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TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Sheila Lundt, Assistant to the City Manager
DATE: March 3, 2000
SUBJECT: Under-Age Smoking Enforcement/Compliance
Attached is Page 7 of the Minutes of your meeting of December 28, 1999. As you will recall, you tabled
the"Process for Under-Age Smoking Enforcement/Compliance" until the first regular meeting in March
after asking Senator Hammond and Representative Greimann to work on the issue of the State
Department of Health handling revocations instead of the Council.
Also attached is information regarding Senate and House Files introduced regarding under-age smoking
legislation.
Staff knows of no other pending legislation addressing the Council's concerns.
/dry
Attachments
fMINUTES OF MEETING OF 12/28/99
Moved by Parks to table this item until the Water Study is received. Motion failed for lack of a
second.
Moved by Campbell, seconded by Hoffman, to deny the request for annexation of the property
generally referred to as Hallett's Quarry (Grand Harbour development), which automatically
denies the request for rezoning since the City cannot zone property outside its corporate limits.
Vote on Motion: 4-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
Council Member Campbell said that she is concerned about the City staff and the developer
putting any more time, effort, or expense into this project when there are so many outstanding
issues to be resolved.
Council Member Wirth referenced the large number of unresolved issues that make her unwilling
to continue looking at this proposal. Council Member Hoffman concurred with Ms. Wirth, stating
that this is a critical-resource area that must be protected. Ms. Hoffman doesn't feel that it is in
the best interest of the citizens of Ames to pursue a residential development in the Hallett's
Quarry area.
Moved by Hoffman, seconded by Wirth, to direct staff to look at the feasibility of developing a
park in this area and to look at finding funding sources.
Vote on Motion: 4-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
Meeting recessed at 9:07 p.m. and reconvened at 9:15 p.m.
HANDICAPPED EMPLOYEE PARKING IN DOWNTOWN AND CAMPUSTOWN
BUSINESS DISTRICTS: Moved by Wirth, seconded by Parks, to approve the concept of allowing
handicapped employees of Main Street and Campustown Business Districts to purchase a booklet
of"permits" to use at a metered parking space and to refer this matter to the City Attorney to
draft an ordinance reflecting the concepts of this new program.
Vote on Motion: 4-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
PROCESS FOR UNDER-AGE SMOKING ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE: Council
Member Campbell reminded the Council that they had asked Senator Hammond and
Representative Greimann to work on the issue of the State Department of Health handling
revocations instead of the City Council serving as the hearing board.
Moved by Campbell, seconded by Parks,to table this item until the first regular meeting in March
2000.
Vote on Motion: 4-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
ORDINANCE REMOVING 50' PARKING PROHIBITION ON THE WEST SIDE OF
BURNETT AVENUE: Moved by Wirth, seconded by Parks, to pass on first reading an ordinance
removing the 50'parking prohibition on the west side of Burnett Avenue between 18th Street and
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SF 2362 PARK OFFICERS(Natural Resources; Successor to SF 2065)Requires the State Conservation
Commission to assign the same number of full-time officers to each park in 2001 as were assigned in 1999.
Defines the full-time officer as someone who has been through a law enforcement academy.
SF 2363 CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS LEAVE(Judiciary;Successor to SSB 3203)Allows an employee in the
Department of Corrections to donate sick leave to another employee because of a catastrophic illness incurred in
the line of duty. Defines catastrophic illness to mean an illness which prevents the employee from working for
ore than thirty days.
SF 2364 CIVIL SERVICE RESIDENCY(Local Government;Successor to SF 2106�Strikes a requirement that
state civi servants live in the statesllliing their employment.
SF 2365 FIP EDUCATION(Human Resources;Successor to SSB 3096)Allows FIP recipients to take thirty-six
months for supported post-secondary education in a forty-eight month period. Requires the DHS to amend
earlier agreements that allowed only twenty-four months in a thirty-six month period.
[Increases
2366 TOBACCO LAWS(Human Resources;Successor to SSB 3206)IDs: Makes the use of a driver's
ense by a minor to purchase tobacco a simple misdemeanor. Authorizes the seizure of fake identification.
nishment: Establishes alternative punishments including education programs and community service for
nors who violate the tobacco laws. Other: Allows minors to handle tobacco products as part of their job.
mits license revocations to the place of business where the offense occurred but not to other locations.
fines.
