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Date: May 19, 2010
To: City Clerk
From: Kent Ralston, Acting Traffic Engineering Planner ~%~~~
Re: Item for June 1, 2010 City Council Meeting; Installation of (2) NO PARKING
BETWEEN SIGNS signs in the 800 Block of Maiden Lane.
As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council
of the following action:
Action:
Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A (10), Install (2) NO PARKING BETWEEN SIGNS signs (with
ARROWS) on the east side of the 800 Block of Maiden Lane
Comment:
This action is being taken to minimize congestion near the intersection of Lafayette Street and
Maiden Lane. Vehicles parked on-street are creating a situation where it is difficult for motorists
to navigate the intersection.
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Date: May 18th, 2010
To: City Clerk
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MEMORANDUM
From: Darian Nagle-Gamm, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner
Re: Item for June 1St, 2010 City Council meeting; Installation of NO PARKING 6 AM - 12 PM
SATURDAYS signs for the metered parking spaces on the north side of the 400 block of
East Washington Street.
As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council
of the following action.
Action:
Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A (10); Install NO PARKING 6 AM - 12 PM SATURDAYS signs for the
metered parking spaces on the north side of the 400 block of East Washington Street.
Comment:
This action is being taken to prohibit parking in the metered parking spaces in front of City Hall
on Saturday mornings during Farmer's Market season. This block of East Washington Street is
barricaded during this timeframe, therefore this action will remind motorists they must move
their vehicles before the barricades are installed. These signs will be posted during Farmer's
Market season only.
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Date: May 7th, 2010
To: City Clerk
From: Darian Nagle-Gamm, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner
Re: Item for June 1St, 2010 City Council meeting; Installation of (1) HANDICAP PARKING
space on the southwest corner of the northernmost intersection of Foster Road and
Walker Circle.
As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council
of the following action.
Action:
Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A (14); Install (1) HANDICAP PARKING space on the southwest
corner of the northernmost intersection of Foster Road and Walker Circle.
Comment:
This action is being taken to supply an on-street handicap parking space for a resident living at
1310 Foster Road. The resident has a permanent DOT issued handicap parking permit.
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Date: May 7th, 2010
To: City Clerk
From: Darian Nagle-Gamm, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner
Re: Item for June 1St, 2010 City Council meeting; Installation of (1) STOP sign on the
northwest corner of the intersection of Rohret Road and Lake Shore Drive.
As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 36 of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council
of the following action.
Action:
Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A (5); Install (1) STOP sign on the northwest corner of the intersection
of Rohret Road and Lake Shore Drive.
Comment:
This action is being taken to assign the right-of-way at the new intersection of Rohret Road and
Lake Shore Drive.
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From: iccccommittee@democracydefender.net
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 11:05 PM
To: Council
Subject: Iowa City Citizens Community Committee: Iowa City Is Destroying Iowa City Into Another
Chicago
FROM: Iowa City Citizens Community Committee iccccommitteec~democracydefender.net
Post Office Box 2164
Iowa City, Iowa 52244
Mr. Libris Fidelis - founder
TO: Iowa City Council
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TO: Iowa City Citizens Community Committee list-serve
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On May 4, 2010, two days ago, the founder of this Committee politely stopped the Iowa City
tree crew from butchering the trees on South Dubuque Street in the 300 block. They said
they had to clear a 30-foot-high clearance area over the street for the new Mega-buses to
park at the curb at 320 South Dubuque Street.
I pointed out to the tree trimmer that there is not a commercial vehicle in this nation
that requires a thirty-foot vertical clearance, and that freeway bridges generally have a
14-1/2 foot clearance limit under bridges crossing the freeways.
The founder of this Committee also pointed out to the city tree trimming crew that there
are two squirrel nests in the first
(south-most) tree, and that squirrels as a wildlife species are protected in this city,
that the crews should not disturb those nests by indiscriminately cutting away limbs
surrounding those squirrel nests, because those lower tree limbs provide protection from
predators. The tree trimmers said they did not know the squirrels were protected, and
that nobody had ever told them that!
Unbelievable!
