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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Removal of seal coat requirement in existing parking lot at Hunziker Youth Sports Complex RESOLUTION NO. 11-553 RESOLUTION APPROVING REMOVAL OF 2008 REQUIREMENT TO SEAL-COAT EXISTING PARKING AREAS AT HUNZIKER YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA WHEREAS,on October 25,2011,the City Council referred a letter from the Hunziker Youth Sports Complex Board of Directors requesting permission to construct additional gravel parking areas at the Hunziker Youth Sports Complex(HYSC); and, WHEREAS,this facility is managed by a non-profit organization that operates youth soccer, baseball, and softball programs, and is located on City-owned land that was the site of the former Water Pollution Control facility; and, WHEREAS, permission to utilize this land was granted by the City in November 1994 in accordance with a 30-year lease,and as owners of the property,the City retains the authority to grant permission for the HYSC to make any physical modifications to the property; and, WHEREAS, since the City has historically held its own property to the same standards as privately owned property,the HYSC originally was required to pave its parking lots with asphalt or concrete; and, WHEREAS, HYSC representatives emphasized that this type of expense takes away funds that could be used to improve playing fields and concession/restroom facilities; and, WHEREAS,therefore,the HYSC was advised to seek a variance to the paving requirement before the City's Zoning Board of Adjustment(ZBA),and although the ZBA denied the request for the variance to the paving requirements of the parking lots, it granted three extensions totaling 13 years to allow the HYSC to phase in the hard-surfacing improvements through 2008; and, WHEREAS, in September 2008, knowing that the time extension was about to elapse without the possibility that the hard surfacing would be accomplished, the Council passed a resolution formally exempting the HYSC from parking lot paving requirements and accepting seal- coating for the off-street parking lots on the City property; and, WHEREAS, even with the 2008 resolution in place to exempt the HYSC from the hard surface parking requirements, as owner of the property, the City Council retains its authority to determine which, if any, alterations can be made to this City-owned property, therefore, formal action by the City regarding this request is appropriate. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the request from the Hunziker Youth Sports Complex to remove the seal-coating requirement adopted in 2008 for the existing parking areas at the site is hereby approved. ADOPTED THIS 13t' day of December, 2011. c A. 'it/ Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor Introduced by: Mahayni Seconded by: Davis Voting aye: Davis, Goodman, Larson, Mahayni, Orazem, Wacha Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 13t'day of December, 2011.