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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA022 - Excerpts from April 10, 2018 Council Meeting Minutes /f -to -lf? Roll Call Vote:6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously,signed by the Mayor,and hereby made a portion of these Minutes. Moved by Gartin, seconded by Corrieri, to approve a blanket Temporary Obstruction Permit and a blanket Vending License for closed area at ISU Research Park Circuit Race on Sunday,June 17,2018. Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. Moved by Gartin, seconded by Corrieri, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 18-161 approving closure of Airport Road from University Boulevard to North Loop Drive,North Loop Drive, South Loop Drive, University Boulevard from Airport Road to Collaboration Place, and Collaboration Place from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on June 17, 2018. Roll Call Vote:6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously,signed by the Mayor,and hereby made a portion of these Minutes. PUBLIC FORUM: Mayor Pro Tern Beatty-Hansen opened Public Forum. There being no one wishing to speak, she closed Public Forum. ER�ENTAIL HOUSING ORDINANCE HARDSHIP OPTION: Moved by Gartin, seconded by discuss the hardship options prior to the rental concentration. otion: 6-0. Motion declared unanimous. Planning and Housing Director Kelly Diekmann reminded Council of the request for staff to look into other communities that have adopted a rental concentration cap and see how temporary and permanent exemptions to the cap had been used. Council directed staff that any cap that is to be written would allow for a one-year temporary rental license available to anyone. Mr. Diekmann stated that five communities were looked at for comparison, none of which had permanent exemptions. If the intent of the cap was to promote home ownership opportunities in those areas, then the allowances for when that would not be the policy priority of the community would have to be a high bar for someone to have a circumstance that could be evaluated to grant the permanent hardship exemption. If there is not a special standard written then the temporary license allowance would be followed. Council will need to decide if there should be a second year for the temporary rental license to exist. In the case of a permanent exemption, Council will need to give direction in terms of the materials to be included in the application,any prerequisites,and the criteria needed to be approved. Staff outlined a combination of prerequisites and applications standards. A prerequisite was that the applicant must have an existing rental property on three sides, not to include across the street. Applying this rule would only affect 15 properties in total. Staff recommended if a permanent exemption is desired, the bar needs to be high with several prerequisites that come down to an expectation of an economic hardship that was not self-created. Council Member Nelson inquired if a hardship could be a permanent option,the sale of the property removes the hardship. Director Diekmann explained that was addressed by requiring ownership of the property or occupant for at least five years. Council Member Martin clarified that to be eligible for a permanent exemption, it would require an owner to have acquired the property prior to the 4 wishing for a stable neighborhood. The homeowners are experiencing a hardship by having exemptions that would cause a domino effect into even more rentals. Mr. Pleasants liked the idea of the City providing incentives for those wishing to purchase a home. He stated that some thoughts are to throw the high rental concentrated neighborhoods under the bus and save the adjoining neighborhoods from similar fate. Sandra McJimsey,2236 Storm,Ames,stated that market hardships do deserve consideration;the bar should be high for those cases. Ms.McJimsey encouraged staff to keep a high bar and use incentives to keep a property owner-occupied. She suggested the use of CDBG monies to supplement,help a prospective buyer buy-down the mortgage,help with a down payment,create a deferred loan or have a tax abatement for the new owner. Wesley Wierson,3109 Story Street,Ames,suggested that hardships be looked at on a street by street basis. Nancy Marion, 2714 Aspen Avenue, Ames, stated that an abundance of discussion should occur regarding hardship cases. Council Member Gartin asked Building Official Sara VanMeeteren about the demands that would be placed on staff to complete the second year of part four. Ms. VanMeeteren stated that year two will have to be documented. The LOC is given the first year,the second year will be triggered by the reinspection that is set a year out. The documentation will be asked for before the second year inspection. This will increase the work load on staff. Moved by Martin, seconded by Nelson, to direct staff to prepare an Ordinance to allow for a one- year transitional license as currently done and can have multiple of them separated by 12 months and each owner of the property would be eligible for one occurrence of a two-year period of transitional license. Vote on Motion: 6-0. M RENTAL HOUSING ORDINANCE ON RENTAL CONCENTRATION: Director Diekmann stated staff provided notice to all mailing addresses of property owners in the eight specified neighborhoods and information into the neighborhood newsletter concerning the meeting tonight and the adoption of an Ordinance on April 24. Council is considering a 25%threshold cap,which means if a neighborhood had single-family zoned properties,the number of registered rental dwellings can not exceed 25%. No new registrations allowed if over 25% rental in the