Proof of Publication_City Council Proceedings 9 3 13call and stated this is a
special session of the
City Council called for
the purpose of con-
ducting a work session
on the Human Rights
Department.
WORK SESSION
Human Rights
Department
Human Rights Direc-
tor Kelly Larson, Train-
ing Workforce Devel-
opment Coordinator
Andre Lessears, Com-
munity Engagement
Coordinator Nikola
Pavelic, and Human
Relations Specialist
Manisha Paudel pre-
sented on the current
goals, duties, activities
of the restructured Hu-
man Rights Depart-
ment. Topics included:
• Areas of compliance
and commitment while
maintaining fairness
and equity
• Change informed by
input, data and Council
direction
• Department work-
flow from director, in-
take, and staff
• Training and Work-
force Development
o Priorities and goals
o Attract, Recruit,
Support and Retain
(ARSR) Model
• Community Engage-
ment Coordinator
o Priorities
o Inform, Consult, Ac-
tively Include
o Engagement Oppor-
tunities
o Service Areas - As-
sisting, Planning, Facil-
itating
o Projects and En-
gagement Variables
• Human Relations
Specialist
o Priorities
o Relationship Build-
ing
o Outreach vs. Reach
In Concepts
o Cultural Voice
o Partnerships, Resi-
dents Lead
The City Council had
discussion with staff
following the presenta-
tion.
There being no fur-
ther business, upon
motion the City Council
adjourned at 6:25 p.m.
/s /Kevin S. Firnstahl,
CMC, City Clerk
It 9/11
CITY OF DUBUQUE,
IOWA
CITY COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS
REGULAR SESSION
The Dubuque City
Council met in regular
session at 6:30 p.m. on
September 3, 2013 2013
in the Historic Federal
Building, 350 W. 6th
Street.
Present: Mayor Buol:
!EMIR ql rU1.1I1V nCQ1U1
for continued funding
of the Childhood Lead
Poisoning Prevention
Program and a re-
newed agreement with
the Visiting Nurse As-
sociation for services
related to the Child-
hood Lead Poisoning
Prevention Program
and Healthy Homes
Program. Upon motion
the documents were
received, filed and ap-
proved.
Lease Property Plat-
ting at East 16th Street
and Kerper Blvd (Bee
Branch Subdivision No.
2): City Manager rec-
ommending approval
of the Plat of Survey
for Lot 1 -1 and 2 -1 of
Bee Branch Subdivision
No. 2 in order to estab-
lish the boundaries and
acreage of a lease
property at East 16th
Street and Kerper Bou-
levard. Upon motion
the documents were
received and filed and
Resolution No. 276 -13
Approving Plat of Sur-
vey of Lot 1 -1 and Lot
2 -1 of Bee Branch Sub-
division No. 2 in the
City of Dubuque, Dubu-
que County, Iowa, was
adopted.
Sidewalk Installation
Project - Area 2
McAleece / Admiral
Sheehy Drive Project
Acceptance: City Man-
ager recommending
acceptance of the 2013
Leisure Services Side-
walk Installation Proj-
ect - Area 2 McAleece/
Admiral Sheehy Drive,
as completed by Sky-
line Construction, and
authorizing payment to
the contractor. Upon
motion the documents
were received and filed
and Resolution No. 277-
13 Accepting the 2013
Leisure Services Side-
walk Installation Proj-
ect Area 2 McAleece/
Admiral Sheehy Drive
and authorizing the
payment of the con-
tract amount to the
contractor was adopt-
ed.
ECIA Contract Amend-
ment No. 3 - Linseed
Oil Paintworks Compa-
ny Building: City Man-
ager recommending
approval of an amend-
ment to the contract
with East Central Inter-
governmental Associa-
tion (ECIA) to assist
the City with grant ad-
ministration for the
amended Community
Development Block
Grant (CDBG) Disaster
Recovery Fund Con-
tract, from the Iowa
Economic Development
0UU1rUU11 VIA 1 1LU1
Street Project; Portzen
Construction for the
9th and llth Street
One -Way to Two -Way
Conversion Project;
Ted Stackis Construc-
tion for deconstruction
of 2425 Washington
Street property. Upon
motion the documents
were received, filed
and approved.
Signed Contracts: Io-
wa Department of
Transportation Supple-
mental Agreement
(Lighting) for mainte-
nance of primary roads
(US 52/61/151and US
3 /US 52). Upon motion
the document was re-
ceived and filed.
