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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes-10/27/2008• October 27, 2008 • The Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, met in Regular Session at City Hall Council Chambers, Waterloo, Iowa, at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, October 27, 2008. Mayor Timothy J. Hurley in the Chair. Roll Call: Hart, Greenwood, Steve Schmitt, Welper. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Moment of Silence. Pledge of Allegiance: Tom Jennings, Police Chief. 128024 - Welper/Steve Schmitt that the Agenda, as amended, for the Regular Session on Monday, October 27, 2008, at 5:30 p.m., be accepted and approved. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Motion carried. 128025 - Welper/Steve Schmitt that the Minutes, as proposed, for the Regular Session on Monday, October 20, 2008, at 5:30 p.m., be accepted and approved. Prior to a vote on the above motion, the following comments were heard. Councilperson Steve Schmitt noted that during last week's discussion about the Pepsi contract with Leisure Services, he was under the impression that the city solicited other vendors but we only got one response. Councilperson Greenwood and he talked about going from a three year to a five year contract, and the numbers from Pepsi went up by going the extra two years, which he appreciates, but he thought we said that we did not get any interest from other vendors. Then in the Saturday morning Courier, he saw that one of the other local vendors said he tried to bid on this and didn't get any response. Paul Huting, he said that Coke and did This time we someone was recalls that contract. Leisure Services Director, explained that his recollection was that the last time that we went out for bid he had a conversation with not get that response from them. That was three plus years ago. did not actually solicit bids, but the article in the paper said in seeking information, and he met with staff today and no one any individual from Coke was there actually seeking to bid on this Mayor Hurley noted but there was an inquiry with somebody on staff at Young Arena some time ago. Mr. Huting explained that apparently more than a year ago someone may have stopped in and mentioned that or asked when the contract was up but it was more than a year ago, probably more like two years ago. No one contacted him, and to his knowledge, no one contacted the Arena Manager. Mr. Huting stated he still believes that the deal that we got is the best deal for the Arena and for the citizens, that is his opinion and that is the Arena Manager's opinion. Councilperson Steve Schmitt stated he just wants to make sure that we are taking as many opportunities to do business with people as we can and obviously get the best deal as Councilperson Greenwood had talked about. The article in the paper sounded like he was down knocking on our door. Mr. Huting responded he tried to verify that today and could not, but he welcomes a conversation with the gentleman. Mayor Hurley noted the Saturday article also mentioned Coke having a business site out at the Cedar Falls industrial park and asked if Pepsi also has operations here in Waterloo. Paul they that Huting responded yes Pepsi does, and they have 78 full-time employees and pay taxes in Waterloo but he thinks the bigger issue for is that they feel Pepsi has somewhere in the neighborhood of 65 percent market share. Its a very popular product. Mr. Huting noted they are concerned with getting the best price for it but also maintaining their volume. If they don't have Mountain Dew and to a lesser extent Gatorade, he thinks sales would suffer. Waterloo is a predominantly Pepsi product town from market research. Following comments a vote was taken on the above motion with the following result. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Motion carried. October 27, 2008 CONSENT AGENDA 128026 - Welper/Steve Schmitt that the following items on the consent agenda be approved: a. Resolutions to approve the following: Page 2 received, placed on file and 1. Resolution approving Schedule AP642, pp. 1-58, dated October 27, 2008, in a copy of which is on file in the City the amount of $4,103,942.43, Clerk's office. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-936. 2. Communication from Police Chief transmitting Iowa Veterans Museum Grand Opening Committee 15, 2008 beginning at 10:00 a.m. with route West 5th Street to Mulberry Street, Mulberry East Park Avenue to 218 underpass. request of Sullivan Brothers to hold parade on November starting at 218 underpass, Street to East Park Avenue, Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-937. 3. Communication from Police Chief transmitting Iowa Veterans Museum Grand Opening Committee 15, 2008 beginning at 10:00 a.m. with route West 5th Street to Mulberry Street, Mulberry East Park Avenue to 218 underpass. request of Sullivan Brothers to hold parade on November starting at 218 underpass, Street to East Park Avenue, Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-938. b. Motion to approve the following: 1. Dave Zellhoefer, Assistant City Attorney, to attend Iowa Municipal Attorneys Association Annual Seminar in Johnston, Iowa on November 21, 2008, with costs not to exceed $144.00. 2. Jim Walsh, City Attorney, to attend Iowa Municipal Attorneys Association Annual Seminar in Johnston, Iowa on November 21, 2008, with costs not to exceed $144.00. 