neighborhood. If the neighborhood has under 25%rental,any property on a first-come first-serve basis may register the property as a rental. If part of a duplex,the second half can still be registered even if that would take the neighborhood over 25%. Mr. Diekmann showed the boundaries for what staff considers the Near-Campus Neighborhoods. Kris Miles Jergens, 822 Ash Avenue,Ames, stated she feels the concern is transient renters not the renters who take care of the property and invest themselves in Ames. There needs to be a solution 7 Moved by Nelson, seconded by Gartin,to direct staff to draft an Ordinance to apply the 25%rental cap to the SCAN North Neighborhood, including the Colonial Village. I Vote on Motion: 6 0. Motion carned unammously. Director Diekmann stated that if Council does not apply the rental cap to all eight neighborhoods, the neighborhoods that do have the rental cap applied will have a new reference name. T2500:% e by Betcher, seconded by Beatty-Hansen, to direct staff to draft an Ordinance to apply the rental cap to College Creek. Council Member Betcher stated that members of College Creek Old Middle School have been consistently speaking as to their desire of the rental cap. Council Member Beatty-Hansen feels from the comments about the Crawford School project they have stated their concern about the balance in their neighborhood. Council Member Gartin stated that neighborhoods could appeal to the City at a later time for an overlay if the specific neighborhood is not addressed. Council Member Beatty-Hansen agreed,but does feel that College Creek has done the same amount of work as SCAN and has shown desire for the rental cap. Vote on Motion: 4-2. Voting Aye: Betcher, Martin, Beatty-Hansen, Gartin. Voting Nay: Nelson, Corrieri. Motion declared carried. Moved by Betcher, seconded by Beatty-Hansen,to come back with an overlay of 25% for Oak to Riverside. Vote on Motion: 4-2. Voting Aye: Betcher, Martin, Beatty-Hansen, Gartin. Voting Nay: Nelson, Corrieri. Motion declared carried. Council Member Martin stated that Edwards and Oak-Wood-Forest have begun to communicate with Council about the cap. The Edwards neighborhood had seven people respond with the desire of a rental cap. Oak-Wood-Forest had a similar response of ten in favor of the rental cap. Moved by Martin, seconded by Betcher, to add Oak-Wood-Forest with an overlay of 25%. Council Member Gartin stated that there has not been enough feedback from that neighborhood. Council Member Beatty-Hansen commented that she liked keeping the pilot program for SCAN North, College Creek, and Oak-Wood-Forest neighborhoods. Vote on Motion: 1-5. Voting Aye: Martin. Voting Nay: Betcher, Nelson, Beatty-Hansen, Gartin, J Corrieri. Motion failed. LM-ov—edb Martin, to add Edwards with an overlay of 25%. Ted for lack of second. y�(J' 1�i Q cS► -- LAC d Z 14 PERMANENT HARDSHIP EXEMPTION: Council Member Martin stated that the temporary exemption has guaranteed two right away. He felt that a decision on permanent hardship is not necessary now. Council Member Gartin stated that it is something that Council needs to act on relatively soon to give the market some kind of certainty. Council Member Betcher would like to wait on the permanent exemptions until some of the LOC data comes back. Building Official Sara VanMeeteren stated staff would provid rt in Se tember. Moved by Gartin, seconded by Betcher, to table permanent exemptions until the last meeting of September. Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. I C : Planner Julie Gould stated that only one application was complete enough to be considered for the yearly Facade Grant. The application was for property at 120 Welch Avenue adjacent to Arcadia,which received a Facade Grant two years ago. The applicant met three of the five concepts in the Campustown Design book. Staff recommended this grant for $15,000 in facade work and up to an additional $2,000 for design fees for a total of$17,000. Moved by Gartin, seconded by Corrieri, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 18-185 approving a Campustown Facade Grant for 120 Welch Avenue. Roll Call Vote:6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously,signed by the Mayor,and hereby made a portion of these Minutes. HEARING ON SALE OF VACATED PORTION OF ALLEY BETWEEN NORTH DAKOTA AVENUE AND DELAWARE AVENUE BETWEEN TORONTO STREET AND RELIABLE STREET: Mayor Pro Tern Beatty-Hansen opened and closed the public hearing. No one came forward to speak, and the hearing was closed. Moved by Corrieri, seconded by Beatty-Hansen, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 18-186 approving a Quit Claim Deed to Lile Parker Fox for the East One-Half west of and contiguous to Lot 1 of Block 8. Roll Call Vote:6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously,signed by the Mayor,and hereby made a portion of these Minutes. Moved by Martin,seconded by Betcher,to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 18-187 approving a Quit Claim Deed to Le and Joan Lubka for the West One-Half east of and contiguous to Lot 3 of Block 8. Roll Call Vote:6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously,signed by the Mayor,and hereby made a portion of these Minutes. Moved by Betcher,seconded by Corrieri,to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 18-188 approving Quit Claim Deed to Le and Joan Lubka for the East One-Half west of and contiguous to Lot 4 of Block 8. Roll Call Vote:6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously,signed by the Mayor,and hereby made a portion of these Minutes. HEARING ON VACATION OF APPLE PLACE AND PEACH LANE RIGHTS-OF-WAY:The public hearing was opened by the Mayor Pro Tem. She closed the same after there was no one wishing 15