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REGULAR SESSION
July 28, 1969 - 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 July 28, 1969.
Mayor Turner in the Chair.
Present: Councilmen Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor.
Absent: None.
Councilman Charles H. Dykeman offered the Invocation.
56865 - Moved by Miller, seconded by Keller that the Agenda, amended as follows,
for the Regular Session of July 28, 1969 at 7:30 P.M., be accepted and
approved:
Adding under - REPORT OF CITY OFFICIAL - Page 1
Report of Finance & Purchasing Committee and Belt &
Ricker, Inc. on the bids for the purchase of Direct
Damage Insurance for various departments.
Adding under - NEW BUSINESS - Page 2
Connnunication from Fire Chief for approval of three
promotions to Lieutenant in the Fire Department.
Motion carried.
56866 - Moved by Cohea, seconded by Miller that the Minutes of the Regular
Session held July 21, 1969 at 730 P.M., be approved.
Motion carried,
56867 - Moved by Cavanaugh, seconded by Cohea that the proof of publication
of the Notice of Public Hearing on Proposal to Sell Real Estate in
the City of Waterloo, Iowa, known as Disposal Parcel No. 101 in the
Westfield -Virden Urban Renewal Area, Project No. Iowa R-7, as fully
described in the said notice published in the Waterloo Daily Courier
on June 26, 1969, to Craftbuilt Homes of Waterloo, Iowa, be received
and placed on file.
Motion, carried.
56868 The Mayor announced the time had arrived to hear objections, if any,
and asked if anyone present wished to be heard or make objection, or
if any written objections had been filed with the Clerk.
No one appeared to object orally, and the City Clerk reported there
had been no written objections placed on file.
After public hearing and no objectionshaving been made or filed, it was
moved by Keller, seconded by Miller that Resolution No. 19878, a resolu-
tion approving the sale of Disposal Parcel No. 101 in the Westfield -Vir-
den. Urban Renewal Area, Project No. Iowa R-7, and authorizing the ex-
ecution of the necessary contract for sale of land for private redevel-
opment and deed, be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution
adopted.
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56869 - Moved by Dykeman, seconded by Cohea that the proof of publication of the
Notice of Public Hearing on Proposal to Sell Real Estate in. the City of
Waterloo, Iowa, known as Part of Disposal Parcel No. 77-A in the West-
field -Virden Urban Renewal Area, Project No. Iowa R-7, as fully described
in the said notice published in the Waterloo Daily Courier on. June 26,
1969, to Richard and Irene Crawley, husband and wife, be received and
placed on file.
Motion carried.
56870 - The Mayor announced the time had arrived to hear objections, if any, and
ask if anyone present wished to be heard or make objections, or if any
written objections had been filed with the Clerk.
No one appeared to object orally, and the City Clerk reported there had
been no written objections placed on file,
After public hearing and no objections having been made or filed, it was
moved by Miller, seconded by Keller that Resolution No. 19879, approving
the sale of Part of Disposal Parcel No. 77-A in the Westfield -Virden
Urban Renewal Area, Project No. Iowa R-7, and authorizing the execution
of the necessary contract for sale of land for private redevelopment and
deed, be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution
adopted.
56871 Frank Sherwood, 555 Newton Street, presented the Council with a petition
requesting the grade of the intersection of Newton Street and Fairview
Avenue be rechecked and corrected to prevent flooding of adjacent side-
walks before curb, gutter and paving program is started.
Moved by Cohea, seconded by Miller that the above petition be received
and placed on file.
Motion carried.
56872 - Moved by Dykeman, seconded by Miller that the communication from the
Electrical Inspector, transmitting the request from Young Plumbing and
Heating Co. for refund of fee in the amount of $3.00 on Electrical
Permit #217H issued for 311 Russell Road, as installation was cancelled,
and recommending approval, be received, placed on file and refund granted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay None. Absent None. Mayor declared the motion
carried.
