Staff recommends the City Council approve this ordinance on second reading, adding recently annexed property to Ward I.

Performance Engineering, on behalf of G2 Investments LLC, submitted a petition to annex land using the provisions of Section 7-2-4600, MCA. The property is located South of S Frontage Road/ Riverside Drive and west of Sugar Avenue. The land being annexed is described as being Parcels of Land situated in the NE 1/4 of Section 15, T.1S., R.26E., Yellowstone County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lots 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Riverside Acreage Tracts Subdivision, recorded November 9, 1960, under Document No. 651367, Less portions of said parcels for Right-Of-Way purposes in Judgement and Final Order of Condemnation documents, Book 830, Page 4, under Document No.766608, Book 830, Page 8, under Document No. 766609, and Book 830, Page 12, under Document No. 766610, recorded November 19, 1965 respectively, and Quit Claim Deed Book 1394, Page 248 under Document No. 1679259 recorded April 14, 1993, all documents on file and of record in the office of the Yellowstone County Clerk and Recorder; Said annexation containing 10.186 gross net acres, more or less.

Upon Council Approval, this annexation requires a change in the boundaries of Ward I. The annexation was approved on October 9, 2023. Two readings are required for this Ward Boundary action. The first reading and public hearing occurred with the annexation on October 9, 2023. The second reading will occur at this meeting.

City Council may:

• Approve adding the subject property to Ward I, or;
• Disapprove adding the subject property to Ward I. Disapproval will not modify the boundary of Ward I 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.