Minutes Long Range Plan 2 18 05
MINUTES
LONG RANGE PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION .
Wednesday, February 18, 2005
7:00 P.M.
Board Room, Carnegie Stout Library
360 W. 11th Street, Dubuque, Iowa
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PRESENT: Chairperson David Rusk; Commissioners Rick Stein, Charles Winterwood,
and Jim Prochaska; Staff Member Laura Carstens.
ABSENT: Commissioners Roy Buol, Mike portzen and Mary Lynn Neumeister.
CAI.,L TO ORD!;(J: The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.
Cf:RTlFlCA nQN 9F CO"'PLIA"C~: Staff presented an Affidavit of Compliance verifying
that the meeting was being held in compliance with the Iowa Open Meetings Law.
WEl,.CQME NEW MEMBER: Commissioners welcomed Jim Prochaska.
MINl,ITES: Commissioner Winterwood asked to amend the minutes of July 21, 2004, to
include under the Bee Branch Stonnwater Committee report. that the Committee picked the
preferred alignment by unanimous consent. Minutes were approved as amended by
consent.
ELEClJON OF QFFICE8I: Chairperson Rusk suggested that with only a few months left
in the fiscal year, that he and Commissioner Winterwood continue as the Chair and Vice-
Chair respectively until the July 2005 meeting. The rest of the Commission agreed.
ACTlOI'!.!UM~:
Review Fiscal Year 2006-201 0 Caoitallmorovement Proaram. The Commission reviewed
the City Manager's recommended FY2006-2010 Capital Improvement Program (CIP).
Commissioner Winterwood noted his support for the CIP's related to improvements at
Eagle Point Park, land acquisition for Four Mounds, proactively addressing leaks in the
sanitary sewer system, and implementation of the Downtown Master Plan. He also
commented that with the CIP to expand Cleveland Park, that the City take care to preserve
both the view from the park and the view up to the park from Dodge Street because this is
a picturesque bluff at a City gateway.
Chairperson Rusk noted that a year after the adoption of the Downtown Master Plan, a
downtown advocate has not been funded. He addad that Dubuque Main Street Ltd.'s
request for $50,000 to support this implementation role was not recommended by the City
Manager. He reviewed that a downtown advocate is one of the key action steps for
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implementation of the Plan. Commissioners discussed the need for a downtown advocate,
what organization might fill that role, and how that advocate might be selected.
Motion by Rusk, seconded by Stein, that the Long Range Planning Advisory Commission
recommends that the City Council support, appoint, and fund a downtown advocate
exclusively to implement the Downtown Master Plan. Motion carried unanimously.
Commissioner Prochaska noted that he was glad to see in the CIP that there is a lot of
attention to park improvements, to increasing the amount of park land west of JFK Road
and the Northwest Arterial, and to rehabilitation of Five Flags Civic Center. He also noted
the CIP for an alternate east-west corridor study.
Motion by Stein, seconded by Prochaska, that the FY2006-2010 CIP is consistent with the
Comprehensive Plan, and to recommend adoption. Motion carried unanimously.
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Enterorise Zone Commigj9(l: Nothing to report.
~ee Brandl Stormwater Committee: Commissioner Winterwood reported that since last
July, the City Council selected an open waterway solution on the alignment recommended
by the Committee, although the Committee had recommended a closed pipe option. He
noted that the CIP includes a budget for the lower portion of the open waterway.
!JEM~ FROM ~TAFF:
Review FY06 Budaet Imorovement Level Reauest. Commissioners discussed the City
Manager's support of a FY06 budget improvement level request in the Planning Services
Department for a full-time Assistant Planner to support the Historic Preservation and City
Planning Activities.
Motion by Winterwoocl, seconded by Prochaska, to racommend City Council approval of
the budget improvement level request. Motion carried unanimously.
~ The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Laura Carstens, Planning Sarvices Manager
Adopted