56873 - Moved by Miller, seconded by O'Connor that the communication from the
City Engineer, transmitting the request of H. R. Leehey for permission
to con str u ct a temporary asphalt driveway without regard to sidewalk
grade at 906 Wisner Drive, Waterloo, Iowa, together with $3.00 check for
recording a waiver, and recommending approval subject to the provisions
of his letter, be received, placed on file, request approved and Reso-
lution No. 19880, granting permission and authorizing construction
irrespective of a later official grade, be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution
adopted,
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56874 Moved by Miller, seconded by O'Connor that the communication from the
City Engineer, transmitting the request of Ross Frank for permission to
construct a temporary asphalt driveway without regard to sidewalk grade
at 1702 Hammond Avenue, Waterloo, Iowa, together with $3.00 in cash for
recording a waiver, and recommending approval subject to the provisions
of his letter, be received, placed on file, request approved and Resolu-
tion No. 19881, granting permission and authorizing construction irres-
pective of a later official grade, be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution
adopted.
56875 Moved by Miller, seconded by O'Connor that the communication from the
City Engineer, transmitting the request from Dr. Dale A. Schnepf for
permission to construct a temporary asphalt driveway without regard to
sidewalk grade at 3257 West Fourth Street, Waterloo, Iowa, together with
$3.00 check for recording a waiver, and recommending approval subject
to the provisions of his letter, be received, placed on file, request
approved and Resolution Noo 19882, granting permission and authorizing
construction irrespective of a later official grade, be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the resolution
adopted.
56876 - Moved by O'Connor, seconded by Keller that the communication from the
Iowa Public Service Company relative to a decrease of rates for natural
gas, to become effective in Waterloo, Iowa on meter readings after
July 26, 1969, be received and placed on file.
Motion. carried.
56877 - Moved by Keller, seconded by Miller that the report of the Director of
Public Works on the drainage problem in the Maywood Area, referred to
him under C. R. #56832 of 7/21/69, be received, placed on file, and the
Director of Public Works instructed to proceed with hiring Wallace &
Holland, Consulting Engineers, of Mason City, Iowa, to make a study of
the said problem in the Maywood Area.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Miller and O'Connor
voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent: None. Mayor declared the motion.
carried.
56878 - Moved by Keller, seconded by Miller that the communication from Belt &
Ricker, Inc. reporting Mr. F. A. Borawski of their firm is in the hos-
pital at this time, and a recommendation for the acceptance of a bid
for the purchase of Direct Damage Insurance for various departments
shall be forthcoming within the next two weeks, be received and placed
on file.
Motion carried.
COUNCILMAN DYKEMAN NOT PRESENT.
56879 - Moved by Miller, seconded by O'Connor that the Contract and Bond of
Rooff Construction Company, Waterloo, Iowa, for the installation of
Storm Sewer on Euclid Avenue fromlber Avenue to Vegas Court, known as
Minor Contract No. 53, in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, be received,
placed on file and Resolution No. 19883, approving said contract and
bond, be adopted.
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On-
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Keller, Miller and O'Connor voted Aye.
Nay: None. Absent: Dykeman. Mayor declared the resolution adopted.
56880 - Moved by Miller, seconded by Cohea that the Contract and Bond of Earl
Hanson Excavating, Waterloo, Iowa, for the Demolition of Old Buildings
in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, known as Demolition Contract No. B-7,
be received, placed on file and Resolution No. 19884, approving said
Contract and Bond, be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Keller, Miller and O'Connor voted Aye,
Nay: None. Absent: Dykeman. Mayor declared the resolution adopted,
56881 Moved by Cavanaugh, seconded by O'Connor that Permit No. 69-160-S for
Waste Stabilization Pond, Hawkeye Institute of Technology, and Permit
No. 69-151-S for 210' of 18" S.P.; 1512' of 12" S.P.; 1235' of 8" S. P.;
for 1969 Sanitary Sewer Program # 1, Contract No. 167, from the Iowa
State Department of Health, subject to certain conditions and requirements,
be received and placed on file.
Motion carried.
56882 Moved by Cohea, seconded by Cavanaugh that Resolution No. 19885, 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, Keller, Miller and O'Connor voted Aye,
Nay: None. Absent: Dykeman. Mayor declared the resolution adopted,.
