Work Session Request: Imagine Dubuque UpdateCity of Dubuque
City Council Meeting
Action Items # 03.
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July 15, 2024
ITEM TITLE: Work Session Request: Imagine Dubuque Update
SUMMARY: City Manager recommending City Council schedule a work session on
Monday, August 19, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. to present an update on the
Imagine Dubuque Comprehensive Plan.
SUGGESTED Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Council
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
MVM Memo
Staff Memo
Type
City Manager Memo
Staff Memo
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DUjIBQTE
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Request for Work Session for Imagine Dubuque Update
DATE: July 10, 2024
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Planning Services Director Wally Wernimont is recommending City Council schedule a
work session on August 19, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. to present an update on the Imagine
Dubuque Comprehensive Plan.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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Mic ael C. Van Milligen
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Attachment
cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney
Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Wally Wernimont, Planning Services Director
Jason Duba, Assistant Planner
Chris Happ Olson, Assistant Planner
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DUUB-.'*.-TE
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Wally Wernimont, Planning Services Manager
SUBJECT: Request for Work Session for Imagine Dubuque Update
DATE: July 8, 2024
Dubuque
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2007,2012.2013
2017*2019
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this memorandum is to request a City Council work session on August
19, 2024 at 5:30 to present an update on the Imagine Dubuque Comprehensive Plan.
BACKGROUND
Imagine Dubuque 2037: A Call to Action is the City's 2017 Comprehensive Plan. The
comprehensive plan serves as a guide for the community's physical, social, and
economic development. Comprehensive plans are policy guides. Unlike zoning or city
codes, they are not regulatory in purpose or application.
Information in the Imagine Dubuque Comprehensive Plan is used in many facets of city
life. Of greatest note is its role in informing City Council goal setting, annual budget
priorities, and land use decisions.
Engaging the community in a conversation about the future of Dubuque was at the core
of the Imagine Dubuque process. We inclusively engaged 6,000 people, generating
12,500+ ideas. Ideas were narrowed into themes in seven plan categories to create 110
community recommendations.
The seven categories are: Economic Prosperity, Sustainable Environment, Social &
Cultural Vibrancy, Livable Neighborhoods & Housing, Community Facilities,
Transportation & Mobility, and Land Use.
DISCUSSION
The Planning Services Department is the backbone organization that helps implement
the plan as part of a collective impact model. The vision of making Dubuque a more
viable, livable and equitable community requires the entire community working together
towards common goals.
REQUESTED ACTION
I respectfully request a City Council work session to provide an update on the Imagine
Dubuque 2037: A Call to Action Comprehensive Plan on August 19, 2021 at 5:30 PM.
cc: Jason Duba, Assistant Planner
Chris Happ Olson, Assistant Planner