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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - April 25, 2023, Regular Meeting of the Ames City CouncilSUMMARY OF MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL AMES, IOWA APRIL 25, 2023 The Regular Meeting of the Ames City Council was called to order by Mayor John Haila at 6:00 p.m. on the 25th day of April, 2023, in the City Council Chambers in City Hall, 515 Clark Avenue, pursuant to law. Present were Council Members Gloria Betcher, Bronwyn Beatty-Hansen, Tim Gartin, Rachel Junck, and Anita Rollins. Vice President of Iowa State University Student Government, Emily Roberts was present on behalf of ex officio Tabitha Etten. Council Member Amber Corrieri was brought into the meeting telephonically. PROCLAMATION FOR “ARBOR DAY,” APRIL 28, 2023: City Forester Gabriele Edwards, Parks and Recreation Director Keith Abraham, and members of Ames Trees Forever accepted the proclamation. PROCLAMATION FOR “NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH,” MAY 2023: Historic Preservation Commission Chair Susan Minks accepted the proclamation. PROCLAMATION FOR “NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK,” APRIL 23-29, 2023: Ames Public Library Director Sheila Schofer accepted the proclamation. PRESENTATION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARDS: Mayor Haila recognized the 2023 award recipients and Historic Preservation Chair Susan Minks presented the awards. Council Member Corrieri was disconnected from the meeting at 6:17 p.m. due to technical difficulties. CONSENT AGENDA: Moved by Betcher, seconded by Beatty-Hansen, to approve the consent agenda. 4. Motion approving payment of claims 5. Motion approving Minutes of Regular Meeting on April 11, 2023 6. Motion approving Report of Change Orders for period April 1-15, 2023 7. Motion approving the renewal of the following Beer Permits, Wine Permits, and Liquor Licenses a. Special Class C Liquor License – The Great Plains Sauce and Dough Co, 129 Main Street b. Class E Liquor License – Walgreens #12108, 2719 Grand Ave c. Class C Liquor License with Catering Privilege and Outdoor Service – Mother’s Pub, 2900 West Street d. Class B Beer Permit, Jeff’s Pizza Shop LLC, 2402 Lincoln Way e. Class C Liquor License with Outdoor Service – Bar la Tosca, 303 Welch Avenue 8. Motion approving temporary Outdoor Service for Class C Liquor License with Outdoor Service - Tip Top Lounge, 201 E. Lincoln Way, for the following dates in 2023: 2 a. May 20 – May 21 b. June 1 – June 2 c. June 15 – June 16 d. June 29 – June 30 e. July 13 – July 14 f. July 27 – July 28 g. August 10 – August 11 h. August 24 – August 25 i. August 31 – September 1 j. September 9 – September 10 9. Ames on the Half Shell: a. RESOLUTION NO. 23-221 approving waiver of enforcement of Municipal Code Section 17.17 related to alcohol consumption in City parks with respect only to Bandshell Park from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Fridays June 2 – June 30, 2023 b. Motion approving 8-month Special Class C Retail Alcohol License with Outdoor Service – Ames on the Half Shell, Bandshell Park 10. Motion approving 5-day Special Class C Liquor License with Outdoor Service for Ames Chamber of Commerce 515 Celebration for closed area on May 17 and License Premise Transfer for May 19 11. RESOLUTION NO. 23-222 approving appointments to Campus and Community Commission 12. RESOLUTION NO. 23-223 approving Quarterly Investment Report for period ending March 31, 2023 13. RESOLUTION NO. 23-224 waiving enforcement of prohibition of motorized vehicles in Ada Hayden Heritage Park for the Friends of Ada Hayden Heritage Park golf cart tours on September 11 and 12, 2023 14. RESOLUTION NO. 23-225 approving exception to Section 22.32(c)(2)(v) to allow alcohol service in Sidewalk Café at Noir, 405 Kellogg 15. RESOLUTION NO. 23-226 approving request to modify the City’s FY 2022/23 ASSET contract with NAMI of Central Iowa by reallocating $3,203 from Public Education and Awareness to Activity and Resource Center and $1,102 from Public Education and Awareness to Family/Peer Support services for a total of $4,305 16. RESOLUTION NO. 23-227 setting May 9, 2023, as date of public hearing on proposal to enter into a Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Agreement and to borrow money thereunder 17. RESOLUTION NO. 23-228 