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From YouTube: 2-21-22 City Council work session
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Des Moines City Council morning work session on Monday, February 21, 2022.
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So
the
current
ordinance
for
trailers
prohibits
parking
of
a
motor
truck
having
a
freight
capacity
of
greater
than
one
ton
or
any
trailer
semi-trailer
tractor
road
tractor
truck
tractor
on
any
portion
of
a
street
of
budding
a
residentially
zoned
district.
So
these
districts
are
the
end
districts
right
now.
D
So
a
proposed
resolution,
we
would
like
to
keep
the
provision
of
regarding
weight
of
trailers
on
residential
streets
that
keeps
semi-trailers
from
being
parked
and
driven
on
residential
streets
that
aren't
truck
routes
and
protects
the
integrity
of
our
streets.
So
they
don't
deteriorate
with
the
heavy
load,
we'd
like
to
amend
chapter
114-64,
to
prohibit
trailers
to
be
parked
on
city
streets
unattended
with
a
tow
vehicle
without
a
tow
vehicle
in
any
zoning
district.
So
I
know
that
council
member
westergard
had
some
concerns
up
on.
D
I
think
it
was
broadway
where
semi
trucks
were
easton,
dropping
their
trailers
pulling
away
the
tow
vehicle
and
just
leaving
them
parked
there
until
they
wanted
to
use
them
again.
We
don't
think
that
our
streets
should
be
used
for
that
type
of
activity.
An
exception
we'd
like
to
build
in
would
be
work.
Trailers
that
were
parked
from
7
am
to
10
pm
for
use
at
an
active
construction
site.
For
instance,
when
I
had
my
roof
done,
they
would
pull
the
trailer
up
in
front
detach,
get
the
materials
in
and
out
of
it.
D
E
My
confusion
is:
is
that
I've
talked
to
the
police
and
the
police
have
said:
no,
they
can't
be
there
because
on
the
north
side
of
the
street
is
all
residential.
On
the
south
side,
there's
really
nothing.
It's
just
the
freeway.
There
are
green
signs
and
then
I've
talked
to
zoning.
I've
talked
to
traffic
and
transportation.
E
I
think
the
last
memo
I
got
from
traffic
and
transportation
said
that
is
a
truck
route.
That
is
not
true,
it
is.
They
are
green
signs.
You
don't
get
into
the
truck
until
you
get
to
the
wolf
and-
and
I
went
out-
and
I
took
pictures
of
all
of
these,
but
I
can't
I
mean
does
does
our
traffic
and
transportation
not
understand
or
where
is
the
confusion
that
that
the
police
say
you
can't
be
there?
Then?
Then
traffic
says
you
can
and
you
know
they've
sent
me
the
ordinance,
but
they
are
green
signs.
D
I
think
I
think
you're
correct
they
are
not
supposed
to
be
there.
I
think
there's
some
confusion
with
the
language
on
the
end
districts.
We
want
to
take
that
out.
That
would
allow
nid
to
write
tickets,
zoning
can
write,
tickets
and
police
can
write
tickets,
but
traffic
and
transportation
doesn't
write
the
tickets
we're
the
ones
out
there
that
have
to
do
the
enforcement.
This
just
clarifies
it,
so
there
isn't
any
question
about
where
they
can
and
can't
park.
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E
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F
D
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D
D
So
the
potential
issue
is
that
hud
is
now
requiring
carbon
monoxide
detectors
and
subsidized
we're
only
using.
We
don't
want
those
owners
to
choose
to
opt
out
of
the
subsidized
rental
program
because
of
the
specific
requirement
for
hud,
and
so
what
we'd
like
to
do
is
have
it
be
an
across-the-board
requirement
that
does
increase
safety
of
all
residents
and
rental
units,
and
it
puts
everybody
then,
at
the
level
playing
field.
D
We
would
then
begin
to
inspect
them
as
a
requirement
of
our
rental
code,
and
then
that
would
also
comply
with
the
federal
and
state
law.
We
would
require
installation
by
december
27th
of
2022
for
subsidized
units
and
then
require
all
other
rental
units
to
install
by
the
next
renewal
inspection.
It's
kind
of
two
reasons
for
this.
We
know
we
have
to
do
the
subsidized
units,
that's
you
know,
mandated
by
hud,
but
we
also
feel
that
asking
every
rental
unit
in
the
city
to
all
of
a
sudden
get
carbon
monoxide
may
overload
the
supply
chain.
G
H
B
H
I
G
D
J
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D
In
some
cases,
tenants
seemed
unable
to
get
repairs
completed
for
their
buildings
and
units
seems
like
mechanical
parts,
are
scarce,
causing
delays
and
completing
repairs.
This
is
just
what
I'm
hearing
so
we
also
know
that
space
heaters
are
not
not
safe,
supplemental
heat
sources;
they
can
overload
an
electrical
system.
If
you
have,
you
know
12
units
and
everybody
else
is
using
space
heaters.
It
can
overload
and
cause
flash
fires,
and
we
don't
want
to
have
that
happen.
