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Ames Little League Baseball, P.O. Box 1713, Ames, Iowa 50010
Board of Directors IE
October 5, 2007
2007 to 2009 Directors Ames City Council
Brian Agnitsch PO Box 811 OCT — 8 2007
515 Clark Ave.
Ron Christensen Ames, Iowa 50010
CITY CLERK
Jeff Clendenen
Re: Request to Change City Code CITY OF AMES,IOWA
Matt Elbert
Lisa Erickson Dear Ames City Council:
Mark Kutchen Ames Little League Baseball is hereby requesting that the City of Ames modify two
Steve Mayberry sections of the City of Ames Municipal Code that pertain to signs. Section 5.714 (4)
prohibits off premise signs from being closer than 300 feet to any other off premise
Bryan Rademacher signs and Section 5.714 (7) prohibits signs from being attached to fences. We are
Flynn Ravner requesting that both of these sections be modified to allow at athletic facilities only off
Mike Schmit premise temporary signs to be placed next to each other and to be attached to fences.
Tori Shahidi The requested changes would enhance our ability to raise funds to support our non-
profit operation. We try very hard to keep our user fees low so that all the children of
Tony Stevens Ames that want to play baseball can. With all of the other organizations and
2006 to 2008 Directors fundraisers in town, local business get asked to make donations all the time and they
have very limited donation funds. However, a lot of local businesses are willing to
David Blakeley spend some of their advertising budgets for signs. We think we could be successful in
Mike Brothers raising funds by charging a fee to have a sign posted on the outfield fences at our
baseball fields during our baseball season which is about 90 days during the spring
Bart Fowles and summer.
Ron Frantzen
Please review the request and let me know if you have any questions that Ames Little
Rick Hansen League Baseball can address. I can be reached at mkutchen(rD-mchsi.com or
Chris Keenan 291-1107 at anytime.
Bruce Maxwell Sincerely,
Tim Simodynes �-
Scott Thompson Mark Kutchen
Rob Wallace President
Jamie White Ames Little League Baseball
Craig Wiebke
Jim Withers
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