Manternach, Alan, Grant to IDEDCity Manager's Office
50 West 13th Street
Dubuque, Iowa 52001-4864
(319) 589-4110
(319) 589-4149 FAX
January 24, 2000
Alan Manternach, Chairperson
Dubuque County Board of Supervisors
7th and Central
Dubuque, IA 52001
Dear Alan:
This letter is to express the City of Dubuque's support for your grant application to the
Iowa Department of Economic Development to implement a land use planning process
for Dubuque County. It is our understanding that the funding will be used to review the
current land use plan/process and open the dialogue necessary to resolve issues
related to the growth experienced in Dubuque County.
The City of Dubuque's Comprehensive Plan includes land use and urban design goals
and objectives that speak to the need to encourage city-county cooperation, to develop
policies for development of fringe areas, to enhance development and to avoid
unregulated sprawl. In addition, the plan addresses the issue of balancing farmland and
critical area preservation with the need to annex developable land for urban expansion.
To meet the residential and commercial acreage reserves identified in the City's 1993-
1994 Development Needs Study, Dubuque has and will continue to look both within
and outside Its current corporate limits for expansion. Through an Annexation Study in
1996-1998, the City analyzed 14 areas for potential growth of the community.
We look forward to working with the County to jointly plan for future growth needs and
opportunities.
Michael C. Van Milligen
City Manager
cc:
The Honorable Mayor and City Council
Laura Carstens. Planning Services Manager
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