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March 7, 2005
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, March 7, 2005. Mayor Timothy J.
Hurley in the Chair. Roll Call: Kincaid, Cole, Greenwood, Clark, Schmitt, Welper.
Absent: Gunderson.
Moment of Silence.
Pledge of Allegiance: Junior Girl Scouts Troop 720 --Blessed Sacrament School:
Alexandra Armstrong, Ashley Babinat, Abigail Burgart, Elizabeth Cutsforth, Danielle
Deviney, Marie Deviney, Breanna Fencl, Maddie Morehouse, Neka Tuve, Celina Young; Queen
of Peace: Elizabeth Fangman; and Daisy Girl Scouts Troop 38 --Blessed Sacrament: Haleigh
Durnin, Alyssa McDermott; Sacred Heart: Alyssa Hellman, Susanne Kerr, Alex Thede.
121229 - Welper/Kincaid
that the Agenda, as proposed, for the Regular Session on Monday, March 7, 2005,
at 5:30 p.m., be accepted and approved. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson.
Motion carried.
121230 - Welper/Kincaid
121231 -
that the Minutes, as proposed, for the Regular Session on Monday, February 28,
2005, at 5:30 p.m., be accepted and approved. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson.
Motion carried.
CONSENT AGENDA
Welper/Kincaid
that the following
approved:
a.
items on the consent
agenda be received, placed on file and
Resolutions to approve the following:
1. Resolution approving Schedule AP640, pp. 1-86, dated March 7, 2005, in
the amount of $1,501,069.46, a copy of which is on file in the City
Clerk's office, together with recommendation of approval of the Finance
Committee.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2005-177.
2. Communication from Police Chief transmitting request of Easter Seals
Camp Sunnyside to hold Pony Express Ride on March 25, 2005 with route
beginning at approximately 3:00 p.m. along Lafayette Road from the city
limits of Evansdale/Waterloo to 6th Street near the Black Hawk County
Courthouse, then right one block to Mulberry Street to the front of
City Hall.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2005-178.
b. Motion to approve the following:
1. Communication from
appointment of Nicole
March 15, 2005.
2. Communication
appointment of
March 21, 2005
City Clerk transmitting
Fischels to the position of
from City Clerk transmitting
Shellie Crisman to the position of
recommendation of
Clerk II, effective
recommendation of
Clerk II, effective
3. Cheryl Huddleston, Human Resources Manager, to attend National Public
Employer Labor Relations Association Annual Training Conference in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida on April 10-16, 2005, with costs not to exceed
$2,189.60.
4. Steve Grimm, Fire Department Instructor, to teach Industrial Tech Level
classes for Advanced Transformers in Boscobel, Wisconsin on March 7-9,
2005, with costs not to exceed $410.00.
5. Randy Chapman, Police Sergeant; and Chris Gergen, Dave McFarland and
Greg Fangman, Police Officers; to attend International K9 Conference in
Aurora, Colorado on September 17-24, 2005, with costs not to exceed
$6,270.00, including use of city vehicle.
6. Randy Chapman, Police Sergeant; and Dave McFarland, Chris Gergen and
Greg Fangman, Police Officers; to attend USPCA Narcotics certification
in Oskaloosa, Iowa on April 23-24, 2005, with costs not to exceed
$894.00, including use of city vehicle.
March 7, 2005
Consent Agenda continued
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7. Dave Boesen, Fire Marshal, to attend Arson K-9 recertification class in
Springfield, Illinois on June 20-23, 2005, with costs not to exceed
$630.00, including use of city vehicle.
8. Noel Anderson, City Planner, to attend Heartland Economic Development
Course in Excelsior Springs, Missouri on April 3-7, 2005, with costs
not to exceed $1,335.00, including use of city vehicle.
c. Beer/Liquor License Permit Application
Class C
CU & The Cellar, 320 East 4th Street (Renewal) (Expires 3/17/06) (Includes
Sunday Sales)
d. Outdoor Services Area Application
CU & The Cellar, 320 East 4th Street
e. Fireworks Display Application
Supervisors Club, 3265 Dewitt Road on April 2, 2005
f. Cigarette Permit Application
Ramada Inn Convention Center, 200 West 4th Street
g. Bonds.
Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson. Motion carried.
HEARINGS & BIDS
121232 - Schmitt/Cole
that proof of publication of notice of public hearing on F.Y. 2005 Street
Reconstruction Program, Contract No. 687, as published in the Waterloo Courier
on February 22, 2005, be received and placed on file. Ayes: Six. Absent:
Gunderson. Motion carried.
121233 - This being the time and place of public hearing, the Mayor called for written
and oral objections and there were none.
Welper/Kincaid
that the hearing be closed. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson. Motion carried.
121234 - Schmitt/Cole
that "Resolution confirming approval of plans, specifications, form of
contract, etc. in conjunction with F.Y. 2005 Street Reconstruction Program,
Contract No. 687", be adopted. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2005-179.
121235 - Schmitt/Kincaid
that "Resolution ordering construction in conjunction with above project", be
adopted. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2005-180.
121236 - Schmitt/Cole
to receive, file and instruct City Clerk to open and read bids and refer to
City Engineer for review:
Bidder Bid Bond Bid Amount
Aspro, Inc. & Subsidiaries 5% $3,032,677.29
Waterloo, IA
Peterson Contractors, Inc. 5% $3,195,448.69
Reinbeck, IA
Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson. Motion carried.
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Hearings & Bids continued
121237 - Welper/Schmitt
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that proof of publication of notice of public hearing on 2005 Riverfront
Stadium Renovations and Improvements, as published in the Waterloo Courier on
February 22, 2005, be received and placed on file. Ayes: Six. Absent:
Gunderson. Motion carried.
121238 - This being the time and place of public hearing, the Mayor called for written
and oral objections.
Jerry Shatzer, 1829 West 7th Street, suggested the council put everything on
hold as oil was under $50.00 a barrel and now it is $55.00 per barrel. Mr.
