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ITEM 2. STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARDS — Hoover Elementary
Hayek: For the public's, uh, edification, Council Member Dobyns is out sick this evening
and Council Member Payne is participating by telephone. Would the Hoover
Hawks please come forward!
Karr: Over here in the middle! Thank you!
Hayek: Well good evening! Boy, you guys look really nice! (laughter) Well welcome to
Iowa City City Hall. Uh, I'm Mayor Matt Hayek and this is your City Council
behind you and we're really honored to have you here, and this is really special
for me because I don't know if you know this, but I have a couple of kids at
Hoover right now, as well. So Hoover's a ... a big school in ... in my family. Well
we want to welcome you to ... to City Hall and, uh, what we do throughout the
school year is we invite the student leaders from the elementary schools around
town who get nominated by their schools, and you come down here and we get to
meet you and you get to meet us, and we learn a little bit about you, and I see you
brought your pieces of paper. That's the first step, so ... good job on that! So why
don't we start with you and I can hand this to you if you want to tell us ... what's
on your piece of paper!
Perrill: Hi, my name is Janie Perrill and I was chosen for an Outstanding Citizenship
Award. Good citizenship is when someone is helpful, considerate, caring,
respectful, and well mannered. Also you have to be hard working, honest,
thoughtful, and friendly. To be a good citizenship, you should do those simple
things. Smile, wave, help someone, say please and thank you, hold the door for
someone, and just be nice. Those are just a few things you could do. Being a
good student means listening to teachers, being respectful, working hard, getting
assignments done on time, staying on task, paying attention, and being prepared.
To be a good student, just get work done, pay attention, be respectful, and be
good to your teachers. Another part of being a good citizen is community service.
I do Girl Scouts, and in Girl Scouts we have just started trying to get a badge for
Community Service. We are trying to do at least five hours of service. Thank
you for this award. (applause)
Hayek: ... wonderful! I'll hand it to you!
Hartwig: Hello, my name is Noah Hartwig. I think outstanding citizens help others,
support good citi ... decis ... decisions and follow the rules. I think I am a good
citizen because I am a role model and student at school. I encourage my
teammates at football, support my classmates in music extra - curricular activities.
I am involved in my church and help others in ... outside of school. Thank you for
presenting me with this award. (applause)
Hayek: Well those are both really nice pieces, and it's exciting to see you off to such a
good start this year, and one of the reasons we ... we bring you students down here
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is so that the whole community gets to see what you're up to, and it's clear that
you're an example, both within Hoover but... and.... and also within the
community at large, and I, uh, I sent a message to my wife at home and made sure
that my kids were watching the TV right now. So Greta and Joseph, if you're
watching this, these are the kind of leaders you can turn into (laughter) and
they've got a younger brother who's in preschool and he's probably watching, as
well (laughter), So, uh, but before I read this award I also want to ... I want to
recognize your parents and your teachers and Principal Hamack's here and all of
the people who, uh, have helped you succeed at Hoover. Uh, they have a lot to do
with your success, as well. So, what we give out is called a Student Leadership
Award, and I have one for each of you and it reads as follows: For his or her
outstanding qualities of leadership within Hoover Elementary, as well as the
community, and for his or her sense of responsibility and helpfulness to others,
we recognize you as an outstanding student leader. Your community is proud of
you. Presented by the Iowa City City Council, October 2014. So, Janie, here's
yours, and Noah, here's yours! Let me shake your hands and congratulate you,
and ... I'm going to ask if you want to stick around just for a few minutes, we're
going to have a special proclamation for Hoover Days, uh, and you'll hear that in
just a couple of minutes, and you can stick around the rest of the meeting if you'd
like (laughter) but you can also go do homework! It's your choice! (laughter)
Congratulations! (applause)
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ITEM 3. PROCLAMATIONS
ITEM 3a United Nations Day: October 24
Hayek: (reads proclamation)
Karr: Here to accept the proclamation is Katy Hansen, Iowa United Nations Association
rep. (applause)
Hayek: (mumbled) Thanks for being here!
Hansen: Thank you! I, uh, would just like to say that the Iowa United Nations Association
has been here in Iowa City for... for many years. It promotes the public
discussion of global issues and educates about how the U.N. fits into working on
these issues. Today we can see that there are issues. The issues are many. Uh,
we are at war. We are looking at climate change. Um, WHO is looking at the
Ebola crisis. It would be nice if all of the issues were solved before they happen,
but that's not reality and so we have a ... a U.N. that will, uh, take up the issues
and talk about them and without talking, uh, we cannot successfully work on the
solutions. Thank you very much. (applause)
Hayek: Thank you.
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ITEM 3. PROCLAMATIONS
ITEM 3c National Disability Employment Awareness Month: October 2014
Hayek: (reads proclamation)
Karr: Here to accept the proclamation is Iowa City Human Rights Commissioner
Orville Townsend. (applause)
Hayek: (mumbled) Thank you!
Townsend: I would like to thank you for this acknowledgement. Um, unfortunately when we
think of disability, we often think in terms of limitations and what the disability
will prevent the individual from doing. Uh, I think the fact that we're giving this
acknowledgement is a good indication that we chose to focus more on
individuals' abilities. I was traveling over the weekend and as I reentered the
state of Iowa we have a big sign that says `Field of Opportunities,' and I feel that
the attitude that this city, you know, shows toward disability assures that there
will be opportunities for everybody. Thank you!
Hayek: Thank you! (applause)
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ITEM 3. PROCLAMATIONS
ITEM 3d Hoover Day: October 24
Hayek: (reads proclamation)
Karr: Here to accept the proclamation is Hoover Elementary Principal Dennis Harnack.
(applause)
Hayek: Thank you! Appreciate it!
Harnack: Well thank you for helping us celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Hoover School.
It's been quite a pleasure. My short time at Hoover, uh, I've been privileged to...
to really become acquainted with the school and the community, and you can tell
by our student, uh, leaders tonight, uh, Janie and Noah and their families and the
teachers, Mrs ... Miss Doling and Mr. Kosier. We have a wonderful school and
it's been that way for a long time, and that's what I found out this year. Um,
we've had a 601h anniversary reunion. I've got to meet some of the original
students in 1954 to the school. Um, we meet a lot of people that just still live in
the area, who went to the school, whose children went to the school, whose
grandchildren have gone to the school. It has quite a warm, uh, feeling in that
community, and it's a pleasure to celebrate it this year, and not only do we have,
uh, Hoover relatives coming this Friday for an assembly to meet the students, uh,
we will have a sock -hop this year. We will have continued celebrations by the
students and assemblies by the students, so we really appreciate this honor and...
and I'm sure the Hoovers will this Friday! Thank you very much!
Hayek: Thank you so much! (applause)
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ITEM 5. COMMUNITY COMMENT (ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA). [UNTIL 8
PM]
Hayek: This is the opportunity at each City Council meeting for members of the public to
address the Council on items that are not on the agenda. So if there's something
that is not on tonight's agenda that you would like to bring to our attention I invite
you to come forward. Uh, and in keeping with our protocol, we ask that you sign
in, uh, verbally give us your name, and to keep your comments to five minutes or
less!
