Minutes Long Range Pla 8 21 02DRAFT COPY MINUTES
LONG RANGE PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION
Wednesday, August 21, 2002
7:00 P.M.
Auditorium, Carnegie Stout Library
36C W. 11th Street, Dubuque, Iowa
PRESENT: Chairperson Dave Rusk; Commissioners Charles Winterwood, Floyd
Schneider, Rick Stein, and Roy Buol; Staff Member Laura Carstens.
ABSENT: Commissioners Mary Lynn Neumeister and Mike Portzen.
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.
CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE: Staff presented an Affidavit of Compliance verifying
that the meeting was being held in compliance with the Iowa Open Meetings Law.
MINUTES: Motion by Winterwood, seconded by Stein, to approve the minutes of July 17,
2002 as submitted passed unanimously.
ACTION ITEM:
Dubuque County Proposed Land Use Development Plan and Map: Jim Gonyier,
Urban/Regional Planner with East Central Intergovernmental Association (ECIA),
explained that his organization is assisting Dubuque County with an update of the 1969
Comprehensive Plan with a grant from the Iowa Department of Economic Development.
He reviewed the Proposed Land Use Development Map approved by the Board of
Supervisors on July 15. Anna O'Shea, Dubuque County Zoning Administrator. reviewed
the County's process and timeline. She explained that the County Zoning Commission will
consider comments on September 17, and the Board of Supervisors will approve the Plan
and Map on September 23.
City of Dubuque Proposed Land Use Map: Carstens then reviewed the proposed Land
Use Map for Dubuque as approved by the Commission on June 19. Carstens and Gonyier
reviewed differences between the two maos in the fringe areas. Commissioners and staff
discussed the two maps, current County zoning, and current land uses in the fringe areas.
Commissioners and staff then discussed fringe area planning. Motion by Winterwood,
seconded by Schneider, to make the following recommendations to the City Council
regarding Dubuque County's Proposed Land Use Development Plan and Map:
1) Support for the Key Issues, Community Vision and Goals, and Planning Elements,
Objectives and Policies of the Plan.
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2) Recommend that Dubuque County incorporate the City of Dubuque's completed
and adopted Proposed Land Use Map into the County Plans; including:
a) Add a "Mixed Residential" land use designation consistent with the City's map;
b) Add a commercial node at North Cascade Road and the planned Southwest
Arterial, subject to development of this roadway;
c) Change sing le-family residential to industrial west of Seippel Road adjacent to
the Dubuque Industrial Center West;
d) Change residential to industrial south of Middle Road adjacent to the Dubuque
Industrial Center West; and
e) Extend single-family residential to include Brittany Woods and Herod Lane
subdivisions.
3) Recommend that Dubuque County consider the City's recommended Fringe Area
Planning Agreement when completed; and
4) Recommend that Dubuque County rezone the surrounding residential areas to
agricultural, and to waive the application fees for these rezoning requests.
An amendment to the motion directed staff to make the following changes to the City's
Proposed Land Use Map:
1) Change Tamarack Industrial Park expansion area to Light Industrial;
2) Change single-family residential to Heavy Industrial for the existing quarry along
English Mill Road;
3) Change Light Industrial to Rural Density Residential along Humke Road; and
4) Add Brittany Woods and Herod Lane subdivisions as Rural Density Residential
areas.
Motion carded unanimously.
LIAISON/SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS:
Joint City County Planning: Commissioners and staff discussed the expected timeframe to
complete the joint 28E Agreement.
Downtown Planning: Rusk reported that Leland Consulting Group has been selected as
the project consultant. He added that a $25,000 grant application will be submitted to the
State. He also noted that $17,000 has been raised privately. Rusk said the Vision
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Downtown Series wilt be running on City Channel 8, and asked staff to send a copy to
Leland Consulting Group.
Enterprise Zone: Stein reported thers are no applications at this time.
Stormwater Utility: Carstens reported that the Stormwater Utility Committee plans to hold
focus group meetings this fall.
Bee Branch Stornwvater: Winterwood reported that the Bee Branch Stomwvater Committee
sent out an RFP, and is asking consultants, to develop a consensus of north end
neighborhood residents.
ITEMS FROM STAFF:
Format for Comprehensive Plan: Carstens reviewed the proposed format for the
Comprehensive Plan. Consensus was for staff to bid the plan two ways: 1) color photo
and color bars, and 2) color photo only. Commissioners directed staff to prepare, bid and
print the Plan without having to return to the Commission.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Laura Carstens, Planning Services Manager Adopted