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From YouTube: City Spotlight w/ mayor Frank Cownie March 2012
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Mayor Frank Cownie visits with the Iowa Barnstormers Administration Office to discuss their upcoming season and gets an update on the 420 Watson Powell Property, a true success story of the City of Des Moines partnership with The Partnership on the Eco-Core Program
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A
Hi
I'm
Mayor
Frank
County
and
welcome
this
edition
of
City
spotlight,
we're
here
at
the
Wells
Fargo
Arena
and
we're
going
to
talk
to
Iowa,
Barnstormers,
President,
Jeff
lamberti
and
the
new
Barnstormers
quarterback
JJ
raterink,
and
let's
find
out,
what's
going
to
happen
this
year,
where
the
Barnstormers.
After
that
we're
going
to
take
a
look
at
the
echo
car
program
and
take
a
look
at
the
building
at
four-twenty
watson.
Power.
Stick
with
us
we're
going
to
have
fun.
B
E
F
G
H
Was
a
football
player
in
rugby
player
through
high
school
I
decided
not
to
go
on
and
play
college
sports
I
wanted
to
competitive
edge,
looked
in
the
phone
book
and
found
this
board
of
Judo
I
competed
in
geo
for
seven
years
and
after
doing
geo,
the
competition
is
left
so
I'd
wanted
a
new
competitive
sport.
So
I
looked
in
the
phone
book
and
found
the
sport
of
Muay
Thai
during.
E
H
A
I
You
know
we
did
this
in
2008
for
the
2008
season
brought
the
team
back
and
I
got
to
tell
you
when
we
did.
It
was
kind
of
a
leap
of
faith.
You
know
where
the
fans
ready
for
a
real
football
to
come
back
to
des
moines
I
thought
they
were,
but
you
never
know
until
you
opened
the
doors
and
say
hey
we're
back
in
in
will
the
fan
supporters
and,
unfortunately,
since
2008.
I
A
I
H
A
A
little
bit
about
is
you,
you
moved
into
it,
and
here
he
already
decided.
You
know
with
yourself
and
your
group
we're
going
to
do
this
thing
and
what
was
the
leap
of
faith
that
you
had
to
make
to
do
that
and
to
bring
the
investors
together
and
the
team
together
to
actually
bring
the
Barnstormers
back
to
the
mall?
Well,.
I
Fortunately,
we
started
with
a
bunch
of
local
owners
who
are
committed
to
this
community
and
they
all
thought
it
was
a
good
idea.
They
thought
this
community
was
ready
to
have
a
real
football
back.
So
that's
really
where
it
started
a
bunch
of
local
guys
who
just
had
faith
in
in
the
community.
But
what.
I
And,
of
course,
we
looked
at
the
success
in
the
Kurt
Warner
years.
You
know
when,
when
the
fans
would
fill
vets
auditorium,
so
we
knew
there
was
a
base
of
arena
football
fans
here
we
just
didn't
know
if
they
were
going
to
come
back-
and
you
know
when
we
brought
the
team
back
in
2008,
we
promised
them.
We
would
do
everything
we
could
to
move
the
Iowa
Barnstormers
back
to
the
top
level
of
arena
football,
and
now
we
are
there,
which
means
it's.
I
A
little
tougher
I
mean
we're
playing
against
some
big
cities
with
tough
competition
and
we're
back
to
where
Des
Moines
is.
You
know
the
smallest
city
in
arena
football
league,
which
makes
a
little
tougher,
but
it's
also
a
great
challenge.
I
think
both
for
our
fans
for
our
players
or
coaches
to
say,
yeah,
we're
Des
Moines,
but
guess
what
we're
going
back
to
the
top
of
the
arena?
Football
standings.
Let's.
I
And
actually
that's
what
we
tell
players
are
our
real
advantages.
You
know
sure
it's
one
thing
to
go:
play
in
Philadelphia,
Chicago,
these
big
cities
and
there's
a
lot
of
appeal,
but
you
also
kind
of
get
lost
a
little
bit
as
a
player
because
they
have
lots
of
professional
teams.
You
come
to
Des
Moines.
This
is
the
only
sport
where
we're
at
the
highest
level
in
that
sport
and
our
fans
know
our
players
treat
them
like
professional
players
and
they
get
a
lot
of
attention,
and
so
we
kind
of
tell
the
players
you
come
here.
I
You're
going
to
be
a
star,
people
are
going
to
know
you
when
you
walk
down
the
street,
and
so
there
are
advantages
to
playing
in
Des
Moines
plus
we
are
known
around
arena
football
as
having
some
of
the
best
fans
in
the
league.
It's
a
hard
place
to
come
play
they're
ringing,
the
cowbells,
which
would
become
known
for.
G
I
The
early
days-
and
so
that's
the
atmosphere
we
want
to
create,
we
want
our
fans
to
come
out
and
say
you
know.
Maybe
Des
Moines
has
a
little
bit
of
a
chip
on
our
shoulder
because
we're
a
small
market
in
this
league,
but
let's
use
that
to
our
advantage.
Let's
create
a
hard
place
to
play.
Let's
support
the
team
and
and
let
the
players
know
that
we
really
appreciate
them
being
here,
and
that
does
give
us
some
advantages.
Well,.
A
It
probably
doesn't
hurt
us
too
much
when
you
can
show
them
a
forbes
magazine
and
say
it's
the
best
place
to
have
a
business,
raise
a
family
and
for
a
young
professional,
have
a
job
so,
and
we
always
wished
years
ago
that
we've
been
in
top
20
and
now
they
name
is
number
one.
I
mean
that's
a
that's,
that's
that's
something.
Hopefully
you
can
tell
those
guys
say:
hey,
there's
a
place
to
be
well.
I
And
a
lot
of
these
guys
are
going
to
be
looking
for
careers
after
they
get
done
playing
football.
We
want
to
help
them
with
that,
and
so
those
are
good
statistics
that
we
can
say
hey.
This
is
a
place
that,
if
you're
looking
for
a
career
after
football's
done
we'll
help
you
there's
jobs
here,
there's
a
good
quality
of
life
here
and
we
do
find
once
we
get
them
here.
You
know
a
lot
of
them
have
never
been
to
Des
Moines
and
they
start
looking
around
going.
I
A
B
I
Going
actually
it's
our
coaches
doing
a
lot
of
work
in
the
offseason,
all
players
that
are
in
a
football,
our
free
agents
every
year.
So
that
means
you
can't
automatically
re-sign
them
to
multiple
year.
You
have
to
go
each
year
and
Andrey
sign
the
players
that
you
want
from
previous
years,
and
then
you
have
to
go
out
to
colleges
to
pro
camps.
Watch
lots
of
film
talk
to
lots
of
potential
players
to
try
to
identify
ones.
I
That
would
be
good
arena
football
players
and
it
just
takes
a
lot
of
work
on
on
the
part
of
coaches,
to
identify
those
players
that
and
put
that
team
together
and
so
year
to
year,
when
you're
talking
about
keeping
good
players
or
attracting
players
from
you
know
other
cities,
other
teams,
it
really
does
become
part
of.
What's
it
like
to
play
in
Des
Moines.
What's
it
like
to
live
in
Des
Moines
and
what
kind
of
fan
support
do
you
have?
So
it's
really
interesting
when
you're
part
of
the
sport
and
everybody
is
a
free
agent.
A
I
I
It's
just
things
happen
quickly
and
that's
in
all
positions,
and
so
quite
honestly,
you
can
be
very
good
in
college.
You
may
not
be
good
in
arena
football.
What
you,
what
you
find
is
coaches,
who
have
been
in
this
league,
like
our
new
coach
mike
owen,
see
who's
been
around
a
long
time
in
arena
football.
I
They
learn
the
kind
of
players
that
will
excel
in
arena
football
and
so
that's
where
they
go
out
and
try
to
try
to
find
it,
but
it
can
be
a
big
adjustment
and
when
we
come
into
camp
we're
only
in
training
camp
for
a
couple
weeks.
