Digital Billboard Lease on City Property Along Highway 30

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YOU MAY VIEW THE MEETING ONLINE AT THE FOLLOWING SITES:
https://www.youtube.com/ameschannel12
https://www.cityofames.org/channel12
or watch the meeting live on Mediacom Channel 12

Usually some of the agenda items will have a period where members of the public may briefly speak to Council.
TO REACH THE MAYOR AND ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL:
Send email to MayorCouncil@AmesCityCouncil.org
(Note that emails to elected officials are generally subject to Iowa Open Records requests)

MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL

The Ames City Council meeting is at 5:15 p.m. at City Hall. The regular council meeting agenda includes the following. Note that you can generally click on individual agenda items below to get the full staff report or other explanation.

• 1. Council Budget Presentations:

  1. Public Art
  2. Arts Funding (COTA).
     The above report lists each art agency and their recommended funding for the upcoming year.
  3. Human Services (ASSET).
     Each ASSET human service agency's recommended funding is detailed in the above report, along with information about how much each funding parter (City, ISU Student Government, Story County, and United Way) contribute.
  4. Outside Funding Requests.
     Groups that aren't human services or art agencies can apply for regular funding through the City's outside funding process. This includes things like the Ames Historical Society, Ames Main Street, and the Hunziker Youth Sports Complex, just to name a few. Again, funding recommendations are listed above.
  5. Other Requests
     
     

• 2. Public Input on Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) and Budget.
  Council heard presentations on the CIP and Budget over the past few weeks, now is the time for public input on those documents. Following public input, Council will make final decisions on these.
  
  

• 3. Final Council Decisions

  1. Decision on General Fund Carryover Funding
  2. Amendments to 2025-2030 CIP
  3. Vote on motion to approve 2025-2030 CIP, as amended
  4. Amendments to FY 2024/25 Adjusted Budget
  5. Vote on motion to approve Adjusted Budget for FY 2024/25, as amended, including interfund transfers
  6. Amendments to proposed FY 2025/26 Budget
  7. Vote on motion to approve proposed budget for FY 2025/26, as amended, including interfund transfers
  8. Motion setting April 8, 2025, as date of final public hearing to adopt a property tax levy for FY 2025/26

•  23. Resolution reaffirming Resolution No. 16-717, the City's commitment to the Values of Equity, Fairness, Inclusion and Justice. 
  
  
•  24. Resolution approving updated City Council Values, Goals and Tasks for January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025.
  
  
• 25. Proposal for a Digital Billboard Lease on City Property Along Highway 30.

Communications to Council: The following items are requests and communications to Council that aren't published on the agenda, so we won't deliberate them substantially.This includes staff reports and communications or requests from constituents and developers. Typically, Council will ask city staff for more information, put the item on a future agenda for deliberation and possible action, or just accept the communication, taking no further action.

Thanks for reading,

Bronwyn Beatty-Hansen
Ames City Council, Ward 1

Ames City Council budget meetings

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YOU MAY VIEW THE MEETING ONLINE AT THE FOLLOWING SITES:
https://www.youtube.com/ameschannel12
https://www.cityofames.org/channel12
or watch the meeting live on Mediacom Channel 12

Usually some of the agenda items will have a period where members of the public may briefly speak to Council.
TO REACH THE MAYOR AND ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL:
Send email to MayorCouncil@AmesCityCouncil.org
(Note that emails to elected officials are generally subject to Iowa Open Records requests)

MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL

The Ames City Council budget meetings are Tuesday Feb 4th at 5:15pm, Wednesday Feb 5th at 5:15 and  Feb 6th at 5:15pm at  City Hall. The City Manager's letter to council is a good over view of the city's full Draft Program Budget.

The agendas below are referencing the City's Draft Program Budget document.

Over the next few days, Council will hear budget presentations from each of the City departments. The departments presenting each day are listed below:

• Agenda for Tuesday Feb 4th meeting.
  Library Services
  Utilities (Water, Sewer, Stormwater, Resource Recovery)
  Transportation (Streets, Parking, Airport, etc.)
  Fleet & Facilites
  Finance Department
  
  
• Agenda for Wednesday Feb 5th meeting
  Parks & Rec
  Right-of-Way Maintenance
  Utilities (Electric)
  Public Safety (Fire, Police, Animal Control, etc.)
  Parking Law Enforcement
  
  
• Agenda for Thursday Feb 6th meeting
  Transit
  General Governmental (HR, Risk Management, Council, City Clerk, Legal, Media Services, etc.)
  Community Development (Planning, HUD programs, etc.)

