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Mississippi River Partnership CouncilTHE CTTY OF Dubuque ~T T~ ~ J~-Am~icaCipr ~J Masterpiece on the Mississippi 2007 TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager SUBJECT: Mississippi River Partnership Council DATE: October 15, 2009 In July of 2009, Iowa House File 756 was passed, establishing the Mississippi River Partnership Council which includes the counties of Allamakee, Clayton, Dubuque, Jackson, Clinton, Scott, Muscatine, Louisa, Des Moines and Lee. I respectfully recommend that Mayor Roy Buol solicit citizen interest to be considered for an appointment as the City representative to the Mississippi River Partnership Council or appoint a member of the City Council. This appointment will be for athree- yearterm. The purpose of the Council is to be a forum for city, county, state, agriculture, business, conservation and environmental representatives and other stakeholders to discuss matters relevant to the health, management and use of the Mississippi River. ~ -- Michael C. Van Milligen MCVM:jh Attachment cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager EAST CENTRAL INTERG01/ERNIUIENTAL ASSOCIATION Roy D. Buol Mayor, City of Dubuque 50 W 13`x' St Dubuque, Iowa 52001 Dear Mayor Buol: In July of 2009, Iowa House File 756 was passed, establishing the Mississippi River Partnership Council (MRP Council} which includes the counties of Allamakee, Clayton, Dubuque, Jackson, Clinton, Scott, Muscatine, Louisa, Des Moines and Lee. The purpose of the Council is to be a forum for city, cow~ty, state, agriculture, business, conservation and environmental representatives and other stakeholders to discuss matters relevant to the health, management, and use of the Mississippi River. On Friday, August 28, 2009, East Central Intergovernmental Association (ECIA) presented this information to Clinton, Dubuque and Jackson counties and the cities within those counties at the Hurstviile Interpretive Center in Maquoketa, Iowa. At this meeting, the Cities of Bellevue, Dubuque and Clinton {the largest City of each county adjacent to the Mississippi River) were asked to appoint one representative from each City to be a member of the MRP Council. The members of the MRP Council shall be appointed to serve for a three year term and required to attend at least quarterly meetings. The duties of the MRP Council shall include reviewing the activities and programs administered by state and federal agencies that directly impact the Mississippi River and working with local communities, organizations and other states to encourage partnerships that promote sustainable economic development opportunities as well as enhancing awareness of the Mississippi and its uses. We hope that City of Dubuque will be a part of this exciting new Partnerslip promoting and protecting the Mississippi River. Enclosed you will find a MRP Council Appointee form to be filled out by the Mayor of Dubuque and return to ECIA by September 30, 2009. ~ Thank you in advance and if you have any questions please contact me at 563-556-4166 or for more information regarding the Mississippi River Partnership Council visit our website www.rivernartneishiu.ore. Sincerely, Kelley Deutmeyer ECIA, Executive Director 1't-IOi~E (563) 55b-4166 IOWA 0{~ll_Y (800) 942-4b48 FAX (563) 55b-0348 E-iJlAll_ ecia@ecia.org WE8 SITE www.ecia.org • Dubuque Metropolitan Area Transportation Study • Eastern Iowa Development Corporation • Eastern Iowa Regional [Itility Services System • Eastern Iowa Regional housing Authority •ECIA Business Growth, Inc. • Region I Employment and Training •ECIA Regional Planning Affiliation • Region 8 Regional Transit Authority 7600 Commerce Park Dubuque, lA 52002 Mississippi River Partnership Council City of Dubuque Appointee ^^serrererrrrerrrrrsrserrrserrrs^ersssserrrrsrerrserssssrsssssserserrrrr~ Name Address City State Zip Home phone # Work phone # Cell phone # e-mail address Date Appointed Length of Term Expiration Date Mayor, City of Dubuque Date nature is our gr~o~test ossefi ~i,~5ta#e seirpc Executive East Central Intergovernmental Director Association The Mississippi River Partnership was formed through HF 756 to serve as a forum for city, county, state, agriculture, business, conservation, and environmental representatives and other stakeholders to discuss and work together on matters relevant to the Mississippi River. TTY Preservation, enhancement, and intelligent use of the Mississippi river in the ecological and economic interests of the citizens of the state of Iowa. Stimulate sustainable economic development initiatives and watershed management projects by local, state, and federal agencies, local communities, not-for-profit conservation organizations, and private landowners and other stakeholders along the Mississippi river. ,--_ _ __ LANSMIG -swA~liM~ q9 AlkrneMan fop IA,33B GUTTEN6ERt3 Syr,,, F .1,913 Peq; 97,366 Mississippi River Partnership Council City and County Population Sawc~: US C«ra X008 EAma~ } DU6000E _ _.