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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-06-20 TranscriptionPage 1 Item 2. Proclamations Item 2a Juneteenth National Freedom Day — June 19 Throgmorton: So I'd like to welcome everybody on this last full day of. ... of spring. It's been a gorgeous day! Uh, I've seen a lot of it by driving from here to Aurora and back, so (laughs) I can attest that it's been a beautiful day that way. I'd also like to mention that, uh, Kingsley will not be with us tonight. He is, uh, required by, uh, a work responsibility to, uh, be away. So .... he's not here with us. He sends his respects and all that. Okay, so Item 2 is Proclamations. Is anybody here to accept the Immigrant Heritage Month proclamation? All right, seeing no one, I'm not going to read it. I'll just read .... read the first one .... which is about Juneteenth National Freedom Day. It's one of my favorite proclamations actually! (reads proclamation) Could someone accept this proclamation, please? Fruehling: Eliza Willis. Throgmorton: Sorry? Fruehling: Eliza Willis (both talking) Throgmorton: Eliza! (applause) Willis: Thank you very much. I'm accepting on behalf of the, uh, Iowa City Human Rights Commission and I do encourage people to attend on Saturday. It's a fabulous event — free food, uh, great entertainment! So, thank you very much! Throgmorton: Thank you. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 2 Item 4. Community Comment (items not on the agenda) Throgmorton: This is for items not on the formal meeting agenda. Uh, if anybody wants to address any topic that's not on the formal meeting agenda, please feel free to come up. State your name .... and.....take not more than five minutes to say what's on your mind. Good evening, Adil. Adams: (mumbled) ....Human Right meeting but, uh (mumbled) see what is going on. So I get, uh, something in my mind about shooting and, uh, last week there is shooting in Iowa, and uh.... this is very dangerous thing in Iowa when the shooting happen cause there is victims. In Iowa City, uh, two weeks ago .... two months ago, we have, uh (mumbled) Library. We have, uh (mumbled) police, about how to protect yourself when there shooting, and I remember ... I asked the police if there is any police attending any high schools, and they told me the school, they don't want the police to be there, and I told them why, they said we don't know. So I ask the City Council, why not ... we keep the police in the high school, even in front of the door. One police car would protect, uh, or save a lot of children, and also as a Muslim, I know there's a group now called anti -Islam. Also, why not the police can't attend by the mosque sometimes. Because as a Muslim, some (mumbled) some people anti -Islam, they are crazy, and I wanted the police to be around (mumbled) the mosque, especially on these days because we pray the whole night, until morning (mumbled) around and we are not safe. Every day.... everybody come to the mosque in the morning (mumbled) 2:00 in the morning. It feels not safe. So I hope the police can attend this two area, the schools (mumbled) not now because there is no school now, but when the school is open, I hope the police to be inside the school every day. But in the mosque, in Ramadan, I hope the police, uh, to help us now. Uh, we invite you, all of you, to come to our mosque and to see how people (mumbled) and, uh, we enjoyed to talk to you about, uh (mumbled) Throgmorton: Adil, I know that we received an invitation for that meal. Can you remind me of what day that is? Adams: Friday. Throgmorton: Friday. Thank you. Anyone else? Nelson: Hello! In light of recent State legislation that prohibits cities from regulating apartment occupancy limits based on familial status, the City will be considering a number of measures meant to stabilize neighborhoods from becoming This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 3 predominantly rental units. I find it troublesome that student prevalence within the surrounding community is often met with limitation within this chamber. During the June 6t" work session, it was remarked that neighborhoods that consist primarily of student rental housing were deemed "lost," and that the goal of the City's policies moving forward should be to "save" those neighborhoods .... that are not quite lost. I would caution against this sort of mentality moving forward, as that kind of rhetoric suggests that students are a homogeneous group that intentionally (mumbled) neighborhoods and that they are not deserving of living in housing within the community, and it does not do justice to the positive economic and cultural impacts students have on our community. During the fall and spring semesters, our community swells to the tune of 24,000 undergraduate students. These students are bright, enthusiastic, and are dedicated to getting an education to better society. They study hard. They do research. They join clubs. They volunteer for organizations such as the Crisis Center and the Hospital, and contribute to the overall well-being of the University and the community. Of course as with any sizable population, there are a few bad apples, a few loud apartments and littered beer cans, and we would concede that these individuals are poor neighbors. But they're also the most visible neighbors and by no means represent the student body. Within a certain parameter from the University, it is likely that the majority of the neighbors that people have are also students, but they're not given that recognition. As Council and staff move forward with the considerations, we urge that realistic and pragmatic expectations are maintained regarding the housing environment surrounding the University core. In the same way the University has an obligation to its students to provib.... to provide housing where and when it can. So too does the City have an obligation to promote appropriate for its residents where it is necessary, and that includes housing available to students in neighborhoods adjacent to their school. Indeed student housing is not simply a University issue or a City issue, but should instead be highly collaborative between both institutions. To that end, the University of Iowa Student Government is committed to both good neighbor practices and improving the current student housing situation. Soon we will be engaged in the housing market study, and at the moment we are analyzing data from the University's affordable housing survey conducted last semester. Over the summer we plan to establish a task force, camp .... with campus partners, to improve support and resources for students who live off campus. The task force will discuss a range of topics from rental advising to food insecurity to good neighbor practices, and finally, we have expressed our need for secure locks on housing and for background checks for employees of property management companies. Housing markets are intricate and long-term problems that require an honest effort from all parties involved. UISG looks forward to working with the This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 4 City to tackle these problems and to improve the community that both students and residents share. Thank you. Throgmorton: Thank you, Ben. Uh, Geoff, I'm sure that, uh.... we will make efforts to reach out to Ben and others in Student Government to make sure they have a role to play in assessing these steps we have to take. Fruin: Absolutely! Throgmorton: Anyone else? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 5 Item 7. Urban Renewal Plan Amendment — Resolution approving Amendment No. 3 to the Riverside Drive Urban Renewal Plan to add projects and to add land to the Urban Renewal Area a) Public Hearing Throgmorton: I'll open the public hearing. (bangs gavel) Wendy! Ford: Hi, good evening! I'm Wendy Ford, Economic Development Coordinator. Um, you are considering tonight the third amendment to the Riverside Drive Urban Renewal Area, and as you can see on the slide we've projected, the additional area that we're talking about is that which is, uh.... uh, shaded to the left or to the west of the larger portion cross -hatched there. That portion matches the Orchard District of the Riverfront Crossings Plan and we're .... we wanted to bring that into, uh, the same alignment with the same, uh, borders and shape, um, that the Master Plan for the whole area had. So that's the primary reason for bringing that piece in. And then secondly, at the very top, in the north, you'll see along Myrtle Avenue there a ... a little strip of cross -hatching and, um, we're adding that because the original boundaries for the, uh, Riverside Drive Urban Renewal Area went to the center line of Myrtle Avenue and we've got a planned intersection, uh, signalization for that area and we want to be able to use TIF if we need it. You would choose to do that at a later date. Uh, but this would enable you to choose to use TIF dollars to help fund that project. In order to amend a .... uh, an urban renewal area, as you know, um, you need to do a couple of, uh.... uh, legislative steps, and the first one was taken on May 16a' with the Resolution of Necessity that you passed then. The stec... the second step is for us to hold a consultation with our neighboring taxing entities of the School District and the County. That was, uh, held on June 1" and there are opportunities for representatives from those taxing entities to give us comments and for us to respond back. However, A... nobody attended that taxing consultation and B ... there were no comments for us to respond to. Um, and today is the last step and that's the public hearing on it. So, um, if you had any questions, I'd be happy to entertain those for you. Throgmorton: I see `em up on the screen, but could you remind us and the audience about what, uh, what projects are being added. Ford: Sure! The, um, we're .... we're putting four public improvement projects into the plan and I'll reiterate again, um, that should, uh, should you.... that.... that just makes it, uh, possible for you to choose to use tax increment financing dollars to fund these. One is Riverside Drive streetscape. The second is the riverfront, uh, This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 6 bank, the west riverfront bank stabilization. The third is the river trail between Benton Street and Sturgis Park, and then lastly the Myrtle, uh, and Riverside Drive, uh, intersection signalization, all of these projects which help to improve pedestrian access and ... and walkability in the neighborhood. Throgmorton: Great! Thanks, Wendy! Any questions for Wendy? Thanks! Would anybody else care to address this topic? Seeing no one I'm going to close the public hearing. (bangs gavel) b) Consider a Resolution Mims: Move the resolution. Dickens: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Dickens. Discussion? Hearing none, roll call. Motion carries 6-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 7 Item 8. Happy Hollow Park Restroom and Shelter Replacement 2017 - Resolution approving plans, specifications, form of agreement, and estimate of cost for the construction of the Happy Hollow park restroom and shelter replacement 2017 project, establishing amount of bid security to accompany each bid, directing City Clerk to post notice to bidders, and fixing time and place for receipt of bids a) Public Hearing Throgmorton: I'll open the public bearing. (bangs gavel) Good evening, Juli! Seydell Johnson: Hi, Juli Seydell Johnson, Parks and Recreation Director. Um, a project we've been workin' on for quite a while. It's been over a year since we actually had the public meeting out in the neighborhood, um, but I'm happy to show you the plans that we have tonight. I think this is gonna be a very cute and appropriate, uh, appropriately historic park when we finish. Uh, Happy Hollow is just the shelter and restroom, um, renovations. We aren't doing anything else with the playground or other areas of this park. Um .... the, uh, alignment of the restroom and shelter stays very similar to where they are now. This shows, uh, the differences. It's a separate building. A single -stall separate restroom, and then the shelter area. There's currently a storage area on one end of the shelter and that will be going away as part of this project. Uh, the design of the shelter and restroom were based on the historic architecture of the neighborhood. Um, the coloring isn't quite right in this rendering, so the color will be similar to what you see on the next slide, uh, for the restroom. But we have, uh, limestone around the pillars and then the metal roof, and you can see this, uh, calls to mind some of the historic houses around the area. There was a ..... there is some history to this park that it was one time, uh, a brick quarry. You'll notice we didn't include that in the actual buildings themselves. We still hope to do some brick work in the, uh, some of the cement walk or some other way to bring .... bring that into the site as well. So I'll answer any questions. Throgmorton: Is that it? Okay! Any questions for Juli? I don't hear any! Thank you, Juli! Would anybody else like to address this topic? Seeing no one I'm going to close the public hearing. (bangs gavel) b) Consider a Resolution Mims: Move the resolution. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 8 Dickens: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Dickens. Discussion? I'm excited to see this. I was present, uh, when you, Juli, were at, uh.... Happy Hollow Park. I don't know, I might have been down there with my dog, who knows! Seydell Johnson: I believe you were! Throgmorton: Uh, but uh.... I know you were down there. I think Zach was with you at that time as well, and there were quite a few neighbors present and giving ideas and re... reactions to preliminary proposals and that kind of thing. So it's really fun to see how that .... how the plans have evolved, uh, over the past year or so, and uh, I'm really looking forward to seeing the end product! Anyone else? Thomas: Yeah. I would just add that I think what ... what was a key factor in the design development was that it ... the park falls within the Brown Street Historic District. So the design process required doing through the Historic Preservation Commission, uh, I think that aspect of it really gave the design a focus in terms of what the character of those structures would be