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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-05-03 TranscriptionPage I ITEM 2. PROCLAMATIONS ITEM 2a Day of Reason — May 5 Throgmorton: (reads proclamation) Karr: Here to accept the proclamation is Justin Scott, Founder of Eastern Iowa Atheists. Throgmorton: Justin! (applause) Scott: (mumbled) So bear with me, and thank you for having me. I have ... haven't done this too often but I'm very ... just enthusiastic about being down here. I really appreciate taking this on. Um, National Day of Reason was drafted back in 2003 as a counterbalance to the National Day of Prayer, which has been in this country for probably 60 or 70 years. Uh, it's a nationwide effort to bring back the idea that science is great, reason is great, urn ... it's okay to have religious belief, but it's also great to ... to employ reason and ... and critical thinking in all that we do. Um, I do want to commend, uh, the Mayor and the City as Cedar Rapids was the first and only city to do this, uh, in Iowa. Um ... Waterloo just issued this proclamation last night. So Iowa City is now the third city in the state of Iowa to do this. So thank you, I appreciate it. Throgmorton: Thank you, Jason. (applause) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 2 ITEM 2. PROCLAMATIONS ITEM 2b Regenerative City Day — May 3 Throgmorton: (reads proclamation) Karr: Here to accept the proclamation is Katie Roche, Sarah Driscoll, and Nicole Upchurch representing Awful Purdies. (applause) (singing) Roche: I'm so sorry! I'm so nervous! (laughter) Throgmorton: You can do it! (laughs) Roche: I perform all the time but for some reason singing this to you feels ... so, uh, so different. Urn .... I .... I guess I'll say something before we sing the song which is, um, I'm really excited about all the conversations you've been having about ... um, regenerative solutions. I'm really excited about the fact that you.... you're... you're talking about doing a sample solar project in our city. I'm excited about, um, the opportunities for composting and, um, so thank you. Thank you for looking into these things, and now I'm going to sing the song... Throgmorton: We're excited you're here! (laughter) Roche: ...sing the song without, uh, being that nervous! (laughs) (singing) (applause) Throgmorton: All right! Creativity in the Creative Corridor. I like it! Thank you very much for that. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 3 ITEM 2. PROCLAMATIONS ITEM 2c Days of Remembrance — May 4-5 Throgmorton: (reads proclamation) Karr: Here to accept the proclamation is Human Rights Commissioner Andrea Cohen. (applause) Throgmorton: Nice to see you! Cohen: (mumbled) Okay, I'm not going to sing. My mother always said I can't carry a tune, so ... urn .... and I believed her! On behalf of the Human Rights Commission, and the people of Iowa City, especially those touched by the injustices of the (mumbled) thank you. This proclamation touches me personally. I am the daughter of a Holocaust survivor. My grandparents were not so lucky. They were betrayed, transported to Auschwitz and sent to the gas chambers upon arrival. This is my legacy. The Holocaust refers to the brutal violations of human rights executed in World War II, but genocide is a burden we all bear as victims, witnesses, and bystanders, still today. The words of this proclamation send a clear, vocal, and public message of support. We remember and honor ... work to educate against intolerance and persecution. Thank you. (applause) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 4 ITEM 2. PROCLAMATIONS ITEM 2d National Public Works Week — May 15-21 Throgmorton: (reads proclamation) Karr: Here to accept the proclamation is City Engineer Jason Havel. (applause) Havel: I also will not be singing, unfortunately! (laughter) Mayor Throgmorton and Members of the Council, I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your support and recognition of Public Works Week. Public Works Week is a chance to recognize all those individuals in Public Works that help to make possible the high quality of life we've come to expect in Iowa City. They design, build, and maintain all of the infrastructure it takes to help our city thrive. These are the individuals that design our roads, our sidewalks, plow our streets, provide clean water, and make sure sewers are doing what they should. They are also the individuals that make preparations to minimize damage from flooding and lead cleanup efforts after a tornado. We don't have to go far to see how these individuals are working to help make sure our city is better tomorrow than it is today. Simply look at the recent (mumbled) completed expansion of the south waste water plant, ongoing projects, the First Avenue grade separation, or Washington Street reconstruction projects, or at the Iowa City Gateway project that is expected to begin construction later this month. Public Works' staff are dedicated people that play an important role in making all of this possible. Because of that, I want to thank you on behalf of the 130 employees in the City's ... City's Public Works department for your support and recognition of Public Works Week. Thank you. (applause) Throgmorton: Thank you, Jason. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 5 ITEM 2. PROCLAMATIONS ITEM 2e National Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Week Throgmorton: (reads proclamation) Karr: Here to accept the proclamation is Deb Morrissey, SCN Member and Registered Nurse, UIHC, and Cathy Glasson, President SCN. (applause) Morrissey: On behalf of all the SCICU ... SICU, sorry! (laughs) I've floated the hospital for eight and a half years so I worked there too! Uh, I'd like to thank the Mayor and the Council Members for this proclamation, and for all the nurses in Iowa and all the nurses in the nation. We, uh, we are very important and we really appreciate this proclamation. Thank you. (applause) Throgmorton: Thank you, Deb! (applause) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 6 ITEM 3. STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARDS ITEM 3a Lemme Elementary Karr: All three of you can come up! Throgmorton: Hi! I didn't get a chance to say hi to you out front. I apologize. I was distracted doing other things. So, all three of you are going to receive exactly the same certificate. So I'd like to read the award and then give it to each one of you, and then you can read your ... your own, uh, pieces. You all brought something to read, right? Yeah, great! Okay. So I'm going to say `her' even when I mean you. Is that okay? (laughter) All right! So ... (reads Student Leadership Award) All right, so, Tyler, why don't you start and read what you have for us, okay? Randall: Hi, I'm Tyler Randall. I've enjoyed being involved in sports, music, and school activities and I'm grateful for the variety of people I've met and the experiences I've had. (mumbled) tease them or say mean things about them behind their backs, at school, on the field or anywhere. I try to encourage others not to do this. A leader is someone who will help others out when they need it, is always respectful, gets their work and responsibilities done on time, and makes good choices. A friend in class felt he couldn't accomplish something, was annoyed, and didn't want to do it. I encouraged him and helped him understand how to do the research and he continued to work after that. Actions speak louder than words, and a real leader lives and is a certain way, whether or not someone might be watching. I try to develop these certain types of qualities in my life, and my peers and friends know that I care about these things. I'm grateful for their positive influence on me as well. (applause) Throgmorton: Beautifully done! Okay! You're next! Michaeli: Hi, I'm Rebecca Michaeli. This award really makes me think about what it means to be a leader. When I was selected for this award, it made me think about the qualities a leader has. I think good leaders listen to all points of view, they do what's right even when it's hard, and they respect people for who they are. Everyone in their own way can be a leader. I'm very honored people think of me as a leader. I have so many people in my life who have helped me become the person I am and I'm very thankful for all of them. (applause) Throgmorton: All right, beautifully done! Westlake: Hi, I'm Andie Westlake. Being a leader means that you're someone that people can trust and rely on. I'm very glad people think of me that way. I've definitely had lots of good ... good role models to look up to. All the staff at Lemme have taught me that being a good person is easy —just be kind. (applause) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 7 Throgmorton: Okay, I'm betting there's some pretty happy and proud parents out there. I think I see ... at least one (mumbled) are there some others? Where are the other parents? All right! Well done! So ... thank you for coming and congratulations for the great work. Keep it up! (applause) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 8 ITEM 4. