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Council directs staff to create 'major projects' web page and to shift mailed notices to 400-foot radius
Summary
The Ames City Council directed staff to build a curated "major projects and plans" web page and to expand mailed-notice distances from 200 to 400 feet for zoning notifications to improve public awareness and transparency.
The Ames City Council on Monday told staff to create a curated "major projects and plans" web page to centralize information about projects and studies, and directed staff to increase mailed-notice distances for zoning-related items from 200 feet to 400 feet.
Planning staff presented two options for improving online notification: (1) a straight legal-notice archive that posts all legal notices, or (2) a curated page that highlights city-selected major projects, studies and plans (staff recommended the curated approach). Council favored the curated page. “I think 2 is a…
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