AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - CITY HALL
AUGUST 12, 2014

(Click here to download agenda items 4-39 and 43-53 in PDF)
(Click here to download agenda items 40-42 in PDF)

CALL TO ORDER: 7:00 p.m.

PRESENTATIONS:
1. Presentation of Special Achievement in GIS Award to Public Works
2. Proclamation Celebrating 40 Anniversary of CDBG the Program

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.
3. Motion approving payment of claims
4. Motion approving minutes of Regular Meeting of July 22, 2014 (Click here for more information)
5. Motion approving certification of civil service applicants (Click here for more information)
6. Motion approving contract change orders for July 16-31, 2014 (Click here for more information)
7. Motion approving renewal of the following beer permits, wine permits, and liquor licenses:(Click here for more information)
a. Class C Liquor Olde Main Brewing Co., 316 Main Street
b. Class C Liquor & B Native Wine The Mucky Duck Pub, 3100 South Duff Avenue
c. Class C Liquor Es Tas Stanton, 216 Stanton Avenue
d. Class C Liquor El Azteca, 1520 South Dayton Avenue
e. Class C Liquor Okoboji Grill, 118 South Duff Avenue
f. Class C Beer & B Wine Hy-Vee Gas #5013, 4018 Lincoln Way
g. Class C Liquor Deanos, 119 Main Street
8. Motion approving 5-Day Class B Beer Permit & Outdoor Service for Bar at Zylstra Harley
Davidson, 1219 McCormick Avenue (Click here for more information)
9. Motion approving 5-Day Class C Liquor License for Dublin Bay at Reiman Gardens, 1407
University Boulevard (Click here for more information)
10. Motion approving 5-Day licenses for Olde Main Brewing at ISU Alumni Center, 420 Beach
Avenue:
a. Class C Liquor (August 26-30)(Click here for more information)
b. Class C Liquor (September 6-10) (Click here for more information)
11. Motion approving Outdoor Service Privilege on September 6 and 7 for The Mucky Duck Pub,
3100 South Duff Avenue (Click here for more information)
12. Motion approving Outdoor Service Privilege for El Azteca, 2727 Stange Road (Click here for more information)
13. Motion directing City Attorney to draft ordinance pertaining to parking regulations on new
streets and corrections at various locations (Click here for more information)
14. Resolution confirming appointment of Peter Hallock, Old Town District representative, to fill
vacancy on Historic Preservation Commission (Click here for more information)
15. Resolution approving payment of Citys share of Intermodal Facility Operating Subsidy to Iowa
State University (Click here for more information)
16. Resolution approving Official Statement and setting date of sale of General Obligation
Corporation Purpose Bonds Series 2014 in an amount not to exceed $9,985,000 (Click here for more information)
17. Resolution approving 2015/16 ASSET priorities (Click here for more information)
18. Resolution accepting the 2014 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant and authorizing
the Police Department to participate in the Program (Click here for more information)
19. Resolution approving Emergency Management Agency 28E Agreement (Click here for more information)
20. Resolution approving 36-Month Internet Service Agreement with Century Link (Click here for more information)
21. Requests from Youth and Shelter Services for 100th Anniversary Celebration on Wednesday,
September 10:(Click here for more information)
a. Resolution approving closure of Kellogg Avenue, from 5th Street south to the alley, from
1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
b. Resolution approving waiver of parking meter fees and enforcement
22. Requests from KHOI Radio for Grassroots Radio Conference on August 14-17:(Click here for more information)
a. Motion approving Temporary Obstruction Permit for two metered parking stalls in front of
323 Main Street on August 17
b. Resolution approving closure of Douglas Avenue, from 5th Street south to the alley, from
3:00 to 8:00 p.m. on August 14
23. Requests from Main Street Cultural District for Oktoberfest on September :(Click here for more information)
a. Motion approving Blanket Temporary Obstruction Permit and Blanket Vending Permit
b. Motion approving 5-day Class B Beer Permit & Outdoor Service (pending dram shop
insurance coverage)
c. Resolution approving closure of Main Street from Kellogg to Douglas from 10:00 a.m. to
2:00 a.m., including closure of 46 parking spaces; and waiver of fees for Blanket Vending
Permit, meter costs for parking space closures, and costs for use of electricity in the 200 block
24. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications for 2014/15 Right-of-Way (Click here for more information)
Restoration; setting September 3, 2014, as bid due date and September 9, 2014, as date of public
hearing
25. Resolution changing bid due date from August 26, 2014, to August 27, 2014, for Water Pollution
Control Facility Digester Improvements (Click here for more information)
26. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications for Information Technology Fiber
Optic Deployment; setting September 10, 2014, as bid due date and September 23, 2014, as date
of public hearing (Click here for more information)
27. Resolution awarding contract to WESCO Distribution of Des Moines, Iowa, for Aluminum
Cable in the amount of $74,472 (Click here for more information)
28. Resolution awarding contract to PCI of Lansing, Kansas, in the amount of $48,452.95 for
Custodial Services for Ames Public Library (Click here for more information)
29. Resolution approving contract and bond for Water Treatment Plant Five-Year Well
Rehabilitation Project (Year 3) (Click here for more information)
30. Resolution approving changes in project sequence for Screw Pump Rehabilitation CIP project for
Water & Pollution Control (Click here for more information)
31. Resolution approving Change Order to contract with ABC Companies for purchase and
refurbishment of used CyRide buses in the amount of $15,215 (Click here for more information)
32. Resolution approving Change Order #44 to contract with Henkel Construction Company for
CyRide Bus Facility Expansion Project in the amount of $10,582.70 (Click here for more information)
33. Resolution approving Change Order with FOX Engineering to delete the unexpended balance
related to the redesign of the aerators in the amount of $62,007.09 (Click here for more information)
34. Resolution approving contract renewal with Baldwin Pole & Piling, Inc., of Des Moines, Iowa,
for purchase of Electric Distribution and Transmission Utility Poles (Click here for more information)
35. Resolution accepting completion of Public Librarys Wood Window Restoration Project (Click here for more information)
36. Resolution accepting completion of Hickory Drive (Lincoln Way - Westbrook Drive) (Click here for more information)
37. Resolution accepting completion of 2012/13 West Lincoln Way Intersection Improvements
(Lincoln Way and Dotson Drive) (Click here for more information)
38. Brookview Place West, 4th Addition:
a. Resolution approving partial completion of public improvements
b. Resolution approving Final Plat (Click here for more information)
39. South Fork Subdivision, 6th Addition:
a. Resolution approving partial completion of public improvements(Click here for more information)
b. Resolution approving Final Plat (Click here for more information)

