Minutes_Resilient Community Advisory Commission 11 2 17 Copyrighted
January 16, 2018
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 1.
ITEM TITLE: Minutes and Reports Submitted
SUMMARY: Cable N Commission of 1/3/18; City Council Proceedings
of 1/3/18; Historic Preservation Commission of 12/21/17;
Library Board of Trustees of 11/16/17; Park and Recreation
Commission of 12/12/17; Resilient Community Advisory
Commission of 11/2/17, 12/7/17; Zoning Advisory
Commission of 12/6/17, 1/3/18; Zoning Board of
Adjustment of 12/21/17; Proofs of Publication for City
Council Proceedings of 12/18/17 and List of
Claims/Summary of Revenues for Month Ending 11/30/17.
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
Cable N Commission Minutes of 1/3/18 Supporting Documentation
City Council Proceedings of 1/3/18 Supporting Documentation
Historic Preservation Commission Minutes of 21/21/17 Supporting Documentation
Library Board of Trustees Minutes of 11/16/17 Supporting Documentation
Park and Recreation Commission Minutes of 12/12/17 Supporting Documentation
Resilient Community Advisory Commission Minutes of Supporting Documentation
11/2/17
Resilient Community Advisory Commission Minutes of Supporting Documentation
12/7/17
Zoning Advisory Commission Minutes of 12/6/17 Supporting Documentation
Zoning Advisory Commission Minutes of 1/3/18 Supporting Documentation
Zoning Board of Adjustment Minutes of 12/21/17 Supporting Documentation
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of Supporting Documentation
12/18/17
Proof of Publication for List of Claims/Summary of Supporting Documentation
Revenues ME 11/30/17
City of Dubuque
COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
GOVERNMENTAL BODY: Resilient Community Advisory Commission
DATE: November 2, 2017
TIME: 4:00 pm
LOCATION: Conference Room #1
City Hall Annex, 1300 Main St, Dubuque IA 52001
MEMBERS PRESENT: Sara Booth, Dean Boles, Steve Drahozal, Carrie Lohrmann (arrived at 5:10),
Robin Kennicker, Laura Roussell, Leah Specht. Absent: Ben Darr, Stephanie Grutz
STAFF PRESENT: Sustainable Community Coordinator Cori Burbach, Information Services Director
Chris Kohlmann, Senior Budget Analyst Alexis Steger
President Specht called the meeting to order at 5:03 p.m. Burbach confirmed that the meeting was in
compliance with the lowa Open Meeting Law.
MINUTE APPROVAL: Dean Boles asked October 5, 2017 minutes to be amended to indicate he was
not present. Booth motioned, and Roussell seconded, to approve the minutes as amended. The motion
passed unanimously.
PUBLIC COMMENT: None.
SOCRATA USER ACCEPTANCE TESTING: Kohlmann and Steger presented the live Open Expense
and Open Budget platforms the City currently manages, and then introduced the draft design of the
Open Performance system. They led the Commission through a series of questions for feedback.
Commissioners asked several follow-up questions about the format and content, and provided written
feedback and suggestions to improve the product. Kohlmann, Steger and Burbach will bring the product
back to the Commission in the future to show improvements and discuss how to use it as a tool to
measure outcomes of interest to the Commission, including those included in the STAR Community
Rating system.
INTERSECTION OF STAR COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM & IMAGINE DUBUQUE
COMPREHESNIVE PLAN: Burbach explained to the Commission that she met with the Planning
Services staff to discuss how the RCAC and the Long Range Planning Advisory Commission could work
together to oversee the community's implementation of the Imagine Dubuque plan. The Commission
determined that a good first step would be for each commissioner to become intimately familiar with the
data that was collected for two to three STAR goals, and to identify the intersections between the plan
and the rating system. Members signed up for STAR goals of interest to them. By the next meeting,
Burbach will share the data submitted for the STAR rating with commissioners.
SUSTAINABLE DUBUQUE COMMUNITY GRANTS: Five commissioners, in addition to Burbach,
reviewed the ten applications submitted for the October 1 deadline. A subcommittee of Roussell, Grutz,
and Kennicker met to review combined scores and present a recommendation to the full Commission.
Boles moved, and Roussell seconded, to approve the recommendation of the subcommittee, and
forward that recommendation to the City Council. The motion passed unanimously.
INVITATION TO PUARTNERS FOR PLACES EQUITY TRAINING: The Community Foundation of
Greater Dubuque will host the kickoff for the P4P Equity Training on November 9 at 5:00 pm at
Convivium Urban Farmstead. Specht and Lohrmann expressed interest in representing the Commission
at the training, in addition to Burbach's presence as a staff inember. Burbach will also extend the
invitation to Green Dubuque.
COMMISSIONER REPORT: Roussell reported that 35 people attended the recent Trees Forever
planting event, and thanked the Commission for supporting the volunteer group through a Sustainable
Dubuque community grant.
NEXT MEETING: Thursday January 4, 2017, 5:00 PM at City Hall Annex.
ADJOURNMENT: Drahozal moved, and Roussell seconded, to adjourn at 6:33 pm. The motion passed
unanimously.
Minutes approved by:
Leah Specht, Commission Chair
Prepared by:
Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager