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CITY OF
DUBUQUE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL PRO
CEEDINGS
OFFICIAL
The Dubuque City
Councilmet in special
session at 5:30 p.m. on
November 17, 2009 in
the Historic Federal
Building.
Present: Mayor Buol,
Council Members
Braig, Connors, Jones,
Resnick, Voetberg, City
Manager Van Milligen,
City Attorney Lindahl
Council Member Braig
left the meeting at 6:45
p.m. Council Member
Resnick left the meet-
ing at 6:55 p.m.
Absent: Council Mem-
ber Lynch
Mayor Buol read the
call and stated this is a
special session of the
City Council to conduct
a work session regard-
ing the East / West
Corridor Connectivity
Study.
roject Manager
Stevd Brown provided
a brief history of the
study.
Will Sharp of HDR,
Inc., 8404 Indian Hills
Drive, Omaha, Nebras-
ka, introduced the proj-
ect's core team of Tara
garner, Chris
Malmberg, and Julie
Neebel (IIW Engi-
neers). Mr. Sharp pro-
vided a slide presenta-
tion outlining the work
session and the results
of the study:
Presentation outline:
• Review study process
• Review previous input
• Review recommend-
ed concept
• Next steps
Review of study flow
chart and timeline
Review of information
incorporated from pre-
vious work session.and
impact of current con-
ditions
Tara Kramer reviewed
the stakeholder/ agen-
cy coordination and
the information gath-
ered to date:
Eleven individual
meetings
Presented recom-
mended concepts:
• Signals vs. round-
abouts
• Overlap section
Priorities:
• University Avenue
overlap section
•Improving skewed in-
tersections
Presentation to Long
Range Planning Advi-
sory Commission
Process to identify
recommended con-
cept:.
• safety
• traffic operations
• complete streets -
definition and exam-
ples
• property impacts
• sustainability
• technical staff input
• stakeholder input
Mr. Sharp highlighted
the recommended con-
cept overview, which
summarized the differ-
ent concepts:
Immediate recommen-
dations:
• Reserve rights -of -way
at suggested areas
• Removing parking
and convert to 3-lane
section immediately
• Add sharrows (shared
bike/car lanes) on sug-
gested streets
High priority - Univer
sity Avenue Overlap
Section
• Signalized intersec-
tions and roundabouts
• Evaluation considera-
tions
• Coordination with
technical staff and
stakeholders
• Comparison and ben-
efits of roundabout vs.
signal options
Review of aerial -based
concepts:
• University Avenue
overlap section with
traffic simulation
• Asbury Road east of
NW Arterial
• University Avenue at
Loras Boulevard
• Pennsylvania Avenue
• Asbury Road west of
NW Arterial
Chris Malmberg re-
viewed the intersection
and roundabout con-
cept maps and legend
information highlight-
ing University Avenue
and Asbury Road con-
cepts:
• Full -construction
areas
• Adding, rebuilding
and placement of side-
walks
• Raised medians
• Gis parcel informa-
tion
• Right-of-way acquisi-
tion and impacts
• Adjacent and redun-
dant access
• Street and intersec-
tion realignments
• Multi -lane round-
abouts
• Bicycle lanes and
streams
• Neighborhood con-
nectivity
• On -street parking im-
pact and removal
Julie Neebel reviewed
the concept maps re-
garding Pennsylvania
Avenue from the NW
Arterial to the suggest-
ed roundabout section
at University Avenue:
• Minimal street re-
alignment
• Bike lanes
• Minimal street and
sidewalk reconstruc-
tion
• Mid -block pedestrian
crossings at Flora Park
Mr. Malmberg provid-
ed additional informa-
tion on the following
sections:
University Avenue
east of Asbury Road to
Booth Street:
• Shared bike sharrows
in University Avenue
overlap section
• Realignment of Delhi
Street
• Signal at University
Avenue and North
Grandview Avenue
• Removal of on -street
parking
Loras Boulevard to Al-
ta Vista Street
• Shared lane due to
on -street parking con-
cerns and driveway ac-
cess
Asbury Road west of
the NW Arterial from
Seippel Road
• Dedicated bike lanes
• Minimal reconstruc-
tion and re -alignment
• Rural issues
Mr. Sharp summar-
ized the presentation:
Additional Considera-
tions
• Recommended future
study of Intersections
outside the scope of
this study
Next Steps
• Finalize the study rec-
ommendations
• Council and citizen in-
put, endorsement
• Prioritize improve-
ments and incorporate
into cip and long range
transportation plans
• Implement proposed
improvements
City Council Members
stated their satisfac-
tion with the study.
Discussion included
complete streets, en-
hanced pedestrian
crosswalks, round-
about statistics and
pro -active public
awareness, bike/car
sharrows and signage,
limited property ac-
quisition and assess-
ment issues.
John Adams, Board of
Trustees for Hillcrest
Family Services, 2005
Asbury Road, spoke re-
garding the potential
impact construction
will have on the agen-
cy's imminent plans to
buiid'a new chapel.
City Council reached
consensus on the
roundabout solutions
and endorsed the full
plan.
There being no fur-
ther business, upon
motion the City Council
adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
/s/Jeanne F. Schneider,
CMC
City Clerk
It 11/25
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