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Home My WebLink About2010-04-06 Correspondence- --- -- - --- _ _ _ . MjdAmerlcan MidAmerican Energy Company _ ENERGY 4299 NW Urbandale Drive ~~ OBSESSIVELY, RELENTLESSLYAT YOUR SERVlCE~ Urbandale, Iowa 50322-7298 rU o March 29, 2010 ~j gr C'7 :~.'.~ o ~ ~, ~--*^~~ ' 1 ~~ ~ 6 Ms. Marian Karr, City Clerk .. ~~. =.~ r-~ r ' y: City of Iowa City v ~~ -~ ' `~" =~1 410 E. Washington Street - ~,, Iowa City, Iowa 52240 '~'' Dear Ms. Karr: Pursuant to Ordi~za~2ce No. 07-4294, Sectioiti 12-I -14 and Ordi~zance No. 07-4293, Sectio~a 12-1-12, enclosed please find the annual written report to the City Council summarizing community contributions and involvement benefiting the citizens of Iowa City. Please let me know if you or the council have any questions. Sincerely, Kathryn M. Kunert Vice President, Economic Development and Comrx~unity Relations MidAmerican Energy Company MidAmerican Energy Company Iowa City Community Report Calendar Year 2009 This report is being submitted in accordance with the electric and natural gas franchises agreements signed between the City of Iowa City, Iowa and MidAmerican Energy Company (MidAmerican) in November 2007. The report voluntarily summarizes the support the company, its Foundation, and employees have contributed to the community for the calendar-year 2009 and the preceding three years as required by the franchise agreements. Elects^ic Ordinance No 07-4294, Section 12-1-14 The Company shall make an annual written report to the City Council summarizing community contributions which benefit the people of Iowa City which have been made by the Company or its Foundation. The written report shall include the name of each entity to which such contributions have been made, the amount of such contl^ibution and a comparison showing contributions for that yea~° and the three prior years. The report shall be filed with the City Council within three months of the close of the Company's fiscal year. Natural Gas Ordinance No. 07-4293, Section 12-2-12 The Company shall make an annual written report to the City Council summarizing community contributions which benefit the people of Iowa City which have been made by the Company or its Foundation. The written report shall include the name of each entity to which such contributions have been made, the amount of such contribution and a comparison showing contributions for -that year and-the--three-prior years: - The report shall be filed with the- City-Council within - . thT^ee months of the close of the Company's fiscal year. The report is to be submitted to the city clerk by no later than March 31 of each calendar year. All figures are submitted in good faith and are accurate to the best of MidAinerican's knowledge and record-keeping. Some slight variances may occur due to timing based on records for 2004 through 2006 which, in some cases, were re-created in ___ _ __ __ _ _order to c_o_mply with_this report. Prior to 2007, it was not anticipated contributions would have to be reported in accordance with provisions of new franchise agreements. ~; c~ c' ~.> ~. ~.` ~' ~ "" ~ t"" ~ (ya"",• «~ 1 ~ ~<`.~ c>, 3/29/2010 Page 2 of 13 Iowa City Community Report Contributions in the City of Iowa City by MidAmerican and its Foundation for the four-year period covered by this report (2009-2006) are $18,071,556. Of this amount, $5,073,926 was contributed in 2009, $4,911,734 in 2008, $3,299,173 in 2007 and $4,786,606 in 2006. ICARE ~° c-~ ~;~ y - ~ ~~ ICARE is an energy assistance program that helps customers who are i~n~lo, living on fixed or low incomes or experiencing a family crisis. The progra~pl'ovides ta.3 ~.i dw assistance by helping these customers pay their heating bills or making their Domes more energy efficient. ICARE funding comes from donations by employees and customers ~xth a percentage match made by MidAmerican. Customers can make contributions to ICARE anytime throughout the year by adding a whole dollar amount to their monthly MidAmerican bill. The overpayment automatically will be applied to ICARE. The ICARE program is annually advertised to customers through either quarterly newsletters, billing inserts or messages on customer bills. The ICARE program is also supported internally by ~.~, .~.. a.~'.. ._~..~ „ S _. >> MidAanerican employees through the company's ICARE - WE CARE campaign. The 2008 through 2005 ICARE campaigns were supported on a statewide basis by Mi.dAmerican's Warm for the Holidays promotion with Clear Channel Radio stations in November and December 2008. The Iowa City radio stations who participated in 2008 - 2005 were KKRQ and KXIC. In 2009, the paid media support portion of the program was eliminated due to lunited audience participation i.e. the cost of promoting the program was more than the contributions received. All donations are administered in Iowa City by Hawkeye Area Community Action Program, Inc. (HACAP). These tax-deductible donations help local cornmtuuty action agencies provide valuable financial assistance. To qualify, customers must meet the state's Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program guidelines. The 2009 donations from Iowa customers and the companry's percen from Iowa City customers and the company's percentage match totaled $33,831. The 2007 donations from Iowa City customers and the company's percentage match totaled $22,506. In 2006, donations from Iowa City customers and the company's percentage match totaled 3/29/2010 Page 3 of 13 Iowa City Community Report $23,540. Additionally, in 2006, cone-time MidAmerican donation to ICARE of $223,136 was made as part of an agreement with the Iowa Utilities Board per IUB Docket RPU-91- 5. So that all the donated funds can be used for there intended purpose, MidAmerican also pays administrative fees to HACAP. In 2006 and 2007, MidArnerican paid HACAP $258 $53 respectfully. The reason the administrative fees are low in 2006 and 2007 is because as part of the lUB Docket RPU-91-5 agreement MidAxnerican paid HACAP up front $38,379 for administrative fees. The administrative fee paid by MidAmerican to HACAP in 2008 was $991 and in 2009 it was $3,174. The grand total of donations, matching fiends and administrative fees paid by MidAmerican and its employees for the period of 2006 - 2009 is $390,824. ~_ Special Pro rg_ams ~? ~'~~ ~ ~ ~~ For the last six years, the Iowa Utilities Board has sponsored' 4~e ~va ~:..~. ~..~ Weatherization Challenge. In 2009, the University of Iowa Environmental Cc~i~'on ~d a y C. 6 . ~,~ __. project; however, the actual project was ~in the Cedar Rapids area. Tl~e~-~a?st kcal y -_~ participation was on October 20, 2007. Reclaiming Roots, a group that helpsao revit~ize ~. neglected areas of Iowa City, conducted a weatherization event. The group hadj 61 volunteers and weatherized 21 homes in the Grant Wood Neighborhood of Iowa City. Volunteers were recruited from the neighborhood and from members of the Reclaiming Roots organization. The weatherization done at the homes included installing plastic film . - - - - -on --windows, weather-stripping.---doors --and windows,... sealing---gaps or. holes...in . he _ - -- - - foundation, and covering both window and central air conditioning units. The volunteers also spent time cleaning up the neighborhood by clearing yard waste and trash from homes. Volunteers distributed energy saving tips infonnation to homeowners throughout the neighborhood. Matching funds for this project came from MidAinerican. In 2007, this amounted to $137.50 matched by the IUB for a total of $275. There were no similar Iowa City programs in flee prior years. Both television and newspaper media covered flee event. MidAmerican worked through its Community Contact Volunteer network (employees living/working in communities served by MidAinerican) to spread the word about the Iowa N 3/29/2010 ° _~~ Page4of13 `~_ ~, ~ s Iowa City Community Report ~ '" y ~ g ~a ~ ~ N ~s~ Weatherization Challenge. According to an Iowa Utilities Board r ort -~nc200$~the ~_ ~ ~ ~ ~._ --e. ~. University of Iowa Environmental Coalition (UIEC) organized an Iowa4~,~t~ event. ,~ ~ 7 .~- • --- MidAmerican was not afforded an opportunity to participate in this 2008 effor€: N ~~-~ Bud et Billin Although it is not a direct philanthropic program MidAmerican, assists its customers by offering abudget-billing program. Customers sign up for a levelized payment plan based on past usage to allow for consistent payment, thereby helping household budgets during the peak heating and cooling seasons. The use of this program has grown significantly in Iowa City over the past four years. At the end of calendar year 2009, 11,960 customers were participating in the program compared to 11,590 in 2008, 11,146 in 2007 and 10,338 customers in 2006 and 9,566 in 2005. This represents a 25% increase between the 2005 and 2009. Global Days of Service MidAmerican supports employee volunteerism around the world. Global Days .of Service encourages employees to make. our communities better through personal volunteer work. All employees of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company and its worldwide, wholly-owned subsidiaries are eligible to participate in the program. MidAmerican has a $250,000 matching fund to recognize and support employee __ __ ~olunteer_acti~ities..These...dollars_are._used..to_.match_.efforts _on.behalf..of .organizations..__... ____. serving our communities. The fund is divided among these organizations, based on .the . number of hours employees volunteer with a maximum of 500 hours per volunteer in a program year (250 hours maximum for part-time employees). The $250,000 fund is divided by the total number of hours volunteered. per organization to determine the contribution MidAmerican snakes to each organization. For example, assume MidAmerican employees volunteered a collective 75,000 hours ,for service organizations. If 1,000 of these hours were performed for one organization, that organization would receive 1/75 of MidAmerican's total contribution, or $3,333. A maxunum of $5,000 will be paid to any single organization per year regardless of the 3/29/2010 Page 5 of 13 Iowa City Community Report number of volunteer hours submitted by MidArnenican employees. The remauung funds would also be distributed based on the total number of volunteer hours. All organizations considered charitable or educational by their nation's government are eligible. For example, any 501.(c).(3) group or educational institution may receive funds. In addition, to recognize the importance of volunteer fire departments and other public safety organizations to our communities, these organizations are eligible regardless of their 501.(c).(3) status. For 2009, 148.5 volunteer hours were submitted and $698 paid, in 2008, $117 in 2007, $578 and in 2006, Iowa City employees volunteered 1,453.5 hours of service resulting in the payout of $4,830. Matching Gift MidAmerican also has a Matching Gift program designed to encourage and supplement financial support for eligible charitable organizations and educational institutions. This ,program is made available to eligible full and part-time employees through the MidAmerican Energy Foundation. MidAmerican's Foundation provides $100,000 annually to match donations by employees of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company and its domestic subsidiaries. The $100,000 will be used to match gifts by eligible persons on a first come, first serve basis . during the calendar year up to the maximum of $1,500 per person in any calendar year. - ~----- -- ----~-~ Widespread financial -support--from--individuals is-essential--if-these---organizations-~ and- --- - :------ -- institutions are to provide the facilities needed to meet the increasing demands placed upon them by our society. We are pleased to contribute a share of the needed funds by matching the gifts made by employees of MidAr~nerican Energy Holdings Company and its domestic subsidiaries and other eligible persons. Eligible Organizations: iversit~includi colleges, which has received regional accreditation. a Institutions with professional accreditation or approval by state universitie ~~stat~ ~ -i ~; ~~ boards or departments of education. c~..,~ ~ ~ ~ N ~~ r~"- *•y ~a ~ ~,. 9 _ . -- ti ,~-, 3!29/2010 Page 6 of 13 Iowa City Community Report ' An alumni fund, foundation or association of an eligible institution, provided that this special fund or group is recognized as tax exempt and the financial officer of the college or university certifies that the fund, foundation or association: ' is an integral part of the institution, or ' will transmit all funds it receives directly to the college or university, or ' will use all funds it receives-entirelyfor the benefit of the college or university. ' A tax exempt foundation whose purpose is to support public or private elementary and secondary education (kindergarten through grade 12) provided that such foundation is separate from and transmits all funds it receives directly to the associated school or district and all such funds are used entirely for the benefit of such school or district. ' Institutions, foundations or organizations, such as the United Negro College Fund and the Iowa College Foundation, which are tax exempt and whose primary purpose is the financial support of colleges and universities. ' A tax exempt organization providing cultural or general community benefits and either located in communities where MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company.has operations, the MidAmerican service territory or located in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska or South Dakota and providing benefits to MidAmerican's customers. _ _ _Crifts._to organizations,. which receive general .operating, or specific program funding.„ _ .__ from the United Way funding are not eligible for matching under this program. MidAmerican Energy Foundation provides separate support for the United Way and these related organizations. ' Gifts to organizations whose activities represent a conflict of interest for MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company will not be matched. . Qualified Gits: o ' To qualify for a matching grant, the gifts must be made from personal ~ b~:an '~' eligible person. The gift maybe in the form of cash or securities having a qu~e~mfi~~ltet r-; ~- , value. c=~ .~. .. N ~~ 3/29/2010 Page7of13 Iowa City Community Report ' If the gift is in the form of securities, the value to be considered is the sale or published price on the date of the gift. ' ~ Crifts may be made to more than one eligible organization or educational institution, but the total of gifts to be matched is limited to $1,500 in any calendar year. Gifts made by spouses will be included ui the $1,500 maximum limit. The minimum .gift to any organization or institution which will be matched is $25. ' Gifts. by eligible persons maybe restricted or unrestricted. Unless instructed .otherwise by the donor, all matching grants will have the same restrictions as the original gift. Payments not eligible for matching grants include churches and other religious organizations, elementary and secondary schools, bequests, dues, payments to local alumni groups, subscription fees, and any other payment not made as a direct contribution to an eligible organization or colleges and universities. Pledges will not be matched until actual payment is made. Each individual gift by an eligible person to an organization or institution. must be accompanied by a matching gift application form. The organization or institution receiving the gift accompanied by the form will certify the gift. Typically, the matching grants will be paid to the eligible organizations or educational institutions on a quarterly basis. The aggregate total for the four years covered by this report (2009-2006) is 119,802. In 2009, MidAmerican employees in Iowa City donated gifts totaling $16,860 wi a Foundation match for a total of $29,018; in 2008, MidAmerican employees in Iowa City made gifts totaling $11,342 with a Foundation match for a total of $22,684; in 2007, MidAmerican employees in Iowa City made gifts totaling $14,885 with a Foundation match for a total of $29,770; acid in 2006, Iowa City employees made gifts totaling $19,165 with a Foundation match for a total of $38,330. ~ In-Kind Giving -~ ~ ~~ ~- ~ =~ From time to time MidAmerican also donates "in-kind" services to the ~uni~'ty on an ad hoc basis. In-kind services include time and materials to support a wick ~zng~',cllf ~~ -~ ~ ~ °' _~ z.; , ---- -_ .. _. _.. ,-a .. _ .. _ . . _ -- - --- ...... .. _. _ - = cam- - - _ . _._ . _ . ~,:~-~~ C'J "~ ~ 3/29/2010 ~ ~"~ ~... Page 8 of 13 =~~ T_ ' ~~' r°~ c_a Iowa City Community Report ~ ', -~- ~~~I =` -- community events and activities. In March 2009, several Pyramex hard hays of a ~tbn- quantified value were donated to the Habitat for Humanity construction crews and volunteers. (See attached -letter dated March 11, .2009). In April 2009, an additional unspecified in-kind donation of $93 may or may not have been related to this same project. MidAmerican also supported three separate environmental clean-up efforts through the donation of work gloves and trash bags. The first was the Grant Wood clean-up project in November 2009, which in addition to Local residents and MidAmerican employees, 150 AmeriCorps trainees participated. The second was the Creekside Neighborhood Association clean up day in Apri12009. And the final project was the Iowa River Clean-up Day organized by Christine (Chris) Harms of the University of Iowa Geosciences department. Other examples from prior years include helping the Downtown Association put up Christmas lights or trees utilizing company boom trucks and using derrick digger trucks to dig post holes at little league fields. In 2008, 72 hours at a billable rate of $75 per hour were contributed to these types of activities equating to $5,400. The comparable amounts for 2007 are 45.5 hours and $3;412.50. Because the philanthropic reporting requirement was not in place prior to the effective date of Ordinances 07-4293 and 07- 4294, in-kind service records for prior year activities were not tracked and therefore are not available. We know this type of work was completed in prior years but any estimates would probably not be accurate. . Bner~y E~ciency Energy efficiency is another category that is not a philanthropic program by the strict definition; however, it provides significant local economic benefits to Iowa City residents, businesses, the City and the University. Tlie City of Iowa City is perhaps most familiar with MidAmerican's Trees Please! program.. Iii 2009, through and including 2006, the city has received a total of $90,000 in Ti°ees Please! awards. This includes aone-time special grant of $10,000 following the Apri12U06 tornado to assist in ine replacCiunu~ ~~ uoo~ .~~~~ during due to the devastating event. The city has no doubt put this money to good use by reducing carbon dioxide and at the same time beautifying the city. Beyond their aesthetic - - --- --- ----- ------ - ~ -- -~4 --- -- -- -- -- - 'sl --f N ~.._.. .~~-', 3/29/2010 ~ =~ -~ ' ~" Page 9 of 13 _- . N Iowa City Community Report ~ ~` beauty, trees provide shade, cooling during the summer and permit sunlight into to buildings during the winter. Included in the 2009 figures, and of particular interest to the city, is the $22,500 given to the city for including energy efficiency items in the construction of the Emerald Street Fire Station. This check was presented to the previous mayor, Regenia Bailey, at the June 2, 2009 council meeting., Residents and businesses benefit from MidAmerican's rebate programs in two ways... First, they receive either financials incentives or low-interest fmancing for incorporating specific types of energy efficient building equipment and/or materials, e.g. insulation, high efficiency furnaces and air conditioners for new construction or remodeling. Second, because they have more energy efficient homes and businesses, less energy is being used on an annual basis resulting in lower overall energy costs for many years to come. This assumes the consumer maintains their thermostat at the same setting after the energy efficiency improvements as before the improvements. In some circumstances, consumers may be able to actually lower their thermostats and achieve additional savings. One of the most popular and helpful programs has been the Home Energy Audits. As a general rule of thumb, to be eligible for a home energy audit a house must be ten or more years old. Iowa City participation has been relatively constant. In 2009, 296 residences _..and..28.businesses_took.advantage_of.the.program...In._200.8,..tliere...were..2.9.8._homes and_2.1.. ......