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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-04-04 TranscriptionPage I City Council Regular Formal ITEM 2. PROCLAMATIONS ITEM 2a Day of Reason — May 4 Throgmorton: So we have three proclamations that could be read for tonight. Uh, is there anybody here to accept the Day of Reason proclamation? Okay! So I'll read all three.... starting with that one! I'm gonna use my other glasses. (reads proclamation) So, uh, I think you were going to accept the proclamation! You warm come up? (unable to hear response from audience) Oh, okay! The more the better! Voparil: Justin Scott, Daniel Valentin, and Annie Gudenkauf accepting the proclamation. (applause) Throgmorton: (mumbled) Nice seein' ya! I don't know if you... anybody wants to speak... briefly, uh, about this. Oh, go ahead! Valentin: First I'd like to thank Annie Gudenkauf and Justin Scott for a ... for helping make this possible. This sort of work plays an integral part in both the activism and legitimacy needed to benefit our community. Recognizing the Day of Reasoning goes beyond any sort of agenda. It celebrates human curiosity and search for truth. That very search has contributed to many ventures. Our exploration of the cosmos, our search to cure diseases, our desire to end world hunger, and our end to combat climate change are just a few! Reasoning transcends beyond day-to- day life and it is certainly a song that must be celebrated for years to come. Throgmorton: (several talking) Great! Thank you! (applause) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 2 City Council Regular Formal ITEM 2. PROCLAMATIONS ITEM 2b Limb Loss Awareness Month — April Throgmorton: Okay, the next proclamation has to do with limb.... National Limb Loss Awareness Month. (reads proclamation) Is there someone who could accept? Good evening, Harry! Voparil: Hart' Olmstead accepting. Throgmorton: Go ahead and speak, Harry, if you want to. Olmstead: Well, I want to thank the Council and the Mayor for this proclamation. Um, the Council has worked diligently over the years with me to, uh, do such things as improving curb cuts in this community, and other ADA, uh.... needed, uh, needed things to be redone. Um, I ... the (mumbled) at City Park, uh, was ... became ADA - compliant a few years back. Um, I understand Robert Lee is, uh, Rec Center is now, uh, has a bathroom on the first floor for people that are in wheelchairs so they can get in! Urn .... Jim, you mentioned 500 amputations a day. That amounts to 176,000 amputees per year, and right now in this country, the largest minority group is people with disabilities, and it's growing! And anybody here could find themselves as a limb loss person. Uh, it could be from diabetes or other vascular diseases. It could be from infections. It could be from trauma, a car accident, um .... and certainly we know that our veterans have suffered a lot of losses. One other thing I want to mention is that the Amputee Coalition has a program called Peer Visitors and none of you are probably aware that I'm one of those. Uh, actually the only one in Iowa, and my job is when someone calls the Amputee Coalition and asks to have someone come out and do support to either a person that's going to have an amputation, or after. I will call them. I will visit with them if I can, and talk to them, because what better way is through a peer person that has been there. Thank you again and appreciate it! Throgmorton: Great! (applause) Thank you, Harry! This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 3 City Council Regular Formal ITEM 2. PROCLAMATIONS ITEM 2c Fair Housing Month — April Throgmorton: Okay, and our third proclamation concerns Fair Housing Month. (reads proclamation) Is there someone to accept this proclamation? Sorry, I misunderstood. I thought somebody was here, but nonetheless, congratulations, uh, to all! This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 4 City Council Regular Formal ITEM 3. STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARDS ITEM 3a Lincoln Elementary School Throgmorton: So we have two award winners tonight. I hope they're both present - Christian Collins and Jenny Tang from Lincoln Elementary. Mims: Come on up! (several talking in background) Throgmorton: Okay, I'll stand between the two of ya! So, Christian, you're gonna go first, but I ... I think what I'm gonna ask you to do is read your statement and then, Jenny, I'll ask you to read yours, okay, and then when you're done with that, I'll read the Student Leadership Award because it's exactly the same for both of ya. The only thing that's different is your name, you know. Okay, so why don't you start. Collins: I would like to start by saying a few thank yous. First and foremost I would like to thank Mayor Throgmorton and the City Council for this award. Secondly, I would like to thank my mom and dad, as they have helped me my whole life in many different ways. One of the biggest ways is the leadership that they thro... that they show me. They lead me by example and teach me how to ... teach me to act the same way. Lastly, they help me reach goals. I would also like to thank all my teachers and my principal that have helped .... that have led me along the way for the past two years. They've helped me realize my potential and helped me reach it. They've given me the opportunity to be a leader and to .... and showed me what my parents have taught me. All these wonderful examples have shown me and taught me how to act as a leader no matter where I am. To me a leader is a person who is able to inspire an individual or a group of people. Leaders are able to motivate and encourage. They are an example to the others around them. You can trust them and look up to them. Finally, leaders help each other reach their potential and encourage them to be better. To me these are the qualities and traits that define a leader. (applause) Throgmorton: (mumbled) Okay, Jenny, you're next! Tang: Hello, my name is Jenny. I would like to thank my loving mom and dad, my sister Danielle, and my teachers for all the support they have given me throughout the years. I'd also like to thank the City Council for letting me be here tonight. I've always loved Iowa City and throughout my 11 years here, some ways I've showed citizenship