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LEES fear f ~tr~~i f ~~ ~ ~ ~*- ~, l€~h~r~ ~=c~Crv~°ai, F'esidsaet, CIO ais,3 F'cyurr~iis~ c;haieni:en 03-23-10 r ~~~.,,--r,®~ CITY C1F iC.~WA CITY 3 1 E~~RA Date: March 2, 2010 To: City Clerk From: Kent Ralston, Acting Traffic Engineering Planneri~ Re: Item for March 23, 2010 City Council Meeting; installation of (4) NO TRUCKS OVER 20 TONS GVW signs on Rochester Avenue As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 36 of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council of the following action. Action: Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A (6), Install (4) NO TRUCKS OVER 20 TONS GVW signs on Rochester Avenue. Comment: This action is being taken at the request of the Engineering Department to post a necessary 20 ton weight restriction for the Rochester Avenue Bridge at Ralston Creek. Action for this item was granted by the City Manager's office March 1, 2010; City Council approval will formalize this item. cc: Denny Gannon; Engineering 0 0 ~~ O a ~i ~ ~"~ "'~ ~ ~ C.J ~r ~ a ~ ~~ ~" ~ o ~~,®~ CITY OF IOWA CIT 3 2 ~w,~~ RA N D ~ ~ ~ EMQ Date: March 4th, 2010 To: City Clerk From: Darian Nagle-Gamm, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner Re: Item for March 23~d, 2010 City Council meeting; Installation of (2) PASSENGER LOADING ZONE 15 MINUTE LIMIT 5 PM FRIDAY TO 3 PM SATURDAY signs on the east side of the 10 block of South Johnson Street. As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council of the following action. Action: Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A (10); Install (2) PASSENGER LOADING ZONE 15 MINUTE LIMIT 5 PM FRIDAY TO 3 PM SATURDAY signs on the east side of the 10 block of South Johnson Street. Comment: This action is being taken to establish an on-street passenger loading zone for the Agudas Achim congregation on Friday evenings and Saturdays when services are held. This is consistent with passenger loading zones established for other religious institutions in areas with high on-street parking demand. N D ~ O C 'G~ y~ ~ :L3- ~. Y ~„~ "~ ~~ !~ ~ C'3 N ~ ~~ b ~` ~`~ _ O ~~,®~ CITY OF IOWA CIT 3 3 ~~.~- A ~ -~ o ~. E~ ~_.~ Date: March 4`h, 2010 To: City Clerk From: Darian Nagle-Gamm, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner Re: Item for March 23~d, 201 eCnorthwest ~cornerl og~the intea sect ons o NFOranklRKStreeH As h TO CORNER signs on th Street, and Pine Street with Deforest Avenue. As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council of the following action. Action: Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A (10); Install (3) NO PARKING HERE TO CORNER signs on the northwest corner of the intersections of Franklin Street, Ash Street, and Pine Street with Deforest Avenue. Comment: This action is being taken at the request of the Streets department to allow for turning movements of service vehicles. N 0 0 ~=~ ~~ ~~ ~ N ~ ~~ 'r«~ ~ .~„ ~' O 3 4 Dear Matt Hayek, ,.~. ~.~:~ ~~ 1Q{0 F~; - ~~i i My name is Noah Berkson, I am a sixteen year old Caucal~i°~i~!~o attend EQ~~'4`~'~ ~lT ~;1~3`~r' Iowa City High School. I am writing you in complaint of the curfew ordinance that recently went into effect. I know you probably get tired of hearing all the complaints but with such a controversial law constructive criticism and even complaints are healthy. I believe that sixteen and seventeen year olds should be exempt from the curfew because the main problems are not with this group of people who are at the driving age and are for the most part hanging out at friends houses and have permission from their parents to be home past midnight. I do believe the curfew is a very important tool in balking the completely unacceptable behavior of juvenile over last year, from drug problems to even a recent homicide. I am only asking you exempt sixteen and seventeen year olds because for one most people at that age have an abundance of responsibilities from getting good grades to be able to attend college to having a part time job therefore are acting as adults already and should be treated with the respect and rights of them for the majority of situations. I believe it would be fair under the guidelines that the young adults are not out causing trouble or roaming the streets at night. I am sure you are familiar with cases such as Williford vs. The Municipality of Anchorage in which the curfew was ruled unconstitutional and the current as well as previous debates and justification for and against the current curfew. There is one last thing on my mind that is bothering me with the current law which is in the case of an seventeen year old drinking underage past midnight, which is very common in a town with the college population present as well as the amount of bars and party atmosphere Iowa City maintains.That person would receive a PAUA that carries a three hundred dollar first time offender fine as well as a fifty dollar curfew ticket. As you probably know most college students are strapped for cash already because it is the first time they are supporting themselves solely. But that is not my problem. The problem is that it is completely unfair and unethical in my opinion to excessively fine someone because of their age, underage drinking is underage drinking and there in no situation in which it is not. In my opinion that part of the law is completely unconstitutional and I am surprised it was looked over when passing the law or was consensually passed. These were just my opinions and viewpoints but I believe they should be heavily considered because the curfew was passed by only one more vote than the oposition and is being widely debated. I thank you for you time and hope to hear back from you as soon as your schedule permits. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely,l~< ~,;,~(~. ti ~ .~ ~ ~.._ ~~.. ~ ~`~ ~ ~~1 ~ ~ ^,,,_ C: Noah Berkson Redlinger Period 2 Civics project Very recently the Iowa City council passed a curfew requiring twelve and thirteen year olds to be home by ten p.m., fourteen and fifteen year olds to be home by eleven and sixteen and seventeen year olds to be home by midnight. Teens out pas~re curfew for academic reasons or religious reasons are exempt. Controversy was widely shown during the consideration and is still being criticized for a number of reasons. Teens on the East side of town believe the curfew was made and is bias against them in particular while in other parts of town teens believe it is unfair to punish them for the actions of a small group of juveniles, The curfew was passed because of a long streak of problems with juveniles, from drugs, gangs and brawls to recently a shooting as well as a homicide. I believe in part that the curfew means well and is a good idea to balk the widespread issues spreading from "gangs" to assaults on the East side of town, but I also believe for the curfew to work effective and fairly some guidelines need to be changed. Picture this a seventeen year old, almost an adult and acts like one given all the responsibility is driving home from a friends at 12:15 A.M. and is pulled over and given a ticket for the curfew while besides being out past the curfew is doing nothing wrong c~ while somewhere else juveniles roaming the streets past midnight and causi ou~ get"` n -~ i the same charge. I believe it is unfair to give both people the same ticket un~~ c~ -~~- . ~-,., ~. completely different circumstances and therefore I suggest exempting sixted ~- seventeen year olds from the current curfew which requires sixteen year olds to be lime or in by 12:30 A.M. driving or not while seventeen year olds have no driving curfew at all if a "full" license is acquired. I believe they should not be included under the guidelines Noah Berkson `" Redlinger - _ ~ _ e Period 2 - , 4 . e, ~: q,. Civics project t ~ ~,, ;,,o ~ ~,;, ~ ~.__. ~. they are not out causing trouble and in those cases that they are, most misn~aris ca ~' ' a hefty fine alone and are a hardship on some families not bringing in ton~e~tra ~~ fifty dollars the first curfew ticket would cost. a ~,~ ~,.~ .. .~.,~ .