2011 National Park Service ReportsMasterpiece on the Mississippi
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: 2011 National Park Service Annual Reports
DATE: April 5, 2012
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Planning Services Manager Laura Carstens is transmitting the 2011 National Park
Service (NPS) Annual Products Report and Baseline Questionnaire.
Michael C. Van Milligen
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cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Laura Carstens, Planning Services Manager
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Laura Carstens, Planning Services Manager
SUBJECT: 2011 NPS Annual Reports
DATE: April 5, 2012
Dubuque
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Introduction
This memorandum transmits the 2011 National Park Service (NPS) Annual Products
Report and Baseline Questionnaire for the City Council to receive and file.
Background
The Annual Products Report and Baseline Questionnaire are forms submitted by all
Certified Local Governments (CLG) to the NPS. The NPS uses the report to help
demonstrate to Congress the accomplishments of historic preservation programs and
provide critical information and documentation for the Administration's and Congress'
budgetary decision making under the Government Performance and Results Act.
Requested Action
This report is submitted for the City Council's information. No action is needed.
Enclosures
cc Historic Preservation Commission
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OMB Control Number 1024 -0038
Expiration Date: August 31, 2014
National Park Service
Heritage Preservation Assistance Programs
Historic Preservation Grants Division
National Park Service Annual Products Report for CLGs
Hard Copy Version
CLG NAME: City of Dubuque
CONTACT FOR THIS FORM: David Johnson
STATE: Iowa
TELEPHONE: (563) 589 -4210
FEDERAL E- MAIL :djohnson @,cityofdubuque.org
FISCAL YEAR: 2011 (October 1, 2010, — September 30, 2011)
Please read "Guidance for Completing the National Park Service Annual Products Report for CLGs ".
This guidance defines terms, explains what to count, answers frequently -asked questions, etc
1. CLG Inventory Program
During the reporting period, how many historic properties did your local government
add to your CLG inventory? 0
2. Local Register (i.e., Local Landmarks and Historic Districts) Program
a. During the reporting period, did your local government have a local register program to
create local landmarks /local historic districts (or a similar list of designations created by
local law)? Yes■ No0
b. If the answer to question 2a is "No," please leave question 2b's blank empty and proceed
to question 3a. If the answer is "Yes," then, during the reporting period, how many
historic properties (i.e., contributing properties) did your local government add to your
local register (or similar list created by local law)?
3. Local Tax Incentives Program
a. During the reporting period, did your community have a local government tax
incentives program that could be used to benefit (directly or indirectly) historic
properties?
0
Yes No0
b. If the answer to question 3a is "No," please leave question 3b's blank empty and proceed
to question 4a. If the answer is "Yes," then, during the reporting period, how many
historic properties did your local government assist through your local government's
tax incentives program?
(Continued on next page)
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CLG NAME: City of Dubuque STATE: Iowa
(Annual Report continued from the previous page)
4. Local "Bricks and Mortar" Grants /Loans Program
a. During the reporting period, did your community have a local govermnent- funded
grants /loans program that could be used for rehabilitating /restoring historic properties? Yeti NoO
b. If the answer to question 4a is "No," please leave question 4b's blank empty and proceed
to question 5a. If the answer is "Yes," then, during the reporting period, how many
historic properties did your local government assist through your local government's
grant /loan program? 3
5. Local Design Review/Regulatory Program
a. During the reporting period, did your local government have a historic preservation
regulatory law(s) (e.g., an ordinance requiring Commission /staff review of 1) local
government activities and /or 2) changes to, or impacts on, properties within a historic
district)?
Yes• NoO
b. If the answer to question 5a is "No," please leave question 5b's blank empty and proceed
to question 6a. If the answer is "Yes," then, during the reporting period, how many
historic properties did your local government review for compliance with your local
government's historic preservation regulatory law(s)? -
6. Local Property Acquisition Program
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a. During the reporting period, did your local government have a program that could be used
to acquire (or help to acquire) historic properties in whole or in part through purchase,
donation, or other means? Yes• NoO
b. If the answer to question 6a is "No," please leave question 6b's blank empty. You have
finished the Annual Report. If the answer is "Yes," then during the reporting period,
how many historic properties did your local government acquire (or help to acquire) in
whole or in part through purchase, donation, or other means?
Notes /Comments:
0
Thank you for filling out this form. For maximum benefit, please send it, no later than March 23, 2012, to:
Historic Preservation Grants Division Attention: John Renaud
Heritage Preservation Assistance Programs
National Park Service
1201 Eye Street NW (Organization Code 2256),
Washington, DC 20005.
Alternatively, feel free to send the report to John Renaud by fax at 202 - 371 -1794 or at John Renaud @nps.gov by e-
mail. If you want an electronic (Word) version of this format and accompanying guidance, please contact John by e-
mail. There is also an on -line data entry option that is available for State CLG Program Coordinators. If you have any
questions, please contact John by telephone at 202 - 354 -2066, by fax, or by e -mail.
Because of its long -term uses, it will never be too late to provide this report's information. For information collection
burden language, see the guidance for completing the report.
OMB Control Number 1024 -0038
Expiration Date. August 31, 2014
USE THIS FORM: 1) IF YOU HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED A BASELINE FORM, 2) IF YOUR
PRIOR BASELINE FORM NEEDS CORRECTIONS, OR 3) IF YOU DID NOT SUBMIT AN ANNUAL FORM FOR
EACH OF THE YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO YOUR MOST RECENTLY SUBMITTED BASELINE
QUESTIONNAIRE.
National l'ark Service
Heritage Preservation Assistance Programs
Historic Preservation Grants Division
National Park Service Baseline Questionnaire for CLGs
Hard Copy Version
CLG NAME: City of Dubuque
STATE: Iowa
CONTACT FOR THIS FORM: David Johnson TELEPHONE: (563) 589 -4210
E -MAIL: djohnsongeitvofdubuque.org
Please read Guidance for Completing the National Park Service Baseline Questionnaire for CLGs. This
guidance defines teens, explains what to count, answers frequently -asked questions, etc.
1. CLG Inventory Program
What is the net cumulative number (or your best estimate of the number) of historic
properties in your CLG inventory as of September 30, 2010? 1486
2. Local Register (i.e., Local Landmarks and Historic Districts) Program
a. As of September 30, 2010, did your local government have a local register
program to create local landmarks /local historic districts (or a similar list of
designations created by local law)?
b. If the answer to question 2a is "No," please leave question 2b's blank empty
and proceed to question 3a. If the answer is "Yes," what is the net cumulative
number (or your best estimate of the number) of historic properties (i.e.,
contributing properties) locally registered /designated as of September 30, 2010?
3. Local Tax Incentives Program
a. As of September 30, 2010, did your local community have a local government
tax incentives program that could be used to benefit (directly or indirectly)
historic properties?
b. If the answer to question 3a is "No," please leave question 3b's blank empty
and proceed to question 4a. If the answer is "Yes," what is the cumulative
number (or your best estimate of the number) of historic properties whose
owners have taken advantage of those incentives as of September 30, 2010?
(Continued on next page)
Yes• No ❑
737
Yes • No ❑
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CLG NAME: City of Dubuque STATE: Iowa
(Baseline Questionnaire -- Continued from the previous page)
4. Local `Bricks and Mortar" Grants /Loans Program
a. As of September 30, 2010, did your community have a local government- funded
grants /loans program that could be used for rehabilitating /restoring historic
properties?
b. if the answer to question 4a is "No," please leave question 4b's blank empty and
proceed to question 5a. If the answer is "Yes," what is the cumulative number
(or your best estimate of the number) of historic properties assisted by these
grants or loans as of September 30, 2010?
5. Local Design Review /Regulatory Program
a. As of September 30, 2010, did your local government have a historic
preservation regulatory law(s) (e.g., an ordinance requiring Commission/staff
review of 1) local govermnent activities and /or 2) changes to or impacts on
properties within a local historic district)?
b. If the answer to question 5a is "No," please leave question 5b's blank empty and
proceed to question 6a. if the answer is "Yes," what is the cumulative number
(or your best estimate of the number) of historic properties that your local
government has reviewed under that process as of September 30, 2010?
6. Local Property Acquisition Program
a. As of September 30, 2010, did your local government have a program that could
be used to acquire (or help to acquire) historic properties in whole or in part
through purchase, donation, or other means?
b. If the answer to question 6a is "No," please leave question 6b's blank empty.
You have finished the questionnaire. If the answer is "Yes," what is the
cumulative number (or your best estimate of the number) of historic properties
with a property interest acquisition assisted or carried out by your local
government as of September 30, 2010?
Notes /Comments:
Yes ■ No ❑
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Yes • No ❑
1877
Yes • No ❑
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Thank you for filling out this form. For maximum benefit, please send it, no later than March 23, 2012, to:
Historic Preservation Grants Division Attention: John Renaud
Heritage Preservation Assistance Programs
National Park Service
12Q1 Eye Street NW (Organization Code 2256),
Washington, DC 20005.
Alternatively, feel free to send the report to John Renaud by fax at 202- 371 -1794 or at John Renaudatnps.gov by e -mail. If
you want an electronic (Word) version of this format and accompanying guidance, please contact John by e -mail. There is also
an on -line data entry option that is available for State CLG Program Coordinators. If you have any questions, please contact
John by telephone at 202 - 354 -2066, by fax, or by e -mail.
Because of its long -term uses, it will never be too late to provide this report's information. For information collection burden
language, see the guidance for completing the questionnaire.