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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Regular Meeting of the Ames City Council 04/24/1990MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL AMES, IOWA APRIL 24, 1990 The Ames City Council met in regular session at 7:30 p.m. on April 24, 1990, in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, 515 Clark Avenue, pursuant to law with Mayor Larry R. Curtis presiding and the following members present: Brown, Campbell, Hertz, Hoffman, Parks, and Wirth. ARBOR DAY: Mayor Curtis presented a proclamation to Don Keltner, Staff representative to the Ames Beautification Commission, proclaiming April 27, 1990, as Arbor Day in Ames. NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY: Mayor Curtis presented a proclamation to Doug Drynan and Cricket Sutkus, ISU student organizers for Earth Day activities, proclaiming April 27, 1990, as National Youth Service Day in Ames. CITY HALL AND COMMUNITY CENTER DEDICATION: Mayor Curtis presented a proclamation to all the citizens of Ames inviting everyone to the City Hall and Community Center Dedication and Open House on April 28 and 29, 1990. AMERICAN HOME WEEK: Mayor Curtis presented a proclamation to Arlene Konrady, Donna Dowden, and Phil Schendel, realtors, proclaiming the first week of May as American Home Week in Ames. CONSENT AGENDA: Two items were pulled from the Consent Agenda for separate consideration. Moved by Campbell, seconded by Parks, to approve the following remaining items on the Consent Agenda. 1. Motion to approve minutes of the April 10, 1990, City Council meeting. 2. Motion to approve payment of claims totalling $2,208,377.67. 3. Motion to approve renewal of the following beer & liquor licenses: (a) Class C Beer Permit - Dell Oil Ltd., 508 S. Duff. (b) Class C Beer Permit - Express Lane, 539 Lincoln Way. 4. Motion to support ISU's request to the Regents to change speed limits on 13th Street from Stange Road east to the end of the flood plain. 5. RESOLUTION NO. 90-116 approving appointment of Daniel Celania to Ames Library Board. 6. RESOLUTION NO. 90-117 approving and adopting Supplement No. 18 to the Ames Municipal Code, 1985. 7. RESOLUTION NO. 90-118 approving amendment to Blue Collar bargaining agreement. 8. RESOLUTION NO. 90-119 approving issuance of purchase order for City cost for oversized sanitary sewer for Stone Brooke Subdivision Fourth Addition. 9. RESOLUTION NO. 90-120 awarding a contract for a salt storage building to Dome Corporation of America in the amount of $52,375.00. 10. RESOLUTION NO. 90-121 accepting bids and awarding a contract for miscellaneous fleet vehicles in the amount of $125,101.53. 11. RESOLUTION NO. 90-122 approving preliminary plans and specifications for 1990 Asphalt Resurfacing, North Dakota & Ontario Reconstruction, and North Dakota Bikepath; setting May 16, 1990, as date to receive bids and May 22, 1990, as date of hearing and award of contract. 12. RESOLUTION NO. 90-123 approving preliminary plans and specifications for 1990 Footing Drain Collector Program No. One; setting May 16, 1990, as bid due date and May 22, 1990, as the date of hearing and award of contract. 13. RESOLUTION NO. 90-124 approving contract and bond of Dickinson Co. for 6th Street and Clark Avenue traffic signal installation. 14. RESOLUTION NO. 90-125 approving contract and bond of Manatt's, Inc. for 16th Street Reconstruction from Roosevelt to Ridgewood Avenue. 15. RESOLUTION NO. 90-126 approving contract and bond of Manatt's, Inc. for 20th Street Reconstruction from Northwestern Avenue to Ridgewood Avenue. 16. RESOLUTION NO. 90-127 approving City Council goals for 1990-91. Roll Call Vote 6-0. Resolutions declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor and hereby made a portion of these minutes. CERTIFICATION OF CIVIL SERVICE APPLICANTS: Moved by Hertz, seconded by Campbell, to approve certification of the list of Civil Service applicants for March. Vote on Motion 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. EASEMENT FOR 721 NORTHWESTERN: Betty Armstrong, 727 Northwestern, expressed her concerns about the proposed easement. Judy Dorr, 721 Northwestern, explained her reasons for wanting the easement and the steps she has taken to try to reach an agreement with the neighbor. Council Member Parks urged that an agreement between the neighbors be reached before the Council acts on the request. Moved by Wirth, seconded by Parks, to table the request for the approval of a parking easement at 721 Northwestern until Staff has met with the interested parties and an agreement has been reached. Vote on Motion 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. Moved by Wirth, seconded by Brown, to request Staff to provide more information to the Council on items such as this in the future. Vote on Motion 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. PUBLIC FORUM: Several individuals representing the Committee on Equality presented information pertaining to hate crimes and called for the formation of a local task force to combat the same. Cricket Sutkus, 244 Campus Avenue, spoke about hate crimes locally. Bjorn Stevens, 209 S. Oak, and Don Burger, a federal mediator from the Regional Community Relations Service of the Justice Department in Kansas City, provided the national perspective on hate crimes. Carly Tartekoff, 826 Hodge, Sidy Tandia, 18-A Schilletter Village, and Pete Gustafson, 210 S. Hyland, suggested further reasons for the formation of a task force as well as other ideas on how the public could become more educated about and aware of hate crimes. Moved by Brown, seconded by Parks, to refer the request from the Committee on Equality, to establish a task force on hate crimes, to Staff with a request for a recommendation to be brought back to the Council on May 22, 1990. Vote on Motion 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. Rita Edwards, Human Relations Commission, stated that the Commission will meet and prepare to bring their best recommendation back to the Council meeting on May 22, 1990. AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE AT HOSPITAL: Moved by Hoffman, seconded by Parks, to approve the request from Mary Greeley Medical Center for the lease of lobby space to First National Bank for an automatic teller machine. Vote on Motion 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. ENCROACHMENT PERMIT FOR 500 5TH STREET: Moved by Parks, seconded by Wirth, to approve the request for an encroachment permit from Mutual Benefit Life to allow the face of their building at 500 5th Street to extend 1-1/2" into the City right-of-way. Vote on Motion 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. HEARING ON LINCOLN WAY WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT: 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. 90-128 approving final plans and specifications and awarding a contract to Con-Struct, Inc. in the amount of $81,803.66 for the Lincoln Way Waterline Replacement Project from Beach Avenue to Ash Avenue. Roll Call Vote 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. HEARING ON 1990 STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM NO. 1: Mayor Curtis declared the hearing open. There were no comments and the hearing was declared closed. Moved by Wirth, seconded by Parks, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 90-129 approving final plans and specifications and awarding a contract to Con-Struct, Inc. in the amount of $11,481.10 for the 1990 Street Improvement Program No. 1. Roll Call Vote 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. HEARING ON 1990 JOINT SEALING PROGRAM: Mayor Curtis declared the hearing open. There were no comments and the hearing was declared closed. Moved by Hoffman, seconded by Parks, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 90-130 approving final plans and specifications and awarding a contract to PLS, Inc. in the amount of $28,633.50 for the 1990 Joint Sealing Program. Roll Call Vote 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. ORDINANCE ADOPTING ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SYSTEMS RULES: Moved by Campbell, seconded by Parks, to pass on third reading and adopt ORDINANCE NO. 3079 adopting 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. Roll Call Vote 6-0. Ordinance declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES AND FEES FOR ROAD RACES: Moved by Hoffman, seconded by Brown, to pass on second reading an ordinance establishing specific procedures and a fee for road races in the City. Roll Call Vote 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. ORDINANCE REVISING SPEED LIMITS ON 24TH STREET/R50: Moved by Parks, seconded by Brown, to pass on second reading an ordinance revising speed limits on 24th Street/R-50 from the Chicago North Western tracks west to 700 feet north of Northridge Parkway. Roll Call Vote 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING FOUR-WAY STOP INTERSECTION AT 20TH STREET AND NORTHWESTERN AVENUE: Moved by Hoffman, seconded by Parks, to pass on second reading an ordinance establishing a four-way stop intersection at 20th Street and Northwestern Avenue. Roll Call Vote 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. QUALITY OF LIFE BOND ISSUE: Moved by Brown, seconded by Wirth, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 90-131 approving the expenditure of $12,000 from the Contingency Fund to hire a consultant to develop a conceptual plan for a westside aquatic facility and soccer complex. Council Member Hoffman asked that the Council be provided with information about pools in other Iowa communities of similar size to Ames. Joe Stevens, Director of the Parks and Recreation Department, stated that a citizen committee and Parks and Recreation Department Staff would provide information to the consultant. Roll Call Vote 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. Moved by Parks, seconded by Brown, to request the Parks and Recreation Commission to reconvene the Homewood Golf Course Master Plan Committee to re-evaluate the Master Plan for Homewood Golf Course, focusing on the forested area of the plan to reduce the number of trees affected. Everett Ritland, 1120 Harding, stated that the clientele of Homewood Golf Course needs to be taken into consideration and that a difficult course is not needed there. Vote on Motion 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. SAFETY VILLAGE: This item concerning a Safety Village in Moore Park was pulled from the agenda. P-C PLAN AMENDMENT FOR PYLE OFFICE PARK, 515 GRAND: Moved by Parks, seconded by Brown, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 90-132 approving an amended P-C Plan for Pyle Office Park, 515 Grand Avenue, to allow installation of a satellite antenna toward the north end of the building. Roll Call Vote 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. 1990 STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM NO. 2: Moved by Campbell, seconded by Hoffman, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 90-133 approving the preliminary resolution for the 1990 Street Improvement Program No. 2. Roll Call Vote 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. Moved by Wirth, seconded by Parks, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 90-134 approving the preliminary plans and specifications for the 1990 Street Improvement Program No. 2. Roll Call Vote 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. Moved by Wirth, seconded by Brown, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 90-135 adopting the proposed resolution of necessity for the 1990 Street Improvement Program No. 2 and setting May 22, 1990, as the date of hearing. Roll Call Vote 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. STREET CLOSURES AND PARKING REGULATIONS FOR CITY HALL OPEN HOUSE: Moved by Wirth, seconded by Parks, to adopt RESOLUTION NO.90-136 closing Clark Avenue between Fifth and Sixth Streets from Friday afternoon, April 27, until Saturday, April 28 and directing Staff to not enforce parking regulations in the City Hall east and west lots and the Depot lot during the "Celebrate Ames" weekend. Roll Call Vote 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. AMES HIGH DRIVE: City Attorney Klaus reported on the status of Ames High Drive. The Council discussed possible steps that could be taken to deal with this street. Mayor Curtis suggested that he appoint Council Member Campbell and another council member to a liaison group for the purpose of meeting with representatives of the school administration to make a recommendation to the Council as to what should be done with Ames High Drive. GROUP UNIVERSAL LIFE INSURANCE: Jon-Scott Johnson, Risk Manager, explained the proposal for adding the opportunity for City employees to purchase group universal life insurance to the employees' benefit package. Council Member Brown expressed concerns about the proposal and suggested that employees be given a choice of either universal life insurance or deferred compensation. Moved by Parks, seconded by Brown, to incorporate the opportunity for City employees to purchase group universal life insurance into the employees' benefit package and to allow employees the choice between that and deferred compensation. Vote on Motion 6-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. HOSPITAL/MEDICAL SITE PLANNING ISSUES: The Council discussed concerns of Council Member Wirth, provided to them in a memorandum, dealing with Hospital/Medical Site Planning issues. Moved by Wirth, seconded by Hoffman, to refer Council Member Hoffman's requests concerning Hospital/Medical Site Planning issues, stated in her memorandum, to Staff. Moved by Campbell, seconded by Parks, to delete Item No. 2, dealing with expansion of the H- M Zone, from the memo referred to Staff. Vote on Motion 2-4. Voting Aye: Campbell and Parks. Voting Nay: Brown, Hertz, Hoffman, and Wirth. Motion declared denied. Vote on Motion 5-1. Voting Aye: Brown, Campbell, Hertz, Hoffman, and Wirth. Voting Nay: Parks. Motion declared carried. COMMENTS: Moved by Hoffman, seconded by Wirth, to refer a request from Howard Hammond concerning access across 4th Street to low rent housing on a flood plain to the Traffic Engineer. Vote on Motion 6-0. Motion declared carried. Council Member Hoffman asked that the issue of peak load at the Power Plant be looked into as soon as possible. Council Member Campbell left the meeting. Council Member Wirth suggested that neighborhood associations be encouraged to work with the City to increase the numbers of trees planted in the parkways. Moved by Parks, seconded by Brown, to reconsider Agenda Item No. 4, a motion to support ISU's request to the Regents to change speed limits on 13th Street from Stange Road east to the end of the flood plain. Vote on Motion 5-0. Motion declared carried. Moved by Parks, seconded by Brown, to table Agenda Item No. 4, a motion to support ISU's request to the Regents to change speed limits on 13th Street from Stange Road east to the end of the flood plain, until the university has a chance to study the situation. Vote on Motion 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. Moved by Parks, seconded by Brown, to direct Staff to look into the present traffic signalization and speed in the area of the new Cub Foods Store. Vote on Motion 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. Moved by Brown, seconded by Parks, to add the area of Wheeler Street to the previous motion. Vote on Motion 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. Moved by Parks, seconded by Brown, to hold a special City Council meeting at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, April 27, 1990, for the purpose of considering a change to the rules of the Water and Pollution Control Department concerning pipe. Vote on Motion 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m. ________________________________ _____________________________________ Nancy Dionigi, City Clerk Larry R. Curtis, Mayor