3. Barry Straton, Code Enforcement Officer, to take International Code Council Certification Test on Residential Building Inspector in Des Moines, Iowa on November 25, 2008, with costs not to exceed $175.00, including use of city vehicle. 4. Kristen Hoelscher, Police Officer, to attend Fingerprint Identification School in St. Paul, Minnesota on November 16-21, 2008, with costs not to exceed $1,275.00, including use of city vehicle. c. Beer/Liquor License Permit Application Class C La Chiquita, 301 E. 4th Street Sales) Z's Restaurant & Lounge, 3937 W d. Beer License Permit Application Class B LaPlacita, 322 W. 4th Street Sales) Black Hawk Tennis Club, 1005 (Includes Sunday Sales) (Renewal) (Expires 10/29/09) (Includes Sunday . Airline Highway (Renewal) (Expires 10/31/09) (Renewal) (Expires 10/21/09) (Includes Sunday Black Hawk Road (Renewal) (Expires 10/31/09) e. Wine License Permit Application Class B Prime Mart, 1008 LaPorte Road (Renewal) (Expires 11/22/09) (Includes Sunday Sales) f. Beer License Permit Application Class C Prime Mart, 1008 LaPorte Road (Renewal) (Expires 11/22/09) (Includes Sunday Sales) g. Outdoor Service Area Application La Chiquita, 301 E. 4th Street Black Hawk Tennis Club, 1005 Black Hawk Road • 1 • • • October 27, 2008 Consent Agenda continued h. Cigarette/Tobacco Permit Application Spicoli's Grill, 3555 University Avenue Save More Foods, 1975 Franklin Street i. Bonds. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Motion carried. HEARINGS & BIDS 128027 - Hart/Welper Page 3 that proof of publication of notice of public hearing on Waterloo Fire Rescue Thermal Imager Project, as published in the Waterloo Courier on October 10, 2008, be received and placed on file. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Motion carried. 128028 - This being the time and place of public hearing, the Mayor called for written and oral objections and there were none. Hart/Welper that the hearing be closed. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Motion carried. 128029 - Hart/Welper that "Resolution confirming approval of plans, specifications, form of contract, etc. in conjunction with Waterloo Fire Rescue Thermal Imager Project", be adopted. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-939. 128030 - Hart/Welper that "Resolution authorizing to proceed in conjunction with above project", be adopted. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-940. 128031 - Hart/Welper to receive, file and instruct City Clerk to open and read bids and refer to Fire Chief for review: Bidder Bid Amount Northeast Rescue Systems, Boston, MA $75,950.99 Municipal Emergency Services, Inc., Reinbeck, IA $75,720.00 Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Motion carried. 128032 - Steve Schmitt/Welper that proof of publication of notice of public hearing on F.Y. 2009 Riverloop Exposition Signage, Contract No. 755, as published in the Waterloo Courier on October 10, 2008, be received and placed on file. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Motion carried. 128033 This being the time and place of public hearing, the Mayor called for written and oral objections and there were none. Steve Schmitt/Welper that the hearing be closed. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Motion carried. 128034 - Steve Schmitt/Welper that "Resolution confirming approval of plans, specifications, form of contract, etc. in conjunction with F.Y. 2009 Riverloop Exposition Signage, Contract No. 755", be adopted. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-941. 1 October 27, 2008 Page 4 Hearings & Bids continued 128035 - Steve Schmitt/Welper that "Resolution ordering construction in conjunction with above project", be adopted. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-942. 128036 - Steve Schmitt/Welper to receive, file and instruct City Clerk to open and read bids and refer to City Engineer for review: Bidder Bid Bond Base Bid Alt 1 Alt 2 Alt 3 Signs & Designs, Cedar Falls, IA $2,842.00 $29,200.00 No Bid $20,690.00 $6,940.00 Chestnut Signs, Des Moines, IA $2,466.20 $27,478.00 No Bid $16,167.00 $5,679.00 Nagle Signs, Waterloo, IA 5% $29,259.00 $9,970.00 $14,644.80 $4,458.00 Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Motion carried. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 128037 - Welper/Greenwood that communication from Superintendent of Central Garage transmitting recommendation of award of contract in the amount of $211,754.00 to Truck Country of Cedar Rapids, Iowa in conjunction with Purchase of One Cab -Over Chassis With Automated Side -Loader Garbage Truck, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving award of said contract", be adopted. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-943. 128038 Greenwood/Hart that communication from Police Chief transmitting request of John Deere Waterloo Works to extend the original closing of River Road from November 15, 2008 to January 15, 2009 as part of maintenance and resurfacing of the bridge over Black Hawk Creek at the Westfield Avenue site, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said request", be adopted. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-944. DOCUMENTS 128039 - Hart/Steve Schmitt that communication from Building Official/Maintenance Administrator transmitting Change Order No. 1 for a net increase in the amount of $4,734.00 for work performed by Failor Hurley of Hudson, Iowa in conjunction with Waterloo Public Library Stone Repair and Replacement, be received, placed on file and approved and Mayor authorized to execute same. Prior to a vote on the above motion, the following comments were heard. Councilperson Hart asked for an explanation for the increase. Mayor Hurley explained that there was an error on the original drawing from H. R. Green, which the architect used for this project. The building is five or six feet longer than the drawing indicated. We would have included those extra five feet if they were on the drawing. The fact is those five feet are sidewalk, pathways and stone on the building and had the drawing been correct we would have spent the $4,734.00. Councilperson Hart asked if the city paid H.R. Green for the drawing. Louis Cutwright, Building Official/Maintenance Administrator, responded that drawing was a design build when we resurfaced the front of the new section of the library about eight years ago. At that time, the drawing was included in the cost of that construction. Following comments a vote was taken on the above motion with the following result. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Motion carried. • • • • October 27, 2008 Documents continued Page 5 128040 - Welper/Steve Schmitt that communication from Superintendent of Central Garage transmitting agreement Hawk County Maintenance Department to provide fuel and vehicle services, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said be adopted and Mayor and City Clerk authorized to execute same. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. with Black maintenance agreement", Ayes: Four. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-945. 128041 - Welper/Steve Schmitt that communication from Superintendent of Central Garage transmitting agreement with Black Hawk County Solid Waste Commission to provide fuel services and the reimbursement rate, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said agreement", be adopted and Mayor and City Clerk authorized to execute same. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-946. 128042 - Welper/Steve Schmitt that communication from Superintendent of Central Garage transmitting agreement with Black Hawk County Sheriff Department to provide fuel services and the reimbursement rate, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said agreement", be adopted and Mayor and City Clerk authorized to execute same. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-947. 128043 - Welper/Steve Schmitt that communication from Superintendent of Central Garage transmitting agreement with Black Hawk County Engineering Department to provide fuel services and the reimbursement rate, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said agreement", be adopted and Mayor and City Clerk authorized to execute same. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-948. 128044 - Welper/Steve Schmitt that communication from Superintendent of Central Garage transmitting agreement with Black Hawk County Country View to provide fuel services and the reimbursement rate, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said agreement", be adopted and Mayor and City Clerk authorized to execute same. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-949. 128045 - Welper/Steve Schmitt that communication from Superintendent of Central Garage transmitting agreement with Black Hawk County Health Department to provide fuel and maintenance services, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said agreement", be adopted and Mayor and City Clerk authorized to execute same. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-950. 128046 - Welper/Steve Schmitt that communication from Superintendent of Central Garage transmitting agreement with Waterloo Community School District to provide fuel services and the reimbursement rate, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said agreement", be adopted and Mayor and City Clerk authorized to execute same. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-951. October 27, 2008 Documents continued 128047 - Hart/Steve Schmitt Page 6 that communication from Planner II transmitting request of Kevin Rose for tax exemptions on improvements totaling $11,200.00 for property located at 300 Blowers Avenue located in the Consolidated Urban Revitalization Area, together with recommendation of approval, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said request", be adopted and City Clerk instructed to notify Black Hawk County Assessor of same. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-952. 128048 - Hart/Steve Schmitt that communication from Planner II transmitting request of Ronald Dagitz for tax exemptions on improvements totaling $18,000.00 for property located at 1651 Longfellow Avenue located in the Consolidated Urban Revitalization Area, together with recommendation of approval, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said request", be adopted and City Clerk instructed to notify Black Hawk County Assessor of same. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-953. 128049 Greenwood/Hart that communication from Assistant City Engineer transmitting agreement with Larson Construction Company Inc. for use of local agency roads as detours for northbound and southbound U.S. 63 in conjunction with utility connections in the 1500 block of Logan Avenue (U.S. Highway 63) for the new Logan Middle School, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said agreement", be adopted and Mayor authorized to execute same. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-954. 128050 - Greenwood/Hart that communication from Community Planning & Development Director transmitting an amendment to the Occupancy Agreement with Robert and Rita Welter allowing Robert and Rita Welter to carry additional insurance on the homestead portion of the 40 acre farm site located at 4012 Leversee Road, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said agreement", be adopted and Mayor and City Clerk authorized to execute same. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-955. 128051 - Greenwood/Hart that communication from Community Planning & Development Director transmitting Purchase Order at a cost of $2,500.00 with Howard R. Green Company to apply for an IDED Brownfields Grant in the amount of $200,000.00 for continued demolition and asbestos removal at the Chamberlain Manufacturing site, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said documents", be adopted and Mayor and City Clerk authorized to execute same. Prior to a vote on the above motion, the following comments were heard. Councilperson Hart inquired if the work D.W. Zinser is doing at Chamberlains is completed or where are we at with that project. Noel Anderson, Community Planning & Development Director, stated Zinser is primarily finished with the last contract that we let with them. They are doing some cleanup work, some debris removal and making sure that portions where there was a common or shared wall is not left in an unsafe condition. They are primarily done, and this is probably nice timing that now they are going to move forward to their next project in Cedar Rapids as we get ready to put forth the specifications for this next project that they would probably be ready for that, which would be bid out. Councilperson Hart asked for a rough guesstimate of how much more funding it is going to take for Chamberlain. • • • • October 27, 2008 Page 7 Documents continued Mr. Anderson stated its hard to say. We are getting into the office portions of the buildings now so we are anticipating a lot more asbestos then we did in the manufacturing sides. We are requesting $250,000.00 with this latest round. There is probably at least $500,000.00 worth of more work out there and some of that will depend on if any of the buildings would be saved and not demolished. Following comments a vote was taken on the above motion with the following result. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-956. 128052 - Greenwood/Hart that communication from Superintendent of Traffic Operations transmitting City - State agreement with Iowa Department of Transportation for Traffic Safety Improvements grant in the amount of $68,133.00, with no local match, for traffic safety improvements on Easton at 11th and Easton at Hammond Avenue, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said agreement", be adopted and Mayor and City Clerk authorized to execute same. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-957. 128053 - Greenwood/Hart that communication from Community Planning & Development Director transmitting Waterloo, Iowa Housing Development Action Plan, as prepared by Endeavor Corp. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin at a total costs of $30,000.00, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said document", be adopted and Mayor and City Clerk authorized to execute same. Prior to a vote on the above motion, the following comments were heard. Councilperson Steve Schmitt commented that he had had several conversations with some local developers, and as he looked through the document he really doesn't see what the city is going to get for $30,000.00. It has in the document that the purpose of the action plan is identification of residential development opportunities and challenges, and he thinks our local developers could do that. They are looking for identification of the highest and best feasible development project sites, and he is sure our local folks could do that and then recommendation of a market-based development plan and a preliminary time table for implementation. Councilperson Steve Schmitt stated if you kind of think through what is going on with the economy and the world of finance right now, he doesn't think there probably could be a worst time to be launching something like this as far as the opportunity to do anything because there is not any money available. Councilperson Steve Schmitt stated he was told if you went to any of our local banks and talked to them about borrowing money for a development project, you would be turned down just because of what is going on with the economy, nothing to do with Waterloo. While he compliments the staff on what could we do to help drive the residential development in Waterloo, his fear is that as it mentions in the letter the city doesn't want this just to be another plan to sit on a shelf. He is afraid for the near term anyhow or for the foreseeable future it would be because there is just not the opportunity to do this stuff. Councilperson Steve Schmitt stated he thinks we have some challenges as far as competing with some other cities of our size, but he doesn't think spending this kind of money with a company that is not familiar with our area or what we