HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Special Meeting of the Ames City Council 05/16/2000M INUTES OF THE SP ECI AL M EETI NG
O F T H E A M E S C IT Y C O U N C IL
AM ES, IO W A M AY 16, 2000
T h e A m es C ity C o u n cil m et in sp ecial ses sio n at 7 :00 p .m . o n the 1 6 th da y o f M ay, 2 0 0 0 , in th e C ity
Council Chambers in City Hall, 515 Cl a rk Avenue, pursuant to law with M ayor Ted Tedes c o p res iding
and the following Council m embers pres e nt: Ca mpbe ll, Cross , Goodh ue , Hoffman , Quirmbach, and
W irth.
CALL TO ORDER: 7 :00 p.m.
AGREEM ENT W ITH M ID-A M E R ICA N EN E R G Y CO . TO PUR C H A SE 4 M W OF P EAKING
P A R T IC IP A T IO N PO W E R : M oved b y Campbell, seconded b y H offman, to a dopt
R E S O LU T IO N N O . 0 0 -2 2 9 ap p ro v in g th e P o w er S a le s A gree m e n t w ith M id -A m e rican E n e rgy
C o . in th e am o u n t of $1 2 1 ,3 2 0 fo r 4 m egaw atts of P eak ing Pa rticipa tio n Po w er.
Roll C a ll V ote : 6-0. R e solution de c la red ad opte d u na nimously, s igne d b y the M ayor, and he reby
m ade a po rtion of these m inu tes.
DIS CU S S ION OF L OCAL R EGUL AT ION OF T HE SAL E OF T OBAC CO T O M I NO RS:
C hris N orris, representing Y ou th & Sh elter Services (Y SS ), A m es, talk e d ab ou t tob acco
legis la tion, compliance checks , and thei r effe c t s on funding re c e i ve d b y ou r c ommunit y for
s ubstance abuse prevention. He exp la ine d projects being i nitia te d by Y SS to p revent minors from
s m o k in g.
A nd rew G oed eken , 91 7 R idgewo od A ven ue, A m es, representing the M ayor’s Y ou th C om m ittee,
s ta te d that he feels the C ity of A mes needs t o us e the t ools availa ble to it to improve t he r e sults of
co m p lian ce ch e c k s. H e u rge d th e C ity to ta k e th e n e c e ss a ry ste p s to m a k e th is co m m u n ity a s a fe
and healthy on e for you th to live.
J o d y K am m in, Y S S , d istribu ted co p ies o f an ed ito rial w ritten b y G eo rge B elitso s tha t ap p eared in
the Ames Tribu ne addres sing “Youth Smoking.” She dis c uss e d the res ult s of the 19 99 Sta t e of
Iow aY ou th S urvey, particularly as they relate to tob acco use.
Geo rge Belits os, 55 08 W . Li nc oln W ay, A mes , as C hie f Executive O fficer of YSS, encoura ge d the
C ity C o u n cil to en act an ordin an ce to im p o se a civ il m o n etary p en alty a gainst th e cigarette pe rm it-
holder. M r. Belits os also expla i ne d the res ult s of the Youth Survey a nd dis t ributed P age 40 fr om
th e Su rv e y, w h ic h perta in e d s p e c ific a lly to S to ry C o u n ty.
M oved by Hoffman, seconded by W irth, to direct staff t o pre pa re an ordinance, to b e pla c e d o n a
fu ture agen d a, that w o u ld im p o se a civ il m o n etary p en alty agains t th e p erm ittee w ith o u t regard to
d irect m an agerial fau lt.
M ov ed b y Q uirm bach , second ed b y C ross, to am end the m otion to further direct the C ity A ttorney
to includ e im po sing a pen alty against the clerk (sales person ) w ith an app rop riate level of fine.
V o te on A m en d m en t: 6 -0 . M o tio n d e c la red ca rrie d un an im o u s ly.
V o te on A m en d ed M o tio n : 6-0 . M o tio n d e c la red ca rrie d un an im o u s ly.
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S T A F F R E P O R T O N SU B D IV IS IO N O F L A N D : Brian O’Conne l l , Dir e c t or of Planning a nd
H o u sin g, rev iew ed the staff rep o rt on the S u b d ivisio n of Lan d . H e h igh lighted the m o st n o tab le
d iffere n c e s b e tw een th e o ld an d th e n e w su b d iv is io n regu la tio n s.
M r. O’Connell explained that the waiver provision for mi nor pla t s i nc l ude d in t he new regulations
was d e sign ed to ad d r e ss p a rcels o f p ro p erty where th e e x i stin g d e scr i p t i o n is d eter mine d to b e
clear and a ll other re quirements of the s ubdivision regulations a re already s a tisfied. On behalf of
C ity staff, M r. O ’C o n n ell req u ested that the C ity C o u n cil n o t w aiv e the s u b m ittal d ead lin es; this
pose s a proble m due to the nu mbe r of s ta ff me mbe rs a nd outside agencies who mus t review t he
do cum ents.
“Outlots” we re defined by M r. O’Conne ll and Counc il was advised why it is im portant for
developers to re quest a pproval from the City whe n o utlots ar e developed.
M oved by Cros s, seconded by Goodhue, to d ir ect s ta ff to p roceed with an amen dme nt to the
su b d ivisio n regu latio n s , i f th e y feel it nece ssa ry, to p rov ide fo r a P lat o f Su rve y as a m ean s to
create a clear legal description w hen all other prov ision s of the su bd ivision regulation s hav e been
adhere d to.
V o te on M o tio n : 6-0 . M o tio n d e c la red ca rrie d un an im o u s ly.
C O M M EN TS: M oved by Quirmb ach, s econded by W irth, to refer to staff the request from Da v id
Ki lz e r for stop s igns at the cross stre e ts of Eis e nhower A ve nue nor t h of Bloomington Roa d, a nd
in p articular, at the int ersecti on of Eisenh ow er and Stone B r oo ke.
V o te on M o tio n : 6-0 . M o tio n declare d carried u n a n im o u sly.
M ov ed b y H offm an, secon ded by Q uirm bach , to includ e discussion , on a future agend a, of an
ordinan ce regulating sm ok ing in restaurants.
V o te on M o tio n : 6-0 . M o tio n declare d carried u n a n im o u sly.
Council M ember Ca mpbe ll a sked for a n u pda t e , on the ne xt agenda, c onc e rning banning wa t e r for
certain u ses.
A D J O U R N M E N T : 8:50 p .m.
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Di a ne Voss , City Cle rk Ted Tedes c o, M a yor