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Agenda for Regular City Council Meeting

**UPDATED AS OF 6/8/2016**
CITY OF BILLINGS


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AGENDA
COUNCIL CHAMBERS      June 13, 2016             6:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Hanel
 
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:  Mayor Hanel
 
INVOCATION:  Councilmember Yakawich
 
ROLL CALL:  Councilmembers present on roll call were:
 
MINUTES: May 23, 2016
 
COURTESIES:  
 
PROCLAMATIONS: Men's Health Week
 
ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS - TINA VOLEK
 
 
PUBLIC COMMENT on "NON-PUBLIC HEARING" Agenda Item #1 ONLY. Speaker sign-in required.(Comments offered here are limited to one (1) minute for one item, or three (3) minutes for multiple items. 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 Harvey Singh Billings BID 07/01/16 12/31/19
2 No Applications Board of Appeals - Builder 07/01/16 12/31/19
3 No Applications Housing Authority - Resident Comm* 07/01/16 12/31/16
4 No Applications Housing Authority - Resident Comm 07/01/16 12/31/17
5 Marc Burr Human Relations Commission 07/01/16 12/31/19
6 No Applications Human Relations Commission 07/01/16 12/31/19
7 No Applications Human Relations Commission 07/01/16 12/31/19
8 No Applications Planning Board - Ward 2* 07/01/16 12/31/17
9 LaVerne Bass Planning Board - Ward 3* 07/01/16 12/31/16
10 Shelli Mann Tourism BID Board 07/01/16 06/30/20
11 Stephen Wahrlich Tourism BID Board 07/01/16 06/30/20
  *  3 Unexpired term of Kathleen Grooms   
  *  8 Unexpired term of Jared LeFevre
  *  9 Unexpired term of Donna Forbes
 
B.
Bid Awards:
 
1.
Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Funded Concourse B Upgrades Project. (Opened 5/31/16) Recommend General Contractors, Inc., $1,239,260.
 
2.
Billings Police Department Firearms Range Building. (Opened 05/24/16) Recommend Cucancic Construction, Inc., $108,164.
 
3.
Hydraulic Tip-Up Hangar Door Replacement Project. (Opened 05/24/16) Recommend Fisher Construction, $63,550.
 
4.
W.O. 16-17, 2016 Miscellaneous Locations Valley Gutter Construction. (Opened 05/24/16) Recommend delay of award until 06/27/16.
 
C.
Development Agreement with NeighborWorks Montana; $175,000.
 
D.
Amendment to Consultant Agreement with Geodata Services; $5,000.
 
E.
Amendment #2, Airport Financial, Planning, and Development Advisory Services, LeighFisher, Inc.; not to exceed $40,000.
 
F.
Appeal of noise waiver denial for Summer Soulstice event on Monday, June 20, 2016. Staff recommends denial of the waiver.
 
G.
Acceptance of Donation to the Billings Public Library from the Friends of the Billings Library to purchase learning tablets for children and open the courtyard for public use; $13,000.
 
H.
Acceptance of Donation to the Billings Fire Department from Town Pump Charitable Foundation for new patient lift devices; $1,500.
 
I.
Bills and Payroll:
 
1.
May 9, 2016
 
2.
May 16, 2016
 
3.
May 23, 2016
 
REGULAR AGENDA:
 
2.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTIONS approving and adopting FY2017 budget. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
3.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTIONS setting annual FY2017 assessments on the following:
 
A.
Business Improvement District, Tourism Business Improvement District; Mill Levy Rates for General Fund, Transit, Library, and Public Safety
 
B.
Arterial Construction
 
C.
Collection, Disposal, and Landfill Fees effective July 1, 2016
 
D.
Street Maintenance District
 
E.
Storm Sewer

Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
4.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION adopting fees associated with various services provided by the Planning Division. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
5.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION vacating a portion of Palladium Drive right of way within Copper Ridge Subdivision 5th filing, Copper Ridge Development Corporation, petitioner. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
6.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION vacating a portion of the alley within Block 163 of Billings Original Townsite for a cost of $15,000, Riverstone Health, petitioner. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
7.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION vacating a portion of 3rd Avenue North and North Broadway, The Alberta Bair Theater Corporation, petitioner. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
8.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION vacating a portion of Montgomery Street near Hansen Lane and accepting a utility easement, Popelka Enterprises, petitioner. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
9.
PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING ORDINANCE amending Billings Montana City Code (BMCC) Article 26-200, Water and Wastewater Service Area. 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.