Alcohol License Appli-
cations: City Manager
recommending appro-
val of annual liquor,
beer, and wine licenses
as submitted. Upon
motion the documents
were received and filed
and Resolution No. 281-
13 Approving applica-
tions for beer, liquor,
and /or wine permits,
as required by City of
Dubuque Code of Ordi-
nances Title 4 Business
and License Regula-
tions, Chapter 2 Liquor
Control, Article B Liq-
uor, Beer and Wine Li-
censes and Permits
was adopted.
BOARDS/
COMMISSIONS
Applicants were invit-
ed to address the City
Council regarding ap-
pointment to the fol-
lowing boards /com-
missions:
Community Develop-
ment Advisory Com-
mission: One 3 -year
term through February
15, 2015 (Vacant term
of Rathje). Applicant:
Angela Kelley, 205 Bluff
St. Apt 2E.
Zoning Advisory Com-
mission: One 3 -year
term through July 1,
2016 (Expired term of
Bird). Applicant: Mi-
chael Belmont, 222
Dillion St. Mr. Belmont
spoke in support of his
appointment.
Appointments to the
following commissions
to be made at this
meeting:
Zoning Board of Ad-
justment: One 5 -year
term through March
25, 2016 (At -will term
of Klauer). Applicant:
Jonathan McCoy, 263
Main St. Motion by
Braig to appoint Jona-
than McCoy to the re-
mainder of a 5 -year
term through March
25, 2016. Seconded by
Connors. Motion car-
ried 7 -0.
MI
among the Iowa Eco-
nomic Development
Authority, the City and
Sustainable Neighbor-
hood Builders, Inc. Mo-
tion by Connors to re-
ceive and file the docu-
ments and adopt Reso-
lution No. 283 -13 Pro-
viding concurrence to
Enterprise Zone Com-
mission approval of
Contract Amendment
Number 1 to Enterprise
Zone Agreement Num-
ber 09 -HEZ -051 while
approving the applica-
tion for Contract
Amendment Number 2
to Enterprise Zone
Agreement Number 09-
HEZ -051 and authoriz-
ing the Mayor to exe-
cute Amendment Num-
ber 2 upon receipt of
contract documents
from the Iowa Econom-
ic Development Au-
thority. Seconded by
Jones. Acting Economic
Development Director
Phil Wagner responded
to questions from the
City Council. Motion
carried 7 -0.
COUNCIL ;]EMBER
Council Member Con-
nors reported on the
recent delegation visit
from Dubuque's Sister
City of Handan, China,
and the gifts given to
the City by the dele-
gates for display.
PUBLIC INPUT
Jacob Long, 4604 Car-
dinal Dr., addressed
the City Council about
what he believes are
benefits of and the
need for home -based
businesses.
Jay Kolker, 1763 Rose-
mont St, inquired
about the criteria used
by the Zoning Advisory
Commission in deter-
mining a list of prohib-
ited home -based busi-
nesses. Council Mem-
ber Braig informed Mr.
Kolker that information
on the topic is forth-
coming at a future
work session.
There being no fur-
ther business, upon
motion the City Council
adjourned at 7:43 p.m.
/s /Kevin S. Firnstahl,
CMC, City Clerk
1t 9/11
STATE OF IOWA {SS:
DUBUQUE COUNTY
CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION
I, Kathy Hefel - Goetzinger, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc.,
an Iowa corporation, publisher of the Telegraph Herald,a newspaper of general
circulation published in the City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque and State of
Iowa; hereby certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on
the following dates: Septemberl 1, 2013, and for which the charge is $215.64.
Subscribed to before me, a N
this Az a day of
ry Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa,
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Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa.
MARY K. WESTEF,vIE it
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CITY OF DUBUQUE,
IOWA
CITY COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION
The Dubuque City
Council met in special
session at 5:00 p.m. on
September 3, 2013 2013
in the Historic Federal
Building, 350 W. 6th
Street.
Present: Mayor Buol;
Council Members
Braig, Connors, Jones,
Lynch, Resnick, Sutton;
City Manager Van
Milligen, City Attorney
Lindahl
Mayor Buol read the
call and stated this is a
special session of the
City Council called for
the purpose of con-
ducting a work session
on the Human Rights
Department.
WORK SESSION
Council Members
Braig, Connors, Jones,
Lynch, Resnick, Sutton;
City Manager Van
Milligen, City Attorney
Lindahl
Mayor Buol read the
call and stated this is a
regular session of the
City Council called for
the purpose of con-
ducting such business
that may properly
come before the City
Council.
PLEDGE OF
ALLEG?ANCE
PROCLAMATION(S)
Dubuque Oktoberfest
Day (September 14,
2013) was accepted by
Terry Mozena, 1036 W.
