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CITY OF BILLINGS

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AGENDA
COUNCIL CHAMBERS      November 23, 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:   November 9, 2015
 
COURTESIES:
 
PROCLAMATIONS: Small Business Saturday - November 28, 2015
 
ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS - TINA VOLEK
 
 
PUBLIC COMMENT on "NON-PUBLIC HEARING" Agenda Items: #1, #10, #11 & #12 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.
2015 Asphalt Paver. (Opened 11/10/2015) Recommend Tractor & Equipment, $142,574.
 
2.
Two New 37,000 GVW Single Axle Trucks with Dump/Sander/Plow. (Opened 11/10/2015) Recommend Interstate, $281,198.
 
3.
South Park Splash Pad Development. (Opened 10/27/15) Recommend Diamond Construction, Inc., $417,290.
 
B.
Approval of Non-Commercial Aviation Ground Lease with ASJS Aircraft Services, LLC, revenue first year $5,742.60, revenue subsequent years adjusted by CPI-U.
 
C.
Approval of Assignment of Note and Security Agreement and Lease Agreements transferring the Whitefish Credit Union security interest to Freedom Bank.
 
D.
Approval of the Airport's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) Plan for Concession Operators.
 
E.
Approval of Operating Permit with Neptune Aviation Services, Inc.
 
F.
Acknowledge Receipt of Petition to Annex #15-12: approximately 90 acres, Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, Harmony Meadows Subdivision, located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Elysian Road and Mullowney Lane,  Harmony Meadows, LLC and James Weber, petitioners, and setting a public hearing date for 12/14/2015.
 
G.
Acknowledge Receipt of Petition to Annex #15-13: approximately 2 acres located at 517 Lincoln Lane, Propriedad, LLC, petitioner, and setting a public hearing date for 12/14/2015.
 
H.
Final Plat of Westward Ho Subdivision, Amended Lot 2, Block 1.
 
I.
Bills and Payroll:
 
1.
October 26, 2015
 
2.
November 2, 2015
 
REGULAR AGENDA:
 
2.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION approving and adopting Budget Amendments for FY16. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
3.
PUBLIC HEARING AND SPECIAL REVIEW #934: a special review for a beverage liquor license with gaming for American Foods of Montana in a 12,000 square foot building  at the former location of the Geyser Park amusement park in an Entryway General Commercial zoning district (EGC), on Lot 1A, Block 1 Geyser Park Subdivision, a 3.215 acre parcel of land. Sean Johnson: owner; Dave Hawkins - agent. Zoning Commission recommends conditional approval and adoption of the findings of the 3 criteria. ( Action: approval or disapproval of Zoning Commission recommendation.)
 
4.
PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING ORDINANCE FOR ZONE CHANGE #940: a zone change request from Residential 9,600 (R-96) to Residential 7,000 (R-70), on a 7.99 acre parcel of land described as: Lots 1 and 2, Block 3, and Lot 8, Block 5, Silver Creek Estates. Laura Boyer, Boyer Land LLC; applicant. Zoning Commission recommends approval and adoption of the findings of the 10 criteria. (Action: approval or disapproval of Zoning Commission recommendation.)
 
5.
PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING ORDINANCE FOR ZONE CHANGE #941:  a zone change request from Residential 9,600 (R-96) to Residential Professional (RP), a 16,517 square foot parcel of land described as: Lot 2A1 of Blue Meadow Acreage Tracts. Patrick Parker, owner.  Zoning Commission recommends approval and adoption of the findings of the 10 criteria. (Action:approval or disapproval of Zoning Commission recommendation.)
 
6.
PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING ORDINANCE FOR ZONE CHANGE #942:  a zone change request from Agriculture Open (A-1) to Public, a 38.83 acre parcel of land described as S5, T1 S, R25 E, E2 Government Lot 1. Pat Davies - Sanderson Stewart; Lew Anderson - School District #2; and Paul Goldammer - A & E Architects; applicant and agents. Zoning Commission recommends approval and adoption of the findings of the 10 criteria. (Action: approval or disapproval of Zoning Commission recommendation.)
 
7.
PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING ORDINANCE FOR ZONE CHANGE #943:  a zone change request from Residential 7000 (R-70) to Public, a 16.2 acre parcel of land described as: S14, T1 N, R26 E, E2 NWSW Less COS 931. Pat Davies - Sanderson Stewart; Lew Anderson - School District #2; and Paul Goldammer - A & E Architects; applicant and agents. Zoning Commission recommends approval and adoption of the findings of the 10 criteria. (Action: approval or disapproval of Zoning Commission recommendation.)
 
8.
PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING ORDINANCE expanding the boundaries of Ward IV to include recently annexed property in Annexation #15-10: a 40 acre parcel located at 5640 Grand Avenue; Billings School District #2, owner. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval.)
 
9.
PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING ORDINANCE expanding the boundaries of Ward II to include recently annexed property in Annexation #15-11: an approximately 16 acre parcel of land located east of the southwest corner of the intersection of E. Bench Boulevard and Barrett Road; Billings School District #2, owner. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval.)
 
10.
APPROVAL of Cost of Living Adjustment for Teamsters Local 190 (7/1/2015-6/30/2018). Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
11.
APPROVAL of one-year wage re-opener with the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Local 521 (7/1/2015-6/30/2016). Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
12.
APPROVAL of Cost of Living Adjustment for Non-Represented Employees, retroactive to 7/1/2015. 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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