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CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL
5:15 P.M. - WORKSESSION - CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU
6:30 P.M. - REGULAR MEETING
LIBRARY AUDITORIUM
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20,2006
INVOCATION
Father Kenneth Anich, SVD, Acting President of Divine Word Seminary
PROCLAMATION
Business Professionals of America Week (February 12 -18,2006)
CONSENT ITEMS
The consent agenda items are considered to be routine and non-controversial and all consent
items will be normally voted upon in a single motion without any separate discussion on a
particular item. If you would like to discuss one of the Consent Items, please go to the
microphone and be recognized by the Mayor and state the item you would like removed from
the Consent Agenda for separate discussion and consideration.
1. Minutes and Reports Submitted
Cable TV Regulatory Commission of 11/9; Cable TV Teleprogramming Commission of
1/10; Civil Service of 1/26; City Council of 2/6,217,2/9, and 2/13; Electrical Code Board
of 1/30; Environmental Stewardship Advisory Commission of 217; Five Flags
Commission of 12/19; Human Rights Commission of 1/9; Zoning Advisory Commission
of 2/1
Printed City Council Proceedings for October and November, 2005
Proof of publication of City Council Proceedings of January 30, 2006
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Approve as Printed
2. Notice of Claims/Suits
Brooke Kowalske vs. City of Dubuque, et al; Randy Seay for property damage; Splendid
Valley Nursery for property damage
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Refer to Legal for Investigation/Report
Corporation Counsel advising that the following claims have been referred to Public
Entity Risk Services of Iowa, the agent for the Iowa Communities Assurance Pool:
Splendid Valley Nursery for property damage; Donald Stumpf for personal injury
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Concur
3. 2005 Sidewalk Assessment Program - Bid #2 Project
City Manager recommending that total assessments of $7,665.19 be levied against nine
separate parcels of property as part of the 2005 Sidewalk Assessment Program - Bid
#2 Project.
RESOLUTION Adopting the final assessment schedule for the 2005 Sidewalk
Assessment Project - Bid #2 including certain information required by the Code of Iowa,
specifically the number of annual installments into which assessments are divided, the
interest on all unpaid installments, the time when the assessments are payable and
directing the Clerk to certify the final schedule and to publish notice thereof
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Adopt Resolution
4. Iowa Department of Transportation - Acceptance of Deed
City Manager recommending approval of the acceptance of a Quit Claim Deed from the
Iowa Department of Transportation for property at the corner of Grandview Avenue on
Dodge Street.
RESOLUTION Accepting the deed to certain real estate in Dubuque County, Iowa from
the Iowa Department of Transportation
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Adopt Resolution
5. 2005 Urban Revitalization Program Applications
City Manager recommending approval of nine 2005 Urban Revitalization Program
applications for residential property tax exemption.
RESOLUTION Approving residential property tax exemption applications
submitted by property owners in recognized urban revitalization areas and
authorizing the transmittal of the approved applications to the City Assessor
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Adopt Resolution
6. Shot Tower Archeological Survey
City Manager recommending approval of the issuance of a Request for Proposals for
the Shot Tower Archeological Survey.
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Approve
7. Arts and Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission
Communication from Jane Kenworthy submitting her resignation from the Arts and
Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission due to her relocation out of the State.
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File
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8. Certificate of Completion - Adams Company
City Manager recommending approval of a Certificate of Completion for The Adams
Company project in the Dubuque Industrial Center West.
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Approve
9. Historic Preservation Commission
Historic Preservation Commission reiterating its support for the City Council to continue
to pursue the legislative changes which would extend Historic Preservation Commission
membership to owners of property in historic districts and to continue to pursue the
legislative changes which would refer appeals of Historic Preservation Commission
decisions to District Court instead of the City Council.
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File
10. PEG Access Capital Grant Expenditure
City Manager recommending approval of a request from Mediacom for a $200 grant
from the Capital Grant for Access Equipment and Facilities for chromakey paint for the
Access Studio at Mediacom.
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Approve
11. Legislative Correspondence
Communication to area legislators encouraging support of an amendment to Iowa Code
S364.2 to clarify a City's authority to charge a franchise fee to a utility based on the
gross revenue from the sale of the utility's product
Communication to area legislators encouraging opposition to HF 2321 regarding
changes to the requirements when a City is considering the use of eminent domain.
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Approve
12. Human Rights Ordinance
Communication from Lorie Murphy-Freebolin expressing appreciation to members of
the City Council for their support of the Human Rights Ordinance.
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File
13. North Grandview Estates, L.L.C.
Communication from Joseph J. Bitter, representing North Grandview Estates, L.L.C.,
requesting changes to the Agreement between the City of Dubuque and North
Grandview Estates, L.L.C., dated April 21,2005, for development of North Grandview
Estates.
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Refer to City Manager
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14. Grand Opera House
Letter of support for the efforts of the Grand Opera House Foundation Board to seek
grant funding to complete restoration of the Grand Opera House.
