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OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL AND
OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CONFERENCE BOARD
CITY OF AMES, IOWA FEBRUARY 24, 1998
The Ames City Council met in special session at 5:00 p.m., followed by a regular meeting with
the Ames School Board and the Story County Board of Supervisors as the Ames Conference
Board, followed by a regular meeting of the Ames City Council, on the 24th day of February,
1998, 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, Hoffman,
Parks, Quirmbach, Wirth.
CALL TO ORDER: 5:00 p.m.
FY 1998/99 BUDGET WRAP-UP SESSION
ARTS FUNDING (COTA): Assistant to the City Manager Sheila Lundt introduced
Commission Chair Max Wortman and members Rachel Jeffreys Hamilton and Dave
Johnson. She reviewed the Commission’s funding recommendations as contained in their
memo dated February 4, 1998.
HUMAN SERVICES FUNDING (ASSET): Assistant to the City Manager Sheila Lundt
introduced ASSET Chairman Fred Cirksena. She reviewed her memo dated February 4,
1998, regarding 1998-99 ASSET allocation recommendations.
PUBLIC ART FUNDING: Assistant City Manager Bob Kindred reviewed the January memo
to the Mayor and Council dated January 22, 1998, from the Public Art Policy and Acquisition
Commission. He introduced Dan Rice, Chairman, and Commission member Karen Tow.
AMES INTERNATIONAL PARTNER CITIES ASSOCIATION, INC.: Assistant City
Manager Bob Kindred referred to the letter Council had received from AIPCA, Inc. Vice
Chair Ralph Farrar was also in attendance. The letter from the association requested an
allocation of $2,000. Mayor Tedesco reminded the Council that he suggested additional
funding be appropriated to the AIPCA in order to assist with trips taken to our partner cities
as well as for gift exchanges.
AMES JAYCEES FIREWORKS DONATION: A letter was received from the Ames Jaycees
requesting that the Council allocate up to $5,000.00 in matching funds for their annual
fireworks display.
HERITAGE ASSOCIATION REQUEST: Kathy Svec and Peggy Baer were present to
represent the Heritage Association’s request for funding. Ms. Svec said that their request
was two-fold: 1) a request for the $8,000 approved by Council for 1997-98; and, 2) for the
1998-99 FY, a request for another $8,000.
The Budget Hearing Wrap-Up was recessed at 6:30 p.m.
REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CONFERENCE BOARD
The regular meeting of the Ames Conference Board was called to order by Chairperson Ted
Tedesco at 6:30 p.m. on February 24, 1998. Present from the Ames City Council were:
Campbell, Cross, Hoffman, Parks, Quirmbach, Wirth. Present from the Story County Board of
Supervisors were: Halliburton, Mathison, Whitmer. Present from the Ames School Board were:
Bastiaans and Davis.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Motion by Hoffman, Second by Bastiaans, to approve the
minutes of February 10, 1998, Conference Board Meeting.
Vote on Motion: 3-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
REPORT FROM MINI-CONFERENCE BOARD: City Assessor Richard Horn summarized
the report from the February 17th meeting. He also indicated that the City Attorney was
investigating the question of whose employee the City Assessor actually is, and stated that he
was working with the City’s Risk Manager to determine whether or not the Conference
Board was a specific body under the city’s liability coverage. He indicated that he would be
working with the Mini-Conference Board on issues of policy and procedure, and did not feel
that a conference of the full board would be necessary in the immediate future.
Ames City Council Member Campbell added that the Mini-Conference Board had
determined that decision-making should rest with Mr. Horn, unless information to the
contrary was received from the State Attorney General’s Office.
There was discussion about what constituted a quorum of the Mini-Conference Board, and
John Klaus stated that it would consist of two members of the City Council, two members of
the Story County Board of Supervisors, and two members from school districts. Because
two members of the Ames School Board were present, it was determined that a quorum had
been met.
PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO FY 1997/98 BUDGET FOR
AMES CITY ASSESSOR’S OFFICE: Chairperson Tedesco declared the public hearing open.
Mr. Horn reiterated that personnel disability costs and higher-than-anticipated court appeals
had impacted the proposed budget.
There being no one present wishing to testify further, the public hearing was declared closed.
Motion by Campbell, Second by Whitmer, to adopt the proposed amendment to the FY
1997/98 budget for the Ames City Assessor’s Office
Roll Call Vote on Motion: 3-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED FY 1998/99 BUDGET FOR AMES CITY
ASSESSOR’S OFFICE: Chairperson Tedesco declared the public meeting open. No one came
forward to testify and the public hearing was declared closed.
Motion by Whitmer, Second by Hoffman, to adopt the proposed FY 1998/99 budget for
Ames City Assessor’s Office.
Roll Call Vote on Motion: 3-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT: Motion by Cross, Second by Halliburton, to adjourn Conference Board
Meeting at 6:45 p.m.
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Vote on Motion: 3-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
RECONVENE: The City Council’s budget wrap-up meeting resumed at 6:50 p.m.
PUBLIC INPUT ON PROPOSED FY 1998/99 BUDGET: Steve Gratovil, 3903 Quebec, of
the Ames Jaycees, informed the Council that they were requesting $5,000 in matching funds
from the City for this year’s fireworks display.
The Mayor announced that he would move to the first item on the agenda of the Council’s
regular meeting at this time, and then resume the Budget Wrap-up.
PROCLAMATION FOR “READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK:” Mayor Tedesco read a
proclamation designating the week of March 2, 1998, as “Read Across America Week.”
Media Specialist Jen Buckingham and students from the first through sixth grades at
Roosevelt School were present to accept the proclamation.
Budget Wrap-up Resumed.
FINAL COUNCIL DECISIONS: Motion by Hoffman, Second by Wirth, to set the salaries of
the City Manager at $114,220, the City Attorney at $107,380, and the City Clerk at $41,630
for FY 1998/99.
Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
AMENDMENTS TO 1998/2003 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM (CIP): The
Mayor asked for input on the proposed 1998/2003 Capital Improvements Plan. No one rose
to comment.
Motion by Campbell, Second by Hoffman, to amend the proposed CIP by allocating
$90,000 for 1998/99 from the local option sales tax for railroad signals at three locations.
Helen Struve, 4919 Westbend Drive, said she supported this suggestion, and felt it would
provide a superior quality of life in Ames.
Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
Motion by Campbell, Second by Hoffman, to allocate $160,000 from the 1997/98 budget
for the Fifth Street Improvement Project. The motion was ruled out of order and it was
determined that amendments to the current year budget should not be made at this
meeting unless the items had been listed on the agenda.
Council Member Parks mentioned the request to include $100,000 for reconstruction of the
Brookside tennis courts, and asked if staff would take a look at that. Steve said the
agreement on maintenance of the Brookside courts extends for ten years and that staff would
recommend that, once the new eight-plex is constructed, reconstruction of the Brookside
courts be considered if there appeared to be a need.
Motion by Quirmbach, Second by Parks, to amend the CIP to allocate $350,000 from the
local option sales tax for Phase II of the Parks Master Plan by including $50,000 in FY
1999/2000 and $100,000 in each of the three remaining years. He noted that setting aside
some funds each year would allow the city to meet the goals of Phase II without requiring
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a new spending commitment later on.
Motion by Wirth, Second by Campbell, to refer the issue to the Parks & Recreation
Commission.
Vote on Motion: 2-4. Voting Aye: Cross, Quirmbach. Voting Nay: Campbell, Hoffman,
Parks, Wirth. Motion failed.
Vote on Motion to amend CIP: 1-5. Voting Aye: Quirmbach. Voting Nay: Campbell,
Cross, Hoffman, Parks, Wirth. Motion carried.
