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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Regular Meeting of the Ames City Council 09/26/1989MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL AMES, IOWA SEPTEMBER 26, 1989 The Ames City Council met in regular session at 7:30 p.m. on September 26, 1989, in the Council Chambers of the City Administration Building, 621 Main Street, pursuant to law with Mayor F. Paul Goodland presiding and the following members present: Brown, Campbell, Hoffman, Parks, and Thurston. Council Member Curtis was absent. HANDICAP AWARENESS MONTH: Mayor Goodland presented a proclamation to Ron Grooms and John TenPas proclaiming October as National Disability Employment Awareness Month. FINANCE AWARD: Mayor Goodland presented a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to Alice Carroll, Finance Director. LUPUS AWARENESS MONTH: Mayor Goodland presented a proclamation to Connie Litzell proclaiming October as Lupus Awareness Month. CONSENT AGENDA: Moved by Campbell, seconded by Parks to approve the following items on the Consent Agenda. 1. Motion to approve minutes of the meeting of September 12, 1989. 2. Motion to approve payment of claims totalling $2,497,041.50. 3. Motion to approve renewal of the following beer & liquor licenses: (a) Class C Liquor License - Wallaby's Grille, 3720 West Lincoln Way. (b) Class E Beer Permit - Drugtown, 3700 West Lincoln Way. (c) Class E Beer Permit - Save-U-More, 538 South Duff. (d) Class E Beer Permit - Hy-Vee Food Store, 3600 West Lincoln Way. (e) Class B Beer Permit - Long John Silver's Seafood, 533 Lincoln Way. (f) Class C Liquor License - Cy's Lounge, 119 Main. (g) Class C Beer Permit - Arnie's Petro Palace, 821 Lincoln Way. 4. Motion to set October 10, 1989, at 6:00 p.m. as date and time of City Council workshop on Human Services Funding. 5. Motion to approve banner placement application for United Way. 6. Motion to receive and file Investment Policies and Procedures Plan for Retirement Systems. 7. RESOLUTION NO. 89-323 confirming appointment of Linda Powell as GSB representative to Transit Board of Trustees. 8. RESOLUTION NO. 89-324 approving contract and bond of David Soukup Construction for addition to Emergency Residence Project Facility. 9. RESOLUTION NO. 89-325 awarding a contract for a truck chassis to Mid-States Ford Truck Sales in the amount of $13,992.42 and for a utility body and articulating aerial device to Truck Equipment, Inc. in the amount of $25,739.00 for Public Works, Traffic Division. 10. RESOLUTION NO. 89-326 awarding a contract for resurfacing of Inis Grove Tennis courts to Illowa Investment, Inc. in the amount of $15,548. 11. RESOLUTION NO. 89-327 approving preliminary plans and specifications for South Loop Electric Improvements Project Completion; setting October 17, 1989, as date to receive bids and October 24, 1989, as date of hearing and award of contract. 12. RESOLUTION NO. 89-328 approving preliminary plans and specifications for Power Plant Locker Room & conference Room Renovation Project; setting October 18, 1989, as date to receive bids and October 24, 1989, as date of hearing and award of contract. 13. RESOLUTION NO. 89-329 approving amendment to CIP for installation of infield mix/irrigation on diamonds at River Valley Softball Complex. 14. RESOLUTION NO. 89-330 approving FAUS agreement for rehabilitation of Lincoln Way from Beach to Hayward. 15. RESOLUTION NO. 89-331 approving FAUS agreement for reconstruction of 20th Street from Ridgewood to Northwestern. 16. RESOLUTION NO. 89-332 approving FAUS agreement for reconstruction of 16th Street from Ridgewood to Roosevelt. 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. NEW BEER PERMIT FOR SUKOTHAI, 223 WELCH AVENUE: Moved by Thurston, seconded by Hoffman, to approve a new Class B Beer Permit for Sukothai, 223 Welch Avenue. Vote on Motion 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. ENCROACHMENT PERMIT FOR COST CUTTERS, 111 WELCH: Moved by Campbell, seconded by Parks, to approve an encroachment permit for a canopy at Cost Cutters, 111 Welch Avenue. Vote on Motion 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. VACATION OF ALLEY NEAR DAILY TRIBUNE: Mayor Goodland declared the hearing open. There were no comments and the hearing was declared closed. Moved by Hoffman, seconded by Brown, to pass on first reading an ordinance vacating the remaining unvacated portion of the north/south alley in Block 9, Original Town of Ames, Iowa. Roll Call Vote 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. Moved by Parks, seconded by Thurston, to waive the rules required for the passing of an ordinance. Roll Call Vote 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. Moved by Thurston, seconded by Parks, to pass on second and third readings and adopt ORDINANCE NO. 3060 vacating the remaining unvacated portion of the north/south alley in Block 9, Original Town of Ames, Iowa. Roll Call Vote 5-0. Ordinance declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. Moved by Parks, seconded by Hoffman, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 89-333 authorizing conveyance of the north/south alley in Block 9, Original Town of Ames, Iowa, to The Daily Tribune at a cost of $10,800 with the retention of a utility easement. Roll Call Vote 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. CHILDREN'S POOL IN BROOKSIDE PARK: Mayor Goodland declared the hearing open. There were no comments and the hearing was declared closed. Moved by Campbell, seconded by Brown, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 89-334 finally approving plans and specifications and awarding a contract for the construction of a children's pool in Brookside Park to Stenberg Concrete Construction, Inc. of Ames, Iowa, in the amount of $25,946.00. Roll Call Vote 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. LABORATORY EQUIPMENT FOR WPC PLANT;: Mayor Goodland declared the hearing open. There were no comments and the hearing was declared closed. Moved by Brown, seconded by Hoffman, to receive and file the bids for laboratory equipment for the WPC Plant and to delay the award of