HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Regular Meeting of the Ames City Council 03/07/1990MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL
AMES, IOWA MARCH 7, 1990
The Ames City Council met in regular session at 5:00 p.m. on March 7, 1990, in the City Council
Chambers of the City Administration Building, 621 Main Street, pursuant to law with Mayor Larry
Curtis presiding and the following members present: Brown, Campbell, Hertz, Hoffman, Parks, and
Wirth.
PRESENTATION ON THE AMES PLAN: Dave Percival, President of Gateway Center, Ltd.,
and Dave Hauser, Executive Director of the Ames Chamber of Commerce, provided the history
and development of the Ames Plan to this point and informed the Council Members of the
process which will be used to further develop this plan aimed at revitalizing the community's
commercial districts. They also requested the support of the City Council for the Ames Plan.
Moved by Brown, seconded by Parks, to direct Staff to draft an agreement between the Ames
Chamber of Commerce and the City of Ames in support of the Ames Plan.
Vote on Motion 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
ELECTRIC TIE LINE THROUGH REACTOR WOODS: Merlin Hove, Director of the Electric
Department, and Steve Schainker, City Manager, summarized the background of the Electric Tie
Line Project, about which citizens have expressed concern, since it is proposed to be routed
through the Reactor Woods Site. Mr. Hove presented the results of a study by Burns and
McDonnell, an engineering firm from Kansas City, in which they developed cost estimates for
various route alternatives for the proposed tie line. He also detailed the acres of trees that would
have to be cleared for each alternative route and the manner in which easements and the electric
franchise would be affected by each route. City Manager Schainker informed the Council that
meetings will be held with interested groups to explain the alternatives and the matter will be
brought back to the Council for a decision on April 10, 1990.
CONSENT AGENDA: Three items were added to the Consent Agenda and one item was pulled
for separate consideration. Moved by Campbell, seconded by Hoffman, to approve the
following remaining items on the Consent Agenda.
1. Motion to approve payment of claims totalling $1,060,836.75.
2. Motion to approve renewal of the following beer & liquor licenses:
(a) Class C Beer Permit - The Keg Shop, 115 Dotson.
(b) Class C Beer Permit - Pump & Party, 223 Lincoln Way.
3. Motion approving expenditure of Department of Cultural Affairs grant and Friends of City
Hall donation for Municipal Auditorium lighting system.
4. Motion to refer to Staff request from Fellows PTA for installation of permanent stop signs
on 20th St. at Northwestern in addition to self-actuated pedestrian traffic signal at Fellows.
5. Motion to direct City Attorney to prepare ordinance restricting bicycle riding on sidewalks
in Campustown.
6. RESOLUTION NO. 90-67 approving preliminary plans and specifications for construction
of salt storage building; setting April 2, 1990, as the date to receive bids and April 10,
1990, as the date to award a contract.
7. RESOLUTION NO. 90-68 approving submittal of grant application to Department of
Cultural Affairs.
8. RESOLUTION NO. 90-69 approving preliminary plans and specifications for 20th Street
Reconstruction project from Northwestern Avenue to Ridgewood Avenue; setting March
27, 1990, as date to receive bids and April 10, 1990, as date to award a contract.
9. RESOLUTION NO. 90-70 approving preliminary plans and specifications for 16th Street
Reconstruction Project from Roosevelt Avenue to Ridgewood Avenue; setting March 27,
1990, as date to receive bids and April 10, 1990, as date to award a contract.
10. RESOLUTION NO. 90-71 approving preliminary plans and specifications or Signalization
Project at intersection of 6th Street and Clark Avenue; setting March 27, 1990, as date to
receive bids and April 10, 1990, as date to award a contract.
11. RESOLUTION NO. 90-72 authorizing purchase of remote control Cable TV equipment
for Council Chambers in new City Hall.
12. RESOLUTION NO. 90-73 amending Resolution No. 89-418 regarding acceptance of
completion of South Duff Widening and Overlay Project from South 16th Street to Squaw
Creek.
13. RESOLUTION NO. 90-78 approving preliminary plans and specifications for purchase
of chassis for dump truck; setting March 27, 1990, as bid due date and April 10, 1990, as
date for award of contract.
14. Motion to refer annexation request from Richard Sevde for property located at intersection
of Airport Road and South Riverside Drive to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
15. Motion to refer request from H. D. Paul, University Towers Apartments, to Staff.
Roll Call Vote 6-0. Resolutions declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and
hereby made a portion of these minutes.
1990/91 AIRPORT FARM LEASE: Moved by Campbell, seconded by Brown, to adopt
RESOLUTION NO. 90-74 approving the crop share lease with Kaltenheuser Farms, Ltd. for the
1990/91 crop year.
Roll Call Vote 5-1. Voting Aye: Brown, Campbell, Hoffman, Parks, & Wirth. Voting Nay:
Hertz. Resolution declared adopted, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these
minutes.
PUBLIC FORUM: No one appeared for this portion of the meeting.
SUMMERFEST STREET DANCE: Ron Shinar, representing the Summerfest Committee, stated
their requests for a street dance.
