HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/18/1968City Hall, Waterloo, Iowa
REGULAR SESSION
November 18, 1968 - 7:30 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 7:30 P.M., on November 18,
1968.
Mayor Turner in the Chair.
Present: Councilmen Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor.
Absent: None.
Rev.James W. Foulk, Pastor of St. Paul's United Methodist Church
offered the Invocation.
55468 - Moved by Miller, seconded by Keller that the Agenda, amended as follows,
for the Regular Session of November 18, 1968, at 7:30 P.M., be accepted
and approved:
Adding after Agenda, as proposed or as amended (Page 1)
Minutes approved.
Motion carried.
55469 - Moved by Cohea, seconded by O'Connor that the Minutes of the Regular
Session held November 12, 1968, at 7:30 P.M., be approved.
Motion carried.
55470 - Moved by Dykeman, seconded by Cohea that the communication from
Mayor Turner reporting on the many years of service to the City of
the following persons, and that they be honored with service award
plaques, be received, placed on file, approved and the Mayor made
the presentations:
L. H. McKinney, 45 years Fire Department
E. E. Harwell, 28 years Fire Department
Quintin T. Parker, 29 years Police Department
Paul S. Stapella, 27 years Police Department
N. Okey Paulson, deceased, 18 years Waterloo Board of
Park Commissioner
Motion carried.
55471 - Moved by Miller, seconded by Cavanaugh that the proof of publication
of the Notice of Public Hearing on Re -zoning on the application of
Wallace W. Butler, Atty. on behalf of Paul D. Chambers, et al, and
the City Council's own motion, to rezone the area presently zoned R-2
Residence District lying South of Headford Avenue, East of Scott
Avenue, North of Robin Road and West of Black Hawk Road and Ansborough
Avenue, as fully described in said Notice published in the Waterloo
Daily Courier on October 31, 1968, from R-2 Residence District to
R-1 Residence District, be received and placed on file.
Motion carried.
55472 - The Mayor announced the time had arrived to hear objections, if any,
and asked if anyone present wished to be heard or make objections, or
if there were any written objections filed with the Clerk.
The Clerk reported there were the following:
Written objections to low cost housing project in the area;
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55472 - (Continued)
1. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Neisen, 1231 Eleanor Drive
Written objections to rezoning and in support of low cost housing
project!
1 Petition from Catholic Clergy in the Waterloo deanery,
2 Eugene E. Enderlein, Chairman, Commission on Human Rights,
3. Rev, Harvey A. Bartz, 1107 Vine Street,
4. Lynn Cutler, et al,
5. Petition from Lutheran Clergymen,
6. Fred W. Nolting, President, Local 46 UPWA,
7. Lowell Junkman, President, Northeast Chapter of the National
Association of Social Workers.
Speaking in favor were:
1. Wallace W. Butler, Atty. on behalf of Paul D. Chambers, et al,
2. Mrs. Robert Mathews, 510 Campbell Avenue.
Oral objections were made by:
1. Melvin Wolf, Atty. representing Catholic Charities, objecting to
all rezoning,
2. William Mooney, Atty. representing Smithy's Trailer Court, object-
ing to rezoning said Trailer Court,
3. John Beekman, Atty. for Charles Granger and Wendell Lockard,
objecting to rezoning of Lockard Addition.
Moved by Keller, seconded by Miller that the above objections to low
cost housing project and to said rezoning be received and placed on
file.
Motion carried.
55473 - After due consideration, it was moved by Dykeman, seconded by O'Connor
that the above oral and written objections to said re -zoning be
sustained and the request of Wallace W. Butler, Atty. on behalf of
Paul D. Chambers, et al, be denied.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor voted Aye.
Nay: Cohea, Absent: None. Mayor declared the motion carried.
55474 - Mr. Elmer Kline, 1021 Headford Avenue, spoke to the Council in
connection with a storm sewer on Headford Avenue.
55475 - Moved by Cohea, seconded by Keller that the communication from the
City Engineer, transmitting a request from Donald E. Miller for
permission to extend the sanitary sewer from Mitchell Avenue to the
south, across Lot 19 in Block 9, Golden Gardens Addition, as shown
on attached print, to serve proposed two additional duplexes, and
recommending approval with a 20' utility easement to be furnished
by Mr. Miller, be received, placed on file, recommendations approved
and permission granted in accordance therewith and at no cost to
the City.
