The Ames City Council voted unanimously on housing development and zoning standards amendments which involved a significant discussion revolving around the conservation subdivision ordinance, particularly its application in the Ada Hayden Watershed area Tuesday. “This is the kind of meeting where, as a council, we’re asked to balance various interests in the community,” Ward 2.
The Ames City Council unanimously approved incentive requirements for ownership housing on Tuesday following the recommendation from the Ames Economic Development Authority (AEDC) Short Term Housing Task Force for a residential property tax abatement to increase housing construction. The city council had previously reviewed a request from AEDC on Dec. 12, addressing a wide range.
In the last of three meetings of the week, the Ames City Council concluded its budget meetings with presentations from city staff about their departments’ budgets, including transit, community development and general government/internal services Thursday. The council will hear from the public Tuesday and vote on the proposed budget. Transit Ames Transit Director Barbara Neal.
Ames city staff presented seven initial action steps toward implementing the city’s Climate Action Plan to the council Tuesday, based on the plan’s foundational “six big moves” which are the end goals of the plan that the city must now decide how and if they want to achieve them. Mayor John Haila concluded the discussion.