56883 Moved by Cavanaugh, seconded by Keller that Resolution No. 19886, a reso-
lution authorizing the condemnation of a certain parcel of real property
for public highway purposes in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, be adopted,
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Keller, Miller and O'Connor voted Aye.
Nay: None. Absent: Dykeman. Mayor declared the resolution adopted.
56884 - Moved by Miller, seconded by O'Connor that the communication from the
City Engineer, transmitting the statement dated 7/21/69 for engineering
services from Robinson Engineering Company, Waterloo, Iowa, in connection
with Design Study for Highway #412 and #218, in the City of Waterloo,
Iowa, and recommending approval, be received, placed on file and Resolu-
tion No. 19887, approving the statement of said firm and authorizing
payment accordingly, be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Keller, Miller and O'Connor voted Aye.
Nay: None. Absent: Dykeman. Mayor declared the resolution adopted.
56885 - Moved by Cavanaugh, seconded by Miller that the communication from the
City Engineer, transmitting a statement dated 7/18/69 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 recommending approval,
be received, placed on file and Resolution No. 19888, approving the
statement of said firm and authorizing payment accordingly, be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Keller, Miller and O'Connor voted Aye.
Nay: None. Absent: Dykeman. Mayor declared the resolution adopted.
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56886 Moved by Keller, seconded by Cohea that the communication from the City
Engineer, transmitting a statement dated 7/18/69 for engineering services
from Brice, Petrides & Associates, Inc., Engineers, Waterloo, Iowa, in
connection with the Ansborough Avenue Approaches, Paving, Sewers & In-
cidentals, Contract No. 116, in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, and recom-
mending approval, be received, placed on file and Resolution No. 19889,
approving the statement of said firm and authorizing payment accordingly,
be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Keller, Miller and O'Connor voted Aye.
Nay: None. Absent: Dykeman. Mayor declared the resolution adopted.
56887 Moved by Cohea, seconded by Miller that the Monthly Estimate #7 Report of
the City Engineer as to work performed and materials furnished by the
Cornhusker Paving Company, Omaha, Nebraska, Contractors, on the 1968
Paving Program #1, Contract No. 117, in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, and
recommending approval, be received, placed on file, approved and Resolu-
tion No. 19890, approving the report and authorizing payment accordingly,
be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Keller, Miller and O'Connor voted Aye.
Nay: None. Absent: Dykeman. Mayor declared the resolution adopted.
56888 - Moved by Cohea, seconded by Miller that the communication from the City
Engineer, transmitting the statement dated 7/21/69 for engineering ser-
vices from Robinson Engineering Company, Waterloo, Iowa, in connection
with the Storm and Sanitary Sewer Program Contract Noo 79, in the City
of Waterloo, Iowa, and recommending approval, be received, placed on
file, and Resolution No. 19891, approving the statement of said firm and
authorizing payment accordingly, be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Keller, Miller and O'Connor voted Aye.
Nay: None. Absent: Dykeman. Mayor declared the resolution adopted.
56889 Moved by Miller, seconded by Cohea that the communication from the City
Engineer, transmitting the Estimate #12 Report as submitted by Stenson
& Warm, Inc., Architects and Engineers, Waterloo, Iowa, as to work per-
formed and materials furnished by Carpenter's Plumbing and Heating,
Waterloo, Iowa, for the Fire Sub -Stations #3, 4, 6, and 8 (Mechanical
Contract), in the city of Waterloo, Iowa, and recommending approval, be
received, placed on file and Resolution Noo 19892, approving the report
and authorizing payment accordingly, be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Keller, Miller and O'Connor voted Aye.
Nay: None. Absent: Dykeman® Mayor declared the resolution adopted.
56890 - Moved by Cavanaugh, seconded by Miller that the communication from the
Director of Public Works, transmitting a statement dated 7/11/69 from
Stenson and Warm, Inc. for supervisory services for the new Headquarters
Fire Station and Sub -Stations Nos. 3, 4, 6 and 8, in the City of Water-
loo, Iowa and recommending approval, be received, placed on file, and
Resolution No. 19893, approving the statement of said firm and authori-
zing payment accordingly, be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Keller, Miller and O'Connor voted Aye..
