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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-10-18 TranscriptionPage 1 ITEM 2. STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARDS ITEM 2a Mark Twain Elementary Throgmorton: We have three individuals. I wonder if you could come up, please! Good to see you again! We had a good conversation just a few minutes ago! All right, so we have Student Leadership Awards for three individuals. I'm gonna .... the award, um, you know, itself says exactly the same thing. So I'm gonna read the award, uh, for Elijah first. You're Elijah, right? Yeah. Uh, and then I'll just say your name and your name, but uh, after I read the award for you, I'd like for you to read your own statement, okay, and then your statement, then your statement. Okay, so Student Leadership Award (reads award). So, Elijah, here's you ... here' s your's. Would you read your statement, please? Morris: Hello, I am Elijah and I think leadership is important because without .... uh.... without it no one would have anything to look up to. Leadership is necessary because the world would be a horrible place without leadership. Leaders inspire other people to become their better selves. I've been a school council member, a conflict manager, and a safety patrol. I set a good example because I'm on time for school and I turn on .... turn in all of my homework on time. No one is perfect but that does not mean you can't strive to be. Thank you for your time. (applause) Throgmorton: Well done, Elijah! Okay! The next award goes to Hayate Mustefa. So it's a ... it just says the same thing, so I won't read it again. Would you read your statement, please? Mustefa: Hi, my name is Hayate. I'd like to thank my teachers in Mark Twain Elementary for helping me receive this leadership award tonight. Leaders are important because they act as role models. What makes me a leader is that I'm very devoted to my school and community. I'm a conflict manager, which is when you help students with problems. I've been on student council for two ye .... for two years and I love to read the .... I love to read to the younger children. Outside of school I babysit and play the violin in orchestra. Our motto at Twain is we are respectful, responsible, caring community and I make sure that it is. (applause) Throgmorton: Congratulations, Hayate! I love the fact that you're involved in conflict resolution. That's a good thing! Okay, and the last is for Anthony Rodriquez. Anthony, would you read your statement? Wait a minute. Rodriquez: Hello, my name is Tony Rodriquez. I go to Mark Twain School. I think being a leader is being someone people can trust, and also being the person who treats others well. A leader can also be your best friend. At Mark Twain we have lots of new kids and we need kids and teachers to treat them like they matter so when they leave our school they will feel like a success. A leader is that type of person. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 2 I try to be that person. I do my best to help my family and my community. (applause) Throgmorton: All right, well done! Uh, you all attend a great school. Mark Twain's really terrific and the renovation that took place recently is really an asset for the community and asset for the neighborhood, and uh, it's a terrific facility for learning and it sounds like you're doin' great down there, so keep up the good work! Okay! So I bet there's some proud parents out there! (unable to hear person in audience speaking) And grandparents, there ya go! Okay, so.... congratulations to all three of you. (applause) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 3 ITEM 3. PROCLAMATIONS ITEM 3a United Nations Day - October 24 Throgmorton: (reads proclamation) Karr: Here to accept the proclamation representing the Iowa United Nations Association, Board Member Andrea Cohen. (applause) Cohen: Well the UN is nothing if not ambitious. (laughter) Um, on behalf of the Iowa United Nations Association, thank you! The Iowa UNA has a very simple mission: we seek to connect Iowans to global issues. In 1953 after Eleanor Roosevelt spoke in Des Moines to an overflow crowd, the Iowa UNA was born to carry on what has proven to be decades of dedication to, promotion of, and education about the United Nations. We provide educational programming on topics such as climate change. Only last week some 200 countries, including the United States, signed a binding agreement limiting hydrofluorocarbon emissions. They're used in refrigerators and air conditioners, for novices like me, which follows the unanimous COP21 agreement signed in Paris last year. We also coordinate humanitarian fundraisers in Iowa through UN programs like UNICEF and the UN Refugee Agency, and events such as `Nothing but Nets' to help in malaria, `Hike for Refugees,' `Night of a Thousand Dinners,' and we advocate for, constructive United States participation and leadership in the world today. On Sunday, October 23`d you are all cordially invited to celebrating the world's children, a community -wide event featuring song, dance, music, and spoken word pieces performed by children from several national and ethnic traditions. To sweeten the deal, there will be international desserts. Monday, October 24`h is UN Day. It's the anniversary of the birth of the United Nations. At the UN International School in New York, we wore our national costumes, representing some 120.... countries. Perhaps you can tell where I come from (laughter) The next day, the 25`h, former Ambassador to Botswana, John Lange, will be speaking on global health and sustainable development in Iowa City. Finally, Halloween's coming. We hope you will per... participate in `Trick or Treat for UNICEF.' The well known orange boxes are available in our office in Old Brick. The Iowa UNA thinks global, working globally. Thank you! (applause) Throgmorton: Thank you, Andrea. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 4 ITEM 3. PROCLAMATIONS ITEM 3b National Disability Employment Awareness Month — October Throgmorton: (reads proclamation) Is there someone to accept this proclamation? Karr: Here to accept the proclamation is Adel Adams, Human Rights Commission Member. (applause) Adams: On behalf of, uh, Human Rights Commission, I would like to thank the Mayor and I accept the National Disability Employment Awareness for this month. Thank you, Mayor. Throgmorton: Thank you, Adel. (applause) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 5 ITEM 5. COMMUNITY COMMENT (ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA). [UNTIL 8 PM] Throgmorton: So anybody can address any topic that's not on the regular published agenda. Uh, I'd like to ask you to keep your comments to not more than five minutes, and we'll go from there! Good evening! Sandoval: Honorable Mayor, City Council, my name is Gerardo Sandoval. I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I'm the new Executive Director of Public Access Television. Um, I also want to take this opportunity to thank you for your ongoing support of Public Access Television, Channel 18, here in Iowa City, and to invite you to our first, um, bike -in theater. Well, we're bringing bike -in theater back. This Friday, um, it'll be in our parking lot at 7:00 P.M. and in support of this event, we'll have the Bike Library, um, Uptown Bill's, um, Little Village, and of course we'll have our other neighbor.... these are our neighbors actually in the, you know, south Dubuque area, and another neighbor we just discovered is Tacos Don Diego, so we'll have a taco truck there and popcom. It's a