are a couple years ago my friends and I went out and collected donations and sold homemade cookies for the American Heart Association, also This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 5 City Council Regular Formal known as Jump Rope for Heart. I also recently helped a local Girl Scout troop sell cookies to raise money for the community. At Lincoln I've always tried to help. For two years I've served as student council representative. I serve on Lincoln's safety patrol, and though I can't exactly say I'm elated about leading a group of whiny kindergartners up a hill in a neon yellow vest (laughter) I can say in the end I'm glad I could help. I think I exemplify good citizenship and would like to share with you one of my favorite quotes. If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happi... happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. Throgmorton: Excellent! (applause) So before I read these, uh, after your excellent statements, um, I want to ask you, uh, I attended Lincoln School a couple years ago for a Blue Zones' presentation. Were you present for that? (several talking in background) You weren't? I found it really exciting, I mean the kids were just great. I mean your fellow students, they were really wonderful and the teachers and .... and the principal really did everything they could to make it a huge success. So, you know, great work at Lincoln and great work the two of you are doin'! Okay, so let me read these proclamations. (mumbled) And again, these are identical. So... except for the name. (reads Student Leadership Awards) So, Christian, here's yours. Be careful with that, that slipped down a little bit. Jenny, here's yours. And I'm sure there's some proud parents. Okay, where are the proud parents? (applause) All right! Well done! (applause continues) Good deal! Okay. Thanks. Good to see ya! Should I tell Matt Hayek's (mumbled) go do your homework joke now? (laughter) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 6 City Council Regular Formal ITEM 4. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED OR AMENDED Botchway: So moved. Dickens: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Dickens. Is there any discussion? Taylor: I'd like to point out on the, uh, 4a(1), the, uh, work session minutes, under the section on Strategic Plan, uh, Status Report. I believe the wording needs to be edited. It reads: In order to make Iowa City a more exclusive and sustainable city, and I think that that was meant to say `inclusive.' Throgmorton: I think you're right! Thanks for pointing it out! Okay, so I'm sure we can take care of that. Also, I need to note that Items 4e(2) through 4e(10) concern the issuance of bonds and they, uh, I.....identify the date for public hearings concerning those specific, uh, bond issues. Uh.... the text reads April 4th, but it should read April the 18`h. So, need to be clear about that. Okay, so 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 April 4, 2017. Page 7 City Council Regular Formal ITEM 6. PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS ITEM 6a ZONING CODE AMENDMENT — ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 14, ZONING CODE, ARTICLE 5B, SIGN REGULATIONS, TO ADJUST THE SIGN ALLOWANCE FOR FASCIA (BUILDING WALL) SIGNS IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS ZONES AND CERTAIN RIVERFRONT CROSSINGS SUBDISTRICTS. (FIRST CONSIDERATION) a. PUBLIC HEARING Throgmorton: I'll open the public hearing. (bangs gavel) Mr. John Yapp! Yapp: Uh, good evening, Mayor, Members of Council, John Yapp, Development Services, and the, uh, overhead is just coming on now. Uh, little bit of history with this, uh, proposed amendment. Previously the sign code allowed up to 15% of a building wall to be covered in signage. Uh, and this was adequate for a long period of time, but with, uh, taller buildings now being constructed in the downtown, the 15% of the sign wall could have resulted in very large signs, uh, on tall buildings. Uh, so we have a new recently adopted standard that signage is 1.5 times the length of a street -facing, uh, building. This works for the majority of downtown buildings, which only have street -facing walls, uh, side walls are abutting other buildings. Uh.... but with, uh, the construction of the, uh, Hilton Garden Inn, uh, which has the north and south wall, uh, not street -facing. They're abutting private property. Uh, but they are adequate for signage. The ... the code would not have allowed adequate signage on those walls. Uh, so what staff did and ... and came up with a fairly simple solution is that wall signs be allowed to be 1.5 times the length of a building wall, not just the street -facing wall. Uh, this code would only affect buildings that have a building wall that is visible, uh, and I have some images of, uh, the Hilton building. In keeping it to 1.5 times the length of the wall helps control the size, uh, of those signs. Uh, for example .... uh, these are some images from the sign permit we received from the Hilton. Uh, they would have a .... a sign at the top advertising their .... their rooftop restaurant. Uh, and this is the north -facing wall, so this would be facing Burlington Street. A small sign above the, uh, an entrance, uh, to the building. Again on the north - facing wall. And then on the south -facing wall, a sign stating Hilton Garden Inn, uh, on the tower. So very limited in size, uh, but still allows them to have the signage they need, and I think that the public needs in order to find, uh, the hotel when they're wayfmding. Uh, staff recommends approval and the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 8 City Council Regular Formal Mims: John, can you .... I'm just drawing a blank here I guess on that second bullet. That the wall signs be allowed to be 1.5 times the length .... of the building wall. I ... I'm just reading that and literally what I'm thinking is that the sign is one and a half times the (both talking) Yapp: It's in square feet. Mims: Okay! Yapp: So if the (both talking) Mims: That's what I kind of figured, but it just wasn't clear to me. Yapp: Yeah, if the building wall is a hundred feet long, the sign could be 150 square feet (both talking) Mims: ....150 square feet. Okay. Okay, that's kinda what I was thinking but it was like something doesn't make sense. Throgmorton: So grammatically it's not quite right, but just so we can be clear about what the meaning is. It's good that you responded to (both talking) Mims: Yeah, the area is .... basically the area of the sign is one and a half times the length of the building wall. Yapp: That's correct. Mims: Okay! Thank you! Throgmorton: Uh, any other questions for John? I ... I do have one, John. Yapp: Sure! Throgmorton: Uh, during the ... Lim, I guess during the Planning and Zoning Commission's public hearing, Mary Bennett expressed some concern about light pollution from the signs. Yapp: Yes. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 9 City Council Regular Formal Throgmorton: Uh, can you address her concern and your response? Yapp: Sure. The, uh, sign she referenced was the Midwest One Bank sign. Uh, and that sign was permitted prior to, uh, the current code amendments being in place. It would not have been allowed to be as large, uh, as it is. Uh, we have limited ... uh, regulations on the illumination of signs. Uh, controlling the size, uh, as .... as we've tried to do, is one method. Uh, when .... when they are adjacent to residential zones, we do have light standards that control the amount of light can ... that can cross over a residential property line, but in a .... in a commercial, uh, situation or mixed-use situation, uh, controlling the size is what staff recommends. Taylor: So that particular one would technically be grandfathered in and that would be allowed (both talking) Yapp: That's correct. (both talking) It is grand (both talking) Taylor: ....little overwhelming compared to (both talking) Yapp: It is grandfathered in, yes. Taylor: ...but it would be allowed, continued to be allowed. Yapp: Yes. Thomas: Do we, just out of curiosity, what ... what is the square footage of that sign? Yapp: I don't have that in front of me. I'm sorry! Throgmorton: Bigger than we would otherwise allow! (laughter) Thomas: That's right! Throgmorton: Yeah, okay. Any other questions for John? Thanks, John. Would anybody else like to address this topic? Uh, seeing no one I'm going to close the public hearing. (bangs gavel) b. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE Mims: Move first consideration. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 10 City Council Regular Formal Botchway: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Botchway. 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 April 4, 2017. Page 11 City Council Regular Formal ITEM 6. PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS ITEM 6b COUNTY REZONING HERBERT HOOVER HIGHWAY — MOTION TO SEND A LETTER TO THE JOHNSON COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF REZONING APPROX.11 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 4665 HERBERT HOOVER HIGHWAY SE IN FRINGE AREA B. FROM COUNTY COMMERCIAL (C) TO COUNTY RESIDENTIAL. (CZ17-00001) Botchway: So moved. Thomas: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Thomas. John. Yapp: Uh, because this property is in the two-mile fringe area of, uh, Iowa City, uh, the City makes a recommendation to Johnson County on the rezoning. Uh, this is the location of the property on the south side of Herbert Hoover Highway. The Old Towne Village commercial area is to the west. Uh, to the east is Churchill, uh, subdivision, uh, newly developing single-family and townhouse and duplex, uh, residential development. So this property is abutting, uh, City limits. Uh, it is currently zoned commercial, uh, in Johnson County. The City's Comprehensive Plan identifies this as a residential property with similar densities to ... to the, uh, Churchill subdivision to the east. Uh, and therefore rezoning to residential is consistent, uh, with the Comprehensive Plan. Here's some photographs of the property and how it looks from Herbert Hoover Highway. There's currently one house on the property. Uh, rezoning to County Residential does better align with the Comprehensive Plan and is more consistent with surrounding properties. Uh, staff recommends that the County approve the rezoning, subject to an agreement requiring annexation in the future, and granting City approval of any development to ensure compliance with the Comprehensive Plan, and one of the main .... if I can go back to this .... one of the main concerns is you can see Grindstone Drive is, uh.... set up to extend to the west, through this property, to create street connectivity. Uh.... just a general concern that any development on this property not preclude, uh, the extension of City infrastructure in the future, and therefore we recommend any ... any development be subject to City review and approval. Uh, staff has prepared a draft, uh, letter to Johnson County, summarizing this recommendation, which is in your packet. Uh, Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended approval, uh, consistent with the staff s recommendation. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 12 Throgmorton: Thanks, John. City Council Regular Formal Mims: John, when you say granting City approval of any development to ensure compliance with the Comp Plan would it also .... have the authority basically to grant approval such that, I mean, they're building to City standards? Yapp: Yes, and the fringe area agreement calls for (both talking) Mims: Okay! Yapp: .... urban ... urban (both talking) standards.... Mims: (both talking) Okay. Yapp: ...infrastructure. Yeah. Mims: That's what I thought. Thank you. Throgmorton: Yeah, I think it's crucial to have that connectivity that you described. Otherwise we'd end up with.....in..... inability for people to move back and forth in this weird thing, right in the middle of (both talking) Yapp: ....and the reason it's phrased `any development,' uh, as opposed to subdivision, is that the property owner could just get a building permit for a house and potentially put it in a very bad spot .... for future infrastructure. So, uh, any development. Throgmorton: Good deal! Any other questions for John? Thank you, John. Yapp: Thank you. Throgmorton: Would anybody else like to address this topic? Seeing no one, we have a motion on the floor. Any further discussion? I see none. Roll call, please. Dilkes: It's a voice vote.... motion. Throgmorton; Oh, voice (mumbled) All in favor say aye. Opposed. Motion carries. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 13 City Council Regular Formal ITEM 8. SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL RATE CHANGES — ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 3, FINANCES, TAXATION AND FEES, CHAPTER 4, SCHEDULE OF FEES, RATES, CHARGES, BONDS, FINES AND PENALTIES, SECTION 5, SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL, TO AMEND SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL FEES. (SECOND CONSIDERATION) Throgmorton: This is second consideration but staff requests expedited action. Mims: (mumbled) ...wasn't on our thing. I move that the rule requiring that ordinances must be considered and voted on for passage at two Council meetings prior to the meeting at which it is to be finally passed be suspended, that the second consideration and vote be waived, and that the ordinance be voted on for final passage at this time. Botchway: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Botchway. Discussion? Hearing none, roll call. Motion carries 7-0. Mims: Move that the ordinance be finally adopted at this time. Botchway: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Botchway. 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 April 4, 2017. Page 14 City Council Regular Formal ITEM 9. AMENDED MODEL FOR FUNDING ELIGIBILITY OF CITY -ASSISTED RENTAL UNITS (EXCLUDING UNITS FOR THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED) - RESOLUTION AMENDING IOWA CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOCATION MODEL Mims: Move the resolution. Dickens: Second. Botchway: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Dickens. (several talking) Okay. Tracy! Hightshoe: Hi! Um, Tracy Hightshoe with Neighborhood Services. Um, back in June you guys approved, um, the 15 action steps for affordable housing. One of those action steps was to review the affordable housing location model to, um ... to increase the number of, um, sites that are eligible for City financial assistance, through programs such as Community Development Block Grant, Home Funds, and to exempt the Riverfront Crossings District because that now has the affordable housing requirement. Uh, we did an ordinance to, um .... that new development would have to ... be required to put so many units of affordable housing in. Um, we've had a model since 2011, and even before 2011 we had a model. Um, back in 2003, if you remember, the School District sent us a letter basically asking us to carefully consider the placement of affordable housing, um, as living conditions associated with poverty was a barrier to student learning. So, in 2005 we had like a census matrix type of map. In 2010, 2011 we started going through another thought process at about how to revise that map. Um, as Legal encouraged us to do, we came to the Council to identify goals. From those goals we set factors that address those goals and then we come up a map. So when we went through this amendment and when ... this future amendment, that we're going through the same process. So the three goals identified back in 2011 were to not further burden neighborhoods and elementary schools that already had issues related to a concentration of poverty, having diverse neighborhoods in terns of a range of incomes, and determine the views of the Iowa City Community School District on affordable housing issues. So based on those three goals, we came up with seven criteria. Of that criteria, you can see the seven factors that we used to create a map. We created that map on GIS, um, where each factor added into a score and it was like added ... as each factor came in .... if it was a negative result, then the bubble kept gettin' bigger. You had a 400 -square foot around each parcel of land and that cumulative score either made the bubble at 400 -square feet This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 15 City Council Regular Formal or if there's a lot of criteria that counted against that property, the bubble got larger. Um, we started working with Housing and Community Development Commission back in December. Um, Peter Byler, the Chair, worked with us to discuss, um, what criteria wanted to see. Um, we talked about... transit, employment, medical services. We went through a lot of issues, lot of options regarding what we wanted to see in the model. Basically what HCDC recommended at the end of this process was that .... they wanted to make the map simpler, easier to explain to people, and wanted a map that freed up a lot of area or more additional land for affordable housing. So basically there's three criteria. You have to meet all three criteria in what HCDC is proposing. So locations that feed into elementary schools with free and reduced lunch rates over 50% would be ineligible. Um, locations within 400 feet of two or more existing subsidized units would be eli... would be ineligible. Right now one unit of single .... one unit of affordable housing puts a bubble at least 400 feet away. So this would only (mumbled) so all those single units not within 400 feet would be removed from the map, so that creates more land that's available. And the last one was areas with crime density in the 95th percentile. Um .... that 95a' percentile's very limited, so basically you're taking.... you're talking about two criteria. Number one and two. Um .... the proposed map would look like this. You see the first, the November 2016 is our existing map. Um, the areas in green are areas that we would not encourage, um, City financial assistance, except for we've always exempted elderly housing, housing for people with disabilities, and rental rehab. Um, so we have invested a lot of area, a lot of CDBG and Home resources in that green area. Um, one of our largest CDBG awards was $900,000 to the Wetherby Condos. Um, we recently awarded $300,000 to HACAP to improve those units. So we're still workin' on neighborhood stabilization and while it might not increase affordable housing, it is increasing people's access to safe, decent housing. So for neighborhood stabilization we still allow money to be used for rental rehab in these areas. The new map, you can see, reduces the dots and increases available area that you can locate City -assisted affordable housing. So that was their recommendation. Um, just a