Missoula City Council Meeting Agenda

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1.
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

  

2.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

  

3.
ANNOUNCE CHANGES TO COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDAS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP APPROVALS

  

4.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS

  

5.
PUBLIC HEARINGS

  

(State law and City Council rules set guidelines for inviting community comment in a formal way on certain issues.  Following a staff report on each item, the City Council and the Mayor invite community comment.  City Council holds a public hearing on the item, a member of council makes a motion, and a vote is taken.  The public hearing and vote take place on the same night, unless there is a reason to hold the vote over to a later meeting date.)  

5.1
Hayden Grass Valley Conservation Easement Open Space Project
Zac Covington

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  • Recommended motion:

    Adopting a resolution approving the expenditure of up to $26,050 of 2006 Open Space Bond funds towards due diligence and other associated costs related to the acquisition of a conservation easement by Five Valleys Land Trust of approximately 287 acres of property owned by Carl Hayden.

5.2
Our Missoula 2045 Land Use Plan
Benjamin Brewer

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  • Recommended motion:

    Adopt a Resolution to Adopt the Our Missoula 2045 Land Use Plan and Place Type Map as Missoula's new governing land use plan, as recommended by Planning Board. Through this action, the City of Missoula is repealing the Our Missoula City Growth Policy 2035, the associated Future Land Use Map, and repealing all existing neighborhood plans developed prior to the adoption of the 2045 Land Use Plan, except the 2023 Missoula Midtown Master Plan, the 2020 Sxwtpqyen Master Plan, and the 2019 Missoula Downtown Master Plan, which shall remain effective and controlling and adopted as Area Plans under the 2045 Land Use Plan, after taking public comment into consideration, and incorporating amendments from the Staff Recommended Changes Memo dated December 5th, 2024, and the Additional Staff Recommended Changes Memo dated December 13th, 2024, and the two amendments adopted in the December 11th, 2024 Land Use & Planning Committee meeting. 

  • Recommended motion:

    Adopt staff recommendations as noted in the two staff memos and as incorporated in the 12/16 presentation (regarding the zoning on West Broadway). 

  • Recommended motion:

    Delete paragraph beginning with "Do not eliminate parking requirements...management priorities and strategies" and replace with "Manage parking in a manner in which we strive to meet housing production, affordability, transportation, transit, and climate goals recognizing that parking is a critical policy choice that affects many other policy goals." [Includes Becerra friendly amendment to add "transit".]

  • Recommended motion:

    Code B: Coordination:

    Page 120: #17:  Work with stakeholders and the community to develop a comprehensive analysis and approach to mitigating the impacts of growth on sensitive lands. Gov. B&D Orgs 1-4 yrs <1 year.

     

  • Recommended motion:

    Code D: Programs:

    Page 122, #17:  Institute programs and projects to address sustainability and climate change within city operations, such as repair of aging water mains, water metering, etc. 10 yrs 5-9 years. 

  • Recommended motion:

    Add a 3rd paragraph / sentence to the “CIVIC” land use type description on p.84 stating “Privately-owned lands may be used for residential and commercial development dependent on context and adjoining land use types”.

  • Recommended motion:

    Revise the residential intensity bullet point on p.85 (underneath residential graph) stating “-residential development may be permitted, dependent on context and adjacent land use types”.

  • Recommended motion:

    Revise to commercial intensity bullet point on p.85 (underneath the commercial graph) stating “-commercial development may be permitted, dependent on context and adjacent land use types”.

  • Recommended motion:

    Page 119. Implementation Actions A44 & A45 are identified as 5-9  1-4 years

6.
NEW BUSINESS

  

7.
PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA

  

8.
CONSENT AGENDA

  

(Items on the consent agenda were approved in City Council committees to be placed on the consent agenda to save time at Council meetings by voting on them as a package. The City Clerk will read the list aloud, so citizens watching on MCAT will know what is on the consent agenda. We’ll invite community comment on these items before we vote.)