biking theater, but it's open to anybody, um, you can walk there if you, uh, need be. Um, again, it's a free B horror film, uh, the Milpitas Monster will be there and like I said, popcorn, tacos, and a free movie! Uh, we'll have parking for your bicycle, um, and again, we're encouraging, you know, bicycling but you don't need to bike there. Um, parking might be limited, um, and it's free, uh, this Friday at 7:00 P.M. Again, I want to thank the City for all your ongoing support of Public Access Television. Thank you! Throgmorton: (clapping) Oh, what am I clapping for! (laughter) Thank you, Gerardo, yeah, thank you. I got carried away. My bad! (laughs) Sieck: Council, my name is Kyle Sieck. I'm here representing, uh, a local food truck, Local Burrito, as well as Iowa City Mobile Vending Association. A new trade association to represent, uh, the community and mobile vendors as a whole in Iowa City and the corridor. So ... uh, I introduced a memo into your packet, suggesting.... or asking for us to consider the mobile vendor ordinance that you guys passed, uh, about a year and a half ago, which I thank you for considering and for allowing food trucks to be downtown under certain circumstances. Um, we're here, and I'm here, to ask you to consider new ideas and new opportunities for this blossoming economy which represents minorities, alumni, women, and... community members trying to create a business and grow their.... grow their... grow their lives. So, what I'm asking you .... you guys to consider is .... locations and times, which are not currently allowed for food trucks. Uh, I've spent the last month working with the Iowa City Downtown Association, outreaching to local businesses, trying to hear their comments and concerns, talking to citizens. I would say nine out of 10 people like the idea of food trucks. There are concerns from certain business owners, um, and .... to just briefly address those concerns I would like to say we're trying to foster an environment that creates a symbiotic local food economy. I as a food truck nev.... would never want to set up directly This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 6 in front of an existing restaurant, cause that's just not a good code of ethics. What I'm here to identify is that there's parts of our downtown district which are not being utilized and are not offering food options to the late-night populous, and I would ask you to consider.... options and then .... have an ongoing conversation with our association, the Downtown District, existing businesses, as well as your staff to discuss creative ideas for how we can move forward and create a more dynamic local food economy. Thank you. Throgmorton: Thank you, Kyle. I .... I should tell you that, uh, and the audience, that during our work session this evening, we, uh, tentatively agreed to ... uh, place this topic on our next work session agenda for November the 15`, uh.... it might be there are too many topics. We have to address that later on this evening. Uh, but .... but we did agree to discuss the proposal and, uh, if I remember correctly, we asked Geoff to put together a memo about some of the background pertaining to what's been done up till now, correct? Fruin: That's correct. Throgmorton: Uh, was there anything else we had agreed to request? That's all I remember. Yeah. Okay, so .... thank you, Kyle. All right, anybody else care to address us on any other topic not on this evening's agenda? Good evening, Crissy! Canganelli: Good evening. I'm Crissy Canganelli, Executive Director of Shelter House. Um. just here tonight to thank you for approving the special amendment, um, or special admission, excuse me, for housing vouchers, uh, during your last Council meeting. Um .... it's a tremendous move, uh, for us and for the Fuse and Housing First project. The special admission gives priority for, uh, tenants, would-be tenants, for this project once we get it built and provides relief to the normal, um ... ex ... expectations, uh, that they otherwise would face, which would be barriers to them qualifying for housing vouchers frankly. Um, again, this is working for a population that is the chronically homeless population. So this guarantees revenue. It guarantees rent, a rent source for the individuals, and I thank you for that leadership and in particular want to thank Steve Rackis for instigating this conversation, thinking of it, bringing it to the Commission, for his leadership, um, and his partnership. Thank you! Throgmorton: Thank you. Roger, you're up! Knight: Hello, my name's Roger Knight. I would just like to kind of re...speak on the, uh, things I've brought up in the past. We should have a blanket .... uh, noise ordinance across the city. I know .... bars are probably fighting to not even have it come up for ... on the agenda, but .... you know, there's been so many talks about how to stop Iowa being one of the biggest party schools in the country, and if you limit some of these noise ordina.... no .... put a noise ordinance out there, that even affects the bars or anywhere in this city, then it's .... you know, it's a blanket. It's not favoritism for anywhere or any business or what not that starting about 10:00 This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 7 at night, you know, it should be fair, no matter if you're downtown or on the very edge of Iowa City, that we should be working to have it where there is, you know, what's fair for any .... citizen in Iowa City. And ..... to continue on with the ... what's fair is how unfair Robert A. Lee Rec Center is for someone like me in a wheelchair. Go take a look and even if you need to, we have a spare, uh, wheelchair at my apartment complex. I challenge any one of you to try to get around and go to the restroom. Try to go ready .... get ready to go for a swim. Really look at the issues that surround.... Robert A. Lee. It's nice that the doors open with the handicap button. Good luck gettin' into the bathroom! If you have to go! Because these are some serious issues, and.....you know, you .... to ..... um, about downtown, you got .... those who like to go to the bars, which is fine — whatever, that's legal, but they .... are taking care of business everywhere. This is the city that you want? Allowing the.... offenses against the ADA, offenses of noise, offenses of urination. This is the city you want, because it's a collage town? Think about that for a second. Are you wanting to sit up there, being proud of that's the city you're leading? Thank you. Throgmorton: Thank you, Roger. Anybody else? Okay, I don't see anybody else who wants to speak, so we'll turn to Item #6, Planning and Zoning Matters. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 8 ITEM 7. NATURAL AREAS MASTER PLAN - RESOLUTION APPROVING, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST AN AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF IOWA CITY AND APPLIED ECOLOGICAL SERVICES OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA TO PROVIDE CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR IOWA CITY NATURAL AREAS MASTER PLAN PROJECT Dickens: So moved. Botchway: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Dickens, seconded by Botchway. Julie Seydell-Johnson, could you describe this for us and give us whatever background's necessary. Seydell-Johnson: Sure! This is, um, hiring a consultant to come in and look at all of our natural areas. There's about 1,100 acres of City -owned property out there that's wetlands, stream bank, uh, natural forest, um.....and prairie areas. So the consultants will come in and first of all do a survey of those areas, determine how healthy they are or unhealthy they are, and then help us with recommended practices and a plan for the next 10 years of how to make those areas better. Um, we'll also end up with very good mapping, GIS mapping, so that we can use it towards our, um, STAR communities criteria. Throgmorton: Okay! Thank you. Any questions for Julie? Thomas: Uh, Julie, what .... what areas, urn .... fall under the 1,100 acres? Seydell-Johnson: Um.... Thomas: At least the larger elements. Seydell-Johnson: Sure. Some of the larger ones would be of course the Sycamore wetlands, the Waterworks Park area, some of Terry Trueblood are some of the larger ones, and then I have a list here of about 20, 25 park areas that have smaller, maybe an acre to three acres, that would fall under this. So if you think of it, um, areas within parks that are more passive recreation or don't have the active recreation areas in them that we would manage, um, as natural areas. Throgmorton: Before our meeting, Julie, you were, uh.... I asked you where this originated, whose idea it was basically. Uh, I think you suggested it was the City Manager's idea. Seydell-Johnson: It might have been. It was in the works when I came (both talking) Throgmorton: Geoff, uh, do you have insight into the background? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 9 Fruin: Well .... yeah, I ... urn .... we proposed it through the budget last year. It was the first time the Council would have seen it, but we've had a number of discussions with staff over the years, be it Parks and Rec staff, uh, Brenda Nations our Sustainability Coordinator, and I think we just realized that we didn't have a good management plan. We were addressing things on kind of an ad hoc basis, uh, whether it was prairie burns or invasive specie pulls, um, but we didn't have a good sense of, um .... kind of a long-term vision on how we wanted to maintain those, and frankly we were becoming concerned that we were losing some of the ecological benefits of those areas. So we really needed some help, some outside help, for us to take an inventory of what we had and then some.... provide some professional guidance on how best to take care of that, given the resources that we have to work with. Throgmorton: Good deal! Thank you, Geoff. Thank you, Julie! Uh, no questions I guess for Julie? Is that right? Good, thanks. So, uh, discussion? Thomas: It's a great idea, um, I .... I think this is an area that often ... uh, because it is a natural area, not conventional park space, that can tend to be .... ignored for lack of a better word, um, because most staff in a parks and rec department aren't oriented toward conventional facilities. So, uh, I think this is a wonderful idea. You know, the idea of how can it .... how can these areas be maximized in terms of their value. Um .... because there is .... there is, again, that tendency to sort of, well, they're natural. We don't need to do anything, and .... and we know that's not the case. So I think it's ... I'm really.... really supportive of this. Throgmorton: Anyone else? Well I....I'm very pleased to support it as well. I'm very pleased to see it come before us, even though I'm not sure there's a direct connection. My sense is that this is .... this proposal is very consistent with a biodiversity management strategy that several residents submitted to us, I don't know — a year ago? That's vaguely what I'm recalling anyhow. Uh, so, uh, that makes it doubly pleasing to see us, uh, have this proposal before us. Thomas: It's a great idea. Throgmorton: Uh, so hearing no further discussion, roll call. Motion carries 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 10 ITEM 8. HOUSING TRUST FUND CONTRIBUTION - RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE HOUSING TRUST FUND OF JOHNSON COUNTY FOR THE CONTRIBUTION AND USE OF $500,000 FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING Mims: So moved. Botchway: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Botchway. Uh.... anybody out there in the audience want to address this? I don't .... don't see anyone. Discussion? Botchway: I'm excited, I mean.... we're.... we're moving forward, um, we're putting a considerable amount of funding towards an effort that we've identified as a need. Um .... talked a lot about it so I don't need to necessarily go into a long diatribe right now, but this is great! So.... Mims: Yeah (mumbled) got the, uh, closing on the Linn -Court property which gave us a million dollars or whatever for the affordable housing, and I think this is a great way to utilize, uh, 500 of this through an organization that has, um, an incredible track record in the community. So .... thank you, Tracy, for all your work. Tracy Achenbach out in the audience, uh, so look forward to seeing the work with this. Throgmorton: Anyone else? Fruin: Just remind the Council that you have also already pledged 600,000 towards the senior housing project in Towncrest, so .... those, these two alone, you know, over one million this year and that's, uh, not even counting some of the CDBG federal programs that we do and the remainder of the Court -Linn, so .... pretty significant progress that you all have made this year. Throgmorton: Yeah, I'm really pleased with this as well. I think we all know it's a drop in the bucket, but it's a very big drop. It's an important drop, and I'm very excited, uh, to have it before us. I'm thrilled we'll be able to assist the Housing Trust Fund, uh, and I want to acknowledge also that Channel 4, uh, has put together a pretty darn good video, uh, about the affordable action housing.... Affordable Housing Action Plan. I just watched it, I don't know, a couple days ago. It's well worth taking a look at. Okay, any 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 October 18, 2016. Page I1 ITEM 9. MIDAMERICAN ENERGY ELECTRIC FRANCHISE - ORDINANCE RENEWING THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, TO ACQUIRE, CONSTRUCT, ERECT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE IN THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, AN ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER SYSTEM TO FURNISH, DELIVER AND SELL ELECTRIC ENERGY TO SAID CITY AND ITS INHABITANTS FOR A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS. (SECOND CONSIDERATION) Botchway: Move see ... second consideration. Dickens: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims .... I'm sorry, moved by Botchway and seconded by Dickens. Discussion? Cole: I'm just gonna indicate for the record that I am supportive of this. Um .... about 10 years ago obviously we had a really big conversation about this particular topic, and I think the view was is that we would have an opportunity to revisit this in 10 years, assuming that there would be any other community member or group that would step forward with this, but that momentum just isn't there, and so I'm supportive of, uh, renewin' it. Throgmorton: Anyone else? 