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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 o Development Services o City Planning o Historic Preservation o Grant Writing/Administration o Zoning Compliance o Staff Development o Community Activities, Partnerships, & o 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 o Housing o Fire o Health o Housing o Health Public Works o o Library o Legal o Engineering o Building o Human Rights o City Manager’s Office o Zoning o 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 o #1 in Iowa o Top 50 in U.S. of cities over o 50,000 National “Hard-to-Count” Socio-Economic Factors include: Renter-occupied units o Recent movers o Education levels o Poverty o Unemployment o Language “isolation” o Public assistance o 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 o 4 Loans: $68,350 o 1 Public Improvement o 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 oo State Historic Preservation OfficeState Historic Preservation Office oo Iowa Department of Natural Iowa Department of Natural oo ResourcesResources Old House EnthusiastsOld House Enthusiasts oo LorasLorasCollegeCollege oo Central Alternative High SchoolCentral Alternative High School oo City: Planning, Engineering, City: Planning, Engineering, oo 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 o Sept. 2010 Vision Iowa o National Park Service o Iowa DOT/ Federal Highway o City of Dubuque o Dubuque County o DRA o Arts & Cultural Affairs Commission o Historic Preservation Commission o Convention & Visitors Bureau o Friends of the Mines of Spain o 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