AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE AMES CONFERENCE BOARD AND
REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - CITY HALL*
MAY 11, 2021

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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: 5:30 p.m.

1. Roll Call

2. Resolution assenting to Memorandum of Understanding between City of Ames and StoryCounty regarding Ames City Assessor benefits administration

CLOSED SESSION:

3. Motion to hold Closed Session as provided by Section 21.5 (1)(i) and 21.9, Code of Iowa, to discuss candidates for position of City Assessor

CONFERENCE BOARD COMMENTS:

ADJOURNMENT:

REGULAR MEETING OF AMES CITY COUNCIL**

**The Regular Meeting of the Ames City Council will immediately follow the Regular Meeting of the Ames Conference Board.

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.

PROCLAMATIONS: 

1. Proclamation for “Economic Development Week,” May 9 - 15, 2021

2. Proclamation for “Peace Officers’ Memorial Day,” May 15, 2021

3. Proclamation for “National Public Works Week,” May 16 - 22, 2021

4. Proclamation for “EMS Week,” May 16 - 22, 2021

5. Proclamation for “Building Safety Month,” May 2021

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.

6. Motion approving payment of claims

7. Motion approving Minutes of Regular Meeting held April 27, 2021

8. Motion approving Report of Change Orders for period April 16 - April 30, 2021

9. Motion approving temporary Outdoor Service for Tip Top Lounge, 201 E. Lincoln Way, for the following dates in 2021: pending Dram Shop Insurance 

a. June 10 
b. June 24
c. July 8
d. July 22
e. August 5
f. August 19

10. Motion approving a 5-day Special Class C Liquor License and Outdoor Service for Campustown Action Association (June 5) at 200 Welch Avenue

11. Motion approving ownership change for Class E Liquor License with Class BWine, Class C Beer & Sunday Sales - Casey’s General Store #2298, 428 Lincoln Way

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

a. Special Class C Liquor License with Outdoor Service - Octagon Center for the Arts, 427 Douglas pending Dram Shop Insurance
b. Class E Liquor License with Class B Wine, Class C Beer & Sunday Sales - Casey’s General Store #2298, 428 Lincoln Way
c. Class B Liquor License with Catering Privilege & Sunday Sales - Gateway Hotel & Conference Center, LLC, 2100 Green Hills Drive

13. Resolution approving FY 2021/22 Outside Funding Contracts

14. Resolution approving revised FY 2021/22 COTA Annual Grant awards and the Special Project Grant Reserve

15. Resolution approving Professional Services Agreement with WHKS & Co., of Ames, Iowa, for 2020/21 Cherry Avenue Extension Design Project in an amount not to exceed $209,000

16. Resolution approving contract with WHKS & Co., of Ames, Iowa, for Water Pollution Control Facility Site Utility Mapping in an amount not to exceed $53,456 

17. Resolution approving Amendment to Memorandum of Understanding between the Ames Community School District and the City of Ames regarding the Furman Aquatic Center parking lot, sidewalks, and paths

18. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications for Prairie View Industrial Center Utility Extension Project; setting June 2, 2021, as bid due date and June 8, 2021, as date of public hearing

19. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications for 2018/19 Main Street Pavers (Burnett to Kellogg); setting June 16, 2021, as bid due date and June 22, 2021, as date of public hearing

20. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications for 2020/21 Multi-Modal Roadway Improvements (Vet Med Trail - S. 16th Street) project (Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon); setting June 2, 2021, as bid due date and June 8, 2021, as date of public hearing

21. Resolution approving contract and bond for 2019/20 Concrete Pavement Improvement Program (Douglas, 5th Street, E 3rd Street, E 2nd Street, Des Moines Avenue, and Center Avenue)

22. Resolution approving Change Order No. 2 regarding moving clay soil from Baker Subdivision site to the City of Ames Steam Electric Plant’s Ash Site in the amount of $5,350 (inclusive of  taxes)

23. Resolution approving contract renewal with MPW Industrial Water Services, Inc., of Hebron, Ohio, for Bottle Exchange Program (Rental), Two-Bed Demineralizer and Related Services for Power Plant, for unit prices bid, from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022, in an amount not to exceed $45,000

24. Resolution approving contract renewal with C.E.M. Solutions Inc., of Hernando, Florida, for Emissions Testing Services, from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, in an amount not to exceed $32,000

25. Resolution accepting completion of Water Pollution Control Facility Digester Cover Repairs

26. Resolution accepting completion of 2007/08 Shared Use Path System Expansion (Bloomington to Ada Hayden)

27. Resolution approving partial completion of public improvements and reducing security for Domani Subdivision, 1st Addition

28. Resolution approving completion of public improvements and releasing security for Haynes Kenton 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.

ADMINISTRATION:

29. Campus and Community Commission:

a. Presentation of report regarding Landlord/Tenant Relations including the revamp and promotion of Rent Smart Ames website and expansion of Story County mediation program
b. Motion directing Commission regarding next assignment

PARKS & RECREATION:

30. Ames on the Half Shell:

a. Resolution approving waiver of enforcement of Municipal Code Section 17.17 related to alcohol consumption in City parks with respect only to Bandshell Park from July 9 - July 30, 2021
b. Motion approving 6-month Class B Beer Permit with Outdoor Service - Ames on the Half Shell, Bandshell Park pending Dram Shop Insurance 

PLANNING & HOUSING:

31. Resolution waiving City Subdivision Authority in the Ames Urban Fringe for properties along 229th Place, Boone County

32. Resolution approving Joint Use Parking Plan for 414 Lincoln Way and 119 Washington Avenue

HEARINGS:

33. Hearing on Zoning Text Amendment to establish a new Planned Unit Development (PUD) overlay zone within the Zoning Ordinance along with private street standards in the Subdivision Ordinance (Continued from April 27, 2021):

a. First passage of ordinance

34. Hearing on Master Plan Amendment for 5571 Hyde Avenue (Hayden’s Preserve - formerly known as Rose Prairie):

a. Motion to continue hearing until May 25, 2021

ORDINANCES:

35. Third passage and adoption of ORDINANCE NO. 4438 naming the access road on South Riverside Drive “Aviation Way”

DISPOSITION OF COMMUNICATIONS TO COUNCIL:

COUNCIL COMMENTS:

ADJOURNMENT: