FY 15 Budget Presentation_Planning ServicesPlanning Services
Department
Budget Presentation
Fiscal Year 2015
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
Department Mission
• Address current needs of City residents and businesses while considering
long -term economic, environmental, social and cultural needs of the city.
• Promote and enhance historic, cultural, aesthetic and environmental
resources that make Dubuque a unique, identifiable and vital community.
Administration
Planning Services
Department
Development Historic Preservation
Services & City Planning
City Council Goals and Priorities
Sustainable Dubuque
• Economic Prosperity
• Social & Cultural Vibrancy
• Environmental Integrity
Five Year City Goals
• Planned and Managed Growth
• Improved Connectivity
• Financially Responsible City
Government and High Performance
Organization
Planning supports all of these goals and priorities
Successful Outcomes Through...
• People
• Planning
• Partnerships
Commitment to Customer
Service
• 85% rated Dubuque better in
development services than other
cities.
• Customer satisfaction ratings were
over 98% for staff friendliness,
expertise and informing applicants.
People
• Facilitation requests for property investments
• Zoning Advisory Commission
• Zoning Board of Adjustment
• Long Range Planning Advisory Commission
• Historic Preservation Commission
• Resolve zoning enforcement issues by working with residents to achieve
voluntary compliance.
• Educate the public about planning and preservation projects
Zoning Advisory
Commission
• Approval of 94% of cases
• Average review time: 36
days
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• Approval of 86% of cases
• Average review time. 21
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• Approved 78% of cases.
• Average review time of 21
days.
• Capital Budget of $5,000 in
FY2015 for Historic
Preservation Technical
Assistance Program
Educator and Regulator
• Historic Preservation Month
• National Architecture Week
• HPC Education Task Force
• Training and Education Programs for
Property Owners, Contractors and
Artisans
Preservation Staff Design Review
• Staff approved 72% of cases in Local Historic Districts.
• Average review time of 2 days.
• 88 Section 106 reviews for Housing Rehabilitation Projects.
• Average review time of 4 days.
Coordinated Zoning Enforcement
Monthly internal working group
focused on Community Oriented
Weekly information sharing Policing
• Housing • Police • Engineering
• Health • Fire • Building
• Public Works • Housing • Human Rights
• Zoning • Health • Neighborhood
• Library Development
• Legal • Leisure
Services
• Zoning
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Zoning Compliances
• 229 Cases Investigated
• Average time to resolve zoning cases was under 12 days
• All cases were resolved by staff intervention, none needed court
interventions.
Development Review
• Average review time is 7
days
• 325,000 square feet of
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Residential
Development
Sustainable Design
• Lots oriented for Solar
Access
• Reduced heat island effect
from 27 -foot wide streets
• Preserve existing trees
• Planting street trees
• Timber Hyrst Subdivision Phase 3
• 34 Lots
• English Ridge Subdivision Phase 3
• 21 Lots
Planning
• Large scale and long term projects
• Day -to -day planning activities and services.
• Managing growth to provide opportunities, honor our heritage and quality of
life, and preserve our Masterpiece on the Mississippi.
Long Range Planning Advisory Commission
• Responsible for coordinating and supervising the preparation and
maintenance of the Comprehensive Plan.
• Provide direction and input to staff on local planning issues.
• Continue to advise staff on activities related to the upcoming Comprehensive
Plan update and Community Engagement process.
Comprehensive Plan Update: Visioning and New
Framework
• Determines the direction for
future growth and
development.
• Linking to Sustainable
Dubuque Principles
Incorporating Iowa Smart
Planning legislation
• Reaching out and engaging
the public in a variety of face -
to -face and interactive ways.
• New framework for the future.
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• Regional approach to Sustainability and Land Management.
• Coordination with Dubuque County and other municipalities.
• City of Asbury
• City of Cascade
• City of Epworth
• City of Dubuque
• City of Farley
• City of Peosta
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• Cost/Benefit analysis for 23 study areas on the fringe of the City.