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 October 18, 2016. Page 12 ITEM 11. SOLID WASTE CODE AMENDMENTS -ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 16, PUBLIC WORKS, CHAPTER 3, CITY UTILITIES, ARTICLE H, SOLID WASTE, TO REQUIRE APARTMENT BUILDINGS TO PROVIDE RECYCLING SERVICES TO TENANTS, ALLOW FOR THE CURBSIDE COLLECTION OF FOOD WASTE, PROHIBIT LANDFILLING OF TELEVISIONS AND COMPUTER MONITORS AND REQUIRE MATERIALS BEING DISPOSED OF AT THE LANDFILL TO BE SECURED. (FIRST CONSIDERATION) Thomas: Move first consideration. Botchway: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Thomas, seconded by Botchway. Chris O'Brien! Good evening. O'Brien: Good evening and .... and thank you for allowing us to be here to discuss this. Uh, Chris O'Brien, Director of Transportation and Resource Management. Uh, in June of this year we had a work session where, uh, we came and we presented several items, uh, as part of a waste minimization strategy. Uh, what we're here for tonight is really phase one of the implementation of that, uh, which is as .... as you kind of spelled out but I'll summarize. Um, mandating the provision of multi -family recycling in Iowa City, uh, providing curbside food waste collection, banning computer monitors and televisions at the Landfill, and then a .... a tarp policy to make sure that, uh, all loads coming to the Landfill are wither secured or covered. Um, you know there .... I guess before we get too far into any questions or if we want to elaborate on any of these, there are several people that have been working on this much longer than I have, um, and that's.... that's Stan Laverman from NDS, uh, Sarah Greenwood-Hecktone from, uh, the City Attorney's office, and Jen Jordan spent.... inordinate amount of time on this. So there's a lot of people and I'm sure there's several more, uh, but those three have been .... have been essential in getting this from an idea to actually in front of you for consideration at this time, so .... I'm....I'm happy to go into any .... any details if there's things. Obviously we spent a lot of time on it at the June 60' work session, um, but .... but I can certainly walk through anything you ... you would like some more highlights on. Cole: Maybe just for public consumption, the monitors will go to the Eastside. So where will people take the monitors (both talking) O'Brien: ....so I think one of the things we're really.....and maybe there's some confusion. What we're saying is we're prohibiting the landfilling of those. Uh, they'll still be process at the Landfill. So you'll still bring them out, but we will not allow them to actually be put into the Landfill and buried. There's a process for us to take those into, uh, there's .... to have those processed by an outside vendor is how we manage that. But we're just not allowing them to go into the actual landfill area and be buried. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 13 Throgmorton: With regard to multi -family, uh, housing, uh..... O'Brien: Sure! Throgmorton: .... recycling (both talking) Am I correct in understanding that not every ... multi- family unit would be subject to this regulation? And .... and that, uh.... under certain circumstances, uh, a particular structure or property owner would be able to obtain an exception from the code, from the ordinance? O'Brien: Sure. I ... one, we'll start off with everyone has to adhere to the policy. Now there will be exceptions that will be considered as part of the enforcement policy, um, and then the way this is getting rolled out, and that's one of the things I want to make sure we're clear on as well. Um, what this is doing is settin' the standard for much like we do trash, which is required for all multi -family units, regardless if it's a duplex all the way up to a .... a massive, high-density structure. Uh, what we're saying here is that so for new developments, the minute this passes, it really brings that into play right away, and .... and January 1's really the target of what we're looking for to start these. For those that have already been developed, existing units, existing developments, there's going to be a grace period to allow them to come into compliance and that will be in tune with their .... their rental permit, which is sort of a two-year window for those. Um, now as we get into that evaluation process, we anticipate that there will be some units that come up that we're gonna have to make some accommodations for, whether that's.... whether that's not ... not forcing any sort of screening. They just can't comply at all. Did we look at their parking restrictions and what.... there's a lot of things we can look at in order to try to make this work, but we .... we anticipate there will be exceptions. Throgmorton: Okay, thanks and ... and do .... do I understand correctly that, uh, this applies to structures that have four or more units ... or more than four units? O'Brien: Correct, because currently we already provide, uh, through the City four and below. Throgmorton: Okay. Good! Uh, any other questions for Chris? Thank you, Chris (both talking) O'Brien: Thank you. Throgmorton: Would anybody else like to address this topic? Good evening! Porter: Good evening! Uh, thank you for the time and the opportunity to be able to speak briefly tonight about the importance of apartment recycling here in Iowa City. Throgmorton: Sorry, uh, we need to know your name. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 14 Porter: Oh, yeah, sorry. My name is Jamie Porter. Um, I'm a sophomore at the. University of Iowa. I'm in the University of Iowa Student Government and I am majoring in ethics and public policy. Um, I .... and I've been in Iowa City all my life. Um, I was born at Mercy Hospital. My home is a block away from Plum Grove. I lived in Slater Residence Hall last year and now I live in an apartment on south Van Buren Street. As I'm sure as many of you can recall, uh, it is quite a different experience living off campus than it is living on campus in a dorm. Um, I'm responsible for cooking my own food, cleaning my own bathroom, um, making sure rent is paid on time, among other responsibilities. Uh, although these are new responsibilities, overall I think it's safe to say that I much prefer living off campus than on. Uh, however, one difference that I was not made .... made aware of when deciding to live off campus, and something that is a problem where I currently reside, is a lack of recycling and sustainability options for the off campus apartments. Uh, there are no recycling hubs or centers at or near my apartment complex, and this is an issue. If I have something that should be recycled, I have two possible solutions. Uh, I can either walk out of my own way to the nearest recycling center and recycle it there. A solution that is both inconvenient and inaccessible to a carless student like myself. Or I can do the simpler option and just throw it away in the dumpster behind my apartment complex, uh, like the rest of my trash, which is a solution that is not sustainable or beneficial to the City of Iowa City. Uh, that being said, I'm very excited and appreciative of the newly passed ordinance, uh, that will require recycling at the apartment complexes here in Iowa City. Um, to eventually have recycling extend over 10,000 households in the Iowa City area is exciting and a tremendous step in the right direction, and for that I thank you. However, uh, we hope that this ordinance is only the beginning. Uh, we hope that this will eventually lead to composting services being available to apartment complexes and increase recycling availability at businesses in downtown Iowa City and we hope property management companies will not wait for the rental permit process before complying with the ordinance. Thank you once again for the time to speak, the opportunity to express my thoughts, and most importantly the increase in recycling and sustainability opportunities for apartment dwellers like myself. Thank you. Do I need to sign here? Throgmorton: Yeah. Porter: Okay! Throgmorton: Thank you, Jamie. Porter: Thank you. Throgmorton: Anyone else? Good evening, Jake! Simpson: Hello (clears throat) Jacob Simpson from Student