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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA009 - Council Action Summary from January 25, 2011 meeting `Ilo � COUNCIL ACTION SUMMARY Meeting Date: January 25, 2011 Agenda Item #: 19b SUBJECT: Rezoning of Kellogg Avenue Corridor ACTION TAKEN: Directed staff to initiate the rezoning of the Kellogg Corridor(properties along both sides of Kellogg between the Union Pacific Railroad and Lincoln Way) from Highway-Oriented Commercial to Downtown Services Center. MOTION BY: Wacha SECOND BY: Larson VOTING AYE: Davis, Goodman, Larson, Orazem, Wacha VOTING NAY: None ABSENT: Mahayni By: Jill Ripperger, ep y City Clerk copy to: Steve Osguthorpe 3 ---o l - 0 Council Member Orazem asked why two stories would be required. Mr. Benson said that requirement is in the DSC zoning regulations. He said that he was unsure how the HyVee Drug Store was allowed to be built with only one story. According to Mr. Benson, the number of stories to be required could be addressed through a text amendment. Council Member Larson pointed out the number of buildings in the Downtown that are currently single stories. He noted that if something happened to those buildings, the property owners would not be allowed to rebuild them as one-story buildings.Council Member Larson noted that no one had raised concerns through the process to date. City Attorney Marek advised that the area in the rezoning ordinance is set by legal description. He recommended that, if the Council were inclined to change the area, the matter should be referred back to staff. No one else came forward to speak, and the Mayor closed the hearing. Moved by Larson, seconded by Goodman, to refer back to staff the issue of rezoning this area to DSC, but carving out the property where Laura's Cabinet Gallery is located. Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. Moved by Larson, seconded by Orazem, to refer back to staff for a report on a possible text amendment that would remove the two-story requirement for the entire DSC area. Council Member Larson again noted the number of buildings that have been remodeled and not made to conform with the two-story requirement; so obviously, that requirement is not being enforced. Council Member Orazem concurred,and said he doesn't see this as being unsightly... Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. Council Member Wacha noted that since the rezoning ordinance had not yet passed on first reading, the date of public hearing on revisions to the Downtown Urban Revitalization Area would need to be moved back.Mr. Benson noted that,if it is the intent of the Council to extend the Downtown Facade Improvement Program to the subject area, a resolution to set a date for the public hearing on revision of the Downtown Urban Revitalization Area to include the properties in question will be needed. However,in light of the Council's direction,any revision to the Downtown Urban Revitalization Area would need to be placed on hold until the rezoning comes back to the City Council. Moved by Wacha, seconded by Larson,to refer back to staff for recommending a new date for a public hearing on revisions to the Downtown Urban Revitalization Area. Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. Council Member Orazem left the meeting at 8:03 p.m. HEARING ON AMENDMENTS TO FISCAL YEAR 2010/11 BUDGET: The public hearing was opened by the Mayor.No one requested to speak, and Mayor Campbell closed the hearing. 8 COUNCIL ACTION SUMMARY 4r) Meeting Date:January 25, 2011 Agenda Item #: 19c SUBJECT: Addition of Kellogg Avenue Corridor to Downtown Facade Program ACTION TAKEN: Directed staff to add the Kellogg Corridor (properties along both sides of Kellogg between the Union Pacific Railroad and Lincoln Way) to the Downtown Facade Program for grants and tax abatement. MOTION BY: Wacha SECOND BY: Larson VOTING AYE: Davis, Goodman, Larson, Orazem, Wacha VOTING NAY: None ABSENT: Mahaym By: Jill Ripperger, De uty City Clerk copy to: Steve Osguthorpe Jeff D Benson/COA To Doug Marek/COA@COA 06/01/2011 11:13 AM cc Diane R Voss/COA@COA bcc Subject Re: Notice for DT URA Amendment(Kellogg Avenue Corridor)FI There is no change in the general scope of the urban renewal activities--still improving facades for buildings with retail uses on the ground floor. Yes, the legal description was compllicated--obviously a planner wrote it. THANKS! Jeff Planner, Department of Planning and Housing e-mail: jbenson@city.ames.ia.us Doug Marek/COA Doug Marek/COA 06/01/2011 10:58 AM To Diane R Voss/COA@COA cc Jeff D Benson/COA@COA Subject Re: Notice for DT URA Amendment(Kellogg Avenue Corridor)F I Diane: I reviewed the public notice. I suggest one addition to the notice to more explicitly describe that the purpose of the public hearing and the ordinance is to designate the expanded area subject to the urban revitalization plan, as required by Iowa Code section 403.5((3). To accomplish that, I suggest adding he following to your notice ". . . and enactment of an ordinance for designation of an expanded area of land to be included in the Downtown Urban Revitalization Area generally located . . . . .. Jeff, I don't recall that there is any change to the "general scope of the urban renewal activities under consideration"at the hearing. But if there are changes in the general scope of activities, that issue should also be disclosed in the notice. Please let us know if there is any such change. PS -- It is probably the most complicated legal description that I have ever seen, but it looks correct. Doug Marek Ames City Attorney 515 Clark Avenue P.O. Box 811 Ames, Iowa 50010 Tel: 515-239-5146 Fax: 515-239-5142 E-mail: dmarek@city.ames.ia.us