Minutes Downtown Plan C 9 9 02PRESENT:
ABSENT:
MINUTES
DOWNTOWN PLANNING COMMITTEE
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2002
11:00 a.m.
City Hall Annex - #1
1300 Main Street
Dubuque IA 52001
Jim Giesen, Doris Hingtgen, Dan LoBianco, Ann Michalski, Dave Rusk
and John Walsh. Staff Members Bill Baum, David Hards, Rich RuSsell,
Beth Conlon and Laura Carstens.
Bob Felderman, Jim Gibbs, Dick Wertzberger, Pam Jochum and Ruth
Nash. ~
CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 11:08 a.m.
CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE: Staff presented an Affidavit of Complianca
verifying that the meeting was being held in compliance with the Iowa Open Meetings
Law.
MINUTES: Motion by LoBianco, seconded by Michalski to approve the meeting
minutes of August 12, 2002 passed unanimously.
ACTION ITEMS
Consultant Selection Process: Carstens stated that Leland Consulting Group of
Denver, Colorado had been awarded the contract for services to create a Downtown
Master Plan. The plan will specify the objectives and action steps fo reach the Vision
Downtow~ Projectgoals. Leland Group is familiar with the downtown and riverfront
studies in Dubuque. Leland will work with URS/BRW, the Minneapolis firm and two
Dubuque firms, MSA and Durrant*
Michalski requested a verification of the Executive Summery with the City to share at
the November meeting.
IDED Grant Application: LoBianco reported that he and Michalski met with Call Beais
from IDED at the Downtown Conference in Mason City, Iowa in August. Ms. Beals is
looking for "uniqueness w~h limited funding' and recommended asking for $25,000 and
expecting $20,000 funding for the Downtown Dubuque Master Plan project. Walsh
suggested enclosing a pledge information letter with the IDED grant application.
Consensus was for staff to draft a leffer for Rusk to sign that described the fundraising
efforts and acknowledged IDED's past support of V'~sion Downtown.
Additional Financial And In-Kind Resources: Rusk reviewed the list of major downtown
stakeholders who had been asked for financial commitments. He reported that $17,000
has been raised to-date. Michalski suggested a meeting with Dubuque Initiatiues to
request a donation. Consensus was for staff to draft a letter to Dubuque Initiatives for
their October meeting.
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September 9, 2002
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ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 11:57 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Beth Conlon, Assistant Planner Adopted