Annexation of former Borgmeyer farm property and other properties

Bronwyn's Council Preview

 

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MEETING OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL

The Ames City Council meeting is at 6:00 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.

• 9. Ansley Subdivision, Third Addition Final Plat. 
  This subdivision is located east of Cedar Lane, west of University Blvd and south of Oakwood Rd. This addition includes 15 single-family homes on just over 3 acres of land.
  
  
• 10. Resolution approving Ames Regional Economic Alliance agreement for FY 2025/26.
  This proposal would renew the City of Ames's annual financial investment of $175,000 in the Ames Regional Economic Alliance. ($115k goes toward business recruiting and marketing, and $60k is for the services of the City Business Development Coordinator.)
  
  
• 12. Resolution approving Cooperative Services Agreement with Prairie Rivers of Iowa RC & D (PRI) for the implementation of the 2021-2030 Story County Water Monitoring and Interpretation Plan in the amount of $56,740.
  For a number of years, the City has contracted with Prairie Rivers of Iowa to monitor water quality in the area. This year, because of new technology, they will focus especially on identifying the source of E Coli contaminations and ascertain whether it is human, bovine, or some other type of animal.
  
  
• 28. Hearing on Annexation of former Borgmeyer farm property and other properties along George W. Carver and Hyde Avenue, north of Ames' corporate limits.
  This large annexation (totaling over 230 acres) was first initiated in March of this year.
  
   
•   32. First passage of ordinance to comply with new state law regarding citizen review boards of police and repeal Ames Resident Police Advisory Committee (ARPAC).
  This year the State prohibited cities from having any type of citizen review board related to policing, so Ames is forced to repeal our ordinance establishing our police advisory committee.
  
  
• 34. First passage of ordinance relating to Fireworks.
  The State also passed a rule that says cities must allow fireworks on private property during the days surrounding the 4th of July and New Year's Eve. (We can still prohibit fireworks on public land, such as City parks, sidewalks, and right-of-ways.)
  
  

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.

Council Packet Summary

Thanks for reading,
Bronwyn Beatty-Hansen
Ames City Council, Ward 1