Shatzer stated he was not impressed with the MidAmerican Energy campaign, as it
did not help energy costs. Mr. Shatzer stated he can't afford $60.00 per
month, and now the city is going to raise property taxes. Every time taxes go
up, people's incomes go down. Mr. Shatzer suggested the council put everything
on hold onto they have an energy plan. Mr. Shatzer stated he is for
improvements that take care of citizens in this town, not just a select few.
Paul Huting, Leisure Services Director, updated the council on the project.
Leisure Services is acting as the prime contractor for the project. The
council is opening bids on one part of the project this evening. Mr. Huting
stated the total project will cost approximately $255,000.00, and tonight's bid
includes a new restroom, concessions, office and entrance at an estimated cost
of $97,000.00. Mr. Huting reviewed additional items that are included in the
total project.
Welper/Schmitt
that the hearing be closed and oral comments be received and placed on file.
Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson. Motion carried.
121239 - Welper/Schmitt
that "Resolution confirming approval of plans, specifications, form of
contract, etc. in conjunction with 2005 Riverfront Stadium Renovations and
Improvements", be adopted. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2005-181.
121240 - Welper/Schmitt
that "Resolution ordering construction in conjunction with above project", be
adopted. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2005-182.
121241 - Welper/Schmitt
to receive, file and instruct City Clerk to open and read bids and refer to
Leisure Services Director for review:
Bidder Bid Bond Bid Amount
Mike Dolan Concrete & Masonry 5% $ 99,900.00
Waterloo, IA
Peterson Contractors, Inc. 5% $146,490.00
Reinbeck, IA
Prairie Construction Co., Inc. 5% $143,400.00
Waterloo, IA
Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson. Motion carried.
HEARINGS
121242 - Welper/Schmitt
that proof of publication of notice of public hearing on request of Gerald
Schoenfelder to approve a Development Agreement to vacate, sell and convey for
$1.00 property generally located along San Marnan Drive between Sears and
Penney's Street intersections at the location of the former Country Kitchen,
Great Dragon, and auto repair building for redevelopment of site, as published
in the Waterloo Courier on February 25, 2005, be received and placed on file.
Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson. Motion carried.
March 7, 2005
Hearings continued
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121243 - This being the time and place of public hearing, the Mayor called for written
and oral objections and there were none.
Welper/Kincaid
that the hearing be closed and recommendation of approval of Planning,
Programming and Zoning Commission be received and placed on file. Ayes: Six.
Absent: Gunderson. Motion carried.
121244 - Welper/Cole
that "an Ordinance vacating property generally located along San Marnan Drive
between Sears and Penney's Street intersections at the location of the former
Country Kitchen, Great Dragon, and auto repair building", be received, placed
on file, considered and passed for the first time. Ayes: Six. Absent:
Gunderson. Motion carried.
121245 - Welper/Cole
that rules be requiring ordinances to be considered and voted for passage at
two prior meetings be suspended. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson. Motion
carried.
121246 - Welper/Schmitt
that "an Ordinance vacating property generally located along San Marnan Drive
between Sears and Penney's Street intersections at the location of the former
Country Kitchen, Great Dragon, and auto repair building", be considered and
passed for the second and third times and adopted. Ayes: Six. Absent:
Gunderson.
Ordinance adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 4757.
121247 - Welper/Cole
that "Resolution approving said Development Agreement", be adopted and Mayor
and City Clerk authorized to execute same. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2005-183.
121248 - Welper/Schmitt
that "Resolution authorizing said sale and conveyance", be adopted and City
Attorney instructed to prepare and deliver deed accordingly. Ayes: Six.
Absent: Gunderson.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2005-184.
121249 - Greenwood/Cole
that proof of publication of notice of public hearing on issuance of not to
exceed $900,000.00 General Obligation Bonds for an Essential Corporate Purpose
to pay costs of aiding in the planning, undertaking and carrying out of urban
renewal project activities under the Downtown Waterloo Riverfront Urban Renewal
and Redevelopment Plan including costs associated with acquisition and
clearance of properties for private redevelopment, as published in the Waterloo
Courier on February 22, 2005, be received and placed on file. Ayes: Six.
Absent: Gunderson. Motion carried.
121250 - This being the time and place of public hearing, the Mayor called for written
and oral objections.
Bonnie Leitz, 331 Independence Avenue, stated she is concerned with plans to
tear down the Wonder Bread building. Ms. Leitz stated here in Waterloo we have
a Wonder Bread Convenience Store where we can buy an assortment of pies.
Mayor Hurley responded it is a misconception that the Wonder Bread building is
going to be used for the Downtown Waterloo plan. Mayor Hurley stated that
Wonder Bread is not included in any short-term plan and will stay where it is
at.
Don Temeyer, Community Planning and Development Director, stated the city has
been working with Interstate Brand to relocate them to the Industrial site as
they are landlocked, their trucks have problems loading and unloading and block
the street. Mr. Temeyer stated the city will continue to work with them to
relocate them because the employees have worked very efficiently to make them
what they are. Mr. Temeyer stated there are not on any immediate plans to move
4110 them, but that is of to say in the future something couldn't come up.
March 7, 2005
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Jeff Kutz, 4847 Edgebrook Drive, thanked the mayor and council for approving
the Downtown Master Plan and their efforts in implementing it. Mr. Kutz stated
this provides funds for the city to continue the implementation process. Mr.
Kutz stated two parcels have already been cleared and this will obtain three
more, and these types of activities will help foster the environment for
private investment in the mixed use district by the Center For The Arts. Mr.
Kutz urged the council to pass the resolution to continue that process.
Welper/Kincaid
that the hearing be closed and oral comments be received and placed on file.
Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson. Motion carried.
121251 - Kincaid/Schmitt
that "Resolution instituting proceedings to take additional action for issuance
of said bonds", be adopted. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2005-185.
