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Home My WebLink About2018-03-20 Transcription Page 1 ITEM lb. Student Leadership Awards Item lb. Lemme Elementary School Throgmorton: We have three terrific students from Lemme Elementary—Georgie....Georgia Hellwig, Holly Rood, and Leo Thomas. So, Georgia, Holly, and Leo,would you come up please? Okay, let me stand between you, okay? All right, so it's great to see you again. We just had a little chat over there, didn't we? All right, so I think we'll start with you, and maybe just for the audience's sake you could state your name and then you read your statement. Then we'll do the same thing, okay? Rood: My name is Holly Rood and here's my speech. A leader, something most people aspire to be and something I am still working to become. We all have traits that make us potential leaders,but at the end of the day we have a choice to make—if we wanted to be a leader or a follower, and make no mistake, the path of a leader is very hard. You have to be honest,kind, accepting,hard working, friendly, helpful, and empathetic. And I have to admit even I have been a bad example,but at the end of the day I still strive to be the best I can possibly be. Throgmorton: All right! (applause) Boy, bein' empathetic,that is a hard thing to do. So...good leader is empathetic. You wanna go next? Okay! Hellwig: Good evening,my name is Georgia Hellwig and I go to Lemme Elementary. I'm currently in the Iowa City Girls Choir, band, Lemme safety patrol, and I'm also in Lemme student council. Leadership to me means to be kind to everybody, even if they're different than me. Strong leaders aren't just friendly to others, but know how to be a good friend. Leaders watch out for people who can't watch out for themselves. A leader demonstrates courtesy to others and knows sometimes it's more important to be kind than to be right. I'd like to thank my fellow Lemme students that voted for me and also my family. Thank you and have a marvelous night. (applause) Throgmorton: Okay, Leo! You're next! Thomas: My name is Leo Thomas. (mumbled) My name is Leo Thomas and I go to Lemme Elementary. What I think it takes to be a leader is to be able to have courage to suggest your own ideas, as well as accept other ideas. You have to be patient and you not.....and you're not stuck on one idea. You have to be open to other's opinions as well and not just your own. You have to be a good listener and you can't be afraid to speak up,which is just as important as listening. And This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 2 it's not just ideas you have to accept. You also have to accept differences, because no matter who they are, they probably have something to say. Thank you. (applause) Throgmorton: All right, terrific statements. Courage,kindness, empathy—those are great values, and I'm really thrilled that you all expressed those kinds of views, and I heard a....a new leader out here somewhere. Where was (laughter) where was the leader(laughs) Anyhow, where are the parents? All right, you're doin' a great job! You should be very proud of your kids, and I'm sure you are. So let me, uh, let me read these award statements. They all say the same thing, they all...the only thing that differs is your names (mumbled) So....Student Leadership Award (reads award) So, Georgia....there's yours. And....oh, oh! Sorry, don't know how that happened. This....this thing's loose too. It's hard to move my fingers. So here's yours, Holly. And, Leo, this one's yours. Congratulations, you're doin' a great job. Keep it up! (applause) (unable to hear speaker over applause) Hey, wait a minute! Everybody's leavin'! (laughter) (several talking in background) Before moving on I want to say something I....I try to say before we do the Student Leadership Awards and that is, welcome to your City Hall. It's great to see all of you. Uh, we know that tomorrow spring begins,uh, and, you know, hope springs eternal so we can look forward to the coming season. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 3 Item 2. Consider adoption of the Consent Calendar as presented or amended Throgmorton: And before I get a motion, I wanna note that we're gonna pull items 2e(5) and 2e(6)for separate consideration. I also wanna note the change in the pub....the date for a public hearing, concerning the Airport outlot,which is Item 2d(2). We're gonna change that date from April the 3`d to April the 2°d. Did I get that right, Kellie? Fruehling: Yes,urn, and it's 2c(5) and 2c(6) Throgmorton: Oh, it is? Well what did I say, 2e? (several talking) Okay, 2c(5) and 2c(6), right?Okay. All right. Could I have a motion please? Botchway: So moved. Mims: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Minis. Discussion? Hearing none, roll call please. Motion carries 7-0. Okay, Item 2c(5) is bus shelter procurement. This is a resolution authorizing the award of a contract for the supply of prefabricated bus shelters. We did not have a chance to discuss this during....oh, could I have a motion please to get this on the floor? Item 2c(5) Bus Shelter Procurement. Resolution authorizing the award of a contract for the supply of prefabricated bus shelters Botchway: So moved. Mims: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Mims. We did not have a chance to get this on the floor, or to discuss this during our work session,but what I wanted to do is give the public an opportunity to know that we had this...uh,purchase of bus shelters in mind. So, Darian, I wonder if you could come up brief.....and briefly state what this is all about, and as you're coming up, I wanna say again, congratulations on your recent appointment as Director of,uh, Parking and Transit. Yep! Nagle-Gamin: Thank you very much! Uh, Darian Nagle-Gamm,Director of Transportation Services. Urn,the bus shelter procurement is a process we've gone through in the This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 4 last year to find a vendor so that we can ultimately add probably about 25 to 30 new bus shelters across our community. Urn, tonight we are asking the City Council to consider approving the vendor that the selection committee has selected. Um,ultimately we are going to work in the upcoming weeks towards selecting locations for these shelters,based on a few different criteria. We're gonna be evaluating ridership data. We're gonna look at site-specific conditions. We're going to be looking at, um.....um.....sorry, I left my memo back there. Site-specific conditions, urn, we're also going to be looking at feedback we've received from the community in regards to which types of locations they would like to see more shelters located at. We do unfortunately also have a few shelters that are in very poor condition, so a few of those shelters will be allocated towards,urn, rehabbing and replacing some shelters that really need to be removed. Throgmorton: Great. I'm hoping that our friend Mary Gravitt is watching because she's asked me about this many times, and....(several talking) Yeah. Okay, uh, any questions for Darian? Botchway: I did have a quick question. It's just confusion when I was reading through it. Um, there was....and you may have just mentioned it too, I just couldn't....take that part out. There's....there's a potential for, um,there's different costs as it relates to solar and media as well. Is that part of this kind of deliberative process to see at the site-specific locations whether or not we're going to do this there, or is that something that we need to....move forward on or say right now? Nagle-Gamm: That was part of the site-specific co....conditions we were going to evaluate. One thing we'll be looking at is ambient lighting, especially at night. Urn, so we'll really want to target those areas that maybe don't have as much ambient lighting or also use this as an opportunity to see if we can improve that ambient lighting, um, via street lights, urn, that's the typical method. So, um,but if there's any feedback regarding specific sites, um, in terms of having additional solar lighting at shelters, at specific locations, we'd be happy to entertain that as well. Botchway: Okay. The other piece of that, and again, I'm just kind of(mumbled) as much as possible, is, um, you know, benches. I think that was something she's always brought up in relation to the shelter and how some don't have benches or some do, and obviously I think that's part of this process as well. Um, but also...this is more from, you know, I think about, you know, going to Chicago or flying to Chicago, um....um, you know, sometimes they have heating around it and, you know, Iowa's cold, and so if there's something along that lines as we think about This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 5 site specific locations, especially if there's a lot of people and maybe that can tie into the solar. I'm not sure,but I just want to kind of throw that out as some commentary or feedback for this process. Nagle-Gamm: Yeah, in terms of site-specific conditions, one of the things we're also gonna look at is, um, I guess the particular weather that one type of location might experience that others don't. Urn,while we won't....we aren't planning to evaluate any shelters that have any heating type element to it, urn,we'll be taking into consideration maybe some open areas where it tends to be a little bit more uncomfortable to wait for a bus, urn, versus others that maybe have just more natural protective shelter around the area. So we'll be taking those factors into consideration also. Botchway: Thank you. Taylor: I had a question as far as, uh, how this item, the bus shelter(mumbled) might,uh, inter-relate with the Item 2d(1), the transit funding application. Do they correlate at all then? Nagle-Gamm: Urn, they....they don't necessarily. The....the other item,which you mentioned, is,uh, an annual application,uh, for the funding,uh, sources that....that Iowa City receives from, uh, the State DOT. So that's just a typical...it's part of our operation .....operating expenses, urn, is what that's mostly geared towards, and it also,uh, the other item also involves getting potential projects that, uh, on a....on a list so that they may become eligible for fun....federal funding, if federal funding becomes available. Throgmorton: Any further questions for Darian? Thank you! Okay, we have a motion on the floor. Roll call please. Motion carries. Item 2c(6), recycling processing services. This is a resolution authorizing the award of a contract for recycling processing services. I'm not really clear why we pulled it so....can somebody explain? Item 2c(6) Recycling Processing Services-Resolution authorizing the award of a contract for recycling processing services Froin: We had a,uh, in....uh, inquiry from the vendor, urn, about speaking tonight. So I'm not sure if anybody....or I'm sorry,not from the....the vendor but from, uh, Republic Services,which also put in a proposal. Uh, so we wanted to pull it just in case they were here and they wanted to speak to the issue before you voted on it. • This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 6 Throgmorton: Okay. Good evening! Uh, please state your name and.... Wehner: Yeah! My name's Kyle Wehner. I'm with Republic, formally City Carton as well. Urn, so I work a lot with commercial, industrial,municipal contracts recycling. Um,have a lot of experience in that and we did put a bid in. I'm certainly not unbiased here, um,but just wanted to talk to a couple concerns we had while bidding, urn, that we didn't necessarily get a chance to discuss. Kind of anticipated a follow up that we usually have and that didn't happen. Uh, and also just as a citizen. Urn, the two main concerns I see with how it's,um, looks like it will be awarded, urn,the first is the....the five-year, uh,term on it. Um....I brought some literature that I can distribute,uh, if anybody wants to look at it,but just the nature and the fluctuation of commodities on a fi....five-year term,um, especially the vendor that hasn't handled this before. Um, and also will not be handling it. It will go to an outside....outside vendor who....I would be surprised if they, on the back end,have a five-year limit as well, or a five-year term with that vendor. Um, so that's one concern. The other is, um,just the nature of it being a flat rate. It was....that tied in with the five-year term was a big issue on why we had a hard time bidding it. Um,with the market fluctu....fluctuations, and us actually processing and selling the material,urn, in a one-year term, you know,we're willing to take quite a bit more risk than in a five-year term. Urn, on the five-year term....we're also in one of the worst markets we've seen in the last decade on these commodities. So, we're in a tough spot and we're hoping to kind of talk through some of these things, which,um, is neither here nor there,but, urn, you know, in....in that down market, you know,my feeling is you're....you're kind of taking the worst deal you can get, at the lowest market, and if that's because you want to have a specific budgeted amount, I do understand that that makes some things easier. Um,but.....generally in our.....in our business, it's a cyclical....it has a cyclical nature. Um, it goes up, it goes down. If you take my market pricing and you go over a number of different years and time periods, we're gonna look far favorable today. Um, so I....I guess it would be a concern if I was the vendor and that's their risk to take, um....but shall this market crash even further, they do assume all that risk. Um, and they do not process. If the market goes up, and it's....again, at a 10-year low,uh, the City will miss out on extra rebates that they would have seen. So,um....that's basically simply it. I can distribute some things if anybody wants to look 'em over. Just markets and where they've been. Um, one other concern,the bottle bill. Um, I don't know if you all have heard that there's legislation in committee currently. Now were that to go through and that be rescinded,um, right off the top....that, all those commodities are worth about$10 more per ton. So...um, and you wouldn't see This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 7 any of that. Urn, you're at a flat processing rate. So....um, yes. Anyway, uh, some things we would hope to discuss,urn, after we turned our bid in, and we didn't, urn, and I can leave what I talked about here as well. Throgmorton: If...if you'd like to leave material, uh, please feel free to do so. Uh, I'd ask you to give it to our City Clerk. Thank you, Kyle. Yep! Okay, we have a motion on the floor, do we not? Yeah, okay so....discussion? Fruehling: I don't have a motion(both talking) Throgmorton: Oh, we don't? All right, yeah, so could I have a motion please? Botchway: So moved. Thomas: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Thomas. Now we do! Discussion? Mims: I would just be interested to have staff respond to the concerns in terms of us looking at a five-year contract and the fixed numbers. Fruin: Jen Jordan's here and can speak to that. Mims: Appreciate that! Throgmorton: Eli, Jen! Jordan: (mumbled) Jen Jordan, Resource Management Superintendent. Kyle brought up some really good points and we've....they've, uh, Republic Services has been a good partner over the years. One of the issues particularly with the five-year contract that we've really wanted to consider was that the...the way the contract is set up is there are (mumbled)was that we required a facility to be within five miles of Iowa City, so our City trucks aren't driving all over Johnson County or elsewhere to dump the material. So we knew with the Republic Services site being, urn, you know, somewhat unknown over the next few years, if we were to work with another vendor, we would need to provide some stability over those five years. So, shorter contracts with market, as Kyle mentioned, are probably better, for the sake of the stability of building a facility or, um, adding on to an existing facility in town, we wanted to give the chosen vendor, whoever that This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 8 might be, an opportunity to kind of have some stability to....to get a new facility set up. Mims: Thank you. Appreciate it! Throgmorton: Any other questions for Jen? Thanks,Jen. Jordan: Thank you. Throgmorton: Okay. Any further discussion? Hearing none,roll call please. Motion carries 7- 0. Could I have a motion to accept correspondence please? Botchway: So moved. Mims: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Mims. All in favor say aye. Opposed. Motion carries. All right. Let's see.....we've already done the Consent Calendar, right? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 9 Item 3. Community Comment(items not on the agenda) [until 8 pm] Throgmorton: This is a moment when anybody who wants to discuss any item that's not on the formal meeting agenda should feel free to come up and speak. I'd like to ask you to state your name and then take not more than five minutes, uh, for whatever it is you wanna say. Good evening,Nick! Theisen: Good evening,Nicholas Theisen. I live at 1240 Esther Court. So that way I don't forget it this time, but let me write my name! So, good evening, Council, um.... you probably know what I'm going to talk about, but not particulars. So, in the ongoing saga of my screeds about affordable housing in Iowa City(sighs) I wanted to comment specifically on some discussions that took place in the last meeting specifically regarding the budget. Um, one of the things that I found rather surprising, and I knew about this beforehand but I was reminded of this fact,that it seems strange to me that with the affordable housing bucket of the funds that the City appropriates, that you're going to make that contingent basically upon the whims of the State House,when in fact you have the money to just appropriate that. It's actually a tiny amount of money. A million dollars in the City's budget, it's actually pretty small, and when you compare it to the mag .....again, I hate to say this over and over again, but when you compare it to the magnitude of the crisis in this city, it's chump change! It's nothing, and(laughs) the fact that you're then going to make that contingent upon another legislative body, I mean.....is the Police Department conting....budget contingent on it? On the backfill? No! Is Parks and Recreation contingent upon the backfill? No! So the thing is it's the clearest way that you could have possibly signaled just how low of a priority this really is, that you're going to take the money away, basically based on nothing! Really nothing, and what's most disconcerting about this is the fact that you pat yourselves on the back for lowering property taxes over the past seven years, and then at the same time, the City Manager is actually addressing the fact that....basically you actually could have a budget crisis going forward and so you're removing revenue from the City budget, at the same time you know that there's a very real possibility that you're actually going to have to fill it back in again. I mean that's just bothers! It's downright bothers! But when it comes to, specifically to the issue of housing in this county, there are so many things that you could do for so little money, and you have so little will to do anything about it. Sorry, I'm a little mad about something else, so if that comes out, I apologize, but....this also makes me mad, but I'm also mad about another thing. Unrelated. Apologies! So here's the thing, Charlie Eastman....who, Eastham,who unfortunately is not here, actually has a really fantastic idea. You should talk to him about it. For a very modest increase in property taxes, that would basically This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 10 cover everyone on the lowest end of the income spectrum, the people who by the way, and I point this out every single time, are completely priced out of the housing market. Totally! They have to find....they either have to live outside of Iowa City, or they have to crowd themselves in with six, seven, eight other people, cause the thing is your own data show that there's (mumbled) overcrowding crisis. At the same time! So the thing is....I.....I guess I just....I'm really frustrated because.....I don't really see the leadership from you all, and in fact not only do I not see the leadership, I also see really basic misunderstandings of the economics involved. One of your own number pointed out last...at the previous meeting, something to the effect of, well, when property taxes go up rent goes up. But the thing is the corollary is not true! When property taxes go down, rent goes up. They have no relationship to each other whatsoever. That's the basic economics of it. I mean you don't need to trust me on this, like HUD—the current HUD—will tell you exactly the same thing! The reason why.....because when property taxes go down, landlords do not pass that along to their renters, and when property taxes go up, they use it as a justification for what they were going to do anyway! And in fact if you look at Cook Appraisals' own data, all you have to do is read it, you will see that in the seven years that you reduced property taxes, rents actually accelerated over that period. The increases, they accelerated! In other words, they went up more in the seven years that you've reduced property taxes than in the seven years prior. So.....I just, I don't really know what to do at this point to get you.....to get your heads around the fact that.....you need to do this! I mean I....I appreciate the fact that my colleagues and I have been asked to put together a public housing proposal, but at the end of the day, you are City government. You have to do this. You have to understand what needs to be done. That's all I have to say. Thank you. Throgmorton: Thank you, Nick. Anyone else? Good evening, Maryann. Dennis: Good evening! And happy spring! I'm Maryann Dennis. I'm the Director of the Housing Fellowship, and I just want to let you know that the, uh, Iowa Finance Authority Board meeting last Wednesday, our Del Ray Ridge project was, uh, awarded low income housing tax credits. And so, uh, IFA received 29 applications and 12 were awarded. Um.....the total ask to IFA was $19.2 million, and they allocated $7.2 million. So the Housing Fellowship will be the developer, general partner, and property manager of the, um, of the new building that we will build—33 one- and two-bedroom apartments in Riverfront Crossings. Twenty- nine of the apartments will be affordable with income targeting at 60, 40, and 30% area median income. Four will be market rate. Four apartments will be full.....fully ADA-accessible, and one will be adapted for persons with hearing This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 11 and visual impairments. Uh,many partners helped with this$6.5 million project and, urn,to get the award, and thanks to Iowa City for the$330,000,uh, commitment from your LIHTC fund. We also receive,of course,money from the Housing Trust Fund of Johnson County and Great Western Bank, and as a result of that,the equity from the investors is expected to be $4.2 million. Other partners in Del Ray Ridge include,urn, Foundations Development, Hodge Construction and their affiliated entities, Fusion Architects, and MM....MMS Engineering. So we're really proud to have this successful application. It's not an easy process,urn, and uh, we just want to thank you for your support and we think it's really good news. Thanks! Throgmorton: Sounds like good news. Thank you, Maryann. Boshart: My name is Aaron Boshart. I'm with the Iowa Cannabis Company. Urn, I submitted a letter to you that is in your packet,uh,requesting a statement or letter of support for a medical cannabidiol dispensary in Iowa City. Uh, the Iowa Department of Public Health has issued an RFP, uh,they issued an RFP last September,that they awarded a license for a producer license for Iowa....for a medical cannabidiol to be produced here in the state of Iowa. Now they are in an RFP process now,urn, for issuing five dispensaries across the state of Iowa. Urn, our company has applied in five cities, Iowa City being one of them. Urn,many cities have issued statements of support. Uh, Sioux City, Council Bluffs, Des Moines,West Des Moines, Coralville, and Davenport have issued statements of support(mumbled)just having this in their community in general. Um, I believe...we believe that obviously as we've applied here and spent substantial resources doing so in Iowa City that Iowa City is, uh, an excellent location for one of these five dispensaries across the state of Iowa to provide access,uh, to this new form of healthcare. Urn....medical cannabidiol has been proven to,uh,treat epileptic seizures and is a, uh, a....an actual alternative to the,uh,opioid epidemic in terms of treating chronic long-term pain. Urn, I'm asking,uh,today that.....uh, you, uh,release a statement of support or a letter to the Iowa Department of Public Health,just nodding to your openness to having this in your community. We have secured proper zoning forms,uh,here in the City of Iowa City,uh, for a location at 32,uh, Sturgis Corner. Uh,we believe that location will be,uh,help serve both the community of Iowa City and the rural surrounding communities in eastern Iowa. Urn, I understand that a,um......a....uh, I understand that we may be a little late in the process,uh, to try to get something more formal in terms of a letter,uh,but with this RFP process starting in early February and closing out March 8th,we, uh, did not have a lot of time to get all of these things done and we would have liked to(mumbled) Iowa Department of Public Health provide This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 12 additional time for such an important issue. Uh, but nonetheless I'm here today, uh,just asking what you might be able to do and to,uh,just nod that you would be supportive of that in your community, urn.....thank you very much! Throgmorton: Uh, thank you, Aaron. Uh, do.....do we need to take any kind of formal action if we want to respond affirmatively? Dilkes: No, I think you can.....I mean if....if you're all in the same position with it, you can ask the Mayor to....to draft a letter on your behalf. Cole: Sounds good to me! (several responding) Throgmorton: Yeah. All right, so....(several talking) Help me do that. Fruin: I'll work with Aaron and we'll get your signature, Mayor. Throgmorton: Good deal! Thank you. Hey, Tracey! Achenbach: I promise I won't come to every meeting! (laughter) I'm also gonna read, because I was worried about getting under my time limit, so you know I feel passionately about this, but I'm gonna read, uh, my comments, if you don't mind. So, as Maryann told you, the low income housing tax credit awards were announced last week. And I wanted to take this opportunity to remind you, and the public, what a significant impact the affordable housing dollars that are provided to the Housing Trust Fund have....have been in our ability to leverage other dollars. The Del Ray project,which is, uh,the Housing Fellowship's project, as you know, received a significant Housing Trust Fund award last year. It was contingent on them getting low income housing tax credits. And we were only able to make that award because of the dollars given to us by the Johnson County Board of Supervisors and by the City Council of Iowa City. The significance of those dollars meant even more this year because the LIHTC projects did not receive points for local government participation in the leveraging category, like they have in past years. However, applicants did receive points for Housing Trust Fund participation. In that category they had an opportunity to get a total of 14 points, maximum of 7 in two different ways. And both ways gave points for Housing Trust Fund participation. What this meant was the Del Ray project, for example, was able to maximize the points possible with their Housing Trust Fund participation, and they were awarded a project. The Sand Company project,remember the one on the east side of Iowa City, was also an applicant. And they were not able to maximize totally their Housing Trust Fund points that This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 13 they were able to get from the app....they could have gotten from the application, and they were not awarded. Now I'm not going to say that that's the reason, except I want to tell you that that application received 171 points,and in IFA's ranking of projects,the....the project that was awarded the last LIIITC funds received 174 points. So that's a difference of 3 points. And I have spoken to the folks at...at the development team,talking about that, and....and had they to do it over, they might have done it a little bit differently so they could have maximized the Housing Trust Fund points as much as they could. So the dollars that you do give the Housing Trust Fund matter and are multiplied many times over by their ability to leverage other dollars. As Maryann mentioned,her project is about a $6.5 million project and as you might remember, the Sand Company project was going to be about a$11 million project. And then not related to those two,urn, is the Shelter House FUSE project. If you recall, Shelter House was able to leverage $2.7 million in a National Housing Trust Fund,urn, grant application and that application was dependent on the Housing Trust Fund being able to step forward and offer funds to gov....to cover the gap that was created by the cost of that project. And we were only able to do that because of the funding that you provided to the Housing Trust Fund. So....I'm gonna say you should pat yourselves on the back and I already have that written in here by the way, that you have committed to afford....the dollars that you have committed to affordable housing and have provided the Housing Trust Fund have given our area an opportunity to bring millions of outside dollars here for projects that will positively impact lower income residents in our community for many years to come. So thank you a lot for that. Throgmorton: Thanks, Tracey. Nice seein' ya! Anyone else? Good evening,Adil! Adams: Uh, Adil Adams, Iowa City. Uh,today I have, uh,just a technical issue,uh, regarding when you sworn. Uh, I watch,uh,President Trump and President Barack Obama,President(unable to understand) George Bush, all of them on their inauguration. They put their hand on Bible,uh, somebody hold this Bible, by his wife or his son, whatever, and sworn for the office. Uh, here in Iowa City I didn't see any....like for example, if you are Muslim you have to put your hand on Koran and.....by your wife or by your husband and then you're sworn. Now why I say that because in the future more Muslim may be....they're gonna be here on this,uh....uh, area. So....maybe people, some people they don't agree with me,but this is the right way for, uh, if you want to run for office and want people trust you as a Muslim, you have to put your hand on the Koran and sworn(unable to understand)you can say. And I hope in the future this happen,and I don't This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 14 mind they come (unable to understand) they can use it in the future, and thank you. Throgmorton: Thank you. Eleanor, could I ask you and Kellie a question? I don't recall using either a Bible or a Koran or a Torah or anything, uh, any religious object. It's not part of our standard practice, is it? Yeah, I thought not. Okay,thank you, Adil, for making your suggestion. Uh, anyone else? All right, seeing no one else, we can move on, but uh....one of our Council Members would like to suggest that we move Item 7, which has to do with the renaming of Hickory Hill Park to Calder Park up before Item 4. We did not have a chance to discuss this during our work session. Mims: I would just suggest that....Calder's mother is out doing an interview right now, so I think we should wait. Throgmorton: She....she's able to come in now(several talking) Mims: Okay! Maybe she's done. Throgmorton: Are there any objections to doing that? Cole: (mumbled)okay with that, I'm okay with that. Throgmorton: Yeah(several talking) Are you okay with us moving it up now? (several talking) Do we....we need a motion just a voice vote,right? Botchway: So moved. Throgmorton: Yeah. Salih: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Salih. All in favor say aye. Opposed. Motion carries. Okay,Zac,help us out with this! This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 15 Item 7. Renaming Hickory Trail Park-Resolution renaming Hickory Trail Park as the Calder Park Hall: Good evening! Zachary Hall, Superintendent of Parks. Uh, the resolution before you is....to rename Hickory Trail Park, uh, in honor of Calder Wills. If re...if you recall, urn, Calder is a.....a, was a young man who, uh(clears throat) battled an illness last year and,uh, unfortunately passed away and his family, Brian and Brianna, urn, would like to,uh, donate some funds, uh, to the park, urn, and, uh, have the park renamed in his honor, urn, and by the naming rights of the Parks and Recreation, urn (clears throat) naming rights, uh, it requires 50% of the project costs for a, uh,park development, and a two-year waiting period, uh, for memorial naming, and the funds, um, that the family would like to be used, urn, for Hickory Trail Park, the park has been developed