Airport Renaming and Waste Collection
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The Ames City Council meets on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall. The agenda includes the following (and much more). Note that you can generally click on individual agenda items below to get the full staff report or other explanation.
- 30. Discussion on Proposed Renaming of the Ames Municipal Airport after J.H. Banning.
Council is considering a new name for our airport, currently just called the "Ames Municipal Airport". The new proposed name is the James Herman Banning Ames Municipal Airport, after J.H. Banning, who lived in Ames for a time and was the first black aviator to be licensed by the Department of Commerce. - 31. Community Conversations on Mental Health Issues.
An ever increasing need in our community, mental health is the subject of a series of city-sponsored "Community Conversations" which are meant to raise awareness and resiliency in regards to mental healthcare. Council is being asked to allocate $5,000 in funding from our Council contingency fund for this purpose. - 32. Staff report on Organized Solid Waste Collection.
Council directed staff to look into options for waste collection in Ames, and staff are reporting back on what the options are for Ames, both in terms of feasibility and legality (differences in state laws regarding waste hauling regulation and business regulation). Currently, Ames has a system where any waste hauler that can obtain a permit can service any customer on any day of the week. As you might imagine, this can lead to a LOT of garbage truck traffic that could be made more efficient by a more organized system of collection. A few options are available, such as starting municipal service or contracting out service within Ames through a bidding process, like most other cities of our size do. This has big implications for our Climate Action Plan, as waste collection and disposal has a big impact on emissions. On a related note, the City is also undergoing a waste-to-energy audit, which will give us suggestions for improvements to the Resource Recovery Plant. Those results, as well as the Climate Action Plan itself, will be presented to Council in the coming months. - 35. Hearing on Integrated Site Plan Subdivision with concurrent Preliminary Plat and Major Site Development Plan for 1200 & 1220 S Duff Avenue.
This site plan proposal would add a new building with a restaurant or coffee shop drive through in the parking lot area in front of the BAM building on the existing lot at 1200 & 1220 South Duff.
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.
- Downtown URA changes.
- B. Goodman - Pedestrian Safety.
- K. Diekmann - text amendment to parking rates.
- Requested changes to the Draft Ames Urban Fringe Plan.
- S. Bowman reimbursement for needed structural repair.
- S. Ravenscroft CIP consideration.
- S. Ravenscroft CIP 2nd email.
Thanks for reading,
Bronwyn Beatty-Hansen
Ames City Council, At Large