LRPAC Downtown Planning 8 13PRESENT:
ABSENT:
MINUTES
DOWNTOWN PLANNING COMMITTEE
Long Range Planning Advisory Commission
August 13, 2001, 11:30 A.M.
Conference Room #2, City Hall Annex
1300 Main Street, Dubuque, Iowa
Committee Members: Ruth Nash, Jim Holz, Mary Lynn Neumeister, Doris
Hingtgen, Art Roche, Dan LoBianco, Jim Giesen, Dave Rusk, Pam Jochum, Ann
Michalski, Bob Felderman, and John Walsb; Staff Members: Jean Noel and Lisa
Sesterheun. Guests: Len Decker and Tom Pusateri.
Committee Members: Jim Gibbs, Steve Horman, Laura Carstans, David Harris,
and Rich Russell.
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 11:40 a.m.
CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE: Staffpresented an Affidavit of Compliance verifying
that the meeting was being held in compliance with the Iowa Open Meetings Law.
MINUTES: Motion by Michalski, seconded by Felderman to approve the minutes of July 9,
2001 with the following budget process clarification passed unanimously: Michalski clarified
that in order for staff to receive fands for new projects, it needs to be on the council's list of high
or medium priorities.
ACTION ITEMS:
Review Questionnaire Results: Len Decker and Tom Pusateri reviewed the results of the 1411
questionnaires that were returned by the deadline with the committee. A handout of the results
was included with the August agenda packet.
Review Community Meeting Notes: Rusk asked the committee to review the small group
presentation notes to ensure that they were inclusive o£the discussions that were held at the first
community meeting.
Review 1st Draft of Vision Statement: Rusk reviewed the difference between a vision and a plan
with the committee. He stated that a vision is a description of a destination. He then asked the
committee if the vision statement adequately reflected the source documents (the questionnaire
analysis and the community meeting notes). The committee discussed the vision statement and
changes to the vision were recorded by Rusk. Motion by Walsh, seconded by Neumeister to
approve the first draft of the vision statement with the changes noted by Rusk passed
unanimously. It was determined that Rusk would give the changes to Pat Callahan for inclusion
in the draft vision document.
2nd Community Meetin~ Plans: The committee reviewed plans for the September 15,2001
community meeting. After a discussion, it was determined that the 2~d community meeting
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should be set up for 150 participants and that invitations, press releases, and PSA's would follow
the same format as the first community meeting. By consensus, the committee also agreed that a
short presentation of the questionnaire results should be included as an agenda item for the 2na
community meeting.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting ended at 1:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lisa Sesterhenn, Assistant Planner
Adopted