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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-04-07 CorrespondenceItem Number: 8.a. CITY OIF IOWA CITY www.icgov.org April 7, 2020 ATTACHMENTS: Description William Means: 400 Block of North Clinton Street - Proposed Development Kellie Fruehling From: William Means <wmjmeans@aol.com> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 1:53 PM To: Council Cc: Daniellesitzman@iowa-city.org; Anne Russett; Jessica Bristow; info@ic-fhp.org Subject: 400 Block of North Clinton Street - Proposed Development I RISK Dear Council Members: I have been away from home much of the last two months helping to care for a sick family member. Now the COVID-19 Virus has really complicated life. I hope I am not too late to express my opposition to what I understand the Clarks want to do in the 400 Block of North Clinton and at the corner of Clinton and Davenport. My family has lived on the northwest corner of Fairchild and Dubuque Streets since 1920. My mother grew up in the home at 128 Fairchild. In the 1940's in response to the post World War II and the rapid need for housing, my grandparents converted the house into apartments and moved next door to 120 Fairchild. My grandparents and then my parents lived at 120 Fairchild. I continue to reside in the family home. I am the 3rd generation of the family to call 120 Fairchild Street as home. This home and carriage house are listed on the Nation Register as the Jackson -Swisher - Keyser Home and is featured in several books for it's architecture. This past year I completed restoration of the exterior. Over the years we have observed in the post-war 1940's and the baby boom of the 60's during major expansion of the number of student, many home were divided into apartments. Some of these accommodations were very unsafe leading to new ordinances requiring bi-annual inspections and health -safety modifications. Now yearly inspection and fees have been started. In the 1970's when some of the homes became too warn out, they were replaced with reasonable apartment buildings generally maintaining the character of the neighborhood. Now a major attack is underway with the Clark's proposed destruction and redevelopment of the homes on the 400 block of North Clinton. They just won your approval for 15 stories on Burlington Street which will add 1,575 beds. This will contribute to the over -building of apartment units in the downtown area. The University is projecting a continued decline in the number of students. Iowa State University has just announced that it will close a dormitory of 800 students in response to this trend. Many small family landlords on the near north side will have difficulty in renting their property, paying taxes, and high rental permit fees. This will only continue negative impacts in the area. The proposed building is too massive and out -of -step with the surrounding properties. If redevelopment is necessary, the Pre -Civil War house at 412 N Clinton needs to be preserved and any design should be compatible with existing properties in the block and not over 3 stories. Allowing the proposed development of 4-6 stories of a modern apartment building on this block is a major change in zoning and character of the area. First within the 400 block, at the corner of Clinton and Fairchild, is the Schaumburg House which the University moved across the alley from Old Brick. This handsome home has been graciously restored. Second, Northwest across the corner is the Dey House. Both of these buildings have been saved by the University and are used for the Writers's Workshop Program. Also within sight are 3 sorority houses, a church, and my home. The President's House anchors the 400 and 500 blocks of North Clinton. For over 60 years the zoning in this area has restricted the height of buildings to be 35 feet. Over the years additional restrictions has been added which restricted parking and resident occupancy. Unfortunately the 100 blocks from Market Street to Church Street were not included in the Northside Historic District. The district stops at Dubuque Street. Overtime many fines homes have been removed to construct apartment buildings -- many with traditional styling, brick, and no higher than 3 stories. The majority of the houses remaining in the area are the original home. The character of the building are often referred to as being important to the "charm" of the area. Downtown Iowa City has greatly changed in the last few years with the many mid -rise apartment buildings. Please do allow this over- development to continue. As a life-long resident of the neighborhood, I am opposed to allowing the Clarks to demolish the Pre -Civil War brick house at 412 North Clinton and change the zoning to allow redevelopment of this corner as proposed. Providing big bucks for affordable housing elsewhere, should not be reason to permanently destroy the character and charm that remains in the 300, 400 and 500 blocks of North Clinton and the 100 block of Fairchild. The proposed development is unnecessary and will negatively impact the neighborhood. Please do not let this project to proceed. Thank you for listening to me. William Means 120 Fairchild Street Item Number: 8.b. CITY OIF IOWA CITY www.icgov.org April 7, 2020 ATTACHMENTS: Description Brian Gollnick: Traffic Calming on Glendale Kellie Fruehling From: Brian Gollnick <blgollnick@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 6:53 PM To: Kellie Fruehling; Kevin Crawley; Council Subject: Traffic calming on Glendale Tonight was supposed to be the City Council meeting to discuss traffic calming on Glendale Road. I live at 1509 Glendale Road and I am strongly in favor of the proposed traffic calming program. Glendale road is a wide street and one of only a few through -streets east to west from downtown to the east side. The others are, of course, Muscatine, Court, and Rochester. Court does not start in downtown. It is also quite a narrow street, which provides a natural slowing effect. Rochester is a wider street, but it also does not really start in downtown and it is also the north -most of the through streets, which mitigates some of the traffic burden. It is also a wider street than Glendale and a bus line, which distinguish it from ours. Finally, Rochester is a genuine through -street: it runs all the way out of town. What Glendale Road does have is a large number of families with younger children. We also function as an access to City High. These factors means that we have: * a wide street, which encourages higher speeds, * children playing in yards and using the sidewalks, and * parents, staff, and students trying to get to City High. This is a bad combination. We are waiting for a serious, perhaps tragic, accident to happen. Glendale Road starts as Jefferson Street in the heart of downtown but it ends before First Avenue. This means that Glendale is less critical as an arterial than are Muscatine and Rochester. Implementing a mitigation program on Glendale would have significantly less impact on through traffic. Please move to approve the traffic mitigation program on Glendale Road. Thanks. Brian Gollnick CITY OIF IOWA CITY www.icgov.org April 7, 2020 ATTACHMENTS: Item Number: 8.c. Description The Greater Iowa CltyArea Home Builders Association: Construction is Essential Kellie Fruehling From: Karyl Bohnsack <karyl@hbaofic.org> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 10:15 AM To: Council Subject: Construction is Essential Attachments: Construction is Essential Letter to Mayor of Iowa City.pdf A MIX Dear Mayor Teague and City of Iowa City Council Members: On behalf of The Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association (IC Area HBA) and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), we write to urge you to consider policy proposals to support the housing sector of the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. IC Area HBA's members stand with you during these uncertain times and look to your leadership to help steer the community through uncharted waters. To help stabilize the housing sector in the near term, we ask you to designate home construction as an "Essential Infrastructure Business" in Johnson County. A federation of more than 700 state and local associations, NAHB represents more than 140,000 members. Each year, NAHB's members construct about 80% of the new homes built in the United States, both single-family and multifamily. The IC Area HBA represents 357 members with 15,474 employees in Johnson, Iowa, Washington and Cedar counties. As cities and states issue declarations and public health orders as a result of the crisis, it is essential that communities have access to our professionals to build and maintain essential services including: building, plumbing, electrical, HVAC systems, waste/wastewater treatment plants and power generations. Home construction should be designated as "essential" because it is necessary to maintain safety, sanitation, and economic security. We encourage you to consider four main factors: Recognize that construction of housing is essential and should be allowed to continue under a remain in place order; • Government functions related to the building and development process, such as inspections, permitting and plan review services can be modified to protect the public health, but fundamentally should continue and serve the construction of housing (E.g., Allow qualified private third -party inspections in case of government shutdown); • Supply stores necessary to serve the construction, repair and maintenance of housing should be allowed to operate; and Those working in building trades must be allowed to continue to maintain the essential operation of residences and other operating businesses. Our industry continues to adhere to public health guidelines set forth by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). According to OSHA, "Lower exposure risk (caution) jobs are those that do not require contact with people known to be, or suspected of being, infected with SARS-CoV-2 nor frequent close contact with (i.e., within 6 feet of) the general public. Workers in this category have minimal occupational contact with the public and other coworkers." Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19, p.20. A large majority, if not all land development and residential construction job tasks fall within OSHA's Lower Exposure Risk jobs. Obviously, working on a new unfinished home site occurs primarily outdoors and does not involve going onto a location occupied by residents or a public location, and there is minimal (if any) physical or transactional contact with customers compared to other customer/client relationships. Homebuilding (including remodeling and repair) is highly regulated and therefore cannot occur without support from the locality where it occurs. Builders require governmental approvals and permits to begin a project and they are needed through project completion. Therefore, governmental inspections occur along the entire process from the land development to final certificate of occupancy. As part of the Essential Infrastructure, residential construction requires that government building and zoning departments continue to operate. Furthermore, for the safety and wellbeing of current and future occupants, governments must allow inspections to occur in a timely manner. The inspection process may benefit from modifications. For example, if possible, inspectors may work "off hours" to minimize any contact with the construction team. Or they can make other arrangements with the owner or general contractor to safeguard their health by ensuring nobody will be on site during an inspection. Furthermore, certain localities use third -party engineers to sign off on inspections. It may be necessary for home builders to request this option if local governments are closing their building department during the pandemic. Housing is currently 14.6% of Gross Domestic Product and a major engine of the economy. Keeping the men and women of the industry building must be a priority. If construction is disrupted, it creates a domino effect leading to dire negative economic repercussions for an already -burdened economy. We request that you consider construction an essential service, so that individuals may continue to perform work necessary to the operations and maintenance of "Essential Infrastructure." We appreciate your leadership and the work of your staff and those who are spending every waking hour keeping us safe. Sincerely, Glenn Siders , President The Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association Karyl Bohnsack, Executive Officer Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association PO Box 3396 Iowa City IA 52244 Phone: 319-351-5333 Website — iowacitvhomes.com Members saved $20 million last year with Member Advantage! Jump on those member discounts at nahb.gfg1savings. 0011- TV A;1rA HBA ■■ �■ 11 South Gilbert P.O. Box 3396 00 The Greater Iowa City Area Iowa City, Iowa 52244 Phone: (319) 351-5333 HBA Fax: (319) 358-2443 E-mail: KarylCwhbaofic.org HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION www.iowacityhomes.com Mayor Bruce Teague City of Iowa City 410 E Washington St Iowa City, IA 52240 March 26, 2020 Dear Mayor Teague and City of Iowa City Council Members: On behalf of The Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association (IC Area HBA) and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), we write to urge you to consider policy proposals to support the housing sector of the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. IC Area HBA's members stand with you during these uncertain times and look to your leadership to help steer the community through uncharted waters. To help stabilize the housing sector in the near term, we ask you to designate home construction as an "Essential Infrastructure Business" in Johnson County. A federation of more than 700 state and local associations, NAHB represents more than 140,000 members. Each year, NAHB's members construct about 80% of the new homes built in the United States, both single- family and multifamily. The IC Area HBA represents 357 members with 15,474 employees in Johnson, Iowa, Washington and Cedar counties. As cities and states issue declarations and public health orders as a result of the crisis, it is essential that communities have access to our professionals to build and maintain essential services including: building, plumbing, electrical, HVAC systems, waste/wastewater treatment plants and power generations. Home construction should be designated as "essential" because it is necessary to maintain safety, sanitation, and economic security. We encourage you to consider four main factors: • Recognize that construction of housing is essential and should be allowed to continue under a remain in place order; • Government functions related to the building and development process, such as inspections, permitting and plan review services can be modified to protect the public health, but fundamentally should continue and serve the construction of housing (E.g., Allow qualified private third -party inspections in case of government shutdown); • Supply stores necessary to serve the construction, repair and maintenance of housing should be allowed to operate; and Affiliated with National Association of Home Builders & Home Builders Association of Iowa Those working in building trades must be allowed to continue to maintain the essential operation of residences and other operating businesses. Our industry continues to adhere to public health guidelines set forth by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). According to OSHA, "Lower exposure risk (caution) jobs are those that do not require contact with people known to be, or suspected of being, infected with SARS-CoV-2 nor frequent close contact with (i.e., within 6 feet of) the general public. Workers in this category have minimal occupational contact with the public and other coworkers." Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19, p.20. A large majority, if not all land development and residential construction job tasks fall within OSHA's Lower Exposure Risk jobs. Obviously, working on a new unfinished home site occurs primarily outdoors and does not involve going onto a location occupied by residents or a public location, and there is minimal (if any) physical or transactional contact with customers compared to other customer/client relationships. Homebuilding (including remodeling and repair) is highly regulated and therefore cannot occur without support from the locality where it occurs. Builders require governmental approvals and permits to begin a project and they are needed through project completion. Therefore, governmental inspections occur along the entire process from the land development to final certificate of occupancy. As part of the Essential Infrastructure, residential construction requires that government building and zoning departments continue to operate. Furthermore, for the safety and wellbeing of current and future occupants, governments must allow inspections to occur in a timely manner. The inspection process may benefit from modifications. For example, if possible, inspectors may work "off hours" to minimize any contact with the construction team. Or they can make other arrangements with the owner or general contractor to safeguard their health by ensuring nobody will be on site during an inspection. Furthermore, certain localities use third -party engineers to sign off on inspections. It may be necessary for home builders to request this option if local governments are closing their building department during the pandemic. Housing is currently 14.6% of Gross Domestic Product and a major engine of the economy. Keeping the men and women of the industry building must be a priority. If construction is disrupted, it creates a domino effect leading to dire negative economic repercussions for an already -burdened economy. We request that you consider construction an essential service, so that individuals may continue to perform work necessary to the operations and maintenance of "Essential Infrastructure." We appreciate your leadership and the work of your staff and those who are spending every waking hour keeping us safe. Sincerely, Glenn Siders President The Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association Item Number: 8.d. CITY OIF IOWA CITY www.icgov.org April 7, 2020 ATTACHMENTS: Description Dan Shaw- Iowa City Coronavirus outbreak Erica Walker - City response to COVI D-19 Mark McMullen - I Do Not Support Johnson County -only Shelter -in-place Steve Kirchner - face shields Lisa Bockenstedt - Please look at these projections Kellie Fruehling From: Dan Shaw <freedanshaw@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 6:13 PM To: sups@co johnson.ia.us; Council; Dave Koch; Dave Wilson; dwilson@co johnson.ia.us; Zach Wahls Subject: Re: Iowa City Coronavirus outbreak I DISK Local leaders of Iowa City and Johnson County: I have done my best to strike a balance between (1) sharing with officials the key research I've collected that gives serious cause for alarm about our failure to contain the outbreak of Coronavirus in Iowa City, balanced against (2) trying not to raise panic or undermine trust in the government agencies and officials we are going to need to rely on to see us through this tragedy. am a data scientist (retired from ACT) who develops Al algorithms using massive, noisy data sets, much like the evolving research base around the novel Coronavirus. Data analysis is my trade. I have to be very clear with you about what I am seeing, from tracking the behavior of this virus along with the work of epidemiologists and infectious disease and pandemics researchers all over the world. The behavior of this virus once it has escaped into a community, is relentless. It does not stop or slow down. It will not wait for policymakers to act. Lock down is the only "cure." This is the only data modeling that I know of that we can use to understand the unseen spread of Coronavirus in an area, given the absence of any scientifically valid measurement of the virus's spread in Iowa City: Take the known rate of infections growth, apply it to the initial number of known cases when they first exposed our town, then project from there. Iowa City: 16 people (since confirmed) positive in town on March 3 I had been conservatively using a doubling rate of three days in my own personal models (meaning that the number of new cases doubles every three days). But the latest data coming out today show that the US rates are doubling every two days, and NY doubling nearly every day. atm Country by country: how coronavirus case trajectories compare Cumulative number of confirmed cases, by number of days since 100th case -EVERY 3 DAYS CASES DOUBLE 2 DAYS . caws a, 32 days 30,()00 EVERY DAY A; us ,Maly 50,000 spair. ®Germany,.' 20.000 tFlancc 20,000 10,000S Koft Swqaedand - - - - 10,000 hugewst-aricl,trace programme qGto1;op ofthe o.1b,iak 5,000''Usti1 af'& 5.000 ,EVER eeplgium f. it gal ONorway 2,000 40 c' a 'yAusttalia *Sweden 2,000 amalays'a Dcnma"�' 1.000 strung scciafwirrns a,ond obcdiit,c a -,a 1.000 Soo tng 500 School do—f S qualafilift, comfi'upllY reponse 200 f P, 200 0 too Number of days Since 100th case Bourke -FT analyse of Johns HoO­ r CSSE, Woddameters FT research Data updated Match 23 211)0 GMT 4 FT Madrid could pass Lombardia as the worst affected subnational region. New York's death toll is also rising fast Cumulative number of deaths, by number of days since 10th death Showing selected sulanational regions in Italy, Spain China, S Korea and the US 10,000 DFAT HS DOUBLE ,.EVERY EVERY 10.000 :VERYDAY 2O. -YS 'i UAYS t-000 5'000 Lorinbardia *Wuhan 2000 2'GGO 1,000 ei!Emiha Romagna 1,000 ar'EVERY WEEK Soo 500 10 kPA 200 -Ovenvic. 