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AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL
*AMENDED*
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - CITY HALL
NOVEMBER 26, 2024


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                              REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL**
                **Regular City Council Meeting will immediately follow the meeting of the Ames Area
                            Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Policy Committee. 

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.

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Motion approving payment of claims 

 

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Requests from Ames Regional Economic Alliance for Ames Main Street Farmers' Market on Saturdays from May 4 - October 14 11, 2025: 

  1. Motion approving blanket Temporary Obstruction Permit and blanket Vending License for Central Business District from 5:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 
  2. Resolution approving closure of 300 and 400 blocks of Main Street, Burnett Avenue from Main Street to the U.S. Bank drive-through, and Tom Evans from 5:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 
  3. Resolution approving suspension of parking enforcement in CBD Lots X and Y from 6:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays from May 4 - October 14 11, 2025
  4. Resolution approving usage of waiver of electrical fees and waiver of fee for blanket Vending License for the event from 5:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturdays from May 4 - October 14 11, 2025  
  5. Resolution approving/motion denying request to waive fees for parking meters on the 300 and 400 blocks of Main Street 
 

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Resolution setting date of public hearing for December 10, 2024, to consider vacation of the following easements located at Aspen Ridge Subdivision, 2nd Addition and Grand Aspen Ridge Subdivision 2nd Addition:

  • Existing 5-foot Public Utility Easement located at Part of Parcel C of Lot 1 and 5-Foot Public Utility Easement located at Part of Lot 2, Aspen Ridge Subdivision, 2nd Addition.
  • Existing twenty-foot (20') Ingress/Egress Easement, 10-foot Sanitary Sewer, Slope Easement, West Line Access Point Restriction and 20-foot Public Utility Easement located at Part of Parcel C of LOT 1, Part of LOT 2, Part of Part A, Lot 3, Aspen Ridge Subdivision, 2nd Addition, & Part of Outlot C, Grand Aspen Subdivision, 2nd Addition
  • Existing ten-foot (10') Drainage easement located at Part of Parcel B of LOT 3 of Aspen Ridge Subdivision, 2nd Addition
  • Existing ten-foot (10') Public Utility Easement located at Part of Parcel D of Aspen Ridge Subdivision, 2nd Addition
  • Existing fifty foot (50') Shared Access and Public Utility Easement located at Part of Parcel B of LOT 3 of Aspen Ridge 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.

PLANNING AND HOUSING:

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ADMINISTRATION:

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PUBLIC WORKS:

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FLEET:

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PARKS & RECREATION:

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HEARINGS:

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DISPOSITION OF COMMUNICATIONS TO COUNCIL:

REPORT OF GOVERNING BODY:

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Participation with agencies, boards, and commissions: 

  1. Discover Ames (ACVB)
  2. Ames Regional Economic Alliance (AREA)
  3. Story County Emergency Management Agency (SCEMA)
  4. Ames Transit Agency Board of Trustees
 

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.