CyRide on agenda for Jan. 27 City Council meeting

Stephen Koenigsfeld

The Ames City Council will have a staff report on Residential High-Density Evaluation of City-Wide Streets during its meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. Jan. 27 at City Hall.

There have been 10 streets in Ames that were evaluated in areas such as central and downtown Ames, Ontario Street, West Lincoln Way, Mortenson Road and South Ames. The streets were scaled by density, high, average and low.

A hearing for concrete pavement improvements on Hayward Ave. will be heard by the council. Members will discuss a resolution for the hearing to approve the final plans and award the contract to Con-Struct Inc., in the amount of $1,035,707.45 to do the pavement improvements.

Other streets that have hearings tomorrow night to discuss pavement improvements include West Street and Woodland Street. CyRide is currently having problems moving through the streets because of the conditions of the roads, which are causing cars to cut through the Collegiate Presbyterian Church parking lot.

The church brought up a number of concerns it had with the current state of the streets. Collegiate Presbyterian Church discussed the issues with the council Dec. 22. The resolution will approve final plans during the meeting.

The last route that will have resolution on the meeting is the CyRide route 24th Street and Bloomington Road for pavement improvements.

The second vote on the Vending ordinance, third vote on repealing and replacing chapter 31. Historic Preservation and a third vote on repealing municipal code Section 17.31 pertaining to lap-dances will be heard in ordinances.

Check the City of Ames website for more information.