Gravitt: My name is Mary Gravitt, and I have some handouts here. And I want to ... I was
at the City Council last week, and I want to comment on what this woman said. It
was working... anyway (plays Anna Buss audio /video from 10/7 Council meeting)
Now what I ... find interesting about that is that the City is collecting tax ... it's
collecting rent, but not paying taxes. And my problem that I'm really here about
is about our building, the old Post Office. We were told that the Ad Hoc
Committee that because of the budget shortfalls, that our building might be taken
away from us and ... our programs scattered out through the community, and what
I want to know is where is that money going? If you have Section 8, the tenant
pays their portion and... the government puts in their portion to bring it up to
market value. So where is that money going? So, and I understand what's
happening to this woman. This woman, this landlord, her community is being
turned into a ghetto. I lived through this after the last redevelopment. I was part
of the redevelopment in, uh, 1957. What happens is that you ... you have your
community and then you have these people coming and disrupt `em. At first the
police are friendly and they come, but then gradually they stop coming. The
young married couples move out. And then ... you're stuck, because your
community goes down and down and down, and I don't understand why this
woman is having this problem. We have agencies here that are supposed to take
care of this, and the City owns that property, and you're collecting tax ... rent for
that property. It's up to you to keep law and order there! You get three times, my
landlord — who I consider a slum landlord — you get three times to disturb the
peace around there and then you're evicted. But this woman is being made a
victim and her properties are being turned into a ghetto, and I think something
should be done about it! And the second thing I'm here about, really .... I just ... I,
that's not what I'm here about. I want to know where the money went! And the
second thing I'm here about is that the need for a Senior Center — it seems to be
that there's a ... a, something in the community or somebody's idea that we don't
need a Center, Senior Center, and I'm having a little ole' problem with this thing
here. Okay, in this book ... I found this book in the Library. It's not the latest
edition of the book, and you have the handouts to, uh, go with this. This guy
named LaBow, he says how to pick a retirement discoveries for every budget.
Now, and I happened to find Iowa City in the budget. In the book rather! And I
find this is very interesting because the prices are a little bit out of date because of
the real estate crisis and so on and so forth, but ... here's what he says. This is
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actually what he says about these towns. Me and this thing is having it on again,
so ... how he made his choice. This town had to be a distinct community — Iowa
City is a distinct community. There had to be at least one college or university
that could be seen as a major focus of community — we have two. Kirkwood
Community College and we have the University, of course. There must be a
hospital, preferably a medical center serving the region. We have two. We have
the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, and we have Mercy, and for that
matter we can go up to Cedar Rapids, and Cedar Rapids' Mercy. Or whatever!
And then we have the Veterans Hospital. I had forgotten about that at first. There
had to be a cultural center, which could be the college itself. There had to be
parks and open space and recreational areas, and of course we have all that. We
have all that! There had to be a senior center or programs for seniors, and we
have a Senior Center. We have a Senior Center right down on the corner of Linn
Street and Washington. And at least one college town had to offer educational
opportunities to adult, pref... preferably to seniors in particular. Yes, we offer
that at the Senior Center. Most of our classes are at no cost. So there's no, uh,
problem here, and then you have the `senior college' coming out of the University
of Iowa, which is $30. But their problem is finding room. Uh, a government
Chamber of Commerce. We have that. College (both talking)
Hayek: You're gonna need to finish up your comments. (both talking) five minutes,
please.
Gravitt: Okay! My thing is we need that building! And, what's happening to the money?
I mean this is supposed to be our problem. We need that building and the City
has complained about budgeting before, but it has never attacked the building. So
I want to know what's up with this! And ... and ... and why all of a sudden there's
no money for the building and it sounds very suspicious to me. Thank you!
Hayek: Thank you for your comments.
Knight: (mumbled) ...put my stick on when I'm done. Uh, my name is Roger Knight. I
have a few things I want to bring up to your attention. Uh, start with voicing
(mumbled) The Senior Center brings more community to this community. You
know, it's a great place. I don't know why it's being attacked. It's pretty much
seems to be done what you guys are going to do behind closed doors, which is a
lot of what happens in this city, it seems to be. You ... you guys have the same
reputation as ... Congress. Go look up the new CBS poll. It's pretty sad! You
guys are gonna do whatever you want and so be it with the ... folks that don't like
it! Well, that's the citizens that vote you in! And ... you know, it's so interesting
that, hey, disabilities, you know, we want to talk about disabilities. But you don't
even put a handicap door on some of these new buildings that you're building,
like the DQ. That was ... 20 years ago? Oh, wait, no it wasn't! I'm sorry to kind
of...eeehhh! But I'm gettin' fed up because I'm in a wheelchair, and I'm having
troubles doing whatever I want to do in my day. I can't... do to DQ over by
Walmart because, well, good luck gettin' in! Good luck gettin' into, ya know...
