Staff recommends the City Council approve this ordinance on second reading, adding recently annexed property to Ward III. The City Council conducted a public hearing and passed the first reading on July 12, 2021.

On May 10th the City Council was asked to begin the process to annex City owned property to enable future access to municipal services as the property is master planned for City operations expansion and to bring the property into the South Billings Urban Renewal District (SBBURD). State Law under 7-2-43 MCA provides municipalities the authority to annex contiguous land. The subject property is 22.90 gross acres of land owned by the City of Billings and located at 6014 South Billings Boulevard, directly south of the current Billings Operation Center, and contiguous to the City Limits. The property is legally described as a tract of land situated in the SE 1/4 of Section 17, and the NW1/4 and the SW 1/4 of Section 16, T.1S., R.26E, P.M.M., Yellowstone County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Being the N1/2, N1/2, N1/2, SE1/4 of Section 17, T.1S., R.26E, P.M.M., Yellowstone County, Montana. Including all adjacent rights-of-way of Montana State Highway No. 416. 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 and public hearing was held on July 12, 2021. This is the second reading.

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.