AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL 
COUNCIL CHAMBERS – CITY HALL 
FEBRUARY 28, 2023

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.

RECOGNITION:
1. Recognition of Fitch Family Aquatic Center Donors

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 on February 14, 2023, and Special City Council Meetings on February 3, February 7, February 8 and February 9, 2023

3. Motion approving Change Orders for period February 1-15, 2023

4. Motion approving Civil Service candidates

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

a. Class C Liquor License with Outdoor Service and Sunday Sales – BN’C Fieldhouse, 206 Welch Ave 
b. Class C Liquor License with Outdoor Service and Sunday Sales – Coldwater Golf Links, 1400 South Grand Avenue, Pending Dramshop Review 
c. Class E Liquor License with Class B Wine Permit, Class C Beer Permit (Carryout Beer) and Sunday Sales – Kum & Go #113, 2801 East 13th Street
d. Class E Liquor License with Class B Wine Permit, Class C Beer Permit (Carryout Beer) and Sunday Sales – Kum & Go #227, 2108 Isaac Newton Drive 
e. Class F Liquor License with Outdoor Service and Sunday Sales – Elks Lodge, 533 Douglas, Pending Dramshop Review
f. Special Class C Liquor License – Homewood Golf Course, 401 East 20th Street
g. Special Class C Liquor License – The Spice Thai Cuisine, 402 Main Street
h. Class E Liquor License with Class B Wine Permit, Class C Beer Permit (Carryout Beer), and Sunday Sales – Casey’s General Store #2905, 3612 Stange Road
i. Class E Liquor License with Class B Wine Permit, Class C Beer (Carryout Beer), and Sunday Sales – Sam’s Club #6468, 305 Airport Road

6. Resolution approving request to carryover unspent funding from the StoryComm Project Fund to the Capital Budget Line Item

7. Resolution partially rescinding Resolution No. 23-064 to correct date of public hearing to March 28, 2023, for 2023 CyRide HVAC Improvements Project 

8. Unify Phone System for the City 

a. Resolution waiving the purchasing policies and procedures for competitive bidding requirements and award single source procurement
b. Resolution authorizing staff to enter into an agreement to upgrade the City’s phone system to ATOS-SSP Version 10 with Black Box Network Services, Maple Grove, Minnesota, in the amount not to exceed $63,905.60

9. Purchase of MAPSG Virtualization Environment

a. Resolution waiving the Purchasing Policies and Procedures for competitive bidding requirements and award a single source procurement
b. Resolution awarding contract to IP Pathways LLC, Urbandale, IA, for the purchase of MAPSG virtualization environment in the amount not to exceed $136,221.10

10. Baker Subdivision

a. Resolution rescinding Resolution No. 23-047
b. Resolution setting March 14, 2023, as date of public hearing for the sale of Lot 8 to Habitat for Humanity of Central Iowa

11. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications for Power Plant Lobby and Restroom Renovations setting March 29, 2023 as bid due date, and April 11, 2023 as date of public hearing

12. Resolution awarding contract to GE Grid Solutions, Charleroi, PA in the amount of $474,915 to furnish 69kV SF6 Circuit Breakers

13. Resolution approving the professional services agreement for 2022/23 CyRide Pavement Improvement (Lincoln Way)

14. Resolution approving Change Order No. 1 to TEI Construction Services, of Duncan, South Carolina, in the amount of $95,000

15. Resolution approving Change Order No. 1 to hth companies, inc., of Union, Missouri, in the amount of $245,000

16. Resolution approving contract and bond for 2022/23 Seal Coat Street Pavement Improvements (Murray Drive – Northwestern Avenue to Grand Avenue)

17. Resolution approving completion of public improvements for Compass Subdivision and releasing letter of credit in full

18. 2021/22 Asphalt Street Pavement Improvements (Opal Dr., Opal Cir., Harcourt Dr., Turquoise Cir., and Top-O-Hollow Rd.) 

a. Resolution approving Change Order No. 1, the Balancing Change Order, reducing the contract in the amount of $129,856.34
b. Resolution accepting project completion by Manatt’s, Inc. of Ames, Iowa in the amount of $2,003,523.68

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. 

PLANNING AND HOUSING: 

19. Resolution approving selection of a Partner Developer in connection with Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Proposals for multi-family housing Development in the Baker Subdivision (321 State Avenue)

20. Staff report regarding Landscape Accents within building setback 

21. Staff report regarding Setbacks for Vehicle Charging Stations

ADMINISTRATION: 
22. Discussion of additional questions for the Resident Satisfaction Survey

HEARINGS: 

23. Hearing of a Rezoning for a Master Plan Amendment at 798 N 500th Avenue (North Sunset Ridge)

a. Resolution approving the amended Master Plan

24. Hearing on Zoning Text Amendment for Front Yard Parking and Driveway Standard

a. First passage of ordinance (Continued from January 24, 2023)

25. Hearing on Zoning Text Amendment on Lot Standards Related to Minimum Floor Area Ratios

a. First passage of ordinance

26. Hearing of a Minor Amendment to Ames Plan 2040 for a portion of the parcel located at 325 Billy Sunday Road 

a. Resolution approving the Amendment to the Ames Plan 2040 Future Land Use Map

27. Hearing to Rezone a portion of the parcel located at 325 Billy Sunday Road from S-GA to HOC

a. First passage of ordinance

28. Hearing on 2021/22 Shared Use Path System Expansion - Ioway Creek

a. Motion accepting Report of Bids
b. Resolution approving final plans and specifications and awarding contract to Caliber Concrete, LLC of Adair, Iowa, in the amount of $967,665.92, contingent upon receipt of Iowa DOT concurrence

29. Hearing on 2022/23 Ames Plan 2040 Water Utility Infrastructure

a. Motion accepting Report of Bids
b. Resolution approving final plans and specifications and awarding contract base bid and add alternate to Thorpe Contracting, LLC of Adel, Iowa, in the amount of $705,672.00

30. Hearing on 2022/23 Pavement Restoration - Slurry Seal Program

a. Motion accepting Report of Bids
b. Resolution approving final plans and specifications and awarding contract to Fort Dodge Asphalt Company of Fort Dodge, IA, in the amount of $210,646.60

31. Hearing on 2022/23 Shared Use Path Maintenance

a. Motion accepting Report of Bids
b. Resolution approving final plans and specifications and awarding contract to Mid Iowa Enterprises, of Story City, IA in the amount of $109,046.00

ORDINANCES: 
32. First reading of ordinance revising 28.309 of the Ames Municipal Code to amend the Industrial Pretreatment Local Limits 

33. Second passage of ordinance relating to RAGBRAI events on July 24-26, 2023

34. Third passage and adoption of ORDINANCE NO. 4490 of rezoning Planned Unit Development (PUD) with Master Plan for 3216 Tripp Street – Baker Subdivision, Lot 27 from Residential Low Density (RL) to Residential Medium Density (RM) with PUD Overlay and Master Plan

DISPOSITION OF COMMUNICATIONS TO COUNCIL: 

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.