~- cx~ I make my justification in cases such as Wiliford vs. Municipality of Anchorage where similar problems were at hand and a curfew was under consideration but the ''supreme-curt ruled the curfew unconstitutional because of the fact the a city council cannot be the deciding factor on whether a teen out past the curfew has a legitimate reason to be. "No city council could possibly foresee every instance in which it would be good public policy to allow an exception to the curfew law, therefore parents should be empowered to make those decisions since governments cannot," Jennifer Rudinger, executive director of the Alaska Civil Liberties Union. While on the contrary the Code of Virginia authorizes any city or town "to prohibit minors who are not attended by parents from frequenting or being in public places whether on public or private property at such times as the governing body deems proper." The curfew was brought to attention and deemed unconstitutional after an incident in which a seventeen year old was spending the night at a friends while he suddenly suffered an asthma attack of GIRD disease. At two a.m. he called his mother to ask if he could come home, she could not get him because he had borrowed the family car for the evening, she then gave him permission to drive home which was under a two mile trip. On his way home the young man was stopped by the Anchorage police and given a curfew citation, even after his mother informed the police of what had happened, he was still charged with the citation and had to pay a hefty fine. Noah Berkson Redlinger Period 2 Civics project While both sides have very strong arguments and can both be justified it is a tough call but under my idea taking a little bit of each would be a very ethical and beneficial step towards keeping rights of the citizens maintained as well as keeping the neighborhoods safe. The Iowa City Council also said a "pro" of the curfew would be in the case of a seventeen year old college student underage drinking past midnight which is very common in Iowa City due to the large student population as well as the abundance of bars, would not only receive a PAULA (possession of alcohol under the legal age) which is a three hundred dollar fine but also a fifty dollar curfew ticket. Underage drinking is underage drinking under all circumstances and it would be unfair and un-ethical to fine someone more excessively because of their age. To implement my idea, I will send a letter to Matt Hayek, current mayor of Iowa City. I will explain my viewpoint from the perspective as a sixteen year old. If he likes my idea it will voted for by the Iowa City Council and if passed hopefully will be put into effect immediately. x ~. ~.._ ,~ _ y ~.~. ~ r- ~: - ~:. N ~ ~ 33 . ~~~~ . ~ ~ i -~ ~~ ~ .~ e , r-~~ ~ ~ > Dear City Council Members, My name is Alex Christophersen I am a senior at City High School and I recently did a project on Youth Violence in the community. The reason I am writing this is to inform you that although a curfew may have seemed like the best action, in my opinion and the opinions of high school students is that money and time used on a curfew would be better spent on an educational based after school program like the one currently under way at City High called Fas Trac. While researching for my project I came across a very informative article Youth Violence: a Report ~f the Surgeon General. This article uses data from many programs that have tried to combat Youth Violence. The article states that the most highly effective projects are ones that combine components that address both individual risks and environmental conditions, so that youth involved with the program are taught and build upon individual skills. The Article also states that the program should build the science base of individuals involved. Another reason an after school education based program would be a positive is that you are further increasing the education of future citizens making a smarter community as a whole. Research done by the CDC on youth violence has found that one of the main individual factors for teen violence is a Low IQ also on the list is an antisocial belief or attitude. If you were to have this program the students would be able to meet new people and make new friends. You maybe wonder where money for such a program would come from, A recent poll of 1300 U.S. households found that the average household would be willing to spend between 100 and 150 dollars per year for crime prevention programs that reduced specific crimes by 10 percent in their communities. These crimes are exactly the crimes that Iowa City citizens are complaining about. All I ask is that instead of punishing youth for actions of others maybe you look to help them out. Sincerely, Alex Christophersen Information from CDC, Surgeon General and also from the book Gang Wes: The Failure of Enforcement Tactics and the Need for effective Public Sa~St ~egies --~ --;- . --y, --~ ~_~' ~ -~; ~ --~ ~ co ~~~ a. ~.~q ~'« '~I~ i ~•` Lys 3 5 February 16, 2010 Council Members 410 E. Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Council Members: I have done some research and seen that the Iowa City City Council from time to time has supported United Action for Youth in Iowa City. I would like to express my opinion that United Action for Youth is a wonderful organization for our community and should have continued support from the people of Iowa City as well as the City Council. As all of you know Iowa City is a growing and changing place with new needs arising often. I feel like the youth of Iowa City are often criticized and not trusted as a whole, which is unfortunate and unfair. If the people of Iowa City feel that we cannot trust the youth in our community or feel the need to criticize our youth maybe it is time to turn around and take a look at ourselves as adults in the community. As a city it is our responsibility to provide services and support to our community that will provide positive support systems that reach out to the youth in our community and help to keep them out of trouble and free from criticism from our community. United Action for Youth provides a number of programs and services to the youth of our community and their families. In a time when the youth of our community are being criticized and not trusted, the staff and volunteers at United Action for Youth are dedicated to supporting the youth of Iowa City and surrounding areas by providing them with a safe place to be themselves and explore who they want to be. United Action for Youth offers a number of counseling programs for youth and parents as well as programs that help to support teen parents. One of the main goals of United Action for Youth is to offer a safe place for youth to be themselves, explore new things and not have to feel judged by the people around them. This goal is accomplished at United Action for Youth through a number of programs where youth are given opportunities to be creative through art and music programs. Youth are also given the chance to talk about things that are going on in their lives through a number of different programs designed to help them talk about things happening in their everyday lives. United Action for Youth also offers time five days a week for youth to just hang out and relax at the youth center where they can be themselves and not have to worry about impressing the people around them. If as a community we are truly concerned about our youth and the development of our youth it is important that we support programs that are dedicated to helping youth to stay out of trouble and be themselves. United Action for Youth is truly dedicated to the youth of Iowa City and surrounding areas and values the importance of letting youth be creative and explore who they are. I ask you again to continue and increase support of United Action for Youth because of the impact that it has already had on so many area youth and how many more youth could be reached with increased support. Thank you, ~4 Ryan Fell °~ ~ fG ~~ ~d~a ~;,} ~ ~ ~~~~~ ~f 03-23-10 3 6 February 21, 2010 Dear Iowa City Council, My name is Nick Beckman and I am currently a junior at Iowa City High School. I am enclosing a Section 8 zoning ordinance that I wrote as a school project. The reason I am sending you the ordinance is in part of a project I am doing for my state and local government class in school. For the project I am supposed to pick a current issue in local government, and research the issue. After learning a lot about the topic, I then wrote a paper showing my knowledge of the issue, and then proposed two possible solutions to this issue. Out of these two solutions I picked one that I am supposed to put into action to solve this issue. That is where the ordinance I sent you comes into play. This ordinance is my chosen solution for the problem of Section 8 housing currently in Iowa City. This ordinance I have proposed to you will help in many ways. The main thing the ordinance focuses on changing is the numbers of students in the Section 8 program at each school. Currently these numbers are drastically different at the schools throughout the district. This then affects many things at the individual schools, such as the turnover rate at the school. Schools with higher Section 8 population have high amounts of students moving in and out throughout the year which adversely affects teachers scheduling due to the high turnover rate. Another factor that Section 8 contributes to is the numbers of free and reduced lunch at each school; again schools with higher Section 8 population have more students with free and reduced lunch. My ordinance focuses on balancing the numbers of these students throughout the schools, thus balancing these other factors as well. So I strongly urge you to take a very good look at my proposal. Many of the smaller details of this ordinance may have to be changed due to outside affects in the city. But I believe the main idea of this ordinance has the potential to help the city in many ways when it comes to this issue. This is in your hands now. I hope this can go on to help this issue and down the road change the current trends Section 8 brings into schools. Sincerely, a c~ Nick Beckman ~~ ~ ~' ~`. ~ c~-~ ~ -'~ ~t~f ~ ~n.