Minutes Long Range Planning
MINUTES
LONG RANGE PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISS1D RA
October 18, 2006 FT
7:00 P.M. . 'c'
Auditorium, Carnegie Stout Library
360 W. 11th Street, Dubuque, Iowa
PRESENT: Chairperson Charlie Winterwood; Commissioners Jim Prochaska, Lou
Oswald and Otto Krueger; Staff Member Laura Carstens.
ABSENT: Commissioners Rick Stein, Mary Lynn Neumeister and Patricia Cline.
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 7:01 p.m.
CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE: Staff presented an Affidavit of Compliance verifying
that the meeting was being held in compliance with the Iowa Open Meetings Law.
MINUTES: Motion by Oswald, seconded by Prochaska, to approve the minutes with
corrections to Balvanz and NAMI. Motion carried by the following vote: Aye - Oswald,
Prochaska, Krueger and Winterwood; Nay - None.
PUBLIC HEARINGS: COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE
Review Cloals and obiectives for Human Services Element
Chairperson Winterwood opened the public hearing and asked for public comments on the
Human Services Element. There were no public comments.
The following discussion/changes to the Human Services Element were made:
Goals 1-5: Staff Member Carstens discussed the Staffs recommended deletion of "work
with area providers and citizens" from Goals 1-5 was to simplify the goals. No changes
were made.
Goal 2: Objective 2.5: Delete "consumer".
Goal 5:
Objective 5.3: Reword to read "at or below poverty level."
Objective 5.4: Move to Education Element as Objective 6.8.
Objective 5.5: Move to Education Element as Objective 3.7.
Goal 6: Consensus was to keep "and citizens" in this goal.
No other changes were made. The hearing was closed.
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Review Qoals and obiectives for Education Element
Chairperson Winterwood opened the public hearing and asked for public comments on the
Education Element. There were no public comments.
The following discussion/changes were made:
Policv statement: Change "weds" to "joins", replace "and child" with "teacher, and student",
change "partnership" to "partnerships", and replace "each other" with "one another".
Goal 2: Objective 2.3: Add "and abilities".
Goal 3: Commissioners discussed local, state, and national standards.
Objective 3.1: Add "and state".
Objective 3.5: Reword to "Encourage activities that promote lifelong physical fitness and
health awareness."
Insert Objective 5.5 from Human Services Element as new Objective 3.7 and change to
"post-secondary" .
Goal 4: Reword to move "pre-school" to before "children".
Goal 5: Commissioners discussed mentoring programs.
Objective 5.5: Reword to "support and expand mentoring by encouraging retirees and
employees with the support of their employers."
Goal 6:
Objective 6.7: Reword to "Encourage community service and involvement by all students."
Insert Objective 5.4 from Human Services Element as new Objective 6.8.
Goal 9:
Objective 9.2: Delete "shrinking."
No other changes were made. The hearing was closed.
ACTION ITEMS: COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UDPATE
Review aoals and obiectives for Health Element
The following discussion/changes to the Health Element were made:
There was discussion of objectives 1.4, 7.1 and 7.2. No changes were made.
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There was discussion of Objective 4.4 as to if family planning might be viewed by some to
include abortion. Consensus was to delete "including access to family planning" from this
objective.
Motion by Prochaska, seconded by Krueger, to forward to the City Council the Health
Element with one change to Objective 4.4. Motion carried by the following vote: Aye-
Krueger, Oswald, Prochaska and Winterwood. Nay - None.
Review aoals and objectives for Housina Element
The following discussion/changes to the Housing Element were made:
Commissioners reviewed the memo from Housing and Community Development Director
David Harris regarding the Housing Commission's comments. Consensus was to add a
new Objective 1.15 as recommended by Housing Commission regarding Community
Oriented Policing.
Motion by Oswald, seconded by Krueger, to forward to the City Council the Housing
Element as amended to reflect the Housing Commission's recommendation. Motion
carried by the following vote: Aye - Winterwood, Oswald, Prochaska and Krueger; Nay-
None.
LIAISON/SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
Enterorise Zone Commission: There was no report due to Commissioner Stein's absence.
Staff Member Carstens noted the minutes of the last Enterprise Zone Commission meeting
were enclosed. Chairperson Winterwood noted that Commissioner Stein did not attend
that meeting, and had missed a number of Long Range Planning Advisory Commission
meetings. He asked for a report on attendance at the next meeting.
ITEMS FROM PUBLIC: The Commission reviewed the letter from the Environmental
Stewardship Advisory Commission regarding adding more youth members.
ITEMS FROM COMMISSION:
2007 Public Hearina Schedule for Comprehensive Plan Uodate: Commissioners reviewed
the 2007 public hearing schedule. For the Public Safety and Diversity Elements, the
consensus was to approve these two elements in December 2006 by consensus via e-
mail, and to stick to the original schedule for a January 2007 public hearing.
ITEMS FROM STAFF:
September 2006 Comp Plan Update Report: The Commission received and filed this
report.
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ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:34 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Laura Carstens, Planning Services Manager
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