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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-09-02 TranscriptionPage I ITEM 1. CALL TO ORDER. ITEM la Roll Call Mims: Roll call, please. Um, I'd like to start out this evening, uh, Mayor Matt Hayek is not here. As many of you may know, his father passed away on Sunday. Uh, the community has lost another, uh, great leader. John Hayek was born and raised in Iowa City. He graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School and came back here and practiced law here in Iowa City and was very much involved in the community. Uh, he served on ... just numerous law committees and commissions, um, across the area and across the state. Very much involved in the community, um, with Noon Rotary, the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library, uh, Johnson County Military Affairs Committee, and others. Um ... not ...not surprisingly, um, I found a couple of things in the obituary that ... that made me smile. Uh, one was, uh, the indication that he ... he hunted with enthusiasm but limited success (laughs) um, which I don't know somehow that ... that sounds to me like Matt wrote that, um, chiding his father maybe a little bit. Um, another one was talking about his law practice, and... and he was very, very well respected, and certainly, um, John and I had some clients in common over the years, and I think those ... I know those common clients that we had would consider the ... the verbiage that he was a, um, a `competent general practitioner,' um, in their minds would certainly have been considered, or is considered, a significant understatement. Um, he was an incredibly, incredibly well respected, um, exceptional attorney and a member of our community and did a lot, um, and certainly want to pass on condolences from the Council and the staff and the community to Mayor Hayek, um, and his family. So ... thank you. Throgmorton: Thanks. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council formal meeting of September 2, 2014. Page 2 ITEM 2. PROCLAMATIONS ITEM 2a Suicide Prevention Week — September 7 -13 Mims: (reads proclamation) Karr: Here to accept the proclamation is Crisis Center Executive Director Becci Reedus. (applause) Mims: Thank you, Becci. (mumbled) (several talking off -mic) Reedus: I just want to say thank you for, uh, the support and the continued awareness, the support of the, uh, City Council, City of Iowa City, for the Crisis Center. It's been serving Iowa City for the past 44 years now. Um, I encourage you to go on our web site, jccrisiscenter.org and take a look at our, um, annual report. You will see the increase in calls, um, to the Crisis Center. Um, you'll see the, um, implementation of a new program, Chat, which, um, I now tell my colleagues in crisis work that it's no longer called a `crisis intervention telephone service.' Um, there are different mediums for individuals to reach out to us, and the Crisis Chat service, um, has a different demographic, if you... if you, as you can imagine. Text is something that we'll be adding really soon. Um, it is a natural (clears throat) excuse me, a natural, um ... uh, progression of our service to go into text so that the three ways in which individuals can call us who are suffering from depression, who need some assistance, um, who might be considering suicide, who are in the active process of, um ... of, uh, thinking about, um, ending their life can call us and get some help. It's also a resource for parents, um, who are dealing with, um, their children who are considering ending their life, and it's an important service. And a lot of crisis centers across the country in the past four years have struggled, um, to continue their existence, and the support of the service in Johnson County, um, is important to this community. The Crisis Center continues to educate, um, thousands of individuals every year through a variety of, um, suicide prevention awareness... prevention and awareness programs. So I thank you for your continued support. Mims: Thank you! This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council formal meeting of September 2, 2014. Page 3 ITEM 4. COMMUNITY COMMENT (ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA). Mims: Uh, this is for items that are not on the agenda. Ask people to come forward, sign in, and limit their comments to no more than five minutes. Gravitt: My name's Mary Gravitt, and I'm here about the Senior Ad Hoc Committee. I don't know what that committee is about. We have no ... we ... we don't have a Charter; we don't understand anything; everybody keeps asking me what is the