Staff recommends the City Council hold a public hearing and approve this ordinance on first reading, adding recently annexed property to Ward III.

Sanderson Stewart, on behalf of Andrew Boetticher, submitted a petition to annex land using the provisions of Section 7-2-4600, MCA. The property is located at 2449 Blue Creek Road, north of Blue Creek Road and West of Colleen Drive. The land being annexed is described as being Parcel of Land situated in the NW 1/4 of Section 28, T.1S., R.26E., Yellowstone County, Montana, more particularly described as Lot 7 of Blue Creek Acreage Tracts Subdivision, recorded March 29, 1963, under Document No. 703845, on file and of record in the office of the Yellowstone County Clerk and Recorder. Including all adjacent Right-Of-Way of Blue Creek Road / State Highway No. 416. Said annexation containing 3.206 gross acres and 2.804 net acres, more or less. 

Upon Council approval, this annexation requires a change in the boundaries of Ward III. Two readings are required for this action. The first reading and public hearing is scheduled for this meeting. Upon Approval, the second reading will occur October 9, 2023.

City Council may:

• Approve adding the subject property to Ward III, or;
• Disapprove adding the subject property to Ward III. Disapproval will not modify the boundary of Ward III and will create a problem where property inside the City Limits is not within a City Ward.

This application has no impact on the Planning Division Budget.