Mayor Tedesco determined that the final vote on the CIP would take place after the
discussion of the budget for fiscal year 1998/99. He invited public input on the proposed
budget for FY 1998/99.
No one came forward to testify.
Motion by Hoffman, Second by Campbell, to include $3,000 for the Central Iowa
Symphony in FY 1998/99 from Contingency Fund.
It was pointed out that the group had missed out on their opportunity for funding in FY
1998/99 because they had not turned in their report by the deadline, but that they would be
eligible again in the coming fiscal year (1999/2000).
Vote on motion: 4-2. Voting Aye: Campbell, Hoffman, Parks, Quirmbach. Voting Nay:
Cross and Wirth. Motion carried.
Motion by Campbell, Second by Cross, to move $3,000 from FY 1998/99 local option
sales taxes for Ames International Partner City Association’s (AIPCA) budgetary needs.
The council did not feel comfortable with this idea because it did not seem that there was a
clear policy on how their funding should be handled.
Motion withdrawn by Campbell.
There was consensus that the AIPCA should come forward with an overall expression of
what the groups needs are.
Motion by Wirth, Second by Parks, to include $8,000 out of the FY 1998/99 Contingency
Fund for the Ames Heritage Association, contingent upon the successful completion of
Phases III and IV, and receipt of the reports.
Parks clarified that the report on Phase III and a contract for Phase IV were already required
before the $8,000 in the current year’s budget would be released, and that the $8,000 under
consideration for next year would be made available only after the successful completion of
Phase IV was reported.
Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
Motion by Wirth, Second by Hoffman, to move $5,000 from the 1998/99 Contingency
Fund, on matching fund basis, to support the Ames Jaycees request for fireworks.
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Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
It was noted that funding for ASSET and COTA was already included in the proposed
budget, and that $2,000 out of local option sales taxes was included for AIPCA.
Mayor Tedesco noted there were several items on the agenda for the Council’s regular meeting
which might impact the coming year’s budget and stated that the final vote on the amended
budget for FY 1998/99 occur later in the evening.
Motion by Parks, Second by Cross, to set March 12, 1998, as date of final public hearing
on the proposed budget for FY 1998/99.
Vote: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Tedesco called the Regular Meeting of the City Council to order at
7:50 p.m.
CONSENT AGENDA: Motion by Wirth, Second by Hoffman, to approve the following items
on the Consent Agenda:
1. Motion to approve payment of claims
2. Motion to approve minutes of the regular meeting of February 10, 1998
3. Motion to approve renewal of the following beer permits and liquor licenses:
a. Class C Beer - Gateway Expresse, 2400 Elwood Drive
b. Class C Beer - Fareway Stores, Inc., 619 Burnett Avenue
c. Class C Beer - Swift Stop #1, 412 S. Duff Avenue
d. Class C Liquor - 20th Century, 505 S. Duff
4. RESOLUTION NO. 98-59 approving change to Personnel policies regarding demotions
5. RESOLUTION NO. 98-60 approving preliminary plans and specifications for
1997/98 Water Service Transfer Program; setting March 18, 1998 as bid due date and
March 24, 1998 as date of hearing and award of contract
6. RESOLUTION NO. 98-61 approving change order for Lincoln Way/Duff Avenue
Improvement Project
7. RESOLUTION NO. 98-62 approving Final Plat for Country Estates, 5th Addition
8. RESOLUTION NO. 98-63 accepting bids and awarding contract for Repairs to Water
Plant Structures
9. RESOLUTION NO. 98-64 approving contract and bond for 1997/98 Water Program
No. 1
10. RESOLUTION NO. 98-65 approving contract and bond for Freel Drive Lift Station
Project
11. RESOLUTION NO. 98-66 approving contract and bond for 1997/98 Sanitary Sewer
Rehabilitation Project No. 2 (Central Business District/ Campustown Manhole
Rehabilitation)
12. RESOLUTION NO. 98-67 approving 1998 Farm Lease Agreement for Water Pollution
Control Plant
13. RESOLUTION NO. 98-68 authorizing the City of Ames to participate in Iowa Water
Pollution Control Association Review of IDNR Water Quality Standards and NPDES
permit derivation process at not-to-exceed cost of $5,000
14. RESOLUTION NO. 98-69 approving release of real estate mortgage for property
located at 1208 Carroll in connection with City’s Phase II “CDBG Existing” Affordable
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Housing Program
15. RESOLUTION NO. 98-70 approving request to subordinate second mortgage lien for
property located at 1403 Clark Avenue in connection with the City’s Phase III “CDBG
Existing” Affordable Housing Program
Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Resolutions declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and
hereby made a portion of these minutes.
