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Home My WebLink About2015-07-27 CorrespondenceMarian Karr 3f(1) From: Nancy Bird <nancy@downtowniowacity.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 1:04 PM To: Council Cc: Tom Markus; Geoff Fruin; Wendy Ford; Chris O'Brien; George Etre; Kent Jehle; Ritu Jain; Joni Schrup; Mark Ginsberg Subject: Support requested to improve Downtown alleys Attachments: 2015.07.06 TCDD request for alley support to City.pdf Mayor Hayek and Council members, Please accept this letter request from the Iowa City Downtown District with regard to improving Downtown alleys. I look forward to future discussions on the topic. If you would like additional information, please feel free to give me a call at 319.354.0863 or email. The ICDD Executive Committee, cc:ed here, would also be available for questions. Thank you for your consideration - Nancy Bird O: 319.354.0863 M: 206.930.6960 Iowa City Downtown District 14 1/2 S. Clinton Street Iowa City, IA 52240 downtowniowacity. com man DOWNTOWN IOWACITY TV COM COM July 6, 2015 Mayor Hayek and City Council City of Iowa City 410 E. Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Mayor Hayek and City Council Members, Request The Iowa City Downtown District seeks support from City Council to improve solid waste, recycling, and composting opportunities Downtown and in the Northside Marketplace. We respectfully request that Council direct City staff to set aside sufficient time to work with us to review opportunities for change and help us identify a targeted solutions by the end of this calendar year for improving the alleyways. The end -goal is to achieve cleaner, safer, greener, and more pedestrian -friendly alleys that would benefit the community at large. Background Downtown, as you know, includes a mix of residential, restaurant, retail, service and office uses in both older and contemporary buildings. Currently, the alleys between many of these buildings are cluttered with dumpsters and grease traps that are contracted by our businesses and permitted by the City from over nine (9) different solid waste, grease, and/or recycling companies. Since the SSMID was implemented in 2012, we have heard our members clamor for help to untangle this situation, reduce the number of dumpsters, improve the quality and responsiveness of service providers, and allow businesses to more effectively recycle and compost. This past 2015 Spring semester, the City of Iowa City and the ICDD partnered with the University of Iowa's Initiative for Sustainable Communities (IISC) to address the need for trash reorganization and to look into this situation. The completed study identifies current conditions and potential solutions through case study research, stakeholder meetings, and a downtown business survey. The survey went out to all downtown businesses and the data was very telling. Our businesses are more than ready to do what it takes to change the current format and that sustainability is important to them and their patrons. Possibilities Through the case study research in the IISC study, we recognize 1) that we will need to work with the private sector haulers, the City, and our own businesses to help solve our current challenges, and 2) that it is possible. Communities like Fort Collins, CO and Dubuque, IA (as sited in the study), as well as Omaha, NE, Seattle, WA, Des Moines, IA and literally dozens of communities across the country have successfully taken on these challenges. With your support, we would like to work with City staff to review the possibility of bidding out services (a key component of most case studies) and our approach to it. The research to date indicates that the Iowa City solution may require Council action to change the existing rules associated with public alley easements. However, many questions remain as how to best move forward — whether we take a block -by -block approach or an approach that treats all properties Iowa City Downtown District 14'/ S. Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA 52240 319-354-0863 Downtown equally. Working hand-in-hand with the City staff dedicated to this cause, I'm certain that we can develop a best -case scenario for all involved and make great leaps to advance a cleaner and greener Downtown Iowa City for years to come. Thank you very much for your consideration of this request and your leadership in the sustainable growth of Iowa City. I look forward to your response. Sincerely, /t'1"` 66,-z Nancy Bird Executive Director Iowa City Downtown District Ritu Jain President, ICDD Board of Directors Owner of Textiles Iowa City Downtown District 14%2S. Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA 52240 319-354-0863 CITY OF IOWA CITY MEMORANDUM Date: July 9, 2015 To: Tom Markus, City Manager From: Geoff Fruin, Assistant City Manager Re: ICDD Letter on Downtown Alleys The City Council received a letter dated July 6t' from the Iowa City Downtown District (TCDD) regarding their desire for improved waste, recycling and composting opportunities for businesses. Specifically, the request involves a change in the manner in which the City regulates refuse hauling in our alleyways. Currently, the City issues permits for refuse companies to place dumpsters in our public alleys. The number of dumpsters is only regulated by space constraints in the alleys. The resulting atmosphere of this regulatory approach is one where alleys are cluttered with numerous dumpsters from a multitude of private haulers serving individual businesses or residential uses. This atmosphere significantly limits the functionality of the alleys for additional business use and simple pedestrian passing. Staff is in agreement with the ICDD that a better regulatory approach can be implemented. While a new model needs further discussion, it will likely involve a selection process to limit the number of refuse haulers who can serve businesses via our public alleys. The refuse hauler(s) would presumably be selected based on a number of criteria potentially including, but not limited to, the number of proposed receptacles in an alley, recycling and composting options, servicing times and frequency, cleanliness standards, and pricing. With a model such as this, the City would still only work directly with the private hauler and not individual businesses. Billing and customer service functions would still be between the businesses and the private hauler. Again, this regulatory framework still needs considerable thought before a firm solution is recommended to the City Council. However, I believe the goal of developing the framework by the end of the year is reasonable. I suggest a staff team consisting of representatives from the City Manager's Office, Legal, and Transportation and Resource Management work with the ICDD on this effort. Lastly, I want to point out that the regulation of refuse is only the first step into reinvigorating our alleyways. If the City and ICDD wish to make these spaces more accessible for pedestrians and new business uses, there will need to be consideration given to pavement condition, lighting and cleaning frequency. These are all elements that have been discussed extensively over the past several years. Staff supports a move in this direction. VJ_Q 'jMf JULY 10,2015 SUBJECT: ILLEGAL EVICTION? 94 (6zlio�' 3f(2) PRESENTOWNER OF APARTMENTS AT 409-405-419-HARDLOCKE ST,STIDHAM APTS. OWNERS ADDRESS 1451 PHOENIX DR. IOWA CITY,IOWA 52246 A 30 DAY VERBAL NOTICE OF NO RENEWAL OF FURTURE LEASE FOR APARTYMENT AT 409 HARDLOCKE Apt #8 as of july 31,2015, IS IT LEGAL FOR HIM AND THE NEW OWNERS (UNKNOWN) TO ME AT HIS TIME TO THREATEN TO TOW PICK-UP,TURN OFF ALL UNTILITIES LIKE ELECTRIC,WATER,ETC. AT THIS MOMENT I AM TRYIJNG TO GET ME A UNIVERSITYS LOW-INCOME FOR $145.000.00 IOWA CITY NEW HOME OWNERSHIP FOR THE POOR WHICH I AM. I DON'T BELIEVE I AM QULIAFIED AT THIS TIME DO TO POOR CREDIT RATING. NEED LEGAL HELP. (213&0-,9cell) Uj c1V i U. JERRY 0KAS3_A_,465 FTARDLOCKE,ST #8 IOWA CITY,IOWA.52244 OLEN S. STIDHAM 04-87 STIDHAM APTS. 1451 PHOENIX DR. 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Hawaii just did it! Please bring discussion to the May 19 resolution proposal by 100Grannies for a Livable Future: "Because single use plastic bags threaten our environment by clogging waterways, polluting oceans, endangering wildlife, overburdening landfills and increasing our dependence on fossil fuels; we the Iowa City Council resolve to eliminate single use plastic bags by Earth Day, April 22, 2016." Thanks for your consideration, Linda Quinn, 2949 Creighton St, Iowa City Marian Karr From: Imorris2@gm.sic.edu on behalf of Lucy Morris <lucymorris2@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2015 11:54 AM To: Geoff Fruin Cc: Council Subject: Re: Post Office Hi Geoff, 3f(4) Thank you so much for this email. I really appreciate the extensive information and that the City has voiced to USPS the problems with the move, even though I understand the real estate issue is outside your purview. I plan to share this general information with the many other people I know frustrated by the situation. I'm glad to hear there may be some solutions for passport services in the works. I plan to contact the consumer affairs division for the USPS to make that request heard, as well. Again, thanks very much for your prompt help and responsiveness! Best, Lucy On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 9:47 PM, Geoff Fruin <Geoff-Fruin(aiowa-city.org> wrote: Ms. Morris, Thank you for taking the time to email your concerns related to the USPS decision to relocate their Iowa City facility to the Pepperwood Plaza. The building that served as the previous location of the USPS in Iowa City is owned by the GSA, a branch of the federal government. The USPS previously leased space in this building. It is the City's understanding that the lease rate became too high for the USPS and thus prompted them to seek alternative locations. The City was not privy to the lease discussions between the USPS and the building owner (GSA). Eventually, the USPS notified the City that they intended to seek a new location. The City formally objected to the move citing many of the accessibility concerns that you articulated in your email. Unfortunately, our objection did not result in the USPS maintaining a centralized location. It is important to note that the City has no regulatory authority over the USPS and likewise we have no ability guide their decisions regarding facility locations. You are correct that many of the USPS services are available via private businesses, such as Hy -Vee or Iowa Book and Supply. Passport services are not available at those locations and the City has expressed to the USPS that we would like to see satellite Passport services in a more accessible location. The USPS has expressed an interest in holding Passport fairs at the Iowa City Public Library. The City would welcome that opportunity and hope to coordinate such an event in the near future. I hope this email provides the insight you were seeking. If you would like to discuss it further I would be happy to talk with you. Please feel free to reach me at 319.356.5013. Sincerely, Geoff Fruin Assistant City Manager From: lmorris2(a,gm.slc.edu [mailto1morris2 gm.slc.edu] On Behalf Of Lucy Morris Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2015 1:42 PM To: Council Subject: Post Office Hello, I'm writing to inquire about the process by which the only post office in Iowa City accessible to those without vehicle or driving access—including teenagers, the elderly, people who cannot or choose not to drive, people who choose to or cannot own cars—was moved to a location now inaccessible to thousands of residents. I understand that the post office is federally run, but my understanding is also that the move may have been related to real estate decisions. Since I like to think our local government is invested in providing basic services to its constituents, I wonder if you could explain how this could happen and what can be done to make a basic service accessible again to thousands of people it now isn't. I'm in a situation where I need to obtain a passport in person. I need to do this expediently and in other cities have not encountered trouble with this process. In Iowa, unlike other places I've lived, you need to make an appointment, but when you call the local PO they repeatedly fail to call back. If the post office was still where I could easily reach it, I could just drop in with my questions. Whereas I could once walk to the post office, now I need to locate a driver, and a car to use or rent (because most people I know do not own cars, Iowa City being so walkable or bikeable), compensate them for their time and gas, and coordinate this with the unresponsive PO employees. This is the only place to obtain a passport within 25 miles, by the way, and it's completely shocking to me that in a place where I've enjoyed smooth, well-functioning logistics, this basic task has proven time consuming and impossible. While elements of the process may not be within your jurisdiction, easy accessibility to basic services is something I count on my representatives care about. On other occasions, I've seen friends try to put together rides to mail packages. It's true some tasks could be accomplished using privately owned facilities (obtaining a passport—something I like to think our government encourages—is not), but those of us who liked to utilize the services our government makes available to us through our own tax dollars, it's an indignity to lose access to these facilities. That the city could provide millions in TIF money to a new gourmet grocery store but not ensure access to a post office suggests some pretty alarming priorities. I would love to know more about how this decision came to pass and if city government had any role in advocating for the continued existence of a central post office. Access to a post office strikes me as a basic right for any resident, and therefore an important municipal issue. In addition to the massive inconvenience, it's disappointing and humiliating for a huge portion of your constituents to be denied an essential service, especially when our government is happy to dispatch vast amounts of money to inessential commercial enterprises. I appreciate your time and look forward to a response. Best, Lucy Morris Marian Karr From: Rebecca Calacci <Rebecca.Calacci@calacci-construction.