PETITIONS FROM PUBLIC
121252 - Schmitt/Kincaid
that communication from City Planner transmitting request of the CBE Group for
a minor site plan amendment to the "C -2,C -Z" Conditional Zoning District
property generally located south of the existing Tower Park Office Complex to
add temporary modular buildings and parking areas during construction of new
professional office building, be received, placed on file and "Resolution
approving said minor site plan amendment", be adopted. Ayes: Six. Absent:
Gunderson.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2005-186.
DOCUMENTS
121253 - Cole/Schmitt
that communication from Police Chief transmitting application for one-year
grant from the Iowa Department of Justice Attorney General's Office, Crime
Victim Assistance Division, for a grant in the amount of $74,194.82, with
required city match of $18,548.71, to fund Police Department Domestic Abuse
Response Team (DART) program providing salary and benefits for one full-time
Dart investigator, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said
application", be adopted. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2005-187.
121254 - Cole/Schmitt
that communication from Senior Planner transmitting Final Plat of Hall Minor
Plat, including staff report, report of the City Engineer, Plat of Survey, Deed
of Dedication, Legal Description and Permanent Easement Agreement, be received,
placed on file and "Resolution approving said final plat", be adopted.
Prior to a vote on the above motion, the following comments were heard.
Councilperson Schmitt noted this property is located by the lighted
intersection by McDonald's and asked if this development will do anything about
the traffic. Councilperson Schmitt noted there is the former Hobby Lobby,
McDonald's, the frontage road and now a new Dollar General Store.
Don Temeyer, Community Planning and Development Director, stated the plat
itself does not control that. Mr. Temeyer stated staff will watch the site
plan as it comes in and not allow them to build where it will create a free for
all.
Following comments a vote was taken on the above motion, with the following
result. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2005-188.
March 7, 2005
Documents continued
121255 - Cole/Schmitt
that communication from Associate Engineer transmitting
Discontinuation of a Storm Water Discharge with Iowa Department
Resources covered under Iowa NPDES General Permit 2 for construction
in conjunction with F.Y. 2003 Hwy. 218/Cedar Valley Lakes Trail -
Trolley Car Trail, Contract No. 584, be received, placed on
"Resolution approving said notice", be adopted and Mayor authorized
same. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2005-189.
121256 - Cole/Schmitt
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Notice of
of Natural
activities
Phase I &
file and
to execute
that communication from Community Planning & Development Director transmitting
an agreement with Waterloo Development Corporation to finance the purchase of
the funeral home at 324 and 400 Commercial Street at a cost of $190,000.00, the
NAPA Building at 207 West 3=a Street at a cost of $78,500.00 and the Veterinary
Clinic at 400 Commercial Street at a cost of $189,500.00 plus the appraisal
cost of $3,750.00, including demolition of buildings at an estimated cost of
$60,000.00 at 3 percent interest until closing, be received, placed on file and
"Resolution approving said agreement", be adopted and Mayor and City Clerk
authorized to execute same. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2005-190.
121257 - Cole/Schmitt
that communication from Community Planning & Development Director transmitting
an agreement with Allbee & Son Company to purchase property located at 303
Jefferson Street at a cost of $467,369.00, be received, placed on file and
"Resolution approving said agreement", be adopted and Mayor and City Clerk
authorized to execute same. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2005-191.
ORDINANCES TO BE ADOPTED
121258 - Schmitt/Kincaid
that "an Ordinance amending the 2003 Traffic Code by repealing Subsection (e)
of Section 312, Fees—Monthly and Reserved Ramp and Lot Parking; and enacting in
lieu thereof new Subsection (e) of Section 312, Fees Monthly and Reserved Ramp
and Lot Parking (remove fee to park under 218 viaduct)", be received, placed on
file, considered and passed for the first time. Ayes: Six. Absent:
Gunderson. Motion carried.
121259 - Schmitt/Greenwood
that rules requiring ordinances to be considered and voted for passage at two
prior meetings be suspended. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson. Motion carried.
121260 - Schmitt/Kincaid
that "an Ordinance amending the 2003 Traffic Code by repealing Subsection (e)
of Section 312, Fees—Monthly and Reserved Ramp and Lot Parking; and enacting in
lieu thereof new Subsection (e) of Section 312, Fees—Monthly and Reserved Ramp
and Lot Parking (remove fee to park under 218 viaduct)", be considered and
passed for the second and third times and adopted. Ayes: Six. Absent:
Gunderson.
Ordinance adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 4758.
121261 - Cole/Schmitt
that "an Ordinance adopting the 2003 edition of the International Property
Maintenance Code", be received, placed on file, considered and passed for the
third time and adopted.
Prior to a vote on the above motion, the following comments were heard.
Mayor Hurley stated there are quite a few people here interested in this vote.
This is not a hearing, and it will be up to the Council whether we hear any
discussion. Mayor Hurley stated his office has been bombarded with visits,
phone calls and e-mails from people who are naturally concerned about what this
means. He found an awful lot of the fears and the opinions were based upon
misinterpretation and bad information. Mayor Hurley stated many people have
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visited Mr. Cutwright in his office on their particular concerns and their
concerns were abated. Mayor Hurley stated he asked Mr. Cutwright to address
Council tonight because we really haven't had a chance to take on these
concerns, fears and opinions of our citizens, and he asked Mr. Cutwright to put
together a short presentation to address Council on this matter.