PUBLIC FORUM: No one came forward to speak.
NEW EIGHT-MONTH SEASONAL CLASS B BEER PERMIT FOR HOMEWOOD
GOLF COURSE: Motion by Parks, Second by Wirth, to approve request for new eight-month
seasonal Class B Beer permit for Homewood Golf Course, 20th & Duff Avenue.
Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
CLASS C LIQUOR LICENSE FOR FRIEND’S: Motion by Wirth, Second by Parks, to
approve request for new Class C Liquor license for Friend’s, 115 Main Street.
Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
APPROVAL OF 1998 “ART AROUND THE CORNER” SCULPTURES: Jane Greiman,
Public Art Policy and Acquisition Commission (PAPAC), presented a slide presentation on
proposed selections for the 1998 “Art Around the Corner” program. She said the
commission would be meeting with the Ames Main Street District organization to select
some sites for locating the pieces. She mentioned that all the sculptors were from Iowa or
neighboring states.
Motion by Wirth, Second by Hoffman, to approve the 1998 “Art Around the Corner”
sculptures.
Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
AIRPORT ART CONCEPT: Jane Greiman of PAPAC noted the council had received a
written report on the proposed concept for Airport Art. She said that outdoor signs for the
airport had originally been discussed, but the commission was now proposing that
approximately half of the $15,000 previously allocated for public art at the airport would
used to purchase paintings and/or sculptures for the building’s indoor public areas. Bob
Kindred added that the PAPAC intended to come back to council for recommendations
for use of the other funds.
Motion by Cross, Second by Parks, to approve the concept for Airport Art.
Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
REQUEST FROM EUORAB FOR AMENDMENT TO MUNICIPAL CODE
PERTAINING TO TERMS OF REAPPOINTMENT: Motion by Hoffman, Second by
Wirth, to pass the ordinance allowing appointment to two terms on the Electric Utility
Operations Review and Advisory Board on first reading.
Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
SPECIAL MEETING DATES FOR WORK SESSIONS ON ZONING REGULATIONS:
Motion by Parks, Second by Wirth, to approve March 31, April 7, April 21, 1998, as dates
for Special City Council Meetings for work sessions on the proposed new zoning regulations.
The Motion was withdrawn by Wirth.
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Motion by Campbell, Second by Parks, to approve March 31, April 7, April 21, and May 5,
1998, as dates for Special City Council Meetings for work sessions on the proposed new
zoning regulations.
Vote on the Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
Motion by Parks, Second by Cross, to hold a meeting for citizen input on May 18 and a
meeting for Council decision on May 19, 1998.
Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
LEAF BURNING: Public Works Director Paul Wiegand presented the Staff Report on possible
leaf collection system alternatives. He noted that his department had checked with Iowa City
and Kalamazoo, Michigan, regarding their programs and the cost of loose leaf collection.
Wiegand reviewed the alternatives as contained in the staff report, including city-wide loose-
leaf collection subsidized totally through property tax support; city-wide loose-leaf collection
subsidized partially by property tax support with user fees; and city-wide leaf bag collection,
subsidized partially by property tax support with user fees.
Mayor Tedesco invited public input on leaf management alternatives.
