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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-12-19 Transcription Page 1 Item 1. Call to Order Throgmorton: Welcome to your City Hallon this beautiful summer day! Oh wait a minute! (laughter) It's not summer! But it was a beautiful day. I walked my dog out there.....kind of lazied our way around the neighborhood. It was just a gorgeous day. So,uh,welcome to all of you.....on.....at the end of this day. We have a special presentation to make, and I'd like to ask Councilman Terry Dickens to walk around the front, as if he was,uh, still in elementary school. (laughter) Dickens: Oh oh! Goin' to the principal's office! (laughter and several talking in background) Throgmorton: (unable to hear) ....seven years, 11 months, and....19 days and....(laughter) Is this on? So,uh,we want to congratulate you for your service to the City. Uh, you've performed with great skill and diligence and all that, and I'll bet your fellow City Councilpeople have some things to say. I don't know what they're gonna say,but they'll say somethin' so.....anybody wanna make a comment or two about Terry? (laughter and several talking in background) Mims: I'll go last! Taylor: Okay, I'll go first! I'll just say that I've really enjoyed serving with you. I've learned a lot from you. It's always fun to look down....down the aisle and see you smiling. You're always smiling, and it's been a pleasure to serve with you knowing that your family has had that established business here in Iowa City for what, 75 years is it now? You're just....70 years, at that....and that's just amazing and....and your service to the Council, it's....you've been a great part....a big member of the community for years and gonna miss you! Thomas: It's been a pleasure working with you,Terry, and uh....you're a mensch to me (laughs) You're a good guy, urn,that's.....that goes a long way in serving on Council, so thank you for your time. Botchway: I'm gonna miss the jokes(laughter) We have a,you know, a lot of,uh, (mumbled)jokes and commentary,um,back and forth sometimes and just gonna miss that and,you know, I I just appreciate, Terry,you know,that....I think that of....out of all the Councilors, urn,the fact that many people can just stop in your shop and....and talk to you, I think that, you know, it's.....it's a testament to who you are and you're always smiling, urn,you're always, you know,ready to have that chat. So just your.....you're an amazing guy, so appreciate it! This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19,2017. Page 2 Cole: Terry, I've observed you both from the podium and right off here to my elbow, and you know when I think of what really represents the best of Iowa City in terms of its history, in terms of civic service, in terms of small business. I learn new things, like for example I didn't know that JFK appeared at the Jefferson Building in 1961, 62. Um, but that's precisely why it's such a joy to have known you. I think that you really represent the best that our community has to offer, and you know some people say that I like to talk a little bit,urn,but you are someone who listens, and you don't really say something unless you really have thought carefully about what you're about to say. And so when you speak people really listen and so I think your composure and the way you handle yourself in the public has been just the right, uh, fit for this community. So I wish you the best in retirement. Lay off those cigars (laughter) and uh (laughs) and I hope we can stay in touch! Throgmorton: I don't know if Geoff and Ashley and Eleanor, Kellie want to say something (several talking) Oh, sorry, Susan! You did say last! Mims: Well that's fine! Um.....it's been a fun eight years. You're deserting me though (laughter and several talking) Yeah, Marian left us first and so.....(laughter and several talking) No, it's....it's, uh, been a lot of fun. Terry and I ran together twice in terms of, you know,being up for election at the same time, and urn,have really enjoyed getting to know you and spending time together, and uh, you've given a lot of service to this community. Um, I think as people said, not just on this Council but,urn,just the work you do in the community and....and like people said, with the store and it's a....we will still be coming in. We'll still come in to complain. We'll still come in to (laughs) to swap stories. Um, but you'll be missed up here. You'll be very much missed up here. But.....I'll be seeing you around! Throgmorton: So, Terry, you've probably noticed I have something in my hand. Yeah, so one of your passions is......had to do with St. Patrick's Church and Frauenholtz-Miller Park on the east side, and you've put a lot of energy into tryin' to make all that happen, and.....as a consequence of that,what we have is a painting by Marcia Wegman, right,uh, one of our local artists, of that park. I'll show it to all the Councilpeople in just a second.....of the park looking towards St. Patrick's Church, and uh, there's, uh.....what is this on the back? That's a certificate for framing it, is that right? Yeah. Where? (unable to hear response) Oh, any place you choose. So let me show it to the Councilpeople. They haven't seen it yet. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19,2017. Page 3 (laughter and several talking) So....thanks for your great work......eight years of service to the City. Uh, I hope you enjoy that. Dickens: Thank you! (several talking) I'll wait till the end. Throgmorton: How many days? Dickens: (unable to hear) (several talking and laughing) Throgmorton: Please join me in congratulating Terry for(unable to hear) (applause) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 4 Item 3. Community Comment(items not on the agenda) [until 8 pm] Throgmorton: Anyone who would like to,uh.....uh, speak to us about any topic that's not on the formal meeting agenda should feel free to do so now. Please take not more than five minutes to say whatever it is that's on your mind, and....when you come up, please state your name! Hello again! Libby: Hi! My name's Bob Libby and I'm, uh, Chair of the, uh,Airport Commission, and uh, like to introduce Chris, and Chris is gonna talk to you real quickly and shortly about our, uh, strategic plan. Ogren: I'm,uh, Chris Ogren. I'm also on the Airport Commission, and we made a slide here.....which should......so....and I think this was in the packet you received last week, but we're pleased to announce that we've completed our strategic plan and we're....we're very pleased with the result, and it boils down to five goals, which are listed on the slide here. Um,the first goal is to continue strong communication with the City, and by the way, three of these five goals also relate to,um, goals in the City Council's strategic plan. So we think that aligns nicely. Continuing strong communication means among other things regular reports to the City Council, tours of the Airport and facilities to City Council Members. I don't know how many of you have done that, but we'd love to show you around the Airport. um, as well as the City Manager's staff, and City department heads, and another thing, um....with strong....related to strong communication is that we're interested in communicating with the Parks and Rec Department about possibly further developing the little viewing area we have next to the Airport. Urn, little kids love airplanes and we want them to be welcome there,to....to watch, and their parents (laughs) and other people too, but, urn, but we'd really like to develop that area in conjunction with the Parks Department. Goal two is developing and maintaining funding mechanisms, which includes regularly reviewing and revising, urn,the Airport's sources of revenue,um, and applying for federal, state, and private funding, of course. Um, and goal three....is increasing the use of the Airport. We'd like to see more people in the Iowa City Airport....or Iowa City area regularly at our Airport. So we'd like to develop and imp....implement(mumbled)planning to,um, a marketing plan that involves communicating with pilots in the area, with area businesses and residents, and with people who might be future pilots and encouraging them to take lessons, um, and we're also planning a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Iowa City Airport for next June. Urn,the Iowa City Airport is the oldest airport west of the Mississippi still operating in the same location, and it'll be a hundred years in 2018 and we think that's a pretty big deal, and we'd like to celebrate it and use This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19,2017. Page 5 that also as a way to make the Airport more visible in the community. Goal four is maintaining the safety and aesthetic appeal of the Airport infrastructure. So related to that is that viewing area I mentioned. Also, um, working with or advocating for continuing the sidewalk down Riverside Drive there toward the Airport. There isn't good sidewalk now if you wanted to ride your bike to the Airport or something. We have plans to paint Airport hangars, and to improve landscaping. Um, and finally, goal five is implementing the master plan, um, which