Minutes_Resilient Community Advisory Commission 1 4 18 Copyrighted
February 5, 2018
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 1.
ITEM TITLE: Minutes and Reports Submitted
SUMMARY: Airport Commission of 1/22/18; City Council Proceedings
of 1/16/18; Human Rights Commission of 12/11/17, 1/8/18;
Library Board of Trustees Council Update #167 of 1/25/18;
Resilient Community Advisory Commission of 1/4/18;
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of 1/3/18,
1/16/18; List of Claims and Summary of Revenues for
Month Ending 12/31/17
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
Airport Commission Minutes of 1/22/18 Supporting Documentation
City Council Proceedings of 1/16/18 Supporting Documentation
Human Rights Commission of Minutes of 12/11/17 Supporting Documentation
Human Rights Commission Minutes of 1/8/2018 Supporting Documentation
Library Board of Trustees Council Update#167 of Supporting Documentation
1/25/18
Resilient Community Advisory Commissoin Minutes of Supporting Documentation
1/4/18
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of Supporting Documentation
1/3/18
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of Supporting Documentation
1/16/18
Proof of Publication for List of Claims and Summary of Supporting Documentation
Revenues ME 12/31/17
City of Dubuque
COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
GOVERNMENTAL BODY: Resilient Community Advisory Commission
DATE: January 4, 2018
TIME: 5:00 pm
LOCATION: Conference Room #1
City Hall Annex, 1300 Main St, Dubuque IA 52001
MEMBERS PRESENT: Dean Boles, Sara Booth, Steve Drahozal, Carrie Lohrmann, Robin Kennicker,
Laura Roussell Leah Specht. Absent: Ben Darr, Stephanie Grutz
STAFF PRESENT: Assistant City Manager Cori Burbach
President Specht called the meeting to order at 5:05 p.m. Burbach confirmed that the meeting was in
compliance with the lowa Open Meeting Law.
MINUTE APPROVAL: Robin Kennicker motioned, and Dean Boles seconded, approval of the minutes
from the December 7, 2017 meeting. The motion passed unanimously.
PUBLIC COMMENT: None.
SUSTAINABLE DUBUQUE COMMUNITY GRANT UPDATE: Burbach presented a recommendation
for changes to the Sustainable Dubuque Community Grant application process to the Commission that
would be effective for the April 1 , 2018 deadline. Recommended changes include the addition of equity
questions, an update to the scoring process, and the addition of three preference points for projects that
address one of three RCAC priority areas (projects that increase social capital of neighborhoods,
increase access to healthy local foods, especially in food deserts and/or help to meet the 50°k by 2030
Community Climate Action & Resiliency Plan). Commissioners recommended that staff consider
offering funds to assist with replication of successful grants in the future. Roussell motioned, and Booth
seconded, to approve the staff recommendation and forward to City Council.
DESIGN AND RESILIENCY TEAM (DART) REPORT: Burbach reviewed the draft DART report with
the Commission. She framed the action recommendations under the themes of Emergency
Preparedness & City Planning, Neighborhood & Social Resiliency, Healthy & Resilient Community, and
Placemaking. The Commission discussed the overlap between the DART, the Imagine Dubuque plan,
and STAR, and identified low-hanging fruit for implementation. Burbach explained that the
recommended actions will take many years to fully execute, and shared ways that these
recommendations could be incorporated into departmental workplans. Commissioners discussed how
existing City funds, such as Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) or Sustainable Dubuque
Community Grants, could be used to incent implementation of the recommendations.
MUNICIPAL CLIMATE ADAPTATION PLAN: Burbach presented the final University of Nebraska-
Lincoln Municipal Climate Adaptation report. The Commission discussed an outreach and education
plan that utilizes the data. The plan should include strategies to share the information with City staff,
partners who could act on the information, and partners who might assist the City in sharing the
information with the general public.
STAR COMMUNITY RATING & IMAGINE DUBUQUE: EQUITY & EMPOWERMENT: After
commissioners studied the data submitted for the Equity & Empowerment goal of the STAR Community
certification, they discussed actions that could be undertaken in 2018 to prepare for the 2019
recertification. The Commission requested staff complete the Equitable Access to Services and Poverty
Prevention outcomes, which Dubuque did not pursue in 2015. They also discussed several STAR
actions, which Burbach will follow up with staff on. Commissioners requested more information on
indoor air quality efforts in Dubuque; Burbach will report back to the RCAC.
COMMISSIONER REPORT: Boles reported that $100,000 in CDBG funds will be allocated for a new
microloan program for low-income business development, and that a a public hearing for CDBG funds
will be held on January 17, 2018.
NEXT MEETING: Thursday February 1 , 2017, 5:00 PM at City Hall Annex.
ADJOURNMENT: Kennicker moved, and Boles seconded, to adjourn at 6:40 pm. The motion passed
unanimously.
Minutes approved by:
Leah Specht, Commission Chair
Prepared by:
Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager