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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Request for Work Session on Dubuque County Regional Smart Plan
DATE: November 29, 2012
Planning Services Manager Laura Carstens recommends the City Council schedule a
work session for January 7, 2013, on the Dubuque County Regional Smart Plan.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
Michael C. Van Milligen
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cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager
Laura Carstens, Planning Services Manager
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2012
TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Laura Carstens, Planning Services Manager
SUBJECT: Request for Work Session on Dubuque County Regional Smart Plan
DATE: November 29, 2012
INTRODUCTION
This memo requests that the City Council schedule a work session on the Dubuque
County Regional Smart Plan on January 7, 2013.
DISCUSSION
Dubuque County, the City of Dubuque, and six small cities -- Peosta, Asbury, Dyersville,
Farley, Epworth, and Cascade — and the Dubuque Soil & Water Conservation District
formed a partnership to create a regional sustainability plan using a State grant.
The Dubuque County Smart Planning Consortium, with staff support from East Central
Intergovernmental Association (ECIA), utilized the Sustainable Dubuque plan and the
Iowa Smart Planning legislation's recommended format for comprehensive plans to
create the Smart Plan as a model for other local governments.
The Smart Planning Consortium held a series of public meetings in 2011 and 2012 to
gather input on the draft chapters of the Smart Plan. The final draft of the Dubuque
County Regional Smart Plan will be ready for consideration in early December. The
state grant requires that the Smart Plan be finalized by January 30, 2013.
The City Council has been provided the various draft chapters of the Smart Plan as they
developed. The final draft incorporates the public and stakeholder input received over
the 18 month planning process, so there are some changes from the initial drafts sent to
the City Council.
RECOMMENDATION
The Smart Plan is an important regional collaboration that covers a great deal of
information. The Plan will be approximately 200 pages, plus an appendix. A City Council
work session with a brief overview presentation followed by questions and answers is
recommended for January 7, 2013. Final consideration would be at a public hearing on
January 22, 2103.
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