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Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission FY2011 Annual Report
Dear Citizens of the Southeast Iowa Region,
The Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission recently completed its 38th year of service to the southeast Iowa region. Since its inception, SEIRPC has focused on providing excellent service to the region through technical assistance, planning, and regional collaboration. SEIRPC continues to produce results for the region. In FY2011, $5.8 million was secured by SEIRPC from outside sources for use in southeast Iowa. This is a 78:1 return on investment from member dues. Housing services again produced positive yields for the region. SEIRPC began administering the regional housing trust fund, Great River Housing, Inc. Over $1 million will be used to rehabilitate 100 owner-occupied homes in southeast Iowa, including a portion for down payment assistance. Currently, 32 homeowners have been assisted. Funding critical infrastructure is an annual focus for SEIRPC. In FY2011, staff secured funding for sewer separation, water treatment and source improvements, disabled workshop construction and safe room construction totaling nearly $4 million. The annual utility survey also provides regional officials and residents information on services provided, cost and other items to identify needs and opportunities. Planning for community development and transportation successfully completed multiple projects. In addition to administering the regional Surface Transportation Funds, staff secured $1.8 million for regional projects, like Safe Routes to School and urban bridges. Traffic data collection, trail development, Safe Routes to School, project development and administration and planning continue to be strengths for the region. In its seventh year, SEIBUS weathered funding reductions from federal sources to provide outstanding service to its regional clients. Both office staff and drivers have made large strides in finding efficiencies to provide services that are valuable and cost effective to the region. After one year in the new facility, SEIRPC is pleased to see the entire building has been leased. Three private tenants have helped to provide a professional environment and to make the building self-sustaining. Staff continues to reap the benefits of a more efficient and more professional environment. Through the next year SEIRPC will continue to strive for excellence in the service it provides the region. Thank you for your continued partnership with SEIRPC and efforts to strengthen southeast Iowa.
Sincerely,
Mike Norris SEIRPC Executive Director
Brent Schleisman 2011 SEIRPC Board Chairman
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2011 SEIRPC Board of Directors
Executive Committee Brent Schleisman, Chair
Sue Frice, Vice Chair Hans Trousil, Treasurer Jim Howell, Secretary
Gary Folluo, Member at Large Des Moines County
Jim Davidson, City of Burlington Hans Trousil, City of West Burlington
Robert Beck, Des Moines County Bob Hesler, Private Sector
Louisa County Mark Huston, City of Columbus Junction
Ron Durbin, City of Wapello Chris Ball, Louisa County
Jim Howell, Private Sector
Lee County Byron Smith, City of Fort Madison Michael O’Connor, City of Keokuk
Gary Folluo, Lee County Steve Bisenius, Private Sector
Henry County Brent Schleisman, City of Mount Pleasant
Mark Hempen, City of New London Kent White, Henry County
Klay Edwards, Private Sector
Education & Workforce David File, Iowa Wesleyan College
Phil Thomas, Southeastern Community College Sue Frice, Workforce Representative
SEIRPC Management Staff Mike Norris, Executive Director Jeff Hanan, Assistant Director Zach James, Planning Director
Bob Kuskowski, Transit Director Kim Schisel, Finance Director
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2011 SEIRPC Committees
Transportation Advisory Committee
Jim Davidson Gary Folluo
Mike Holtkamp Rich Mullin
Chuck Reighard Bill Richards Larry Roehl
Bill Small Eric Tysland
Ex Officio: Sam Shea
Mark Bechtel Tracy Troutner
Transit Advisory Committee
Karen Bates-Chabel Paula Buckman
Pat Colthurst Pam Erhardt Jeff Heland
John Herring Bob Hoxie
Ken Hyndman Steve Ireland Zach James
Sarah Kaufman Bob Kuskowski
Mary Maine Mike O’Connor
Doug Roelfs Brenda Sayre
Gary See Terri Smith
Connie Storms Ryan Wood
Dennis Zegarac
Comprehensive Economic
Development Strategy Committee
David File Randy Foor Gary Folluo
Sue Frice Melissa Garth David George Elias Gutierrez
Terry Knoke Matt Morris
Al Muhlenbruck Randy Richards
Brent Schleisman Don Schmidgall
Phil Thomas Dan Wiedemeier
Finance Committee
Sue Frice Gary Folluo Jim Howell
Brent Schleisman Hans Trousil
Great River Housing, Inc. Board of Directors
Pam Broomhall Sue Frice
April Girard Jim Howell
Deb Massner Brent Schleisman
Dan Spray Hans Trousil Eric Tysland Kathy Vance Kent White
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2011 Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Committees
About SEIRPC Revolving Loan Funds SEIRPC’s revolving loan pools makes funds available to assist businesses expanding or in start-up situations where jobs will be retained or created. The funds are loaned to fill in a gap in financing to expand or start a business. Loans can be used for machinery and equipment, working capital, land real estate and other activities directly related to job creation and retention. SEIRPC has over $2 million available through its revolving loan pools. Approximately $1 million is available at interest rates below three percent, and another approximately $1 million is available at four percent. SEIRPC has an existing $1.1 million loan portfolio, which includes funding from six different loan pools.
