HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Special Meeting of the Ames City Council 10/11/2018MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL
AMES, IOWA OCTOBER 11, 2018
The Special Mobile Meeting of the Ames City Council was called to order by Mayor John Haila at
3:01 p.m. on October 11, 2018, pursuant to law. Council Members Bronwyn Beatty-Hansen, Amber
Corrieri, Tim Gartin, David Martin, and Chris Nelson boarded the vehicle in the West Parking Lot
of City Hall for transporting to different sites identified as City-owned affordable housing properties.
Council Member Gloria Betcher joined the meeting at 3:42 p.m. Ex officio Member Allie Hoskins
was absent. Also accompanying the Mayor and City Council on the tour were City Manager Steve
Schainker, Assistant City Attorney Victoria Feilmeyer, Planning and Housing Director Kelly
Diekmann, and City Clerk Diane Voss.
Housing Coordinator Vanessa Baker-Latimer explained to the Council that the mobile meeting was
scheduled so the City Council could have a visualization of the homes that the City has acquired
as part of the Community Development Block Grant Housing Affordability programs. Ms. Baker-
Latimer provided information about the eight properties visited. She advised that seven of the
properties are located in the City’s newly designated Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Area
in West Ames.
The properties visited were as follows:
1. 6th Street property (formerly 519, 525, 601 - 6th Street)
Acquired in July 2014 (Community Development Block Grant funding)
Pending Disposition
2. 306 Wellons
Acquired in March 2010 (Community Development Block Grant funding)
Sold to Habitat for Humanity in August 2017
3. 241 Village Drive
Acquired in April 2018 (Community Development Block Grant funding)
Pending Disposition
4. 1125 Maxwell
Acquired in June 2015 through (Community Development Block Grant funding)
Sold to Habitat for Humanity in June 2018
5. 3317 Morningside
Acquired in November 2008 (Community Development Block Grant funding)
Sold to First-Time Homebuyer in 2013
6. 3305 Morningside
Acquired in May 2018 (Community Development Block Grant funding)
Pending Disposition
7. 321 State Avenue
Acquired in December 2015 (Community Development Block Grant funding)
Pending Disposition
8. 1228-1230 Stafford
Acquired in March 2015 (Community Development Block Grant funding)
Pending Disposition
Council Members Gartin and Nelson left the meeting at 4:18 p.m.
COUNCIL COMMENTS: Mayor Haila stated that the City Council Meeting on October 23, 2018,
will begin at 4:45 p.m. to discuss an alternate concept for residential subdivisions with a
development consultant.
ADJOURNMENT: Moved by Beatty-Hansen to adjourn the meeting at 4:28 p.m.
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Diane R. Voss, City Clerk John A. Haila, Mayor
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