing the attached petition I would like to have this petition be part of the official documents for the Feb 21 Council meeting. Members from these groups and some of the individuals listed will be present at the meeting next week to give their rationales for our petition. Thank you, Robert Sessions, Iowa City Climate Advocates 338 -5627 To: Iowa City Council and Tom Markus, City Manager Subject: Long -Term Prosperity Task Force We the undersigned groups and individuals want to thank you for the many steps you have been taking recently to promote the long -term prosperity and sustainability of Iowa City and our greater metropolitan area. Notable examples include buying out properties located in the floodplain, preparing to relocate the North Sewerage Treatment Plant, and incorporating sustainability into the Riverfront Crossing plan and revisions of the Comprehensive Plan. We encourage you to do more. We believe that residents of Iowa City will be much better off in the future if we plan intelligently and boldly to create an environment that fosters human and natural health, social justice, and true prosperity. We further believe that these goals can be achieved best through full employment and sustainable economic development, serious conservation, careful zoning, invigoration of neighborhoods, promotion of local food production, and significant reductions of the carbon footprint of our community. With this in mind, we strongly encourage you to take the following three actions: 1) Ensure that future versions of the city budget, the three -year financial plan, and capital improvements program explicitly address how they will promote the long -term prosperity and sustainability of the city and surrounding region; 2) Urge the MPO of Johnson County to indicate explicitly how the Long Range Transportation Plan will contribute to the region's long -term prosperity and sustainability; and 3) Appoint a Long -Term Prosperity Task Force consisting of diverse stakeholders, and charge that Task Force with devising a set of sustainability indicators and a process by which the city's status with regard to those indicators can be reported to the public annually and be used to help shape the city's budgets and plans. Iowa City Climate Advocates Iowa City Sierra Club Friends of the Earth: Iowa Green State Solutions Backyard Abundance Environmental Advocates New Pioneer Co -op: Scott Koepke, Mark Hartz Iowa Valley Co -op: Jesse Singerman, Jason Grimm Agape Solutions Iowa Valley RC &D Greg Frieden Photography Field to Family: Jessica Burtt, Heather Widmeyer, James Nisly Liz Maas, Sheila Samuelson, Liz Christiansen From: librisfidelis @democracydefender.net Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 8:00 AM To: Council Subject: Recommendation To Reject Renewal Of College Green Park Permit This correspondence will become a public record. Mr. Libris Fidelis, Democracy defender Post Office Box 2446 Iowa City, Iowa downtown resident Subject: Recommendation To Reject Renewal Of College Green Park Permit As a former member of Occupy Iowa City who quit the group for my third time this wedensady, it is sad for me to address the Iowa City Council for the purpose of saving the city from much heartache and angst over the inherent conspiracies within the infiltrated and internally- sabotaged Occupy Iowa City organization. Occupy Iowa City began as a legitimate grass -roots anti - tyranny organization with several hundred honestly- dedicated pro- Democracy advocates. What has happened now is that Occupy Iowa City has been infiltrated, subverted, and sabotaged by a contingent clique of anarchy -prone and anarchy- devoted trouble- makers, whose only mission is to confront The Establishment for the purpose of starting trouble that they will propagandistically turn - around to be an attack against The Establishment. Since I have been involved in unions and advocacy groups since the 1960s, I recognize this infiltration and take -over as standard in sabotaging grass -roots Democracy- advocating movements. Let me preface my recommendation to not renew the permit with a direct statement that Steven Hoffelt who wrote the Permit application has the utmost in integrity and intent for the purpose of the permit, and that there are a number of very dedicated and honest Occupiers within OIC who are truthful and progressive in the goals that Occupy Wall Street has promoted. However, it is the clique mafia group within OIC who controls the General Assembly of Occupy Iowa City, and who makes the decisions (and who verbaly attacks and runs people like me out of OIC) that is the parasite within OIC, and it is they who will cause all of the future troubles once the permit might be approved. This leaves a crucial problem with the homeless within College Green Park. The City placed a crucially unwarranted straight - jacket on Occupy Iowa City in the way that OIC was prohibited from effecting quality control within the College Green Park occupy. OIC should not, of course, ever have ENFORCEMENT capability in a direct control over behavior within the Park, however, the City should have made clear that the City would back up OIC in maintaining quality control with issues that OIC might bring up to the City, such as the trouble- maker contingent within the homeless population once the "river homeless people" discovered that OIC was welcoming the homeless people into their Occupy. And the reason Occupy Iowa City welcomed the homeless within general terms was because the Wall Street tyranny is responsible in large part -- but only in large part, not totaly -- for the demise of the working class through technological and economic and financial oppression of the society that made The Establishment rich in the first place. This crucial problem is that Iowa City is now going to need to rescue the homeless within College Green Park if and -- I hope -- when the permit is disallowed. As a member of Johnson County Local Homeless Coordinating Board, I introduced a contingent from OIC this last thursday to speak to the JCLHC Board in behalf of OIC's effort that I started to obtain a "Wet Shelter" for Johnson County, to serve the unmet needs of those alcohol and /or drug dependent homeless citizens occupying College Green Park AND for all of the homeless alcohol and /or drug dependent homeless and impoverished citizens within our county and state, to serve as a model for county - regional "Wet Shelters" that would be inspired by OIC. That effort, sadly, when I was run out of OIC last night through coordinated verbal personal attack on me, has now ended. And for that reason, without any vengeful or vindictive attitude on my part, I recommend rejecting the permit due to there being the need for the present Occupy Iowa City to dissolve and disperse, to leave the legitimate Occupiers the task of forming a progressive effort within our community that has integrity, honesty, and progressive activism as their core value, which is presently missing in Occupy Iowa City but which was existent back in October 2011 when Occupy Iowa City began. I therefore recommend a rejection of the Permit renewal even though Steven Hoffelt has worked so strenuously to effect the permit renewal for legitimate reasons, but with the mafia - clique now controlling Occupy Iowa City, that genuine purpose just will never be effected. Mr. Libris Fidelis Democracy Defender member Johnson County Local Homeless Coordinating Board member Iowa Council on Homelessness member Iowa Finance Authority Continuum Of Care Committee downtown resident CORRIDOR BLACK BUSINESS COMMITTEE P.O. Box 1875 Iowa City, IA 52244 http: / /www.facebook.com /pages /Corridor -Bl ack- Business- Committee/302632426423254 CITY OF IOWA CITY 400 East Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 (319) 356 -5043 February 1St, 2012 RE: THANKS Dear City of Iowa City, City Council, and staff, We of the Corridor Black Business Committee have applied for funding for community events for FY2013, and even though not officially on the list to give presentation yesterday, were granted permission to do so. Even if funds are not granted for the events of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, African American History Month, and Congo Independence Day, we still would like to extend our thanks to you all for your consideration and your time in this matter. We are very confident that if given the chance, we can show the city of Iowa City, and the state of Iowa that Iowa City is a wonderful place to visit, shop, and enjoy great community events. At the same time, it will be a great opportunity to demonstrate positive activities for local youth to get involved in. This is why we are seeking a leadership role in the events to encourage, empower and inspire the minds of our Black youth, as well as people of all other ethnicities. Our only regret is that we did not make contact with the local blues and jazz musician and the local DJ until after the applications were submitted and did not include the costs in our applications. And the Englert Theatre did reply later, and their costs are $400.00 per movie to be shown according to Mr. Andre Perry. And that cost was not known before the time of application either. Due to an emergency of the committee member KenStar Entertainment just prior to the deadline, Waeusi Publishing Company had to submit the applications on behalf of the committee. This led to the actual committee proposed holiday events of Juneteenth National Freedom Day and Kwanzaa being unsubmitted due to time restraints. This is something we truly regret. We look forward to providing community events to the city of Iowa City, and bringing an atmosphere of excellence here. Sincerely, CORRIDOR BLACK BUSINESS COMMITTEE Marian Karr From: Andy Johnson <ajohnson @coJohnson.ia.us> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 2:10 PM To: Marian Karr Cc: Tom Markus Subject: Letter to the Council Attachments: 2 -16 -12 Letter to Iowa City.pdf Marian, Attached is a letter to the Council that the Board approved this morning. I will drop off the hard copy this afternoon. Thanks Andy Johnson Executive Assistant Johnson County Board of Supervisors 913 S. Dubuque Street, Suite 201 Iowa City, Iowa 52240 -4207 Phone: 319 - 356 -6000 Fax: 319- 356 -6036 Email: alohnson(cDco.johnson.ia.us February 16, 2012 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Rod Sullivan, Chairperson Janelle Rettig Pat Harney Sally Stutsman Terrence Neuzil Iowa City City Council 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear members of the Iowa City Council, The Board of Supervisors understands that you will be discussing the plans of the new animal shelter as well as the status of discussions with the neighboring jurisdictions about our possible participation in the new shelter. Unfortunately, the respective bodies are discussing this matter during regular business meetings without representatives of the other