Tom Scott, 415 Westwood, said it was unfortunate that now the City of Ames would have to
pay to deal with a problem citizens could take care of with one match before. He suggested
that if we wanted to be a city known for its trees, we should perhaps help out those people
who have trees on their property. He noted that the alternative being discussed was at least
better than bagging the leaves, and suggested that if no pick-up solution would be ready by
this spring, there should be an extra free day at the yard waste site.
Holly Fuchs, 806 Brookridge, said that she and her neighbors all had large quantities of
leaves, and said that it would be a hardship to those with a lot of trees not to burn. She added
that the cost issue was important, especially if the City wanted to attract people to the
program. She also suggested that in areas where parking was allowed on the street, flexibility
for using other places, such as alleys, for pick-up would be needed. She was in favor of
neighborhood cooperation and publicity about alternatives such as mulching.
Laurie DeReus, 1321 Douglas, said she agreed with the recommended alternative.
Jim Gunning, 119 Hickory, said he felt good alternatives had been presented and asked Mr.
Wiegand about how the costs of the various alternatives had been determined. He also
expressed his hope that the city would postpone the burning ban until fall if no alternatives
would be available in April
City Manager Schainker said that the program was predicated on the City being able to get
the vehicles servicing the leaf pick-up on the street. In some areas, he said, we may not be
able to pick them up directly off the street, but the trucks have extensions that can reach eight
or ten feet away. The trucks can’t jump curbs, however, so there may be houses that will just
not be set up for the service. He said the details of the whole collection and billing system
would need to be worked out.
Motion by Parks, Second by Hoffman, to adopt RESOLUTION 98-81, approving a
City-Wide Loose Leaf Collection Program subsidized partially by tax support with a
$30 user fee (Alternative II) and authorizing two additional free yard waste days next
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spring at a cost of $5,000 from the current year’s General Fund.
Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor,
and hereby made a portion of these minutes.
ORDINANCE BANNING LEAF BURNING: Motion by Campbell, Second by Wirth, to
pass on second reading ordinance banning leaf burning within the City of Ames.
Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
STREET LIGHTING MATERIALS FOR ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT (SOMERSET
SUBDIVISION): Motion by Hoffman, Second by Parks, to reject bids and direct staff to rebid
the project.
Vote on Motion: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
URBAN REVITALIZATION TAX EXEMPTION REQUESTS FOR 1998: Motion by
Campbell, Second by Parks, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 98-71 approving Urban
Revitalization Tax Exemption Requests for 1998.
Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and
hereby made a portion of these minutes.
AIRPORT TAXIWAY CONNECTOR (VISIONAIRE): Motion by Wirth, Second by Cross,
to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 98-72 approving $25,000 contribution to the Community
Investment Fund for construction of Airport Taxiway .
Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor and
hereby made a portion of these minutes.
Motion by Wirth, Second by Cross, to adopt RESOLUTION 98-73 approving preliminary
plans and specifications for Airport Taxiway Connector Project (VisionAire); setting March
18, 1998, as bid due date, and March 24, 1998, as date of public hearing and award of
contract.
Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and
hereby made a portion of these minutes.
OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR POSITION: Paul Wiegand, Director of the Public Works
Department, presented the staff report on this item. He said that the City of Ames had grown
to the point where the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) requires that we have a
person certified as a Grade III Operator in charge of our day-to-day water distribution
maintenance. He said that the existing supervisor is unable to qualify for the certification so
various alternatives, including reorganization, had been under consideration. After
deliberation, it was determined that the best option would be to meet the state’s requirement
for a Grade III Operator by creating a new supervisory position of Operations Supervisor,
and to allow the existing supervisor to remain on the job in the position of Foreman, with his
salary frozen, as per council’s earlier discussion. Wiegand explained that the cost of the
new employee would not come out of property taxes, but from water, sanitary sewer, storm
sewer, and road use tax funds in the 1997/98 and 1998/99 budgets.
Motion by Cross, Second by Parks, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 98-74 authorizing the
position of Operations Supervisor and accompanying changes in the budget as outlined
in the Staff Report.
Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor
and hereby made a portion of these minutes.
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HEARING ON PROPOSED REZONING OF PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED
EAST OF SOUTH DUFF AVENUE, (TARGET): The Mayor noted that item (a), the
resolution approving Conceptual Development Plan, had been removed from this agenda.
The public hearing was declared open. No one rose to testify and the public hearing was
declared closed.
Motion by Campbell, Second by Parks, to pass the ordinance rezoning the property on
first reading.
Council member Quirmbach asked when input on flood impact would be received. Brian
O’Connell, Director of the Department of Planning and Housing, stated that it would be
discussed during consideration of the Conceptual Development Plan, which he hoped would
be during the meeting on March 12th.
Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
Council Member Hoffman left the meeting at 9:11 p.m.
PUBLIC HEARING FOR SAUER-SUNDSTRAND: Mayor Tedesco declared the hearing
open. Economic Development Coordinator Mark Reinig reviewed the Iowa Department of
Economic Development’s requirements in relation to the Citizen Participation Plan the City
had to meet for an EDSA grant application on behalf of Sauer-Sundstrand Company.
Discussion took place regarding a CDBG/EDSA activities status/update for funded projects
and proposed activities in the EDSA application for Sauer-Sundstrand:
CDBG/EDSA Activities Update:
Activity - Commercial Plastic Packaging, Inc./Kiliper Corporation
Location: 118 Alexander Avenue
Description: Business expansion and the creation of 26 additional jobs for a total of
63 jobs.
Project Budget: $215,000 ($40,000 grant funds)
($42,000 City of Ames Revolving Loan Fund)
($90,000 company equity)
($43,000 loan financing)
Expenditures to Date: $215,000
Project Status: Awaiting final contract clearance from IDED to close project.
Activity - Ball Plastic Container Corporation
Location: 520 Bell Avenue
Description: Acquisition of machinery and equipment for new manufacturing facility.
Creation of 91 jobs.
Project Budget: $47,957,000 ($305,000 grant funds)
($50,000 City of Ames Revolving Loan Fund)
($47,112,000 company equity)
($540,000 state and local incentives)
Expenditures to Date: $47,957,000
Project Status: Plant has been constructed; employing 116 employees.
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Activity - Barilla America, Inc.
Location: 3311 East Lincoln Way
Description: Water and sewer main extensions to the new manufacturing facility.
Project Budget: $128,765,000 ($500,000 grant funds)
($320,000 City of Ames contribution)
($126,765,000 company equity)
Expenditures to Date: $92,096 (sewer main completed; water main 1st phase)
Project Status: Awaiting final contract clearance from IDED to close project.
Citizen Participation Plan:
1) How the needs for the proposed activities were identified. The community of Ames is highly
dependent on the governmental sector for employment opportunities for our citizens.
Manufacturing positions are not that plentiful. When the Bourns manufacturing facility
closed in 1989, the 250 manufacturing positions lost have been recently recovered. With the
addition of 40 new manufacturing positions with wages larger than the Story County
average, the expansion of the Sauer-Sundstrand Company research and development and
production capabilities will assist in providing a diversity of possible employment for Ames
and Story County residents.
2) How the proposed activities will be funded and sources of funds:
EDSA $140,000 Forgivable Loan
Ames $50,000 Revolving Loan Fund
Sauer-Sundstrand Company $11,000,000 Capital Invested
3) Date application will be submitted: February 25, 1998
4) Requested amount of EDSA funds: $140,000
5) Estimated portion of the EDSA funds requested that will benefit persons of low and
moderate incomes: 51%
6) Where the proposed activities will be conducted: 2800 East 13th Street, Ames, Iowa
7) Plans to minimize displacement of persons and businesses as a result of activities: There will
be no displacement of people or businesses as the activity is taking place in existing
facilities.