essentially, uh, the funds that they are donating are, uh, half of....of what, uh,the amenities are in the park, uh, currently, and so they're requesting that the funds be directed, urn,towards, uh, the playground at Riverfront Crossings Park,uh, specifically,uh, and then also that the two-year,um, waiting period be waived. Uh, this went before,uh, Parks Commission in January and,uh, Parks Commission, uh, is in agreement, staff is in agreement,uh, and neighborhood,uh, is in agreement, uh, that this should be, uh, renamed. So the resolution before you is....is for the renaming of that. Throgmorton: Okay. Thank you, Zac. Uh, I....I forgot to ask for a motion to get this on the floor in the first place. So could I have a motion to approve,please? Botchway: So moved. Mims: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Mims. So, any questions for Zac? All right. Thank you. Mrs. Wills, would you like to speak or would anyone else in the Hickory Trails subdivision or any....anybody else like to address this topic? Botchway: Come on, Brianna! (laughs) Just a couple of words! Wills: Well I wasn't planning to speak, but urn......urn......Calder kind of became a, kind of a legend on the east side of Iowa City. His name was The Calder, the Hoover Elementary School,uh,uh, the Calder Strong for almost two years. Urn, and we would go places and I would say like something to Calder and someone would say, 'Are you The Calder?' So it kind of became a running joke at our house. We'd call him The Calder. Um....and this is our neighborhood park and urn, we This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 16 were one of the families who worked with the City, urn, Mike, the previous Director of Recreation and Parks, to get this park in our neighborhood. Urn, there were several families, urn, Dick Dorsweiler was, uh, one of the people who was very involved in that and he's here tonight in support of this also, but...um, so we worked with the City to get this park about, I can't remember—four or five years ago—and this is just directly down the street from our house and it is our little neighborhood park and, urn, when Calder passed, urn, you know, it's difficult to, uh, to think of something good coming out of something so terrible. Urn....so my husband and I spent a lot of time thinking about what we wanted Calder's legacy to be,because at 12 you don't really leave a legacy and....urn.....so we spoke with the University and we talked to the Hospital and, um, we spoke with the School District and all the different things in town that were important to us that we thought we could leave a mark with Calder's name. And, uh, when we sat down with the City, actually just a week or two after Calder passed, urn, they offered us some options, um, and they had particularly talked about,um, developing the Riverfront Crossing Park and the need for sponsors for that to finish that park, and that really spoke to my husband and I, and as we spoke with them about the options, we talked about potentially renaming our neighborhood park, and we were able to kind of work out a....an agreement that we could kind of help with the Riverfront Crossings and....and rename our park at the same time, which, urn, really spoke with us and having Calder, uh,be part of the City and part of the legacy of Iowa City indefinitely, urn.....because we also drive past this park every time we leave our house to come and,uh, back and forth to the neighborhood so,urn, having his name be part of the City forever, or you know, for a long time, um, and we really see this as like the beginning of the journey with the City and, urn, we're working with the School District to potentially do something very large at City High, and uh,my husband and I expect to be spending....some fairly (laughs) serious money in the next five to 10 years to make sure that Calder's memory lives on and....and urn,the money that Calder was going to spend to go to college,that's what we're going to spend to do this (laughs) because he's not going to go to college now, so, urn, anyway, urn....we hope that you will also agree that, um, this is kind of a new thing for the City to name parks, and when we kind of approached the City they were kind of like, `I don't know! We aren't really sure,' cause it's not something you've done a lot of, but um, I think it's a win-win for everyone. I think, you know, if you can have citizens come to you with money and grants to improve parks, urn, to upkeep parks or you know whatever phase you're in at whichever park, urn, and....and citizens want to memorialize friends, families, community members,urn, to do that, urn, I think that feels like win-win to me. So....thank you. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 17 Throgmorton: Thanks so much! Oh, oh, Dick, you're gonna speak? Dorsweiler: I'm Dick Dorsweiler, a neighbor, and,uh, friend of Brianna and the family, and uh, I was the, uh, neighborhood contact for the City when the park went in, and they were just instrumental and key from the minute this park appeared. When the tragedy of Cal....uh, Calder's passing happened, uh,you know, what do you do? What can you do to remember or help? Uh,when this idea came through, it just sounded brilliant. You know,that's my personal response, and my wife and I thought great idea, but I emailed....I'm the Neighborhood Council representative, emailed everybody in the neighborhood, and....there's no opposition. There's simply 'this is a great idea,' `this is what a caring and compassionate city does.' So,just recommend we do it. I don't see any reason to wait, uh, waiting period I don't think would solve or....serve any purpose. So would just encourage ya to move ahead. It's a great idea! Thanks! Throgmorton: Thank you, Dick. Would anybody else like to address this topic? Okay. Seeing no one else, Council discussion? Salih: I just want to express my really support by saying sorry for your loss. This is the first time(unable to understand) about this, and as Dick said,this is really (mumbled) giving the name to this park for your child, this is showing how caring and compassionate our community is and I'm definitely support that. Botchway: I would agree. Um, you know, I had the opportunity to,urn,participate in multiple activities from the School District perspective and just have a lot of respect for Brianna and,um,you know our conversations in the past around, um, equity issues and things along those lines and I think this is a great opportunity to, um,to do this, and I'm very supportive. Thank you. Taylor: I'm also supportive and I extend my sympathy. I can't imagine the loss of a child and how terrible that'd be, but I think carrying on his legacy with this and....and then the Riverfront Crossings Park also is....is a wonderful thing. Thomas: It's a great idea. Um, I love neighborhood parks and I think they're....especially appropriate as a memorial, uh,you know to Calder who...who grew up in the neighborhood. Um, so I'm very supportive. Cole: Yeah, I am too. Um, I never had the privilege of meeting Calder and I can think of nothing more painful than going through the process that you and your family went through. Um, you handle it with incredible class, um, I followed your This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 18 Facebook posts and you know one of the things that really struck me is that as Calder got sicker and sicker, he cared even more for those around 'em, and he really showed that. I think this is a terrific legacy and I think it's the least we can do and keep us posted in any way that we can support this. It's an honor that you would think of the community in this way and I'm really proud that we can do this. Throgmorton: I....I can't add to what other people have said. Thanks so much for your generosity and....uh, I really look forward to voting yes on this. Any further discussion? Hearing none,roll call please. Motion carries 7-0. Could I have a motion to accept correspondence please? Botchway: So moved. Thomas: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Thomas. All in favor say aye. Motion carries. All right! This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 19 Item 4. Planning and Zoning Matters Item 4a Rezoning Lower West Branch Road-Lindemann—Ordinance approving an OPD-5 and OPD-8 Sensitive Areas Development Plan for Outlot H,Lindemann Subdivision, Part 2A,located South of Lower West Branch Road and North of Anna Street. (REZ18-0006) a) Public Hearing Throgmorton: Let me open the public hearing. (bangs gavel) Good evening. Bob. Miklo: Bob Miklo, Senior Planner, Department of Neighborhood and Development Services. As noted, the property is on the south side of Lower West Branch Road. It's the northern 20 acres of the,uh, Lindemann Subdivision. Uh,the Lindemann property was annexed into the City in 2001. Uh, shortly thereafter the western portion was zoned RS-5, Low Density Single-Family, and then the eastern portion was zoned(clears throat) RS-8, or Medium Density Single-Family. There was also a sensitive areas development plan, or....or zoning, applied to the entire property, uh, and that was necessary to address the stream corridor and wetlands that are present on....on the property. Um (clears throat) at the,that time,the northern 20 acres was identified for future development, uh,but there was no specific, um, sensitive areas development plan for that area. The property recently, uh, was....was sold and the new buyer,Allen Homes, is now requesting, uh, approval of a sensitive areas development plan, which is a form of planned development overlay,uh, zoning. The proposed plan includes the extension of Lindemann Drive and that would include eight single-family lots in the,uh, RS-5 or Lower Density Single-Family area. Urn, and then the extension of Danielle, uh, Drive and Kenneth Drive, as well as a new street, uh, Olivia. Um.....the,uh, majority of the land would, in this area, uh, would be,um, devoted to single- family homes. I believe there are 29, urn,lots, single-family lots in the RS-8 area, and there would be 41 townhouse-style apartment units in the, uh, northeastern corner. Urn(clears throat) and that, uh, that's basically transferring the density from outlot A,the wetland area, and clustering it, um, in....in this area. (clears throat)The plat also includes the dedication of outlot A,uh, which is roughly five acres to the City for a,uh,park. The outlot does include a stream corridor and then also,urn, some....some wetlands. (clears throat) In addition to this public open space, the plan includes roughly a half-acre in the middle of the townhouse development and this would be private open space,maintained by the homeowner's association for the....for the benefit of the....of the townhouse dwellings. Ur...the applicant is requesting a reduction of the,uh, otherwise This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 20 required 100-foot wetland buffer on the western portion of the property. Uh,the remainder of the wetland would have the full 100-foot buffer. Urn, the,um,this area where they're requesting the reduction was previously disturbed for the installation of sanitary,uh, sewer. It would also have a trail so there'd be further disturbance in that area. Urn,the sensitive areas ordinance does contain criteria, uh, that allows the City to consider wetland reductions. Um, Planning and Zoning Commission and staff have both reviewed this proposal and do recommend approval of the reduction in this area,uh,keeping in mind that the full,uh, wetland buffer would be, uh, obtained in the remainder of the....the wetland area. Uh, the Planning and Zos...Zoning Commission also agreed that the clustering met the criteria spelled out in the planned development section of the sensitive areas ordinance, and the, uh,the Commission and staff,uh,both recommend approval. Urn, images of the proposed townhouses. They are very similar to,uh, existing townhouses that were built at the corner of, urn, Scott Boulevard and, uh.....urn.....urn, Muscatine Avenue, if you've seen those. There's a variety of designs at that....that,uh, corner. Be happy to try to answer any questions. Throgmorton: Do we know anything about the design of the private play.....play area or park in the interior? Miklo: Uh,there is a....a,um,a concept plan. I apologize for not having an image of it. Urn, that would include a....a picnic area, grill areas, and then the landscaping. There was some discussion about possible, um,playground equipment but, uh, the applicant would rather leave that for a later date to see what...what the population is here and what they would want to see. Throgmorton: I ask because that could be a great asset or it could be a detriment,uh, depending on how it's....what's there and how's it managed. So I think the City staff needs to make sure it does whatever it can to make sure it's set up properly and will be well managed. Miklo: I would like to point out that,um, although,uh,much of outlot A contains wetlands and sensitive areas,there are some developable portions of it that may be appropriate for,urn, some small park structures or playground equipment, and that would be decided by Parks and Rec at a later date. Throgmorton: Any questions for Bob? Thank you, Bob! Would anybody like to address this topic? Hi,John. Nice to see ya again! This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 21 Yapp: Mayor,Members of Council, uh, John Yapp with Allen Homes. Uh, I don't have much to add, uh,to Bob's report. Uh,with me tonight is Jesse Allen and Ron Amelon from MMS Consultants. Uh, I think we had a....a good conversation with the Planning and Zoning Commission, uh, several weeks ago. Uh, we've had good discussions with City staff throughout the process of.....of this,uh, project, and uh, I'd be glad to take any questions from the Council. Cole: What about these cul-de-sacs, you know, we haven't liked those in the past. Is that because of the wetlands area that you guys did that design, we wanted the connectivity? Yapp: Yeah, I think both us and the City staff, in order to preserve that wetland area and to minimize crossings of the wetland in this case,uh, cul-de-sacs was a more logical,uh, design. Cole: Okay. Thanks. Throgmorton: Any further questions for John? (several talking) Thanks, John. Anyone else? Theisen: Hi,me again,Nicholas Theisen. 1240 Esther Court. Um, I would just like to note that this is actually a perfect opportunity to do precisely what I was noting earlier. A question, since the developer is here, that you could ask him: what percentage of this is market rate housing, because by the way, the units in this subdivision are basically twice what you are expected to pat yourselves on the back for having created. So, you might want to ask him that. Throgmorton: Any other,uh, comment? Okay, hearing none, I need to know whether the Council's inclined to vote in accordance with the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation to approve,to support the proposed rezoning. (several responding) 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. Mims: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Mims. Discussion? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 22 Thomas: I think this is a, one of....from my experience, one of the better examples of cluster development that I've seen (clears throat) where we've, urn.....clustered the development and used the cluster to shape an outdoor space of a half an acre. Uh, which appears as, you know, Jim mentioned, the programming of it is a question but I think in terms of the way it's shaped by the buildings, uh, it should lend itself to being a very.....urn.....a very attractive gathering space for the residents immediately(both talking) Throgmorton: Yeah, it's got that potential. Thomas: .....adjacent to the....to the residences, um, so I....I think that's something that ....that, um, as I recall I....I can't remember seeing it in quite this vivid an expression, uh, and then there's also the, you know,the preservation of the, urn, the wetland area. So there's kind of a nice complement of....of usable, um, outdoor space here that I think really works well. Uh, so, you know, congratulations to everyone, staff and Jesse, thank you. Throgmorton: Any further discussion? Cole: I know I sound like a broken record on this,but I continue to be impressed with the mixed, um, types of houses that we continue to see in terms of the townhomes and the single-family. Um, I think it's a good variety of housing types. Throgmorton: Uh, I agree. Uh, but....it....in the spirit of a little bit of humor, I wanna note that I attended many outdoor events at the top left-hand corner, at least where the developable lot is in the top left-hand corner, cause couple friends of mine owned .....the property just to the....just to the west of that. So the outdoor concerts there in their backyard basically. I remember it very well. Okay. 