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yeah, I know! It's unhealthy. McDonald's. But ... you know, it's not that bad if
you have a burger here and there, but I don't need to discuss that with you guys,
but it's ... little things like that makes my struggles of every day a struggle when it
should just be ... eeehhh, today sucked! You know? I have to ... deal with this, I
have to deal with that, you know, it's ... buses! You know? You guys are
fortunately behind, oh, on a waiting list for a new buses, where the old buses, fine
whatever, but it gives you a heart attack when you're in the wheelchair. It gives
you that feeling of, oh crap, it's going to drop me! No, I'm good, okay! Which
isn't the most pleasant thing you like when you're just wanting to get on a bus to
go wherever you're going, doctor's appointment, whatever it might be. And...
I'll voice it again. Winter's comin' up. That means snow, ice ... yeah, I know! I
said the bad word of snow! (laughs) Sorry, but we all got that one! Um ... but...
the Streets Department does pretty good job on the streets, and they do a pretty
good job of the sidewalks, but they don't do a good job of the intersection of the
sidewalk and streets. It... shouldn't be Evil Knievel has to try it. It should be, oh,
it's not bad; here we go! I know it's easier said than done, but I just wanted to
voice that up again before we get there. Thanks!
Hayek: Thank you for your comments!
Knight: Thank you!
Hayek: Is there anyone else who wishes to address the Council? Okay! We will move on
to Item 6, Planning and Zoning Matters.
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ITEM 7. AMEND URBAN RENEWAL PLAN - RESOLUTION APPROVING
AMENDMENT NO.2 TO THE SYCAMORE AND FIRST AVENUE
URBAN RENEWAL PLAN TO ADD A PROPOSED URBAN RENEWAL
PROJECT.
a. PUBLIC HEARING
Hayek: This is a public hearing. The hearing is open. (bangs gavel) Hearing is closed.
Karr: Motion to accept correspondence.
Mims: So moved.
Dickens: Second.
Hayek: Moved by Mims, seconded by Dickens. Discussion? All those in favor say aye.
Throgmorton: Discussion?
Hayek: Oh we haven't taken up the resolution yet!
Throgmorton: Oh, sorry (both talking) Sorry!
b. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION
Mims: Move the resolution.
Hayek: Motion... motion passes 6 -0. Now ... okay.
Mims: Move the resolution.
Dickens: Second.
Hayek: Moved by Mims, uh, seconded by Dickens. Discussion? Jim!
Throgmorton: Sorry! I was...
Hayek: That's okay!
Throgmorton: I don't know, distracted! How could I possibly be, uh ... okay, so I fully recognize
the importance of, uh, this site for mall owners and tenants and for the
surrounding neighborhood, uh, and I'd love to see a new anchor business in the
Sycamore area, but I also recognize that, uh, several thoughtful, very thoughtful
objections to the proposed TIF that's embedded in this, uh, urban renewal
amendment, uh, had been raised. So with those, uh, objections in mind, I'm going
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to vote tonight, uh, no tonight on amending the Urban Renewal Plan as stipulated.
Uh, when we get around to actually considering the ... the TIF that's embedded in
the Urban Renewal Plan, uh, I'll want to probe these objections more thoroughly,
uh, and might change my mind, but ... but tonight in light of them I'm going to
vote no.
Hayek: Further discussion?