~n ~~. `~ i ~~ NEC, ~eC.IGman 1-O[~~t ~l ~ ~ ~c/~~ ~ha V (~~,~ : I I Section 8 Housing Studenttoning Ordinance The following is an ordinance outlining the guidelines for enrollment of students who are in the Section 8 housing program in Iowa City Schools. Pertaining to grades K-6. -Students in grades kindergarten through 6th grade who are in the Section 8 Housing Program are citizens who fall under this ordinance. Students who fall under these guidelines will be selected for a busing system throughout the ICCSD. Students who are in this program will be divided up in relatively equal percentages throughout the schools. Students will be selected at random for their school destination. The steps to selecting follow: 1. Each student that currently is in the Section 8 housing program will be looked at by a committee, this committee will look at all factors such as.... Current residence, education history, parent background 2. Based upon this will have school determined in which to attend; this school will be the one in which to attend through 6th grade. School will not change unless other factors arise. 3. If there is more than one student who falls under guidelines in the current household these siblings will be sent to same school in the district. -The schools determined for the students will be chosen so that the resulting percentages of factors (free and reduced lunch, ethnicity, numbers in each class, etc.) will be very similar throughout all schools in the ICCSD that hold K-6th grade students. N h C mac.. ~ ~ `~~ ~ 3% `_ -To get the students who fall under the above guidelines to their pre-sel~e~ school, ~"° there will be a busing system put in place. The system will work as folloro~ °° ~~ ~ 1. Each main Section 8 Sector of town will have buses to move i~nts~ schools. rn 2. There will be a bus for each predetermined district of K-6th grade schools. Such as schools like Grant Wood and Lucas will be on one bus, and schools like Hoover and Lemme will be on another bus. A school like Shimek may have its own bus due to its far distance from many other schools. This system will cut down on buses, rather than having each school having its OWN bus. 3. Students will be picked up in a determined area near Section 8 housing Sectors; this area will be easily reachable by all students in program. 4. Students will be picked up in morning at a time, so that arrival at school on time is maintained. Roll of students will be taken who are to be on bus; proper contact with parents will be maintained. 5. Students will then be bused home after school using same route as they got to school, and will then be left off in same pre-determined area. Parent contact will be a key among bus drivers; if their route is delayed parents will be notified ahead of time so proper steps are taken in case of an accident. Roll of students will be taken who are to be on bus; proper contact with parents will be maintained. o ~ 0 ~~., ~ ~~ ~ ~'-~ ~ =-~r-~ :`C~ ~• ~' ~ _: .._. Dear City Council, As a concerned citizen of Iowa City I believe that you need to pass an ordinance limiting section 8 housing in certain areas. Section 8 housing is a good thing, but there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Areas containing large numbers of low income families are having more trouble with crime and in schools in particular than in other areas with little or no section 8 housing. Poverty is a reason that people turn to crime and it's not a good idea to put all the people with low incomes in the same area. Also the schools are affected by it because they have a much higher percentage of students on free/reduced lunch. They have to deal with a large amount of students with little money to pay for the things they need like lunch and school supplies. Also these students move around a lot and this is a problem for the teachers that have them when a large number of students you end up with are different from the ones that started. So I suggest that you write and pass an ordinance that would limit section 8 housing in some areas and promote it in different areas around the city. N d 0 Q . ... + +{~ ~ „ Y ~ ~ ~eu~ (~ (~ ~~ .. yam,; C?:T 3 7 Marian Karr From: Sharon Evans [shevans111 @gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 12:35 PM To: Council Subject: Citizen Petitions and Free Speech? I was alarmed to read in the Gazette (Thursday, 2/25/10) how the City of Iowa City deals with petitions from citizens. In the article concerning a proposal for aloes-income housing unit in Old Towne Village, it relates that some neighboring property owners and businesses signed a petition against the housing, which petition was then submitted to City Hall. The article goes on to relate that the city then went through the petition, gathered those names, and reported them the Department of Housing & Urban Development. The businesses were evidently reported to HUD to see if discrimination or unfair lending charges could be filed just on the basis of that petition. The article goes on to state that HUD reported back, unsurprisingly, that it was a free speech issue and signatures alone cannot constitute a discriminatory act. This is very scary. I am a retired resident in that area and I am not against this housing and do not agree with the petitioners. I am certain it will be an attractive residence and the people will be good neighbors. But that is not the issue here. I am strongly against the City's strong-armed tactics to retaliate against people who sign any petitition. Isn't it our constitutional right to state our opinions and petition the government without threat of punishment from that government? I would hesitate to sign any petition in the future, thinking that City employees, paid for by our taxes, are going through the list finding reasons to punish us for exercising our free speech rights, if our opinions happen to be contrary to their agenda. This may be called the Athens of the Midwest, but it doesn't really appear to be a seat of democracy right now. Thanks for your time. Sharon Evans Iowa City 2/25/2010 Lynn Walding Marian Karr From: Ross Wilburn Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 6:26 PM To: Marian Karr Subject: FW: Lynn Walding From: Belk, Joseph D [mailto:joseph-belk@uiowa.edu] Sent: Mon 3/1/2010 4:26 PM To: Ross Wilburn Subject: Lynn Walding 3 8 Councilor Wilburn, My name is Joseph Belk and I am with the Daily Iowan. I'm doing a story on the new Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division administrator appointment and how this can effect Iowa City. I have left messages with all of the councilors, and I anticipate that ma I mocurious about howe the Council feels about the current ppealslprocessg ohlTh d 1Baseland howrthe Iowa ABD deta , may handle it. 1 can be reached at (563) 271-3431. Regards, Joseph Belk Daily Iowan Staff Reporter 3/5/2010 3 9 Marian Karr From: James Surratt [jamessurratt55@msn.com] Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 6:18 PM To: Council Subject: radios Just lately I've become aware that the City Departments have radios that are antiquated and obsolete. No one sells them anymore as they were purchased around 15 to 20 years ago. The technology in them has been outdated. Parts are almost impossible to obtain. In other words, they are on their last legs. You cannot buy them even on ebay. The city was supposed to have received new radios. a few months ago due to a federal grant, as I understand it, that would secure all the radios used by the city and county for communication not only between law enforcement agencies, but all departments. It was all in connection with the joint communications center off Melrose Avenue. But all that was brought to a halt when the City Council and the JC Board of Supervisors got into a disagreement over financing the operations of the communication center. Communication is vital to any organization, including the city. Without it, chaos is certain. Already we have one city bus without a working radio (647). One by one, all other city vehicles will fall to the same problem until this disagreement is resolved. So please get it resolved soon. Thank you! Jim Surratt 133 Arabian Court Iowa City 3 10 Marian Karr From: Stefanie Bowers Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 9:30 AM To: 'Sujit Singh' Cc: Council; Dale Helling Subject: RE: Mr. Singh- I received your email dated 2/28/10. In it you raise concerns about possible discrimination in your search for gainful employment. If you feel that local employers have discriminated against you, I would encourage you to file a complaint with this office. The complaint form is available on our website at www ic~ov org/humanri~,hts or one can be mailed to you or sent via email. In addition, the Human Rights office is open Monday-Friday 8 am- 5 pm, if you would like to come in for a meeting please contact the office at 356-5022 or 356-5015 to set up an appointment. We are also available at the above numbers if you prefer to call with your concerns. Regards, Stefanie Bowers Human Rights Coordinator City of Iowa City __ From: Sujit Singh [mailto:sujit_singh@live.com] Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 11:05 PM To: Council; *Human Rights Subject: To Whomever it May Concern, My name is Sujit Singh. I have come across some difficulties in my life and was told that you may be of some assistance for me. I am a person with disabilities,both Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy. In my search for work, I have