involves a plan for short-term capital projects and, um, developing them as funds become available. So we're happy to answer questions, but you have the strategic plan also in your materials. So....are there any questions? Throgmorton: I was wondering about one thing, Chris. It addresses...it has to do with the first item on your list. I....I wonder if you've tried to reach out to the School District to find ways to connect with the diverse array of kids that live in our city and invite them to come out to the Airport, learn what's goin' on there,just get a sense that in fact there is an airport in Iowa City(both talking) Ogren: That's a terrific idea! Yeah (both talking) Throgmorton: I know a Councilperson you could talk to if you(laughter) Ogren: (laughing) Maybe we will! No, that's a great idea, cause it's....it's right there, and if.....if the kids' families don't know about it, they might not have ever even been to the Airport in Iowa City, but no, that's great, and maybe get them for the 100t anniversary too. We're gonna have rides for, urn, kids, free rides, and all sorts of displays. We want to have, urn, planes from each decade the Airport has been in existence, if we can do that, and we probably can. There's a lot around. So we're excited about that. Libby: (mumbled) talk to you when you come out to visit(laughter) Throgmorton: Good idea, yeah (several talking) Be a great thing to go out and check out the Airport. Botchway: I just want to briefly say I think you're doing amazing things, you know I think that for me at least coming on Council and thinking about an airport in Iowa City, it just didn't make sense to me at the time, uh, when I first came on Council. I'll be honest with you, it wasn't like my....my top priority to talk about, urn, but I think that things that you have done,urn,just some of the community engagement activities that I participated in, speaking of, you know, um, young, you know, son This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 6 that, you know,had an opportunity to see some of the different planes and things that are a part of some of the, urn, the....either the pancake breakfast or some of the other things you do. I can't remember a particular name of the one that I'm thinking of off the top of my head, but I....I'm just really supportive of that community engagement piece. I recently....I think, Susan, you were there, recently went to an event there..... Mims: Shelter House. Botchway: ....Shelter House (several talking) that was like phenomenally lit,urn,just....just so surprised of the different uses from a community engagement standpoint. So, continue the work, urn,just kudos. Thank you. Ogren: Well that's good to hear, and yeah,there's a meeting room above the main terminal in the Airport that anyone can rent out, and there's no charge for that. You just have to sign up for it. It's a nice little, you know maybe a meeting of 20 or so people or a few more. It's a....it's a really great room. So yes, come....come to the Airport(laughs) Mims: Well and I think this is great,because I think a lot of people, because it's not a commercial airport where people go, and you know, they bought their ticket and they're getting on a commercial airline, a lot of people don't even go, because they don't really know what's there, where can they go, where can't they go, you know, those sorts of things. So I think the more, you know, we can get that word out, and as people are there for other kinds of events and get on the property and kind of see things, I think that's very beneficial to the public. Taylor: And I'd like to commend ya for your work on the strategic plan. Just looking back on the minutes that were given to us. Months....it took you months and really hard work, and the fact that it, uh, so coordinates with the City's strategic plan is....is really wonderful that it all fell into place, and I....I'm looking forward to the 100-year celebration and I think....and that was one of your other goals is to increase the, uh, community knowledge about the Airport, and I think that'll be a good time to do that, and so I look forward to that. Ogren: Great! Dickens: Can we get another jet at the entrance? (laughter) (several talking) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19,2017. Page 7 Ogren: We did....a couple years ago we did clean that one up some, but yeah, if you wanna spring for it, we'd love (laughter) (several talking) Throgmorton: Thanks so much! Keep up the great (several talking) Anyone else want to address us on any topic that's not on the agenda? Good evening! Routh: Good evening. Do I put this on here? Is that how that works? Throgmorton: Sure! Routh: My name is Laura Routh. I live in a single-family home in the Longfellow neighborhood, at 828 Dearborn Street. My home happens to be in the prevailing flight path of the Iowa City Airport. I am here this evening to share with you I guess the countervailing opinion, um, which is my discomfort at the process by which the Airport Commission engaged in strategic planning, including how they solicited public input for their strategic plan, and the process by which they submitted that plan to you last week,but then proceeded to come and present to you this week. Uh, I feel that they've largely omitted the negative comments that they received from the final narrative of the plan, and they've done nothing to plan for or mitigate the negative impacts of increased activity at the Airport. I attended several Airport Commission meetings during their planning process. I provided both verbal and written comments, as well as participated in the community survey,which....it must be said was only available to the public for a very brief period of time. I do not feel that the resulting plan reflects the level of concern that I and others raised and shared with the Airport Commission about the Airport's impacts on neighborhoods, particularly as it relates to flight noise and low elevation entry into airspace over our homes. The Airport Commission's planning process was, in my estimation, fairly disingenuous. It was intended only to shore up the Airport's agenda, which seems to be to maximize the number and size of aircraft using the Airport, and increase the number of landings and takeoffs occurring to maximize the gallons of aviation fuel sold. The fixed-based operator even bragged in one Airport Commission meeting about how the Iowa City Airport had the cheapest av fuel around. Note that the fixed-base operator gets a cut out of every sale for every gallon of fuel that goes out of that airport. So just what I wanted, to have our Airport be the Casey's of av fuel so that my china cupboard rattles uncontrollably several times every single day as jet traffic continues to increase. And now the Airport Commission's choice,to passively submit to you tonight their resulting strategic plan, without its submittal being posted as part of this meeting's agenda, nor including the plan itself in the City Council's meeting packet, so as to ensure that there would be virtually no public This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 8 notice or comment. It seems further evidence in my mind of their disinterest in open public dialogue about concerns related to noise and flight impacts to the health and well-being of property owners in the flight path. I am frustrated and disappointed with the City. I expected better. I don't trust the Airport Commission to protect my neighbor.....my neighborhood, and I don't think their strategic plan is worth the paper that it's written on. I challenge you to hold the Airport Commission and the Airport itself to account. I would ask you to ask them to at least respect the voices of property owners in neighborhoods whose health and well-being the Airport's activities affect. Subverting the process to avoid public critique is unacceptable. While what they have done may be legal and the,uh, Assistant City Attorney did in fact inform of that this afternoon when I contacted him about the agenda for this meeting. It stinks. It's bad public process and it engenders public distrust. Thank you. Throgmorton: Thank you, Laura. That deserves some reflection. Anyone else like to address this topic....not this topic.....any other topic that's not on the formal meeting agenda. All right. (unable to hear person speaking away from mic) Sure! Please come up! (unable to hear person speaking away from mic) Well I'll tell ya if you are. Don't worry about it! (laughter) Just state your name and, you know.... Teagle: David Teagle, and...we have for....we live on Davenport Street, and we had gotten a letter in the mail, um, somethin' about they wanted to switch parking, north/south sides of the street. Barnett: It's odd, or it's every other day now and they want to make it.....cause the road's only 29-feet wide. Is this on the agenda(both talking) Throgmorton: Yeah, can you stop for a second? Is this on the Consent Calendar? This particular..... Taylor: The Davenport one was. Fruin: Yes it is. It was, uh, part of the Consent Calendar and correspondence. The 1200 block of East Davenport Street,between (several talking) Throgmorton: I think you should still be able to speak