SF 2367 PREGNANCY INFORMATION(Human Resources; Successor to SSB 3186)Requires the reporting of
various medical information regarding the termination of a pregnancy,including the name of the facility and the
location,the type of procedure,the name of the doctor and the name of the person completing the report,the
confidential identifier of the patient,the ancestry and history of other births and the time of the patient's last
period. Deletes requirements that spontaneous terminations be reported.
SF 2368 FIP CHANGES(Human Resources; Successor to SSB 3104)Filings: Strikes certain confidentiality
provisions to allow DHS to file reports about recipients in local and county offices. Two-Parent Families:
Expands eligibility of FIP for two-parent families. Defines the second imposition of a limited benfit plans for
two-parent families as a subsequent limited benefit plan. Other: Expands the use of subaccounts. Allows some
persons who are not US citizens or qualified aliens to participate in FIP but not in JOBS. Makes other changes.
SF 2369 JUVENILE RECORDS/CHILD ABUSE INFORMATION(Human Resources; Successor to HSB 708)
Allows for the schools and juvenile justice agencies to enter agreements to share information regarding juvenile
court records. Allows child abuse information from DHS to be shared if DHS approves and sharing the
information is necessary to the disposition of the case.
SF 2370 LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING(Local Government;Successor to SSB 3178)Boards: Changes
the City Development Board to the Land Management Planning Board and expands membership and duties.
Requires the board to give oversigfht to state strategic planning. Establishes the State Strategic Development
Council,with members from the Governor's office,the DED,DOT,DOC,DALS,DGS,the Legislature and
others,to oversee planning of major state projects. Requires cities and counties to create strategic development
councils. Plans: uires local strategic boards to approve plans. Authorizes the Land management Planning
be i e
Board to resolve conflicts. Requires strategic plans to wit the county recorder to take effect. Requires
the plan to be th Fund: Creates the Land Management Planning Fund to reimburse local development councils.
County Requirements: Requires counties to implement a Permanent Land Use and Natural Resources
Igventory System. Requires that development conform to strategic planning to qualify to economic incentives.
Requires petitions for involuntary annexations include time and date for the required public meeting.
SF 2375 LIGHT HUNTING(Natural Resources; Successor to SF 2205)Prohibits hunting with an artificial light.
Exceptions: Establishes exceptions for hunting raccoons,for the use of artificial light in other seasons,for
hunting deer within cities and for farmers during normal agricultural activities if they do have a weapon with
them.
SF 2376 RIIF--SEPTIC TANKS(Judge,et al)Appropriates$600,000 from RIIF to DNR for a septic tank
revolving loan fund.
SF 2377 PUBLIC HEALTH SCHOOL(Dvorsky,et al)Appropriates$2.75 million from the GF to fund the
l school of public health and the public health initiative at the University of Iowa.
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Volume 35,Bulletin#27,Monday,February 28th,2000
Republicans Call for Spending Tobacco Settlement on Health Care
_Republicans leaders proposed spending most of the tobacco settlement on health care. Their proposals
include.
Health Care Reimbursements
• $6.45 million to create better access to health care by increasing reimbursement rates for Medicare primary
care services.
• $4.32 million to raise the reimbursements for providers of services to physically and mentally challenged
Iowans.
• $4.3 million to improve access for dental services for Medicaid recepients.
• $3.6 million for reimbursements to providers of rehabilitative and other services for children.
• $2.4 million to ensure access to home health care by improving Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements.
• $2.3 million to ensure access to hospital care by improving Medicaid reimbursements.
• $$1 million in increased reimbursements to providers of other services.
• $500,000 to support the rural Critical Hospital Access pro ram
moking Prevention/Public Heafi
• $9.36 million for teen smoking prevention programs.
• $2.5 million for substance abuse treatment
• $418,000 to replace federal funds in CBCs and other rehabilitative programs
• $400,000 for a poison control center.
• $300,000 for core public health functions such as disease surveillance.
