3 3 11 Fiscal Year 2012 Planning Services Budget PresentationTo provide the best professional planning
and land use control services to the City
To protect and enhance the historic, cultural
and aesthetic resources that make Dubuque
a unique, identifiable and vital community.
Zoning
Board of
Adjustment
Long Range
Zoning
Planning
Advisory
Advisory
Commission
Commission
Historic
Preservation
Commission
Administration
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Development Services
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City Planning
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Historic Preservation
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Grant Writing/Administration
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Zoning Compliance
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Staff Development
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Community Activities, Partnerships, &
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Outreach
FY 2010 Customer Service Survey
Results
80% of those surveyed rated Planning
Services staff better in development
services than other cities
Customer satisfaction ratings were over
90% for staff friendliness, expertise and
informing applicants of the process
Historic Millwork District PUD
Approval: 89% of cases
Average review: 30 days
Approval: 93% of cases
Average review: 21 days
21 Subdivision
Plats
1 Floodplain
10 Site Plan
Development
Reviews
Permit
37 Survey
Plats
Senior Housing &
Apartment Units
Approved
FY 200994
FY 2010489
ApplewoodIII Senior Apartments
FY 201120
603
TOTAL
SeniorHousing &
Apartment Units
Under
ConstructionBuilt
Senior 6043
Radford Place Apartments
Housing
Apartments81129
141172
TOTAL
Weekly Information
Monthly Internal Working Group:
Community Oriented Policing
Sharing
Police
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Housing
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Fire
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Health
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Housing
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Health
Public Works
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Library
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Legal
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Engineering
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Building
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Human Rights
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City Manager’s Office
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Zoning
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Cases investigated: 479
Cases resolved by staff: 478
Cases resolved in court: 1
Average time to resolve zoning cases:
9 days
FEMA Floodplain Map: Theirs
FEMA Flood
Plain Mapping
1,800 properties included
in FEMA flood plain!
Proposed
Proposed in 2009
FEMA Floodplain Map: Ours!
FEMA Flood
Plain Mapping
1,600 properties
from FEMA
removed
Proposed
flood plain!
Revised
Revised in 2010
Protecting over 1,000 propertiesProtecting over 1,000 properties
US Army
Corps of
Engineers
City
FEMA
Engineering
City
City
Public
Planning
Works
Successful PR Campaign:
Dubuque: 84% mail-in rate
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#1 in Iowa
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Top 50 in U.S. of cities over
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50,000
National “Hard-to-Count”
Socio-Economic Factors
include:
Renter-occupied units
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Recent movers
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Education levels
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Poverty
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Unemployment
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Language “isolation”
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Public assistance
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1,178 acres annexed
since 2006
5,106 acres annexed
since 1995
NMRMA
Phase II: River Center
HPC Approval: 100%
Average review: 21 days
Over 1/3 of cases
approved by staff:
average review 2 days
1 Housing Grant: $3,400
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4 Loans: $68,350
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1 Public Improvement
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project: $20,270
2010 Ken Kringle
Historic Preservation Awards
Timothy Toomey
306 W. Locust Street
Step By Step, Inc.
759 Bluff Street
2010 Ken Kringle
Historic Preservation Awards
The Hotel JulienDubuque
Thomas & Martha Blake
200 Main Street
nd
215E. 22Street
National Historic Preservation
Month
National Architecture Week
Training and Educational
Sessions
National Alliance of
Preservation Commissions
CAMP (Commission
Assistance and Mentoring
Program) workshop
Over 120 Housing Rehab
Projects (FY10-FY11)
Historic Millwork District
Streetscape
Mines of Spain Exhibits
New Downtown Parking
Ramps
Survey and Mitigation
of Impact to Historic
and Archeological
Resources
Trails: nearly $3.2
million since 1995
Historic Preservation:
over $750,000 since
1998
20 grants administered
Over $1.3 million for Mines of
Spain Interpretive Center
Expansion and Exhibits
Over $400,000 for Shot Tower
Over $400,000 for Trails
Partnerships:Partnerships:
National Park ServiceNational Park Service
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State Historic Preservation OfficeState Historic Preservation Office
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Iowa Department of Natural Iowa Department of Natural
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ResourcesResources
Old House EnthusiastsOld House Enthusiasts
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LorasLorasCollegeCollege
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Central Alternative High SchoolCentral Alternative High School
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City: Planning, Engineering, City: Planning, Engineering,
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Public WorksPublic Works
Rehabilitation work completed in 2010
Bi-Lingual Bike Route Signage & Map
Iowa 32 Bike/Hike Trail –Phase II
Mines of Spain Partnerships:
Opened
Iowa DNR
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Sept. 2010
Vision Iowa
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National Park Service
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Iowa DOT/ Federal Highway
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City of Dubuque
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Dubuque County
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DRA
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Arts & Cultural Affairs Commission
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Historic Preservation Commission
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Convention & Visitors Bureau
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Friends of the Mines of Spain
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Streetscape Improvements
Presentation at National
Planning Conference
Complete Streets
IDNR
Planning Leisure
Engineering
Services Services
Dubuque
County
Conservation
Community Activities,
Partnerships & Outreach
22 City
Departments
22 Non-
13 State &
Profit
Federal
Groups
Agencies
Coordinated zoning
enforcement
Mixed-use zoning
Historic preservation
Boarded Up Windows
and Doors Ordinance
DMATS Tech Advisory Committee
DMS Architecture Days Committee
ECIA Safe Routes to School Committee
Tri-State Trail Vision
Friends of the Mines of Spain
SW Arterial Design Committee
Planning Excellence and Dubuque featured in the
Best Development National Trust for
Awards for Historic Historic Preservation’s
Millwork District Master “This Place Matters”
Plancampaign
Main Street Award for
Downtown Design
Guidelines
Shot Tower Rehab Project
featured in National Park
Service’s 2010 Annual
Report and on the NPS
website
Planning Services
Department
Annexation Study
Implementation: $50,000
Historic District Public
Improvement Program:
$10,000/year
Riverfront 2000 Plan
Implementation: $25,000/year
Planning Services
Department
New FEMA
Floodplain
Maps
Levee
Certification
Updated
Fringe Area
Development
Policy
Update 2008 Comprehensive Plan
Regional Plan with Smart Planning
Consortium
Complete Streets Policy
Historic Preservation
Outreach & Education
ECIA contributed photo
Planning Services Planning Services
DepartmentDepartment