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.

BRECKENRIDGE DEVELOPMENT:*
*Public comment on the following three items will be taken prior to City Council action on any of
the three items.
40. Hearing on rezoning for 205 South Wilmoth Avenue from Special Government/Airport (S-GA)
to Residential Low Density (RL): (Click here for more information)
a. First passage of ordinance
41. Hearing on rezoning with Master Plan for 601 State Avenue from Special Government/Airport
(S-GA) to Residential Low Density (RL) and Floating Suburban Residential Low Density (FSRL):(Click here for more information)
a. First passage of ordinance
42. Breckenridge Development Agreement:(Click here for more information)
a. Resolution approving/motion denying Agreement

HEARINGS:
43. Hearing on vacation of access easement and sanitary sewer easement for 701 South Duff Avenue:(Click here for more information)
a. Resolution approving vacation of easements
44. Hearing on vacation of public utility easement for 4540 Mortensen Road:(Click here for more information)
a. Resolution approving vacation of easement
45. Hearing on 2014-2018 Consolidated Plan in connection with Community Development Block
Grant Program:(Click here for more information)
a. Resolution approving Plan

WATER & POLLUTION CONTROL:
46. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications for construction of new Ames Water
Treatment Plant - Contract 2; setting September 24, 2014, as bid due date and October 14, 2014,
as date of public hearing (Click here for more information)

PLANNING & HOUSING:
47. Request for alternate Campustown URA Criteria for 2300 Lincoln Way:(Click here for more information)
a. Resolution approving equivalent window proposal
48. Resolution approving payment of Downtown Facade Grant funds for 121 Main Street to Integrity
Construction and returning the $1,000 allocated for design fees to the Facade Improvement Grant
fund balance (Click here for more information)
49. Staff report on request from Chuck Brekke for Urban Fringe Plan amendment (Click here for more information)

PUBLIC WORKS:
50. Staff report on drainage concerns at 4006 Stone Brooke Road (Click here for more information)
51. Staff report on Mainstream Living Parking Requests:(Click here for more information)
a. Motion directing City Attorney to draft ordinance designating parking restrictions and loading
zone

ADMINISTRATION:
52. 2013 Carbon Footprint Report (Click here for more information)
53. Update on City Council goal to strengthen Human Services (Click here for more information)

ORDINANCES:
54. Second passage of ordinance rezoning 4710 Mortensen Road from Community
Commercial/Residential (CCR) to Floating Suburban Residential Medium-Density (FS-RM)
55. Second passage of ordinance making a zoning text amendment regarding accessory structures for
institutional uses in residential zoning districts
56. Third passage and adoption of ORDINANCE NO. 4190 amending Chapter 13 to only require
below-grade egress windows in bedrooms

COUNCIL COMMENTS:

ADJOURNMENT:
*Please note that this agenda may be changed up to 24 hours before the meeting time as provided
by Section 21.4(2), Code of Iowa.