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Phone: 515-233-3141
Fax: 515-233-2440
Email: yss@yss.ames.ia.us AUG 1 1 2009 I
Web Site: www.yss.ames.ia.us August 11, 2009
24-Hour Crisis Line: 111Y CLERK
Ames .....................515-233-2330 Mayor Campbell and City Council Mem ers CITY of,AMES,lob"IA
Out of Ames ............1-800-600-2330 515 Clark Avenue
Richard O.Jacobson Ames, IA 50010
Youth&Family Center
420 Kellogg Ave. Ames,IA 50010-1628
515-233-3141 Fax:515-233-2440
•Business Office Dear Mayor Campbell and City Council Members:
•Comm.Youth&Family Devel.
515-232-4331 Fax:515-233-2440
•Family Counseling Center
515-233-2250 Fax:515-233-2440 On August 5, 2009, the City of Ames Planning and Zoning
•Family Foster Care&Adoption
515-233-6011 Fax:515-233-2440 Commission considered and voted to recommend that the City
Chemical Dependency Services Council adopt the changes to the design criteria for the steps to
•Outpatient&Aftercare Services
515-663-8055 Fax:515-663-8057 the west building entrance of our building at 420 Kellogg
•Seven-12 House
515-233-5048 Fax:515-663-4909 Avenue as recommended by the Historic Preservation
•Student Assistance Programs
Ames,Ballard,Boone,&Ogden Commission.
Public Schools
•Youth Recovery House
515-233-4930 Fax:515-233-4422
Community Based centers: We are anxious to replace the existing steps as they are creating
Iowa Homeless Youth Centers a safety issue and respectfully request that the City Council
1219 Buchanan St.,Des Moines,IA 50316
515-265-1222 Fax:515-266-8377 suspend the rules and vote three times at the August 11 th city
1216 MLK Parkway,Des Moines,IA 50314
515-288-7884 Fax:515-288-7885 council meeting to adopt this change.
E-mail:tharlow@yss.ames.ia.us
YSS of Hamilton Co.(Webster City)
321 Second Street,Webster City,IA 50595XGerge
or your consideration.
515-832-1061 Fax:515-832-1070
email:czills@yss.ames.ia.us
YSS of Boone Co.(Boone) •
105 S.Marshall Street 515-432-7983
Boone,IA 50036 Fax:515-432-7657
Email:ghull@yss.ames.ia.us
806 7th Street 515-433-6018
Boone,IA 50036
YSS Si Eastern Story Co.(Nevada) tsos, CEO
830 Sixth Street 515-382-6874Nevada,IA 50201 Fax:515-382-2256email:bmittman@iowatelecom.nethelter Services, Inc.
YSS of Marshall Co.(Marshalltown)
11 East State Street 641-752-2300
Marshalltown,IA 50158Fax:641-752-4768 Cc: Steve Schainker, City Manager
email:dhicks@yss.ames.ia.us
Homeless Young Parent Host Homes
Ames,Boone,Des Moines,Marshalltown
Rosedale Shelter
703 Burnett Avenue 515-233-2330
Ames,IA 50010 Fax:515-233-3310
Iowa Aftercare Services Network
800-443-8336
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A United Way funded agency
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