The Ames City Council will discuss the city’s Farmer’s Market and the issues that have arisen from the yearly event at its meeting Tuesday.

The Ames Farmer’s Market is set to take place during the summer from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on 24 Saturdays between May 7 and Oct. 15, according to the City Council documents. The market will take place on the 300 and 400 blocks of Main Street and on Burnett Avenue from Main Street to U.S. Bank.

Some downtown business owners, however, have voiced their dissent for the event, saying it has had a negative impact on their businesses. 

City Council documents state the council members received a letter from Rick Swank, who owns Swank’s Jewelry on Main Street.

“Mr. Swank’s letter indicates the Farmer’s Market causes an inconvenience to his and other downtown businesses, as well as irritation to downtown residents. He suggests alternative locations for the Farmer’s Market,” the document states.

Farmer’s Market organizers “suggest that the downtown businesses have been surveyed and overwhelmingly support the market,” the document states, however. 

The council members will consider Swank’s letter and discuss the possibility of finding an alternative location for the market.

The council will also discuss requests received from the Greek Week Committee and the Office of Greek Affairs for Greek Week, which is planned to take place April 2. 

The event organizers are requesting the closure of Sunset Drive; Ash Avenue from Gable Lane to Knapp Street; Gray Avenue from Gable Lane to Greeley Street; Greeley Street; Pearson Avenue from Sunset to Greeley; and Lynn Avenue from Chamberlain to Knapp Street.