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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-02-02 CorrespondenceMarian Karr From: Jason Gray <jasonQdgraygroup.com> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 7:26 AM To: Council Cc: Council Subject: City Manager Position Attachments: Search copy.pdf; ATT00001.htm Dear Mayor Throgmorton and the City Council, 02-05-16 3f(1) I noticed recently that the City of Iowa City will be searching for a new City Manager. My firm, the JDGray Group, specializes in executive recruitment for all sizes of cities and counties. I'm a former City Manager and know firsthand how critical this position is to your organization. We scale our services based on the needs of the community, and we guarantee our results. Our strategy is to understand the individual talents that make the person successful in the position. We then use our patented, data -driven methodology to make sure that we present you with candidates that have strengths in those particular talents and abilities. We don't stop when the new employee is hired. 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Marian Karr 3f(2) From: Martha Hampel <grnrectangle@aim.com> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 9:00 AM To: Council; Marian Karr Cc: haclu@googlegroups.com; rita.bettis@aclu-ia.org Subject: Recommendation for Reform to Signatory Requirements to Citizen Petitions Attachments: City Charter recommendations — Hawkeye Chapter, ACLU of lowa.pdf Dear Council Members, Please see the attached letter on behalf of the Hawkeye Chapter of the ACLU of Iowa regarding signatory requirements to citizen petitions. Sincerely, Martha R Hampel President, Board of Directors Hawkeye Chapter, ACLU of Iowa Hawkeye Chapter ACLU of Iowa City Council Members c/o Marian Karr, City Clerk City of Iowa City 410 E. Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 January 18, 2016 Delivered by email to: council&iowa-citv.or and marian-karr&iowa-ciU.org Re: Recommendation for Reform to Signatory Requirements to Citizen Petitions Dear Council Members, This letter is written on behalf of the Hawkeye Chapter of the ACLU of Iowa. We would like to welcome you to the City Council. We look forward to working with you as you take on your important work on behalf of Iowa City residents in your role as councilpersons. As you begin -to set priorities for the coming year, we would like draw your attention to an issue of critical importance impacting civic participation and democratic engagement here in Iowa City. As you may know, as part of the scheduled Review of the Iowa City Charter ("Charter"), the outgoing Iowa City Council made an important change toward this end by fixing the requirement for signatories on citizen initiative and referendum petitions to allow all eligible voters to take part—not just those already registered. However, the City Council simultaneously raised the number of required signatures on petitions. That change was harmful to the ability of Iowa City residents to directly participate in local government. Such participation is an important organizing principle of our local government, and the reason for which Iowa City has the unique initiative and referendum process that it does. Iowa law also supports lowering the number of signatures required. Iowa Code § 362.4 provides: 362.4 Petition of eligible electors. If a petition of the voters is authorized by the city code, the petition is valid if signed by eligible electors of the city equal in number to ten percent of the persons who voted at the last preceding regular city election, but not less than ten persons, unless otherwise provided by state law. The petition shall include the signatures of the petitioners, a statement of their place of residence, and the date on which they signed the petition. The petition shall be examined before it is accepted for filing. If the petition appears valid on its face it shall be accepted for filing. If it lacks the required number of signatures it shall be returned to the petitioner. Petitions which have been accepted for filing are valid unless written objections are filed with the city clerk within five working days after the petition is received. The objection process in section 44.8 shall be followed. Id. (emphasis added.) Currently, the Charter requires signatures equal or greater to 25 percent of the person who voted in the preceding city election, significantly higher than the number required for validity under the Iowa Code. Accordingly, we urge the Council to replace the signature requirements of Section 7.03(A) of the Charter with the language used by Iowa Code § 362.4 as follows: Section 7.03. Petitions; Revocation Of Signatures. A. Number Of Signatures. Initiative and referendum petitions must be signed by eligible electors equal in number to at least ten percent of the number of persons who voted in the last regular city election, but such signatures of eligible electors shall be no fewer than three thousand six hung.a ten. Amending the Charter to comply with the state law would reaffirm the new Council's commitment to the interests of the Iowa City community at large by allowing its citizens to feel that the City government has not placed an unreasonable hurdle in the way of their access to the democratic process locally. Please contact me if you have any questions or we can be of any assistance in this important matter for all Iowa City residents. Sincerely, Martha R Hampel President, Board