committee about. As far as I know, the committee is about repurchasing... repurposing the building, because we ... we go ... people are assigned these different reports, to go to these different agencies. The agencies... so that some of our services can be passed on to them. It's not possible. Those people are suffering worse than we are! At least we have a building! And we have a ... a dynamite chairman there, Linda, who ... who raises funds. We have a lot of mental health problems in Iowa City. I'm from Philadelphia, and I have never seen as much mental health problems in a place like Iowa City that can do something for the people. So the only facility that would be open to senior citizens is that one down there on Johnson Street, but, uh, Medicare does not want to be bothered with that. So if Medicare won't pay, we cannot use the Free Medical Center. We cannot use ... the Elder Service is ... turns out to be one of the worst services that elder people can have, since they told that lie that the reason they left that kitchen because we were partying too much in the other room, and they didn't have 24/7 access to the kitchen, when they have a key to the building. They must be some kind of evil people that you can't trust with a key to get into the buildin' ! And by going to these different committees, is this a form that's like the Bible say of a `slave beating another slave?' So what... the... the City, the people at the Senior Center are supposed to go beat up them for the ... what little bit of funds that the City has, and we keep hearing that the City's going to lose $20 million. How much is the City going to be taking in in the meantime? It's never how much is coming in. It's always how much is going to be...be lost, because of that TIF, and it gets to be a problem when we only have like four more meetings of this Ad Hoc, and nobody knows what it's about! And nobody can inform you about what are we here, what are we here for? And the only thing you can ... can come down with, it's about the buildin'! Cause it's always been about the budget! I never saw the City when it ever had any money. Always crying poor, whatcha don't have, but never talk about whatcha do have! So it can't be about that, so I wanna know, what is this Ad Hoc Committee about? So that I can tell people when they ask me! And my final thing is I'm still upset about that shelter down at Aldis. Why is it only half a bench? Have we gone back to 1957? When it's discrimination, and now it's class warfare! You sit in that shelter and you look direct into the sun because you can see every plane that takes off and lands at the Airport. There has to be some kind of covering, some kind of tinted glass, and a whole bench! I think we the citizens of Iowa City, who don't have cars, so that means we don't have ... cause that many problems, why can't we have a whole bench to sit on? It's not fair, and I wish you would go out there and see This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council formal meeting of September 2, 2014. Page 4 it. I think I'm the only one that ever walks around this city and never sees anything, and I'm in charge of nothing! Thank you! Mims: Thank you for your comments. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council formal meeting of September 2, 2014. Page 5 ITEM 5. PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS. (In accordance with the City Attorney's memo of 2/28/07 entitled "Rezonings, Due Process and Ex parte communications ". Council will discuss # 5a at formal meeting) ITEM 5a ST. ANDREW CHURCH — CONDITIONALLY REZONING APPROXIMATELY 33.37 ACRES OF PROPERTY FROM INTERIM DEVELOPMENT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (ID -RS) ZONE TO LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (RS -5) ZONE LOCATED EAST OF CAMP CARDINAL ROAD, NORTH OF CAMP CARDINAL BOULEVARD. (REZ- 00012) 1. PUBLIC HEARING Mims: This is a public hearing. (bangs gavel) Uh, before we get there, any ex parte communications? None? Okay. John? Yapp: Uh, good evening. John Yapp, Development Services. Uh, this property is located north of Camp Cardinal Boulevard and east of Camp Cardinal Road. Uh, it is an application from St. Andrew Church to rezone the property from interim development to single- family residential. Uh, the purpose, uh, is that this will be the first step to allow for a new church to be constructed on the property, and potentially to allow part of the property to be developed with a single - family subdivision. This is an aerial view of the property, and this is a view of Camp Cardinal Road. The Comprehensive Plan indicates low to medium