Missoula City Council Meeting Agenda

Meeting #:

Date:

Monday, August 19, 2024 at 6:00 P.m. - 9:00 P.m.

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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

3.1

Committee Schedule August 21, 2024

4.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS

4.1

Neighborhood Council Updates

4.1.a

Franklin to the Fort Update

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

Emergency Houseless Levy

Andrea Davis

• Recommended motion:

  Approve the one-time use of a 2-mill emergency levy reimbursing $414,009 of the City’s costs incurred in emergency sheltering activities under Emergency Proclamation Resolution Number 8684 and authorizing its placement in the City of Missoula’s fiscal year 2025 Budget to be used to pay for the ongoing costs to address emergency sheltering in Missoula. 

5.2

Budget FY2025 - Annual Appropriations and Capital Improvement Program

• Recommended motion:

  A resolution fixing the annual appropriations and the Capital Improvement Program for the City of Missoula as set
  forth in the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget and Capital Improvement Program including:

  • The Park District 1 work plan and budget for Fiscal Year 2025

  • The Road District 1 work plan and budget for Fiscal Year 2025

  • The Tourism Business Improvement District work plan and budget for Fiscal Year 2025

  • The Business Improvement District work plan and budget for Fiscal Year 2025

  • The Permissive Medical Levy (Employee Health Insurance Levy) for Fiscal Year 2025

  • The Missoula Local Government Building Special District work plan and budget for Fiscal Year 2025

5.3

Budget FY2025 - Resolutions Levying Assessments

• Recommended motion:

  Adopt a resolution of the City Council of the city of Missoula, Montana, levying and assessing the lots and parcels within the city of Missoula Park District 1 in the amount of $10,105,060.00 for the costs associated with providing certain maintenance, purchasing and improvement services in fiscal year 2025 for city-owned facilities, land and equipment under the responsibility and care of the city of Missoula Parks and Recreation Department; providing for a method of assessments; and providing for other matters properly relating thereto.

• Recommended motion:

  Adopt a resolution of the City Council of the City of Missoula, Montana, levying and assessing the lots and parcels within the City of Missoula Road District Number 1 in the amount of $10,317,007.00  for the costs associated with providing certain maintenance, purchasing and improvement services in fiscal year 2025 for city-owned facilities, land and equipment under the responsibility and care of the City of Missoula Public Works and Mobility Department’s Street Division, Cemetery, and Engineering Division, Central Service’s Fleet Maintenance Division providing for a method of assessments; and providing for other matters properly relating thereto. 

• Recommended motion:

  Adopt a resolution levying annual assessments on the hotels located in the Tourism Business Improvement District of the City of Missoula for fiscal year 2025 in the amount of $2 per occupied room night in accordance with 7-12-1132 MCA.

• Recommended motion:

  [POSTPONED TO AUGUST 26] Adopt a resolution levying taxes on the lots, pieces and parcels of land located in the Downtown Business Improvement District of the City of Missoula in the amount of $[to be determined] for fiscal year 2025 in accordance with 7-12-1132 MCA.

5.4

Budget FY2025 - Resolutions Adopting Fees

• Recommended motion:

  Adopt a resolution of the Missoula City Council increasing fees by 5% for the Parks and Recreation master fee schedule effective January 1, 2025.

• Recommended motion:

  Adopt a resolution of the Missoula City Council increasing fees by 7% for the Public Works fee schedule effective January 1, 2025.

• Recommended motion:

  Adopt a resolution of the Missoula City Council increasing Business Licensing, Land Use and Planning, and Engineering fees by 7% for the following services effective January 1, 2025.

5.5

Budget FY2025 - Street Maintenance District #1 (SMD1)

• Recommended motion:

  Approve a resolution levying a special assessment and tax on the lots, pieces and parcels of land situated within Street Maintenance District #1 of the City of Missoula, Montana in the amount of $143,899.82 for the purpose of defraying the cost of street sweeping and removing garbage and recycling from streets and avenues in the district during fiscal year 2025.

5.6

Budget FY2025 - Street Lighting Improvement Districts

Claire Trimble

• Recommended motion:

  Approve a resolution of the Missoula City Council levying and assessing a special assessment and tax on the lots, pieces and parcels of land situated within all special lighting districts of the City of Missoula, Montana, in the amount of $322,876.39 to defray the cost of street lighting in special lighting districts during the fiscal year 2025.

5.7

Budget FY2025 - Resolution Levying Taxes for Municipal and Administrative Purposes

• Recommended motion:

  A resolution levying taxes for municipal and administrative purposes for the Fiscal Year 2025.

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 August 20, 2024

• Recommended motion:

  Approve accounts payable (claims) for checks dated August 20, 2024, in the amount of $1,394,959.67.

8.2

Cooperative purchase of Jacobsen HR800 Mower

Lincoln Lake

• Recommended motion:

  Approve the purchase of a Jacobsen HR800 Mower from RMT Equipment for $120,438.40.

8.3

Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Recreation Trails Program Grant Agreement – Duncan Trailhead and Trail

Jeff Gicklhorn

• Recommended motion:

  Approve and direct the Mayor to sign the Recreation Trails Program grant agreement from Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks totaling $100,000.00 for planned Duncan Drive trailhead and trail improvements.

8.4

Wildroot Phased Subdivision, Annexation, and Rezoning

Tara Porcari

• Recommended motion:

  Adopt a resolution of intent to annex and zone to R5.4 Residential the portion of the subject property as shown and legally described in Exhibits A and B; preliminarily adopt an ordinance rezoning the subject property from R8 Residential, RM1-35 Residential (multi-dwelling), RM0.5 (multi-dwelling), B2-1 Community Business, and R5.4 Residential, with the west portion of the property including the Hillview Heights Overlay, to RM0.5 Residential (multi-dwelling), RM1-35 Residential (multi-dwelling), and R5.4 Residential, removing Hillview Heights Overlay; refer this item to the Land Use and Planning Committee for discussion on August 28, 2024, and set a public hearing on September 9, 2024.

8.5

Resolution in Support of 2024 Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Grant Application

Devin Filicicchia

• Recommended motion:

  Adopt and authorize the Mayor to sign a Resolution to support the intent of, and project contained in, the 2024 CFI grant application.

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 August 14, 2024

9.1.b

Climate, Conservation and Parks (CCP) committee report

9.1.b.a

Minutes from August 14, 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.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 August 14, 2024

9.2

Informational Reports

9.2.a

Administratively Approved Report

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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