Louis Cutwright, Building Official/Maintenance Administrator, stated there has
been a tremendous amount of misinformation that has been flowing through the
rumor mill, and we hope to not necessarily quail all the concerns that are out
there because its not our purpose to have this Code meet everyone's needs. But
it has a purpose to do several things. Mr. Cutwright reviewed questions that
have been asked concerning the proposed ordinance. 1) Why do we think that we
need to revise our current Code? The current Code does not address the minimum
standards for external appearance of properties. The external appearance is
directly related to home preservation, home value and ensures the public health
and safety of our citizens. 2) How old is our current Code? Our current Code
was passed in its present form, which is a Housing Code, in 1981. Does it
exist in any other documents? It exists in the Waterloo Code of Ordinances
where a current Code exists as a Housing Code. Is it effective in today's
environment? It is not effective in today's environment and it does not meet
our needs because we now have in the city many mixed neighborhoods where we
have apartments and single family dwellings together. The current Housing Code
only deals with the enforcement of housing by the Waterloo Fire Department. It
does not address single families. Unoccupied homes are allowed to decay, to
become a complete state of disrepair while the apartment houses have to follow
Code by the Fire Department. However, this existing code for the apartments
does not address completely the external preservation of the structure. And it
does not address parking in the area. 3) What does this Code do in comparison
to the Codes that we have? Section 111 of the International Property
Maintenance Code provides for an appeal board. Section 302.8.1 it talks about
parking, which has evoked or initiated a lot of discussion, and a lot of the
discussion is from those who are misinformed. It says, no more than four (4)
motor vehicles including cars, trucks, trailers, recreation vehicles, shall be
parked outside an approved garage or on residential property. If a person has
a three car garage, three cars can be inside, four cars can be out. A person
can have six vehicles that they own and park on their property.
Mayor Hurley stated there have been a number of concerns of what parking means
in this Code. There have been people with genuine concerns that they can't
have their family over for a family celebration, or Thanksgiving, and have more
than four vehicles parked outside.
Mr. Cutwright stated when you look at the definition of the word parking in the
Code, it indicates parking for the person who owns it. If there is parking for
an extended length of time, this does not have reference to having your family
over for dinner or whatever it might be. You might have 10 or 15 cars parked
around the next day depending on whether they stayed or left. Even if they
couldn't go home that night, the Code does not say we are going to come out and
do anything. The Code describes parking in the front yard. It says all
parking in the front yard should be on hard surface, which is not presently in
the Code. Hard surface is either concrete, asphalt or gravel. There are some
concerns that some driveways in the city are still dirt driveways. Many times
those driveways are only dirt because the gravel has gone down into the ground
and they have not been able to keep gravel in there. That is a place to park
that is in the front yard and we consider that as a gravel drive. The Code
does address that the places to park in the front yard are not in green grass
as far as permanent parking.
Mr. Cutwright stated Code addresses the protective treatment of homes on the
exterior of property and provides that the exterior surface must be maintained
in good condition where we do not have peeling paint and many things that
cause deterioration of the wood on that property. Overhangs, decorative
ornaments and those things cannot fall into a complete state of disrepair as
we have seen on some homes that lets pigeons roost in the attic portion of the
home where people are still living there. It even addresses the rubbish that
we generally see flying around the city in heavy winds. Where perhaps we have
a 12 unit apartment complex that has a three yard container and by midweek all
of the garbage is stacked around that container. Dogs, cats and whatever get
into it and tear the sacks open and things blow around the neighborhood. This
Ordinance tries to abate that by properly sizing the container.
Question 4) How do we ensure that the elderly and low and moderate -income
citizens aren't going to be hassled by someone busting down their door and
taking their life savings to fix up their homes? It's a hypothetical question
because we will not be breaking down doors, forcing ourselves into homes,
spending the savings of these individuals. The city will work with anyone that
has a need to help resolve their issue. Emergency repairs could be channeled
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through Community Development if this person meets the income guidelines.
Banks and other charitable organizations may have to step up to help by
offering paint. We had a situation years ago where we were looking at homes in
the city that we wanted to do this very thing, and they did step up and offered
the paint. This past year, we had a faith based organization come down from
the Minnesota area. We forgave the building permit fees and they did fix up
quite a few homes.
Question 5) How will landlords who own property in decayed neighborhoods
benefit from this Code? Owner occupied homes, which presently are not under
the Code, that are in poor condition will be addressed to help the home owner
look for ways to increase the property value, such as repairing the eaves and
painting, thus preserving the life safety and health of that item.
Question 6) Why did the International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) come
into existence? It came into existence for several reasons, one of the basic
reasons is that code officials in states and city governments recognized that
the aging city center of many cities were falling into disrepair. As early as
1996, the International Code Council (ICC) through committee began working to
develop a Code that would address this aging problem. In 1997, the first
housing code was adopted, and this is the 2003 addition of that code. As of
January 5, 2005, as retrieved from the ICC website last week, there are 48
states plus the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense, the National
Park Service in Puerto Rico, have adopted the international family of codes.
Of these 52 states and jurisdiction, 30 have specifically adopted the
International Property Maintenance Code and in five states it is effective
statewide. In Massachusetts there is over 1,900 cities and in New York there
is over 6,200 cities under this Code. They went under this Code for only one
reason, and that is to preserve the safety, welfare and health of the citizens.
And when it does that it increases property values and helps the appearance of
the City.
Question 7) Why is this Code a good thing for the City of Waterloo? Mr.
Cutwright read section 101.3, "This Code shall be construed to secure its
expressed intent, which is to ensure public health, safety and welfare insofar
as they are affected by the continued occupancy and maintenance of structures
and premises." The Code is there for the purpose of looking after the aging
housing stock, property, appearance/city image and property value to increase
those items.
Question 8) How will the Code be implemented? The Code will be implemented by
Ordinance and a phase application. The downtown Rath area 90 days after
adoption, then Ward 4, Ward 5, Ward 1, Ward 2, Ward 3, with the last Ward
implemented in January 1, 2008. The Code will be in effect by complaint
throughout the city.
Question 9) Will it generate revenue that can be turned into use to help other
people or to hire more Code Enforcement Officers? It is hoped that the
implementation of the Code throughout the city does not generate revenue
through fines. We hope that is the case because that would mean that
compliance is being met. 9) What impact will it have on our Legal Department?
If compliance is met it will add very little impact on our Legal Department.
One of the things that the Code does is establishes an Appeal Board and to a
great extent this will help assist in the grievances and resolve them before
they get to a point of fines or come to City Council. It is hoped that this
Appeal Board will be made up of five members, with three members picked by the
Neighborhood Coalition, one from the legal community and one from the
construction community. None will be employees of the City of Waterloo. This
Board is established by the IPMC and should be put into place during the 90 day
waiting period after the code has been adopted. Mr. Cutwright referred to the
packet of material given to the Council which contains a printout list of all
of those cities and states which have adopted this Code. The Code is a
document that has been tested and tried in the Courts. The Courts have looked
with favorability on the Code because it assists in the public safety, health
and welfare of any city.