So
we
have
guys
that
haven't
ever
set
foot
on
an
arena
field
trying
to
learn
our
game
in
a
very
short
period
of
time,
and
so
we
really
do
rely
on
our
coaches
to
identify
the
athletes
they
think
can
play
this
game.
Talk.
A
I
The
thing
that
we
really
focused
on
from
last
year
to
this
year
is
we
weren't
very
good
on
the
field
last
year
and
we
want
a
good
product
on
the
field.
We
want
to
compete
for
a
championship.
We
want
to
bring
a
championship
to
Des
Moines,
and
so
we
spent
a
lot
of
time
in
the
offseason
making
sure
we
had
the
pieces
in
place,
and
that
was
really
starting.
With
our
code
head
coach
and
our
coaching
staff
arena.
Football
is
extremely
competitive
week
to
week.
I
Anybody
can
beat
anybody,
and
so
you
have
to
be
prepared
and
the
competition
is
always
going
to
be
tough.
What
the
fans
are
going
to
see
I
think
is
a
competitive
team
on
the
field
that
we're
going
to
compete
for
the
playoffs
in
the
championship,
which
makes
it
exciting
for
them.
You
know
an
arena
football
they're
seldom
will
blow
out
it
almost
always
comes
down
to
the
last
minute
or
two
and
they're
very,
very
close
and
competitive
I
think
the
thing
our
fans
also
understand
and
for
people
who
have
not
been
to
a
game
arena.
I
Football
is
one
of
the
funnest
spectator
sports
in
America.
If
you
can't
have
fun
at
an
arena
football
game,
you
probably
can't
have
fun
at
anything,
it's
very
inexpensive.
You
know
our
single
game
tickets
start
at
fifteen
dollars,
we're
trying
to
be
very
family-friendly
and
our
fans
range
from
eight.
It's
it's
a
unique
sport
where
we
can
appeal
to
men
to
women,
young,
older
people,
and
if
you
haven't
been
to
a
game,
we
just
tell
our
fans
come,
give
us
a
try
because
I
know
you're
going
to
enjoy
it.
It
is
that
much
fun.
I
There's
always
something
going
on.
You
never
sit
around
waiting
for
something
to
happen
in
arena
football.
If
you,
if
you
go
up
to
get
a
coke,
you
know
we
probably
scored
three
touchdowns
at
the
time.
You've
been
gone
so
come
and
give
us
a
chance.
Give
us
a
try,
add
to
the
nine
or
ten
thousand.
Now
they
come,
because
it
is
that
much
fun.
Jeff.
A
I
The
best
way
is
either
to
call
which
is
633
ball,
which
is
633
2255.
We've
got
people
here
that
will
handle
and
help
you
with
tickets,
either
for
a
single
game
or
season
tickets
and
we're
kicking
off
soon.
So
we
hope
those
phones
ring
or
they
can
just
get
on
our
website,
which
is
the
Iowa
Barnstormers
calm,
and
it's
got
all
the
information
on
season
tickets,
how
you
get
single
game
tickets
and,
like
I
said
we
want
people
to
turn
out
and
let's,
let's
fill
this
arena
for
the
March
stormers
now.
I
A
Can
some
of
our
viewers
and
businesses
around
help
out
these
guys
are
professionals
most
of
the
time
and
they're
out
there
they've
got
to
come
to
practice.
They've
got
to
watch
a
lot
of
film.
They've
got
an
immense
professional
sport,
but
in
the
meantime,
occasionally
they
it's
it's
a
good
opportunity
for
them
to
get
a
job
in
Des
Moines
and
maybe
for
a
local
business
to
get
a
real
start
to
work
over
at
their
place.
Yeah.
I
That's
right-
and
this
is
one
of
the
things-
that's
really
important-
about
how
we
compete
with
the
bigger
cities.