Botchway: I will say, Jim ... based on some of the objections at least that have, urn ... uh,
occurred publicly, uh, I'm ... I'm a little unaware of...the bigger picture and in the
particular community that's, uh, that's near the Sycamore Mall area, I think that
most of the objections, at least I've seen, has taken no consideration for the people
that live in that area. Um, have been strictly business, uh, interested objections,
um, and obviously speaking about the community as a whole, but has not
considered urn ... uh, populations in that area that have, you know, suffered
because of, um you know, the... Sycamore Mall problems, so to speak. Um... so, I
don't know why I even mention it. I just was ... I'm a little, uh, unnerved by, you
know, some of the, uh, correspondence we've gotten, simply because it...it has
seemed to be more business interested in ... obviously throwing the community in
there, but it doesn't speak to the particular issues affecting that community that
lives there, that needs something there to, you know, inject life into it.
Throgmorton: Yeah, so I ... I ... if you don't mind I'll just kind of respond a little bit. I totally get
it because it... it's a really important part of our city. (mumbled) ... completely
understand. The question really has to do with the use of TIF as... as an
instrument for, uh ... uh, enabling one particular real ... retail outfit to move into
that mall. Uh, and there may be other complications too that we really haven't
had a chance to probe yet because we don't have the Economic Development
Committee's, uh, minutes from their meeting, I don't think. We haven't seen that
(mumbled) so there ... there are other issues involved. Uh ... but ... the question is,
should... should funds be directed toward a particular ret ... retail outfit. Uh,
should ... I mean, should tax increment financing funds be directed towards one
out ... one retail outfit. That ... that's the question there. It's not should the area...
should not the area be, um ... renewed. Isn't it good that ... uh, somebody moves in
there as an anchor tenant. The answer to both of those are yes, yes. So ... the
question is the instrument. So I'm (mumbled) probe this more. Like I said, I
don't know (mumbled) get around to the ... to the tax increment financing thing.
Mims: Well I'll be supporting it. Um, I ... Jim, I think you've made a really good point,
that this is not the TIF. Um, and we can't get to that until we do this. And so this
is part of that process. And as you have said, that's a critically important part of
our community. We've seen the taxable valuation of Sycamore Mall, now known
as Iowa City Marketplace go down precipitously. Uh, we certainly have heard
from, uh, City and County Assessor, both of how... basically how that space goes,
so goes the rest of kind of the east side of Iowa. So it's an absolutely critical,
critical piece of real estate, um, in terms of tax revenue for the City, but also for a
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good, stable retail environment on the east side of the city, and I think we have,
uh, definitely a significant responsibility here as Coun ... as Council Members to
pay attention to all of Iowa City, uh, not just any one particular part, and this is a
very key part of the city out there that, uh, has suffered with, uh, Von Maur
leaving and, you know, certainly when we did financing years ago, we ... we
hoped that would be it, but now we're back, probably having to do more, but this
is only the first step in that and I think it's just absolutely vital that we take this
first step. We'll have the other things to look at later with more details in terms of
how much that financing is and who it's for and how all that's going to work, but
we can't even get to that if we don't do this. And so I am totally supportive, um,
of this amendment.
Hayek: I would simply add that... that... that the proposed TIF project, which came
through the Economic Development Committee and will reach us, urn ... uh, is ... is
an agreement with the property owner, not the retail shop. That's just a
distinction that we need to keep in mind, but we will have an opportunity to vet
these issues, uh, at a future Council meeting. Further discussion? Roll call,
please. Passes 5 -1, Throgmorton in the negative.
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ITEM 8. TERMINATION OF WEDGE LEASE - RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING
THE MAYOR SIGN AND CITY CLERK TO ATTEST AN AGREEMENT
TO TERMINATE LEASE WITH THE WEDGE DOWNTOWN, INC.,
DB /A THE WEDGE DOWNTOWN, FOR SPACE AT 136 S. DUBUQUE
STREET.
Mims: Move the resolution.
Dickens: Second.