3rd St.;
Voices from the Ware-
house Days (Septem-
ber 7 - October 4, 2013)
was accepted by Gene
Tully, 448 Summit St.;
Barbershop Harmony
Week (September 14-
21, 2013) was accepted
by Joel Gorun, 710
Kane St.;
Life Insurance Aware-
ness Month (Septem-
ber 2013) was accept-
ed by Scott Goins, 3100
Cedar Crest Rdg.;
Drive the Great River
Road Anniversary
Month (September
2013) was accepted by
John Goodmann, 1306
Tomahawk Dr.;
(Anti - Bullying Aware-
ness Day (September
14, 2013) was removed
from the agenda)
CONSENT ITEMS
Motion by Lynch to
receive and file the
documents, adopt the
resolutions, and dis-
pose of as indicated.
Seconded by Resnick.
Motion carried 7 -0.
Minutes and Reports
Submitted: City Coun-
cil proceedings of Au-
gust 19, 20 & 21; Com-
munity Development
Advisory Commission
of 7/23; Housing Com-
mission of 7/23 and
7/31; Library Board of
Trustees of 7/25; Zon-
ing Board of Adjust-
ment of 8/22; Proof of
Publication for City
Council proceedings of
8/5. Upon motion the
documents were re-
ceived and filed.
Notice of Claims and
Suits: Joanne Gassman
for vehicle damage,
Deb Lynch for vehicle
damage. Upon motion
the documents were
received, filed and re-
ferred to the City Attor-
ney.
Disposition of Claims:
City Attorney advising
that the following
claims have been re-
ferred to Public Entity
Risk Services of Iowa,
the agent for the Iowa
Communities Assur-
ance Pool: Joanne
Gassman for vehicle
damage; Deb Lynch for
vehicle damage. Upon
motion the documents
were received, filed
and concurred.
AmeriCorps Partners
in Learning Grant
Award 12 -13 (Grant 12-
AC-13): City Manager
recommending appro-
val of the grant agree-
ment with the Iowa
Commission on Volun-
teer Service for the
City of Dubuque
AmeriCorps Program.
Upon motion the docu-
ments were received,
filed and approved.
Consent Decree Semi-
annual Report: City
Manager recommend-
ing certification of the
September 30th Semi
Annual Consent Decree
Report to be submitted
to the U.S. Department
of Justice, U.S. EPA and
the Iowa Department
of Natural Resources.
Upon motion the docu-
ments were received,
filed and approved.
Childhood Lead Poi-
soning Prevention
Agreements: City Man-
ager recommending
approval of a contract
with the Dubuque
County Board of Health
and the Iowa Depart-
ment of Public Health
for continued funding
of the Childhood Lead
Poisoning Prevention
Program and a re-
newed agreement with
the Visiting Nurse As-
sociation for services
related to the r:hil -
Authority, associated
with the recent com-
mitment for redevelop-
ment of the Linseed Oil
Paintworks Company
Building. Upon motion
the documents were
received and filed and
Resolution No. 278 -13
Resolution of the City
of Dubuque approving
Amendment Number 3
for project administra-
tion to East Central In-
tergovernmental Asso-
ciation for Community
Development Block
Grant, Housing Disas-
ter Recovery Fund Con-
tract, #08 -DRH -212, be-
tween the City of Du-
buque and the Iowa
Economic Development
Authority was adopted.
City of Peosta -
Agreement for Reloca-
tion and Expansion of
TriState Quality Met-
als: City Manager rec-
ommending approval
of an agreement with
the City of Peosta con-
cerning the expansion
of TriState Quality Met-
als. Upon motion the
documents were re-
ceived and filed and
Resolution No. 279 -13
Authorizing the appro-
val and execution of an
agreement between
the City of Peosta, Io-
wa, and the City of Du-
buque was adopted.
Geologic Computer
Systems, Inc.: City At-
torney recommending
approval of an Agree-
ment for Reimburse-
ment of Costs and Re-
lease Agreement for le-
gal action associated
with the purchase of
copyrighted GeoSite
software for the Dubu-
que Metropolitan Area
Solid Waste Agency.
Upon motion the docu-
ments were received,
filed and approved.
Airport Commission:
Commissioner Michael
A. Santillo submitting
his resignation from
the Airport Commis-
sion. Upon motion the
document was re-
ceived, filed and the
resignation accepted.
Westbrook Subdivi-
sion No. 2 - Acceptance
of Warranty Deed: City
Manager recommend-
ing acceptance of the
Warranty Deed to the
open space lot that the
developer, Callahan
Construction, Inc., is
dedicating to the City
in Westbrook Subdivi-
sion No. 2. Upon mo-
tion the documents
were received and filed
and Resolution No. 280-
13 Accepting a Deed to
Lot R in Westbrook
Subdivision No. 2 in the
City of Dubuque, Iowa,
was adopted.
