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CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION
OFFICIAL
The Dubuque City Council met in special session at 6:00 p.m. on May 28, 2019 in the
second-floor Council Chambers of the Historic Federal Building, 350 W. 6th Street.
Present: Mayor Buol (Left at 6:20 p.m.); Presiding Officer Jones; Council Members Del
Toro, Larson, Resnick, Shaw; City Manager Van Milligen, City Attorney Brumwell
Absent: Mayor Pro Tem Rios.
Mayor Buol read the call and stated this is a special session of the City Council called
for the purpose of conducting a work session on implementation of the Imagine Dubuque
2037: A Call to Action Comprehensive Plan.
WORK SESSION
Imagine Dubuque 2037: A Call to Action
(Comprehensive Plan) Implementation Strategy
Laura Carstens, Planning Services Manager; Mike Hoffman, Teska Associates
consultant representative; and John Pregler, Long Range Planning Advisory Commission
Member, presented on the following topics:
1. Background of the Plan and getting to the action stage
2. 2019 implementation timeline
3. Collective Model Impact
a. Ongoing communications, shared measurement system, reinforced
activities, backbone organization
4. Inspiring ideas and the tools used to collect them
a. Quick polls, interviews, community workshops, idea tools, traveling
workshops/focus groups, working groups and pop-up events
5. Partnerships for a better Dubuque
6. Imagine Dubuque Comprehensive Plan Executive Summary
7. High performance community + partnerships = outcomes (results)
8. Purpose of the Long-Range Planning Advisory Commission
9. June 2019 – kick-start events
10. Promotional video
11. Getting the word out on equity and inclusion
12. Action Tool Kit
a. Conversation “menu,” social media post guide, marketing posters
13. Community & date-driven implementation
14. Next steps
a. Community Engagement
b. Identify core goal champions & groups
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c. Develop collective impact structure
The City Council had discussion with the presenters following the presentation and
were advised to provide suggestions or additional information through the City Manager.
There being no further business, upon motion the City Council adjourned at 6:45 p.m.
/s/Kevin S. Firnstahl, CMC