_..__...__._..._...._ businesses that participated in the program. In 2007, there were 292 homes and 56 businesses that participated in the program. In 2006, there were 353 homes and 27 businesses that participated in the program. In total, 1,239 homes and 132 businesses in Iowa City built before 2000 have taken advantage of the program to improve their energy efficiency, reduce their carbon footprints and. save money. MidAmerican will continue to promote the program in 2010 and encourages all eligible home and business owners to take advantage of this energy efficiency program. For the calendar year 2009, Iowa City residents and business received $1,175,517 in energy efficiency incentives. For the calendar year 2008, Iowa City residents and business 0 3/29/2010 --= c:' - ° -~'a u Page 10 of 13 `'"' ~ p'~r~ Iowa City Community Report ~' « ~~ ~ ~ . ~~ .~; c-, xeceived $1,154,750 in energy efficiency incentives. For the calendar year 20f~ =Igw~ity residents and businesses received $988,259 in energy efficiency incentives. ~4r ~cal~dar year 2006, the figure was $1,152,551. For the four years covered by this report the aggregate total for Iowa City residents and businesses is $4,471,077. In addition to the energy efficiency benefits noted above, in 2009 the University of Iowa received. energy .efficiency. dollars totaling $1,832,.993,. in. 2008, $968,656,. in.2007, $474,498 and in 2006, the $759,487. The four-year total for the University of Iowa was $4,035,634. In total, for the most recent four-year period (2009-2006) MidAmerican's energy efficiency programs contributed $8,506,711 into the Iowa City economy. Economic Development More than 20 years ago, MidAmerican recognized one of the ways to keep a community viable is through planned economic growth. MidArnerican was a driving force behind the 1984 creation of the Iowa City Area Development Group, Inc. (ICAO} and a charter member of the organization. MidAmerican continues to this day to be a sustaining member MidAmerican's economic development staff employees actively support ICAO by providing time, expertise and experience to the organization. A MidAmerican representative has continually served on the ICAO board of directors since its founding. In: -addition to its "-annual- monetary coiitributoris to -ICAD~ -1VIidAinericari-~ also - ririgs~~ additional resources ICAO would not otherwise have. These resources above and beyond the economic development staff expertise include project support, marketing underwriting, Location One Information System (LOIS) (a tool used to help promote available buildings and sites Iowa City which may attract new businesses to locate in the city), and Synchronist (a tool used to help retain and expand existing businesses in Iowa City) to $46,250, in 2007 $40,400 and in 2006 it was $42,900. na c~ ~ o 37 ~'; :v 3/29/2010 ~~ ~,~ ~. Page 11 of 13 ''~ "~`~ ~ ~'~""' Iowa City Community Report - ~' r,.; -~„ :~~ ~~ ~a~ ~~ General Contributions ~-~~"~ ~ '.0.1 Despite the on-going recession, MidAmerican was able to continue to contrib ~ to the vitality of Iowa City in 2009. In 2009, MidAmerican was pleased to be able to respond to and support a city request to improve security lighting in Southeast Iowa City neighborhoods. For additional details, please see the attached correspondence from the Interim City .Manager _dated .November 10, 2009. Some other .examples of Iowa, ,City organizations that over the years have received either manpower assistance, monetary support or equipment from MidArnerican are the Downtown Association's Friday Night Concert Series, Iowa Women's Foundation,. Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Englert Theater, Iowa City Chamber of Commerce, the Summer of the Arts and its predecessor ArtFest, Iowa City Area Home Builders parade of homes, Goodwill Industries, Iowa City Hospice and the After Prom parties at area high schools to name a few. Combined contributions in 2009 were $22,328, 2008 were $19,297, 2007 were $30,600; 2006 - $34,200. Donations. range from $35 to the local high schools After Prom parties to $10,000 to the Summer of the Arts. Not included in these totals are the fair market values of four, donated used vehicles - a Chevy Lumina and a Ford Taurus to Iowa City Wheels to Work in 2004 and a used Dodge passenger van to Iowa City Hospice also in 2004. We understand that Iowa City Hospice is still using the Dodge van today and has put over 130,000 miles on the vehicle. During 2008, MidAmerican donated another used Ford Taurus passenger vehicle _ _... _. to Iowa City Hospice. (See attached news article and photo fromffie November 4,2008 Iowa Press Citizen at the end of 2008 report.) United Way MidAmerican and its employees support United Way. MidAmerican makes a pledges for 2009 were $19,841. Combined employee and company pledges for 2008 were $17,999. 1112007 total pledges were $18,895. In 2Q06 total pledges were $19,871. In addition, following the Iowa City tonlado in April 2006, MidAlnerican donated $25,000 to ---. __----- --"--- ------ --- --- -- ----- - ----- ". _ .._ .N" ..-• ..- c> ~~ ,~, W„_,j,... -> ~_ 7=a" b ~~~ ~J ~,»,.~ 3/29/2010 r. ~ °` ~ n' ~ ~ Page 12 of 13 _~,k; `~ ~ I Iowa City Community Report = ~`~~ ~~'= ~ ._' ~~ ~° ~~_- United Way to assist affected victims of the tornado. The aggregate total for tYFe~ four ~ ear period is $101,606. New Proi ects MidAmerican also supports the American Cancer Society. In 2007, MidAmerican made aone-time pledge of $500,000 to the American Cancer Society toward the construction of Hope Lodge. MidA.merican's gift helped the Hope -Lodge campaign achieve both the $2 million Gerdin Challenge along with the $6 million fundraising level needed to break ground. Leveraging the Gerdin Challenge increased the value of MidAmerican's contribution to $1,000,000 for the .American Cancer Society. Many of the patients and their families statewide who will be served by Hope Lodge during their time of need live in communities served by MidAmerican. We hope our customers or employees never need to use this type of facility, but if they do, Hope Lodge will provide a safe and caring environment. Hope Lodge will be owned and operated by the American Cancer Society and is expected to be open in September 2008. The $500,000 is being paid out over afive-year period at a rate of $100,000 which began in 2007. Paid to date are $100,000 in 2009, $100,000 in 2008 and $100,000 in 2007. Pro~perty Taxes MidAmerican supports the community and is one of the largest property tax payers in Iowa _. ___. .. City: -For the fax year eridirig June 2009 IvIidAriiericari paid"$T;790~94S-in property axes -" broken down as follows: city of Iowa City $787,260; public schools $625,895; Johnson County $325,694; other $51,418. For the tax year ending June 2008, MidAmerican paid $1,772,155 in property taxes broken dovtni as follows: city of Iowa City $773,902 public schools $620,030; Johnson County $327,031; other $51,192. For the tax year~ending June 2007, MidAmerican paid $1,570,141 iri property taxes broken down as follows: city of _. _ _ . ___ _ __Iowa-City-$699,3.29;-public_schools_$5.60,22.0.;_Johnson_Count_y_$2.62,5.8_4.;_othe~$48.,_QQ8.. For the tax year ending June 2006, MidAiiierican paid $1,607,503 in property taxes broken down as follows: city of Iowa City $727,556; public schools $610,009; Johnson County $257,069; other $12,869. The combined property tax total of the four years covered by the 0 ...~ 3/29/2010 ~ ~'' ~ `c`~~ Page 13 of 13 ~~ ~' ~ `"" Iowa City Community Report `~ ~~ `~ ~ --a ~' _~'f_~ ~ a report is $6,740,744 with the city receiving $2,988,047, the schools $2,416,15 cot~ty ~':` $1,172,378 and other $163,487. _ N .1 Intang-~bles The following information briefly summarizes MidAmerican efforts to restore electric and natural gas service following the summer floods of 2008. The overall cost to restore electric and natural gas services was $304,418and.$445,185 respectfully. This total includes capital expenditures and labor and transportation costs. These expenses were paid by MidAmerican without raising electric rates. MidAmerican's last electric rate increase was in 1995 and MidAmerican has committed to maintaining its electric rates through 2013. Not included are the volunteer contributions of local employees to help their fellow Iowa City neighbors. Also not included above are the efforts of many MidAmerican employees to sandbag around electric sub-stations outside the city limits but critical to providing electric service to the city. . The following information relates to the restoration of electric and natural gas - service and the rebuilding of the Iowa City local distribution systems following the April 2006 Good Friday tornado. The cost was approximately $850,000. Sixty poles and thirty transformers were replaced. The number of trees needing to be trimmed and branches removed were too numerous to count. Personnel from seven MidAmerican service centers including Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Ottumwa, Quad Cities and _. _ _ ... ._ ... _ Waterloo were sent to Iowa City. In total, 215 personnel contributed to a restoration an rebuilding effort. The vast majority of the 6,500 customers who lost power had service restored in approximately 12 hours. Rebuilding of the tornado-damaged electric distribution system was completed early on Easter Sunday morning, less than 72 hours from the onset of the stone. The cost of responding, restoring and rebuilding in Iowa City had no impact on MidAmerican's coizunitment to not increase electric rates through at -least 2013. ~ _ I "the excitement is building" Gift Receipt for non-cash donation March 11, 2009 N Q BOARD: MidAmerican Energy Company ~ MIICE MORAN, PRFS. Mark Grell 1630 Lower Muscatine Rd. ' c7 ~°~; ~ ~ ~` y ~... KARIN FRArrzcLIN, vn IA 52240 Iowa City C?'"~ ~ d "~'" MELISSA SCHOOLEY, , --i . TREAS.. Dear Mark, - : ~ ~=Y NANCY STEYERS, SEC. TRACY ADAMS _ C'7=~ Thank you for the generous in-kind donation of the Pyramex Hard Mats: -- OL1P ~,m~ d volunteers are grateful for this donation. ti N oMARAHIviAD on crew an construc STEVE BALLARD JUDY BEST Your generosity helps keep our operating costs down so that we may continue to JANEHACEDORN ~ provide home ownership to families in ~ need. We truly appreciate your continued JfiFFMCIQNNEY support, commitment, and for helping us in our quest to eliminate poverty housing one family at a time. JANE MEYER GARYORTALE No goods or service vdere provided in exchange for your gift. For-your tax purposes, PUALROBBINS our tax ID # is 42-1410210. Thank you very much! STAFF: MARK PATTON, EXEC. DIR. Sincerely, RESOURCE DIIt KASIS VERSCHWRE QIItISTIESHII'LEY,- Theresa Burns coNSTR.MGR Office Manager Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity MANDE BUTLER, RfiSTORE MGR THERESA BURNS, OFFICE MGR 2401 Scott Blvd. SE, Iowa City, IA 52240-8132 (319) 337-8949 Fax (319) 354-3527 www.iowavalleyhabitaf.org ~~~ ~=~ a., ~ ~:.,y ~ h November 10, 2009 20(OI~9AR 29 >~~~~ Il: 27 ~~~,®f'~ :~lll.~sl~~*1;. ~~ CITY OF IOWA CITY X410 East Washfnglon slrect lotl~a Clty, lotva 522A0-182G (314) 3SG-5000 Michelle Payne (314) 3sG-soon Fnx Community Contact Volunteer wtivw.lcgov.org MidAmerican Energy Co. 1630 Lower Muscatine Rd. Iowa City, IA 52240 _. Re: MidAmerican Community Grant Request Security Lighting Program -Motion Detector Adaptor kit for Southeast Iowa City Neighborhoods Dear Michelle: The City of Iowa City would like to ask MidAmerican Energy to partner with the City on a security lighting program for residents of the southeast side of Iowa City. The goal of the program is to help address security concerns by providing reduced-cost motion detector / floodlight kits for residents who live in the area. The City is requesting a MidAmerican Energy Community Grant in the amount of $250, which would be combined with funds from the City to purchase the kits for the program. John Hooton of ACE Hardware on Mall D "rive has agreed to order the kits antl charge us back at his wholesale price of $17.38 per kit. In addition, he has offered to handle the sale of the kits. to southeast side residents for a service fee of $1 per kit. The purchase of the light kits by MidAmerican and the City would allow us to offer the kits for sale to southeast side residents at a reduced price of $5. Residents would be notified of the program through their neighborhood newsletter, which would also include a coupon for the reduced-price light kit purchase at ACE Hardware. The kits would be available as long as the supply lasts. From the $5 purchase price, ACE would deduct its $1 service fee, and turn the remaining over to the City to help offset the costs of the program. Below is a proposed budget: PROGRAM COSTS Initial cost per kit as ordered by Ace Hardware $17.38 Sale price of kit to southeast residents -5.00 Service fee per kit to Ace Hardware +1.00 Cost per kit $13.38 TOTAL COST (37 kits) $495.06 Note: Initially, there would be some additional outlay by the City to pay ACE Hardware the full - ~ -- ~ -" - ----"---_---" amount of-fhe purchase price of-the kits =="$643:06:-Howevei`; pan° of-that-~money-would--be - recouped by the City after the light kits were sold. FUNDS AVAILABLE MidAmerican Grant $250.00 Matching City funds 245.06 TOTAL OF FUNDS $495.06 November 10, 2009 Page 2 The next neighborhood newsletter is scheduled to be produced by November 20: If MidAmerican approves this Community Grant request, a coupon for the kits could be included in that issue. ACE Hardware needs about two weeks to get the light kits in stock. Thank you in advance for consideration of this program. Please feel free to contact me at 319-356-5013 or atdale-hellingna iowa-city.orq • Sincerely, Dale Helling Interim City Manager N G O 3~ w ~! ~' ~ ~ ~' .....~ i~7 «° C / ".W ~ ~ Z:a p~~p+ id ~~ :-`' N ~~ 3e 2 Marian Karr From: Cramer, Brian [bcramer@Aegonusa.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:37 AM To: Council Subject: Potential Google Fiber Bid I would love to see Iowa City make a bid to be selected for this. I personally feel that competition in Iowa City for Internet provides is poor to say the least, this would both boost competition and potentially add to our tax base and more technology based companies would consider the area. Thank-You Brian Cramer 2270 Balsam Ct Iowa City, IA 52240 3/23/2010 3e 3 Marian Karr From: tk [Timmyky@mchsi.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:06 AM To: Council This correspondence will become a public record. I would like to voice my opposition of outlawing smoking downtown in the ped mall. The state of Iowa has already banned smoking in bars and public places. When that law was passed bars have already seen the financial effects of it. People now have to step outside to have a smoke. When they get up, put on their coat and step outside for a smoke a lot of times they don't come back. It is a good excuse to head to the next stop, the next bar over, instead of staying in the same bar so a persons alcohol levels and demeanor can be effectively monitored and amount they have been drinking tracked. I pay my taxes. So does everybody else in Iowa City. Take some of those taxes and put some of those bums to work cleaning up the mess that smoking has caused in the ped mall. Make it the responsibility for each shop owner downtown to clean up the area in front of their establishment. But do not drive people away from downtown to smoke. Not allowing smoking downtown will not curb smoking. People will still smoke. They just will not go downtown. They will just stay at the house parties that will be happening all over town already because of the potential of not allowing the 19year olds in the bars. That will harm downtown businesses. That will close downtown bars. That will end many peoples jobs. That will cause landlords to file for bankruptcy and taxes not to get paid. The city of Iowa City has already gave away too much land to the University that no longer brings in tax money. Businesses are struggling already in this economy and the soon to be forced healthcare we must provide to people who may or may not want it. Give us a break. Let us contribute to the wonderful experience of Iowa City. Their must be other options besides forcing the opinions of the few onto the majority of the others. People need to take responsibility for their own actions. When is the last time a police officer issued a littering ticket to someone throwing their cig butt on the ground? Seriously if its that much of an issue why haven't the police been issuing tickets? That would give them reason to stop and check to see if the person is intoxicated under the legal age, or may be find out if they have had so much to drink there might be an issue of self harm? When does this madness stop? Tim Kelly 214 E Market St Iowa City, Iowa 52245 319-325-6765 3/23/2010 3e 4 Marian Karr From: Rick Fosse Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 1:33 PM To: Mark.Amberg@va.gov Cc: Council; Dale Helling; Bud Stockman Subject: FW: Too much sand in streets. Dear Mr. Amberg: Thank you for your a-mail about sand in the streets. Our two street sweepers have been working since March 9th, removing 40 to 65 tons of sand and debris per day. They are focusing on the arterial street system and bike lanes first and then will move into the neighborhoods. As you can imagine, they move quite slowly (about the pace of a slow walk) and need to stop periodically to empty their load. It usually takes about 7 weeks to complete the first pass of the city with the street sweepers. With regard to the amount of sand on the streets, we have been working over the past 6 years to reduce the amount of sand used by applying only salt when conditions permit. However, when pavement temperatures drop below 15 degrees or when there are high winds, straight salt is not effective and sand needs to be applied in combination with the salt. Those conditions were prevalent this past winter. I hope that answers your questions. If not, please feel free to contact me Thanks, Rick Fosse Public Works Director From: Amberg, Mark A. [mailto:Mark.Amberg@va.gov] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:51 PM To: Council Subject: Too much sand in streets. Dear Council Members: There is too much sand in the streets. In my opinion the Iowa City Street Department goes a little overboard in the winter. Also I think it would be a good idea for Iowa City to designate Daylight Savings Time as the official end of the Winter Season and let the street sweeping commence. It is very tough for cyclists to negotiate through it. It gums up our bikes and everyone drags it into their homes. We shouldn't hold out until the end of spring to start cleaning. If we get a freak snow storm we should just deal with it without the sand. It would likely melt quick enough this late in the season anyway. The prospect of clean streets in mid-March would be worth it. Mark Amberg 2335 Macbride Dr. Iowa City 3/22/2010 04-06-10 3e 5 Marian Karr From: Mike Wright Sent: Saturday, March, 27, 2010 4:17 PM To: Marian Karr Subject: FW: Attachments: lowa_City-Capri_Lodge_Neon.jpg Iowa_City-Capri_Lo dge_Neon.jpg... --Original Message----- From: Thomas J. Gill D.D.S. [mailto:gilldds@gmail.com] Sent: Fri 3/26/2010 6:23 PM To: Mike Thayer Cc: pharney@co.johnson.ia.us; tneuzil@co.johnson.ia.us; sstutsma@co.johnson.ia.us; jrettig@co.johnson.ia.us; jfausett@ci.coralville.ia.us; khayworth@ci.coralville.ia.us; tgill@ci.coralville.ia.us; mgross@ci.coralville.ia.us; bhoeft@ci.coralville.ia.us; jlundell@ci.coralville.ia.us; jweihe@ci.coralville.ia.us; dpsinfo@dps.state.ia.us; Matt Hayek; Regenia Bailey; Ross Wilburn; Susan Mims; Mike Wright Subject: Re: Dear Mike: Are you sure you don't want to have the break down of money spent when both the Presidents Bush came through here. What was the cost when Bush 1 stopped at the Ironman Inn in Coralville and closed Interstate 80 for hours. Then there was the time Gerald Ford's kids had the Hoover museum opened up after hours. The cheapest was when I was a kid and Ike Eisenhower made a train stop at the Iowa City Depot and closed Dubuque Street for a period of time. No one asked then how much it cost the taxpayer to accommodate unnecessary questions from a blogger. On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Mike Thayer <sickofspin@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dear officials, > Please provide me how much it cost taxpayers to accomodate President > Obama's visit. Please break down overtime dollars spent, additional > manpower, cost of pulling people from other scheduled duties, cost of > equipment used (fuel, etc.), cost of delay due to regularly scheduled > duties if appropriate, all costs associated with the event. > Thank you, > Mike Thayer > Publisher, Coralville Courier > www.coralvillecourier.com > http://www.facebook.com/mike.thayerl Best regards, Tom 1 3e 6 Marian Karr From: Sue Rich [authorsue@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 11:27 AM To: Council Subject: Message from a 4th Generation Iowan Iowan's are not easily swayed. Obama is visiting Iowa City to help the Dems for the Nov election. Don't let him charm you. Iowan's are .not fools. Sue Rich American Podium http://authorsue-richvisions.blogspot.com/ 1 Marian Karr From: Sue Rich [authorsue@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 11:27 AM To: Council Subject: American Podium Re: Auto Response from City Council of Iowa City mailbox http://authorsue-richvisions.blogspot.com/ American Podium http://authorsue-richvisions.blogspot.com/ 3e 7 Marian Karr From: Marian Karr Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 11:05 AM To: 'T Bennett' Cc: Council Subject: RE: Digital Sign/Taxi Cabs Dear Ms. Bennett, Thank you for your correspondence regarding digital signage for taxicabs. However, I was able to open only the first attachment "Taxi! Taxi! I have a message for you!". Your letter and that one attachment will be accepted by the Council at their-April 6 meeting. The City Council has directed staff to take a look at current taxicab regulations and polices and report back to them in July. I will be coordinating those efforts, and plan to have a meeting with all companies and owner prior to a recommendation going to Council in July. You will be able to provide additional information at that meeting. Please contact me with any questions you may have. ~c. , e.NCe/.