__ -MvhM~n: 57,230 wwpwe Pop 91,]7a ~~'rJ iJ q ~._ _ --- ~6xELLEVUE ~ackwn 9 M: 2,337 Pep 19,463 Cr».+a, CLINTON Pep 4e,o~a hvuleMan 26,07 _---~L r,. , .. - .~ _ Scox Peryw ~aa,46o DAVENPORT .._~~.. _.._.. Fqu1.11~m 100,!27 A1,ece~h~ rbp.a,3o. MUSCATR+lE ~E,w,e F~rMi~w: 22,504 Pep: , ,,T 13 ~_' WAPELlO ,..._-.__.. RpvbNoe: 2,013 ~,~~~, -op:,4,679 ~ - FepdeN~n: 25.327 ~.< I -oa. 33 .~rti ~,~ FORT MADISON Pop~laHsn:l0,H7 ~. • Educate on river related issues • Enhance communication • Develop a common agenda • Convene public and private stakeholders • Interact with state, federal and private agencies • Respond to common challenges and opportunities • Identify resources to support river related projects • Share and build on existing initiatives Administrative Staff: '` ~~~"p ~"~' ~~;~ Until the 1VI1SS.~:i~1y1~1 " "~~~ Ex -Officio ~ r~~ ~:. partnership ~u~.~ . i ~cil provides for its permanent staffing and Support The East Central U v ~ ~ U tnt~. ~~.~ rernmental s~ ~., Association, in .~~ w` ~' ~~„ ~,s .. ~` ~A7 ~ , ~4~,~r` ' ~. f ,e ~v I ff I 1 F ~ ~ ~~"' ~~~~ , ,t ~ ~~~9 ~~~~ ~-~, ~; ~i~ ~~,,, ~. _ cooperation with ~; . ~ , , , councils of governments and county boards of supervisors in counties adjacent to the • Soil and water Allamakee Burlington Agriculture and Iowa Senate land stewardship Mississippi river, shall • Business Clayton Bellevue tam Jocl-um • Recreational • Clinton ~~`T~'`' ~ ~~°`'~~ Natural resources .Iowa House be responsible for • Clinton Economic providing the council • Conservation Des Monies ('ha-•Ics Iscnhart t,~~~~~ `~~:1-~~E~ho~•r~ development with administrative • Environmental Dubuque Daven ort titc~~ci- N. OIcon ~~,~~-,~.p .,,,,,,g, P Transportation support. • Agricultural Dubuque • Jackson • Fort Madison a>s,:l.: ~~. 3~~:., • Lee Guttenberg • Louisa Lansing • Muscatine Muscatine Voting • Scott Wapello Non Voting L ~ Administrative Staff Conditions Term in years ... • Soil and water conservation districts. shall reside in one of the ten Iowa Group I Governor • Business. counties bordering 6 members • Recreational interests. I rh eMississippi • Conservation interests. • Environmental interests. • Agricultural interests (should be __ _~ ..... Group II County boards of • 10 counties hnrder~na the Each member shall 10 members superv-sors M~~~~~Cippi River ~' represent one county Group III City council • 101argest Iowa cities adjacent to 10 members Mississippi River • The department of agriculture and land Group IV stewardship. 4 members 'The department of natural resources. • The department of economic development. • "I'he department of transportation. 3 3 3 3 One nonvoting person appointed by the governor shall serve as the chairpert~.,~ ~~il :a ~~ m~ ~-w-~~~-~ Note: Members of the Mississi pi river partnershi council other than members of tFie general p assembly, shall be appointed to serve for three-year terms. However, among the initial appointments, the persons making the appointments of votin members shall coordinate a pointments o~members to serve terms for less than ~hree years to ensure staggered terms. The persons making the a pointments of voting members shall also coor~nate appointments to meet the requirements of sections 69.16 and 69.=_6A. The ~~°~bers may be appointed, one each by the Group V ma ority leader of the senate, after consultation wit the president of the senate, and by the 2 members from minority leader of the senate, and by the speaker Senate of the House of Representatives, after 2 members from consultation with the majority leader of the House House of Representatives, an by the minority Leader of the House of Representatives. Members shall receive compensation pursuant to section 2.12. The council may, at its, discretion, appoint 1~~widuals representing federal.a~encies Group VI or other state agencies or comm~~~~~ns to Others serve as ex officio. None None "Meeting schedule" •Council should at least meet every quarter in one or more counties in first three years. •Council should at least meet two times in a year after first three years. _ •The council shall meet at any (~ ~ time on the call of the chairperson. •Until the Mississippi river partnership council provides for Admin its permanent staffing and support, the East Central Intergovernmental Association, in cooperation with councils of governments and county boards of supervisors in counties adjacent to the Mississippi river, shall be responsible for providing the council with administrative "Voting" •A majority of the voting members of