Hayek: Moved by Mims, seconded by Dickens. Discussion?
Throgmorton: Yeah, uh ... I ... I need to say something about this. I feel really uncomfortable
with this item appearing immediately after the one that comes before it... cause
it...it presents a very odd juxtaposition, it seems to me. On the one hand, uh,
we're displaying, uh ... uh, a willingness to, uh ... move some tax dollars toward, as
you pointed out, Matt, the owner of the Sycamore, uh, Mall to rejuvenate that
facility, and ... and the area itself. On the other hand, we're not displaying comp
...I think, uh, I want to be fair here to Geoff cause I know he's negotiated this. I
don't think we've displayed comparable flexibility with regard to negotiating with
the owner of The Wedge. And... and... that, despite the fact that as we've talked
about in our previous meetings, The Wedge, uh, has presented ... or has provided,
uh, a... a... a facility that the residents like to use, families like to go to, and so on.
It's ... it's a community asset. So ... I ... I'm just really uncomfortable with that
juxtaposition. That said, I ... I totally recognize that the owner of The Wedge feels
that he needs to do this. He wants to negotiate his way out of the lease. Uh ... uh,
City staff has done that. Uh, worked well with him, so ... there's no way I could
oppose this particular, um, resolution. Uh, so I ... I will approve it, or vote for it,
but I ... I really feel uncomfortable with the juxtaposition of these two separate
issues.
Botchway: I'm not going to speak to the juxtaposition of it, but at least from, uh, again, this is
one of those things that came with the paper. Uh, you know, it's been talked
about, whatever the case may be, but ... you know, a couple, maybe a week or two
weeks ago, whatever the timeframe, it was brought up to me the fact that, you
know, um ... uh, one my significant other uses this as a potential place to, uh, you
now, just relax on the ped mall, whatever the case may be, but then also, you
know, with my ties with, urn ... with people with disabilities and being able to go
into this venue, uh, and there not being any other particular venue downtown, I
think speaks volumes, and I also think speaks to, uh, what Jim was talking about
and making sure that we maintain our flexibility, or be flexible, um, with ... with
these type of businesses that really speak to the community and so I mean
obviously I know what Jim has spoke about as far as the, uh, you know, the owner
wanting to, you know, get this done, and so obviously, you know, it's a no- brainer
for support standpoint, but hopefully, you know, with this issue being on the
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agenda, um, we think about, like Jim said, the flexibility but we also try and look
towards incorporating something similar in that space. Because currently, um,
there really isn't anything, um, downtown. I know we have different restaurants
and such, but again, you know, there was a lot of, uh, people from the community,
particularly people with disabilities that really spoke to, you know, this being an
establishment, um, that was something that they could, um, really anchor them
when it comes to coming downtown and ... it's just unfortunate.
Hayek: Well I ... you know, I think there's a ... a fair amount of misinformation out there. I
would agree with you that it's been a community asset. Um, I would also agree
with you, Jim, that ... that staff has worked well with the tenant. Uh, staff spent a
lot of time trying to work with the tenant to, uh, to come ... to come up with
something that was acceptable, but ... but the fact is, the request was to us, to let...
from ... from the tenant, to let ... to let it out of the lease about a year and a half
early, uh, and the ... and the recommendation from staff and what we're voting on
is ... is to do just that, which is not something the City is required to do. I think it's
a decent thing for the City to do, but we are forgoing a year and a half of what we
had contracted to receive from the occupant of that space. Uh, and we're not
going to collect that! And there could be people in the community who say, boy,
why are you letting this thing, this party that has a contract with the City off the
hook when you don't another party. So, we can kind of get it both ways, but ... I
think what it comes down to is I think, you know, this ... this is a ... a great place
downtown. It was not working out financially. They ... they asked, uh, for an
early release from the lease, um, and we're agreeing to do it. Um ... this is
unfortunate but ... uh ... it is what it is. Uh ... so ... that's ... those are my thoughts.
