2023-2025 City Council Goals & Priorities BrochureCopyrighted
November 6, 2023
City of Dubuque Action Items # 07.
City Council Meeting
ITEM TITLE: 2023-2025 City Council Goals & Priorities Brochure
SUMMARY: City Manager providing a copy of the 2023-2025 City Council Goals &
Priorities Brochure.
SUGGESTED Suggested Disposition: Receive and File
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2023-2025 City Council Goals & Priorities Handout Supporting Documentation
DUBUQUE CITY COUNCIL
GOALS & PRIORITIES
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BRAD M. CAVANAGH
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Over the course of three sessions in
August, City Council members affirmed
the 15-year vision statement and
mission statement and identified eight
five-year goals for the city.
They also identified top and high
priorities for a 2023-2025 policy agenda
as well as in -progress projects and
capital projects for 2023-2025.
FIVE-YEAR GOALS: 2023 - 2025
• Vibrant Community: Healthy and Safe
• Financially Responsible, High -Performance City Organization:
Sustainable, Equitable, and Effective Service Delivery
• Robust Local Economy: Diverse Businesses and Jobs with
Economic Prosperity
• Livable Neighborhoods and Housing: Great Place to Live
• Sustainable Environment: Preserving and Enhancing Natural
Resources
• Connected Community: Equitable Transportation, Technology
Infrastructure, and Mobility
• Diverse Arts, Culture, Parks, and Recreation Experiences and
Activities
• Partnership for a Better Dubuque: Building Our Community
that is Viable, Livable, and Equitable
Dubuque 2038 is a sustainable and resilient 0
city, an inclusive and equitable community
where ALL are welcome. Dubuque 2038
has preserved our Masterpiece on the
Mississippi, has a strong, diverse economy
and expanding connectivity. Our residents
experience healthy living and active lifestyles; have
choices of quality, affordable, livable neighborhoods;
have an abundance of diverse, fun things to do; and are
successfully and actively engaged in the community.
Dubuque city government is progressive
and financially sound with residents
receiving value for their tax dollars and
achieving goals through partnerships.
Dubuque city government's mission is
to deliver excellent municipal services
that support urban living; contribute to an equitable,
sustainable city; plan for the community's future; and
facilitate access to critical human services.
POLICY AGEN DA
TOP PRIORITIES & HIGH PRIORITIES
Policy agenda items are issues that need direction or
a policy decision by the City Council, or need a major
funding decision by the City Council, or issues that need
City Council leadership in the community or with other
governmental bodies. The policy agenda is divided into top
priorities and high priorities.
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2023 - 2025 TOP PRIORITIES (in alphabetical order)
• Air Service: Future Strategy & Action Plan
• City Workforce Retention & Attraction
• Comprehensive Study of Fire Station Locations and Staffing
• Police Department Full Staffing
• Street Maintenance & Rehabilitation Program
2023 - 2025 HIGH PRIORITIES (in alphabetical order)
• Bee Branch Detention Basin Pump Replacement
• Catfish Creek Sanitary Sewer Project Pump Station
• Central Avenue Corridor Revitalization Plan
• Leveraging Federal & State Infrastructure Grant Programs
• RAISE Grant & Matching Funds for Construction
(14th St. Railroad Overpass and Elm St. and 16th St.
Corridor Complete Streets)
MANAGEMENT IN PROGRESS Et MAJOR PROJECTS
Under each City Council goal are items listed
as MANAGEMENT IN PROGRESS and MAJOR
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PROJECTS. Each goal contains management in ql�
progress items and some City Council goals alsor-:---lO
have major projects associated.
♦"� Management in progress
are items that are underway
and budgeted. Staff is
implementing and providing
updates to City Council.
k' VIBRANT COMMUNITY
MANAGEMENT IN PROGRESS
• Comprehensive Police Transparency: Annual Report
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion City Action Plan: Departmental
Action Plans
• Emergency Communications Accreditation
• Emergency Communications Center: Reassess Funding, Relocation
to 2900 Chavenelle
• Equitable Fines and Fees Reform
• Fire/Police Culture Action Plan: Development and Implementation
• Food Insecurity: Report and City Actions
• Historic Federal Building: Police Satellite Location
• License Plate Reader Cameras: Installation
0 Traffic and Security Cameras Deployment
FINANCIALLY -RESPONSIBLE, HIGH-
PERFORMANCE CITY ORGANIZATION
MANAGEMENT IN PROGRESS
• Downtown City Facilities/Workspace Analysis and Plan
• Enterprise Asset Management System
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software
Implementation
• Federal and State Legislative Advocacy Agenda
and Priorities for 2024
• Human Resource Information System/Payroll:
RFP and Implementation
• Human Resources Modernization
• Organizational Culture: Continuous Improvement
MAJOR PROJECTS
• Data Center Relocation
• Engine House #1 Remodel Project
ROBUST LOCAL ECONOMY
MANAGEMENT IN PROGRESS
• Childcare Initiative Strategy and City Actions
• City Economic Development and Incentives: Policies,
Processes, and Practices
• Developers Round Table
• Development Process Streamlining
• Field of Dreams: Next Steps for City
• Job Fair: Implementation and Report
• Low/Moderate Income Small Businesses Grants
• Minority- and Women -Owned Business Enterprise
Procurement Policy, Process Revision, & Recruitment
• Poverty Prevention and Reduction Plan Implementation
• River Cruise Infrastructure: Environmental Studies/
Permitting
• Sports Tourism Development: Response to Opportunities
LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOODS & HOUSING
MANAGEMENT IN PROGRESS
• Imagine Dubuque: Annual Update Report
• Multicultural Family Center Youth Programs Expansion
• Multi -Tiered Housing Inspection Program
• Neighborhood Associations Toolkit
• Safe Housing: Housing Inspection Program
Enhancements and Software
• Truck Route Ordinance
• Unified Development Code Update
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
MANAGEMENT IN PROGRESS
• Electric Bus Implementation
• Electric Fuel Excise Rate Ordinance Adoption
• Emerald Ash Borer Response
• Odor Reduction Analysis and Report
• Pollinator Habitat in Park System
• Sewer System Infrastructure Asset Master Plan
MAJOR PROJECTS
• Lead Water Service Line Replacement
• Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
System Overhaul
• Water Main Extensions - Southwest Arterial
CONNECTED COMMUNITY
MANAGEMENT IN PROGRESS
• Central Avenue Traffic Corridor Study
• Community Broadband Expansion Project
• Neighborhood Speeding Mitigation: Direction and
Enforcement
• Roundabout Policy
• Smart Parking and Mobility Study
• Traffic Signal Synchronization/STREETS Program
MAJOR PROJECTS
• Fiber Connections to Additional City Locations Project
• Chaplain Schmitt Island Trail Connector Project
• Connection to Data Center Project
• East/West Corridor Roundabouts: Environmental
Clearance
a. University/Pennsylvania: Design
b. University/Asbury: Design
c. University/Loras: Design
• Kerper Boulevard Roundabout Project
• RAISE Planning Grant for Design
a. Elm and 16th Street Project
b.14th Street Overpass Project
• Southwest Arterial Intelligent Transportation
System (ITS) Project
DIVERSE ARTS, CULTURE, PARKS, Et
RECREATION EXPERIENCES aACTIVITIES
MANAGEMENT IN PROGRESS
• Arts and Culture Master Plan: Revised Community
Engagement Strategy Adoption
• Arts Operating Grants Review and Funding
• Comiskey Park Upgrades: Phase 2
• Comprehensive Parks Master Plan
MAJOR PROJECTS
• Eagle Valley Subdivision Park
• English Ridge Subdivision Park
• Five Flags Center Short -Term Improvements
• Jackson Park Restrooms
• Westbrook Subdivision Park
PARTNERSHIP FOR A BETTER DUBUQUE
MANAGEMENT IN PROGRESS
• City Life in Spanish: Implementation