come across some issues that I feel need to be addressed because I don't believe they are getting the proper attention. While looking for work, I have been told that I am over qualified (my two college degrees, A.A from Kirkwood Community College and my B.A from the University of Iowa) or under qualified because of the certain requirements that the companies are asking for. Most of the places I ask for have a typing requirement they need me to reach(40 wpm). Because of my Cerebral Palsy, I can't use my right hand normally thus making me only able to use one hand to type. While taking the typing test that the companies ask me to take, I type 28 wpm, one handed. When they send out me typing scores out throughout the company, they come back and tell me that unless I can hit 40 wpm, they don't even want to see my resume. Because of my Epilepsy, by law I am restricted from driving because I am unable to go six months without a seizure, because of this my search area is restricted to the Iowa City/Coralville area. I am having trouble finding out why the companies have placed such an emphasis on something that I have no control over. I have a lot of other concerns and questions,I was wondering if I could set up a meeting with someone so I could get my questions answered and better help people of this city to understand that there are others in the city that have the same issues that I have and those issues need to get the attention they deserve. Thank you for taking 3/1/2010 Page 2 of 2 the time to read my a-mail. I hope to hear back from you soon. Sujit Singh Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now. 3/1/2010 U3-Z3-1 U 3 11 Marian Karr From: Chris Traeger [chris@christraeger.com] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 12:55 PM To: Council; Matt Hayek; Ross Wilburn; Regenia Bailey; Susan Mims; Mike Wright Subject: Iowa City Resident -Chris Traeger -Google Fiber Optics to the home Hello, My name is Chris Traeger. I am an Iowa City resident and have been since I began school here at the University of Iowa in 2003. I graduated with a BA in Economics and also recieved the Entrepreneurship certificate. I came across something interesting today while floating around google. Google is installing fiber optics to the home in multiple communities across the nation. This is a GREAT opportunity for Iowa City to expand itself. Fiber optics are the next big step in the Internet and having somebody as big as google behind it strengthens it even more. I have personally nominated Iowa City knowing we have what google wants to see. A diverse, cultured and educated city with a lot to give back. Please take a moment and follow the link below. Personal nominations only get us so far in this, city official nominations will really push the buck. https://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/ Thanks for your time. Chris Traeger 563.543.1469 3 12 Marian Karr From: Stephen Trefz [trefz.stephen@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 11:33 AM To: Council Subject: An Idea for IC Good afternoon all- I trust you will not see this email till the work week has started again so you need to go to your recycle bin and get out Sunday's Gazette and go to the Leonard Pitts column. Give the article a read and please go to the site he references. www.purposebuiltcommunities.or~ I tell you if after reading this article and visiting the site if this does not get the ideas flowing for the SE side of town or any part of our fair city nothing will. Just wanted to be the first on the list of volunteers if this is something you think would be worth the council's interest. Thanks for all you hard work in making the city a better place to live. Stephen Trefz 3/8/2010 3 13 Marian Karr From: Kris Hardin [krhardin1@hotmail.coml Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 11:42 AM To: Council Subject: Proposed 14 % property tax increase This is in regard to the Press Citizen article on Saturday, March 5th on increasing the property tax up to 14 % for purposes of funding the shortfall in the public school budget. This email is my protest to the proposed tax increase. This is an expensive city for middle class people to live in and many of us have gone without any type of raise last year and may face the same this year. Of course health care costs are increasing which decreases paychecks and those of us working for the University of Iowa (non-union) have also faced furloughs and decreased benefits. My son is a freshman at the UI, which will be increasing tuition. This is crazy! You can't expect the tax payers to solve your budget problems. Have employees paid by the city gone without pay increases; have they been forced to take furloughed time off; what about health care costs? What proportion does the city pay? What about their retirements? Have their retirement benefits been messed with like the UI employees? We pay ridiculously high water bills in Iowa City. Tap into that resource! Finding areas to cut in budgets is difficult because each department will claim there is no where else to cut; CYA! I don't envy you but you were elected to represent the people of Iowa City and you're not doing us justice! Kris Hardin 303 College Court Iowa City, IA 52245 Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. Sian ug now. 3/8/2010 Marian Karr From: Hendley [hendley@q.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:35 AM To: Council Cc: Pete Hendley Subject: Property Taxes Dear City Council, I object to the raising of property taxes. It will do nothing to solve the long-term financial problems and will only put further stress on residents. Raising property taxes is unfair because we as homeowners have no choice - we can't pick up our houses and leave. It is a trap that will make Iowa City a more and more difficult place to live. The only real solution is to cut spending or go to the people to vote for a temporary one-time tax in the form of sales tax or income tax, though the unpopularity of this should tell you how equally unpopular is a raise in property taxes. I oppose any property tax increases! Sincerely, Pete Hendley 1502 Yewell St. Iowa City, Iowa 52240 1 Mark Amberg 3 (14 Iowans for an End to Water Fluoridation ,2335 Macbride Dr. Iowa City, IA 52246 (319) 621-0711 March 3rd 2010 N O © ~~ C ~ Mayor Matt Hayek ~' ~--~ ~ „^,,,,a City Hall ~ ~ ~ Q°"' 410 E.Washington Street ~~ ..~ Iowa City, IA 52240 ~, ~ -~ -~ ° N W O Dear Mayor Hayek: I want to take this time to thank you for hearing some of the members of our group in your January session and agreeing to review our city's water fluoridation policy on March 22nd. Since January our group has grown significantly in numbers, organization, funding, and outreach. We have become very excited about the real opportunity we now have to make positive changes for our health and the environment while at the same time reducing costs to the city in this economic downturn. I am writing this letter to you to emphasize some fluoride statistics and stress the significance of your upcoming work session. 91% of Iowa is fluoridated. The state of Iowa adds over 3.5 million pounds of fluorosilicic acid to its water supply each year. Fluorosilicic acid is an extremely toxic, non-biodegradable environmental pollutant. Even a staunch fluoride advocate must admit to you that the fluorides we add to our water are waste emissions from heavy industry. One teaspoon of it is enough to cause a death in a human being. The Sierra Club is opposed to using flourosilicate compounds to fluoridate water because it is harmful to aquatic life. The CDC has significantly backed off on claims that fluoride provides benefits for cavity prevention when taken systemically. Indeed much of the processed foods and drinks of the U.S. are high in fluoride content and it is impossible to find out how much a person ingests on a daily basis depending on his dietary habits. The need for additional water fluoridation even for advocates would seem superfluous especially since there is no such thing as fluoride deficiency in any life form. Since the Industrial Revolution fluoride has always been regarded as a nuisance and a poison to be avoided. The 3 greatest producers of fluoride by-products are the superphosphate industry, the aluminum industry, and the nuclear weapons industry. After WWII all of these industries in our country boomed like never before. Curiously at the same time came a great push to fluoridate the nation's water supplies. Also several very expensive ad campaigns were developed by corporations and our government to remove the stigma people had about fluoride and replace it with a positive association. Interestingly enough industry is not allowed to dump fluorosilicic acid in rivers or the ocean and they are limited by law what they can discharge through smokestacks since it has killed people in this way before. By lobbying our government and its institutions and funding research to promote flouride, industry has for the most part successfully integrated fluoride consumption and acceptance into the American lifestyle as a way to prevent cavities. Our organization has a completely different view of this issue. We are opposed to water fluoridation for numerous reasons. 