Nay: None. Absent: Dykeman. Mayor declared the resolution adopted.
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56891 - Moved by Cohea, seconded by O'Connor that the communication from the
City Engineer, transmitting the statement dated July 19, 1969 from Tri-
State Aero -Engineering Company in the amount of $9,617.80 in connection
with topographic mapping under contract dated 11/8/66, and recommending
approval, be received, placed on file, and Resolution No. 19894, approv-
ing said statement and authorizing the Clerk to draw a warrant on the
General Fund in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, in payment therefor, be
adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Keller, Miller and O'Connor voted Aye.
Nay: None. Absent: Dykeman. Mayor declared the resolution adopted.
56892 Moved by Keller, seconded by Cohea that Resolution No. 19895, BILLS,
be adopted.
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Keller, Miller and O'Connor voted Aye.
Nay, None. Absent: Dykeman. Mayor declared the resolution adopted.
56893 - Moved by Miller, seconded by Cohea that the communication from the Chief
of the Fire Department requesting Council approval of the promotion to
the rank of Lieutenant of the following three members of the Fire De-
partment, effective August 1, 1969, be received, placed on file and
promotions granted:
Stanley P. Stapella
Herbert E. Claus, Jr.
Lawrence W. Martin
Motion carried.
56894 - Moved by Cavanaugh, seconded by Keller that the following requests for
permission to attend the functions on the dates and at the locations
designated, with expenses allowed not to exceed the amounts shown, be
received, placed on file, approved and permission granted:
FROM
Executive Director
Waterloo Human
Rights Commission
City Engineer
ATTEND LOCATION DATES EXPENSE
Meeting with Hartford, August 3 thru $21000
Equal Employment Conn. 5, 1969
Opportunity Com-
mission Staff
Members
Iowa Chapter
American Public
Works Assn.
Dubuque, August 20 & 47 50
Iowa 21, 1969
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Keller, Miller and O'Connor voted Aye.
Nay: None. Absent: Dykeman. Mayor declared the motion carried.
56895 Moved by Cavanaugh, seconded by O'Connor that the following applications,
bonds, and fees for Liquor Permits at the locations designated in the
City of Waterloo, Iowa, be, and the same are hereby approved for the
issuance of licenses, that the approval be endorsed on the applications
and forwarded to the Iowa Liquor Control Commission, duplicate copies
of the applications and insurance liability certificates be received,
placed on file, and Resolution No. 19896 approving the applications,
be adopted.
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Class "A"
Amvet Home, Inc., 32 Lafayette Street
Class "C"
Becker -Chapman. American Legion Post #138, 619 Franklin Street
C. E. Peterson dba Convair Room, Municipal Airport, Highway 20 W
On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Keller, Miller and O'Connor voted Aye.
Nay: None. Absent: Dykeman. Mayor declared the resolution adopted.
56896 - Moved by Keller, seconded by Cavanaugh that the applications and bonds fir
permission to sell cigarettes at the following locations in the City of
Waterloo, Iowa, be received, placed on file, the bonds approved and Per-
mits granted:
Chamberlain Booster Cafeteria, East 4th and Esther Streets
Don's King Burger, 916 West 5th Street
Minnie Pearl's Chicken, 1509 LaPorte Road
Gary D, Murphy dba Murphy's DX, 901 Franklin Street
Motion carried.
56897 - Moved by Cohea, seconded by O'Connor that the following applications,
together with necessary fees, for permits as shown, be received, placed
on file, approved and permits granted:
Ambulance Driver Attendant and Attendant Driver Permit
Gene Storer Beinke, 1520 West 5th Street
Ambulance Attendant Permit
Mark Lee Dieckmann, 705 Wisner Drive
Motion carried.
56898 - Moved by Miller, seconded by Cohea that the report of the City Attorney,,
advising that the bonds filed with the City Clerk up to the close of
business on July 28. 1969, 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.
56899 - Councilman O'Connor publicly thanked all the city employees and friends
for their thoughfulness during his recent illness.
56900 - Moved by O'Connor, seconded by Keller that the Council adjourn.
Motion Carried,
July 28, 1969
James R. Wilson
City Clerk
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