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THE AMES CITY COUNCIL
AMES, IOWA APRIL 18, 1994
The Ames City Council met in special session at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, April 18, 1994, in the
Council Chambers in the City Hall, 515 Clark Avenue, pursuant to law with Mayor Curtis presiding
and the following Council members present: Campbell, Parks, Brown and Tedesco. Council
Members Wirth and Hoffman were absent.
28E AGREEMENT FOR THE CENTRAL IOWA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING ALLIANCE (CIRTPA): Moved by Parks, Seconded by Tedesco, to adopt
RESOLUTION NO. 94-146 authorizing the City to enter into an agreement for the Central Iowa
Regional Transportation Planning Alliance.
Paul Wiegand explained the need for this agreement is due to a requirement established by the
D.O.T. in order to obtain federal highway funding which allocates federal gas tax back to the
cities. The funds will be channeled through a regional group consisting of six counties (Boone,
Jasper, Marion, Story, and portions of Dallas, Madison, Polk and Warren counties not included
in the Des Moines metro area) in the central part of the state, excluding the Des Moines metro
area. He explained that cities over 5,000 are included in this group. He further explained that
that a policy committee member and technical committee member needed to be appointed by the
Mayor to represent Ames. It was decided that staff could handle these positions during the
drafting of the group with appointments being made at a later date. Mr. Wiegand explained that
after Ames becomes a population of 50,000, it will become it's own agency and would not be
involved with any additional group.
Roll call vote. 4-0. Resolution declared carried unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby
made a portion hereof.
NEW LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION: Motion by Campbell, seconded by Parks to approve
the Class C liquor license and outdoor service area.
Council Member Tedesco stated concern regarding the number of underage violations from an
establishment the owner's of this establishment already own and operate. He stated that since
they currently hold a license and are applying for a new license, the Council should receive some
assurance from the owners that they will do a better job of carding underage persons.
City Attorney Klaus stated that because the owners currently operate an establishment which has
a high number of violations and even though this is a new license at a new location and the list
of violations occurred at a different location, it is appropriate for the Council to hear from the
parties involved regarding the changes they are going to implement to change the situation and
lower the amount of violations.
Chuck Hill stated that he was one of the three owners of Tazzles/Winston's as well as one of the
owners of Shamrox!. He stated that they are willing to do whatever is necessary to reduce the
number of underage violations. He stated that it is not their policy to allow minors on the
premise and has a written policy for their employees which requires them to check identification
to prevent minors on the premise and the consequence is firing. He stated that one employee had
resigned because of this policy, but was not fired. He stated that his employees have not
participated in the class that the police offers to bar personnel, but they are willing to have them
do this if the Council wishes.
Council Member Campbell asked about the monitoring of employees to ensure they are checking
for identification. Mr. Hill replied that they have installed a camera by the front door and review
the tape each day. He stated that the other two owners are usually there and are watching as
well.
Council Member Brown asked Mr. Hill about their advertising and management policy and if
it would attract underage persons. She stated that she is opposed to the granting of this license
and explained that she did not feel there has been a diligent effort displayed by the owners to act
responsibly. Mr. Hill stated that their advertising does not indicate that underage people are
welcome and that there is a sign on their front door stating otherwise.
Mike Johns, stated that Tazzles/Winston's has become the most popular bar in the campustown
area which makes it very difficult to monitor underage violators. He stated that his main concern
is the occupancy level that occurs at various times. He stated that most of the identification
which is taken when an underage person is caught is almost always a driver's license. He stated
also that the I.D.s which police are finding are a high quality and very hard to identify as being
false. Johns also stated that he was not sure it personnel at the door would be able to discern
whether or not they are false. He did feel, however, that the owner's should continually try to
train their personnel to check I.D.'s.
Board Member Tedesco expressed concern regarding the ownership's lack of concern in taking
steps to train their personnel especially after the alcohol survey conducted on February 3, 1993.
He proposed that the owner's be asked to come back with a written policy outlining their
intentions to improve this situation.
Moved by Tedesco to table this application until the April 26, 1994 City Council meeting and
request that the owners supply the Council with a written policy outlining their intent to decrease
the amount of underage violations.
Vote on Motion: 4-0. (Motion carried unanimously.)
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 a.m.
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Becky Klatt, Deputy City Clerk Larry R. Curtis, Mayor