1. The claims that it can help prevent cavities in people (mostly young children) are suspect. This is the only reason water supplies are fluoridated and this claim seems reaching at best. 2. At least 97% of the fluorosilicic acid is not consumed. It would be much cheaper and we would not have to devastate our waterways with pollution if we made it available in pills or drops free of charge in pharmacies to people who wanted to ingest it. Other foreign countries have done this as a public health program and others have added it to table salt in the way iodine is added. 3. It is not fair to people who do not want to bathe in it, wash their clothes in it or drink it to force this on them. 4. The water belongs to the people. No one should have the right to put any kind of medicine in it for any reason. It violates basic human rights. 5. Water Fluoridation is predominately only in the U.S. and some segments of English speaking countries. The rest of the civilized and affluent world chooses not to fluoridate water. Rates of tooth decay in these non-fluoridated countries are the same if not better than the U.S. 6. Fluoridated water is not recommended for consumption in infants or mixing it with formula on a regular basis and little effort is made to inform the public of this knowledge to protect the health of their babies. 7. There is absolutely no way any researcher or scientist can claim that no cumulative harm or negative changes to the human body does not occur over a lifetime of exposure to fluoridated water. If a 65 year old smoker had no health complaints that would not mean cigarettes did not harm him. His autopsy would still show interstitial lung disease, vascular disease, and coronary artery disease caused by tobacco. 8. It would be extremely difficult for the establishment to reverse their findings on water fluoridation in the near term. Grant money to the advocates would dry up. Scientific careers would be tarnished. The public's trust in our health institutions would be undermined and a'/< billion pounds of highly poisonous flourosilicate compounds per year would not have a home. If you recall the history of the big tobacco industry at the beginning of the 20`h century they had doctors and dentists endorsing different brands of cigarettes. It wasn't until the 70's, 80's, and 90's that culpability was admitted and the manufacturers confessed their products caused significant harm to human health. That was a 30 decade process and it took court rulings to force them to admit this. One of the main goals of our organization is to bring awareness to people about water fluoridation and the controversies surrounding it. Advocates will not come out and debate us on this issue because very few advocates or public health officials want to answer difficult questions in public about fluoride. There is not much they can tout and many questions surrounding potential harm to people and their environment. Instead most officials will. hide behind a title and give a standard few lines of PR from a script. They reassure policy makers that 65% of the country fluoridates so they are in good company. They also try to stereotype any group that opposes it as "fringe" or "opposed to progress." Our group realizes that the power of this issue lies in your hands but ultimately it is for the people to decide. I hope the council decides to advance this issue to the next step on March 22"d. We have composed a list of 20 questions on our website for you that we feel you should be aware of when making your decision. http://iustwaterplease.com/ Also please keep in mind that we are willing to speak on public TV and radio about this issue with anyone. Are the advocates who give you advice willing to debate and answer questions in public? It would be the least they can do if they are advising you to add a controversial toxin to the people's water. When it comes to public knowledge about water fluoridation our policy is "ignorance is NOT bliss." o Once again I thank you for your polite reception of our group in January's meeting. If I can be ~~9Y h to yn this matter please don't hesitate to contact me. ~"' ~ "~°" ~~ w --~ c-~ ~ r..a ~ e~' ~ o ~' N =~` ~,,~ 0 Sincerely, "~~ Mark Amberg Iowans for an End to Water Fluoridation sources: http•//www.fluoridealert.or>;/health/accidents/lethal.html http•//www westonaprice ors/Fluoride-Worse-than-We-Thou~ht.html http•//www sierraclub or>?/policy/conservation/water fluoridation.aspx http://www.fluoridealert.ore/cdc.htm N O ..~ - Q J --~ C"'3 "~ ~ ~ W ~~ Cc: c ~ ~ y~J •~ - 'r ~ h , ' v ~'2 ' Regenia Bailey, Mike Wright . `'~ O Connie Champion, Susan Mims, Terry Dickens, Ross Wilburn KCRG Iowa City Newsroom 201 S. Clinton St. Suite 200 Iowa City, IA 52240 KGAN-TV PO Box 3131 Cedar Rapids, IA 52406 KWWL Television 500 East Fourth Street Waterloo, Iowa 50703-5798 Iowa City Press-Citizen P.O. Box 2480 Iowa City, Iowa 52244-2480 Page 1 of 1 Marian Karr _. From: Michael Burch [mburch022@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 11:54 AM To: Council Subject: Just Water Please Dear Iowa City Council Members: I am writing in regards to your March 22nd work session review of water fluoridation. Please record my voice as a NO. I am concerned about the health safety of the issue. I am concerned about the pollution to our waterways. I am concerned that I can't monitor and control what goes into my body, and if I did not want to put this chemical in my body it would be very difficult to accomplish. There is no way the true side effects of water fluoridation can be monitored. It is also a waste of tax dollars when the city is in a shortfall.It is also a corrosive agent that accelerates the process of breaking down pipes and holding tanks. Most people understand that proper diet and hygiene is the key to good dental health and there is many examples of countries who have stopped water fluoridation and have seen substantial improvements in dental health Fluoride is a topical bacteria killing agent not meant for digestion. Please leave our water pure.I have lived in Iowa City all 23 years of my life It is very important to me. Thank you. Sincerely, Michael Burch 3/12/2010 Page 1 of 1 ~r~~,~~ Marian Karr '' From: Carson, Whitney L [whitney-Carson@uiowa.edu] Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 3:59 PM To: Council Subject: Water Fluoridation Dear City Council, I am writing to you in hopes that you will take this message into consideration before your March 22nd work session review of water fluoridation. I am concerned about the following issues in regard to this topic: the health concerns of water fluoridation, its pollution of our waterways, the inability to monitor and control what goes into my body, the fact that the true side effects of water fluoridation cannot be monitored, and also that it is a waste of tax dollars when the city is currently experiencing a shortfall. Most people understand that proper diet and hygiene is the key to good dental health (not fluoride), so please leave our water pure. This issue is very important to me, so I will therefore be attending the work session this coming Monday to voice my opinion. Thank you for your time and consideration, Whitney L. Carson 278 E. Court St. #307 Iowa City, IA 52240 (319) 361-5693 3/19/2010 3 15 Marian Karr From: iccccommittee@pro-democracyadvocacy.net Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 10:29 AM To: Council; iowacitycitizenscommunitycommittee@yahoogroups.com Subject: ICCCCommittee Comment - IC Housing Authority Annual Report 2010 The Iowa City Citizens Community Committee wishes to make known its views on the 2010 Annual Report by the Iowa City Housing Authority pamphlet of March 2, 2010, and a copy of this comment is being sent to our membership list-serve and archive. ICCCC received its copy of the 2010 Annual Report by way of its affiliate membership in the Johnson County Local Homeless Coordinating Board. No other means of information dissemination was encountered. The document has a very curious format. It was expected that the scope of the 2010 Annual Report by the Iowa City Housing Authority would be designed primarily for Iowa City government and possibly Johnson County, State of Iowa, and various U.S. government agency uses. However, there are references that tend to address inclusion of and yet indicate exclusion of citizen involvement with the documentary process. This aspect needs to be addressed for future Annual Reports. However, this Commentary will address a few portions of the document itself overall. The 2010 Annual Report highlights statistics that do not come into the general low-income population's awareness, which indicates that the low-income population of Iowa City are not made aware of these programs. The Housing Choice Vouncher Program shown on page 4 is most likely to be a kind of information that would only be offered to those who categorically are triaged into that sort of program. This committee has found that the description of the program in the 2010 Annual Report is very adequate. However, when the ICCC Committee Presiding Director was homeless in 2005, such awareness was not clearly presented on any application forms. It is noticed by this Committee that no references are made on Page 4 of 2010 Annual Report to the entities run by Midstates Development Incorporated H.U.D.