Staff recommends that the City Council approve the development agreement with Crown Enterprises.

City Council will consider annexation of QFC Subdivision, Lot 5A.  The property proposed to be annexed is located south of the Frontage Road and east of East Lane.  Crown Enterprises desires to develop the property as a commercial development.  Typically, as a condition of approval of the annexation, the property owner enters into a development agreement with the City of Billings outlining necessary public improvements. The property owner has submitted the attached Development Agreement and the Council will consider whether to approve the agreement.  

City Council may:

• If the annexation is approved, then approve the development agreement with the property owner; or
• Disapprove the development agreement.  If the agreement is not approved, the responsibility for infrastructure improvements would be in accordance with policies in place at the time of development.  

The development agreement requires improvements that meet current subdivision regulations.  In addition, the development is required to construct a 10-foot multiuse path on the south side of the Frontage Road instead of a 5-foot sidewalk.  This requirement is consistent with most subdivisions on arterial roads.