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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Regular Meeting of the Ames City Council 11/13/1990MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL AMES, IOWA NOVEMBER 13, 1990 The Ames City Council met in regular session at 7:00 p.m. on November 13, 1990, in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, 515 Clark Avenue, pursuant to law. Mayor Curtis presided at the meeting and the following Council Members were present: Campbell, Hertz, Hoffman, Parks, and Wirth. Council Member Brown was absent. BIKE PATH MASTER PLAN: Scott Logan, Traffic Engineer, presented highlights of the Bike Path Master Plan which was developed jointly by Staff and members of the Ames/ISU Bicycle Committee. He emphasized goals and objectives, routes, funding, and development phasing. Mr. Logan pointed out that the Staff and Bicycle Committee Members had differences of opinions on how the routes should be phased for development. Dennis Jones, Chairman of the Ames/ISU Bicycle Committee, further explained these differences. Wayne Hauber, 3337 Southdale Drive, urged the Council to provide for earlier development of the proposed bike paths to the Southdale area and to Dayton Road than what is recommended by Staff. Ingrid Moore, 619 Meadow Place, supported the development plans suggested by the Bicycle Committee and asked that a path to the Southdale area be moved ahead on the priority list. Moved by Parks, seconded by Hoffman, to accept the report on the Bike Path Master Plan and file it. Vote on Motion: 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. JAPANESE DELEGATION: Mayor Curtis introduced and presented gifts to Toichi Ono and Minoru Hagihara, representatives from Enzan City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, who were visiting Ames to initiate a Sister City relationship between Ames and Enzan City. NATIONAL YOUNG READERS' DAY: Mayor Curtis presented a proclamation to George Lawson, Library Director, proclaiming National Young Readers' Day in Ames. AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK: Mayor Curtis presented a proclamation to Cal Halliburton, President of the Ames Education Association, proclaiming American Education Week in Ames. MERIT SHOP CONSTRUCTION AWARD: Harold Pike of Harold Pike Construction presented a Merit Shop Construction Award to Mayor Curtis from the Associated Builders and Contractors of Iowa for the Ames City Hall and Community Center as constructed by Harold Pike Construction. CONSENT AGENDA: Two items were pulled from the Consent Agenda for separate consideration. Moved by Parks, seconded by Hoffman, to approve the following items on the Consent Agenda. 1. Motion to approve payment of claims. 2. Motion to approve renewal of the following beer and liquor licenses: (a) Class C Beer Permit - Kwik Shop, 715 24th St. (b) Class B Beer Permit - Ruttles, 531 S. Duff Avenue. 3. Motion to set January 8 & 22 and February 5 & 26 as regular City Council meeting dates and February 9, 12, 13, 14 & 16, 1991, as Budget Hearing dates. 4. Motion to approve certification of Civil Service applicants. 5. Motion to approve encroachment agreement for property located at 404 Main Street. 6. Motion to approve encroachment agreement for property located at 105Welch Avenue. 7. Motion to approve encroachment agreement for property located at 114 Welch Avenue. 8. Motion to set November 27, 1990, as date of public hearing to consider an amendment to Section 31.11 of Chapter 31 of the Municipal Code to allow administrative approval of selected applications for Certificates of Appropriateness. 9. RESOLUTION NO. 90-379 approving appointment of William Carter to Fire and Police Retirement System Boards of Trustees. 10. RESOLUTION NO. 90-380 confirming appointment of Chris Reynolds to Ames/ISU Bicycle Committee. 11. RESOLUTION NO. 90-381 approving final plat of Third Addition to Sondrol's Subdivision. 12. RESOLUTION NO. 90-382 approving change order with Con-Struct, Inc. for Lincoln Way and South Dakota Intersection improvements. 13. RESOLUTION NO. 90-383 approving change order with Manatt's, Inc. for 16th Street Rehabilitation Project from Ridgewood to Roosevelt. 14. RESOLUTION NO. 90-384 accepting sanitary sewer main extension across Lincoln Way just east of Skunk River. 