and, uh, I think, you know, the results are very pleasing to everyone. So it....it....it's a goo .... good example of how historic preservation districts can ... not only influence how the residential component, um, is preserved, but also public improvements can .... can (mumbled) benefit as well. Taylor: I .... I applaud you for ... for doing that and thinking about the historic nature of the park, and it's such a visible area there, with the road, very busy road running past there. It's really going to, uh, enhance the appearance of that park I think. Throgmorton: It's also a .... a pleasing place, and .... and in light of some things that Ben said earlier, it's, um, a park that's used not just by, you know, home -owning neighbors, but also students. I mean there're often ballgames down there. There are often, uh, picnics, uh, celebrations of one kind or another. So it really serves the, uh, the population of the neighborhood as a whole. I think that's a great thing. Seydell Johnson: I would agree and it was a .... one of the more interesting neighborhood meetings we had there, was at that park. A lot of residents nearby, very interested in that park and wanting to keep the open space there and wanting, you know, some upgrades but very much keep it the way it is because they like what they're able to do there right now. So ... it was very fun! This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 9 Throginorton: Great! Thank you, Juli. Uh, anybody else want to address this topic? I don' t see anybody. So I haven't closed the public hearing yet, have I? I don't think I have. Yeah, I'm going to close the public hearing. (bangs gavel) Mims: Move the resolution. Dickens: Second. Throgmorton: Have we already (both talking) Fruin: Yeah, and we (both talking) Throgmorton: .... sorry! Mims: Then .... you also already closed the public hearing. Throgmorton: Yeah. So ..... (laughter) can't close it too many times! (laughter and several talking) Dilkes: It won't hurt anything! Throgmorton: Okay .... (several talking) we were doing discussion. Roll call, please! Motion carries 6-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 10 Item 9. City Park Cabin Restoration Project - Resolution awarding contract and authorizing the Mayor to sign and the City Clerk to attest a contract for construction of the City Park Cabin Restoration Project Throgmorton: Is there a motion to approve, please? Dickens: So moved. Throgmorton: Moved by Dickens. Thomas: Second. Throgmorton: Seconded by Thomas. Discussion? Juli, would you, uh, tell us about this, please? Seydell Johnson: Yeah, I wanted to take a few minutes. This project is a little unusual. It's a very unique project in of. ... in and of itself with the historic nature of the cabins, um, but we are asking for a considerable additional money, $80,000, in addition to what we thought the project would cost. So I want to kind of walk you through what's included and.....and why we're asking for that. Um, as you know the City Park cabins sit in Upper City Park. They're on the National Registry of Historic Places. Um, they are in .... sad disrepair at this point. Um, luckily they're very strong structures or they wouldn't even be standing right now. I .... I'm not sure how long the blue tarp's been on, two or three years probably. Um, so we brought in some historic preservation experts to look at it, help us decide how best to restore these. Um, that's where the recommendations came for.....what's included, uh, in the project. So as you can see there's lots of things that need work on these shelters. Uh, the first priority was the roof and that was the base bid on this project, and you can see there's blue tarps over it, just to try to maintain what we can, and that you can see some of the, um, rotting wood on the inside. So that is the first priority. Uh, the second priority is foundation work underneath and I don't particularly have a great picture of the foundation, but it's cracked and it needs, uh, some shoring up. The third part is restoration of the logs, and this is quite a detailed process. In fact the contractor will come in, um, evaluate it, look at it, decide how much they can salvage and how much needs to be replaced, then they have to go look for historically appropriate logs salvaged, um, from other historic buildings, and they will be doing that, and that's part of the timeline on this project. It will go for an entire year, um, because they estimate it will take that long to track down the appropriate materials. You can see here some of the rot and some of the .... the chinking's falling out. There's numerous holes. It's not, um.....you know, not an airtight (laughs) it'll never be This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 11 an airtight building but (laughs) urn .... lots of things happening there. Inside, uh, the next priority is to look at the flooring and then the windows and doors. Um, so you can see the condition of the win ... windows and doors. I've ... I heard it was once used as a concession stand. So some of the original windows were taken out, and concession stand windows were put in and things have been moved around a little bit. This will get us back to the historic, true nature of the cabin. Um, the reason we're asking to do it all at one time, and for the additional funds, is it is highly specialized work, and if you remember we bid this once before and had no bidders whatsoever on the project. So we feel fortunate we got two good bids at this point. Um, we have a consultant on board that can help us manage this project and it seems to make sense to do it all at once rather than coming back and trying to rebid the smaller sections, um, later on. So I'd ask for your consideration to be able to do the entire project, um, at once. Throgmorton: Juli, can you tell us how the cabins will be used .... once they're renovated? Seydell Johnson: Sure. Uh, recreation programming, um, primarily with youth groups, Cub Scout groups, um, smaller youth groups like that that will want to come out, experience what life was like back in the 1840s and before here in Iowa, so we'll have some interpretive programming. Um, our summer camps will be able to use the facilities. It won't be an open rental type situation. It will be something that's staffed and overseen. Even when restored these are still, um, fairly delicate structures. So... Thomas: Will there be any interpretive signage .... as part of this project? Seydell Johnson: It's not actually part of this project, but it's something we will definitely have and definitely have, uh, information on the web site when we're done and ... and written materials available at the site, so.... Throgmorton: Can you remind us of when these cabins were built? I know they aren't .... they aren't original, you know (both talking) Seydell Johnson: They have an interesting history. They were built by the Johnson County Old Settlers, um, as .... Old Settlers group as demonstration cabins. I believe they were first at the fairgrounds, um, as a demonstration even back in the 1840s of what, and I hope I'm saying the right date with the 1840s. They were actually, um.... built in 1889 and 1913, I'm sorry, I messed up there. Um .... and