Motion carried.
55476 - Under Council Action No. 55248 of 10/7/68 the motion was tabled until
further notice in connection with a proposed resolution rescinding
Resolution No. 18915 dated 5/27/68 which authorized the Urban Renewal
Board on behalf of the School Board to file an application for a Grant
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55476 - (Continued)
from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to acquire and
develop open space land around East High School, and a new proposed
resolution authorizing the City of Waterloo, through its Urban Renewal
Board, to file an application for a Grant from the Department of
Housing and Urban Development to acquire and develop open space land
in the area around East High School.
Mayor Turner orally requested that the said resolutions be taken from
the table and now presented for action.
Moved by Cohea, seconded by O'Connor that the above matter be taken
from the table and be brought up for consideration at this time.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Pye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the motion
carried,
55477 Moved by O'Connor, seconded by Cohea that Resolution No. 19322, a
Resolution rescinding Resolution No, 18915 being a resolution
authorizing the City of Waterloo through its Urban Renewal Board to
file an application on behalf of the Board of Education of the City
of Waterloo for a grant from the Department of Housing and Urban
Development to acquire and develop open space land, be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution
adopted.
55478 - Moved by Keller, seconded by Dykeman that Resolution No. 19323, a
Resolution authorizing the City of Waterloo to file an application
for a grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to
acquire and develop open space land, be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution
adopted.
55479 - Moved by Cavanaugh, seconded by Cohea that the following Annual Reports
of the various departments of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, for the
Year 1967, be received and placed on file:
Street Department;
Waterloo Riverfront Commission;
Waterloo Airport Commission;
Building Commissioner;
Fire Department;
Heating & Air Pollution Inspector;
Public Library;
Milk Sanitation Department;
Board of Park Commissioners;
City Planning Commission;
Recreation Commission;
Sewer Department;
Urban Renewal Board;
Annual Financial Report of City of Waterloo, Iowa.
Motion carried.
55480 - Moved by Cohea, seconded by O'Connor that the communication from
the City Engineer, transmitting two (2) copies of an agreement dated
11/4/68 between the City of Waterloo, Iowa and the Illinois Central
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55480 - (Continued)
Railroad wherein said City agrees to pay $25.00 for permission to
construct and maintain an 8" cast iron pipe sanitary sewer crossing
the Illinois Central Railroad Company property near junction of
Highways 57 and. 20, and recommending approval, be received, placed
on file, approved and Resolution No. 19324, authorizing the Mayor
to execute said agreement, be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution
adopted.
55481 - Moved by Dykeman, seconded by Kellerthat the communication from the
City Engineer, transmitting an Overhang Agreement dated 11/18/68
submitted by Iowa Public Service Company for an electric transmission
and/or distribution line along and adjacent to Lot #5, Block #13 of
Original Waterloo West Addition, and recommending approval, be
received, placed on file, approved and the Mayor and City Clerk
authorized to sign said Agreement on behalf of the City of Waterloo,
Iowa.
Motion carried.
55482 - Moved by O'Connor, seconded by Cohea that the communication from the
Assistant City Solicitor, transmitting a Warranty Deed dated 11/13/68
from Robert and Dolores Lauer, husband and wife, conveying unto the
City of Waterloo a portion of Lot 9 in "Lewis Miller's Small Farms"
for the Ansborough Avenue right-of-way program, be received, placed
on file and Resolution No. 19325, approving and accepting said Deed,
and directing the City Clerk to have same recorded, be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution
adopted.
55483 - Moved by Miller, seconded by O'Connor that the communication from the
Asst. City Solicitor, transmitting a contract dated 11/12/68 between
Aaron L. Miller and the City of Waterloo, Iowa, wherein the City
offers to buy certain property in Section 29 -89N -13W, for the sum of
$870, for the Sager Avenue Program, and recommending approval, be
received, placed on file, said contract approved with provision that
general taxes payable in 1969 be paid by the seller, an up-to-date
abstract and deed be furnished by seller and approved by the City
Attorney, and the Mayor and Clerk authorized and directed to execute
said contract with the above provisions on behalf of the City of
Waterloo, Iowa.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the motion
carried.
