HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Regular Meeting of the Ames City Council 03/03/1992MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL
AMES, IOWA MARCH 3, 1992
The Ames City Council met with the Ames School Board and the Story County Board of
Supervisors as the Conference Board at 6:30 p.m. followed by a regular City Council meeting on
the 3rd day of March, 1992, in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, 515 Clark Avenue, pursuant
to law with Mayor Curtis presiding and the following Council Members present: Brown, Campbell,
Hoffman, Parks, and Wirth. Council Member Hertz was absent.
CONFERENCE BOARD MEETING
The Ames Conference Board met at 6:30 p.m., March 3, 1992, in the Council Chambers of the City
Hall, pursuant to law, with Chairman Larry Curtis presiding and the following members present:
City Council: Brown, Campbell, Hoffman, Parks, and Wirth; Ames School Board: Anderson and
Summers (no quorum); and Story County Board of Supervisors: Halliburton and Larson.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Moved by Parks, seconded by Halliburton, to approve the minutes
of the May 28, 1991, and February 4, 1992, meetings as written.
Vote on Motion: 2-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
HEARING ON PROPOSED BUDGET FOR CITY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE: Chairman Curtis
declared the hearing open. Richard Horn, City Assessor, proposed some revisions to the budget
since the Story County Board of Supervisors' vote to amend the County GIS Mapping Project
for the current fiscal year and the coming fiscal year freed up some monies in the Special
Appraiser's Fund. He suggested transferring $20,000 from the present year's Special Appraiser's
Fund to the Assessment Expense Fund. He emphasized that this will not increase expenditures,
so another hearing is not required. He also proposed an increase in the Special Appraiser's Fund
balance and a decrease in the property taxes levied. There were no further comments and the
hearing was declared closed.
Moved by Brown, seconded by Larson, to approve the City Assessor's Budget as amended for
FY 1992/93.
Vote on Motion: 2-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT: Moved by Halliburton, seconded by Hoffman, to adjourn at 6:40 p.m.
Vote on Motion: 2-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
The Council recessed until 7:50 p.m.
CONSENT AGENDA: Moved by Parks, seconded by Brown, to approve the following items on
the Consent Agenda.
Motion to approve minutes of the special City Council meetings of February 8-15, 1992, and the
regular meeting of February 25, 1992.
Motion to approve payment of claims.
Motion to approve certification of Civil Service applicants.
Motion to approve renewal of the following beer and liquor licenses:
(a) Class C Liquor - Valentino's, 2500 Ferndale.
(b) Class C Beer - Pump 'N' Party Shop, 539 Lincoln Way.
(c) Special Class C Liquor - Cafe Beaudelaire, 2504 Lincoln Way.
Motion to set March 24, 1992, as date of hearing to consider a technical amendment to the
zoning ordinance regarding site plan approval for projects other than single family and two
family dwellings in low-density residential districts.
Motion to accept 1991 Resource Recovery System Report and to authorize distribution of billing
to member cities.
RESOLUTION NO. 92-70 approving appointment of Kenneth Anderson to fill an unexpired
term on the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
RESOLUTION NO. 92-71 approving Road Use Tax Fund Street Construction Report.
RESOLUTION NO. 92-72 approving Developer's Agreement for Valley East Subdivision.
RESOLUTION NO. 92-73 approving preliminary plans and specifications for hauling and
related services from the Resource Recovery Plan to Boone County Landfill and setting April
6, 1992, as bid due date and April 28, 1992, as date of hearing and award of contract.
RESOLUTION NO. 92-74 accepting bids and awarding a contract to John Warren Services in
the amount of $29,565.00 for mowing and trimming at two City cemeteries.
RESOLUTION NO. 92-75 approving loan from City of Ames Revolving Loan Fund to
Engineering Animation, Inc.
RESOLUTION NO. 92-76 approving release of real estate mortgage for property at 212 E. 7th
Street as part of City's housing rehabilitation program.
RESOLUTION NO. 92-77 approving contracts and bonds of Keystone Electrical Manufacturing
Company and Siemens Energy and Automation, Inc. for Substation Equipment for ISU/Ames
Interconnection.
RESOLUTION NO. 92-78 approving request to subordinate CDBG mortgage for property at
1003 Clark Avenue as part of City's housing rehabilitation program.
Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Resolutions declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and
hereby made a portion of these minutes.
PUBLIC FORUM: No one appeared for this portion of the meeting.