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 March 20, 2018. Page 23 Item 4. Planning and Zoning Matters Item 4b Occupancy amendments—Ordinance amending Title 14, Zoning and Chapter 17-5 Housing Code,to amend and clarify regulations related to occupancy of residential dwellings and to establish standards to ensure adequate parking and open space for both rental and owner households that promote safe,healthy, and stable residential neighborhoods a) Public Hearing Throgmorton: I'll open the public hearing. (bangs gavel) Bob! Miklo: Um, earlier this year the Council adopted amendments to the housing code to address changes in the State law regarding how cities regulate occupancy in dwelling units. Uh, we're now proposing amendments to the zoning code that work with those housing code amendments to regulate occupancy. Um, these amendments are, as stated,intended to promote safe, healthy, stable neighborhoods,uh, with a mix of housing that includes adequate parking, open space for both rental and, uh, owner households. Um, the, uh, staff memo,uh, that you received, covers the amendments in....in great detail. Um, some of those amendments, or some of these amendments, are housekeeping amendments, uh, necessary to eliminate the reference to familial status or unrelated persons as required by the....by the State code. Um,these proposed amendments will also make the, uh, housing code and....and zoning code, uh, consistent in the way that we regulate occupancy. Uh, so I'm not gonna go into detail on several aspects, but....but do want to highlight some of the,uh, the significant changes. Urn, one of the,um,things that we are proposing is to change,um,how parking is regulated. Um, for,um or...or currently, uh, a, it, one-family house is req... is required to have one parking space, and a two-family house is required to have, uh, two spaces. Plus an additional space is required for any unrelated persons (mumbled) in excess of two. Uh, because of the change in the State code, we're not able to refer to unrelated persons in our zoning code and,um,therefore we need to change the method of calculating parking. So we are proposing that one- and two-bedroom units provide one parking space,um,plus one space for, um, each adult occupant over three. Uh, this will essentially result in the, uh, the same number as our....our current standards,um, for most dwelling units,uh,but it's calculated in a different fashion,not.....not relying on familial status. Uh, it will require, as the number of....of occupants increase or adult occupants increase,uh, the number of parking spaces increase. Uh, this would be to handle a situation where you might have a....a......a rooming house with multiple drivers that there This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 24 would be, uh, an attempt to address their parking demands. A,uh, another, uh, significant amendment is, um, a change in, uh, the rear yard setback or how we, uh, calculate that. Currently in most of our residential, uh, zones, the rear yard is.....is a standard 20-feet. What we are proposing to do is a, uh, a new method for, um, properties in the Central and Downtown Planning Districts that are....are zoned, urn, medium density fingle....single-family or RS-8, uh, our neighborhood stabilization zones, RNS-12 and RNS-20, our high-density single-family zones, which is RS-12, and our low to medium density multi-family zones, which are RM-12 and RM-20. These zones, uh, are prevalent in our older neighborhoods and are close to campus and....and downtown. One of the intents of these zones is to provide opportunities for more affordable, modest size houses on.....on smaller lots. Uh, but we have seen, uh, recently that, uh, a number of these, urn... uh, types of lots have been,uh, converted to duplexes, urn, or uh, larger rooming houses by occupying much of the back yard, uh, with additions and paving. There's an example on the.....on the screen, uh,there. Um, what we're proposing is that, urn, these....the setback, uh, the rear stepback, excuse me,urn, be measured by a reduc....or taking the depth of the lot and, um, minus 80-feet. So for most lots, that would still result in a 20-foot setback,but for, um, larger lots, like this one which is approximately 160-feet deep, um, it would result in a much larger, urn, setback and it would prevent paving or covering, uh, much of the back yard. Um, again the inten....the intent of this is to preserve the,um, open space and character that we find in most of our....our.....our residential, uh, neighborhoods. It also has the, um....uh, added benefit of reducing storm water runoff or.....or pervious, uh, impervious surface. Urn, and again, this is limited to those neighborhoods in close proximity to the downtown and campus. This would not apply to most newer neighborhoods, uh, developing on the edge of town. Another, um, change in the....that we're proposing is increase....increasing the side yard setback in our multi-family zones, uh, from, uh.....um, 5-feet to 10- feet. Urn, therefore having....resulting in a 20-foot, uh, space between buildings. Um, this is to address some of the concerns we've heard about from the community,uh, in some of our higher density neighborhoods where the current 5- foot setback results in only 10-feet between buildings. Um, the intention of the greater setback is to provide more light and air circulation. Also create privacy for these,uh, for these dense neighborhoods. Another amendment that we're proposing is, uh, requiring a, um, a minimum amount of open space for, uh, most, uh....uh,types of dwelling units. Um, this would be, uh, depending on the type of dwelling units, if it's a multi-family,uh, development it would be similar to what we've seen in Riverfront Crossings, where it could be rooftop or terrace-type, uh, open space and....and we're....we've seen that in a couple of rezonings that have come before you recently. Uh, for, uh, detached single-family lots, this would be This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 25 a....we're proposing 500-square feet in the rear of the...of,uh, of the property. So that there'd be, uh, some unpaved green space available on every lot. Urn, patios or....or driveways, uh, parking areas would not count towards....towards that open space. And then we adjust the,uh, the open space requirement. It gets less depending on the density of the development. Um, we've also included a minor modification provision in this code, uh, section of the code. So if there is a....a difficult lot or a unique lot that has trouble meeting this,uh, sort of standard, um, there would be an option for them to apply for an adjustment to....to that, urn, standard. The other, um, code amendments, uh, that are....are in your packet, as I said, are related to removing the reference to familial status or unrelated persons, or to make the, um,the....the two codes—the zoning code and the housing,uh, code—consistent. We reviewed these proposals with the Planning and Zoning Commission on February 15th. The,uh, Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended approval,uh, as does staff. Be happy to try to answer any questions. Cole: Wasn't the rear setback issue something that Opticos had recommended? Miklo: That's, uh, that is true. They have....in their observations of....of development in Iowa City, that was something that they've, uh,pointed out, and this formula actually came from one of their(both talking) Cole: Okay, thank you. Throgmorton: So, Bob,just for the record, lots that cur....currently violate the setback standards and the......open space coverage requirements would be grandfathered in, would they not(both talking) Miklo: That's correct (both talking) Throgmorton: So like this one we see up here (both talking)big parking lot, yeah. They don't have to tear up the parking lot. Miklo: That's correct. Throgmorton: Yeah. Okay. Mims: Bob, for certain parts of this it mentions that the changes, like the rear setback, is in specific zoning areas in the Central and Downtown Planning District. Number This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 26 7 talks about the number of bedrooms, in attached single-family and duplex units is limited to 4. Is that across the entire city? Miklo: That would be across the entire city, yes. And....and there we're referring to townhouse style units. Uh, those are generally on fairly small lots. We typically see (both talking) Mims: Okay, so....because it's attached single-family(both talking) Okay! Miklo: ....yeah, it would not apply to the typical single-family. Mims: Okay. Throgmorton: Other questions for Bob? Thomas: Bob, was there any de.....on this rear setback, was there any discussion of, uh, applying it to say Manville Heights or Miller Orchard? Neighborhoods that I would consider to be.....you know, in the sphere of influence in terms of, you know, the.....the kinds of issues which, you know, you were referencing the Central District. I....I tend to see them as also affecting... Miklo: Yeah, um....(both talking) there was some concern about, um, how it might affect some single-family zones, and....and, um.....uh, we....initially want to target it to those areas where we're having the pressures for, um, these fairly large additions. Um, it's something we may look at, um, after.....after adoption of this. Throgmorton: Any other questions? Apparently not! Thank you, Bob. Would anybody else like to address this? Okay, if not I'm gonna close the public hearing. (bangs gavel) b) Consider an Ordinance (First Consideration) Mims: Move first consideration. Botchway: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Botchway. Discussion? Mims: I would just like to thank the staff for all the hard work on this. This....this has been something that (several talking) at the Council level we've been talkin' This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 27 about for, oh probably at least four to five years of....how to get a handle on some of these issues that....that really got exacerbated by the changes at the State level in terms of taking out that familial status,but still some of these were already issues that we had concerns about,particularly in the close-in neighborhoods,um, and I think every time you get a change like at the State level, it's not necessarily, uh,real easy to figure out how you adjust to those and how you.....how you can make changes to protect, you know, our neighborhoods in light of....of what they did. So, and I know it hasn't been easy and it's certainly been time-consuming and I think these are some really good changes. Obviously we may at times get some feedback that we may find that we need to tweak some things. I think that's something that we've talked about a lot as we've made some pretty significant changes over the last couple years. Um....but I think it's a great step forward to....to continue to try and stabilize and protect these neighborhoods that have such pressure on them. So, I want to thank staff for the efforts. Botchway: I would wholeheartedly agree! Hit a lot of the points I was going to mention! Thomas: I think, uh, Karen Howard put.....this was kind of her last hurrah (laughs)um, before leaving, uh, so thank you Karen and staff. Um, yeah, it's it's..... sometimes kind of interesting how things evolve, because....I, uh, I know I personally have been advocating for open space requirements through our residential zones and, um....uh, low and behold we have this....this,um, action by the State legislature(laughs) which ends up triggering, uh, usable open space through our residential zones. So....you just never know how things will play out,but....a lot of work went into this. I....I do think we now have,um, really I think a better strategy in terms of trying to manage, you know, diversity within our neighborhoods. I do have some concerns about....what might happen in terms of, uh, not limiting additions in certain parts of the city, but I guess we'll just have to pay attention to that, see....see how that plays out. Cole: I feel the same way. I'm actually feeling a lot better about where we are now as opposed to where we were after the(mumbled)made that change related to occupancy. And as you say, John, I think that's really caused us to look at a lot of things that maybe we should have updated anyway, and I think this process has actually been sort of good for us. So we'll see how it goes. Um, but I was going to say the same thing too. I mean, thanks to our staff, I mean this is incredibly complex and technical, um, and I think they really captured the spirit of what we're trying to accomplish, um, but actually make it work. So,thank you very much and I'm going to support it. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 28 Throgmorton: (mumbled) point you just made, Rockne, reminds that this is an example of how we as a Council, or individual Council Members, can't really understand and get into the real nuts and bolts, the nitty gritty of each of these....these kinds of ordinances, cause they're very (both talking) Cole: Technical (several talking) Throgmorton: ...deep! Very complex, and....thankfully we have good people like Bob helpin' us on this. 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 March 20,2018. Page 29 Item 4. Planning and Zoning Matters Item 4c Rezoning 1st and Muscatine for Kum & Go and Hospice— Ordinance conditionally rezoning approximately 0.5 acres of property located at 1010 S. First Avenue from Low Density Single-Family Residential (RS-5) to Community Commercial (CC-2), 1022 S. First Avenue from Low Density Single-Family (RS-5) to Commercial Office (CO-1) and a portion of 1025 Wade Street from Commercial Office (CO-1) to Community Commercial (CC-2). (REZ17-00019) (Second Consideration) Throgmorton: This is second consideration,but the applicant has requested 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. Taylor: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Taylor. Discussion? Hearing none, roll call please. Motion carries 7-0. Mims: Move final adoption at this time. Botchway: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Botchway. Discussion? Botchway: So first off, Pauline got two yeses in there (laughter) I want to comment on that (laughs) No, I....I did miss the last Council meeting where we had the first consideration on this, and so I....I did wanna, you know, state, you know, spring break afforded some time to talk to residents. I still feel weird about this project. Um....um, you know, I....I expressed some of those concerns at our prior Council meetings. Um, this is one of the only, you know, on that corner that's going to be on.....it's weird how I'm going to say 'on the corner....to the corner,' on the corner and to the corner, it just is a weird juxtaposition for me, um, and again, we're looking at it from that vantage point. I'm sure I may feel differently as it's being built. I've had some Facebook conversations as well with people that, you know, I guess, um, you don't necessarily see.....didn't necessarily see eye-to-eye with, you know, why I was focusing on...so much on this project, and I think that This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 30 Geoff had mentioned during our prior Council meeting that this is really a result of the zoning aspects of it, and so I don't....I'm not so much focused on the Kum n' Go aspect of it as I was more of what I was seeing, and again, I'm just not feelin' comfortable with the particular property, um, in this neighborhood and how it was being, again, positioned, um, on the corner at this particular way. However, um, I understand the safety aspects, urn, I'm.....I'm very appreciative of some of the things that are going to change and go into that area that's regularly used and so I'm going to be supportive and so I just wanted to say that because I didn't get a chance to say it last time.....on the issue. Throgmorton: If I could, Bob, last meeting you said that the developer had agreed to a few, uh, changes to the external aesthetics of the building. Do you remember what those changes were? Miklo: Yeah, the um....I believe I have an updated image. Um....although this isn't quite up to date, I did have a discussion with them today. They.....this will be a glass door in.....in the new design. They've extended the canopy and they've also introduced a herringbone pattern in the brick, um, in these areas. Throgmorton: Yeah, are we lookin' at the....from, um, from Muscatine (both talking) Miklo: This is from, um, Muscatine looking south. Throgmorton: Yeah. Miklo: So this is what you would see at the corner. Previous plan was basically a blank wall. Throgmorton: Okay. Good! Thank you. Uh, any further discussion? Hearing none, roll call please. Motion carries 7-0. Could I have a motion to accept correspondence please? Botchway: So moved. Thomas: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, 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 March 20, 2018. Page 31 Item 5. Water Rate Public Hearing Resolution - Ordinance amending Title 3, Entitled "Finances, Taxation and Fees," Chapter 4, entitled "Schedule of Fees, Rates, Charges, Bonds, Fines and Penalties," and Title 16, entitled "Public Works," Chapter 3, entitled "City Utilities," Article A, entitled "General Provisions," Section 5 entitled "Establishing City Utility Accounts; Deposits Required" a) Public Hearing Throgmorton: I'll open the public hearing. (bangs gavel) Good evening, Dennis! Bockenstedt: Uh, good evening, Dennis Bockenstedt, Finance Director for the City. Uh, tonight is first consideration of an amendment to the City's water rate ordinance. Uh, the primary changes under consideration tonight include a 5% across the board water rate increase. Uh, this was included as part of the fiscal year 2019 adopted budget and, uh, that rate increase would take effect on July l51 of this year. Also included, uh, in this amendment is an elimination of the$1.00 SurePay discount, uh, that customers receive for participating in the SurePay program. Uh, there's also a number of other maintenance and clean-up charges included in this amendment, uh, the most notable of that is the codification of the low-income da .....uh, discount program, and just also's a note and reminder that the, uh, the water fund is a utility fund,uh, that is fully funded from its water fees and uh, this rate increase will allow, uh, for adequate funding for the CIP and water maintenance replacement programs over the next five years. And I will take any questions if you have any. Throgmorton: Could you remind me please of how the low-income discount program works? Bockenstedt: Sure! If there's a individual that qualifies under another eligible income program, such as SSDI, then they would automatically qualify for this program. Uh, it gives them a 75% discount off their, uh,minimum water and sewer, and storm water rates, and also gives 'em....or a 60% off of those and 75% off their refuse collection rates. Throgmorton: Thank you. Botchway: Dennis, I have two questions, one related to Jim's in a sense, and so.....I remember working at the County and having conversations, it might have been with general assistance, about, um....I think water fees for turning back on water. Was that any type of discussion or incorporation within the low dis.....the low- This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 32 income discount program or was this a conversation we had at the staff level at all? Bockenstedt: Yeah,we....we did have a lot of those conversations, and this was part of our,um, our racial and social economic toolkit discussion and we ran through those and one of the things that we had to talk about and be careful about was unintended consequences of the things we were tryin' to do, um, by lowering rates or changing up how we were doing things, cause some of those things they've come about through years of development and finding out what worked and what didn't work and....and what we found out through that progre....or that process was that,uh,those individuals that participated in the low-income....income discount program, uh, were far fewer or far less likely to receive those types of fees and charges. And so really we decided it was a better course of action to try and get more of those people that were eligible onto that program versus lower the fees and charges that had come about through a separate process, um, and create some other unintended consequence that we didn't want to achieve. So....so that's where, uh, low-income discount program, we.....we think is effective and.....and we want to continue to try and promote that program. Frain: And so with that program you're seein' now.....hopefully you've seen a little bit more marketing of that program. Urn, as well as an appeal to our existing customers to contribute, which we haven't done before. This is the first time we've actually gone to customers and say `check a box' and donate a$1, $5, or $10, whatever you can, uh,to....to put into this low-income,uh, discount program for us. Salih: I just want to just like really(unable to understand) program. It's really great program. I used to be in that program when I was a student, and it helped me a lot. I know a lot people who are in that program and also I really want to thank the people who work in this program, the way that they want to advertise it,they want to reach out to more peoples so they can know about it. I've been invited to (unable to understand) as a member of the Center for Worker Justice so they can give me application so we can put it out there and just send it out to the community. (unable to understand) awesome program, yeah. Bockenstedt: And we are planning to do some additional direct mailers,uh,into different parts of the city and those should be going out in the next few weeks. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 33 Monroe: Uh, with some language translations, right? I thought that the plan was to also offer, urn, some information about the program in a and translation of languages (both talking) Bockenstedt: Yeah(mumbled) in five different languages and is....is on our web site. Botchway: So, you know, I made a comment/question, so it sounds like we're getting some good promotion around this and so, you know, from a media, uh, perspective, it'd be great to get some more stuff(laughter) but I'll leave that as an aside. Urn, the second question I had was, urn, related to....said, so it said some of the increases, um, some of the increases were....we hadn't done from prior years based on that study. Is there....uh.....are we going to see increases next year, um....(both talking) Bockenstedt: We're not anticipating (both talking) Botchway: ....well it seems like we were back....I think it said 3%, another 5% in 2011, maybe 15, but that didn't happen, and so we're using the 5% now, and so is there going to be another 3%jump later on or is that.....in the plans? Bockenstedt: We're not anticipating any right now. We're hopin' that this rate increase will be the last one we'll do for a while. Botchway: Okay. Bockenstedt: Um, you know we've achieved some savings through, uh (mumbled) findings and some favorable interest rates, uh, on those bonds, and so we're hopin' that through this rate increase, uh, that the.....the level of CIP funding that we're going to be able to achieve is gonna really sustain us over the next five year program, um, in our....that we've come up through out CIP. So right now we're not anticipating any. Mims: One of the things I'd respond to that, Kingsley, that's been really positive. When ...one of the things that happened not too long after we hired Tom Markus as City Manager, really started looking in some of our budgeting. We had certain fees that really....the City really hadn't addressed like in six, eight, 10 years and so when we made changes, they were big changes, and one of the things that Tom really brought in was looking, one looking at where those needed to be,but then trying to look at them every year or two, and so whether it's the bus passes, you know, cost for bus rides or water or, um, the Landfill or whatever, as we go This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 34 through the budgeting process every year or two,making sure we look at those so that when we do make increases,they're not huge increases. They're a little more - incremental and....and I think staff has done a great job in kind of doing that on an annual basis and....so that it's every year or two or three,whatever, depending upon which fee it is that we probably are seeing those increases just....I mean we've got inflation. We've got staff costs, etc. They're always going to be going up gradually at some point. Fruin: In an ideal world they're makin' those small incremental ones, but we're also staggering them so on your utility bill, um, you're not getting an increase in waste and water and sewer, storm water, all in the same year(both talking) Mims: ....same year. Fruin: We're tryin' to do our best to,um, make sure that they're....they're small and they're staggered. It's not always easy, but uh, we've been successful the last few years in doing that. Throgmorton: Any other questions for Dennis? Thanks, Dennis. Okay, anybody else like to address this topic? Seeing no one I'm going to close the public hearing. (bangs gavel) b) Consider an Ordinance(First Consideration) Botchway: Move resolution. Salih: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Salih. Discussion? Cole: All I'll say is Iowa City used to not have very good water and now we have outstanding water, so anything to continue to do that and to support that we need to support so.... Mims: (mumbled) after about what, 20 or$30 million water plants (laughs) Cole: But it was not good and now it's great! (several talking and laughing) Throgmorton: ....mockery used to be relentless! This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 35 Cole: (both talking) ...so glad that that Council did that! (laughter) Throgmorton: All right! Any further discussion? Hearing none, roll call please. Motion carries 6.....7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 36 Item 6. Establish Urban Renewal Plan -Resolution determining an area of the city to be an economic development area, and that the rehabilitation,conservation, redevelopment, development, or a combination thereof, of such area is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety or welfare of the residents of the city; designating such area as appropriate for an urban renewal project; and adopting the Foster Road Urban Renewal Plan therefore. a) Public Hearing Throgmorton: I'll open the public hearing. (bangs gavel) Wendy! Ford: Good evening, Council. I'm Wendy Ford, Economic Development Coordinator, and tonight you have before you a resolution to consider adoption of a new urban renewal area, and that is one here on Foster Road, or what will be Foster Road, that connects Dubuque Street, uh, to Prairie Du Chien. Urn, and you can see with the blue border here the....the area just south of Interstate 80, uh, east of Dubuque Street, and obviously west of Prairie Eu Chien that this covers. Developers, um, for an area in this, urn, urban....for, uh, a few parcels in this urban renewal area have sought City assistance to build the Foster Road connections. So that, uh, establishment of an urban renewal area is the first step for us to be able....for you to be able to consider doing that. This connection between Dubuque and Prairie Du Chien offers significant public benefits because it will provide access to northside neighborhoods; it will facilitate faster emergency vehicle response times; and it will alleviate some traffic pressures on other north end areas there. And as I said, in order for us to be able to consider assisting with TIF on the building of that road, we need to first establish a....an urban renewal area. A development agreement between the City and the developer will follow in the weeks to come, urn,but the financing concept is one where we would enter into a....a, basically a cost-sharing agreement with that developer(clears throat) urn, and the TIF funds would be rebated. So only after development occurred would they be rebated back to the developer for the agreed ubon....agreed upon portion of, um....the.....the road. And that's still under negotiation right now. So today you're just considering the establishment of the urban renewal area. What's especially interesting about this urban renewal area is, urn, the type of area that it is. It is an economic development area, appropriate for, uh, public improvements related to non-LMI, or low-to moderate-income housing, and that's important because,urn, it addresses infrastructure for regular housing projects, and in, uh, in this type of urban renewal area, there are a couple of distinction.....a couple of distinctions. One is that it requires the municipality, us, to set aside a portion of This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 37 the TIF increment made available by the development that occurs on it. It requires us to set an aside amount equal to the percentage of LMI households in the county. So in Johnson County that's about 45%. So of the entire increment that gets generated, 45% is required to be set aside by the municipality for use for affordable housing, um, activities, and you have a plan you have established, um uh, going forward. So, uh, and you can decide then what to do with that. The other unique thing about this kind of urban renewal area is that it has a ton....a 10-year sunset and it's done. So there's a limited timeframe for that development to occur, 45% of the, uh, increment that is generated from it gets set aside in our own affordable housing, uh, for our own affordable housing activities, and the other 55% then, uh, over those 10 years, can be rebated to the developer for the agreed upon costs of the road. And just as a.....uh, a point of interest, we of course do some estimations on what the value of that developments will be, um, or could be in that area, and using the, um, the drawings that the developer has for, um....uh, development on about the eastern two-thirds of the road, at the far right of the slide here, would be where the road, the new road would intersect with Prairie Du Chien. So you can see a kind of a....a wide U-shaped building there in the middle and then several, um, several townhome-type buildings below. The value, the property, uh, value of those buildings could generate up to $4.6 million in TIF increment, uh, over the course of those 10 years. 45% of that would be$2.1 million that could go into our affordable housing bucket, as somebody referred to it as. And the other 55%, about 2.5 million, could be used towards the road if we so agreed to spend, uh, to spend that much. Uh, the cost structure that is being discussed,um, at this time for that section of the road, urn, is such that the area that the developer owns, down to the property line here at the lower left of this diagram, from....or I should say all the way to Prairie Du Chien, uh, is that we would, the City would, uh, essentially share the cost 50/50 with the developer on that,uh, on that part of the road. From the point in the lower left to Dubuque Street, that would be 100% on the City. The, uh,beauty, if you want to call it, of this project, is that the developer would build the entire road, get it built, get it paid for, create the increment that then would allow for us to participate in the financing of that 50/50 section there in the 100.....in the 100%,uh, section on the....on the western third-ish....or so. So kind of a unique concept for, um, TIF area.....or for TIF projects that we've done in a kind of a unique urban renewal type of area. Any questions? I'd be happy to answer. Throgmorton: There may be questions, but I'd like to just say that it....it's a new type of TIF for me. So....one continually learns in this job (laughs) It's always something new coming along. It looks like a really good.....um, tool for us to use in this context. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 38 So, do we have questions for Wendy? Wow, no questions for you! So, somethin' else is gonna be comin' our way in the near future I guess. Ford: Yes, it will. Salih: I just want to ask you, is this like....uh, multiple use area, like residential and businesses(both talking) Ford: Oh yeah, good question! Thank you! Uh....so the, uh,the wide U-shaped building that I described in the middle there is going to be a senior residential housing facility, one where, uh, 55-plus people would be able to buy condos. It would include parking underneath and in the back of the building,behind there. So it'd be 100%residential, about 50.....I want to say 56 units, approximately 56 units in there. And then the,um,the other buildings that you see a little bit,uh, to the west and south are all townhomes,and they're configured in,uh,blocks of three, four, and I think there's a couple of blocks of five or so. And they....they will be comprised of.....and I don't have the bedroom mixes,but varying bedroom types and sizes. Also numbering about 53, I think, townhomes in the whole thing. So all residential there. Um, eventually there may be, uh, a commercial building proposed for the very, urn,northeast corner of the lot. But that's far enough out on the horizon for the developer that we didn't even include it in our estimates for, urn,the TIF generation that could happen,uh, allowing us to help pay for the road. Throgmorton: We just completed a rezoning on this, didn't we? Ford: Yes,January(both talking) I want to say(both talking) Throgmorton: ...I mean,things come and go but....yeah. Thanks. Other questions? Salih: And(unable to understand) after we establish this like urban renewal area, and after that they will come and request for the TIF,right? Ford: Uh huh. Salih: (unable to understand) and also all the requirement that we have on the TIF will be happening like say affordable housing and all this kind of things. Ford: All of(both talking) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 39 Salih: Like 15% of the...or this is not... Froin: This would be a different type of TIF, because we're focusing on the infrastructure itself and because of the nature of the urban renewal area,we would not impose, urn, the 15%requirement, uh, within the development itself. What we would is we would take that....that$2 million estimated over 10 years and invest it elsewhere in the community. We could choose to invest it in this are if we wanted to, uh, but we could also have the flexibility to....to invest that in other parts of the community. So...the way that we would anticipate, absent direction from you, is we would take those funds and probably just plug them into the existing distribution formula that you have with some funds going to the....the Trust Fund, some funds going to land banking, and so on. Throgmorton: Hearing no further questions, thank you, Wendy. Would anybody else like to address this topic? Theisen: I'm gonna keep harping on these points because they deserve being harped on. Um, so once again we have an example of a development that is by the way 100% market rate housing, and it's really quite galling how once again the City prefers an elaborate Rube Goldberg machine in which affordable housing will get its money, you know, eventually, and the thing is, it's $2 million over 10 years, which by the way in yearly increments is not actually that much. But....but meanwhile, a bunch of....relatively expensive condos and townhomes will be built so the rich people get their houses and the poor, well, maybe they'll get housing eventually. Thanks! Throgmorton: Thank you,Nick. Anybody else? All right. Seeing no one else, I'm going to close the public hearing. (bangs gavel) b) Consider a Resolution Botchway: Move resolution. Thomas: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Thomas. Discussion? Botchway: So I'm gonna agree with Jim and I think this is kind of a new type of TIF, and so you know This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 40 Mims: It's not a TIF. Botchway: Or type of.....(several talking) Sorry, urn, in the TIF....or ultimately some of the money that's being generated from that, um, will be corning towards affordable housing, so I appreciate, you know, Wendy, urn, you know, you coming before us and kind of explaining a little bit more about that. Um, you know, I...I would say that, urn, and,Nicholas, I plan on, you know, tryin' to catch ya hopefully afterwards. I was trying to look up your email real quick, or even on Facebook and couldn't find ya. Urn, but you know, I think that.....for....for me and, you know, being somewhat outspoken on affordable housing, I....I do.....I do like this step that the City's taken. You know, I think that, urn, we're not so removed where we weren't taking, urn, the substantial steps, especially from a funding perspective, urn, on affordable housing, and so I do want to commend the City staff, urn, for looking at this way of, you know, this particular road and this project as a way of....of moving forward, and you know, I'm appreciative of 2.2 million. I think there's other....there's other revenue and things that we're gonna discuss from a work session standpoint later on down the toad that I think I'm gonna harp on as far as, you know, how can we do more in the sense of what Nicholas is talking about, or Mr. Theisen's talking about, urn, but I do want to make sure, urn, that we,you know, we do....I wouldn't say pat ourselves on the back,but definitely pat City staff on the back for giving us a project that, you know, I feel, you know, at least crosses off some boxes for me as far as moving forward in a....in the direction that I can be proud of. Mims: Are we still in the public hearing? Have we closed that yet? Salih: No, they close it (several talking) Okay, I just wanna say like the earliest Item#4 for the rezoning, uh, Lower West Branch Road, and everybody agree and said that's really good project where they have like different kind of mix, uh, you know, kind of housing like singles and, uh, townhouses and everything. Yeah, that's true, it's really good project, but who gonna live there? It still the people who can't afford to buy those. You know to me as like as long as there is no like some part of affordable housing there, we still, you know, makin' the....dividing the communities and making people like live in this area who...who are not, you know, really low-income or the people who really rich people,just as Nicholas said, you know in this also project I guess, um....you telling me this is like (unable to understand)but at the end of the day we giving out TIF, and TIF is TIF I guess, and the we....we need....and we given out money then we need to figure out how, what we need out of that money and, uh,just like taken....I....I understand like the$2.1 million for the affordable housing. But you know,just... This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 41 this is not really the thing we want to see. I want to see actual affordable housing in this kind of area. They have a lot of house gonna build there,but why not having some affordable housing there so we still we can have like,uh, you know, mix people,mix income people living there. If we can find like a way to when we give out TIF we just ask,you know, as the City, you know,maybe I don't know, like there is many....I need many times to understand the TIF but I just saying, as long as we given out money, we can just say what we want from them to do. And I hope this is the early discussion for this,but I hope when we come and talk about TIF, we....we need to put that(unable to understand) We need to have some kind of affordable housing component everywhere that we give out TIF. Fruin: If I....this may be helpful. Urn, if I were to contrast this with the way we would typically approach a....a.....a TIF deal and the nature of the development is pushing us in this.....in this direction, but what....what you would get here is we would work with the.....the developer,um,on....his, urn, buildings that are being built. So you would get half a road. You wouldn't get the road all the way through Dubuque, because the developer's not gonna....not gonna push that through. Urn, and you would get 15%of those units that would be TIF'd for a ....I think...recalling our TIF policy at 15 or 20-year, 15-year period. After 15 years, those units would no longer be affordable. They would go to market rate. So by taking this approach,we're generating the 2.1 million, estimated. Yes, it's over that 10-year period,but we can take those funds and invest them in projects like you heard about today from Maryann and from Tracey,that have longer affordability periods,that meet a very....a.....a lower income threshold, whether that's 30,40, or 60%. Um,we think we can get more....bang for your buck essentially,urn,by doing that. Even if you took the number of units and you said there's a 15%affordability requirement, and then you look at our fee in lieu of, just using the Riverfront Crossings examp....example, you wouldn't generate that 2 million. So I think with this case, with this approach, yes,there's not a requirement for affordable units, but we're generating more dollars. We're gettin' more value out of it from a public infrastructure standpoint. We're getting the road all the way through,which helps not only this particular neighborhood,but helps the greater region,uh, as a...an important east-west connection. So, I understand that we....we'd like to get more and more and more,but urn, at least from a staff perspective, we feel like this is a really, really good approach here that's gonna open up some opportunities elsewhere in the community. We can still achieve affordable units in here. If we wanna invest some of that increment, back in here, we can work with the developer to do so. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 42 Salih: Is the developer going to sell those units or it is for renting? I don't know. What you mean if...if they being affordable it will be only for 15 years? You mean (both talking) Froin: That's the TIF policy (several talking) Salih: Yes I know, that TIF policy, but if he selling the unit.....and (unable to understand) the affordable one (unable to understand) and is not gonna be for like 15 years. It's automatically mine. Mims: (mumbled) ....that 15 year affordability is on rental property. I mean (both talking) Fruin: Yeah, I....yeah, I....I'd have to go back and look at(several talking) Salih: Then we....we really have to go and see this and really, you know,try to...is this something for sale? (unable to understand) I know I understand the Riverfront Crossing is like most of them are renting. Maybe that's why it's 15 years. And, uh, after that we know that is no longer. That's why it's good to take the fee in lieu and just build....use it somewhere else. But if this like houses where they gonna sell it to people, okay, sell 15% affordable! This way we will achieve our affordable housing crisis that we have. We are not doing anything about this, by the way. Fruin: Typically when you have an affordable housing requirement on a sale, if it was 15 years on a sale, then if that person decides to sell after year 15, it...it's.....there's no guarantee that......the affordability doesn't run with the property. Salih: Yeah, I understand what you saying but as long as we sell it affordable for the people who like by income, then we know who get it, and those people are low income, later on in the future become....they....they no longer low income, that's our goal! We don't want them to be low income all the time. Fruin: I understand. I understand what you're sayin'. Salih: Yeah. Taylor: I....actually agree with Geoff and some of the comments he made, uh, cause I was really encouraged by Maryann in her presentation, and what we're going to have in the Riverfront Crossing, and I think it may seem like baby steps to some of This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 43 you, but it is....it is progress, more than what we've seen before, and I think one thing....what you're looking at is that we need to work with the developers and encourage the developers, when....when (both talking) Salih: Uh huh! Taylor: ....when....when they are....are making housing, um....developments to have it affordable. Uh, I...I, in our packet I showed you, uh, some examples of tiny homes in....in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and it's a wonderful project and those are things that we can do, and if we can encourage developers to do that kind of, uh, thing, but I think Geoff's point about the $2.1 million and....and having it upfront and now rather than, uh, having this sunset in 10, 15 years, uh, is....is positive and we have to look at it that way. And actually what now we're just looking at is...is ....is approving it as the urban renewal plan and not really (both talking) Salih: Sure! I understand, but really to comment on your, uh, I saw the project that you (unable to understand) tiny houses. But do you think that what we want....for our resident to live at? It's really tiny! (both talking) And uh, it is tiny, and I think that when I went back to the history of this country, I find out (unable to understand) house being....being done long time ago. Are we going back or are we going forward? (unable to understand) like if I am a low income family who have four children, I'm not gonna live in those kind of houses. I don't....that's my own opinions. I don't think we want to build those kind of houses for our low income people,because they are low income and they(unable to understand) tiny houses. Throgmorton: Any other discussion? Mims: I'm supportive of the urban renewal. Cole: The only thing I would say is we talk about this 2.1 million, um, number. Geoff, that can be used for like LIHTC if one of those projects would come in the future, and the thing that really struck me, I remember I had coffee with Maryann Dennis a couple years ago and she talked about leveraging equity, um, and private developer equity, and I think the number she talked about was $4.1 million. So I'm hoping we can use this fund strategically to multiple this so it's not just the $2.1 million. We can leverage a huge multiple of that and, um, you know, I wanna make more progress. By the same token I think we have to celebrate all the progress that we do make, um, so I'm supportive of it, and I want to give a shout out to Rick Dobyns. Didn't he advocate for this for a long time? Uh, so it really This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 44 sort of goes to show that over time, sometimes you don't,uh, move forward on certain projects,but eventually you get those projects through. So,urn, shout out to Rick Dobyns on this. Throgmorton: (both talking) Cole: ...to HyVee more quickly. Throgmorton: You mean extending Foster Road? Cole: Yeah, extending Foster Road. Yeah. Throgmorton: Well, if Rick's listening, he'll appreciate(laughter)the compliment. So I think this is a deft use of an available tool, and I'm very pleased the staff was able to figure out how to do this, and uh, extending Foster Road through will have a major effect on the northside,and it'll have a major effect on traffic in....in the whole northern par....corridor, nor....northern part of Iowa City. Uh, so, um... that's a good thing, and some discussions'll have to take place about the roadway design of....of Foster Road and, you know, that'll take place later on. Yeah. So, John,or anybody else,uh(both talking) Thomas: I'll just quickly say I.....I certainly, I like your use of the word `deft.' (laughs) It's yet another....another strategy we can apply. Uh, I, you know, I think the question of affordable housing can be frustrating. I mean obviously, uh, I....I'm ...I'm confident(laughs) everyone on Council would like to move it as for....as well as we can move forward on affordable housing. Uh, I....I would also say that I think, you know, simply by adding supply, we're going to be affecting housing costs. I mean there is a relationship between su....supply and, you know, the cost of housing, as we continue to increase the supply. Typically affordable housing is....is a filtering down,you know, it's....it's usually homes that have been.....were built 15 to 20 years ago,that were,you know,the latest and best shiny thing when they were built are now affordable 10 to 15 years down the road. So....cause new....new construction is always expensive. I mean I know we can try to.....and I do very much want to reduce the cost of....of new housing, but I think just increasing the supply will have an effect on the market as well. And I....I'd like to get a better understanding of that, but I think that....that rule does apply. Throgmorton: And we'll revisit a lot of this with regard to, uh, im....strengthening our affordable housing action plan. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 45 Salih: Sure! Throgmorton: 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 March 20, 2018. Page 46 Item 8. Amendment to IC Marketplace agreement-Resolution approving an Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for Private Redevelopment by and between the City of Iowa City and CORE Sycamore Town Center, LLC. Throgmorton: Could I have a motion to approve please? Botchway: So moved. Taylor: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Taylor. Discussion? Wendy, are you gonna address us? Ford: Yes, if you'd like me to! Throgmorton: Please! Ford: Um, as you may remember, uh, in late 2014, November of 2014, Council entered into an agreement with the owners of what was then known as Sycamore Mall, um, for a renovation project that would, uh, help sort of stem the tide of events that would happen because of the, uh, relocation of the Von Mauer....Maur store that had been the anchor there. Um, we....we gave them, uh, instruction, uh, as to.....or our agreement said, um, that they needed to spend at least $4.4 million, um, in reinvestment in the project, and we had specific, uh, improvements that they were to do to both the interior and the exterior, and those focused mainly on, uh, pedestrian accessibility and making the facades look better, improving signage, opening entryways, um, and....and their goal was to, um, give it more of a neighborhood, uh, shopping center feel, and one that was less like a mall. They used the word `demallify' several times, um, and more like, uh, mom and pop shops that you could enter, uh, from the parking lot. So we asked them to invest $4.4 million, um, in exchange for, uh, $1.75 million, uh, tax increment financing in rebates,uh, after completion of these, um, of these stipulations. Also included were the stipulations of, um,retail occupancy that, uh, they needed to meet certain levels by certain dates. Um, and they needed to complete everything by, um, last November of 2017. While every year as you know we go through and we monitor our projects and, um, we knew that there were, um, some shortcomings there and their completions, and they asked us at that time if they could be granted an amendment to the agreement that would essentially extend the timeframe allowable for them to complete the, um, improvements they needed to do. They have in fact, urn, spent quite a bit more than$4.4 million. I think they're up to This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 47 about five point.....it's in here, uh $5 point something million. They've actually, uh....uh, they're actually ending up with, uh, more tenant square foot, urn, space being rented than they had planned in the first place,but getting everything to fit over the, uh, the last months of the agreement is what, uh, what challenged them timewise. They had to move a couple of retailers out to make room for,uh, what would be, uh, Joanne's Fabric moving, or Joanne's Fabric and Crafts now moving into, urn, the largest part of the space. They also had to have room for staging construction to get that ready, and....and moving folks around, taking, um, some retailers out, uh, compromised their ability to meet the occupancy requirements as of last November. So the amended agreement extends the timeframe by which they have to make all these changes to,uh, July 1'of 2018, and....and yet to be completed are, um, the finishing the exterior remodeling of the new retail spaces, some of the parking lot, uh, renovations, and also facade improvements as well, and we, uh, in the amendment to the agreement, allowed for last November slip in, uh, retail occupancy because the explanation of what they had to do to get Joanne's in there and built was reasonable. So, um, in a sense that recaps what the amendments are. Um, they have met several of the minimum improvements. I think most notably of which is the, urn,they've hit the, uh, required 15% increase in, uh, property, uh, tax value, or property valuation. So they're increased the property taxes by 15% as well. Um, and they also have made the significant,uh, a significantly greater investment in the project than we required them to in the....in the first place. So that's what you have before you today. Throgmorton: Thank you, Wendy. Any questions for Wendy? I don't hear any! Thanks, Wendy. Mims: Just glad to see the improvements over there. That's a key anchor on the east side of town, so....(both talking) Throgmorton: Yeah, there've been quite a few improvements, right? Kingsley, surely you have something to say about this too. Botchway: No, I'm just excited, you know, I think....I think I remember(laughs) saying at the time that I was really excited about this moving forward, and so I'm just hopeful that this continues and we see more of the improvements. Throgmorton: Further discussion? Roll call please. Motion carries 7-0. Good night, Wendy! (laughter) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 48 Item 9. Revised Complete Streets Policy—Resolution adopting a Complete Streets Policy for the City of Iowa City and rescinding Resolution No. 15-81 Salih: So moved. Throgmorton: Moved by Salih. Seconded by.... Mims: Second. Throgmorton: ....Mims. Good evening, Kent. Ralston: Good evening. Uh, Kent Ralston,Transportation Planner. Uh,just a real quick update for you all. Uh, at your October 17th,uh, 2017, uh, Council work session, uh, the Council indicated support for adding several collision-based performance measures to the existing complete streets policy, uh, that you had adopted several years back. As many of you may remember, the complete streets policy is intended to ensure that roadway, uh, and all public rights-of-way are designed to accommodate all users and modes of transportation, including motorists, bikes, pedestrians,uh, trips by buses, and so forth. Um, and through the use of the policy the City expects to realize,uh, a host of long-term benefits, including improved public health, reduced fuel consumption, reduced, uh, demand for motor vehicles, and....and so on and so forth. Uh, by way of background, back in 2007, uh, the City of Iowa City adopted one of the state's, uh, first complete streets policies, and then again in 2015 that policy was, um, really overhauled and added,uh,primarily performance measures, as well as some criteria for exemptions, and it really....it really bolstered those, uh, within the policy. Staff has draf....drafted a revised complete streets policy that addresses the, uh, Council's wishes, I believe, and before, uh, in addition to collision-based performance measures, uh, we're also proposing two additional, and those four performance measures that we are hoping to add are the number and severity of vehicle collisions, the number and severity of bicycle and pedestrian collisions, the number of trips by bicycles and pedestrians, uh, before and after, uh, we might have implemented a complete streets,uh, element to a corridor, and then the number of passenger trips by transit, as well. Unless there's any questions, uh, staff recommends the City Council approve the attached resolution that's before you tonight, adopting the revised complete streets policy and rescinding resolution 15-81, and again I'd be happy to answer any questions that you might have. Throgmorton: Okay! Urn, do we have a motion on the floor? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 49 Botchway: So moved. (several talking) Salih: Second. Throgmorton: No, we already had one(several talking) Sorry! (laughter) I got distracted. Sorry! So,uh, any questions for Kent? Thomas: 1 just had one question, Kent. On the, urn.....the collisions, uh, it's written number and severity of vehicle collisions. Does that mean that would result in a number of vehicle collisions, and then a number of col....of those collisions which are either severe or fatal? Is that.... Ralston: Yeah, definitely, and I think that's part of the conversation we had,uh, last fall is that we can break those out certainly by number of collisions and then by severity, whether it's a minor accident, major accident, uh, fatality of course and those sorts of things, so we can....we can lay that all out for you, and really the four, urn, additional performance measures that are proposed can be used either on a corridor or they can be used system wide. So I think again part of that discussion last fall was that, you know, for instance when we,urn, implement a road diet, or a four to three-lane conversion, uh, primarily we're doing that because of the safety benefits. So in this case we can look at that corridor, uh, pre-improvement and say there were, you know, a hundred collisions and then we can look post- improvement, maybe a year or two later and say now we're hopefully down to 50. You know, whatever that number might be (both talking) Thomas: So we'll have locational information as well. Ralston: Correct, or system wide. So I think it's helpful both ways. It'll be helpful sort of globally and then just on those particular corridors that we've been,uh, improving. Cole: Have we been able to determine any trends so far? Little bit off topic, on the four to three-lane conversions. Just out of curiosity. Ralston: Not so far. Urn, we have been waiting for things to sort of calm down on First Avenue. We're still working out some signal timing issues. So I think once those are addressed we'd like to go back in and recount(mumbled) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 50 Thomas: One....one thing I would....I would ask, uh, that we add to this would be under the street trees......which we've, is noted here as the number of projects. Uh, I would suggest we add to that the number of trees planted. Throgmorton: Sounds like a good idea to me. Ralston: Instead of number of projects,just (both talking) Thomas: You could do both, um, but I....I think it's important to....to have the number of frees as well. Cole: Yeah, that sounds good to me. Throgmorton: Yeah (several talking) I'm on board with that. Yeah. Okay, any other questions for Kent? Okay, hearing none, uh....discussion please? Thomas: Well there's a lot of discussion about data-driven.....uh, solutions and so I think this is really helpful. We'll be able to see, you know, what....what's actually happening. Throgmorton: I....sounds like we're good to go. Thanks, Kent. Ralston: Thank you very much. Throgmorton: Roll call please. Dilkes: Can we just confirm the,um, whoever moved and seconded, uh, approves the amendment on the tree. Throgmorton: Uhhhh..... Dilkes: Incorporates the amendment. Salih and Mims (several talking) Throgmorton: ...sorry. Thanks! Salih: Yeah. Throgmorton: Apologize for not, apparently not saying that. Motion carries 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 51 Item 10. Strategic Planning Priorities - Resolution establishing City of Iowa City Strategic Planning Priorities Throgmorton: Uh, could I have a motion to approve please? Botchway: So moved. Salih: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Salih. Fruin: This is it, and this is the formal vote after, um....several work sessions and hours of deliberations. Throgmorton: Where are the trumpets? (laughter) Fruin: I hope you feel good about it. I....I do. I think you had some really good, hard discussions about strategic plan items. Um, it's encouraging to see the, uh, a number of items that, uh, are building off not only last year's strategic plan, or last two year strategic plan, but even strategic plans before that. I think that's when you....we can really start to make some good progress when there's consistency on particular items, for more than the two-year window. Um, staff met on Monday for the first time to start, uh, the implementation plan process. We spent about four hours and tackled about 11 of the 25 items. So we've got a little....a little ways to go, urn, but again, I....I feel, um, very good about where you're at. I think it's ambitious, but um, not....not overly ambitious where we can't handle it. Um, and I think as a.....as a staff we're going to,um, continue to get better in the ways in which we report to you and communicate to you on...on the progress that we're making. So a couple of the new things, uh, going forward, urn, from our standpoint. One would be the implementation plan. We're gonna try to give you a clear set of steps,uh, for each of these 25 items, uh, on what your role is, what our role is, and a....and a rough timeline,just to make sure that you, um, that we're on the same page from....from the start. Course that's gonna be pretty fluid and there's gonna be things that....that get delayed and other things that will need to get, urn, moved up for various reasons. And then one topic that we haven't got to yet that....that we will in....in due time is, um, developing a set of indicators to....to measure progress, uh, on....on these items. So, um, this should look, uh, there shouldn't be any surprises here. It should be the exact same language that you left it at, uh, after our last work session. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 52 Throgmorton: Okay. Good deal! Any discussion among our Council Members? I....I can say I'm really pleased that we're able to move ahead on this. Like Geoff said, I think we did a pretty good job of going through the possibilities, winno....winnowing them down, refining them, and making your choices about where our priorities are. So, feel good about that. Botchway: Yeah, I would agree, Jim. I think that for me, uh, especially the building, um, that Geoff kind of highlighted from prior strategic planning things (coughing) mumbled) ...um, is really good, and then I think that I just, you know, I just wanted to call out and highlight the social justice and racial equity piece. Urn, that's a big deal. You know I know that we don't, urn, you know we talk about it as kind of`normal business' now. Urn, but it's not the same across all cities, you know, and if you....if you get a chance to spend some time just researching what other cities are doing, it's...it's not the same (mumbled) call that out or have these type of conversations on a regular basis, and so, you know, kudos to staff to really ....of stepping up and, um, you know, having some difficult conversations and doing some work that, you know, a lot of cities aren't doing. Salih: I agree too, yeah. We...we have a lot of good things on the strategic plan. Hopefully we gonna try to accomplish as much as we can...in the next two year and uh,hopefully do all of them. Yeah. Throgmorton: Anyone else? All right, hearing no further discussion, roll call please. Motion carries 7-0. This is where the trumpets sound (laughter) There should be a signing ceremony or(several laughing and talking) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 53 Item 12. Council Appointments. Applicants MUST reside in Iowa City and be 18 years of age unless specific qualifications are stated Item 12c Airport Zoning Commission Throgmorton: We have three....vacancies we're tryin' to fill. So let's discuss each of them and then I'll read the vacancies. So the first, um.....um, position we hope to fill is, uh, one vacancy to fill a six-year term on the Airport Zoning Commission. We have an application from Dennis Keitel. Mims: I would support Dennis. I think.....I've known him for a long time. Think he'd be very good. Item 12d Board of Appeals Throgmorton: Me too, I'm on board with that. I mean I don't know him as well as you do, but yeah. (several responding) Yeah. Okay, so we're gonna appoint Dennis, and we'll have to have a motion later on. Um....Board of Appeals, we have one, um, one vacancy to fill a five-year term. One applicant for that position, Andrew Martin. Taylor: I don't see any reason not to. Botchway: Supportive! Cole: Agreed! Item 12e Civil Service Commission Throgmorton: Yeah, me too (several talking) And the last is one vacancy to fill a four-year term on the Civil Service Commission. The....and we have one applicant for that, Emily Bushman. Mims: I had a little bit of concern there. Um, when I looked at her application, I think it was submitted a year ago. She was a law student at the time. This is a four-year term. Urn, I....would certainly like to see somebody on the Civil Service have a little bit of experience or relationship to it. Um....I mean I....I don't know if it's going to be a huge deal, but....it'd be nice to make sure we're going to have people that are going to be able to fulfill the terms and I would just, you know, This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 54 question if she's now a second-year or third-year law student, urn.....you know, whether she's going to be staying here for four years. So.... Taylor: I had a similar concern on that too, Susan, was her length of tenure, possibility of staying and serving out her term. Throgmorton: Yeah, and she was also interest....or applied for the Human Rights Commission. I don't know if you said that or not. Mims: No, I saw (mumbled) Yeah. Throgmorton: Yeah....yeah, I'm pretty hesitant. Botchway: Well...I'm supportive! And I'll say why. One I was not too long ago one of those law students that was thinking about not participating, or not staying in Iowa City, and had the opportunity to get on the Ad Hoc Diversity Committee and that elongated my stay, up until right now as well. Hopefully a little bit longer (several talking and laughing) and so, you know, I think it does present opportunity to get into, you know, City business that you may not necessarily have an opportunity for. I think my only, uh, issue is, you know, whether or not they're still interested because (mumbled) been a year removed, they may not want to participate,but that was my only concern, I mean ultimately, you know, you