55484 - Moved by Miller, seconded by Cavanaugh that the communication from
the Asst. City Solicitor, transmitting a contract dated 11/12/68
between Aaron L. Miller, and the City of Waterloo, Iowa, wherein the
City offers to buy certain property in Sections 28 and 29 -89N -13W
for the sum of $7,400, forthe South Hackett Road Program, and
recommending approval, be received, placed on file, said contract
approved with provision that general taxes payable in 1969 be paid
by the seller, an up-to-date abstract and deed be furnished by seller
and approved by the City Attorney, and the Mayor and Clerk authorized
and directed to execute said contract with the above provisions on
behalf of the City of Waterloo, Iowa.
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55484 - (Continued)
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the motion
carried.
55485 - Moved by Keller, seconded by O'Connor that the communication from the
Asst. City Solicitor, transmitting an Easement for utility sanitary
sewer and drainage area purposes from Esther Hess, an unremarried
widow, in connection with the Hawkeye Tech Program in Section 12,
Township 88 North, Range 13 West and recommending approval, be
received, placed on file, approved and accepted, and the City Clerk
instructed to have the same recorded.
Onroll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the motion
carried.
55486 - Moved by Dykeman, seconded by Cohea that Resolution Noo 19326, being
a resolution adopting and approving the execution of an acceptance of
a grant offer from the area manager, Kansas City area of the Federal
Aviation Administration for the United States of America to the City
of Waterloo, Iowa, for the purpose of obtaining federal aid in the
development of the Waterloo Municipal Airport, under Project No.
9-13-035-C915, be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution
adopted.
55487 - Moved by Miller, seconded by Cavanaugh that Resolution No. 19327,
being a resolution, 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 O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution
adopted
55488 - Moved by Cohea, seconded by O'Connor that the communication from
the City Engineer, transmitting a statement dated 11/8/68 for
construction staking, resident inspection services and testing from
Brice, Petrides, & Associates, Inc., Engineers, Waterloo, Iowa, in
connection with the construction of the Virden Creek Enclosure from
Edwards Street to Cedar River, Contract Noo 76, in the City of Waterloo,
Iowa, and recommending approval, be received, placed on file and
Resolution No, 19328, approving the statement of said firm and
authorizing payment accordingly, be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution
adopted.
55489 - Moved by Keller, seconded by Coheathat the communication from the City
Engineer, transmitting a statement dated 11/8/68 for engineering
services and testing from Brice, Petrides & Associates, Inc., Engineers,
.Waterloo, Iowa, in connection with the Ansborough Avenue Bridge,
Bridge Contract No. 3, in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, and recoi1u1 tending
approval, be received, placed on file and Resolution No. 19329,
approving the statement of said firm and authorizing payment accordingly,
be adopted.
November 18, 1968
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55489 - (Continued)
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye, Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution
adopted.
55490 - Moved by Dykeman, seconded by O'Connor that the communication from
the City Engineer, transmitting Estimate #4 Report for Sub -Station
#3 and Estimate #5 Report for Sub -Station #6 as prepared by Stenson
& Warm, Inc., Architects and Engineers, Waterloo, Iowa, as to work
performed and materials furnished by E & S Electrical Contractors, Inc.
(Electrical Contract) in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, and recommending
approval, be received, placed on file and Resolution No. 19330,
approving the report and authorizing payment accordingly, be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution
adopted.
55491 Moved by Keller, seconded by O'Connor that Brice, Petrides & Associates,
Engineers, Waterloo, Iowa, be instructed to prepare proposed plans,
specifications, form of contract, form of proposal, preliminary
estimate of cost, etc. for the 1968 Sanitary Sewer Program No. 4,
Construction. of Highway No. 57 West Sanitary Sewer, known as Contract
Noo 166, in the City of Waterloo, Iowa.
Motion carried.
55492 Moved by Cohea, seconded by Miller that the Engineers' plans and
specifications, form of contract and bond, estimate of cost, etc. for
the 1968 Sanitary Sewer Program No. 4, Construction, of Highway No. 57
West Sanitary Sewer, Contract No. 166, in the City of Waterloo, Iowa,
be received and placed on file.
Motion carried.
55493 - Moved by Keller, seconded by Cohea that Resolution No. 19331, a
resolution preliminarily approving the plans and specifications, form
of contract and bond, estimate of cost, etc. for the construction
of the 1968 Sanitary Sewer Program No. 4, Construction of Highway
No. 57 West Sanitary Sewer, Contract No. 166, in the City of Waterloo,
Iowa, be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution.
adopted.