8) Plans to assist persons actually displaced: N/A
9) Nature of proposed activities: The proposed project is an expansion in the existing facility to
add additional resources in engineering and production. The project includes adding
additional machining centers and production equipment to meet the growing demand of
customers in the Fluids industry. The project is anticipated to begin by March 1, 1998, and
to be completed by March 1, 2000. In the short term, the project will allow the company to
develop and manufacture new product lines in support of Sauer-Sundstrand Company’s long-
term goal of continued business growth similar to the past five years.
Motion by Parks, Second by Campbell, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 98-75 approving the
submission of an EDSA application on behalf of Sauer-Sundstrand Company to the Iowa
Department of Economic Development.
Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and
hereby made a portion of these minutes.
No one further rose to testify and the public hearing was declared closed.
HEARING ON EAST LINCOLN WAY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT: The Mayor
noted that the language of the proposed agreement had been placed around the dais. He
explained that a 28-E Agreement for equal sharing of the amount of the project not funded by
the RISE grant was requested when Story County learned that this project would be over
budget.
Motion by Parks, Second by Campbell, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 98-76 approving
28-E Agreement with Story County for cost-sharing.
Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and
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hereby made a portion of these minutes.
Mayor Tedesco declared the public hearing open. No one came forward to testify and the
public hearing was declared closed.
Motion by Wirth, Second by Parks, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 98-77 approving final
plans and specifications and awarding contract to Eco Tech Contractors, Inc., in the
amount of $679,970.90.
Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and
hereby made a portion of these minutes.
HEARING ON 1996/97 ARTERIAL STREET REHABILITATION PROGRAM (EAST
13TH STREET): Mayor Tedesco declared the public hearing open. No one rose to testify and
the public hearing was declared closed.
Motion by Parks, Second by Campbell, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 98-78 approving
final plans and specifications and awarding contract to Manatt’s, Inc., in the amount of
$1,596,598.25 and authorizing expenditure of $338,000.00 from unspent bond funds and
$224,000 from the sale of new General Obligation Bonds.
Roll Call Vote: 4-1. Voting Aye: Campbell, Cross, Quirmbach, Parks. Voting Nay:
Wirth. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby
made a portion of these minutes.
HEARING ON 1998 TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (30th/GRAND,
WHEELER/GRAND, 13th/DAYTON): Mayor Tedesco declared the public hearing open. No
one rose to testify and the public hearing was declared closed.
Motion by Wirth, Second by Cross, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 98-79 approving final
plans and specifications and awarding contract to Iowa Signal & Electric Company of
Des Moines in amount of $332,101.00, subject to Iowa Department of Transportation
concurrence.
Roll Call: 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and
hereby made a portion of these minutes.
HEARING ON STANGE ROAD EXTENSION NORTH OF 24TH STREET: Mayor
Tedesco declared the public hearing open.
It was noted that the project was coming in $230,000 over the earlier estimate. Public Works
Director Paul Weigand directed the Council’s attention to a letter dated February 20, 1998,
from developers Hunziker & Associates, in which they requested the City pay the entire cost
of the median crossovers on Stange Road. He said the total cost for the crossovers would be
$42,000, and the City Manager had proposed that the cost be split between the City and the
developers. The City’s half of the cost ($21,000) was included in the additional $230,000
being requested.
No one further came forward to testify and the public hearing was declared closed.
Motion by Wirth, Second by Campbell, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 98-80 approving
final plans and specifications and awarding contract to Manatt’s, Inc. in amount of
$1,113,524.00 and authorizing expenditure of $230,000 from General Fund balance for
this project.
Motion by Parks, Second by Campbell, to amend the motion to authorize expenditure of
$230,000 through the sale of new General Obligation Bonds.
Vote on amendment: 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
Vote on Amended Resolution: 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by
the Mayor and hereby made a portion of these minutes.
The Council consented to resume Budget Wrap-up Considerations.
1998/2003 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM(CIP): Motion by Parks, Second by
Campbell, to approve the amended CIP for 1998/99.
