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Agenda for Regular City Council Meeting

CITY OF BILLINGS

CITY OF BILLINGS VISION STATEMENT:

"THE MAGIC CITY – A VIBRANT, WELCOMING PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE FLOURISH AND BUSINESS THRIVES."


AGENDA
COUNCIL CHAMBERS      July 11, 2011             6:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Hanel
 
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Mayor Hanel
 
INVOCATION – Councilmember Ronquillo
 
ROLL CALL
 
MINUTES:  June 27, 2011, Pending
 
COURTESIES
 
PROCLAMATIONS
 
ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS - TINA VOLEK
 
 
PUBLIC COMMENT on "NON-PUBLIC HEARING" Agenda Items: #1, #4, and #5 ONLY. Speaker sign-in required.(Comments offered here are limited to one (1) minute. 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 -- Separations:
 
A.
Bid Awards:
 
1.
P25 Digital Radio, NG9-1-1 Telephone System and Digital Logging Recorder. (Opened 7/5/2011) Recommend delay of award until July 25, 2011.
 
2.
W.O. 10-29 Wastewater Treatment Plant West Mechanical MCC Replacement and Improvements. (Opened 6/14/2011) (Delayed from 6/27/2011) Recommend Action Electric; $618,000.
 
B.
Approval of the Assignment and Transfer of the Limited Commercial Aviation Ground Lease and the Commercial Aviation Ground Lease for a Fuel Farm Site from Corporate Jet LLC to Edwards Jet Center Montana, Inc.; and Approval of the Assignment of the Limited Commercial Aviation Ground Lease and Commercial Aviation Ground Lease for a Fuel Farm Site with Edwards Jet Center Montana, Inc. to Stockman Bank for loan security purposes.
 
C.
Agreement with Yellowstone County Sheriff's Department to provide New World Public Safety data processing services. (7/1/11 - 6/30/12); Annual revenue - $94,520.
 
D.
Approval of the purchase of three Ford F150 4X4 SuperCrew pickups, budgeted through the approved FY12 Equipment Replacement Plan, to replace three police patrol cars . Recommend purchase from Bison Motor Company, Great Falls, MT, as determined per state bid; $82,534.95 total.
 
E.
Street Closures:
 
1.
Annual Mexican Fiesta: Assembly: Friday, July 29, 2011, 4:00 p.m; Event: Saturday, July 30, 2011, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; 6th Avenue South between South 27th and 28th Streets.
 
2.
Dash for Dog Parks 2K/5K Fun Run: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 6:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; 2K: Beginning at High Sierra Park, down the access road, right onto Wicks Lane, turn around at Fantan and continue on Wicks Lane back to the park. 5K: Beginning at High Sierra Park, down the access road, left onto Wicks Lane, right onto Matador, right onto Vesca Way, left onto Sierra Granda Boulevard, right onto Fantan, left onto Adobe, left onto Morocco, turn around at Sierra Granda, south on Morocco, left onto Fantan, right onto Wicks Lane and back to the park.
 
3.
Amp'd Festival: August 4-6, 2011; 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.; alley closure between South 26th and 27th Streets between the Skate Park and Subway.
 
F.
Resolution authorizing the issuance and calling for a negotiated sale of $494,000 Pooled Sidewalk Bonds (WO 05-13 Jackson Street, Phase II and WO 09-02, Miscellaneous/Developer Related Program).
 
G.
Resolution confirming the sale of Lots 9-12, Block 142, Original Townsite of Billings, to Riverstone Health approved by Council at the 6/27/2011 meeting.
 
H.
Second/Final Reading Ordinance for Zone Change #876: A zone change from Residential 7,000 (R-70) to Residential Multi-family-Restricted (RMF-R) on a 20,235 square foot parcel of land containing an existing 4-plex multi-family dwelling originally constructed in 1955 and legally described as Lot 25 and the west 14 feet of Lot 26, Block 1, Arrowhead Subdivision, located at 519 Crow Lane; Trenton Parks, applicant. Approval of the zone change and adoption of the determinations of the 12 criteria.
 
I.
Approval of extension of preliminary plat approval date for one year for Tuscany Subdivision; setting new expiration date of August 11, 2012.
 
J.
Bills and Payroll:
 
1.
June 10, 2011
 
2.
June 17, 2011
 
K.
Big Sky State Games Half Marathon and 10K Run.  Saturday, July 17, 2011, 6:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.; Starting at King Ave. West and Shiloh Road following the bike path, continuing west on Rimrock Road to Yellowstone County Club, turning around and following same route back to King Ave. West and Shiloh Road.
 
REGULAR AGENDA:
 
2.
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.)
 
3.
CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC HEARING & 1ST READINGORDINANCEapproving the Empire Parking Garage and Northern Hotel Projects as Urban Renewal Projects in the Expanded N. 27th Street Urban Renewal Area - 2008. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
4.
APPROVAL of established standard purchase rate of $5 per square foot to include a 10% cash incentive discount and a 6-month post sale development contingency for the east 90 feet of vacant Lots 1-2 and all of vacant Lots 3-6, Block 184, of the Original Town of Billings generally located on the corner of 6th Avenue South and South 26th Street. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
5.
RESOLUTION approving and adopting the Fiscal Year 2012 City of Billings Budget. Public Hearing held on 6/13/2011. (Postponed on June 27, 2011, until August 8, 2011. Moved on July 5, 2011, to the July 11, 2011, agenda.) Staff recommends approval and adoption. (Action:  approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
 
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COUNCIL INITIATIVES
 
ADJOURN
 
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