parties present. The Board is concerned that you will be moving forward without having input from the other entities. We are well aware of the fact that the former animal shelter was inadequate to serve the needs of our area. We also understand that the charges that we were paying in the past were insufficient to cover the costs of the animals being sheltered. The current contract provides that the County will pay $100 for each animal sheltered that is attributable to the unincorporated areas of Johnson County. Over a year ago, we were told that a new contract was going to be submitted for our consideration but nothing was ever received. The former animal shelter was flooded in June, 2008. Since that time, the City has worked with FEMA, has chosen a location, developed a space analysis and estimated the cost for a new 16,000 square foot structure. To our knowledge, area jurisdictions were not asked to participate in the process. Last fall Chief Hargadine sent a letter to Sheriff Pulkrabek outlining the City's proposal that jurisdictions wishing to utilize the shelter's services be required to pay a proportionate share of the construction costs of the new shelter as well as a proportionate share of the annual costs of operation. For the County, the proposal is a contribution of $511,903 toward construction and an annual operational contribution of $132,077. On October 27, 2011, the Board sent a response to Chief Hargadine and copied in the city managers /clerks of all involved jurisdictions. The Board's position was that it would not agree to the terms of the Chief's proposal but we were willing to renegotiate the existing contract to more adequately compensate the City for the Animal Shelter's services. There was no response to our letter. Instead, a presentation was made at the MPOJC meeting on January 25, 2012 which set out the same proposal as that provided in Chief Hargadine's letter. Entities were told that it was offered on a "take it or leave it" basis. 913 SOUTH DUBUQUE STREET, SUITE 201 ♦ IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 -4207 ♦ PHONE: (319) 356 -6000 ♦ FAX: (319) 356 -6036 Iowa City City Council February 16, 2012 ' Page 2 If there is, in fact, no room for negotiation, then the County is not interested in participating and the following information is irrelevant. If, however, the Council is inclined to be more flexible, the Board of Supervisors would like to make sure the Council is aware of the following points: 1. The Board has long- standing concerns regarding the management of the shelter and, in particular, the record keeping regarding County animals. Billing has been sporadic and records have been inadequate. Some invoices have been for services rendered over a year before and provide no means of verification that the animal should be billed to the County. While Director Goodman has assured us that steps are being taken to address these concerns, the records provided to date have not been sufficient to allay these concerns. We will want more convincing evidence that operational issues have been addressed. 2. The Friends of the Animal Shelter Foundation has committed to raising funds that would be used toward the construction of the new shelter. Local jurisdictions have been assured that those contributions will lower the investments that they are being asked to commit. The Board feels that this strategy is flawed and will not result in a successful capital campaign. We anticipate that local donors will not feel inclined to donate if area governments have already committed to covering the full cost of construction. Rather, we believe it would be a wiser use of public funds, and a more successful fundraising strategy, to commit to a scaled back shelter and allow donors to contribute toward some of the "extras ", such as the training room or larger animal spaces, etc. If a contribution to capital is included in an agreement with the City, it would have to be substantially lower than the amount previously requested. 3. The costs of animal sheltering services are now taxed for in the County's rural fund. This tax is only paid by rural residents. The Board believes that this is the correct approach so that city residents are not double -taxed for the same service. However, it also means that there are approximately 16,000 taxpayers paying the full cost of the County's portion of the service. The proposed figure for the County's contribution to operational costs alone, not including over half a million dollars for capital costs, represents a 43% increase in what the County has been budgeting for the last several years for animal services. The Board would want to find a way to structure an agreement so that increases would be phased in over a period of time. It is unfortunate that this matter has progressed to the point where the City is facing deadlines and has to ask neighboring jurisdiction to make hasty fiscal decisions. Since the City has proceeded without County input to this point, the Board would prefer to see the City build its shelter with the understanding that there is a potential for additional revenue from other jurisdictions. The respective entities can then negotiate the cost for services rendered. In order to comply with the deadline set by the City, the Board has requested a meeting with representatives authorized to negotiate on the City's behalf. We look forward to receiving a response to this request. Yours truly, &J ° Rod Sullivan Chairperson