Further discussion? Roll call, please. Passes 6 -0.
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ITEM 9. NOISE ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS - ORDINANCE AMENDING
TITLE 6 OF THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED "PUBLIC HEALTH AND
SAFETY," CHAPTER 4, ENTITLED "NOISE CONTROL," TO
SIMPLIFY AND CLARIFY THE NOISE CONTROL PROVISIONS, TO
DELETE PERMITS BASED ON DECIBEL LEVELS, AND TO
REGULATE LOUD CAR RADIOS. (FIRST CONSIDERATION)
Mims: Move first consideration.
Botchway: Second.
Hayek: Moved by Mims, seconded by Botchway. Discussion?
Gravitt: Is there public discussion?
Hayek: Sure!
Gravitt: I live on ... in Towncrest. Every ... at least three times a week, the sound comes in.
You can't hear the music, just deep, deep bass. It comes in. I don't know where
this person is going but he's going on my side. Now I think that's ... that should
be against the law. Those deep basses are against the law in other places. Why
do we have to put up with that? One ... last summer there was somebody visiting
over the apartment complex in back of me. I thought the person was going to go,
but he stayed there. He stayed there so long I called the Police. He was there for
an hour. And I found I wasn't the only one that called the Police, and I don't
think that the people in my neighborhood have to be subject to that deep bass,
bothering their ears with that noise. So we ... we're talking about community, we
gonna have community here as long as I'm ... can open my mouth, I believe in
community! And that's not good for community, so something has to be done
about these deep basses, cause we're not in California where they're stylish.
We're in Iowa City. Thank you!
Hayek: Thank you for your comments. Anyone else from the audience?
Knight: Um, thank you. Uh, long time no see. My name is Roger Knight. Um ... I hope
this does get passed and nailed hard because I've mentioned it before but ... with
radios like that ... I'm sure, uh, this police officer, I didn't get his name, can attest,
but you've even heard it when the ambulance goes by. The sirens have to be so
loud to get over it, these radios, so that they can get pulled over to go help
whoever needs to be helped, which I understand, but you can't tell me one or both
is okay for kids' ears. Well, heck, how bout your ears? My ears? There's times
where I'm sittin' in my apartment, windows closed, minding my own business,
listening to TV. I have to turn my TV up because of a bar, or because some guy,
or girl — whatever — in a car has their music up so loud ... I have ... I can't even hear
the TV in my own residence. It's not like I have my windows open and
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complainin' someone's screamin'. This is ... junk that ... I can't even really relax
in my own place. What am I supposed to do? Thank you.
Hayek: Thank you for the comments. Anyone else from the audience? Council
discussion. Any Council discussion? Roll call, please. First consideration passes
6 -0.
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ITEM 12. CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION
Hayek: Michelle, why don't we start with you.
Payne: I don't have anything tonight, Matt. Thanks!
Hayek: Okay. (several talking) Nothing?
Mims: Nothing.
Throgmorton: Oh, well I do have something. So along with a thousand or so other people, I had
the opportunity to Run for the Schools this past Sunday. It was a gorgeous day.
A perfect day for running (laughs) really lovely! So I want to praise all the
organizers, all the volunteers, and all the runners, and I can proudly report I
finished something like 260th. So (laughs) it was...
Hayek: Nice job!
Throgmorton: It was a great day to run!
Botchway: I guess for me, I mean, Matt, you just read off the vacancies. I just urge, um, you
know, younger members of the community, I mean obviously any community
members, uh, but again, speaking to my particular demographic, um, to please
apply for these, um, committees and commissions and be a part of, uh, you know,
city discussion.
Hayek: Thank you. And I have nothing this evening.
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ITEM 13. REPORT ON ITEMS FROM CITY STAFF
a) City Manager
Markus: The Human Rights' Breakfast is the 291h at, uh, Memorial Union.
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