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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.
- 16. Resolution approving Professional Services Agreement with HDR Engineering, Inc. of Omaha, NE, for Storm Sewer System Analysis in the amount not to exceed $490,370
As part of developing our annual CIP (Capital Improvements Plan), the City has undertaken a storm sewer system analysis to identify areas of town that are most at risk of localized flooding during high volume rain events. Now that these areas have been identified, Council is being asked to approve a contract with an engineering consultant who will identify storm sewer improvements to be scheduled into the CIP. - 21. Resolution approving amendment to Second Supplemental Agreement for Public Improvements, Kingsbury Fifth Addition
This agreement involves a cost-share for paving a small piece of SE 3rd St. In the agreement Council is being asked to approve, the City will pay 50% of the cost of paving, and the two adjacent property owners will pay the other 50%.
- 22. Request to Initiate a Greenbriar Commercial Area Comprehensive Plan Amendment
This request involves the location of a convenience store node in a yet-to-be-developed area of north Ames. The staff report recommends approval, but mentions that the developer will need to submit a plan that matches the concept of RN-4 zoning (with a walkable neighborhood feel).
- 23. Fitch Family Indoor Aquatic Center Proposed Fees and Facility Hours Update
This staff report outlines a proposal for hours and fees for the new Fitch Family Aquatic center, and details how the two aquatic centers will work together to best utilize available staff. - 24. Hearing on Digital Billboard Lease Agreement on the western third of 731 Billy Sunday Road, Lot 3 with Lamar Advertising Company (continued from October 14, 2025)
This item involves the sale of some City property along Hwy 30 to Lamar Advertising for a digital billboard. This item has been continued for a number of Council meetings as final details were worked out between all parties. - 25. Hearing on FY 2023/24 Story County Edge of Field Project
This is a continuation of our "edge of field" projects in which the City and County partner with landowners to install buffers and bioreactors to slow down the flow of nutrients (nitrates and phosphorous) into our watershed.
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
