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Agenda for Regular City Council Meeting

CITY OF BILLINGS

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AGENDA
COUNCIL CHAMBERS      December 14, 2015             6:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Hanel
 
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:  Mayor Hanel
 
INVOCATION:  Councilmember McFadden
 
ROLL CALL:  Councilmembers present on roll call were:
 
MINUTES:   November 23, 2015
 
COURTESIES:
 
PROCLAMATIONS:
 
ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS - TINA VOLEK
 
 
PUBLIC COMMENT on "NON-PUBLIC HEARING" Agenda Items: #1 and 3 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.
2016 Pipe Fusion Machine. (Opened 11/24/2015 ) Recommend MT Waterworks, $66,170.
 
B.
Professional Services Contract for W.O. 16-05, Central Avenue (Shiloh Road to 32nd Street West) Road Improvements: DOWL; $338,900.
 
C.
Utility Bill Printing and Mailing Services Agreement with Infosend Inc., $42,000. for first three years.
 
D.
Amendment #2, Non-Commercial Aviation Ground Lease, B & J Properties Limited, LLC, revenue current year $1,277.45, revenue subsequent years adjusted by CPI-U.
 
E.
Recommendation of Approval to the Policy Coordinating Committee for the 2015-2019 Transportation Improvement Plan.
 
F.
Approval of Operating Permit with Skysource Aviation, LLC.
 
G.
Resolution allocating $2,500 of Council Contingency Funds to BillingsWorks Workforce Council.
 
H.
Grant Application Request to submit application for AmeriCorps VISTA and authorize City staff to negotiate and finalize the project if awarded.
 
I.
Second/Final Reading Ordinance expanding Ward IV (Annexation #15-10) for 40 acres of the southwest corner of the intersection of Grand Avenue and 56th Street West, located at 5640 Grand Avenue. Billings School District #2, petitioner.
 
J.
Second/Final Reading Ordinance expanding Ward II (Annexation #15-11) for 16.6 acres south of Barrett Road, east of the intersection of Bench Boulevard and Barrett Road. Billings School District #2, petitioner.
 
K.
Second/Final Reading Ordinance for Zone Change #940: a zone change 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 Subdivision. Boyer Land LLC, applicant. Approval of the zone change and adoption of the findings of the 10 criteria.
 
L.
Second/Final Reading Ordinance for Zone Change #941: a zone change from Residential 9,600 (R-96) to Residential Professional (RP) on a 16,517 square foot parcel of land described as: Lot 2A1 of Blue Meadow Acreage Tracts. Patrick Parker, applicant. Approval of the zone change and adoption of the findings of the 10 criteria.
 
M.
Second/Final Reading Ordinance for Zone Change #942:  a zone change from Agriculture Open (A-1) to Public on 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. Approval of the zone change and adoption of the findings of the 10 criteria.
 
N.
Second/Final Reading Ordinance for Zone Change # 943: a zone change from Residential 7000 (R-70) to Public on 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. Approval of the zone change and adoption of the findings of the 10 criteria.
 
O.
Bills and Payroll:
 
1.
November 9, 2015
 
2.
November 16, 2015
 
3.
November 23, 2015
 
REGULAR AGENDA:
 
2.
PUBLIC HEARING to receive input for the proposed Gateway Vista housing project. No action is necessary.
 
3.
CONTRIBUTION OF $50,000 FROM GENERAL FUND RESERVES to RiverStone Health Clinic expansion. Staff recommends approval of a $50,000 allocation in FY16. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
4.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION approving and adopting Budget Amendments for Fiscal Year 2016. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
5.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION FOR ANNEXATION #15-12:  90 acres described as : Lot 1 and Lot 2, Block 1, Harmony Meadows Subdivision located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Elysian Road and Mullowney Lane south of the King Avenue exit off Interstate 90. Harmony Meadows, LLC and James Weber, owner. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendations.)
 
6.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION FOR ANNEXATION #15-13:  2 acres located at 517 Lincoln Lane on east side of Lincoln Lane just north of Orilla Street at the terminus of Griffing Drive.  Propriedad, LLC, owner.  Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendations.)
 
PUBLIC COMMENT on Non-Agenda ItemsSpeaker 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
 
Additional information on any of these items is available in the City Clerk's Office.

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