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Agenda for Regular City Council Meeting

CITY OF BILLINGS

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"THE MAGIC CITY: A DIVERSE, WELCOMING COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE PROSPER AND BUSINESS SUCCEEDS."


AGENDA
COUNCIL CHAMBERS      February 9, 2015             6:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Hanel
 
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:  Mayor Hanel
 
INVOCATION:  Councilmember Pitman
 
ROLL CALL:  Councilmembers present on roll call were:
 
MINUTES:  
  • January 12, 2015
  • January 26, 2015
 
COURTESIES:
 
PROCLAMATIONS:
 
ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS - TINA VOLEK
 
 
PUBLIC COMMENT on "NON-PUBLIC HEARING" Agenda Items: #1 & #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.
Aerial Platform Truck for Fire Department. (Opened 1/13/2015)(Delayed from 1/26/2015) Recommend Pierce Manufacturing; $916,487.
 
2.
Chlorine for Water Treatment Facility and Parks Department.  (Opened 1/27/2015) Recommend DPC Industries, Inc.; $773 per one-ton cylinder; $193.50 per 150-lb. cylinder.  
 
3.
W.O. 14-15, Bench Boulevard North Sanitary Sewer Extensions. (Opened 1/27/2015) Recommend Western Municipal Construction, $398,798.
 
4.
W.O. 15-03, City Overlay. (Opened 1/27/2015)  Recommend Knife River, $1,041,812.90.
 
5.
Storm Water Pond Area and Car Rental Transfer Lot Fencing Project. (Opened 1/27/2015) Recommend Mild Fence, $46,733.50.
 
B.
W.O. 13-15, Calhoun Road Improvements Right-of-Way Easements with Gale and Carolyn Rukstad; Eugene and Constance Frank; Lola Berlinsky; Carlin and Jackie Anderson; and Ralph Kottke and Tammy Kottke-Chartier.
 
C.
Acceptence of Donation to Billings Public Library from Billings Public Library Foundation, $600.
 
D.
Resolution authorizing filing of grant application with Montana Department of Transportation for funding of two paratransit vans and two bus shelters; $134,080.
 
E.
Second/Final Reading Ordinance for Zone Change #929: A zone change from Agriculture Open-Space to Planned Development with an underlying zoning of Community Commercial with special provisions for medical services, complementary uses, and residential development on an un-platted, 80-acre parcel of land located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Broadwater Avenue and Shiloh Road. Billings Clinic, owner; Sanderson Stewart, agent. Approval of the zone change and adoption of the 10 criteria.
 
F.
Second/Final Reading Ordinance for Zone Change #930: A text amendment to BMCC Section 27-306 allowing dog grooming in Neighborhood Commercial zoning districts and prohibiting outdoor kennels or exercise areas associated with dog grooming. Zoning Commission recommends approval.
 
G.
Preliminary Plat  Two-Year Extension for High Sierra Subdivision, 6th Filing; generally located north of Annandale Road and east of Greenbriar Road in the Lake Hills area; setting a new expiration date of February 9, 2017.
 
H.
Bills and Payroll:
 
1.
January 20, 2015
 
REGULAR AGENDA:
 
2.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION creating SILMD 314, portions of Calhoun Lane. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
3.
PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING ORDINANCE expanding the boundaries of Ward I to include recently-annexed property in Annexations #14-06, #14-07, #14-08, #14-09, #14-10, #14-11, and #14-12: Approximately 18 acres, including road rights-of-way, in the area of East Billings between the East Billings Urban Renewal District and MetraPark. Service Candy Company; Bollinger Trust; Peter Yegen, Jr. Family Trust; Converse Properties, LLC; Cherry Properties, LLC; Earl L. Keenan, Jr. et al; and Industrial Land and Realty, LLC, owners. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
4.
PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING ORDINANCE expanding the boundaries of Ward V to include recently-annexed property in Annexation #14-14: An unplatted, 80-acre parcel of land generally located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Broadwater Avenue and Shiloh Road. Billings Clinic, owner and petitioner; Sanderson Stewart, agent. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
5.
RESOLUTION allocating $15,000 of Council Contingency Funds for the Optimist Park Master Plan; bringing the total City Council contribution for the plan to $25,000. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
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COUNCIL INITIATIVES
 
ADJOURN
 
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