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Agenda for Regular City Council Meeting

CITY OF BILLINGS

CITY OF BILLINGS VISION STATEMENT:

"THE MAGIC CITY: A DIVERSE, WELCOMING COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE PROSPER AND BUSINESS SUCCEEDS."


AGENDA
COUNCIL CHAMBERS April 23, 2018                6:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Cole
 
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Cole
 
INVOCATION: Councilmember Gibbs
 
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers present on roll call were:

Cromley,  Yakawich, Brewster,  Ewalt,  Joy, Friedel, Gibbs,  Ronning,  Clark, Brown
 
MINUTES: April 9, 2018
 
COURTESIES:
 
PROCLAMATIONS:
  • Billings Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month - April
  • Great American Cleanup Week - April 23-29, 2018
  • Arbor Day - May 3, 2018
  • National Day of Prayer - May 3, 2018
  • Yellowstone Valley Gives - "Giving Day" May 3-4, 2018
 
ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS - BRUCE MCCANDLESS
  • One Big Sky Project Planning Agreement
 
PUBLIC COMMENT on "NON-PUBLIC HEARING" Agenda Items: 1 ONLY. Speaker sign-in required. (Comments are limited to one (1) minute for one item, or three (3) minutes for multiple items. Please sign the roster located on the cart at the back of Council chambers or at the podium. Comments 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.
Police Range Building Improvements Project.  (Opened 4/10/18) Recommend Cucancic Construction; $94,475.
 
2.
Airport - Two Heavy Duty Snow Plows. (Opened 4/10/18) Recommend delaying award until May 14, 2018 Council meeting.
 
3.
Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Operations Building Pavement Rehabilitation Project. (Opened 4/10/18) Recommend Knife River; $434,638.
 
4.
W.O. 17-07, Hilltop Road and Aronson Avenue Storm Drain Extension. (Opened 4/10/18) Recommend Western Municipal Construction, Inc.; $1,583,734.
 
5.
W.O. 18-20, Poet Street Water Replacement. (Opened 4/17/18) Recommendation will be contained in the April 20 Friday packet.
 
B.
Approval of professional services contract with SAFEBuilt Studio to update the zoning regulations; estimated $160,000.
 
C.
Approval of professional services contract with Mass Mutual as the City's 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan vendor, with the exception of Nationwide for IAFF members.
 
D.
Agreement with Yellowstone County Sheriff's Department to provide New World Public Safety FY2019 data processing services; Annual revenue $145,734.
 
E.
Amendment No. 4, W. O. 16-05, Central Avenue, Shiloh Road to 32nd Street West, Professional Services Contract, DOWL; $409,280.
 
F.
Acceptance of stormwater drainage, construction, and maintenance easement with Billings High School District #2.
 
G.
Acceptance of Montana Board of Crime Control Grant to establish the Supportive Housing and Re-entry Program; $198,065.
 
H.
Approval of reimbursement from East Billings Urban Renewal District Tax Increment Funds to J Bird Luv, LLC, for its Liberty and Vine redevelopment project at 2019 Montana Avenue; $99,881.60.
 
I.
Resolution approving the 2018 distribution of Bridge and Road Safety and Accountability program funds and authorizing Jennifer Duray, CPA, Public Works Finance Manager to execute documents necessary to facilitate distribution of funds; $655,684.20.
 
J.
Preliminary Major Plat of Amended Lot 1, Block 3A, Silver Creek Estates Subdivision, 2nd filing, generally located on the east side of 50th Street West and south of Rimrock Road; Boyer Land, LLC, owner; KLJ Engineering, agent; conditional approval and adoption of the findings of fact.
 
K.
Bills and Payroll:
 
1.
March 26, 2018
 
2.
April 2, 2018
 
REGULAR AGENDA:
 
2.
PUBLIC HEARING and approval of allocation of FY2018-2019 CDBG and HOME Program funds and approval of FY2018-2019 Annual Action Plan. Staff recommends approval of the Community Development Board's recommendation and prioritization. (Action: approval and disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
3.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION approving an amendment to the limits of annexation map. Annexation Committee recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of Annexation Committee recommendation.)
 
4.
PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING ORDINANCE FOR ZONE CHANGE 965: a zone change from Controlled Industrial (CI) to Residential 6,000 (R-60) on a 7,000 sq. ft. parcel of land, generally located at 109 South 35th Street. Dave Healow, owner; High Plains Architects, agent. 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 SPECIAL REVIEW 963: a special review to allow the construction of more than four attached dwelling units in the PD-MF-4 zone on a 19.13 acre parcel of land, generally located west of South 44th Street West and north of Georgina Drive. Lenhardt Farm, LLC, Lenhardt Enterprises, LLC, Lenhardt Property, LP, owners; Sanderson Stewart, agents. Zoning Commission recommends conditional approval and adoption of the findings of the 3 criteria. (Action: approval or disapproval of Zoning Commission recommendation.)
 
PUBLIC COMMENT on "NON-AGENDA ITEMS". Speaker Sign-in required. ( Restricted to ONLY items not on this printed agenda. Comments are limited to 3 minutes. Please sign the roster located on the cart at the back of 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 Denise R. Bohlman, City Clerk, at 657-8210.