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Home My WebLink About~Master - July 18, 2023, Special Meeting of the Ames City Council Agenda*AMENDED* AGENDA REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL CHAMBERS – CITY HALL JULY 18, 2023 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: The Mayor and City Council welcome comments from the public during discussion. If you wish to speak, please complete an orange card and hand it to the City Clerk. When your name is called, please step to the microphone, state your name for the record, and limit the time used to present your remarks in order that others may be given the opportunity to speak. The normal process on any particular agenda item is that the motion is placed on the floor, input is received from the audience, the Council is given an opportunity to comment on the issue or respond to the audience concerns, and the vote is taken. On ordinances, there is time provided for public input at the time of the first reading. AMES AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION (AAMPO) TRANSPORTATION POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING CALL TO ORDER: 6:00 p.m. 1. Presentation of Findings of 190th Street Corridor Study 2. Presentation of Findings of S. Duff Avenue Interchange and Corridor Study COMMITTEE COMMENTS: ADJOURNMENT: REGULAR CITY COUNCILMEETING** **The Regular City Council Meeting will immediately follow the meeting of the Ames Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Policy Committee. CONSENT AGENDA: All items listed under the Consent Agenda will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a request is made prior to the time the Council members vote on the motion. 1. Motion approving payment of claims 2. Motion approving new 5-Day (September 3 – September 7, 2023) Class C Retail Alcohol License with Outdoor Service – Apres Bar Co., 2015 Cessna Street 3. Motion approving the renewal of the following Beer Permits, Wine Permits and Liquor Licenses: a. Class C Liquor License with Catering Privilege and Outdoor Service – Cyclone Experience Network, 1800 S 4th Street, Pending Dramshop Status b. Class C Liquor License – Hy-Vee Market Grille, 640 Lincoln Way c. Class E Liquor License – Fareway Meat Market #189, 3720 Lincoln Way 2 d. Class C Liquor License with Catering Privilege and Outdoor Service – Sweet Carolines, 316 Main Street e. Class C Liquor License with Catering Privilege and Outdoor Service – The Mucky Duck Pub, 3100 S. Duff Avenue, Pending Dramshop Status f. Class E Liquor License – Kum & Go #1215, 4506 Lincoln Way g. Class C Liquor License – El Azteca, 2120 Isaac Newton Drive h. Special Class C Liquor License – Hickory Park Restaurant, 1404 S. Duff Avenue i. Special Class C Retail Alcohol License – Botanero Latino, 604 East Lincoln Way, Pending Dramshop Status 4. Resolution approving request to join the Mid-Iowa Planning Alliance through June 30, 2024, in the amount of $9,965.00 5. Resolution approving Quarterly Investment Report for period ending June 30, 2023 6. Resolution designating a City Staff member to serve in lieu of the appointed member of City Council for the Ioway Creek Watershed Management Authority and Headwaters of the South Skunk Watershed Management Authority 7. Resolution authorizing the Mayor to sign “Certification of Local Government Approval” on behalf of local nonprofit organizations applying for Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) Funds 8. Requests from Octagon Center for the Arts for Octagon Art Festival on Sunday, September 24, 2023 a. Motion approving a blanket Temporary Obstruction Permit and a blanket Vending License for the Central Business District b. Resolution approving closure of the following streets from 5:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. i. Main Street, east of Clark to just west of Duff Avenue ii. Douglas Avenue between 5th Street and Main Street iii. Kellogg Avenue between south of the alley and Main Street iv. Burnett Avenue between south of the alley and Main Street c. Resolution approving waiver of fee for blanket Vending License d. Resolution allowing usage of electricity and approving waiver of costs of electricity 9. Requests for ECO Fair on Saturday, September 30, 2023: a. Motion approving blanket Temporary Obstruction Permit b. Motion approving blanket Vending License c. Resolution approving closure of 5th Street from Pearle Avenue to Clark Avenue from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 30 d. Resolution approving closure of 35 metered spaces along 5th Street from7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 30. e. Resolution approving waiver of Vending License fee f. Resolution approving waiver of parking meter fees 10. Underground Trenching Contract for Electric Services: a. Resolution approving contract renewal and bond with Ames Trenching & Excavating of Ames, Iowa from date of award through June 30, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $400,000 b. Resolution approving renewal of secondary contract and bond with Zoske Electrical Services, Inc., of Iowa Falls, Iowa, from date of award through June 30, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $100,000 11. Milsoft Utility Solutions for Electric Services: 3 a. Resolution waiving purchasing policies and procedure requirements for competitive bidding to award a single source procurement b. Resolution awarding contract to Milsoft Utility Solutions, Abilene, Texas for Computerized Outage Management System for the Power Plant in the amount of $58,826.46 12. Resolution authorizing Change Order No.1 to Incorp Industries, LLC of Evansville, Indiana for $ 226,500 (inclusive of sales tax) for extra work on the Unit 8 Electrostatic Precipitator Insulation and Lagging Project 13. Resolution approving Professional Service Agreement No. 1 with WHKS & Co. of Ames, Iowa for the 2022/23 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Construction Observation, thereby adding US Highway 69 project location to contract, in the amount of $79,500 14. Resolution accepting year one of the five-year Water Plant Well Rehabilitation Contract as completed by Northway Well and Pump Company of Waukee, Iowa in the amount of $141,377.00 PUBLIC FORUM: This is a time set aside for comments from the public on topics of City business other than those listed on this agenda. Please understand that the Council will not take any action on your comments at this meeting due to requirements of the Open Meetings Law, but may do so at a future meeting. The Mayor and City Council welcome comments from the public; however, at no time is it appropriate to use profane, obscene, or slanderous language. The Mayor may limit each speaker to three minutes. POLICE: 15. Motion approving/denying renewal of Class C Retail Alcohol License – Terry & Andy’s Tacos Inc. (Es Tas) 216 Stanton, Pending Dramshop Status ORDINANCES: 16. First reading of Minimum Exterior Property Maintenance Ordinance 17. First reading of an ordinance amending Ames Municipal Code Section 11.4 regarding Urination and Defecation 18. Second reading of ordinance on rezoning of 314 Borne Avenue from General Industrial (GI) to Government/Airport District (S-GA) 19. Second reading of ordinance on Zoning Text Amendment to parking standards for retail sales and services-general to two spaces per 1,000 square feet DISPOSITION OF COMMUNICATIONS TO COUNCIL: COUNCIL COMMENTS: CLOSED SESSION: Additional Item: Motion to hold Closed Session as provided by Section 21.5(1)(c), Code of Iowa, to discuss matters presently in or threatened to be in litigation ADJOURNMENT: 4 Please note that this agenda may be changed up to 24 hours before the meeting time as provided by Section 21.4(2), Code of Iowa.