CAMPFIRE BIRTHDAY MONTH: Kris Mohlke and seven children from the Star Flight
Campfire group from Roosevelt School accepted a proclamation from Mayor Curtis proclaiming
March as Campfire Birthday Month.
HEARING ON 1992 JOINT SEALING PROGRAM: Mayor Curtis declared the hearing open.
There were no comments and the hearing was declared closed.
Moved by Brown, seconded by Hoffman, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 92-79 rejecting the bids
for the 1992 Joint Sealing Program and directing Staff to re-bid the project, setting March 17,
1992, as bid due date and March 24, 1992, as date of hearing and award of contract.
Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and
hereby made a portion of these minutes.
The Mayor called a 5 minute recess.
HEARING ON FY 1992/93 MUNICIPAL BUDGET: Mayor Curtis declared the hearing open.
There were no comments and the hearing was declared closed.
Moved by Wirth, seconded by Hoffman, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 92-79 approving the FY
1992/93 municipal budget as amended on February 15, 1992.
Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and
hereby made a portion of these minutes.
HEARING ON YARD WASTE DISPOSAL SITE OPERATION: Mayor Curtis declared the
hearing open. There were no comments and the hearing was declared closed.
Moved by Parks, seconded by Hoffman, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 92-80 approving final
plans and specifications for the private operation of the yard waste disposal site and awarding
a contract to Ames-Story Environmental Landfill in the amount of $3,000.00, with the rate of
$900.00 established for each free day designated, and authorizing Staff to negotiate a lease for
two acres of adjacent City land to Ames-Story Environmental Landfill.
Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and
hereby made a portion of these minutes.
BACKFILL AND STREET SURFACE REPLACEMENT FEES: Moved by Campbell,
seconded by Hoffman, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 92-81 establishing new backfilling and
street surface replacement fee schedule based on the proposed rates and to become effective on
April 1, 1992, and directing Staff to investigate direct billing of property owners for these fees,
and to work with the plumbing contractors to get competitive rates from private contractors to
do the backfill and street repairs.
Paul Wiegand, Public Works Director, explained that it is now necessary for the Water Fund to
subsidize backfilling activity since street repair costs have risen over the last few years while
backfill and street surface replacement fees have remained the same since 1986. Fees need to
be increased for this activity to pay for itself. Mr. Wiegand said that local plumbers have also
asked Staff if the City could directly bill the property owner since they have had trouble
collecting the fee from the owners in the past. Also, they would like the City to consider
allowing private contractors to do this work rather than the City to reduce costs. Mr. Wiegand
indicated that there would be an advantage to the City in making this change since City crews'
other work would not be interrupted so frequently.
Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and
hereby made a portion of these minutes.
AMENDMENT TO P-C PLAN FOR NORTH GRAND MALL: Moved by Campbell, seconded
by Wirth, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 92-82 approving an amendment to a P-C Plan to allow
a change in signage at North Grand Mall, 2801 Grand Avenue.
Marcia Dittemore, Younkers Store Manager, stated that Younkers would like a change in
signage to better identify their location.
Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and
hereby made a portion of these minutes.
ANN MUNN HERITAGE WOODS: Lisa Hein, representative from the Iowa Natural Heritage
Foundation, provided a history of Ann Munn Heritage Woods, which has belonged to the Munn
family for many years. She explained that when the Munns were approached by developers to
sell the woods for a housing development, they decided that they wanted the area protected.
They offered the property to the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation for $116,000.00, half its
appraised value, if money could be raised for the purchase by April 1, 1992. Ms. Hein stated
that $104,000 has been raised. She said that the Foundation cannot own and manage this
property, so after it is purchased, the Foundation would like to deed it to the City with the
granting of a conservation easement. Stipulations of that easement were discussed. City
Manager Schainker informed the Council that their action at this meeting would be only to
indicate their willingness to accept the property if the details of a conservation easement can be
worked out.
Moved by Parks, seconded by Hoffman, to indicate to the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation the
City's willingness to accept Ann Munn Heritage Woods, subject to development of an acceptable
conservation easement agreement.
Vote on Motion: 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
SKATEBOARD PARK: Council Member Brown pulled this item from the agenda.
COMMENTS: Mayor Curtis announced that the City had been awarded a CDBG Grant for
affordable housing.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
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Nancy Dionigi, City Clerk Larry R. Curtis, Mayor