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 12:07 PM To: Council Subject: Mark Moen 3f(5) This correspondence will become a public record. Are you People out of your minds. Really affordable housing in not a 1 bed for 200,000.00 Plus what and eye sore for the city, of Iowa City, You have to be kidding. When are we going to start building something that doesn't always require The city to pay for it. The Council of Iowa City should be ashamed of them selfs. Marian Karr From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Dear Council Members, Martha Norbeck <martha_norbeck@hotmail.com> Thursday, July 16, 2015 3:09 PM Council RISE project questions RISE LEED.pdf The Gazette stated, at the RISE project "All apartments and commercial space will be constructed to LEED Gold standards with the hotel portion reaching LEED Silver." What does it mean to build to LEED standards? If the building doesn't achieve certification, how will the city staff verify the building was constructed and commissioned to LEED standards? Ask yourself, how often did your peers read that book when no report or test was required to prove it. Things slide, it happens. The certification process ensures goals are achieved. How can the building be held to two standards, Silver and Gold? It is not logistically or financially practical to pursue two certifications for a single project. The attached LEED checklist presents a hypothetical LEED checklist for this project. Note that Silver certification could be achieved with pursuit of no expensive credits by simply meeting the current state energy code. Gold certification, real certification, will deliver a project with respectable energy performance with long term savings in operating costs and the market advantage of a 3rd party verified green building. Set a higher standard. It supports the project. It supports the city's sustainability goals. Regards, Martha Norbeck, AIA, LEED AP President, C -Wise Design and Consulting LLC norbeck(i ,cwise.com LEED 2009 for New Construction and Major Renovations project Checklist p -tamable Sides Possible Points: 26 Finer, I Construction Activity Pollution Prevention credit Site Selection c,en1 z Development Density and Community connectivity c,Mt 3 Brownfield Redevelopment Crest 4A Alternative Transportation—Public Transportation Access, oma 41 Alternative Transportation—Bicycle Storage and changing Roam Cri Alternative Transportation—Linv-Emitting and Fuel Efficient Vehicles Citi 4.4 Alternative Tonsportation—parking Capacity c.r sen Site Development—Ptptact a ResNre Habitat creat s.z Site Development—Maximize Open Space crnat6.1 Stalrwnter Design—Quantity Canted Darn 6.2 Stmmvater Design—Quality Centzol credit 7.1 Heat Island Effect—Nan-roof 4eM12.t Heat Island Effect—Roof create Light Pollution Reduction Fs -Fol -2 Improve by 12% for New Buildings or 8%fair Existing Building Renovations rye I a mos,, n Water Was Reduction -2096 Reduction 4 - coati Water Efficient landscaping Improve by 16% for New Buildings or l M fa Existing Building Renovations by 50% BReduce No Potable Water Use or Irrigation 4 d uedltz Innovative Wastewater Tedroduo les Improve by 2M for New Buildings or 16% for Existing Building Renovations d credlt3 Water Use Reduction Improve by 2M for New Buildings or In for Existing Building Renovations Reduce by 4006 1 5 1 6 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2W4 2 4 2 2W4 4 6 0 29 v I N c naw I Fundamental Commissioning of Building EneW Systems y a Prwpz Minimum Energy performance If d Frteag3 Fundamental Refrigerant Management d craft I Optimize Energy Performance 1 to 19 Hypothetical RISE Checklist 7/16/2015 0 0 0 0 0 0 $ N/A N/A NIA or $$$ N/A or $$$ 0 0 NIA 0 (required by crew code) Orr (See Eat I) 0 o-$SSSer P current state energy code is more stringent than Nat uired by LEED. To meet state code, the project must Jove at least 2 LEED energy points, therefore there is o added coal, compared to other buildings, to achieve se 2 points. I -American Energy has a energy efficiency rebate gram to incentivise builders to he more efficient. z Mid American program provides a detailed repot the ROI for each energy eHlclency measure. s developer can choose to pursue only those measures ich are certain to provide a 100% realm on his estmal In what is deemed to be a reasonable time Nod. This means that over Hone, investment in orgy efficiency earn more money for the developer in he's invested. e Mid American rebates can be sizable. O fl noll is elected to received $1M In rebates for its new A goal of gold certification for the entire RISE project would assure a higher level of energy efficiency, more in the range of 10, points. LEED 2009 for New Construction and Major Renovations Project Checklist 1 of 2 Improve by 12% for New Buildings or 8%fair Existing Building Renovations 1 Improve by /4%fa New Buildings m In for Existing Building Renovations 2 Improve by 16% for New Buildings or l M fa Existing Building Renovations 3 Improve by 18% for New Buildings or 14% for Fxistirg Building Renovations 4 Improve by 2M for New Buildings or 16% for Existing Building Renovations 5 Improve by 2M for New Buildings or In for Existing Building Renovations 6 Improve by 24%for New Buildings or 20% for Existing Building Renovations 7 Improve by 20 for New Buildings or 22% for Existing Building Renovations 8 Improve by 28% for New Buildings or 24% for Existing Building Renovations 9 Improve by 30%for New Buildings or M% for Existing Building Renovations 10 Improve by 32% for New Buildings or 28%for Existing Building Renovations 11 Improve by 111% for New Buildings a 30%for Existing Building Renovations 12 Improve by 36% for New Buildings or 3M for Emsting Building Renovations 13 Improve by 38%for New Buildings or 34% for Existing Building Renovations 14 Improve by 40% for New Buildings or 36% for Existing Building Renovations 15 Improve by 42% for New Buildings or 38%for Existing Building Renovations 16 Improve by 41,19t for Hew Buildings or 40% for Existing Building Renovations 17 Improve by 4691 for New Buildings m 42% for Exirting Building Renovations 18 Improve by 40%- for New Buildings or 4496. for Existing Building Renovations 19 Hypothetical RISE Checklist 7/16/2015 0 0 0 0 0 0 $ N/A N/A NIA or $$$ N/A or $$$ 0 0 NIA 0 (required by crew code) Orr (See Eat I) 0 o-$SSSer P current state energy code is more stringent than Nat uired by LEED. To meet state code, the project must Jove at least 2 LEED energy points, therefore there is o added coal, compared to other buildings, to achieve se 2 points. I -American Energy has a energy efficiency rebate gram to incentivise builders to he more efficient. z Mid American program provides a detailed repot the ROI for each energy eHlclency measure. s developer can choose to pursue only those measures ich are certain to provide a 100% realm on his estmal In what is deemed to be a reasonable time Nod. This means that over Hone, investment in orgy efficiency earn more money for the developer in he's invested. e Mid American rebates can be sizable. O fl noll is elected to received $1M In rebates for its new A goal of gold certification for the entire RISE project would assure a higher level of energy efficiency, more in the range of 10, points. LEED 2009 for New Construction and Major Renovations Project Checklist 1 of 2 WJ c.1d1a on Site Renewable Energy I to ] 1 % Renewable Energy 1 3% Renewable Energy 2 5% Renewable Energy 3 ]% Renewable Energy J 9% Renewable Energy 5 11%Renewable Energy 6 13% Renewable Energy 2 2 oedh4 Enhanced Canmerant g 2 2 caeca Enhanced Refrigerant Management 2 3 Deans Measurement and Verification 3 2 Green Power 2 6 0 t lWals 8 _ le Points: 1 r i x y d 11019 1 Storage and CoRection of RecyclabNs Dear 1.1 Budding Reuse—Maintain ors, Existing Walls, Floand Roof 1 creat 1.2 BUMN Reuse—Maintain Ci -fit Interior Non -Structural Elements 1 :2.... C ate Caxtructim Waste Management 1 850% Recycled or Salvaged 1 75% Recycled or Salvaged 2 c cram, hiateriils Reuse 1 c creat% Recycled Content 1 c creat, Regional Materials 1 c Crede, Rapidly Renewable Materials 1 c .7 Certified Wood 1 F -el -o -F-71 Mr Environmental Quality r r x Possible Points: 15 S Prna91 Minima, Indoor Air Quality Performance Prereg2 Environmental Tolocce Smolte(ETS)Cmtrol ,acral outdoor Air DMiyery Monitoring d cnart2 Increased Ventilation cram a.l Canstnfctlon IAQ Management Plan—During Conrtnsctlon cradn a, Construction IAQ Management Plan—Before Occupancy nadu4.1 Lav -Emitting Materials—Adhesives and Sealants I . Ceexalt Low -Emitting Material,—Paints and Coatings Cami Low -Emitting Materials—Flooring Systems �. Cadnaw Lav -Emitting Materials{omposlte Wood end AgrHlber Products treats Indoor Chemical and Pollutant Source Contrd nadir I I Controllability of Systems—Lighting malt Al ContrdWbility of Systems—Thema) Comfort creel, Thermal Comfort—Design Creat 7.2 Thenlllal COmfort—VeriaCOHM credit a.1 Daylight and Views—Daylight neat e.2 Daylight and Views—Views 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 t 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Innovation and Design Process 04111111IMi: Possible Points: 6 (� Y , n Nates: :. 111.1 Innovation in Design: specific Title 1 cr.m 2 LEER Accredited Prafesional i 5 N(A 0 S 0 0 0 0 0 o-5 0 n Qo o Regional Priority Credits Possible Points: 4 Y 11 otes: 1 cre ,t is Regional Prionty. Bicycles (5504.2) 1 1 teed, 1.2 Regional Priority: Constnetan Waste Management (M8d2) 1 1 craatl.a Regional Priority: Specific Credit 1 Cremlw Regional Priority: Spwfflc Credit 52 0 51 rMllredNanpalnu Nhx50m59Pan. Wada, ePaas rWnenbbino LEED 2009 for New Construction and Major Renovations Project Checklist 21,12 Marian Frorri: Brian Flanagan <bjflanagan@fieldfx.biz> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 9:59 AM To: Council Subject: Hometown pride Hello! I hope this finds you well. Two items for today: 1) I know I'm not alone in feeling proud of our mayor (and our city) in regard to his recent sojourn in Washington. I also believe that many of us would like to see him there for a good long while. 2) Attended the SBIR Road Tour at the Sheraton this past Wednesday. This was hands down an exciting, enjoyable experience. They set me up with NASA, the USAF and Homeland Security. That was a quite a confidence builder. So much so that I went on to nab some time with the DOE -- and the Navy, whose Elizabeth Cherney had us rolling in the aisles. Here's a big thanks to those who made all that possible. Best wishes, Brian J Flanagan 21 - Brian J Flanagan I Field FX Karr From: Marian Karr Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 10:59 AM To: 'tabitha wiggins' Subject: RE: Testimony For City Council Meeting Good Morning Tabitha, I have received your request and attached "testimony" correspondence. I will include your email and "testimony' correspondence on the Consent Calendar for acceptance. A public comment time is provided to discuss any items not on the agenda. Marian From: tabitha wiggins [mailto:tabwigginsl@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 6:44 PM To: Marian Karr Subject: Testimony For City Council Meeting Hi, I would like to be added to the City Council Agenda for next week to give testimony on the attached document. Please let me know if you have any further questions, Tabitha Petition - Iowa City City Council: End discrimination against black youth in Iowa City an... Page 2 of 6 #BlackKidsPlavToo 391 Supporters Black Kids Play Too Context Respond to this petition Decision Makers on Change.org have the ability to decide or influence the outcome of a petition On June 17, 2015, a 15 -year old boy was with friends at the Robert A. Lee (downtown) Recreation Center. Someone at the Recreation Center called the police when they determined the group was getting "too rowdy." This is a bias that our black youth often face when they are in public spaces together. When police arrived, the officers asked the youth to leave. When our 15 -year-old asked the police why they were being asked to leave, he was perceived as "resisting." Iowa City Police Officer Travis Graves tackled our unarmed, non- threatening, calm, mild-mannered 15 -year-old. Below is a video of the interaction, taken by another young person who watched as his friend was knelt on and screamed at by the officer. Following this assault by the officer, this boy was charged with trespassing and interference with official acts. Recreation Center video, which has not been shared with the general public, corroborates the youth's version of the events. Problem Statement We believe recreation centers are important community resources where our youth should feel welcomed, safe, and included. We believe Iowa City is a place that seeks to value fairness and reject bias or mistreatment based on race. We believe that the police should respond to children with de-escalation techniques, not physical aggression, intimidation, and breaching the trust and openness our children have been told they should have with the police. Black children are often perceived as older than they actually are, are treated as mini -adult criminals, and profiled in similar ways to black adults. Black people are often unjustifiably considered looming threats. https://www.change.org/p/iowa-city-city-council-end-discrimination-against-black-youth-i... 7/23/2015 Petition • Iowa City City Council: End discrimination against black youth in Iowa City an... Page 3 of 6 This reality is particularly problematic when we compare the ways that police, media, school officials, and other adults in power, treat and talk about black children vs. the ways these entities treat and talk about white children. When black children are at play, labels such as "altercation," "rowdy" or even "gang -related activity," are used to deem our children's play deviant. When white children play, it's considered horseplay, flirting, or even "boys being boys." The Lee Recreation Center should not have a practice of automatically calling the police when they feel overwhelmed by our kids' playing. This type of bias often amounts to "too many black kids are in one place" in public spaces in Iowa City and abroad. We believe Iowa City is not living up to its "liberal" ideals! We, Black community members, need our children to be seen as children, and not as criminals. We need them to be treated and provided the same opportunities as white children. We need Iowa City, and the world, to know that #B1ackKidsPlayToo! Demands To this end, we demand that the Iowa City City Council: 1. Require City Manager Tom Markus and/or Police Chief Samuel Hargadine conduct a formal investigation of Officer Travis Graves's actions on June 17, 2015 at the Lee Recreation Center. The investigation must be conducted with utmost transparency and accountability, including, but not limited to, public release of. Lee Recreation Center video documentation, call for service, use of force report, etc. 2. Require the Iowa City Community Police Review Board conduct an independent investigation of Officer Travis Graves's actions on June 17, 2015 at the Lee Recreation Center. 3. Revise city (including police) policies, practices, codes, and other governing structures, to ensure and enforce the protection of citizens' rights to congregate, play, and live freely. 4. Require the Iowa City Human Rights Commission conduct an independent investigation into human rights violations by police and other city staff when said entities have citizens disperse or vacate public accommodations. 5. Allocate permanent financial, human, and other resources to Iowa City Police Department for (re -)training of ALL officers, (re -)staffing, and initiatives that build authentic, positive, reciprocal, relationships with community members, particularly children. A. Training topics must include, but not be limited to: • de-escalation as required first technique of engagement • developmentally appropriate interventions for engaging children (e.g., no physical force, no pepper spray), • privilege, power, oppression, and anti -oppression (e.g., anti -racism, anti -sexism), • cultural competency, • trauma, as related to children and racial stressors, and • engaging with children and adults with learning disabilities, behavioral/personality disorders, and/or mental health challenges. B. Training must be intensive, multi -session, sequenced, ongoing, and officers must be held accountable for satisfactory completion and progress via standard performance review. Unsatisfactory progress --expressly the use of officer excessive force and disproportionate racial/ethnic minority contact --must result in immediate unpaid suspension of officer and begin a formal, independent investigation oversaw by the Community Police Review Board. https://www.change.org/p/iowa-city-city-council-end-discrimination-against-black-youth-i... 7/23/2015 Petition • Iowa City City Council: End discrimination against black youth in Iowa City an... Page 4 of 6 6. Allocate permanent financial, human, and other resources to Iowa City Parks and Recreation for: 1) (re-) training of ALL employees, (re -)staffing, initiatives that build authentic, positive, reciprocal, relationships with community members, particularly children, and 2) increased programming. A. Immediate policy change must include Parks and Recreation staff using de-escalation techniques and positive engagement before making calls for police service, including, but not limited to, consulting Parks and Recreation staff supervisor on call. 7. Allocate permanent financial, human, and other resources for therapy services rendered to children traumatized by police. 