D
D
We
also
have
you
know,
generally
the
lack
of
energy
efficiency
with
aging
heat
sources,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
owners
and
managers
ensure
that
combustion
equipment
is
maintained
and
properly
adjusted
now
you'll
remember.
We
also
brought
to
you
the
separation
of
heating
sources
in
with
forced
air,
so
that's
still
going
forward.
If
we
choose
to
do
something.
Additionally,
I
want
to
add
it
into
that
ordinance
before
I
bring.
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F
D
G
Well,
after
hearing
from
people
this
winter,
I
mean
it
shouldn't
get
to
the
point
I
mean
it
was
really
unsafe
conditions.
People
have
had
to
move
out
and
whether
it's
a
yearly
or
whatever,
I
think
there
needs
to
be
some
requirement
for
making
sure
things
are
inspected
for
safety.
When
you
have
multiple
apartments.
H
Well,
I
mean
I,
I
think
this
is
a
just
a
best
practice
from
a
maintenance
perspective.
Anyway,
I
mean
so,
I
think
a
lot
of
the
responsible
building
owners
are
are
probably
getting
annual
maintenance
and
tune
up
the
other
piece
that
this
helps
accomplish
it
I
mean
when
a
boiler
or
furnace
system
is
not
inspected
and
not
tuned
up
annually,
it's
going
to
run
less
efficiently,
so
I
I
think
we
we
accomplish
a
safety,
a
really
important
safety
function
with
this
requirement,
and
we
also,
I
think,
help
a
little
bit
with
energy
efficiency.
H
So
I'm
I'm
supportive.
I
know
we've
had
a
lot
of
maybe
not
a
lot,
but
several
of
these
issues
in
some
of
the
older
apartments
in
sherman,
hill
and
and
in
the
you
know,
university,
drake,
neighborhood
area,
so
providing
some
recourse
for
and
perhaps
heading
this
off
in
advance,
so
that
there
are
either
fewer
of
these
or
we
we
have
a
a
better
way
to
get
a
handle
on
it.
I
think,
makes
a
lot
of
sense,
and
it
also,
I
think,
doing
it
this
way.
H
J
D
Did
in
one
building
it
happened
twice,
they
fixed
it
in
november
and
then
it
broke
again.
I
think
in
december,
and
that
time
I
was
told
there
was
a
part
that
they
had
to
go
get
and
the
owner
actually
drove
to
cedar
rapids
on
monday
to
get
it
to
get
it
back.
I
I
don't
know
if
it
was
the
same
part
that
broke.
I
don't
know
if
it
was
a
different
issue.
I
don't
know
if
it
was,
you
know,
duct
taped
together
and
then
it
finally
broke
again.
I
just
don't,
have
the
I
don't.
J
D
Well,
it's
it's
sort
of
tricky
in
the
instance
that
were
the
one
of
the
instances.
I
did
call
the
managing
manager
on
sunday
and
said:
hey
get
it
fixed
and
he
said
he
had
had
somebody
out
there
and
it
was.
It
was
repaired
which
wasn't
true
because
monday,
when
we
went
out
it,
the
boiler
company
was
actually
there
working
it.
If
we
want
to
take
him
to
court
on
a
fine,
most
likely
judge
is
going
to
say
well,
it's
fixed,
you
know
he
it
wasn't
his
fault
it
broke.
D
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D
This
isn't
I've
thought
a
lot
about
it.
I
don't
know
if
we
could
take
him
to
housing,
appeals
board
and
get
a
fine,
but
even
then
the
housing
appeals
board
is
going
to
have
the
same
quandary
as
the
judge.
Well,
he
didn't
know
it
was
going
to
break,
and
now
you
want
to
punish
him
for
something
he
fixed.
So
that's
where
we
get
into
that.
G
Yeah,
I
just
think
that
having
something
like
this
then
helps
offset
it,
because
it's
making
them
do
the
inspection
if
they
aren't
doing
the
inspections,
and
if
you
have
an
inspection,
you
know
that
there's
issues
with
it,
then
when
it
goes
down,
I
don't
know
if
you
would
have.
Therefore
you
couldn't
say
I
didn't
know
it.
D
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J
Is
there
a
way
to
like
speed
up
the
process
where
you
change
their
inspection
timeline
so
like
in
this
like
situation
where
there
was
something
was
fixed,
but
it
wasn't
or
like
heat,
was
out
for
a
certain
period
of
time?
Is
there
a
way
to
like,
instead
of
waiting
for
their
next
inspection
and
then
like
re
deciding
if
they're
gonna
be
on
the
year
and
a
half
for
the
or
the
shorter
timelines?
Is
there
a
way
to
just
say,
like
there's
a
strike
and
you're
on
a
lower
timeline.
D
Well
it
it
would
come
up
on
their
reinspection
as
a
valid
complaint
during
the
last
inspection
cycle,
which
could
shorten
the
next
inspection
cycle
and
put
them
on
a
shorter
cycle.
So
essentially
that's
what
we're
doing
is
saying
you
didn't
manage
it
correctly,
so
we're
going
to
come
back.