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Approve
15. Business Licenses
RESOLUTION Granting the issuance of a Class "C" Beer Permit to Big 10 Mart
RESOLUTION Granting the issuance of a Class "C" Beer/Liquor License to Bootleggers
Pub; The Clubhouse and Town Clock Inn
Suggested Disposition: Adopt Resolutions
ITEMS TO BE SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING
1. Floodwall Pumping Station Improvement Project
City Manager recommending initiation of the public bidding process for the Floodwall
Pumping Station Improvement Project and setting a public hearing for April 3, 2006.
RESOLUTION Preliminary approval of plans and specifications
RESOLUTION Setting date of hearing on the plans and specifications
RESOLUTION Ordering bids
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Adopt Resolution; Public Hearing
4/3/06
2. Alta Vista/Carlotta Street Reconstruction Project
City Manager recommending initiation of the public bidding process for the Alta
Vista/Carlotta Street Reconstruction Project and setting a public hearing for March 20,
2006.
RESOLUTION Preliminary approval of plans and specifications
RESOLUTION Fixing date of hearing on the plans and specifications
RESOLUTION Of necessity
RESOLUTION Fixing date of hearing on the Resolution of Necessity
RESOLUTION Approving preliminary schedule of assessments
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Adopt Resolutions; Public Hearing
3/20/06
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BOARDS/COMMISSIONS
Appointment to the following Commission:
Airport Commission (One four-year term through 9/14/10)
Applicants: Charles Dauod, J.K. Hanson III, Dan Nicholson (Note: J.K. Hanson has
requested that his name be withdrawn from consideration)
PUBLIC HEARINGS
SUSPEND THE RULES
1. River Pointe Development, LLC - Request to Rezone (Referred Back to Zoning
Advisory Commission at January 17, 2006 City Council Meeting)
Proof of publication on notice of hearing to consider rezoning property located at 600
Mazzuchelli Drive from R-2 Residential District to PUD Planned Unit Development
District with a Planned Residential designation as requested by River Pointe
Development, LLC and Zoning Advisory Commission recommending approval.
City Manager advising that River Pointe Development, LLC has agreed to contribute
$150,000 towards the off-site street improvements near this development.
Communications from Rick Trausch, Helene Hurley Magee, Venice Richardson, Donna
Bauerly, Ethel Cherioli, Jim Banworth, Leslie L. Motsch, Robert and Damaris Eichman,
and Francine Banworth in opposition to the proposed development.
Communication from SA Sutton in opposition to the present development plans of
River Pointe and submitting additional information/petitions.
ORDINANCE Amending Appendix A (the Zoning Ordinance) of the City of Dubuque
Code of Ordinances by reclassifying property located at 600 Mazzuchelli Drive from R-2
Residential District to PUD Planned Unit Development District with a Planned
Residential designation
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Motion B; Motion A
2. Roger Kunde/North End Wrecking - Request to Rezone
Proof of publication on notice of hearing to consider rezoning property located at 55
West 32nd Street from AG Agricultural District to HI Heavy Industrial District as
requested by Roger Kunde/North End Wrecking and Zoning Advisory Commission
recommending approval.
Communication from Joseph J. Bitter, representing North End Wrecking, regarding the
requested rezoning.
Communication from Paul J. Uhlrich, 480 Olympic Heights Road, in opposition to the
proposed rezoning.
Communication from Hope Huseman submitting a petition in opposition to the proposed
rezoning for North End Wrecking.
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ORDINANCE Amending Appendix A (the Zoning Ordinance) of the City of Dubuque
Code of Ordinances by reclassifying property located at 55 West 32nd Street from AG
Agricultural District to HI Heavy Industrial District
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Motion B; Motion A
3. Loras College - Institutional District Amendment
Proof of publication on notice of hearing to consider amending the ID Institutional
District to construct an arena/wellness center and parking lot as requested by Loras
College and Zoning Advisory Commission recommending approval.
ORDINANCE Amending Appendix A (the Zoning Ordinance) of the City of Dubuque
Code of Ordinances by providing for the amendment of Ordinances No. 18-00 and 01-
02, and approving an amended Campus Development Plan for the new Athletic and
Wellness Center for the Loras College ID Institutional District
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Motion B; Motion A
4. Garfield Place Urban Revitalization Area (Tabled on February 6, 2006)
Proof of publication on notice of hearing to consider approval of an amended and
restated Garfield Place Urban Revitalization Area to add two adjoining lots for a
proposed 12-room single-room occupancy facility at 601 Garfield Avenue and to extend
the duration of the plan and City Manager recommending approval.
Communication from the Long Range Planning Advisory Commission recommending
expansion of the Garfield Place Urban Revitalization District.