City crews have already decimated the squirrel population around North Dubuque and Market
and Jefferson Streets by cutting away squirrel nests, and two years ago when city crews
trimmed the old tree at the northeast corner of Court and South Dubuque, they deliberately
cut away a six-foot squirrel nest, which subsequently caused the squirrel family of
several squirrels to die from lack of a weather-protective winter home a few months later.
Squirrel populations all over central downtown Iowa City have been decimated by tree
trimming the past two years!
But most of all, the selection of the bus stop for Mega-bus at 320 South Dubuque Street
was really stupid, inconsiderate, and not in any way determined by surveying the residents
at that street location.
It is typical of the mentality of upper-class people to make such commercial decisions, by
decision-makers who do not live down town to simply say "Oh well, that's good enough for
(that - fill in the blank), I don't live there, it's no biggie to me!" and then to put
such a commercial bus stop right next to a residential apartment building where the noise
overpowers radios and televisions and telephone conversations.
Now, with this new bus stop on South Dubuque Street, there is a greatly-enhanced noise
problem in this rental-residential neighborhood that was only an occasional bother with
Greyhound's buses that were purchased by Laidlaw when Laidlaw owned Greyhound. But, with
commercial bus service brought to this apartment-side location at the very side of the
apartment building at 320 South Duquque Street, a far greater noise problem that never
existed before now exists.
First, the additional location of a new bus stop not at but across the street from the
transportation center, where this new commercial bus stop is now located, was entirely
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dumb and inconsiderate of tenants living in Capitol House Apartments. The few vague
announcements to the public were misleading:
Date: April 12, 2010
To: City Clerk
From: Kent Ralston, Acting Traffic Engineering Planner
Re: Item for April 27, 2010 City Council meeting; Installation of
(2) BUS PARKING ONLY - 30 MINUTE LIMIT signs in the 300 Block of S. Dubuque Street
As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 36 of the City Code, this is to advise the City
Council of the following action:
Action: Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A (19), Install (2) BUS PARKING ONLY - 30 MINUTE LIMIT
signs on the east side of the 300 Block of S. Dubuque Street.
Comment: This action is being taken at the request of a regional transit provider to
delineate an area in the 300 Block of S. Dubuque for temporary bus parking. This action
will allow buses to park for up to 30 minutes in order to load/unload or to stage vehicles
waiting to access reserved bus parking at the Court Street Transportation Center.
No on-street parking will be removed as a result of this action.
There are several false and several very misleading statements to this announcement.
First of all, it is not for transit, it is for commercial inter-city and inter-state bus
service. Second, it is not temporary, although at the fares being charged the Megabus
will most likely go out of business. Third, the sign clearly says bus parking for thirty
minutes, however, most people will consider the sign to indicate exclusion of other
parking, and in fact if a bus arrives and finds a privately-owned automobile parket there,
I am sure the driver will contact the Iowa City Police for removal.
The wording says at the Court Street Transportation Center." That wording is totally
untruthful, it is across the street from the Court Street Transportation Center at the
side of an apartment building with tenants, the six-story Capitol House Apartment building
at
329 South Dubuque Street.
I understand from an interview by one of the local newspapers that nobody in City knows
who suggested that location, but it is right next to three existing residential apartment
buildings, where idling bus noise can and does echo against the edifaces on three
different angles, to bother the residents for the past three days, and that is because the
commercial bus station on Court Street is extremely limited in space for use by increased
use by commercial inter-city and interstate buses. The "old bus station" in the gas
station that has been torn down on Gilbert and Washington Streets had no more room than
what is presently provided now for Burlington Trailways and Greyhound bises on Court
Street, both locations only had/have space enough for two buses. The founder of
ICCCommittee has seen as many as four buses there at the Burlington Trailways/Greyhound
bus station on Court Street on rare occasions, but on more frequent occasions there has
randomly been three buses at one time, and there is no space for three buses. When a
break down bus is parked at the bus station awaiting repairs, that space is reduced in
half to only one bus length. Now the City allows a third bus line to park around the
corner from the already-crowded bus station, around the corner at a residential apartment,
bringing arriving and departing and idling bus noises at night several times each calendar
day, coming from right in front of the apartment front entrance, with a potential of five
buses at one time appearing at the corner of Court and South Dubuque Street on occasion!.
