MET Transit Bus Tire Mileage Lease Program. (Opened 7/26/2011) Recommend award of mileage tire lease contract to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, for 9/1/2011 - 8/31/2012 with additional four, 1-year renewable options.

Stride 4 Pride 5K Fun Run. August 20, 2011; 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.; Starting from Rose Park, left onto 21st St. W., right onto Ave. C, left onto 18th St. W., right onto Parkhill Dr., left onto 17th St. W., right after bridge, left onto Soloman Ave., following dirt road long the ditch, right onto 21st St. W., left onto Colton Blvd., left onto Meadowwood St., left onto Cohagen Dr., right onto Woody Dr., left onto dirt trail along ditch back to 21st St. W., crossing the bridge and following sidewalk down into baseball field parking lot to 21st St. W., following circular sidewalk to the pavillion/finish.

Montana Governor's Cup Marathon. September 18, 2011; 5:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Race begins in Molt and proceeds left to 38th St. W. to Poly Dr., Patricia Lane, Colton Blvd., 17th St. W., Parkhill Dr, Virginia Lane, and 3rd St. W., finishing at Wendy's Field. Full closures needed at 38th St. W. from Rimrock Road to Poly Dr. from 7:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. and 3rd St. W. at Parkhill to Wendy's Field entrance from 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Recommendation of approval of the revised Billings Area Bikeway & Trail Master Plan to the Policy Coordinating Committee 

Second/final 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. Approval of the zone change and adoption of the determinations of the 12 criteria.

Preliminary Subsequent Minor Plat of Amended Lots 8 and 9A-5, Block 1, Montana Sapphire Subdivision, generally located on the west side of Shiloh Road, on both sides of Montana Sapphire Drive, south of King Avenue East. Montana Sapphire, LLC, owner; Sanderson Stewart, representing agent.

PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION approving the issuance of Special Improvement District 1360 Refunding Bonds. Staff recommends approval. (Action:approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.) 

RESOLUTION awarding the sale of bonds for financing pooled Series 2011 Sidewalk Bonds (WO 05-13, Jackson Street, Phase II and WO 09-02, Miscellaneous/Developer Improvements) to Royal Johnson in the amount of $350,000.  Staff recommends approval. (Action:  approval or disapproval of staff recommendation). 

1ST READING ORDINANCE approving the Empire Parking Garage and Northern Hotel Projects as Urban Renewal Projects in the Expanded N. 27th Street Urban Renewal Area - 2008 (Public Hearing opened 6/27/11, continued to 7/11/2011 and closed.) (Action postponed from 7/11/2011). Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)