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

BCJM LLC submitted a petition to annex land using the provisions of Section 7-2-4600, MCA. The property is located at the northeast corner of Hawthorne Lane.The property is described as The remainder of Tract 2A-1, of Certificate of Survey No. 2317, 2^nd Amended, recorded June 9, 2005, under Document No. 3335995, on file and of record in the Records of Yellowstone County, also being Yellowstone County islands wholly surrounded by the City of Billings city limits created by Resolution No. 85-14995, as approved by the City of Billings City Council August 5, 1985, Resolution No. 93-16756, as approved by the City of Billings City Council October 4, 1993 and Resolution No. 03-18013, as approved by the City of Billings City Council August 25, 2003. The property contains 16.741 gross and net acres.

Upon Council approval, this annexation requires a change in the boundaries of Ward II. 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 March 8, 2021.

City Council may:

• Approve adding the subject property to Ward II, or;
• Disapprove adding the subject property to Ward II.

Disapproval will not modify the boundary of Ward II 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.