fine point. hi the old map, existing model, on Benton Street, you only had a few maps there, but due to all the criteria added up, you had big bubble that took a lot of units, and that's a very dense area, off the map. In the new model, you can see that we have freed up developments on a lot of the streets. There's a lot of units that we could potentially, um, buy or acquire for affordable housing. Um, that was a brief summary of -the history and what HCDC's recommending. Any questions? Mims: Was there.... discussion about the fact that the school boundaries, you know, especially at the elementary level, may be changing (both talking) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 16 Throgmorton: Yeah (both talking) City Council Regular Formal Mims: ....relatively frequently and how, you know, how that impacts what we're doing, I mean, that .... that's a big consideration of mine. Hightshoe: The map is updated every year. So when boundaries change and School District information changes, that gets updated every year in the map. So... Mims: Yeah, but once you put it there .... (laughs) Okay. Throgmorton: Yeah, I'm very pleased to know that it gets updated, cause I wondered the same point, knowin' that those boundaries would change ... over time. Yeah. Any other questions.... for Tracy? Botchway: This incorporates the South District.... Plan? So there's a ... isn't there development that's occurring, or is it incorporated within that map? Throgmorton: You .... you mean around Alexander Elementary? Botchway: Yeah. Well that and I thought there was an entire development that's coming... right around, um ... Whispering Meadow, Pinto Lane, going back that way. Maybe I'm wrong. Hightshoe: If they feed into the elementary schools Grant Wood or Alexander, we wouldn't allow .... cause they have free and reduced lunch percentages over 50%. Botchway: Right. Throgmorton: So I'm conscious that the federal government may .... uh, eliminate CDBG and Home funds. It's already been proposed by the President. Hightshoe: It's a possibility. Throgmorton: Yeah, so we don't know exactly what's gonna happen, and it'll probably be decreased at a ... at a minimum, right? So if those funds go away, then we're talkin' about City -subsidized or City -supported.... Hightshoe: Yeah. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 17 City Council Regular Formal Throgmorton: .... at its own discretion housing, right? Hightshoe: Yes. Throgmorton: So what kinds of, um .... funding mechanisms might be affected in that sense? Hightshoe: The $600,000 that we allocate for the affordable housing, the money that goes to the Trust Fund, um, that was (mumbled) by this model as well. So any pass- through State funding that we might get or if we apply for special grants to the State, or your ... or just your local funding incentives would apply to this model. Throgmorton: That's (both talking) Hightshoe: ....tax credit projects would be as well. Like we .... um, we got a developer to apply for a federal, uh, low-income housing tax credit project, they would have to comply with this model as well. Throgmorton: They might be altered as well, might they? I think I remember reading something (both talking) Hightshoe: Everybody might be (laughter) We don't know! (both talking) Throgmorton: Yeah. Okay, um .... any .... any other questions for Tracy? Thank you, Tracy. Hightshoe: Thanks! Throgmorton: Anybody else want to address the model? Amending it? Okay, discussion among the Council? Mims: I think this could be a positive. I was real concerned when they started discussing this and working on it because just the concentration that we have in certain areas, but I feel good in seeing this in that it still ... the areas that we've had some of the biggest concerns on still .... we will not be putting money into for more affordable housing. We will not be exacerbating those conditions. So, um, from that standpoint I feel comfortable with it, and hopefully those areas that have opened up, they've opened up because it wasn't a real concentration problem. It was just a few, but you had the bubbles overlapping that made bigger areas excluded. So ... I feel comfortable with it. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 18 City Council Regular Formal Botchway: Yeah, I would agree. I mean, one of my concerns isn't necessarily about the work that's being done here. It's just how that relates to other cities, and what they're doing in relation to, urn .... affordable housing and looking at it from a school district standpoint, but .... you know, we've had that conversation at our joint meeting some time ago, I think it was two years ago. I think folks are doing stuff, but I feel like we've taken a dedicated approach and I think that again, you know, kind of the annually looking at it (mumbled) Oh, Tracy went right there. I think annually looking at it is .... amazing. So, appreciate that work! Thomas: Yeah, I ... I would say this is a, um, significant but not a dramatic change and I think that's.... seems like a reasonable step and I'm .... I'm pleased with simplifying but holding onto the core values. Cole: I think it's a good idea and you know the scattered site policy is something I think a lot ... there was really consensus on doing it, although I did hear concerns over the years saying essentially, you know, the way they were applying it, it really limited a lot of spots. So this is to me a sensible review and modification, where we're really maintaining the original principle, but we're just opening up greater flexibility, and I think with that year-to-year review with our School District, that was really good to hear that so we know that we'll be in alignment with what the School District's trying to achieve. So I think this is great work by the community members and the staff to get this done. Throgmorton: Anyone else? Geoff. Fruin: I did want to just mention that I did share the proposed changes with the School District and did not receive any concerns about those changes. And then I also just wanted to point out, Chris Ackerson who's sittin' in the back. Chris .... Chris probably made a hundred different variations of this map (laughter) over the last two months, uh, based on my questions, other staff's questions, and with the HCDC Commission, so, uh, a