Vote on Motion: 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
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The Mayor invited public input on the proposed budget for fiscal year 1998/99. No one came
forward to comment.
AMENDMENTS TO PROPOSED FY 1998/99 BUDGET: Motion by Wirth,
Second by Campbell, to approve the budget for FY 1998/99.
City Manager Schainker summarized the amendments that had been approved earlier in the
meeting: $5,000 for the Ames Jaycees for fireworks; $3,000 for the Central Iowa Symphony;
and $8,000 for the Ames Heritage Association, with all funding from the 1998/99
Contingency Fund.
Motion by Campbell, Second by Parks, to amend the motion to include $90,000 from the
local option sales tax for railroad horns in the 1998/99 budget.
Vote on amendment: 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
Motion by Parks, Second by Wirth, to amend the motion to include in the 1998/99 budget
$35,000 from the available balance of the local option sales tax for leaf vacuums and
modifications to a truck; and $30,000 to cover the operating costs of leaf collection, with
$15,000 coming from user fees and the other $15,000 from the property tax levy for the
1998/99 fiscal year.
Vote on amendment: 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
City Manager Schainker indicated that the debt service budget would be increased by 4.3
cents per thousand in order to cover the principle and interest payment for the construction
projects on Stange Road, Dayton Avenue and East 13th Street.
Vote on the Motion to approve the budget for fiscal year 1998/99 as amended: 5-0.
Motion declared carried unanimously.
AMENDMENTS TO 1997/98 BUDGET:
Motion by Wirth, Second by Parks, to amend 1997/98 budget to include higher expenditures
for three bonded construction projects, with the $45,000 in funding for the East Lincoln Way
Reconstruction Project from the local option sales tax, and $224,000 for the 1996/97 Arterial
Street Rehabilitation Program, and $230,000 for the Stange Road Extension North of 24th
Street project from the sale of new General Obligation Bonds.
Vote on Motion: 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
The City Manager mentioned that possible amendments to the 1997/98 budget for the Fifth
Street Improvements and Youth Sports Complex Project would be brought forward at a later
date.
ORDINANCE ADOPTING 1997 UNIFORM BUILDING CODE WITH LOCAL
AMENDMENT REGARDING STAIRWAYS: Motion by Parks, Second by Campbell, to pass
on second reading an ordinance amending the Municipal Code to adopt 1997 Uniform
Building Code with local amendment regarding stairways.
Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
ORDINANCE PREVENTING CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BY
UNDERAGE PERSONS AT PARTIES: Motion by Parks, Second by Wirth, to pass on third
reading and adopt ORDINANCE NO. 3474 amending the Municipal Code to enact a new
Section 17.32 preventing the consumption of alcoholic beverages by underage persons at
parties.
Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
ORDINANCE AMENDING CODE PERTAINING TO DEFINITION AND
REGULATION OF NUISANCE PARTIES: Motion by Parks, Second by Wirth, to pass on
third reading and adopt ORDINANCE NO. 3475, amending the Municipal Code to enact
new Section 17.30 pertaining to the definition and regulation of nuisance parties, as amended
at January 27, 1998, meeting.
Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
COMMENTS AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: Council Member Cross mentioned receipt
of a letter about bike paths along Stange Road and G. W. Carver Avenue leading to the
Northridge area. Mayor Tedesco indicated that he would be responding to the citizen. Paul
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Wiegand stated that the projects referenced in that letter were included in the current year’s
budget and would be constructed by the time school starts next year.
Mr. Schainker remarked that the evening’s budgetary decisions would result in about a 43
cent decrease in the overall property tax levy, from the current rate of $10.19 to a new rate of
9.76 cents per thousand.
Citizens were reminded that the next City Council Meeting and public hearing would be held
on Thursday, March 12, and the school bond referendum was scheduled for March 10.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 9:40 p.m.
Sandra L. Ryan, City Clerk Ted Tedesco, Mayor
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Karen C. Thompson, Secretary
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