never know for any of our people here and so yeah, I....I'd be supportive. Taylor: I mean it's great to see the students interested, and wanting to be involved. Salih: And also I guess, yeah, I....I can understand your concern (unable to understand) but (mumbled) maybe she's wanting to do and she know that how long it take and she put (unable to understand) Cole: Yeah, I agree. I think we should do it. I mean ultimately if we're interested in getting students, this is going to be something that's going to face most students. So I think Kingsley makes a really good point on that. Throgmorton: (mumbled) I mean I think I hear four people in favor, but I'm a little bit concerned that, uh, she may not know much about the Civil Service Commission and what it does. I....and my reading of her application was that she'd probably be much more interested in being on the Human Rights Commission. So....that concerns me, but she applied for the Civil Service Commission. So okay, and This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 55 then the other point is whether she's still interested. I....I think we need to find out before we make the appointment. Cole: Sure, I mean (both talking) Throgmorton: Could we follow through on (mumbled) I mean if y'all agree, could we....I mean I'm not objecting to appointing her but....I think it'd be better to find out if she's still interested before making the appointment. Dilkes: The appointment's always subject to acceptance. But we can certainly......there's no...no harm in calling her before we(both talking) Throgmorton: And we could act on it two weeks from now? That's what(both talking) Salih: But why not like just appointing her and after that if she rejected, that's fine! Mims: That's what I would say too, Maz. I mean if we're gonna do let's just do it, I mean, cause that could be the case with almost all of our applicants (several talking) ....six, eight, 12 months before we appoint(several talking) Throgmorton: Okay! So we'll do it that way. All right, uh, so I need a motion (both talking) Mims: So moved. Throgmorton: ....to appoint(both talking) Salih: Second. Throgmorton: ....Dennis Keitel to the Airport Zoning Commission(several talking and laughing in background) Andrew Martin to the Board of Appeals, and Emily Bushman to the Civil Service Commission, and I heard a motion by Mims (both talking) Salih: Second, right? Throgmorton: ....seconded by Salih. All in favor say aye. Opposed. Motion carries. All right, I'm going to read some vacancies. Let's see, we have two vacancies to fill five- year terms on the Airport Board of Zoning Adjustment, I'm sorry, Board of Adjustment. Airport Zoning Board of Adjustment. One vacancy for a Je...uh, a Jefferson Street representative to fill a three-year term on the Historic Preservation Commission, and one vacancy to fill a three-year term on the This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 56 Telecommunications Commission. Okay, so I do ne....need to say when they need to apply by? Fruehling: We're actually,um, gonna.....and I talked to Eleanor about it, gonna switch it so that it's....it's open until filled. Throgmorton: Ah! Fruehling: That way they won't show up on....under appointments,until we actually have applications. Throgmorton: What a great idea! (laughter and several talking) Saves a half hour! Okay, so we can move to Item 13. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 57 Item 13. Community Comment [if necessary] (items not on the agenda) Thrognnorton: Ben or Gustave, either one of you want to say somethin'? Nelson: Uh, Benjamin Nelson, City Liaison, University of Iowa Student Government. Um.....I'm glad to be back! I....over spring break I was able to participate in the Alternative Spring Break program. Urn, it's a program ran through, uh, Center for Student Involvement and Leadership at the University. Uh,basically what it is, there are 16 different teams comprised about like 12 to 15 folks, students. Um, they go to 16 different cities across the country, as far ranging as Washington, D.C.; Biloxi, Mississippi; urn, focusing on different,uh, social issues. Uh, the one that I happened to focus on was in Milwaukee, focus on urban housing. So as we kind of continue these conversations of urban housing,housing affordability is really fascinating to get a different perspective. Urn, obviously Milwaukee is kind of considered one of those cities who kind of got the rug pulled out from underneath it when industry left all that. Urn, I was really shocked to find out Milwaukee is the most segregated city in the country. I was really shocked to find out that Milwaukee is host to the zip code with the highest incarceration rate of black men. Urn....and all of that was due to institutional legislation that was passed, you know, at the state, local, federal levels,urn,really kind of bringing home the importance of kind of the actions of this Council does and any local government does. Um....now on to better and better events coming up,uh, on March 25th, Kareem Abdul Jabbar will be speaking at Hancher Auditorium. His talk is entitled 'From Kareem to Kaepernick,' a History of Political Activism in Sports.' I'm incredibly excited to see that. Throgmorton: What's the date again, Ben? Nelson: Uh,March 25th! (several talking in background) Okay,um.....then also tomorrow the Johnson County Community I.D.mobile clinic will be at the Latino and Native American Cultural Center, one of the cultural houses on the west side of campus. They'll, you know,promoting those community I.D.s with students. I'm really excited to see that. I rem....I remember when that program started getting underway, so,um, looking forward to it. Also reminder, Hawkeye Caucus Day,the day that the University of Iowa storms Des Moines and kind of advocates for everything that is Hawkeye. Urn, that's March 27th. So that's next Tuesday. Urn, if.....some of you had expressed interest in going. Please reach out to me again to confirm that. Um.....and then the last thing,there's only sev ....there's only a couple more days with the Hawkeye completion grant. I had sent you all the email. I really hope that you push that through your networks and This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 58 whatnot, and I would also like to just publicly thank John Thomas for his contributions. Urn, we really appreciate it. So, um, with that said, there are three meetings left for me! So, go Hawks! Salih: And you said the community I.D. is from 12 to 4, is that true? Nelson: 12 from....yes! There's a Facebook event on that as well. So....awesome. Thank you very much! Throgmorton: Thanks, Ben. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 59 Item 14. City Council Information Throgmorton: Rockne, why don't we start with you, and we'll move to the right. Cole: I don't really have anything to add tonight. Throgmorton: Okay. John? Thomas: I don't either. Mims: I'll just say welcome back to all the students and everybody else who got out of town during spring break. Um, spring is here, and hopefully warm weather comes and stays, finally. Not that we've got, uh, daylight savings time. Had the opportunity over spring break to travel to Cleveland and,uh, watched the University of Iowa wrestling team compete at NCAA Nationals. So just wanna say congratulations to them for a,their third-place finish,which I know is never high enough for Tom and Terry Brands and crew, but uh,most points they've scored in a while and,uh, congratulations to Spencer Lee for his national championship. So....it was a nice weekend! Throgmorton: Yeah,they seemed to have done brilliantly in the last day or two,or I don't know (both talking) Mims: They scored more bonus points at nationals this year than they've probably scored in the last five or six years, so they're....they're lookin' better. It was fun to see (both talking) Throgmorton: ....good for them! Pauline? Taylor: I'll push the Shelter House book sale, cause now it(mumbled) actually this weekend now at the Johnson County Fairgrounds. It's always a great event. Lots of good books. Utn....as, uh, Kingsley mentioned,the Crisis Center groundbreaking, uh, which it was the ceremonial one, uh, last week, and it was just amazing to see their building now that they have is just jam-packed full of items. There's practically hardly any room to move, and so they're gonna knock out one of the walls and build out,uh,to the,uh,east of the building, which is just a very small little....it's green space,John, but it's a very small green space and it'll be much, uh,better use for it for....for their food pantry. So that was great to see. Uh, attended yesterday,they're actually have CIT session this week, uh, for officers and first responders. Uh, so that was great to see, over 100 officers,uh, This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 60 and first responders there. Uh, Johnson County, Linn County mostly there, but also some other counties, so that was good to see that they're offering it and opening up to other counties and that they're interested in sending their officers for a 40-week training. That's a lot to, uh, to do. So,that was good to see. That's all! Botchway: Uh, so I missed something on Item 12. Um, I'm just glad we added those demographic im...indicators. Um, it just....I think at least it starts us on the path of considering our res....our residents with diverse identities. Um you know, I know we talk about it but....I know we talk about it at the Council table when we're looking through our packet,but just to see it clearly, urn, delineated, especially separating out race and ethnicity. I think I put on my notes tres bon (laughter) it was amazing. Yeah, I know, I was (mumbled) in the mood that night when I was writing my....my notes. But anyways, urn,just excited that that happened. Throgmorton: Yeah! Botchway: That was actually(both talking) Throgmorton: ....say something about it too, and thank you for doin' that, Kellie. Botchway: Um, oh just want to speak a little bit about Salt Lake City. Had the opportunity, that's why I wasn't at the last Council meeting, um, to present nationally to a....to a group,uh, that Monica Lewinsky and her passion for bullying and harassment. She was just here at the University, talking about, um, similar things as well. Met Magic Johnson. Urn,just....I'm gonna have, there's actually a couple of national conferences I'm going to be discussing Iowa City and talking about the School District. And so just excited about that. Water plant tour this week, on Friday I'll be at, so that's gonna be fun. I don't even know what to expect(laughs) I'm so excited. Urn, you already talked about the volunteering. I'm volunteering on Saturday. I can't remember what time. So I'll be there. And then you already stole my, uh, Kareem Abdul Jabbar thunder. It's interesting cause literally like 12 to 15 years ago, he was in Clemson, South Carolina at Clemson University when I was there. Not at the University. I was raised in Clemson, and um, nobody showed up! So, or not a lot of people showed up. So I'm hopeful Iowa City has a totally different take on, you know,him now,but uh,just thought it was interesting. So I wanted to make sure that that was out there,because it was a big deal then and a lot of people showed, but I think it's going to be a Hancher big- time event, so I'm excited. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 61 Throgmorton: So, Kingsley, that was a great photo of you with Magic. Botchway: Yeah, it was....it was really fin. The conference was amazing and, urn, you know, got a chance to talk with Magic briefly,urn, you know, supportive of the work. I think I talked a little junk as well which....that's the Kingsley way of handling things, and so he'll have that impression to move forward. Throgmorton: I noticed he's bigger than you are. Cole: I was going to say(laughter) Botchway: Slightly bigger. I think I could take him! (laughter and several talking) I'm a little older now! (laughter) Throgmorton: Maz? Salih: Yes, urn.....(unable to understand) I went to D.C. for the DNC speech. It was awesome. Uh, scary a little bit when I see like people I like never saw before. At least in Iowa City I know the faces when I speak and I feel like comfortable, but it was a good experience. Uh, get many invitation from city council from differ.... like Minnesota and other people, they had interesting(unable to understand) and urn, also on....visited the water plant with Ashley. It was really great! And it's (unable to understand) I just found out like how, like, ton of work that was worker put so we can drink like clean, nice water. And I (unable to understand)house if I (unable to understand) his teeth and the water is running, I will scream from far away say 'shut the water, you don't know like (unable to understand) put in there.' (laughter) I just....this is amazing and just everybody know at the house, they don't have to just make the water run like that, and I wonder why I have like high bill of water(laughs) anyway, and also for the community I.D. with the, I will be there on....tomorrow, and I hope, uh, if you guys have a time to come to the Latino culture house on Melrose(unable to understand) and just wondering, how many people on the Council have a community I.D.? Susan Mims, you need to get one! (laughter and several talking in background) Botchway: ....to the Children's Museum, it comes with the pass, two passes,to the Children's Museum. (several talking) Salih: Yes! This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018. Page 62 Mims: ...use it for my granddaughter! (laughter) Salih: And also on Saturday there is a march for the student, high school student, for the, uh, yeah, for the gun (several talking) I guess 11 maybe,just go and check the Facebook event. Throgmorton: Where does it start? Salih: (mumbled) I'm not sure. I guess in the (several talking) College Green, yeah. (several talking) Yes, that's true. That's all I have. Yeah. Throgmorton: Okay! That's a lot! Good deal! Sounds like a great experience bein' in D.C. Salih: Yeah! It was nice (both talking) Throgmorton: Yeah, so I'll mention a few things. Uh, made welcoming comments at the United Nations Association's 'A Night of a 1,000 Diners,' or dinners, event on March 7th. On the 9th I met with Mayor Donahue and Josh Schamberger to discuss key issues concerning transportation in the region. And....something's going to be coming from Josh about that, and surprisingly....positive discussion in some ways. So.... also I was interviewed on Iowa Public Radio's `River to River Show' yesterday. The discussion focused on Senate File 481, which has to do with Sanctuary Cities. Also participating were Representative Steve Holt, Senator Julian Garrett, Representative Wes Breckenridge, Storm Lake Police Chief Mark Prosser, and Monica Reyes of Dream Iowa. It was a pretty stimulating hour-long interview. Sort of a discussion (laughs) Uh, and it...it'll be available for live-streaming, you know, in another day or two, uh, through `River to River.' You might take a listen to it. Also two other things—I'm gonna be meeting with civic visitors concerning disability access on March the 28`h, and Geoff, I think you're gonna be there and some other staff(both talking) Yeah, and I'll be welcoming attendees to the City of Li....Cities of Literature Opening Session on the 4th, and we'll be talking about that more in just a minute. Not about me speaking,but about the event. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20, 2018. Page 63 Item 15. Report on items from cit} staff a) City Manager Fruin: Nothing. Monroe: Yeah,just a couple of things, sorry! Uh, I was going to mention,we've got our solar assessment project, and it's,uh, making progress. So you'll hear about that to....l think Friday. Uh, climate planning, sub-committees in full swing, uh, working hard on finalizing our projects. We're almost done with awarding the assisting ability partnership grants. So we'll be bringing an update back to Council for those. There's about....between five to seven, I think,that are....that are being considered. Uh, RAGBRAI planning's in full swing and we've got the, uh,theme semester of activities are kind of ramping up in the next couple of weeks, so...uh,happy to talk about the UNESCO International meeting too. Throgmorton: Good deal! If I can spin off part of what you said,uh, I had a lengthy meeting with John Frasier about the,uh,the outreach committee, and about what they had been talking about doing. It's pretty aggressive, although they're getting a late start they have pretty aggressive ideas about how to conduct that outreach to various stakeholders. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of March 20,2018.