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED OR AMENDED ITEM 4d(3) WINDMILL HEIGHTS — RESOLUTION APPROVING FINAL PLAT (SUB15-00021) Throgmorton: Is, um, is there a motion to approve? Botchway: So moved. Dickens: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Dickens. Discussion? Geoff, I wonder if you or someone on the staff could briefly, uh, respond to the questions that we received? John! Yapp: Uh, John Yapp, Development Services. I'll bring up the, uh, image of the subdivision, uh, on the overhead. And then I will call up, uh, Jason Havel, City Engineer, to discuss the, uh, design aspects of the subdivision and .... uh... Eleanor may have some information also. Uh, the subdivision is located on the south side of Rochester Avenue. Uh, here we go ... between Green Mountain Drive and Westminster Street. Uh, it is a 22 -lot, single-family, uh, subdivision and the area in question, uh, regarding, uh, the letter is on the southwest corner of the subdivision. Uh, storm water, uh, drainage is designed, uh, to be conveyed to the southwest corner where it is detained, uh, and then flows into an adjacent detention basin and eventually, uh, flows south. Uh, with that I'll call up Jason Havel, City Engineer. Havel: Uh, so I ... I guess a little bit of background about, uh, the situation or ... the process that went into this. Uh, when the subdivision is originally submitted it goes through our review process. As part of that review process, we ask that the, uh... the person submitting the plan submit ... has an engineer take a look at the overall plan and ... and look at what they intend to do with storm water. That includes not only determining how much storm water they're looking at as far as runoff, but also how they plan on handling that. Um, you know we have limits as to what we allow for a release rate. Um, they're required to submit calculations that show what that amount is, what their, um, you know, what their release would be, but also what they would be responsible for detaining. So they ... they're required to submit calculations that show the area and depth and all of those, um ... necessary to release .... to really spell out what they're going to do to detain that water. Um, and ... and not only what they plan on doing, but how it fits in to the surrounding system to make sure that, uh, downstream they're not creating a situation where it may look great on site and then immediately downstream it...it can't handle it. Um, this is no different. Um, they were required to ... to look at that and provide those calculations. Um, we've looked at those calculations a number of times, a number of iterations, um, and really the plan overall has been fairly consistent, This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 9 you know, there's been a few tweaks here and there, um, but we feel confident that, uh.... those calculations are correct and it's, uh, a ... a situation where, uh... they've gone through our process and done what we've asked them to do with that process. Throgmorton: Eleanor, did you want to add? Dilkes: Sure, I can address the easement situation that was raised by Mr. Hill, and you saw Sarah's, um ... uh.... Hecktone's response, which was also included. Um, the research that we have done, uh, shows that the lot, um, that Mr. Hill's lot, uh, that he purchased it in 1993 and he built his home in 1994, and the sewer system was in place prior to that. Um, and under Iowa law there are a number of ways that an easement can be created. One is a written easement, or what's called an express easement. There's an easement by necessity. There's an easement by implication, and um, there is a prescriptive easement, and ... it appears to us that the storm sewer was ... was placed on that property by his predecessor in interest, which would create a .... in our opinion an easement by, um, implication. In the event that that actual piece of it was not installed until the Washington Park subdivision, um ... which still would have been prior to his ownership of that property, um, we think it would be an easement by a prescription. Throgmorton: Um, I think it would be reasonable of me to ask if there's anybody who wants to address this topic, would it not? Is there anybody in the audience who wants to address this particular topic? Thank you. I don't see anybody. So, discussion? Dickens: Think it's pretty clear from Eleanor's description that it follows the letter of the planning and the laws, so ... I think we should approve it. Throgmorton: Hearing no more discussion, roll call. Motion carries 7-0. Thank you, uh. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 10 ITEM 5. COMMUNITY COMMENT (ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA). [UNTIL 8 PM] Throgmorton: And we can continue this to, at the most, 8:00 P.M. I'd like to ask if you want to speak, please limit your comments to not more than five minutes and ... please don't get up to speak if other people still want to speak and you've already had your opportunity. Eastham: (clears throat) Good evening, uh, my name is Charlie Eastham and I'm an (coughing, difficult to hear speaker) Center for Worker Justice. Just want to make a few (clears throat) a few comments, uh, about the Rose Oaks sit...situation, uh, in the form of an update, uh, of the circumstances that the Center, uh, staff and, uh, leaders, and the ... our work with the, uh (clears throat) Rose Oaks' tenant association have, uh, developed over the last week and a half or so. Urn ... (clears throat) as many of us know in the public, uh, Rose Oaks has been one of the few large, low-income housing options in Iowa City, and Rose Oaks, again, was, uh, originally known as Lakeside Apartments. Um (clears throat) although it's changed ownership, uh, several times, changes have not previously resulted in displacement of residents. Residents were therefore very shocked to receive letters beginning in mid-March, inforn ... informing them that the property had been sold, leases would not be renewed, and the buildings would soon be (clears throat) subject to chaotic construction sites, um, with possible sewage disruption and all residents were being asked to move as soon as possible. This unexpected dislocation's created a crisis for many Rose Oaks residents, their families. Uh, affordable apartments, as we all know, are very rare in Iowa City, and many residents in Rose Oaks do not have automobiles. They do not have their own personal transportation, which makes it very difficult for them to look for apartments, and ... (clears throat) moving also places jobs in jeopardy because many Rose Oaks' residents work in factories just across the street, across Highway 6. Uh (clears throat) children of families have been dislocated from schools. More children will be dislocated over the next several months, and networks of the ... of their, uh, that have supported those children and their families. Moving is expensive. Residents have been ... haven't had time to save for the cost of, uh, moving to a new place, uh, to pay for security deposits, uh, application fees, first month's rent, truck rentals, possible storage units, and all the other costs it takes to move. I .... my wife and I had to move as part of the 2008 flood from our, uh, condominium in Idyllwild and I was just astonished at how much money it takes to actually move from one place to another, uh, at my age anyway, uh, and I ... I ... I'm very sympathetic to the fact that Rose Oaks' residents, uh, it...it...are having to bear from their own ... well, much from their own resources these extreme... these very, uh, heavy costs. Urn ... (clears throat) since, um, March, residents have joined together to form a tenant's association, with assistance from the Center for Worker Justice and the Black Voices Project for collective concerns and meet with the, uh, new owners to reach a community impact, uh, agreement. Uh, those talks have resulted in one, uh, agreement which is the owners have agreed to pro ... to, uh (clears throat) that all current residents This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 11 can maintain their, uh... uh, their residence in ... in the complex, although they may have to change units, until, um ... (clears throat) uh, until August 1" of this year. Um ... the second, uh.... uh, thing that residents wanted was adequate compensation for their moving expenses. They, uh, originally estimated those expenses to be $3,000, which in my experience is certainly reasonable, and they decided to lower their estimates to, uh, or their ask for moving expenses to either $1,000 or one month's rent, and the residents could choose. Manag... uh, the owners have resisted that ask and said that they're not going to put any more money into providing, uh, compensation for residents, uh, as they have to make new arrangements for their living. Um (clears throat) I notice the staff memo indicates that the owners have contributed a total of $30,000 towards, uh, moving expenses for residents. I think that amount is actually $25,000. Uh, I've heard $15,000 plus $10,000, uh, and I haven't heard $30,000. And then the third, uh, request from residents was that 20% of their units should be ... remain affordable with current tenants having the first option to, uh, to reclaim them. The owners have said that they actually... most residents will not be able to move back into the ... to that complex, and if they're staying there for some extended period of time, they will still have to move at some point. So ... (clears throat) we have said that, uh... uh, we've tried to maintain our talks with the Rose Oaks' tenant association and with the College Fund Properties too, which owns the complex. Um, at this point we're not confident that those talks are going to go any further, so we're asking for, uh, the (clears throat) the Council to contribute, uh, your efforts and, um, support for tenants to gain adequate compensation. Throgmorton: Thank you, Charlie. Karr: Motion to accept correspondence. Botchway: So moved. Dickens: Second. Throgmorton: Uh, moved by Botchway, seconded by Dickens. All in favor say aye. All opposed. Motion carries. Anybody else like to address us? Simpson: Hi, Jacob Simpson, University of Iowa Student Government. I just wanted to quickly introduce the new Vice City Council Liaison. (mumbled) Nelson: Uh, like Jacob said my name is Ben Nelson. I'm from Burlington, Iowa, and I am currently a sophomore. Will be in economics and philosophy double major and (mumbled) position and excited to work with you guys over the next couple years. Thank you! Throgmorton: Hi, Ben! Welcome! Uh, you have some big shoes to fill you know! (laughter) Nelson: Um, I think I can handle it! (laughter) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 12 Throgmorton: All right! (laughter) I like it! Good, we're glad to have you on board! Nelson: Thank you! Throgmorton: Okay, anybody else want to address us? Uh, seeing no one else, we'll move to Item #6, Planning and Zoning Matters. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 13 ITEM 6. PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS ITEM 6b COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, CAMP CARDINAL BOULEVARD — AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO CHANGE THE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF PROPERTY LOCATED NORTH OF MELROSE AVENUE AND EAST OF CAMP CARDINAL BOULEVARD FROM RESIDENTIAL 2-8 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE TO OFFICE COMMERCIAL (CPA16-00001) 1. PUBLIC HEARING Throgmorton: Open the public hearing. (bangs gavel) John Yapp! Yapp: Uh, good evening, Mayor and Members of Council, John Yapp, Development Services. Uh, this is an application from, uh, St. Andrew Church, who is the property owner. Uh, St. Andrew is in the process of developing a church to the north of this, uh, subject property on the east side of Camp Cardinal Road. Uh, to orient you, uh, the request for the Comprehensive Plan amendment is highlighted in red. Uh, north of Melrose Avenue, east of Camp Cardinal Boulevard, and Highway 218. Uh, the property is currently identified in the Comprehensive Plan as, uh, residential for two to eight, uh, dwelling units per acre. Uh, when we consider a Comprehensive Plan amendment, we have, uh, two main criteria, uh, that are considered. Uh, number one, whether circumstances have changed or there are ... is additional information or factors that come into light, uh, to warrant such a change. Uh, secondly that the proposed amendment will be compatible with other policies in the Comprehensive Plan, including any district plans. Uh, this ... property was identified as residential, two to eight dwelling units per acre in a 1989, uh, land use plan. Uh, at that time, Camp Cardinal Boulevard, uh, did not exist and was not yet planned. Uh, much of the area west of West High School, uh, including the Galway Hills subdivision to the south, uh, was not yet developed. Uh, and this was largely an undeveloped, uh, interchange area. Since that time, uh, Camp Cardinal Boulevard has been developed. Neighborhoods to the north and to the south, uh, have been developed, and ... the National Guard facility on the west side of Highway 218, uh, has been developed, as well as the Johnson County Emergency Communication Center, uh, south of Melrose Avenue on the west side of Highway 218. Uh, the second test whether the proposed amendment will be compatible with other policies in the Comprehensive Plan, uh, the general land use policies in the plan indicate that alternatives to single-family development, uh, are appropriate, uh, at major intersections, uh, and to help provide a buffer between arterial streets and nearby residential areas. Uh, in this case we have Highway 218, uh, an interstate corridor as well as Camp Cardinal Boulevard, an arterial street, uh... and this property is in between those corridors and the Walnut Ridge, uh, subdivision to the east. Uh... staff, uh, considers that office uses are less sensitive to highway noise certainly than residential, uh, and could also benefit from the higher traffic counts, uh, along these corridors. Uh, the zoning code recognizes the commercial office zone as an This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 14 appropriate zone near residential areas and in between residential areas and more intensive, uh, land uses, uh, in this case the interstate corridor and the public facilities on the west side of the interstate corridor. Uh... with a Comprehensive Plan amendment, it is not a rezoning. Uh, it does not change any regulations on the property, but it does set the stage for a future rezoning application. Uh, that is the impact this amendment would have. Uh, staff recommends approval of identifying this property as appropriate for office commercial development and Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval as well. Throgmorton: Thank you, John. Yapp: Be glad to take any questions. Dickens: Is there any difference between the two ... uses as far as sensitive areas or are they the same? Yapp: The same. Sensitive areas regulations would function the same. Dickens: Okay. Throgmorton: Any other questions for John? Thank you, John. Yapp: Thank you. Throgmorton: Anybody else like to speak on this topic? Seeing no one I'm going to close the public hearing. (bangs gavel) 2. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION Botchway: Move resolution. Dickens: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by ... Dickens. Discussion? Terry? Dickens: No, I think it looks.... it's... it's a good use, based on the area that it is with the church to the north and there's going to be quite a bit of green area between there. There's quite a bit of green area between the residential area and with the highway, I think it's a much better use for it than residential. Taylor: I had a question. Is that ... I drive that way quite often. Is that the area where there is some grading being done now, and why are they doing ... or is that a different area? Yapp: Uh, that is the same area. The applicant had received permission to do some grading on the property. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 15 Taylor: Thank you. Throgmorton: Yeah, Terry, I would agree with you. It seems to me that the .... the proposed Comprehensive Plan designation is consistent with the nearby land uses with the topography of the site, um, you know, it doesn't fit my sort of idealized image of great urban planning, but it ... I think it fits really well for this particular (both talking) Yeah. So ... I'll support it. Urn ... roll call. Motion carries 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 16 ITEM 9. HOUSING AUTHORITY'S ANNUAL PLAN — ADOPTING THE IOWA CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY'S ANNUAL PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 a. PUBLIC HEARING Throgmorton: Again, I'm going to open the public hearing. (bangs gavel) Tracy, you don't want to talk about this? You don't have to! (laughter) Sorry, I'm ... I'm only kidding! (laughter) Get a little humor into the event here! I don't see anybody who wants to speak. I'll close the public hearing. (bangs gavel) b. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION Dickens: Move the resolution. Botchway: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Dickens, seconded by Botchway. Discussion? I noticed it's, uh.... a ... a pretty long, complicated plan (laughs) Maybe you could briefly speak to it, Tracy. Uh, it's full of all sorts of...valuable information and there's a lot of it. So can you ... briefly... Hightshoe: The plan ... um, it's required by HUD. We complete it every year. It's not necessarily a plan as much as a report and it, uh, reports on our accomplishments, the programs we offer, and the clientele we serve. So it is a lengthy report, um, talking about ... uh, we give resident characteristics, urn ... public housing, the programs we offer, um, so we can answer questions about anything you see in the report. It's more ... it's essentially a report. Throgmorton: Okay! Any questions for Tracy? Further discussion? Roll call. Motion carries 7-0. Thank you, Tracy. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 17 ITEM 10. AID TO AGENCY ALLOCATIONS - RESOLUTION ALLOCATING HUMAN SERVICES AID TO AGENCIES FUNDING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2017 Dickens: Move the resolution. Botchway: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Dickens, seconded by Botchway. Discussion? Uh, perhaps, Tracy, you would like to address this briefly as well. Hightshoe: I was just going to go through the process with Aid to Agencies. Um, we allocate about $378,000 every year to social service agencies. We have applicants apply through the joint funding process, United Way joint funding process. It allows each application or each applicant to apply in one application for United Way, Johnson County, Coralville, and Iowa City funding. Um, because of our City STEPS plan, the priorities that we ... we moved to with our five-year plan basically said you are a priority or not. We used to have high, medium, and low priorities. The Housing and Community Development Commission developed priorities to help them guide through the 25 applications that we get annually. So I put on the board, um ... the high, medium, and low priorities. So what the Commission does is they take all the applications who address a high priority. They allocate funds. You might not get all the funding you requested. You might not get any, but they .... they fund the high priorities first. After they fund those high priorities, they go to the medium priorities, and then if there's any funding left, typically not, they go to the low priorities. So that's the process that, um, that Commission goes through. So for the fiscal year 17, these are the agencies who were funded. That is the budget that we approved. Um ... that is basically recommended to you. Um, we had 23 applications. We funded 14. The minimum allocation that we ask is $15,000. Um, we felt $15,000 or more is what it takes to make an impact, uh, a significant impact on the funds that we're giving you to address one of the priority needs that we see. Um, and then there was 14 applications that were not funded. Does anybody have any questions about the process? Dickens: When did we change this, about three or four (both talking) Hightshoe: With the 2016 to 2020 City STEPS plan. It was a different way that HUD processed the information, so we used to have high, medium, and low, and it went to you're a priority or not. So basically everything's a priority in that plan. So HCDC needed some way to prioritize applications they were getting. Dickens: Thank you. Throgmorton: And they recommended unanimously, did they not? Hightshoe: Uh huh. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 18 Throgmorton: Yeah. Thank you. Cole: These recommendations look good. It's my understanding that what the goal is is to do high levels of funding for some organizations so they can achieve their funding, as opposed to sort of spreading it around. What I'm wondering is is that over time ... do some of those other organizations, are they able to sort of cycle back into that high level of funding? I mean I see an organization like a Habitat for Humanity, um, I understand they have a very specific mission. They're getting zero, which to me conceivably makes sense if eventually in the future they may be able to get that high level of funding. Is ... does that happen where you go from zero or are they sort of locked out of this process? How does that work? Hightshoe: It's a very highly competitive process, and it used to be that basically for a lot of years, once you got funded you got about the same amount of money, depending on how much the total pot was. When HCDC reviewed it (coughing, difficult to hear speaker) winners and losers because we went to a minimum $15,000 allocation, and ... if you're a high priority ... so I was always telling the applicants, if you're.... maybe your agency, um, is not a high priority, but what you're applying for is — to apply for that. Just to that, so that you bump yourself up to a high priority. So if a new applicant came along, if they serve that high priority they would be given consideration for funding. It's just so that you know if you're funding them you're knocking out other .... (mumbled) funding amounts. Throgmorton: Any other questions for Tracy? Thank you! I think there may be two individuals who would like to address us. Inman: Yes, I'm Devon Inman. I'm the Executive Director of Elder Services. Throgmorton: Hi, Devon! Inman: I would like to respectfully, uh, request a reconsideration of the $25,000 grant. Uh, it represents the continuation of cuts to Elder Services over the past five years from $54,000 down to $25,000, down from just $30,000 last year. So we're talking about a 16% cut year over year, a 50% cut over the past five years. Um ... addressing the concerns here for services we provide, not only are we the Meals on Wheels, uh, program here, uh, but we also investigate cases of elder abuse for senior citizens in Johnson County. Um, in addition to what DHS does, we're actually the recommendations that come into them to try and give them the cas... the case to make it more apparent that the case needs to be taken by DHS. Uh, as far as mental health goes, while we are not mental health practitioners nor do we keep people from homelessness, our information and referral program is vital in helping seniors find housing. We put people in the Crisis Center, the Shelter House, number of people that are, uh, actually elder abuse clients that need a place to stay, they don't know where to go without us. So while there are This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 19 some things here that are definitely very high priority, we are filling those needs as well. I'll answer any questions (mumbled) (laughs) if I can. Throgmorton: LA think I will ask one question, uh... partly to Tracy as well, but ... uh, my recollection is that last year the recommendation was that we fund...uh, Elder Services to $25,000 and yet as a Council we decided to increase that allocation to ... to what, 30...I don't .... 35, I don't know what we increased it to. Inman: 30 last year. Throgmorton: 30. Okay, thank you. I just wanted to double check that. Good evening, Gerry. I'd just like to say it's great to see a former Mayor of North Liberty here yet again (laughter) so welcome! Kuhl: Thank you. Thank you, and I know most of you from having worked with you from 10 years on the North Liberty City Council. Uh, the function ... I'm the Treasurer of Elder Services. Throgmorton: Say your name, Gerry. Kuhl: Gerry Kuhl. Former Mayor of North Liberty (laughter) as Mayor Throgmorton as indicated (laughter) Um ... in looking at your chart, which shows Elder Services, our primary function is to provide Meals on Wheels and home delivered meals. Now, we have a lot of seniors in our community and a growing senior population. Uh, but more than that, when those meals are delivered, we do ... a wellness check on each and every one of those clients, and we think that's a very valuable service within our community. The problem that Elder Services is having is really a kind of a cash flow situation. Um ... we lose about $2.50 per meal. We deliver 19,000 - plus meals to the City of Iowa City during a year. So what I'm trying to say to you is the request for $50,000 is really that number multiplied by $2.50. So we are really in a very difficult financial situation because of those losses on those meals. And that's what I want to ask you to do, is to restore that to the full $50,000, which it was four or five years ago. So that is my request, as the Treasurer of the agency. Throgmorton: Thank you, Gerry. Kuhl: Thank you. Throgmorton: Would anybody else like to address this topic? If not I'm gonna close the public hearing. (bangs gavel) Is there a motion? Dickens: So moved. (several talking) Karr: We already have one (several talking) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 20 Throgmorton: We already have one. Well I closed the public hearing twice then I guess (several talking) Karr: No, we don't have a public hearing. Throgmorton: Well (laughs) Karr: It's closed! (both talking) Throgmorton: (laughs) All right, so discussion? Taylor: Yeah, being unfamiliar with the process here, is there a ... I ... I was concerned when I saw the amount for the Elder Services and that it was just, um, listed as a medium priority, uh, because our elderly population is growing, and there is a large need for the ... the Meals on Wheels and (mumbled) transportation. Uh, and then when I saw that over the years it's been ... it's gone down by at least 50%, you'd think it'd be going up, and so I was concerned about that amount. I don't know .... where you would take it from to give them more (laughs) but I was just concerned about that issue. The rest of it looks