Government. Uh... I would echo a lot of what Jamie just said. Um, but I'll just touch on a couple of different This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 15 things. Uh, we could have had this room filled with a bunch of students. Um, we had a whole committee, um, from Student Government offering to come, but we needed a quorum at our meeting that's going on right now so (laughter) they're not here. Um, but in terms of other support, we have just tons of sustainability organizations on campus, student organizations, um, that have just been waiting for this to come. Um, we .... I've also been in regular communication with the Director of the Office of Sustainability and she's just thrilled, and one of the most amazing things about the University, I think, is that, um .... you have thousands of students coming into it. They're learning something, and then they go back out to society, and uh, at the University we have the opportunity for students to recycle in the dorms, practice something that they've learned, and then a lot of times they have to go off -campus and they don't have that ability to practice what they've.... what they've become accustomed to. And so I think now that the, uh, City has taken, um .... the step to provide this, um, in off -campus buildings, um, we can not just see a benefit to Iowa City but I think this is going to be something that benefits probably the State and beyond as people become more accustomed to recycling. So, uh, I just wanted to thank you and, uh.... hopefully we can see, as Jamie said, composting in the future and, yeah, those things, so thanks! Throgmorton: Thank you, Jake. Anyone else? Seeing no one else, discussion? Mims: Just glad to see us moving forward on a number of these initiatives that we've talked about for quite a while. Throgmorton: Yeah. Mims: It's just the first step! Cole: Well I'm absolutely thrilled with this achievement. Um, you know I think of achievements this year — our affordable housing plan and this — it just ... is at the top, and I want to commend our staff, in particular the staff has done a wonderful job because you guys are the ones that have to figure out the details (laughs) and I know that that actually is very difficult to do, and the way that you did this, how thorough it is, um, I'm amazed at how good the work you did, but in particular the students. Um, to me this is also a model, um, this is your victory as well. I think you guys have been advocating this for several years. Um, our previous staff has done the .... the pilot project to sort of assess some of the feasibility of making this happen, and to just thank you so much for the work that you've done. I see Evan out there. I know he called for this almost four years ago and thank you, as well. Um, I'm just thrilled and it's just nice to have a wonderful event like this. As I said, picking between the affordable housing and this, it's hard to decide what makes me want to celebrate more. I was thinking of doing a shout -out like Kingsley did that night, but (laughs) I'll defer. So, great work, everyone! I'm really thrilled with it. Botchway: (mumbled) celebration about this happening at Terry's house Friday (laughter) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 16 Cole: Terry'll have a composting party, right? (several talking) Botchway: I just give a solid (mumbled) obviously, uh, you mentioned Evan being in the audience with the Superman shirt and so I feel like that's an apt kind of, um, tie-in to some of the work that's been going on, especially the work by Jen Jordan and staff, and so ... you know, this is (several talking) cause I'm excited! Thomas: Big thanks to staff, um .... Stan, Jen, and Sarah that were mentioned. I'm sure many others participated. Uh, it's wonderful to .... to hear the enthusiasm, the students providing leadership on this as well. Urn .... it's kinda funny talking and getting so excited about trash collection but, uh (laughter) you know (several talking) It's .... it's really exciting stuff.... what.... what can I say, so um, yeah, it's .... it's a good night for recycling! Throgmorton: Well, I think it's important to repeat the names of a couple people who've done such good work on this — Evan McCarthy and Jen Jordan, uh, but not just Evan because there were other student body, uh, liaisons, uh, UISG liaisons who made similar pitches over the past several years. I've forgotten their names — help me out! You .... you guys remember names! (several talking) Nickie Neal was one (several talking and laughing) Evan, do you remember a couple.... Adam. Alec, yeah, Alec Brammel. So anyhow, a .... a shout out to them as well. Maybe they can see this on, I don't know, You Tube or somethin' (laughter) Anyhow, bravo! Uh, I don't hear any other discussion. Yep! Roll call. Motion carries 7-0. Karr: Motion to accept correspondence. Botchway: So moved. Dickens: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Dickens. All in favor say aye. Opposed same sign. Motion carries 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 17 ITEM 12. COUNCIL PARKING - ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 3, "FINANCES, TAXATION AND FEES", CHAPTER 4, "SCHEDULE OF FEES, RATES, CHARGES, BONDS, FINES AND PENALTIES", SECTION 8, "PARKING VIOLATIONS" TO ADD A DESCRIPTION TO "PARKING RAMP FEES" STATING THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE PARKING PERMITS AT NO CHARGE AND TO CHANGE THE TITLE OF THE SECTION TO "PARKING". (FIRST CONSIDERATION) Botchway: So moved. Dickens: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Dickens. Discussion? Dickens: I just think it's very important that, uh, the Council is able to park here because they're called in at all different hours. I know I've never chosen to use it since I already work downtown. I continue paying the public parking, but I see a need for it because there's so many times that we .... we don't all live and work downtown, that it's very important that you have a place when you're called to these meetings that you have a place to park and it's .... it's (mumbled) reasonable to .... to expect that of our Council. Throgmorton: I agree. Further discussion? Roll call. Motion carries 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 18 ITEM 16. CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION Throgmorton: So just to, uh, remind the audience, uh, we recently changed our work session agenda, uh, the set of topics we address at a work session agenda and decided to shift a few of those into this particular moment on our formal meeting agenda. So, City Council information will include sub -topics like meeting schedule, pending work session topics, upcoming community events, Council invitations, uh, and related matters that are of interest to the Council and public. So .... we could start, uh, I don't know, Rockne, you want to go first? Cole: We can just make announcements too? Throgmorton: Yeah (both talking) Cole: Okay, for upcoming events? Well I'm going to continue to remind the public about the Jeff Speck presentation. October 24h, 2016, at 6:30 P.M. at the Iowa City Public Library. Um, Jeff is a fabulous speaker. Um, he covers a lot of very hot topics, like street design, walkability, bikability. He's very engaging and so I am really looking forward to this. Um, I've seen his You Tube presentations a lot too, so it'll be nice to actually see a real Jeff Speck, um, presentation. So, I'm really excited about that. Throgmorton: Is that it (both talking) Cole: ...I'll come. That's all .... that's all I have! Throgmorton: Mr. Dickens. Dickens: I got to attend, uh, Book