Annotated Agenda

While the council meeting agenda list is pretty short (only 18 items), the topics are pretty weighty!   First up, at 7pm,  is the public hearing for the five-year, $358M Capital Improvement Program (Item #3).  We'll also have a public hearing for the Main Street Reconstruction Project (Item #5), and council will consider a temporary moratorium on construction downtown (Item #12).  And then the City Council will consider the Sturgis Falls Celebration Contract (Item #15).  

Tonight's regular City Council meeting at  7pm will include consideration of a proposed new Ward Map based on the results of the 2020 census (item #2).  The council will also vote on the proposed contract with Petersen Contractors for the $3.34M Greenhill & South Main Intersection Improvement Project (Item #23). 

Previous to this meeting, a reception will be held beginning at 4:30 in the City Hall lobby to honor outgoing council members Frank Darrah and Mark Miller, and to thank them for their public service.

Happy Halloween!  Monday night's council meeting will feature the third reading of the proposed downtown zoning ordinance changes (Items #5 and #6).  I support these changes, as an important and necessary next step in long-term planning for our amazing downtown.  Yes, the code will need continual adjustments, but we have to start somewhere and this plan has been in development for more than two years.  I'm glad the council is being proactive to seek a public-private parking structure solution to relieve actual and perceived parking pressures. 

On Monday night, the biggest topic is likely not the regular City Council meeting at 7pm, but in Committee of the Whole at 5:50.  In that committee meeting, the Council will learn more about -- and discuss -- the private parking requirements contained in the proposed Downtown zoning ordinance.    You can see the slides for this meeting by clicking the packet icon for Committee of the Whole at http://www.cedarfalls.com/852/Public-Meeting-Agendas-With-Video.  

Tonight's council meeting at 7pm has a big topic, the Downtown Zoning Ordinance change proposal (Item 6 and 7).   The council will also vote on a resolution regarding public participation in meetings during the pandemic (Item 15), and several other administrative items -- including the approval of the city's updated Emergency Operations Plan (Item 14).