about it, but uh, it was on our Consent Calendar, uh....which is a....a way that we a....address a lot of topics at....at one time. (several talking) (laughter) Yeah, so please express your concern or..... This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 9 Teagle: Well we have kind of multiple concerns about this. As I...um, I've bought multiple properties around that area and then...we've.... Barnett: I live on the corner of Reno and Davenport. Point is we have six kids there and people drive way too fast through that and so I park two cars there specifically so people would slow down cause we have six kids between us and we taught 'em all how to ride bicycles and play football and all that in the yards and they run across the street. Well there's a lot of older folks that come flyin' up there at 40 miles an hour and don't slow down at all and one of our kids is gonna get killed if we don't.....and just by me moving my car, um, to one side of the street's not gonna matter if this is fast or not. Right there on Reno needs to be a stop sign and/or.....the parking situation's not the issue. It's because these people have to slow down to get through that. We've seen huge motor homes come by that go tailgating that can drive through the two cars, but I park two cars there just so people will slow down in the evenings so we can play in the....in the street and teach our kids how to ride bicycles. Teagle: Just more of a conscious thing that, you know, if you have two cars parked there, that obviously it just slows everyone down just enough to where 25 is the speed limit, but....being it's dea...a dead-end street to the park, you really don't need to be going more than 25 miles an hour because there....you're not going through, you're not travelin' through town. This is a neighborhood that you.....we're tryin' to keep everyone down to begin with. So.... Barnett: Really what they're tryin' to do is put all the parking either on the north side or the south side, one of the two (both talking) happens to be I'm the only one that parks on the south side because I live right there on the corner of Reno and Davenport. And I don't think that it needs to be on that side of the street. They need to put stop signs in or some slow, uh, children at play type things so people are aware of what's going on instead of just goin' 40 to 45. There's another way to get around by going around on Bloomington Street. If you really want to go that fast, go that way, you know what, don't come down our street then, because...just to switch the side because I park my cars there....on two sides, I have two cars that I park there, so you have to go slow through there doesn't mean that you need to make it so I can't park on my side of the street every time I wanna park my car next to my house. But....that's really what this is about, and then I got some..... Teagle: We all got letters. (both talking) ....in that little (both talking) block-long, you know, we all got letters just in that block-long, which....doesn't(both talking) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 10 Barnett: ....me parking my cars there to slow these people down, they're gonna make all the parking on the I think it's the south side (several talking) so now it's gonna be on the wrong side of where I even park so it's just.....it just doesn't make any sense. Cause it's not like the kids are leavin' their cars there for the semester and we have to deal with towing. Nobody parks on this street cause everybody else, besides my house, has a....a driveway or a garage. Mine just happens to be....my lot's so big that I have to park clear down here and walk all the way around to get into my house,but if I can park right next to my house, I shoot in my back door and it's not a big deal. Throgmorton: Okay, I.....I think I need to do a couple formalities. I'm not sure you stated your names. I.....I didn't Teagle: I had originally, David Teagle. Throgmorton: Teagle. Barnett: Andy Barnett. Throgmorton: Thank you, Andy, uh, and it seems to me that this is something we need staff to look into and see if there....check the process and all that kind of thing. And provide, uh, David and Andy with some feedback a....about it and if we need to change somethin', uh, we need to know what we need to do, you know.... Teagle: We just know that we had gotten the letter and....and I'm assuming we all did, from that block, got the letter, but at the same time, I'm not sure how that letter or how that complaint came about, but then yeah, we do have the signature of the entire.... Barnett: ....block, saying they don't want to change it and I've got that in my pocket if you'd like that. Teagle: So it's just more of a....you know.....we just wanted to at least voice, you know, that basically the entire street, plus some, is.....would be.....just kind of left alone, I mean it's.....where, you know, go another two blocks well you're into, you're into college students that leave their cars for the semester and becomes an absolute hassle which we get that, but....on the other side of that is taxpayer and ....that's not the case. It's, you know, homeowners.....so..... This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 11 Throgmorton: Sure. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Teagle: Okay. Fruin: David and Andy, if you could provide your phone number or email,best way to reach ya, to Simon over here, uh, we'll follow up with ya, uh,tomorrow or next day (both talking) Bamett: ......how it went from being, we get a letter in the mail to....we're changing this to you can only park on one side of the street....we don't know how that happened. Fruin: We'll look into it and we'll....we'II help you sort it out, okay? Teagle: Perfect! Thank you. (several talking) Throgmorton: Thank you. Anyone else want to address a topic that's not on the formal meeting agenda? All right, seeing no one we're gonna turn to Item 4, Planning and Zoning Matters. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 12 Item 4. Planning and Zoning Matters Item 4a Zoning code amendment- Ordinance amending Title 14, "Zoning code,Article 5b "Sign Regulations" to broaden the sign allowance and illumination requirements for institutional uses in residential,ID and OPD zones and to allow plastic trim cap channel letters for signs above the 5th story on high rise buildings a) Public Hearing Throgmorton: So let me open the public hearing. (bangs gavel) Good evening, Jann! Ream: Good evening! Um,this is kind of a....catch-all, some minor amendments to the sign code, that, um,based on input that I received from,urn,various,urn, institutions and people asking questions about the kind of signage that they would be allowed. Urn, we....uh,realize there are some shortcomings, um, with,uh, our sign code and this is kind of clean-up amendments to try and,um, alleviate those issues. So the first issue was,urn, I had....for some reason I had had several religious institutions contact me about allowable signage. And as I looked through it, even though I've been enforcing the sign code now for 19 years, I really realized that,um, especially in our single-family zones,the allowance seemed woefully,um, small. So right now our current sign code, if you're in a single-family zone and you're a church,you're only allowed one sign, and if that sign is on the building, it's only allowed to be four-square feet. And if you have a monument sign, you know, a non-building sign, it's allowed to be 12-square feet. So I was getting, for instance St. Andrews was coming to me wondering what kind of signage they could have. If you think about a typical church wall,uh, for a sanctuary, it's a very large wall and to say....oh my gosh, you can have a four- square foot sign on it and that's it,that's what you get. Um, and....and as an aside, we don't, uh,we've never counted crosses as signage. Uh,this would be like the name of the church or something. So,uh, what the amendment is doing is it's a very....it's not like a huge incremental change,but it does allow these institutions two signs, so they'd be allowed to have the name as a....of the church or the institution, on the building wall,plus a small monument sign in the yard. So we're increasing....we're allowing them the two signs. We're increasing the size to 12-square feet on the....on the wall, and a 12-foot square monument sign. And then as a, kind of an addition to that, urn, I had two,uh, requests from the Newman Center and from Gloria Dei, which are PRM zones. PRM zone right near our downtown,uh, on Dubuque Street,uh, and they wanted internal illumination. They just wanted to be able to light their sign from the inside. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19,2017. Page 13 Residential zone.....wasn't allowed. It just seemed reasonable in these type.... types of zones to allow that. There's very few PRM zones in Iowa City. This is the only one that has institutional uses in it on the Dubuque Street corridor, and the other two PRM zones, urn near the, on the west side near the University, has no institutional uses and the one south of Burlington will most likely get rezoned to Riverfront Crossings if they're ever redeveloped. And then the last, um, sort of clean-up amendment is, if you remember when we did that huge sign code change, um, last year, we were focusing mainly on our pedestrian-oriented downtown, and we had decided that for pedestrian-oriented signs on our downtown store facades we wanted signage that was more appropriate to.... that....experiencing that at a pedestrian level. In other words we didn't need huge, um, internally lit channel letters when you're standing five feet in front of the entrance. Um, what we didn't sort of count on was that we reference, uh, signage in our Riverfront Crossings zones to the CB-10 zone. And as we're all aware, we're getting some very large high-rise buildings in our Riverfront Crossings zones and I started getting input from the Hyatt, urn, from the Hilton, from, uh, our Sheraton is going to be rebranding soon, urn....wanting to brand their buildings, urn, and the....the most common way is with that plastic trim-cap letter. That's the most ubiquitous form of....of large channel letters that...and they are used as wayfinding signs and larger signs for vehicular traffic. So....our best solution was to allow those,but only on these high-rise buildings, and only above the fifth floor, so they don't affect that pedestrian, uh, interaction. So that's basically what's in front of you. So if you have questions? Mims: I thought these looked like reasonable changes. Cole: I just had one clarification on illumination for the church signs. Could you comment a little bit on that? Does this allow essentially more illumination, and if so, how much more in....in thecause a lot of these churches are in residential neighborhoods too. Ream: Well remember we're only talking about the PRM zone. That's the only place that this would be changed. And, um, in....in.....our blanket ordinance for signs in residential zones is no internal illumination. Uh, they can be externally illuminated with the spotlights. That's....that's okay, but no internal illumination. So in both of these cases, the sign is only allowed to be.....12.....24-square feet in a PRM zone for a monument sign. And, um.....the people at these institutions made a very good case in terms of wanting more visibility for their....for their institution. And again, you know, you think about coming down Dubuque Street, um, once you're at Market Street, you're kind of coming into our downtown area, This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 14 urn, on the.....if you're heading into the downtown, on the left-hand side you're starting getting....to get into businesses, urn, and then you're at the University. So in terms of impact on the actual residential neighborhoods, I think it would be negligible. Throgmorton: So, Jann, I know the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval 7- 0, but if I remember rightly, some of the Commissioners expressed some reservations during the discussions at least. Uh, were those reservations a.... addressed? Did they result in changes in what....what's actually before us now? Ream: Well they were addressed. Urn, so they....and it was the....the, um, plastic trim- cap letters on the high-rise buildings, and there was some concern about light pollution and how that affected, urn......everybody, right, and, urn, so what I did is I....kind of did a....a tour,um, of viewsheds to these buildings and, urn, what I discovered was very interesting, is that even though, you know, when you see the architectural elevations of these tall high-rise buildings, you know, they're showing these huge towers and you have this perfect line of sight to this huge tower, um, but when you're actually on the ground, either as a pedestrian or in a vehicle,that is not the case. Urn, as you.....as you travel down a road, urn, you will find that viewshed,urn,blocked of these very tall buildings, quite effectively. I was.....I was surprised, urn, both by intervening buildings, by vegetation, urn, that......for instance if you turn on....if you're turning onto Gilbert Street off of Highway 6 and you're heading north, and you look in front of you, the Rise building is incredibly prominent. It's.....it's right there. You drive two blocks up to Kirkwood and it's almost completely obscured. You don't see it. And....and as you travel down Kirkwood, you.....you'll see, all of a sudden you'll see a glimpse of the Hilton come and you travel another half block and it's gone again. So, in terms of the affect that this high-rise signage is gonna have on, urn, Iowa City citizens, yes there will.....there will be, you know, occasions that I'm sure somebody.....you know.....if they're up at a.....if they live at a higher elevation can look out their bathroom window and see a sign on the....on the Hyatt, you know, there's......that's gonna happen. But in terms of.....of a.....of an impact, every day impact on the majority of the....of the populous of Iowa City, I....I don't think having the signage on these tall buildings is....is going to have a large impact. And, you know, people use these signs for wayfinding, as they're coming into a city and they're looking for their hotel. I know I do when I'm in a large city and I'm trying to find a hotel. Urn, the idea of them not being able to brand their buildings, urn, you know, as I was expressing to sign contractors who were asking me about this, you know, I'm saying well.....yeah I know you....I know you use these letters on.....your buildings all over the country but.....but not here, This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 15 not yet (laughs) so, urn....and I think......I think the the members of P&Z were, urn, fine, you know, I think once that was explained and, um, I gave 'em a little slide show. I have that here if you.....if you're interested in seeing that, but....um, as you.....as you kind of travel through and you can see how things are obscured. Throgmorton: May.....maybe you could bring that in at the second reading. Ream: Okay! I mean I have it here now but....it's up to you. Botchway: Could we add it to the packet? Or the..... Dilkes: Slide show? Botchway: Add it to (clears throat) to the correspondence? Dilkes: I....I don't know if you can put it in that form. Can you put the pictures in the packet, you mean? Fruin: Yeah, we can just.....we can add it to your packet for your second reading. (several talking) Throgmorton: ....do that. Okay, any other questions for Jann? Thank you. Would anyone else like to address this topic? All right, seeing no one, are you folks inclined to vote in accordance with the Planning and Zoning Commission? Yeah, okay. So I'm gonna close the public hearing. (bangs gavel) Could I have a motion please? b) Consider an Ordinance (First Consideration) Botchway: So moved. Dickens: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Dickens. Discussion? Hearing none, roll call please. Motion carries 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19,2017. Page 16 Item 5. UniverCity Sale—521 South Governor. Resolution authorizing conveyance of a single family home located at 521 South Governor Street a) Public Hearing Throgmorton: I'm gonna open the public hearing. (bangs gavel) So that anyone can speak to this topic if they want to. Seeing no one I'll close the public hearing. (bangs gavel) b) Consider a Resolution Thomas: Move resolution. Botchway: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Thomas, seconded by Botchway. Discussion? I love these buildings. Somebody has to say that, cause it happens every time we have one of these on our agenda. So....uh, actually saw the Fire Department, couple of our firefighters, working on a building on North Lucas Street just a few days ago. Uh, it was a building that's now a UniverCity house and they were just in there doing some sort of.....dry practice (laughs) No fire. No water, you know,just practicing and various things. Okay, that's irrelevant to the motion at hand though. So any further discussion? Dickens: Next one'll be number 60, so this is 59. Throgmorton: Yeah. Dickens: It's pretty impressive. Throgmorton: It is pretty impressive. Okay, roll call please. Motion carries 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 17 Item 6. Happy Hollow Park Restroom and Shelter Replacement 2018 -Approving plans, specifications, form of agreement, and estimate of cost for the construction of the Happy Hollow Park Restroom and Shelter Replacement 2018 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 hearing. (bangs gavel) Good evening, Juli....and good evening, urn..... Morris: Kumi Morris. I'm the Facility Manager. Throgmorton: Kumi! Thank you! My bad. Seydell-Johnson: Um,this is a project you've seen once before. We put this out to bid earlier last summer. Uh, bids came in very high so we rejected them at that point. Urn, we're gonna go through some changes, minor changes that we've made to....to hopefully bring the cost down a little bit,but we think that really more the bidding climate this time of year will make it possible that we get this project in at a price that we can accept, urn, and get going on it. So, Happy Hollow, 800 Brown Street. One of our more historic parks, but as you can see the....the current restroom and shelter building is not very historic. Um, a