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Subject Rental Housing Code(Item 41) PULLED from 4/12/Council
Agenda
Mayor and Council,
This morning I learned that a commitment had been made to allow the Ames Rental Association's
attorney to review the proposed changes to the Rental Housing Code, prior to your considering that
ordinance on first reading. Since that did not occur, we have pulled this item from the April 12 agenda,
and it will be deferred until your April 26 meeting.
For your information, the ARA's attorney informs me that they have directed him to focus on the
S-trap/P-trap issue.
Bob
Bob Kindred
Assistant City Manager
City of Ames, Iowa
(515) 239-5202
Caring People— Quality Programs— Exceptional Service"
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Subject Re: Rental Housing Code(Item 41) PULLED from
4/12/Council AgendaF I
I'd prefer to amend the agenda now, but will wait'til Diane gets here (in a few minutes)to do that.
After we do so, could you help send out a notice to the media? Wording could look something like this.
Item 41 (Rental Housing Code revision -first reading of ordinance) has been "pulled"from Tuesday
night's City Council agenda to allow time for additional public review. Council consideration of this
ordinance will now occur at the meeting of Tuesday, April 26.
Thanks.
Bob
Caring People — Quality Programs— Exceptional Service"
Susan Gwiasda/COA
Susan Gwiasda/COA
04/11/2011 10:42 AM To Bob Kindred/COA@COA
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Subject Re: Rental Housing Code(Item 41) PULLED from
4/12/Council Agenda[I
Do we have an ammended agenda? Or is this going to pulled at the meeting?
Susan Gwiasda
Public Relations Officer
City of Ames
515 Clark Ave.
Ames, IA 50010
(515) 239-5204
www.cityofames.orq
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Subject Re: Rental Housing Code(Item 41) PULLED from
4/12/Council AgendaFi
Mayor and Council,
I appreciate Jami's note, and want to give you all some background on the proposed changes to the
Rental Housing Code.
Since December when the Council made its final decisions on the rental housing code, staff has done an
exhaustive job going through your meeting minutes to make sure the draft ordinance includes everything
you directed us to do. On Saturday we identified one section that was inadvertently left out. That item will
be corrected for the April 26 meeting.
Given the numerous meetings and lengthy discussions involved with these code changes, it wouldn't be
surprising to find confusion or questions regarding what is included in the draft ordinance. The City
Attorney's Office is communicating with the ARA's attorney, inviting them to identify any areas where they
believe we have not followed Council's specific directions. We are sending them the detailed minutes
from both your October and December meetings to facilitate their review.
Should the Attorney's Office learn of any cases where the proposed ordinance does not capture Council's
specific decisions, rest assured that those changes will be incorporated into the revised ordinance that will
go out with your April 26 packet.
Please let me know if any of you have other questions or input on this.
Bob
Bob Kindred
Assistant City Manager
City of Ames, Iowa
(515) 239-5202
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Subject Re: Rental Housing Code(Item 41) PULLED from
4/12/Council Agenda
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I'm hearing from quite a few landlords that other items have either been changed or left out of Chapter 13
that were previously thought to have been agreed upon by the ARA. I hope that a meeting would include
the other issues in addition to those related to "s traps".
Jami
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Subject: Rental Housing Code (Item 41) PULLED from 4/12/Council Agenda
Mayor and Council,
This morning I learned that a commitment had been made to allow the Ames
Rental Association's attorney to review the proposed changes to the Rental
Housing Code, prior to your considering that ordinance on first reading.
Since that did not occur, we have pulled this item from the April 12
agenda, and it will be deferred until your April 26 meeting.
For your information, the ARA's attorney informs me that they have directed
him to focus on the S-trap/P-trap issue.
Bob
Bob Kindred
Assistant City Manager
City of Ames, Iowa
(515) 239-5202
Caring People — Quality Programs — Exceptional Service