Councilperson Welper stated it says emergency repairs could be channeled
through the Community Development. Rudy Jones said last week that Community
Development receives a million and a half dollars every year, and they have a
waiting list of 600 people for the next 10 years. Any additional emergency
repairs or maintenance requests going through Community Development would only
be put on a waiting list. Councilperson Welper asked where is this money
coming from.
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Mr. Cutwright responded he is not completely schooled in Community Development
but he believes that waiting list is set for those who are going for full rehab
of properties. They are on a waiting list that is that long. Mr. Cutwright
stated one of the things he has done in working with Mr. Jones over the last
three months, he has gone into doing emergency repairs and signed off when our
inspectors go to inspect. Those repairs are taking place, and they preserve
the health of the communities. Some of them are fixing soffits, some of them
doing roofs, and he doesn't know if that can be a channel or a vehicle in which
a person can avail themselves to Community Development.
Councilperson Welper stated he believes Mr. Jones said that between 80 and 100
individuals are on a waiting list to have their roofs done. Councilperson
Schmitt asked Mr. Jones if there are emergency funds available, are we talking
about a waiting list for total rehabs and total roofs, and is there still a
fund for emergencies.
Rudy Jones, Community Development Director, stated concerning emergencies, most
of the emergencies can address roofs but a lot of the emergencies deal with
water service lines, sewer lines, some that are mostly interior of the house.
Occasionally, Community Development does get some emergencies that are exterior
such as the roofs and the soffits, but they currently have money available for
approximately eight to ten roofs in the Brownfield area. But as soon as the
weather allows that money is going to be spent before July 1 rolls around.
After that point they will have no additional funds for roofs in the Brownfield
area. What emergencies don't typically address are some of the maintenance
types of things. Mr. Jones stated they cannot use Block Grant Funds to address
a house that might be having a soffit problem or painting problem because of
the regulations. A lot of what is being talked about in the International
Property Maintenance Code does not fit under Community Development Block Grant
guidelines. Then there is the timeliness of the waiting list and what it takes
to for a person to qualify, if in fact they would be eligible, and it is a
timely process.
Councilperson Welper noted there is talk from President Bush and the federal
government that it is very possible that this could be the end of Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) money. Mr. Jones responded that is correct.
With the total funds that the CDBG receives annually nation wide, they have
projected that they would like to take seven or eight departments, CDBG being
one, and give it less to approximately $3 billion. So they are talking about
combining 18 departments and giving it one billion dollars less than what we do
with just one department.
Councilperson Welper stated so this will be devastating for us here in Waterloo
considering what we spend already. And now we are looking to add more to it,
which may not even be there, so this is a mute point that we could go to
Community Development for funds.
Mr. Jones responded he doesn't see how Community Development could assist in a
major way with what the Maintenance Code calls for simply because of the types
of issues that the Maintenance Code addresses. Community Development has very
strict regulations on what's considered an emergency and how we qualify people
for a complete rehab. The regulations won't allow us to go in and address
things unless we address it under a complete rehab, and that list is 600 deep
with people who have been waiting since the mid to late 1990s. Even though the
Brownfield is a target area we are really struggling to get those funds spent.
Councilperson Cole stated as we have been discussing this at length for six
months or so it has come out numerous times but obviously not clearly enough or
often enough that the International Property Maintenance Code is not meant to
target the elderly, low income, frail people who cannot afford to fix up their
property and asked Mr. Cutwright if that is correct. Mr. Cutwright responded
that is correct. Councilperson Cole asked is it also correct we will not have
code police driving around the city looking for people whose soffits have a one
foot hole in it. Mr. Cutwright responded that is correct, and that was one of
the items that was touched on by Councilperson Welper relative to not having
enough Code Enforcement people out there. Mr. Cutwright stated you would draw
a smile if you asked the Police Chief if he has enough people on staff to
correct or control all of the speeding in the city, or if you asked the Fire
Chief if he has enough people to run his department 100 percent optimum, and
that is how it is with code enforcement. Mr. Cutwright stated people think
that it is going to be selective, but that is not the case. Mr. Cutwright
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stated you would have to drive around the city and look at the different
problems out there. If a neighbor does not complain about his neighbor, that
problem will probably exist, but if a complaint is made and its legitimate,
code enforcement will try to work with those complaints to try to get a
resolution, and not by the issuance of a citation but by working with the
homeowner to correct the problem. Mr. Cutwright stated that 90 percent of the
time that problem is corrected by the Code Enforcement Officer working with the
homeowner.
Councilperson Cole asked if it would be safe to say that 95 percent of the
people in Waterloo will not be directly effected by this Code, and Mr.
Cutwright responded that yes it is safe to say that.
Councilperson Clark asked if we have a fee schedule as Mr. Cutwright has said
if there is a violation, there would not be a citation issued, and he is
assuming if there is continued noncompliance there would be a fine. Mr.
Cutwright responded if there is continued noncompliance then it rolls into a
municipal infraction. Mr. Cutwright stated he believes the Municipal
Infraction schedule is $250.00 for the first fine, $500.00 for the second and
$750.00 for the third violation.
Councilperson Clark stated when this was initially brought before the council,
Mr. Cutwright started his presentation with a statement that said he needed a
certain amount of Code Enforcement Officers plus clerical workers in order for
this to work. Mr. Cutwright responded that he said he would need three
additional Code Enforcement Officers and one clerical individual. Mr.
Cutwright stated we currently have three fulltime Code Enforcement Officers.
Councilperson Clark stated section 304.2 says the exterior surfaces shall be
cleaned and maintained in good condition and asked will that be arbitrary and
whose opinion will it be whether or not they are cleaned and maintained. Mr.
