AGENDA 
REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL 
COUNCIL CHAMBERS – CITY HALL 
April 11, 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.

PROCLAMATIONS: 

1. Proclamation for “Economic Development Week,” May 8 – 12, 2023

2. Proclamation for “Fair Housing Month,” April 2023

PRESENTATION:

3. Presentation of “A Home for Everyone” Award by Ames Human Relations Commission

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 on March 28, 2023, and Special Meeting on March 21, 2023, and March 30, 2023

6. Motion approving Change Orders for period March 16-31, 2023

7. Motion approving premise update of Class C Retail Alcohol License – Sams Place, 125 Main Street

8. Motion approving ownership updates of Class C Liquor License – Cinemark Movies 12, 1317 Buckeye Avenue 

9. Motion approving new 5-Day license (April 28 – May 2, 2023), Class C Retail Alcohol License – Christiani’s Events, 2601 East 13th Street

10. Motion approving new Class C Retail Alcohol License – Pasta al Forno, 2601 East 13th Street

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

a. Class C Liquor License with Catering Privilege and Outdoor Service – Cyclone Experience Network, 1705 Center Drive Hilton Coliseum
b. Class C Liquor License with Catering Privilege and Outdoor Service – Perfect Games Inc., 1320 Dickinson Avenue
c. Special Class C Liquor License with class B Native Wine Permit – Szechuan House, 3605 Lincoln Way 
d. Class C Liquor License with Catering Privilege and Outdoor Service – Provisions Lot F, 2400 North Loop Drive 
e. Class C Beer Permit and Class B Wine Permit – Hy-Vee Fast and Fresh #2, 636 Lincoln Way

12. Resolution approving exception to Section 22.32(c)(2)(v) to allow alcohol service in Sidewalk Café at Della Viti, 323 Main Street, Ste. 102

13. Motion setting July 18 and December 19, 2023, as Regular City Council meetings and canceling City Council meetings on July 25 and December 26, 2023

14. Resolution approving appointment to Property Maintenance Appeals Board 

15. Resolution approving request from Heartland Senior Services to modify its FY 2022/23 ASSET Contract by reallocating $4,500 from Activity and Resource Center, $2,590 from Congregate Meals, and $6,500 from Outreach to the Home Delivered Meals program for a total of $13,590

16. Resolution approving award of contract to RESCO, of Ankeny, Iowa, for the purchase of Electric Services aluminum cable in accordance with the bid amount of $69,416.25 (inclusive of Iowa sales tax)

17. 2023 CyRide HVAC Improvement Project

a. Motion rejecting award for bid alternate #1 and bid alternate #2
b. Resolution approving final plans and specifications and awarding contract to Mechanical Comfort Inc. of Ames, Iowa for the base bid in the amount of $534,750 for 2023 CyRide HVAC Improvement Project

18. Resolution approving Preconstruction Agreement with Iowa DOT for Highway 69 (Grand Avenue and South Duff Avenue) Resurfacing

19. Resolution approving contract and bond for Airport Underground Line Crossing with Voltmer, Inc. of Decorah, Iowa

20. Resolution approving contract and bond for Power Plant Maintenance Services Contract with The Waldinger Corporation, of Des Moines, Iowa

21. Resolution accepting the City Access Control System Project as complete by Commonwealth Electric Company of the Midwest, of Des Moines, Iowa, in the amount of $677,604

22. Resolution accepting the Power Plant Unit #7 Boiler Repair Project as complete by Helfrich Brothers Boiler Works, Inc., of Lawrence, Massachusetts

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. Ames Urban Fringe Plan Update and 28E Extension

24. Persons living in their vehicles on City streets update

25. Resolution allocating FY 2022/23 City ASSET Reserved Funds for Housing Services 

26. Requests for Ames Pridefest on September 30, 2023:

a. Motion approving blanket Temporary Obstruction Permit and blanket Vending License
b. Resolution approving closure of Douglas Avenue from Main Street to 6th Street and 5thStreet between Kellogg and the alley east of Adams Funeral Home from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. 
c. Resolution approving waiver of parking meter fees and enforcement 
d. Resolution approving waiver of fee for blanket Vending License

PARKS & RECREATION: 

27. Resolution approving Change Order No. 5 in the amount of $37,285.03 to Henkel Construction Company for the Steven L. Schainker Plaza bringing the total contract cost to $4,549,108.47, and direct staff to seek reimbursement from Confluence

WATER AND POLLUTION CONTROL:

28. Resolution approving final plans and specifications and awarding contract to Keller Excavating, Inc., Boone, Iowa, in the amount of $10,200,955.80 for the North River Valley Well Field and Pipeline Project, contingent upon the Iowa Finance Authority approving the City’s construction loan

29. Resolution approving the Nutrient Reduction Facility Plan and direct staff to submit it to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources

30. Resolution approving amendment Number 1 to the professional services agreement with Strand Associates for design phase services related to the Water Pollution Control Facility Nutrient Reduction Modifications Project in the amount of $710,000

HEARINGS: 

31. Hearing on Maximum Levy 

a. Resolution approving maximum levy amount of $23,666,001 for Fiscal Year 2023/24
b. Resolution setting April 25, 2023, as date of public hearing on Adjusted Budget for FY 2022/23
c. Resolution setting April 25, 2023, as date of final public hearing and adoption of budget for FY 2023/24 

32. Hearing on proposal to enter into an essential loan agreement and to borrow money thereunder in a principal amount not to exceed $11,750,000:

a. Resolution taking additional action on proposal to enter into a General Obligation Loan Agreements combining Loan Agreements, and providing for the levy of taxes to pay General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2023

33. Hearing on proposal to enter into a general purpose loan agreement and to borrow money thereunder in a principal amount not to exceed $550,000:

a. Resolution taking additional action on proposal to enter into a General Obligation Loan Agreements combining Loan Agreements, and providing for the levy of taxes to pay General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2023

34. Hearing on Baker Subdivision

a. Resolution approving purchase agreement for the sale of City-Owned Lots 2-7 in the Baker Subdivision to Habitat for Humanity of Central Iowa 

35. Hearing on Power Plant Renovations

a. Motion accepting Report of Bids
b. Resolution rejecting all bids and directing staff to re-evaluate the project

36. Hearing on Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) Storage Bin Repair

a. Motion accepting Report of Bids
b. Resolution approving award of contract to Neumann Brothers, Inc., of Lawrence, 
Massachusetts, in the amount of $1,428,000

ORDINANCES: 

37. Second reading of ordinance on rezoning a portion of the property adjacent to the southwest corner of Cameron School Road and GW Carver Avenue (The Bluffs at Dankbar Farms)

38. Second reading of ordinance to amend the Ames Municipal Code Sections 18.31(32) and (343) regulating parking on Bristol Drive and Hampton Street

39. 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 (continued from February 28, 2023, City Council meeting)

40. Third passage and adoption of ORDINANCE NO. 4496 on Zoning Text Amendment to Eliminate Rooftop Solar Panel Zoning Requirements 

41. Third passage and adoption of ORDINANCE NO. 4497 to amend Ames Municipal Code Chapters 23 & 28 for Utility Connections and Fees and Rural Water Buyout Fees

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.