of Directors Hawkeye Chapter, ACLU of Iowa Marian Karr 3f(3) From: Robert Schueller <iamrasa@icloud.com> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 8:50 PM To: Council Subject: Ultra Uber Driver Dear Council Members I am the Ultra Uber Driver wanting to practice my trade in Iowa City. I am also an artist ( http://theaspenartproiect.blogspot.com ) hoping to do some creative projects in Iowa City and earn some extra money to live on .... As my art certainly isn't selling in Iowa. Uber is just the beginning of our future transportation needs.... someday we will all be using smart phones to transport us all into our Dream Big Dreams .... Simply and effortlessly. I am ask asking you to give me the opportunity to drive as the ultra uber driver in my favorite Iowa town.... Being homeless in Iowa was an extremely wonderful life in Mount Vernon the last four years ....but time to 'get back to work' in transporting people from point A to point O .... Time for Iowa City to open the door for the Ultra Uber Driver to share his gift of safely transporting clients from point A to point O ..... Looking forward to being of service to all of you .... Very very very soon!!!! Robert Schueler UltraUberDriver 3193334950 Sent from my Whone 3f(4) Marian Karr From: Barbara Schlachter <b.schlachter@mchsi.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 8:24 PM To: Council Subject: reqested suggestions Dear Mayor Throgmorton and Members of the Iowa City Council, The 100Grannies for a Livable Future wish to respond to your desire for suggestions for making Iowa City a better place to live. We were pleased to read the article by the Mayor in the Press Citizen and began to assemble this list. They are not in any particular order of importance to us. We think they are all important and some are much easier to accomplish than others. 1 --Elimination of single -use plastic bags and styfrofoam products. 2 --Elimination of pesticides and fertilizers from all public spaces; intensive education of private home owners 3 --Recycling available at all apartment buildings currently not serviced 4 --Curbside composting 5 --Carbon neutrality in all new buildings; transition to renewable energy 6 --Expansion of public transportation rather than expansion of roads and highways 7 --Opportunities to discuss items before council before the council has already made up its mind. 8 --Careful use of TIF funding; review of existing procedures. If we can help with any of these items, we stand ready. We also know that we are not the only citizens who support these action items. Many thanks and all the best to you, Barbara Schlachter 7 Glenview Knoll NE Iowa City 52240 319-351-4380 January 19, 2016 Dear City Council, 2016 JAN 2 1 PH 4' 32 4: f 1 f } t. !y Wii;`k IT"r 3f(5) � r All -•ti.as._ CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1826 (319) 356-5000 (319) 356-5009 FAX www.icgov.org At our December meeting, .the Board, of Adjustment approved a motion to recommend that the City_ Council consider;a policy to require, landlords to disclose to tenants when residential rental property -is located in .the floodplain, There are two .aspects to .such . disclosure. The first is whether landlords are aware that a particular rental property is located, in, the floodplain, While most property „owners may know this based on the additional insurance required for properties in the floodplain, it is possible that''a property manager may not. For this reason, the Board recommends that this information be requested as part of the rental permit process. This would compel anyone applying for a rental permit to determine whether the property they manage is in the floodplain. The second aspect is disclosure by the landlord to the tenant who will occupy a property. This could be as simple as including an acknowledgement on the City's information and disclosure form—a document that accompanies all residential leases. This issue came to the attention of the Board in October, when we voted to approve the establishment of residential units above ground floor commercial for a property located in the Community Commercial (CC -2) zone. The property in question is located in the 500 -year floodplain. The particular dwelling units approved by the BOA will be located many feet above the floodplain elevation such that property damage is.not tot likely an issue. However, it possible that during a flood, residents may be ,unable to access their apartments for some time. As a condition of the approved special exception, the applicant is required to disclose to tenants that the property. is, located, in the floodplain'. While: the zoning code .requires all new buildings and additions to be constructed to floodplain standards, that does not alleviate all risk.to renters. While flooding on the creeks is brief, floods along the; Iowa, River.may take weeks or even more than a month to subside. Again, while this may not put personal property at risk, it may present more than an inconvenience. This motion by the Board recommending that City Council consider a policy requiring landlords to disclose to tenants whether a property is located in the floodplain was passed by unanimous (5-0) vote. We encourage you to consider a proposal implementing such a policy to ensure that renters have the opportunity to weigh the potential risks that come with renting in the floodplain. Sincerely, Larry Bake , Chair Iowa City Board of Adjustment r �`..