AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - CITY HALL
AUGUST 23, 2022

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: The Mayor and City Council welcome comments from the public during discussion. If you wish to speak, please complete an orange card and hand it to the City Clerk. When your name is called, please step to the microphone, state your name for the record, and limit the time used to present your remarks in order that others may be given the opportunity to speak. 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.

PROCLAMATIONS:

1. Proclamation for “Suicide Prevention Month,” September 2022

2. Proclamation for “Attendance Awareness Month,” September 2022

3. Proclamation for “Ames Art Month,” September 2022

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.

4. Motion approving payment of claims

5. Motion approving Minutes of Regular Meeting held August 9, 2022

6. Motion approving Report of Change Orders for period August 1 - 15, 2022

7. Motion approving new Class C Liquor License and Sunday Sales - Margaritas Sport Bar Seafood, 823 Wheeler Street

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

a. Class C Liquor License with Sunday Sales and Outdoor Service - Daytime, 127 Dotson Dr
b. Class E Liquor License with Class B Wine Permit, Class C Beer Permit (carryout beer) and Sunday Sales - Cyclone Liquors, 626 Lincoln Way
c. Class C Liquor License with Catering Privilege, Outdoor Service and Sunday Sales - Whiskey River, 132-134 Main Street - Pending Dram Shop Insurance
d. Class B Liquor License with Outdoor Service and Sunday Sales - Hilton Garden Inn Ames, 1325 Dickinson Avenue - Pending Dram Shop Insurance
e. Class C Liquor License with Outdoor Service and Sunday Sales - Wallaby’s Grille, 2733 Stange Road

9. Request for 36th Anniversary Run for the Roses on October 23, 2022

a. Motion approving Blanket Temporary Obstruction Permit
b. Resolution approving full and partial closure of the following streets from 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.:

i. Fifth Street from Pearle Avenue to Douglas Avenue
ii. Douglas Avenue from Fifth Street to Sixth Street
iii. Sixth Street from Burnett Avenue to Douglas Avenue
iv. Burnett Avenue from Sixth Street to Main Street
v. Main Street from Burnett Avenue to Allan Drive
vi. Northwestern Avenue from Allan Drive to Sixth Street
vii. Sixth Street from Northwestern Avenue to University Boulevard
viii. University Boulevard from Sixth Street to Haber Road

10. Resolution approving the designation of Neil Weiss as the City’s alternate voting representative to the Headwaters of the South Skunk River Watershed Management Authority

11. Resolution approving City Council DEI Training and Funding from Council Contingency Account 

12. Resolution authorizing the Mayor to sign Certificate of Consistency with City’s 2019-2023 CDBG Consolidated Plan on behalf of The Bridge Home for funding under the State of Iowa’s Continuum of Care Grant Funding

13. Resolution approving Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Toole Design Group for the Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan to change the end date of the project 

14. Resolution approving the procurement of single-source test drilling services, in accordance with the adopted Purchasing Policies, and award a contract to Cascade Drilling of Flint, Michigan, PFAS test drilling in the amount of $85,575

15. Resolution approving Professional Services Agreement for 2021/22 Storm Water Erosion Control (Bloomington Waterway)with Bolton & Menk of Ames, Iowa, in an amount not to exceed $52,000

16. Resolution approving Detour Agreement with Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) for temporary I-35 detour routes during emergency closure 

17. Resolution approving Sub-recipient Agreements with the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) in connection with the CDBG-CV Round 2 CARES Program:

a. Ames Community Preschool Center (ACPC)
b. University Community Childcare (UCC)
c. Mid Iowa Community Action (MICA)

18. Resolution approving deaccession of “Monolith,” by Timothy Jorgensen, from City’s Public Art Inventory 

19. Resolution approving Change Order No. 3 with IES Commercial, Holdredge, Nebraska, for deduction of unperformed construction activities in the amount of ($87,392.26)

20. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications for 2021/22 Water System Improvements Program-US Highway 69 (South Duff Avenue, Grand Avenue); setting September 21, 2022, as bid due date and September 27, 2022, as date of public hearing

21. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications for 2021/22 Shared Use Path System Expansion (Ioway Creek); setting September 20, 2022, as bid due date and September 27, 2022, as date of public hearing

22. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications for 2021/22 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation (Ames High School and Veenker Golf); setting September 21, 2022, as bid due date and September 27, 2022, as date of public hearing

23. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications to renovate the lobby and restrooms at the Power Plant, setting September 28, 2022 as bid due date and October 11, 2022 as the date of public hearing

24. Resolution approving contracts for Fiscal Years 2022-23 and 2023-24 for the Emerald Ash Borer Response Plan to the following companies:

a. ArborPro Tree Service, Fort Dodge, Iowa for Ash Tree Removal in the amount not to exceed $70,340
b. Pitts Lawn and Tree Service, Huxley, Iowa for Stump Grinding in the amount not to exceed $6,270
c. Family Tree Care, LLC., Windsor Heights, Iowa for Treatment in the amount not to exceed $38,528, and
d. Reject bid from ALPHA Landscapes, LLC., Slater, Iowa for Tree Replacement

25. Resolution approving contract and bond for 2020/21 and 2021/22 Intelligent Transportation System Program (Phases 1 & 2) 

26. Resolution approving contract and bond for Cooling Tower Blowdown Sanitary Sewer Modifications

27. Resolution approving contract and bond for 2021/22 Shared Use Path System Expansion

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.

PARKS & RECREATION:

28. Motion directing staff regarding the location of the Fitch Family Aquatic Center

PLANNING & HOUSING:

29. Staff Report regarding North Dayton Industrial Park TIF Agreement

PUBLIC WORKS:

30. Resolution approving Development Agreement with Summit Agricultural Group, LLC for a new private hangar at the Ames Municipal Airport 

31. Resolution approving Addendum to the Fixed Base Operator (FBO) Agreement with Charles City Aeronautics, Inc., d/b/a Central Iowa Air Service to remove the Ramp Service Building

HEARINGS:

32. Hearing on Long Term Private Hangar Land Lease at Ames Municipal Airport: 

a. Resolution approving lease for 10, five-year periods with Summit Agricultural Group, LLC

33. Hearing on Rezoning, with Master Plan, 3898 University Boulevard from “RI” (Research Park Innovation Zoning District) to “RI” (Research Park Innovation Zoning District) with a Revised Master Plan:

a. First passage of ordinance

ORDINANCES:

34. First passage of ordinance prohibiting parking at all times on the east side of Hoover Avenue from 24th Street to 30th Street and from Bloomington Road to Adams Street 

35. Second passage of Rezoning, with Master Plan, 798 North 500th Avenue from “A” (Agricultural) to “FS-RL” (Floating Suburban Residential Low Density)

36. Third passage and adoption of Ordinance No. 4476 adopting the Zoning Text Amendment, as amended, to Reduce Medical Parking Rates for buildings fewer than 50,000 square feet and update Medical Office Definitions

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