Cutwright responded the definition section of the Code talks about the exterior
of the properties, the opening space, premises adjoining properties from coming
underneath the control of the owner. The body of the Code in Chapter 3
basically says the exterior of the property and premises shall be maintained in
a clean, safe and sanitary condition. That part of the exterior property which
occupant occupies or controls must be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
Mr. Cutwright stated he thinks the average individual knows what a clean and
sanitary condition is. Mr. Cutwright stated with the present Code when you
look at the exterior of the property and you find a tremendous amount of junk
on the exterior that is not clean and sanitary.
Councilperson Clark stated he is not talking about the junk, but at what point
is the paint peeling or the eaves falling or the window caulking falling out,
and whose opinion will that be as to whether it is in violation or not. Mr.
Cutwright responded that would be working with the Code Enforcement Officers.
If the homeowner has a difference of opinion than the Code Enforcement Officer,
section 111 establishes an Appeals Board where the individual who is aggrieved
by the enforcement of the Code can appeal the judgment of the Code Enforcement
Officer.
Councilperson Clark stated one of his extreme concerns is the selective
enforcement part of it. Councilperson Clark stated he agrees with the intent
of this Code, which is to clean up our city, which we need to do. However, he
feels like it is going to be very selectively enforced and we made the comment
that we won't target the elderly, low income, etc. So basically we are going to
target anybody who gets complained on and if one of those happens to fall into
that category, there is no money from Community Development Block Grant funds
or from the City.
Councilperson Welper showed a graph of the Census track from the 2000 census
that he had prepared by Neighborhood Services. The dark area is the highest
concentration of our citizens who fall below the poverty level. If you look at
some of these numbers you will see that it ranges with some of the higher areas
with 38 percent, 30 percent, 35 percent of the people living in those tracks
falling under the poverty level. Almost 3,700 households in our community are
below the poverty level. The graph shows they are throughout the entire city
but the heaviest concentration is in the dark area. Councilperson Welper asked
where is the funding going to come from to help these people.
Mr. Cutwright responded because that is a bridge we have not crossed as to
exactly where the funding is coming from. Mr. Cutwright asked if every home in
that Census track where individuals are below the poverty level, has a survey
been made to see if all of those homes are in need of repair. Mr. Cutwright
stated many of those people, even though they might live in the poverty level,
have very nice homes that they keep up and they live in. And they do it for
one reason because they like a place that is clean, safe and it looks good.
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Mr. Cutwright stated that is the mindset of people, and he believes the
majority of people want to live in a clean, safe home without junk strewn
around. Many people paint their homes, but he believes there are those who do
not, who seem to bring down the value of properties, and our goal is to help
those find a way to improve their property.
Councilperson Welper stated he is not against trying to fix up Waterloo, but he
is concerned about the money part of this. Councilperson Welper stated he
contacted the Waterloo School System and spoke to the Food Service Director.
She stated that 53 percent of our students either receive free or reduced
meals. Over half of our children in the schools cannot afford to pay for food.
Councilperson Schmitt stated he finds it absolutely incredible that a faith
based organization from out of state has to come to Waterloo. If we listen to
Mr. Welper's statistics, next we'll have the Peace Corp here because we are
that bad. Councilperson Schmitt stated there are means in place to help
ourselves and we need to utilize those. Church Row is a good example, and they
beat the statistics we just heard as 75 percent of the children in that
neighborhood have free or reduced meals. Church Row makes sure that they get
meals when they come home after school as well. And that is all done through
faith based organizations. There is no reason why we can't provide the same
support for the rest of the community.
Councilperson Welper stated a phone call was made to the International Code
Council as to the numbers regarding how many communities are involved in the
Code. Councilperson Welper stated they spoke to Bob Neal who said there are
2,801 cities involved, and we show 17,000.
Mr. Cutwright responded on the ICC website when it discusses adoption of the
Codes, they have it on there by city and they have it on their by state.
Forty-eight states and the District of Columbia have adopted it. Of those 48
states, five of them have adopted the International Property Maintenance Code
by state code. And when you look up the number of cities from each one of
those states, it shows that there are over 17,000 cities.
Councilperson Schmitt stated he talked to the Building Administrator from Rock
Island, Illinois. They passed this in July of last year, had a 30 day cooling
period by Illinois law, and it has been in effect since August. They are
addressing it by CDBG grants, faith -based organizations and getting help
through neighborhood associations for the people that need help.
Mayor Hurley stated if the majority of council wants to entertain comments it
would be under these guidelines: anyone who has spoken before would not be
allowed to speak, three minutes to the subject, no open debate, its going to be
civil, speakers will state their name and address, give an opinion or ask a
general question but no back and forth between the Council or members of the
chambers. Mayor Hurley asked council members what they would you like to do
regarding public input on this item.
Clark/Greenwood
that members of the public be allowed to speak with the Mayor's prevailing
conditions. Ayes: Three. Nays: Kincaid, Cole, Schmitt. Absent: Gunderson.
Motion, failed.
121262 - Mayor Hurley called for a roll call vote on the motion to approve the third
reading and adoption of the ordinance with the following result. Ayes: Four.
Nays: Clark, Welper. Absent: Gunderson.
Ordinance adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 4759.
121263 - Schmitt/Cole
that the council recess at 6:50 p.m. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson. Motion
carried.
RECESS
121264 - Cole/Schmitt
that the council reconvene at 6:54 p.m. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson.
Motion carried.
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to instruct City Engineer to prepare plans, specifications, form of contract,
etc. in conjunction with F.Y. 2005 Asphalt Overlay Program, Contract No. 688,
be received, placed on file and approved. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson.
Motion carried.
121266 - Cole/Schmitt
that plans, specifications, form of contract, etc. in conjunction with F.Y.
2005 Asphalt Overlay Program, Contract No. 688, be received and placed on file.
Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson. Motion carried.
121267 - Cole/Welper
that "Resolution preliminarily approving plans, specifications, form of
contract, etc. in conjunction with above described project", be adopted. Ayes:
Six. Absent: Gunderson.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2005-192.