2013 Justice Assis-
tance Grant (JAG)
Grant Acceptance: City
Manager recommend-
ing approval to accept
the 2013 Justice Assis-
tance Grant (JAG)
award in the amount of
$26,580 from the Ed-
ward Byrne Memorial
Assistance Grant pro-
gram and authorize the
signing of the award
document and special
conditions. Upon mo-
tion the documents
were received, filed
and approved.
Mediacom Communi-
cations Company: Cor-
respondence from Lee
Grassley, Senior Man-
ager of Government
Relations for Media -
com Communications
Company, informing
the City of program-
ming changes begin-
ning August 30, 2013.
Upon motion the docu-
ment was received and
filed.
Improvement Con-
tracts and Mainte-
nance Bonds: Horsfield
Construction, Inc. for
the Dubuque Industrial
Center South PCC Pav-
ing and Utilities Project
2013; Iowa Department
of Transportation con-
tract with Horsfield
Construction, Inc. for
the Elm Street Recon-
struction 9th -12th
Street Project; Portzen
Construction for the
9th and 11th Street
One -Way to Two -Way
Conversion Project;
Ted Stackis Construc-
tion for deconstruction
of 7475 Washinotnn
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Upon motion the rules
were suspended allow-
ing anyone present to
address the City Coun-
cil.
Fiscal Year 2014 Budg-
et Amendment No 1.:
Proof of publication on
notice of public hear-
ing to consider appro-
val of the Fiscal Year
2014 Budget Amend-
ment No. 1 and the City
Manager recommend-
ing approval. Motion
by Jones to receive and
file the documents and
adopt Resolution No.
282 -13 Amending the
current budget for the
Fiscal Year 2014.
Seconded by Connors.
Motion carried 7 -0.
Upon motion the rules
were reinstated limit-
ing discussion to the
City Council.
ACTION ITEMS
Code of Ordinances
Title 16 Unified Devel-
opment Code Amend-
ment - Home -Based
Businesses (Second
Reading): Second read-
ing of a request by
Beverly Knockel to
amend Section 7 -1.3 of
the City of Dubuque's
Unified Development
Code to add firearm
sales to the list of pro-
hibited home -based
businesses and the
Zoning Advisory Com-
mission recommending
approval.
Motion by Braig to ta-
ble a proposed ordi-
nance amending City
of Dubuque Code of Or-
dinances, Title 16 Uni-
fied Development
Code, Chapter 7 Sup-
plemental Use Regula-
tions Section 7 -1.3 Pro-
hibited Home -Based
Business Uses to add
firearm sales as a pro-
hibited home -based
business and return
the item to staff for a
work session to be
scheduled at a future
date. Seconded by
Connors. Motion car-
ried 6 -1 with Resnick
voting nay.
Greater Dubuque De-
velopment Corporation
- Quarterly Update:
President and CEO Rick
Dickinson presented a
verbal report on the
activities of the Great-
er Dubuque Develop-
ment Corporation, new
staff, and new location.
Motion by Connors to
receive and file the in-
formation. Seconded
by Resnick. Motion car-
ried 7 -0.
Pre - Annexation
Agreement - Truck
Country: City Manager
recommending appro-
val of a Pre - Annexation
Agreement with McCoy
Family Properties and
Truck Country of Iowa,
Inc., for property locat-
ed at 10785 Route 61,
Dubuque, Iowa, which
facilitates the exten-
sion of water and sani-
tary sewer to service
Truck Country's site
prior to its annexation
and rezoning. Motion
by Jones to receive and
fi e the documents and
approve the recom-
mendation. Seconded
by Lynch. Motion car-
ried 7 -0.
Fund Reserve Policies:
City Manager recom-
mending approval of
Fund Reserve Policies.
Motion by Connors to
receive and file the
documents and ap-
prove the recommen-
dation. Seconded by
Braig. Motion carried
7 -0.
Sustainable Neighbor-
hood Builders, Inc.,
Housing Enterprise
Agreement Amend-
ment: City Manager
recommending concur-
rence with the Enter-
prise Zone Commission
approval and execution
of Contract Amend-
ment Number 1, and
authorizing the Mayor
to execute Contract
Amendment Number 2
to the Housing Enter-
prise Zone Program
Agreement by and
among the Iowa Eco-
nomic Development
Authority, the City and
Sustainable Neighbor-
hood Builders, Inc. Mo-
tion by Connors to re-
ceive and file the docu-
ments and adoot Reso-