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 | July 25, 2011 | 6:30 P.M. |
CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Hanel
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Mayor Hanel
INVOCATION – Mayor Hanel
ROLL CALL
MINUTES:
- June 27, 2011
- July 5, 2011
- July 11, 2011
COURTESIES
PROCLAMATIONS
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. 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.
Bid Awards:
1.
P25 Digital Radio, NG9-1-1 Telephone System, and Digital Logging Recorder. (Opened 7/5/2011) (Delayed from 7/11/2011) Recommend Cassidian Communications, Inc.; $2,147,000.
2.
Swords Park Trail II STPE 1099 (60) Construction. (Opened 7/12/2011) Recommend Knife River; $621,535.40.
3.
W.O. 10-05: 2nd & 3rd Avenues North Two-Way Conversion. (Opened 7/12/11) Recommend HighMark Traffic Services; $74,334.05.
B.
Approval of Signal Emergency Response Agreement with the Montana Department of Transportation. Revenue based on labor, materials, and equipment.
C.
Amendment #17, Airport Storm Water Master Plan Update. Engineering Design Services Contract, Morrison-Maierle, Inc., $176,038.
D.
Sidewalk Easement with TNC Development, LLC, for the westerly five feet of Lot 4, Block 3, Weil Subdivision.
E.
Street Closures:
1.
Billings Association of Realtors Quality of Life Runs. Saturday, August 20, 2011; 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.; The 5-mile run starts at Masterson Circle, along Airport Road to N. 27th, on Rimrock Rd to Virginia Lane, to Parkhill Dr., through Pioneer Park and back to Parkhill, along 32nd Street and finishing in the Transwestern Parking Lot north of 6th Ave N. The 2-mile run is on the same route but starts along Rimrock Road.
2.
Chase Hawks Memorial Association Burn the Point/Street Dance. September 2, 2011, from 5:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on September 3, 2011; established downtown parade route and N. 28th between 1st and 2nd Avenues North.
3.
Billings Public Schools Opening Day for Teachers and Administrators. August 23, 2011; 7:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; North 28th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues North.
F.
Approval of loan from the General Fund to the North 27th Street Tax Increment Fund; $800,000 with 1.47% interest rate; repayment from the North 27th Street Tax Increment revenue in December 2011 and June 2012.
G.
Approval of grant application and acceptance of the 2011 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) for Police Department equipment purchases; $71,253.
H.
Approval and acceptance of United Way of Yellowstone County Grant for Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws (EUDL); $18,760.
I.
Resolution authorizing the issuance and calling for a private negotiated sale of $2,620,000 Special Improvement District 1360 bonds.
J.
Approval of extension of preliminary plat approval date for two years for Skyview Ridge Subdivision, 1st Filing; setting a new expiration date of August 13, 2013.
K.
Preliminary Subsequent Minor Plat of Sheldon Wolf Subdivision described as two lots on approximately 0.5 acre of land on the south side of Pemberton Lane in the Heights; Sheldon and Nickala Wolf, owners; Sanderson Stewart, agent; conditional approval of the plat and adoption of the findings of fact.
L.
Bills and Payroll:
1.
June 30, 2011
2.
April 1, 2011 - June 30, 3011 (Municipal Court)
M.
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.
N.
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 (Delayed from 6/27/2011).
REGULAR AGENDA:
2.
PUBLIC HEARING AND SPECIAL REVIEW #890: a special review to allow a drive-through service in a Community Commercial (CC) zone across the alley from a residential zone and to allow the use of property zoned Residential 6,000 (R-60) for public parking on property generally located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Grand Avenue and 14th Street West and described as Lots 1 through 12 and 47 and 48, Block 2, Evergreen Subdivision; Stockman Bank; owner. Zoning Commission recommends conditional approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of Zoning Commission recommendation.)
3.
PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING ORDINANCE FOR ZONE CHANGE #877: a zone change from Planned Development – Neighborhood Commercial to Planned Development – Neighborhood Commercial with an allowance for the on-premise sale of beer and wine without gaming and the provision of catering services on a 37,739 square foot parcel of land described as Lot 3, Block 40, Harvest Subdivision, 4th Filing, generally located at 3210 Henesta Drive. Steel Properties, Ronald Steel, President, owner; Siam Thai, LLC and Andrew Billstein, Billstein Law Firm, representatives. Zoning Commission recommends approval of the zone change and adoption of the determinations of the 12 criteria. (Action: approval or disapproval of Zoning Commission recommendation.)
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COUNCIL INITIATIVES
ADJOURN
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