-subsidized apartments of Autumn Park Apartments and of Capitol House Apartments, therefore, not clearly stated in the 2010 Annual Report was the provision for issuance of HCV Program vouchers to other low-income serving apartments. The header to the table should have been more specific as to the classification of the voucher recipients, because the table does not list all or most of the "landlords/owners of rental properties in Johnson County". Judging by the information layout of Page 5, the charts on pages 4 and 5 of the 2010 Annual Report probably refer to CITY OWNED locations, which would be contradictory to the heading of the table on page 4 which has the wording ""landlords/owners of rental properties in Johnson County". If this is a public document of record, then it should be easily and clearly understood by the public. It is not. Family Characteristics on Page 6 is a very curious format that indicates to this Committee that a form of prejudice exists in the acquisition, compilation, and presentation of data. The very important aspect of pension income source is completely absent. The astrisk notation of Income Sources does not in the remotest way address the presence of pension income, which is very important in denoting low-income persons who are supported by steady income but who do not fit in what could be considered to be the adequate continuity income category of low-income persons who are not generally subject to either losing their income or who will not potentially suffer reduced income. For instance, veteran pensions are not Social Security pensions and are tax-exempt, even if Social Security provisions can be supplemental to veteran pensions, so that is an important category to list and consider. Railroad Retirement is also not a Social Security pension. Family Characteristics and Working Families, Page 7, is an odd classification even though its aspect is legitimate. Again, the table headings leave out the possibility of understanding by the general population of low-income citizens. How does Iowa City Community School District Information fit in with the category of i Family Characteristics and Working Families? It would seem that it is a separate unrelated category from the page. None of the first and third tables seems appropriate without an explanation of how the tables coordinate with the topic of Working Families. The data seems to be a generic, all-encompassing category, rather than being a relative enlightenment. The Public Housing Waiting List and HCV Waiting List (Pages 8 and 9) are especially troubling tables to read. The information means that there are from 1,050 to 1,700 individuals who are on waiting lists but do not fit in what might be called the "needy" category of residents. The category of "non-residents" indicates persons who would like to move to Iowa City but who do not have sufficient income to rent their own residence, a category some of us in this Committee have fit into at various times when we wished to relocate. It is not necessary that such information be self-explanatory beyond the topic title, however, it is a category that indicates a migration pattern of low-income and subsidy-seeking persons who are trying to find a new life in Iowa City. Only one name on the Program Coordinating Committee for 2009 (on Page 12) is known to this Committee, the first name, Amy Correia. The name and category of Anthony Moore, identified as "Public Housing Tenant" is of major interest to this Committee. How did Mr. Moore become a member of the Program Coordinating Committee for 2009, since we low-income subsidized rental members of Iowa City have not been made aware of such a position. Providing a position for a general common person within the low-income renting community is not the same thing as communicating with the low-income renting community that such a position exists and that persons from within the low-income renting community can apply as candidates. It appears that any City classification for low-income renters only applies to renters of City owned properties, not to the general pupulation of H.U.D.-subsidized renters in all forms of residential assistance properties public and private. The Promoting Self-Sufficiency information that continues on Page 11 about FSS Home Ownership and HCV Home Ownership Program is information about two processes that are not communicated to most low-income citizens, unless the information is specified as part of an inquiry. That aspect is very troubling to this Committee since the Presiding Director of ICCC Committee has in the past communicated with the Iowa City Housing Authority about assistance in acquiring a one-bedroom home without garage (there are many such small properties in Iowa city) which fits in with single retired adult persons of low-income, and was informed that subsidized home ownership programs were mostly for single-parent families usually through private organizations such as Habitat For Humanity, and were for three-bedroom new homes only. Again, this is information that is not communicated to the general low-income citizens of Iowa City. In the Executive Summary of Page 14, it is stated in the fourth paragraph that "The Housing Authority began our planning process in the Spring of 2009. With the assistance of a University of Iowa Student Practicum Project, (capitalized alphas not provided in the 2010 Annual Report) THE HOUSING AUTHORITY SURVEYED ALL PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS AND FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PARTICIPANTS to determine the interest in creating a Resident Advisory Board (RAB)." That one statement absolutely leaves out probably the majority of the low-income subsidized housing residents of Iowa City. If only the residents in City owned rental units is considered, that is a highly prejudiced reference of data and a restriction on low-income public response. The Housing Authority MUST NOT limit its scope of interest to only a part of the low-income citizens of Iowa City ! ! ! ! ! The Housing Authority is mandated to serve the low-income citizens of Iowa City, not a portion thereof. That is a glaring civil rights violation! In the fifth paragraph of the Executive Summary of Page 14, it is stated that... "In the Summer and Fall of 2009, The Housing Authority participated in the consultation process organized by City of Iowa City Community Development Office in the development of CITY STEPS, Iowa City's Consolidated Plan for Housing, Jobs, and Services for Low-Income Residents 2010-2015. As part of this process all families that responded to the Housing Authority survey were mailed copies of the City Steps Resident Survey and were invited to attend the Public Meetings arranged by the City Steps consultants. The truth of that matter is that the survey that the Presiding Director of this Comittee submitted was a generic Internet form, and no such copy of the City Steps Resident Survey 2 was mailed in response to the submitted survey. And although this Presiding Director of this Committee participated in the survey, his awareness and participation in the survey was largely due to the membership of Iowa City Citizens Community Committee in organizations within the Iowa City community, and not because low-income residents in Iowa City having been made aware of the program, although literature was presented and made available at Iowa City Public Library and Iowa City Senior Center. In the eigth and ninth paragraphs of the Executive Summary of Page 14, Reclaiming Roots is addressed with a refeence to its being a Community-Based Organization that brings volunteers together to join in community causes. But there is a very vague reference in that description referring to "schools that need work", whatever that description means. Perhaps that description is something that that organization needs to work on, but in the community document of 2010 Annual Report, that description needs to be clearly referenced. And as well, the reference to the second Neighborhood Cleanup, it leaves out low-income residents of other locations. What about other city areas and other city residents? In this Committee's Preciding Director's four years of residency in Iowa City, not one such notice has ever been distributed to him in the downtown area. There are probably a few such residents who would love to help in clean-up, and this Presiding Director of ICCC Committee regularly picks up trash and litter found on South Dubuque Street between Courth and Jefferson Streets during his regular walk to Free Lunch. Involving low-income residents in community projects increases their pride in their community when such activities includes involvement invitations into other activities and issues, and is not merely being a case of "When they want us to pick up trash they come to us, but they never involve us in anything else." And the final comment is about Page 15, the reference to creating an affordable home is an exclusive process of qualification. As was said previously, these are large three-bedroom homes with two-car garages for low-income usually single-parent families, not low-income citizens. There are no single bedroom homes being offered to individuals and married couples without children who are low-income. There are many single-bedroom homes without garages throughout Iowa City, and also single-bedroom homes with single car garages and duplexes of the same sort. But none of those are offered for low-income citizens to upgrade from subsidized rentals to subsidized home ownership. 