121268 - Cole/Schmitt
that "Resolution setting date of hearing on plans, specifications, form of
contract, etc. as March 28, 2005 at 5:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers
and taking of bids on the above described project", be adopted and City Clerk
instructed to publish notice of same. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2005-193.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
121269 - Marry Potter commended the council for passing the International Property
Maintenance Code. Ms. Potter stated many people in her neighborhood are
elderly, low-income and young people who need help, and Code Enforcement will
work with these people and help them. Ms. Potter stated that many of the
people yelling in the hall are thinking only of themselves and not the city.
Ms. Potter stated they do have a choice to fix up their home and fix it in a
reasonable way. Ms. Potter stated many people in this community think their
homes should be rehabbed by the city. Ms. Potter stated the elderly are not
complaining. Ms. Potter stated she thinks it took a lot of courage for the
council to do this, and that sometimes Waterloo has to stand up and do what is
right.
Albert Stammler, 100 Byrnes Drive, stated he served in the Army and was
honorably discharged with a disability, and worked for 30 years for John Deere
and retired with a disability. Mr. Stammler stated he has raised three kids
alone, one who is mentally retarded. Mr. Stammler stated he works on his car
in the middle of the night in the middle of a snowstorm because he has to take
his kids to school in the morning. Mr. Stammler stated his home looks the way
it does because he doesn't have the means to pick up the telephone to call
someone to ask for help. Mr. Stammler stated he is on a fixed income, and not
one neighbor, nor one church has offered to help. Mr. Stammler stated that
every time he has asked for help he has been turned down because his income is
just above the poverty level. Mr. Stammler stated he doesn't need anyone on
the council telling him how poorly he lives because he doesn't have their
means. Mr. Stammler stated he would love to stop going to Goodwill or shopping
at Wal-Mart for clothes. Mr. Stammler stated the only organization that has
helped him is the Food Bank. Mr. Stammler stated he is very disappointed that
the council is telling the citizens they have had six year to discuss and
implement the new ordinance, and he is hurt and disappointed. Mr. Stammler
stated he has five cars that are licensed. Mr. Stammler stated he feels the
city has targeted him, and that is pathetic. Mr. Stammler stated the council
could have tabled the ordinance and gotten everybody on board, and he doesn't
think anyone needs to be aggressive or adversary. Mr. Stammler stated that not
one member of the council has offered to help him.
Dan Brandenburg, 600 South Hackett Road, stated the new ordinance makes his
father's property in violation. Mr. Brandenburg stated Mr. Cutwright assured
him that he could go before the Appeal Board, as he has eight or nine vehicles.
Mr. Brandenburg stated he is a truck driver, and last Tuesday he heard about
the ordinance in the paper. He and his fiance were going to buy a home, but
stopped looking because they are concerned about the ordinance. Mr.
Brandenburg stated he took three days off from work to be at the council
meeting tonight, and he was told by Leon Mosley that he didn't know about the
ordinance until last week. Mr. Brandenburg stated citizens elect the council
to take care of business. Mr. Brandenburg stated they have a bid on a one
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stall garage so they would not be in violation. Mr. Brandenburg stated he does
not want to give up his rights, and he called the City of Evansdale and they
said they would not pass this ordinance. Mr. Brandenburg stated they looked at
property in the Highland Historic District, and the realtor said you can't put
up in vinyl windows because of the Highland ordinance, and they told the
realtor they did not want to deal with these types of issues. Mr. Brandenburg
stated he is disappointed and hurt citizens could not speak before the council
passed the ordinance.
Mayor Hurley stated the agenda with the ordinance on it has been posted for
three weeks, its been talked about in the newspaper and has been on the
government access channel. Mayor Hurley stated if Mr. Brandenburg and his
fiance decide to buy a home in Waterloo, they would expect it to appreciate in
value. Mayor Hurley stated the overall intention of the ordinance is to make
homes safe, durable and appreciate in value. Mayor Hurley stated these are
minimum standards. Mayor Hurley stated he hopes Mr. Brandenburg does not pay
and fines, and if Mr. Brandenburg has any retribution because he spoke to call
the mayor's office.
Jerry Shatzer, 1829 West 7th Street, stated if the council thinks they have
problems now, four years from now they will have more problems because of the
price of oil. Mr. Shatzer stated he does not think the crowd was boisterous,
but he sees it as fear. Mr. Shatzer stated as he looks at the council many are
where they are today because they married up, inherited money or because of
nepotism. Mr. Shatzer stated he feels the council needs to keep things in
perspective.
Pat Rooff stated he also called the Code Council, and Bob Neal gave him some
figures and walked him through the web sites. Mr. Rooff stated he was told
just because the International Property Maintenance Code is suppose to be
statewide, not all cities within those states adopted the code, and that 2,801
cities are all that have really adopted the code. Mayor Hurley responded even
if it is only 2,801 cities, isn't that a lot of cities. Mr. Rooff said that
would be maybe 10 percent of the cities.
John Sherman, 1715 Robin Road, stated we have problems with high taxes. The
churches might help some of the folks. Mr. Sherman stated if we can't come up
with $1.5 million how is anyone going to help. Mr. Sherman stated some need
more money. One person has a scaffolding up, this is good but he has been
doing it for nine years, and he understands the reason that he can take nine
years is because it is a historical house. So if anyone has a problem, just
get your house on the historical level, and then you can do it on your own
time. Mr. Sherman stated a few members of the council said they would be more
than glad to see that volunteers would get out and help these elderly folks and
some of the other people, but lets see who is the first one on the ladder with
a paint brush. Not supervising but working. Mr. Sherman stated many are
getting too old for this. Mr. Sherman stated we all have to take care of our
stuff, but it is real easy to say let the other guy take care of it. Mr.