®4at CITY OF IOWA CITY Mal MEMORANDUM Date: January 27, 2016 To: Tom Markus, City Manager From: Stan Laverman, Senior Housing Inspector, Neighborhood Services Re: Requiring landlords to disclose to tenants when residential rental properties are located in the floodplain. The Board of Adjustment is recommending that the City Council consider a policy to require landlords to disclose to tenants when residential rental property is located in the floodplain. While this request appears to be feasible there are multiple components that come into play with the recommendation. For example the language for the Informational Disclosure and Acknowledge Form is dictated by the Housing Code and would require an amendment to include the new floodplain disclosure. The development of the Iowa City Zoning map as a GIS base map is nearly complete. This change coupled with a GIS floodplain overlay should assist in the ability to quickly disseminate this information out to property owners and managers. Neighborhood Services staff will research these items and return with a more formal response in the coming weeks. Marian Karr 3f(6) From: Chris O'Brien Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 12:48 PM To: 'Jessie Witherell; Council Subject: RE: Proposed food for fines drive Good afternoon Jessie, Thank you for your e-mail regarding various parking amnesty programs across the country. Typical programs include waiving of late fees, $1 off per item donated, waiving of certain types of citations, etc. We have investigated these types of programs in the past but decided on a different path. Several years ago we implemented a change to our citation practices where we issued a $0 citation for the first expired meter citation issued per year. This has resulted in the issuance of over 169,000 $0 citation since FY2011. In addition, 2 years ago, we implemented our First Hour Free Program. This charges all users within our gated parking facilities $0 for the first 60 minutes. That program has resulted in over 2.3 million hours of free parking over the first two fiscal years. We will continue to look at programs to implement that will make improvements to how we operate and will continue to evaluate programs similar to the seasonal amnesty program that you mention. Once again, I want to thank you for taking the time to reach out to us with your thoughts on ways to improve our system. Please feel free to contact me if you wish to discuss this or other thoughts you have in more detail. Chris O'Brien Director of Transportation and Resource Management City of Iowa City (319)356-5156 Chris-obrien@iowa-city.ore From: Jessie Witherell [mailto:jessiewitherell@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 3:11 PM To: Council; Chris O'Brien Subject: Proposed food for fines drive Hello, Several towns, including Cedar Rapids, have created "food for fines" programs that allow certain fines to be waived or forgiven in exchange for donations of food or supplies to designated charities. I have spoken with many other fellow residents here in Iowa City who would support a similar program here. I have also been in contact with Alex Kline, the marketing assistant for the Cedar Rapids parking authority, who created and implemented a food drive there. She said that she would be more than willing to answer any questions about how her program was started and how it has been a success. Her email is aklineAa parkcedarrapids.com I think this could be a great idea for Iowa City. Here are some articles about how similar programs are getting started across the country. httv://www.nvr.org/sections/thesait/2015/12/05/45851701 0/ -food -for -fines -in -some -cities -narking -tickets -drive - holiday -giving 'Food For Fines': In Some Cities, Parking Tickets Drive ... www.npr.org Parking fines aren't usually the stuff of holiday cheer. But a few cities around the country are turning them into an opportunity to promote giving ... http://www smithsonianmag com/smart-news/cities-are-letting-drivers-pay-narking-fines-holiday-food- spirit Sincerely, Jessie Witherell jessiewitherellna,hotmail.com Lexington, Boston and Tallahassee are all promoting the giving r U2-05-16 CITY OF IOWA CITY 3� f�_ MMORANDUME Date: January 27th, 2016 To: City Clerk From: Darian Nagle-Gamm, Sr. Transportation Engineering Planner Re: Item for the February 2"d, 2016 City Council meeting; Change of parking meter terms from 2 hours to 1 hour for spaces numbered H101E, H103E, H105E, and H107E on the south side of the 100 block of East Harrison Street, and spaces numbered CL506S, CL508S, CL510S, CL512S, CL514S, CL516S, CL518S, CL520S, CL522S, CL524S, and CL528S on the east side of the 500 block of South Clinton Street. Meter number CL504S on the 500 block of South Clinton Street will be removed. 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 (17), Change parking meter terms from 2 hours to 1 hour for spaces numbered H101E, H103E, H105E, and H107E on the south side of the 100 block of East Harrison Street, and spaces numbered CL506S, CL508S, CL510S, CL512S, CL514S, CL516S, CL518S, CL520S, CL522S, CL524S, and CL528S on the east side of the 500 block of South Clinton Street. Please remove meter number CL504S on the 500 block of South Clinton Street. Comment: This action is being taken to provide shorter -term Harrison Street and the 500 block of South Clinton Transportation Services department. cc: Chris O'Brien; Transportation Services metered parking on the 100 block of East Street. 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