This was not revealed to the public in any public assessment disclosure by Iowa City, and
no public official presentation of any study that has taken place has been revealed for
public comment.
The only information we saw was an announcement vaguely saying that transit buses were
desired to be parked in front of the Transportation Center on South Dubuque Street, which
would indicate Iowa City Transit buses being parked in front of Fair Grounds coffee cafe,
an even worse bad that been the choice as well. Even parking across the street from Fair
Grounds at the Capitol House Apartment building will limit the customers who once parked
momentarily to get a coffee and then drive somewhere else, because the parking slots in
front of Fair Grounds is often taken by morning and late afternoon patrons.
Typical of Iowa City's communist govern-mentality to shun Democracy, by not first
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involving the public in participation in decision-making such as in this issue, and by
overlooking pre-announced discussion with the public prior to any decision-making, this is
exactly just like what Iowa City Council allowed with Sheraton Hotel to usurp and take
over the public right-of-way through the Sheraton Hotel building, and again in this bus-
parking issue, the City Council again gives total approval to commercial usurpation of
public areas and in imposing disruptive commercial presences upon the public, regardless
of the impact on the public. And I know the City Council has been and is totally
indifferent to the public's right to an enjoyable city environment, as is shown by
allowing apartments and houses to be built next to railroads and the air port, the
infiltration of our Iowa City downtown commercial area by the University of Iowa and
infiltration of residential areas by Mercy Hospital, the Sheraton take-over of the
Pedestrian Mall public right-of-way through the building which was once the former South
Dubuque Street, and on and on and on.
However, the effect of the selfishly-officious attitude by Iowa City government is
steadily turning our Iowa City into another Chicago, and our once happy in-town apartment
residence area on South Dubuque Street is rapidly being turned into a noisy commercial
zone of commercial-invading environmental discord, and squirrel and bird habitat
destruction along our streets.
I am making this correspondence be a public record simply as a historic reference for
citizens in the future that not everyone in Iowa City is an obedient communist subject of
the city, ruled over to the commercial destruction plans over our once beautiful city,
that there are now still reminants of and were memories of how it was at this present
time, for the historic perspective of future residents in Iowa city, this Committee says
that there are those of us who treasure the original pleasant atmosphere of Iowa City and
who resent the destruction of our community atmosphere that has been caused by our own
City government.
Of course, you, the City Council, can change this sterilizing devastating course of
"Chicago-izing" our downtown city, and to start respecting those of us who live in the
threat of these affected planned areas that are slated for pseudo-progress, thus to bring
real progress that enhances an enjoyable life style by preserving the culture and living
environment of what has been the real iowa City. But so far, the slow and relentless
procession of Chicago-izing Iowa City has had a devastating effect already on the original
community environment.
Sincerely, Mr. Libris Fidelis
founder - ICCCCommittee
living in downtown Iowa City
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The Honorable Mayor Matt Hayek, Mayor Pro Tem Ross Wilburn and Council Members
Regenia Bailey, Connie Champion, Terry Dickens, Susan Mims, Ross Wilburn and Mike Wright
c/o Ms. Marian K. Karr, MMC, City Clerk
City of Iowa City
Office of the City Clerk
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
Dear Mayor Hayek, Mayor Pro Tem Wilburn and Council Members Bailey, Champion, Dickens,
Mims, Wilburn and Wright:
On behalf of my firm, Colin Baenziger & Associates, I wanted to thank all of you for the opportunity to
present our credentials last month. It was indeed a pleasure to meet you and to spend time in your
community. I was also very impressed with Iowa City and its residents.
Finding just the right candidate for Iowa City will not be an easy task. Even though we were not selected to
perform your City Manager search, we do wish you all the best and sincerely hope the search is successful.
If we can ever be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me at (561) 707-3537.
Best wishes,
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Principal
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Marian Karr
From: Rod Sullivan [rodsullivan@mchsi.com]
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 9:06 AM
To: Council
Subject: <no subject>
This correspondence will become a public record.
I wrote about this January 19 and February 23. I'd like the Council to consider.