approving preliminary plans and specifications for the Water Plant Distributed Antenna System, setting May 31, 2023, as bid due date and June 13, 2023, as the date of public hearing 18. RESOLUTION NO. 23-229 approving preliminary plans and specifications for 2023/24 Traffic Signal Program (S. Duff & Chestnut); setting May 17, 2023, as bid due date and May 23, 2023, as date of public hearing 19. RESOLUTION NO. 23-230 approving preliminary plans and specifications for 2025/26 Traffic Signal Program (S. Duff Avenue & S. 3rd Street ); setting May 17, 2023, as bid due date and May 23, 2023, as date of public hearing 3 20. RESOLUTION NO. 23-231 awarding contract for the purchase of playground equipment for University Community Childcare (UCC) in conjunction with CARES Round 2 (COVID-19) Grant Funding through the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) 21. RESOLUTION NO. 23-232 approving purchase of eight solid rubber tires from SETCO Tire, Idabel, Oklahoma for a total of $84,396.56, to be delivered after July 1, 2023 22. RESOLUTION NO. 23-233 approving professional services agreement for 2023/24 Intelligent Transportation System Program (Phase 3) project with HR Green, Inc., of Johnston, Iowa in an amount not to exceed $172,620 23. RESOLUTION NO. 23-234 approving the contract renewal with ChemTreat, Inc, of Glen Allen, Virginia, for Chemical Treatment Program in an amount not to exceed $365,000 24. RESOLUTION NO. 23-235 approving contract and bond for 2021/22 Concrete Street Pavement Improvements (Stange and 24th) with Con-Struct, Inc., of Ames, Iowa 25. RESOLUTION NO. 23-236 approving contract and bond for 2021/22 Shared Use Path System Expansion – Iowa Creek with Caliber Concrete, LLC, of Adair, Iowa 26. RESOLUTION NO. 23-237 approving contract and bond for 2022/23 Concrete Pavement Improvements (Brookridge Avenue, Ridgewood Avenue, Lee Street, 9th Street, Park Way, and Alley) with Shekar Engineering, P.L.C. of Des Moines, Iowa 27. RESOLUTION NO. 23-238 approving contract and bond for the SAM Pump Station Standby Generator with Price Electric of Robins, Iowa 28. RESOLUTION NO. 23-239 accepting the South 5th St (S Grand Ave to 600’ west of S Duff Ave) and South Grand Ave (Ioway Creek Dr to S 5th St) project as completed by Peterson Contractors, Inc. (PCI) of Reinbeck, Iowa in the amount of $3,188,148.65. 29. RESOLUTION NO. 23-240 accepting the 2021/22 Arterial Street Pavement Improvements (North Dakota & Ontario Street) project as completed by Con-Struct Inc. of Ames, Iowa, in the amount of $1,427,992.70 Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Motions/Resolutions declared carried/adopted, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these Minutes. PUBLIC FORUM: Mayor Haila opened the Public Forum. Grant Olsen, 3812 Ontario Street, Ames, spoke in regard to bicycle and pedestrian accessibility and safety at the intersection of S Duff Avenue and SE 16th Street considering the construction project currently underway. Mayor Haila closed the Public Forum when no one else came forward to speak. Council Member Corrieri was reconnected to the meeting at 6:31 p.m. CYCLONE WELCOME WEEKEND: The Public Input for enhanced penalties for nuisance party violations was opened and closed by Mayor Haila when no one came forward to speak. 4 Moved by Betcher, seconded by Beatty-Hansen, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 23-241 authorizing enhanced penalties for nuisance party violations beginning at 5:00 p.m., Friday August 18 and ending at 4:00 a.m. on Sunday, August 20, 2023. Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these Minutes. Mayor Haila opened and closed the Public Input regarding the Immediate Towing of Vehicles when no one came forward to speak. Moved by Rollins, seconded by Betcher, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 23-242 authorizing the Immediate Towing of Vehicles on Saturday, August 19, 2023, midnight to 11:59 p.m. in the designated area of Beach Avenue west to State Avenue and Lincoln Way south to Mortensen Avenue for certain illegal parking violations. Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these Minutes. JAMES HERMAN BANNING AMES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT: Moved by Betcher, seconded by Rollins, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 23-243 approving request for the City Council to allocate up to $10,000 for ribbon-cutting event at the James Herman Banning Ames Municipal Airport in conjunction with Juneteenth activities. Roll Call Vote: 5-1. Gartin dissenting. Resolution declared adopted, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these Minutes. STEVEN L. SCHAINKER PLAZA: Parks and Recreation Director Keith Abraham provided an update on the vision and design of the plaza. Moved by Beatty-Hansen, seconded by Junck, to proceed with the project as proposed. Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. INFILL DESIGN: Planning and Housing Director Kelly Diekmann presented the staff report, which focused on infill solutions regarding Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and duplexes. Moved by Beatty-Hansen, seconded by Rollins, to proceed with creating an allowance for second units as recommended by staff in the seven bullet points listed under staff comments in the staff report. Moved by Gartin to amend the motion to create a process of approval involving the Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) that would grant neighbors in the affected areas the opportunity to raise concern and permit the ZBA authority to provide review. As the amendment to the motion lacked a second, Mayor Haila called for a vote on the original motion. Vote on Motion: 5-1. Gartin dissenting. Motion declared carried. 5 PLAT OF SURVEY FOR 220 & 420 SOUTH TELLER AVENUE AND 5810 & 5898 EAST LINCOLN WAY (WYFFELS HYBRIDS): Planner Justin Moore reviewed the proposed plat of survey, noting it is a boundary line adjustment merging four parcels for a resulting two parcels. Mayor Haila opened and closed the Public Input regarding the Plat of Survey and Dedication of Right of Way when no one came forward to speak. Moved by Betcher, seconded by Gartin, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 23-244 approving Plat of Survey for 220 & 420 South Teller Avenue and 5810 & 5898 East Lincoln Way. 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 Gartin, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 23-245 approving Dedication of Right of Way. Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these Minutes. The Public Input regarding the waiver or deferment of sidewalks was opened by Mayor Haila. Chuck Winkleblack, Hunziker Development, 105 S 16th Street, Ames, elaborated on his views of the impractical nature of the sidewalk requirement at this point in time and encouraged the City Council to consider an alternative that necessitates sidewalks at the time of future development in the area. The Public Input was closed by Mayor Haila when no one else came forward to speak. Moved by Betcher, seconded by Junk, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 23-246 approving a waiver of financial security for sidewalk installation with a signed agreement for deferral of sidewalk installation along the Teller Avenue frontage of Paracel D and Parcel E that identifies a requirement for future installation of sidewalks upon notice by the City to install a sidewalk and for the property owner to provide a minimum of a 10-foot wide easement for sidewalk installation along the frontage of both parcels. The signed agreement and easement are to be provided to the City prior to approval of a certificate of occupancy for a building on Parcel D or Parcel E. Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these Minutes. Mayor Haila recessed the meeting at 8:13 p.m. and the meeting reconvened at 8:20 p.m. HEARING ON CITY OF AMES BUDGET AND PROPERTY TAX LEVY: Mayor Haila opened and closed the Public Hearing on the Adjusted Fiscal Year 2022/23 City Budget when no one came forward to speak. 6 Moved by Betcher, seconded by Gartin, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 23-247 authorizing and approving the Adjusted Fiscal Year 2022/23 City Budget. Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these Minutes. The Public Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023/24 City Budget was opened and closed by Mayor Haila when no one came forward to speak. Moved by Rollins, seconded by Betcher, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 23-248 authorizing and approving Fiscal Year 2023/24 City Budget. Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these Minutes. HEARING ON ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT ON ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS SETBACKS: The Public Hearing was opened and closed by Mayor Haila when no one came forward to speak. Moved by Gartin, seconded by Beatty-Hansen, to pass on first reading an ordinance regarding Zoning Text Amendment on Electric Vehicle Charging Station Setbacks. Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. HEARING ON ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARKING REQUIREMENTS: Mayor Haila opened and close the Public Forum when no one came forward to speak. Moved by Beatty-Hansen, seconded by Junck, to pass on first reading an ordinance regarding Zoning Text Amendment on Affordable Housing Parking Requirements. Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. HEARING ON 2022/23 AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM (SOUTH APRON REHAB): The Public Hearing was opened and closed by Mayor Haila when no one came forward to speak. Moved by Beatty-Hansen, seconded by Betcher, to accept the Report of Bids. Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. Moved by Beatty-Hansen, seconded by Betcher, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 23-249 approving final plans and specification and awarding Division 1 and its Alternate A, and Division 2 and its Alternate B, of the 2022/23 Airport Improvements Program (South Apron Rehab) to Con-Struct of Ames, Iowa, in the amount of $1,251,705, contingent upon the receipt and execution of the agreements for Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, 2) Federal Entitlement, and 3) State Airport Improvement Program grants in amounts necessary to finance the project expenditures. Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these Minutes. 7 FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE TO INCREASE WATER RATES BY 8% EFFECTIVE FOR BILLS MAILED ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2023: Mayor Haila opened and close the Public Forum when no one came forward to speak. Moved by Gartin, seconded by Junck, to adopt on first reading an ordinance to increase water rates by 8% effective for bills mailed on or after July 1, 2023. Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. THIRD READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 4499 TO AMEND THE AMES MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS 18.31(32) AND (343) REGULATING PARKING ON BRISTOL DRIVE AND HAMPTON STREET: Moved by Betcher, seconded by Junck, to pass on third reading and adopt ORDINANCE NO. 4499. Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. DISPOSITION OF COMMUNICATIONS TO COUNCIL: Mayor Haila noted there were seven items to consider. Items one and two were from Building Official Sara Van Meeteren regarding homeowner permits and fireblocking code requirements. City Manager Steve Schainker noted that the items were for information only. Items numbers three, four, and five all related to housing development. Moved by Beatty-Hansen, seconded by Betcher, to request a memo from staff. Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. An email from Jay Vannice-Adams regarding traffic improvements in Campustown and West Ames was the sixth item. Moved by Rollins, seconded by Junck, to request a memo from staff. Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. The seventh item was an email from Sandy Swanson, Overflow Thrift Store Managing Director, regarding parking code requirements. Moved by Beatty-Hansen, seconded by Betcher, to request a memo from staff. Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. COUNCIL COMMENTS: The Mayor and Council Members reported on various meetings attended, upcoming meetings, community events, and items of interest. Moved by Junck, seconded by Betcher, to request staff to research bicycle and pedestrian detours for the construction at S Duff Avenue and SE 16th Street to improve accessibility. Vote on Motion: 5-1. Gartin dissenting. Motion declared carried. ADJOURNMENT: Moved by Betcher, seconded by Rollins, to adjourn the meeting at 9:18 p.m. Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. 8 __________________________________ ____________________________________ Carly M. Watson, Deputy City Clerk John A. Haila, Mayor __________________________________ Renee Hall, City Clerk Subject to change as finalized by the City Clerk. For a final official copy, contact the City Clerk’s Office at 515-239-5105.