AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS – CITY HALL
NOVEMBER 8, 2022

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 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.

PROCLAMATIONS:

1. Proclamation for “Small Business Saturday” November 26, 2022

2. Proclamation for “World Pancreatic Cancer Day” November 17, 2022

3. Proclamation for “Ames Philanthropy Day” November 17, 2022

4. Proclamation for “Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week” November 13-19, 2022

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.

5. Motion approving payment of claims

6. Motion approving Minutes of Regular Meeting on October 25, 2022, and Special Meeting on November 3, 2022

7. Motion approving Change Orders for period October 16-31, 2022

8. Motion approving Civil Service Candidates

9. Motion approving new 12-Month Class C Liquor License with Sunday Sales and Outdoor Service – Wasabi Ames, 926 S. 16th Street

10. Motion approving new 12-Month Class C Liquor License - Ames Pool Hall – 125 Main Street, Pending Final Inspection

11. Motion approving ownership update for Class E Liquor License, Class C Beer Permit (Carryout Beer), Class B Wine Permit and Sunday Sales – Kum & Go #7706, 2320 Lincoln Way Suite 103

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

a. Class E Liquor License – AJ’s Liquor III, 201 “A” Chamberlain Street
b. Class B Native Wine Permit with Sunday Sales – Chocolaterie Stam, 230 Main Street
c. Class E Liquor License, Class B Wine Permit, Class C Beer Permit (Carryout Beer) and Sunday Sales – Kum & Go #7706, 2320 Lincoln Way Suite 103
d. Class C Liquor License with Sunday Sales & Outdoor Service – Time Out – Ames, 120 Kellogg Ave Pending Dramshop Review

13. Resolution approving Addendum to Iowa DOT Funding Agreement for TAP funding for the 2021/22 Shared Use Path System Expansion – Ioway Creek

14. Resolution approving revised WIF Grant Agreement with Iowa Finance Authority for Storm Water Erosion Control Program (Ioway Creek 6th Street to 13th Street – Brookside Park)

15. Resolution awarding contract to Eide Bailly LLP of Dubuque, Iowa, to audit the City’s Financial Statements for Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2022, in the amount of $61,800

16. Parks and Recreation Administration Building Siding Replacement Project

a. Resolution approving reallocating funding in the amount of $7,763 from the Ada Hayden Heritage Park Wetland Dredging Project
b. Resolution accepting report of bids and awarding contact to TMJ Construction Services, Ames, Iowa for the Parks and Recreation Administration Building Siding Replacement Project in the amount of $57,762.39

17. Resolution authorizing staff to close a section of Duff Avenue, as needed, to facilitate the completion of the Power Plant sanitary sewer connection

18. Resolution approving Union Pacific Railroad Construction and Maintenance Agreement for the 24th Street Crossing

19. Resolution approving Plans and Specifications for 2022/23 Asphalt Street Pavement Improvements (28th Street) and establish December 7, 2022, as date of letting and December 13, 2022, as the date for report of bids

20. Resolution approving Preliminary Plans and Specifications for CyRide HVAC Improvements, Phase III Project setting December 14, 2022, as bid due date and January 10, 2023, as date of public hearing

21. Resolution approving contract & bond for Relocation of 161kV Transmission Line from Ames Plant to NE Ankeny

22. Resolution approving partial completion and reducing financial security for Domani Subdivision 1st Addition

23. Resolution accepting completion of Unit #8 Crane Renovation

24. Resolution accepting completion of 2021/22 Shared Use Path Maintenance Program

25. Resolution accepting completion of 2021/22 Pavement Restoration Program – Slurry Seal Program

26. 2019/20 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation (Basin 10)

a. Resolution approving Change Order No. 2
b. Resolution accepting project as completed

27. Resolution setting date of Public Hearing for November 22, 2022, to enter into a State Revolving Fund Clean Water Loan and Disbursement Agreement in an amount not to exceed $12,700,000

28. Resolution setting date of Public Hearing for November 22, 2022, to enter into a State Revolving Fund Drinking Water Loan Agreement in an amount not to exceed $8,500,000

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.

FINANCE:

29. Resolution authorizing and approving a Loan Agreement, providing for the sale and issuance in an amount not to exceed $13,400,000 General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2022A, and providing for the levy of taxes to pay the same

ADMINISTRATION:

30. Ames Municipal Airport

a. Resolution renaming the Ames Municipal Airport to James Herman Banning Ames Municipal Airport
b. Resolution authorizing $7,400 from the City Council Contingency for the Airport signage changes

31. Resolution naming the Downtown Plaza as Steven L. Schainker Plaza

POLICE:

32. Motion approving/denying renewal of Class E Liquor License with Class B Wine Permit, Class C Beer Permit (Carryout Beer) and Sunday Sales – Neighborhood Liquor & Smokes, 3505 Lincoln Way Suite 105

PLANNING AND HOUSING:

33. Staff Report on Downtown URA Criteria

34. Resolution approving Urban Renewal Area Plan for 2105 and 2421 North Dayton Avenue (small lot industrial subdivision)

a. Resolution of Necessity to initiate proceedings for creating Urban Renewal Area
b. Motion to refer Draft Plan to Planning & Zoning Commission
c. Motion appointing Director of Planning and Housing as the City’s representative for Consultation Meeting
d. Resolution setting December 13, 2022, as date of public hearing for Urban Renewal Plan

35. Ansley Subdivision (3210 Cedar Lane)

a. Resolution approving the agreement to accept the transfer of approximately 59.7 acres of land for Ansley development from Xenia Rural Water to City of Ames
b. Resolution approving Preliminary Plat for Ansley Subdivision located at 3210 Cedar Lane

HEARINGS:

36. Hearing on Ames City Hall Interior Updates:

a. Motion to Reject all bids and direct staff to work internally or with small bid packages to complete work

37. Hearing on Emma McCarthy Lee Park Tennis and Pickleball Courts Renovation:

a. Motion to approve report of no bids and direct staff to modify the plans and/or the completion date based on feedback from plan holders with intent to rebid at a later date

38. Hearing on 2022 CDBG Consolidated Annual Performance Report (CAPER)

a. Resolution approving the submittal of the City’s 2021/22 CAPER

ORDINANCES:

39. Second passage of ordinance Amending Section 24.18 for the boundary of Ames 5th Tax Increment Financing District (ISU Research Park Phase III) (third reading and adoption of ORDINANCE NO. 4481 requested)

40. Second passage of ordinance Rezoning of 3700-5898 E. Lincoln, 799 Teller Avenue, and 220 & 420 South Avenue Agricultural (A) to Intensive Industrial (II)

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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.