ORDINANCE Establishing the Amended and Restated Garfield Place Urban
Revitalization Area as an Urban Revitalization Area pursuant to Chapter 404 of the
Code of Iowa
Suggested Disposition: Remove from Table; Receive and File; Motion B; Motion
A
5. Manasseh House Urban Revitalization Area Plan
Proof of publication on notice of hearing to consider approval of the Manasseh House
Urban Revitalization Area Plan for a proposed nineteen room single occupancy (SRO)
facility for women.
ORDINANCE Establishing the Manasseh House Urban Revitalization Area as an Urban
Revitalization Area pursuant to Chapter 404 of the Code of Iowa
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Motion B; Motion A
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6. Tanzanite Drive and Sapphire Circle Planned Unit Development District
Proof of publication on notice of hearing to consider amending the existing Planned Unit
Development District for property at the northwest corner of T anzanite Drive and
Sapphire Circle by eliminating the option to develop property under R-3 Residential
District zoning regulations as requested by the City of Dubuque and the Zoning
Advisory Commission and Zoning Advisory Commission recommending approval.
ORDINANCE Amending Appendix A (the Zoning Ordinance) of the City of Dubuque
Code of Ordinances by providing for the amendment of Ordinances NO.1 0-99, 96-02
and 86-03 which adopted regulations for the Emerald Acres NO.2 PUD Planned Unit
Development District with a PR Planned Residential Designation and approving an
amended ordinance for the Emerald Acres NO.2 PUD Planned Unit Development
District
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Motion B; Motion A
7. 2006 Curb Ramp Installation - CDBG Project, Phase II
Proof of publication on notice of hearing to consider adoption of the plans and
specifications for the 2006 Curb Ramp Installation - CDBG Project, Phase II and award
of the contract to Kluck Construction, Inc., in the amount of $23,843, and City Manager
recommending approval.
RESOLUTION Adopting plans and specifications
RESOLUTION Awarding construction contract for the 2006 Curb Ramp Installation -
CDBG Project, Phase II
RESOLUTION Approving construction contract with Kluck Construction, Inc., for the
2006 Curb Ramp Installation - CDBG Project, Phase II
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Adopt Resolutions
REINSTATE THE RULES
ACTION ITEMS
1. Storage Container Ordinance (First Reading on February 6,2006)
Communication from Steward Sandstrom, Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce,
requesting that he or designees of the Chamber be given an opportunity to address the
Council regarding the second reading of the ordinance to regulate exterior storage
containers.
ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 11 Building and Building Regulations of the City of
Dubuque Code of Ordinances by adopting a new Article VII. Exterior Storage
Containers and Storage Trailers establishing requirements for the use of exterior
storage containers and storage trailers
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Motion B; Motion A
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2. Walnut Ridge Estates - Preliminary Plat
Zoning Advisory Commission recommending approval of the preliminary plat of Walnut
Ridge Estates as requested by Lester Jennings.
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Approve
3. Golf Car Lease Agreement
City Manager recommending approval of the award of a five-year lease for fifty (50) golf
cars for the Bunker Hill Golf Course to Tiziani Golf Car Corporation.
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Approve
4. Organizational Development and Diversity Training
City Manager recommending approval of the selection of One Ummah Consulting to
perform Organizational Development and Diversity Training for City employees at a cost
of $79,200.
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Approve
5. City Electrical Ordinance
City Manager recommending approval of six changes to the administrative portion of the
City's Electrical Code to make the Electrical Code Board more user friendly and to add
some clarity to the various descriptions.
ORDINANCE Amending City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances Chapter 18 Electricity,
Section 81-2 National Electrical Code-Amendments, by amending Section 81-3
Electrical Code Board by increasing the number of members from five to seven and
providing for regular and special meetings; by amending Section 83-1 Definitions
"Apprentice or Helper," "Master Electrician/Electrical Contractor," and "Journeyman
Electrician
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Motion B; Motion A
6. Heeb Street and West 17th Street
City Mana~er recommending approval of the installation of a stop sign on Heeb Street
at West 17 h Street.
ORDINANCE Amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Dubuque, Iowa, by
modifying Subsection (b) of Section 32-214 thereof providing for the addition of a stop
sign at the intersection of Heeb Street and West Seventeenth Street
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Motion B; Motion A
7. Regional Workforce Investment Board
City Council appointment to the Regional Workforce Investment Board.
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Council
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8. Old Main Historic District Sidewalks
City Manager recommending that City Council schedule a work session on March 13,
2006 to discuss the Old Main Historic District Sidewalk Paving Options.
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Approve
COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS
PUBLIC INPUT
At this time, anyone in the Council Chambers may address the Council on matters which are of
concern to that person and which are not an agenda item. Please take your place at the
microphone and state your name and address clearly. Proceed with your comments; however,
no formal action may be taken at this time on your comments because of the notice
requirements of the Iowa Open Meetings Law.
CLOSED SESSION
Pending Litigation and Property Acquisition - Chapter 21.5(1 )(c)U) 2005 Code of Iowa
Jeanne F. Schneider
February 16, 2006
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