DUBUQUE, Iowa — November 15, 2026 — The Dubuque City Council meets Monday, November 16, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers on the second floor of the Historic Federal Building, 350 W. 6th Street, with a packed agenda headlined by three proposed development agreements totaling nearly $310 million in private and non-profit investment.

The council’s main action Monday is to set public hearings on the three agreements — not to approve them. The hearings themselves will come later. The projects are a regional youth sports complex and surrounding commercial development along the Southwest Arterial, worth about $148 million; redevelopment of the former Dubuque Pack site on 16th Street, worth about $80 million; and a new Dubuque Community Y recreation center with housing and commercial development at the Northwest Arterial and Asbury Road, worth about $82 million. Combined, the agreements would provide about $46.8 million in tax-increment financing (TIF) grants, paid from new property taxes generated by the developments.

Monday’s agenda also includes public hearings the council set at its November 2 meeting. Three of them cover urban renewal plans for housing development: the Thunder Valley Housing Urban Renewal Area, the Bies Drive Housing Urban Renewal Plan, and the Eastgate Court Urban Renewal Plan. A fourth hearing covers a proposed communications facility license agreement with T-Mobile Central LLC for property at 1575 West Third Street. The council will also hold hearings on a third amendment to a lease agreement with MacHom Windows and on the first amendment to the fiscal year 2027 budget.

Monday is also the scheduled sale date for up to $22.25 million in general obligation bonds, Series 2026A/B.

Additional details and documents related to Monday’s items are available on the meeting agenda at cityofdubuque.org/Agendas.