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Home My WebLink About02/26/1968c City Hall, Waterloo, Iowa REGULAR SESSION February 26, 1968 - 7030 P.M. The City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, met in Regular Session in the Council Chambers of the City Hall in said City at 7030 P.M. on February 26, 1968 Mayor Turner in the Chair, Present: Councilmen Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and Schmit. Absent. None. Rev. Kent Naylor, Pastor of South Waterloo Church of Brethren, offered the Invocation. 53919 - Moved by Schmit, seconded by Miller that the Agenda, as amended., for the Regular Session of February 26, 1968, at 7,30 P.M., be accepted and approved.. Motion carried. 5.3920 - Moved by Cavanaugh, seconded by Keller that the Minutes of the Regular Session held February 19, 1968, at 7030 P.M., be approved. Motion carried. 53921 - Moved by Miller, seconded. by Schmit that the Acting City Clerk be in- structed. to open the bid.s on traffic paint and paint thinner for use by the Traffic Department of the Police Department, from the following bidders Name of Bidder The Sherwin-Williams Co. Iowa Paint Mfg. Co., Inc. Vogel Paint and Wax Company Pri.smo Safety Corp. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. Iowa Paint Mfg. Co., Inc. Motion carried.. Address Chicago, Illinois Waterloo, Iowa Orange City, Iowa Huntingdon, Penn. Waterloo, Iowa Des Moines, Iowa 53922 - Moved by Schmit, seconded by Cohea that the above bids on traffic paint and paint th:Lnne•r be received, placedon file and referred to the Chief of Police and Police and Public Buildings Committee to check and report back to the Council. Motion carried.. 53923 - Moved by Miller, seconded by Dykeman that the Acting City Clerk be in- structed to open the sealed informal bids for the sale of used equipment in the Arborist. Department, which were as follows: Name of Bidder Used. Wood Chipper Jim Norton Woolsey Road Building Equipment CE:dar Valley Tree Service 1.951 Chevrolet School Bus Max C. Ortner Wooden Grain Box K. B. Christianson Cedar Valley Tree Service Motion carried. Address Amount Clarksville, Iowa $525.00 Waterloo, Iowa 205.00 Waterloo, Iowa 350.00 Waterloo, Iowa 77.00 Waterloo, Iowa 10.00 Waterloo, Iowa 10.00 - 2 - 53924 - Moved by Miller, seconded by Cohea that the above bids be received, placedon file and referred to the Finance & Purchasing Committee. Motion carried. 53925 - Moved by Dykeman, seconded by Miller that the communications from the following in favor of a Fair Housing Ordinance, be received andplaced. on file Rev. Wayne C. Stumme, Asst. Pastor of First Lutheran Church Dr. and Mrs. James F. Hutcheon, 1010 South Hill Drive Mr. and. Mrs, James S. Levis, 654 Boston Avenue Board. of Directors, Citizens Committee of East Waterloo Merwyn B. Joens, 2527 Laurel Street S. DeWayne Guernsey Belle M. Krantz, 525 Prospect. Boulevard Mro and Mrs. H. Kanofsky, 1325 Prospect Boulevard. Mrs, Anna Erbb, 171 W. llth Street Mr. and. Mrs. Robert C. Brown, 308 Euclid Avenue Mrs, Stella Smith, 719 W. Mullan Avenue Gertrude S. Cohen, 151 Lovejoy Avenue Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Estes, 849 Fowler Street Mary S. Chollar, 111 Graceline Boulevard. J. Russell Lowe Mrs. Sylvester Haughton, 2605.Idaho Street John McBride, 2507 Manor Street Mrs. Don Titus, 2410 Greenwood. Dr., Cedar Falls, Iowa Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Mueller, Tom, Max, Mike and Lynn Mueller, 524 Hawthorne Avenue John Gillespie, 117 Jersey Lane Don L. and Karol R. Hoth, 102 Jersey Lane George McGee, 1231 Ansborough Avenue Rev. Earl A. Huebner, President, Black Hawk County Council of Churches Rev. C. Vin White, The First Presbyterian Church Richard. C. Pfaltzgraff, Pastor, Calvary Evangelical Church Mrs. Don S. Dawson, 139 Williston Avenue Saul Austin, Jr., 317 Sumner Street Mrs. Cuba Tredwell, 1237 Beech Street Priests of the Waterloo Area Mrs. Russell Makinster, Sr., 1181 Liberty Avenue Rev. Daniel A. Krapfl, St. Mary's Church Unitarian Universalist Society of Black Hawk County, Drive, Cedar Falls Mr. and Mrs. Leo G. Watts, 616 Lakeside Street Motion carried. United. Brethren 3912 Cedar Heights) 53926 - Moved by Miller, seconded by Sc.hmit that the communication from the Asst. City Engineer, transmitting the petition of Gerald. T. Hotzel, 1209 East Donald Street, et a1, representing 57% of the assessable costs requesting sanitary sewer on East Donald Street between Moline Road and 1,960 west, together with sketch, and recommending that 1,200 be ap- proved, be .received, placed on file, the City Engineer's recommendations approved and said sewer ordered included in the 1968 sanitary sewer assessment programa Motion carried. - 3 - 53927 - Moved by Cavanuagh,seconded by Cohea that the communication from the City Planning Commission, transmitting the request of Co Lee Fox on behalf of Dunn's Sure Save, for the City Council to rezone on its own motion all of Lot 16, Block 3, except the S 3' in Cowin's Second Addi- tion, known as 1963 Franklin Street and as shown on the attached print, from an R-2 Residence Dis trict to a C-2 General Commercial District, and recommending approval, be received, placed on file, recommendation approved, date of hearing set as March 18, 1968 at 7:30 P.M., and. the City Clerk instructed to publish the necessary notice. Motion carried. 