Minutes City Council 9 4 03CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
OFFICIAL
City Council, Special Session, September 4, 2003
Council met in special session at 4:00 p.m. at Four Mounds
Present: Council Members Buol, Cline, Connors, Markham, Michalski, Nicholson, City
Manager Van Milligen; Corporation Counsel Lindahl
Absent: Mayor Duggan absent at roll call but arrived at 4:03 p.m.
Mayor Pro-Tem Cline read the call and stated this is a special session of the City Council
called for the purpose of conducting a goal setting session.
The City Council reviewed their Policy Agenda for 2003 – 2005 and identified policy issues
and actions necessary for each targeted goal. The Council established their Policy Agenda
2003 – 2005 as: Top Priority Action Items – Southwest Arterial, Stormwater Projects, Street
Projects, Zoning Ordinance Update, and Erosion Control Policy and Strategy; High Priority
Action Items – Telecommunications Strategy, Annexation: Policy and Implementation,
Riverfront Development Projects, Federal Strategy, Five Flags: Evaluation, Budget: Service
Inventory, Costs of Services, Tax Rate; and Carryover Priority – Downtown Master Plan:
Implementation.
The City Council established the Management Agenda for 2003 – 2005 as: Julien Dubuque
Bridge, River Valley Initiative, State Grants, Industrial Park Development: Next Phase,
Riverfront Master Plan: Implementation, Star Brewery Lease, Adams Company: Acquisition and
Relocation, CIP – New and Maintenance; and Major Projects for 2003 – 2004 were identified as
nd
Stormwater: Carter Road and 32 Street Detention Basin Property Acquisition and Highway 20
Improvement Project.
There being no further business, upon motion meeting adjourned at 8:32 p.m.
Jeanne F. Schneider, CMC
City Clerk
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