8. Allocate increased financial, human, and other resources to community agencies proven to best serve Black children. Letter to Iowa City City Council End discrimination against black youth in Iowa City and its public spaces. Updates 1. 11 hours ago 250 supporters 2. 21 hours ago #BlackKidsPlayToo started this petition https://www.change.org/p/iowa-city-city-council-end-discrimination-against-black-youth-i... 7/23/2015 ! m 7.b %b IN ��w �1qo � MR& CITY OF IOWA CITY MEMORANDUM Date: July 23, 2015 To: City Council From: Tom Markus, City Manager Re: June 17th Robert A. Lee Recreation Center Incident Introduction: On Wednesday, June 17th at 7:26 pm an Iowa City Police Officer responded to a call for service at the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center due to "juveniles causing problems and not listening to staff'. The officer entered the rear of the recreation center and upon moving upstairs he observed 5 to 6 juveniles on the stairway and approximately 10 juveniles near the restrooms. According to the police report the officer observed a juvenile male involved in an altercation with two females. The officer reports that he instructed the juveniles to leave the recreation center. The officer reports that the majority of the juveniles exited down the stairs. The juvenile male who had been involved in the altercation made it clear according to the officer that he was not leaving despite commands to have him leave the building. Failing to achieve compliance the officer grabbed the juveniles arm and the juvenile resisted at which time the officer took the juvenile to the ground. The juvenile was transported to the ICPD and charged with interference and criminal trespass. The juvenile did not suffer any physical injuries. Upon completion of the juvenile paperwork the juvenile was released to the custody of an adult mentor at the request of the juvenile's mother. During the course of the arrest a portion of the interaction was videotaped via cell phone and was eventually posted on the Internet. As a point of background, the Parks and Recreation Department has asked for the Police Department to respond to this type of call because the parks staff has not been able to effectively handle this type of incident. Further, the Parks and Recreation Department has reported that two of their staff members have been assaulted when attempting to resolve disputes or achieve compliance with the recreation center policies. These cases have been prosecuted by the Johnson County Attorney's Office. One case resulted in an adjudication of delinquency by the Court after trial and the second is currently pending with the child having admitted to the assault. Police Administration Response: In response to negative comments from viewers of the video the Police Department organized a meeting of interested community members on June 19, 2015. The police provided a viewing of the recreation center video captured by the recreation center cameras and a video of subsequent disruptions in other parts of the downtown that occurred the same evening. To a person the interested community members found the video showing the physical interaction between the officer and the juvenile to be very disturbing. Numerous opinions and thoughts were expressed about how this situation could have been better handled, working with the African American youth in the city, police training, police arrest procedures, alternatives to court based process, places for kids to play, withdrawing the charges, diversion programs, corrective personnel action, cultural competency training, etc. Recognizing the recent events involving the deaths of a number of young black males in multiple locations and the AME murders in Charleston, South Carolina the Police Administration committed to reviewing the recreation center incident and reporting back on what actions will be taken to resolve the incident in what is hoped to be an acceptable manner to our community at large. A number of interested attendees wanted to know if the Police Department could drop the charges and the Police Chief indicated that they could not once the charges had been filed and were in the hands of the Juvenile Court July 23, 2015 Page 2 Office. Certain members of the community indicated a desire to pursue the issue with the Johnson County Attorney's office. Johnson County Attorney's Office (JCAO) and the Juvenile Court Office (JCO): In a July 21st email from Patricia Weir of the Johnson County Attorney's Office to County Supervisor Rod Sullivan, that Mr. Sullivan provided to me and others along with his response, Ms. Weir summarizes where this incident currently stands: "On June 2e, Emily Voss & 1 participated in a meeting with JCO Erin Altheide, Gabe Cook (ICPD Juvenile Detective), & community members at the Juvenile Court Office, and we thought we had it resolved. [However, _ and his mother were not present. Community members were purportedly speaking on their behalf.] 1'll find out what has happened since then. What I do know is this: (1) These charges have never been referred to the JCAO for a court petition. JCAO became involved because on the morning of June 19th, JCO Erin Altheide sent community members to talk to Janet, after they visited Erin asking for dismissal. Janet was working on the mall murder, so the community members spoke briefly with me and we agreed to meet later, as I was headed to trial that morning. We met on June 25 to follow up and left that meeting believing we had resolution. (2) The video posted on the internet does not show the full incident — the recreation center video does show the full incident. (3) There is probable cause for both charges of criminal trespass and interference. (4) Whereas, a more experienced officer may have talked with — more before going "hands-on," Officer Graves didn't violate the law, or even police policy. However, police training is an issue here — this was an inex erienced officer who was by himself, & � had an audience. (5) has a right to deny the charges and ask for a trial in Juvenile Court, but typically, these minor charges don't come to court — they would be handled informally at the Juvenile Court Office. " The Police Department and the City Administration concur with the comments made by Ms. Weir. Currently, the juvenile is represented by legal counsel and any resolution of the charge requires their participation. It is our understanding that a meeting between the juvenile, his attorney, and the JCO was scheduled for today but has been rescheduled at the request of the child's attorney. Community Reaction: A number of community members are most unhappy about the Police Department's interaction with the juvenile. I have learned a community rally will be held in front of the City Hall Washington Street entrance and there will likely be public comment at the formal City Council meeting. I would urge you to be mindful that this is a juvenile and while others may choose to use his name, I suggest that you do not. Further, the community may not know all of the details of this incident and therefore may not have the same context that the police and court system is privy to. Having said that we need to make clear what further actions the City will be taking. Police Actions and Recreation Center Staff Training: In reviewing the incident the Police Department found the officer did not violate law or department policy. However, the Police Department recognizes that the officer moved very quickly to a physical control technique that was likely not the most effective way to have dealt with this situation. To that extent the Police Department has modified their arrest procedures and policies to deploy more de-escalation techniques prior to deploying use of force. The officer will receive further training which will reinforce and emphasize this technique especially when July 23, 2015 Page 3 dealing with juveniles. The Chief wants to be clear that appropriate corrective action and additional training will be provided to modify any unacceptable police conduct. Further, the Parks and Recreation staff will undergo further training which will provide them with tools to use in seeking compliance with the recreation facilities rules before calling for service from the Police Department. The objective is to provide a safe and welcoming place for all community members to recreate in. Going Forward: The Police Department understands that the tragic incidents that have taken a number of black lives in the recent months across this country are creating a higher degree of public monitoring and examination of police departments throughout the country and will likely cause further need to examine police procedures and practices that have been in existence for a number of years. The Police Department is committed to providing a safe community and developing practices that our community finds acceptable to all persons who are in this city. Everyone in this community deserves to be treated fairly and with respect. Petition • Iowa City City Council: End discrimination against black youth in Iowa City and its public spa... Page 1 of 5 3f(9) • Start a petition • Browse • Search LOP in • My petitions • Profile • Settings • Log out • Start a petition • Search Log in or sign up Petitioning Iowa City City Council End discrimination against black youth in Iowa City and its public spaces. You're a decision maker on Black Kids's petition. You can respond to this petition's 426 supporters as a Decision Maker on Change.org Respond to this etp ition Decision Makers on Change.org have the ability to decide or influence the outcome of a petition. https://www.change.org/p/iowa-city-city-council-end-discrimination-against-black-youth-in-iowa-city-an... 7/23/2015 Petition • Iowa City City Council: End discrimination against black youth in Iowa City and its public spa... Page 2 of 5 #BlackKidsPlavToo 426 Supporters Black Kids Play Too Context On June 17, 2015, a 15 -year old boy was with friends at the Robert A. Lee (downtown) Recreation Center. Someone at the Recreation Center called the police when they determined the group was getting "too rowdy." This is a bias that our black youth often face when they are in public spaces together. When police arrived, the officers asked the youth to leave. When our 15 -year-old asked the police why they were being asked to leave, he was perceived as "resisting." Iowa City Police Officer Travis Graves tackled our unarmed, non -threatening, calm, mild-mannered 15 - year -old. Below is a video of the interaction, taken by another young person who watched as his friend was knelt on and screamed at by the officer. Following this assault by the officer, this boy was charged with trespassing and interference with official acts. Recreation Center video, which has not been shared with the general public, corroborates the youth's version of the events. Problem Statement We believe recreation centers are important community resources where our youth should feel welcomed, safe, and included. We believe Iowa City is a place that seeks to value fairness and reject bias or mistreatment based on race. We believe that the police should respond to children with de-escalation techniques, not physical aggression, intimidation, and breaching the trust and openness our children have been told they should have with the police. Black children are often perceived as older than they actually are, are treated as mini -adult criminals, and profiled in similar ways to black adults. Black people are often unjustifiably considered looming threats. This reality is particularly problematic when we compare the ways that police, media, school officials, and other adults in power, treat and talk about black children vs. the ways these entities treat and talk about white children. When black children are at play, labels such as "altercation," "rowdy" or even "gang -related activity," are used to deem our children's play deviant. When white children play, it's considered horseplay, flirting, or even "boys being boys." The Lee Recreation Center should not have a practice of automatically calling the police when they feel overwhelmed by our kids' playing. This type of bias often amounts to "too many black kids are in one place" in public spaces in Iowa City and abroad. We believe Iowa City is not living up to its "liberal" ideals! We, Black community members, need our children to be seen as children, and not as criminals. We need them to be treated and provided the same opportunities as white children. We need Iowa City, and the world, to know that #B1ackKidsPlayToo! Demands To this end, we demand that the Iowa City City Council: 1. Require City Manager Tom Markus and/or Police Chief Samuel Hargadine conduct a formal investigation of Officer Travis Graves's actions on June 17, 2015 at the Lee Recreation Center. The investigation must be conducted with utmost transparency and accountability, including, but not limited to, public release of: Lee Recreation Center video documentation, call for service, use of force report, etc. https://www.change.org/p/iowa-city-city-council-end-discrimination-against-black-youth-in-iowa-city-an... 7/23/2015 Petition • Iowa City City Council: End discrimination against black youth in Iowa City and its public spa... Page 3 of 5 2. Require the Iowa City Community Police Review Board conduct an independent investigation of Officer Travis Graves's actions on June 17, 2015 at the Lee Recreation Center. 3. Revise city (including police) policies, practices, codes, and other governing structures, to ensure and enforce the protection of citizens' rights to congregate, play, and live freely. 4. Require the Iowa City Human Rights Commission conduct an independent investigation into human rights violations by police and other city staff when said entities have citizens disperse or vacate public accommodations. 5. Allocate permanent financial, human, and other resources to Iowa City Police Department for (re -)training of ALL officers, (re -)staffing, and initiatives that build authentic, positive, reciprocal, relationships with community members, particularly children. A. Training topics must include, but not be limited to: • de-escalation as required first technique of engagement • developmentally appropriate interventions for engaging children (e.g., no physical force, no pepper spray), • privilege, power, oppression, and anti -oppression (e.g., anti -racism, anti -sexism), • cultural competency, • trauma, as related to children and racial stressors, and • engaging with children and adults with learning disabilities, behavioral/personality disorders, and/or mental health challenges. B. Training must be intensive, multi -session, sequenced, ongoing, and officers must be held accountable for satisfactory completion and progress via standard performance review. Unsatisfactory progress --expressly the use of officer excessive force and disproportionate racial/ethnic minority contact --must result in immediate unpaid suspension of officer and begin a formal, independent investigation oversaw by the Community Police Review Board. 6. Allocate permanent financial, human, and other resources to Iowa City Parks and Recreation for: 1) (re -)training of ALL employees, (re -)staffing, initiatives that build authentic, positive, reciprocal, relationships with community members, particularly children, and 2) increased programming. A. Immediate policy change must include Parks and Recreation staff using de-escalation techniques and positive engagement before making calls for police service, including, but not limited to, consulting Parks and Recreation staff supervisor on call. 7. Allocate permanent financial, human, and other resources for therapy services rendered to children traumatized by police. 8. Allocate increased financial, human, and other resources to community agencies proven to best serve Black children. Letter to Iowa City City Council End discrimination against black youth in Iowa City and its public spaces. Updates https://www.change.org/p/iowa-city-city-council-end-discrimination-against-black-youth-in-iowa-city-an... 7/23/2015 July 27, 2015 LATE HANDOUTS CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1826 (3 19) 356-5000 (319) 356-5009 FAX www.icgov.org Information submitted between distribution of packet on Thursday and 11 a.m. on Monday. CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 3f(9) Petition signed by 200 People: End Discrimination against black youth in Iowa City and its public spaces — See additional correspondence Staci Wendt PHILADELPHIA, PA 0 1 minute ago o Liked 0 I lived in Iowa City for 10 years and in the "bad" part, so I witnessed this type of thing a few times • Gregory Hearns IOWA CITY, IA 0 37 minutes ago o Liked 0 There's far too many of these incidents happening around the country, and if they continue we'll become immune, and except this as normal. I've always felt that Iowa City is better than the norm, and I strive to keep it that way. • Joel Gilbertson -White IOWA CITY, IA o about 16 hours ago o Liked 0 Every day, I pray for humans to see each other eye -to -eye, to be on common ground, seeing things as they truly are. The power differential here, and the abuse of that power all too frequently against young men of color, entirely prevents us standing together, talking together, and BEING together, on common ground. I don't want placating sentiments, hand -waving at data, or character smears from city officials to mitigate damage. I want to see earnest attempts to uncover and dismantle policies and practices of systemic racism in plain sight, and to build new policies and practices IN COLLABORATION with the COMMUNITY to work for equitable justice regardless of race/class/gender/ability/affinity, and if need be, new people to write and carry out those policies. Laura Jackson GREENSBORO, NC o about 18 hours ago o Liked 0 Public spaces are for everyone; you can't pick and choose who you're "comfortable" around. Iowa City needs to protect equality for all citizens. Adrian Aron IOWA CITY, IA o about 23 hours ago o Liked 0 Things have got to change Peter Correll IOWA CITY, IA o about 24 hours ago o Liked 0 Can you imagine your own children being treated like this? We can't allow this to happen again. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This conrnent is inappropriate LLLJ 2? Report Cancel Allyson malandra LANGHORNE, PA o 1 day ago o Liked 0 It's time that this unnecessary and wrongful violence stops. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1LJ ► ; Report Cancel • Regina Morones OAKLAND, CA o 1 day ago o Liked 0 People of color need to be treated with respect not suspicion and violence. The police need to promote peace and safety rather than terrorize us in our own neighborhoods. This needs to end now and police officers who inflict unnecessary violence on an unarmed, non-violent person of color need to suffer the consequences for it. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This co"nent is inappropriate LLJ 2? Report Cancel • Tanya Mann IOWA CITY, IA o 1 day ago o Liked 0 Because this has to stop!!! Stop treating our people like animals, and try talking and listening to us!! Rather then become aggressive towards them. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate t Report Cancel • Kenneth Clair ELLIS GROVE, IL 0 1 day ago o Liked 0 No injustice goes unanswered REPORT THIS COMMENT: This coninent is inappropriate • LLLJ ►? Report Cancel • LaMar Barber IOWA CITY, IA 0 1 day ago o Liked 0 #blacklivesmatter REPORT THIS COMMENT: This conTnent is inappropriate AI I► Report Cancel • DOROTHY TAYLOR FORT DODGE, IA 0 1 day ago o Liked 0 Black lives matter REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • Report ancel • Samantha Fillenworth CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 0 2 days ago o Liked 0 I've seen a lot of the guys hanging at the rec center and having a good time while I work out. I've interacted with some of them and they're harmless. They get loud but I've never felt threatened by them. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This cormrent is inappropriate iij ► ; Report Cancel • Jessica Smith CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 0 2 days ago o Liked 0 Asking questions is not resisting! REPORT THIS COMMENT: This connnent is inappropriate # ► Report ancel • sarah kanouse IOWA CITY, IA o 2 days ago o Liked 0 This discrimination is far to common in our community. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This conrnent is inappropriate • U 2? Report Cancel • Natalie Parker MOLINE, IL o 2 days ago o Liked 0 I'm signing because this has been going on for far too long, I never put it into context of this happening here and this in unacceptable REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate y 1 ► ' Report ancel Term IOWA CITY, IA o 2 days ago o Liked 0 Everyone needs to be treated with respect. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Report Cancel • Glara seo BROOKFIELD, CT 0 2 days ago o Liked 0 I used to live in Iowa city and don't want this to be what a city I love to be. I also don't want discrimination to exist in the law enforcement in any city I live in. I hope for Iowa city to become an example for other cities to follow instead of what to avoid. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This conTnent is inappropriate 2- - Report Cancel dustin wellnitz GREEN LAKE, WI 0 2 days ago o Liked 0 I used to live in iowa city, iowa when I was in 6th grade and this was how black kids were perceived then also. My Family being African American and I being part African American have sought it first hand. This needs to not only happen there in Iowa City but it needs to happen across the nation. Where cops need to not perceive young black kids as trouble and gang related and so forth and let them be until the do such wrong doings. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This corn rnent is inappropriate 1 ► � _!eport]C ancel 0 Anita Jung JUNG, IA o 2 days ago o Liked 0 Because I care about the children in this community. Police need to build relationships through communication and act as role models for our youth and not behave like reactionary thugs. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This cornrnent is inappropriate LLLJ 2? Report Cancel • Philip Kemp IOWA CITY, IA o 2 days ago o Liked 0 #blacklives matter REPORT THIS COMMENT: This cornment is inappropriate • # ► Report Cancel • heather Weber NORTH LIBERTY, IA 0 2 days ago o Liked 0 I'm concerned about the safety of black youth in the IC community. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate � 2- Cancel Marlow Burrell NORTH LIBERTY, IA o 2 days ago o Liked 0 This is blatant injustice and it NEEDS to change! REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • + P r Report Cancel Seth Ferreira KALONA, IA o 3 days ago o Liked 0 I want my friends to feel safe and supported by their community, not threatened by REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate i —?- Cancel T Cancel • Sarahann Kolder IOWA CITY, IA o 3 days ago o Liked 0 I'm from Iowa City and I want to feel safe when I see a cop REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate e ► Report Cancel • Matt Smith MARION, IA o 3 days ago o Liked 0 Maybe the little nigger should have listened to the police officer instead of resisting. Maybe tell the whole story, cunt? REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate LLU 2? Report Cancel • Morgan Brittain IOWA CITY, IA o 3 days ago o Liked 0 The Iowa City police force needs greater cultural competence-- in the way that it deals with black people of all ages. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This conTnent is inappropriate t ► Report Cancel • ike lane IOWA CITY, IA 0 3 days ago o Liked 0 the iowese think theyre so liberal... imagine what these cops are saying behind closed doors. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate f LLLJ ►? Report Cancel • Kathleen Nolan IOWA CITY, IA 0 3 days ago o Liked 0 social/cultural profiling has got to stop REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate r ► Report Cancel Malik Samuel WOODRIDGE, IL o 3 days ago o Liked 0 I love going to Iowa City and I am a black man and have felt the pain of descrimination all of my life! REPORT THIS COMMENT: This conTnent is inappropriate LL—j 2? Report Icancel • Tony Gatewood IOWA CITY, IA 0 3 days ago o Liked 0 We need change in the perception of Black youth and adults in Iowa City. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This cones ent is inappropriate • LLLJ / Report Cancel • Enough Already IOWA CITY, IA o 3 days ago o Liked 0 Please wise up and get your heads out of the sand and realize black people's factual account of events are misguided by always pulling the "racism card" every it comes to black vs white. See #freddiegray#michaelbrown REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • 1 ► � Report Cancel jibreel mustefa IOWA CITY, IA o 3 days ago o Liked 0 I don't like to know that things like this happen in my own community REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1 ► e Report Icancel • Tiffany Carter IOWA CITY, IA 0 3 days ago o Liked 0 This is no way to treat black individuals, and this is especially no way to treat a child. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate L±Lj ►? Report Cancel Mary Clark WEST LIBERTY, IA o 3 days ago o Liked 0 Black lives matter and the chilling reality is that they are being unjustly criminalized again and again. Conversations and changes like this one are hard but so incredibly necessary. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This commnt is inappropriate LLLJ 2? Report Cancel Lydia Zhu IOWA CITY, IA o 3 days ago o Liked 0 The vicious cycle of police brutality and racial profiling must stop, and more resources need to be allocated to cultural competency training for officers. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Report 2 - Cancel • shelby clinton CORALVILLE, IA o 3 days ago o Liked 0 Violence need to STOP REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate T LLLJ _0j Report Cancel stephanie hnesh IOWA CITY, IA o 3 days ago o Liked 0 Education of all of us in regards to systemic racism can only help, and this petition focuses on educating people who deal with difficult situations every day. There is much healing to be done in our community as in the rest of our country. While I have been in public places with youth of all colors who get a little "rowdy", I think this case illustrates profiling at it's worst- refusal to give children the respect they deserve and to help them be involved in discussions to change inappropriate behaviors could have led to immediate de-escalation of this incident, and instead it serves to ignite nerves, anger, and hatred towards law enforcement which has been building for a long time. We need to begin to build this community with tolerance, peace, love, and respect, and I believe through education it can be done. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate ' T Report ancel • Aneisa Hicks IOWA CITY, IA o 3 days ago o Liked 0 I believe in this and letting people who look like me have a fair chance. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate e Report ancel Nyiesha Lawson IOWA CITY, IA 0 3 days ago o Liked 0 I feel that the cops are here to "serve and protect" not "best black people every chance they get" also in case I need the cops to protect me for whatever reason I shouldn't have to ever question wether or not they might be me Because of my race. In other word this has to stop REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Report ancel Morris Hill ARLINGTON, TX o 3 days ago o Liked 0 I've lived in Iowa City for 3yrs and don't want this crap in my community. I concerned about the welfare of all the youth and the fact that they should feel safe in their community and at places that are supposed to foster a sense of community building and togetherness!#POLICEBRUTALITYHASNOPLACEINIOWA REPORT THIS COMMENT: This conrrent is inappropriate ! b Report Cancel • Holly Waite IOWA CITY, IA 0 3 days ago o Liked 0 This both angers and scares me. Changes comes when we change. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1 ►? Report Cancel • Cheryl Marks IOWA CITY, IA 0 3 days ago o Liked 0 I care about injustice. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • Report 2 - Cancel • Joan Hall MACAU, MACAO o 3 days ago o Liked 0 I raised my three kids in Iowa City, we enjoyed the rec centers. Working together - police, rec center employees, parents and young people is the only way to better the situation that seems to be prevalent today where someone who isn't my ownself is first and foremost a threat to my own safety. Communication and understanding will build trust, upon which we can all build peace. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate I 1 1 2? Report Cancel Joanna Lawson IOWA CITY, IA o 3 days ago o Liked 0 We are all the same under our skin. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1 ► - Report Cancel Thomas Eisenberg IOWA CITY, IA o 3 days ago o Liked 0 I want the police department members to know that they are appreciated and supported. It is however of utmost importance that we all recognize the power differentials, the bias and prejudice that leads to unfair or unnecessary escalation in encounters, and to change the relationships and perceptions being more deeply damaged on an all too regular basis nationally. Iowa City can be a leader in how to police in collaboration with and in service to the community. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1 LLLJ ► Report Cancel Osa Renko INDIANAPOLIS, IN o 3 days ago o Liked 0 I want racial profiling to stop. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Li—j —? Report ancel • Dana Tam IOWA CITY, IA o 3 days ago o Liked 0 This is so sad..police are supposed to protect and serve.no one trust the police any more. . REPORT THIS COMMENT: This corrrnent is inappropriate j 4 1 1 2? Report Cancel • Robert LaCroix IOWA CITY, IA 0 3 days ago o Liked 2 I've had an encounter with this officer when he was a part of the DNR. He has always been overly forceful and over the top aggressive to people simply hanging out and minding their own business. This seems to be a prerequisite to the Iowa city police force. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This corrrnent is inappropriate • LLLJ2? Report ancel Travis Heck LUTHER, OK o 3 days ago o Liked 2 I'm signing this because every interaction with officer Travis Graves has been inhumane. As a law abiding citizen I am appalled that this great city is represented by a character of his caliber. I've known several people who have had similar complaints about him as an officer.. and about him as a former DNR officer. This is the first petition -and it WILL not be the last Iowa city. Fix this injustice. He's at the helm of MANY. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate j Report Cancel • Mary Nichols -Marshall IOWA CITY, IA 0 3 days ago o Liked 0 Because I love Iowa City, I love black children as deeply as I love white ones, and I believe that God is love; for my city to behave unlovingly is wrong and must stop, for the love of God. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate LLLJ ► T Report Cancel • Kenja Jackson IOWA CITY, IA 0 3 days ago o Liked 0 Kenja Jackson REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate LLLJ 2? Report Cancel • Carol adderley IOWA CITY, IA o 3 days ago o Liked 0 That officer is kneeling on the kid's back and yelling at him. It's so wrong. It's the officer I'd be afraid of being beyond rowdy and out of control. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate ' ► T Report Icancel • Loraine Brenner IOWA CITY, IA 0 3 days ago o Liked 0 I'm signing because we have a social contract wherein we trust the police to protect and serve us. That means protect and serve all of us! The reason we don't have to take the law into our own hands is because we entrust the police to do this. Police officers are held to a higher standard, cool- and level-headed are attributes inherent in the job description. As I once heard from a friend, if you're going to be a police officer, be a good police officer, otherwise you are just a bully! It is abuse of power and erodes our trust in them and in the social contract. This is not to be taken lightly, police officers must have the education and training to truly protect and serve us. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Report Cancel • Tashondia Williams CHICAGO, IL o 3 days ago o Liked 0 I had this happen to me except I wasn't used with force and the police harrased me REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate LLLJ —?- Report Icancel • lero. carter IOWA CITY, IA 0 3 days ago o Liked 0 Black kids are not allowed to play like normal kids in public. They make black kids move to one half on a basketball court while a white parent and her single kid take a whole other side. Favoritism is a problem to. Its doesn't matter who was there first. The black people is always asks to move. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This conimnt is inappropriate Report Cancel • kenyatta Johnson IOWA CITY, IA 0 3 days ago o Liked 0 I am a black youth REPORT THIS COMMENT: This convent is inappropriate 1 4 2- Report Cancel • HardingMea an SEONGNAM, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF o 3 days ago o Liked 0 Because incidents like this are unacceptable. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Uj 2? Report Cancel • destiny blount IOWA CITY, IA o 3 days ago o Liked 0 I witnessed this incident and it was wrong to the fullest and they still had no right and the call wasn't even a call somebody called and hung up no reason for them to come at all REPORT THIS COMMENT: This conrnent is inappropriate Report Cancel 0 Derma Rivera -Aguirre DES MOINES, IA o 3 days ago o Liked 0 Stop police brutality agains people of color Lauren Weinstock DAVENPORT, IA o 3 days ago o Liked 0 A former Iowa resident and U.S. citizen this is disturbing and shameful. Please stop treating people this way. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Ut Report Cancel • Michael Davis KANSAS CITY, MO o 3 days ago o Liked 0 While I may not be an Iowa resident, I feel this needs to stop. I know my signature here may not aid a legal case because my residence I'd in another state, but every voice helps. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate T Report JC ancel • Jace Repshire OLATHE, KS o 3 days ago o Liked 0 Systemic racism has to stop. Police are to protect and serve the community, not harm and belittle our citizens and youth. This unneeded brutality will not go on. We, the people, will not stand for it. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate LLLJ ► Repor_]Cancel • Ronnie McDowell IOWA CITY, IA o 3 days ago o Liked 0 I agree REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • U—i —? Report Cancel • Courtney Wilkinson CORALVILLE, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 Iowa City is better than this. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate i Report Cancel • Kim Bergen -Jackson IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 Iowa City should be a safe place for all youth. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate j Report JC ancel Jason Hull HAZEL GREEN, WI o 4 days ago o Liked 0 Its time. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This convent is inappropriate • Report Cancel • Santiago Rhone DES MOINES, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 It's time for a change REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 4 1 1 —0? Report Cancel • Sean Towley IOWA CITY, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 It's the right thing. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 4 2 Report ancel • Sally Hartman IOWA CITY, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 I work with children and youth in schools. The fear of police brutality is now another burden they must bear. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate LLLJ ► Report ancel Sylvia Carlisle CHARLESTON, IL o 4 days ago o Liked 0 I grew up in Iowa City REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate f Uj Report Cancel • ryan schweer DENVER, CO o 4 days ago o Liked 0 The ICPD has way too many corrupt/wreckless/violent/racist police officers and there is currently zero accountability for their human rights violations. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • LLLJ 2? Report Cancel Lynne Findley BELLINGHAM, WA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 I am a former resident and find the video shocking. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 4 R? Report Cancel Anna Ball REDMOND, WA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 It's 2015, there is absolutely no excuse to discriminate based on race or any other inherent characterisitic any longer. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Report Cancel • Cody Kuhens IOWA CITY, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 1 The ICPD NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND I WANT TO SEE OFFICER TRAVIS GRAVES FIRED FOR HIS ABUSIVE AND UNNECESSARY ACTIONS!!! REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate LLLJ Report Cancel • Africa Flowers IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 Im signing because this stuff has to STOP!!! EVERY WHERE IN THE FEEAKING WORLD BLACK MEN, CHILDREN, WOMEN; PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE RACE IS BEING TARGETED BY WHITE OFFICIALS.... WHY LORD WHY REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate LLLJ 211 Report Cancel • Allison McNeese IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 This is appalling. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate i ` T Report Cancel Merry Landenberger HAWARDEN, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 I saw no reason for this kind of abuse to the 15 year old that just asked a simple question.. It was cruel! REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate LLLJ 2? Report Cancel rebelah Jalilian-Nosraty MILTON, FL o 4 days ago o Liked 0 children of color should not be viewed as violent or bullies until a preponderance of evidence proves it to be fact. Children of color deserve a safe childhood that ensures positive association with community resources and law enforcement,net. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • LLLJ Report Cancel • Jennifer baum IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 when i was 12, 13 and 14 i got very rowdy - and mouthy, and loud - at the rec center. the police were never called. it was the late 60s/ early 70s. we were doing much more dangerous things than these kids (yes i still hang out there and see what they are doing). let these kids be rowdy teens where they will be safe -- or at least safe-ish if the police are left out of it. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 4 1 1 2? Report Cancel • jennifer hood CORALVILLE, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 Im a mother of two black boys and although im raising them to be respectful of everyone, I know everyone wont respect them and im so scared for their future. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 4 1 1 2? Report Cancel • Deonte Seals NORTH LIBERTY, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 he didn't do anything wrong, he was just there with friends, and the police officer said that he was resisting arrest but he couldn't put his hands behind his back REPORT THIS COMMENT: This conTnent is inappropriate LLJ Report Cancel Barbara Goodnow BURLINGTON, NC o 4 days ago o Liked 0 My family is blended and until 2000 I lived my whole life in IA, My kids grew up in IC/Coralville and even back then these things happened. Most cops there were good some were just good old boy jerks. Do your job, do it with respect and if you don't like people of color, resign! REPORT THIS COMMENT: This coninent is inappropriate Report ancel Anna Evans IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 All members of our community deserve respect. Abuse of power will not be tolerated. A community standing together as one can speak the loudest, and I hope be heard clearly. Active change is a must! REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • LLLJ 2? Report Cancel • shannen smith IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 This happens. It must stop. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This cormient is inappropriate 4 ` r Report Cancel • Chris Vincent IOWA CITY, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 I think many Iowa City professionals need more training in cultural competence. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This cormient is inappropriate Report Cancel • Jenny Holzhauser DES MOINES, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 I support the youth of the nation. Police officers need to learn what resisting arrest really looks like. I have seen many examples lately of abuse of power. How long before the police rise up and are allowed to treat anyone and everyone this way. I feel like I can't even ask the police for help. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 3 ► Report Cancel • Christopher Goodmann IOWA CITY, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 1 This is unnecessary. Cops are not above the law; this kid is being assaulted, and charges should be dropped. Don't have a rec center if what you wanted was a private club. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1 ► Report ancel • Lori Young DES MOINES, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 1 I agree with these demands. Reprimand the officer and adopt these well thought out suggestions. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1 ► Report JC ancel • Brooks Love IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 1 I'm signing because I've also seen this discrimination firsthand REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1 4 1 1 2 - Report Cancel • Denelle Thomas IOWA CITY, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 Because i like to stand up for civil injustices! REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • LLLJ 21 Report Cancel • Margaret Smith IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 I hate racial profiling REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 4 ► Report Cancel • Gerardo Ramirez CORALVILLE, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 I'm signing because these cops are getting too high and mighty for having a piece of metal pinned to their shirts. Taking down a fifteen year old takes minimal effort you clown. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comrnent is inappropriate 4 1 1 2? Report Cancel • Zachary Zaffis CORALVILLE, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 Because all men should be treated equal. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This cormrent is inappropriate i Report Cancel • Anthony D DAVENPORT, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 Although I'm white I too was harassed by the police when i lived in Iowa City. I think this a a great step in helping fix the relationship the police has with the public. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This cornrnent is inappropriate y Report Cancel Jayne swift SEATTLE, WA 0 4 days ago o Liked 2 I'm a former Iowa City resident who recalls how my friends of color were routinely subject to intimidation. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • Report Cancel • Kineret Zabner IOWA CITY, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 I would like to stop discrimination in my city REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate = T LLLJ Report Cancel • Patrick Dolan IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 In the twenty years I've lived in this town it's been made abundantly clear that the rules are different for different colors of people in public. We need to tear down these social barriers if we are ever to join and thrive as a community. This movement has germinated already, despite the effects of our byzantine civil regulations. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • T LLLJ —d RepJrtCancel • shubiri sula IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 Change is needed in our community if we're to be more progressive. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate = Report Cancel • Jasmine Terrell IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 This is: The overuse of police power and authority. A disturbing need by this officer of the law to inflict extreme, testosterone -fueled violence instead of mindful de-escalation techniques. Privileged white community members who have racially driven problems (which stem from fear of the unknown and a need to control) with people of color- singularly, or in groups. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate LLLJ _? Report Cancel �� tment. • Jennifer Comstock TIPTON, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 Iowa City is too evolved for this kind of thing to happen, even its police department. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1 ► Report Cancel • Anthony Bodensteiner CORALVILLE, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 I'm tired of seeing minority children being brutalized by police. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Report Cancel • John Downing IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 I'm sick and tired of seeing poorly trained police officers doing a terrible job at dealing with the public they are supposed to be serving. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Report Cancel • Jaime Nevins TIPTON, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 1 This is not an isolated incident. The community in Iowa City that calls itself 'liberal' seems to care more about a pat on the back than substantive change. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • U -j —?- Report Cancel • Ulrike Carlson IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 Another example of outrageous behavior by police forces - this time in our own city. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1 ► ; Report ancel 0 Hannah Drollinger WEST LIBERTY, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 Enough is enough. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This convent is inappropriate 41 12 - Report Cancel • shirine hutchinson FITZGERALD, GA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 I have personally been discriminated against by the Iowa City PD years ago when I was a U of Iowa student. I am now married to a retired law enforcement officer and I want all of our public servants to be tested for racial and other biases. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This conTnent is inappropriate 1 ► Report Cancel • Emily Obert NORTH LIBERTY, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 Alacklivesmatter REPORT THIS COMMENT: This conTnent is inappropriate s # a Report ancel K Burno IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 I'm petrified at how quickly things escalate. We should not be afraid of the people who are there to protect us. There's a better way. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate LLJ Report Cancel Seipati Tshabalala CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 Equality REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Liu 2? Report Cancel Dave Whiting IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 I'm advocating for justice for all of our youth. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • 1 ► ' Report Cancel • Anaisa Galvan IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 I have a biracial son REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Liu 2? Report Cancel • Andrew Sharkey IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 The point of public space is that it may be used by the public. Instead of driving away people it should be a place of safety for all citizens. Exactly like the job of the police is to protect all citizens. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate I1 1R Report ancel • Sarah Nei hors HERSHEY, PA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 As a former resident of Iowa City, I saw racial bias grow over the past decade REPORT THIS COMMENT: This conment is inappropriate Report Cancel • Kim Webster IOWA CITY, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 I understand that African American culture is different from European American culture. Sometimes, what looks like rowdy troublemaking is just playing around at a different level of volume and exuberance. I want white folks to stop being so threatened by people who look and act differently. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1 � � Report Cancel Frederick Newell IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 I am a true believer that our youth matters and that there needs to be changes made within the criminal justice and the child welfare system. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • ► Y Report Cancel Isabel Mendoza IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 This is not right. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • UJ 2? Report Cancel • Marleen Linares IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 I'm tired of the pain and the grief and the fear that is plaguing the black community. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate LLJ► T Report Cancel • Jeanette Hall CORALVILLE, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 Everywhere the problem/issue is a big factor! ! ! REPORT THIS COMMENT: This cornrnent is inappropriate LLLJ Report ancel • Faith Bennett CHICAGO, IL 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 I grew up in Iowa City and lived there many years through college. I have fond memories as I've often swam and played at the Rec center. Iowa City is better than this and sets the standards that the rest of the country follows in education. Let's do the same when for showing compassion and caring for young black children as. Well as for young people of all cultures. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This cornrnent is inappropriate LLLJ ► Report ancel • Cerina Wade CORALVILLE, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 I know this child, and he is NOT a child who is looking for trouble. He has seen enough of it in his young life. He is a former student of mine & he is a great child! REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate tLi► Report ancel • Okechukwu Ukah IOWA CITY, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 I believe police officers need additional training and should be held accountable when they racially profile and use excessive force. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Report ancel • Lesa Frantz SANTA FE, NM 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 I JUST moved from Johnson County. I was born at Mercy Hospital. The militant attitudes, discrimination, bias, stereotyping and the resulting actions of those "group think" practices of ICPD have been declining for 20 years. They are no longer "public servants" but "own the public" There is little respect for civil rights and fair application of the law. THIS MUST CHANGE. The ICPD (everyone, not just officers) the Sheriffs Dept. AND the city counsel All need retraining, but unless official (and more so the "unofficial") operational policies change, there cannot be change. Police in IC need more policing. They need to wear body cams. They need to be held accountable if those cams aren't on for EVERY CIVILIAN INTERACTION. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate LLLJ Report Cancel Dillon Goodlaxson IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 Because assaulting children is terrifying and cannot be acceptable. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriateLLJ • ! r Report Cancel Michelle Boss CORALVILLE, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 Police in this area profile and mistreat the black people in our community. They should be protecting us ALL from actual crimes and real threats. The innocent civilians should not fear the people appointed to protect them. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This corrrrent is inappropriate � b � Report Cancel • Virginia Keith WATERVILLE, NY 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 Police forces need to find a way to discriminate and NOT hire racist and bigoted cops. Train them and fire them at the first sign of not getting the message. Find a WAY! REPORT THIS COMMENT: This cormrent is inappropriate b r Report ancel • Stacia Scott IOWA CITY, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 Black lives matter REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Lj r < ► Report Cancel • Tineke Melvin NORTH LIBERTY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 Children should not have to fear being youth, we didn't. This nonsense need to stop. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 4 1 1 2? Report Cancel • Nehemiah Vasser IOWA CITY, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 The racism need to STOP!! REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Report Cancel • Cassandra Santiago IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 because this could have been my brother. #blackkidsplaytoo REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Report Cancel • Amanda Swygard SAINT PAUL, MN o 4 days ago o Liked 0 I was a life-long Iowa City resident until only one year ago. Starting on my new path of growing as a public health professional, I see the value in not only healthy individuals but healthy communities as well. The principles suggested by this petition are the absolute minimum that should be in place in Iowa City law enforcement practices to help create racial and cultural equity for all citizens. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • LLLJ 2? Report Icancel Theresa Lewis IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 Everyone has the right to live without fear and violence. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This Comment is inappropriate E Report Cancel • Mahmoud Siddia DE WITT, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 I am black. And black lives matter. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate E , Report Cancel • Daryl Byrd IOWA CITY, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 Black kids deserve a safe space to play and have the right to be themselves (especially with their black friends). In the last few years (that I've seen) police brutality has gotten way out of hand (it really shouldn't even be occurring in the first place). Black people are not safe anywhere. Haven't been for centuries now. Police officers should be held to a much higher standard than they are (especially Iowa City police). We are a part of this community. We do not intended to hurt or maim anybody, but yet we appear menacing and threatening (black men) or loud and obnoxious (black women). Our community does not need a Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Freddie Gray, Sandra Bland, and countless, oftentimes unaccounted for black victims. I want to eventually raise my family here and don't want to worry (I'll probably always worry a bit) about police brutality in my community. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This conrnent is inappropriate • Report Cancel • Annette Michaels CORALVILLE, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 For my students who are too young to vote and need the police to be fair. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate LLLJ 2? Report Cancel • Paul Olson JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 Everyone needs to be treated with respect? It's past time that there a honest conversation about race relations in Iowa City. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • 1 1 ► Report Cancel • Nashika Tetteh CLINTON, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 I'm signing because police brutality needs to stop. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1 b Report Cancel • Julie Olson JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 Racism of any kind is wrong and inhumane. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This cormient is inappropriate 1 r Report ancel • Tarik Gordon NEW ORLEANS, LA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 Im sick.and tired of the way we are treated in the state of iowa. Its like its ok to come.there for college and get your life in order, but were not expected to stay. I myself have been a victim of police brutality both physically and verbally. Its time for a change. Its time for the pigs to answet for their wrong.doing. Is it going to take one of us murdering these bastards to get our point across???!!! Its time for change. If not we will take actiob! ! #Power❑ REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1 - Report Cancel • Peggy Valdes CHICAGO, IL o 4 days ago o Liked 0 I'm signing because enough is enough. The police should not be threatened by someone asking why they are being stopped, searched, etc. It's our right to know. Otherwise, we'd live in a police state, and as far as I know, we do not. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate t1 1! Report Cancel • Anne Tanner IOWA CITY, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 I'm signing because the video showed, in my opinion, inappropriate amounts of force to quiet a 15 -year-old. I would like an investigation to find out what came before the video, and suggest that we suspend judgment until all facts are in. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Report Cancel • Justin Haines CORALVILLE, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 I was raised in IC and saw and heard of too many incidents like this one. All children should be free to play and be kids without fear of officially sanctioned violence. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • Report Cancel Pat Bowen IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 Discrimination in any format is wrong and should not be tolerated. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • LLLJ —?- Report Cancel Armisha Johnson NORTH LIBERTY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 I'm signing this because I have seen how the police at with our children and it is ridiculous. If we don't demand a change it will never happen. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate .� 1 4 1 1 2? Report Cancel • Dorothy Whiston IOWA CITY, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 This has got to stop! This is yet another of many recent instances of black youth being harassed and intimidated by local law enforcement for no reason. Please sign this petition to show your support for changes in policing policies and practices! REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Report Cancel • Sarah Green DES MOINES, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 I'm signing this because police brutality against people of color is a problem and it needs to be addressed and STOPPED. I'm signing this because children need to be treated like children and not like hardened criminals or gang members or anything other than what they are: children. Stop killing our black brothers and sisters! Stop killing our black children. Stop killing our citizens. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Report Cancel • George Lazaro IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 Iowa city police officers are not protecting the peace, they are using power to get away with a lot of things. Threatening, unjustified allegations, and no respect for citizens. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • T Report Cancel Rebecca Nyanufi IOWA CITY, IA o 4 days ago o Liked 0 I'm African American and I want to feel safe when I'm hanging out places REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate � R Report Cancel • Yolanda Sanchez IOWA CITY, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 I believe this act was wrong and justice should be served to the teen that was wrongfully mistreated outside the Rec Center by police. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This cormient is inappropriate ► . Report Cancel • Klyyens Delaunay CORALVILLE, IA 0 4 days ago o Liked 0 Police aggression toward youth is completely unprofessional and and a embarrassment to the badge. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate LLU 2 - Report Cancel • Dawn Willging IOWA CITY, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 Blacklifesmatter REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Report Icancel Shakira Parker IOWA CITY, IA 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 We Need A Change tired of getting all the attention in stores etc. because the Color of my Skin REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • 1 R Report Cancel • Robert Glasgow SALEM, OR 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 I love Iowa City and I want everyone to feel safe and free from discrimination. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 4 ► � Report Cancel • Kari Lichtenberg IOWA CITY, IA 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 ALL Iowa City children need to feel safe in our community and feel they can trust law enforcement. My 13yo saw this video and was shocked. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate ► T Report ancel • Audrey Martin IOWA CITY, IA 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 I am a concerned citizen of Iowa City, and I see the problem. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • 1 ► Report Cancel • Melody Hobert Mellecker HILLS, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 I'm signing because I believe that all children deserve respectful interactions with public officials and police and that racial discrimination must come to an end. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Report ancel Tyler Wright IOWA CITY, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 I have been treated differently by Iowa city police because of my color. They target black people and try to make us criminal records REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • 1 4 1 1 2? Report Cancel Rev. David M Martinez WEST LIBERTY, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 Change for constitutional equity must become a reality in order for true democratic justice to be prevalent at all levels of society. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This cormient is inappropriate 1 t � Report Cancel Sergio Maldonado CHICAGO, IL o 5 days ago o Liked 0 I'm signing because police officers are out of control. Until they're held accountable, they'll continue to abuse their power. They're supposed to protect and serve, but as a Latino, in terrified of police officers and would rather not ever deal with them at all. Their training needs to change and they need to face consequences when they mistreat the public. I also think there's a double standard in the way we treat White and Black children. Dark skinned children rarely get the benefit of the doubt. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1 ► � Report JC ancel • maryann rasmussen IOWA CITY, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 This community should not and does not tolerate this kind of police behavior. I'm tired of watching the police and the DA's office target people of color in our community. Who's going to be held accountable for what was done to this young man? REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Report ancel • Alexandria Jamison -Thomas CHICAGO, IL 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 #blacklivesmatter REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Report Cancel • Heather Highly IOWA CITY, IA 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 Every child needs to feel safe and protected by their community and treated with respect and dignity. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1 4 1 1 2? Report Cancel Hannah Doerge AUSTIN, TX 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 Iowa City should be better than this. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 2? Report Cancel • Barbara Anderson IOWA CITY, IA 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 The City Council needs to absolutely make sure this type of action does not happen again! We need fair and just treatment for all and additional training and education are needed to ensure this. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Report ancel • Nathanial Moy DES MOINES, IA 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 I'm not signing this because I believe that "allocating" that much money, and human resources isn't nearly impossible. I just believe that this is a case in which the ends will completely justify the means, and the nearly inevitable rewards certainly are worth the risks. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This cornnnent is inappropriate 1 ► � Report Cancel • Braeden Jones IOWA CITY, IA 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 I keep expecting Iowa City to be better than this, and it keeps letting me down. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • � r Report Cancel • Laura Mendoza IOWA CITY, IA 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 I believe that every minority should be treated fairly. This is not fair! REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate j Report Cancel Timothy smith IOWA CITY, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 This needs to stop. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Uj Report Cancel Palermo Jefh IOWA CITY, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 Iowa City police over -react whenever black people congregate or make noise assuming criminality instead of inquiring respectfully. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • LLLJ 2? Report Cancel Miranda Nielson IOWA CITY, IA 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 I used to work there. This is vital. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This conTnent is inappropriate Report Cancel • Matt Seeman GRESHAM, OR o 5 days ago o Liked 1 It's time for the city council to be more than a rubber stamp for developers. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This corrrnent is inappropriate r U ► Report Icancel Renee Speh IOWA CITY, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 I am a white ally. I have seen many times groups of children enjoying each other's company at Mercer and Lee Recreation Centers. I was pleased to see them congregating in our taxpayer funded community center. I consider that a wise use of my tax dollars to provide a safe, public, place for kids to go to exercise or play. Many times I also saw staff members treat some groups, the ones with mostly children of color, with inappropriate impatience and unfair treatment. I will share this widely. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate UJ Report Cancel • John McKerley SILVER SPRING, MD o 5 days ago o Liked 0 I'm a former resident of Iowa City and currently work there. I would not want my child treated this way by the police. But I'm white and have white children, so I probably won't have to worry about it --which is terribly unjust. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate LLLJ ► Report Cancel • Savannah Carlstrom IOWA CITY, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 #B1ackKidsPlayToo #B1ackLivesMatter Stop perpetuating white supremacy in Iowa City. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1 Li ►? Report Cancel • Doreen Edmundson MOUNT VERNON, IA 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 I am so tired of police brutality, just because they CAN be brutal. Its time for it to stop. Stop killing our children!! You are supposed to protect them. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1 T Report ancel • Emone Jordan CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 I've been through a similar situation which should've been handled on different term. They didn't even ask What was going on, I was placed under arrest an court ordered to pay 2500$ of money I didn't have at the time. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1LJ► ' Report ancel Michael Hussey IOWA CITY, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 1 We need defined levels of force by officers based on the situation. We also need accountability by body cam here and everywhere. The racial disparity observed in law enforcement is unacceptable. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate LLLJ Repor_]Cancel • Sukurat Giwa HAMMOND, IN o 5 days ago o Liked 0 Im black in a white space. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Liu 2- _!eport jCancel Fay Rosario IOWA CITY, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 Equality for all REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1 4 1 1 2 - Report Cancel • James Willging AMES, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 I'm signing because I've gotten way to "rowdy" at the rec. center in my youth, and not once was faced with a police officer tackling me, and pressing fraudulent charges. Its time for equal opportunities for all people. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate �- _LepojrtCancel • Katie Coleman IOWA CITY, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 Black Lives Matter REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • 1 ► Report Cancel M K SAN FRANCISCO, CA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 Police must stop attacking Black children in Iowa City. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Report Cancel • Kayla Wheeler EUCLID, OH 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 Black children deserve a safe and affirming place to play. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Report ancel • Elizabeth Baertlein BRIGHTON, MA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 I would like to see further investigation into this action by the police. It seems like something minor escalated into something major unnecessarily. This actually makes me hesitant to call the police if I really am a victim of or witness to a crime, as it seems that the police only escalate the situation and make it worse. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 4 1 1 — ? Report Cancel • Jon Fogarty IOWA CITY, IA 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 This is totally unacceptable. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 4 1 1 2? Report ancel • Jill Moffett DURHAM, NC o 5 days ago o Liked 0 I used to live in Iowa City and have witnessed racist policing there many times. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This cormient is inappropriate • Lia Report Cancel • Amy Sundermann CORALVILLE, IA 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 We all live here together. Cultural awareness is essential. Police interaction with children should focus on the safety of the child first and foremost, every time. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1 ► _!eportJC ancel • Carol deProsse LONE TREE, IA 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 This is a serious subject and the Council needs to treat it as such. Many of us feel as though most of you don't care about anything else but how much tax revenue you can collect. Social issues matter, too! REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1 ► � Report Cancel • Ann Rhodes IOWA CITY, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 Children of color should be treated with respect and dignity in Iowa City's public spaces. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate LLLJ Report Cancel • Sara Henryson IOWA CITY, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 1 This is an experience this 15 year old child will carry in his mind for the rest of his life. If any one else did this it would be called child abuse. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Lij 2? _!eport]C ancel Allison Wright IOWA CITY, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 Treatment is not always fair across the board REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate Lit ! � Report Cancel Latisha McDaniel DALLAS, TX 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 This is a big problem especially on the west side of Iowa City. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate I 1 1 2? Report ancel • Anne ventullo IOWA CITY, IA 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 I am tired of living in a town where this type of violence against children occurs. We pay taxes. Start listening to our voices! REPORT THIS COMMENT: This cornrnent is inappropriate � � X Report Cancel 0 Alison Oliver IOWA CITY, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 Black youth are often misperceived as greater threats for simply being present. Best practices in working with youth dictate de-escalation strategies. This form of engagement is not only unproductive, but it increases safety risks and can be traumatizing to the child. Our children deserve better. This officer's behavior is not conducive to "public safety" in any sense. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This coninent is inappropriate • L±Lj 2 Report Cancel • Rose Phillips IOWA CITY, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 Iowa City should be a safe and inclusive place for children. Sometimes children in groups get into animated conversation. Who wrote the rules saying this is disruptive? In any case, recreation staff and officers should err on the side of NOT using force, intimidation, or exclusion with children. This list of demands is quite specific and entirely reasonable. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate • Lj_j 2? Report Cancel Charlie Eastham IOWA CITY, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 I expect much better policing in our community. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This conTnent is inappropriate LLLJ ► r Report Cancel • Sara Lan e� nberg NORTH LIBERTY, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 Excessive force on this teenager does not seem appropriate based on video, and it is clear the officer is ignoring the child saying he cannot move his hand to comply with the officer's request. I respect all officers and know they face challenging situations and must be prepared, but IC officers -- all officers -- can & should behave better than this. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This cormrent is inappropriate • LLU 2? Report Cancel • Linda Stewart Kroon IOWA CITY, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 This kind of violence against black youth in our community is UNACCEPTABLE and must stop. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate ALJ ► Report ancel • Alecia Brooks CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 #blacklivesmatter REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 4 1 1 2? Report Cancel • Kathleen Crose IOWA CITY, IA 0 5 days ago o Liked 0 Black kids play too. REPORT THIS COMMENT: This comment is inappropriate 1 ► Report Cancel • Sara Barron IOWA CITY, IA o 5 days ago o Liked 0 I don't want to live in a community where this happens. I want Black children to THRIVE and play and learn and find joy in Iowa City r CITY OF IOWA CITY3f(10) �,,. MEMORANDUM Date: June 17, 2015 To: City Clerk From: Sarah Walz, Assistant Transportation Planner Re: Item for July 27th, 2015, City Council meeting: Installation of two (2) NO PARKING ANY TIME signs for southbound traffic on the southwest corner of the Dublin Drive and Killarney Road intersection. As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council of the following action. Action: Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A (10); Install two (2) NO PARKING ANY TIME signs for southbound traffic on the southwest corner of the Dublin Drive and Killarney intersection. Comment: This action is being taken to improve visibility for pedestrians crossing at the the intersection of Dublin Drive and Killarney Road to access a trail to West High School. S1,JCCC)GtDNG\DNagleGammlCouricil Actions & TE Work Orders c iv w ni w �* r S1,JCCC)GtDNG\DNagleGammlCouricil Actions & TE Work Orders ^iCITY OF IOWA CITY - 4 3f -(11) ..m ®I�tM IN EMO M RA N D U � Date: June 11th, 2015 To: City Clerk From: Darian Nagle-Gamm, Traffic Engineering Planner Re: Item for July 27th, 2015 City Council meeting; Installation of (1) STOP sign on the northeast corner of the Prairie Du Chien Road and St. Clement Street intersection. As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council of the following action. Action: Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A (5); Install (1) STOP sign on the northeast corner of the Prairie Du Chien Road and St. Clement Street intersection. Comment: This action is being taken to clarify the right-of-way at this intersection. CITY OF IOWA CITY 31(12) MEMORAND-27-15 UM Date: August 7th, 2014 To: City Clerk From: Darian Nagle-Gamm, Traffic Engineering Planner Re: Item for July 27th, 2015 City Council meeting; Removal of (3) metered parking spaces on the south side of Jefferson Street at the intersection with Linn Street and establishment of moped/motorcycle permit parking at the same location. As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council of the following action. Action: Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A (10, 17); Remove meters J229E, J231 E, J233E on the south side of Jefferson Street at the intersection with Linn Street and establish MOPED MOTORCYCLE PERMIT ONLY parking in spaces formerly occupied by meters J231 E and J233E. Comment: This action is being taken to improve visibility at the Jefferson Street crosswalks at Linn Street and to increase the number of on -street spaces available for permitted moped, scooter, and motorcycle parking. -27-10 CITY OF IOWA CITY 3f(13) MEMORANDUM Date: July 17th, 2015 To: City Clerk From: Darian Nagle-Gamm, Traffic Engineering Planner Re: Item for July 27th, 2015 City Council meeting; Installation of YIELD signs on Rochester Court and Ridgeway Drive at their respective intersections with Ashwood Drive As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council of the following action. Action: Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A (5); Installation of YIELD signs on Rochester Court and Ridgeway Drive at their respective intersections with Ashwood Drive Comment: This action is being taken to assign the right of way at these uncontrolled four-way intersections. Marian Karr From: Barbara Vinograde<BVinograde@freemedicalclinic.