Keokuk RLF Loan Review Committee
Archie Logan Carole Betts Les Fowler
Ivan Hasselbusch Mike Pribyl
Ex Officio: Chuck Betts
Joyce Glasscock
SEIRPC RLF Loan Review Committee
Steve Brimhall Robert Buckman
Klay Edwards Chris Grimm Chad Hudson Mark Huston Josh Kirchner Jerry Krause Larry Kruse Jim Olson
Rob Ritson Mike Spieler
Fort Madison RLF Loan Review Committee
Larry Kelch Moudy Nabulsi Mary Ottoson Mike Spieler
Ex Officio: Mayor Steve Ireland
Henry County RLF Loan Review Committee
Scott Bayor Klay Edwards
David File Robert Meyer
Stan Young
Ex Officio: Gary See
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Planning
Department 2011 Highlights
Des Moines County Land Use – Since 2004, SEIRPC has provided direct contract services to Des Moines County for land use administration. Staff coordinates and administers the county’s zoning ordinance, subdivision ordinance, and floodplain development ordinance.
Fort Madison Annexation Study – SEIRPC staff worked with the City of Fort Madison to evaluate the possibility of extending the city’s corporate limits to the US Highway 61 Bypass. The study identified a potential area to be annexed and evaluated how this would affect city services such as water, sewer, fire protection, police protection, etc. Fort Madison Extraterritorial Zoning Study– In addition to the annexation study, SEIRPC staff also completed this study to evaluate the possibilities of utilizing extraterritorial zoning in the 2 mile boundaries of Fort Madison. Fort Madison Housing Enterprise Zone – SEIRPC staff worked with the City of Fort Madison to create a housing enterprise zone in and around downtown Fort Madison. The enterprise zone will be utilized to promote upper story redevelopment in the core of downtown and rehabilitation of homes in the downtown periphery area.
Website Update and Facebook – In FY2011, SEIRPC joined the world of Facebook to inform and educate regional residents about projects SEIRPC is involved with in the Southeast Iowa region. In addition, SEIRPC updated and streamlined the SEIRPC website to make it more user- friendly. You can see the new sites at www.seirpc.com and www.facebook.com/seirpc.
Resource, Enhancement and Protection (REAP) Grants – SEIRPC assisted in writing 5 REAP grants for Southeast Iowa communities, of which two were funded for the maximum amount in their category of $75,000. Columbus Junction was awarded funding to make improvements to Chautauqua Park (picture to the right), while Wapello will be building a multi use trail along the Iowa River.