• Update of the 2006 study currently in progress.
• Capital Budget of $2,000 /year for Implementation Strategy
• 1,677 acres annexed since 2006.
• 5,605 acres annexed since 1995.
Reasonable Mobility Planning
• Trails and Complete Streets Projects:
• Capital Budget of $10,000 /year beginning in FY2016 to leverage grants
• Previously funded in FY2013
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• Capital Budget of $5,000 for FY2017 and FY2019
• Kiosk Map Update and Replacements
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Management
• 3 structures removed from flood
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Creek.
• Assisted 7 property owners with
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• Assisted 4 property owners with
Flood Plain Development Permits.
• Prepared 99 FIRM ETTES for
flood plain determination.
• Assisted 88 Housing Rehab
projects with flood plain
determinations.
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Partnerships
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Planning
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• Coordination and collaboration
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Watershed Management
• Intergovernmental Collaboration and Funding
• Removal of flood-damaged properties
• Catfish Creek Watershed Management Authority
• Currently working on a Watershed Management Plan
• Proactively seeking grants to implement plan recommendations.
• Bee Branch Watershed Flood Mitigation Project
• US EPA Technical Assistance Report: "Land Use Strategies to Protect Water Quality"
Levee Certification
and Resiliency
Planning
• Protecting over 1,000
properties
• Intergovernmental
collaboration and funding.
US Army Corps
of Engineers
Grant Awards & Administration
• 10 grants administered during FY2013
• Nearly $755,000 for E.B. Lyons Interpretive Area Expansion
• $471,000 in private funds from E.B. Lyons Trust Fund
• Over $4.6 million in Trail grants since 1995
• Over $765,000 in Preservation grants since 1998
E.B. Lyons Interpretive
Area Expansion
• Iowa Dept of Natural
Resources
• Iowa Natural Heritage
Foundation
• Friends of the Mines of Spain
• City of Dubuque
• Iowa Dept of Transportation
• National Park Service
• National Association of State
Park Directors: "America's
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Historic Preservation
Awards
• CARADCO, 900 Jackson St.
• Copper Kettle, 2987 Jackson St.
• 1649 Washington St.
• Franklin School, 39 Bluff St.
• Michael O'Brian Rowhouses,
1132 & 1134 Locust St.
CARADCO — State Winner
City Awards and Recognitions
• All America City; 2007, 2012, 2013
• Preservation Iowa award for CARADCO
• Opening presentation at "Journey Through Hallowed Ground" Annual
Conference, Gettysburg PA
• Dubuque Comprehensive Plan inclusion in the "Healthy Plan Making" national
APA report.
Budget Improvement Requests
• 10% Fee Increase for Development Services
• $5,000 Challenge Grant for Four Mounds Estate
• Based on generation of Hotel /Motel tax at the Inn and Conference Center
• Would provide local match for grants for site improvements
Budget Highlights
�Q Change
FY 201213 FY 2013'14 FY 2013'14 FY 2014.'15 from Adopted
Actual Adopted Amended Recomrn'd FY 2013114
Exoencitures
Employee Expense 651, 979 7 16.789 716,789 720.3.34 0.5%
Supplies and Services 90,571 80.8.7.0 94,712 91.444 13.1%
IFylachinery and Equipment 946 1.400 2.567 470 -66.4%
Total 74:3,496 799,009 814,068 812.246 1.7%
Resources
Administrative CH Ree:harcmes
& Reimbursements 224,919 278,746 276.746 312.393 12.1%
Operating Revenue 73.660 70.143 7u 1-1 3 72.062 2.7%
Total 29 8, 579 348,889 348,889 38 4, 455 10.2%
Property Tax Support
Percent Increase (Decrease)
Personnel - Authorised FTE
444,917 4510.120 465,179 427,793 (2Z 327)
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Planning Services
Department
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