of Mormons this weekend. Saw a lot of City staff was at there. It's great to see Hancher in its full glory again, uh, Chuck (both talking) Throgmorton: ... impressive place. Dickens: ....shaking hands. He's .... he's gotta be proud of that. Uh, Englert continues to... to surpass most people's expectations of what a small theater can do. They.... they're just putting on some great shows. Got to see John Hiatt a week or so ago and (mumbled) storytelling of the man. He grew up in Indiana. He's a legend and ... and for us to get him in Iowa City (mumbled) very important. I know they have another big project coming up shortly but ..... we're lucky in Iowa City. We just ..... we gotta love that. Throgmorton: Kingsley! Botchway: Um, so I want to focus on a couple things. Uh, two things coming up is Step Afrikal's happening on Thursday I believe. I'll be going to that (both talking) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 19 Mims: Going to it! (several talking) See you there! Botchway: All right. Um, I'm just kind of amazed .... this is my, I think I have three events or four events scheduled, so this is my first one so I'm pretty excited. Um, Farmers Market last two weekends, and so I'll be out there, um, perusing the food. Uh, haven't been there as much recently but I plan on being out there a little bit cause I've injured myself again and so won't be able to play basketball in the morning like I usually do. And then last but not least, um, I really had a .... oh, there's two things. Actually, sorry ..... the last thing is.....a bunch of us, I believe, went to the, uh, the meeting, um, this morning, the ICAD campaign breakfast. I ... I wasn't able to stay for the whole thing and so I think there's other Councilors who may be able to speak to the finality of it, but I thought it was a really good job by the speaker. Um, I briefly talked to Susan about how his, um, his point struck .... the speaker's point, Ernesto (Sirolli), um, struck home with me because of my dad being an African and talking about some of the, uh, the things that happened when it comes to, um, other countries and where we always feel like we have that knowledge or know-how, um, to step into situations where we don't necessarily have the community's buy -in, and so I really appreciated that and it helped me kind of. ... it galvanized me to think about some things that I'm even working on to ensure that I'm getting that community input ahead of time, and just as Councilors, you know, made me remember that that's important as we go about this work, and then last but not least, um, was able to participate in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Iowa City, um, they're currently building their new church and so, um, we went to a sanctuary church, uh, location and they had a wonderful program that I was able to participate in a panel discussion where we talked about the (mumbled) the world and me. Um, I thought it was amazing that they brought that book up as a book to talk about social justice issues. Um, everything, um ... I wouldn't even ... the panel discussion, you know, was just me talking and some other folks talking. (Can't hear) from Cedar Rapids, Michael Shaw, but I really appreciated the things that, um, the church said to really facilitate the discussion, um, you know, one stating pretty clearly that, um, you know, we're just three African American men talking about this and we don't necessarily speak for the entire black community, and also providing members of the church, once we left the conversation, to do something about what they've learned or what we discussed, and um, you know, frequently I think we have meetings that we've attended around social justice issues and I think that's been, um, somewhat of, um, the action steps that people have taken, but I just really appreciated the church doing that particular step and having that particular conversation, especially about such ... a book that really, um, is a .... is a visceral book, talking about, you know, the current state of a lot of things that are going on in our nation. So....thought it was great! Throgmorton: Susan? Mims: Um, had the opportunity, as Kingsley and Jim did, to, uh, go to the Building and Crossing Bridges presentations last week. Um, Jim was involved in the afternoon This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 20 session and Kingsley in the evening session, so thank you to both of you. Um, it'd be nice to get a little broader representation of the community at some of these events. Kingsley and I were kind of talking about that earlier. It's... unfortunately sometimes it's the same people that we get out to some of these things and trying to get a broader audience and have that conversation going with more people, um, I think would be really helpful. Uh, last night had the opportunity to, um ... participate and ... I think we all got the invitation, but to the ICAD and UI Alumni Association kind of fall welcoming session that they did at the, uh, Cedar Ridge Winery. So connected with a number of people, uh, from the Cedar Rapids' area, other people new to this area. Um, just a real nice get together of trying to connect people to the new people in the area, to help them feel more comfortable, make .... help them make connections to different things, and to kind of kick off the initiation of their new program, which I love the name of it — it's called the WingMan Program. Um, as I say, if you go back to Top Gun, okay, it's .... the wing man, the guys are out dating, you know, their wing man. Well this is being the wing man to new people in the community and helping them to, you know, connect to things, and ... and make those, uh, make those connections so they feel comfortable and want to stay, and hopefully then also serve as recruiters to bring other people here who have only thought about Iowa as, you know, as the fly -over state. So .... um .... so that was really good, and again as Kingsley mentioned, the breakfast this morning. I thought there was a lot of good thoughts presented there, so .... I think we've got a busy fall. I know, um, in our late handouts, I don't know if everybody had a chance to see it, the State Housing Trust Fund. I don't know if it's .... (several talking) No, it's tomorrow... at 3:00, um, so I don't know if anybody can go. Um, based on affordable housing stuff. It's at 1900 Rochester Court, I think it was. So it's in our late packet (several talking) We do? Okay. Good. Um .... so yeah, we're getting.... getting toward the end of October. We're gonna start getting into that busy holiday season. Um, it's getting dark earlier. So ... ask all bicyclists to make sure they are well lit up, um, and make sure all vehicle drivers are extra cautious out there in the evenings. Thanks! Thomas: I'll just say a few words about that, the breakfast this morning. I thought that was a very interesting presentation by Ernesto, and I don't recall his last name, but (several talking) Uh, who was ... who was really speaking about economic development, uh.... but what I found interesting is my background is more what I would call community development, and I found the concepts that he was presenting, urn .... were easily applied to the .... the, um, notion of building community, and I .... in my conversations with, um (mumbled) I've always emphasized that, that that was what I hope to bring to ICAD is that, um, you know, a .... the development of the economy is not only developing businesses but developing a sense of place and community in which those businesses would like to locate. And um, so I ... I just found it very interesting that he was.... presentation today in an indirect way was speaking to that, I thought in a very, uh, very effective, uh, presentation. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 21 Taylor: Uh, Susan mentioned the Housing Trust Fund event tomorrow and looking forward to attending that, and I think that it also highlights and shows that, uh, there are folks out there that are paying attention to our initiatives and our actions that we are doing, uh, towards providing affordable housing for... for all folks in the area, not only for lower income folks who people think about but the seniors and the, um, disabled folks also, and uh, last Thursday I, uh, was happy to attend the Iowa City, Johnson County Senior Center's, uh, appreciation event. Um, it ... il was a wonderful event and also it was sort of an appreciation for their 35 years of service, and it's amazing — I didn't realize they've been, uh, providing the service to the community for that long, and I would encourage people to, if you're not a member, to join the Senior Center, and if you are a member to, uh, look through your pamphlets and participate in some of their activities cause it's a great thing, and congratulations to them on their 35 years. Throgmorton: All right! I'm glad both of you can go up to that event tomorrow. Uh, I want to mention a couple items and then remind us all that we have to discuss the pending work session topics before we take off tonight. We gotta be clear about what we want to have appear on November 1" work session. We'll get to that in a second. So a couple or three things I would mention are first the Human Rights breakfast that's going to take place on Wednesday, October the 26t1, at 7:15 A.M. in the, uh, Iowa Memorial Union. Diane Finnerty's going to make the keynote address and I'm really looking forward to what Diane has to say. Also we have a joint entities meeting at 4:30 P.M. on Monday the 24th of October. Uh, I mention that on .... mainly in the context of Jeff Speck because Jeff will also be making about a half-hour presentation to, um, our fellow, our colleagues in the other cities, County, and so on. There's going to be a ribbon cutting for the Voxman Music Building on Friday, October the 2151 at 4:30 P.M. And I ... I guess I'd also like to say that I really en�oyed attending the Center for Worker Justice's gala fundraiser on October the 14 at St. Patrick's Church, and Father Rudy and others did a superb job of setting that space up. Terry, you know it really well, I guess, that large space (mumbled) space, uh, and it was really pleasing to walk in there and hear, uh.....I don't know, Latino music being played and sung and .... the lighting was gorgeous and .... it was just a real .... a real treat. Okay, so those are the things I wanted to mention. Uh, beyond that, uh, we should discuss our pending work session topics, uh, so I guess we can do that right now and then see if you have anything to contribute, or Simon or Eleanor or Marian. So, pending work session topics. There are like four possibilities, right, Geoff? Pending Work Session Topics: Fruin: Yeah, if I could walk you through that. It's, uh, on your 10/13 Info Packet, uh, IP3 has the, um .... projected, uh, topics, uh, for November 15th, December 6th, and then everything else that's not scheduled. November I' did not have anything, uh, pegged for it, but, uh, there are four potential items that I'd like to run by you, and, um, with the November I" work session there will be a couple Council Members who will be representing the City in Ankeny that afternoon and This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 22 probably won't be back in time for a 5:00 start, so we were going to suggest a 5:30 start so that initial window is getting a bit shorter, but uh, earlier tonight you indicated that you'd like to have the food truck discussion on the November I" agenda, and the downtown work session discussion on that agenda. Uh, staff has a couple of other items that ... that we would like to, uh.... uh, propose to you. One is the Climate Change Task Force. Um, this has been before you, um, at previous meetings and we're ... we're to the point where we're ready to release an RFP for a facilitator as we have previously discussed. Um, however, um.....uh, staff has been having considerable discussions internally, um, and .... and are .... want to make sure that you understand the path that we're going down and, uh, an alternative process that would be available to you. Um, depending on the process that we choose, um, you'd probably get two very different outcomes in terms of the deliverable, and so in short with the facilitator, I think you're going to get something, uh, produ.... you're going to produce something that's very similar to what the Ad Hoc Diversity Committee produced or the Ad Hoc Senior Center Committee produced. It's usually not a very technical, um, type of, urn .... uh, committee work, um, but it's more identifying, uh, areas that need some attention and providing some general guidance. Um, a lot of cities for climate change type of planning will take a much more technical approach and really dive into carbon emissions and, uh, evaluating different strategies and we're just not sure that we can produce that type of outcome with a .... with a general committee. Um, the ... the plans that Brenda has been reviewing from other cities really rely on an outside consultant. So we want to walk you through those two different paths before we issue the RFP and make sure you're comfortable with where we're goin', cause once we set that path, um.....it's going to be hard to change course. So, that's just us kind of touchin' base with you and .... and makin' sure that we have a good understanding of what you want this process to produce. And then finally, urn ... uh, we believe that we will be getting an application for the, uh, redevelopment of the property along the interstate on north Dubuque Street, um, commonly referred to as the Forest View area, in the next 30 to 60 days. Uh, you have in your strategic plan a .... a, uh, a priority that talks about the development of our gateways, including this property, in a manner consistent with, uh, your strategic plan. And prior to, uh... um, the application being submitted, I think it would be a good idea for staff to present to you the current Comp Plan and then to give you a chance to articulate to ... to staff and to, uh, the public, um, what .... uh, what you really mean, uh, with that language in your strategic plan and the types of issues, um, that you're going to be looking for again through that lens of your strategic plan. So, um .... again, it would be presenting any development concepts to you where we would talk about the Comp Plan as it stands today and then really give you a chance to articulate your hopes for that property and some of the questions that you would expect to have as .... as a proposal comes forward. Those are all four pretty big issues in and of themselves, so whether you want to tackle all of them on one night or you want to push a few, that's up to you. Throgmorton: I .... I believe we should discuss development of Forest View as you described it, and I strongly believe that we should discuss the Climate Change Task Force so This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 23 we can be clear to the staff about what direction to take. (laughs) So, I mean there are two other topics too, but .... those two, I think, are .... um, you know, feel like a higher priority at this particular moment. But.....maybe