Minutes_Resilient Community Advisory Commission 12 7 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: December 7, 2017
TIME: 4:00 pm
LOCATION: Conference Room #1
City Hall Annex, 1300 Main St, Dubuque IA 52001
MEMBERS PRESENT: Dean Boles, Ben Darr, Stephanie Grutz, Carrie Lohrmann, Robin Kennicker,
Leah Specht. Absent: Sara Booth, Steve Drahozal, Laura Roussell
STAFF PRESENT: Assistant City Manager Cori Burbach
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 motioned, and Kennicker seconded, approval of the minutes from
the November 2, 2017 meeting. The motion passed unanimously.
PUBLIC COMMENT: Paul Schultz addressed the Commission. He attended the recent City Council
worksession on the community energy plan, and asked whether the intention was to hire one solar
installer for community installations as part of the plan. Burbach clarified that it was not.
2017 PM ADVANCE (AIR QUALITY) UPDATE: ECIA Transportation Planner Chandra Ravada
presented the annual update of the PM Advance plan to the Commission, which was recently submitted
to the EPA. The data shows consistently improving particulate matter (PM 2.5) levels in the
Dubuque/Potosi area. Burbach described the localized working happening through the CLEAR4 grant
to increase awareness about the causes and impacts of poor air quality. Boles advised that the
relationship between air quality and modeled health impacts be made clearer in the future.
Burbach asked for Commission input regarding use of the handheld air quality monitors purchased
through the CLEAR4 grant. Commissioners recommended that they be placed at public facilities across
the city, and also that the monitors be made available at the Carnegie-Stout Public Library for checkout.
The Commission is also interested in the use of the monitors to address indoor air quality. Burbach will
deliver a plan for monitor use at the February commission meeting.
INTERSECTION OF STAR COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM & IMAGINE DUBUQUE
COMPREHESNIVE PLAN: Burbach reviewed the submittal documents from the STAR Community
rating submittal, and the commission discussed the most beneficial way to use the data. As each
commissioner studies their areas of interest, they will look for alignment with the comprehensive plan
and the RCAC priorities. They will also identify recommendations for action prior to 2019 recertification,
which they will bring to the Commission for action.
DRAFT DESIGN AND RESILIENCY TEAM (DART) REPORT: A draft of the DART report was
presented to the Commission, to be read by the January meeting. Boles noted that the report does
include useful recommendations related to social resiliency, but lacks the direction he hoped related to
climate adaptation planning.
PARTNERS FOR PLACES EQUITY TRAINING: Specht reported on her attendance at the P4P Equity
training hosted by the Community Foundation. Following the training, she was left asking, 1) How can
our community reflect the best things we see?, 2) What divisions do we see? What are the impacts?
and 3) How do we bridge those divisions? Burbach reported that next steps for the grant include a
training for organization staff that includes strategies for successful engagement of people of color and
traditionally unengaged populations, and the development of collaborative projects led by residents to
address neighborhood needs.
COMMISSIONER REPORT: Darr asked that links to the month's City Council agendas be added to the
Commission agendas, so that commissioners can review them for relevancy to their own work. He also
asked that the Commission be aware of the tension between focusing on data analysis and outcomes,
and actually completing work. Commissioners agreed, and this will be reflected in future agendas.
NEXT MEETING: Thursday January 4, 2017, 5:00 PM at City Hall Annex.
ADJOURNMENT: Darr moved, and Kennicker seconded, to adjourn at 6:50 pm. The motion passed
unanimously.
Minutes approved by:
Leah Specht, Commission Chair
Prepared by:
Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager