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AGENDA

REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - CITY HALL
OCTOBER 9, 2012

CALL TO ORDER: 7:00 p.m.

PRESENTATION:
1. Proclamation for CHARACTER COUNTS! Week, October 21-27, 2012

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.
2. Motion approving payment of claims
3. Motion approving Minutes of Special Meetings of September 17, 2012, and October 4, 2012, and Regular Meeting of September 25, 2012 (Click here for more information)
4. Motion setting December 4, 2012, and December 18, 2012, as Regular Council Meeting dates; and January 29, 2013, as a Special Council Meeting date
5. Motion approving certification of civil service applicants (Click here for more information)
6. Motion approving Report of Contract Change Orders for September 16-30, 2012 (Click here for more information)
7. Motion approving renewal of the following beer permits, wine permits, and liquor licenses:
a. Class C Liquor London Underground, 212 Main Street
b. Class C Liquor Angies Cantina, 2414-2416 Lincoln Way
c. Special Class C Liquor Les Restaurant, 113 Colorado Avenue
d. Class C Beer & B Wine Aldi, Inc., #48, 1301 Buckeye Avenue(Click here for more information)
8. Resolution approving Kathranne Knight to fill vacancy on Public Art Commission(Click here for more information)
9. Resolution approving addition of five street lights in Ringgenberg Park Subdivision, 3rd Addition, per existing Street Lighting Agreement with Alliant Energy (Click here for more information)
10. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications for Ames Public Library Renovation Project; setting November 15, 2012, as bid due date and November 27, 2012, as date of public hearing (Click here for more information)
11. Resolution awarding a contract to Environmental Edge, of Ottumwa, IA, for Fall 2012 Asbestos Removal for the Power Plant in the amount of $77,500 (Click here for more information)
12. Resolution approving contract and bond for South Duff Avenue/Southeast 16th Street Frontage Road (Click here for more information)
13. Resolution approving contract and bond for 2008/09 and 2009/10 Skunk River Trail Extension (Hunziker Youth Sports Complex to Southeast 16th Street) (Click here for more information)
14. Resolution accepting completion of 2008/09 Arterial Street Pavement Improvement Project (North Dakota Avenue) (Click here for more information)
15. Resolution approving Plat of Survey for 517 Grand Avenue (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 t he 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.

PERMITS, PETITIONS, AND COMMUNICATIONS:
16. ISU Homecoming requests for October 26, 2012:
a. Resolution approving closure of portions of Ash Avenue, Gray Avenue, Lynn Avenue, Pearson Avenue, and Sunset Drive between 6:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.
b. Motion approving temporary obstruction permit for area inside street closures
c. Motion approving Fireworks Permit for ground effects fireworks shoot on Central Campus at midnight on(Click here for more information)
October 27
17. Staff report on request from Main Street Cultural District for Downtown Employee Parking Hang Tag Pilot Program (Click here for more information)
18. Staff presentation on results of Traffic Calming Studies for:
a. Hayes Avenue
b. Ridgewood Avenue, Summit Avenue, and Crescent Street
c. Jewel Drive (Click here for more information.)

LIBRARY:
*Additional Item: Frequency Identification Project (RFID) Phase II:(Click here for more information)
a. Resolution approving purchase of RFID equipment needed for use in the Librarys temporary
location in the amount of $39,646.66
b. Resolution reallocating funding

PARKS & RECREATION:
19. Staff report on prospective purchase of 80-acre parcel of parkland located west on Ontario:
a. Conceptual Park Master Plan
b. Project Budget
c. Next Steps:
i. Motion providing direction to staff (Click here for more information)

ELECTRIC:
20. MEC Interconnection 161-kV Transmission Line:
a. Resolution authorizing the redirection of CIP funding
b. Resolution awarding contract for Transmission Line Construction to Hooper Corporation of Madison, Wisconsin, in the amount of $9,248,611.46 (Click here for more information)
21. Resolution approving addition of photovoltaic systems rebate to existing Smart Energy Program installed after July 1, 2012 (Click here for more information)

WATER & POLLUTION CONTROL:
22. Resolution approving entering into State Revolving Fund (SRF) Sewer Revenue Loan and Disbursement Agreement in a principal amount not to exceed $3,121,000 (Click here for more information)

HEARINGS:
23. Hearing on Unit No. 8 Steam Turbine Parts:
a. Resolution approving final plans and specifications and awarding contract to ARGO Turboserve Corporation of Lyndhurst, New Jersey, in the amount of $526,086.90, plus freight (Click here for more information)
24. Hearing on WPC Facility Methane Engine - Generator Set No. 2 Rehabilitation:
a. Motion accepting report of bids (Click here for more information)
25. Hearing on Flood Damage - Bank Erosion (326 North Riverside Drive and Stuart Smith Park):
a. Resolution approving final plans and specifications and awarding contract to Peterson Contractors, Inc., of Reinbeck, Iowa, in the amount of $499,946.75
b. Resolution reallocating $43,000 of G. O. Bond proceeds from the Squaw Creek Pedestrian Bridge project to fund this project (Click here for more information)
26. Hearing on Nuisance Assessment:
a. Resolution assessing costs of property clean-up and certifying assessment to Story County Treasurer (Click here for more information)
27. Hearing on Environmental Information Document (EID) for New Water Treatment Plant to be located at 1800 E. 13th Street:
a. Motion approving EID, as written (Click here for more information)

ORDINANCES:
28. First passage of ordinance amending Iowa Code reference pertaining to cruelty to animals (Click here for more information)
29. First passage of ordinance approving reduction in membership for Human Relations Commission (Click here for more information)
30. Second passage of ordinance adding firearm sales as prohibited home occupation in Section 29.1304(1)c (Click here for more information)
31. Second passage of ordinance vacating alley west of Ames Public Library
32. Third passage and adoption of ORDINANCE NO. 4125 to allow limited residential uses on first floor in Downtown Service Center (DSC) Zone

COUNCIL COMMENTS:

HUMAN RESOURCES:
33. Motion to hold Closed Session as provided by Section 20.17(3), Code of Iowa, to discuss collective bargaining strategy

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.