Bronwyn Beatty-Hansen
Ames City Council, Ward 1

Budget Overview for 2025/26

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https://www.cityofames.org/channel12
or watch the meeting live on Mediacom Channel 12

Usually some of the agenda items will have a period where members of the public may briefly speak to Council.
TO REACH THE MAYOR AND ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL:
Send email to MayorCouncil@AmesCityCouncil.org
(Note that emails to elected officials are generally subject to Iowa Open Records requests)

MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL

The Ames City Council meeting is Friday the 30th at 2:00 p.m. at City Hall. The council meeting agenda includes the following. Note that you can generally click on individual agenda items below to get the full staff report or other explanation.

• 3. Budget Overview for Recommended 2025/26 Fiscal Year.
  

Bronwyn Beatty-Hansen
Ames City Council, Ward 1

2025-2030 Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) public input.

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YOU MAY VIEW THE MEETING ONLINE AT THE FOLLOWING SITES:
https://www.youtube.com/ameschannel12
https://www.cityofames.org/channel12
or watch the meeting live on Mediacom Channel 12

Usually some of the agenda items will have a period where members of the public may briefly speak to Council.
TO REACH THE MAYOR AND ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL:
Send email to MayorCouncil@AmesCityCouncil.org
(Note that emails to elected officials are generally subject to Iowa Open Records requests)

MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL

The Ames City Council meeting is at 5:15 p.m. at City Hall. The regular council meeting agenda includes the following. Note that you can generally click on individual agenda items below to get the full staff report or other explanation.

• 8. Resolution assessing $2,788.42, current charges accumulated under the Dangerous Building Declaration, to the property located at 3323 Tripp Street per Municipal Code Section 5.407.
  
  
• 13. 2025-2030 Capital Improvements Plan. Staff presented this information to Council last week, this time is reserved for public input on the CIP.

• 14. Resolution authorizing City staff to establish two City of Ames Climate Action Grants Programs with an allocation of up to $70,000.
  
  
• 15. Resolution authorizing City staff to apply for 2025-26 Green Iowa AmeriCorps host site status.
  
  
• 16. Resolution authorizing City staff to participate in the Energy Ready suite of programs.
  
  
• 17. Fitch Family Indoor Aquatic Center Monthly Update.
  
  
• 18. Resolution approving Downtown Facade Grant Program Updates related to Other/Rear Facade and Maintenance Activities for Historic Buildings.
  
  
• 21. Hearing on text amendments to Chapter 29 Article 12 Floating Zones Lot and Block Design Requirements related to Low Impact and Conservation Subdivisions.
  

Bronwyn Beatty-Hansen
Ames City Council, Ward 1

Bronwyn's Council Preview

 

YOU MAY VIEW THE MEETING ONLINE AT THE FOLLOWING SITES:
https://www.youtube.com/ameschannel12
https://www.cityofames.org/channel12
or watch the meeting live on Mediacom Channel 12

Usually some of the agenda items will have a period where members of the public may briefly speak to Council.
TO REACH THE MAYOR AND ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL:
Send email to MayorCouncil@AmesCityCouncil.org
(Note that emails to elected officials are generally subject to Iowa Open Records requests)

MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL

The Ames City Council meeting is at 5:15 p.m. at City Hall. The regular council meeting agenda includes the following. Note that you can generally click on individual agenda items below to get the full staff report or other explanation.

• 1. Staff presentation of recommended five-year Capital Improvements Plan (CIP).
  This annual presentation begins our budgeting process. Tomorrow night will be informational presentations, Council will not be asked to make any decisions until budget wrap-up in February. The City Managers letter to the Council and Mayor is a good summery of the CIP.
  

Communications to Council: The following items are requests and communications to Council that aren't published on the agenda, so we won't deliberate them substantially.This includes staff reports and communications or requests from constituents and developers. Typically, Council will ask city staff for more information, put the item on a future agenda for deliberation and possible action, or just accept the communication, taking no further action.

• none this week

Bronwyn Beatty-Hansen
Ames City Council, Ward 1

Voluntary Annexation in North Ames

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YOU MAY VIEW THE MEETING ONLINE AT THE FOLLOWING SITES:
https://www.youtube.com/ameschannel12
https://www.cityofames.org/channel12
or watch the meeting live on Mediacom Channel 12

Usually some of the agenda items will have a period where members of the public may briefly speak to Council.
TO REACH THE MAYOR AND ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL:
Send email to MayorCouncil@AmesCityCouncil.org
(Note that emails to elected officials are generally subject to Iowa Open Records requests)

MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL

The Ames City Council meeting is at 6 p.m. at City Hall. The regular council meeting agenda includes the following. Note that you can generally click on individual agenda items below to get the full staff report or other explanation.