~a.~ae City of Towa Ciry 319-356-5041 (Phone) 319-356-5497 (FAX) Population 62,380 2010 Census -Iowa City ,'doves Forward GT'hen }"otr Send It Back www.ic~ov.or /c~~ ensus From: T Bennett [mailto:ICNaz_33@msn.com] Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 2:51 PM To: Council Subject: Digital Sign/Taxi Cabs Attachments: Taxi! Taxi! I have a message for you!; Google Image Result for http://www.insightdigitalsignage.com/sitebuilder/images/NYC-Taxi-Topper250-150x70.jpg; Google Image Result for http://avatars.articlesbase.com/12/120_122834_TOMgo.jpg Dear Iowa City Council Members; My name is Teresia Bennett and I am helping to represent Five Stars Taxi regarding the request and amendments to city code Chapter 2 covering various definition sections. I apologize for the delay in submitting material for the upcoming meeting scheduled March 2"d 2010. I have had many family illness related challenges over last couple weeks which have limited my time to address this matter. I hope you will accept my apology and allow me to submit in rough draft some of the material I intend to try and cover during our next meeting. I have attached some related pictures and websites for review and I will try and have a PowerPoint presentation to cover them in more detail. I would also like to submit the paper documentation we had last meeting that did not get presented before the meeting that helps document that digital advertising is becoming a very real aspect of our world and economy today. This paperwork simply is a further visual aid in legitimizing that this is a growing industry for Taxi Cabs. I am in the process of attempting to contact some of these Cities and see how they worked around the issue we will be discussing which is State Law vs. City Code and getting clear definition on what that means and restructuring Chapter 2 and it's adjoining definition sections to accommodate such change. 5-2-2; How would this change if at all for re licensing 5-2-3; Given that we currently a city that pays a much higher liability insurance would we be covered for this new form of advertising. 5-2-4; Vehicle inspection and what it would look like and what amendments and guidelines might the industry need to follow to be safe and up to code This correspondence will become a public record. Taxi! Taxi! I have a message for you! Marian Karr From: Saved by Windows Internet Explorer 8 Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 1:29 PM Subject: Taxi! Taxi! I have a message for you! c~uT ©>=1-~lol`~~E Taxi! Taxi! I have a message foryou! ,~ Digital roof-top billboards target those in a hurry By Kathy Prentice Mini-billboards mounted to the roofs of taxi cabs are not a new sight around airports, theater districts and other high-traffic locales. But taxis that digitally display banner ads with weather and stock reports are among the rapidly expanding options for creative advertising on the portable billboards that cruise on average 2,00o miles a week through major markets. To find out where and how your clients can wrap, illuminate or display their messages, read on. Next week, Media Life will move from advertising options on taxi exteriors to inside the cabs where a totally different array of ad opportunities, targeting a different group of consumers, will be profiled. This is one in a Media Life series on buying the new out-of-home venues. They appear weekly. Fast Facts: What: Ads on cab exteriors including tops, trunks, windows and wraps. Who: Several media companies are offering variations on exterior taxi ads. They include: -Vert, headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts. -Medallion Taxi Media, operating out of New York City and New Orleans. - Taxi Tops, a division of Eller Media, headquartered in Las Vegas. How it works: Traditional taxi tops are taking on a novel appearance as they expand from two sides to three or four sides and Where to, Buddy' ~.~, i ~yK^1 ~ 9M1 ~1~1~~ F~ n IM pIM1 A ~68~ ~~ (-. art; ~-1 ~a z Branding is the primary objective of taxi exterior advertisinc though some advertisers also usE for promotions. Fc example, promotiol for Broadway shove are often advertise on top of taxis in New York City. Page 1 of 7 3/25/2010 Taxi! Taxi! I have a message for you! utilize digital technology, holograms and illumination to display advertising messages. Traditional tops are i4 inches high and 48 inches wide, with dimensions roughly the same ratio as billboards which run 14 feet by 48 feet. Some advertisers use the same creative for both types of signage. Traditional, static taxi-top signage is printed in four- color and is mounted at eye level to both pedestrians and motorists. "Remember, the cab is doing three things in the course of a day," says Charlie DiToro, COO for Eller Taxi Media. "Sitting still at lights, passing a lot of pedestrians who are walking the streets and passing other cars." Extensions from the upper edge of taxi tops are available in some markets. Creative for extensions ties into the message on the topper. Lenticular images can display multiple images for the same client. "The ads are like holograms," DiToro says. "You can see the client's logo in static and also see pictures change when you move or when the cab moves." Full-motion, full-color video, wireless Internet and global positioning are used to create digital screen ads mounted on cab tops. Vert Intelligent Display uses the new technologies to program two- or three-sided screens that display live content and advertisements. VID ads generally run seven to 15 seconds, but can run longer. Zip codes, neighborhoods and specific business districts can be targeted, with ad messages changing as the cab moves through a market. For example, Vert advocates running ads for financial services in affluent neighborhoods, Spanish-language ads in Hispanic neighborhoods and messages targeting college students in and around campuses. A restaurant can buy advertising in its immediate vicinity and can change the display to advertise lunch and dinner specials throughout the day. "Liquor companies, for instance, have said that this is a great way to advertise responsibly because our technology can put up barriers within range of schools and churches where they're not allowed to advertise," says Rick Wessels, vice president of marketing and business development for Vert. Live content -headlines, weather, traffic updates, streaming stock quotes - can be displayed in real time. Animated ads can be displayed via Vert. Ads can be scheduled for certain times of day to target lunch hours, before and after theater slots and other specific demographic objectives. Trunk signage runs 14 by 36 inches and is often sold in a package with tops. Illuminated trunks are Taxi Tops' newest innovation and will be rolled out in Las Vegas within the next two Page 2 of 7 3/25/2010 t~~ Taxi! Taxi! I have a message for you! weeks. Wraps and partial wraps are available in some markets. Availability is related to local restrictions. "Wraps have been huge in San Francisco and Boston and are just becoming available in other cities like D.C.," DiToro says. Window stickers are available in some markets and are usually coordinated with tops. "We've done those for many tech clients," DiToro says. Three-dimensional signs are also available. "During the last Super Bowl down here in New Orleans, what we did for Miller Lite was to bolt ice chests with lights inside to the top of our cabs with their logo on the side and then drive down the street. They looked as if someone had left an ice chest on top the cab and people would run down the street after them yelling," says Medallion Taxi Media COO Mary Pat Holt. "Then they had a trunk sign saying `Follow me to the Mardi party."' Branding is the primary objective of taxi exterior advertising, though some advertisers also use it for promotions. For example, promotions for Broadway shows are often advertised on top of taxis in New York City. Creative is usually provided by the client. "Simplicity works," DiToro says. Creative for trunks also follows the simplicity rule. "Trunks are a great branding tool," DiToro says. Just use your imagination when developing creative for wraps, DiToro advises. "Yahoo looked great simply wrapped in their logo while Air Jamaica's wrap made the cab look like an airplane and CoolSavings.comput sunglasses on the cab." Advertisers buying video signs often modify creative developed for their web pages and internet ads. The ratio of the VID sign size is similar to internet banners. VID screens are brighter than television screens so they can be viewed in sunlight. "We say what works well on a billboard will work on our screens," Wessels says. "You want to capture people's attention and communicate a message quickly." VID screen advertisers can enhance an element of their message. "Your logo and picture can remain on the screen the entire length of the advertisement, and then one part can be animated," Wessels says. "People's eyes are drawn to the motion and are more likely to look at it when they are seeing moving colors and images." Regulations on taxi-toting ads vary by municipality. In some markets where billboards are restricted or hard to buy, like San Francisco and Washington, DC, taxi ads are a widely used alternative. In other markets, restrictions limit what media Page 3 of 7 3/25/2010 Taxi! Taxi! I have a message for you! companies can do with their cabs. When Medallion ran a promotion for Yahoo in New York City they painted cab bumpers the trademark purple and removed the seats and replaced them with purple ones. "We couldn't wrap the whole vehicle in New York, but what we were able to do was fun," Holt says. In addition to complying with local ordinances, taxi media companies offering three-dimensional ads and toppers check bridge and underground parking height restrictions. "We do a lot of homework before we present to the client," Holt says. National advertisers are utilizing exterior taxi ads for multi-market buys while local businesses are buying a market or a portion of a market. "We have a great mix of national, regional and local depending on the city," DiToro says. Taxi exteriors are used for standalone and in multimedia campaigns. Trickle-down exposure is a fringe benefit of trying the newer venues. Both three-dimensional and electronic toppers have been covered by print and broadcast media in recent months. Markets: Vert is currently in Boston and will be moving into New York City by July. Expansion into San Francisco is slated for the next io to 12 months. Taxi Tops are available in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Detroit, Atlanta, Washington D.C., New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Orlando, Dallas, Phoenix, Tucson, San Diego, Reno and Newport, R.I. Medallion Taxi Media has cabs in New York City, New Orleans, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Atlantic City, Austin, Baltimore, Buffalo, Biloxi, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colorado Springs, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Hartford, Houston, Indianapolis, Memphis, Miami, Minneapolis, Newark, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Toledo, Kansas City, Missouri, Washington D.C. and Clearwater, Jacksonville and Pensacola, Florida. Advertising opportunities on cab exteriors vary with local ordinances. For instance, there's not much out-of- home opportunity in Washington, D.C. according to Eller's DiToro, so taxi wraps and other signage is prominent. In New Orleans, French Quarter billboards are virtually non-existent. "But we can go in with our lights lit and horns blowing," Holt says. Some cities, like Boston, license taxis within a "home" community where they pickup their fares. This practice is an asset when targeting demographic groups. Page 4 of 7 3/25/2010 Taxi! Taxi! I have a message for you! "You can zone advertising in i3 areas in Boston and in eight areas of Los Angeles," DiToro says. "You can carve the geography in most cities and select your cabs." Taxis frequent business, commercial and residential areas within a market. The logistics of each market also depend on whether taxis pickup their fares at cab stands or by radio. "You have to determine which type of cab works best for which advertiser," Holt says. Numbers: How measured? Cabs are on the road an average. of 20 hours a day; their mileage can be measured and their destinations and routes tracked. Cabs average 2,00o miles weekly according to Eller's DiToro, compared to about 50o miles for a bus and 200 miles fora (wrapped) auto. Vert can report on where and when ads are displayed. "Our software can tell which ad played at what time and location," Wessels says. Taxi Tops estimates 5o million daily viewers of their signs in 12 cities. Medallion Taxi Media has commissioned studies for their major markets to measure impressions and effectiveness. For instance, in Los Angeles studies were conducted for traffic from the airport to downtown (3i,9o8 impressions per taxi per day including 30,822 vehicles and i,o86 pedestrians), local runs (35960 impressions per taxi per day including 27,770 vehicles and 8,260 pedestrians) and downtown (19,747 impressions per taxi per day including tourists and downtown workers). Research: What product categories do well? Financial companies, medical companies, media (TV, radio, newspapers), entertainment (live and movie industry), liquor, airlines, fashion, restaurants and hotels. Product categories vary from market to market, Holt says. "In New York it's Broadway shows and fashion while in New Orleans we have casinos and beer companies." "I don't know what categories wouldn't work," DiToro says. Demographics: Exterior taxi demographics are similar to other mobile out-of--home, specifically buses and wrapped cars and include auto and pedestrian traffic. Page 5 of 7 3/25/2010 Taxi! Taxi! I have a message for you! Making the buy: Vert says that with creative in hand, ads can go up in an hour. Contracts are generally running one to three months, but are open to other time frames. Factors that affect pricing are number of signs on cabs, targeting, length of contract and customization of the ad. So far advertisers have bought the entire inventory by cab. Costs are negotiable, but for ioo percent inventory the price runs $5,00o per month, per cab. Eller Taxi Tops offers flexible contracts, based on clients' needs. "We do a lot of convention business where they want to be up three to ten days," DiToro says. Lead time is typically seven to ten days, though DiToro says they've put ads on taxi tops in as little as 24 hours. Factors that affect pricing are markets and length and quantity of buy. "Prices vary dramatically by city and what the client's buying," DiToro says. Eller Taxi Tops cost is based on an average CPM with a three-sided taxi top averaging in at 9i cents, a two- sided taxi top at 72 cents and a trunk sign at 27 cents. Specific pricing information for each market is available on the Taxi Tops web site under Inventory. For instance, in Detroit two-sided tops, extensions and trunks are available. All i3o tops are available at $225 each or for a monthly total of $29,250. Exclusivity comes with tops. Advertisers automatically get both sides, though they can run different messages on each side. If an advertiser doesn't buy both top and trunk when available, approval from both is necessary to run two advertisers on the same cab. Half of the io,ooo cab fleet has the capability to run trunk ads. Medallion Taxi Media offers contracts ranging from one month to a year. Lead time after art is submitted is ten days, but also depends on the number of cabs an advertiser is buying. Factors that affect pricing include number of cabs and length of contract. All toppers on their i2,ooo vehicles are two-sided and backlit and advertisers get both sides. Medallion inspects signage monthly. Who's already on taxi exteriors? Terra Lycos on Vert. ABC, Budweiser, CNN, Disney, Fox, HBO, Helmut Lang, Kellogg's, Microsoft, Miller Brewing, Molson Beer, Old Navy, Oldsmobile, Tower Records, Western Union and Cameraworld.com have appeared on Taxi Tops. CBS, The New York Times, Cathay Pacific, MGM, Page 6 of 7 3/25/2010 Taxi! Taxi! I have a message for you! Disney, Yahoo, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Saks Fifth Avenue, Continental Airlines, Planet Hollywood, Sony, Fox, TWA, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Knoxberry Farms, Computer Associates, Continental Airlines, Delta, Bell Atlantic, Ann Taylor and Target have appeared on Medallion Taxis. What's unique: Taxis that are wrapped or topped to look like an airplane or wearing sunglasses or traveling city streets with a model (mannequin) riding on the roof. Web site info: Vert at www.vert.net ~ Medallion Taxi Media at www.medallionfinancial.com Taxi Tops at www.taxitops.com April 16, 2001 ©2001 Media Life -Kathy Prentice writes about out-of--home advertising for Media Life, penning her stories from the resort town of Traverse City, in the upper reaches of Michigan. Send to a Friend ~ Printer-Friendly Version Cover Page ~ Contact Us Page 7 of 7 3/25/2010 3e 8 0 To: Iowa City Council ~~ erson, Ext end the Dream Foundation ~, ~~ ~ ~. From: Jeff Edberg, Chairp ~ ~ ~ Re: Modification of CDBG Grant Proposal ~ s-~- ~~ _ ~..,d e.----~ Foundation has made application to the CDBG Pub~~c ~'ac`l~ies The Extend the Dream roe at 209 N. Linn St.