good, but I was concerned about the ESI. Botchway: Yeah, Pauline, I think that was the issue that was ... occurred last year. Susan, you still there? Mims: Yep! Botchway: Susan probably has more recollection because I think we went back and forth on this a little bit because I think I, um, participated in the Meals on Wheels program, uh, I went on a ride. I saw what they did from that perspective, and so I was interested in, you know, really seeing that funding increase, especially, you know, knowing some of the things that, you know, the Executive Director talked about (mumbled) briefly. Um .... I think the problem or the situation that ... and the reason why I called you, Susan, was because I think the situation that occurred was where do you ... where do you pull the funding from. I mean, and also, you know, if we were to, uh, deliberate on a one particular ask at this point in time, you know, what about the other, um, organizations that didn't receive funding at all. So there's just a lot of questions and, um, it's ... it's problematic. Go ahead, Susan! Mims: Yeah (mumbled) my take on it. Um .... both Brian and Gerry came to visit me, oh, I don't know, last ... maybe early last fall, I can't remember exactly when it was and talked about the need for increased, uh, funding for Elder Services, and gave me ... I encouraged them to send, you know, a lot of the information in to the staff, um, in terms of their funding concerns and their ... the shortfall on the meals, and unfortunately I've been out of town and ... and have not, and as you know I am tonight, and have not had a chance to go back and find that staff response, but This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 21 it...it...it rebutted a little bit some of the ... some of the statements or ... or comments in terms of some of that funding shortage and some of these other issues that were ... that were really a part of this, and so ... from my perspective, um, here's where I come from. We have a process in place, and we either need to respect the process or ... or we have to really consider why we're putting any processes in place if we're going to keep overriding those. Um, you know, this goes to the Lens, it goes to this, etc. We ... a few years ago delegated this responsibility, um... to a committee to do, uh, they have the funding numbers, they look at the priorities on the various proposals, they have decided that the $15,000 is the minimum to make a significant impact for an organization, they spend, uh, a considerable amount of time reviewing those applications and these agencies all have the opportunity to present directly to that group their case of why they should get the funding they've asked for. Um, I think it is important that we respect the decision of those, uh, of that group and before we start adding any more money to any of these groups, I would challenge this Council to think about the process, respect the process, and if you really feel that strongly that somebody needs more money, I would encourage you not to do it on an ad hoc (mumbled) do it tonight basis because you have not done ... we have not done the research and gotten all of the background information necessary to truly determine if we should, why we should, or where we should get money, extra money from for any of these organizations. This is incredibly competitive. There are many organizations here that are incredibly (mumbled) that are not getting either any money or not getting as much as they asked for. So to single out one because of correspondence or because two people coming and speaking to Council, I think we run the risk of really subverting what (mumbled) process, and so I support the recommendation that's in front of the Council tonight. Throgmorton: Other discussion? Cole: Any increase then comes out of other funding, um, requests then, is that the way that it works then, Geoff? So I mean we're talking about 378. That's fixed, and if we did increase, that would mean some other organization ... would ... would have a decrease, is that correct? Frain: That's correct. The full budgeted amount is being allocated through this process. Botchway: Can you flip back to the other ... I guess I could read it from my packet, but ... (unable to hear person responding) No. Not back, sorry, forward! (several talking) Correct. Thank you! I just wanted to see it myself. There wasn't any discussion, sorry (laughs) Throgmorton: Uh, I'm going to agree with Susan, uh, with due respect to everybody affiliated with Elder Services, uh, we've asked Housing and Community Development Commission to review these applications. It's a very competitive process. They've done what we've asked them to do. I think we need to respect the work they've done. I ... I'm sorry, that's just the way I come down. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 22 Thomas: It's a tough call. Throgmorton: It is a tough call. Dickens: It was one of the hardest things. We used to do it as a Council. Throgmorton: And it was agony! Dickens: Three or four years, and it was the toughest thing to do and (both talking) Throgmorton: Very hard! Dickens: ...so we had this group that actually was able to sit down and spend more time, and I ... I have to agree with Jim and Susan that we do have to respect the process that's been put in place. It's a very tough job and these people really work at it and it's very tough to cut any of these because they're all .... they're all great projects. If you look down ... up and down this list, they're all.... they're... that's what makes Iowa City great is these kind of projects that we have. I just wish we had more money. Cole: No, I agree with everyone. But I'm not categorically ruling out in the future a tweak to the process. Um, so ... I haven't had a chance to look at that but ... I think for now we have to stick with what's already been recommended. Throgmorton: Further discussion? Hearing none, roll call. Motion carries 7-0. Karr: Motion to accept correspondence. Botchway: So moved. Thomas: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Thomas. All in favor say aye. All opposed. Motion carries. Susan, I think I heard an implied yes. Mims: Yes, you did! Throgmorton: (laughs) Motion carried 7-0. All right. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 23 ITEM 11. APPROVAL OF THE CDBG / HOME BUDGET -RESOLUTION ADOPTING IOWA CITY'S FY17 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN WHICH IS A SUB -PART OF IOWA CITY'S 2016-2020 CONSOLIDATED PLAN (CITY STEPS) AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT SAID PLAN AND AMENDMENTS AND ALL NECESSARY CERTIFICATIONS TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND DESIGNATING THE CITY MANAGER AS THE AUTHORIZED CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Throgmorton: Is there a motion to approve? Dickens: Move the resolution. Botchway: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Dickens, seconded by Botchway. Uh, Tracy, you want to address us? Hightshoe: Um, this year we had approximately $1.2 million to allocate. Um, our allocation of Community Development Block Grant and Home funds goes through a process that starts in December. Um, applicants file, um, an application in January. HCDC starts to review `em in February, in March they make recommendation. Uh, we have close to $1.2 million. We had 12 applications requesting over $1.7 million, and out of that open competitive process we only had about $450,000 to allocate, because some of these are set -asides, um, the public services - $100,000 goes to your Aid to Agency budget. So that's already taken, uh.... we are going to do a neighborhood improvement for $75,000. So right now we're applying for some matching grants, um, that will ... for park improvements at Wetherby. Um, and then the housing applicants are very competitive, and then we do owner - occupied rehab, um, we typically do about 25 homes per year for low-income homeowners. Urn ... so we go through that process. HCDC makes their recommendation and then it's to you. This year we did have a slight change. Um, we had allocated about $134,000 to the Housing Fellowship for a tax credit project. Um, that was in your original allocation, original recom... recommendation from March. Urn ... after they applied, the Iowa Finance Authority awarded two tax credit projects in our ... in our county, so they felt there's a bump that you get for not having a tax credit project in your area for the last three years. Due to that they didn't think they were competitive. So they declined the application. They ... they declined our Home award, and so we had to reallocate that money. 