200 100 AWMNW*ft 100 406"M 0 so 201.20 H) 15 Number of days since 10th death FT graphic- John Burn -Murdoch! @jbitnitnurooch S—ce FT -IV,. u! trh,s Hopk­ U.—ay CSSE ftficla.—,"r—ah. D- updated M ­h 232100 GMT lfl: PT So assuming roughly the same transmission behaviors in Iowa City as the average of the US, that would increase our best estimate of the number of infections in the Iowa City outbreak (using the 16 now -known positive cases that were here starting March 3): From what it was if doubling every 3 days: Mar 3-16 Mar 6-32 Mar 9-64 Mar 12 -128 ("close schools please!") Mar 15 - 256 Mar 18 - 512 Mar 21-1032 Mar 24 - 2064 To When doubling every 2 days: Mar 3-16 Mars -32 Mar 7-64 Mar 9-128 Mar 11- 256 ("close schools, please!") Mar 13 - 512 Mar 15-1032 Mar 17 - 2064 Mar 19-4128 Mar 21-8256 Mar 23 - 16,512 We needed an #IowaCityLockdown Please don't let business trump science. Or it's game, set, match. Dan Shaw 319-400-4385 Sent from my iPhone On Mar 24, 2020, at 1:09 PM, Dan Shaw <freedanshaw@gmail.com> wrote: Johnson Cty Board of Supervisors— I understand that Bruce Teague and our other local leaders are exploring a lockdown order for Iowa City and Johnson County. Please do it! The numbers below help us understand just how incredibly dangerous and explosive the outbreak in Iowa City is. It is the underserved and vulnerable members of our community that are going to be hit hardest by this vicious killer of a bug. I've been tracking it closely with other data scientists from all over the world, and could tell the moment that the first cases were announced in Iowa City that we had failed to contain it. Our guidelines for containment and investigation were tragically flawed and underestimated the contagiousness of the virus. Please help us lock down Iowa City with a shelter -in-place order. The sooner you do it, the more lives we can save. Here's why: The heart of the danger in Iowa City can be seen in even a very rudimentary math model of how Coronavirus spreads and its rate of growth in the number of infections (its epidemiology). The reason our risk here is so great, is because we have had such an insanely long period of unchecked, spreading exponential growth since it first arrived in Iowa City with the 21 Cruisers on March 3. 22 days and counting. The "true" count of infections reliably doubles about every three days on the upswing of the virus's growth curve. So you can plot a rough chart of actual infections, even just based on only the positive cases we know about here that were not contained effectively (JCPH missed the Cruisers' high level of contagiousness prior to symptoms and didn't understand the long-lasting surface transfer life of the virus in hard surfaces). For our purposes, ignore the potential for "superspreaders" (like an infected DJ traveling around town doing kareoke gigs), and there are of course other disease vectors in town from domestic travel, besides the 21 cruisers). But just take the 15 positive cruisers and 1 other unrelated—these are just the confirmed, known positives starting in IC on Mar 3, who were moving around Mar 3-7 spreading infection before they even knew to get tested. Then double every three days to conservatively estimate growth in Iowa City: Mar 3-16 Mar 6 - 32 Mar 9-64 Mar 12 - 128 ("close schools please!") Mar 15 - 256 Mar 18-512 Mar 21- 1032 Mar 24 - 2064 So the thing driving the urgency here in Iowa City is the sheer number of days of uncontained, unmeasured spread that we've experienced since the outbreak started. Plus the increased travel exposure of everyone coming back from spring break this past weekend. Could be through the roof before we ever see it hit the hospitals or start actually testing for it. Q #IowaCityLockdown Dan Shaw 119-400-41R'; Sent from my iPhone Kellie Fruehling From: Erica Walker <walkerericak@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 2:04 PM To: Council Subject: City response to COVID-19 ASK Dear City Council, I hope you and your families are safe and healthy during this very stressful time. I am writing to express concern about the city's response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Johnson County. Governor Reynolds appears reluctant to take the necessary actions to slow the spread of the disease in our state, and I am hoping that Iowa City's government will step in and issue additional guidelines for local residents and businesses. As of today, cases now include workers at large Iowa City employers like the VA and Hy -Vee. Community spread is occurring in the area, but non -emergency work and social interactions are still permitted. While the city government cannot control what happens outside our city limits, I worry that declaring an emergency without issuing additional restrictions on residents' and businesses' behavior sends conflicting messages and gives people a false sense of normalcy. For example, yesterday as I walked alone at Terry Trueblood, large families and groups consistently refused to walk single file when passing near other