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I have not heard if that was to be considered, or rejected. However, I have since seen a 2009 trail map which indicates that this section is not on the proposed trail list. Whether this is in the process of being considered, or has been rejected, or put aside, I wanted to submit clear evidence of the need for a safer crossing and trial system for North Court Hill Park. (NCHP) To each person I contacted, I explained why the trail really needs to be extended. Besides convenience, I mentioned safety. I told about walking through the park from Westminster to Friendship while the grass was deceptively dry, only to find it a marsh which soaked my shoes and socks as if I was walking at the beach at the break of a wave. This made for a very uncomfortable and dangerous walk to Hy-Vee along the Court Hill trail. Further, when I travel through the park to Westminster and the grass again seems dry, but is not, the hill near the bus shelter is very slippery. I have slipped walking up the hill. Additionally, I have not been able to finish riding my bike up the hill due to the grade and grass. You can see from the pictures how slippery and dangerous and over used this grassy, hilly area is from the worn path in the pictures. If you were to use this, you would realize this is a very steep grade. I feel it is an accident waiting to happen, and is neglectful not to fix this in some manner. Though I did not document this, bikes do use this passage during winter; I have seen the bike trials all winter long. Furthermore, you can go there yourself today and see the divots in the grass from usage of this pathway to the bus shelter, and today, I saw a clear runners' path in the grass throughout the park. Compounding the issue, is the lack of adequate crosswalks in this area of trail/footpath crossings, both on Court St. at the bus shelter, and the Kenwood and Friendship, and also at the trail access from across Friendship between the north and south parts of the park. A picture says a thousand words, and you can see from these attached photos taken in early March, the usage this park gets, and the need for crosswalks for safety of students crossing that use this park and trail to get to and fro South East Junior High from our neighborhoods on the north side. Since the trail has been put in on the south side, it now demands attention to the issues it has created in safe access to other parts of the park and streets. I have lived in my house on Radcliffe for over 25 years. Traffic has really picked upon Court St. due to the high density housing now east of Scott Blvd. The non-marked crossing walk at the bus shelter on Court St. is used constantly compared to the marked crossing at Kenwood. Further, there is not access to the Kenwood crosswalk from the south side of Court St. bus shelter area due to the fact that there are no sidewalks there, and it is not reasonable that a child (or any person) would walk over to that crosswalk even if there was a sidewalk to access it. Not to say that a sidewalk is not needed there, it is, it's just that both are needed. This has become a very dangerous situation, and things have changed in this area and with the addition of the south trail, attention must be given to the issue of the use and safety of the north park. To access the trail from my perspective, an older person coming from the north side that cannot walk through the deep snow in the park, and must use the sidewalk on Kenwood and Friendship, I am then forced to use private drives to access the trail from Friendship, after crossing from Kenwood. However, this is after I have about slipped just getting over the curb at the corner sidewalk crossing at Kenwood and Friendship due to unmaintained and not shoveled crossing at snow plow wake. Corner is unkempt. The private drives on the south side of Friendship between Kenwood and trail access were very icy this winter. However, that is because the ice was very severe this winter, and it is not the fault of the homeowners that they have become responsible for trail access, and it's not fair to those homeowners to have to be the trail access. It's really the city's responsibility to allow safe access to this trail. The city can do a much better job of maintenance than private homeowners when it comes to severity of ice. The foot traffic patterns can indicate where best to put a trial or sidewalk, however, wherever you put a trail, that is what will be used by most people for walking, biking, and in winter and rain. There is a beautiful wild flower section, and it would be nice to have the trial run parallel to, and that would leave the green space open to the east. I did not get pictures of the trail pattern on the other side of the creek, where there is green space that is connected by a bridge, and is very pretty. If there were sidewalk there, it would be used, too, as most of the grass is sparse due to trees. But the most urgent one is the direct access to the south trail, and the most used would be the most direct route, as you can see by the foot traffic in these attached photos. Please consider the necessity that has become evident. In planning, pleases consider that Westminster has a straight, non-curbed sidewalk on the west side which directly connects to the bus shelter, providing a nice trail extension. know a trail in NCHP will be used, you can see the traffic patterns in the snow from these photos, and you can see a pattern as to how it should be built for the maximum safety of users. This action is needed as soon as possible. You should not delay. This needs to be high priority for safety reasons. N 0 Sincerely, -~.. ~ p~ ~ ~ j Pamela Kottemann ~..~ ._ ~, ~a C'9 U5 ~ "~~. ~~ _ f~ _~' Your message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: 1 NCHP footprints Court St. 2 NCHP footprints Court St. 3 NCHP footprints Court St. 4 NCHP footprints Court St. 5 NCHP footprints Court St. `~ 6 NCHP footprints Court St. ~... i.<~`" 7 NCHP footprints Court St. 8 NCHP footprints Court St . 2~1~ ~} ~~~~ + J 4 9 NCHP footprints Court St. ~~~ ~~~ 17 10 NCHP footprints Court St. 11 NCHP footprints Court St. ~~ ~~~+~t~¢ c'ys't 12 NCHP footprints Court St. ~~~~i-~ €,E~~{, ~t~l~a~~°.~i 13 NCHP footprints Court St. 14 NCHP footprints Court St. 15 NCHP footprints Court St. 16 NCHP footprints Court St. 17 Court St. notice downhill path from shelter; no street sidewalk 18 Court St, notice downhill path from shelter; no street sidewalk 19 Court St. notice downhill path from shelter 20 Court St. notice downhill path from shelter 21 Court St. downhill path from shelter; slippery mud 22 Court St. downhill path from shelter; slippery mud 23 Court 5t. downhill path from shelter; .slippery mud 24 Court 5t. downhill foot path from shelter; slippery mud 25 Court St. downhill foot path from shelter; slippery mud 26 Court St. foot path; foot prints 27 Court St. foot traffic 28 Court St. foot traffic path 29 Court St. junior high student using trail path to go from school to home 30 Court St. trailway home for junior high student 31 Court St. no crosswalk; to westminster 32 Court St. no crosswalk at bus stop at Westminster crossing 32 Court St. Westminster straightaway view from Court and bus shelter 33 Court St. no sidewalk, thus no access to Kenwood crosswalk 34 Court St. no sidewalk thus no access to Kenwood crosswalk 35 Court St. here's the crosswalk ...down at Kenwood 36 no crosswalk Kenwood.Friendship 36 no crosswalk Kenwood.Friendship in winter this double corner is not cleared from snow plow drifts, which blocks access, is piled high, and is icy and dangerous to cross all winter, I have slipped 37 no crosswalk Kenwood.Friendship must use driveway 38 no crosswalk Kenwood.Friendship must use driveway 39 remnant of piles of snow that blocked this corner sidewalks access all winter, I 4 slipped here several times this past winter climbing the piles of snowplow drifts 39 this double corner is not cleared from snow plow drifts, and is piled high, and is icy d d hi looking north from and dangerous to cross all winter 40 no crosswalk Kenwoo .Frien s p sou th side 40 no crosswalk Kenwood.Friendship looking east on north side 41 no crosswalk Kenwood.Friendship looking north from south side 42 entrance NCHP from Friendship. footprints 43 no crosswalk at entrance NCHP from Friendship trail. 44 footprints path into NCHP from.to Friendship 45 foot traffic at NHCP entrance at Friendship 46 foot traffic at NHCP entrance at Friendship 47 NCHP footprints view from Friendship St. 48 NCHP foot traffic view from Friendship St. 49 footpath at NCHP trail access no crosswalk 50 footpath at NCHP trail access no crosswalk 51 footpath at NCHP trail access no crosswalk 52 Trail access on Friendship, no crosswalk to north side of park 53 Trail access on Friendship, no crosswalk to north side of park, no access at all snowdrifts or muddy. I have slipped trying to climb over drifts 54 Trail access on Friendship, no crosswalk to north side of park, no access at all snowdrifts or muddy and makes for soaked shoes to walk trail to Hy- vee 55 Trail access on Friendship, no crosswalk to north side of park, no access at all snowdrifts or muddy 56 no crosswalk from trail on friendship to north side of park 57 no crosswalk from trail on friendship to north side of park when when when Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled. ATTACHMENTS -COUNCIL PACKETS ONLY AVAILABLE IN CITY CLERK'S OFFICE OR ON LINE (www.icgov.org) ~,~ ~-~ ~~- ~,~~. `' `~= ~ "`~ ~ ~~ ~: a ~~ .