Missoula City Council Meeting Agenda

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Date:

Monday, December 09, 2024 at 6:00 P.m. - 7:00 P.m.

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1.

CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

2.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

2.1

Minutes from December 2, 2024

3.

ANNOUNCE CHANGES TO COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDAS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP APPROVALS

3.1

Committee Schedule for December 11, 2024

4.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS

4.1

Neighborhood Council Updates

4.2

Proclamation - Blackfoot Communications Day

Andrea Davis

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

Missoula Loft Homes Subdivision Phases 1-3

Alex Bramlette

• Recommended motion:

  Approve the Phased Development of Missoula Loft Homes on Mary Jane Boulevard Subdivision Phases 1-3 of, located North of O’Leary Street and east of Mary Jane Boulevard on Tract 2 of Certificate of Survey No. 6817 based on the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the staff report, subject to the conditions of approval.

5.2

Our Missoula 2045 Land Use Plan

Benjamin Brewer

• Recommended motion:

  Adopt a Resolution to Adopt the Our Missoula 2045 Land Use Plan and Place Type Map (Attachment 2 and Exhibit A) as Missoula's new governing land use plan, based on the information and considerations in the staff report. 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, with consideration of the public comment submitted to the City Council, and as recommended by the Planning Board.

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 10, 2024

BF

• Recommended motion:

  Approve accounts payable (claims) for checks dated December 10, 2024, in the amount of $1,381,565.51.

8.2

Reappointments to the Impact Fee Advisory Committee

Andrea Davis

• Recommended motion:

  Confirm the Mayor’s reappointment of John Freer to the Impact Fee Advisory Committee as a regular member for a new term beginning December 1, 2024 and expiring November 30, 2028.

• Recommended motion:

  Confirm the Mayor's reappointment of Hank Trotter to the Impact Fee Advisory Committee as a regular member for a new term beginning December 1, 2024 and expiring November 30, 2028.

• Recommended motion:

  Confirm the Mayor's reappointment of Nick Kaufman to the Impact Fee Advisory Committee as a Development Community Representative for a new term beginning December 1, 2024 and expiring November 30, 2028.

8.3

Reappointment to the Missoula Civic Television Advisory Committee

Amber Sherrill

• Recommended motion:

  Reappoint Jennipha-Lauren Nielsen to the Missoula Civic Television Advisory Committee as a regular member for a term beginning January 1, 2025 and ending December 31, 2028.

8.4

Agreement with Arts Missoula for Citywide Arts Support

Donna Gaukler

• Recommended motion:

  Approve the Memorandum of Agreement with Arts Missoula for Support of Citywide Arts and Culture programs and efforts and authorize the Mayor to Sign

8.5

Open Space/Parklands Donation West End Farms

Donna Gaukler

• Recommended motion:

  Approve the donation Agreement and accept the gift of 16.14 acres of open space/parklands from developer of the West End Farms Subdivision and authorize the Mayor to sign.

8.6

Bid Award to Western Municipal Construction for the RAS Valve replacement project

Adam Marsh

• Recommended motion:

  Approve and authorize the Mayor award the bid for the RAS valve replacement project to Western Municipal Construction at a cost not to exceed $1,126,800.

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.a.a

Minutes from December 4, 2024

9.1.b

Climate, Conservation and Parks (CCP) committee report

9.1.b.a

Minutes from December 4, 2024

9.1.c

Committee of the Whole (COW) committee report

9.1.d

Housing, Redevelopment, and Community Programs (HRCP) committee report

9.1.e

Land Use and Planning (LUP) committee report

9.1.e.a

Minutes from December 4, 2024

9.1.f

Public Safety, Health and Operations (PSHO) committee report

9.1.g

Public Works and Mobility (PWM) committee report

9.1.g.a

Minutes from December 4, 2024

9.1.g.b

Right-of-way improvements Project 22-028: Eaton Street Phase II – South 13th Street West to West Sussex Avenue

Mark Todorovich

• Recommended motion:

  Recommend Do Not Pass: Approve and authorize the Mayor to sign the Resolution to order right-of-way improvements Project 22-028: Eaton St Phase II- S 13th St W to W Sussex Ave

• Recommended motion:

  Motion to reconsider the vote on the original Do Not Pass motion.

• Recommended motion:

  Motion reconsidering the original Do Not Pass motion.

9.1.g.c

Ordinances amending Missoula Municipal Code Titles 3 and 12, for multiple code amendments related to the Public Works & Mobility Department

Ross Mollenhauer

• Recommended motion:

  Set a public hearing on January 6, 2025, and preliminarily approve ordinances amending Missoula Municipal Code Title 3 entitled “Revenue and Finance,” Title 12 entitled “Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places,” to update the sidewalk deferral program eligibility requirements to be effective on February 5, 2025.

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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