big thanks to ... to Chris and to Tracy and ... and the team, and NDS for gettin' us to this point. I think it's a good outcome. Throgmorton: Yeah, good work, Chris and Tracy. I ... I guess I'd say one other thing. I'm conscious that there are, uh, various organizations or entities in the community that have advocated for changes in this location model, feeling that it excluded too much of...of the city. So, uh, like John said, this is an incremental change, but it's a ... it's a significant, uh, and valuable change and I'm very pleased to see it. I think it responds to their concerns, while also, as Susan said, acknowledging some other, uh, underlying factors. So, uh, one other thing I wanted to mention. I'm This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 19 City Council Regular Formal also very happy to see that the Housing and Community Development Commission was, uh, deeply involved in the process of...I don't know, maybe posing or considering or, uh.... evaluating, you know, the whole shtick, uh, the details of this model. It's a good thing. I'm glad they were deeply involved in it. Okay, 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 April 4, 2017. Page 20 City Council Regular Formal ITEM 10. SUPPORT FOR CITY EMPLOYEES —RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR CITY EMPLOYEES AND THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNITS Mims: So moved. Botchway: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Botchway. Is there any discussion? Mims: I just think this is a great thing to be doing, urn .... you know we'd seen the one from the Sioux City or wherever it was. I think it was a great example, and um, particularly with the changes that are going on at the State and national level, um, I don't think we can ever overstate the importance of our staff and the great job that they do for us, and the importance of the collective bargaining units historically, you know, we had a great law in this state that was a bi-partisan effort that was put in place by a ... by a Republican governor years and years ago and I think it's worked very well, and urn ... I find that very disappointing that, uh, we've seen the changes that we've seen. I think it's worked very well for both management and labor for decades and so .... it's disappointing. So happy to do this! Throgmorton: Yeah. Well said. Anyone else? Cole: Well I think the key thing too is just to emphasize with the whole discussion that's going on in Des Moines is that our employees are valuable and they add value to the community. So it's not only good for them. It's good for us as well, and so we really do thank you for all the wonderful work you do on behalf of our community. Taylor: I .... I think it was great that we were able to extend the contract so that at least we've got some length to it, so in case anything else does happen, changes and totally eliminates things, uh, we've got that safeguard and that was good. Throgmorton: Yeah and uh, Terry, thanks for bringin' it to our attention. Yeah. You bet! Okay, so we have had discussion.... Botchway: Open it up to anybody to come to the mic. Throgmorton: Oh, I thought I did that. So would anybody else like to address this topic? Thanks, Kingsley. Uh, seeing no one, roll call. Motion carries 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 21 City Council Regular Formal ITEM 13. CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION Throgmorton: Pauline, you're first! Taylor: Well this .... kind of goes along with Item 10 that we just reviewed as far as the City employees, is it was, uh, such a great experience to attend the, uh, City, employee appreciation potluck last Friday, and not only was there some really good food but to see this, uh, this impressive list of folks being, uh, honored for their, uh, service milestones, ranging from five years to an amazing 50 years, uh, was totally humbling to me. Uh, I counted it up and the total number of years of service on this list is an incredible 1,710 years. When you put it that way it's just remarkable and to me that's a statement to the quality of the employees that, uh, we have working for the City in every department. Um, they truly are, uh, dedicated, uh, to helping our great city continue to thrive and I want to thank every one of them, um, who reached these milestones, as well as every other employee in the City, and uh, we do appreciate, uh, all that they do. Throgmorton: Indeed! John? Thomas: Well I'm sorry to have missed that, but there was a reason. I was out of town attending a conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and um..... Throgmorton: Sure! Attending a conference! (laughter) Sure! (several talking) Thomas: Uh... and it was, you know, aside from attending the conference, we ... we spent a couple of days in St. Louis and, uh, Kansas City, two cities I hadn't visited before, and I think it's, urn ... you know, as ... as Members of Council, I think it's a very interesting thing to travel to other places and .... see what's going on. Urn ... and so I have kind of a .... a.....a trip that was filled with new experiences and new places. So, um, I highly recommend it. Mims: Well I'm sorry that I missed it. I was not traveling. I was instead home sick with the stomach flu. So I (laughs) (several talking) But that's always a great event and, Pauline, you did a great job of, uh, talking about. It's ... it's, really appreciate all the employees do. Um, Kingsley, what, it's been a week and half ago, `Accomplices in Eliminating Racial Bias' conference put on by the Disproportionate Minority Contact Group. Great conference. LaTasha DeLoach kinda headed that up, um, just a wonderful event at the Sheraton with lots of good speakers and Jane Elliott who did the `Brown Eye, Blue Eye' classroom experience for her students, um, and kind of teaching them about bias and This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 22 City Council Regular Formal discrimination, so was a great event. Um, we'll kind to our Council packet but just wanted to mention also we've got coming up the, um, Community Police Review Board annual forum on Wednesday the 12"' at 6:00 P.M. at the Library. Um, that is going on and kind of earlier, half hour earlier than that, we've got the, uh, National Bookmobile celebration at Mercer