53928 - Moved by Dykeman, seconded by Miller that the communication from the City Planning Commission, transmitting the request of Ronald P. McGee for the City Council on its own motion to rezone Lot 5, Block 1 in Summit Addition, known as 248 Sullivan Avenue, as shown on the attached sketch, from an R-1 Residence District to an R-2 Residence District, and recommending approval, be received, placed on file, recommendation approved, date of hearing set as March 18, 1968 at 7030 P.M., and the City Clerk instructed to publish the necessary notice. Motion carried, 53929 - Moved by Miller, seconded by Schmit that Permit No. 68-34-S for 1792' of 8" S.P. for Carriage Hill Subdivision, and Permit No. 68-31-S for 1021' of 8" S.P. for the Garden Apartment Development, from the Iowa State Department of Health, subject to certain conditions and require- ments, be received and placed on file. Motion carried. 53930 Under Council Action #53909 of 2/19/68 action was deferred until February 26, 1968, on the City undertaking a spray program to slow the spread of dutch elm disease to elm trees, at an estimated cost of $1000 to $1025 per tree, and was now presented for consideration. The City Arborist gave an oral report on information he had secured at Ames, Iowa, earlier in the day. Mr. John Osness, 320 Columbia Circle, President of the Audubon Society, appeared before the Council and spoke against spraying in the Spring but would reconsider spraying in the Fall. After further discussion, it was moved by Dykeman, seconded by Miller that the said spray program be not undertaken. Motion carried, - 4 - 53931 - Moved by Miller, seconded. by Keller that the report of the Police and Public Buildings Committee re offering for sale the houses located on the properties known as 1824, 1515 and 1516 Ansborough Avenue and 1119 Black Hawk Road (referred. to them under C.R. #53913 of 2/19/68), be received, placed on file, the City Clerk instructed to hire an auction- eer to sell said houses, and. Resolution No. 18725, authorizing the sale of said houses at public auction and the terms thereof, be adopted. On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and. Schmit voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution adopted. 5393.2 - Moved by Cavanaugh, seconded by Miller that the communication from the Assistant City Engineer, transmitting a report for the Idaho sewer ex- tension in preparation for the 1968 Paving Program at an estimated cost of $12,741.00 of which $9,500.00 would be assessable, and recommending same be included in the next sanitary assessment program prior to the 1968 Paving Program, be received., placed on file, approved and same ordered included in the next sanitary sewer assessment program prior to the 1968 Paving Program. Motion carried. 53933 - Moved by Keller, seconded by Dykeman that the communication from the City Engineer, transmitting an Agreement between the City of Waterloo and the Iowa State Highway Commission wherein the said Commission agrees to participate in the cost of repairs to the Park Avenue Bridge in the maximum amount of $17,500.00, subject to certain requirements, and re- commending approval, be received, placed on file, approved and the Mayor and City Clerk authorizedto sign said. Agreement on behalf of the City of Waterloo, Iowa. On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and Schmit voted. Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the motion carried. 53934 - Moved. by Miller, seconded by Keller that the communication from the City Engineer, transmitting Change Order #4 for an extension of time on the Logan Avenue Urban Renewal Project, Contract No. 112, submitted by Brice, Petrides & Associates, Inc., Engineers, and recommending approval, be received, placed on file, approved and the Mayor directed to sign same on behalf of the City of Waterloo, Iowa. On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and Schmit voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the motion carried. 53935 - An Ordinance providing minimum requirements with respect to the use of mobile homes and trailers, mobile home parks; providing the standards therefor; providing for permits, licensing and fixing of fees therefore; providing for the revocation of permits and licenses; providing for the correction of existing conditions and providing for the enforcement and penalties for the violation of the provisions of this ordinance, was read by the Clerk. Moved by Cohea, seconded by Dykeman that the above proposed Ordinance be recorded as having passedits third and final reading (the first having passed on 2/12/68 under C.R.#53856, the second under C.R.#53900 on 2/19/68). On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and Schmit voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the motion carried. - 5 - 53936 - Moved by Cavanaugh, seconded. by Cohea that Resolution No. 18726, fixing a date for public hearing on the adoption of an Ordinance Regulating Mo- bile Home Parks for the City of Waterloo, Iowa, be adopted. On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and. Schmit voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declaredthe resolution adopted. 53937 - Moved. by Dykeman, seconded by Miller that Resolution No. 18727, a reso- lution accepting and approving certain offers to sell real properties to the City and accepting and approving certain deeds (Urban Renewal), be adopted. On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and Schmit voted. Aye. Nay: None. Absent, None. Mayor declared the resolution adopted.. 