~This pr`o~erty program for $200,000 to be used to purchase a p P rt3' ed owned micro was to be used to provide an affordable space for the four handicapp e rises known as Uptown Bill's small Mall) whose lease runs out thi~co~ ,e of the ent rp ~ at 401 S Gilbert, owing to the Chang g 1~. The rent for the current building cashed rents up beyond the small Mall's azea :the arrival of two large liquor stores, hasp _ ilit to meet the projected increases. This led the ~azdould be both affordable and in ab y e a ent or rent that w the down town area at a mortgag p Yin sustainable. The reviews of our proposal by the CDBG citizens committee was lug Y hest ranking among the applicants for public facility favorable. We received the hig ~,e roceeded to make an earnest money grants. In our interest to purchase this building P ent to the owner. Subsequently, the City has determine thou h I aminot thee able PaYm because of a conflict of interest g to ed to purchase the Property sellin the property on behalf of its owner, I am emp y representative of the company g ort for a down payment, by that company, Lepic Kroeger. Without substantial funs suPchase. we would not be able to follow through with the building p As a result of this conflict of interest determination a rules and see wheOther the dechsion our lawyer, Mike Kennedy, review the admuustrativ of the City's counsel could be challenged and two, to pursue an alternative site. In the suit of the latter, we found space for rent above the PA om he smadilvglall sncurrenthe P~ City and located in the 700 block of S. Dubuque, not far ation. The rent here would be affordable and definitel efinan helfull rangeaof ourer the loc long run. The Property is located to provide premium acc orts, persons in constitutents: persons with disab'oi~ Me ca who uesedthe sma111Mallas a support recovery, including inpatients fr environment ,persons who are homeless from the shelter or living on the street and students from the University and Kirkwood Community College. would like to modify our request for a CDBG grant to be s now res'den amlthe smallf We the PA'TV building to accommodate the four micro enterpn Mall in lieu of funds to buy a building. In our seazce c ~ eg r ~ the downtown area. alternative to the Linn St. site not repre stair dof the building to the Extend the Dream The PATV has approved renting the up undation ,along with enthusiastic acceptance of the use to which we would put the Fo upper floor of the building. have had plumbing, electrical, masonry, carpentry and constructio Tie Extend theme We the building for occupany. estimates on the probable costs of readying Dream Foundation would cover the costs of the move itself. In lieu of the original grant request for $2000,000, we would like to modify our request to 43,200 to cover the estimated costs of rehabilitation of the space. The City, as owner of the building, would obviously benefit by these improvements, especially the need for new floor covering and the need to do something about the deterioration of the retaining wall on the south side of the building. Most of the other changes are needed to alter the space from a previous office space to a program oriented space with meeting rooms and locations for the four Micro enterprises. There appears to be a zoning issue of some sorts that precludes having a coffee shop as one of the enterprises (zoned Ci-1), but we feel comfortable in fording a way to either meet this zoning issue or to request some sort of variance. It is our understanding that the City is interested in insuring the development of the south side of the downtown with an eye to greater diversity and less alcohol saturation. The presence of the alcohol free small Mall businesses and services along with PATV itself would provide a "creative" community amenity for that area of the downtown. Thank you for considering this request. We seek your approval. Chairpei's~ Board of Directors, Extend the Dream Foundation ~~_ ~' ....~ ~~ ~ r} ~f"" _ i"a'~ ~ r y.. N O Q ~ ~ N l.~ d `~`' U] Correspondence to ALL Council Members 3@ 9 4218 Yvette Street SW PO Box 2297 Iowa City, IA 52244 ,_, :~ Phone: (319) 339-1543 `?~ ~ ~J Fax: (319) 339-1562 Hi Terry, ~,,', t~~ a+i'ik~ .J ~ .,,. Let me first introduce myself. My name is Jason Armstrong. I am currently serving as Past President of Iowa City Kickers, the recreational soccer program for the Iowa City area. I was born and raised in the Iowa City Coralville area and currently am part owner of a local business. I am proud to be raising my children here. I have been a volunteer coach with the Kickers program since my 13 year old son started playing in kindergarten and have served on the board for most of that time. The board is currently very concerned about an upcoming agenda item that will be presented to the city council. We understand that a proposal to impose usage fees for the Kickers fields may be discussed. Below are some of our main concerns, or talking points, and I have included some of the pertinent documentation with this letter. 1) Kickers has made a substantial monetary investment, almost $400,000, in the past 15 years for field development and improvement. From the attached memo from 1993 it is clear that the city viewed Kickers as a partner, not simply a user of the fields. The Phase I donation from Kickers was almost equal to the investment from the City. If the board members realized that Kickers would eventually have to pay to use the fields, the work, effort, and money from Kickers may have been used elsewhere. 2) Based on this investment, the city and Kickers developed two documents in 2000, a memorandum of understanding and a legal agreement that explicitly stated that Kickers would always have first priority for fields, the city would pay all maintenance and that Kickers would not be charged for usin fg fields (both documents attached). Mike Moran, current Parks and Rec Director, discussed these documents (the memo is on city letterhead with Mike as the sender) at board meetings for over 2 years and met with Mike Kennedy to formulate items for the legal agreement. While the documents were never signed, everything was agreed to in principle. 3) While it is understood that the City is in difficult financial times, we would now be required to pay for use of fields that the organization donated almost a half a million dollars to develop. 4) Based on our monetary investment in the park, we do not believe the same formula, if any at all, should be applied to us. This includes other 'affiliate groups' that have contributed much less for the facilities that they use. A compromise would be to eliminate fees for Kickers (and other organizations who can provide documentation of such direct monetary donations), until the equivalent of $400,000 of usage fees are accrued. Having to pay the same as others will make us feel punished for being 'good citizens' and reduce good will with the City. $2500-$3000 based on my calculatiorzs t=o r ear do not seem too large (~ la ers, we give a number of 5) The fees for the first y roximately $2.50 or $1.80/game). Even though we have arou no f 00th SOwould be app ears until the total would be scholarships for which FRL students paY iven reasonable increases in $3/ layer. The larger concern is how this increases every t~'o y 15/ layer, resulting in P ~$12,000/year given current costs,dO~ an ncreased r g0istration fee of $ P a to lay Kickers. maintenance costs. This could lea a 30% increase in the fees that families would have to p Y P ort our parks throughout reading taxes that supp a a much ressive tax. Instead of sp children, will need top Y O The fees are a reg ment, i.e. families with yo~g the community, a narrow seg larger share. in enrollment which anied by a significant drop could lead hi her fees as much of the cost for therfieldsgs fixed. This, ~n turn, '7) We fear that increased fees will be accomp lea ues (e•g• no girls leagues, may lead to even g roduct we can offer. to even lower enrollment whicdh everedly damag ng the p g combined LK/L1/L2, etc.) an artment and are proud ed our relationship with the Iowa City Parks dep oath. I would We have always enjoy 0 offer an inexpensive recreational outlk abou the hilt ry tof the Kickers S o c c er of our ability t ortunity to to we ve had and appreciate the opp and the previous understanding very much enjoy Park, the monetary investmenrk'sau elso that you have relevant information that would be hard to with the City regarding the pa obtain during a council meeting. ou had a few minutes to spare before the meeting, I, and all ou are very busy, but if y rateful. We could meet somewhere I SOW Y la with Kickers, would be very g to set up a phone discussion as we the 1400 children whop Y downtown, or if it's better for you, I would be happy Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you. Jason Armstrong Iowa City Kickers d ~a .._~.., ~e~;am~ex ~1, 1a~~3 ~ ~ ~ ~ f i Zola ~~~ 29 Prr~ ~~. ~ ~ c~T~ C~~~ f0'1~A C~TI', IUD°~~~ a~~l~ ~~ ~i~~l~ I~A~.C~.~ ~ C~iE'~~~ Z~~r~ ~it~ ~~,~~> ~ R~crr+eat.it~n ~~rtment I7~~',A~'~"S~'~~~" ~~~ ~+~~, Gaty ~ci~~~r~ ZY7e ~r:.rw~ City F~Lk~ an3 R~crerati4n D~:p~xtYn~n~ a~rse~ tQ w"rar~'~.Y~r~ts v~i.tka ~kb~: ~t~wa pity Ki~ker~s~ ~n th$ dau~lapm~~~ ~~ ~~~~r a:zs~.d~ ez~ ~~,ty pY:~-perty I.aca~~d ~d~jacent to the ~alty's south was~eNat~r- txer~t~snt fa~.i.lit-y.. 1?~n;~irtg budt~'~t a~i?resval by the ~~ity ~~unc:il, trig ~it~ ~gr~~s t~ ot~ntrbut,~ ~1h~r t~44 t~~ss~'a~:d~s ~t1231~ ~~~a jr+r..~. W7it-}ti 't"h~t unt~Ar~tanc~a.n~ thafi: Chi Ki.~kers w11 captribute $10~,4L1Q, said :,ont.ri.b~tiar~~ are tat.al.s, an~i do art used tK~ b~ ma.s~a ~S ~ 111itt~'3 sum payment. c~a_.~rY31rs. 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TY1e trays ~rart..i.ea (N~.~1Lt`x.^.r and C.it.yl agr$a "ta ar~i.v±s at ~ anut~a~.l•,1,y. ac~e;ptabl~ ~eva].Qp~zent plan a~~ s~k,ec~u:l.e ~ar.i.ox~ t~ any ~~~~~*;~;~~, ~ha City wall appoint a prc~jeot ~nanag~~. ~~ne3a.nr~ ii~~~s.sar~ ~p~~~~s~ra1 f~'tim the Citr~ C:aunail ~n~3 f`he C.'C)1~1:~1 ~t7c'RT'C~.. ~f a~'LIp~I'"J'i5C)1^5 ~ 1.t ~.~ the ir~ter~'~ ~a b~~'in CC717stx~t~c"~i©~t i. n t3~ ~Ynnr~i "nq a~ 19 9 ~i ~~ r ~ ,~, `, r it ~~~ ~~ii l.zn } ~rr~~i c~~sr~t lc~w~: ~:~.t lii.cl,.ex~ ,_..,...,...~.r..._,_.. :2D SfSt3IH GtLl:l;ii,TTrI'kk~T P~IVh~ 1319?3:b-s]1Ri ,h1S'h tYYY Y09PA 5~2~f1-ii'}2 FAY, tY'F)3ZE 9fiG4 ~~~~~~ J"~nuax~;~ ~, ~~~~ ~ ~~t 4~~ 'I'C7 _ ;7pf f C*nnk~ i n anti ~:ick~r~ ~3o~~ti of DiXea~c~rs F1ti.aNf: T~:t'x'y ''~'U~~.?1©nd r I ~~~.~ car new s~ac~r riel~s Nly~ apol~~a:~~ fc~r Yant l~~i,r1g atbie try at~~r,d. y>QU>e~ >r~+5~tinr~. Z p~~ti aiQn~ the ~r~~,~ow~zg co~men~~jupd~,t-~;~ r~.la~ti.v~ t~ our ~~aan-~ plans fox- de~•°~:L~~gu~rxt a~ ne'cg saca:~~ ~..;.+~~.~~, .I ~:~nna~: p~+~ivz'd.~ yaa ATa.~,']: arz actual .~,i:.n~-a~Qm budge ~~ ~l~is t~..r~~ ~.n ~:n~. gx~a~. dCt~~~ . ~ _ c.an '~~ :~ y~zz tkza~t ttz~ p>v c~pas~d ~24Q f Q40 htad.r~'et i.rzGYuci~s tk'ze fc~~.Qw~,rsq q`exaex'al ~ategQ~,i:e.s: ~c~~~a ~~=~d ~~•am ~yca><unre a.cq~zi;~t.+~n ~z~ ~a~+~?u~r^~ ~o~.~s~ ~art~Z m+~vi.n ~ F~r~l~,nc~ ~'~ar ~ppz'~rxiroa:t.~.I,y ZOQ * ~~ednc~ arzc~ ~'~r'~~i:~ati.c~T~ :~ ~l~ter 73n~s Fr~r drin~:inq water >t i~e~ig'r>; end irt~p~~~ion ~• S~ni~ ccrn~.inr~anc~• :~tr~~t (ir.~.~~r2ir~~ l~rzel ono tt>,r~ ir~•ic~a•~ic~~) ''Fkrt-~zrPr.,~ns:a:c~~z'ati~~ns ~l~ou3.d inc..ltz~~ t•kl.~ ~vl].aw?.ng po~sa~bi.Zi.~a,~~. :~ ~~p~ndi.ng thy? nu~i?~.er of ~a.e1d~ ~~pa~sdin~ ~th~* nr><m~i~r of p~~~n~ sp~c~s Turd _i:r~ig'~fii,r~1~ * cvn~~ructlr~n o~ p+~rznanratlt r~str,~~im~ end ~?quipm~nt ~taracie ~a~~, lt~.es ~ Trey pY~n•ki.n~ and otkz~r landscaping * 1°r~vide kYart~ su>:~ac~ par~t3,ng grid r(?~d~Gt~;XS 5ecuri.~_~' 1i_c~htin~ * P~~liap~ s~m~ spea~rts lighting *. 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Ws ~eeY this projec~ i~ tao lttrga ar~d too impQZ't~t not to Y~av'e pro~essiori~l desic~~i 5~'ark. 1 wi.11 kaap .you pogt~d aYz thin mat:t.~~ .. As I h,~d t.Ql:c~ you ~~erQre, it. nos always men m~' uridsrs~anc]s..rig th$t the City has a scswF?r' ~±a~e'merr'~ ~~tn~in~ '~C) ~`~'L"AI~1D1'~ 5'~'Y'~:E:t„ L?V~Ql" ~'iich W~ Cc~u1d ~r~n~truct an c:r~t~a~,cc~ ~~ad, a~ ~ac~uire~ by tha Cr~u~~:y,. ~ ~~~ x~~e~l~~.y ~:.I1~C?Z'1ltGda tir~w~vux, tk-.~.t ~ha,~ ea~~xa~nt ~s ~~,~ ~.id;e c~stauc~h i~nr e. raadsaay . ~ was a ~. ao i n~ar3xed tk:~ t ~.~ shoal d lie ricx p~~?b~,~~ ~.A acqu~.~e ~itk~~r ap eas~m.ant ar~ actual ~u~~~~ase n~~' the p~;~p~r~Y we z~e~ct. .7'~i:~t a ]..i.i.tI.~ stuml~Yinc,~ blank that c~a~'stnc~t x.y ~u~~se.. tote w1Y take care O~ it_ EV'~'.ti t.'~cuzJh it aPP to ~~ ~ ui~j~x ~rc~krl~~a, it could a~'.fect our ti~mir~g a~ to wt~~n we appresacki 't?he er~~:rity ktQa-: c~ a~ ~u~~x~vx~az~~ l' ~# :,,,.~:.~.:. ~.. ~lbtain pz~A~~`~Y or ea~~~t ~~~rm the T,a~zgenb~~gs (~1.ty ~esp~°ns3.'~3.11 ty) Ia, i~a;~l~~xs aC b~gi,rt find ~~~,sing aativ.ity. a. ~ev~~w px'cpos~i from MPiS; zf ~a~ay, a~iv~ apprbva3. to praue~d; ~f not, meet tc determine nett step t ~r~irit ~espari~l,bi~..i.~y) 3. ~~ien c~~s~.gn and cawt ~stl~mate5 ax`s s~staaG~a the SraaPr~~ to£ gain uppr~va~ ~xcsm amity ~auncz~. ~~ apP~ .ru~~sz.--va:~ar~ (~i.ty r~spQnFbila.tyy. q _ ~pprr~ach the Scard cif Supe~ri~csrs tC ihtar~ tihem r~.~ agar p.Ean~, ar~d p~r~ia..~~ rer~u~t ~n am~n+3m~nt fin t.h~ ag~'e~~u~nt (~~oint res~ors.i.a.ilitY a.~ ti1~ ~~.ty anti fCck:e~`s) , . Ii~t~x'3A~..tx4t Urh.a~ n~~ '~~ k~~ b.id, wh~~ CF~~ b~ ~.GcompJ~isheci xn- haue, ?n~ w~aat ~a.n k~e handY~d by vol.untee~'s... proceed (joa,rtt resgr~r~sibilitYY . 'i~hi~ ~s a ether ~lntpl.iStlc= act.ic~n pl~.xx, ~.nd 2 am ~~~•t~.az~ cat~e~~ thirig~ need tri t~~ ~Ci~icle~'.ed, itiP wa.7:,~, ric~ec~ tc m~et~an a ~airl.y r+~g'~:1,~~ b~si.»~ tbra~;~~,~yt3t this prc~cess_ ~~,ease ~ae~.~e tO~~2lI m~ with pixy ~a.~~ti~an:s ax su,c~g~s'~or~s . °~'~°~.a rn ~ti Q,~~ '°'e ~~ ~ ;~~ 0 ~. f-3.ci~rrl of I'?~ metar~ 2010I~AR 29. P~ 4~ 4 I 1~R17 i~l.~htxel F.. MC~:ati, ~'l;P ,, s «~~~n~~~r~ ~t r~S~~~~t~o~ C B ~~ Y ~, ~ ~ ~Z i~~ l O ESA CITY,10'~J~~ RE: Mc1Yta. of TJncicrstzsiidir~~: ~ti. ~~\ .,. S ~~ ~~t~ ,~ ~~~ATiar~ L~EP~-:RT'NI'~NT 1~~m~s ~fi'xr>~~rtsk~lity:~nd'ui~~~r'sS.~litcffn~ ft~z tli~:lt?1tia ~,;tty K;ick~r~ art~i t~te:lativa t.iip i'ar}:s anti iZ cen,;;~Tic~n 1:~~~ixu~t.m~ti¢ rclr~til~:. a~}v5- ~i~.~ar~ ~i ~tecx+iiataam ~epartmemt 1 ~: ~e~ci ~ii~~tt~1:,~~ baarcl ~ie~lr,~~~ ~t~,~n possztil~ ~~nd act as a Iia~is~x~ ttw .tlic: boar, 2, F~r~~~dc~ fel,~.: far~~a,rne~,: tivhieli in~!>ad~s shagin~,,.~;~als; 11~~a, and mov~~ing ~, Pxe+.~~1C~~ QiI'S;TI.tfi' ~~9';s{}C3~t'..~.GlII~ ~~}.h~~1r I~efcxe ~amtrs ~(~t_.}ll~}! (30;1 mznute~ a#lt;r list ~azt~ Eo . s:et att;` sr9u~:~rxiez~x, .abs+ci-4~~' txa£Iae~, ~t,axrtal~a. tx~h. pickap 'a~td~ etter~l `bark 5~i~z~'T3x~n .. 1 ~' P~Q1t1C~~ Cfll3G~~`ilb?t yt;r~[YCl, ,~~ar~~~ ansl b~th.~gt~m ~r~.•~ iqr users _ E:~zi~essibn. ~,te~s: ~t~ #~a :lie ~~vard~d; tip I<Cr~lcer~ ~ri ~ pri~tit~`. ~~i~ ~isket'S r.¢t~,irs dust Ei~liE t~:.~11 ersn~:cssian ~per~alans at tlie:~ia~C~. ~ick~Fs~:$1~~ t~t~:iri f`sti~r~ht t~i"T'eius~l for ~arfrn~zpett~:a~,~ o~l~ct°g~ities nt~t ~C~tiat~:i:~W,th the tfyckcrs ~~rga.aizaxlt~n. 6. ~;ll:~s~ if1e: ;~r~~ ~:",if}* Ki:eker~ :t~ trs~ :thy perk kor r~c~:.f e~ '7. 1}~y titilt~r c:ost~ for the f~citit~~ ~cri±v.t~t ,+L".il:. if ~ck~ r ~. 1. Pr~~rlfie :~ili:rr:~,i~t~~ttorr;. prt+n~+~tian ~t~~1.~~~l~t~y lr;~~ ttteir~~rt~rs~rt. '?. ~'rrrvid~ Sartre' e~~rprnditt i.~., Malls,.. rV#`~~ equi~rr~~rz~t, jcrscys. fr7r all dames grid. ~?ra~t'i~cs 3 . ~~i~t,t, re~rurt r~ritl, a:uzr till :~tafl', ~a1~ ~i3~ wolrriitcxa {~ ~`~cirir to ~r~rt1irrictinn i~~i41i tine Ia~va ~;itv F'cii~C~ mid 1~.~~rtzativ~n I:~~paTtin~nt tei.pre~itl~ a t~%j~h quality ~tzldr~rr's'~pr~rt~ pc~~ratr~: f~r~ thtr citi~err~ :of Tawa. ~i~~; str{a~.cii~t tlrrau~h tnSanetKtty hafts, pt~blTC r~l'aticanfi a~tiTd'voli,~rt~et-~drascc: r. Tc,l'~ati~r and: obscxvc lva~.l ~crcl aCatc k-csxTiTx erne xulc, taz~d r~~u.1GrlQns uh~l~ ~~gYrbitin~ the cc~ta~e~H~rt ~t~i.cl~ artet'c~:lated acrivt.i~~ 1"~n~ T'rur~ai~od 13X~ai 1~;:.ti~3~~ _......,.._.._.._....._._...,.__. C~~recttr: r~.f is~rlcs.~: li~cre~tiuTr YFtsid~nt, lotus pity ~t:'~;ks'r~ I~tit~ ....,~ I~~ilt~ __ . --- ,.raru4w.rne ut..r ttvaVlAifrurian_xi ~t.nnisr NHU!NCt~f4.)33S•J1,OG. E~1'rit Clil' SOWA 327t9•I~i3.7 Ph7f {317?155•.3ct17 'S fW.GS(f A{~T~Ii.1i;MF,~IT '~~'kIE.A~ la~ra Cit}~ Ki~J~trz~, Inc (J]ereitta.ft~t• r~f~rrcd to as "~Cickecs") , a aan•rra~it ~aiparataoti tivlxicix adrrxiz~asxcrs xu~.d ovcrsccs .a~vutr aacc~r progzam E~i I.o~va. City, ~qwa., ar~d '9t~~EREAS tExe pity of aa~~a ~:ity (hereiaal:kar r+e~erred to as "City') is the owner o.~ the laEwa City I~iekers ~vecer l~a~xk iacated qf~ of Sy~atxtvze Skreet ian Io~~'a t/ity, attd 'BIAS ~icJ~ers aztd C.xty clesize to sit ~art~ :n u7itin~ their a~reen?ent zegardj~ lkhe use artd mauxtezta#1ce of said sacGer paid, as `SVeII as the parties' respective rights and obligations cuitlY iespzGt tt~ Said; s~ocer parr; 1'~+C~'t'ji?, TII?.EE'f~ I"~'` YS 1§:~;~EET~ Ii`3t'T'~ T'r~l.k~"C~E~ A~ ~`E~~,L+C?'4'Y~; 4., Use ~# sai~acr park. It is agt•~d that l~ic'cers shzlI have priority" righ•~ to xse the str~ece~~ Iaaik £ar ~%ekr:rs soccer crr;tivifies, inclurlut~ garxYes ttnd pc'aotices. In t~rii~r rh~t C".ity any be aoade awake a~' ~I:1 soJt~du ed l~i~k~rs ~~~nts, iCE~l~ers agr~a5 td pT~~tc~e r~ ~Gity ~ ~writteri schedule i5~ events a rtrlnir~rurn of one sxic~ntlr prier #o the ;ern~+ice~ent of each fall ~cl spnrlg sc~~cer s~'ascnw. L'~'itiy res~rect to these of nc~~ sour fields for praoti¢~ tittle, I~i~ker5 ~!i&ll requ:ra the cna;xrhea of T~iekerx se~~e~~r tet;.rns tc~ cvtatact t~itj to rzscr^tirc a practsae field ~t snld sv~e~r cvrtxpl~„ at ]eat cane wick in advaxtce of"said ~ractica ~. S#e~ec clinics ar c~xnp~. It is fuxther agreed that Ytiic~:ers shall have' the rigit, pric~z, t+~ #~e r~htr ~~ rua;~ vtlaer entitica; uzdi~idiaa-Is yr vr~atiti~at;vna, t4 uaa tlaa svee+x }~a~rr.fox• any s~~~z clinics cxr cannps,. ~rhich :l~:ickers ma~~ sponnsc~r, ~, ~~~c~asiou..st~~d~. It Is un~ezs~tc~d aid agreed that thew are ~a .c~ancession star~,ds l~a-ted in thrs s~G~r pazk, whack ~c~n~ssion stands w•e;e p~rtiaYly fumded by Kickers but ov~x~cd .l:~y pity. It as agreed that 1{.iclcet~ has tJae exa?uSi~~e ~~ preeminent ~g1;t~ tQ afezat~ said cor~cessan staxxds and. t~ receive the pr~eecls #her~~`rozrtt #`ar alI eve~nt+~ and activities at the soccer paxtc, unless said r~l~t xs e;spressl~- ~v~ived, b~ ~iclCe;s: Xt is t~.axtber wnderstoo~ and a~reccl chat I~.icl;ers ss. tJre owc?er ok s:ll l'QOd preR.aration equ~mcnt and inti'~t~i~y loeatecl in said crsne~ssf:+r stand areas. . ~, TYI~iti•Canar[c~ rsf' ~~x~tc I: is agrvei! by the paiLies tlYdt ~;ity stY~tl aasurY-c f]!! rr•xl,c~r~:ai~ifiity <nnrt sht'~~l ass~~t~'r~ atl ~'osts fe-r• ~trtainrpri<7nr~ vntl ro~sa'rr ()1' the xr,CCer fi~id5, pat'king lots, Ji~;>tt~, concession stands and restrr~nrns located at the $~occoc• parr ~:itc~ shAlJ also provide 5t~-iping ort aIJ soccer ~°lc~s; a~ •tx"ell as soccer goals and flays. Cit~v shall also be fixlly resp~rtsiltile fr~r rrt~ryrirtt; al! tit the soccez fields located in tiYC svcccr perk: 5 UtiEit~r ~osxs. till tttilit~~ costs im ~artnection 4~"ith said soccer p~u~k. shall be ~'td by City N O erty^„ ~'~; ~ a .r.,,,• _ ~~ ~ _ ~. N gi~ ii ~~ ~..+'a ~' ••e.. .. 6. Gi ee.~eann~l. t;aty fl~ ens to pToS°it3,e can-side pe'Sr~r~n~l far tlae svcc~r ~cv~npl~ at City's expwnsc itt order to set out ~guiprncnt; txac~nitor and regz~late tra:lic, mvint~in trash pxc%up and ~~ pttk~-idr ge~~;exal S~pez~ision af~the sc~cer park during Kicksrs ~smcs, Said c~n~site gezsa~.~ek Shull k~ ~~ovid~d by (amity at lead uare kruux buCus~ Iti.ic;k~rs snccei games begin azxd until G.t Least alb xnitxutes ~ftec ~e last game taa~ heen r~mp~etcrl '7, t;~~m~uR~axent. c~rGlCCts Shall ~irov7~e all gee equ~pnnent, inclttdin~ >aut not limite~3 to; ~c~~cerbalis, refcrwc ~quipmeazta an~i;~orscys Car ~l gait,;G~ ~su1 ixas~tic;es, 8. l~iclters ss#~fi k{xckezs shall be sofel~ responsible f'or t.~e seleGtior~, ~tecruitrnent nrid tr~iniag a#' ~l~ Kickers s~;t~' meBibexs, ir~cl+~clirtg ~oach~s, whether ar rt~rt szid staff is paid St~~ fir ijoliix~r~er ~Y,a~ 9:. R~str~oum aatY s#or~~e areas. #"icy :Mail ptdvide s~n.itary t~s~anm ~u~eas for public use, ~ ^r~eil ~ stgrage arm Cor I~jck~rs ~quiprnent. 74. :Lial~xlkty Er-suwance„ pickets siyall provide ~tnd pay far liability ins'lri'~r.ce ~~vifh respect to its use u'l' mid soccer fsaurl~; in the ~naunt n~~ at it $1,i~04,004 pcr occurrence and ~:~,tlotl,04a pcr incident; and :shall pro!rido proo#' pi'tite inaintertatrce of said iyabilty ir}sut~itce to ~' iTy. C :it~~ steal l pr~o~i~tcs i>~ircl ins~ura~ree~ at its experxse Frith respect to tkc co~t~cos~iar. ~trrn~is and eciuipm~n; looted at Vie. svicecr park:. I, 1. ~Iisp~i~a~tc~ufi. ~;ity agtecs to commurzie;~te on a regular oasis v~~ith lUickers anG to atte~nci :x~x~arxtbly .l~icl;err~ zxiePti~gs F~h~n possa~rle. l~ietct3ra tr~rcc3 to wQr3c in ~njunctiQn avitl: ~'ity tv gz~vide a high .quaiit~r ,youth scccer pro~rara fr~r the citi.~erts of ~l+a~~~a >vity aatd tv s~appart said sacc~~ prbgara~G thr~r v~,I~zttary gi.'~s, pulal'ze relatiar~ anrf volunt~~; se:~~icw. .laic:~er4 tuCt1?cr agrees to aFpllow aryd ab$ez~re X11 ]s~cvl a.nd state ~altft code males ans~ xegtttattan5 ~d nhtairi all necessary permits while ~apeza:iztgtlx+a tort:essxozt ~taz~d~ wnd zcttatcd, ~ctivitics. l ~ Fees. Yt is agreed chat ~,iw~e~ shall not tie x~gttit~cd tc~ ply any fees w.hatsoevcr~ to City in c~arrc4iivie ~viilt the rght$ ~,ranred t0 ~%r3cers herein I~~T1D this day of._.~ 2~0 .. .{....~.._ ,,...~.v,......,...__._..., ..... c~~r4 rr r4~w~ CITY ~o~~~ c~7-r ~~ x~t/z~~l7s, r~r~. ~err~~ G. ~'rueblvod; > ~'residenC l~ic~ctof vfF,~rks ~; l~er~reativn t:#ty ot`ic-~va City ti q 0 ~~ "~~ ~ N - ~~ ~ c~ ~~ ~~ ~ „~-, ;~ 4, ~` w-ud-~ u 10 ~'ETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. NAME ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL O P'T'IONAL r 'Z ~ N ~D N ~ .G o` o D'"" s" `zo SI-, ~; ~ w Oa' o ~ v :~~ -v 7k ~ rv p S' ~ L+ . Z~ ~ z c. _ 2 v u ~Q ~~. ~Zo s: s r~. ~ ~ ~ ~~ Z s ~- c ~~, ~~ K. a ~ . c .