Port of Dubuque Vendor LocationMEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
November 10, 2003
The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
Vendor Locations in the Port of Dubuque
Assistant City Manager Cindy Steinhauser is providing a recommendation on the
maximum amount of vendor loCations at the Port of Dubuque and Hawthorne Street
Peninsula.
Recently, the City Council approved criteria for a vendor application form for the Port of
Dubuque and Hawthorne St. Peninsula. The issue of how many vendors to locate in
each of these areas has never been determined. Based upon input from City staff and
consultants working on the Master Plan for the Port of Dubuque, the recommended
locations and numbers are as follows:
Port of Dubuque
Vendors are to be located no closer than every 70 feet on Bell Street and Fifth Street.
This would allow approximately four vendors on each street. Two vendors are to be
located on the Riverwalk between the American Trust River's Edge Plaza and the
Alliant Energy Amphitheater. A maximum of two vendors (one food, one non-food)
located on the Riverwalk between the floodwall gates and the Diamond Jo Portside
Building, and one vendor to be located in Ice Harbor Park west of the entrance to the
National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium. Attached is a map indicating the
recommended locations. It is also recommended that these locations be reviewed
annually to meet the tourist demand.
Hawthorne Street
A maximum of 4 vendors are being recommended to locate in the grassy area near the
Hawthorne Street ramp. The exception would be dudng special events such as Catfish
festival when other vendors would be allowed. This recommendation would be
reviewed upon future capital improvements to the area.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
MCVM/jh
Attachment
cc: Barry Lindahl, Corporation Counsel
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
MEMORANDUM
November 10, 2003
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
Cindy Steinhauser, Asst. City Manager
Vendor Locations at the Port of Dubuque
Introduction
The purpose of this memo is to recommend a maximum amount of vendor locations at
the Port of Dubuque and Hawthorne Street Peninsula.
Discussion
Recently, the City Council approved criteria for a vendor application form for the Port of
Dubuque and Hawthorne St. Peninsula. The issue of how many vendors to locate in
each of these areas has never been determined. Based upon input from City staff and
consultants working on the Master Plan for the Port of Dubuque, the recommended
locations and numbers are as follows:
Port of Dubuque
Vendors are to be located no closer than every 70 feet on Bell Street and Fifth Street.
This would allow approximately four vendors on each street. Two vendors are to be
located on the Riverwalk between the American Trust River's Edge Plaza and the
Alliant Energy Amphitheater. A maximum of two vendors (one food, one non-food)
located on the Riverwalk between the floodwall gates and the Diamond Jo Portside
Building, and one vendor to be located in Ice Harbor Park west of the entrance to the
National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium. Attached is a map indicating the
recommended locations. It is also recommended that these locations be reviewed
annually to meet the toudst demand.
Hawthorne Street
A maximum of 4 vendors are being recommended to locate in the grassy area near the
Hawthorne Street ramp. The exception would be during special events such as Catfish
festival when other vendors would be allowed. This recommendation would be
reviewed upon future capital improvements to the area.
This information was also reviewed by the Port of Dubuque property owners at a
meeting held October 15, 2003. There was general agreement to the proposed
locations with one request from the Spirit of Dubuque that a maximum of one vendor of
the two vendors located on the Riverwalk between the floodwall gates and the Diamond
Jo Portside Building is a food vendor. There were no objections to this request.
Action
It is requested that you approve the recommended locations
CS:ksf
Attachment
cc: Pauline Joyce, Administrative Services Manager
Bill Baum, Economic Development Director
Laura Carstens, Planning Services Manager
Jeanne Schneider, City Clerk
Sue Winter, Permit Clerk
Vendor Location Map
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Vendor Locations