they were used heavily for camps and ... and children's programs till about 2006. So it's been that long. But before that they were, even then they were demonstration, but they're This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 12 still considered historically significant, um, because they were built so close to what the originals were, even at that time. So.... Throgmorton: I find myself feeling kind of curious about this. So, I mean, I ... I'm gonna support the resolution, but....I.....I want to explore something with my fellow Councilpeople and staff. Uh, it ... it's pretty easy to look at structures like this and imagine that what they reflect is only about the people who originally settled here. Meaning basically white Europeans who originally settled here. But there was a lot more going on at the time. I mean it involved the, uh, the Sac and Fox Indians, uh, and the fact that they had to move, and we also have quite a few new residents who do not have this sort of historical connection, some of whom are, you know, white people like me who come from Kentucky. So I'm wonderin' about programming. I wonder .... I'm wondering if there are ways to expand the thinking about how this, uh, these two cabins could be used so that they actually can be meaningful to, uh.... people from Adil's community, uh, our recent Muslim immigrants, or .... um.....some of our Hispanic residents, African American residents, uh, natives who once .... whose tribes once lived here but don't anymore. You know, that kind of thing. I'm not ask .... Juli (laughs) I'm not expecting you to kind of answer what I'm leading to here, but I'm wondering if we can expand the programming of these two cabins so that they really connect with the population that exists.... here, instead of some sort of mythical population about the past. Seydell Johnson: I think it's probably a two -fold answer to that question though. I think it can be a touchstone for a number of programs. It can ... it can relate to that time period in general, whether it even be in our immediate area or what was happening around the United States or around the world at that period. I .... I think that's a really neat way to tie in Iowa City's history to the history of everything else going on around us, um, and I would also tell you from my past experience managing a historical property like this, we had a lot of recent immigrants who wanted to come because they specifically wanted to learn their new history and they wanted to learn, you know, they weren't aware of what the history was in their new community. So they were just as interested in learning about it because it was not their own, um, as their own history. So I think it can play both ways. Throgmorton: Great! All right. Thank you, Juli. I don't know if there's anybody else who wants to address this topic. We're not having a public hearing but ... if anybody wants to, that'd be good. All right, I don't see anybody else. So, uh, do we have a mo .... we have a motion, don't we? So we're having discussion... so, Council, discussion? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 13 Thomas: I like your idea, Jim. I mean I think it's .... I sort of view it as something that... you know, if the community.... some members of the community want to step up and pursue that I ... maybe yourself at some point in the future, uh, I think it's an interesting topic to explore and ... and the buildings will .... are evocative. I think they would really lend themselves to that. Throgmorton: Okay. Seeing no one else, roll call please. Motion carries 6-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 14 Item 10. Workforce Housing Tax Credits - Resolution in support of the Saddlebrook Meadows Development, Inc. application for the Workforce Housing Tax Incentives Program from the Iowa Economic Development Authority to construct residential housing at 2666 and 2674 Pinto Lane and 2769 and 2751 Blazing Star Drive and committing local funds to the project Throgmorton: Is there a motion? Dickens: So moved. Thomas: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Dickens, seconded by Thomas. Uh, Geoff, do you want to have anybody talk about this? Fruin: Uh, yeah, Tracy can come up and give you a quick overview. Throgmorton: Yeah, be brief I'm sure. Tracy! Hightshoe: Do you want me to update on the project itself or the workforce housing tax credits? Throgmorton: Yeah, I think we got the workforce housing tax credit thing. Hightshoe: Okay! Throgmorton: So maybe just this project. Hightshoe: Sure! Um, Steve Gordon applied to the Housing Trust Fund and he was awarded funds to assist three of the four houses. They will be sold at that .... let me get my memo out. I think they're 175,000. Yeah I think so. Yep, and then the Housing Trust Fund allocated $50,000 per house. So the developer will, for the three homes, they'll be providing $10,000 and then the developer.... well the developer's providing 10,000 grant and then the Housing Trust Fund will provide 12,500 as a five-year forgivable loan, and 12,500 in a no -interest 10 -year loan. So it'll be affordable to folks below 80%, so three of the four homes will be sold to people under 80% of median income. Throgmorton: Yeah (both talking) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 15 Hightshoe: They're small, modest homes. Throgmorton: Good deal! Thank you. Any questions for Tracy? All right, we have a motion on the floor. The motion was made by Dickens, seconded by Thomas. Uh, any Council discussion? Hearing none, roll call. Motion carries 6-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 16 Item 11. Solid Waste Code Amendments for Cardboard Ban. Ordinance amending Title 16, Public Works, Chapter 3, City Utilities, Article H, Solid Waste, To Prohibit Landfilling of Corrugated Cardboard. (First Consideration) Mims: Move first consideration. Dickens: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Dickens. Discussion? Jen Jordan! Good evening, Jen! Jordan: Jen Jordan, Resource Management Superintendent. Let me bring up the slide I have here for tonight, and this single slide summarizes the last year's work, almost to the date. Um, on June 6d of 2016, Resource Management staff brought seven initiatives to Council for your consideration, for the general concept consideration. We were given, uh, direction to proceed with all seven of those and on November .... in November of 2016, we came back with four proposed code changes, which were passed at that point. So the first four there are currently in effect. I take that back. The first three are — the fourth of the first four is .... becomes effective July I51 of this year. So that was the multi-fam.... starting at the beginning there, the mandatory multi -family recycling. Um, that went into effect in November and will roll out over the course of two years. Um, the electronics waste ban is actually specifically for computers, monitors, and televisions. That went into effect in .... on January 2nd of this year. That has been going very well at the Landfill. Um, curbside organics, we've been doing a lot of information education on food waste reduction, but the other piece of that is picking up the food waste at the curb for curbside customers. We rolled that out in March and that is also going very well after a couple of initial snafus and some really good public input in getting those corrected. Um, the last item then again is the ... of the first four that have passed is the cover load policy at the Landfill. So that is an effort to reduce the amount of blowing litter on ... um, from trucks on the way out to the Landfill. We've .... we are working right now on getting information out about that, so you'll start seeing that and, um, hopefully tomorrow actually, uh, so that outreach is in effect. That will affect the entire service area, all Landfill users. The code change that we're bringing tonight then is specifically for a cardboard ban, which will have a significant impact on the materials going into the Landfill. The other item, uh, tonight proposed is not a code change. It's an operational and equipment change. That is single -stream recycling. I'm happy to answer questions about any or all of those. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 17 Mims: Jen, I have a question, um, on the cardboard ban. One, I'm totally supportive of it, but have already started hearing questions from the construction community. Jordan: Sure! Mims: Um, and I've seen some stuff in the last few days, people posting that.... Eastside and also, uh, Republic spots have just been overwhelmed with stuff. What ... what are we looking at doing to either as a ... as the City or in conjunction with Republic or whoever to make sure that we have sufficient locations and capacity to handle all the cardboard that's not going to be going to the Landfill. Jordan: Sure. It's gonna be probably three -fold. Um, the biggest one, to directly answer your question, is we are in the process of purchasing a cardboard compactor for the Eastside Recycling Center, which will not only be much easier for the public to use, including contractors, but it will result in pretty significant efficiencies. So if. ... just, not to get into too much detail, but right now we're making eight trips from the Landfill to Eastside Recycling Center to dump cardboard every week. This will essentially, we're estimating, quadruple the amount of material that we're getting there. So if you can picture that, that's basically a full-time staff person and a full-time truck, running cardboard back and forth, all week. So the operational efficiencies come in with the compactor, that it's gonna get it down from roughly 35 or 40 trips per week down to one, cause it'll hold so much more material. So that's the big one that's already in, um, happening now. We also have budgeted a cardboard compactor for the Landfill facility. (both talking) Mims: ....one of the big questions (both talking) Jordan: Yep, and ... and all the public will be able to use those, and not just Iowa City residents, not just residents. It'll be for businesses, non -profits, whoever wants to use those. Mims: When will we have the compactor out at the Landfill, do you expect? Jordan: Um .... I will say tentatively by the end of the year. Mims: Okay. Jordan: It's in the next budget. So by the time we get through the purchasing process and doing all that, it should .... six months should be sufficient for that. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 18 Mims: Thank you! Jordan: Yep, and then more directly to the .... the, um.....the other part of this and it ties in with the multi -family is that the multi -family residents will have access to recycling where they live in the very near future as that's rolling out. So a lot of ..a lot more people, um, will have access right where they live. So that's part of why we're putting that one off too, till January of ..of 2018. So it'll give things a little bit more time to roll out. Mims: Okay. Thank you! Throgmorton: Jen, I have a more micro -scale question, and it's one I've asked before, but I don't remember how you answered it (laughs) Jordan: I may not either! (laughter) Throgmorton: No, it has .... it has to do with pizza. You know my question! Jordan: Pizza boxes! Yes, I actually (both talking) Throgmorton: .... cheese inside your cardboard so (both talking) Cole: (both talking) Throgmorton: ..... yeah, so.... Jordan: I've gotten a couple of those already too, yes. Thanks.... thanks for asking! So, um, the short answer is ... it's probably a gray area. The .... the formal language will be `clean cardboard,' I believe. So if it's .... if it's covered with cheese or pepperoni chunks, we don't want it in the recycling obviously, but with the new curbside composting program, we can take it in that. Now that won't serve all of the residents of Iowa City. That's just the curbside customers, but that will be a significant chunk of them. So, it could be composted in a home compost bin too. But the clean cardboard, the top if there's not cheese on it, of the .... of the pizza box, that could be recycled. (laughter) Cole: But the bottom part (both talking) Throgmorton: (both talking) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 19 Cole: Where does that go? That ... we would compost that because (both talking) Jordan: So that could get composted, yep! (both talking) Cole: ...the Landfill. Jordan: Right, if there's grease or cheese on it, it shouldn't go in with the cardboard recycling. Cole: Okay, so we compost (mumbled) Okay. I've been gettin' a lot of questions too on this question of verification, um, so ... how are you actually going to verify who's putting cardboard in there, and what will the penalties be if they do discover that there's cardboard. For .... let's say for example for me, suppose Councilor Cole put something in there that he's not supposed to. Uh, how ... how would that play itself out? Mims: They just leave your trash there the next two weeks! (laughter) Cole: Yeah! Call the media! (laughter and several talking) Jordan: ...staff at the Landfill pointed out this morning, the buck stops at the Landfill. Cole: Okay. Jordan: So we will have spotters at the Landfill checking loads, at least initially, till people get in the hang of this, but we do have a six-month period built in, since it won't be rolling out until January, where we have lots of opportunity for education and outreach. So, it's .... other communities have done this. I realize that it seems a bit foreign maybe to some of us. It will be a struggle. It will take a lot of education outreach, but I think we can do it. Cole: Okay. So I ... I mean in terms of the mechanics of it though, like for individual households.... Jordan: Uh huh. Cole: ....it's my understanding though that they would be the ones that would actually be fined, and so when they.....do they just randomly check certain, um .... garbage cans and then at....at the site or .... I'm still unclear as to how that would (both talking) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 20 Jordan: Gotcha! The fine would actually come into effect at the Landfill. So if you are, you're served by City services, so if the ... the hauler, the City truck that picks up your trash, um, didn't see it, when it got to the Landfill, and if there was a significant amount, basically we're using the tern `any discernible amount of cardboard'..... Cole: Yeah. Jordan: ....that load would be charged an additional tipping fee and that ... we would come back to Council with that later this fall, when we have that set (both talking) Cole: Okay! Throgmorton: Anything else for Jen? Thank you! Jordan: My pleasure! Thank you. Throgmorton: You .... you're almost finished with your list! Jordan: Pretty close! It's a year's work right here! (laughter) We'll have another list (mumbled) Throgmorton: You've done a great job! Jordan: Thank you. Throgmorton: All right, we have a motion on the floor. Any Council discussion? Fruin: Can I .... can I chime in just (both talking) Throgmorton: Sure! Fruin: ...for a second. Uh, obviously this has taken a lot of effort to get us from last June to where we are today and, uh, there's a gentleman in the back in a green shirt whose face is probably about to turn red (laughter) uh, who ... (both talking) Throgmorton:... there is only one person back there (both talking) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 21 Fruin: ...instrumental in ... in getting, um, all of these initiatives off the ground, because they're.... they've been, um, on our list of `to dos' for .... several years and, uh, Chris O'Brien, um, really stepped up and .... and helped the staff figure out the best path forward, and so, um, Chris' last day will be this Friday, but uh, we should all, uh, acknowledge the role that he played, um, in .... in makin' all this happen as well. Dickens: Thank you, Chris (applause and several talking) (laughter) Fruin: You're welcome, Chris! (laughter) Throgmorton: You've done a great job! All right, well, no further discussion? Cole: On the pizza box issue, I do think though that's something that we might have to figure out. Um, it strikes me that for the ... the cheesy bottom, that not everyone's gonna be able to compost that, so it just strikes me as something we have to keep an eye on. I don't mean to make too much of a controversy out of it, but I think we have to monitor that pretty closely, cause you don't mess with people's pizza, so .... (laughs) Throgmorton: Don't... don't mess with the pizza! (several laughing and talking) Headline: Council messes with pizza! (laughter) Okay, roll call. Motion carries 6-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 22 Item 13. Amending City Code Title 1 Chapter 8 — Ordinance amending Title 1, Administration, Chapter 8, Administrative Service Departments, Section 1, Administrative Service Departments Organized: to revert the title of the Transportation and Resource Management department to the Transportation Services department to reflect a realignment of supervision over Resource Management to the Public Works Director. (Second Consideration) Throgmorton: This is second consideration, but again staff requests expedited action. Mims: 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. Dickens: Second. Tlrogmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Dickens. Discussion? Mims: Just remember, they're only doing this because Chris is leaving. We couldn't get him to stay. Dickens: It's all Chris' fault again! (laughter and several talking) O'Brien: This was going to be the point Geoff promised me no shenanigans tonight, so he ... he failed miserably, but uh.... (laughter) before we get to the final vote, you know, obviously this was (mumbled) and thank everybody for ... of the support you've given, not only this Council, but several Councils in the 19 and a half-ish years I've been with the City. Uh, 2008 the Director position, so .... uh, Transportation Ser .... it's kinda funny as you're going through emails and you start to see a lot of these things. Uh, came across one that I sent ... I think I sent a copy to Eleanor and to a couple people where we sent out an email to staff, re... asking for ideas to rename this department to Transportation and Resource Management, um, and actually one of the first things in 08 we did I think was change over the name of the division to Transportation Services. So it's odd how all of that comes full circle, uh, what? Nine years later. So, thank you to everybody, um, from obviously Geoff to Tom to everybody else I've worked with in the City, uh, including the support I've gotten from this Council and several others, so....thank you very much. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 23 Mims: Thank you. We're going to miss (several talking) Throgmorton: Okay, we have a motion on the floor. Any further discussion? Hearing none, roll call. Motion carries 6-0. Mims: (several talking and laughing) I move final adoption at this time! Dickens: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Dickens. Discussion? Hearing none, roll call. Motion carries 6-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 24 Item 16. City Clerk Appointment - Resolution Appointing Kellie K. Fruehting as City Clerk and Authorizing the Mayor to Sign and the Deputy City Clerk to attest an employment agreement Mims: Move the resolution. Taylor: Second. Dickens: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Taylor. Discussion? Mims: Just happy to make this appointment. Kellie is going to do a great job. She's been in that office for a long time. Very experienced. Very knowledgeable and I think will serve the City very, very well for a long time so..... glad to have her in the position. Throgmorton: Me too. I'm very excited. Kellie and I were going to have lunch today, but I ended up being in Aurora, Illinois, and (laughs) had to .... we're gonna have to reschedule, right? I ... I'd like to note that Kellie's appointment takes effect tomorrow morning at, I don't know, 8:00 or whenever, uh, the day begins. Mims: 6:00! (laughter and several talking) Throgmorton: We're happy to have you, uh, on board, Kellie. Okay, roll call please. Motion to accept correspondence, please. Dickens: So moved. Thomas: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Dickens, seconded by Thomas. 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 June 20, 2017. Page 25 Item 17. Council Appointments. Applicants MUST reside in Iowa City and be 18 years of age unless specific qualifications are stated Throgmorton: So we have, uh, Item 17a, the Airport Commission. There's one vacancy to fill a four-year tern. We received two applications from, uh, Derek LaBrie and Christopher Lawrence. No gender balance is required. So, um ... what's your pleasure, folks? Mims: I think mine was Christopher Lawrence. I was tryin' to go back through (both talking) Throgmorton: That's.... that's my inclination (several talking) Thomas: ....they're both candidates but I leaned a little bit toward ... (several talking) Christopher. Taylor: Derek had a very impressive resume, but has not been in Iowa City quite as long as Christopher has, or been dealing with the Airport as long, uh, he's certainly a good candidate, they're both good candidates (several talking) Throgmorton: Yeah, I agree. So, uh, I guess we're .... we're on board with Christopher Lawrence. Okay, so ..... uh, let's see and then.....well I guess I need to read those, don't I? Well we have one other .... one other commission, Senior Center, right? Mims: Oh, that's right, we've got the Senior Center. Throgmorton: Yeah, so we have, uh, two applicants to fill one unexpired term on the Senior Center Commission, and there's a male gender balance requirement. The two are from Kenneth Bowen and Jay Honohan. Mims: I would say Kenneth looks fine and we've had the conversation about Jay multiple times, with having served six times already, that we were looking for a new face and so Kenneth ... his application looked fine to me. Taylor: I agree (several talking) Throgmorton: Okay. So, uh.... since .... these are two commissions at which .... to which we're appointing people. Could I have a motion to appoint the two individuals... or the individuals we've named. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 26 Mims: So moved. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by.... Thomas: Second. Throgmorton: .... Thomas. All in favor say aye. Opposed. Motion carries. Okay, so we have some other vacancies I want to announce. Freehling: There was correspondence (both talking) Throgmorton: Oh yes, I'm sorry! Yeah, could I have a motion to accept correspondence with regard to the Airport Commission, please? Mims: So moved. Dickens: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Dickens. All in favor say aye. Opposed. Motion carries. So we have, uh, one vacancy to fill an unexpired term on the Air ... no, two ... I do this every time! Two vacancies to fill unexpired terms on the Airport Zoning Board of Adjustment. One vacancy to fill an unexpired term upon appointment to the Airport Zoning Commission. One vacancy for a Jefferson Street Representative to fill a three-year term on the Historic Preservation Commission. And two vacancies to fill three-year terms, uh.... uh, on the Telecommunications Commission. No applications .... no applicants have been received for any of those, so we'll need to readvertise. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 27 Item 20. City Council Information Throgmorton: And maybe we could start with ... just kinda throw a clinker in things, John Thomas. Thomas: Okay, I .... I had mentioned during the work session that there's a summer mixer with the Johnson County Affordable Housing Coalition tomorrow evening, uh, 5:30 to 7:00 at the, um ... Iowa City Area Association of Realtors in Coralville. And on Thursday, uh, the Picnic in the Park will move to North Market Square. So welcome... it was interesting to hear at the .... you know listening post at...at Kiwanis that there are outsiders that came to that event. So I encourage outsiders to come to North Market Square. Cole: What time's it start? Thomas: It starts at 6:30 and runs till 8:00, and there'll be also a puppet show, uh, prior to the music. Throgmorton: Is that it? Uh, okay, which way to go? Susan! Mims: (laughs) Um, couple of good events in the last couple weeks. Went to the Crisis Center's Hunger Banquet, uh, week or so ago. It was kind of an interesting, uh, new type of fundraiser they did. It was ... it was promoted very well that you were buying a ticket for the banquet but you did not know if you were getting a meal. Um, meals .... the meals they were serving were everything from nothing to steak and lobster. Uh, you might get a peanut .... get a .... get a sandwich, which is what I got, um, you might (laughs) get chicken, and we joked at our table that all of us had had enough banquet chicken so (laughs) we didn't care about that. Um, there was mac and cheese, um, and then there was steak and lobster, and nobody at our table got the steak and lobster. But it ... the idea was to kind of show people, you know, for some people they don't know where their next meal is coming from or what they are getting. So it was very interesting concept. Had a great turnout at the Sheraton. Um.....banquet room was pretty well packed (several talking in background) It was a .... a great.... great fundraiser for the Crisis Center. Um, and then last week went to, uh, the Martini Shake -Off for Have Life. It's a non-profit in town. Geoff s on the board. Raise money for scholarships for youth for sports, drama, music, different kinds of things. Um, the thing that I was most impressed about at that fundraiser was the average age of the people in that room. It is the next generation getting involved, um, really as ... hopefully as volunteers and also, you know, maybe being able to donate some money, but it was.....the event was This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 28 very much .... I would say younger (laughs) generation, but, uh, a lot of businesses in town who donated, uh, lot of the bars were set up with, you know, they had... mini -martinis is basically what they had, um, all the liquor was donated. All the food was donated. You paid to get in and then a silent auction, so great fundraiser for a great organization. Um, gonna miss out on the Affordable Housing Coalition thing tomorrow night. Going to, um, a function encouraging women to get involved in politics. Part of the, uh, 50/50 by 2020 or whatever, so .... lookin' forward to that! Throgmorton: Terry? Dickens: Um, Natural Grocers at the corner of Highway 6 and Gilbert will have their ribbon cutting tomorrow morning, and I will be there in place of Jim since he's gonna be gone. Uh, Alexander Lumber's showroom is having a ... a little get- together at, uh, their new facility in the old Aldi building. That'll be from 6:00 to 8:00 tomorrow night, and they've asked me to come and represent the Council there. Um, and then Juli Seydell Johnson, I ... just left, but uh, Miller Frauenholtz Park, which I've been working on ... got a garbage can a few years ago, the playground is officially open today. So people can go out there. They will have a .... a.....a ground, or a .... opening of the park at a later date, but it is officially open. So .... I'm glad to see that after seven and a half years of workin' on getting a park put in there, so.... Throgmorton: Nice to see! Dickens: Yeah! Cole: So I wanted to talk about the community bar-b-que and remind people about that. I think that that particular bar-b-que is really gonna fit in well, um, it's put on by the Black Voices Project. It's really going to fit in well with what we heard during the work session. It's gonna involve a lot of non -profits. I know that essentially non, um, Inside Out program's gonna be there. It's gonna be a great neighborhood concept, and of course there's gonna be, uh, locally sourced bar-b- que, so it should be really, really tasty. Uh, we have Jimmy Jack's bar-b-que... is ... is volunteering to essentially make all of it, so it's gonna be really fabulous. Think there's gonna be a lot of people there. It's gonna be a really good turnout. Um, and I think what they're hoping to do is use this as a template so that people can, um, hold their own community banquets in other parts of the community as well. So hopefully they'll be able to replicate that very well and sort of support them. Um.... This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 29 Mims: What's the date and location again (both talking) Cole: Yeah, it's June 29th, um, from 4:00 to 8:00 at Wetherby Park. So June 29th from 4:00 to 8:00 at Wetherby Park, um, so I think it's going to be a really great event and thanks for reminding me about the actual time