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MARK KAUFMAN
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BILL KEMP
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DR. JOSEPH KAPLER
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PAUL KAUFMAN
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WALTER HARTMAN
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DAVID LEIFKER
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DUBUQUE COUNTY CONSERVATION SOCIETY
"Organized in 1933 For Protection of Soil, Woods, Waters and Wildlife"
P.O. Box 645
DUBUQUE, IOWA
52OO4-O645
Mayor and City Council
City of Dubuque
City Hall
50 West 13th St
Dubuque, IA 52001
March 18, 2003
RE: A. J. Spiegel - Eagle Point Condominium
Development
Dear Mayor and City Council Persons:
The Dubuque County Conservation ,Society Board of
Directors at its M~rch 12, 2003 meeting directed this
letter be sent to you.
We join with the Dubuque Audubon Society in opposing the
proposed development for the reasons already expressed
by them. We also concur with the Dubuque Zoning
Commission's prior action in this matter to date.
We are concerned about the adverse effect the
development would have on the natural habitat and
natural aesthetics of the area. Ne are also very
concerned about the risk to migratory birds, including
the eagles, which the large area of windows would cause.
We believe the extensive amount of glass along the
bluff, with resulting reflections, would be a
substantial danger to birds, particular eagles which
frequent the area during the winteCtime and to other
migrating birds in the fall and spring.
Unless the size of the project is reduced substantially
and precautions taken to reduce theirisk to eagles and
other birds, we believe the proposedldevelopment is not
compatible with the area and should not be authorized.
Finally, we believe the prior use of the area seemed to
be compatible with the natural environment. Some
further development, albeit on a very moderate scale,
Mayor and City Council
City of Dubuque
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March 18, 2003
could be done in such a way as to reduce substantially
the current environmental negatives of the project.
Ranol Weigel,
President of the Dubuque County
Conservation Society
cc: City Desk
Telegraph Herald
cc: Brian Preston, Secretary
Dubuque County Conservation Society