CALL TO ORDER: 6:00 p.m.

PROCLAMATION:

1. Proclamation for Parks and Recreation Month, July 2015

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 Regular Meeting of June 9, 2015
4. Motion authorizing mayor to sign authorization requested by the Main Street Cultural District
for military fly-over on July 4 (Click here for more information)
5. Motion approving request from Young Professionals of Ames for Fireworks Permit for display
from ISU Lot G7 on July 3, 2015, with a rain date of July 5, 2015 (Click here for more information)
6. Motion approving 5-day (July 10-July 14) Class C Liquor License for Briggs Woods Golf Course
at Reiman Gardens, 1407 University Boulevard (Click here for more information)
7. Motion approving new Special Class C Liquor License for Szechuan House, 3605 Lincoln Way (Click here for more information)
8. Resolution approving and adopting Supplement No. 2015-3 to Municipal Code (Click here for more information)
9. Resolution adopting New and Revised Fees pertaining to Ames Municipal Cemetery (Click here for more information)
10. Resolution approving request for additional .25 FTE in Library Customer Account Services
Division (Click here for more information)
11. Resolution approving Report of Contract Change Orders for June 1-15, 2015 (Click here for more information)
12. Resolution increasing the issuance of Essential Corporate Purpose General Obligation Bonds for
2015 in an amount not to exceed $395,000 and setting the date of public hearing for July 14,
2015 (Click here for more information)
13. Resolution approving Memorandum of Understanding with Story County to apply for grant
funding under the 2015 Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Edward Byrne
Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program and authorizing application (Click here for more information)
14. Resolution approving 2014/15 Contract for Human Services with American Red Cross (Click here for more information)
15. Resolution approving 2015/16 Contract with Iowa State University for Sustainability Advisory
Services from July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016 in an amount not to exceed $25,000 (Click here for more information)
16. Requests from Main Street Cultural District for Foodies & Brew on August 14, 2015: (Click here for more information)

a. Motion approving Blanket Temporary Obstruction Permit and Blanket Vending License
b. Resolution approving closure of the 400 block of Douglas Avenue from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00
a.m. and closure of the 200 block of 5th Street from 3 p.m. to 2 a.m.
c. Resolution approving closure of 13 metered parking spaces on the 400 block of Douglas
Avenue from 9:00 a.m. Friday to 2:00 a.m. Saturday and closure of 29 metered parking
spaces on the 200 block of Fifth Street from 3:00 p.m. Friday to 2:00 a.m. Saturday

17. Resolution approving Certificate of Consistency with Citys 2014-2018 CDBG Consolidated
Plan on behalf of Non-Profit Organizations Receiving Emergency Shelter Grant Funds (Click here for more information)
18. Resolution waiving formal bidding requirements and approving software maintenance contract
with Sungard/HTE for joint public safety network (Click here for more information)
19. Resolution waiving formal bidding requirements and approving software maintenance contract
with Sungard/HTE for Information Services (Click here for more information)
20. Resolution awarding contract to OneNeck IT Solutions of Urbandale, Iowa, for Replacement of
Core Enterprise Network Infrastructure in the amount of $100,869.43 (Click here for more information)
21. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications for Control Room Installation General
Work Contract; setting July 22, 2015, as bid due date and July 28, 2015, as date of public hearing (Click here for more information)
22. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications for Mechanical Installation General
Work Contract for Power Plant Fuel Conversion; setting July 23, 2015, as bid due date and
July 28, 2015, as date of public hearing (Click here for more information)
23. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications for 2014/15 Downtown Street
Pavement Improvements (5th Street - Burnett to Grand); setting July 22, 2015, as bid due date and
July 28, 2015, as date of public hearing (Click here for more information)
24. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications for 2014/15 Sanitary Sewer
Rehabilitation (Manhole Rehabilitation Basins 1 & 5); setting July 22, 2015, as bid due date
and July 28, 2015, as date of public hearing (Click here for more information)
25. Resolution approving contract to Electronic Engineering Co. to provide 800-MHZ trunked radio
equipment, pagers, and related equipment and services for City departments from July 1, 2015,
through June 30, 2017 (Click here for more information)
26. Resolution awarding contract to Neese, Inc., of Grand Junction, Iowa, for Zetor Proxima Power
120 Tractor and optional equipment (for Public Works Grounds), as part of Fleet Replacement
Program, in the amount of $64,850 (Click here for more information)
27. Resolution awarding contract to Murphy Tractor and Equipment of Des Moines, Iowa, for John
Deere 644K Hybrid Wheel Loader and extended warranty (for Resource Recovery) as part of
Fleet Replacement Program in the amount of $272,137 (Click here for more information)
28. Resolution approving contract and bond for Grant Avenue (Hyde Avenue) Pavement
Improvements (Click here for more information)
29. Resolution approving Change Order No. 1 to Cornerstone Commissioning, Inc., of Boxford,
Massachusetts, for LEED Commissioning for Public Library in the amount of $17,800 (Click here for more information)
30. Resolution approving Change Order No. 1 to Stock Equipment Company of Chagrin Falls, Ohio,
for Precipitator Control Replacement in the amount of $19,414.08 (Click here for more information)
31. Resolution approving Change Order No. 2 to Custodial Services for City Hall Contract with
Klean Rite (Click here for more information)
32. Resolution accepting partial completion and lessening security for South Fork Subdivision, 7th
Addition (Click here for more information)
33. Resolution accepting final completion of Fire Station #3 HVAC Modifications (Click here for more information)
34. Resolution approving Plat of Survey for 307 Ash Avenue (Click here for more information)
35. Resolution approving Plat of Survey for 413 Northwestern Avenue and 910 and 914-5th Street (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.

PUBLIC WORKS:
36. Staff Report for water service connection fee waiver for 230 South Dayton Avenue (Click here for more information)

PLANNING & HOUSING:
37. McFarland Subdivision: (Click here for more information)

a. Resolution approving Development Agreement
b. Resolution approving Minor Final Plat

38. Motion directing staff to proceed with Land Use Policy Plan Update Request for Proposals (Click here for more information)

ADMINISTRATION:
39. Discussion of Staff Report pertaining to e-cigarettes (Click here for more information)

HEARINGS:
40. Hearing on Electric Services Unit #7 Crane Repair: (Click here for more information)

a. Motion accepting report of bids and delaying award of contract

41. Hearing on Ames Municipal Airport Terminal Building and Hangar (Phase 1: Site Work): (Click here for more information)

a. Motion accepting report of bids and delaying award of contract

ORDINANCE:
42. Second passage of ordinance revising Regular Council meeting time
43. Third passage and adoption of ORDINANCE NO. 4220 making a Zoning Text Amendment to
exclude parking structures from the definition of Floor Area Ratio (FAR)
44. Third passage and adoption of ORDINANCE NO. 4221 making a Zoning Text Amendment to
allow for a Lincoln Way Mixed-Use Overlay Zone

CLOSED SESSION:
45. Motion to hold Closed Session as provided by Section 21.5(1)c, Code of Iowa, to discuss matters
presently in litigation

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.