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Agenda for Regular City Council Meeting

CITY OF BILLINGS

CITY OF BILLINGS VISION STATEMENT:

"THE MAGIC CITY – A VIBRANT, WELCOMING PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE FLOURISH AND BUSINESS THRIVES."


AGENDA
COUNCIL CHAMBERS      February 24, 2014             6:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Hanel
 
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:  Mayor Hanel
 
INVOCATION:  Councilmember Crouch
 
ROLL CALL:  Councilmembers present on roll call were:
 
MINUTES:   February 10, 2014
 
COURTESIES:
 
PROCLAMATIONS:  Yellowstone Art Museum 50th Anniversary
 
ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS - TINA VOLEK
 
 
PUBLIC COMMENT on "NON-PUBLIC HEARING" Agenda Items: #1, #4 and #5 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 -- Separations:
 
A.
Bid Awards:
 
1.
New High Speed Rotary Snow Blower for Billings Logan International Airport. (Opened 2/11/2014) Recommend MB Companies; $580,012.
 
2.
Airport Terminal Painting Project. (Opened 2/11/2014) Recommend High Roller Painting; $147,969.
 
3.
Car Rental and Airline Ticket Counters Upgrade Project. (Opened 2/11/2014) Recommend Square One; $96,580.
 
4.
SID 1395, Boca Raton Road Improvements. (Opened 1/28/2014)(Delayed from 2/10/2014) Schedule I: Recommend COP Construction, $450,054; Schedule II: Recommend JEM Contracting, Inc., $383,964.50.
 
5.
W.O. 13-17 Water Treatment Plant T2-1 and T2-2 Transformer Replacement. (Opened 2/11/2014) Recommend Ace Electric, Inc.; $143,750.
 
6.
New Landfill Scale for Solid Waste Division. (Opened 2/11/2014) Recommend Rocky Mountain Scale Works ; $67,740.
 
7.
New CNG Garbage Trucks for Solid Waste Division. (Opened 2/11/2014) Recommend One Side Load Truck to Jack's Heavy Equipment, Inc.; $264,637.64; One Rear Load Truck to Jack's Heavy Equipment, Inc.; $241,313.86. 
 
B.
Contract (2-year) with Big Sky Linen Supply for Uniform Rental or Purchase and Laundry Services; annual estimated expense - $60,000.
 
C.
Approval of West End Hangar Ground Lease 20-year renewal (10/1/2013-9/30/2033) with Experimental Aircraft Association, Chapter 57, Inc.; revenue first year - $1,102.50; subsequent years adjusted annually using Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U).
 
D.
Amendment #1, Airport Architectural and Engineering Services 5-Year Contract; CTA Architects and Engineers; Terminal Building Hot Water Boiler Replacement Project; $32,082.70.
 
E.
Amendment #9, Airport Civil Engineering Services 5-Year Contract; Morrison-Maierle, Inc.; Airport Employee Parking Lot Project; $129,838.
 
F.
Approval of Pledged Collateral Report.
 
G.
Acknowledge Receipt of Petition to Vacate the east 21.6 feet of Henesta Drive right-of-way located on Lot 10, Block 2, Justiss Subdivision; David and Barbara Hawkins, petitioners; and set a public hearing date of March 24, 2014.
 
H.
Acceptance of Donation to Billings Police Department from Billings Mustangs Boosters for one officer to attend the 2014 Conference on Crimes Against Women; $1,628.28.
 
I.
Resolution adopting new MMIA Workers Compensation Program Agreement.
 
J.
Resolution calling for an election on the necessity of Local Government Review and establishing a Study Commission.
 
K.
Preliminary Major Plat of The Estates at Briarwood Subdivision, 2nd Filing, generally located in the Briarwood community on the north side of McMasters Road; Estates of Briarwood, LLC, owner; Sanderson Stewart, agent; conditional approval and adoption of the Findings of Fact.
 
L.
Preliminary Major Plat of Silver Creek Estates generally located between 46th Street West and 50th Street West south of Rimrock Road; Boyer Land LLC, owner; KLJ Engineering, agent; conditional approval and adoption of the Findings of Fact.
 
M.
Bills and Payroll:
 
1.
January 27, 2014
 
2.
February 3, 2014
 
REGULAR AGENDA:
 
2.
PUBLIC HEARING AND SPECIAL REVIEW #916:  A special review to allow an all-beverage liquor license in an existing restaurant, Café Italia, located in the Central Business District (CBD) at 2417 Montana Avenue and legally described as Lots 9 and 10, Block 112, Billings Original Town; Computers Unlimited, owner; Michael Schaer, agent. Zoning Commission recommends conditional approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of Zoning Commission recommendation.)
 
3.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION assessing the cost of cutting and/or exterminating weeds. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
4.
ACCEPTANCE OF OFFERS FOR RETAIL/OFFICE SPACE AT THE EMPIRE GARAGE from (1) Asian Sea Grill Shorelong for Subunits F, G, and H at $52/sq ft; and (2) Kelly Donovan of First Montana Title for Subunits A, B, C, D, and E at $46/sq ft, for a total sale price of $767,090. Staff recommnds approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
5.
(ADDED TO AGENDA AT THE MEETING) GRANT APPLICATION REQUEST to submit a Recreational Trails Program Grant for funding to construct trail linkages in Stewart Park, Descro Park and Lillis Park. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
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COUNCIL INITIATIVES
 
ADJOURN
 
Additional information on any of these items is available in the City Clerk's Office.

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