• $300,00 for the co-ordination of emergency medical services.
• $192,000 for drug courts.
Trust Fund
• $9.0 million to be placed in a trust fund
Bush Wins Weekend Primaries/Leap Day Primaries
Governor George Bush won all 26 delegates up for selection in Puerto Rico and the other territorial
primaries,giving Bush a 96-93 lead in delegates for the Republican nomination.
The Republicans are holding primaries in Virginia and Washington;the Democrats are holding a
primary in Washington.
And,in an entirely unrelated matter,Happy Leap Day Birthday Fire Captain Mark Kirchgelsar.
(Sometimes it's nice to be the editor.)
HOUSE
House Files Introduced: 19
House Study Bills Assigned to Committee:3
The House will reconvene at 8:45 A.M.Tuesday,February 29th,2000
SENATE
Senate Files Introduced:34
Senate Study Bills Assigned to Committee: 0
Senate Resolutions: 1
SIR 2004 GOVERNOR TERM LIMITS(State Government; Successor to SJR 3)Limits the governor and the It.
governor to eight years of service.
The Senate will reconvene at 9:00 A.M.Tuesday,February 29th,2000
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HOUSE FILES INTRODUCED ; \
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V v� HF 2363 DNR WASTE STUDY (Foege) Directs the DNR to conduct a solid waste management study and
report its finding to the GA by December 15,2000. (Environmental Protection)
HF 2364 SUPPLEMENT WEIGHTING AT-RISK(Whitead&Warnstadt)Imposes_a new formula for weighting
supplemental at-risk pupil attendance records. (Education)
HF 2365 INVESTIGATING CHILD DEATHS(Judiciary; Successor to HSB 597)4equires the child death
review team to review all deaths of children up to the age of eighteen. (Calendar) {
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HF 2366 OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT(Judiciary;Successor to HSB 557)Establishes
procedure and criteria for court ordered outpatient mental health treatment akin to involuntary hospitalizations.
Allows for pre-hearing examination by a doctor. Requires Department of Human Services to develop summary
of procedures for applicants and respondents. Provides for payment of costs for applications filed without
probable cause or good faith belief. Creates a rebuttable presumption of a person's competence to make their
own medical decisions if they have had twelve months compliance with treatment. Many other technical
changes. (Calendar)
HF 2367 UNDERAGE DRINKING&DRIVING(Judiciary;Successor to HSB 625)Requires the notification of
parents and school authorities whenever a minor is charged with OW]or has a BAC level of 0.02 or above.
(Calendar)
HF 2368 WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS(Transportation; Successor to HSB 660)Requires compliance with weight
restrictions on bridges by farming vehicles. Allows local authorities to issue special-use permits. (Calendar)
HF 2369 IPERS&MARITAL PROPERTY(Frevert,et al)Requires IPERS to determine the amount payable to
a member upon retirement based on percentage of the benefit as of the date of a marital property order. (State
Government)
HF 2370 FOCUSED SMALL BUSINESS(Reynolds)Amends the definition of focused small business to
included a new small business owned and managed by one or more women. (Economic Development)
�• HF 2371 BAR& SMOKING(Shoultz)Requires that establishments that serve any food cannot be considered a
`bar' for purposes of the state smoking laws. (State Government)
HF 2372(Reynolds)Directs the State Fire Marshal to adopt rules requiring retail distributors of gasoline to make
available propane locator for customers. (Agriculture)
HF 2373 CLOSING PROTECTION(Economic Development; Successor to HSB 592)Allows the Iowa Finance
Authority to issue a closing protection letter through the title guarantee division. Sets the circumstances under
which the division may indemnify. Allows the division to adopt fees. (Calendar)
HF 2374 REVERSION OF MONEY(Economic Development;Successor to HF 2164)Requires that any
unencumbered money received from the Iowa Finance Authority by the Iowa Housing Corporation be returned
to the Finance Authority. (Calendar)
HF 2375 PRIVATE ACTIVITIES BONDS(Economic Development; Successor to HSB 668)Changes the
method of allocating to governmental units the state ceiling amount for federal tax-exempt private activity
bonds. (Calendar)
HF 2376 V TERANS PREFERENCE(Local Government;HSB 659)Requires a public employer notify an
unsuccessful veteran applicant within ten days of the denial of an appointment and provide a copy of the specific
grounds for the denial. (Calendar)
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Bulletin#33,Wednesday,March 8th,2000 Page C SF 2423
SENATE FILES INTRODUCED
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3 MILLENNIUM FUND(McCoy,et al)Creates the Millennium Fund to help cities or local governments
ajor projects. Requires a 50%match from the local government. Authorizes a deposit of sufficient
receipts into the fund to pay for the principal and interest and authorizes the Treasurer to issue up to
illion in bonds for the fund. Contains related provisions.