~{ ~eu.~k --01r~-c~..- L• C~ i~ W U1~ ~~ F• u c ~+ n fl c Q \ es~~. -t~ e,~ux' ~ ~'~c~r e~ ~ ~ ~ ~o ~ -~o : ~ ,~o~ce, Z ©~ ~. ~ ~ l c~ ~r" i C~., alo ~ . '(Y~QX~2 ~}- PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. Q \e~~. -te.~wc v~ ~'~c~rea- ~ ~ ~~ov\ -~o : ~ ~o`ce, So ~~ ~ ~Ic~ gri C~2• 01.E ~ . ~Qxle~- NAMF, ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. Q \eQ~. -t'e~.x' v~ ~'~c~ned. ~ ~1~~ov~ -~o : ~,Qc~c¢J So~aL, ~ ~~c~. ~ri C~2. 0110 ~ . '(~(lp~'~~}- ~ ~ NAMF. ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL PETITION FOR SUNDAY BU5 SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten yeazs Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing. number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a iob but without. Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who_cannot afford a car, or even it tney have a car cannot afford has. The elderly and/or peo le with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. M~ who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus_serv_ice_. City Park, Mercer pazk and poo ,the pedestrian mail-and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cazs. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. NAME ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL O PTIONAL t;1~Lf't l Ic 2~~I S~S~cn~v~TrF ^ IaLc~i'e.r~ _ C\Cesr-1~~ Z o ~ 5 u ur V Ut, erg ~~~'~ ~ ~ ~ ~`'' ~ ~~ 7i C / _ o ~ J, ' ~ N O ~. I (~ n 0 ~ ~ St. e 5~i4 e~acl~ ~ ~ S Z S. _ ~, e7 ~ ~~L ` 5~ L S =i n ~, a qL 1~^ e, ~~w~ ~ ~ ~ j /~2 ~ 6 ~ ¢r ~, ~ ~iz~l ~ N ® ~~ ~~ S -- © / ~ ~ s~ ~,y7 l t.t tx.~4 , ~c~{ ia~,va. ~,, llv ~.cGr., 1 ,~ D Q \e~~. ,ce~wc v~ ~'~c~ned. ~ ~~~o~ -~o : ~,Qo`c.e.. Z©~~ ~ ~lr~ ~ri Ch`. 'alo ~ . '(Y~~~~- 1 `mow ~. C-~~ ~ S A~ ~ ~.a ~~ . ~ PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. ~~ ~j~~ ~ yS asp ~~~~ ~ . ~~ ~ sz zoo NAME ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAII. PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. 1 ~ti1 "7 ~~ PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten yeazs Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing .numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. ~? a r` ti' PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. S >~ S ~~ 3~ ~~ NAME ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time Bowing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. G' ~Y 3 ~~ q~ x s err. ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. ~~ PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities vuho cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. NAME ADDRESS PHONE O t p I~t 'T ~~, a ~ -~ - rHe.r' ~ rn -v 3 ~ ~fi P ~ ~~: ~ l 7Z 5 O on 13vetn a.(;,, A Ali i C ~~ Q /6 C o c ~- . ~ 1^ ~ _ ~~ ~ r Sr ~c ~~ c w s"~r' Ga0 .,~ 3 5~.3 -~ S b ~ t , =~-L S~ ,` ~, ¢ AN Qt .~~~Z m Please return signed petition to: PEACE Iowa, Old Brick, 26 E. Market St., Iowa City, IA 52245 PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expanses of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that tl~ City ~uncil place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. °~~ ~ -~ D.~ ~v ~, ;~ 1~., S PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. G~ ~~ xa~rr. ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. J~~ ~~l x,sNrr, ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent pimple living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. >~- ~' ~'b?t, Y f~ ~? 2 ~~ PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. Z r -! ~~ ~~ NAME ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cazs. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. -~' COQ NAME ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. ~~ g~;.~ PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten yeazs Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service aze unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Pazk, Mercer pazk and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center aze all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. sy~ -~' NAME ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. ~, G~~ 7.J NAME ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a cax, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council ~. ~, PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly andlor people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are ail inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. m PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in - ~~~ ~_: outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. Mal NAME ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. NAME ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL (OPTIONAL,) ~~ r ,~, 320 ~.w ~ ~ 6 L ~ ~ G Z~ .~ ~_ ~ ~ G ~n Sa?o S , ~saverN..J S't" ova y0 ~ ~ ~~ ~ W ,~ ~wti ~~ o ~ aya s~, u~anr-c ~P 32b W hi oh ~dh ~r ~~ ~ ~ ~, ` ~. c~ a ~ -~. ~ i u au~ ' l .Ca y~ V L u -133 S. C7aJCiC~O~ ~1.#~ ~~- J~ ~t.~° ~ ~. 0 u. ~"~ T%C~ v 0 LC oca ~. ~j'-/Ytc~ S~ G - a LcvV ~l • U i D ~~DU n-~ W '"' L ~ ~ 2 /h ~A-,s'f L- O ~0 t'- U c i& 11 a b o~ ~ /~.,%5.~~ I I i D G~G~uhJ ~ .. ~v ~ ~ l , CQY~ . ~- ~m ~.~~n~, '~.''~ 4v~ , ~ti Q~ ~ Covh tici PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. ~~ NAME ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City~uncil place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. o 0 ~n ~~. ~ NAME ADDRESS PHOl~~.t (OPTIC1i~~1d.) .~.~ vo ~ o (, fi Z o - ~ N L ~o ~ ~ G+~ a ~ d 30 - ~~ (yr1 ~ G o q3~-313 ~ ~~-- ~ L.. ~. ~-~- - ~ 3 ~-~ Lg ~ j ~ S. ~~ 195f1 G.r..n~E„v+os p~~ve. 3~°t -~t'ire - o$Z~ 1 00 3 - - 6 s s 3 - -- k r- rf l ,G• b -3 ~- I _' ..._., ~ _ ,~ ,~ Sro Z a a PETITION FOR SUNDA~YJS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. NAME ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL OPTIONAL) szz V~'Y.r /bjT~//~' ri iG ,fu-~1 ,~.. SMwii ~~ 5. d~u~~ ~ s~. ~'~ rr ~. ~ 3 I ,.r . (~ .LG ZZ S u,a,,, ~~ ~ NcJ L. N g5 ~l o ° JQ•~ ~~ t S~y1 ~ s~.. < < y'ZZy 5~ n w `Ioav~v~ l~c.r~.. 11 1 St as =~'~ -~ S „s ~ $ ll ~• Ge ll Q e Sf ~'L °~ r1~ ~. ~~~5 ~ tv e- b~ 92 2 .r An / _ ~~~~ l ~L t' ~ ~ ~ ~ o ~ A r a~ _ E ~a ~ a r z W~ ~~ ~'' 2,„~ ~,_.~n„_... 2 ~ ~. r PETITION FOR SUNDAY BU5 SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. ,.T ~ ~~r AnnRF,~~ PHONE OR E-MAIL Please return signed petition to: PEAC;~ Iowa, Vtci tsricx, ~d r,. iviarxC~ ~~., i~wa ~i~y, LCl JL.L.YS PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. Please return signed petition to: PEACE Iowa, Old Brick, 26 E. Market St., Iowa City, IA 52245 NA MTi` annRESS PHONE ORE-MAIL PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. C~ ~. Please return signed petition to: PEACE Iowa, Old Brick, 26 ~. MarKet fit., Iowa miry, iti ~~~~-S PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a caz cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer pazk and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the ,public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. 7 ~' w ~\ea~- RQ~-rn -Fo ~ F'~~~,To~0.,~ `l.b ~, `1'Yla~r'I~e,~- ~~., ~o~a.Ci,~~, ~!~ 5~a~s' C~'~/ 1 I ~•/ [l. //~~!`/' ~ OPTIONAL)E-MAIL PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worslrip services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian maU and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. ~s Q0.-Ce, ~o~aL ~ ~lc~. ~'r'i Ch, 'a(o ~ . '~~`22~- NAME ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. ,.T . ,. Tr a nmzF~~ PHONE OR E-MAIL 7 Please return signed petition to: PEACE Iowa, Old Brick, 26 E. Market St., Iowa City, IA 52245 1~~o..~.c,l ~'-~.~ S t ; ~r-ea( ~ ~ f (~°t'" S-E . ~ G ~a l1/~'//~e, l,~f 52Z ~,~ 31 `t - 93 ~° 'S 1 ~/S ~~ ~ o S ,~, ~ ~ / ~ ~y ~ fi C ores r,,,°/~ ~e 1..~-~ S ~ z y I ~t 9 9'.~C~ `S f ~.~ /~~~~ 0 o v ~ a ° "~"~ '~" cr'~ .~ ~' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ N y. '~'~ N -,.. ~' ~ .~ PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. 7 ~~ 6 o i c.~ rc~G( ~o~ r+~e C-~-. ~'~h~1 h~~ ~` ~2aC ~- - ~~~ '3s~) ~~~~~ 3rd 5`~~ S~~ NAMF, ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL 1 PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. PHONE OR E-MAIL O '9 3 7~ 7,3 0 o~ ~ 3l ~,s-1-i,- oy3y -~ r„ =-~c, o ~` ` ~ ~ ~ rv L ca 0 PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL N 0 4.,~ ~ A ~7 n w ~~ ~ =~~ ~ m o~ ^~ ~ ~ PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. N f NAME ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL ~iii~ D~-~'.~vf.~o~ /2~Z f~~~•t~ JT. OPTIONAL) -.-.r +~r~r--=~-a- ~R ~ ~ o ~ ~7 ~ ~, PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. ~-a~~3 Z PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. NAME ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL O PTIONAL ~- 6 fr ~ 3rd _ ¢' ~S~ S-- ~ ~~ ~~ Y 3~~d~ es ~ ~..'~~ W o-o ~ r.~ ~, ~. - ~ "1, a,~ - 21 O'P~ ~ b `- N ~a O c --1 ~7 -i f'3 O e~ ~ ~' tV W Q \eR~. ~'e.~.x' v~ ~'~~nQd. ~ ~ ~r~ov~ -~o : ~,rZ,o`ce, ~©~aL, ~ ~lc~ `fir i C~., o~b ~ . ~ar1eQ~- 1 PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. Dam the Last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed ~i~g in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if thoy have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Coun it lace the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. M J A~~RESS PHONE OR E-MAIL In n ~ , w . ~ a t' . l _ ~ , _ t r-. ~ ~] ~ w . _ `~.' L. ~ ~'J l1DTTl11-T A T 1 y ~ ~ ~ ,~= ~~~~~rz~j~1 ~~ ~^ .~~ .~ ~~~~ PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they ~,~ have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on r-~ Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of `,.. ~ t public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda four consideration. NA'~lE alwt~t~ '~'~DRESS ~ ~' ~~~~ ..~',. ~^~/~'~'~ ~.~/, n~:, . f? ~r~,-~,, r , -. ~ d c ~ _. _ . rr. d , ,. ,„ 5~.~~1L PHONE OR E MAIL r ' -~ ~ ~ ~c~ ~.~ ~ PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday warship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's.play structure, tli~ili,~ lihsag~d.~~cr~iq~center are all ~blg,.QnA , ~ c~,~,; ., Sunday to those without cars.~~c4~g she; irne-$rav~g numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. . La vyt 3~ ~ ew eb• toM- ~~ vt YVI C G~c ~~ e Z S 3 ~ /3 /K~~~~--- > z ~Z ~!~' . C ~~ ~~5 N. ~6~v~-tom' i c s~ a ~ NAME ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL ' ~v r'~SS d-~ p ~L"'Z.. ~, / l ~ ~ Ll~ U~ ~ / G7g ~~OV~ I' (.l Q~,cJ V 'Cd C!,^~o~/- ~,)~ G.,6-ee, ZS3'S Qi~r~...+e.c ~.a~uE ~.I~NIC~-~t.C-:2 C~JIJ~-k-~'1 1 e~...~ e. c~+~ ~ t A St ttis Swistwr' ~ ~.33`c~ Ravi ~~~ J`ws ~~ ~~~ C ~~1~-(~ ~_ ~~~ ~~ ~C,~or-q ~r'z~e.~r v.~-..oo~.-~,. C1~~~~ ~- 4 ~~~~ '~" ~ c~ -C wc~ ~-•- ~ r -p ~~ rn Y IT'9 ~ p~ ~~ -jo~~ , ~ w~ c~~~ - ~ G 1~' GY-~~t Srt ~~;~- ~3,c,~,g~ ~Ui~wa-~d~ ~ c S' 2240 /7/~ i ~~ ~~3! 7 ~2~2 Y~uy..e~..,,cJl ~z2~o ~~ ~S~_~<<o~~r~~jd~u.ec~y Ltlh ~~ 1 ~,-~- ~ ~ r R- 5 zz.~ta wza.Ngi ~hQ~~~c`(G'~""°--„~~t ~~~ C~,b~ZJ~Ue-c ~e4'~, (Cnh 0 , ~6 V~-. `~ i~ ~[~~c,,,aac~ ~ . l ewe ~ ~ l /i- S zaYS ~~ ~QadL2c;- ~( LAC--t~~~gv.~"~O, Coot 5 L ZY~ ~~ ~ `~ '~' ~'~ s~y~ rUl,v-~, 4---~ a3 r~ ~~~N~-~,~ ~ . sa~~~ J cn ~feaeh~!c~z /1^ tc~~ -sa-~-pcx ~j V ~ow.t . t~ u PETITION FOR SUNDAY BU5 SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. yl~ ~, ~obu' . 4,+r- NAME ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa Ciry has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are ail inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. ~ude~ahnell Co~.~,~~5, c~a~1~ Mots 6a~~ NAME ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL 1"""- - - O PTIONAL .v~, ~~5 c~-"'~ ~"~ r ~V~' 1 Y r~ s~ ~ o Q ~ C> ~- ~ C~ s ~ a ~' 21 0 n ~ w ©~ ,` ~ ~ w ~~ 6 L7 -}- a ~~ ~ a' ~ -1 ~< <, q ~ _ on ~ o~ ~j- 'e Y`N r~ ~~~~ ~ Y Y PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. NAME ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL O PTIONAL ~ 1~ ~ ~:~ ~ ~"1 i - S~aa f ~ ~ 4 ~, i 9 l ~~ "~ ZZG3 ~.G .358 0~6 S zj-/ n L h Z~z/ /7z v,,,~,, N O I["~ a. ""~ ~ ~~ -'~ ("~ ~ r~ ~~ ~ W PETITION FOR SUNDAY BUS SERVICE We the undersigned believe Sunday bus service is a critical need in Iowa City. During the last ten years Iowa City has experienced a substantial increase in the number of transit-dependent people living here: An ever increasing number of unemployed living in outlying districts who need to find a job but without Sunday bus service are unable to take weekend positions. Low income people who cannot afford a car, or even if they have a car cannot afford gas. The elderly and/or people with disabilities who cannot drive. Many too young to drive. Many who cannot attend Sunday worship services for lack of Sunday bus service. City Park, Mercer park and pool, the pedestrian mall and children's play structure, the public library and recreation center are all inaccessible on Sunday to those without cars. At the same time growing numbers support expansion of public transit as a way to protect the environment. We therefore ask that the City Council place the issue of Sunday bus service on their agenda for consideration. NAME ADDRESS PHONE OR E-MAIL O PTIONAL ~ ; ca q, , ~ ~~ c.f ~iL,~ ~ 3 ~?"h,~-~~ C~v, -~ r ltNO y /-'l A2-T/nl o2y/,3 /~'IiL~/ri / ,0/2lf/E ~v3 1- 6 3 7~ ~ ~ - < ac~~~ a -o3i a3~~P nti~~~~ ss- 6 3 l ' S"'~ a N 0 0 0 ~~ -~~ o t" . ~ .~ ~ ~~ N W CAl/~ PANHANDLING 3@ ~ ~ Marian Karr From: Smothers, Elizabeth [liz-smothers@uiowa.edu] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 2:23 PM To: Council Subject: PANHANDLING This correspondence will become a public record. I live in rural Solon so I don't have to deal with panhandlers much but I do drive places where these panhandlers beg for money. I've seen more than one near accident by simpletons giving money to the fake homeless. How can anyone on this council even consider giving these panhandlers more than they already get? Are you aware of how much these people can bring in during the day? How many of them are REALLY homeless? And if these losers can sit on the street corner or an intersection with a sign, why can't they work for a living like most of us do? Why do we constantly have to give to people who do nothing to deserve it? If they can sit on their butt, in their nice shoes and clothing, with their high dollar back packs and bicycles, they can get a job. It's disgusting how they are enabled. When is everyone going to learn that socialism doesn't work? 3/30/2010 Page 1 of 1 3~~ ~ Marian Karr From: Wayne & Cathy Justus [justusoriginals@pagosa.net] Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 3:33 AM To: Council Cc: newsroom@KCRG.com Subject: fluoridtion Attachments: _2009 HsiF toxic waste, environmental toxin.pdf; "Kidney Fouindation Drops Fluoridation ~~ Support -News Release, NYSCOF; Alzheimers HsiF link.pdf; AMA admits no study done on Fluoride Side Effects; Arsenic=HFSA contamination.doc; At EPA, Unions Break From Management; Fw: ;Dartmouth News lead in HsiF.pdf; Fluoride Press Release 2005 NTEU 280; Fluor intake, EPA standards, NRC adverse effects.pdf; Fluoride Statement; Excerpts from NRC Report: "Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA's Standards"; Fluoride Lead Arsenic Comparison Chart.pdf; Fluoride in foods and beverages.pdf; Fluoridation and Tea Don't Mix, Studies Continue to Show - MarketWatch; Fluoride: Protected Pollutant or Panacea?; The Lance: Past the Pages; Fw: FLOURIDE & BONE CANCER LINKED...EPA REPORT !!!; Fw: Fluoridated Water'Causes Cancer' Boys At Risk From Bone Tumors, Shock Research Reveals; JADA Fluoride does not reduce decay.pdf; Re: U.S. Army Medical Command Concerned About Fluoridating ;Just What is Fluoride?; Sack of HsiF photo.pdf; Safety Warning for HsiF.pdf; Skeletal fluorosis is a crippling bone disease caused by fluoride; U.S._Code.pdf; Why U.S. Environmental Protection Agency scientists oppose fluoridation; Emailing: forearm; EPA no impiracle data on Hsif.pdf; Letter to minicpality thinking about fluoridating.doc Dear Iowa City Council, I have attached a personal letter with information and other attachments that I feel you will need to make an educated decision on fluoridating your city's municipal water. This is a minor fraction of a fraction of the information and science I have on fluoridation that I have gathered over the past 25 plus years through personal research and experience with what fluoride consumption does to the body and in getting to know many of the world wide researchers of fluoride. Thank you for your time in reviewing this information. Sincerely, Cathy Justus. 4/2/2010 Caclinch ©2009 Time Line: Hydrofluorosilicic acid is an Inorganic Fluoride -Toxic Substance & Hazardous Waste "Water fluoridation is not a public health policy. It is a hazardous waste ~ People for management policy." Dr. J. William Hirzy, Senior US EPA Chemist, VP US EPA Safe Drinking Headquarters Union Water US EPA Unions representing over 7,000 professionals write to US Congress asking for a national moratorium on artificial fluoridation of drinking water. h~.12 //www nteu280 org/Issues/Fluoride/Press%20Release %20Fluoride htm 1909 BOUndary Waters Treaty http~//www jjc org/rel/agreelwater html#what • Article IV: "It is further agreed that the waters herein defined as boundary waters and waters flowing across the boundary shall not be polluted on either side to the injury of health or property on the other." 1972 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement • Article II: 'The purpose of the Parties is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the waters of the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem.' • "These waters should be: Free from substances entering the waters as a result of human activity in concentrations that are toxic or harmful to human, animal or aquatic life." 1978 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement http~//www~c ory/rel/agree! uality.html • 'the discharge of any or all persistent toxic substances be virtually eliminated.' 1989 First Priority Substances Lists ~^n^n^,cr g~ ~~isubstances/ese/engl~sa~/osl1-1 cfm • Priority Substances List 1 - 44 substances/groups of toxic substances include inorganic fluoride (hydrofluorosilicic acid), arsenic, lead, mercury & radionuclides 1997 Binational Toxics Strategy http~//wwwijc ora/ghp/publications/html/bts/btse html#lot • "...will work in cooperation with their public and private partners toward the goal of virtual elimination of persistent toxic substances resulting from human activity, particularly those which bioaccumulate, from the Great Lakes Basin CEPA 1999, 2006 update of Toxic Substances htt~//www e~.ac ca/CEPARegist~/subs list/Toxicu da e cfm Caclinch ©2009 • "Virtual elimination of the most dangerous toxic substances is at the core of Canada's Toxic Substances Management Policy" CEPA 1999, Section 65 (3) Toxic Substances Definition • "substances determined to be "toxic", persistent, bioaccumulative, anthropogenic, and which are not naturally occurring radionuclides or naturally occurring inorganic substances shall be proposed for implementation of virtual elimination under Section 65 (3) of CEPA 1999." http'//www ec gc ca/CEPARegis~ry/subs list/ToxicList.cfm CEPA 1999, Section 64 Risk Assessment of Schedule 1 Substances "A substance is toxic if it is entering or may enter the environment in a quantity or concentration or under conditions that: htto~///www ecec g_c ca/cepare~istrv/subs list/Toxic cfm 1. have or may have an immediate or long-term harmful effect on the environment or its biological diversity; 2. constitute or may constitute a danger to the environment on which life depends; or 3. constitute or may constitute a danger in Canada to human life or health." 2002 Safe Drinking Water Act ~.~'//www ene_,.gov on ca/envision/water/sdwa/index htm Section 20 (1 ): No person shall cause or permit any thing to enter adrinking-water system if it could result in (a) a drinking-water health hazard; Section 20 (3): Dilution no defence • For the purposes of prosecuting the offence of contravening subsection (1 ), it is not necessary to prove that the thing, if it was diluted when or after it entered the system, continued to result in or could have resulted in a drinking-water health hazard. 2006 Clean Water Act http~//www ene gov on ca/en/water/cleanwater/index ahg Section 15(2)(i): Requirement to identify past conditions that threaten source water that: "are or would be drinking water threats" I~c~l~rtft,e Torf{.