You
know
in
18
months,
instead
of
you
know
two
and
a
half
years
and
we're
going
to
be
back
here
and
you
have
to
do
your
annual
boiler
inspection
at
the
same
time,
so
it
sort
of
counts
in
that
you
know
reinspection
being
shortened.
H
H
H
They're,
yes,
and
I
mean,
is
there
something
that
we
can
do
from
a
code
perspective
to
I
mean
to
require
if
there's
a
50
year
old
boiler,
that's
being
patched
together,
I
mean
we
know,
that's
not
meeting
our
efficiency
requirements,
so
it's
problematic
in
that
regard.
We
know
it's
a
greater
risk.
Can
we
maybe
start
requiring
requiring
a
certain
vintage
to
upgrade
as
a
condition
of
a
rental
license,
upgrade
the
equipment?
D
I
started
to
go
that
direction
myself
with
that
thought.
Process.
Kind
of
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
use
this
to
get
a
baseline
of
what
we
think
the
boiler
situation
is
out.
There
would
at
least
get
one
or
two
seasons
of
inspections,
because
when
we're
doing
it
now,
they're
gonna
have
to
do
it
by
the
end
of
summer
before
they
turn
it
back
on.
D
We
can
get
an
estimate
of
the
age.
We
can
get
an
estimate
of
the
numbers
that
are
out
there,
because
we
don't
really
even
know
how
many
there
are
and
then
maybe
if
this
doesn't
go
as
far
as
we
want
it
to,
we
can
say:
okay
boilers
have
a
life
expectancy
of
40
years,
so
anything
over
40
years
that
doesn't
pass
some
matrix
has
to
be
replaced.
But
I'd
like
to
get
some
data
I'd
like
to
get
some.
D
G
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J
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D
D
D
D
No,
I
was
told
quite
quite
adamantly
by
the
fire
department
that
that
wasn't
good.
It's
not
adequate.
It's
also
a
safety
hazard.
Okay,
I
mean,
if
you,
if
you
have
electrical
and
you
plug
in
this-
is
the
example
that
was
given
to
me.
You
plug
in
a
space
heater
and
your
daughters
and
or
son,
is
in
the
restroom.
You
know
plugging
in
the
plug
in
the
blow
dryer,
you
can
have
overload
of
the
circuit
and
cut
and
cause
a
fire
in
the
electrical
service.
So
too
many
space
heaters
in
a
building
could
create
fire
hazards.
D
D
We
thought
that
one
through
also
it's
problematic,
because
it
would
fall
back
on
us
to
pay
for
it
if
the
landlord
wouldn't
and
then
we'd
have
to
collect
from
the
landlord,
not
saying
that
that's
off
the
table,
I'm
just
we
got
to
think
it
through.
We
got
to
think
it
through
it.
You
know
two
o'clock
on
saturday
morning
when
we
get
the
call
or
we're
gonna
have
staff
all
of
a
sudden
get
out
of
bed
and
go
out
and
find
motel
units.
D
Do
we
have
a
cap
on
the
cost
of
the
motel
unit?
You
know
I
mean
do
we
say
you
can
stay
at
the
hilton
and
have
room
service
or
or
do
you
have
to
stay
at
motel
6,
which
isn't
necessarily
good
either
by
the
way?
But
in
my
opinion,
so
we
haven't
worked
through
all
of
those
different
scenarios
on
how
the
city
would
be
involved.
D
J
Yeah,
you
know,
I
guess
it's
just
a
matter
of
like
making
sure
people
have
somewhere
like
if
they're
there's
a
part
out,
and
it
takes
five
days.
You
know
like
in
this
situation,
like
dishes
were
like
frozen
in
the
sink
type
of
thing.
You
know
what
I
mean,
because
it
was
like
out
for
so
long.
So
I
would
like
to
explore
that
if
that's
a
possibility.
D
We've
started
we'll
continue
to
work
on
that
angle.
We
just
didn't
haven't
figured
out
how
to
make
it
work.
I
I
would
assume
they
could
also
call
red
cross
and
maybe
get
our
salvation
army
has
emergency
housing
options,
so
maybe
they
could
call
red
cross
or
salvation
army
and
get
housing
through
them
as
an
emergency.
D
E
E
D
J
E
D
So
they
parked
the
trailer
on
the
street
while
they
were
doing
the
roofing
and
siding
because
they
didn't
have
any
other
where
to
stage.
But
then,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
they
loaded
up
and
pulled
it
away.
Okay,
so
it
would
be
allowed
to
be
unattended
during
at
active
construction
site
during
the
construction.
J
Okay,
I
just
know
there
were
complaints
in
beaverdale
around
the
fairway
construction.
More
of
that
was
like
there
had
been
an
agreement
that
there
wouldn't
be
construction
parking
on
41st
place,
and
then
there
was-
and
there's
been
a
lot
of
back
and
forth
about
that.
So
I
was
just
wondering
if,
but
I,
but
I
don't
want
to
like-
create
a
situation
where
you
can't
get
your
house
fixed
up,
because
somebody
can't
park
their
trailer
on
the
street.
So
I
don't
really
know
how.