15. RESOLUTION NO. 90-385 approving and adopting Supplement No. 1 to the Ames Municipal Code, 1990. 16. RESOLUTION NO. 90-386 accepting bids and awarding contracts to Herman Brown Co. and Mid-States Ford for purchase of vacuum type street sweeper and new truck chassis. 17. RESOLUTION NO. 90-387 proposing sale of public right-of-way adjacent to 447 Westwood Drive and setting date of hearing for November 27, 1990. 18. RESOLUTION NO. 90-388 renewing contract for Non-Domestic Waste Pretreatment Program for Industrial Plating Company. 19. RESOLUTION NO. 90-389 approving release of mortgage for Della Baker, 1217 N. 3rd Street. 20. RESOLUTION NO. 90-390 approving contract and bond of Con-Struct, Inc. for construction of 1990 Street Improvement Program No. 4. Vote on Motion: 5-0. Resolutions declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MINUTES: Council Member Hertz stated that the minutes of the regular City Council meeting on October 23, 1990, needed to be amended to correctly state the results of two of the votes taken after the hearing on rezoning Prairie View West. The minutes should read as follows. "Moved by Parks, seconded by Wirth, to rezone the subject property from R-3 to R-2. Vote on Motion: 3-3. Voting Aye: Hertz, Parks, and Wirth. Voting Nay: Brown, Campbell, and Hoffman. Motion failed. Moved by Brown, seconded by Campbell, to rezone the subject property from R-3 to R1-6. Vote on Motion: 4-2. Voting Aye: Brown, Campbell, Hertz, and Hoffman. Voting Nay: Parks and Wirth. Motion failed because five votes were needed as the result of a protest having been filed." Moved by Hertz, seconded by Parks, to approve the minutes of the regular meeting on October 23, 1990, as amended and the minutes of the special meetings on October 31 and November 6, 1990, as written. Vote on Motion: 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. JOINT MEETING WITH HOSPITAL BOARD: Moved by Campbell, seconded by Wirth, to hold a joint meeting with the Hospital Board of Trustees at 7:30 p.m. on November 20, 1990, in the Public Library. Vote on Motion: 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. PUBLIC FORUM: No one appeared for this portion of the meeting. WINE PERMIT FOR HY-VEE FOOD STORE: Moved by Wirth, seconded by Parks, to approve a new application for a Class B Wine Permit for Hy-Vee Food Store for a holiday stand in North Grand Mall. HEARING ON REZONING BANDSHELL NEIGHBORHOOD: Mayor Curtis declared the hearing open. Kay Wall, 1005 Kellogg, urged the Council to be responsive to the requests of the citizens of the Bandshell Neighborhood. Mary and Harvey Terpstra, 223 E. 6th St., asked for the whole subject area to be rezoned from R-3 to R-2. Bill Cobb, 508 Carroll, spoke in favor of downzoning. Ed Hendrickson, 1920 Paulson, presented a petition against downzoning which he said was signed by 30% of the landowners in the subject area. Dale Rahfeldt, 511 Crawford, said that he was in favor of downzoning to preserve single family housing stock. Jim Sorenson, 324 E. 7th St., spoke in opposition to rezoning because of the housing need in Ames. Peggy Murdock, 823 Carroll, appeared in favor of downzoning. Brian Ford, 1539 Meadowlane, owner of property at 622 Duff, asked that his property on Duff as well as all other properties along Duff between 6th and 7th Streets be excluded from rezoning. Bruce Greenfield, Vice President with United Bank and Trust, presented the request from the bank that their property located at 722 Crawford be left zoned R-3. John Saks, 915 Maxwell Avenue, supported downzoning in the area to keep down traffic. Lee Himan, 522 Carroll, Barb Cobb, 508 Carroll, and Harvey Terpstra, 223 E. 6th Street, further emphasized reasons for downzoning the Bandshell Neighborhood area to R-2. Mayor Curtis declared the hearing closed. Brian O'Connell, Director of Planning and Housing, discussed each of the seven alternatives for zoning in Bandshell Neighborhood. He pointed out that the Planning and Zoning Commission and Staff recommend that a large portion of the subject area be downzoned to R-2 and that the area east of the houses fronting Carroll Avenue on the east side remain zoned R-3. Moved by Parks to pass on first reading an ordinance