CITY OF BILLINGS
CITY OF BILLINGS VISION STATEMENT:
"THE MAGIC CITY – A VIBRANT, WELCOMING PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE FLOURISH AND BUSINESS THRIVES."
CITY OF BILLINGS VISION STATEMENT:
"THE MAGIC CITY – A VIBRANT, WELCOMING PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE FLOURISH AND BUSINESS THRIVES."
AGENDA
| COUNCIL CHAMBERS | February 14, 2011 | 6:30 P.M. |
CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Hanel
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Mayor Hanel
INVOCATION – Councilmember Ronquillo
ROLL CALL
MINUTES: January 24, 2011
COURTESIES:
Billings Parks, Recreation, and Preservation Foundation Presentation
PROCLAMATIONS: Billings Theater Student Day, February 14, 2011
ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS - TINA VOLEK
PUBLIC COMMENT on "NON-PUBLIC HEARING" Agenda Items: #1, #2, and #8 ONLY. Speaker sign-in required.(Comments offered here are limited to one (1) minute per speaker. Please sign up on the clipboard located 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
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Separations:
A.
Agreement with Seon Design to provide and install security cameras in 26 MET buses and 15 paratransit vans; $200,225; funded 100% by an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Grant administered through the FTA grant process.
B.
Memorandum of Understanding with Beartooth RC&D Economic Development District; $9,271.91 annual payment.
C.
Grant Application Request to submit a Montana State Historic Preservation Office Certified Local Government Grant application for FY2011-2012; $5,500.
D.
Approval of Downtown Revolving Loan Fund recommendation for Tracy Lofts Development Venture, LLP, for renovation of the Tracy Building located at 2600 Montana Avenue; up to $250,000 and equity of at least 20% of total costs.
E.
Acknowledge receipt of petition to vacate South 23rd Street between 3rd Avenue South and 4th Avenue South and 4th Avenue South between South 23rd Street and South 24th Street for a total 54,380 square feet; ConocoPhillips, petitioner; and set a public hearing date of March 14, 2011.
F.
Acknowledge receipt of petition to vacate portions of right-of-way within Twin Oaks Subdivision, 2nd Filing; Twin Oaks Corporation, petitioner; and set a public hearing date of March 14, 2011.
G.
Resolution approving Yellowstone Family Park Master Plan (formerly Byron Nelson Park).
H.
Resolution allocating $15,000 of FY2011 Council Contingency Funds to be used towards the cost of the Infill Policy Workshop, as recommended by the City Annexation Committee.
I.
Street Closures:
1.
Magic City Blues Festival: Montana Avenue between North 23rd Street and North 25th Street; 9:00 a.m. on Friday, August 12, 2011, to noon on Sunday, August 14, 2011.
J.
Acceptance of Donation on behalf of the Billings Area Resource Network from Venture Theatre; $1,000.
K.
Resolution of Intent to construct W.O. 11-02, Miscellaneous and Developer Related Improvements, and a set a public hearing date of March 14, 2011.
L.
Resolution of Intent to construct W.O. 05-13, Safe Routes to School Improvements on Jackson Street from Frances Avenue to Ryan Avenue (curb/gutter, sidewalk, and drive approaches), and set a public hearing date of March 14, 2011.
M.
Resolution of Intent to create SID 1369, Moore Lane between Monad Road and Central Avenue (sanitary sewer improvements, storm drain, curb and gutter, sidewalk, and necessary widening and reconstruction of the street), and set a public hearing date of March 24, 2011.
N.
Second/final reading ordinance for Zone Change #870: a zone change to allow a mixture of commercial, cultural, medical, clinical and residential uses in a Planned Development on a 111.91 acre parcel of land described as Blocks 1 through 5, The Village Subdivision; Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health Systems, owner; Will Ralph, Sanderson Stewart and Doug James, Moulton Bellingham PC, representatives. Approval of the zone change and adoption of the determinations of the 12 criteria.
O.
Second/final reading ordinance for Zone Change #871: a zone change from Residential 9,600 to Entryway General Commercial on a 1.554-acre parcel of land described as the south 310 feet of Lot 24, Sugar Subdivision, less 4,194 square feet for King Avenue East right-of-way, and located at 766 Calhoun Lane. Almon Blain, Jr., owner. Approval of the zone change and adoption of the determinations of the 12 criteria.
P.
Bills and Payroll:
1.
January 7, 2011
2.
January 11, 2011
3.
January 21, 2011
REGULAR AGENDA:
2.
RESOLUTION declaring an emergency exception to the Purchasing Policy and awarding a contract to Accurate Concrete Cutting, Inc. for the removal and stabilization of rock in and adjacent to 1313 Granite Avenue. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
3.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION ordering construction of improvements identified in W.O. 09-11, Rimrock Road from 17th Street West to Forsythia Boulevard. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
4.
PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING ORDINANCE expanding the boundaries of Ward 1 to include recently annexed property in Annexation #11-01: the south 310 feet of Lot 24, Sugar Subdivision, located at 766 Calhoun Lane. Almon R. Blain, Jr., owner. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
5.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION assessing the cost of cutting and/or exterminating weeds. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
6.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION authorizing the donation of Lots 9-12, Block 142, Original Town of Billings to RiversStone Health with first right of refusal to reacquire the property if RiverStone Health does not develop the property and wishes to sell or donate the property to another person or entity. Community Development Board recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of Community Development Board recommendation.)
7.
PUBLIC HEARING and approval of Federal Funding Requests. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
8.
2011-2012 IAFF LOCAL 521 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
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COUNCIL INITIATIVES
ADJOURN
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