I have long argued for a greater use of development impact fees. I think there is a great
opportunity out there right now that would allow Iowa City, Johnson County, and perhaps
Coralville and Tiffin to develop in a smarter and less expensive manner.
Iowa City recently came to Johnson County with a proposal to annex 132 acres north of
I-80, just west of Pearson. I believe this annexation makes sense, but only if Iowa City
and Johnson County begin charging a development impact fee in the area.
Some background: Planners in local governments have long envisioned Oakdale Boulevard as
the primary east-west arterial street north of I-80. Oakdale already serves this purpose
through much of Coralville; what most folks do not realize is that Oakdale is penciled out
from west of Tiffin all the way to Scott Boulevard in eastern Iowa City.
The fact that the road is planned is great; the implementation has left much to be
desired. For example when Oakdale was taken east of 12th Avenue in Coralville, local
leaders should have required that it be connected to Dubuque Street. People who did much
of the development in the area claim they would have paid for the road had they been
asked. (Of course, that is easy to say now! But local electeds should have forced the
issue.)
Some folks saw what was coming. Then-Supervisor Jonathon Jordahl argued that this
situation would create traffic problems, and create a disincentive for future development.
Jonathon nailed it. Fast forward 10-15 years, and now Johnson County and Coralville are
collaborating on a completion of Oakdale from the dead end to Dubuque Street. Taxpayers in
Coralville and rural Johnson County are now footing the bill.
Again, this SHOULD have been paid for; developers could have added $2,000 to each of 500
lots and extended the road. Instead, the road was allowed to dead end. Now, instead of
$1,000,000 paid by developers, we have $4,000,000 paid by folks who never asked for the
development in the first place.
Oakdale will soon reach Dubuque Street on the west. If Iowa City develops according to the
plan in the proposed annexation, Oakdale will start moving west from Highway 1. That
leaves a big gap in the middle. Who will pay to fill in this gap? If both Iowa City and
Johnson County begin to charge a development impact fee now, we can save up enough money
to connect the road all the way through. It would then be paid for by the development as
opposed to being paid for by taxpayers.
This is particularly relevant to rural folks. County roads are paid for through the Rural
Fund. It will be difficult to argue that the area in question is 3rura12, yet rural
landowners will foot the bill. That just isnlt fair. In addition, a full connection
between Dubuque Street and Highway 1 requires crossing the Iowa River. That bridge will
NOT be cheap!
I strongly urge elected officials in Iowa City and Johnson County to enter into a 28E
agreement, and to begin collecting a development impact fee in this area. Johnson County,
Coralville and Tiffin probably ought to be talking about the same thing heading west.
We have an opportunity to do this right. I do not have any desire to look back in twenty
years and say I told you so. Letts do this correctly now.
Rod Sullivan
2326 E. Court St. 1
Iowa City, IA 52245
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Marian Karr
From: John Yapp
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 3:57 PM
To: 'altmaier@netins.net'
Cc: Kathryn Johansen; *City Council; Darian Nagle-Gamm
Subject: RE: Traffic light at Church and Dubuque
Hello Ms. Altmaier: Your email has been forwarded to me for a response. We've evaluated a 'split-phase'
traffic signal configuration as you've suggested at the Church St /Dubuque St intersection, where the
north- and south-bound legs of the intersection would alternate. We determined this would benefit left-
turning vehicles, but would increase delay for the majority of vehicles due to the need to increase the
overall signal phase -this is why we recommend not having asplit-phase configuration at this
intersection.
We discussed a project with the City Council and the surrounding neighborhood a few years ago to add a
separate left-turn lane for north- and south-bound traffic on Dubuque St at Church St; Council decided not
to go forward with the project at that time. We did add alert-turn phase at the Jefferson St /Dubuque St
intersection since that time, to allow easier left-turns onto Jefferson St from Dubuque St.
Let me or Darian Nagle-Gamm (Darian-Naale-GammCa~iowa-city.org) know if you have additional
questions or concerns,
John Yapp, Transportation Planner
From: Kathryn Johansen
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 8:13 AM
To: John Yapp
Subject: FW: Traffic light at Church and Dubuque
Hi John,
Would you please respond to Ms. Altmaier and cc City Council on your reply?