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Project Source Funding Amount
Columbus Junction Chautauqua Park Iowa DNR – REAP $75,000
Wapello Fishing Pier and Trail Iowa DNR – REAP $75,000
Des Moines County Aldo Leopold Interpretive Center Iowa DOT – Scenic Byways $365,000
Columbus Junction Comprehensive Plan Update Iowa Department of Economic Development $3,750
Burlington Blackhawk Elementary Sidewalk Extension Iowa DOT – Safe Routes to Schools $87,295
Keokuk Sidewalk Improvements Iowa DOT – Safe Routes to Schools $116,485
Mediapolis SRTS Plan Iowa DOT – Safe Routes to Schools $15,000
Des Moines County/Burlington - Flint River Trail Iowa DOT – Enhancements $225,000
SEIBUS Hope Haven Expansion FTA – New Freedoms $88,857
Fort Madison Avenue D Bridge Replacement Iowa DOT – City Bridge Fund $800,000
Total Funding Secured $1,851,387
Flint River Trail Progress - Bids have been let and construction has begun on the 2 northern most phases of the 20 mile trail system. This includes the area from Big Hollow Recreation Area south to the intersection of Highway 61 and Flint Bottom Road. Construction is expected to be completed on this roughly 8 mile stretch of trail by the spring of 2012. Final easement negotiations are expected to be completed for the third and final phase by the end of 2012 with final design work immediately following that. All phases of the trail are expected to be completed by 2015.
Louisa County Highway 99 Bridge at Oakville (Iowa River) –SEIRPC staff secured over $12 million in grant funds for the project from state and federal sources. The project funded by EDA disaster recovery funds and county highway funds is underway with environmental studies and preliminary engineering.
Safe Routes to School Plans – SEIRPC staff worked with the City of Wapello and City of Keokuk in creating Safe Routes to School Plans. The plans include a sidewalk inventory and other proposed engineering improvements that will make the communities safer for children walking and biking to school.
Fort Madison Avenue D Bridge – SEIRPC staff assisted the City of Fort Madison in securing $800,000 to replace a bridge along Avenue D that had been damaged by flooding in 2008.
Fort Madison Depot Progress – Work commenced on elevating the Santa Fe Depot in Fort Madison, part of a larger project funded in part by SEIRPC grant writing. The overall $2 million project will elevate the depot out of the flood plain, construct a new rail passenger platform, reconstruct parking lots and renovate the interior for historic museum space and Amtrak.
Planning Department Funded Grants in FY2011
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Development Department 2011 Highlights
Great River Housing Trust Fund – The Great River Housing was established in FY 2011. The initial two-year grant is funded by the Iowa Finance Authority, Federal Home Loan Bank and local contributions from cities, counties and business. The funds will be used in the region to assist low to moderate income home owners with rehabilitation and/or down payment assistance. The housing trust fund plans to assist 100 homeowners over the course of the two-year grant. To date there are 29 awarded homeowners for rehabilitation, while 3 homeowners have received funds for down payment assistance.
Housing Programs – SEIRPC funded 28 housing units in FY 2011, split among downtown upper story, new single family construction and owner-occupied rehabilitation.
• Mount Pleasant Downtown Upper Story: Two downtown units were created and one rehabilitated; • Burlington Downtown Upper Story: 11 units are under construction; • Fort Madison Downtown Upper Story: three units are under construction; • Des Moines and Louisa counties Single Family New Construction, closed on eight homes ( four under construction); • West Burlington Owner Occupied Rehabilitation: Three homes completed, three under construction.
In addition, grants were awarded in FY 2011 for:
• Burlington Neighborhood Stabilization Program; • Burlington Owner Occupied Rehabilitation; • Oakville Project Based Grant; • Fort Madison Project Based Grant; and • Keokuk Project Based Grant.
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Project Source Funding Amount
Great River Housing Trust Fund Federal Home Loan Bank $753,750
Great River Housing Trust Fund Iowa Finance Authority $282,975
Great River Housing Trust Fund Local Matching Contributions $73,500
Burlington Neighborhood Housing Stabilization Iowa Department of Economic Development $452,120
Oakville Project Based Housing Iowa Finance Authority $15,000
Burlington Owner Occupied Housing Rehabilitation Iowa Department of Economic Development $369,999
Fort Madison Project Based Housing Iowa Finance Authority $50,000
Keokuk Project Based Housing Iowa Finance Authority $50,000
Keokuk Combined Sewer Overflow Project Iowa Department of Economic Development $600,000
Wayland Water Treatment and Source Improvements Iowa Department of Economic Development $255,000
West Burlington/Bridgeway Property Improvements Iowa Department of Economic Development $152,350
Danville Schools Saferoom Project Iowa Homeland Security $942,262
Total Funding Secured $3,996,956
Community Development Block Grants – Several CDBG applications were written by SEIRPC and received funding in FY 2011, including:
• City of Keokuk for a combined sewer overflow project • City of Wayland for upgrading to water treatment plant
and making emergency secondary source connection to Rathbun Regional Water Association a permanent secondary source; and
• City of West Burlington/Bridgeway Inc. for renovating the 1105 Derek Lincoln Drive property to house Bridgeway Inc. programs and administrative offices.
