City of Dubuque 2016 Year in Review Copyright 2014
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ITEM TITLE: City of Dubuque 2016 Year in Review
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CITY OF DUBUQUE THE CITY OF C�,:�,
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201initiatives designed to fulfill that mission. This publication featuresYEAR IN REVIEW brief summaries of just some of the highlights of 2016.
SOUTHWEST ARTERIAL
• Property acquisition completed and groundbreaking ceremony held in October 2016
• Grading for US 20 interchange and west grading project (English Mill Rd.to Catfish
Creek) underway
Vehicles will be driving on the Southwest Arterial by the end of 2019.
• Hundreds of trucks per day will come off of Highway 20, Central Avenue, and White Street.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:www.cityofdubuque.org/southwestarterial, 563.589.4270
JOB GROWTH & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
• Dubuque MSA(metropolitan statistical area) non-farm employment for November 2016= D D U B U QU E IMAGINE
62,000, up from 61,300 in November 2015
• Dubuque MSA Unemployment Rate for November 2016=2.6%,
Iowa rate=3.8%, US rate=4.6% ••
• Roasting Solutions invested approximately$7 million to construct new national NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
headquarter location and manufacturing facility in Dubuque Industrial Center South.
• Cottingham&Butler announced plans to add 90 new positions to local workforce over the 0 "Imagine Dubuque" public engagement process
next three years and invest$2.4 million to expand operations into the Roshek Building. launched in August 2016, asking all residents and
• Rite-Hite announced plans to expand current production facility in Dubuque Industrial stakeholders to share their vision for the future of
Center. The$8.9 million project will add 138,000 square feet of manufacturing space and Dubuque
24 new employees. 0 14-month process to develop a new comprehensive
• Alliant Energy,A.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co., and City of Dubuque partnering to develop the 20-year plan for community
largest solar project in Iowa 0 New comprehensive plan expected to be completed
• Eighteen new restaurants and four new food trucks opened or began new construction. by October 2017
• BioResource Development began construction on multi-million dollar biomethane system
within City's Water& Resource Recovery Center. System will allow City to utilize biogas FOR MORE INFORMATION:www.imaginedubuque.com,
more efficiently and generate revenue in the process through a partnership between the 563.589.4210
City of Dubuque, BioResource Development, and Black Hills Energy.
• Arts and Culture Master Plan adopted by City Council
• Inclusive Dubuque network of over 60 businesses and organizations completed equity
profile after engaging over 2,000 people in the process.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:www.cityofdubuque.org/econdev, 563.589.4393
In his book, "Growing Jobs: Transforming the Way We Approach Economic \
Development,"author Thomas Tuttle cites collaboration and community engagement \
as key aspects of economic development. He cites two success stories:Austin, Texas,
and Dubuque, Iowa, as models for today's solutions to economic development.
BEE BRANCH WATERSHED FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT
• Seventy-nine green alley conversions of the 240 planned are completed
• Upper Bee Branch Creek construction nearly completed. Creek is functional and landscaping d
and remaining work will be completed in spring 2017.
• City of Dubuque awarded $31.5 million in federal disaster resiliency funds, including$8.4
million forthe Bee Branch Healthy Homes Resiliency Program.
• City has received $160 million in federal and state grants forthe$219 million project.
• The Bee Branch Healthy Homes Resiliency Program includes financial assistance to improve
320 housing units. Funds will be awarded to properties where low-to moderate-income
residents reside and used to make repairs and implement on-site stormwater management '.
principles to decrease environmental health and safety issues from flooding.
• Visiting Nurses Association will engage residents of the homes to assist them on their personal
road to success.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
www.cityofdubuque.org/beebranch 1 563.690.6068 1 facebook.com/BeeBranchOBQ
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
• City on track to reduce use of statutory debt capacity from 90% in r
Fiscal Year 2015 to just over 50% in Fiscal Year 2025. Currently at — —
72%of statutory debt limit.
• General reserves have reached 20.31%, according to Moody's Investor
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Services, meeting their requirements. In 2016, City added $1 million 0 41
to reserves instead of the originally planned $600,000 contribution.
• City maintaining second-lowest property tax rate of the 11 cities in
Iowa with populations over 50,000(average property tax rate of those
cities is 37% higher than Dubuque). LLV
• In October,Moody's Investors Service upgraded the rating on a City of - —
Dubuque bonds series from A3 to A2.The rating applies to the City's
Sales Tax Increment Revenue(Annual Appropriation Property Tax
Supported)Senior Bonds Series 2015A,which represent nearly$18 JULE TRANSIT
million in bonds issued to support the Bee Branch Watershed Flood . Intermodal terminal completed at 950 Elm St. in Historic Millwork
Mitigation Project. District to improve access to The Jule, Burlington Trailways,and
• City Council approved FY2018 budget guidelines reducing property Lamers bus services.
tax rate by 2.47%with no property tax increase for the average . Construction contracts awarded in late 2016 for new Bus Storage
homeowner, a property decrease of 2.47%for commercial and and Maintenance Facility on Kerper Blvd. Construction is underway.
industrial property,and a 6.71% property decrease for multi- • The Jule provided 553,000 rides in 2016, representing a 39%
residential properties. increase in Jule ridership over last five years.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:www.cityofdubuque.org/budget, FOR MORE INFORMATION:www.juletransit.org,563.589.4196
563.589.4110
- STREETS & ROUNDABOUTS
• Dubuque's first modern traffic roundabout constructed during summer
2016 at the Grandview Ave./Delhi St./Grace St. intersection and has
greatly improved traffic flow at intersection.
• Dubuque awarded $500,000 grant by the Iowa DOT in December 2016
for construction of another roundabout at the Grandview Ave./University
Ave. intersection in 2018.
• Three additional roundabouts funded in the City's five-year capital
improvement program.
