Minutes City/Cty Plann 2 19 04
MINUTES
JOINT CITY/COUNTY PLANNING COMMITTEE
Long Range Planning Advisory Commission
Thursday, February 19, 2004
3:00 p.m.
Conference Room 2, City Hall Annex
1300 Main Street, Dubuque, Iowa
PRESENT: Chairperson Mary Lynn Neumeister; Commissioners Ann Michalski, Dave
Rusk, Jim Gonyier, Mike Portzen, Anna O'Shea, Charles Winterwood and
Jim Waller; Staff Member Laura Carstens.
ABSENT:
Commissioners John Goodmann and Gordon Mills.
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 3:05 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 Michalski, seconded by Gonyier, to approve the minutes of
December 17, 2003, as submitted. Motion passed by a vote of 7 to O.
Note: Commissioner Jim Waller arrived at 3:06 p.m.
ACTION ITEMS:
Approve Revised Frinqe Area Policy Aqreement
Staff Member Carstens reported that the Dubuque County Planning and Zoning
Commission had approved the amended Agreement at their February 17 meeting. She
noted that the only change from the Agreement approved by the Joint City/County Planning
Committee in October, 2003 was the amendment requested by the County Commission.
Motion by Rusk, seconded by Portzen, to approve the revised Fringe Area Policy
Agreement. Motion passed by a vote of 8 to O.
Motion by Michalski, seconded by Winterwood, to express the Committee's gratitude to
Chairperson Neumeister for her hard work and leadership throughout the arduous planning
process for this Agreement. Motion passed by a vote of 7 to 0 with Chairperson
Neumeister abstaining.
Review Steps for Adoption of Frinqe Area Policy Aqreement
Staff Member Carstens said the next steps for adoption would be to submit the Fringe Area
Policy Agreement to the City Council for approval, and then to submit the Agreement to the
County Board of Supervisors for adoption. She reported that the City Manager had
suggested that the Agreement be submitted to the City Council for review and approval as
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an action item, and that a work session was not needed unless the Council determined
they wanted a work session. She added that approval of a 28E agreement like this one
does not require a public hearing.
Motion by Michalski, seconded by Winterwood, to transmit the Fringe Area Policy
Agreement to the City Managerwith the recommendation that this be placed on the March
1 City Council meeting agenda as an action item. Motion passed by a vote of 8 to O.
Committee Member Waller said that the County Board of Supervisors would need a work
session on the Agreement, and that this tentatively would be set for 1 :00 p.m. on March 22,
with a vote on the Agreement as an action item at the Board's regular meeting that
evening.
Committee Member O'Shea noted that the only issue she was aware of from the Board of
Supervisors was a concern with pre-annexation agreements from Supervisor Donna Smith.
Staff Member Carstens offered to provide Committee Member O'Shea with a brief
description of recent pre-annexation agreements that the City has used, that she could
then share with the Supervisors.
Chairperson Neumeister asked Committee members to attend the Council and Supervisors
meetings in support of the Agreement's adoption, and thanked them fortheircontributions.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjoumed at 3:21 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Laura Carstens, Planning Services Manager
Adopted