have to offer is a prudent use of $30,000.00. Noel Anderson, Community Planning & Development Director, explained that the city has been working with the Endeavor group for some of the commercial development at the Logan Plaza area. They actually helped put together the Hy - Vee deal initially, so they are somewhat familiar with the Waterloo community as a whole. We have been looking to put together a housing plan for quite some time. Mainly thinking that Waterloo is not getting its fair percentage of the housing in the entire Cedar Valley area. The Endeavor group has some experience working with some other communities and packaging specific sites and incentive layouts as well as providing the market study criteria for developers that come forward and try to put those together. Mr. Anderson noted that they did tour the community with the Endeavor group and went over quite a few of our concerns and needs for the City of Waterloo and felt that they would be a good partnership to go forward with this housing plan at this time. Councilperson Steve Schmitt asked if we ever gathered together some of kind of premier local developers and kind of do a little think session. October 27, 2008 Page 8 Documents continued Noel Anderson noted that back in 2000 the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance had an overall housing study completed. They talked a little bit about the number of units this area should be seeing and a range of the prices, and that has kind of been verified through some of the development we have seen and some of the housing sales. Mayor Hurley asked if that was contracted, and Mr. Anderson responded yes it was. Mayor Hurley commented that it isn't like the city has a plethora of these developers if you mean home builders or realty houses. First of all, would they do it. The city did have a study going a couple of years ago with Randy Pilkington's group at UNI. This was one thing that they were going to do, but their cost estimate was quite a ways north of $50,000.00. Mayor Hurley stated he likens it to his private sector life to research and development costs, and you never really want to stop doing R&D. Councilperson Hart stated that being the liaison for Community Development Board, he was able to sit in on a presentation by Endeavor Corp. and also attended some of the CDC meetings at Logan Plaza or the Hy -Vee area. Hearing Endeavor Corp. and the work that they have done, he did a little research on their website, checked out information for this particular corporation, and they have been very aggressive in helping communities such as ours to move housing ahead as well as business development. Councilperson Hart stated one of the things he liked in particular is when we are talking about housing it wasn't just limited to one particular part of the community, but the work that has been done by this company was in all those sectors of the community from some of the most economic challenged to those that are very much thriving in the community. Councilperson Hart stated he has been very impressed with the vision that this company has helped to set for the Logan Plaza area, Highway 63 and he would very much support seeing what they can do to help the city in housing. Mayor Hurley asked if Endeavor ends up becoming the developer or is the product out of this a comprehensive study that tells us what the opportunities are and how to pull them off. Mr. Anderson stated that as part of this we will have a kind of the blueprint for how to set this up and which of the specific sites that we should go after as well as through the process identifying a developer to move forward with it. Endeavor would not be the developer, it would be a blueprint for a developer to come forward and do it. Following comments a vote was taken on the above motion with the following result. Ayes: Three. Nays: Steve Schmitt. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Motion failed. RESOLUTIONS TO BE ADOPTED 128054 Hart/Welper that communication from Community Planning & Development Director transmitting request of Common Bond for resolution of support for tax credits with the Iowa Finance Authority for construction of 4 to 6 unit townhouses with 40 units for an affordable housing development at the southeast corner of Newell and Mobile Streets, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said request", be adopted. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-958. 128055 Hart/Welper that communication from Community Planning & Development Director transmitting request of Whitman Point for resolution of support for tax credits with the Iowa Finance Authority for new construction of a multiple story building with 53 units for an affordable senior assisted living housing development on Flammang Drive, near Dr. Snead's office, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said request", be adopted. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-959. • • • • October 27, 2008 Page 9 Resolutions to be Adopted continued 128056 - Hart/Welper that communication from Community Planning & Development Director transmitting request of Fortus Group for resolution of support for tax credits with the Iowa Finance Authority for new construction of 12 apartment buildings containing 95 new housing units for affordable housing for rent on land behind the Super Target, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said request", be adopted. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-960. 128057 - Hart/Welper that communication from Community Planning & Development Director transmitting request of Interim Holdings (John Foley) for resolution of support for tax credits with the Iowa Finance Authority for new construction of 30 new single- family homes under the State of Iowa's Rose Program where the homes would be rented for 15 years and then offered for sale to the residents in a new subdivision in the Maywood area along Bishop Avenue, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said request", be adopted. Prior to a vote on the above motion, the following comments were heard. Mayor Hurley noted that council can accept all, reject all, prioritize or do a mix. Councilperson Greenwood commented that on Interim Holdings project the platting shows a number of new streets, cul-de-sacs going in, and he asked if all that would be part of the development or will they come back in and ask for RISE money and TIF money. Noel Anderson responded that would all have to be spelled out in their IFA application. At this point, they are not asking for any assistance. That would be part of their cost for their project to build their streets, extend the sewer and water systems to serve their development. Councilperson Hart reiterated from previous conversation that if council writes this support letter that the information that was given to us today that shows how this place is going to look, what's going inside of it, how it is built that is what we are sending our support for. If something were to happen it wouldn't come back different or surprised but be this actual product. Mayor Hurley stated we could just include the same statement that council approves them based upon the information provided to council. Councilperson Steve Schmitt asked if there is a timeliness because he thinks the council in general would be in favor of supporting all of these. He thought if council were going to get into a ranking situation it might be appropriate to wait until we have a full council rather than just the four taking on that authority. Mr. Anderson responded that there is a timeliness because October 31, 2008 is when the Iowa Finance Authority will start accepting the applications, so many of the developers believe that its best to get it in right away to begin the IFA process. This year is a little bit different than others as the Iowa Finance Authority will be accepting applications through a longer period of time than they have in the past because of the larger amount of tax credits available. Many of the developers have noted they would like to get it in on the October 31, 2008 timeline. Councilperson Welper stated he sees no reason not to support all five as the developers are taking the risks on these projects not the city. Noel Anderson pointed out that the Iowa Finance Authority specifically wanted the city to give reasons for the resolutions of support, and he has listed those reasons on the information council received at tonight's work session. Unless the council has any changes, that is the wording that the City Clerk will put on the resolutions of support as the reasons why we support the projects. Following comments a vote was taken on the above motion with the following result. Ayes: Three. Nays: Hart. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Motion failed. October 27, 2008 Page 10 Resolutions to be Adopted continued 128058 - Hart/Welper that communication from Community Planning & Development Director transmitting request of Cardinal Capital Management for resolution of support for tax credits with the Iowa Finance Authority for rehabilitation of existing Liberty Manor senior apartments at 1119 Kent Circle for 57 senior housing units, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said request", be adopted. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-961. ORDINANCES TO BE ADOPTED 128059 - Greenwood/Steve Schmitt that "an Ordinance amending the 2007 Waterloo Code of Ordinances to add new section pertaining to Waste Hauler", be received, placed on file, considered and passed for the second time. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Motion carried. 128060 - Steve Schmitt/Welper that request of CommonBond Communities to rezone from "R-2" One and Two Family Residence District to "R -3,R -P" Planned Multiple Residence District property generally located on the block bounded by Ash Street, Mobile Street, Newell Street and Webster Street to allow for the development of 40 townhouse units and a community building be tabled to the November 3, 2008 council meeting. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Motion carried. NEW BUSINESS 128061 - Welper/Steve Schmitt that communication from Superintendent of Traffic Operations transmitting request for installation of streetlights at the northwest corner of Bankers Blvd. and Fischer Drive; the northeast corner of Tower Park and Bankers Blvd., and the northwest corner of Tower Park and Fischer Drive, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving installation of said streetlights", be adopted and City Clerk instructed to notify MidAmerican of same. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-962. ADJOURNMENT 128062 - Hart/Welper that the Council adjourn at 6:25 p.m. Ayes: Four. Absent: Cole, Getty, Reggie Schmitt. Motion carried. • 1 `\\ Nancy Eckert, CMC City Clerk