53938 - Moved by Keller, seconded by Miller that Resolution No. 18728, a resolu- tion approving the Municipal Street Finance Report to the Iowa State Highway Commission for the Year 1967 covering the various expenditures for Street and Parking Purposes on Municipal Streets and Parking in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, be adopted. On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and Schmit voted Aye. Nay, None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution adopted. 53939 - Moved by Miller, seconded. by Schmit that the communication from the City Engineer, transmitting a statement dated 2/16/68, for engineering ser- vices from Robinson Engineering Company, Waterloo, Iowa, in connection with the Storm and. Sanitary Sewer Program, Contract No. 79, in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, and recommending approval, be received, placed on file, and.Resolution No. 18729, approving the statement of said firm and authorizing payment accordingly, be adopted. On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and Schmit voted. Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution adopted. 53940 - Moved by Keller, seconded. by Miller that Resolution No. 18730, Bills, be adopted. On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and Schmit voted Aye. Nay, None. Absent: None. Mayor declaredthe resolution adopted 53941. - Moved by Dykeman, seconded by Cohea that the communication from Mayor Turner submitting for Council approval the re -appointment of Gerald Cun- ningham, to the Board of Adjustment for a five year term to expire on December 8, 1972, be received, placed on file and said re -appointment approved. Motion carried. 53942 - Moved. by Keller, seconded. by Miller that communication from Mayor Turner submitting for Council approval the appointment of Craig Shirey, with term to expire on October 21, 1971, and. Leonard. Philp, with term to ex- pire on October 21, 1972, to fill vacancies on the Planning and Zoning Commission, be received, placed on file and appointments approved. Motion carried. - 6 - 53943 - Moved by Miller, seconded by Dykeman that the communication from the Chief of Police, advising that effective March 1, 1968, the following men have been appointed. to the rank of Patrolmen in the Waterloo Police Department, subject to passing physical examination, be received, placed on file andappointments approved, Robert Jackson Greenlee Ron Ray Rod.d William James Hermansen Motion carried. 53944 - Moved. by Dykeman, seconded by Cohea that Brice, Petrides & Associates, Inc., Engineers, Waterloo, Iowa, be instructed, to prepare proposed plans and specifications, estimated cost, form of proposal, form of contract and bond, etc. for the construction of the Ansborough Avenue Bridge, to be known as Bridge Contract No. 3, in the City of Waterloo, Iowa. Motion carried.. 53945 - Moved by Schmit, seconded by Miller that the plans and specifications, form of contract, estimate of cost, etc. for the construction of the Ansborough Avenue Bridge, Bridge Contract No. 3, in the City of Waterloq Iowa, be received, placed on file and. Resolution No. 18731, preliminari- ly approving the plans and specifications, etc. for said bridge, be adopted. On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and Schmit voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution adopted, 53946 - Moved by Cohea, seconded. by Schmit that the City Clerk be instructed to publish the "Notice of Public Hearing on plans and specifications of the construction of Ansborough Avenue Bridge in the City of Waterloo, Iowa and. the Taking of Bids for the improvement", said date being set as March 18, 1968 at 7:30 o'clock P.M. Motion carried. 53947 - Moved by Dykeman, seconded Turner, transmitting a copy dent of Schools, regarding School Board., and advising with Dr. Hohl and staff in school -municipal relations, Motion carried. by Miller that the communication from Mayor of a letter to Dr. George Hohl, Superinten- various items involving the City and the of his intentions to pursue and work closely solving some of the problems through good be received, placed. on file and approved. 53948 - Moved by Schmit, seconded. by Cohea that the following applications and bonds for permission to sell beer at the locations designated, be re- ceived, placedon file, the bonds approved, and Resolution No. 18732, approving said applications for certain beer permits in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, be adopted: Class "B" Russell E. White, Jr. dba Mr. Russ', 500 Commercial Street Mildred H. Smidt dba Millie's Tap, 220 East 5th Street Class "C" Melvin J. Boyd. dba Mel's Market, 437 Sullivan Avenue George Schnock dba S & S Meat & Groceries, Inc., 930 W. 5th Street - 7 - 53948 - Continued On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and. Schmit voted Aye. Nay- None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution adopted, 53949 - Moved by Cohea, seconded by Cavanaugh that the applications and bonds for permission to sell cigarettes at the following locations in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, be received, placed on file, the bonds approved and Permits granted - Oscar Berry dba Berry's hunch Room, 1005 East 4th Street Glenn Wright dba Glenn's Tap, 1445 Sycamore Street Motion carried. 53950 - Moved by Miller, seconded by Keller that the report of the City Attorney, advising that the bonds filed. with the City Clerk up to the close of business on February 26, 1968, as shown on the list attached to said re- port, have been approved by him, be received, placed on file, and the report and bonds approved. Motion carried. 53951 - Moved by Keller, seconded by Cohea that the Council adjourns Motion carried., Andrew A. Blomberg, Acting City Clerk February 26, 1968 0 0 r• r ro H 0 0 m a r- a'Q En