AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS – CITY HALL
DECEMBER 13, 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 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.
PRESENTATION:
1. Government Finance Officers Association Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for FY 2022/23
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 Special Meeting on November 15, 2022, and Regular Meeting on November 22, 2022
4. Motion approving Report of Change Orders for period November 16-30, 2022
5. Motion setting the following Special City Council meeting dates:
a. January 17, 2023, at 5:15 PM for CIP Work Session
b. February 3, 2023, at 2:00 PM for Budget Overview
c. February 7, 8, 9, and 14, 2023 at 5:15 PM for Budget Hearings and Wrap-Up
6. Motion cancelling the Regular City Council Meeting on December 27, 2022, due to the holiday closure of City Offices
7. Motion approving ownership update for Class C Beer Permit and Class B Wine Permit - Hy-Vee Fast and Fresh #1, 4018 West Lincoln Way
8. Motion approving premise update for Class E Liquor License, Class C Beer Permit, and Class B Wine Permit with Sunday Sales – Tobacco Outlet Plus, 204 S. Duff Ave
9. Motion approving the renewal of the following Beer Permits, Wine Permits, and Liquor Licenses:
a. Class C Liquor License with Sunday Sales – Cyclone Liquors, 626 Lincoln Way
b. Class C Liquor License with Outdoor Service and Sunday Sales – Café Beau, 2504 Lincoln Way
c. Class B Beer with Outdoor Service and Sunday Sales – Torrent Brewing Co LLC, 504 Burnett Avenue
10. Resolution directing the City Attorney’s Office to draft an ordinance enacting the proposed changes to parking regulations in the Somerset Town Home and Row House Association Area
11. Resolution to adopt the Downtown Residential Overnight Parking Hang Tag Program as a permanent part of the parking system
12. Resolution approving reappointment of Council Member Amber Corrieri to the Ames Economic Development Committee (AEDC)
13. Resolution approving reappointment of Council Member Rachel Junck to the Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau (ACVB)
14. Resolution approving reappointment of Council Member Bronwyn Beatty-Hansen to the Transit Board
15. Resolution approving biannual Sustainability Report by Sustainability Coordinator
16. Resolution approving the Commission on the Arts (COTA) Spring 2023 Special Project Grant Contracts
17. Resolution approving the Corporate Resolution designating the Finance Director, City Treasurer, and Assistant City Manager supervising the Finance Department as employees authorized to conduct financial and banking business on behalf of the City of Ames
18. Resolution correcting date of Public Hearing for North Sunset Ridge to January 10, 2023, and partially rescinding Resolution No. 22-600
19. Resolution approving addition of three 45-watt LED lights on 35’ bronze fiberglass street light poles at Domani Subdivision, Plat 2 to the existing Alliant Energy Electric Tariff #1
20. Resolution approving changes to Smart Energy Rebate Program as proposed by City staff
21. Resolution approving amendment to the tower lease agreement with Sprint Spectrum L.P. for cellular antenna equipment at Mortensen and County Line Road Water Tower (MAC Water Tower)
22. Resolution approving Change Order No. 4 to the Professional Services Agreement with HDR Engineering, Inc. for additional construction phase services associated with the North River Valley Wellfield Project in the additional amount of $73,600
23. Resolution approving Change Order No. 1 to Tri-City Electric Company of Iowa, Davenport, Iowa, for additional Electrical Maintenance Services Contract in the amount not to exceed $85,000
24. Resolution approving Memorandum of Agreement with Iowa Department of Transportation to share its CDL skills testing site with CyRide
25. Resolution setting January 10, 2023, as date of public hearing for establishment of water and sanitary sewer connection districts in the Prairie View Industrial Area and directing City Attorney to prepare ordinances to establish these districts to recover City costs to install utilities as the properties are developed
26. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications for Power Plant Maintenance Services Contract, and establish January 25, 2023, as bid due date and February 14, 2023, as date of public hearing and award of contract
27. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specification for Unit 8 Electrostatic Precipitator Insulation & Lagging and establish January 25, 2023, as bid due date and February 14, 2023, as date of public hearing and award of contract
28. Resolution approving preliminary plans and specifications for Combustion Turbine Fuel Oil Pipe Installation and establish January 25, 2023, as bid due date and February 14, 2023, as date of public hearing and award of contract
29. Resolution approving plans and specifications for 2021/22 Concrete Pavement Improvements (Stange and 24th) and setting January 18, 2023, as bid due date and January 24, 2023, as date of public hearing