lot of what we've done in the design of the replacement has to do with the neighborhood in which this park sits. Um, it's been through Historic Preservation Commission, urn, to get all their feedback and approvals on this. And with that I'll let Kumi explain some of the changes this time. Morris: Sure, so....we have about.....about five changes. One is the schedule. So we are, um, looking at bidding it in winter construction. What we found from talking to the contractors that bid it the last time, we bid it in June, and we tried to complete it by October. Urn, we found that many of them added, urn, substantial liquidated damages to try to meet that deadline. So we....we'll find that by bidding it at this time in the year we'll reduce some of that cost. So that's one thing. Urn, the second thing that we're doing is we're, urn, going to a different gauge and material. We do have to keep it as a metal, flat panel with a standing seam to meet Historic Preservation guidelines for that neighborhood, but by going to a lighter gauge, we can still maintain, um, the requirements for Historic Preservation Commission as well. Um, the third thing that we're doing is we are This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 18 changing the material of the actual, um....um,timber material in the shelter structure. What we found was that the restroom pricing came in what we were expecting to see for that....for that portion of the, um, of the facilities. The shelter structure, however, was, um, substantially higher and what we found was that the glulam was,um, the major,um, issue in terms of the cost. So by changing the glu ....going from glulam to regular timber construction, urn, which still meets Historic Preservation, um, Commission's guidelines in having it be, urn, sealed, um, stained and sealed will,urn, reduce that cost of the shelter to about$30,000. So we're going to look at that as well. And, urn, we are looking at options for the com connections. We found that that was actually not as, um, that cost was not as, um, predominant as was early....earlier indicated to us by the consultant. Um, they were saying that, you know, we would see a substantial cost from going from, um, from....um, concealed to exposed fasteners. We found that that was pretty minimal actually, that cost change was between....from contractors, was between 2,500 to about $4,000. So we'll probably still go with the con.... concealed if the bids come in appropriately. Seydell-Johnson: It's being bid as an alternate so the bid documents have it as exposed, um, with the concealed being as an alternate so we can get the actual difference in price. Morris: And the last thing that we're doing is we have an alternate for the fascia material around the column base. So it's a.....so we have concrete base, urn, columns and then we are looking at,um, a split face, um, finish or, urn, or limestone. Any other questions? Thomas: Are the....the drawings (clears throat) with the, uh, City Clerk? Is that....I'd like to look at the drawings. I....I believe they're..... Seydell-Johnson' ....plans, yes. Thomas: Okay. And I....I'd also like to, urn, if I could, see.....before the City awards the project, to, uh, see what the bids are, if....if, I mean I like the format that we're using. We have a base bid and then we have the alternates. Uh, one....one thing I'd like to explore with the neighborhood is if we were to do any fundraising in the neighborhood to....to, uh, if....if we should need to, to include one or both of the alternates, that I'd like to know it beforehand, before we....you decide how to go with the project. Seydell-Johnson: (mumbled) bids on February 6, so we'll be in....can be in touch right after (both talking) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 19 Thomas: Okay. Throgmorton: Any other questions? Seydell-Johnson: Should mention, our hope is that this will be constructed yet....or constructed early in the spring and open for next summer. We realize that's....the neighborhood has been patient with us (laughs) and....I hope anyway, urn, so we really hope to get it done(mumbled) Fruin: Juli and Kumi, can I clarify on the dates real quick. You have an award date of February 6th. Is that the Council meeting date? Seydell-Johnson: Oh, I'm sorry, you.....you are correct. So bids opening is January 30`h. So, and then we would hope to....to award it(mumbled) Fruin: Okay, so,John, we can touch base with you. We typically....we'll open those bids in the afternoon, on the....on Tuesday the 30t of January. Urn, we can....we just need to make sure we touch with you on the....touch base with you on the 3151 cause the packet for the meeting in which this would be awarded would go out the next day on the first. Thomas: Okay. Throgmorton: Any other questions? Okay, hearing none, thank you so much. Anyone else want to address this topic? Seeing no one I'm going to close the public hearing. (bangs gavel) b) Consider a Resolution Botchway: Move resolution. Dickens: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Dickens. Discussion? Mims: Just glad to see it going forward and hope we get a better price(laughs) cause it was pretty high last time. (laughs) So.... This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 20 Throgmorton: Yeah, me too, and it's....a lovely park and I think the shelter will (both talking) as proposed will really enhance it and there's actually a gorgeous tree right next to that playground, play equipment, that is one of my favorite trees in the whole city. So....the shelter will fit with it quite nicely. All right, any further discussion? Hearing none, roll call please. Motion carries 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 21 Item 8. Rental Permit Requirements - Ordinance amending Title 17, entitled "Building And Housing," Chapter 5, entitled "Housing Code," to establish a rental permit cap and to strengthen the minimum requirements for rental housing (Pass and Adopt) Mims: Move adoption. Botchway: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Botchway. Discussion? I don't know, there may be someone in the audience who would like to address this? All right, I don't see anyone. So Council discussion? Mims: I would just say I want to thank staff for all the work they've done over the past....six, seven, eight months to get us something that we can have in place before the first of the year, urn,with the moratorium ending. I think one thing that's really important as we look at this, urn, I really....(mumbled) like the term, but living document. I think this is something that we really....um, have to look at and pay attention to and maybe come back and make adjustments and tweaks, um, as we go along. I know....I think both Jim and I had conversations with.... with an individual in terms of some of the exceptions and, you know,people who are getting ready to retire and, you know,maybe had some plans and now see the value of their house going down because they're not going to be able to rent it. Um, I'm not saying we can accommodate all those. I'm not suggesting that, but I think we have to kind of look at some of those things and as we go along look at what our exceptions are, urn,make sure that the exceptions that are in place make sense, that they work in terms of helping us,urn, with that neighborhood stability, urn, yet at the same time, um, serve the property owners and residents of those areas as well as possible. So, I guess just having said that, I....I see us coming back and, you know, kind of reviewing and tweaking as we get more input down the line, so.... Cole: I would echo what Susan had said. I liked your concept of the living document, because I think as this process goes forward, I....I think we're one of the first in the state of Iowa to employ such a system in terms of rental permit restrictions, is that right, Eleanor? Dilkes: We're the first. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 22 Cole: The first. So what I would encourage the people that, you know, don't like this is that, you know, they work with us and that they communicate with us and they.... and they work with our staff, and they give us information, because I think that that to me,um, I think I may have talked to the same person you did in terms of the retirement issue, urn, let's try to make this ordinance as.....as good as we possibly can while at the same time maintaining the integrity of what we're trying to do, which is diversity of housing types. We want every different type of housing type, long-term, short-term, and medium-term residents in our neighborhood, and we think that's what this will accomplish. So I'm hoping,the critics out there, I know there's gonna be some, that they'll engage us, that they'll....you know, and maybe we won't offer these changes, but I think the living document I think is....is definitely something that I think resonates with me. Thomas: Yeah, there....I think there are with anything of this magnitude there're going to be some unintended consequences and uh, you know, I think we're beginning to hear about that. Um, and so yes, we will be needing to refine and....and look at those exceptions and....and see, you know, how we can address those unintended consequences where they've arisen. Um, there has been some discussion, uh, in the media, you know, over our....consideration of this. You know I would like to remind those who have concerns with it that, you know, this is....this is a complex issue. We're trying to achieve stability while diversity within our neighborhoods. Um, we....the City is working, I think, in concert with the University in terms of building,uh, additional student housing, urn, as we....we had in a previous memo over the next....well now and over the next couple of years, something like 4,000 additional beds being built within a mile of, uh, the....the main campus. Uh, there will be,um, I think there's been a little bit of misinformation on this, not intended to be misinformation, but there will actually be an increase in the amount of....of beds, if not units, in the core neighborhoods because of the lifting of the, um, you know, of the....of the occupancy cap. So we're not.....there are a couple ways of looking at this. It isn't simply units. It can be occupancy and...and the occupancy at least in some of the units will be increasing. So,um, you know, again, my hope, as in many of the things we deal in....with in Council is how can we strike a balance. There....there are lots of different points of view that come to this. Uh, Comprehensive Plan acknowledged the imbalance. This is what we're try.... trying to address, and um, you know, there will be refinements as we move forward. Botchway: I would echo a lot of the comments (clears throat) excuse me! I would echo a lot of the comments that have been, uh, stated previously, uh,just proud of staff s This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19,2017. Page 23 work and flexibility on this, urn, there's gonna be a lot of concerns, you know, urn, corning out from this and so, you know, we're gonna, you know, obviously bear with you and work with you on that. Uh, I am worried about, you know, urn, some....I think the same person talked to maybe all of us. Uh, I'm worried about the media piece on this. I'm not necessarily throwing blame at the media, but uh, you know, this kind of goes back to, you know, some concern I have with, you know, how information gets out and I don't....I'm not blaming anybody, I'm just saying that this particular person felt like, you know, they didn't know about the information until just now and that's the unfortunate piece about how our....how our communication works, urn,but we gotta think about how we can do better or what we can do better, and I think that more concerns will come out from this as we, you know, finalize this agreement. Uh, I would like to revisit it again, um, you know....I agree with Susan from a living document standpoint, um, I also think that as we think about some of the HGC recommendations and....not necessarily related to this but as we think about, um, the affordable housing conversation, I think it's important to kind of think about how this is gonna affect that, um, and what that looks moving forward. Urn, and then I do think, you know, lastly some of this conversation needs to happen at the ballot box, and so ultimately I think that we're, um, you know, obviously not 'we,' but there was staff responded to some changes that happened at the legislature. Urn, I know that unfortunately based on kind of our structure of government, a lot of the concerns come here, um, and not necessarily to the legislature, and I think that's a....that's a fortunate situation,but I think that some of that needs to, you know,be that, um, happen next year, uh, considerably, cause I think that it's, again, staff worked hard,urn, and with, you know, some issues that came before us previously to work some of those things out and change on the dime, um, so I'm proud of that and I....I just think that,urn,we need to have a little more comprehensive conversation when we're talking about this issue. Throgmorton: Anyone else? Mims: I....I would just make one last really quick comment, because I think this has been unclear to a lot of people in the public, and that this ordinance only applies to single-family and duplex structures. This does not apply to three-plex, four- plex, 16 apartment buildings, whatever. This is only to single-family and duplex structures that this applies to. Also, we are not taking anybody's rental permit away. Urn, the same things will be in place. I....I think it does, and I think we've talked about this, um, potentially stepping up our enforcement in terms of nuisance properties. Um, I think this kind of puts that warning on....on landlords that they need to really take heed of....of how they're managing their properties This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19,2017. Page 24 and....and the expectations they're putting on their tenants. Or based on, uh, new....multiple nuisance complaints,they could potentially lose a rental permit, and if they're in an area where it's already over the cap, they wouldn't be able to get it back. So, um,but we're not taking any away. If people lose 'em it's gonna be because of their own action or inaction, and again, it's only single-family and duplex,which I don't know what percentage those make up of all the units, but... there're certainly a whole lot of big apartment buildings in this town. Taylor: And also reminding those individuals in the single-family homes, that's the concerns I've heard that they try to sell their home and it's not selling and so they're....the other option is to rent it and in that case there is a clause that they can be allowed to rent that for a certain period of time and people need to be aware of that. Throgmorton: Right. Okay, I wanna say just a few words that will echo some of what others have said. We need to adopt this ordinance to ensure that all of our neighborhoods, especially those that are located within walking distance of the University and the downtown, remain healthy, safe, livable, and stable for all residents. I recognize that concerns have been raised about possible adverse effects on the affordability of housing,but I believe we can accomplish the objectives of this ordinance while still taking effective action to improve the affordability of rental housing for students and other residents. I don't think they're mutually exclusive, and as long as we work together and try to figure out where the....where the intersects are, we can, uh, we can figure it out. And as, uh, as two or three other people have said, amendments are definitely going to be necessary on this over time because it is a very complicated thing and staff had to do great work to even invent the steps that we're taking, but for now we need to get the new ordinance on the books. Okay, further comment, anybody? Roll call please. Motion carries and the ordinance is adopted 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19,2017. Page 25 Item 10. Council Appointments. Applicants MUST reside in Iowa City and be 18 years of age unless specific qualifications are stated. Item 10a Parks and Recreation Commission Throgmorton: We have...we have two sets of vacancies here. So we have two vacancies to fill four-year terms, and we have eight applicants. Uh, we need to appoint two people and no gender balance is needed. Correct? Then we also have, uh, one vacancy to fill a four-year term, and again, eight, but it'll soon be six, applications to fill that one position. And the gender balance required for that one position depends on what we do with regard to the first two positions (laughs) Okay! So, uh, whata y'all think in terms of the first two positions? Taylor: Well I think, urn, in regards to Angie Smith, I think, uh, obviously we thought she was good enough to,urn, appoint her to the partial unexpired term in March and I think that we should give her the opportunity to,um, have a full term. Throgmorton: Yeah, I....I certainly agree. Yeah, any objection to that? (several responding) All right, uh, so, uh, we should address, uh, I think Clay Claussen's application. Clay has been the chair for the past seven years. He's just finishing his eighth year, two consecutive terms. Our policy is not to reappoint anybody, uh, all...subsequent to completing two full terms. Uh, so Clay has asked that that requirement basically be waived, uh, because he's worked really hard, uh, for the Planning and Zon...or for the Parks and Recreation Commission, and would like to see some other projects brought to fruition. So I really admire that, but I can say I'm not in favor of modifying our policy. I don't know what y'all think though. Mims: I agree. I....I have the greatest respect for Clay. I think he's done an absolutely fantastic job on there, um, but we....we really sat here over the last, I don't know when we had the major discussion,but the idea that we really wanted to give more people the opportunity to serve on these boards and commissions, and urn, I think we need to stick with that, and certainly he's welcome to reapply at another time, but....um, as much as I would....would like to from the standpoint of what he has done and the excellent, excellent service he's given, um, we need to give other people the opportunity. Throgmorton: On that point, I would hope that Clay can be fully engaged in efforts to, uh, build fundraising for parks. I think that's a passion of his, and I see no reason why we This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 26 can't reach out to him and try to engage him in that. All right so....hm, that leaves us with six applicants. Botchway: So I would, uh, throw out Ben Russell. Throgmorton: I was gonna suggest Ben Russell as well. Mims: That's fine. (several responding) Throgmorton: Okay, so I'll write that down. All right, so we have five applicants for the other position,the other four-year position. Do we have a gender balance requirement? Item 10b Parks and Recreation Commission Fruehling: Yes, so right now,um, with the two appointments you just made, you have, uh, five female and three males. Throgmorton: So we need a male. All right,unless we extend the deadline. All right, so the choices are, let's see who do we have here? We have, um....uh, Steven Bird, Lucas Foelsch, Steven Warren, Lindsey Evans is, uh, is a female, right? Yeah, okay so.....Steven Bird, Lucas Foelsch, Steven Warren. Who did I miss? All right. Thomas: I supported, uh,just based on their applications, uh, Steven Bird or,uh, Steven Warren. Botchway: I would....I would, um, well I guess I'm not supporting both. I was going to say Steven Bird. Dickens: I can go with Steven Bird. Mims: Yeah. (several responding) Yep, that's fine. Taylor: That's fine. Throgmorton: Okay. All right so we had three positions. We have chosen Steven Bird, Angie Smith, and Ben Russell. Could I have a motion to appoint them? Botchway: So moved. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19,2017. Page 27 Dickens: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Dickens. All in favor say aye. Opposed. Motion carries. All right we need to discuss the,uh, or the appointment we made last week to the Board of Adjustment, or two weeks ago, to the Board of Adjustment. There's a complication havin' to do with Ryan Hall's appointment. Could somebody explain our situation and what we need to do? Fruehling: Urn, there was an error with the....the gender balance. When staff configured the current board members, we had down two males and two females. In actuality it was three females and I need to look at my notes. Um.....three males and one female, uh, so we really needed to appoint a female, um, and the gender balance deadline requirement date was December 18a1. So at that point we should have probably readded that position to see if we could get more applicants. Um, and then I....I had called Ryan, talked to the Mayor and then I called Ryan to talk to him and explain the situation and that we would have to readd, uh, and one of the things that he brought up to me, urn, and wondered if it would make a difference is he said he's gender non-conforming. Urn, with our application there's only a male/female choice. It's a drop-down box, um, and he said had there been a third option he would have chosen that I think is what he had emailed Eleanor. Dilkes: Right, so I can pick it up from there. So I, um, I got an email from Ryan, um.... uh, noting that there are only the two options under.....so if you look at the, urn, if you look at the application, uh, it's a.....you've got mandatory questions and voluntary questions. Uh, gender is mandatory and not down in demographics with, um, because of the State gender balance requirement. So that's a question that has to be answered. I appreciate the lack of other options, um, and I....I told him that and I'd be interested in hearing what he would propose, and I think we shared this email with the Mayor. Um, and I was also going to talk to the, urn, to our....to Stefani, our Equity Director, urn, but....the.....the issue we're gonna have to address is how we deal with that gender balance, that State law gender balance requirement, if we add additional cat....categories to, um,to the gender. Um, I'm.....I'm just kind of brainstorming. I can think of a couple ways to handle this. You could add.....you could put, I mean I think when the State says gender balance, well I should back up for a minute. They're talk....they talk about a 50/50 split or half and half. They're seeing it as male and female. Urn, to accomplish the purpose of....of, uh.....of complying with the State law we could change that to sex rather than gender. Um....and we could put gender identity in the demographics. That would be one option. We could add one additional category to gender, um, saying something....saying like gender non-conforming. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 28 That was what Ryan identified as. Urn, and make a decision....and say that if somebody identified in that way, they could fill a male or a female slot. Urn, these are things I've not completely thought through. Urn, and we need to kind of decide what we're gonna do, urn, with the status or what we're gonna do with this particular appointment. Urn.....so there you have it! (laughs) Throgmorton: You know it's it seems to me that....uh, a way we could proceed is to ask you to explore these possibilities and present them to us later on, but with regard to this particular appointment, we could readvertise. Uh, and just proceed. Mims: I would agree. - Dilkes: I....I think that's a reasonable way to go, and I....I should say that in my email to Ryan I....I told him that we would be raising this with you and you should.....and invited him to share any thought he had about this particular appointment, and I didn't get any response from him, so..... Botchway: Can you tell me about the....so the readvertisement kind of timeline, what would be the deadline then? Fruehling: Yeah, I....I.....I think if we put it in right away we could do a January 9°i deadline with appointment on January 16°i, cause with a read we don't need to follow that 30-day. Dilkes: We just have about 14 more days we need to advertise for. Botchway: So it's not.....so it'd be....it wouldn't be for this meeting, it'd be for the next meeting. Dilkes: The 6°i. Right? Or no.... Fruehling: It would be the second meeting in January(both talking) Botchway: I'm......I'm comfortable with that, I mean I think that....there's some questions or some issues with that I'm glad that Ryan has brought up that I'd like to.....(mumbled) but Dilkes: (both talking) ...talk to Stefani about it and we'll give you (mumbled) Throgmorton: Okay, so we're in agreement about how to proceed here? Okay. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 29 Cole: I'm recusing myself. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 30 Item 12. Community Comment Throgmorton: Gustave? Stewart: Hello. Ur....as you probably know, students are on break, urn, after,urn, finals week and everything like that. A lot of people headed home, various things like that. Um, and then I also want to wish a happy retirement, Terry. Urn, you know I only got to know you for like six, seven months. You're just kind of a happy guy at....on the City Council, and I always enjoy that. Urn, it's also my morn's birthday, so if my morn's awkwardly watching Channel 4 I wish her (several talking and laughing) Happy Birthday, morn. Urn, yeah, so Happy Holidays! Throgmorton: You too, Gustave! This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 31 Item 13. City Council Information Throgmorton: Could we start with Kingsley and move to the right. Botchway: Yeah, so this is kinda jumbled up. Urn, participated, I think some of you as well. I....I actually headed out pretty early, the Chamber legislative reception, um, last night. Urn, that was fun, and the talk was really short so I really appreciated it as well. Uh, won, the Coralville basketball championship last Thursday against some Iowa football players. Not throwing it out there, but they were previous Iowa football players. One was a famous running back, Mark Weisman. Moving on,um, annual luncheon for CVB,um, that was kinda awkward for me, you know, I....I didn't, I knew, uh, Marian got the award. Um, I presented for Marian and Tim Carty, and you know, almost teared up. I don't like to do that. It's not, you know, don't do that a lot and it was....just awesome to present that to Marian cause of the work that she's done and obviously the (mumbled) as well. I mean I really do truly mean he is an everywhere man. I see him at all the different ribbon cuttings and everything else and so I really appreciate his support. Um, and then participated in the CLP government day with Geoff. Um, that was fun just to kind of talk about,urn, running for Council. There was some good, I mean, questions about potential running for councils. So interested in also, urn, provided information as it pertained to, uh,boards and commissions as well. So that was good. Dickens: Just lot of thank yous, start with my wife. That's a tough one. Uh, work my way down to my kids, grandkids. I knew I was gonna do this! (laughter) Council, staff(mumbled) Go ahead. Cole: I....I just wanted to briefly follow up on our excellent discussion we had on....on community policing tonight, uh, with our Police Chief. Urn, that conversation I think in large part was generated by the community reaching out to us and letting us know what's happening in the neighborhoods. So I guess I would continue to encourage the community to reach out to us, to let us know what's happening, and it's an issue that we're going to continue to monitor very closely, and I was very pleased with the presentation as well as what staff had put forward with that. Um, in terms of City....we're not doing updates on the boards and commissions yet, are we or....or not. I was going to say there's no update there. So.... Taylor: Uh, received an invitation, uh, from the Minimum Wage Committee. They're having, uh, the Minimum Wage Committee report, uh, this Thursday, 9:00 A.M. at the Johnson County Admin Building, Suite 201. So that oughta be interesting, This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 32 cause I knew, uh, it's particularly important with the County, uh, the issue as far as, uh, the minimum wage and keeping it where it is, cause we worked so hard to get it there. And, so everyone's welcome. Thomas: A couple of events,um.....one....which.....both of which are annual events. The, uh, the Center for the Book has an open house in December, which is kind of one of those little areas of the University that, you know, many people are not aware of, uh,that do really interesting work and you know they have kind of a.....a, it's a fundraiser. They sell calendars, uh, they serve food. It's....it's really kind of an interesting experience of just the....the small little entity within the University, uh, kind of a, almost in my mind kind of an adjunct to the City of Literature in that they create books with, you know, kind of a craft sense. And then Kingsley mentioned the, um....Iowa City/Coralville Convention Visitors, uh, Bureau annual event. That....that is a great event. It's entertaining. Uh, it's informative. Uh, the (mumbled) are spectacular. Uh, Marian got an award, um.....it's.....it's one of my favorite events that I've attended. I just think they really do a nice job of putting it together. Mims: Urn, Jim and I met with, uh, Lori and Janet from the School Board, uh, week or two ago, couple weeks ago. Had a good conversation with them,just kind of keeping (mumbled) up to date, uh, what's going on in both of our realms. So that was interesting. Um, Jim and I were both here for the bond training last...today's only Tuesday so I guess it was last week. (several talking and laughing) Um, was really good. The rest of you missed, I think, a really good informative, urn, presentation about the whole process,um, the risks involved, and you know, all the work. Let me tell you, the money that we pay bond counsel is well worth it. Um, this stuff is complicated and the regulations are just getting, uh, I think more and more detailed and certainly Dennis and his staff do a great job,but the importance of having, um, outside counsel for whom that is their every day business, I get it, Eleanor(laughs) Eleanor does a great job with the other stuff, but this stuff is....it's really specialized. So they were, uh, they were a great group. Throgmorton: Could I add to that? Mims: Sure! Throgmorton: Yeah, so in some ways it was really boring, you know, two hours of listening to this talk about very detailed stuff. But man, it's....it's really important, and we are very lucky that Dennis is in charge of our department that does all the, not all This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 33 the stuff but a lot of it, and uh, I learned a lot, most of which I've forgotten already but it....it was really informative and a very good thing to attend. Mims: Yeah, I mean just the...the reporting deadlines and the kind of data that you have to keep track of and report out on and, you know, from the time we sell a bond, you know,how many days or months you have until you use the money, and the importance of really, really good accounting procedures, so you can document how you used the money and that you actually used it for what you said, and Juli Seydell-Johnson was here and he....and he pointed her out and said, you know, particularly say a department like Parks and Rec where they, you know, we go out and we sell bonds for something and then all of a sudden maybe something changes and you have to delay things because, you know, all of a sudden you find some Native American artifacts or something and you....you can't go forward with the project but you've already sold the bond. The.....you can't just move that over somewhere else. I mean you've gotta go through very specific steps if you're going to do something different with that money, and so it was just....it was just very, very interesting and, um, informative, and....uh, so I thought that was very interesting. Um,just....I haven't, I don't know, I've told maybe one or two of you, during the campaign process, um, I went.....I......I did advertising with and so went on KCJJ for an interview, and when I got done with that I just kind of mentioned, hey, I'd be, you know, happy to come back on periodically, just talk about, you know, what's going on with the City. So, I am going to be doing two shows a month on KCJJ, um, the second Thursday of every month they do a noon show out at Monica's, and the last Tuesday of every month, um, they do an 8:00 A.M. show in studio with them. So just make everybody aware that.... that I'm going to be doing that. Um, Geoff and Jim and I met with Jennifer Daily from.....what's the title of the organization? Fruin: Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Corridor Development (both talking) Mims: Corridor Development is, yeah, is the, uh, kind of short-cut name. So it was really nice to have a chance to meet her. Um, I was very impressed with her background and the kinds of things that she's done from the Children Museum here to Peoria Development and stuff. So, looking.....really looking forward to getting to know her better and hoping to see some good results, um, out of that. And then, yeah, the Chamber reception last night was a lot of fun. So..... T hrogmorton: Yeah, well I participated in a lot of these events that have already been mentioned, so I'm not gonna mention any of them, and I'm gonna skip over other things as well. I do want to emphasize one thing. I had the opportunity to join This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 34 with about 230 other people to attend the Oakdale Prison Community Choir's annual winter concert. It is a great experience. For those of you who don't know, anybody's watching on television, there're inside members and there're outside members, meaning there are people from the broader community who go in once a week, every Tuesday night to rehearse, to practice with these, uh, I don't know, 30 or so inside members, who I've learned over the years, now that I've seen about 10 of these concerts, really look forward to these events, and really benefit from them as well because they ultimately from the experience learn to know that people care for them. And it's really moving to see that play out. President Harreld was there, uh, the same night. He saw this unfolding and of course one of his professors, Mary Cohen, is the Director of the whole thing. She's the one who invented it. And has done a superb job with 'em and I'm proud to say my wife Barbara is a member of the choir and has been for, I don't know, seven years or somethin' like that. So it was a great experience, and if you ever get a chance to do it, and I can tell you how to find out if you want to, we can make it happen. Mims: Is it just once a year, Jim? Throgmorton: Twice (both talking) spring and a....and a, I don't know, late fall concert. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 35 Item 14. Report on items from city staff a) City Manager Throgmorton: Okay. Geoff? Fruin: Uh,just real quick. Terry, on behalf of staff, urn, thank you. Urn, you're as steady and reliable, urn, as they come. Uh, I always appreciated...you know the issues, you understand the complexity of the issues, um, and....and you have your.....you're the ground on so many other things in the community. You were always willing to share that feedback with us on what you were hearing. Urn, and uh, we're gonna miss you dearly. We appreciate all the support that you gave staff. You've been a huge supporter, urn, of not only those of us in the Manager's office,but staff throughout the City, and uh, I know, urn, a lot of folks are gonna miss ya, urn, thank you! Monroe: I'll just quickly say it's only been a year but it's been a pleasure and hope to see you more around town, so.... Dickens: I'm not leavin'! (laughter) Monroe: Thanks! b) City Attorney Dilkes: I'll just say thank you and it's been a pleasure to work with you. Fruehling: Ditto to everyone. (laughter) Thank you. Appreciate it! Throgmorton: All right, Carrie...Terry, carry on! Could I have a motion to adjourn to the work session? Dickens: So moved! (laughter) Mims: Second. (laughter) Throgmorton: Moved by Dickens, seconded by..... Taylor: Second. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017. Page 36 Throgmorton: ...Taylor. All in favor say aye. All opposed. Motion carries. We are adjourned. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of December 19, 2017.