Moved by Hoffman, seconded by Parks, to approve the following requests from the Summerfest
Committee for their street dance on July 14, 1990:
(a) To block off Main Street at Main and Douglas, Main and Kellogg, and Main and Burnett
from 5:00 p.m. to midnight on Saturday, July 14. (Traffic will be allowed to cross
north/south at Main & Kellogg.)
(b) To hold a street dance at the east end of Main Street, Main & Douglas, with the noise level
not to exceed the normal legal limits for such an activity.
(c) To utilize electrical outlets at Main & Douglas and Main & Burnett.
Vote on Motion 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
REFUND OF ZBA APPLICATION FEE FOR AMES DUGOUT CLUB: Tom Peter, 1701
Douglas, explained that the concession stand being built by the Dugout Club will become the
property of the City of Ames upon completion; therefore, the ZBA application fee required to
obtain a variance for the building should be waived by the City.
Moved by Parks, seconded by Hoffman, to approve the request of the Dugout Club for a refund
of the ZBA application fee.
Vote on Motion 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
HEARING ON REZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2319 TIMBERLAND ROAD:
Mayor Curtis declared the hearing open. There were no comments and the hearing was declared
closed.
Moved by Campbell, seconded by Parks, to pass on first reading an ordinance rezoning property
located at 2319 Timberland Road from the current zoning designation of R-1 (Residential - Story
County) to a new designation of S-R (Suburban Residential).
Roll Call Vote 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
HEARING ON CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY AT INTERSECTION OF CARNEGIE
AVENUE AND LINCOLN WAY TO FRIEDRICH & SONS: Mayor Curtis declared the hearing
open. Bob Friedrich was present to answer questions. There were no comments and the hearing
was declared closed.
Moved by Hoffman, seconded by Parks, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 90-75 approving
conveyance of property located at Carnegie Avenue and Lincoln Way with the following
stipulations:
(a) That a utility easement be maintained over the entire parcel for the benefit of the City; and
(b) That access to this property be prohibited from Lincoln Way.
Roll Call Vote 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby
made a portion of these minutes.
HEARING ON SNOW/ICE REMOVAL ASSESSMENTS: Mayor Curtis declared the hearing
open. There were no comments and the hearing was declared closed.
Moved by Parks, seconded by Brown, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 90-76 assessing the cost of
sidewalk repair to the property owners as shown below, directing the Finance Director to prepare
a spread sheet, and directing the City Clerk to file the assessment with the Story County
Treasurer.
Gwendolyn Hagerup $135.00
366 Abington
Nekoosa, WI 54457
snow/ice removal at 3111 Oakland
work completed December 28, 1989
Kenneth & Shirley Shaw $81.60
3410 Oakland
Ames, IA 50010
snow/ice removal at 1234 Michigan
work completed January 4, 1990
Larry D. Black $30.00
c/o John Nutty
618 Douglas Avenue
Ames, IA 50010
snow/ice removal at 2808 Oakland
work completed January 4, 1990
Roll Call Vote 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and
hereby made a portion of these minutes.
ORDINANCE REGULATING SMOKING IN CITY-OWNED BUILDINGS: Moved by
Campbell, seconded by Hoffman, to pass on first reading an ordinance regulating smoking in
city owned buildings.
Roll Call Vote 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
CABLE TV ORDINANCES: Moved by Brown, seconded by Parks, to table consideration of the
third passage and adoption of an ordinance granting a renewed Cable TV Franchise to Heritage
Cablevision and of an ordinance revising Chapter 25, Municipal Code pertaining to Cable TV.
Vote on Motion 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
APPROVAL OF CDP FOR FARNHAM & MANCI SUBDIVISION, 1ST ADDITION: Ahmad
Manci, 809 Delaware, explained the request for approval of the CDP for Farnham & Manci
Subdivision, 1st Addition.
Moved by Campbell, seconded by Hoffman, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 90-77 approving the
CDP for Farnham and Manci Subdivision, 1st Addition with the stipulation that a waiver of the
assessment for future paving of Delaware Avenue be received with the Final Plat.
Roll Call Vote 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby
made a portion of these minutes.
ORDINANCE RESTRICTING PARKING ON MEDIAN STRIP AT AMES HIGH DRIVE:
Moved by Campbell, seconded by Wirth, to direct the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance
restricting parking on the Ames High Drive median strip for all periods.
Vote on Motion 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
SEPTIC TANKS: Moved by Parks, seconded by Brown, to place on the March 20th City Council
agenda the adoption of Chapter 69, Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems, found
in Section 567 (Environmental Protection) of the Iowa Administrative Code, in its entirety to
be the onsite wastewater treatment and disposal system rules of Ames, Iowa, with the City
Sanitarian being designated as the responsible party for enforcing such regulations.
Vote on Motion 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
COMMENTS: Moved by Campbell, seconded by Parks, to direct the City Attorney to look into
the possibility of giving Ames High Drive to the Ames Community School System.
Vote on Motion 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
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Nancy Dionigi, City Clerk Larry R. Curtis, Mayor