15% has to go to a CHDO, community housing development organization, which the Housing Fellowship is, so ... HCDC recommended $58,000 to them, that ... that's our 15% of our Home entitlements. So since they were the only CHDO that applied. So they'll acquire one rental unit for affordable rental housing, and then the remainder of the funds got divided up between Shelter House, so that'll have a complete.... the fuse project will have $275,000 and then they recommended funding for ARC for $51,000. So that ... when we did the recommendation, this is the ... this is the budget that you'd This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 24 be approving tonight. Um, at tonight's meeting you can accept it, you can revise it, um, whatever you do you do it tonight and then we submit that to HUD. It's due to HUD by May 15th. Throgmorton: Tracy, can you remind us, please, of what the fuse project is? Hightshoe: Oh, sure! Throgmorton: We know, but (both talking) Hightshoe: Yep! Um, Shelter House is the lead applicant there. They want to acquire a parcel to build 15 SRO units for, um, frequent users of, uh, high ... high service needs, like, um, police involvement, University emergency room involvement, and so ... basically chronically homeless folks that cycle through, made a lot of expensive interventions. They would house. We would partner with the Housing Authority to provide housing choice vouchers for the folks that live in the unit, and then they'd be offered supportive services, uh, whether that be mental health, substance abuse, whatever the, um, supportive services you need. Um, it's ... they don't have to accept it, but ... the hope of the program is is lives stabilized. You're much more able to improve your situation, accept supportive services, and to stabilize. Throgmorton: Great! Thank you. Any questions for Tracy? Botchway: I guess, Tracy ... sorry! I'm just kind of thinking through it. Um, in the discussion, what happened to the DVIP funding? Or am I reading that wrong? Hightshoe: Yep! Um, DVIP... funded, but um, they weren't recommended funding as part ... that's under public facility, and HCDC this year concentrated on housing projects. Botchway: Okay. All right. Thank you. Throgmorton: Would anybody else like to address this topic? Hightshoe: I'll just...DVIP is out. So they were just funded last year. They're still working on that project. So there was a comment by a commission member, since they're still funded, I think they got $115,000 last year. They're still doing that pro ... project, so they just basically were awarding... and they wanted to prioritize the fuse project. Botchway: Okay. Thank you. Throgmorton: Thanks! Uh, I don't see anybody else who wants to speak. Discussion? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 25 Mims: Jim, this is Susan. I would just say, um, certainly the ... the promotion of the fuse program, when we get to Council comments (cutting out) comments about my time down here in San Antonio with the CIT, um, and it certainly fits right in with that and, urn ... we'll certainly (cutting out) more discussions of it when I get back and at the next meeting. Throgmorton: Great, Susan. I'm really looking forward to hearing about your trip and what you've learned down there. Mims: It's a lot! Botchway: Yeah, I guess to Susan's point though, I mean ... I guess (mumbled) Chrissy in here. You know it's ... I'm hoping that we're having the same conversation around ... with Johnson County and everybody else, with relation to this increase in funding, correct? Okay. I see heads nodding so I'm assuming that's correct. All right, never mind. Throgmorton: Further discussion? Hearing none, roll call. Motion carries 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 26 ITEM 12. IOWA CITY GATEWAY - RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST A CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE IOWA CITY GATEWAY PROJECT [HDP -3715(652)--71-52] Dickens: Move the resolution. Botchway: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Dickens, seconded by Botchway. Do you hear a certain tone in his voice? (laughter) It's because we've been dealing this ... with this for a long time. Jason, are you going to address (several talking) Sorry! There you go! Clow: Good evening! Throgmorton: Good evening! Clow: I am Melissa Clow. I work with Engineering and Public Works, and ... happy to be up here finally! Uh, just wanted to go up ... go over, uh, a brief schedule with you. Throgmorton: Uh huh. Clow: Urn ... we're hoping to execute the contract in a timely manner with PCI. We are looking at a May 31" start date. Um, one of the first things you'll see, um, once construction begins is the construction of Park Road, west of the Park Road bridge approach to Riverside Drive. It's our intention to get that work done prior to the August... September 8a' opening of Hancher. At that same time, Park Road bridge can start. We can start utility relocations on Dubuque Street. Um, the utility relocations require a 10 -day closure of Dubuque Street, south of Park Road bridge. That's for a 16 -inch water main and our sewer trunk sewer. Sanitary trunk sewer. Um ... once the sewer and the water get up towards Mayflower, they cut across over to Terrell Mill Park. We'd start working on the retaining wall and elevating the southbound lanes. Uh, we expect that to be completed probably the summer of 2017. It's hard ... we haven't discussed this schedule with PCI. All of this is based on phasing that's shown in the plans right now. Um, once nor ... the southbound lanes are elevated, we'll move to elevating the northbound lanes. We flip traffic over to the elevated. Um, during this whole time the existing bridge is remaining in use to vehicles. The proposed bridge continues construction. Um, we're looking at the bridge being completed the late spring or early summer of 2018. At that time Park Road would close down. We'd build up the approach. Get traffic switched over and begin demo of the existing bridge. It's our intention to restore full traffic on the roadways prior to August of 2018 at the start of the school year... and everything else. So ... with that, are there any questions? Dickens: So the bridge is a two-year project then? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 27 Clow: Yes. That is our critical... component. Throgmorton: So it's an ambitious and complicated schedule, right? Clow: It is! (laughs) Throgmorton: Yeah. Uh... yeah, Susan! Mims: I was just going to comment I was thrilled to see the bids come in, uh, about $12 million under estimates. Throgmorton: Indeed! You should have seen, uh, Geoff's face (mumbled) (laughter) what the savings was. It's really exciting to see. He's still grinning as we speak. (laughter) Mims: Yes! Throgmorton: Okay. So, yeah, that's terrific news and I'm looking forward to the construction beginning. It's going to be complicated and will be disruptive and then we'll be done with it. Any discussion? Hearing none, roll call. Motion carries 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 28 ITEM 13. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING - RESOLUTION APPROVING INCLUSION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICIES Throgmorton: Is there a motion? Thomas: So moved. Botchway: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Thomas, seconded by Botchway. Discussion? I see Wendy Ford. Please tell us what we're about to do. Ford: Hi, I'm Wendy Ford and as you know one of the outcomes of your, uh, strategic planning, uh, priorities was to review and update the economic development policies. The City Council Economic Development Committee, a subset of you consisting of Jim Throgmorton, Susan Mims, and Rockne Cole met in April to begin that process of reviewing and updating the policies, which were last updated in April of 2014. You, uh, the ... the, uh, EDC, as I refer to the Economic Development, uh, Committee agreed that the policies need more clarity; that clarity helps everyone from developers, residents, staff, and City Councilors understand and operate using very specific standards and expectations, in return for City financial assistance, which is typically in the form of tax increment financing. The EDC tackled affordable housing first. The old policies stated that providing affordable housing was a goal, but they did not clarify how progress could be made towards achieving that goal. To that end then, a requirement to create affordable housing units could be part of the trade-off for receiving TIF, which would help offset increased costs resulting from affordable... the affordable housing requirement. City financial assistance for affordable housing also helps ensure that market -rate housing does not become more expensive just to subsidize the increased costs of providing affordable housing. It was timely then for the EDC and the beginning of their review process that an ad hoc committee on inclusionary housing had held a series of meetings last year to develop an affordable housing policy for the Riverfront Crossings District. One of the recommendations there was that in any residential project in Riverfront Crossings, a minimum of 10% of the units in a residential project must be affordable housing, regardless of whether the, uh, developer was seeking TIF, and if they were seeking TIF, then a minimum of 15% of the units would have to be affordable. Since that