AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - CITY HALL*
DECEMBER 22, 2020

 
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: The Mayor and City Council welcome comments from the public during discussion. If you wish to speak, please see the instructions listed above. The normal process on any particular agenda item is that the motion is placed on the floor, input is received from the audience, the Council is given an opportunity to comment on the issue or respond to the audience concerns, and the vote is taken. On ordinances, there is time provided for public input at the time of the first reading.

CALL TO ORDER: 6:00 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 Special Meeting held December 4, 2020, and of Regular Meeting held December 8, 2020

3. Motion approving Report of Change Orders for period December 1 - 15, 2020

4. Motion approving certification of Civil Service applicants

5. Motion approving temporary waiver of residency requirement for City Attorney

6. Motion authorizing the Mayor to sign Certificate of Consistency with City’s 2019-2023 CDBG Consolidated Plan on behalf of The Bridge and ACCESS for CARES funding from Iowa Finance Authority

7. Motion approving New 12-month Class C Liquor License, Class B Native Wine with Sunday Sales: North Grand Seafood, 823 Wheeler St Suite 1, Pending Favorable Background Checks & Pending DRAM

8. Motion approval renewal of the following Beer Permits, Wine Permits, and Liquor Licenses:

a. Class C Liquor License with Sunday Sales & Outdoor Service Chipotle Mexican Grill (435 S Duff Ave)
b. Class C Liquor License with Sunday Sales Fuji Japanese Steakhouse (1614 S Kellogg Ave) Pending DRAM

9. Motion accepting bi-annual Sustainability Coordinator Report regarding FY 2020-21 Activities

10. Resolution approving and adopting Supplement No. 2021-1 to Municipal Code

11. Resolution waiving enforcement of prohibition of motorized vehicles in Ada Hayden Heritage Park for the Ames Triathlon on June 27, 2021

12. Resolution approving extension of COVID Leave benefits to City employees through February 28, 2021, or such a time as a similar package is approved at the federal level

13. Resolution approving Amendment to extend Purchase Agreement between the City and Mainstream Living, Inc., for the property at 1417 Douglas Avenue for a completion date on or before January 31, 2021

14. Resolution approving Police Department’s participation in the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau Nighttime Seat Belt Enforcement Grant Program

15. Resolution awarding contract to Wesco Distribution of Des Moines, Iowa for the 750 KCMIL Copper Cable for Electric Distribution Inventory in the amount of $110,295.60 (inclusive of Iowa sales tax)

16. Resolution awarding contract to Gillig Corporation of Livermore, California, for the purchase of four new 40-foot standard diesel buses for CyRide in the not-to-exceed amount of $1,930,378

17. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications for 2019/20 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation (Basin 10); setting February 3, 2021, as bid due date and February 9, 2021, as date of public hearing

18. Resolution approving Change Order No. 1 for the 2018/19 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation (Siphon) for a deduction in the amount of $174,575

19. Resolution approving contract and bond for 2019/20 Traffic Signal Program (Lincoln Way/Beach Avenue)

20. Resolution approving Plat of Survey for 300 and 310 South 17th Street

21. 2019/20 Shared Use Path System Expansion (Vet Med Trail):

a. Resolution transferring $175,000 from the $271,158.30 remaining available project balance to the South of Lincoln Way Path Expansion (Franklin Avenue to Wilmoth Avenue), which will be combined with the Franklin Park Shared Use Path and is planned for FY 2021/22
b. Resolution accepting completion of 2019/20 Shared Use Path System Expansion (Vet Med Trail)

22. Biosolids Disposal Operations for Water Pollution Control Facility:

a. Resolution accepting completion of Year One
b. Resolution awarding retroactive Agreement for Year Two to Nutri-Ject Systems, Inc., of Hudson, Iowa, in the amount of $79,060.06

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 three minutes.

ADMINISTRATION:

23. Motion to extend suspension of Vending Licenses until June 30, 2021

ELECTRIC:

24. Resolution approving Amendment to Schedule 3 of Energy Services Agreement with ForeFront Power regarding Sunsmart Ames Community Solar Farm

PARKS & RECREATION:

25. Inis Grove Sidewalk Project:

a. Motion to reconsider award of contract to Pillar, Inc., of Huxley, Iowa
b. Resolution approving award of contract to TK Construction of Pella, Iowa, in the amount of $170,484.40

PLANNING & HOUSING:

26. Request to initiate Zoning Text Amendment to eliminate residential parking requirements Downtown

HEARINGS:

27. Hearing regarding vacating Public Utility Easement located across portions of Southtown Subdivision (locally known as 300 and 310 South 17th Street):

a. Resolution approving vacating Public Utility Easement

28. Hearing regarding the establishment of a new industrial zoning district to be known as the Intensive Industrial zone in Chapter 29, Article 9, of the Ames Municipal Code:

a. First passage of ordinance

29. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Housing Project (Baker Subdivision):

a. Hearing regarding Option Agreement with Prairie Fire Corporation in conjunction with Lot 27 in Baker Subdivision:

i. Resolution approving Option Agreement for the sale of the site to Prairie Fire Corporation
ii. Resolution approving Developer’s Agreement between City of Ames, Prairie Fire Corporation and Builder’s Development Corporation

30. Hearing on Homewood Slope Stabilization:

a. Resolution approving final plans and specifications and awarding contract to RW Excavating Solutions, Inc., of Prairie City, Iowa, in the amount of $535,192.55

31. Hearing on Amendment to the Planned Residence District Major Site Development Plan for a development known as Domani located at 2200 Oakwood Road:

a. Resolution approving Amendment to the Planned Residence District Major Site Development Plan

32. Hearing on Major Site Development Plan Alternative Landscape Plan for 1910 Isaac Newton Drive (Kwik Trip, Inc.):

a. Resolution approving Major Site Development Plan Alternative Landscape Plan

ORDINANCES:

33. Ordinances pertaining to short-term rentals:

a. Second passage of ordinance amending Chapter 29 (zoning) [Second and third passages and adoption requested]
b. Second passage of ordinance amending Chapter 13 (rental) [Second and third passages and adoption requested]
c. Second passage of ordinance amending Chapter 35 (guest lodging) [Second and third passages and adoption requested]

34. Third passage and adoption of ORDINANCE NO. 4424 amending the East University Impacted Urban Revitalization Area boundary by adding 313 Lynn Avenue and adding an expiration date of April 1, 2024

35. Third passage and adoption of ORDINANCE NO. 4425 regarding the extension of building features into required setbacks

36. Third passage and adoption of ORDINANCE NO. 4426 of Face-Covering Ordinance extending sunset clause to June 30, 2021

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