Thank you,
Kathi
From: Paula Altmaier [mailto:altmaier@netins.net]
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 11:48 AM
To: Council
Subject: Traffic light at Church and Dubuque
Dear Council Members,
Please look at changing the traffic light at the corner of Dubuque and Church streets so that it allows
only one direction of traffic at a time. This would alleviate much of the congestion on Dubuque.
Currently, when traveling South on Dubuque, cars in the left lane wishing to turn left block the south
bound traffic such that often only 2 or 3 cars in that left lane get through during one light cycle. This
effectively turns Dubuque into a one lane road. Giving the housing density on the north end of Dubuque
Street the need of people to enter the down town and east side of Iowa City from the north, this
problem need to be addressed.
Thank you,
Paula Altmaier
5/17/2010
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would like to make you aware of a major safety issue. The only access in and out of the Windsor
West Neighborhood is American Legion Road which does not have any sidewalks or shoulder.
This presents a major safety issue to pedestrians, bicyclists, and vehicles when vehicles
encounter such pedestrians and bicyclists. Many of us have seen and experienced near misses
year round.
This letter is to request the City of Iowa City to install a sidewalk from Scott Blvd to
Buckingham Lane. as soon as possible to prevent an injury or fatality.
We understand that Americar ~Iegori Road is on the 5: year capital road, improvement
plan, but we also know that does not guarantee that the road will be upgraded within the 5 year
time period. We cannot afford to wait any longer due to the safety concerns. We understand that
when the neighborhoods off of Sycamore Street (1/2 mile South of Hwy 6) encountered this
same issue a sidewalk was installed until such time that Sycamore Street is upgraded.
We have contacted city staff to investigate the issue. Ron Knoche (City Engineer) has
gathered and provided the attached cost estimate to install a sidewalk on the North side of
American Legion Road from Scott Blvd to Buckingham Lane.
We would like to thank you in advance for your attention to this very important safety.
issue. The contact person for the neighborhood on this issue. is John Schmitz, 4249 Kilburnie Ct.
Iowa City, Ia 52245 (Home 337-5412, Work 356-1502)
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Sally Stutsman, Chairperson
Pat Harney
Terrence Neuzil
Janelle Rettig
Rod Sullivan
City of Iowa City City Council
c/o City Clerk
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
Johnson County Emergency Management Commission
c/o Emergency Management Coordinator
P.O. Box 2540
Iowa City, IA 52244
Joint Emergency Communications
Services Association Policy Board
c/o Interim Director
City of Coralville City Council
c/o City Clerk
1505 5th Street
Coralville, IA 52241
City of North Liberty City Council
c/o City Clerk
5 E. Cherry Street
North Liberty, IA 52317
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To the City Councils of Iowa City, Coralville and North Liberty, the Johnson C`bizity F~nergei~
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Management Commission, and the Joint Emergency Communications Services Associa~` on
(JECSA) Policy Board;
On May 28th, the JECSA Policy Board is scheduled to hold a joint meeting with the member
entities. The timing of this meeting is important, occurring approximately a month before the
Joint Emergency Communications Center (JECC) is scheduled to be operational and before the
Policy Board has hired a new Executive Director.
We are writing this letter to inform the parties of areas where we believe the parties can work
together to improve the structure and management of the JECC. We hope that at least some of
these items can be addressed on the 28th and a plan established to address other ideas in the
future. Our concerns fall broadly into the categories of governance, finances and communication
among the member entities.
913 SOUTH DUBUQUE STREET, SUITE 201 • IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240-4207 • PHONE: (319) 356-6000 • FAX: (319) 356-6036
Governance: The Board of Supervisors suggests that the parties consider amending the 28E
agreement to provide that an elected leader who is a member of the Emergency Management
Commission and from one of the communities not otherwise represented on the Policy Board
serve as a director. Now that we are a few years into the agreement, we believe that it is
important that all the representatives on the Policy Board be elected and therefore directly
accountable to local taxpayers.
Finances: There are a number of issues concerning the financial management of the JECC that
we would like to address. These issues include:
1. The Board of Supervisors would like to see JECSA gradually build up reserves and
believes that the Policy Board has taken a more aggressive approach to building up
reserves than is necessary given the large start up costs already being expended.
