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CALL TO ORDER: 7:00 p.m.

PROCLAMATION:
1. Proclamation for Fair Housing Month, April 2014
2. Proclamation for Administrative Professionals Week, April 20-26, 2014

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.
3. Motion approving payment of claims
4. Motion approving Minutes of Regular Meeting of March 25, 2014, and Special Meetings of March 18, 2014, and April 1, 2014
5. Motion approving Report of Contract Change Orders for March 16-31, 2014 (Click here for more information)
6. Motion approving renewal of the following beer permits, wine permits, and liquor licenses: (Click here for more information)
a. Special Class C Liquor India Palace, 120 Hayward Avenue
b. Class E Liquor, C Beer, & B Wine Dahls Foods, 3121 Grand Avenue
c. Class C Liquor Dangerous Curves, 111 5th Street
d. Class C Liquor & Outdoor Service Brick City Grill, 2704 Stange Road
e. Class C Liquor w/ Outdoor Service Cyclone Experience Network, Hilton Coliseum
7. Resolution setting date of hearing for April 22, 2014, for vacation of Open Space Easement and Storm Water Flowage Easement at 3910 Maricopa Drive (Click here for more information)
8. Resolution approving updated Affirmative Action Compliance Plan (Click here for more information)
9. Resolution approving contract and bond for 2013/14 Downtown Pavement Improvements (5th Street - Duff Avenue to Burnett Avenue) (Click here for more information)
10. Resolution approving contract and bond for Furnishing of 15kV Outdoor Metalclad Switchgear and 69kV Control Panels for Ames Plant Distribution Substation (Click here for more information)
11. Resolution approving Change Order with Alstom Power, Inc., for Repairs to Unit No. 8 Boiler Tubes in the amount of $11,445.61(Click here for more information)
12. Resolution approving Plat of Survey for 2200 Hamilton Drive (Click here for more information)
13. Resolution approving Plat of Survey for 138 and 142 Hyland Avenue (Click here for more information)
14. Resolution approving Plat of Survey for 3521 Jewel Drive (Click here for more information)
15. Resolution approving Final Plat for Sunset Ridge Subdivision, 5th Addition (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 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 five minutes.

PERMITS, PETITIONS, AND COMMUNICATIONS:
16. Franchise update from Alliant Energy
17. Resolution approving 2013/14 Ames Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition selections (Click here for more information)
18. Motion approving 5-day Class C Liquor License for Olde Main Brewing at ISU Alumni Center, 420 Beach Avenue (Click here for more information)
19. Motion approving 6-month Class B Beer & B Native Wine Permit with Outdoor Service for Ames Jaycees at Bandshell Park (Click here for more information)
20. Motion approving Outdoor Service Privilege for Charlie Yokes, 2518 Lincoln Way, pending approval of Inspections Division (Click here for more information)
21. Resolution approving/motion denying request from Iowa State University Student Society of Landscape Architects for waiver of parking meter fees for Space 50 on Chamberlain Street from April 24 - August 30, 2014, for demonstration of a parklet (Click here for more information)
22. Requests from Ames Chamber of Commerce for Ames Main Street Farmers Market on Saturdays from May 3 to October 25: (Click here for more information)
a. Resolution approving closure of 300 and 400 blocks of Main Street, and Burnett Avenue from Main Street north to the alley, from 5:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
b. Motion approving blanket Temporary Obstruction Permit and Blanket Vending License
c. Resolution approving waiver of fee for blanket Vending License
d. Resolution approving request to waive parking enforcement in CBD Lots X and Y during the Market
e. Resolution approving/motion denying request to waive parking meter fees in the 300 and 400 blocks of Main Street and portion of Burnett Avenue and electric usage fees
23. Motion approving Fireworks Permit for ground effects fireworks shoot for Residence Hall Week on Central Campus at 11:59 p.m. on April 26, 2014, with a rain date of May 3, 2014 (Click here for more information)
24. Resolution approving Cy Statue Agreement with Ames Chamber of Commerce (Click here for more information)

HEARINGS:
25. Hearing to establish Water Connection Fee District with respect to certain properties in Northern Growth Area: (Click here for more information)
a. First passage of ordinance
26. Hearing to establish Sanitary Sewer Connection Fee District with respect to certain properties in Northern Growth Area: (Click here for more information)
a. First passage of ordinance
27. Hearing on Nuisance Assessments: (Click here for more information)
a. Resolution assessing costs of mowing and snow/ice removal and certifying assessments to Story County Treasurer
28. Hearing on vacation and relocation of pedestrian easement for Sunset Ridge, 4th Addition: (Click here for more information)
a. Resolution approving vacation of Pedestrian Easement

PLANNING & HOUSING:
29. Report on suggested process for Breckenridge development workshop (Click here for more information)
30. Staff report on Westwood Village Landscape Plan Amendment (Click here for more information)
31. Staff report for 516 South 17th Street regarding Land Use Policy Plan amendment to High-Density Residential (Click here for more information)
32. Urban Renewal Plan initiation for Southeast 16th Street: (Click here for more information)
a. Resolution directing staff to prepare the Urban Renewal Plan, forward the Plan to the Planning and Zoning Commission, and set the date of public hearing for May 27, 2014

ELECTRIC:
33. Resolution approving the Transmission Membership Application and specified agreements with the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), authorizing the MISO membership fee payment of $15,000, and authorizing termination of the Citys membership in the Midcontinent Area Power Pool (Click here for more information)

LIBRARY:
34. Friends Foundation request regarding consumption of alcohol inside Public Library during Pre-Opening Gala on September 5, 2014: (Click here for more information)
a. Motion supporting/denying request
35. Resolution awarding contract to SBD Commercial Interiors of Jackson, Michigan, for Library Millwork in the amount of $423,413 (Click here for more information)

ADMINISTRATION:
36. Report on 2013 Development Process Survey (Click here for more information)

ORDINANCES:
37. First passage of ordinance changing parking regulations on Twain Circle (Click here for more information)
38. Second passage of Post-Construction Storm Water Ordinance as Chapter 5B of the Municipal Code
39. Second passage of ordinance making a zoning text amendment to change required parking for other office uses (excluding medical and dental offices)
40. Second passage of ordinance amending Section 23.407 pertaining to storm water management regulatory standards
41. Second passage of ordinance amending Section 23.502 pertaining to storm water management regulatory standards
42. Second passage of ordinance amending Section 29.406 pertaining to storm water management regulatory standards
43. Second passage of ordinance amending Section 29.1502 pertaining to storm water management regulatory standards

COUNCIL COMMENTS:

ADJOURNMENT:

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