the council constitutes a quorum. •Any action taken by the council must be adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority "~: ~ of its voting membership. "By laws & State code" •The Mississippi river partnership council may adopt bylaws and rules of operation consistent with this section. •The Mississippi river partnership council, including any of its committees, Shall be subject to open meetings and public records laws. . support. __. -- ~ ~ 10 Apr10 -Jun 10 Meeting with all stakeholders in > First meeting four COGs ^ ~l • Staff at each will be Update on local conducting meeting in their respective > Form the group jurisdictions initiatives and projects Develop and counties. Approve Bi-laws ~ initiate • Gathering potential Education of the group implementation issues that need to be • Get a draft issues that plan addressed Requesting each county need to be addressed in and city to provide their the area from the group. representative. State and federal • Requesting Governor's presentations Inviting office to provide the list • ~ storming the issues respective of appointments. Federal & State • Requesting state Prioritize agencies departments to provide opportunities/ their representatives. > Develop Value • Inviting list of Ex-office. • The group will formally Creation • COGs with help of acting group convenience after Jan 1 Agenda will invite Federal & State following the department officials to participate. appointment of required • Create Strategy and Plan voting members. Initiative Prioritization MaryJoWilhelm District8 563-547-4156 mjwilhelm414@msn.com Brian Schoenjahn District 12 563-633-4065 brian.schoenjahn@legis.state.ia.us RogerStewart District 13 563-689-4523 roger.stewart@legis.state.ia.us PamJochum District l4 563-556-6530 Pam.Jochum@legis.state.ia.us Tom Hancock District 16 563-876-3219 tom.hancock@legis.state.ia.us James F. Hahn District 40 563-263-1208 james.hahn@legis.state.ia.us David Hartsuch District 4l 563-823-8442 david.hartsuch@legis.state.ia.us Shawn Hamerlinck District 42 563-388-6338 shaven.hamerlinck@legis.state.ia.us Dr. Joe M. Seng District 43 563-391-1627 joe.seng@legis.state.ia.us Thomas G. Courtney District 44 319-753-2684 thomas.courtney@legis.state.ia.us Gene Fraise District 46 319-528-6176 eugene.fraise@legis.state.ia.us Mississippi River Partnership Counci I M . of the Iowa Smote - Roger Steven DISTRIC? ~- ~..„,„ 42 ~,ts, _. 40 „ i Shawn H. .k J<m»s Hahn ...o. . 41 ..._ .., Davtd Hwtwch Ja. Seng DISTRfCT 44 Thomas G. Courfisy E pISTRKT 46 Gone Praise we `z _ ....- Name John W. Beard District District 16 Phone 563-382-4993 - Email john beard@legis.state.ia.us RogerThomas District 24 563-245-1084 roger.thomas a~legis.state.ia.us Tom J. Schueller District 25 tom.schueller@legis.state.ia.us Polly Bukta District 26 563-242-6603 mpbukta@mchsi.com Charles Isenhart District 27 563-557-1261 Charles.isenhart@legis.state.ia.us PatJ.Murphy District 28 563-582-5922 pat.murphy@legis.state.ia.us Steven F. Lukan District 32 563-921-3725 steven.lukan@legis.state.ia.us Nathan K. Reichert District 80 563-263-3057 Nathan.Reichert@legis.state.ia.us PhyllisThede District 8l 515-281-3221 phyllis.thede@legis.state.ia.us Linda J. Miller District 82 563-449-9956 linda.miller@legis.state.ia.us Steven N. Olson District 83 563-659-9096 steven.olson@legis.state.ia.us Elesha L. Gayman District 84 563-650-6140 elesha.gayman@legis.state.ia.us Cindy Winckler District 86 563-324-7927 Cindy.winckler@legis.state.ia.us Thomas R. Sands District 87 319-729-2280 tom.sands@legis.state.ia.us Dennis M. Cohoon District 88 319-752-5057 dennis.cohoon@legis.state.ia.us David E. Heaton District 91 319-385-9342 dave.heaton@legis.state.ia.us Jerry A. Kearns District 92 319-524-1570 jerry.kearns@legis.state.ia.us -~ MSTRK'T ~'7 Chorles Isenhart YST4Y'T ~R Par Murphy r~leTpy-r 15 p Torn SchUeRal m A rN~~TWf"T 1~1 '`~ Polly Bukto M'iT41(T A7 SNven Olson - n1~Twr'T a~ Linda Miller I7ISTRIf~T RI Phyllis Theme rY,STRI('T R7 L 7e,rp~ p~ T Sands Cindy Winckler om ~---- 1 rkcrq~T pp ~ . . ~.~~ ~ ~~ ~~~ asTRKT 9i 4 Dave Heaton r11CTWf'r 0~ ~ w c Jerry Keorns : Mississippi River ~ifHSTR1C'T it~+ Partnership Council John Beard Members of the Iowa House of Reprasentcdives rY~TRY'T ~~ Roger TFwmas ~v~r~rT ~~ /- Srewn Lukonl n ~~ Y -.-~ i ~~ ~ ~ ~' Allamakee Upper Explorerland Regional East Central Intergovernmental Planning Commission Association ~~ Allamakee and Clayton, Counties `•,. Clinton, Dubuque and Jackson cla,~~„ www.uerpc.org Counties Phone (563) 864-7551 www.ecia.org Phone (563) 556-4166 °ibi'~"° Wendy Mihm-Herold wmihmherold(a~uerpc.org Bill Ziegler bzieeler(a~uerpc.or>? Kelley Deutmeyer kdeutmever(c~ecia.or~ Chandra Ravada cravada(a~ecia.ore Jaekaon Clinton Scott Qi#•$ta~ seir~c ._._Y ~~ Muscatine Bi-State Regional Commission Southeast Iowa Regional Planning ~~ Phone (309) 793-6300 ~oulsa ~. Commission Muscatine and Scott Counties Des !