downzoning a portion of the Bandshell Neighborhood area to R-2 and retaining the R-3 zoning for a portion of the area as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission. The motion failed for lack of a second. Moved by Wirth, seconded by Hertz, to refer back to Staff the Neighborhood Association's Option 3 for rezoning. Vote on Motion: 2-3. Voting Aye: Hertz and Wirth. Voting Nay: Campbell, Hoffman, and Parks. Motion failed. Moved by Hoffman, seconded by Campbell, to refer back to Staff the Neighborhood Association's Option 4 for rezoning. Vote on Motion: 4-1. Voting Aye: Campbell, Hertz, Hoffman, and Wirth. Voting Nay: Parks. Motion declared carried. Moved by Campbell, seconded by Hoffman, to refer back to Staff Option 7 for rezoning as developed by Staff. Vote on Motion: 4-1. Voting Aye: Campbell, Hertz, Hoffman, and Wirth. Voting Nay: Parks. Motion declared carried. Moved by Parks, seconded by Campbell, to refer back to Staff the option for rezoning recommended by Staff and the Planning and Zoning Commission. Vote on Motion: 3-2. Voting Aye: Campbell, Hoffman, and Parks. Voting Nay: Hertz and Wirth. Motion declared carried. Moved by Parks, seconded by Campbell, to table the item on the agenda dealing with an amendment to the LUPP for Bandshell Neighborhood. Vote on Motion: 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. HEARING ON AMENDMENT TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE: Mayor Curtis declared the hearing open. There were no comments and the hearing was declared closed. Moved by Hoffman, seconded by Campbell, to pass on first reading an ordinance amending the Historic Preservation Ordinance in regards to Certificates of Appropriateness in the alteration area. Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. HEARING ON VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS: Mayor Curtis declared the hearing open. There were no comments and the hearing was declared closed. Moved by Parks, seconded by Wirth, to pass on first reading an ordinance making a technical amendment to Section 29.28 of the Zoning Ordinance relating to visibility at intersections. Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. HEARING ON REZONING LAND WEST OF FIRST ADDITION TO PRAIRIE VIEW SUBDIVISION: Mayor Curtis declared the hearing open. Nate Burnham, acting as spokesperson for the people living along Prairie View East, spoke in opposition to the area west of them being rezoned to R-2 and requested that it be rezoned instead to R1-6. He said that they would also support rezoning to R-2 in the north and R1-6 in the south. Nancy Seitz, representative of Midland Residential Ventures from Topeka, Kansas, distributed proposed site plans for the subject area. She said that the site plan conforms to R-2 zoning in the north and R1-6 in the south in density requirements. She requested that the Council table this item for two weeks to allow her time to develop a PUD plan. Paul Popelka, from Engineering Plus, explained that it was the understanding of the developers that Staff would oppose drawing an arbitrary line across the subject property prior to the time that proposed property lines are established. He said that that line would be much clearer when the PUD is complete. It was the preference of the Council Members that they would rather get the rezoning issue out of the way and have the developers bring the PUD in at a later date. Ms. Seitz withdrew her request for tabling. There were no further comments and the hearing was declared closed. Moved by Hertz, seconded by Campbell, to pass on first reading an ordinance rezoning the north 468 feet of the area generally referred to as Prairie View West to R-2 (Low-Density Residential), and that the remaining portion of the site be rezoned to R1-6 (Low-Density Residential). Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. HEARING ON REVOCATION OF ELECTRICIAN LICENSE: Mayor Curtis declared the hearing open. Jon Diller, Chairman of the Electrical Board of Examiners, explained the Board's recommendation to revoke James Barkwill's electrician license. Mayor Curtis declared the hearing closed. Moved by Wirth, seconded by Campbell, to accept the recommendation of the Electrical Board of Examiners to revoke the electrician license of James Barkwill. Vote on Motion: 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. ORDINANCE REZONING FIRST ADDITION TO PRAIRIE VIEW SUBDIVISION: Moved by Campbell, seconded by Wirth, to pass on second reading an ordinance rezoning lots along Prairie View East in the First Addition to Prairie View Subdivision from R-3 to R-2 in the north portion and R1-6 in the south portion. Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. ORDINANCE REZONING 100 BLOCK OF CAMPUS AVENUE: Moved by Parks, seconded by Wirth, to pass on third reading and adopt ORDINANCE NO. 3105 rezoning the properties generally located in the 100 block of Campus Avenue east of the Campus Avenue right-of-way from R-3 (Medium-Density Residential) to R-4 (High-Density Residential). Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Ordinance declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. HEARTLAND CHEMICALS: Moved by Hoffman, seconded by Campbell, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 90-391 approving Amendment No. 1 to the EDSA contract between the City of Ames and the Iowa Department of Economic Development on behalf of Heartland Chemicals, Inc. thus extending the contract for one year. Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. SURVEY OF HISTORIC RESOURCES: Moved by Wirth, seconded by Hoffman, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 90-392 approving the proposed Scope of Services and contract with Dunbar/Jones for the Survey of Historic Resources in Ames. Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. P-C PLAN AMENDMENT FOR NFO: Moved by Hoffman, seconded by Campbell, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 90-393 approving an amended P-C Plan to allow construction of a mural, walk, and flagpoles at the National Farmers Organization Headquarters located at 2505 Elwood Drive. Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. KRIEG BOYS PACKAGED ICE: Moved by Campbell, seconded by Hoffman, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 90-394 approving a request for an amendment to the CDBG/EDSA contract between the City of Ames, Iowa, and the Iowa Department of Economic Development on behalf of Krieg Boys Packaged Ice, Inc. to extend the contract for one year. Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. SIDEWALK SAFETY PROGRAM: Moved by Parks, seconded by Hoffman, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 90-395 adopting the Sidewalk Safety Program as submitted and directing Staff to implement it beginning in 1991. Paul Wiegand, Director of Public Works, explained the program. Ivan Palmateer, 1532 Duff Avenue, pointed out several changes he would like to have made in the program. Moved by Parks, seconded by Wirth, to amend the guideline to be employed for determining hazardous sidewalks to state that two or more cracks in a panel have to have a 1/4" opening rather than a 1/8" opening. Vote on Amendment: 5-0. Amendment declared carried unanimously. Roll Call Vote on Amended Motion: 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. PARKING METER MAP: Moved by Hoffman, seconded by Campbell, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 90-396 approving changes to the parking meter durations along 5th Street and Kellogg Avenue, and in the east parking lot of City Hall. Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. GREEN HILLS STORM SEWER REHABILITATION PROJECT: Moved by Parks, seconded by Campbell, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 90-397 approving preliminary plans and specifications for the Green Hills Storm Sewer Rehabilitation, and setting December 5, 1990 as bid due date and December 11, 1990, as date for award of contract. Roll Call Vote: 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. COMMENTS: Council Member Wirth checked on the progress of the issue of limiting the size of group homes which was referred to Staff by the Council. City Manager Schainker stated that it was being worked on by Staff but was not complete. Council Member Wirth said that she did not wish to increase the priority placed on that issue. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 10:50 p.m. ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Nancy Dionigi, City Clerk Larry R. Curtis, Mayor