Safe Community Advisory Committee_ContinuationORDINANCE NO.55 -11
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 55 -10 WHICH CREATED THE SAFE COMMUNITY
ADVISORY COMMITTEE BY EXTENDING THE SUNSET OF THE COMMITTEE AND
THE TERMS OF THE MEMBERS FROM DECEMBER 31, 2011 TO DECEMBER 12,
2012
Whereas, Ordinance No. 55 -10 created the Safe Community Advisory
Committee which ceases to exist on December 31, 2011; and
Whereas, the City Council deems it in the public interest to extend the existence
of the Committee and the terms of the Committee members.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. Ordinance No. 55 -10, Sec. 2 -9 -6 is amended to read as follows:
2 -9 -6: Terms: The term of office for members of the Safe Community Advisory
Committee begins on January 1, 2011 and ends on December 31, 2012.
Section. 2. Ordinance No. 55 -10, Sec. 2 -9 -13 is amended to read as follows:
2 -9 -13: Sunset of Safe Community Advisory Committee: The Safe Community
Advisory Committee will cease to exist on December 31, 2012.
Section 3. This Ordinance takes effect on publication.
Passed, approved and adopted the 19t1-day of December , 2011.
Attest:
Kev'� . Firnstahl, City Clerk
Lynn Sutton, Mayor Pro -Tem
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OFFICIAL
PUBLICATION
ORDINANCE NO.55 -11
AMENDING ORDI-
NANCE NO. 55.10
WHICH CREATED THE
SAFE COMMUNITY
ADVISORY COMMIT-
TEE BY .EXTENDING
THE SUNSET OF THE
COMMITTEE AND
THE TERMS OF THE
MEMBERS FROM DE-
CEMBER 31, 2011 TO
DECEMBER 12, 2012
Whereas, Ordinance
No. 85 -1Q created the
Safe'�Cbrnnunity Advi-
sory, ,Obmmmttee which
ceases'to, exist on De-
cember 31, 2011; and
Whereas, the City
Council deems it in the
public interest to ex-
tend the existence of
the Committee and the
terms of the Commit-
tee members.
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE tCITY OF DU-
BUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. Ordinance
No. 55 -10, Sec. 2 -9 -6 is
amended to read as
follows:
2 -9 -6: Terms: The
term of office for mem-
bers of the Safe Com-
munity Advisory Com-
mittee begins on Janu-
ary 1, 2011 and ends on
Deceniber,31, 2012.
Section.ZOrdinance.
No. 55 -10, Sec, 2 -9 -13 is
amended to read as
fol lows:
2 -9 -13: Sunset of Safe
Community Advisory
Committee: The Safe
Community Advisory
Committee• will cease
to exist on December
31, 2012.
Section 3. This Ordi-
nance takes effect on
publication.
Passed, approved and
adopted. the 19th day
of December, 2011.
/s /Lynn Sutton,
Mayor Pro -Tem
Attest:
/s /Kevin S. Firnstahl,
City Clerk
Published officially in
the Telegraph Herald
Newspaper the 23rd
day of December, 2011.
/s /Kevin S. Firnstahl,
City Clerk
It 12/23
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THE CITY OF
Dui
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
Making Dubuque a
Safer Community
Mayor Roy D. Buol and the Dubuque City
Council hosted a community forum in
September 2009 to initiate open dialogue
on crime issues in our community and how
to address them. The forum was attended
by more than 130 citizens. In response to
this high level of community engagement,
the Mayor and City Council appointed 25
volunteer citizens to a "Safe Community
Task Force."
This diverse group of volunteers was
asked to holistically look at both the causes
of, and solutions to, crime in Dubuque and
provide recommend goals and objectives to
the leadership of Dubuque. Beyond the 25
appointed members, the Safe Community
Task Force utilized sub - committees and
work groups to get all interested parties
involved. The sub - committees were: 1)
neighborhood engagement/social capital,
2) enforcement, 3) management of physical
environment, and 4) research and facts. A
series of meetings were held and a number
of recommendations were submitted to the
City Council for further action.
The following recommendations were
developed by the Safe Community Task
Force (SCTF) and subcommittees over 17
months and 35 meetings and submitted to
the City Council from January 2010 through
March 2011.