Park that starts at 5:30 that same night. So, not sure where everybody's gonna be and at what points, but we've got a couple of good events and, uh, hope the community will come out and submit their questions also in advance for the CPRB forum. Throgmorton: Kingsley! Botchway: So, urn .... so I think I do this a lot where I kind of, um, tell you where I'm at on, you know, milestones with my child and um, apparently not too long ago he ... I think before he peed in the potty and now he's poo-poo'd in the potty so (laughter) pretty excited about that (several talking) Well I .... I .... I had fun with that one. Urn .... the other thing I would mention, um, Susan already mentioned, um, Pauline already mentioned, I thought it was amazing. I actually started thinking about... some people have been working longer than I've been alive, and that's just... amazing. Um .... the .... I just want to commend the City and, uh, Stefanie Bowers for the "Advancing Racial Equity, the Role of Government." I know everybody can't attend, uh, cause it's a close -ticketed event, but um, you know, and I don't know how many of these have been to like 10 years ago but just want to thank staff, um, for their work on this. Obviously the (mumbled) with Julie Nelson and the things that are going on along those lines, it's just a huge milestone. Mission Creek, um, I figured you were going to say somethin' about it, but I will say it goes (mumbled) tomorrow, so that's pretty exciting. I won't go into any more than that. Urn .... Susan and I, I think I mentioned last time, there's like a wealth of conferences that have happened and so if you've had an opportunity to go to any of them, um, that's great as well. I will mention, um, I want to commend CWJ for, um, recently kind of the work that's happened in the, uh, kind of...not against the legislature but around the 10.10. I think they've done a wonderful job, kind of reaching out to businesses and urging businesses, um, to keep that, urn .... to keep that high level there from that standpoint. I did notice that there were comments, urn .... urn, that at times were misled ... or not factual, um, about certain businesses and I just want to make sure that we put out that we're fact -checking that information. I think that, you know, we as elected officials always need to make sure that we, um, offer that access for folks to look for themselves, to determine for themselves, and so, urn .... I did want to say that, but I ... I do commend CWJ because I think they've done a wonderful job going to the businesses, going to the business owners and talkin' to them about that. And This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 23 City Council Regular Formal the last thing I will say, I know I'm takin' up a lot of time, is actually this isn't planned, but I'm actually going to ask Jacob to come up and maybe can you talk about your campaign points as it ... I had an opportunity on Sunday to talk or, um... kind of kick-off his campaign for President of UISG. Um, and I just thought his campaign points were amazing. I didn't know them prior and if you could just give us a quick... Simpson: So, uh, I've been coming to City Council meetings I think for almost two years now. I've only missed one or two. Um (laughs) but uh, I am running for Student Body President and, uh, Kingsley joined us at Mondo's Saloon to kick off the campaign. We'll be going forward the next two weeks. Voting will end next Thursday actually. Um, and the purpose of the campaign is to reach, um, as many people in the 24,000, um, undergraduate student body as possible. Um, our group allocates about $1.8 million in student activity fees each year. Um, that goes to certain programs like student legal services, um, which helps students with, um, landlord issues, but also just, um, maybe registration within the University, but it also funds a lot of student organizations on campus. I'm also a member of the University of Iowa Gardeners and I know that's, um, relates to a lot of things that you have been doing with local foods. Um, but .... kind of, the campaign's called `Bridge UI' and really what we are trying to do is think about how we relate to one another in community and provide space .... on campus, um, to .... express.... each other's stories, um, especially people from underrepresented communities, so that in Student Government we are able to serve their needs on a local level, but also within the state and the nation. So, I was really thankful to have Kingsley, um, come and talk, um, about what the City's been doing for that and also how we can work together in the future to increase student involvement. Throgmorton: So, Jake, name recognition is everything in politics! (laughs) Why don't you remind the, uh, audience watching on television what your full name is. Simpson: Yeah. My name's Jacob Simpson, and I'm running for Student Body President under the campaign `Bridge UI.' Throgmorton: Great! Thank you. Good luck! (several talking and laughing) Dickens: Since the last Council meeting I ... did the Shelter House tour, which they've been tryin' to get me there forever, which is great to go to. Uh, I took over for Pauline at the, uh, Shelter.... Shelter House book sale. She was ... she had the hour before me and, uh, so that was great to see and picked up some good books for my trip to Mesa to go see the Cubs (laughter) ...which, uh, opening day was Sunday night This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 24 City Council Regular Formal they lost, but ... it is baseball season. It is bicycle season. It's time for kids to be out playing. So drivers, please beware! There's a lot more activity out there, so when you're driving, even bicycles, be careful of kids running out in front of you, and as Kingsley said, Mission Creek is in full bloom and gotta thank Andre and the whole group, uh, Film Scene, and the restaurants. Just everybody in the downtown area for helping out, cause it's becoming one of the biggest in the country. So... Cole: Yeah, I just really wanted to echo Kingsley's comment on this issue of the minimum wage. Um, you know we suffered a setback with the legislature in terms of taking away that Home Rule authority and I just really want to commend all the small business owners, all the hard working business