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Home My WebLink AboutA002 - Letter to Story County Auditor, proposed change in Ward One boundaries City Clerk's Office 515 Clark Avenue,P. O.Box 811 Caring People Ames,IA 50010 Qaaluy Pmgmmr Phone: 515-239-5105 Exceptional Service Fax: 515-239-5142 October 9, 2003 Ms. Mary Mosiman Story County Auditor Story County Courthouse Nevada, IA 50201 Dear Mary: Enclosed please find a copy of a proposed ordinance to change the boundaries of Ward One due to annexations. The Ames City Council will hear this ordinance and adopt same at their meeting to be held on October 14, 2003. Please review and comment, if so desired. Thank you. Sincerely, Diane Voss City Clerk /dry Enclosure ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA,BY REPEALING SECTION 6.4 AND SUBSECTION 6.8(2) AND ENACTING A NEW SECTION 6.4 AND NEW SUBSECTIONS 6.8(2) AND 6.14(9)AND 6.14(10)FOR THE PURPOSE OF DESIGNATING THE NEW ANNEXATIONS AND REVISING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FIRST WARD AND THE SECOND PRECINCT IN THE FIRST WARD DUE TO SAID ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY; REPEALING ANY AND ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ENACTED,by the City Council for the City of Ames,Iowa,that: Section One, The Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa shall be and the same is hereby amended by repealing Section 6.4 and Subsection 6.8(2)and enacting a new Section 6.4 and Subsections 6.8(2),6.14(9)and 6.14(10) as follows: "Sec.6.4. FIRST WARD DESCRIBED. The First Ward consists of that part of the City of Ames which lies easterly of a line of demarcation described as beginning at a point where the southmost corporate limits intersect South Riverside Drive, and then running north along the centerline of South Riverside Drive and the corporate limits to a point of intersection with the south line of the ISU Research Park;then west along said line to a point of intersection with Elwood Drive Extended,then north on Elwood Drive Ext.to a point of intersection with an abandoned railroad right-of-way;then southwest along the abandoned railroad right-of-way to the south boundary of the Wessex apartment complex;then west along the said south line of Wessex apartment complex and west along the south line of Christofferson Park;then north along west side of Christofferson Park to the centerline of Oakwood Road;then west along the centerline of Oakwood Road to the centerline of Green Hills Drive;then continuing north and easterly along the centerline of Green Hills Drive to a point of intersection with Elwood Drive; then north along the centerline of Elwood Drive to the point of intersection with Mortensen Road; then west along the centerline of Mortensen Road to Beach Avenue;then north along the centerline of Beach Avenue to Lincoln Way;then east along the centerline of Lincoln Way to Grand Avenue; then north along the centerline of Grand Avenue to Twenty-Fourth Street; then east along the centerline of Twenty-Fourth Street to Jensen Avenue;then north along the centerline of Jensen Avenue to Luther Drive;then west and north along the centerline of Luther Drive to Twenty-Eighth Street,then west along the centerline of Twenty-Eighth Street to Grand Avenue; then north along the centerline of Grand Avenue to the north corporate limits of the city;then east along north corporate limits to Skunk River; then north along Skunk River to the north line of the DOT property; then easterly along the DOT property to the northeast comer of the DOT property; then south and westerly along the DOT property to the centerline of the Skunk River;then southerly along the centerline of the Skunk River to the north boundary of Inis Grove Park;then east and south along the northeast boundary of Inis Grove Park to the centerline of the Skunk River;then southeasterly along the centerline of the Skunk River to the north boundary of River Valley Park; then along the north and east boundary of River Valley Park to the centerline of 13th Street;then east along the centerline of 13th Street to the west boundary of the Eastgate commercial area;then north and east and north along the west boundary of Eastgate commercial area; then continuing north along the west boundary of the North Dayton Industrial Development site; then east along the north boundary of the North Dayton Industrial Development site to Dayton Avenue;then north along the centerline of Dayton Avenue to the Eagle's Loft Child Care Center;and then along the south,west and north boundaries of the Eagle's Loft Child Care Center to the centerline of Dayton Avenue;then north along the centerline of Dayton Avenue to the north line of the USDA complex; then east along said north border to Interstate 35; then south along the west line of Interstate 35, following the corporate limits to the northern boundary of the Union Pacific railroad tracks;then west,south and east along said railroad tracks across Interstate 35 to the west boundary of the Barilla property; then north and east along the border of the Barilla property;then south along the east border of the Barilla property to E Lincoln Way;then west along E Lincoln Way across Interstate 35 to the west line of Interstate 35;then south along the west line of Interstate 35 following the corporate limits to South Dayton Avenue;then south along South Dayton Avenue to the south border of the Cyclone Truck Stop property;then west along the south and west boundaries of the Cyclone Truck Stop property to US Highway 30;then west along the south right-of- way of US Highway 30 to the east border of the Youth Sports Complex and the corporate limits;then south and westerly along the corporate limits to the point of beginning. (Ord.No. 3625, 8-28-01,Ord. No. 3637, 11-13-01, Ord. No. 3680, 9-10-02) (2) First Ward,Precinct No.2 consists of that part of the First Ward demarcated by a line described as beginning at the intersection of Beach Avenue and Lincoln Way;then east along the centerline of Lincoln Way to the intersection with Walnut Avenue;then south along the centerline of Walnut Avenue to South Fifth Street;then east along the centerline of South Fifth Street to South DuffAvenue;then north along the centerline of South Duff to Southeast Second Street;then east along the centerline of Southeast Second Street to Kingsbury Avenue; then north along the centerline of Kingsbury Avenue to East Lincoln Way; then east along the centerline of East Lincoln Way to Interstate 35; then south along the west line of Interstate 35 and the east corporate limits to US Highway 30;then west along the north line of US Highway 30 to South Dayton Avenue then south along the centerline of South Dayton Avenue Extended and along the east border of the Cyclone Truck Stop;then west and north along the border of the Cyclone Truck Stop to US Highway 30;then west along US Highway 30 to Elwood Drive;then north along the centerline of Elwood Drive to Mortensen Parkway;then west along the centerline of Mortensen Parkway to Beach Avenue; then north along the centerline of Beach Avenue to the point of beginning. Sec.6.14. ANNEXATIONS. (9) The area annexed by City of Ames Resolution No.03-127,enacted April 8,2003,shall be in Ward One,Precinct No.2; (10) The area annexed by City of Ames Resolution Nos 03-232,enacted June 10,2003,and 03- 298,enacted July 22,2003,shall be in Ward Three,Precinct No. 5" Section Two. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict,if any. Section Three. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as required by law. Passed this day of Diane R.Voss, City Clerk Ted Tedesco,Mayor 0715