  • Recommended motion:

8.1
Accounts Payable (claims) for checks dated December 17, 2024

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  • Recommended motion:

    Approve accounts payable (claims) for checks dated December 17, 2024, in the amount of $5,786,607.58. 

8.2
Reappointing Regular Member to Conservation District
Jennifer Savage

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  • Recommended motion:

    Reappointing, Tim Hall, as a regular member on the Conservation District Board with a new term beginning January 1, 2025, and through December 31, 2027.

8.3
Resolution of Intent to Sell Real Property White Pine Park
Donna Gaukler

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  • Recommended motion:

    Approve a resolution of intent to sell real property and authorize the Mayor to sign

8.4
Lumen ISP Renewal Contract
Jesse Neidigh

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  • Recommended motion:

    Authorize the Mayor to approve amendment of the Intrastate Agreement for CenturyLink Metro Ethernet Service to renew City of Missoula ISP connectivity with Lumen [on a month-to-month basis for a maximum of 12 months] for one-year.

8.5
Appointment to the Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Board
Andrea Davis

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  • Recommended motion:

    Confirm the Mayor’s appointment of John Kittelson to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board for a term beginning immediately and expiring on September 30, 2027.

8.6
Reappointment of Regular Member to the Board of Health
Mike Nugent

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  • Recommended motion:

    Reappointing Ross Miller to the Board of Health as a Regular Member with a new term beginning January 1, 2025, and ending on December 31, 2027.

8.7
Renewal of Axon Technologies Contract
Mike Colyer

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  • Recommended motion:

    Authorize Mayor Davis to sign a contract with Axon Technologies to continue support of the Taser program to replace end of life equipment, ensure adequate consumables for training and duty use and update to current equipment.

8.8
Trash and Recycling Collection Hours Restricted
Eric Melson

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  • Recommended motion:

    Setting a public hearing for [January 13, 2025], to adopt an ordinance prohibiting trash and recycling collection by private haulers between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. in residential zones or within 300 feet of any of a residential zone. [First Reading]

9.
REGULAR BUSINESS

  

(Items listed under committee reports were not approved unanimously in City Council committees. The chairperson of the standing City Council committee will make a motion. We invite community comment on each item.)

9.1
Committee Reports

  

9.1.a
Budget and Finance (BF) committee report

  

9.1.b
Climate, Conservation and Parks (CCP) committee report

  

9.1.c
Committee of the Whole (COW) committee report

  
9.1.c.a
Minutes from December 11, 2024
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9.1.c.b
City Council Rule 2 Amendment Allowing Up To Three Minutes for Public Comment
Daniel Carlino
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  • Recommended motion:

    [Recommend Do Not Pass] Adopt an amendment to City Council Rule 2 allowing up to three minutes per public comment.

  • Recommended motion:

    Rule 2. Citizen Participation in Decision-making

    Public comment shall be taken before the consideration of any final action at a City Council meeting, committee meeting or subcommittee meeting. In addition, each meeting agenda shall include an opportunity for public comment on public matters that are not on the agenda and are within the jurisdiction of the meeting body conducting the meeting. Public comment on agenda items must be germane to the business under consideration. The Presiding Officer may reasonably limit audience participation at any time.  Public commenters shall be allowed three minutes of time to speak on the topic under consideration. The Presiding Officer has the discretion to allow for extra time in the event the public commenter appears to have a disability that impacts their ability to speak or access the microphone or where the commenter was interrupted by sources outside their control.

    When there is an unusually large public turnout, two-thirds of the members present and voting may suspend the rules to reduce the time limit

9.1.d
Housing, Redevelopment, and Community Programs (HRCP) committee report

  

9.1.e
Land Use and Planning (LUP) committee report

  

9.1.f
Public Safety, Health and Operations (PSHO) committee report

  

9.1.g
Public Works and Mobility (PWM) committee report

  

9.2
Informational Reports

  

10.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS

  

11.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR

  

12.
GENERAL COMMENTS OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS

  

13.
ADJOURNMENT

  

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