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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA051 - Resolution No. 15-632 adopted October 13, 2015 F RESOLUTION NO. 15-632 RESOLUTION APPROVING SEALED EPDXY WINDOWS AS EQUIVALENT TO FIXED WINDOWS ALONG LINCOLN WAY FOR 2320 LINCOLN WAY FOR THE CITY OF AMES WHEREAS, in accordance with Chapter 404 of the Code of Iowa, the City Council has established Urban Revitalization Areas (URAs) with plans specifying standards for types and elements of physical improvements that provide public benefits; and, WHEREAS, when property within one of these URAs is developed, redeveloped, rehabilitated, or remodeled, the property owner is eligible for abatement of property taxes on the incremental increase in property value after the improvements are completed; and, WHEREAS, property owners within an approved URA may apply for tax exemption for a complete project or preapproval for project that is planned to be built; and, WHEREAS, the Gilbane Development Company is seeking pre-approval of its mixed-use project with alternative methods of meeting the fixed window requirement along Lincoln Way;and, WHEREAS, Gilbane is interested in preapproval at this time to ensure that its approach to sealing the windows along Lincoln Way is deemed to be an approach that provides equivalent performance to the fixed window standards of the tax abatement criteria; and, WHEREAS,the Council previously reviewed the request on September 8,2015,and declined to accept the windows along Lincoln Way with tamper resistant screws as an equivalent method for securing windows compared to fixed windows; and, WHEREAS, subsequent to the September 8, 2015, meeting, Gilbane demonstrated to the Police Chief and Planning Director a window that included epoxy sealant in the tracks of the windows to seal the window, and the applicant has provided additional information in about its approach; and, WHEREAS,the Police Chief and Planning Director believe that the modified window with the epoxy sealant meets the expectation of a window that would not be operable and could not be opened without damaging the entire window system, and the windows will also be modified to remove latches that give the appearance of it being an operable window; and, WHEREAS, the applicant desires Council's concurrence on this approach and will immediately implement the measure to finalize the project for tax abatement eligibility. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the measure to use sealed epoxy windows as an equivalent to fixed windows along Lincoln Way for the project 2320 Lincoln Way are hereby approved. P ADOPTED THIS 131h day of October, 2015. C�A�'R- LY-J' & A. Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor Introduced by: Gartin Seconded by: Corrieri Voting aye: Corrieri, Gartin,Nelson, Orazem Voting nay: Betcher Abstaining: Goodman Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 131h day of October, 2015.