This
is
a
Reno
football,
it's
not
the
NFL,
and
so
the
pay
is
for
the
players
is
arena
level,
not
NFL
level,
and
often
they
are
looking
for
part-time
jobs
during
the
season,
hopefully
with
the
idea
that
maybe
it'll
turn
into
something
longer
term,
but
by
supporting
them
in
the
key
me
by
helping
them
get
part-time
jobs
that
makes
Des
Moines
an
attractive
place.
I
So
if
there's
employers
out
there
looking
for
some
high
quality
individuals
that
are
work
hard
for
your
business,
give
us
a
call
at
the
office
and
we'll
get
you
paired
up
with
some
of
our
players.
These
are
good
quality
individuals
and
they'll
work
hard,
even
though
they
have
lots
of
challenges
with
being
a
professional
athlete,
the
ones
that
are
looking
for
part-time
jobs.
So
we've
had
nothing
but
great
reports
from
the
employers
that
have
given
them
a
chance.
Well,.
A
J
I
actually
went
to
some
open
tryouts
for
some
teams
and
kind
of
got
into
the
arena
football
system,
and
now
my
dad
and
I
talked
about
at
the
beginning
of
the
process,
and
he
said
well,
why
don't
you
give
it?
You
know
23
years
and
you
know
see
where
Atlanta
and
we're
going
into
your
7
as
so
I'm.
Definitely
getting
some
enjoyment
out
of
it,
and
it's
been
just
a
great
experience.
A
J
The
obvious
differences
as
far
as
the
field
and
not
having
to
deal
with
inclement
weather
and
things
of
that
nature,
obviously
you're
half
the
size
as
far
as
length
and
width,
so
there's
some
adjustments
that
need
to
be
made
there
personally
from
a
quarterback
perspective.
Your
mind
has
to
think
maybe
even
a
little
bit
quicker
than
the
outdoor
game,
but
the
throws
are
different.
It's
all
about
timing,
and
sometimes
you
have
to
throw
the
ball
a
lot
earlier.
J
So,
even
though
your
mind
has
to
think
quicker,
your
body
has
to
slow
down
or
stay
at
the
same
speed.
So
once
you
make
that
adjustment,
the
game
actually
comes
naturally
to
you
and
as
quick
as
it
is,
you
can
slow
it
down,
at
least
for
yourself
and
then
I
think
outside
of
the
football
aspect
of
it.
One
of
the
things
about
the
Arena
Football
League,
which
is
pretty
special,
is
the
interaction
that
you
get
with.
The
community
you'll
go
to
some
places
where
I
think
you're
a
lot
more
approachable
in
the
NFL.
J
You
have
guys
if
you're
there
out
seen
in
public
I,
think
people
a
little
apprehensive
to
go
up
and
maybe
talk
to
them
because
they're
put
on
a
maybe
a
different
pedestal
or
stage
where
in
the
Arena
Football
League's
people
feel
very
comfortable.
They
feel
like
whoever's
out
there
playing
could
be
their
next
door
neighbor,
and
so
they
come
up
to
they
invite
you
to
their
homes,
and
you
know,
I've
been
around
like
I
said
seven
years
and
I've
been
asked
to
babysit
kids
and
do
all
kinds
of
things.
J
A
J
I
think
that
percentage
made
me
a
little
bit
low.
I
think
most
of
them
are
passing
plays.
There
are
some
runs,
there's
not
a
whole
lot
of
room
to
run,
but
the
game
was
set
up
and
is
very
conducive
to
throw
the
ball
often,
and
so
that's
really
kind
of
the
whole
idea
of
it.
But
I
think
as
even
the
time
that
I've
been
in
the
league.
J
I've
noticed
that
the
running
game
has
kind
of
evolved
and
coaches
have
come
up
with
different
schemes
in
different
plays
that
are
beneficial
for
them,
but
for
the
most
part
it
is
a
quarterback
stream
because
you
get
to
drop
back
and
throw
it
like.
You
said
at
least
ninety
percent
of
the
time,
a
little.
A
J
It's
nice
to
have
that
cohesiveness
and
be
familiar
with
your
surroundings.
That
was
one
of
the
main
draws
for
me
to
come
to.
Iowa
I
had
been
playing
in
the
Quad
Cities
when
it
was
a
f2
and
so
I
played
against
them
multiple
times
and
every
time
I
came
over
here.
It
was
just
a
great
experience.
It
was
really
kind
of
the
way
we
all
felt.
The
game
should
be
as
far
as
the
atmosphere
and
the
fan,
interaction
and
the
support
that
they
got.
J
So
it
was
always
a
big
draw
to
come
play
in
Des
Moines
and
then,
when
Coach
ONC
got
the
position,
heroes
head,
coach
and
I'd
played
for
him
in
2010
in
Chicago.
All
the
pieces
were
really
starting
to
fall
into
place
for
me
to
finally
get
an
opportunity
to
come
here
and
knowing
his
offense,
knowing
how
he
approaches
the
game
and
his
organization
really
was
a
put
me
at
a
strong
comfort
level
and
then
there's
some
players
that
I've
got
to
know
over
the
years
here
and
then
someone
I've
actually
played
with
before
so
yeah.
A
J
Can't
wait
to
have
all
these
fans
on
my
side
for
the
first
time,
it's
like
I,
said
it's
a
fantastic
atmosphere,
whether
you're
with
the
Barnstormers
were
playing
as
an
opponent,
but
I
would
think
it's
that
much
more
enjoyable
when
they're
supporting
you
and
rooting
for
you
there's.
Definitely
some
fans
that
all
recognize
and
it'll
be
nice
to,
hopefully
they'll
be
giving
me
as
strong
as
encouragement
as
they
were
the
other
the
other
side
of
things
years
ago.
So
this
it
really
is
what
I
feel
the
game
should
be.
A
F
G
K
Eco
core
is
a
concept
that
downtown's
were
built,
inherently
more
sustainable
than
living
out
in
the
country.
Our
densities
are
higher.
We
have
a
lot
more
mixed
uses,
so
we
wanted
to
take
advantage
of
that
in
inherent
advantage
when
by
promoting
downtown,
is
the
sustainable
place
to
be
to
work,
live
and
play.
So
with
that
we
put,
we
decided
well.
What
are
we
going
to
do
just
besides
market
it?
We
had
to
do
something
to
help
people
get
more
sustainable
in
an
inch
along
and
that
sustainability
change.
K
So
we
started
project
101
eco,
core
project,
101
we're
in
partnership
with
the
City
of
Des
Moines.
We
selected
five
buildings
that
were
owned
and
operated
by
owners
that
wanted
to
do
something
about
their
competitive
space
buildings,
to
make
them
more
sustainability
and,
hopefully,
hopefully,
more
marketable.
What
we
know
is
that
a
sustainable
building
is
more
healthy,
the
energy
costs
go
down
and
occupancy
costs
go
down,
so
hopefully
occupancy
goes
up
and
we
have
a
lot
of
vacant
space
in
downtown
about
one
and
a
half
million
square
foot
of
it
a
vacant
office
space.
K
So
this
is
a
way
to
start
taking
some
of
these
older
buildings
in
the
marketplace
and
making
them
giving
them
a
roadmap
to
get
them
more
healthy,
more
sustainable,
more
green
and
then
again,
pile
on
to
that
advantage
of
being
more
economically
sustainable
or
more
environmentally
sustainable.
I
should
say
so
with
project
101.
This
particular
project
is
one
that
is
a
home
run
right
out
of
the
gate,
got
a
new
tenant
coming
in
new
mechanical
systems,
new
roof.
K
So
taking
this
building
for
a
hundred
year
old
building
and
getting
it
ready
for
its
next
hundred
years
with
new
mechanicals
and
the
new
sustainable
technology,
we're
going
to
be
able
to
take
a
building
that
was
a
hundred
percent
vacant
for
the
last
couple
of
years
and
and
get
it
over
over
fifty
percent
occupied
and
hopefully
before
this
projects
done
a
hundred
percent
occupied
and
that's
what
we
really
want
to
help
our
building
owners.