Supervisors would like to learn more about the Board's plan for reserves.
2. We would like to emphasize our belief that the Policy Board should consider bonding for
major expenses whenever the costs of bonding do not outweigh the benefits. This will
allow the properties located in TIF districts to participate in sharing the costs of these
expenses which reduces the burden on other taxpayers.
3. We are concerned that the number of administrative staff is in excess of what is necessary
to effectively operate the JECC. We would appreciate additional information and
justification regarding these positions. We also would like to know whether, if necessary,
the additional administrative staff must be hired immediately, rather than waiting until the
JECC has been operational for an appropriate period of time.
Communication: Open communication among the parties and transparency of finances and
decision-making is crucial to this joint project. At the meeting on May 28th, we hope that the
following can be addressed:
1. We would like to discuss the parties' expectations for receiving updates and offering input
regarding policy decisions.
2. The 28E agreement requires that a complete annual report be provided to the parties by
March 31 beginning in 2009. It does not appear we have received the 2009 or 2010 annual
reports. We are also not sure whether the Secretary of State has received the appropriate
annual reports. We would like to know the status of these reports.
3. The JECC is funded by a countywide levy that is included in the County's budget and
certified by Johnson County. The tax levy which supports the JECC is shown on tax
statements as being part of the county's tax. Members of the Board of Supervisors are
often called upon to explain the level of taxation that supports the JECC. Therefore, the
Board of Supervisors would like to address the timing and communication of the JECSA's
budget request. One suggestion we would offer is that a joint meeting between th~olicy
Board and the Board of Supervisors be scheduled each year prior to submition oe °"=~~
budget. This meeting would give us valuable information on JECSA's bu~~t'thvould~-~
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4. Finally, the Board of Supervisors would like to address expectations regarding the
availability of information regarding the policies and operations of the JECC. We believe
that the management of the JECSA must do significantly more than what the contract
requires to ensure that the member communities and the taxpayers are well informed
regarding the operations of the JECC. Providing current, accurate, and accessible
information helps prevent misrepresentations and corrects misinformation. Agendas and
minutes and financial reports must be made available in a timely and accessible way.
Recordings of meetings should also be publicly available.
We look forward to starting to address these issues on the 28th. We know that other communities
will have input as well.
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Chairperson, Board of Supervisors
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CITY OF IOWA CITY
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1826
(319) 356-5000
(319) 356-5009 FAX
www.icgov.org
May 14, 2010
Column, Inc
12 S. Dubuque Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
Re: Sports Column
Dear William Bryce and Todd Barnes,
Attached is a copy of the memo from the Iowa City Police Department recommending
that City Council deny your application for renewal of your liquor license. Under Iowa
City Ordinance 4-2-4: NOTICE AND HEARING: you are entitled to, "an opportunity to
be heard prior to the imposition of a civil penalty, suspension or revocation or
disapproval of an application for renewal." Please find enclosed a copy of Iowa City
Ordinance 4-2-4 for your reference. The City Council will be considering your
application at their June 1, 2010 City Council meeting, which starts at 7:00 p.m. in Emma
Harvat Hall. This meeting will be your opportunity to be heard on your application.
Sincerely,
Marian K. Karr
City Clerk
Cc with attachments: Sam Hargadine, Police Chief
Eleanor Dilkes, City Attorney
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INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMO
TO: Mayor Hayek and City Council ,
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RE: Sports Column Bar License Renewal
DATE: May 13, 2010
Based on an excessive 1.4 PAULA citation rate I am mandated to recommend denial of
The Sports Column liquor license renewal.
The establishment has been checked 49 times and there have been 69 violations.
License renewals after July 1, 2009 that have a rate greater than 1.0 require the police
chief to recommend denial.
Additional arrest factors to consider from previous 12 months:
Pubic Intoxication Arrests: 5
Under 19 in Bar after 10PM: 6
Assault or Disorderly Conduct (fighting) Arrests 1
Obstruction, Interference or Assault on an Officer 2
Alcohol sales to minor 0
Unlawful Use of a Drivers License 7
Conclusion:
The ownership of the Sports Column changed the last time the license was renewed.
The previous owners had a PAULA citation rate of 1.5 (139 PAULAs/90 bar checks).
After 12 months of operation the citation rate of 1.4, especially in light of publicity
surrounding other recommended denials, is unacceptable and therefore should be
denied.
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On-Premises Liquor License Renewal
Establishment name: Sports Column
Address: 12 S. Dubuque St
Review Period: 5/14/09 - 5/7/10
A. On-premises Activity
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69 : Number of PAULA citations issued during twelve-month renewal period
Note: For renewals after July 1, 2009, if the PAULA rate is greater than 1.00 per
visit with at least 18 visits during the twelve-month renewal period, the police
department will recommend denial. A lower rate combined with other factors
may result in a recommendation of denial.
0 :Number of citations issued for violation of section 4-5-7 of the City Code
(Specials Restrictions) during twelve-month renewal period.
6 : -- Number of under-19 on-premises citations issued during twelve-month renewal
period.
0 Number of sales to minor citations issued during twelve-month renewal period.
7 Number of other citations issued on premises during twelve-month renewal
period. (Specify citations)
Unlawful Use of Driver's License
B. Level of cooperation extended to police by bar employees:
^ High x Medium ^ Low
Factors indicative of cooperation include, but are not limited to:
• timely response to requests for improvement made by Police Department
• calls for assistance where appropriate before the situation gets "out of hand"
• high attendance at TIPS training
• fake IDs turned over to the Police Department
x :Number of nuisance calls in and around the business during twelve-month
renewal period
There are numerous fight and "out with subject" calls at the location, but closer
look at the calls for service show most incidents occur outside of the bar and there is not
documentation to support the problem arose from inside of the Sports Column.
30 Number of fake or altered IDs turned in during twelve-month renewal period.
0 : Number of employees who have attended police TIPS training during twelve-
month renewal period.
C. Additional Comments (including any other relevant information re: guidelines for
renewal approved by City Council):
Under the City guidelines for review of alcohol applications that an application will have a
recommendation of denial for any establishment with a rate of 1.0 or more PAULA's per visit with
at least 18 visits in the 12 month renewal period, this application is subject to denial for the
qualifying 1.4 PAULA rate.
Police Department's liquor license renewal recommendation: ^ YES / X N~
Annen/civilpenalties/FORM- ICPD liquor license renewal criteria
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. days following receipt of the application. (Ord. 01-3968, 6-12-2001,
eff. 8-1-2001)
4-2-4: NOTICE AND HEARING: The city council shall provide the
licensee or permittee an opportunity to be heard prior to the
imposition of a civil penalty, suspension or revocation or disapproval of an
application for renewal. Notice may be given by personal service or first
class mail directed to the manager or contact person of the applicant as
listed on the application. Notice by personal service must be given at least
five (5) days before the hearing. Notice by first class mail is effective on
mailing and must be given at least -six (6) days before the hearing. (Ord.
01-3968, 6-12-2001, eff. 8-1-2001)
4-2-5: CIVIL PENALTIES:
A. Any violation of state law, local ordinance, or the rules of the
alcoholic beverages division by any employee, agent, or servant of a
licensee or permittee shall be deemed to be the act of the licensee
or the permittee and shall subject the license or permit of said
licensee or permittee to civil penalties, including suspension or
revocation.
B. The city council may suspend a license or permit for a period not to
exceed one year, revoke the license or permit, or impose a civil
penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per violation.
Before suspension,. revocation, or imposition of a civil penalty the
license or permit holder shall be given written notice and opportunity
for a hearing in accordance with section 4-2-4 of this chapter.
C: A license or permit issued may be suspended or revoked, or a civil
penalty may be imposed on the license or permit holder by the city
council for any of the following causes:
1. Misrepresentation of any material fact in the application for such
license or permit.
2. Violation of any of the provisions of chapter 123, the alcoholic
beverages control provisions of the Iowa Code.
3. Any change in the ownership or interest in the business operated
under a class A, class. B, or class C liquor ,control license, or any
wine or beer permit, which change was not previously reported to
and approved by the city council.
Iowa City