Bulletin#33,Wednesday,March 8th,2000 Page B HSB 751-HSB 757
HOUSE STUDY BILLS ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE
HSB 751 CONDO TAXES(Ways&Means)Requires a 45 day notice to the applicable city,county,or state
authorities before converting a structure to a condominium complex. Requires the structure to meet the current
applicable city or county building code for condos or the state building code before it can be converted into
condos. Requires that the fair market value of the land and limited or general common elements be included for
property tax purposes.
Drake(C)Doderer,Holmes
HSB 752 NULLIFYING ADMINISTRATIVE RULES(Ways&Means)Proposed Joint Resolution nullifying
amendments to the Administrative Rules of the Department of Revenue concerning taxing as commercial real
estate units in a commercial condominium complex if more than one-half are rented without the intent to resell.
Drake(C),Doderer,Holmes
HSB 753 ABANDONED PROPERTY(Ways&Means)Exempts credits,advance payments,overpayments,gift
certificates,unclaimed or refunded layaway deposits,and similar types of credit devices from the definition of
"property"under the unclaimed property unless it is held by a bank or financial institution. Requires holder of
the property to keep records for three years after filing the required State Treasury's Office. Allows an
independent auditor to inspect records for the Treasurer.
Sukup(C),Larson,Myers
HSB 754 COMPUTER SUPPLY TAX EXEMPTION(Ways&Means)Exempts supplies for computers,
machinery,and equipment used in processing by a manufacturer or to store information by data processing
services.
Larson(C),Jochum,Sukup
HSI3 755 CAPITAL GAINS TAXES(Ways&Means)Allows a 25 percent deduction for the year 2000 and 50
percent deduction thereafter of the capital gain from the sale of capital stock of a corporation required by the
taxpayer on account of employment by the corporation. Limits taxpayer to making the election for one year and
the taxpayer to two elections for two different corporations during the taxpayer's lifetime. Retroactive to
January 1,2000.
Sukup,Larson,Weigel
HSB 756 IHELA CAPITAL PROJECT LOANS(Ways&Means)Allows the Iowa Higher Education Loan
Authority to issue obligations to non-educational institutions for capital project costs if the project is leased to an
educational institution. Exempts from state and local taxes income or gains from the sale of bonds issued after
July 1,2000.
Raecker(C),Boal,Frevert
' HSB 757 TAX C'NANGES(Ways&Means)Amends numerous provisions of the tax code..Allows businesses
�► eligible to receive benefits under the New Jobs and Inco_me_Act up to one year to file for a reund. Allows the
DO o en in o agreements with Indian Tribes to collect and distribute state and tribal taxes. Allows DORF
to abate sales taxes due from a retailer if the retailer relied on written advice from DORF. Requires county
auditors to notify DORF if a local Hotel and Motel Tax election. Adds Limited Liability Companies to list of
exempt businesses for the use tax on vehicle transfers Limits to.three years the time to assess a charge or file a
refund claim of the Environmental Protection Charge. Allows the DORF to collect unpaid Real Estate Transfer
Taxes the same way as unpaid income taxes. F.xrmpts from the Iowa Inheritance TaY_di�ih»tions to
beneficiaries whet er in a lump-sum or installment payments- aid on fuel u
for racin equires a eats o ci arettepermit suspensions be s endin authori Im oses a tax of 42
cents per ounce on a inventory of tobacco snuff distributors. Makes other changes.
Sukup(C),Larson,Myers
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