owners, as well as the employees, that they've stepped forward and recognized that our value .... our community does value hard work and ... but most importantly we value an honest and open dialogue. Um, you know one of my favorite phrases from Bill Clinton, he was referring to Hubert Humphrey, said that Hubert had a happy heart, an open ear, and a willingness to engage in honest dialogue, and I think it's so easy on social media or anything to basically have a perfect argument on social media, but I've never found that to be a particularly constructive mechanism. So going forward, whether it's this issue or any other issue going forward, give someone a call if you have a concern about what they're doing, and then by the way, that includes us. I hope the community members will reach out to us when there's a concern that they have, and I'm really confident with (mumbled) the progress we've made. We've had some setbacks, um, but really there's been some good news lately, from what I've been hearing, and so it's looking like people are engaging in those conversations. So I really encourage people to do that. Um, I also really want to thank the School Board for the joint meeting we just did with the Horace Mann. You know one of the things I love about Iowa City, I love the commitment we all have to public education. And especially all our beautiful neighborhood schools, throughout the community, and I think there's really no more special school, although my daughter doesn't go there to Horace Mann, it's a really....it's a treasure that we all, um, really want to try to preserve and we're engaged in that conversation, so I encourage the public. We had some early preliminary discussions... to stay tuned on that particular issue, and weigh in. Um ... and the final issue, Mission Creek. I hope everyone has a good time this week. There's gonna be shows all over the place, and so I hope to be able to enjoy those festivities. Probably be goin' to Big Grove on Saturday. I understand there's a free concert there on Saturday. Uh (several talking) Saturday afternoon. And the food trucks had the first pilot on, uh, Friday night, and it was great! Um, I actually (both talking) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 25 Tbrogmorton: ... mentioned that. City Council Regular Formal Cole: ...yeah, shocked that I would mention that! Yeah, but ... um, yeah, this was a real great event and it was really exciting and uh, I ate too much, as usual, but.... encourage people to check out that pilot project. Botchway: Confirmation on the food trucks ... they are .... they are, when are they starting? (unable to hear person respond) I know they started, the kick-off, but.... Andrew: Yeah, last Friday was the kick-off event. For the month of April, both Friday and Saturday nights each week, they will be on North Clinton Street, uh, just north of Market. Botchway: From when to when? 10:00 P.M...... Andrew: Yep, 10:00 P.M. to 2:00 A.M. And so it'll be kind of around the dorms there on Clinton Street. Then for the month of May, and the first weekend in June, uh, they're back at the Rec Center lot. And then the next three weekends in June they're on Dubuque Street. Cole: And that Robert A .... A. Lee parking lot works surprisingly well, so kudos to everyone who selected that spot. Throgmorton: Okay, I guess it's my turn. Uh, I have a few things I want to mention. Before I do that I want to suggest that we think in terms of scheduling some kind of post- mortem once the legislative session has ended. I don't mean that too ironically. I just mean we need to talk about what was enacted, what we need to do differently, what we could do differently next year when the legislative... legislature's in session again. I think, uh, we were caught. (laughs) It ... it was ... it's been a hard several weeks. Okay, so the other things I wanted to mention are, first, there's gonna be an Economic Development Committee meeting tomorrow, meaning Wednesday, April 5h, from 4:00 to 5:00 P.M. in this room. Also, I understand the Senior Center engagement fair is gonna be held on April the 13`, from 2:00 to 3:00...3:30 P.M. in the Senior Center. There's a benefit for South Sudan in the Lee Recreation Center from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. on April the 15`h, which I ... is that Saturday? I don't know. Whatever day of the week that is. And ... uh, lastly, we need to schedule our first listening post, Council listening post, of the year. So... we.... This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 26 City Council Regular Formal Voparil: Any ideas on where you want to have that? Throgmorton: Well, I don't know if we want to talk about that right now, but uh.... Voparil: Okay. Throgmorton: Well I guess we .... I mean we could, why not! It's only 8:00. Any ideas about where we could hold that? Cole: Farmers Market is just around the corner. Throgmorton: Yeah, we want to be out in the community. You know, and that's right there! Cole: Yep, that's true. Taylor: We had some good locations last year. Do we want .... do different ones or can we redo some of the ones ... seemed like the one on the west side was popular. Drew a lot. The one we had downtown didn't have a lot of folks, but we had some good input. The Senior Center... Cole: Did we have one on Broadway yet? I don't know if we have, have we? (several responding) I think Broadway would be a good one. (several responding) Throgmorton: Do that? (several talking) Okay, so, Julie, uh... uh, sorry, Chris, but Julie, could you help us, uh, or whatever... Voparil: Broadway at the community center, is that... Throgmorton: Yeah, the Neighborhood Center (several talking) Voparil: Okay. Throgmorton: Yeah, so .... we can talk about that, if you need help on that. Voparil: Okay, and how far out, I mean, a timeframe, uh, how soon did you wanna.... Throgmorton: Oh I think some time this month would be good. Voparil: Okay. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017. Page 27 Throgmorton: Yeah, some time this month. Voparil: I'll see what they say, okay? City Council Regular Formal Throgmorton: Okay, good deal! All right, uh, I don't have anything else. I could sit and talk about some things I've done but .... let's move on. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of April 4, 2017.