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 12:40 PM To: Council Subject: Hello from the Free Clinic Dear Iowa City Council Members, 07-27-15 3f (14) Two years ago, the Clinic began "publishing" a quarterly newsletter, "News and Views". It is available on the Clinic's website, www.freemedicalclinic.or; "quarterly newsletter" is listed on the left side of the home page, or you can subscribe to it through email. If any of you would like to receive it, please let me know. Here is the link to the "summer edition": htip:Hegpurl.com/bpvOmT Many thanks, Barbara (Vinograde) Executive Director July 20, 2015 Johnson County Planning and Zoning Commission 913 S. Dubuque Street Iowa City, IA 52240 RE: Rezoning 3051 Buchmayer Bend NE Dear Members of the Commission: CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240- 1826 (319) 356-5000 (319) 356-5009 FAX www.icgov.org The Iowa City City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission have reviewed the request submitted to Johnson County to rezone 40 acres of property at 3051 Buchmayer Bend NE from Agricultural -A to Residential (R3). The Fringe Area Agreement provides for City review of County zoning cases for property within two miles of Iowa City. The subject property is located in Fringe Area A, the North Corridor Fringe Area, but is outside of Iowa City's growth area. Page 2 of the Fringe Area Agreement states that rezonings in this area will be considered on the basis of the Johnson County Land Use Plan and other related policies. Johnson County Planning Staff has confirmed that this requested rezoning conforms with the Johnson County Land Use Plan, which identifies this property as appropriate for residential development. However the City is concerned that the concept plan submitted with the rezoning request does not comply with policies of the Fringe Area Agreement that "encourage cluster development, which preserves large tracts of open space including environmentally sensitive areas and farmland, results in compact development that requires less infrastructure, and is more efficient for provision of services." At its July 16 meeting, the Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that if the County choses to approve this rezoning it be conditioned on the following: 1. Buchmayer Bend being improved to meet County road performance standards. 2. The subdivision being designed to preserve open space and create an appropriate street pattern with Jenn Lane and Jenn Lane Court being connected to provide a loop street. 3. An easement being reserved to provide for future road access to the property to the south. 4. The subdivision include stormwater management. The City Council concurs with the Commission and recommends that the rezoning be subject to a Conditional Zoning Agreement addressing the above listed conditions. Thank you for your consideration of our comments on this application. Sincerely, 461�-A� Matthew J. Hayek Mayor July 20, 2015 Johnson County Planning and Zoning Commission 943 S. Dubuque Street [Oka City, IA 52240 RE: R'O?oning 3051 Buchmayer Bend NE Dear Mem''ws of the Commission: :4,nz�.—'..sa k+ -lll - h • CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1826 (319) 356-5000 (319) 356-5009 FAX www.icgov.org The Iowa Citylqity Council and the Planning and Zoni Commission have reviewed the request submiftbo to Johnson County to rezone 40a es of property at 3051 Buchmayer Bend NE from Agricultu I -A to Residential (R3). The Fringe Area Agr\edie nt provides for City rev' w of County zoning cases for property within two miles of Iowa Citsubject property is I cated in Fringe Area A, the North Corridor Fringe Area, but is oof Iowa City's gro area. Page 2 of the Fringe Area Agreement states that rezonings area will be cons' eyed on the basis of the Johnson County Land Use Plan and other rlicies. Johns n County Planning Staff has confirmed that this requested rezoning ms ith the Joh son County Land Use Plan, which identifies this property as appropriresi ntial de elopment. However the City is concerned that the concept plan submitth the r onin request does not comply with policies of the Fringe Area Agreement that "enccluster ev lopment, which preserves large tracts of open space including environmenensitive a as and farmland, results in compact development that requires less infrastr, and is m r efficient for provision of services." At its July 16 meeting, the Iowa C' y Plan Ing and Zoning Commission recommended that if the County choses to approve thid rezoning 't be conditioned on the following: 1. Buchmayer Bend be standards. 2. The subdivisioybe* appropriate streetto provide a loop 3. An easement to the south. improved to n%et County road performance designed to prese a open space and create an with Jenn Lane an enn Lane Court being connected reserved to provide for 4. The subdivisi n include stormwater The City Council c a Conditional Zoni Thank you for Sincerely, Matthew J. Hayek Mayor ;urs with the Commission and rec Agreement addressing the above road access to the property consideration of our comments on this appl s that the rezoning be subject to nditions. City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: July 16, 2015 To: Planning and Zoning Commission From: Robert Miklo RE: Item CZ15-00002 3051 Buchmayer Bend NE BACKGROUND INFORMATION The applicant, Michael Furman, is requesting a rezoning from Agriculture (A) to Residential (R3) for forty (40) acres of land located off Jenn Lane NE, a private subdivision road off Buchmayer Bend NE in Newport Township. Buchmayer Bend is a gravel Road. While the subject property is outside the city limits of Iowa City and the City growth area, it is within the area covered by the Fringe Area Policy Agreement. The applicant has submitted a concept plan illustrating his intent to subdivide the 40 -acre parcel into twelve lots with three outlots. The existing house will be set on a one of the lots which would also have an associated outlot (Outlot B). A similar rezoning request to allow five residential lots on this property was withdrawn in 2009 after the County and City expressed concerns about the design of the subdivision and the condition of Buchmayer Bend, a gravel road, which provides access from this subdivision to Highway 1. ANALYSIS Existing Land Use and Zoning The subject property is zoned for agricultural uses but is currently not in production. All adjacent properties, excluding property to the east, are zoned Agricultural (A) and most land that is not wooded appears to be in production. Properties to the east are zoned Residential (R) and are developed as a ten -lot residential subdivision. There is limited development in the area between Highway One and Newport Road (to the west). Instead, most of this area is agricultural fields or woodland. Compliance with Comprehensive Plan The Fringe Area Agreement states that any rezoning for property outside Iowa City's Growth Area will be considered "on the basis of conformity with the Johnson County Land Use Plan and other related policies. The area is identified as being within the North Corridor growth area. Consideration of other policies regarding road conditions and street design should also be considered. If the County does determine that this rezoning is to be approved, staff recommends that it be conditioned on Buchmayer Bend being improved to meet County road performance standards, the subdivision be designed to create an appropriate street pattern and to preserve open space, and that that the applicant address stormwater management. The Fringe Area Agreement, an element of the Comprehensive Plan, is intended to provide guidance regarding the development of land located within two miles of Iowa City's corporate limits. The agreement's stated purpose is to provide for orderly and efficient development patterns appropriate to a non -urbanized area, protect and preserve the fringe area's natural resources and environmentally sensitive features, direct development to areas with physical characteristics which can accommodate development, and effectively and economically provide services for future growth and development. The development standards in the Fringe Area Agreement "encourage cluster development, which preserves large tracts of open space including environmentally sensitive areas and farmland, results in compact development that requires less infrastructure, and is more efficient for provision of services." Staff has reviewed the subdivision concept with County Planning Staff and is concerned that the concept plan does not comply with this policy of the Fringe Area Agreement. The current proposed plan would create a situation in which future subdivision of property for infill development might not be possible. Rather than a cul-de-sac staff recommends that Jenn Lane be connected to the existing Jenn Lane Court and that a road easement be reserved to provide access to the property to the south to allow interconnected development. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that if the County choses to approve this rezoning it be conditioned on the following: 1. Buchmayer Bend being improved to meet County road performance standards. 2. The subdivision being designed to to preserve open space and create an appropriate street pattern with Jenn Lane and Jenn Lane Court being connected to provide a loop street. 3. An easement being reserved to provide for future road access to the property to the south. 4. The subdivision include stormwater management. ATTACHMENTS: 1. Location map 2. Aerial photograph 3. Concept plan Approved by: _-7.1e John Yapp, Development Services Coordinator, Department of Neighborhood and Development Services Aerial view of the site. L. tv C) Ngm 61 Do N O za °6A tri °gig ?$Nm I I D m , CD o Al kkok� `o m z . 00 9, y� g g$ cf) p N� v NOZ R i �,s- I• • 319 �T� �.., � V " gm� m Z�im ZR;o 5 N 5 OAo3 oz D Z ,T1�T-p �• � ;: > it Ili Z Ul ?a ?a D c a f� � 5 n- A d loom ->n c�7 g'7Y��v Z �> 'f �W _ ��05&S Ago€RmF Mpg N (� CD z �4 a. Al o0m (1) w o C `o m z . 00 9, y� g g$ cf) p N� v NOZ R i �,s- I• • 319 �T� �.., � V " gm� m Z�im ZR;o 5 N 5 OAo3 CD o0m (1) w o C `o m z i 00 9, y� g g$ cf) p N� v NOZ R o gm� m Z�im ZR;o 5 N 5 OAo3 oz D Z ,T1�T-p �• � ;: > C7Z 7.EM x0 Ul ?a ?a D c a f� � o 0=:M �r" �> 'f �W ��05&S llmr a-1 Planning and Zoning Commission July 16 2015 — Formal Meeting Page 11 of 14 second floor and it is stair access to the rooftop. He explained that they were grandfathered in with the development of the space. Eastham closed the public hearing. Hensch moved to approve the recommendations set forth in the Staff memorandum dated July 10, 2015. Martin seconded the motion. Martin noted that the revisions Staff made to the amendment made her feel better about this. Staff and the community have really addressed all the concerns. Hensch agreed and said he felt this was exciting. Parsons agreed, noting nothing would be 100% effective and there may be adjustments along the way but at this point is ready to move forward with this amendment. Eastham said he enthusiastically supports parts of this rooftop access, particularly the requirement of accessible access which has not been done well in the past or other communities. A vote was taken and the motion carried 6-0. --_� COUNTY REZONING ITEM (CZ15-00002): Discussion of an application submitted by Michael Furman for a rezoning from County Agriculture (A) to County Residential (R3) for approximately 40 acres of property located at 3051 Buchmayer Bend NE in the Iowa City/Johnson County Fringe Area. Miklo showed a map of the area. The 40 acre parcel currently has one residence on the parcel and is zoned agricultural in the County. Most of the area is agricultural with some residential lots to the east. Since this area is within two miles of the city limits is it covered by the Fringe Area Agreement where the County and the City jointly review rezoning's and subdivisions. In the County Land Use Plan the area west of Highway 1 is identified as a growth area for residential development. So this item does comply with the County's Land Use Plan. The Plan also has some policies regarding environmental concerns and the need for adequate infrastructure. Miklo stated the development standards in the Fringe Area Agreement "encourage cluster development, which preserves large tracts of open space including environmentally sensitive areas and farmland, results in compact development that requires lessinfrastructure, and is more efficient for provision of services." Staff has reviewed the subdivision concept with County Planning Staff and is concerned that the concept plan does not comply with this policy of the Fringe Area Agreement. The current proposed plan would create a situation in which future subdivision of property for infill development might not be possible. Rather than a cul-de-sac staff recommends that Jenn Lane be connected to the existing Jenn Lane Court and that a road easement be reserved to provide access to the property to the south to allow interconnected development. These recommendations are to avoid long cul-de-sacs that are not easy for navigation of emergency vehicles. Planning and Zoning Commission July 16 2015 — Formal Meeting Page 12 of 14 Parsons asked if the County had the same "complete streets" policy that the City has. Miklo was unsure of "complete streets" but that they do have a policy of connecting streets and avoiding cul-de-sacs for the same reasons the City is. Miklo said they defer to the County on whether this complies with their land use plan, the City believes it does, but if they do approve the rezoning the City would recommend the four conditions 1. Buchmayer Bend being improved to meet County road performance standards. 2. The subdivision being designed to preserve open space and create an appropriate street pattern with Jenn Lane and Jenn Lane Court being connected to provide a loop street. 3. An easement being reserved to provide for future road access to the property to the south. 4. The subdivision include stormwater management. Parsons asked what County road performance standards are. Miklo was not completely familiar with the County road standards, but it would not be curb based and concrete, but would be chipped sealed and not gravel. Eastham asked how the requirements of the conditions fit into the City's interests when it's a development in the County and several decades away from incorporation into the City. Miklo said this area is not in the City's growth area, but it is very close so the City believes it's not in our interest to cut the standards. In terms of stormwater management it will flow into the watershed that comes into Iowa City. Traffic from this development will also come into Iowa City and if it is ever annexed into Iowa City a better road pattern will make it easier for City services. Eastham opened the public hearing. Seeing none Eastham closed the public hearing. Martin moved that if the County chases to approve this rezoning it be conditioned on the following: 5. Buchmayer Bend being improved to meet County road performance standards. 6. The subdivision being designed to preserve open space and create an appropriate street pattern with Jenn Lane and Jenn Lane Court being connected to provide a loop street. 7. An easement being reserved to provide for future road access to the property to the south. 8. The subdivision include storrnwater management. Parsons seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion carried 6-0.