we can do `em all in one night too. I don't know, so..... Cole: Could we bifurcate the work session and do after the meeting? Fruin: I mean you could list all of them on the work session and if the evening stretches uncomfortably long, you can always defer something, as well. Um, you just want to be cognizant if these .... these items each have constituents that would want to hear those discussions. So, um .... if your goal is to tackle them all I think that's fine but yeah, you can take some after the .... the regular meeting. Cole: I guess .... go ahead! (both talking) Mims: I was just going to say, I mean, to me I think of the four I would tend to put the food truck one as the lowest priority, simply I mean....it.....it hasn't been in front of us, and to me simply because we got a memo from them today, to me does not make it the highest priority for what we need to be looking at. Um, I understand where they're coming from. We're not going to get anything done on that until... they're looking at some pretty cold weather to do a pilot project anyways, um, so I would not have any problem putting that one off, urn .... the other three .... yeah, I .... I think it's kinda hard to prioritize between the other three. Dickens: We don't have a lot .... I don't know what our next agenda will be, but if it's as short as this, we're gonna have more time to (mumbled) work session if we have to do it afterwards as well. So I don't .... from what I see, that we're just going through a lot of things with second.... second readings on most of these things (mumbled) discussion on those items, so.....(several talking) three of those. Throgmorton: We did set a couple significant public hearings, uh, or at least one. I'm trying to look at `em now. Uh.... ones that propose store front design and signage ordinance for downtown, and the other is the rezoning for the South Gilbert Street properties. So .... I .... I don't know (both talking) Cole: Could we schedule the food truck after the meeting and the other three during the regular work session? Mims: I think those three are too much for even.... before. I was thinking about picking two of `em to do before and one to do after, and not try to do the food truck. I... think four is too many. Thomas: I think it does seem to depend.....as Terry mentioned on our regular, or formal agenda, I mean if that's short then, um.....you know, I would.....I would try to cover as much ground as we can. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 24 Fruin: Urn .... it's always hard to predict how long or short it'll be because of community comment aspect but urn.... the..... the two public hearings will probably require some fairly detailed staff presentations and .... and some good discussion among Council. We'll have the bike master plan, uh, on to present to you, a consultant contract for that. Uh, I'm not aware of anything beyond that that would take considerable time. I think if we started at 5:30 and we dedicated a half hour to the north Dubuque and a half hour to downtown, knowing that we have a little bit of flexibility, um, I think we could accomplish that and then, um .... push Climate Task Force to the, uh, post -meeting work session. That shouldn't take very long and I don't .... I'm not aware of any.....um, constituent groups that would come to listen to that discussion. Throgmorton: Yeah. I would agree with that. My guess is that that particular discussion won't take terribly long either. Fruin: Right. Throgmorton: Yeah, uh (several talking) Okay. Fruin: All ... all four, am I hearing? (several talking) Throgmorton: Well.... Cole: Well, I mean, what's the vote? (several talking) Thought we already agreed on (several talking) Fruin: I think we would start probably with north Dubuque and the downtown, and then after that we would do the climate change and.....and food trucks. If..if ...in.... in that order I suppose. Cole: I'm fine with that. Thomas: I think if we can. I don't see any reason not to. Mims: Well I think if we put it on the agenda we have to. Throgmorton: Well, but it can be an abbreviated discussion and .... and come back to it. (several talking) Dickens: ....so it .... I think that's how we kind of left it that we're going to get more information (several talking) so that shouldn't.... shouldn't (several talking) Let's try all four. Throgmorton: Yeah, I agree. So let's do it, uh, two before, two after, roughly half hour for each of the two before (several talking and laughing) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 25 Dilkes: We probably just want to list `em in order though, cause if you do just have .... we don't want to cut off the beforehand, so we'll just put `em all on in that order you move through `em. Botchway: Jim, what .... so .... Geoff, you recommended those two already and so the two being the north Dubuque Street.... Throgmorton: And downtown. Fruin: And downtown. (several talking) Throgmorton; Then climate change and food truck. Taylor: (mumbled) you said we could ... like if it gets to be heaven forbid 11:30 at night we can (several talking) Dilkes: ...we need to defer this to the next (several talking) Throgmorton: Okay! Thank you. Ub, is there anything else to be brought up under, uh, City Council information? Thomas: You know, on this change of format I wasn't quite sure where this fell, but um... (several talking and laughing) uh, you know there was the letter from .... the student liaisons regarding, uh, you know .... tenant relations and housing quality, which I thought was very thoughtful letter and I ... I didn't know where that stood, if there was, you know, staff was thinking there would be a response to that. Throgmorton: I communicated with Geoff about that and, uh, Geoff had some thoughts (both talking) Andrew: We're settin' up a meeting with, uh, Stan Laverman and, uh, Bennett Jacob, uh, to discuss it, and if you all want a written response after that, we can certainly provide that too. Throgmorton: See how the discussion goes. Andrew: Yeah. Yeah, see if there are any remaining questions after that or if Student Government maybe had some recommendations to make. Throgmorton: Yeah. Okay. Anything else? Sounds to me like we need to ask Geoff if there's anything Geoff wants to report. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016. Page 26 ITEM 17. REPORT ON ITEMS FROM CITY STAFF a) City Manager Fruin: Um, there's, uh..... you know, a growing community interest in the police chief position, so just to update everybody. Um, we have semi-finalist candidates that will be interviewed, uh, here this week and next week. Um, if you want to see the interview panel you can log onto the City's web site and search police chief and... and see the team we've assembled to, uh, meet the semi-finalist candidates and then hopefully soon after that we'll advance to the finalist stage, and at that point we'll release the names of the finalists and .... and schedule an opportunity for the community to interact with, um.....the finalist candidates. So we're movin' along. Uh, hopefully my goal is to, uh... um, finish up these semi-finalist interviews next week and move to the finalist stage first, second week of November and wrap this thing up. Throgmorton: We all know this is an extremely important appointment and you know it, uh, better than we do, I think (both talking and laughing) Fruin: I've been reminded (laughs) of that, uh, every day for the last probably four months, yes. (laughter) Throgmorton: Okay. Simon? Andrew: Nothing tonight, thank you. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 18, 2016.