~1oines, Lee and Louisa Coui=. www.bistateonline.org www.scirpc.com oQa Molnas,' Phone (309) 793-6300 Phone (319) 753-5107 Brian Tapp btappCa?seirpc.com Mike Norris mnorrisC«)seirpc.com Denise Bulat dbulat(a bistateonline.or~ Gena McCullough emcculloueh(cabistateonline.org www.ecia.orq/mississi ~ ~i river partners iip. itm ittp://iowa ~ouse.orq/wp- content/up oads/2009/0~~/i~~ 756- watersred ~o icies.pd- Questions? Mississ~i River Partners p `~tZtl4it' iS iiltY~ t~~~E'r~1~fSt Cl~Sr*( ~b Friday, ~[.ugust 28, 2oog 1o:3oamtol2:oopm ~lurstville interpretive Center s. introduction s. Bac(zground information 3. Mississ~i River Partnershp Spower, point presentation) 4. Discussion regarding coordinating with other Mississ p. pi River organizations. a. Mississ p, pi River Par(way Commission 6. 'Watershed Coordinating Council c. Others 5. ~-l'aw to volunteer to the Partnershp Council 6. O. pen discussion-questions and answer session 7. ~'ourn The Upper Mississippi River Basin Association (UMRBA) is a regional interstate organization formed by the Governors of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin to coordinate the states' river-related programs and policies and work with federal agencies that have river responsibilities. UMRBA is involved with programs related to ecosystem restoration, hazardous spills, and water quality, as well as floodplain management and flood control, commercial navigation, and water supply. The five member states of the UMRBA are represented by gubernatorial appointees. Generally, the Governor's designee is from a state agency with substantial responsibilities for water resource management. This person is responsible for coordinating with other state agencies and providing for their direct involvement when necessary. The Governor may appoint alternate representatives from a variety of state agencies to facilitate internal state coordination and assure that a broad range of state authorities and perspectives are considered in the deliberations of the Association. Six federal agencies also participate in the UMRBA as advisory members including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Agriculture (Natural Resources Conservation Service), Department of Homeland Security (Coast Guard and Federal Emergency Management Agency), Department of the Interior (Fish and Wildlife Service and Geological Survey), Department of Transportation (Maritime Administration), and Environmental Protection Agency. Missisur~,~k River Parkway Commission (MRPC)? The Mississippi River Parkway Commission (MRPC) is a multi-state organization which works collectively to preserve, promote, and enhance the scenic, historic, and recreational resources of the Mississippi River, to foster economic growth in the corridor, and to develop the national, scenic and historic parkway known as the Great River Road. The ten states that border the Mississippi River comprise Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Tennessee and Wisconsin. The MRPC is one of the only - organizations whose work ties together all of the the MRPC. They include: Mississippi Missouri, and certainly the oldest - Mississippi River states. Established in 1938 under the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the National MRPC is the umbrella organization that coordinates multi-state programs on behalf of the member states. Each state has its own individual commission which is established by state statute or Governor's Executive Order. Membership consists of state legislators, state and local officials and general members appointed by the Governors or state agency directors of the individual state. Its Board of Directors includes the chairs of the individual state commissions. The National MRPC Chair is known as "The Pilot" and is elected by the general membership each year. Iowa Water Resources Coordinating Council Council established. A water resources coordinating council is established within the office of the governor. 2. Purpose. The purpose of the council shall be to preserve and protect Iowa's water resources, and to coordinate the management of those resources in a sustainable and fiscally responsible manner. In the pursuit of this purpose, the council shall use an integrated approach to water resource management, recognizing that insufficiencies exist in current approaches and practices, as well as in funding sources and the utilization of funds. The integrated approach used by the council shall attempt to overcome old categories, labels, and obstacles with the primary goal of managing the state's water resources comprehensively rather than compartmentally.