density residential development is appropriate for this property and ... and staff finds that the RS -5 zoning is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. The conditions related to the rezoning are related to infrastructure, uh, specifically the reconstruction of Camp Cardinal Road to collector street standards, and the extension of water and sewer lines to the neighboring property lines. Normally, uh, infrastructure like this would be part and parcel of a subdivision, uh, and part of subdivision requirements. In this case, however, uh, the church may start construction prior to a subdivision. Uh, and therefore the conditions are there to ensure adequate infrastructure, not only for this property, but adjacent properties, uh, as they develop. Uh, both staff and the Planning and Zoning Commission have recommended approval. I'd be glad to take any questions. Payne: What is the little slice of property between the cyan line and ... and the road that's going to the north? I mean, why is ... why is the property doesn't go all the way up to the street there? What ... what (both talking) Yapp: The triangular (both talking) Payne: Yeah, that little triangle (both talking) Yapp: ...area, Michelle? That is actually right -of -way. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council formal meeting of September 2, 2014. Page 6 Payne: Okay. Yapp: Uh, and it's old right -of -way from when this was in Johnson County. Payne: Okay. So that's why it looks like (both talking) Yapp: ...property line, yeah. Payne: Okay. So it is on the property line. It's not like somebody owns in ... that little slice. Yapp: No. Throgmorton: Yeah, so I have a question, John. Yapp: Sure. Throgmorton: The staff report says that a sensitive area's development plan, or a sensitive area site plan might be required, but the ... but the... Yapp: Might be. That's correct. Throgmorton: But then, uh ... the, uh, the rezoning conditions are silent on that point. Uh, is that typical, I mean, would... shouldn't the rezoning conditions stipulate something about, uh, e ... either a, um ... a ... some kind of sensitive area's plan being developed. Yapp: No, because that is already part of our City Code. Throgmorton: So it'd be done at a staff level, is that ... is that what you're... Yapp: It ... well, it will depend. Uh, we have not yet received a sensitive area's inventory from the applicant, nor have we received, uh, a formal site plan or a development proposal. Uh, and we would analyze those questions once we get that information. Throgmorton: Okay. Uh, with (both talking) Yapp: If ... if sensitive areas are being disturbed, it may be that a subsequent sensitive area's rezoning would be required. Throgmorton: Okay. Thanks! Uh, with regard to RS -5 for the whole, was it 30...33 -plus acres, uh, can you, uh, explain for us in general why the whole property's being rezoned now instead of just where the church would be located? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council formal meeting of September 2, 2014. Page 7 Yapp: Uh, because the church applied for ... they applied for rezoning for their entire property. Uh, they do not yet ... much of which will be occupied by the church and surrounding open space around the church. Uh, they do not yet ... have not yet finalized what additional parts may be for future development. Throgmorton: Okay. So when I look at surrounding development, especially just to the east... Yapp: Uh huh. Throgmorton: ... and I see, uh, you know, what we ... what we planners would call, uh, curly -q development (both talking) Yapp: Walnut Ridge area? Throgmorton: Yeah. Yapp: Yeah. Throgmorton: Uh, I have a lot of trouble imagining how, uh... a neighborhood could be constructed in this RS -5 zone, even including property just to the north of it, which somebody else would do. Uh, and ... and I have a lot of trouble imagining how ... what might come of it would be consistent with the sustainability objectives clearly articulated in the Comprehensive Plan. So I know we're talking about just rezoning to RS -5 and we're not talking about a site plan or anything like that ... for this particular place, and it's really all about the church at this moment. So I'm not going to vote no, but I ... I do ... uh, absolutely find myself thinking, `I don't see how this is consistent with sustainability at all.' So ... it makes me wonder about ... the gap between the ambitions of the Comprehensive Plan, as amended ... the 2030 vers ... version of it and our zoning code. Mims: Other questions for John? Thank you, John. Yapp: Thank you. Mims: Anybody else from the public who would like to ... speak? Roffman: Good evening, my name is John Roffman and, uh, I'm the project chair for St. Andrew Church there and I might be able to shed some light on some of that. It's, uh, first off, uh ... uh, Terracom was hired by us and did do a ... evaluation of sensitive slopes. Their report has been filed with the Corps. It's been in there... probably about five weeks now, and at the time we submitted it, said it could be one week to ten weeks. Well, obviously it wasn't one week. So, we have made that assessment and we're waiting for the Corps' evaluation to say `yes you do have these issues and you need to come up with a plan,' or `no you don't.' Uh, getting back to the zoning of the thing, if you look at it, basically, uh, the ... dark green areas there, there's two of, is the ravines or valleys in there and it's quite This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council formal meeting of September 2, 2014. Page 8 extensive relief in there, so you really have like three ridges which are the lighter color on the map there, and the ... eastern portion, excuse me ... yeah, western portion of our property, east of, uh, Camp Cardinal Road is what we have identified as excess land that the church is willing to sell off. That, and we also own the triangle down by Camp Cardinal Boulevard, which, uh ... we're just waiting to see what comes along for that. We have no immediate plans for that. The church itself will be located kind of in the center of that middle ridge there, which is the largest area, and then the property on ... to the east, to, uh ... uh, Walnut Ridge, uh, we have no stipulated purpose (mumbled) per se right now, other than the future growth. Uh, the church is coming from a land - locked position, so you know, there's people say (mumbled) sell anything, to those that say `yeah you needed to sell,' whatever, and ... you know, basically... needing to generate dollars to complete the new project. It makes sense to sell off the western portion there. Uh, based on access and the desirability of not to break up the church campus, the developability of that east, uh, ridge there next to Walnut Ridge has minimum, uh, net revenue back to the church. And so, uh, we really see the ravine down below or the creek bed and up along there, uh, you know, being trails and open area and, uh, space for... activities for youth and ... whatever. There are no plans, uh, to develop that and ... I've been over multitude of different scenarios how ... or what we could do to develop the property. And I don't know if that helps you any or not, but that's kind of maybe a little insight from the church perspective. Mims: Okay. Thank you very much! Dobyns: I had a question. Where would the, um, main road to the ... since you're going to be in the middle ridge, the main road I assume would not ... would come off, um, Camp Cardinal Boulevard, not Camp Cardinal Road? Roffman: Uh, correct. If you, uh, look just beyond, uh ... must be, uh ... Cardinal, between Cardinal and Road to the right there, maybe just a little bit south of that, is where we propose the road coming in. So, uh, pretty much... everything south of that would be open for development and you know, we have, A ... looked at scenarios, how we could put streets in there and how we could have the single - family lots in there, and ... you know, at this time, uh ... you know, that's still open for discussion, you know. Our primary objective is gettin' the property rezoned so that we can come back and ask for an exception to build the church. Dobyns: And the reason I mention is that there's, uh, there's a generous bike lane there, but it's really only a two -way street with a median in the middle of it. I assume, uh, John (both talking) Mims: I think that you might be confusing... the entrance is going to come in off from Camp Cardinal Road (both talking) Dobyns: ...road, okay (both talking) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council formal meeting of September 2, 2014. Page 9 Mims: ...because that's why that has to be built to City arterial specifications (several talking) Dobyns: Okay. (both talking) Payne: ...clear up there at the flat part (both talking) Mims: The boulevard is the one with the median. Dobyns: Up and over on top? Payne: Yeah. Dobyns: Okay, all right. Payne: (mumbled) (several talking) Mims: Is that correct? Yapp: If I can interject. Mims: Sure, yes, please do! Yapp: (both talking) ...that is correct. Dobyns: Okay! Yapp: Um, Camp Cardinal ... oops, I lost my mouse! There it is. Camp Cardinal Road would be reconstructed as a collector street. Then the access to the church would be approximately ... in this vicinity. Dobyns: Oh, okay. Yapp: Off of Camp Cardinal Road. Dobyns: Right. Thanks, Susan. I thought there were going to be houses up there. Dickens: (several talking) ...parking on the west portion of the property then? Roffman: Basically the parking will be on the north and, uh, some on the west, yes. But, uh, objective is to get as many, uh ... chairs or, uh, not chairs but parking spaces to the ...closest to the front door as we can. Mims: Any other questions for John? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council formal meeting of September 2, 2014. Page 10 Throgmorton: Part of...part of what I have difficulty envisioning as I look ahead to, uh, how the rest of the property might conceivably be used is that, uh, there's no way roads would be connected to Walnut Ridge on ... on the east, and so that means all the traffic would have... whatever traffic there is, would have to be channeled down Camp Cardinal Road to Camp Cardinal Boulevard, which simply increases traffic on Camp Cardinal Boulevard, and from a planning poi ... point of view (mumbled) about how the whole west side of Iowa City ought to develop, I ... I think that creates difficulties, that will play out over time. So I ... I don't have any objection to St. Andrew's building where it wants to build out there, and I understand why you want to move and all that kind of stuff, so I'm ... I'm not ... not objecting to that. I'm just trying to...look at a bigger picture with regard to that property, which individual property owners are going to come to us with individual proposals, and I think they're all ... they're going to add up to something that isn't coherent, and is inconsistent with the sustainability objective (both talking) Mims: I think if you don't have a question for John, we need to finish the public hearing and then we can have our Council discussion. Roffman: Okay, I might add (mumbled) comment then if you don't mind is that there are no right -of -ways to connect, uh, Walnut Ridge to any of that property west of there. There is 27 acres and you see that nice green (mumbled) to the north that would be developable and then you have the property to the west there, which is, uh, developable and Southgate you see has stubbed in a street there that would eventually, uh, come back to Camp Cardinal Road and Camp Cardinal Road would be their secondary egress. If you go on north beyond that 27 acres, you dive off a cliff that probably has a 30 -foot vertical drop. So the ... land that is developable in there is the church site which I say we're not ... doesn't make economic sense to develop it, you know, to the east of the church. And so you have 27 acres to the north. Uh, we have, you know, been in conversation with a proposed developer on that site and I thought he was going to submit a request for single - family at the same time we did. They did not. Uh, as I mentioned, Southgate has their primary exit, or entrance, off of Camp Cardinal Boulevard. Probably they're going to look at Camp Cardinal Road as their secondary. So, uh ... you're really talking about a small area that will be serviced by a collector street. So... Mims: Thank you, John, appreciate it! Throgmorton: Thanks! Mims: Anyone else from the public who would like to speak? (bangs gavel) Close the public hearing. 2. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE (FIRST CONSIDERATION) Payne: Move first consideration. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council formal meeting of September 2, 2014. Page 11 Dickens: Second. Mims: Moved by Payne, second by Dickens. Council discussion? Throgmorton: You know I've already expressed most of my, uh, concerns about the RS -5, the long -term development of this RS -5 place. I ... I think, you know, about any particular residential units that are built there, I have lots of concerns, but we're not really talking about that at the moment. We're talking about the church. So I won't go into that. Mims: Okay. Other discussion? I think this is an example, you know, of in -fill development, um, getting the rezoning in place for that and for the church, and then obviously they'll be back, uh, potentially with a subdivision later on, uh, if there's going to be single - family, so ... I will definitely support this. Uh, roll call! This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council formal meeting of September 2, 2014. Page 12 ITEM 6. NORMANDY DRIVE RESTORATION PROJECT, PHASE THREE — RESOLUTION APPROVING PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATE OF COST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NORMANDY DRIVE RESTORATION PROJECT PHASE 3, ESTABLISHING AMOUNT OF BID SECURITY TO ACCOMPANY EACH BID, DIRECTING CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH NOTICE TO BIDDERS, AND FIXING TIME AND PLACE FOR RECEIPT OF BIDS. a. PUBLIC HEARING Mims: (bangs gavel) This is a public hearing. Public hearing is open. For public information, this is a project, um, establishing landscape plan, trail connections, um, has an extension to City Park, and the entire area bought out by the CDBG and FEMA funding, um, expected to cost around $149,000, funded with general obligation proceeds. (bangs gavel) Close the public hearing. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council formal meeting of September 2, 2014. Page 13 ITEM 8. IOWA CITY GATEWAY - RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE DESIGN ELEMENTS NECESSARY TO BEGIN DESIGN AND ENGINEERING DOCUMENTS FOR THE IOWA CITY GATEWAY PROJECT AND REPEALING RESO. 14 -86 Payne: Move the resolution. Botchway: Second. Mims: Moved by Payne, seconded by Botchway. Discussion? Throgmorton: Susan, in the work session I brought up three topics that, um, we discussed for a little bit, and I know Rick Dobyns ... or not Rick Dobyns (laughs) Rick Fosse out there was taking notes and I wonder if I could briefly restate my questions and, Rick, you can tell me what you understood you were told to do by the staff, or by the Council? So the first has to do with, uh, the ... my concern that the street design elements in the 25- mile - per -hour zone, uh ... as currently presented to us, will not slow traffic down. They won't slow drivers down, and that we instead need to rethink, uh, stree ... the street design element ... for that part of the Gateway Project, for the part that's in the 25- mile -an -hour zone. Uh, so ... wh ... what did you understand the Council to tell you? Fosse: Uh, based on our discussion, I think there's... there's, uh, concurrence to stay with as it is proposed and ... and the reason for that is, it's a balance of competing factors there. And the ... the lanes are as they are proposed, uh, because of the width necessary for a multi -modal corridor. That is one that can accommodate the buses in the outside lanes with adequate width, and also has, uh, some extra width to accommodate bicycle traffic, not to the extent of bike lanes, but just so that it's ... it's, can be more easily shared. And then also it...it helps to accommodate, uh, snow storage in the wintertime, as well as ... as, uh, gutter conveyance of rainwater in the summer time without splashing onto the sidewalks when ... when traffic goes by. Throgmorton: Okay. Thank you. Fosse: Uh huh. Throgmorton: Uh, the second concern I had, uh ... focused on the ... the east sidewalk, which, uh... according to the chart you gave us, indicates it'll be, I think, six -feet wide the whole way, from Foster to, uh... Fosse: Correct! Throgmorton: ... Park ... Park, well, down to Church Street. Six -feet wide, right, and my concern ...my suggestion was that we incorporate some design flexibility into that, so that at certain points instead of tearing down particular trees or eating too much ... too This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council formal meeting of September 2, 2014. Page 14 aggressively into steep slopes, that we ... a ... adapt and maybe narrow the sidewalk at certain points to say four -feet, and just built in some flexibility. So what did you understand the Council told you to do? Fosse: Well, as we've done on other projects, typically rather than narrowing, we'll wiggle a sidewalk around, uh, some trees. Uh, Susan brought up that the north Dubuque Road example. That's not one of our finest examples... Mims: (laughing) Fosse: ...uh, we didn't have a good balance between wiggles and... Mims: No! Fosse: ...and the through traffic there. Mims: No we didn't! Fosse: Uh, but, uh ... it's a practice that we ... we do on our project designs. Throgmorton: So you ... you will consider various ... a certain degree of flexibility in... Fosse: Yes! Throgmorton: ... where the sidewalk goes but not its width, is that what I'm understanding? Fosse: I don't want to rule out width, but ... but we'll ... we prefer the wiggle before we change the width. Throgmorton: (laughing) You prefer the wiggle before the width! (laughing) Fosse: Correct! Throgmorton: Okay! Good enough. Uh, and the last had to do with Kimball Road, and I ... I wanted to ... make sure I was understanding it correctly, that what you've given us so far does not ... is really pretty silent about the design elements, as they would pertain to Kimball Road