1) Reduce the time between rental inspections
for problem properties
2) Do not allow property owners to receive city,
state or federal funding unless their properties
are in compliance or the owner is actively
working towards compliance
3) Conduct crime study
4) Allow the Task force to act as a conduit for
accurate information to public
5) Create ways to encourage people to light
up their own property and surrounding pubic
property
6) Install surveillance cameras in high crime
areas in public places
7) Install 911 emergency kiosks
8) Reduce the time allotted for correcting
property violations from the current two years
9) Encourage development of planned
communities through mixed -use zoning
10) Develop and implement a Juvenile
curfew ordinance to use as a tod to help
reduce crime Research utility, efficacy and
enforcement issues, taking the fdlowing
suggestions into consideration
a) The pdice department would not conduct
curfew sweeps of the community
b) There would be designated and staffed
location to hold Juveniles who violate the
curfew Contact v+nth parents or a responsible
adult would not be handled by pdice
Penalties for curfew violations could include
fines, community service requirements and
parenting classes (See recommendation #43)
11) Provide additional resources for the
Community Oriented Policing (COP) Program
12) Direct Police Dept to enforce noise
ordinances more aggressively
13) Direct Police Dept to enforce traffic
ordinances more aggressively
14) Give the SCTF and Police Dept the
opportunity to respond to the cnme study
report and recommendations
15) The SCTF recommends its continued
existence to monitor the implementation and
progress of its recommendations through
quarterly progress reports from city staff, and
special meetings as necessary The SCTF
further recommends that the City Council
consider creation of a Safe Community
Commission
16) Support landlords in evicting problem
tenants for cause
17) Mandate that landlords conduct renter
backgrounds checks, using the City's free
service
18) Establish threshold number of complaint
calls that will place a problem property in
pnority category Establish policies and
processes for immediate response and
resdution of problems invdving those
properties
19) Tie frequency of property inspections to
landlord's history of cooperation with code
compliance Establish a threshold number
of problem complaints that v+iII tngger a
meeting among the landord, the tenant, and
representatives of the Housing & Police Depts
20) Intensify extenor code enforcement efforts
Encourage city employees across depts To
identify and report property code enforcement
problems and establish ways to reward
employees
21) Create a data cleanng house limited to
verifiable and factual information that landlords
and tenants can share and reference when
making their rental decisions
22) Develop and offer frequently a training
program on code enforcement and property
management for all landlords Require all
landords to attend the program, issue only
temporary occupancy permits/licenses until
training has been completed
23) Address community concerns about the
real or perceived impact of the Section 8
Program on the community by
a) Decreasing the desired number of Section 8
vouchers in the program to 900
b) Limiting voucher eligibility to Dubuque
residents
c) Increasing the staff capacity of the Family
Self- Sufficiency (FSS) Program
24) Increase public understanding of the
Section 8 Program
25) Increase participation of Section 8
residents in effective self - sufficiency programs
26) Provide training to housing commissioners
to increase their leadership, public relations
and community budding skills
27) Implement an exception rent program to
avoid concentrated pockets of poverty
28) Develop a stronger rde for the Resident
Advisory Board to encourage residents
of subsidize housing to give feedback on
proposed new policies and procedures and
to cultivate leadership within the low income
residential community
29) Provide community service credits for
participation in effective programs that foster
self sufficiency
30) Continue to provide resources to Family
Self- Sufficiency (FSS) Program based upon
evidence of success
31) Human Relations
a) Increase tderance and mutual
understanding among the diverse segments
of the population The adoption of educational
initiatives that foster community solidanty and
global citizenship should be among the first
practical steps taken by our City
b) Implement appropriate measures that
safeguard the nghts and opportunities of all
32) Develop a Neighborhood Watch Program
33) Increase resident participation using such
vehicles as clean up campaigns, neighborhood
picnics, new neighbor welcome events and
other strategies developed by residents
34) Intercultural Competency Training should
be offered penodically to businesses and the
community at large It should be mandatory for
city board and commission members as well as
for city staff
35) The Human Rights Dept should receive
continued support In addition the city should
devote resources to a human relations initiative
that could include programs in the arts, cultural
programs and other strategies that promote
respect and understanding among residents
36) Support a welcoming program for all new
renters through community -based organizations
37) Install streetlights in the midde of the block
to brighten up the streets at night and increase
visibility for residents
38) Improve neighborhoods by