particular policy translated well to urban renewal areas, this policy recommendation before you today is for any residential project in any of the city's urban renewal areas that seek TIF. So ... the new policies are for a ... or are proposed to be for a development seeking TIF that includes 10 or more residential dwelling units, one, a minimum of 15% of those residential units must be priced affordably for a minimum of 20 years, or the term of the development agreement, whichever is longer. For rental housing, the required affordable dwelling units shall be rented at a rate affordable to households with a maximum This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 29 of 60% of the area median income, and that's a maximum. So it could be negotiated, uh, to... be lower than that and more affordable for a lower AMI. For owner ... for owner occupied housing, the required affordable dwelling units shall be sold at a rate affordable to households with up to 110% of the area median income, and again, the City can negotiate, uh, the dwelling units, uh, be priced at a .... at a, uh, lower threshold, as well. And then finally the fourth, uh, leg on this is that the City can also negotiate a fee in lieu of providing, uh, on-site affordable housing with the fee to be used for affordable housing, uh, purposes within the urban renewal area from which that fee is ... is, uh, garnered. And, those fees could be used for, uh, for example grants or loans for construction of affordable housing, for downpayment assistance for income -qualified households, etc. Um, staff recommended this to the Economic Development Committee, uh, who approved it at their April 12th meeting, uh, approved it to be recommended to you, uh, for approval, that is, at... on April 12th. So ... there you have it! Throgmorton: Great! Thank you, Wendy. Any questions for Wendy? Dickens: The owner -occupied is (coughing, difficult to hear speaker) condos or ... not ... not houses. Ford: Yes. Dickens: It would have to be condos, or houses. Ford: It could be, as long as it ... they were owner -occupied, and actually ... the likelihood of a developer coming in to create, uh, owner -occupied, affordable housing is probably minimal compared to the, uh, likelihood that developers (both talking) Dickens: (mumbled) Ford: ....yeah, the apartment, uh... uh, stock is what we really need and what there's a demand for .... likely to see in these projects. Botchway: Another quick question. And so number four, the fee in lieu of, kind of concerns me a little bit. Um, I really like that particular proposal, um, but the issue with it is is that, you know, for example if the fee in lieu of for affordable housing would be, you know, I ... I as the owner or developer would give $100,000, I don't know if that's necessarily, you know, um .... proportioned to the amount that they would be getting for not necessarily having that 15% of affordable housing. I mean, I ... I don't know of a particular project — I'm just throwing those numbers out there. Dickens: (mumbled) was based on that, a little bit. Botchway: (both talking) Yeah, no .... and that ... that was one of those pieces where we were tying the affordable housing to the length of the potential (mumbled) we'd be giving. I think it was like $450,000, right across from the Rec Center. I guess This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 30 I'm just making sure that with the specificity, are we going to talk about that specificity within this particular goal or document or is that just going to be something that you negotiate with each developer? Cole: Can I make a comment just in terms of where the Committee was coming or do you want to answer that? (both talking) Well just ... one of the things that the Committee felt, one of the reasons why we felt we could move so quickly on this particular proposal is that the Inclusionary Zoning Committee, I think, did some great work. Uh, Scott McDonough was on the committee, several others, and what we felt was is that a lot of the heavy lifting had been done with a broad ... cross section of the community. There's parts of these four that I'm not actually pleased with and I'd like to have a little bit higher, like a 20%, but for an immediate change to the policy, we felt comfortable doing that because one, it ties right in to the previous inclusionary zoning work done in the Riverfront Crossings, and two, the thing to keep in mind is that we are also going to, going forward, conduct a review of the TIF policy. We felt that this was something we could make an immediate change to. Um, so there's parts of the four that I don't like, but I do think it fo... it reflected like a compromise of the ... of the, uh, Inclusionary Zoning Committee, and that was a nice template to start, uh, with the change of the TIF policy. Cause normally I don't think we'd make a change this quickly for a ... a major change on TIF, at least that'd be my view, so ... I don't know (mumbled) Mims: Yeah, I would agree .... I would agree with Rockne. I think ... a huge part of our ability to move this quickly was was the work that the ad hoc Inclusionary Zoning Committee had done for Riverfront Crossings so, you know, as Rockne said, that was a ... a wide group of people from developers to staff to affordable housing people who came up with those rules for, um, Riverfront Crossings and basically what staff did was took that and, um, looked at that and looked at, you know, how we would use that (coughing, difficult to hear speaker) with rules for affordable housing, um, for anything that involves TIF, and ... so I'm ... I'm really comfortable with this. I'm comfortable with us moving forward with it, um, this quickly because of that background work that has been done. Um, unlike Rockne I am comfortable with the 15% minimum. We can always look at negotiating a higher one, but I think we always have to keep in mind the higher that percentage, the bigger the gap and the more tax money the, you know, the greater the TIF, and so I'd rather start with the 15, see how that works, see what that's going to cost us, um, and then always have the opportunity to change this in the future and go higher, or even try and negotiate higher numbers, depending upon the particular project. Um, related... Kingsley, to your concerns about the fee in lieu of, I ... one of the things that makes me reasonably comfortable with that piece is that it is restricting the use of that to affordable housing purposes within the same urban renewal area. So when we talk about trying to scatter affordable housing around the city, um, it at least limits that fee to be used within that same urban renewal area, and I think that's really important. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 31 Dilkes: I'll make one comment on the fee in lieu of It's my understanding ... because that's a component of the inclusionary zoning ordinance in Riverfront Crossings as well that there are discussions going on as to how that should be calculated. Botchway: Okay. Dilkes: I don't think it's going to be just picking a number out of the air. Botchway: That was (mumbled) Frain: And it's ... it's also a discretionary, um, decision, so it's not a ... an automatic option that a developer would have. It would be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and we wanted to maintain some... flexibility. There ... there may be a situation where that ... that fee, we can extract that fee and actually leverage additional units, uh, in a nearby development. So for instance, if there's someone lookin' at a tax credit project in a particular urban renewal district, it may behoove the City if there's a separate, uh, TIF project to instead of taking two or three units in that building, to leverage those fee in lieu of dollars, put `em with the tax credit project, and ... and potentially get more bang for our buck, uh, that way. So it's really just providing us a flexibility. It's not a ... it's not an option that a developer has. We'll ... we'll have that discretion. Throgmorton: I think I'd like to add only one other point. It's my understanding that this will be part of the overall affordable housing strategy that we will be discussing in another, I don't know, four or five weeks, whatever the date is. So ... got to think of it as part of a whole. All right, uh, further discussion? Thomas: Yeah I would... Throgmorton: Yeah! Thomas: ...I would just echo what Jim said. I think it's important to keep in mind that this is one tool and we'll need many in order to truly achieve our goal. Throgmorton: Okay! Roll call. Motion carries 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 32 ITEM 18. CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION Throgmorton: Susan, why don't you start? Mims: I'll make this short tonight because this isn't the most convenient way to do it. Um, but I just want to say that the last two days that I've spent down here in San Antonio, um, with the CIT, crisis intervention training, uh, program, have been incredibly informational. We had the opportunity yesterday morning to ob... observe some of the training, um, and I think for the officers, my guess is the training just gets better as the week goes on, but we ... even by Monday afternoon were seeing some very, very interesting aspects of that training in terms of, um, the communication that they use. We saw ... had the opportunity to see some San Antonio officers who've been doing this for a long time and hear some of their, um, incredibly, incredibly compelling, moving, and emotional stories of the successes that they have had, um, and the stories and situations that they have witnessed that have certainly saved lives. Um, we spent today visiting the Haven for Hope and Restoration Center, which includes ... 40 -plus agencies providing services from low (distorted) intake to sobriety to detox to, uh, referrals for, um, job training, social workers, uh, just a myriad of programs. There are 23 of us down here from the Iowa City area, from non -profits, uh, to various governmental entities and we've had the opportunity to sit down as a group, um, a couple of times and really talk about how we might move this forward in the Johnson County area and so with that I'll just ... I'll leave it for tonight, but I'll ... I'll plan to either give you a written report and/or talk in more detail, um, at our next meeting and we will certainly be hearing more from Jessica Peckover who's kind of spearheading this out of Johnson County, um, Sheriff's office, um, as to how this will be moving forward. They've already got (distorted) that are working on a regular basis and so we'll be getting updates from them as well, but... incredibly exciting, um, process and approach, uh, we're going to have a lot of issues that we have to work through in terms of organization and funding, um, and that's what we'll be moving on to next. Throgmorton: Great! Sounds like a terrific visit, uh, we look forward to hearing from you when you return, Susan. Mims: Thank you! Throgmorton: John, you wanna go next? Thomas: Uh, we have a house -moving party, uh, tomorrow (laughter) uh... Throgmorton: Are you going to sit on the front porch? (laughter) Thomas: Well, we possibly, I don't know. I was thinking of hanging out in College Green, which is where the, uh, the party will be from 10:30 to 2:00 tomorrow. So that should be kind of an interesting experience, seeing this house being relocated, not This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 33 too far from its current location, uh, you know, the UAY House. So, um, I would encourage people to come. I think it should be kind of a ... a really exciting and, uh, moving experience to see that. Cole: Literally! (laughter) Thomas: Pardon the pun! Yeah, pardon the pun! Tbrogmorton: Pauline! Taylor: Um, would this be the time that I would, uh, report on John and I's listening post we had, uh, on April 20a' at the Old Capitol Town Center, and it seemed to be a good location. We got quite a variety of folks, um, students. I expected a lot of students but we had some folks that worked downtown that stopped by on their lunch break. People kind of came and went. Um, which they liked that, that they could just kind of come in and come and go and speak their mind, um, lot of concerns about affordable housing, uh, particularly from the students. (mumbled) always think it's the low-income folk, but they had a lot of concerns about, uh, the increased costs of, uh, student provided housing in the dormitories and then not being able to find housing within the city, um, and having to move outside — North Liberty, Coralville — and not having the transportation, which was another issue they talked about, but uh, downtown streetscape, a lot of folks talked about that. Uh, a variety of topics ... it was very good. People thought it was a good location. Throgmorton: Yeah, fabulous! Sounds like it worked beautifully! Yeah, great! And we can praise Nicki Neal, our former liaison for suggesting that we do one ... uh, there. Yeah. Rockne! Cole: Relating to the listening posts, I just want to say ... maybe this is more of a packet issue, but in response to staff s response to our listening post at Pheasant Ridge ... I can't ... I wasAt was tremendous! I mean basically every single one of the questions that was presented, we got a very detailed response. Um, and I'm hoping that should go back out to Pheasant Ridge so we can give that information back to them. Um ... you provided answers in a very detailed and meaningful way. Um, so I think it also underscores not only what we should be doing aspirationally, but also identifying the things we're doing well and to let people know of those services exist. I did want to also comment on that entrepreneurship program that's going to be starting here pretty quick. That is precisely what we should be doing for some of the folks needing opportunities. One thing I'm wondering is that if we could,uh, maybe get a little more notice earlier on, because I think I learned about it a couple weeks ago, but I totally commend staff on that. And related to Bike to Work Week, there' s going to be a lot of events coming up along those lines. I want to remind everyone, Bill Nesper is coming to the community May 9a'. I believe it's 6:00 at Mere, uh, for the public to come. I encourage everyone to go to that, so we can get sort of a road ... a road map, uh, in This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 34 terms of, uh, where we go with our getting to gold status cause that's gonna be a significant step for us. Throgmorton: Tent'! Dickens: All right, really quick, uh, Friday Night Concert Series starts later this month. Farmers Market (several talking) right across the street here is coming up, so Kingsley can get his, uh, pastries bright and early. Botchway: Oh yeah, and it starts tomorrow. Cole: Oh, the Wednesday one starts tomorrow? Botchway: Yeah. Dickens: It's in May, so ... and uh, very good article in the paper, uh, quoting Roger Bradley from Yellow Cab saying that it was business as usual, even with Uber, that, uh, did not see a significant drop, which was -which is nice to hear. And I will be missing the next Council meeting. My daughter is getting married! So I will be out of the country! Botchway: I will be going with Terry! (laughter) (mumbled) Cole: Congratulations! Throgmorton: It is your turn! Botchway: Yes, so, um ... Flyover Fashion Fest is happening, um, this weekend and so if you get an opportunity, tickets are still available, I do believe, $25.00 for the kind of, you know, fashion piece or the fashion show piece. I will be there, hopefully without the cold. Um ... Mother's Day, just want to shout out to my mom. She's not listening, but, um, thinking about Mother's Day in relation to the proclamation and she's a nurse and so, uh, just made me think of her when, urn ... uh, when you read the proclamation, so that was an amazing piece, and then on May 15a`, I think that's next Sunday, I will be running the `Celebrity Mile' and it's pretty funny running — I don't normally do that too much, or running a ... oh, I wouldn't do that too much without a basketball in my hand but, um, running a celebrity mile for, uh, Get Moving for Healthy Kids, and so if you're able to come out, um, it's an amazing thing, and uh, I'm putting notice on Mark Carlson. I received a forward of an email from Susie Pollen that he was talking some serious junk (laughter) and so, um, he doesn't know that I know but now that he knows, publicly, um, I'm going to destroy him (laughter) Throgmorton: Oh, funny! Well, all right, so I get to try to trump you just a little bit. Trump... that (laughter) As Rockne said, Bike to Work Week is coming up on, what, the 16u' through the 20u' or something like that. It will include a Mayor's This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 35 Bike Ride, and it's going to take ... and that bike ride is going to take place from 3:00 to 5:00 P.M. on May 15, beginning in Upper City Park. So ... you could (several talking) your bike over or run (several talking) Dickens: Swim a little bit too! Botchway: Yeah! Throgmorton: The other thing I wanted to mention is that the Human Rights Youth Awards event will take place at the Englert on Tuesday, May 10, starting at 7:00 P.M. Be a good event, and thanks to you, Geoff, and Stefanie for providing me with talking points for that. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016. Page 36 ITEM 19. REPORT ON ITEMS FROM CITY STAFF a) City Manager Throgmorton: Geoff, it's your turn. Fruin: Yeah, one ... one, uh, item I sent, uh, Tom Markus an email this afternoon or a text message and I told him he's off the hook because Moody's reaffirmed our triple- A rating again. So, uh, great news and, uh, just, again, goes to, uh, all the hard work in our Finance department, and um, prudent budgeting by staff and Council, so... um, congratulations to you all! Mims: (distorted) Throgmorton: It is good news! This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of May 3, 2016.