City paved 7.5 miles of streets.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:www.cityofdubuque.org/roundabouts,
563.589.4270
2016 YEAR IN REVIEW
PERFORMANCE & TRANSPARENCY CENTRAL IOWA WATER SYSTEM PURCHASE
• City launched "Open Expenses"financial transparency tool at httpJ/ • City Council approved purchase agreement with the Central Iowa Water
expenses.cityoftluhuque.org, providing a guided view of City's Association (CIWA)to purchase their private water system near and
expenses,allowing visitors to browse payments from a high-level including the Southwest Arterial project corridor.
summary to a detailed view. Information can be viewed and queried by 0 Purchase enables City to meet future needs of residential, commercial,
department,vendor, or expense category. and industrial water customers in these and surrounding areas.
• Police Department and partner agencies launched new website called 0 Dubuque's municipal water system has readily available capacity and
Police to Citizen (P2C)at httpJ/p2c.cityofdubuque.org, an online tool pressure needed forfire suppression to commercial and industrial
for quick and easy access to general information on calls for service facilities,as well as to serve needs of industrial manufacturing
(including a mapping feature), police reports, recent arrests, and a list processes with water pressure requirements.
of wanted individuals. • CIWA also relinquished its federally protected service area for two
miles outside of the City's current corporate limits and no longer has a
presence in Dubuque County.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:www.cityofdubuque.org/water,563.589.4291
HISTORIC MILLWORK DISTRICT
• Four-story,54-room Marriott Town Place Suites extended-stay hotel
planned for 1100 Jackson St. (former Spahn & Rose Lumber Co.
warehouse)with construction starting in spring 2017
• Office and retail space planned for 1065 Jackson St. (also former Spahn
& Rose property) i
• Makeshift Motors Inc.expanding and relocating to 1101 Jackson St. '�" '®
• 7 Hills Brewing Co. remodeling 1085 Washington St. into a brewery �I '
scheduled to open in spring 2017
• Backpocket Brewing Co.opening a taproom at 333 E. 10th St. (Novelty tj II v h_
Ironworks Building)in early 2017 ! ! 4
• First phase of Novelty Ironworks complete
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:www.cityofdubuque.org/millworkdistrict, — - _ Jul
563.589.4291
NEW DUBUQUE REGIONAL AIRPORT
TERMINAL COMPLETED
• Grand opening forthe 36,000-sq.ft.terminal held on June 9
• Project completed six months ahead of schedule and under budget —
• 85%of$37 million cost covered by Federal Aviation Administration
• Passenger counts have increased steadily since 2013
Presidential Candidate visits—Clinton (3X),Trump(2X), Rubio, Sanders
• New Restaurant opened (Barnstormers)—October 2016
FOR MORE INFORMATION:www.flydbq.com,563.589.4128
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SAFE COMMUNITY
• National Insurance Services Office(ISO) upgraded the City's fire
suppression capabilities rating based on the city's fire department,
emergency communications,water supply, and community risk reduction.
Dubuque's new Class II rating places it among the top three percent in
the nation.
Fire Department received a 2016 Mission: Lifeline®EMS Silver Award
from American Heart Association for implementing quality improvement
measures fortreatment of patients who experience severe heart attacks.
Of 931 emergency medical service providers in Iowa,the Dubuque Fire
Department is one of only four to meet the criteria.
• Police Department purchased and deployed 120 body-worn cameras for
all police officers.
• City network of security and traffic cameras grew to nearly 1,000 in 2016
• Enhanced street lighting: 11 new mid-block poles and LED lights added
to Washington Neighborhood in summer 2016 and 430 City-owned lights
converted to LED since May 2015.
• International Property Maintenance Code adopted in July 2016 and
applies to all property types and provides a standard for property
maintenance and minimum requirements.
• Confirmed "shots fired"calls down from 33 in 2015 to 26 in 2016. Still
d9001A A ■■ not acceptable, but improving.
• Police Department received eighth accreditation since 1993 from
Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)
CoHANGE through regular review of compliance with CALEA's 489 standards of
professionalism.
C.H.A.N.G.E. IPROGRAM LmUNCHED FOR MORE INFORMATION:www.cityofdubuque.org/police,563.589.4110
(Comprehensive Housing Activities for Neighborhood
Growth & Enrichment) EQUITY & INCLUSION
• 739 downtown housing units will be improved from 2016-2021. • The National League of Cities presented a first-place award in the 2016
• $19 million will leverage tens of millions of dollars in private investments. NLC City Cultural Diversity Awards to the City of Dubuque for the City's
• Building community enrichment through a collective/collaborative impact support of Inclusive Dubuque and its efforts to develop a community
of programs, partnerships, and services to provide economic and social equity profile.
resiliency. • Dubuque's Mayor and City Council added the term "equity"to the City's
• C.H.A.N.G.E. includes marginal property acquisition ($4.2 million, 100 Vision Statement and Mission Statement and selected Inclusive Dubuque
housing units), lead and healthy homes program ($3.2 million, 129 as a top priority.
housing units), Bee Branch Healthy Homes Program ($8.4 million,320 • Building housing the Multicultural Family Center(MFC)was renamed the
housing units), and housing rehabilitation programs($3.74 million, 190 Ruby Sutton Building and the abutting Colts building was purchased to
units). allow for future MFC expansion.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:www.cityofdubuque.org/CHANGE,563.589.4231 FOR MORE INFORMATION:www.inclusivedbq.org,563.588.2700
_ CRESCENT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
• Celebrated 10-year anniversary in October 2016
• Served over 6,200 patients in 2015, 58%were
` — below the poverty line Crescent Community
• Approximately half of the patients received HEALTH CENTER
dental care and half received medical attention.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:www.crescentchc.org,563.690.2850
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