contract. Vote on Motion 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. CABLE TV WIRING AND EQUIPMENT FOR CITY HALL: Mayor Goodland declared the hearing open. There were no comments and the hearing was declared closed. Moved by Parks, seconded by Brown, to receive and file the report of bids and to authorize Staff to separate the project into two separate projects: one for wiring materials; and one for installation, using informal bidding procedures, and with neither project to exceed $25,000. Vote on Motion 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. OLD TOWN HISTORIC PRESERVATION DISTRICT: Moved by Parks, seconded by Brown, to pass on second reading an ordinance approving a Historic Preservation District as proposed by the Old Town Historic Committee. Vote on Motion 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. Moved by Hoffman, seconded by Parks, to pass on second reading an ordinance adopting the Design Guidelines for Historic Preservation and the Design Criteria for the Old Town Area. Vote on Motion 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. CONTRACT AMENDMENT NO. 12 FOR WPC PLANT: Moved by Brown, seconded by Parks, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 89-335 approving Contract Amendment No. 12 with Rieke Carroll Muller Associates, Inc. for the Facilities Plan Addendum at a cost not to exceed $61,146 and authorizing the City Manager to sign on behalf of the City. Roll Call Vote 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. FINAL PLAT FOR NORTHRIDGE PARKWAY SUBDIVISION: This item was pulled from the agenda. ESCROW AGREEMENT FOR RETAINAGE ON AIRPORT RUNWAY EXTENSION PROJECT: Moved by Hoffman, seconded by Campbell, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 89-336 approving the request from Manatt's, Inc. to establish an escrow agreement for the 5% retainage on the contract for the Airport Runway Extension Project. Roll Call Vote 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. P-C PLAN FOR APARTMENT & OFFICE BUILDING AT 608 & 612 DOUGLAS: Moved by Brown, seconded by Campbell, to deny approval of the P-C plan at 608 and 612 Douglas Avenue. Keith Hoffman, 3411 Madison Court, developer of the proposed apartment and office building at 608 and 612 Douglas, explained his P-C plan in detail and told the Council of the enhancements that the development would provide for the neighborhood. The Council discussed the requirements of the P-C zone. Don Smith, owner of an office building on the north side of the proposed project, stated his concerns about the proposed setbacks on the project property and about his building being cast in shadow if Mr. Hoffman's project is built. Council Members Brown and Campbell withdrew their motion. Moved by Brown, seconded by Campbell, to refer the request to Staff for them to come back with specific recommendations on setbacks and landscaping after meeting and negotiating with some of the adjoining property owners and Mr. Hoffman. Setback reductions and height reductions to allow sunlight should be considered. Vote on Motion 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. APPLICATION FOR 27 SECTION 8 EXISTING HOUSING UNITS: Moved by Campbell, seconded by Thurston, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 89-337 approving the submission of the application for 27 one-bedroom Section 8 existing units to the Department of Housing and Urban Development subject to the public hearing comments and setting October 10, 1989, as the date of public hearing. Roll Call Vote 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. HOUSING REQUIREMENTS: Moved by Brown, seconded by Parks, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 89-338 affirming the City's compliance with Section 403A.5 of the Iowa Code and Section 213(c) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 per HUD's submittal requirements for additional Section 8 existing housing units. Roll Call Vote 5-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and hereby made a portion of these minutes. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT: Bob Kindred, Assistant City Manager, and Jim Carroll, from the Howard R. Greene Company, explained the major issues addressed in the preliminary final draft of the Part I: Solid Waste Management Plan developed by the Howard R. Greene Company. Al Joensen, 1717 24th Street, informed the Council of state grant monies available in this area. Victoria Kinert, 10th Street, advocated the banning of styrofoam products in Ames. Council Member Hoffman requested that the report on solid waste be refined to make it more localized and that the public education program aspect of the report be expanded. Mayor Goodland left the meeting after appointing John Parks as temporary Mayor Pro Tem. Moved by Parks, seconded by Hoffman, to approve the guidelines set forth in the preliminary final draft of the Part I: Solid Waste Management Plan. Vote on Motion 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. Moved by Brown, seconded by Parks, to direct Staff to set up a meeting with Story County Mayors and other interested groups to discuss the guidelines for solid waste management. Vote on Motion 5-0. Motion declared carried unanimously. COMMENTS: Council Member Campbell expressed concern about the flow of information from the Planning and Housing Commission to the City Council. Council Member Brown suggested that the Council take a look at the Hammer Amendment to see if it is still relevant. She also asked for an update concerning the review of the Building Code and suggested holding a workshop on the matter. Also, she reminded Staff that she still has concerns about a residential parking permit and problems with addressing properties in Ames. Council Member Hoffman requested that a handicapped parking space be constructed toward the east end of the parking lot south of Main Street. She also suggested that a stronger sign ordinance be considered for Ames. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 9:08 p.m. _____________________________________ ______________________________________ Nancy Dionigi, City Clerk F. Paul Goodland, Mayor