individuals. In recent days, I've witnessed similar behavior on neighborhood sidewalks and in other (otherwise uncrowded) parks. While people are justified in wanting to be outdoors, and it's still possible for many to do so safely, the cavalier approach taken by some means that anyone who does elect to observe distancing guidelines must frequently leave the safety of paths/trails/sidewalks, and at times simply risk exposure. Similarly, schools are closed, but individuals have not been formally instructed to socialize only with members of their own households in public spaces such as parks, sidewalks, and streets. This has led to groups of children from different households playing together, which - while an understandable desire - puts those children, household members, community members, and members of the public performing truly essential work at risk. Additional guidance from the council would help people make safer decisions for their families, and protect other residents and our healthcare system. Finally, it concerns me that businesses providing non-essential services are still being permitted to expose their workers to health risks within our city limits. All over Iowa City, construction and landscaping companies are putting employees in close proximity to one another, homeowners, and (in the case of properties with small lots) neighbors. While some services these companies provide are essential, particularly as we enter into storm and flood season, home improvement projects such as lawn beautification, gutter cleaning, and painting are not. Preventing Iowa City's hospital system from being overwhelmed is vital not only to members of our immediate community but to the region as a whole. Will you consider stepping up in the absence of the state government to enact additional guidelines to keep our city safe and healthy? Many thanks for your time and consideration, and for all you do to serve Iowa City. Sincerely, Erica Walker Kellie Fruehling From: Mark McMullen <mmcmullen@mhcrx.com> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 9:03 AM To: Council Subject: I Do Not Support Johnson County -only Shelter -in -Place Ai R11K To Mayor Teague and the City Council: I am an Iowa City resident as well as managing a long-term care pharmacy with locations in North Liberty and Quad Ciities. I strongly urge you to follow state-wide recommendations rather than "go -it -alone". I know Iowa City likes it's individuality and has the most COVID-19 cases in the state at this time(with the core numbers seeming to have come from the citizens that were on the Egyptian cruise).... Iowa City is not an island .... the Shelter -in -Place would only be symbolic in my mind and create more anxiety. My sense from coming and going to the pharmacy is that the public is greatly limiting activities. Thank you for all you are doing! Mark Mark McMullen, RPh., BCGP General Manager Main Healthcare Extended Care Pharmacies Voice Calls -Both Locations: (888)823-0923, ext, 310 2151 Kimberly Road, Bettendorf, IA 52722 Fax: (877)327-6864 655 Liberty Way, North Liberty, IA 52317 Fax: (866)486-7248 Kellie Fruehlin From: Steve Kirchner <stevekirchner70@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2020 9:59 AM To: Council Subject: lac in Iowa City has injection presses that can make face shields for hospitals. They also have goggles. My name is Steve Kirchner. Thank you Sent from my Whone This email is from an external source. Kellie Fruehling From: Lisa Bockenstedt <lyd5353@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2020 9:39 PM To: Council Subject: Please look at these projections This link will show you the reason you must push for shelter in place, all cities need to come together and pressure the governor yesterday : ( https://www.covidactnow.org/ Sincerely, Lisa Bockenstedt Ashley Platz �,. J From: mugawump@mchsi.com Sent: Monday, April 6, 2020 1:20 PM Late Handouts Distributed To: sups@co johnson.ia.us; Council Subject: So, what would happen if local governments issued shelter -in-place orders without the governor's permission? L, - �,_- - 2 L Hi --a deep thank you to all in government and elsewhere doing their best to keep the community as healthy & secure as possible. Truly. I think we are in the beginnings of a big mess, and when we look back, we will regret we didn't act sooner. I don't understand the governor's lack of urgency in ordering a shelter -in-place order now. The review of her matrix by Pete Fisher (Iowa Fiscal Partnership)raises a lot of good questions. Our neighboring states that ordered sheltering earlier have much more favorable forecasts. Iowa's daily statistics are based on time -lagged info, and also reflect a massive lack of testing capability. https:Hprotect-us.mimecast.com/s/pZVHCkRg4WtPX9gc2pyTx?domain=iowafiscal.org https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/E8ZYCIY04WujPxzl9LgfJ?domain=nytimes.com Just wondering, are there plans to set up local temporary hospital wards or quarantine sites (maybe in hotels or dorms) such as other parts of the country have done? In closing: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; pay now or pay more later; if there's a train coming at you, you should get off the tracks; please break the public policy logjam. Thank you for listening and be well, (no reply needed) Kathryn Atkinson Iowa City This email is from an external source.