Fiscal Year 2022 Update to Dubuque County REAP 5-Year Plan and City Council Representative to REAP CommitteeCity of Dubuque
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August 16, 2021
ITEM TITLE: City Fiscal Year 2022 Update to Dubuque County REAP 5-Year Plan
and City Council Representative to REAP Committee
SUMMARY: City Manager recommending City Council approval of the City of
Dubuque's Fiscal Year 2022 update to the Dubuque County 5-Year
REAP Plan and confirm City Council Member Danny Sprank as the
City's representative to the County REAP Committee.
SUGGESTED Receive and File; Approve; CouncilSuggested Disposition:
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
REAP 5 Year Plan-MVM Memo
Staff memo
FY 22 City of Dubuque REAP Plan Update
City of Dubuque REAP Committee Appointee
Type
City Manager Memo
Staff Memo
Supporting Documentation
Supporting Documentation
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SUBJECT: City FY 2022 Update to Dubuque County REAP 5-Year Plan and City
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DATE: August 10, 2021
Leisure Services Manager Marie Ware recommends City Council approval of the City of
Dubuque's FY 2022 update to the Dubuque County 5-Year REAP Plan and confirm City
Council Member Danny Sprank as the City's representative to the County REAP
Committee.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
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TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Marie L. Ware
SUBJECT: City FY 2022 Update to Dubuque County REAP 5-Year Plan and City
Council Representative to REAP Committee
DATE: August 9, 2021
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this memorandum is to request City Council approval of the City of
Dubuque's FY 2022 update to the Dubuque County 5-Year REAP Plan and the City's
representative to the County REAP Committee. The Dubuque County REAP Committee
is updating the Dubuque County REAP Plan for FY 2022.
DISCUSSION
The Dubuque County REAP Committee has requested the City of Dubuque's FY 2022
update to the Dubuque County 5-Year REAP Plan and confirmation of the City's REAP
Committee representative by August 20, 2022. The attached information will be
submitted by this deadline, subject to City Council action on August 16, 2022.
City FY 2022 Update to County REAP Plan
Attached is the completed questionnaire for the City of Dubuque's FY 2022 update for
the Dubuque County 5-Year REAP Plan. The update was prepared based on the FY
2021 REAP Plan, the City's adopted FY 2019 - FY 2026 Capital Improvement Program,
and City Council goals for Sustainable Environment: Preserving and Enhancing Natural
Resources and for Diverse Arts, Culture, Parks, and Recreation Experiences and
Activities.
City Representative to County REAP Committee
The current City representative to the REAP Committee is City Council Member Danny
Sprank.
The Dubuque County REAP Committee must approve updates to the annual REAP
Plan prior to their submittal to the IDNR. The REAP Committee will meet on August 24,
2021. REAP grant applications are due to the IDNR by August 30, 2021.
ACTION REQUESTED
I recommend that the City Council approve the City of Dubuque's FY 2022 update of the
Dubuque County REAP Plan and confirm City Council Member Danny Sprank as the
City representative.
attachments
cc: Steve Fehsal, Park Division Manager
Laura Carstens, Senior Planner, ECIA
CHANGES TO DUBUQUE COUNTY 5-YEAR REAP PLAN
QUESTIONNAIRE
NAME OF ORGANIZATION OR MUNICIPALITY: City of Dubuque
1. List general REAP legislation -related goals and objectives of your organization or
municipality that have changed since the 2021 update of the Dubuque County Plan:
None.
2. List additions or deletions from present recreational/natural areas under .jurisdiction:
Eagle Point Park had a land donation of 11 acres that was added to the park. Rustic Ridge
subdivision has a .86 acre area that is slated for development of a neighborhood pocket park in
the future.
3. List the projects for which you pe to utilize REAP funding in the next five years:
FY 2022: Land Acquisition — Four Mounds Farm (Phase 1)
FY 2023: Eagle Point Park - Implement Environmental Restoration Management
Plan (Phase 3)
FY 2024: Four Mounds Park - Implement Ecological Restoration Plan (Phase 2)
FY 2025: F. D. Roosevelt Park — Park and Trails Development
FY 2026: Land Acquisition — Mines of Spain / E.B. Lyons Interpretive Center
(tentative)
4. List all actual and anticipated expenditures of REAP fund for FY2022:
Completion of the Four Mounds Environmental Restoration REAP grant and completion of
Eagle Point Park Environmental Restoration REAP grant will both be completed by the end of
calendar year 2021 thus all expenditures will be completed in FY 2022.
5. Summarize any additional information about your gency/city/organization that you
would like to have included in the Dubuque County Plan.
A. Request that the Iowa Legislature increase the cap on the Environmental First Fund
(under which REAP and many environmental programs are funded) to help fund REAP
Pass legislation to increase the state sales tax from 6% to 6 3/8% with the 2/7 of one
percent to be deposited in the Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund that
the votes of Iowa already supported.
B. Additional REAP -eligible projects in the city limits of Dubuque include:
In alphabetical order:
• Bee Branch Trail Connections to Riverwalk and Main Street
• Chaplain Schmitt Island Master Plan — Recreational and Trail Connection Projects
• Comiskey Park Redevelopment
• Dodge Street Bike/Hike Trail
• Dubuque Industrial Center West Trail Development
• Eagle Valley Park Development
• English Ridge Park Development
• Granger Creek Nature Trail (Dubuque Technology Park)
• Greenbelt/Wildlife Preserve, Medical Associates Clinic West
• Greenway Trail Development: Usha Park at NW Arterial and Pennsylvania Avenue
to Keyway Drive (North Fork Catfish Creek)
• Kerper Boulevard Bike/Hike Trail — Phases 2 and 3
• Pebble Cove Park Development
• Land acquisition to expand existing parkland (citywide)
• Maus Park and Maus Lake detention basin — Park and landscaping improvements
• Middle Fork Catfish Creek Trail Development
• North Fork Trail Park Development
• Northwest Arterial Trail Connection to Southwest Arterial Trail
• Usha Park (Phases 4 and 5)
• Westbrook Park Development
C. REAP -eligible projects outside the city limits of Dubuque include:
In alphabetical order:
• F. D. Roosevelt Park Master Plan -- Implementation
• Land Acquisition and Development of E.B. Lyons Interpretive Area / Mines of Spain
Recreation Area
• Mississippi Circuit — Grant Wood Mississippi River Region Master Plan
• Southwest Arterial Mississippi River Trail Bike/Hike Trail
Return to: Dubuque County REAP Committee, 13606 Swiss Valley Rd., Peosta, IA 52068 by
mail, or email to Brian.Preston@dubuquecounty.us
APPOINTMENTS TO REAP COMMITTEE
Name of city or organization: City of Dubuque
Name of current member: City Council Member Danny Sprank
PLEASE CONFIRM CURRENT APPOINTMENT BY YOUR SIGNATURE OR PROVIDE NEW
REPRESENATIVE'S CONTACT INFORMATION:
Name
Address
Danny Sprank
City Clerk's Office, 50 W. 131h Street, Dubuque, IA 52001
563.690.6507
Phone Number
Dsprank@citvofdubuque.org
Email
Submitted by: Marie Ware, Leisure Services Manager, City of Dubuque
Signature Date
Return by email to: lisa.schroeder@dubuguecounty.us
Or Mail: Dubuque County Conservation Board, 13606 Swiss Valley Rd., Peosta, IA 52068