~~, Relative Toxicity: The toxicity of fluoride is comparable ~' to that of arsenic and lead. s Government policy permits fluoride levels 150 times higher than lead and arsenic. ~ ~ I 1 Practically nontoxic 2 Slightly toxic 3 Moderately toxic Very toxic 5 Extrenwly taxi c Maximum Concentration Level of Arsenic = 10ppb 3 Maximum Concentration Level of Lead = 10ppb Maximum Concentration Level of Fluoride = 1,500ppb z From: Robert E. Gosselin et al, Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products 5th ed., 1984 Page 1 of 4 Marian Karr From: gene Burke [burkegene@msn.com] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 11:50 PM To: GlobalHazmat Subject: "Kidney Fouindation Drops Fluoridation Support" -News Release, NYSCOF For your attention please: This surprising rejection of support for fluoridation by the Kidney Fdn. appears mostly ignored, to the public's detriment, by major media. We expect the fluoridating Metopolitian Water District of SoCal and compliant water districts & water agencies (Santa Monica, Long Beach et al) will consider giving quiet attention to this. Especially to the highlighted (red) sentence below and the contents of its two links. News Release Kidney Foundation Drops Fluoridation Support Fluoride may damage bones of kidney patients New York -Tune 9, 2008 -The National Kidney Foundation withdrew its support of water fluoridation citing the 2006 National Research Council (NRC) report indicating that kidney patients are more susceptible to fluoride's bone and teeth-damaging effects. The kidney-impaired retain more fluoride and risk skeletal fluorosis (an arthritic-type bone disease), fractures and severe enamel fluorosis, which may increase the risk of dental decay, reports the NRC. Fluoride is added to US water supplies ostensibly to reduce tooth decay. Fluoride is also in foods, beverages, (1) drugs and dental products. The National Kidney Foundation's (NKF) (2) former fluoridation position statement also carried surprising cautions. The NKF advised monitoring children's fluoride intake along with patients with chronic kidney impairment, those with excessive fluoride 4/2/2010 Page 2 of 4 intake, and those with prolonged disease. But NKF now admits, "exposure from food and beverages is difficult to monitor, since FDA food labels do not quantify fluoride content." The NKF's April 15, 2008 statement goes further: "Individuals with CKD [Chronic Kidney Disease] should be notified of the potential risk of fluoride exposure." "More than 20 million Americans have CKD, and most don't even know it. More than 20 million others are at increased risk for developing CKD," NKF reports. "There is consistent evidence that impairment of kidney function results in changes to the way in which fluoride is metabolized and eliminated from the body, resulting in an increased burden of fluoride," concludes Kidney Health Australia. (3) in a paper NKFrecommends reading (4) NKF's fluoridation support was dropped when a law er, (5) an academic dentist and public health professional, Daniel Stockin, (6) alerted it to NRC's findings. "An easy way to reduce the uncontrolled flow of fluoride into our bodies is to stop water fluoridation," says attorney Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation. "But it takes political will to reject fluoridation." The American and Louisiana Dental Associations (7,8) erroneously claim the National Kidney Foundation supports fluoridation. However, even the ADA reports (9) that "decreased fluoride removal may occur among persons with severely impaired kidney function who may not be on kidney dialysis." Chronic kidney disease is a growing health problem in the United States occurring more often in African-American populations, says the Centers for Disease Control. (10) More fluoride/kidney information here: http•//www fluoridealert org/health/kidney/index.html Contact: Paul Beeber, ~D 516-433-8882 nyscof@aol.com Daniel Stockin, MPH, The Lillie Center stocking@yahoo.com 706- 669-0786 4/2/2010 Page 3 of 4 SOURCE: NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc PO Box 263 Old Bethpage, NY 11804 http: / /www.orgsites.com / ny/ nyscof http: / /www.FluorideAction.Net References: 1) USDA Fluoride in Foods Database http'//www nal usda gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/Fluoride/fluoride.pdf 2) National Kidney Foundation, "Fluoride Intake in Chronic Kidney Disease," April 15, 2008 http•//www kidney org/atoz/pdflFluoride Intake in CKD.pdf 3) Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation "Effects of fluoridation of community water supplies for people with chronic kidney disease," (2007) 22: 2763-2767, Ludlow et al. http•//www kidney orq/atoz/pdf/KHAFluoridation CKD-NDT 2007.pdf 4) National Kidney Foundation, "Fluoride" http•//www kidney orq/atoz/atozltem.cfm?id=205 5) September 18, 2007 letter, Reeves to National Kidney Foundation http•//www fluoridealert.org/NKF Ietter01.pdf 6) October , 2007 news release "Did Kidney Foundation Leave Millions at Risk by Failing to Warn about Fluorides and Fluoridated Drinking Water?" by Daniel Stockin, MPH, The Lillie Center http•//fluoridealert.org/press/nkf.htm 7) American Dental Association, http•//www ada org/public/topics/fluoride/facts/compendium.asp 8) Louisiana Dental Association, "Health Smiles Coalition" http•//www healthysmileslouisiana.orglcoalition.html 9) American Dental Association, "Fluoridation Facts" http//www ada org/public/topics/fluoride/facts/fluoridation facts.pdf 10) U.S. Centers for Disease Control, MMWR "Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Associated Risk Factors ---United States, 1999-2004 http•//www cdc gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5608a2.htm 4/2/2010 Page 4 of 4 Please feel free to distribute this widely to fluoridating councils, SoCal water districts & agencies, and others. Gene Burke Director, SMSDW Coalition; Coordinator, SoCal Alliance for Safe Drinking Water P.O. Box 358, S.Monica, CA 90406; (310) 451-9950 For removal from this mailing list, simply click on Reply and send with "Remove" in the Subject line. 4/2/2010 science/ technology concentrates :l. CHEMICAL & ENGINEERING NEWS Brain damage in rats from fluoridated water An animal study links low levels of fluo- ride in water to brain damage [Brain Res. 784, 284 (1998)]. The research was a collaboration among a chemist and two psychologists (including lead author Julie A. Varner) at Binghamton University, Binghamton, N.Y., and an EPA neurotox- icologist. Twenty-seven rats were divided into three groups and for one year were given either distilled water, distilled water with 2.1 ppm NaF--the same concentra- tion of fluoride normally. used in fluori- dated drinking water-or distilled water with 0.5 ppm AIF3. In both treated groups, the aluminum levels in the brain were elevated relative to controls. The researchers speculate that fluoride in water may complex with the aluminum in food and enable it to cross the blood- brain barrier. Both treated groups also suffered neural injury and showed increased deposits of 13-amyloid protein in the brain, similar to those seen in humans with Alzheimer's disease. "While the small amount of AIF3.. . required for neurotoxic effects is surpris- ing, perhaps .even more surprising are the neurotoxic .effects of NaF" at 2.1 ppm, the authors write, ~ APRIL 27, 1998 C&EN 29 AMA admits no study done on Fluoride Side Effects Marian Karr From: Saved by Windows Internet Explorer 7 Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 1:20 AM Subject: AMA admits no study done on Fluoride Side Effects AMA Admits no studies were done on Fluoride Side Effects The following letter from Dr. Flanagan, Assistant Director of the American Medical Association certainly makes clear that the AMA refuses to say that fluoridation is harm and that no studies were ever done on fluoride side effects. Page 1 of 2 4/2/2010 The following is the actual letter; AMA admits no study done on Fluoride Side Effects American Medical Association 535 FtORTr+ DEAfiBORN 5TREET CHICAGO. tirLIN015 6p61O YWa - AaIfA COD[ 7+3 DJYCSION Of S0Ctp~£GbNOU1C Af.Y1ViYlES IIAYMONb L. VMITI, M.D., IMs+w Page 2 of 2 pEPARTMENT OF ENV[RONMENTAL HEALTH CeAwtfs C. Ebv4aot, 4.D. .r++wt Ii..s~m ~'~AA[ ~'. RAIfTOM J OSerii F, FOAM AGAK, )~- NOf4lP H. SCNHLI )A.wea G. SeLru, M.D. lug 1. veu~wo May 13, 1965 Mr. R. pttlton 7U Thorne Street Toronto New South false, Australis Dear Atr. Fulton: In acknowledgment of your letter oi•May 10, 1965 to the Secretary of the American Medical Association Z am attaching a copy oP the ~ADIA Po11cy Statements Fluoridation o1 Puh11c Mater Supplies. You will notice that this Association endorses the principle oY Fluoridation o3 public water supplies to reduce the incideace of dental caries; it does not become involved 1n endorsement o! fluoridation pi water supplies of specific cities. The American Medical Association is .not prepared to state Mhat "no harm will be dare to any person by eater fluoridation. The American Medical Association has not .carried out any research xork, either long-term or short-tern, regarding the possibility 04 any side effects. JSF:ws Encl. Sincerely yours, ",,,~-" Joseph E. Flanaga~r. Assistant Director Department ai Environmental Health 4/2/2010 Perspective on arsenic as a contaminant in hydrofluosilicic acid By Jeff Green, Citizens for Safe Drinking Water (800) 728-3833 The National Research Council wrote and published a review on arsenic (in book form, as is the NRC's December 2006 review on fluoride) that was used to establish the scientific point of safety for lifetime consumption (U.S. MCLG) of arsenic at O.OOmg/I (Zero). U.S. EPA establishes a zero tolerance for arsenic as a carcinogen for which they deem that no amount in the water is without health risk. U.S. EPA has established a point at which water suppliers must remediate the concentration of arsenic in the water (U.S. MCL) at above 10 ppb, which became enforceable in 2006. The California scientific point of safety for lifetime consumption (CA Public Health Goal) is the California version of the U.S. MCLG. Even though OEHHA/Cal EPA is allowed to establish a PHG of zero, they do not because it does not allow for measurement. The California risk assessment for arsenic (234 pages) uses the information from the NRC report to arrive at a scientific point of safety for lifetime consumption (PHG) of 4 parts per trillion, establishing a risk of 1 lung/bladder cancer per million persons for lifetime ingestion. OEHHA has signaled that they will probably lower California's MCL for arsenic to a maximum of 3 ppb and possibly 1 ppb; not because it is fully protective, but because to establish a lower point is problematic concerning the cost of measuring and removing from source water (not for water additives.) To put 4 parts per trillion scientific point of safety for lifetime consumption into perspective, it is approximately 4 drops from an eyedropper in a football stadium filled to the top with water. This is obviously atiny-tiny amount when you count zeros, but it is important to realize that when you hear the words "trace amounts," or "Non Detected (ND)" that those words cloud (sometimes purposely) the issue of what amount is significant. To put this into perspective with the hydrofluosilicic acid product: NSF International currently provides a sales blurb that attempts to establish that there is no contamination of drinking water from the hydrofluosilicic acid; and then they give a chart that shows there is contamination. In their argument for the safety of hydrofluosilicic acid, NSF reveals a sample that they indicate is their highest testing after dilution of 0.6 ppb (NSF previously reported a high of 1.66 ppb arsenic contamination of hydrofluosilicic acid to Congressional investigation); and a mean arsenic contaminant concentration in the detectable samples* of 0.29 ppb. *However, rather than measure the raw product for the concentration of contaminants which would be readily discernable because the concentrations are found at multiples of 10,000 parts per billion, NSF attempts to convince us that 57% of the samples showed no contamination, even offering how arduously that they toiled to measure using their after-dilution approach that does not reliably measure below 1 ppb -too similar to an evaluation of how many persons are in a room, but setting the low-end detection limit at 400 Ibs so that the room may be full, but the methodology establishes that no persons are detected. If you look at calculations that NSF attempts to indicate are NOT contaminating drinking water, neither the high nor the mean is acceptable for any other health determination of cancer exposures and risk. These are the associations to lung/bladder cancer for the exposures from arsenic concentrations after dilution from hydrofluosilicic acid products from NRC and Cal EPA risk assessments: 3.00 ppb = 1/500 1.50 ppb = 1/1000 1.00 ppb = 1/1500 0.60 ppb = 1/2500 0.50 ppb = 1/3000 0.40 ppb = 1/3750 0.30 ppb = 1/5000 0.20 ppb = 1/7500 0.10 ppb = 1/15,000 20 persons/10,000 population lung & bladder cancers NSF reports 1.66 ppb sample to House investigation NSF Single Product Allowable Concentration (SPAC) NSF reported sample, allowed NSF reports 0.29 ppb mean of detectable samples NSF reports 0.12 ppb average, w/57% "not detected" 0.05 ppb = 1/30,000 The importance of these noted concentrations is that NSF has accepted, as allowable, concentrations that correlate to lung/bladder cancers: 1) 1/1000 persons of lung/bladder cancer when the U.S. EPA MCLG was 50 ppb. 2) Now allows concentrations after dilution risking 1 in 1500 persons 3) Reports receiving a current allowable sample risking 1 in 2500 persons 4) Reports a mean of detectable samples that risks 1 in 5000 persons 5) Reports an average, including all so-called non-detected samples, representing a risk in 1 in 15,000 persons At EPA, Unions Break From Management Marian Karr Page 1 of 2 From: Saved by Windows Internet Explorer 7 Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 11:45 PM Subject: At EPA, Unions Break From Management Attachments: ATT3310611.dat; ATT3310612.dat; ATT3310613.dat; ATT3310614.dat; ATT3310615.dat; ATT3310616.dat; ATT3310617.dat; ATT3310618.dat; ATT3310619.dat; ATT3310620.dat; ATT3310621.dat washn~tonp~ostecc~m At EPA, Unions Break From Management By Christopher Lee Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, March 11, 2008; A17 Unions at the Environmental Protection A~ency have pulled out of along-standing partnership with management, saying Administrator Stephen L. Johnson has failed to deal in good faith on issues such as scientific integrity and job evaluations. In a Feb. 29 letter to Johnson, 19 union leaders, who represent 10,000 EPA employees, complained that he and other top managers have ignored the advice of unionized workers and the agency's own principles of scientific integrity. They cited issues that include fluoride drinking- water standards, a California bid to limit greenhouse gases, and mercury emissions from power plants. The agency's scientific-integrity principles, jointly developed by unions and managers during the Clinton administration, call for employees to ensure that their scientific work is of the highest integrity, and to represent it fairly, acknowledge the intellectual contributions of others and avoid financial conflicts. "EPA boasts of the principles of scientific integrity before the Congress and the public as an example of EPA's dedication to using only good science in its decision making, but refuses to agree to an adjudication process for resolving disputes arising from alleged violations," the union leaders wrote. EPA spokesman Jonathan Shradar said Johnson "has and will continue to value the expertise and advice of his staff at all levels. The administrator is faced, when given the facts and the law, with making some difficult decisions.... He takes the science very seriously, and he makes the decisions based on the science within the bounds of the law." The Bush administration drew criticism in December when Johnson, a 27-year veteran of the agency, denied California's petition to limit greenhouse-gas emissions from cars and trucks, overruling the unanimous recommendation of the EPA's legal and technical staffs. Johnson has said that higher fuel economy standards and increased renewable fuel requirements that President Bush signed into law last year will do more to address global warming than "a confusing patchwork of state rules." Last month, a federal appeals court threw out the EPA's approach to limiting mercury emissions from coal-burning power plants, ruling that agency officials had followed their own desires 4/2/2010 At EPA, Unions Break From Management Page 2 of 2 rather than the law in imposing new standards that were favorable to plant owners. J. William Hirzy, executive vice president of Chapter 280 of the National Treasury Employees Union, one of the union locals that sent the letter, said there have been other internal fights over the dangers of fluoride in drinking water and certain ingredients in pesticides. "It's not so much that we're looking for influence over policy decisions. We're looking to have our science recognized," said Hirzy, a senior scientist in EPA's risk assessment division who emphasized that he was speaking as a union official. Created during the Clinton administration, the EPA's Labor-Management Partnership Council, like its counterparts in other agencies, is intended to head off internal disputes and delays by discussing issues such as changes in work schedules and the introduction of new technology before final decisions are made. Bush dissolved the agency councils by executive order in 2001, but EPA officials maintained a working relationship with the unions. The letter announcing the unions' withdrawal cites a lack of union input on the design of a performance appraisal system and a failure to engage unions before implementing changes in work rules. "It's gotten worse than ever in terms of the agency just doing unilateral decision-making," Hirzy said. "We're tired of it." 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You are fully responsible for the content that you post. © 2008 The Washington Post Company 4/2/2010 Page 1 of 2 Marian Karr From: Wayne Justus [justusoriginals@pagosa.net] Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 12:30 AM To: Howard Bleicher DDS Subject: Fw: -----Original Message ----- From: Wayne Justus To: John Striblin4 Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 11:10 PM Subject: Fw: ----- Original Message ----- From: Wayne Justus To: Gerry.Horn Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 3:09 AM Subject: Fw: -----Original Message ----- From: Wayne Justus To: Teri Sullivan ; Tati Caputto ; Tammy Austin Riley ; Taminah Gallery ;Steven McPeek ;Sheri Neilson ; Rowan Emrys ;Robert Julie Shoefelt ~Shoefly) ;Patrick O'Brien ;Patricia Dobson ; NormanFrazier ;Lee Vorhies ;Larry Dick ; KBonnie & Pete Ayon ;Joe Bob Leake ;Jim Morehouse ;James Kina ;Gordon Schieman ; Gerry_Horn ; Gabby ;Dow & Debra Timmen ;Don & Sandy Walker ;Dixie Neuman ;Diane Outerbridge ;Diane Kent Davis ;Crabtree ; Cemueller4(a~aol.com ;Carole Ellis ;carol & Jim marziale ; Bonnie/Cloud Aker ;Bob & Terri Beecher ;Betty/Dick Hillyer ;Ann Torrez ; Angie Crow ;Allan Bunch Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 12:59 AM I wanted to share with you a quote from Barry Groves author of Fluoride Drinking Ourselves to Death ........................... Fluoridation is an affront to human dignity, which is explicitly recognized as a major objective in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. The foundation of the legal rights and liberties of the individual is the principle of that individual's responsibility for his conduct and his own interested, chief among which is his health. Many people believe that in a democracy, if a majority can be persuaded to vote in favor of doing something, then that thing should be done. This belief is a perverse and false view of democracy. The principles of democracy, as enshrined in the UN Declaration, are primarily concerned with the rights of people as individuals not with dominance by the majority. If 51 % of an electorate vote for medication for the entire population, they are denying the other 49% their basic human rights. This is not democracy but tyranny. If we wish to ensure the survival of democracy, all of us, collectively and as individuals, have a responsibility to ensure that its principles are not undermined. We can enjoy the full benefits of democracy only if we play our individual parts in protecting those rights, both for ourselves and for each other. Representative's primary duty is to protect the basic rights of the individual citizen from possible tyranny by a mis-led and thoughtless majority. Compulsory fluoridation automatically violates these rights. Thus, whatever individual or local councilors believe about the benefits or otherwise of fluoridation, it is their manifest duty to reject proposals to fluoridate the water. Those who decide whether a particular area shall be fluoridated can never claim that they have a democratic right to do such a thing. It is a fundamental legal principle that no doctor may prescribe medical treatment for a sane and competent person without that person's consent, even if that person is a doctor's own patient and the doctor knows the patient's medical history and medical needs. In view of this law, how can it be right, 4/2/2010 Page 2 of 2 lawful or ethical for authorities to prescribe medication for persons they have not met, whose past medical histories and medical needs they do not know, where the dose that each individual will take is neither known nor controlled, when it is not know whether the medication will react with other medications being taken, or even whether those persons need the medication at all? The interests and welfare of the individual human being should prevail over the sole interest of society or science. 