itself. Not precisely where it intersects with, uh, with Dubuque, but the road itself, and that you will come back to us later, either... either in a written memo or maybe, uh, in a work session and give us some sense of what the proposed design elements are for Kimball Road. That's what I was understanding. Am I understanding correctly? Fosse: Yeah, that's an area I'll want to get some more clear direction on, because , uh, Kimball Road is one of a number of locations in the corridor of both Dubuque Street and Park Road where we're working with adjoining property owners on the details. You know, there's more than we could cover in that matrix that we put This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council formal meeting of September 2, 2014. Page 15 together. And ... and what I'm hearing, at least from you, is that in this specific case, you would like some feedback on the outcome of the design and our conversations with the property owner. Mims: Yeah (several talking) Throgmorton: I ... I would (both talking) Mims: I would too. Payne: Yeah, I think that's... Mims: Yeah, I think we expected that that was going to take some time, to get that piece of it with ... you've been focusing on the Dubuque Street itself, so... Fosse: We will do that! Throgmorton: Okay. Super! Thanks, Rick! Fosse: Uh huh. Throgmorton: I'm going to miss you! (laughter) Mims: We'll have plenty of time! (laughter) Dobyns: His wiggle or his width? (laughter) Mims: Great technical engineering terms here! (laughter) Further Council discussion? Roll call, please. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council formal meeting of September 2, 2014. Page 16 ITEM 11. CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION. Mims: Dr. Dobyns, we'll start (both talking) Dobyns: Nothing here, thank you! Payne: Nothing for me! Dickens: I just want to tell everybody the Soul Fest is coming up in about three weeks, two and a half weeks. It'll be on Friday night and Saturday night, two headliners, and then Sunday they're doing a gospel brunch, uh, I think two different times. There are two different Beatings for that, which is very important, and just, uh, let Matt know we're thinking about him. Mims: Jim? Throgmorton: Yeah, I ... what is, I'm trying to remember the name of that conference, uh, Creative Cities, um, yeah, the same weekend as Soul Festival, uh, the School of Urban and Regional Planning at the University is holding a Creative Colleges... Creative College Conference, uh, about college cities and about how creativity can be stimulated within them. So that should be pretty good, and I also want to mention that I had a wonderful luncheon discussion with Nicky Neal and Evan McCarthy and I really want to thank them for inviting me to do that. It was, uh, rewarding I think, uh, certainly from my point of view. Mims: Kingsley? Botchway: Uh, just you know pay attention to what the Englert has on store, um, you know, (mumbled) jazz is coming up Tuesday, September 23`d. I'm really excited about it. I haven't bought my tickets, so this announcement isn't telling you to buy tickets. It's telling you to wait just a little bit so I can buy `em and then buy tickets (laughter) But um, but I'm pretty excited about it, so... Payne: And what's it called? I didn't hear ya. Botchway: Doreen's Jazz. And it's at The Mill, so ... cool atmosphere. Mims: Okay. Great! Uh, just a couple things. Uh, it was in our packet, uh, I believe the 28th, just to mention that, uh, we've gotten notice that Rick Fosse is retiring and City has done their due diligence and selected a replacement, Ron Knoche who is our current Engineering Director will step up to be Public Works Director. Think Ron has left the billing ... uh, building tonight, but wanted to, uh, congratulate him, and also Kent Ralston has been selected, uh, as the Executive Director of the Metropolitan Planning Organization of Johnson County. He was the interim director and has been there quite some time as a staff member, so congratulations, uh, to him as well. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council formal meeting of September 2, 2014. Page 17 ITEM 12. REPORT ON ITEMS FROM CITY STAFF. a) City Manager. Mims: City Manager? Markus: Uh, just to add to that, we will replace those two individuals, so that when, um, Rick leaves, uh, sometime in January, we'll have a new group that will be ready to step up and start, uh, as soon as that change occurs and ... and that's a big thanks to Rick Fosse for creating that opportunity by his advance notice. Mims: Uh huh. Very much appreciated! 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