Long Range Planning Commission Ordinance AmendmentTHE CITY OF
DUB TE MEMORANDUM
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
BARRY LINDA
CITY ATTORN
To: Mayer Roy D. Buol and
Members of the City Council
DATE: April 20, 2011
RE: Amendment to the Long Range Planning Advisory Commission Ordinance
Attached for your consideration is a draft of an amendment to the Long Range Planning
Advisory Commission Ordinance eliminating the appointment of a member of the City
Council to the Commission.
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Attachment
cc: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Laura Carstens, Planning Manager
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OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY DUBUQUE, IOWA
SUITE 330, HARBOR VIEW PLACE, 300 MAIN STREET DUBUQUE, IA 52001 -6944
TELEPHONE (563) 583 -4113 / FAx (563) 583 -1040 / EMAIL balesq @cityofdubuque.org
ORDINANCE NO. 31 -11
AMENDING CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 15 PLANNING
AND ZONING, CHAPTER 2 LONG RANGE PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION,
SECTION 15 -2 -1 PROVIDING FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE LONG RANGE
PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION BY ELIMINATING A MEMBER OF THE CITY
COUNCIL ON THE COMMISSION
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
,DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances § 15 -2 -1 is amended to read as
follows:
15 -2 -1: COMMISSION CREATED; COMPOSITION:
There is hereby created a city long range planning advisory commission, which shall
consist of seven (7) residents of the city appointed by the city council who shall be
qualified by their knowledge, experience and ability to contribute to the city's long range
planning and development efforts.
Attest:
Prepared by: Barry A. Lindahl, Esq. 300 Main Street Suite 330 Dubuque IA 52001 563 583 -4113
Kevi S. Firnsta
1, Acting City Clerk
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon publication.
Passed, approved and adopted the 2nd day of
Roy D. ol, Mayor
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May, 2011.
EFECT OF AMENDMENT
15 -2 -1: COMMISSION CREATED; COMPOSITION:
There is hereby created a city long range planning advisory commission, which shall
consist of seven (7)
council and six (6) residents of the city appointed by the city council who shall be
qualified by their knowledge, experience and ability to contribute to the city's long range
planning and development efforts.
Memo
May 2, 2011
To: City Council Members
From: Karla Braig
Re: Long Range Planning Advisory Commission
This item on the agenda tonight asks you to consider removing the requirement that a city
council member be appointed to the Long Range Planning Advisory Commission. I am
currently the city council member appointee, and after one meeting, I felt that there were
a few reasons a council member should not be on this board:
1. This commission was set up as a citizens' advisory board to advise city council
members. So what is a city council member doing on a board advising the council?
2. A citizen could be appointed to replace the council member position, thereby giving
Dubuque citizens more of a chance to get in on city government at the grassroots level.
3. As a council member, I do not feel comfortable giving the LRPAC any "insights" on
how the council might feel about something. I do not, and will not, speak for the entire
city council.
4. Times change. When this commission was established, perhaps careful oversight by
the council was necessary, but I do not think that is the case any more. This commission
works just fine under the auspices of the city planning department.
5. I don't think any ordinance or board rules cannot be changed as circumstances
change. To keep doing things the way they were always done is not what got our city to
where it is today.
Thank you for your consideration of these reasons as you vote.
If the council agrees to remove the requirement that a city council member be on the
LRPAC, then we must decide if we want this seat for a citizen, and if we do, direct the
acting city clerk to publish that we are accepting volunteers for the LRPAC. If the
council votes to keep a council member on this commission, then I would ask you to
accept my resignation from the LRPAC and appoint another council member in my place.
OFFICIAL
PUBLICATION
ORDINANCE NO. 31-11
AMENDING CITY OF
DUBUQUE CODE OF
ORDINANCES TITLE
15 PLANNING AND
ZONING, CHAPTER 2
LONG RANGE PLAN-
NING ADVISORY
COMMISSION, SEC-
TION 15-2 -1 PROVID-
ING FOR THE COM-
POSITION OF THE
LONG RANGE PLAN-
NING ADVISORY
COMMISSION BY
ELIMINATING A MEM-
BER OF THE CITY
COUNCIL ON , THE
COMMISSION
NOW, THEREFORE, BE
IT ORDAINED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IO-
WA:
Section 1. City of Du-
buque Code of Ordi-
nances § 15 -2 -1 is
amended to read as
follows:
15-2-1: COMMISSION
CREATED; COMPOSI-
TION:
There is hereby creat-
ed a city long range
planning advisory com-
mission, which shall
consist of seven (7)
residents of the city
appointed by the city
council who shall be
qualified by their
knowledge, experience
and ability to contrib-
ute to the city's long
range planning and de-
velopment efforts.
Section 2. This ordi-
nance shall take effect
upon publication.
Passed, approved and
adopted the 2nd day of
May, 2011.
/s /Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest: /s /Kevin S.
Firnstahl,
Acting City Clerk
Published in the Tele-
graph Herald Newspa-
per on May 6, 2011.
/s /Kevin S. Firnstahl,
Acting City Clerk
It 5/6
STATE OF IOWA {SS:
DUBUQUE COUNTY
CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION
I, Suzanne Pike, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa
corporation, publisher of the Telegraph Herald,a newspaper of general circulation
published in the City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby
certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on the following
dates: May 6, 2011, and for which the charge is $12.86.
Subscribed to before me Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa,
this 9 day of , 20 // .
Notary Public in and for i ubuque County, Iowa.
MARY K. WESTERMEY.
Commission Number 154.
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