4/2/2010 DARTMOUTH NEWS Dartmouth College Office of Public Affairs • 38 North Main Street • Hanover, NH 03755-1814 Phone (603) 646-3661 • Fax: (603) 646-2850 CONTACT: Office of Public Affairs 603/646-3661 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUG. 31, 1999 STUDY FINDS CORRELATION BETWEEN FLUORIDES IN WATER AND LEAD LEVELS REPORTERS: Roger Masters is the Nelson A. Rockefeller Professor of Government Emeritus at Dartmouth College. He can be reached at 603/646-1029 or by email at Roger D Masters<d>Dartmouth.edu. HANOVER, N.H. -Although the dangers of lead poisoning have been known for years, substantial numbers of children continue to suffer from blood lead above danger level of 10 micrograms per deciliter of blood (l0µ g/dL). A study published this month in the International Journal of Environmental Studies, and led by Roger Masters, Emeritus professor of government at Dartmouth, describes a factor that is correlated with higher lead levels in children. Analyzing a survey of over 280,000 Massachusetts children, the-investigators found that silicofluorides -chemicals widely used in treating public water supplies -are associated with an increase in children's absorption of lead. The research team included Myron J. Coplan, retired vice President of Albany International and principal of Intellequity, Natick, Mass., and Brian T. Hone, research associate at Dartmouth college. In their analysis, the investigators found that levels of lead in children's blood was significantly higher in Massachusetts communities using the silicofluorides fluosilicic acid and sodium silicofluoride than in towns where water is treated with sodium fluoride or not fluoridated at all. Compared to a matched group of 30 towns that do not use silicofluorides, children in 30 communities that use these chemicals were over twice as likely to have over 10 µ g/dL of blood lead. "silicofluorides are largely untested," said Professor Masters, who pointed out that over 90 percent of America's fluoridated drinking water supplies are treated with silicofluorides. "Virtually all research on fluoridation safety has focused on sodium fluoride, even though the studies in the 1930's showed important biological differences between these chemicals. The correlation with blood levels is especially serious because lead poisoning is associated with higher rates of learning disabilities, hyperactivity, substance abuse and crime." Since completing the Massachusetts study, the investigators have analyzed data from rural counties in six additional states as well as in the National Health and Nutrition Evaluation Survey (NHANES III). The results, which have not yet been published, find a correlation between silicofluorides and blood lead levels, as well as higher rates of violent crime and substance abuse. Masters will summarize these findings in a plenary lecture at a meeting of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences at the Four Seasons Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday, Sept. 2, at 9 a.m. The research was funded by the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training and by the Earhart Foundation, which integrates scientific discoveries in neuroscience, environmental chemistry, and human behavior. ### [note by sender: the release above is a recreation of the original] INFORMATION NOT ON ORIGINAL RELEASE -About the authors Roger D. Masters heads the Dartmouth Foundation for Neuroscience and Society. For several decades he has researched the caused of violence and other dysfunctional human behavior such as ADD, ADHD and drug abuse. Myron J. 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EO ~ O M ~ O ~. ~ ~ 4~ b U G [~ '~ O ,~ ~ ~ b ~ .~ O v~ U '~ ~ ~ O O •~ 7 ~ Z w~~ o a MU o ~ M¢wU Fluoride Press Release 2005 NTEU 280 Marian Karr From: Saved by Windows Internet Explorer 7 Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 1:03 AM Subject: Fluoride Press Release 2005 NTEU 280 NTEU CHAPTER 280 - U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS BEN FRANKLIN STATION, BOX 7672, WASHINGTON D.C. 20044 -PHONE 202-566-2788 INTERNET http://www.nteu280.or~/ EMAIL mailto•Murphy JamesJ(c~epamaiLepa.~ov Page 1 of 2 DESCRIPTION NEWSLETTER CURRENT ISSUES PRESS RELEASES LINKS MEMBERS PAGE HISTORY SITE INDEX PRESS RELEASE FOR AUGUST 19, 2005 EPA Unions Call for Nationwide Moratorium on Fluoridation, Congressional Hearing on Adverse Effects, Youth Cancer Cover Up Eleven EPA employee unions representing over 7000 environmental and public health professionals of the Civil Service have called for a moratorium on drinking water fluoridation programs across the country, and have asked EPA management to recognize fluoride as posing a serious risk of causing cancer in people. The unions acted following revelations of an apparent cover-up of evidence from Harvard School of Dental Medicine linking fluoridation with elevated risk of a fatal bone cancer in young boys. The unions sent letters to key Congressional committees asking Congress to legislate a moratorium pending a review of all the science on the risks and benefits of fluoridation. The letters cited the weight of evidence supporting a classification of fluoride as a likely human carcinogen, which includes other epidemiology results similar to those in the Harvard study, animal studies, and biological reasons why fluoride can reasonably be expected to cause the bone cancer - osteosarcoma -seen in young boys and test animals. The unions also pointed out recent work by Richard Maas of the Environmental Quality Institute, University of North Carolina that links increases in lead levels in drinking water systems to use of silicofluoride fluoridating agents with chloramines disinfectant. The letter to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson asked him to issue a public warning in the form of an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking setting the health-based drinking water standard for fluoride at zero, as it is for all known or probable human carcinogens, pending a recommendation from a National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council committee. That committee's work is not expected to be done before 2006. 4/2/2010 Fluoride Press Release 2005 NTEU 280 Page 2 of 2 The unions also asked Congress and EPA's enforcement office, or the Department of Justice, to look into reasons why the Harvard study director, Chester Douglass, failed to report the seven-fold increased risk seen in the work he oversaw, and instead wrote to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the federal agency that funded the Harvard study, saying there was no link between fluoridation and osteosarcoma. Douglass sent the same negative report to the National Research Council committee studying possible changes in EPA's drinking water standards for fluoride. The unions who signed the letters represent EPA employees from across the nation, including laboratory scientists in Ohio, Oklahoma and Michigan, regulatory support scientists and other workers at EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C. and science and regulatory workers in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and San Francisco. They are affiliated with the National Treasury Employees Union, the American Federation of Government Employees, Engineers and Scientists of California/International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, and the National Association of Government Employee/Service Employees International Union. The unions' letter is online at http•//nteu280 ors/Issues/Fluoride/fluoridesummary.htm FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. William Hirzy, Vice-President NTEU Chapter 280 Phone(cell) 202-285-0498 4/2/2010 Fiuorirle ~nlakc Cam~ared to Existing EPA Standards and NRC Adverse Hea(!hl ~ftecfs ., t~.~n ,,...~,,_..., ~ ,. _, ~ _. - - I ~~ Nl?C rapart ,, - - ~ ~d++~r~e itr~arlh ~~ ~ ~ ~eft`~cts t3ndtagsr fl 7M1 .~. ~.,,,. ., .. ... it I .. ...: :_' ~ ~ ~ ~ :~ ~, ~; ~, ~ ~ ~1 ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ rurrstlfEPA s~~rrclred ~ Nom' ~~ ~ ~. ~. - (A.f7q tal(N`hjjt't~7y ~t i ~ ~T mpr'dny (tll ndrrilJ 0 3? i}.1V y.. rT ~. ~ i ' " _ ' ' -.. ~ 1 i i ~ ~ , ~~~ _ ~ L t'-"r"""^ - .. ~. ~ ~ ~ '. aa4+or~ danW! f7poios7a a ~ ~'' ~ ~ i i ~ ~ ~ mor~a ir~ctttra ~ ~ e, ,. l 1 --- ~ ~~ t. ~ i ~ ~, ~ ~ _ , sA7nrt>(ltn M Nu!lnr+ ~ _ ,~ < thyv~td p r ._. _i ~ . ' .__ ...: I~I~Ri 1 . , ~u •,) Gr.1 - ' .. - .. is i ^I•riY~IrtA. auaR C,xb+r+ of e:a~.;. ,. r .,.~ :.~, ._~.! Population ~rou~+s, f+t+a~~ irrta~~r,.als drank+nst,ti~nir,r ~.ith t ppmlfuorlda ptvt ~ diabate's malUfUa. ~rl dbGb f=nm Nf~{ ~2ts'itt r~~:~~1, Ti 'u, , .. a ~ . .', c. , ., , ~ ~u.~g•~s ar==~ w+744np r,asa° hu+~ I o„*~i ~unraiq Fluoride Statement Marian Karr From: Saved by Windows Internet Explorer 7 Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 1:58 AM Subject: Fluoride Statement NTEU CHAPTER 280 - U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS BEN FRANKLIN STATION, BOX 7672, WASHINGTON D.C. 20044 -PHONE 202-566-2788 INTERNET httn•//www.nteu280.or~/ E MAIL Hirzy.John(a,epa.QOv DESCRIPTION NEWSLETTER CURRENT ISSUES PRESS RELEASES LINKS MEMBERS PAGE HISTORY SITE INDEX Page 1 of 3 A STATEMENT OF CONCERN ON FLUORIDATI01 Understanding and appreciating the historical reasons for advocating fluoridation, the undersigned professionals nc valid concerns about its safety and about its impact on the environment. This Statement serves as a vehicle for expre~ concerns. However, it is not a position statement on fluoridation, nor does it commit the undersigned to any point of than what is stated clearly in this document. A brief summary of recent events, reports, and research underlying our well as a list of references, are supplementary to this document. (Link to footnotes in this article.) OUR MAJOR CONCERNS: I. Environmental Concerns Silicofluorides: unrefined industrial waste 91% of Americans ingesting artificially fluoridated water are consuming silicofluorides~. This is a class of fluoridatic that includes hydrofluosilicic acid and its salt form, sodium fluorosilicate. These chemicals are collected from the pol scrubbers of the phosphate fertilizer industry. The scrubber liquors contain contaminants such as arsenic, lead, cadmi and radioactive particles2, are legally regulated as toxic waste, and are prohibited from direct dispersal into the envirc Upon being sold (unrefined) to municipalities as fluoridating agents, these same substances are then considered a "pr allowing them to be dispensed through fluoridated municipal water systems to the very same ecosystems to which the be released directly. Sodium fluoride, used in the remaining municipalities, is also an industrial waste product that co hazardous contaminants. Scarcity of environmental impact studies This is of deep concern to us. Studies that do exist indicate damage to salmon and to plant ecosystems.3aIt is signific. Canada's water quality guideline to protect freshwater life is 0.12 ppm (parts per million). sb 99.97% of fluoridated water is released directly into the environment at around lppm This water is NOT used for drinking or cooking a II. Health Concerns Absence of safety studies on silicofluorides 4/2/2010 Fluoride Statement Page 2 of 3 When asked by'the U.S. House Committee on Science for chronic toxicity test data on sodium fluorosilicate and hydrofluorosilicic acid, Charles Fox of the EPA answered on June 23, 1999, "EPA was not able to identify chronic toxicity data on these chemicals". s Further, EPA's National Risk Management Research Laboratory stated, on April 25, 2002, that the chemistry of silicofluorides is "not well understood" and studies are needed. EPA health goals ignored The EPA defines the Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) for toxic elements in drinking water thus: "the level below which there are no known or anticipated effects to health." The MCLG for arsenic, lead, and radioactive particles, all contaminants of the scrubber liquors used for fluoridation, is 0.0 ppb (zero parts per billion). Therefore, any addition of fluorine- bearing substances to drinking water that include these contaminants is contrary to the intent of EPA's established health goals. Increased blood lead levels in children Two recent studies with a combined sampling of over 400,000 children found significantly increased levels of lead in children's blood when silicofluorides from the phosphate fertilizer industry were used as the fluoridating agent.b This shows that there is a significant difference in health effects even between different fluoridation compounds. Ingestion of fluoride linked to many health effects Contrary to assertions that the health effects of fluoride ingestion already have been scientifically proven to be safe and that there is no credible scientific concern, over the last fifteen years the ingestion of fluoride has been linked in scientific peer-reviewed literature to neurotoxicity~, bone pathologys, reproductive effects9, interference with the pineal gland 10, gene mutations) ~, thyroid pathology12, and the increasing incidence and severity of dental fluorosis13. This has caused professionals who once championed the uses of fluoride in preventing tooth decay, to reverse their position and call for a halt in further exposures.14 It is of significance that 14 Nobel Prize winning scientists, including the 2000 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Arvid Carlsson, have expressed reservations on, or outright opposition to, fluoridation.15 FDA has never approved systemic use of fluoride The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in December 2000 stated to the U.S. House Committee on Science they have never provided any specific approval for safety or effectiveness for any fluoride substance intended to be ingested for the purpose of reducing tooth decay.~b Total fluoride exposure of growing concern ~~ Total fluoride exposure from all sources, including food, water, and air, is of growing concern within the scientific community. As evidenced in the U.S. Public Health Service ATSDR 1993 report which was referenced in correspondence between the U.S. House Committee on Science and Charles Fox of the U.S. EPA, large subsets of the population, including the elderly, children, and pregnant women, may be unusually susceptible to the toxic effects of fluoride.18 Centers for Disease Control concession The CDC now concedes that the systemic value of ingesting fluoride is minimal, as fluoride's oral health benefits are predominantly topical19, and that there has been a generalized increase in dental fluorosis20. III. In Consideration of the concerns raised above, we urge fluoridated cities, states with mandatory fluoridation, health care professionals, and public health authorities, to review ALL current information available, and use this information to re-evaluate current practices. IV. Congressional Investigation is Appropriate This Statement of Concern (same substance, slightly different content and form), along with a significant list of signatures, was unveiled at the May 6, 2003 EPA Science Forum session on fluoridation in support of the National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 280 (EPA union of professionals) renewed call for a Congressional investigation. No authorities 4/2/2010 Fluoride Statement Page 3 of 3 from government agencies ornon-governmental organizations responded to widespread EPA invitations over asix-week period, to attend this session to explain/defend the practice of fluoridation. In view of this fact, and also that some serious questions of propriety have been posed but not addressed, about the formulation of the EPA's drinking water standards for fluoride21, as well as the downgrading of cancer bioassay data by the EPA in 199022, it now seems especially valid to ask Congress to hold hearings that will compel promoters to answer many unanswered questions. It is appropriate that the U.S. Congress undertake an in-depth investigation of this public policy that is endorsed by major U.S. government agencies, but has never been adequately reviewed in its long history. Considering that there is an absence of research on silicofluorides, and that the latest scientific research on toxicity of~luorides has never been included in any government policy-making, and considering the many unanswered questions and concerns, we join the USEPA Union of professional employees in calling for afull-scale Congressional investigation into the public policy of fluoridation. PCease complete form ati~l fax or mail Back; contact infi~rmation at bottom of page. It is only taecessarv to send back this ONE side. Please PRINT information clearly. Thank you! Name, professional degree(s), title and/or position: Address: City: Phone: Signature: E-mail: Date: PLEASE SEND OR FAX SIGNED STATEIViENT TO: Second Look, P.O. Box 20915, Worcester, M.A 01602-0415 Fax: (508) 755-1535 Phone: (508) 755-7352 Zip: 4/2/2010 Page 1 of 1 .a~~t~„ +. a Marian Karr From: Jim Schultz [endfluoride@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 7:44 PM To: Council Subject: Whistle blowers Nteu EPA unions Please be advised the majority of EPA science unions have asked congress to halt fluoridation. This is a major whistle blowing action ignored by those not qualified to determine safety of cumulative toxins. Dentists by training and regulation should not speak outside the oral cavity at risk of losing license. In California they admitted this would be a diagnosis if claim of safety was made without knowledge of intake or susceptable conditions. The 1993 US TOX profile and 2003 list senior over 50, heart condition, kidney condition, low on calcium ,magnesium ,vit c and low protein intake also. We now know infants are in the highest risk group with the very highest intake per body weight but mothers milk only .004mg/1 or 250 times less then lppm optimal water. All different animals have very different milk based on specific needs. Breast milk filters out fluoride to protect babies. Babies kidneys only filter out 14% of the fluoride until they build function. That alone almost double doses them by what is retained. Please review what the real science experts on toxicology warn. The EPA headquarter union in 1985 discovered this ignored data and even worse altered findings that claimed safety when the vote was the opposite. This is about the altered 7-2 vote of the 1985 Surgeons Generals review. This was ugly deceptive at the EPA management level. see http://www.nteu280.or~ and then click on fluoride and read the 8 position papers or history asking congress to halt fluoridation. http'//www nteu280 orb/issues/fluoride/fluoridesummary.htm this also gives a video or Fluoride action network has two videos of EPA union spokesman against fluoridation. Hirzy is one but is now retired from EPA but still speaks out as a professior. The York review in 2000 looked at 3200 studies but admitted not a single one was high quality to claim safety or benefit. The Chair Professor Shelton did have to clairfy the many false claims made later not supported by the data. Any benefit was small or maybe ZERO and there was no proof of safety only proof of not looking for harm. Quite the opposite. They also showed 48% with dental fluorosis after fluoridation but 15% before. also 12.5% had ugly enough damage to need cosmetic repairs. This is a huge conflict of interest as it generates huge income for dentists from harm to fluoride toxic enamel. http://www.nidellaw.com is just one of the law firms looking at litigation. http•//www ~otsonmyteeth.com is for sharing views of damaged enamel and getting answers as many dentists decline to identify the cause or how it happens. Yoder K,M, 2007 Indiana shows dental ignorance when tested on pubmed.com. Most do not know the new theory is topical post eruptive not the old ingested pre eruptive they were taught. Fluoridation is disproved theory- but still taught and enforced. Jim Schultz endfluoride~a~,~mail.com 386 235 5069 4/2/2010 Page 1 of 1 ~~~i~ Marian Karr From: Murph, Jody [Jody-murph@uiowa.edu] Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 10:45 AM To: Council Iowa City Council; Tooth decay is a nationally recognized public health problem that has reached epidemic proportions. Dental caries is now the most common chronic disease among children in the US, disproportionately affecting children in poverty and those from certain racial/ethnic groups. Dental caries results in pain with chewing; sometimes leading to childhood failure to thrive and malnutrition. Pain interferes with learning and causes children to miss 52 million hours of school annually. Untreated oral disease can result in tooth loss, malocclusion, and poor self-esteem, an increase in emergency room visits, hospitalizations and surgeries. Extensive dental disease in children commonly necessitates operative oral rehabilitation which can cost more than $12,000-15,000 per child. Rarely, oral disease can result in death when infection spreads beyond the tooth to involve the brain. Community water fluoridation is a safe, effective, and low cost measure to prevent dental caries and is recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century. Economic impact studies show that community water fluoridation may save $38 in dental treatment costs for every $1 invested. Iowa City should continue to move forward with community strategies to improve the health and well being of our children. Community water fluoridation is safe and effective and should continue to be supported by our city leaders and our citizens. Rather than investing time, energy and money debating the repeal of a public health initiative with documented effectiveness, the children of our community would be better served by using our resources to address the growing problem of childhood obesity. A community "Obesity Summit" held more than a year ago highlighted the role of child care settings, schools, neighborhoods, the built environment, proximity of grocery stores, availability of fresh produce, presence of safe play areas and walking and biking paths, poverty and lifestyle on this immensely important national and local issue. I look to our local elected and appointed officials to provide the vision and leadership needed to meet the challenge of developing a comprehensive community strategic approach to the prevention of childhood obesity. Jody R. Murph MD, MS Associate Professor of Pediatrics University of Iowa Children's Hospital 4/2/2010 Page 1 of 4 ~ I ~~ Marian Karr From: Nyscof3@aol.com Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 11:08 AM To: Council; Newsroom@KCRG.com Cc: nyscof3@aol.com Subject: Fluoridation is NOT safe, NOT beneficial and NOT cost-effective. It should END! Dear legislators, water providers, concerned citizens and the media: I read the April 1st article, "Iowa City to Discuss Merits of Water Fluoridation" by Gregg Hennigan and Becky Organn. You have a crucial decision to make -- whether to halt or continue fluoridation of the public water supplies. The public has been led all these years into beleving fluoride is the panacea for tooth decay, when, in fact, it causes more dental damage than any possible claimed good, in addition to the mounting body of evidence of harmful health effects. I wish to offer information that I have gathered over 30 years of interest and research into this issue, and having been part of official fluoride study committees, an invited participant at fluoride forums and special meetings with then New York State Lt. Governor, then Governor, Health Department and Water Department officials, legislators on all levels, etc. The issue you have before you, whether to continue or end fluoridation is of immense importance to the health and well being of all Iowa City area water consumers -- especially those in vulnerable segments of the population including those with: thyroid, kidney and/or bone impairment, intolerance or sensitivity to fluoride, nutritional deficiencies, the very young, frail and/or elderly and those who consume large amounts of water. There is overwhelming documented evidence that the health risks of fluoridation far outweigh any intended benefits, so that those in authority should no longer continue their unverified claims of safety, efficacy and cost-effectiveness. Among many areas rejecting fluoridation is almost all of Western Europe, a great many communities across the country, including our own State Capital of Albany.. Long Island, New York, comprising approximately 3 million people, is 100% fluoridation-free, thanks to concerned citizens and legislators. Fluoridation is a scientifically flawed procedure that gives no regard to biological differences among individuals, health, age, weight and gender status. Fluoride is a cumulative toxin and a potent enzyme inhibitor. Fluoride is also a prescription drug with documented side effects published in the medical literature, the Physicians Desk Reference, the U.S. Pharmacopeia, the Federal Register, etc. Total fluoride intake from all sources has risen dramatically, resulting in epidemic amounts of children's dental fluorosis (stained and permanently discolored, sometimes spitted teeth) which is a visible sign of fluoride toxicity. We are very much concerned about chronic fluoride toxicity to the body from the "low" 1 ppm level of fluoride ingested on a long term basis.. There have also been numerous 4/2/2010 Page 2 of 4 accidents, overfeeds, spills and other mishaps in fluoridated community and school water supplies throughout the country, causing illness, hospitalization, near fatalities and actual fatalities. Fluoridation is an occupational hazard to water plant operators who handle these corrosive, acidic fluoride chemicals. In light of the latest studies, research and findings on the outdated, failed and hazardous practice of fluoridation, It is quite astounding that those proposing fluoridation continue with meaningless assurances of safety and efficacy.. To truly comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act and in adherence to the Precautionary Principle, here are 10 of the many reasons why fluoridation of the public water supply should cease: (Documentation for all statements can be found at the web sites listed at the bottom.) FLUORIDATION: AN UNREASONABLE RISK (1) In March, 2006, an expert panel of the National Academy of Sciences' (NAS) National Research Council (NRC) released a 500-page review of the scientific literature on fluoride titled, "Fluoride in Drinking Water." This landmark NRC review concluded that the current maximum allowed level of fluoride in water -- 4 parts per million (ppm) -- is not protective of human health and results in severe dental fluorosis and bone fractures. In a thorough analysis of the 2006 NRC review, former US EPA Senior Scientist Dr. Robert Carton showed how the review also documents real risks and occurrences of adverse health effects at, and even below, the 1 ppm fluoride concentration level used for water fluoridation. These include: mild to moderate dental fluorosis, arthritic-like bone problems, thyroid dysfunction, kidney impairment, and neurological and behavioral abnormalities. Dr. Carton concluded that based on the NRC review, the official safe concentration for fluoride in drinking water should be lowered from 4 ppm to zero and fluoridation should be ended. (2) The National Kidney Foundation has withdrawn its endorsement of fluoridation, on behalf of those with chronic kidney disorders. (3) The American Dental Association (ADA) (in Nov. 2006) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) (in Dec. 2006) advise that fluoridated water NOT be used for preparing infant formula during the first year of life.. This belated caution likely came as a result of the NRC fluoride report. This caution alone should require the cessation of water fluoridation. (4) Fluoridated water contains approximately 250 times more fluoride than in human breast milk (5) Over 20 studies show that fluoride can lower IQ in children. (6) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has never approved fluoride as a prescription drug for use in human consumption. (7) Studies show that fluoridation is linked to elevated lead levels in children's blood. (8) The U.S. CDC data shows that 32% of children have dental fluorosis (permanently stained, discolored or pitted teeth) caused by excess fluoride. It is important to understand that once the public water supply is fluoridated, it results in fluoridated drinking water, fluoridated cooking water, and a fluoridated food and beverage chain. This inevitably increases total fluoride 4/2/2010 Page 3 of 4 intake, increases health risks and results in uncontrolled intake of fluoride. (9) Since 1999, authorities, including the CDC, have reported that fluoride's predominant effect is topical (such as in toothpaste), not systemic (as in fluoridated water or supplements). Therefore, fluoridation is unnecessary, ineffective and extremely costly. (10) The silicofluoride chemicals most commonly used for fluoridation are unpurified industrial waste products, mostly from fertilizer plants, containing traces of arsenic, lead and other toxic contaminants. They have never been tested or approved as safe for human consumption. These are but several of the many reasons why fluoridation should be discontinued.. It should be noted that eleven unions of the U.S. EPA representing 7000 scientists and other public health professionals, are calling for the ending of fluoridation, due to the health risks posed to the public. To date over 2700 physicians, dentists, scientists, environmentalists and educators have signed an Online Professional Petition, citing the scientific evidence of fluoridation's hazards and failure, and urging that fluoridation be ended.(www.fluoridealert.org) Fluoridation is a serious medical, dental, environmental and economic blunder. Fluoridation is compulsory under all circumstances and is ethically offensive to every person who is opposed to it. Please protect the health of your citizens and safeguard your public drinking water, by saying NO to fluoridation. For further details and scientific data, refer to: www.fluoridealert.org. Sincerely, Paul S. Beeber, Esq. President and General Counsel New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, P.O. Box 263 Old Bethpage, NY 11804-0263 516-935-0124 nyscof3 aol.com Inc. (NYSCOF) Informative web sites: www.fluoridealert.org www.fluorideresearch.org www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof www.fluoridenews blogspot.com 4/2/2010 Page 1 of 1 3~~I~~ Marian Karr From: RhysBJones@aol.com Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 11:42 AM To: Council Subject: Support Water Fluoridation This correspondence will become a public record. I was surprised to see community water fluoridation on the agenda of the Iowa City City Council. Iowa is one of the leading states in providing its citizens with the great benefits of optimally fluoridated water in municipal water supplies. Iowa City, as most Iowa communities, has been fluoridated since the 1950's. I am a dentist with a specialty in dental public health. In the 1980's I served as dental director for the Wisconsin Department of Health in Madison. I was in charge of Wisconsin's excellent community water fluoridation program. Since returning to my home of Iowa City in 1990, I've been director of the St. Luke's Dental Health Center, St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids and on the faculty of the College of Dentistry. The Dental Health Center serves Linn County and border counties including Johnson. Our mission is to provide quality dental care to low income children and developmentally disabled adults from the surrounding area. College of Dentistry students also help to provide the care. The long term value of water fluoridation is seen daily at the Dental Health Center as the population that benefits the most are low income families. This is because with the addition of optimal fluoride to the water all people benefit without regard to age or socioeconomic status, just by drinking and cooking with the water. The most vulnerable populations, low income children, the elderly and developmentally and intellectually disabled gain the most benefit. I invite anyone at anytime to visit the Dental Health Center to see children and families struggling with the pain and infections of tooth decay. Water fluoridation minimizes and prevents problems in many of our patients. Water fluoridation has been recognized as one of the top ten public health programs of all time by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control along with others such as immunization, pasteurization and water chlorination. trust the City Council of Iowa City to do the right thing and listen to the experts on fluoridation. I believe that no other Iowa community has ever done away with water fluoridation. Sincerely, Rhys B. Jones, DDS, MS 708 McLean St. Iowa City, IA 52246 319-351-2144 Adjunct Professor, University of Iowa College of Dentistry Director, St. Luke's Dental Health Center, St. Luke's Hospital 4/2/2010 Page 1 of 2 ~ y,, Marian Karr From: Anita Knight [atigerclaw@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 1:01 AM To: Council Cc: Newsroom@KCRG.com Subject: Re: Iowa City to Discuss Merits of Water Fluoridation Anita Knight atigerclaw(a~gmail.com Tel. 727-525-7383 St. Petersburg, FL It should be your'due dilligence' to read the government documents regarding the effects of fluoridation. I am forwarding 2 that our tax dollars paid for, but don't ever seem to make the news. Also, since most of the fluoridation chemicals which are all commercial grade, come from here in central Florida, Hillsborough and Polk Counties. One other very important one is available from your local utilities department: American Water Works Association (AWWA) Standard for Fluorosilicic Acid B703-06. The foreword gives the phosphate mines and fertilizer industries as source. Page ix notes concerns: "The transfer of contaminants from chemicals to processed water or the residual solids is becoming a problem of ~~ greater concern. ,then page 13 is an entire page of contaminants ranging from heavy metals as arsenic, lead, mercury down to "Radionuclides" as uranium, radium 226-228, and Alpha and Beta particles. These are all low levels, but can vary from load to load of phosphate ore, and can be cumulative in the body. In my archaeological/paleontological book: The Geology of Florida, 1997, University Press of Florida, page 143: "In addition to uranium, fluorine is an economical byproduct of phosphoric-acid production. The fluorine from the rock reacts with silica to form SiF4 gas. During acid production this gas is recovered as fluorosilicic acid (H2SiF6) in wet scrubbers that are part of the environmental- protection equipment. Fluorosilicic acid is widely used in the preparation of chemical compounds and in the treatment of public drinking water." *********************************** Please see pages: 112 (Subsets of the population unusually susceptable to the toxic effects of fluoride and its compounds are the elderly, people with deficiencies of calcium, magnesium and/or vitamin C, and people with cardiovascular and kidney problems.), 125 (Neurotoxicity. Because fluoride interacts with calcium ions needed for effective neurotransmission, fluoride can affect the nervous system.), 128 (notes calcium gluconate is most effective antidote for fluoride poisoning.) [PDF] TOXICOLOGICAL PROFILE FOR FLUORIDES, HYDROGEN FLUORIDE, AND ... - 9:OSamFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat U.S. Public Health Service. April 1993 ..... fluorine, hydrogen fluoride, and fluorides based on toxicological studies and ...... plasma F-fraction of fluoride-exposed animals is in the form of nonionizable fluorine. 2.3.4 Excretion ...... available, ATSDR, in conjunction with the NTP, is required to assure the ... 4/5/2010 Page 2 of 2 www fluoridealert.org/ATSDR-Fluoride.pdf -Similar - by HF FLUORIDES -Related articles -All 15 versions More results from www.fluoridealert.ora » **************************** This book was sent to me by U.S. Congressman Bill Young, FL, it was a National Academy of Sciences Report for Congress, 1993. Please see especially pages: 5, 11 (The subcommittee found inconsistencies in the fluoride toxicity data base and gaps in knowledge. Accordingly it recommends further research in the areas of total fluoride intake, dental fluorosis, bone strength and fractures, and carcinogenicity.), 16, 34 (color pictures of dental fluorosis), 44, 45 (cavities form in these weakened teeth), 128 (Fluoride intake from soft drinks and other beverages prepared with fluoridated water make such products quantitatively important sources of fluoride. Investigators seeking to examine the possible relation between fluoride intake and health outcomes, such as dental caries, fluorosis, or quality of bone, need to be aware of the complex situation that exists today. It is no longer feasible to estimate with reasonable accuracy the level of fluoride exposure simply on the basis of concentration in drinking water supply.) Page 129 (High concentrations of dietary calcium and other cations that form insoluble complexes with fluoride can reduce fluoride absorption from the gastrointestinal tract.) (Fluoride in Plasma. There are 2 general forms of fluoride in human plasma. The other form consists of several fat-soluble organic fluorocompounds. Perfluorooctanoic acid (Teflon) has been identified as one. The extent to which the fluorine in these compounds is exchangeable with the ionic fluoride pool has not been determined. (PFOA has been found in most everyones blood all over the world) Health Effects of Ingested Fluoride Health Effects of Ingested Fluoride (1993) Commission on Life Sciences (CLS) ... The National Academy of Sciences is a private, non-profit, ... www nap edu/books/030904975X/html/Rl.html - 36k -Cached -Similar pages - National Academy Press -Health Effects of Ingested Fluoride ************************************** This last one is a 2 page report by the Florida Institute of Phosphate Research -Public & Environmental Health, and 4th paragraph gives source and process as above. Page 2 notes presence of uranium, radium and radon in the ore. Florida Institute of Phosphate Research - FIPR Report 2003 ... Overview of FIPR's Public & Environmental Health Program and Priorities with current and .... Brian Birky has directed this area of research since 2000.... http•//www fipr state fl us/FIPRreport2003/research-area-public-hea1th2003.htm - 25k -Cached 4/5/2010 Page 1 of 1 Marian Karr From: kathleen henderson [kmhenders@hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 9:24 PM To: Council Subject: water fluoridation Council members: Fluoridated water is believed to leach more aluminum out of aluminum cookware and coffee pots. Some see an association between aluminum and Alzheimer's disease. There is evidence of a small increased risk of hip fracture in those over 65 in areas with public water fluoridation. (Jacobsen SJ, et al.(1992). Annals of Epidemiology 2: 617-626 There has been evidence of osteosarcoma in male rats given large amounts of fluoride. According to webmed.com/cancer/news/20060406/does-fluoride-up-bone-cancer-risk?, boys in one study who drank fluoridated water between the ages of 6 and 8 were 5.46 times as likely to develop osteosarcoma by the time they were 20 as those who did not drink fluoridated water. There seems to be some uncertainty if infants under 6 months should drink formula made with fluoridated water because of the risk of dental fluorosis. Some countries in Europe have stopped fluoridating their water, but Wikipedia feels because of the lack of availability of dental care for all income groups in the U.S. there is a greater need for fluoridated water here. Fluoridation seems to need to be carefully considered, and it does not seem to be just a dental concern. Kathleen Henderson 325 S. Summit St. #1 Iowa City, IA 52240 338-4447 Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and a-mail from your inbox. Learn more. 4/5/2010