Development Department Funded Grants in FY2011
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SEIBUS
2011 Highlights SEIBUS ended the year with a total of 134,262 rides. This was a 3.3% reduction over FY2010, mainly due to elimination of the route from Burlington to Tyson Foods in Columbus Junction. While a 3.3% reduction in rides was not ideal, this did show that there was an increase in other services as the Tyson route accounted for such high ridership in the past. This is good news moving into FY2012 and 2013. In FY2011, SEIBUS put forth a proposal to Lee County to handle all of their CPC transportation needs, which was accepted. This would entail approximately 25,000 additional rides per year. Unfortunately due to a legal issue with their current transportation provider, SEIBUS was not allowed to proceed in FY2011, but hopes to have these issues should be cleared up in time for FY2012. Another exciting project in FY2011 was the approval from Iowa DOT for expanding our Medical Shuttle Routes. SEIBUS was able to purchase a new bus and receive 50% of operating expense for FY2012 to help get the service off the ground. The new service to Iowa City on Wednesday’s has slowly gained traction with a successful year on the horizon for this route in FY2012.
Fare Structure
Regional Partnerships in
FY2011 ♦ Area Agency on Aging ♦ Des Moines County ♦ Louisa County ♦ City of Fort Madison ♦ City of Keokuk ♦ Old Threshers Reunion ♦ Tri-State Rodeo ♦ Inpropco ♦ Great River Medical Center ♦ Hope Haven
FY2011 Statistics Rides – 134,262
Hours – 22,518
Miles Traveled – 459,576
One Way
Round Trip
In Town $2.50 $5.00
Between Cities $5.00 $10.00
Monthly Pass* $25.00
Medical Shuttle $15.00 $30.00
* Monthly Pass can be used only in county
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FY2011 Financial Highlights $78 : $1 RETURN ON INVESTMENT FROM MEMBER DUES
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In November 2010, SEIRPC moved its offices from the Memorial Auditorium in downtown Burlington to the former IPC/Raider office building at 211 N. Gear Avenue in West Burlington.
The new location has fulfilled the objectives outlined by the board of directors for a new facility and offers unprecedented stability for the organization.
After one year in the new facility, SEIRPC is pleased to see the entire building has been leased. Three private tenants have helped to provide a professional environment and to make the building self-sustaining. SEIRPC looks forward to utilizing the location as a future tool for regional collaboration and development for southeast Iowa.
New SEIRPC Office Facility Facility Tenants
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SEIRPC Administration
Mike Norris Executive Director
Debbie Laughlin Executive Assistant
Beth Hartman Planning Assistant
Susan Coffey Grant Administrator
Development Department
Jeff Hanan Assistant Director
Dan Eberhardt Regional Planner II
Tracey Lamm Regional Planner
Sara Hecox Grant Administrator
Chris Ralph Housing Inspector
Sherri Jones Planning Assistant
Planning Department
Zach James Planning Director
Justin Bushong Regional Planner
Madeline Emmerson Regional Planner
Finance Department
Kim Schisel Finance Director
SEIRPC Staff
SEIBUS Administration
Bob Kuskowski SEIBUS Director
Gerald Huebner Operations Manager
Carolyn Lees Scheduler
SEIBUS Drivers
Sherry Andrews Nancy Aquino
John Arp Ruth Boyd
Jack Callas Don Eland
Dave Ewinger David Ford
Art Heckenberg Terry Heckenberg
Marilyn Hunter Kathy McLemore
Tom Smith Randy Spiker
Sherry Vaughn Joe Yocum
SEIBUS Staff
Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission 211 N. Gear Avenue, Suite 100
West Burlington, IA 52655 Phone: 319-753-5107
Fax: 319-754-4763 www.seirpc.com
www.facebook.com/seirpc
This Annual Report was prepared in part through funding provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, State Transit Assistance,
and from local membership dues and contract for services.