AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - CITY HALL*
NOVEMBER 10, 2020

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:  The Mayor and City Council welcome comments from the public during discussion.  If you wish to speak, please see the instructions listed above. 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.

PROCLAMATION:
1. Proclamation for “Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week,” November 15 - 22, 2020

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 City Council meeting held October 27, 2020

4. Motion approving Report of Change Orders for period October 16 - 31, 2020

5. Motion setting Conference Board meeting dates for January 26, 2021, and February 23, 2021

6. Motion approval renewal of the following Beer Permits, Wine Permits, and Liquor Licenses:

a. Class E Liquor License - AJ’s Liquor III, 2401 “A” Chamberlain Street
b. Class C Liquor License with Outdoor Service and Sunday Sales - Outlaws, 2522 Chamberlain Street 
c. Class B Native Wine Permit with Sunday Sales - Chocolaterie Stam, 230 Main Street
d. Class B Liquor License with Catering Privilege, Outdoor Service, and Sunday Sales - Country Inn & Suites Ames, 2605 SE 16th Street - pending dram shop
e. Class C Liquor License with Sunday Sales - Time Out-Ames, 120 Kellogg Avenue -pending dram shop
f. Class C Beer Permit with Class B Wine Permit and Sunday Sales - Swift Stop #8, 705 24th Street

7. Resolution waiving Purchasing Policies and approving a sole source contract to Action Information Systems of Golden, Colorado, for upgrading the City Clerk’s Office Files Management System in the amount of $71,625

8. Resolution amending FY 2020/21 Outside Funding Contract with Campustown Action Association due to COVID-19

9. Resolution amending FY 2020/21 ASSET Contract with Raising Readers of Story County due to COVID-19

10. Resolution amending FY 2020/21 ASSET Contract with Boys and Girls Club of Story County due to COVID-19 

11. Resolution approving Detour Agreement with Iowa DOT for 2021 Bridge Repair Project on I-35 over US 30

12. Resolution approving a Professional Services Agreement with Bolton & Menk, Inc., of Ames, Iowa for Work Order No. 2 for FY 2020/21 Airport Improvements (Runway 01/19 Airfield Lighting)project not to exceed $99,900

13. Resolution awarding contract to Hoglund Bus Company of Marshalltown, Iowa, for  purchase of six 176" wheelbase mini-buses for CyRide in an amount not to exceed $658,200

14. Resolution awarding contract to Elliott Equipment, Co, of Grimes, Iowa, for purchase of one Peterbilt chassis with Schwarze street sweeper and accept the $85,000 trade-in allowance for a total of $202,750

15. Resolution approving deaccession of “Resonance” from Public Art Inventory

16. Resolution accepting partial completion of public improvements and reducing security for Kingsbury Subdivision, 4th Addition

17. Resolution accepting partial completion of public improvements and reducing security for Wheelock Corner Subdivision

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.

POLICE:
18. Final decision on Policing in Ames: “A Path Forward:”

a. Motion directing staff regarding recommendations

ADMINISTRATION:
19. Discussion of whether to extend the expiration of the Face-Covering Ordinance

FIRE:
20. Agreements between City of Ames and Mary Greeley Medical Center and City of Ames and the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 625, in regards to providing for Emergency Medical Technician, Emergency Medical Dispatching, and Computer-Aided Dispatching Services:

a. Resolution approving the Reciprocal Service Agreement between Mary Greeley Medical Center and the City of Ames
b. Resolution approving the Letter of Agreement between the City of Ames and IAFF Local 625

21. Solar Farm Electrical Permit:

a. Resolution amending the Fee Schedule in Appendix U

PARKS & RECREATION:
22. Resolution accepting transfer of Miracle League Field and Inclusive Playground from Ames Foundation to the City of Ames

ORDINANCES:
23. Second passage of ordinance on proposed text amendments regarding the new flood plain maps, updated definitions, and amended terminology used in Chapter 9 of the Ames Municipal Code

24. Second passage of ordinance repealing the following Urban Revitalization Areas, effective 12-31-2020 for each of the following:

a. South Lincoln “Sub-Area”/Neighborhood Urban Revitalization Area, established 09-23-03 by Ordinance No. 3733
b. 405 & 415 Hayward Avenue Urban Revitalization Area, established 11-20-2007 by Ordinance No. 3932
c. 517 Lincoln Way Urban Revitalization Area, established 02-24-2015 by Ordinance No. 4209
d. Roosevelt School Site and City of Ames Park 921 9th Street Urban Revitalization Area established 11-12-2013 by Ordinance No. 4162, and Program Policy established by Resolution No. 13-265
And effective 01-02-2021 for the following:
a. 415 Stanton Crawford School Urban Revitalization Area established 06-12-2018 by Ordinance #4357
And additionally by establishing a sunset date of 12-31-2021 for each of the following:
a. Walnut Ridge, 3505 and 3515 Lincoln Way Urban Revitalization Area, established 04-26-16 by Ordinance No. 4254
b. 2700, 2702, 2718, and 2728 Lincoln Way; 112 and 114 South Hyland Avenue; and 115 South Sheldon Avenue Urban Revitalization Area, established 12-13-2016 by Ordinance No. 4284

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