Minutes Long Range Plan 8 20 03PRESENT:
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LONG RANGE PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
Auditorium, Carnegie Stout Library
360 W. 11th Street. Dubuque, Iowa
Chairperson David Rusk: Commissioners Mary Lynn Neumeister, Roy Buol.
Mike Portzen and Rick Stein; Staff Members Beth Conlon and Wally
Wernimont.
Commissioners Charles Winterwood and Floyd Schneider.
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.
CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE: Staff presented an Affidavit of Compliance verifying
that the meeting was being held in compliance with the Iowa Open Meetings Law.
MINUTES: Motion by Neumeister, seconded by Buol. to approve the minutes of May 21,
2003 as submitted passed unanimously.
LIAISON/SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS:
Joint Cit'¢/Countv Plannin,q Committee: Chairperson Rusk noted a request from the
Joint/City County Planning Committee for input on the draft Fringe Area Planning
Agreement. Commission members discussed the Committee's recommendations. The
consensus of the Commission was to support those recommendations.
Downtown Plannin,q Committee: Chairperson Rusk reported on the Downtown Planning
Committee's progress on finalizing the Downtown Master Plan
Enterprise Zone Commission: Commissioner Rick Stein stated that there was no report
Bee Branch Storm Water Committee: There was no report available.
ACTION ITEM: PETITION FOR HISTORIC LANDMARK STATUS FOR FOUR MOUNDS
ESTATE. In response to questions from the Commission. Staff Member Wally Wemimont
gave an overview of the Phase III Architectural and Historical Survey Report for Downtown
Dubuque, answered questions about the government entities involved in designating
historical or archeolog~cal sites, and gave the Commission members a list of the
designated Historic Districts in Dubuque.
Staff Member Wemimont then reported on a petition for local historic landmark status filed
by Four Mounds Estate, 4900 Peru Road. The Commission discussed the petition. Motion
by Neumeister, seconded by Portzen, for the Long Range Planning Advisory Commission
to support the application for the Four Mounds Estate petition carried unanimously.
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August 20. 2003
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ITEMS FROM COMMISSION:
Annexation and Smart Growth: The Commission discussed the memorandum that Planning
Services Manager Laura Carstens prepared at the request of Chairperson Rusk on August
19. 2003. The memorandum set forth the relationship between Smart Growth principtes
and the annexation of approximately 700 acres of farmland along Middle Road. Seippel
Road and Asbury Road.
Election Of Officers: This item was tabled to the next meeting.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Elizabeth Conlon, Assistant Planner
Adopted