30. Resolution approving plans and specifications for 2022/2023 Downtown Street Pavement
Improvements – Alley (5th Street-6th Street between Duff Avenue to Douglas Avenue) and setting January 18, 2023, as bid due date and January 24, 2023, as date of public hearing
31. Resolution approving plans and specifications for the 2022/23 Fire Station 3 PCC Replacement and setting January 18, 2023, as bid due date and January 24, 2023, as date of public hearing
32. Resolution approving plans and specifications for the 2022/23 Seal Coat Pavement Improvements and Neighborhood Curb Program Project (Murray Drive-Northwestern Avenue to Grand Avenue) and setting January 18, 2023, as bid due date and January 24, 2023, as date of public hearing
33. Resolution awarding contract to Stew Hansen Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa, for one 2023 RAM ProMaster 2500 Cargo Van, on behalf of Mid-Iowa Community Action Agency (MICA) in conjunction with the CARES Round 2, in the amount of $52,920
34. Resolution awarding six-month contract to Rowell Chemical Corporation, Hinsdale, Florida, in the amount of $2.27/gallon for purchase of liquid sodium hypochlorite for use at the Water Plant and Power Plant
35. Resolution awarding contract to AP4 Energy Services LLC, Lakeland, Florida, for Engineering Services for Combustion Turbine Controls Upgrade in the amount of $149,670
36. Resolution awarding contract to Atlas Copco Compressors LLC, Rock Hill, South Carolina, for purchase replacement 72 Instrument Air Compressor in the amount of $85,365.67 (inclusive of Iowa Sales Tax)
37. Resolution awarding contract to Locality Media, Inc. of Garden City, New York, for Records Management Software for the Fire Department in the amount not to exceed $168,850 over the next five years
38. Resolution awarding contract to Carrier Access IT, LC, of Clive, Iowa, for the Virtualization Environment in the amount not to exceed $424,640.27
39. Resolution awarding contract to DNV GL USA INC of Katy, Texas, for the Asset Management Software Solution for the Electric Services Substations in the amount not to exceed $222,500.00
40. Resolution accepting completion of 2021/22 Downtown Pavement Improvements – Alley (Duff to Sherman Avenue)
41. Resolution accepting completion of the contract for the Ada Hayden Heritage Park Wetland Dredging Project
42. Resolution approving Minor Final Plat for Compass Subdivision Plat 2
43. Resolution approving Major Final Plat for Domani Subdivision, 2nd Addition
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.
PARKS & RECREATION:
44. Fitch Family Indoor Aquatic Center:
a. Resolution authorizing submittal to the Iowa Department of Transportation of an offer to buy property located at 122 North Oak Avenue, Ames, in the amount of $2,900,000
b. Resolution awarding contract to Story Construction of Ames, Iowa for Construction Management Services, in the amount of $1,392,229
c. Resolution awarding contract to RDG Planning and Design of Des Moines, Iowa, for Architectural Services in an amount not to exceed $1,783,850
PLANNING AND HOUSING:
45. 321 State Avenue Baker Subdivision 9% LIHTC RFP Review
a. Motion directing staff to issue RFP
FINANCE:
46. Budget Issues/Guidelines
HEARINGS:
47. Hearing on 2022/23 Asphalt Street Pavement Improvements (28th Street)
a. Resolution approving final plan and specifications and awarding contract to Manatt’s, Inc., Brooklyn, Iowa, in the amount of $846,926.84
48. Hearing on proposed Zoning Text Amendment to allow a 20% reduction to Required Parking for Certain Commercial and Industrial Uses on Sites with more than 100 Parking Stalls:
a. First passage of ordinance
49. Hearing on proposed Zoning Text Amendment to amend the Home Occupation regulations:
a. Motion to continue hearing to January 10, 2023
50. Hearing on rezoning with a Master Plan the property on the Southwest Corner of Cameron School Road and George Washington Carver Avenue from “A” (Agricultural) to “FS-RL” (Suburban Residential Low-Density) and “FS-RM” (Suburban Residential Medium-Density)
a. First passage of ordinance
51. Hearing on Urban Renewal Area Plan for 2105 and 2421 North Dayton Avenue (small lot industrial subdivision):
a. Resolution adopting Plan and establishing an Urban Renewal Area
b. First passage of ordinance creating Tax-Increment Financing District
ORDINANCES:
52. First passage of ordinance to amend Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa, by amending Chapter 28, Division 1 for the purpose of establishing a Commercial Electric Vehicle Charging Rate and Updates to the Industrial Time-of-Use Rate
53. Municipal Code of the City of Ames
a. Second passage of ordinance to amend Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa, by amending Chapter 12, Section 12.2 and 12.3 for the purpose of establishing election of hospital trustees, term of office and qualifications
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