• 26. Energy Audit for City of Ames buildings.
  One of the first implementation steps of the City's Climate Action Plan involves retrofitting municipal buildings. This agenda item involves hiring a consultant to help us determine which projects on City buildings can provide the most climate value for the cost. 
  
  
• 27. Resolution approving the reallocation of $11,250 towards Homelessness Outreach.
  Recently, Council had allocated $15k to go towards convening service providers and also conducting outreach with homeless populations. The City is now suggesting moving forward with an outreach team that consists of ARCH (Alternative Resources for Community Health), the Ames PD Mental Health Advocate, and a Mary Greeley Medical Center social worker. The $11,250 remaining from the original $15,000 will be directed to this purpose.
  
  
• 28. Staff Report on Community-wide Inclusion Plan Models.
  Staff have provided a review of other communities approaches to inclusion plans. At this time, staff recommend continuing to work on fostering deeper connections with underrepresented populations, but they suggest that hiring a consultant to do a further Study or Plan may not be needed at this time.
  
  
• 29. Request for Initiation of Voluntary Annexation Within North Ames of Multiple Properties Generally Between George W. Carver Avenue and Hyde Avenue.
  A large piece of land north of Ames is now requesting annexation, and Council will be asked to decide if the City should also pursue annexing non-consenting land as part of an "80/20" annexation. (In Iowa, up to 20% non-consenting property can be annexed as part of an annexation to prevent the creation of islands of county property within a City, and for uniform borders.)
  
  
  
• 30. Workiva Economic Development Agreement Employment Calculation.
  In 2013, the State of Iowa and the City of Ames provided an incentive to Workiva on the condition that they would create 700 jobs. Workiva is reporting the creation of 164 jobs within the state, well short of their initial pledge of 700. The original agreement with the City said jobs "in Ames", but Council is being asked to consider all jobs created within the state toward this total. Given this shortfall, Workiva will pay back $1.42 million in previously abated tax.
  
  
• 31. Animal Shelter Relocation Project Update.
  This is a very exciting development in the City's need for an updated Animal Control facility. Staff learned late last year that the former Eagle's Loft daycare building (north on Dayton) might be available for purchase. This building and site have a lot of potential, so a design consultant will provide an estimate to Council within the next month on the cost and process to relocate the Animal Shelter to this site.
  
  
• 33. Hearing on Text Amendments to Chapter 23 Conservation Subdivision Ordinance.
  Back in November, Council directed staff to bring back changes to the the ordinance that governs development in the Ada Hayden watershed. Most notably, a requirement for 80% of lots in a given development to abut open space was removed and the requirement for set-aside open space in developments was reduced from 25% to 10%. Staff recommend adding some language requiring stormwater management practices that reduce certain pollutants before they flow into Ada Hayden.
  
  
• 38. Resource Recovery and Recycling Campus Location Updates.
  Ames is moving forward with a plan to decommission the current Resource Recovery plant, and build a waste sorting, recycling, and transfer center. A few potential locations are listed by staff, and Council is being asked to consider them or suggest any other potential locations to pursue.

Communications to Council: The following items are requests and communications to Council that aren't published on the agenda, so we won't deliberate them substantially.This includes staff reports and communications or requests from constituents and developers. Typically, Council will ask city staff for more information, put the item on a future agenda for deliberation and possible action, or just accept the communication, taking no further action.

• EV charging stations .
  
• Ames-US30 ,
  
• Ames-I35 .
  
• Ames resolution request.
  

Ames City Council, Ward 1
Bronwyn Beatty-Hansen

Special Meeting: Goal Update Session

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TO REACH THE MAYOR AND ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL:
Send email to MayorCouncil@AmesCityCouncil.org
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MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL

Special Meeting of the Ames City Council: Goal Update Session

The Ames City Council meeting is on Saturday, January 11 8:30am at the Ames Water Treatment Plant East Conference Room 1800 E 13th Street. 

Every year, Council gets together in January to review goals set the previous year, measure progress, and update goals for the current year. The agenda will be linked to here when it is made available by the city.

Bronwyn Beatty-Hansen
Ames City Council, Ward 1