Do
we
put
out
an
expression
of
interest
to
all
building
owners
in
this?
K
In
the
central
business
district,
or
so
by
their
interest,
we
asked
them
if
they
were
not
only
interested,
but
if
they
were
given
this
roadmap,
would
they
be
inclined
to
take
and
invest
back
in
their
building?
Take
this
as
an
opportunity
to
invest
with
other
partners,
MidAmerican
Energy
City
of
Des
Moines
and
themselves
and
invest
in
their
property
and
get
and
help
themselves
make
their
buildings
and
properties
more
marketable,
enhanced,
more
valuable
for
the
entire
community.
We're.
L
The
the
drive
for
us
was
really
knowing
that
when
we
did
find
a
tenant,
we
would
be
needing
to
come
to
a
complete
upgrade
of
our
heating
and
cooling
system
and
a
lot
of
our
plumbing
fixtures.
So
we
knew
that
going
forward.
We
need
to
be
prepared
and
poised
to
to
make
those
improvements.
We
hear
a
lot
from
tenants
who
are
looking
to
reduce
occupancy
costs.
A
big
part
of
that
is
not
just
their
rent,
but
their
utility
costs
their
water,
electric
and
gas
usage.
L
So
what
we
wanted
to
do
to
make
this
building
more
attractive
was
see
if
we
could
take
some
input
and
some
good
ideas
from
the
Eco
core
process
and
integrate
them
into
our
improvements
forward.
You
know
that
was
a
process
that
started
a
few
months
ago,
and
luckily,
since
then,
we
we
now
are
poised
to
occupy
the
ground
level
and
a
portion
of
the
basement
level
with
a
great
downtown
tenant.
L
Alliance
technologies,
who
is
who
was
looking
in
the
suburbs
looking
at
other
downtown
spaces
liked
what
they
saw
in
this
building
and
like
the
the
benefits
that
the
utility
upgrades
and
the
energy
upgrades
that
we
can
bring
to
this
building
will
mean
for
their
bottom
line
going
forward.
So
what
we
have
now
is
a
building
that
was
just
a
couple
months
ago.
It
didn't
have
a
lot
of
glimmer
of
hope.
We
didn't
know
where
our
next
tenant
was
going
to
come
from.
L
In
our
second
floor,
which
is
exactly
the
kind
of
momentum
we
are
hoping,
eco
court
could
do
for
us,
so
there's
a
there's,
a
great
benefit
to
be
had
in
taking
that
that
new
knowledge,
it's
the
best,
is
bringing
to
us
as
a
property
owner
incorporating
those
ideas
along
with
our
mechanical
contractors
and
getting
a
building
that,
for
us
long
term
is
more
marketable
and
for
our
tenants
ultimately
saves
them.
Money,
energy.
M
Efficiency
and
sustainability
is
very
important
for
technology
firms
like
Alliance
technologies.
We
do
a
lot
for
our
customers
to
save
energy
and
make
them
more
sustainable.
Unlike
nap
properties,
we
don't
do
it
through
the
building
that
they're
located
in,
but
we
do
it
through
the
computer
equipment
that
they
utilize
to
run
their
businesses.
We
have
a
data
center
that
we're
locating
our
customers
in,
and
we
use
quite
a
bit
of
power
in
that
data
center,
but
we're
very
focused
on
reducing
the
amount
of
power
that
each
company
will
use.
M
This
is
done
through
a
number
of
different
technologies,
including
virtualizing,
both
servers
and
desktops
for
our
customers
and
in
virtualizing
you're,
not
only
reducing
the
cost
for
the
company
of
replacing
their
equipment,
but
you're
also
reducing
the
power
utilization
that
that
all
that
equipment
is
going
to
going
to
use
for
the
customer.
Therefore,
creating
cost
savings
and
making
that
that
customer
run
their
operations
in
a
more
efficient
manner
and
to
be
more
green,
and
so
since
our
customers
are
focused
on
it,
we're
helping
our
customers
be
focused
on
going
green.