AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - CITY HALL
515 CLARK AVENUE
JULY 27, 2021

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: The Mayor and City Council welcome comments from the public during discussion. If you wish to speak, please complete an orange card and hand it to the City Clerk. When your name is called, please step to the microphone, state your name for the record, and limit the time used to present your remarks in order that others may be given the opportunity to speak. 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. In consideration of all, if you have a cell phone, please turn it off or put it on silent ring.

CALL TO ORDER: 6:00 p.m.

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.

1. Motion approving payment of claims

2. Motion approving Minutes of Regular Meeting held July 13, 2021, and Special Meeting held July 22, 2021

3. Motion certifying Civil Service candidates

4. Motion approving Report of Change Orders for period July 1 - 15, 2021

5. Motion approving ownership change for Class E Liquor License with Class B Wine Permit, Class C Beer Permit (Carryout Beer) and Sunday Sales - Kum & Go #1215, 4506 Lincoln Way

6. Motion approving ownership change for Class C Liquor License with Catering Privilege and Sunday Sales - Texas Roadhouse, 519 South Duff Avenue

7. Motion approving ownership change for Class A Liquor License - Green Hills Residents’ Association, 2200 Hamilton Drive, Suite 100

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

a. Class C Liquor License with Catering Privilege, Outdoor Service & Sunday Sales - Cyclone Experience Network, 1800 S 4th Street Pending Dram Shop Insurance
b. Class C Liquor License with Class B Wine Permit & Sunday Sales - Hy-Vee Market Grille, 640 Lincoln Way
c. Class E Liquor License with Class B Wine Permit and Class C Beer Permit (Carryout Beer) - Fareway Meat Market #189, 3720 Lincoln Way
d. Class C Liquor License with Outdoor Service, Catering Privilege, Class B Native Wine Permit, Outdoor Service & Sunday Sales - The Mucky Duck Pub, 3100 S Duff Avenue 
e. Class E Liquor License with Class B Wine Permit, Class C Beer Permit (Carryout Beer) and Sunday Sales - Kum & Go #1215, 4506 Lincoln Way
f. Class C Liquor License with Sunday Sales - Es Tas Stanton, 216 Stanton
g. Special Class C Liquor License with Sunday Sales - New Hickory Holding Company, 1404 S. Duff Avenue Pending Dram Shop Insuranceh. Class C Liquor License with Outdoor Service and Sunday Sales - La Casa Maya, 631 Lincoln Way

9. Resolution approving Investment Report for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2021

10. Resolution appointing Chunhui Chen to the Ames Human Relations Commission

11. Resolution approving Agreement between Ames Human Relations Commission and Iowa Civil Rights Commission regarding Intake and Investigation of Civil Rights Complaints

12. Resolution approving Official Statement for General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2021A, setting date of sale for August 10, 2021, and authorizing electronic bidding for the sale

13. Resolution approving renewal of contract with EMC Risk Services, LLC, of Des Moines, Iowa, to provide third-party administration of the City’s Worker’s Compensation and Municipal Fire and Police “411 System” claims for August 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022, at a cost not to exceed $55,000

14. Resolution approving Professional Services Agreement with WHKS & Co., of Ames, Iowa, for the 2021/22 Shared Use Path System Expansion - Ioway Creek (SE 16th Street to S 5th Street) in an amount not to exceed $72,400

15. Resolution approving Professional Services Agreement with MSA of Ankeny, Iowa, for 2021/22 Arterial Street Pavement Improvements (Ontario and North Dakota) in an amount not to exceed $82,125

16. Resolution approving Ames Sanitary Landfill Environmental Covenant with Iowa Department of Natural Resources

17. Resolution reauthorizing the GIS Software Enterprise Licensing Agreement with Environmental Systems Research Institute of Redlands, California, for a term of 3 years at a rate of $66,500 per annum

18. Ames on the Half Shell:

a. Resolution waiving enforcement of prohibition of alcohol consumption in Bandshell Park (Section 17.17 of Municipal Code) from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Friday, August 13, 2021
b. Motion authorizing Parks & Recreation Director or designee to administratively approve alternative dates during August and September 2021 should additional cancellations occur

19. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications for 2021/22 Shared Use Path Maintenance setting August 18, 2021, as bid due date and August 24, 2021, as date of public hearing

20. Resolution approving contract and bond for 2020/21 Arterial Street Pavement Improvements - 13th Street (Duff Avenue to Meadowlane Avenue) 

21. Resolution approving contract and bond for Sludge Pumping Building Improvements Project

22. Resolution approving Change Order No. 4 for the 2018/19 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation (Siphon) in the amount of $126,739.20

23. Resolution approving Change Order No. 1 for Electric Services Underground Trenching in the amount of $67,600

24. Major Final Plat for Scenic Valley Subdivision, 6th Addition:

a. Resolution approving partial completion of public improvements
b. Resolution approving Major Final Plat

25. Resolution approving completion of Emma McCarthy Lee Park Bridge Project

26. Resolution approving completion of Inis Grove Park Sidewalk Project

27. Resolution approving completion of the Electric Distribution Parking Lot Reconstruction

28. Water Treatment Plant Lime Sludge Disposal:

a. Resolution accepting completion of Year Three (FY 2020/21) Lime Sludge Disposal Contract with Wulfekuhle Injection and Pumping, Inc., of New Vienna, Iowa, in the final amount of $341,217.54
b. Resolution awarding Year Four (FY 2021/22) Lime Sludge Disposal Contract with Wulfekuhle Injection and Pumping, Inc., of New Vienna, Iowa, in the amount of $381,900

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. Discussion with ASSET Volunteers regarding FY 2022-23 ASSET Priorities:

a. Motion approving City of Ames ASSET Priorities for FY 2022-23 Funding Cycle

30. Downtown Plaza:

a. Resolution waiving Purchasing Policies and Procedures for competitive bidding of professional services and approving a single-source contract
b. Resolution awarding a contract to Confluence of Des Moines, Iowa, for design and construction management of the Downtown Plaza in the amount of $315,750 

31. Downtown Reinvestment District Urban Renewal Area and Plan:

a. Resolution of Necessity to initiate proceedings for creating Urban Renewal Area
b. Motion forwarding draft Urban Renewal Plan to Planning and Zoning Commission for recommendation
c. Motion appointing staff from Planning & Housing as the City’s representative to the consultation with affected taxing entities
d. Resolution setting September 14, 2021, as date of public hearing for Urban Renewal Plan

32. Motion directing staff regarding the issuing process for General Obligation Bonds relating to the Indoor Aquatic Center

PLANNING & HOUSING:

33. Staff Report regarding addressing the need for small industrial lots

a. Motion directing staff to prepare RFP for competitive bidding process with proposals describing the size of the development, cost of infrastructure, timing, planned uses, and level of City subsidy for a TIF infrastructure project

34. Motion authorizing initiation of application for Voluntary Annexation of land located along North 500th Avenue north of Lincoln Way

WATER & POLLUTION CONTROL:

35. Resolution pledging up to $246,000 of local monies to be used to meet the minimum local match requirement of the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Application for the Well Field Standby Power Project

ORDINANCES:

36. First passage of ordinance amending Urban Deer Management Program regarding reporting requirement

37. Second passage of ordinance rezoning, with Master Plan, 4514 and 4605 Hyde Avenue from Agricultural (A) to Suburban Residential Low Density (FS-RL)

DISPOSITION OF COMMUNICATIONS TO COUNCIL:

COUNCIL COMMENTS:

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.