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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 22, 2016             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:   February 8, 2016
 
COURTESIES:
 
PROCLAMATIONS:
 
ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS - TINA VOLEK
 
 
PUBLIC COMMENT on "NON-PUBLIC HEARING" Agenda Items: #1 and #8 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.
Mayor Hanel recommends that Council confirm the following appointments:
 
1.
  Name Board/Commission Term
      Begins Ends
1 Amber Sundsted Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Comm 02/22/16 12/31/18
2 No Applications Billings BID 02/22/16 12/31/19
3 Oscar Heinrich Board of Adjustment* 02/22/16 12/31/17
4 No Applications Board of Appeals - Builder 02/22/16 12/31/19
5 Laura Gittings-Carlson Community Development Board* 02/22/16 12/31/18
6 No Applications Housing Authority - Resident Comm* 02/22/16 12/31/16
7 No Applications Housing Authority - Resident Comm 02/22/16 12/31/17
8 Erin Ortiz Blanco Human Relations Commission* 02/22/16 12/31/18
9 Kathleen Walters Human Relations Commission* 02/22/16 12/31/18
10 No Applications Human Relations Commission 02/22/16 12/31/19
11 No Applications Human Relations Commission 02/22/16 12/31/19
12 No Applications Human Relations Commission 02/22/16 12/31/19
13 No Applications Mayor's Homelessness - Lending* 02/22/16 12/31/16
14 No Applications Mayor's Homelessness - Consumer*. 02/22/16 12/31/16
15 Andrew Zoeller Billings Parking Board* 02/22/16 12/31/18
16 Kallie Parsons Billings Parking Board* 02/22/16 12/31/18
17 Mark Kary Billings Parking Board* 02/22/16 12/31/17
18 Jerry Williams Yellowstone Soil Conservation District* 02/22/16 06/30/17
  *  3 Unexpired term of Matthew McDonnel
  *  5 Unexpired term of Nate Fawcett
  *  6 Unexpired term of Kathleen Grooms   
  *  8 Unexpired term of Charlene Sleeper
  *  9 Unexpired term of Chelsie Guilford
  *13 Vacancy not filled 
  *14 Unexpired term of Gary Knopp
  *15 Vacancy not filled
  *16 Unexpired term of Gordon Gooselaw
  *17 Unexpired term of Andy Piccioni
  *18 Unexpired term of David Mosdal
 
B.
Bid Awards:
 
1.
Polyaluminum Hyroxychloride (PACL) Blend for Water Treatment Division. (Opened 02/09/2016). Recommend Kemira Water Solutions Inc., $0.391/lb when delivered by railcar.
 
C.
Solid Waste Route Management Hardware and Software Agreement with Routeware, Inc., $293,997 for first year, $38,585.59 for three years of ongoing support.
 
D.
Memorandum of Understanding with Beartooth RC&D Economic Development District; $9,871.54 annual expense.
 
E.
Approval of lease renewal of the Limited Commercial Aviation Building and Ground Lease with Billings Clinic, revenue first year $27,085.08, revenue subsequent years adjusted by CPI-U.
 
F.
Acceptance of Warranty Deed for Lots 1 and 2, Block 2, Yerger Heights Subdivision from Beatrice Rice, $44,625.
 
G.
Acceptance of Sub-grant to the Billings Public Library, National Writing Project, $5,000.
 
H.
Grant Application Request to submit MDT Transit Planning Division applications for Sections 5310, 5339, and any other available grants, and to accept and execute any subsequently awarded Grant Agreement(s) for replacement of two vans and other capital needs.
 
I.
Grant Application Request to submit 2016 Recreational Trails Program (RTP) application; up to $45,000 with required 20% local match.
 
J.
Resolution amending Resolution 06-18388 and adopting a purchasing policy.
 
K.
Resolution amending Resolution 06-18387 and increasing City Administrator signing authority.
 
L.
Preliminary Major Plat of Glynn Abbey Subdivision, generally located on the north side of Rimrock Road between the intersection of 54th Street West and Rimrock Road and the intersection of Mickey Wright Lane and Rimrock Road; Glynn Abbey, LLC, owner; Performance Engineering and Consulting, agent; conditional approval and adoption of the findings of fact.
 
M.
Bills and Payroll:
 
1.
January 19, 2016
 
2.
January 25, 2016
 
REGULAR AGENDA:
 
2.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION assessing the cost of cutting and/or exterminating weeds. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
3.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION assessing the cost of abatement for property located at 1413 18th Street West. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
4.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION authorizing filing of the annual Federal Transit Administration Section 5307 Grant. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
5.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION vacating a portion of 10th Street West from Wyoming Avenue to the alley north of Wyoming Avenue; YWCA and Bonini Enterprises, petitioners. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
6.
PUBLIC HEARING AND SPECIAL REVIEW #938: a special review to construct two triplexes and two fourplexes in a Residential 6,000 (R-60) zone on a 38,379 square foot parcel of land described as: Lot 6, Wolf Subdivision and located at 3104 Boulder Avenue. Zoning Commission recommends conditional approval and adoption of the findings of the 3 criteria. (Action: approval or disapproval of Zoning Commission recommendation.)
 
7.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION FOR ANNEXATION #16-01: property described as Tract 11, Certificate of Survey 1406, located east of the United States Post Office property on South 27th Street between Lillian Avenue and what would be 7th Avenue South. Phillips 66 Company, owner and petitioner. Staff recommends conditional approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
8.
APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND BOARD ASSIGNMENTS; selections to be made at this meeting. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
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. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to attend this meeting. Please notify Billie Guenther, City Clerk, at 657-8210.