a) Encouraging home ownership
b) Encouraging a mixed - income approach to
neighborhood development
c) Creating (or re- creating) a sense of place
through good design All buildings using city,
state or federal dollars should be required to
meet these objectives and all projects should
be required to meet the City's sustainability
goals
39) Create an ordinance prohibiting the
boarding of windows and doors facing streets
40) Develop and enforce policies consistent
with the "preservation bnefs" to maintain
historic properties
41) Increase the number of trash receptacles
on the street
42) Increase the number of neighborhood
clean -ups and educate the community on City
waste disposal policies in an effort to clarify the
purpose of neighborhood clean -up programs
43) Modify the recommendation for a juvenile
curfew ordinance and focus instead on
creating a parental responsibility ordinance
that is modeled after successful programs
that includes engaging parents and teens in
prevention efforts
44) Encourage and engage parents and youth
in out -of- school -time programs and parenting
classes by ensuring the programs are designed
to matter to the participants
45) Encourage the Dubuque Community
School District to develop a meaningful
intercultural competence program for students
at all levels
46) Create a conduit, such as a speakers
bureau, to continue conveying accurate
information to the public on crime and the
perception of cnme in the community Include a
broad group of informed residents on the panel
and focus on reaching a broad cross - section of
the community with the information
47) Use the information from the cnme and
poverty study to create a formal way to
continue tracking data for the community in an
ongoing manner, and investigate the potential
for using crime mapping software
48) Encourage the Telegraph Herald to run an
"I'm a Dubuquer" senes
49) Raise awareness among the general public
and develop individual ambassadors through
Intercultural Competence Training, the Bridges
Initiative, and similar programs, who can then
talk with others about what they have learned
50) Expand the recommendation for a
neighborhood watch program to include efforts
to build relationships amongst residents within
the neighborhood
51) Expand the emphasis on community -
oriented pdicing and consider expanding
the number of non -sworn employees,
including interns and volunteers, in the
Police Department in effort to assist with
Community - Onented Policing (COP) efforts
and to coordinate with other departments and
organizations in the community policing effort
52) Engage community volunteers of vanous
races and income levels in a monthly "Days of
Caring" initiative by encouraging businesses to
allow volunteers to participate on work time
53) As exterior code vidations are identified
in neighborhoods, identify vdunteers who are
willing to assist with helping property owners
remedy those violations, which will address
the property conditions while also budding
relationships and a sense of community
54) Encourage community -wide support
of initiatives that support self- sufficiency
(1 e , beyond government and the public
schods), with a particular focus on existing
programs Circles, Project HOPE, Intercultural
Competence Training, Every Child/Every
Promise, and the work that the Colts are doing
with community outreach Engage cdleges,
churches, businesses
55) Support economic development efforts to
create opportunities
56) Connect new residents, particularly those
who may not be referred by an employer, to the
welcoming program at the Greater Dubuque
Development Corporation
57) Challenge all departments within the City
to develop and maintain a model Section 8
Program for a city of this size, meeting the
needs of the elderly and disabled and also
developing self - sufficiency for families
58) Expand the lighting recommendation to
"Brighten up the streets and alleys at night and
increase visibility for residents wherever lights
are needed "
59) Emphasize hot -spot policing and focus on
problem sdving within those crime hotspots
60) Publicize the owners, numbers and types
of complaints /vitiations in the top problem
properties
Many of these recommendations have been
implemented and others are being reviewed
for implementation.
In October 2010, the City Council approved
(upon recommendation from the Task
Force) the creation of a Safe Community
Advisory Committee. This committee
has been commissioned for a year to
oversee the implementation progress of
the recommendations submitted to the
City Council by the task force. The current
committee members are:
• Anthony Allen
• Mary Rae Bragg
• Diane Callahan
• Jonathan Cheatham
• Rachel Daack
• Amanda Elkins
• Ann Ernst
• Doug Stillings
• SusanStork
The Safe Community Advisory Committee
meets regularly to monitor progress and
offer additional recommendations. For
more information, call the City Manager's
Office 563 -589 -4110 or visit:
www. cityofdubuque .orglsafecommunity.
Crime Rate
2004 -2009 Average UCR Part I Crimes (plus
Simple Assaults): Rates per 10,000 Population
UCR = Uniform Crrme Report
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1,044
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Dubuque is the 4th safest city in Iowa, which USA
Today named the 9th most peaceful state.
The average of the other large cities is 21% higher than Dubuque's and the
highest city (Council Bluffs) is 89% higher than Dubuque.
The lowest city (West Des Moines) is 32% lower than Dubuque.
Date source 2010 Quantitative Research Study on Cnme and Poverty in Dubuque, Northern Illinois University Center for
Governmental Studies
Performance Measures
"Part I" Crimes for Calendar Years 2003 -2010
Compiled by the Dubuque Police Department
CY10 % CY10 % CY11:
Over /Under Over /Under 01/01/11-
CY03 CY04 CY05 CY06 CY07 CY08 CY09 CY10 Avg. Average Peak Year 11/30/11 **
No. of Crimes Against Persons
109
95
118
121
149
122
118
99
116
-14.7%
-33.6%
114
Murder
1
1
1
0
1
0
2
1
1
0 0%
-50 0%
1
Sexual Assault
52
41
48
61
72
54
43
38
51
-25 5%
-47 2%
44
Robbery
20
12
14
19
40
31
35
36
26
38 5%
-10 0%
27
Aggravated Assault*
36
41
55
41
36
37
38
24
39
-38 5%
-56 4%
42
Number of Crimes Against Property
1,999
2,119
1,996
2,084
2,327
2,284
2,067
2,038
2,114
-3.6%
-12.4% 1,790
Burglary
422
464
437
501
669
526
519
503
505
-0 4%
-24 8 %I 414
Burglary to Motor Vehicle
308
389
276
370
366
510
420
399
380
5 0%
-21 8% 396
Theft
1,185
1,176
1,239
1,151
1,229
1,185
1,072
1,102
1,167
-56%
-11 1% 951
Theft of Motor Vehicle
84
90
44
62
63
63
56
34
62
-45 2%
-62 2% 29
Total
2,108
2,214
2,114
2,205
2,476
2,406
2,185
2,137
2,231
-4.2%
-13.7% 1,904
= Highlight indicates Peak Year
* For aggravated assaults, calendar year (CY) 2010 incorporates a correction in the method for reporting Aggravated Assaults to the
Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) to comply with the Federal UCR rules The former reporting method would have shown 53 aggravated
assaults The 29 assault difference are now classified as simple assaults Correction of this error was not done for the years prioer to 2010,
so those numbers are overstated
**Preliminary statistics for January - November 2011 Subject to updates at year end
All Dubuque Arrests: 12/1/09 - 1218111
1.4% 1.4%
1.8% 1.5%
2.9% —
4.4%
"Ur
• Non - Section 8 Rental: 39.7% (4,449)
• Private Residence: 24.7% (2,766)
11 Dubuque County - Not in City Limits:
10.7% (1,196)
• Iowa Resident other than Dubuque Co.:
5.5% (620)
• Section 8 Rental: 4.6% (513) including:
Authorized Sect. 8 Participants: 3.4% (379)
Unauthorized Sect. 8 Participants: 1.2% (134)
11 No Permanent Address: 4.4% (498)
Illinois Resident other than Jo Daviess Co.:
2.9% (3Z2)
Jo Daviess County, IL Resident: 1.8% (204)
Grant County, WI Resident: 1.5% (166)
Wisconsin Resident other than Grant Co.:
1.4% (162)
State other than IA, IL, or WI: 1.4% (155)
Data Source Dubuque Police Department
Iowa Named Ninth -
Most Peaceful State
The first -ever ranking of peace in the
USA finds the nation overall is the
most peaceful since 1995 Maine was
ranked as the most peaceful state
and Louisiana the least
The rankings are drawn up by the
Institute for Economics and Peace, an
international researcher that also
issues a yearly Global Peace Index
The index, which defines peace as
the absence of violence," looks at a
set of five indicators, including
homicide rates, violent crimes,
percentage of the population in jail,
number of police officers and
availability of small arms (per 100,000
people) to rank the states The data
are drawn from the Bureau of Justice
Statistics, FBI and Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
On that basis, the institute finds that
peace in the USA improved by 8%
from 1995 to 2009 It notes a
significant correlation between a
state's level of peace and its
economic opportunity, education and
health but finds peacefulness is
politically neutral -- neither
Republican nor Democratic states
have an advantage
The most peaceful states: 1 Maine,
2 New Hampshire, 3 Vermont, 4
Minnesota, 5 North Dakota, 6 Utah,
7 Massachusetts, 8 Rhode Island, 9.
Iowa, 10 Washington
From USA Today, April 6, 2011
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Lname Fname Expiration Term
Allen Anthony 12/31/11 1 year term
Bragg Mary Rae 12/31/11 1 year term
Callahan Diane 12/31/11 1 year term
Cheatham Jonathan 12/31/11 1 year term
Daack Rachel 12/31/11 1 year term
Ernst Ann 12/31/11 1 year term
Stillings Doug 12/31/11 1 year term
Stork Susan 12/31/11 1 year term
Sutton Lynn 12/31/11 1 year term
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