CITY OF BILLINGS
CITY OF BILLINGS VISION STATEMENT:
"THE MAGIC CITY – A VIBRANT, WELCOMING PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE FLOURISH AND BUSINESS THRIVES."
CITY OF BILLINGS VISION STATEMENT:
"THE MAGIC CITY – A VIBRANT, WELCOMING PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE FLOURISH AND BUSINESS THRIVES."
AGENDA
| COUNCIL CHAMBERS | September 23, 2013 | 6:30 P.M. |
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Hanel
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Hanel
INVOCATION: Councilmember Cimmino
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers present on roll call were:
MINUTES: September 9, 2013
COURTESIES: Police Department
PROCLAMATIONS:
ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS - TINA VOLEK
PUBLIC COMMENT on "NON-PUBLIC HEARING" Agenda Items: 1, 9, 10, and 11 ONLY. Speaker sign-in required.(Comments offered here are limited to one (1) minute. Please sign in at the cart located at the back of the council chambers or at the podium. Comment on items listed as public hearing items will be heard ONLY during the designated public hearing time for each respective item. For Items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda.)
1.
CONSENT AGENDA
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Separations:
A.
Bid Awards:
1.
W.O. 09-12, Inner Belt Loop, Phase I. (Opened 9/10/2013) Recommend Riverside Contracting, Inc.; $2,169,126.
B.
Billings Public Library Moving Services Agreement with Hallet & Sons Expert Movers, Inc.; $62,860.
C.
CTEP Project Specific Agreement with Montana Department of Transportation for the Hope Church Path; CTEP Grant - $84,197; City of Billings - $13,051; total funds available - $97,248.
D.
Development Agreement with Billings GSA, LC, providing partial reimbursement from the East Billings Tax Increment Finance District (TIF) for certain public improvements.
E.
Declaring Surplus Property and amending the current Surplus Property Disposal Procedure allowing City staff, in conjunction with the Purchasing Agent, to make immediate determinations on the disposal of Library, Planning Department, and Community Development Division surplus property.
F.
Preliminary Minor Plat of Amended Lot 2A, Block 1, Western Sky Subdivision, generally located on the west side of South 44th Street West south of King Avenue West; King Meadows LLC/Cal Kunkel, owner and subdivider; Blue Line Engineering, agent; conditional approval and adoption of the Findings of Fact.
G.
Preliminary Major Plat of Emma Jean Heights Subdivision, 2nd Filing, generally located on the west side of Bitterroot Drive, south of Wicks Lane in northeast Billings Heights; Felton Associates, Inc., owner; Interstate Engineering, agent; conditional approval and adoption of the Findings of Fact.
H.
Bills and Payroll:
1.
August 26, 2013
2.
September 3, 2013
REGULAR AGENDA:
2.
PUBLIC HEARING AND SPECIAL REVIEW #911: a special review to allow expansion of Trinity Church of the Nazarene in a Residential 9,600 (R-96) zoning district on a 3.5-acre parcel of land legally described as Lot 28, Block 2, Howard Heights Subdivision, and addressed as 25 Hilltop Road. Trinity Church of the Nazarene, owner; J.D. Shanahan and Durward Sobek, agents. Zoning Commission recommends conditional approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of Zoning Commission recommendation.)
3.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION modifying Street Light Maintenance District 301, Josephine Crossing Subdivision, to extend street lighting to the remainder of the subdivision. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
4.
PUBLIC HEARING to receive input on the City's 2012-2013 Draft Comprehensive Annual Performance Evaulation Report (CAPER) for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Programs. No action is required.
5.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION authorizing the sale of city-owned property described as Lampman Parkland, Ramada Parkland, and Briarwood Parkland. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
6.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION approving Park Maintenance District assessments for FY2014. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
7.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION assessing the cost of cutting and/or exterminating weeds. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
8.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION assessing the annual fee for encumbrances, obstructions, or encroachments on, over, across or above the streets, avenues, sidewalks, or alleys of the City of Billings. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation).
9.
RESOLUTION approving $305,000 Pooled Sidewalk Bonds, Series 2013, fixing the form and details and providing for the execution and delivery of the bonds.Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
10.
RESOLUTION approving $67,000 Special Improvement District No. 1394 Bonds, Series 2013, fixing the form and details and providing for the execution and delivery of the bonds. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
11.
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS (IAFF) LOCAL 521 UNION CONTRACT (7/1/2013-6/30/2015). Postponed from 8/12/13 and 8/26/13. Staff recommends postponing until October 28, 2013. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
PUBLIC COMMENT on Non-Agenda Items — Speaker Sign-in required. (Restricted to ONLY items not on this printed agenda. Comments here are limited to 3 minutes. Please sign in at the cart located at the back of the council chambers or at the podium.)
COUNCIL INITIATIVES
ADJOURN
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