~. 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Box 3396 Iowa Clty, Iowa 52244 ~ Phone: (319) 351-5333 Fax: (319) 358-2443 ~~ ~ ~ ~~ _ ~ ~~ (~ ; ~ ~ E-mail: joan@hbaofic.org WWW.IOWBCItyhOmeS.COm HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION Advocates for homeownership ~ ~ ` p n) ~ ~ ~ ~ i~ l~ by promoting standards for + ' ~ ~ P 1~" tr quality and affordablility March 5, 2010 Mayor Matt Hayek Iowa City Council Members 410 E Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Mayor Hayek and Council Members: The Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association commends the Iowa City City Council for postponing discussion about inclusionary-zoning ordinances. The goal to increase affordable housing and economically diversify neighborhoods is admirable, however this goal must be approached in the broader context of reviewing Iowa City's zoning, subdivision and housing policies. The Association would like to work closely with the City to address these issues. Inclusionary zoning is a policy tool that relies on zoning laws to encourage or require developers to provide affordable units in their new housing developments, usually in exchange for greater flexibility in zoning regulations, increases in density or other benefits. The goal of an ordinance should be the creation of moderately priced dwelling units, not very low income housing such as "public housing". Most ordinances are designed to help create new housing units affordable to workers like teachers and nurses and clerical staff, with lower household incomes. If the City's goal is to increase the availability of housing choices for all income levels in all areas of the City, we encourage the Council to look at a broad range of housing options that promote diverse and popular neighborhoods, schools, and communities, and aid in the recruitment, retention and expansion of businesses and their employees. The Home Builders Association will offer the expertise of our builders, developers and affiliated businesses to discuss this issue to help improve the available housing options and the overall economic well-being of the City. Housing is such an important issue for every community and we have several specific ideas for how we can better provide affordable housing in our community. We appreciate the opportunity to be involved in the process and look forward to working with the City regarding this issue. Sincerely ~~ Rob Phipps 2010 President Affiliated with National Association of Home Builders & Home Builders Association of Iowa 3 18 Marian Karr From: Marc Moen [marcmoen@me.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 4:19 PM To: Marian Karr Cc: Jerry Waddilove; Abby Restko; Anne Daniels; Bill Nelson; Patty McCarthy; Carrie Schumacher; Aaron Schaefer; Mary Frieden; Donna Hallett; Dan Deininger; Amanda Whitmer; Marc Moen; Nancy Mayfield; Wendy Ford; Leah Cohen; Tim Gholson; gustaveson Craig; Darla Boudjenah; Jim Mondanaro; Jo Dickens; Dinette Myers; Karen Kubby; Catherine Champion; Jeff Davidson; Eleanor M. Dilkes Subject: Letter to Council from DTA Attachments: DTA follow up letter re Panhandling.doc; ATT10857823.htm Marian, Please find attached a letter from the DTA to the City Council. This is a follow up to the DTA's letter dated October 23, 2009. 3/16/2010 March 16, 2010 Dear Mayor Hayek and members of the Iowa City Council, This is a follow up to the letter dated October 23, 2009 from the The Downtown Association (DTA) regarding the issue of solicitors downtown. We have now had the opportunity to meet with Eleanor Dilkes, Jeff Davidson and Sam Hargadine to discuss the requests in our letter of October 23`d. The meeting was extremely helpful. We have prioritized the requests and have made some changes to the request as a result of our meeting with staff. The requests are prioritized as follows starting with highest priority: 1. Increase the number of feet from sidewalk cafes, buildings, playground and automatic teller machines (current restriction is 10 feet); adding a provision for distance from crosswalks; adding a provision for distance between solicitors; and adding a provision to prohibit "obscene, profane or abusive" language on signs. DTA suggests that the restriction be 20 feet for all of these categories rather than 10 feet. We can work with staff to determine if 20 feet is the appropriate number but we are certain that 10 feet is not adequate. The goal is to move solicitors away from the pedestrian traveled areas in front of stores to the areas beyond the closest edge of the planters. The same goal applies to the sidewalks outside the pedestrian plaza. The restriction should be a sufficient distance so that solicitors cannot sit on the edges of the planters nearest the buildings. With this in mind we believe the restricted area should be measured from the entire face of the buildings rather than just the entry to buildings. Such a restriction would still allow solicitors downtown but would move them away from the area that is most disruptive to businesses. Likewise solicitation at intersections is causing people to jay walk to avoid solicitors standing on sidewalks directly in line with the crosswalks. 2. Prohibit smoking in the ped mall from Sam to 10pm (this does not include alleys). There was discussion of including the entire CBD in this restriction but the DTA feels this would be overly restrictive and would cause a problem for employers who have employees whom must go outside to smoke. 3. Institute a Parking Meter Donation Program with signage. Signage should be included to encourage people to donate through out- of-service parking meters that are placed downtown. Signage should also be placed to clearly designate non-smoking areas. 4. Institute a Licensing Requirement. The licensing requirement requested should be a very simple form, which the applicant must fill out giving name and address (the address does not have to be a permanent address and could be the Shelter House or other temporary housing for example). At the time the license is issued the applicant should also be given a written list of the regulations regarding solicitation. The goals of the licensing requirement are: (a) to discourage "spur of the moment" soliciting by requiring a licensing step before solicitation is allowed; (b) developing a data base of solicitors and allowing us to get an idea of the number of solicitors in the downtown area; and (c) to educate the solicitors about the regulations. Thank you for your continued support of downtown, one of Iowa City's greatest assets. Respectfully submitted, .Cea~i Ca~ien Leah Cohen, President, DTA ~' Clean Au. FQr Eveiyane ~~ 3a(19 C.A.F.E. J3~n County P.O. Box 308 Iowa City IA 52240-0308 Phone (319)338-2366 Fax (319)337-9886 Date: March 16, 2010 To: Iowa City Council Members From: Eileen Fisher on behalf of CAFE Johnson County Board of Directors Board Members: Eileen L. Fisher, PhD; Dr. Christopher Squier, DsC; Dr. Les Weber, MD; Renee Gould, RN; Douglas Beardsley, MPH; Cindy Spalding; Megan Moeller, MS, ATC, CHES; Melissa Nelson Dear Councilors, We are writing this letter in support of the Downtown Association's request to make the ped mall smokefree. This was considered briefly when the Iowa Smokefree Air Act took effect and the council decided to wait and see how the law worked. While there have been very few enforcement problems with Iowa's Smokefree Air Act, outdoor smoking is now much more of a problem especially in areas like the ped mall where people gather to eat, visit, play, or listen to the summer concerts. There are some very good reasons for making the ped mall smokefree. • Tobacco use in the proximity of children and adults engaging in or watching outdoor recreational activities at City-owned or operated facilities is detrimental to their health and can be offensive to those using such facilities; • This is a unique opportunity to create and sustain an environment that supports anon-tobacco norm through a tobacco-free policy, rule enforcement, and adult-peer role modeling on City-owned outdoor recreational facilities; • Parents, leaders, and officials involved in recreation are role models for youth and can have a positive effect on the lifestyle choices they make; • Cigarettes, once consumed in public spaces, are often discarded on the ground requiring additional maintenance expenses, diminish the beauty of the City's recreational facilities, and pose a risk to toddlers due to ingestion; and • The prohibition of tobacco use on the ped mall serves to protect the health; safety and welfare of the citizens of our City. 0 For the above reasons, we encourage you to pass an ordinance making the ped mall srr~efre e~ Sincerely, ~ t ~ -'°~ ~ a `"" --; c ~ " ~~ ~ Eileen L. Fisher '"~"" ~ ` ~ " ' President, CAFE Johnson County ~' ~~ rv