Minutes_Resilient Community Advisory Commission 3 3 19 Copyrighted
January 22, 2019
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 1.
ITEM TITLE: Minutes and Reports Submitted
SUMMARY: Airport Commission of 5/15/18, 6/25/18, 8/6/18, 9/24/18;
City Council Proceedings of 1/7/19; Cable N Commission
of 1/9/19; Library Board of Trustees Minutes of 10/25/18,
11/29/18; and Council Update #178 of 12/20/18; Resilient
CommunityAdvisory Commission of 10/4/18, 11/1/18,
12/6/18 and 1/3/19; Transit Advisory Board of 1/10/19;
Zoning Advisory Commission of 1/2/19; Proof of
Publication for City Council Proceedings of 12/17/18.
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
Airport Commission Minutes of 5/14/18 Supporting Documentation
Airport Commission Minutes of 6/25/18 Supporting Documentation
Airport Commission Minutes of 8/6/18 Supporting Documentation
Airport Commission Minutes of 9/24/18 Supporting Documentation
Cable N Commission Minutes of 1/9/19 Supporting Documentation
City Council Proceedings of 1/7/19 Supporting Documentation
Library Board of Trustees Minutes of 10/25/18 Supporting Documentation
Library Board of Trustees Minutes of 11/29/18 Supporting Documentation
Library Board of Trustee Council Update#178 of Supporting Documentation
12/20/18
Resilient Community Advisory Commission Minutes of Supporting Documentation
10/4/18
Resilient Community Advisory Commission Minutes of Supporting Documentation
11/1/18
Resilient Community Advisory Commission Minutes of Supporting Documentation
12/6/18
Reslient Community Advisory Commission Minutes of Supporting Documentation
1/3/19
Transit Advisory Board Minutes of 1/10/19 Supporting Documentation
Zoning Advisory Commission Minutes of 1/2/19 Supporting Documentation
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of Supporting Documentation
12/17/18
City of Dubuque
COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
GOVERNMENTAL BODY: Resilient Community Advisory Commission
DATE: January 3, 2019
TIME: 5:00 pm
LOCATION: Circle Conference Room
Jules Operations and Training Center, 949 Kerper Blvd., Dubuque IA 52001'
'new final location
MEMBERS PRESENT: Dean Boles, Sara Booth, Lalith Jayawickrama, Robin Kennicker, Carrie Lohrmann, Laura
Roussell, Leah Specht. Absent: Ben Darr
STAFF PRESENT: Gina Bell, Sustainable Community Coordinator; Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Chair Leah Specht called the meeting to order at 5:08 pm. Bell confirmed the meeting was in compliance with the
lowa Open Meeting Law.
PUBLIC COMMENT: Dean Mattoon, Engineering Department, shared about his work managing storm water
permit from DNR/EPA. Part of the permit includes informing RCAC, either in person or via email of changes,
information needed and/or recommendations for changes to language in permit. He staffs the Catfish Creek
Watershed Authority board.
MINUTES APPROVAL: Dean motioned to approve the November 1, 2018 meeting minutes. Robin seconded.
The motion passes unanimously.
IMAGINE DUBUQUE TECHNICAL TEAM REPRESENTATIVE: Short discussion regarding what the position
entails. Commissioners requested that Planning Department present at a future Resilient Community Advisory
Commission meeting. Commissioners Booth and Jayawickrama expressed interest in the position. Roussell
motioned to make Booth the Technical Team representative and Jayawickrama as the alternate. Kennicker
seconded, motion passed.
OPEN COMMISSIONER SEAT: In December, Commissioner Drahozal resigned. He served as one of three
"cross-commission representative. Commissioner Lohrmann agreed to serve as the cross-commission
representative member, allowing for the vacancy on commission to be filled as at "at-large" position.
Commissioners are encouraged to reach out to potential candidates.
CENTER FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AT UNI FOR GHG INVENTORY + CLIMATE
ACTION PLAN: Bell shared updates to the overview of the climate action plan which included input from the
December meeting as well as the intention to contract with UNI's CEEE to do the GHG inventory. Discussion
about what the County is doing regarding climate change ensued and it was discussed that the DMASWA is
included in the City's GHG inventory. Reading other cities' climate action plans was recommended by
Commissioner Jayawickrama.
COMMUNITY GRANT GUIDELINES + REPORTING TOOL: Bell informed commissioners that the Sustainable
Dubuque Community Grant deadline will be moved up 15 days for each round in 2019. She explained that in so
doing, the grantees will receive notice of their awards sooner because the commission will be able to make a
recommendation at the April and October meetings, instead of waiting until the following month to review and
discuss scores. It was also determined that the sub-committee which reviews the aggregated grant scores and
makes a recommendation to the full commission will continue to be chosen the month prior to grant deadline and
anyone willing and available to participate (up to three commissioners) is allowed. After much discussion
regarding the rubric used to score grants, as well as a review of the application, the following was proposed:
make small changes in the grant questions to make questions clearer. Staff will add more comment area to the
scoring sheet as well as add the commissions priority categories to the grant application and scoring sheet.
Commissioners also requested that, moving forward, they are to receive grant reports when they come in for
reimbursement. Additionally, they would like to send a note to grantees at completion of the grant.
COMMISSIONER REPORTS: Community Development took the month of December off so there were no
updates.
NEXT MEETING: The next commission meeting will occur on Thursday February 7, 2019 at 5:00 pm. The
location of the meeting will be at the Jule Operations and Training Center, 949 Kerper Boulevard. Staff will have
to leave no later than 6:15 pm to present at the Council budget hearing and the agenda will reflect this end time.
ADJOURNMENT: The Commission adjourned at 623 pm.
Minutes approved by:
Leah Specht, Commission Chair
Prepared by:
Gina Bell, Sustainable Community Coordinator