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Proof of Publicationi_6 23 09 SpecialSTA i ~ OF IOWA {SS: DUBUQUE COUN ~ ~ Braig to receive and Evaluation of Service il frequency of Transit d ti d file the documents and adopt Resolution No. options and deta ed the following points: ngs an Boar mee CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION timeliness of meeting 209-09 Approving the • Project Overview minutes, targeting bus- Second Amendment to • Study Process finesses first vs. tar- the Incentives Agree- • Service Options geting dependent users, ment between the City 1. Central hub queue lanes, and fee/ CITY OF DUBUQUE, of Dubuque, Iowa, and 2. East and west hubs cost schedule. IowA International Business 3. Central hub hybrid There being no I Suzatllle Pike, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications Inc. an Iowa > > i f h b CITY COUNCIL Machines Corporation. 4. Taxi voucher ser• ness, upon , urt er us PROCEEDINGS Seconded by Voetberg. vice l motion the City Council oration publisher of the Telegraph Herald a newspaper of general circulation 7 00 d d ~"1Y OFFICIAL The Dubuque city Motion carried 6-0. WORK SESSION •Organizationa Op- tions : p.m. journe at a ~ /s/Jeanne F. Schneider, ublished in the Cit of Dubu ue Count of Dubu ue and State of Iowa; hereb k p Y q Y q Y Cl MC Cit Council met in special Discussion of the -Para-transit opera- , , y er C session at 5:30 p.m. on Transit Study with tions It 6ne certif ublished in said newspaper on the following that the attached notice was June 23, 2009 in the LSC Consultants - IntelligentTranspor- p y Historic Federal Build- Economic Develop- tation Systems e is $41 45 and for which the char dates: June 26 2009 ing. ment Director Dave • Marketing program . g . , , Present: Mayor Buol, Heiar provided a brief • Equipment and facil- Council Members history of the Transit ity needs Braig, Connors, Jones, study, the hiring of LSC • Next steps Lynch, Voetberg, City Transportation Consul- -Demand-Response Manager Van Milligen, tants and the com- - Longer service ///~~~ City Attorney Lindahl piling of data from hours, Sunday service ~ Absent: Council Mem- public input, service -Higher service.fre- ~~ ber Resnick agencies, Transit Board quency Mayor Buol read the and the steering com- City Council discus- Z call and stated this is a mittee. Heiar stated Sion included a general ~~~ ' ) special session of the that the consultants preference for Service / City Council to act will review potential Option #3 or a vari- upon such business service and organiza- atioh thereof for that may properly tional options for City further development. come before the City Council to consider for Council members Council. modification and im- asked for information ACTION ITEM provements to the on or clarification of: Second Amendment to Incentives Agree- transit system with the goal to focus on finding equipment purchases; new signage, down- SubSCrlbed to before , Iotary Public in and for Dubuque County, IOWA, ment with Interna- tional Business Ma- one or a combination of four options. town shuttle, partner- ing with RTA, shared th1S ~ day o , 20 !~9 . chines Corporation A.T. Stoddard, LSC dispatchers, outsourc- (IBM): City Attorney Transportation Consul- ing para-transit, com- recommending approv- tants, 516 North Tejon bining parking and al of the Second Street, Colorado Springs, transit divisions, fair - Amendment to the Colorado, provided a treatment of bus Incentives Agreement slide presentation of drivers, modified/re- ~~ ~ with IBM extending the the Dubuque Keyline stricted taxi option, ~ deadline for finalizing Comprehensive Opera- stretching services / ~ the IDED assistance tional Analysis Techni- hours, approval of agreement to Septem- cal Memorandum #3: marketing plan, coor- otary Public in and for Dubuque County, IOWA. ber 1, 2009. Motion by dination with DuRide, ' MARY K.WESTERMEYER `'~~p- Cc^~mission N~.;mher 154885 ~;~; LV , _xl, ~. CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS OFFICIAL The Dubuque City Council met in special session at 5:30 p.m. on June 23, 2009 in the Historic Federal Build- ing. Present: Mayor Buol, Council Members Braig, Connors, Jones, Lynch, Voetberg, City Manager Van Milligen, City Attorney Lindahl Absent: Council Mem- ber Resnick Mayor Buol read the cat and stated this is a special session of the .City Council to act upon such business :that may properly `.come before the City Council. ACTION ITEM Second Amendment to Incentives Agree- ment with Interna- 'tional Business Ma- chines Corporation (IBM): City Attorney recommending approv- al of the Second Amendment to the Incentives Agreement with IBM extending the `'deadline for finalizing the IDED assistance agreement to Septem- ber 1, 2009. Motion by Braig to receive and file the documents and adopt Resolution No. 209-09 Approving the Second Amendment to the Incentives Agree- ment between the City of Dubuque, Iowa, and International Business Machines. Corporation. Seconded by Voetberg. Motion carried 6-0. WORK SESSION Discussion of the Transit Study with LSC Consultants Economic Develop- ment Director Dave Heiar provided a brief history of the Transit study, the hiring of LSC Transportation Consul- tants and the ,com- piling of data from public input, service agencies, Transit Board and the steering com- mittee. Heiar stated that the consultants will review potential service and organiza- tional options for City Council to consider for modification and im- provements to the transit system with the goal to focus on finding one or a combination of four options. A.T. Stoddard, LSC Transportation Consul- tants, 516 North Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado, provided a slide presentation of the Dubuque Keyline Comprehensive Opera- tional Analysis Techni- cal Memorandum #3: Evaluation of Service Options and detailed the following points: • Project Overview • Study Process • Service Options 1. Central hub 2. East and west hubs 3. Central hub hybrid 4. Taxi voucher ser- vice •Organizational Op- tions — Para -transit opera- tions — Intelligent Transpor- tation Systems • Marketing program • Equipment and facil- ity needs, • Next steps — Demand -Response — Longer service hours, Sunday service — Higher service,fre- quency City Council discus- sion included a general preference for Service Option #3 or a vari- atioh thereof for further development. Council members asked for information on or clarification of: equipment purchases; new signage, down- town shuttle, partner- ing with RTA, shared dispatchers, outsourc- ing para-transit; com- bining parking and transit divisions, fair treatment of bus drivers, modified/re- stricted taxi option, stretching services hours, approval of marketing plan, coor- dination with DuRide, frequency of Transit Board meetings and timeliness of meeting minutes, targeting bus- inesses first vs. tar- geting dependent users, queue lanes, and fee/ cost schedule. There being no further business, upon motion the City Council adjourned at 7:00 p.m. /s/Jeanne F. Schneider, CMC, City Clerk It 6/26 STATE OF IOWA {SS: DUBUQUE COUNTY CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION I, Suzanne Pike, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa corporation, publisher of the Telegraph Herald,a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on the following dates: June 26, 2009, and for which the charge is $41.45. 51,744.kua ?ae Subscribed to before otary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa, this 1064 day o , 20 . otary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa. MARY K. WESTERMEYER Commission Number 154885 My Comm. Exp, FEB, 1, 2011