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JOINT CITY/COUNTY PLANNING COMMITTEE
Long Range Planning Advisory Commission
September 22, 2003
11:00 a.m.
Conference Room #2
City Hall Annex, 2"d Floor
1300 Main Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001
PRESENT:
ABSENT:
Chairperson Mary Lynn Neumeister, Committee Members John
Goodmann, Mike Portzen, Jim Waller, Jim Gonyier, Ann Michalski, Anna
O'Shea and Dave Rusk; Staff Members Laura Carstens and Elizabeth
Conlon. Also present was Mary Ann Specht, guest from Dubuque County.
Committee Members Gordon Mills and Dr. Charles Winterwood
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Neumeister at
11:18 a.m.
AFFIDAVIT 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 Michatski, seconded by Rusk to approve the minutes of July 23,
2003 as submitted. Motion carried unanimously.
ACTION ITEM: Review Input on Draft Frincle Area Policy Agreement:
O'Shea reviewed her outline of the process that Dubuque County would use for the
draft agreement. She compared the provisions for the primary and secondary growth
areas. O'Shea stated that the County Zoning Office would use the process for: (1)
zoning certificates; (2) rezoning applications; (3) subdivision plats/site plans; and (4)
other applications, such as flood plain applications or special use permits. Neumeister
complimented Ms. O'Shea on the comparison agreement. The Committee reviewed
and discussed the County's standards.
Carstens noted that input on the draft agreement had been received from the City's
Zoning Advisory Commission, Long Range Planning Advisory Commission,
Development Review Committee and the Legal Department. She noted that input had
been received from the County's Planning and Zoning Commission and Legal
Department. Carstens also noted that input from the Developers' Roundtable was
included. Committee Member Michalski commented that she felt that the packet was
well assembled and very comprehensive.
The Committee noted the City's Long Range Planning Advisory Commission supported
the existing proposal.
The Committee discussed the input from the City's Zoning Advisory Commission, the
Development Review Committee, and the Legal Department. The Committee
recommended the following changes:
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September 22, 2003
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Definitions:
Developer: change to "An individual, two or more individuals, a partnership or
a corporation, a group or association of persons having ..."
Development: add "only" after "apply".
Open Space: change "devoted to" to "occupied by"
B. Purpose
1 .c. Change "Direct" to "Encourage" and delete "to" and replace with "in".
3. Change "are intended" to "shall be interpreted so as"; delete "adopted" twice.
Primary Growth Areas
a. Annexation-Pa.qe 5
1 ) Okay on "will".
2) Delete "It is therefore..." and change to "New subdivisions and developments
within these areas shall be required..."
4) Change "may" to shalF.
5) Add affordable housing criteria to this sentence; change "based on" to "contingent
upon" and "may" to "shall"; "delete "for" and change to "encourage".
b. Zonin.q-Pa.qe 5
2) Relocate the sentence "New subdivisions and new developments conform" to
Subdivision/Development Review, on page 6.
c: Subdivision/Development Review-Page 6
1 ) Change "are required to" to "shall".
2) Change "jurisdiction" to "ownership".
3) Delete this sentence and replace with sentence from Zoning 2).
The Committee discussed City Staff's concerns with capped water and sewer
systems and decided to delete this requirement from the agreement. Motion by
Rusk, seconded by Portzen, to delete c.3) on page 6. Motion carried unanimously.
4) The Committee tabled a suggestion by the Zoning Advisory Commission to
include specific criteria for item c.5. Neumeister suggested that the City contact
the Iowa Department of Natural Resources on that subject.
2. Secondary Growth Areas a. Annexation-Pa.qe 6
4) The Committee decided not to provide any additional criteria for pre-annexation
agreements. The sentence stays the same.
b. Zonin.q-Pa.qe 7'
2) Sentence should read: "Land in the secondary growth areas may develop in
conformance with existing zoning".
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September 22, 2003
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c. Subdivision/Development Review-Paqe 7
1 ) The Committee discussed the use of urban and rural profiles for the secondary
growth areas. Motion by Rusk, seconded by Goodmann to sustain the use of
profiles. Motion carried unanimously
2) Change "transitional" to "secondary".
3) The Committee discussed the current language. Motion by MichalsM, seconded
by Rusk to sustain the language in 3). Motion carried unanimously.
c. Subdivision/Development Review-Paqe 8
7) The Committee discussed the current language. Motion by Portzen, seconded by
Rusk to delete 7). The motion carried unanimously.
8)
and 9) Motion by Portzen, seconded by Michalski to keep sentences 8) and 9) the
same. Motion carried unanimously. City staffwas asked to clarify the meaning of
the City Legal Department's recommendation for 9).
The Committee discussed the Fringe Area Map, and how to address developments
proposed for the far reaches of the primary growth areas that would not be annexed or
served by the City for a long time. The Committee discussed the Development Review
Committee's recommendations to use County standards for wells and septic systems,
to require easements for City utilities, and to require a rural street profile with a 26-foot
wide City standard for private streets, with urban profile dependent depend on
development density and function of storm water facilities. Committee members felt that
that this issue could be covered under pre-annexation agreements. Committee
members suggested the pre-annexation agreement could include a provision that
streets built to these standards would be accepted as public streets at such time at they
were annexed.
The Committee discussed the City Legal Department's comments regarding the draft
agreement. Motion by Rusk, seconded by Waller, to adopt the City Legal Department's
recommendations with the exception of c.2 and c.4 on page 7, and with the clarifications
needed. Motion carried unanimously.
The Committee agreed to review the input from the County and the developers at the
October 20 meeting.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 1:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Elizabeth Conlon, Assistant Planner Adopted