Mayor & City Council

AGENDA

MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL

COUNCIL CHAMBERS - CITY HALL

July 27, 2010

CALL TO ORDER: 7:00 p.m.

CONSENT AGENDA: All items listed under the consent agenda will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a request is made prior to the time the Council members vote on the motion.

1. Motion approving payment of claims

2. Motion approving minutes of Regular Meeting of July 13, 2010, and Special Meeting of July 20, 2010

3. Motion approving civil service applicants

4. Motion approving Report of Contract Change Orders for July 1-15, 2010 (Click here for more information.)

5. Motion approving renewal of the following beer permits, wine permits, and liquor licenses: (Click here for more information.)

a. Class B Beer Pizza Ranch of Ames, 1404 Boston Avenue

b. Class B Beer & Outdoor Service QDOBA, 806 South Duff Avenue

c. Class C Liquor - Capones, 2518 Lincoln Way

6. Resolution approving revisions to Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual (Click here for more information.)

7. Resolution approving 2010/11 Contract for Human Services with Camp Fire USA (Click here for more information.)

8. Resolution approving Master Services Agreement with PaymentUS Corporation for processing of credit and debit card payments on utility accounts (Click here for more information.)

9. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications for construction of Vet Met Substation Expansion; setting August 25, 2010, as bid due date and September 14, 2010, as date of public hearing

10. Resolution awarding contract for Vet Med Substation SF₆ Circuit Breakers to Mitsubishi Electric of Warrendale, Pennsylvania, in the amount of $192,715.64 (Click here for more information.)

11. Resolution approving contract with URS for CyRide Building Expansion Study

12. Resolution approving renewal of contract with EMC Risk Services, LLC, to provide Third Party Administration for Workers Compensation and Municipal Fire and Police Systems (Click here for more information.)

13. Resolution approving renewal of contract with Baldwin Pole of Bay Minette, Alabama, for the purchase of Distribution Class Wood Utility Poles (Click here for more information.)

14. Resolution approving contract and bond for Vet Med Substation Power Transformers (Click here for more information.)

15. Resolution approving Plat of Survey for 615 Kellogg Avenue and 621 Kellogg Avenue/314 - 7^th Street (Click here for more information.)

16. Resolution approving Plat of Survey for 420-450 East 7^th Street (Click here for more information.)

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PUBLIC FORUM: This is a time set aside for comments from the public on topics of City business other than those listed on this agenda. Please understand that the Council will not take any action on your comments at this meeting due to requirements of the Open Meetings Law, but may do so at a future meeting. The Mayor and City Council welcome comments from the public; however, at no time is it appropriate to use profane, obscene, or slanderous language. The Mayor may limit each speaker to five minutes.

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PERMITS, PETITIONS, & COMMUNICATIONS:

17. Motion approving new 8-Month Special Class C Liquor license for Octagon Center for the Arts, 427 Douglas Avenue (Click here for more information.)

18. Motion approving new 5-Day Special Class C Liquor License & Outdoor Service for Taste! To Go and Catering at Reiman Gardens, 1407 University Boulevard (Click here for more information.)

19. Jensen Avenue Parking Regulations: (Click here for more information.)

a. Motion directing the City Attorney to draft an ordinance modifying Municipal Code Section 18.31(133) to establish No Parking regulation along east side of Jensen Avenue from 20^th Street to 24^th Street

20. Resolution approving/motion denying request for waiver of subdivision regulations for 40-acre parcel located in Boone County (Click here for more information.)

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HEARINGS:

21. Hearing on 2010/11 CDBG Public Facilities Neighborhood Infrastructure Improvements Program (North 4^th Street and North Riverside Drive):(Click here for more information.)

a. Resolution approving final plans and specifications and awarding contract to Manatts, Inc., of Ames, Iowa, in the amount of $315,507.00

22. Hearing on Sale of 1620 Clark Avenue and 1621 Clark Avenue:

a. Resolution approving sale of both properties to Habitat for Humanity of Central Iowa

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FIRE:

23. Adoption of 2009 International Building, Residential, Fire, Existing Building, Mechanical, Plumbing, and Fuel Gas Codes, and 2008 National Electric Code, with local amendments: (Click here for more information.)

a. Motion setting date of public hearing for August 10, 2010

b. Motion directing staff to consider alternatives for removal of Code barriers to the revitalization of the downtown area

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POLICE:

24. Resolution approving bow hunting in designated locations, including park system and City property as detailed in rules and Urban Deer Management Ordinance (Click here for more information.)

25. Resolution approving temporary increase in Police personnel (Click here for more information.)

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ADMINISTRATION:

26. Storm Update (Click here for more information.)

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ORDINANCES:

27. Second passage of ordinance vacating Jackson Drive right-of-way adjacent to 1605 and 1609 Jackson Drive

28. Second passage of Conservation Subdivision Ordinance

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