and place! That's always important. Um .... couple different things. Normally I don't talk about little family vacations, but couple weeks ago I went to, um, Springfield, Illinois, and the reason why I bring it up in connection with Iowa City, I didn't know this — our old capitol is modeled after their old capitol, and .... (both talking) Throgmorton: .... architect! Cole: Yeah, same architect, and it was funny that I learned that actually afterwards when I posted it on Facebook, and I went into their capitol — it looks just like ours! So, encourage people to visit our sister old capitol, except they didn't actually move it to a location. They actually got to keep their capitol location. Of course it was fun to learn about Honest Abe. Um, final thing is is that I was going to talk about Kiwanis Park, uh, during this part of it, but I just want to re- emphasize the point of visiting all of our fabulous parks, I thought of Happy Hollow Park. Um, we've spent a lot of wonderful time there as a family. Just sort of a reminder that no matter how great each indiv... one of our neighborhood parks are, it's really good to explore. You could almost spend the whole summer exploring all the beautiful parks. So, uh, just want to encourage the community to get out and experience those. Throgmorton: Somebody a few days ago told me that .... that, uh, people that live on the east side hardly ever go to any of the parks on the west side and vice versa. Cole: Can I share one story along that point? A good friend of mine, who has lived on the west side for 30 years did not know we had that bike trail on the east side, um, near HyVee Park. Or near HyVee store, and he lived here for 30 years and literally didn't know it existed, and conversely I'd never been over to Kiwanis, so I think that does emphasize that point in terms of really getting on both sides of the river. Throgmorton: Pauline! Taylor: Uh, again on our, uh, adventure at Kiwanis Park (both talking) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 30 Cole: ...the legendary event now, Pauline (both talking) Taylor: ....really like to thank the people that did take the time to ... to talk to us and, uh, even though they were in the middle of having some good family fun, cause it was very informative. It was great. Uh, also remind folks the (mumbled) bookmobile was there and it will be at all of the Parties in the Park. Uh, the kids all loved that. They all talked about that. Thought that was really great! Uh, remind folks, since no one else has said this, about .... I don't think, about the Block Party, uh, the Iowa City Block Party, uh, first ever coming up, uh, this Saturday I believe it is, from 5:00 till 11:00 P.M. downtown. Should be fun! Mims: Oh, if I could just real quick, Jim. Throgmorton: Sure! Mims: Um, if people haven't seen it, the .... I got an email and I don't remember .... I don't know if it came from the Downtown District, but tickets are on sale for the ... the Farm to Table Dinner. So .... and I know last year it was sold out really fast, and I don't think they're on sale to the public yet. I think we have a .... I think we have a .... a special code that we can use to get them ahead of time (laughs) So.... Throgmorton: Special handshake (several talking and laughing) Mims: No, it's .... so, yeah, so if you haven't gotten it and you want it, let me know. I'll find it, but .... yeah! Cause I know last year they opened up some extra tickets for electeds because I don't think many of us were going to be there and we hadn't bought tickets so .... they're available if you want `em! Throgmorton: So, uh, Susan, last year, uh, they .... they invited me as the Mayor to speak at that event and, uh, I can't be there this time, so I've asked the organizers if they want somebody from the Council to come and say a few words on behalf of the Council. Yeah, I .... so I haven't gotten a response to that yet. Mims: Okay. I'll be there, so..... Throgmorton: Yeah. Mims: If you need somebody. Throgmorton: John? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 31 Thomas: I already spoke! Throgmorton: Oh (several talking) Well, my turn then, huh? Okay, let's see.... speaking, I spoke at Merge's grand opening on the 15'h. Spoke at IC Compassion's Refugee Summit on the 16'h. Both of those were really good events. Participated in the Pride Parade on the 17'h. That was fun to do, and I gotta say, that—the number of people involved was far greater than any of the others I've seen, both in terms of people in the parade and people watching. It ... it was a .... it was an important event. Cole: Downtown event was great too. Throgmorton: Yeah, and .... let's see, I want to also mention that, uh, tomorrow Geoff and I are ... and maybe some other staff people, I don't know. Is it, Geoff (both talking) Fruin: Just the two of us. Throgmorton: Geoff and I are going up to Des Moines to meet with other members of the Metro Coalition, and talk with them about (laughs) about last .... last winter's legislative session and what we might anticipate and so on. Nobody mentioned Juneteenth, the ... the Saturday the 2e at Mercer Park. Lookin' forward to goin' to that. Let's see.... yeah..... Cole: Do we have a time as to when those events will actually start? Does anyone know that? Mims: (several talking) The proclamation said noon. I didn't (several talking) Throgmorton: Yeah, it's noon to 6:00. Cole: Noon to 6:00. Okay. Throgmorton: Yeah. I want to mention two other things, uh, first the National League of Cities City Summit in Charleston, South Carolina .... or North Carolina will take place ... it is, yeah, North Carolina, will take place, um. .... in, sometime in November. I don't remember the exact dates, but .... I intend to go, but I think it'd be reasonable for one other Council Member to go. We've talked about that a little bit before, and ... and, uh, if anybody's interested, it'd be good to talk with Geoff and get registered because, uh, I think the deadline for registering is the 30'h This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of June 20, 2017. Page 32 of June, in order to get .... to save $150 or something like that. So, please connect with Geoff. Uh, also .... or with Simon, I guess. (mumbled) Monroe: I just found the date. It's the 151 through the 18`b of November. Throgmorton: Thanks! And the last thing I wan to mention is something I learned about today. Uh, and I cannot elaborate upon this, but I have several days ago I .... I sent a ... I reached out to Governor Reynold's scheduler, to see if we could arrange a time to meet, uh, and talk about topics of mutual interest, uh, either in Des Moines or here or maybe some fashion both. Uh, so, uh, the scheduler got back to me today and said well let's ... let's see what we can set up. So if I learn somethin' I'll let ya know! All right, uh, Geoff, anything? Fruin: Nothing. Throgmorton: Ashley? No. Eleanor? No. I'd like to say welcome aboard (applause and cheers) and I'm lookin' forward to lunch! Okay, so, uh.... Mims: Move to adjourn. Throgmorton: Move to adjourn. Dickens: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Dickens. All in favor say aye. We are adjourned! 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