HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Special Meeting of the Ames City Council 04/04/2000MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL
AMES, IOWA APRIL 4, 2000
The Ames City Council met in special session at 7:00 p.m. on the 4th day of April, 2000, in the City
Council Chambers in City Hall, 515 Clark Avenue, pursuant to law with Mayor Ted Tedesco
presiding and the following Council members present: Campbell, Cross, Goodhue, Hoffman,
Quirmbach, and Wirth.
CALL TO ORDER: 7:00 p.m.
SETTING SPECIAL MEETING DATE FOR HALLETT’S QUARRY WATERSHED
MANAGEMENT STUDY: Moved by Cross, seconded by Hoffman, to set April 18, 2000, at 7:00
p.m. for presentation of the Hallett’s Quarry Watershed Management Study.
Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
UNIT #8 COOLING TOWER REBUILD: Moved by Cross, seconded by Hoffman, to adopt
RESOLUTION NO. 00-127 approving contract and bond for Unit #8 Cooling Tower Rebuild.
Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Resolution declared carried unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby
made a copy of these minutes.
2000 TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECT: Moved by Cross, seconded by Goodhue, to adopt
RESOLUTION NO. 00-128 approving contract and bond for 2000 Traffic Signal Project.
Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Resolution declared carried unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby
made a copy of these minutes.
STAFF PRESENTATION OF FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT STUDY: Paul Wiegand,
Public Works Director, reviewed the events which prompted the City to request the preparation
of the Floodplain Management Study. He introduced Dale Herrington, Project Engineer from
Snyder and Associates, the firm hired to prepare the Study, and Mr. Herrington introduced his
associates Mark Land and Mark Snyder. Mr. Herrington explained that his firm had been
retained to complete a Floodplain Management Study for Skunk River and Squaw Creek to
develop recommendations to protect flood-prone areas within the City due to these streams. The
results of the Study were explained by Mr. Herrington. Mark Land compared the floodplain
boundary in 1980 with that of 1999. He explained the impacts of accepting their proposal for a
1.0' floodway boundary versus leaving the floodway boundary at the existing 0.1'.
Mr. Wiegand told the Council that if and when they accept the Floodplain Management Study,
it would take approximately one and one-half to two years to obtain the approval of the DNR and
FEMA.
Moved by Hoffman, seconded by Cross, to place the Floodplain Management Study on the City
Council’s agenda for April 25, 2000.
Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
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COMMENTS: Dr. Blagen, retired professor from Iowa State University, distributed a chart that
showed the climate cycle for the last 100 years that was developed by him and students of one
of his classes in the early 1980s. Dr. Blagen suggested that Ames use this chart to forecast floods
and droughts.
Council Member Wirth referenced a Letter to the Editor that appeared in the Ames Tribune
concerning the amount of traffic which speeds through the unmarked intersection at 11th and
Carroll. Although the article does not allude to the traffic being caused by the construction
activities in that area, Ms. Wirth requested that the City ascertain if the construction project is
pushing traffic into the neighborhoods along 13th Street. If so, she hopes that the City will deal
with the problem immediately by possibly posting stop signs at unmarked intersections in the
area. Paul Wiegand advised that staff from the Public Works Department will check into this.
Moved by Wirth, seconded by Cross, to refer to staff the request of the Downtown Farmers
Market to move their location to the south side of Main Street between Burnett and Clark
Avenue and to place this item on the Council’s April 11th agenda.
Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
Moved by Goodhue, seconded by Campbell, to refer to staff the request of Engineering Plus for
a waiver of Minor Subdivision regulations for Silvercrest Independent Living Facility on
Coconino Road.
Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
Moved by Hoffman, seconded by Cross, to request that staff set up a public meeting to discuss
the College Creek issue, inviting Paul Johnson from the DNR, a representative from Boone
County, and residents living around College Creek.
Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
Moved by Hoffman, seconded by Wirth, to refer to staff the letter from Teresa Propes requesting
that the City donate an unused reception kiosk now housed in a storeroom at the Water
Treatment Plant to the Children’s Museum of Central Iowa.
Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT: 8:20 p.m.
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Diane Voss, City Clerk Ted Tedesco, Mayor