The Ames City Council will vote on a motion approving the placement of cameras and infrared sensors on city-owned property as part of an ISU animal ecology research project on urban deer.

Sue Fairbanks, associate professor of natural resource ecology and management, proposed conducting a study of the urban deer population in selected areas around Ames. The study would use cameras to examine deer behavior in order to provide data to the Special Urban Deer Task Force.

The Special Urban Deer Task Force has surveyed deer populations and made recommendations to the council regarding hunting policies and procedures since its beginning in 2006.

By investigating the deer population dynamics, the study would assist the task force in understanding the patterns and behavior of the animals and developing future solutions.

Lane4, the property group developing the Campustown Redevelopment Project, will also present an update. The company will be holding a public meeting Wednesday at the Memorial Union Maintenance Shop at 5:30 p.m. to discuss plans for the renovations and answer questions.

Also on the agenda is a staff report on the request to Iowa Emergency Management Division for hazard mitigation grant funds.

Included in the report will be a discussion of the grant application the city will be submitting to the Iowa Homeland Security & Emergency Management Division in order to apply for buyout funds for properties that sustained flood damage.

The discussion will be to specify which properties should be included in the application as damaged, establishing the total estimated assessed value of anywhere between $14 million to $57 million. This cost will be the total amount of funding that could be made available to the city by the grant.

Ames City Council meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the council chambers, 515 Clark Ave.