Votes at a glance: Urbandale council approves development deal, multiple bids and playground purchases; denies one liquor-license renewal

The Urbandale City Council took a series of routine and substantive actions on Feb. 18, 2025, including approving a development agreement for Line 7 Apartments, awarding multiple public-works contracts, establishing upcoming public hearings and denying a liquor-license renewal for Infinity Sports Bar Club.

Key votes and outcomes

- Resolution 063-2025: Approved — development agreement with Hubbell Realty Company / Line 7 Apartments (mover: Carberry Montgomery; second: Kroll). See separate article for details.

- Item 6.2 (Easement vacation): Approved Resolution 057-2025 to vacate an additional two feet of a surface-water flowage and storm-sewer easement at Lot 40 Jordan Lee Plat 1 (5029 140th Court); motion passed. The council also moved the first reading of Ordinance 2025-O6 (motion by Kroll, second Cacciatore) and passed that first reading.

- Item 6.3 (Property maintenance code): Council approved opening and passed the public hearing; staff proposed an amendment to Chapter 154 (tall weeds/grass enforcement) that would add a posted 72-hour notice step before certified-mail notice; the council approved the first reading of Ordinance 2025-O5.

- Item 6.4 (Trail improvements): Council accepted bids and approved resolutions awarding the 2025 trail improvements to Caliber Concrete LLC (low bid $129,581.49 including alternate 1) and passed related resolutions (Resolutions 069-2025, 070-2025, 071-2025 as recorded in the meeting).

- Item 6.5 (10841 Douglas Avenue asbestos removal and demolition): Council accepted low bids and approved multiple resolutions to award contracts for asbestos removal (REW Services Corporation, low bid $259,757) and demolition (Peterson Contractors Inc., low bid $116,756). Council noted a Polk County grant of $500,000 to assist the project; resolutions 072-2025 through 077-2025 were approved.

- Item 6.6 (Lions Park Phase 3 playground): Council continued the playground bid consideration to the March 4, 2025 meeting at staff request (motion by Rosendahl; second by Cacciatore) to gather more public input.

- Public hearings and future hearings established (item 7 series): Council set public-hearing dates and approved related resolutions including Resolution 067-2025 (property tax levy hearing), Series 064/065/066-2025 (general obligation capital loan notes series 2025), Resolution 054-2025 (114th Street PCC sidewalk hearing for March 18), and Resolution 062-2025 (Lions Park Phase 3 site work hearing for March 18).

- Liquor-license renewal (Item 8.1): The council voted to deny renewal of the liquor license for MD and AE Holdings LLC doing business as Infinity Sports Bar Club (motion to deny by Rosendahl; second by Kroll). Police and city attorneys described multiple calls for service, a pending nuisance petition and other enforcement actions; council voted to deny renewal.

- Sidewalk repair program (Item 8.2): Council awarded the 2024 sidewalk repair program to Midstate Solutions LLC for $33,643.25 and approved Resolution 068-2025; the program covers 87 locations and includes four city-funded locations (city share $3,173).

- City newsletter SaaS (Item 8.3): Council approved a two-year contract renewal for the city e-newsletter service with Axios HQ (Resolution 026-2025) to lock in cost savings and ongoing analytics reporting.

- Park playground equipment purchases (Items 8.4–8.6): Council approved purchases for three neighborhood playground replacements: • Coronado Park — Burke Recreation; equipment purchase $104,370.79; Parks staff to install; motion by Rosendahl; passed. • Ashleaf Park — Bolland Recreation (Miracle Recreation product); purchase not to exceed $130,000; passed. • Horizons Ridge (Walnut Creek Regional Park) — Cunningham Recreation; purchase $124,997.15; passed (council letter referenced 8065).

Other routine approvals

- Council approved minutes and budget-work-session minutes for Feb. 4, Feb. 8 and Feb. 11, and passed the consent agenda (12 items) as recorded in the meeting.

How the council voted and procedure notes

Many items were approved by motion and voice or roll call vote; where the transcript recorded a mover and seconder, those names are listed above. Several ordinance items were approved on first reading; subsequent readings will be scheduled as required by municipal procedure. For some contract awards, the transcript recorded low-bid amounts and engineer estimates; council accepted the low bids substantially below estimates in multiple cases (trail and demolition bids notably lower than engineer estimates).