Council to address All-American Weekend and Flood Recovery Assistance Program

Alexander Hutchins

The Ames City Council meets Tuesday to address the closure of four city streets Saturday, Sept. 4 for the All-American Weekend.

The four streets will be closed from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

The All-American Weekend, an event running Sept. 3 and 4, will include a barbecue competition with a $10,000 prize purse to be divided among the top teams. There will also be a midnight run for cystic fibrosis and a car show.

The council will also discuss approving a grant agreement with the Iowa Finance Authority to assist with the Flood Recovery Assistance Program.

There will also be a meeting of the city’s Property Maintenance Appeals Board from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2 in the City Council chambers.

The meeting will address the maintenance of rental properties in Ames and changes to the city’s Municipal Code chapter 13, dealing with the rental housing code.

There will be a meeting open to public comments on the rental housing code revisions at 7 p.m. in the City Council chambers Sept. 29.

A citizen’s committee has been part of the two-year process of revising the rental housing code, and the meetings in September are a chance for the public to voice their interests and concerns in the process.