55494 - Moved by O'Connor, seconded by Cohea that the City Clerk be instructed
to publish the Notice of Public Hearing on Plans and Specifications
and Proposed Form of Contract for the 1968 Sanitary Sewer Program No. 4,
Construction of Highway No. 57 West Sanitary Sewer, Contract No. 166,
and the taking of bids for such improvements, said date being set as
December 16, 1968, at 7:30 P.M.
Motion carried.
55495 Moved by Cavanaugh, seconded by O'Connor that Resolution Noo 19332,
fixing December 16, 1968, at 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the
City Hall in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, as the time and place for
hearing on proposed assessments for cutting and destruction of weeds
for the Year 1968, be adopted.
November 18, 1968
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55495 (Continued)
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent! None. Mayor declared the resolution
adopted.
55496 Moved by Dykeman, seconded by O'Connor that the following applications,
together with the necessary fees, for Ambulance Driver, Attendant and
Attendant Driver Permits, be received, placed on file, approved and
permits granted:
Lucille M. Mount, 2114 East Fourth Street, for attendant only,
Mary Ann Mount, 2114 East Fourth Street, for attendant only,
Mike Quick, Rider Hall U.N.I.
Jerry L. Johnson, 1818 Huntington Road
Orrin Eugene Miller. 949 Ohio Street
Motion carried.
55497 - Moved by Cavanaugh, seconded by O'Connor that the following applications
and bonds for permission to sell beer at the locations designated,
be received, placed on file, the bonds approved, and Resolution No.
19333, approving said applications for certain beer permits in the
City of Waterloo, Iowa, be adopted:
CLASS "B" PERMITS:
Kelly's Lounge, Inc., 801 Commercial Street
Sonja Kuenstling dba Sonja's Office Lounge, 709 Jefferson Street
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Ave. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution.
adopted.
55498 - Moved by Cohea, seconded by Keller that the following application,
bond, and fee for Liquor Permit at the location designated in the
City of Waterloo, Iowa, be, and the same is hereby approved for the
issuance of license, that the approval be endorsed on the application
and forwarded to the Iowa Liquor Control Comsmission, duplicate copies
of the appliccationand insurance liability certificate be received,
placed on file, and Resolution No. 19334, approving the application,
be adopted:
Class "C"
Sonja Kuenstling dba Sonja's Office Lounge, 709 Jefferson Street
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay: None, Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution.
adopted.
55499 - Moved by O'Connor, seconded by Cavanaugh that the application and bond
for permission, to sell cigarettes at the following location in the
City of Waterloo, lowa, be received, placed on file, the bond approved
and Permit granted:
Cedar Falls Oil Co. dba Holiday, 624 Franklin. Street
Motion carried.
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55500 Moved by Cohea, seconded by O'Connor that the report of the City
Attorney, advising that the bonds filed with the City Clerk up to
the close of business on November 18, 1968, as shown on the list
attached to said report, have been approved by him, be received,
placed on file, and the report and bonds approved.
Motion carried.
55501 - Moved by Miller, seconded by Keller that the Council adjourn to meet
as a Board of Health.
Motion carried.
Andrew A. Blomberg,
Acting City Clerk
City Hall, Waterloo, Iowa
BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING
November 18, 1968 - 9:00 P.M.
The City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, met as a Board of Health in
the Council Chambers of the City Hall in said City on November 18, 1968 at
9 00 P.M.
Mayor Turner in. the Chair.
Present: Councilmen Ca vanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor.
Absent° None.
Dr. Harold Entz, V.D. Clinic Physician, gave an oral report on the
venereal conditions in the City of Waterloo.
Moved by Miller, seconded by O'Connor that the oral report of
Dr. Entz be recognized.
Motion carried.
Moved by Cavanaugh, seconded by O'Connor that the Monthly Reports
of the Secretary of the Board of Health dated April, May, June, July,
October and November, 1968, be received and placed on file.
Motion carried.
There being no further business, it was moved by Keller, seconded
by O'Connor that the Board of Health adjourn.
Motion carried.
November 18, 1968
ANDREW A. BLOMBERG,
Acting Secretary
BOARD OF HEALTH
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