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

Quarnburg Farming Corporation and McCall Development submitted a petition to annex land using the provisions of Section 7-2-4600, MCA. The property is located both north and south of Elysian Road and east of East Lane. The property is described as Lot 1, of QFC Subdivision, First Filing, recorded May 15, 2019, under Document No. 3882956, on file and of record in the Records of Yellowstone County; and Lot 2A, Block 1, of the Amended Plat of Lot 2, Block 1, Adam And Mollie Walter Subdivision, First Filing, Recorded April 18, 2019 under Document No. 3880645, on file and of record in the Records of Yellowstone County. Including all adjacent rights-of-way of Elysian Road, East Lane, Bike Path Right-Of-Way as shown on said QFC Subdivision. The property contains 37.381 gross and 34.917 net acres.The property is zoned Highway Commercial and Planned Development and will be used for new residential development.

Upon Council approval, this annexation requires a change in the boundaries of Ward III. Two readings are required for this action. The first reading of the ordinance is tonight at this Council meeting, along with a public hearing, and the second reading is scheduled for January 11, 2020.

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 item has no impact on the Planning Division Budget.