Request for Work Session: Black Heritage Survey Update Copyrighted
September 18, 2023
City of Dubuque Action Items # 07.
City Council Meeting
ITEM TITLE: Request for Work Session: Black Heritage Survey Update
SUM MARY: City Manager requesting the City Council schedule a work session on
Monday, October 16, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. for an update on Black Heritage
S urvey.
SUGGESTED Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Council
DISPOSITION:
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Request for Work Session for Black Heritage Survey Update
DATE: August 31, 2023
Planning Services Manager Wally Wernimont is recommending City Council schedule a
work session on October 16, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. for an update on Black Heritage
Survey.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney
Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Wally Wernimont, Planning Services Manager
Chris Happ Olson, Assistant Planner
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TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Wally Wernimont, Planning Services Manager
SUBJECT: Request for Work Session for Black Heritage Survey Update
DATE: August 28, 2023
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this memorandum is to request a City Council work session to present
an update on the Black Heritage Survey.
BACKGROUND
The City of Dubuque was awarded a $30,000 Historic Resource Development Program
Grant to conduct the Black Heritage Survey. This work is identified in the City Council
approved Historic Preservation Commission 2022 Workplan. Surveys and protection of
historic properties are required as part of our CLG participation and certification, and the
State Historic Preservation Office was supportive of our intentions during the application
process.
This survey is a deep dive into Dubuque's Black heritage. It is the discovery of places,
people and stories that both exist and have been lost over time. It allows us to braid the
history of Black Dubuquers into the history of all Dubuquers.
REQUESTED ACTION
I respectfully request a City Council work session to provide an update on Black
Heritage Survey on October 16, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.
cc: Chris Happ Olson, Assistant Planner