Sherman stated the council talked about ball diamonds tonight and spending
money and that is good. Cedar Rapids is losing money on the baseball, and they
have a lot more people, a lot more fan base and a lot more tax base than we do,
but yet they are losing money. You can take a tour just around the courthouse
and see the amount of work that is going to have to be done, and we could run
out of money before we get two blocks in any direction. Mr. Sherman stated his
neighbor has four boys he raised, and two more boys that weren't a part of his
family, he got married, remarried and he has three more kids. When the kids
come home, he is out of parking. Mr. Sherman stated some things we jump too
fast, we try to work around it and we say well we'll take care of it. The
council says we will have a committee, but how much will this committee cost,
and who will in charge of this. Mr. Sherman stated these are all things the
council should have dealt with before it was brought to the people.
Cheryl Christiansen, 1702 E. Mitchell Avenue, stated she took a survey today of
the downtown area, and there are five properties on the east side of Waterloo
that are empty. There are eight properties on the west side of Waterloo that
are empty, one of which has the base of the building that isn't even attached.
They've been completely removed and they've been sitting there for years and
nothing has been done. Ms. Christiansen stated we are talking about the
Housing Code and getting houses fixed up, but she doesn't hear anything about
commercial buildings being taken care of, and she wants to know how they are
going to be taken care of. Ms. Christiansen stated there are so many holes in
this ordinance concerning how the homes will be repaired, who is going to do
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the work, are the people going to have their own contractors come in or is it
going to be mandatory by having someone coming in and telling them who is going
to fix it. Ms. Christiansen stated there should have been a public hearing,
and that the council has done this for six years, and we are in worse shape now
than we were six years ago. Ms. Christiansen stated the council should know
better than to pass something without the publics input first.
Bob Smith, 143 Chicago Street, stated his dad lives on 222 Peoria Street, and
he wants to know when the junk abandoned house located at 218 Peoria Street is
going to get torn down. It has been abandoned for two years, he has talked to
everybody, he can't get any answers. There are pigeons all over the place, and
the council is going to pass this ordinance when they don't even have money to
take care of that house.
Mayor Hurley stated he doesn't remember which homes are on our list already,
but that would be a place to start.
Mr. Smith asked with the parking in the new ordinance is he is only suppose to
have a combination of four vehicles, such as boats, trailers, trucks. Mayor
Hurley responded four vehicles parked outside. Mr. Smith stated so if he has
two trucks, a boat and trailer and a car, he will have to get rid of one
because he can only have four. Mayor Hurley responded yes.
Mr. Smith stated that means every 48 hours he would have to move one of them
out of parking, off his property .onto the street for five minutes to satisfy
the code because the city isn't going to enforce this because they don't
enforce it now. Mr. Smith stated if you drive around Waterloo you see vehicles
parked between the sidewalk and the curb in the grass on city -owned parking,
and he calls the Police Department and tells them its city property, they are
abandoned and they need to be moved and ticketed. When he goes back a day or
two later, they are still there and he calls the Police Department to ask what
happened and is told it is officer's discretion so this ordinance is not needed
when the city can't even enforce what we have now.
Mayor Hurley asked Mr. Smith what he would suggest on the positive side and
does he agree we want a better Waterloo in terms of property values. Mr. Smith
responded he would make sure that people do not park between the curb and the
sidewalk. Mr. Smith stated there are people who abuse this parking situation,
like what was discussed before about the guy over on Wisconsin Street but
nothing has been done about that and half the vehicles don't have engines or
transmissions so they are already in code violation and nothing is being done
about it. Mr. Smith stated if the city would just enforce what we have now,
within reason, we don't need the new ordinance. Mr. Smith stated a lot of
people have more than four vehicles, and a lot them are not cheap. Mr. Smith
stated he does not think the city will go to the Prospect area or Audubon Park
and tell somebody who has a $30,000.00 - $50,000.00 SUV, a $50,000.00 Airstream
and a big boat, that they have to get rid of one of them and that they can't
park it in their driveway. Mr. Smith stated as far as the Christmas, birthday
thing being exempt, the words birthday party, Christmas, holidays, nor
Thanksgiving do not appear in the code, so technically if you have ten vehicles
for a Christmas party in your driveway you are in violation.
Mr. Smith stated his house is very old, it sits in the back half of the lot,
and his back door is 10 feet off of the alley. Mr. Smith asked if his front
yard is his back or is his back yard his front because the distance from the
curb to his front door is eighty -something feet.
Mayor Hurley responded that if we were in a situation where Mr. Smith might be
approached or cited this is exactly the kind of thing where he would go to the
Appeals Board. Mayor Hurley stated nobody can write an ordinance or law that
covers every situation, and that some of the examples given by Mr. Smith are
exactly the case with our existing ordinance.
Mr. Smith stated that as he said before the city is not going to go to Prospect
and tell some big shot lawyer to get rid of one of his vehicles. Mayor Hurley
responded Prospect is in Ward 2 so it is the second to last ward we will
implement.
E.J. Lentsch, 1181 Cornwall, expressed his appreciation to the gentleman who
worked so hard getting this put together as it has been a lot of work for about
six years. Mr. Lentsch stated is has been his experience that people and
society need a set of rules to live by. Often times if those rules aren't
imposed on them or if they are left to their own discretion, they soon don't
know what they can do and what they can't do. Mr. Lentsch stated he looks at
the bitter blunt end of it, if they won't abide by the rules then they have to
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pay the cost. Mr. Lentsch stated he does not see anything wrong with the code
that passed, and he supports it wholeheartedly. Mr. Lentsch stated he faced
about 25 people this morning when he went down to George's for coffee because
they saw him on television. They saw the back end of his head and they
recognized him when he said that all we are trying to do is make the place look
better, make it livable, and he doesn't see anything wrong with it. Mr.
Lentsch stated he was surprised at how much misinformation is out there.
Welper/Cole
that the above oral comments be received and placed on file. Ayes: Six.
Absent: Gunderson. Motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT
121270 - Welper/Cole
that the Council adjourn at 7:31 p.m. Ayes: Six. Absent: Gunderson. Motion
carried.
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Nancy Eckert, CMC
City Clerk