Missoula City Council Meeting Agenda

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Date:

Monday, August 28, 2023 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

3.

PUBLIC COMMENT - NON-AGENDA ITEMS

4.

ANNOUNCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP APPOINTMENTS AND CHANGES TO COMMITTEE AGENDAS

5.

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:

5.1

Accounts Payable (claims) for checks dated August 29, 2023

BF

• Approve accounts payable in the amount of $1,817,864.49 for checks dated August 29, 2023.

5.2

Parks, Recreation, Open Space and Trails (PROST) Comprehensive Master Plan Contract Update

CCP

Ryan Applegate, Zac Covington

• Recommended motion:

  Approve and authorize the Mayor to sign a contract with BluePoint Planning, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $249,723 for professional services related to the (Parks, Recreation, Open Space and Trails) PROST comprehensive master plan update.

5.3

Memo of Understanding for the Wye Infrastructure Plan

PWM

Aaron Wilson

• Recommended motion:

  Approve and authorize the Mayor to sign the Memorandum of Understanding for the Wye Infrastructure Plan.

5.4

Lease Agreement with Burnt Works Customs for 1359 W Broadway

PWM

Logan McInnis

• Recommended motion:

  Approve and Authorize the Mayor to sign a lease agreement with Burnt Works Customs for the 1359 W Broadway property at a cost not to exceed $1,000 a month for a year.

5.5

Radio Upgrade Project – Interlocal Agreement Between City of Missoula and Missoula County

PWM

Ken Hughes

• Recommended motion:

  Approve and authorize the Mayor to sign the Radio Upgrade Project – Interlocal Agreement between the City of Missoula and Missoula County for a total not to exceed $852,600.00.

5.6

Poverello Center Johnson Street Contract for Operations

HRCP

Emily Armstrong

• Recommended motion:

  Approve and authorize the Mayor to sign and execute an agreement with The Poverello Center for the provision of emergency sheltering services at the Johnson Street Shelter for an amount not to exceed $789,345.00.

5.7

Appointments to the City Board of Adjustment

LUP

Jordan Hess

• Recommended motion:

  Confirm the Mayor’s reappointment of Patrick Bridegam, John Newman and Lance Koch to the City Board of Adjustment for terms beginning immediately and expiring on June 30, 2026.

5.8

Reappointment to the City Board of Adjustment

LUP

Jordan Hess

• Recommended motion:

  Confirm the Mayor’s reappointment of Ryan Morton to the City Board of Adjustment, from an alternate to a regular member, for a term beginning immediately and expiring on June 30, 2026.

6.

COMMENTS FROM CITY STAFF, CITY AGENCIES, COMMUNITY FORUM, NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, OR AUTHORITIES

7.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS

7.1

Proclamation - Suicide Prevention Week

Jordan Hess

7.2

Proclamation - International Overdose Awareness Day

Jordan Hess

7.3

Proclamation - Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

Jordan Hess

8.

FINAL CONSIDERATION

(Items listed under Final Consideration have had a public hearing.  The chairperson of the standing City Council committee will make a motion. We invite community comment on each item.)

8.1

Ordinance amending Missoula Municipal Code Chapter 12.40 regarding overnight camping in City public spaces

CCP

Jordan Hess

Please note:  Under agenda Item 11.2, the City Council will consider a recommendation to postpone consideration of this ordinance until November 13, 2023.   

8.2

Icon Apartment Homes Annexation, Subdivision, and Master Site Plan

LUP

Dave DeGrandpre

• Recommended motion:

  Adopt a resolution to annex the subject property legally described as Tract B of Certificate of Survey 6850 located in the E ½ of Section 12, Township 13 North, Range 20 West and the W ½ of Section 7, Township 13 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., as shown on Exhibit A, and zone upon annexation to Title 21 Form Based Zoning Code transect zones: OS Open Space, T3 Neighborhood Edge, T4-O Neighborhood General - Open, T4-R Neighborhood General – Restricted, and T5 Mixed-Use Center, subject to the recommended conditions of approval, based on the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the staff report.

• Recommended motion:

  Approve the Icon Apartment Homes at Dougherty Ranch Subdivision Preliminary Plat Application and Master Site Plan, subject to the recommended conditions of approval, based on the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the staff report.

9.

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, and then votes the following week, unless there is a requirement for final action on the night of the public hearing.)  

9.1

Lower Miller Creek Road Right-of-Way Vacation and Speed Limit Reduction

PWM

Steve Reichert

City Council will hold this public hearing open until they take the item up for final consideration on September 11, 2023.

9.2

Resolution levying assessments Park District 1, Road District 1, Tourism Business Improvement District and Downtown Business Improvement District for fiscal year 2023

BF

Marty Rehbein

On August 28, 2023 City Council will hear all objections that may be made to these resolutions. At the close of the public hearing the City Council will take up these items for final consideration that same evening.

• Recommended motion:

  Adopt/Deny 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 $9,472,533.00  for the costs associated with providing certain maintenance, purchasing and improvement services in fiscal year 2024 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/Deny 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 Number 1 in the amount of $8,880,733.00 for the costs associated with providing certain maintenance, purchasing and improvement services in fiscal year 2024 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/deny) a resolution levying annual assessments on the hotels located in the Tourism Business Improvement District of the City of Missoula for fiscal year 2024 in the amount of $2 per occupied room night in accordance with 7-12-1132 MCA.

• Recommended motion:

  (Adopt/Deny) 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 $425,375.52 for fiscal year 2024 in accordance with 7-12-1132 MCA.

9.3

Resolution levying assessments on Pooled Sidewalk Curb Gutter and Alley Approach Improvements

BF

Marty Rehbein

On August 28, 2023 City Council will hear all objections that may be made to this resolution. At the close of the public hearing the City Council will take up this item for final consideration that same evening.

• Recommended motion:

  Adopt/Deny a resolution to levy a special assessment and tax upon all property situated within Pooled Special Sidewalk, Curb, Gutter and Alley Approach Bonds, Taxable Series 2023A and Tax-Exempt Series 2023B of the City of Missoula, Montana, in the total amount of $641,100 (rounded) excluding debt service, to defray the cost of installing sidewalks, curbs, gutters and alley approaches.  

10.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

(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.)

10.1

Budget and Finance (BF) committee report

10.1.a

Minutes from the August 23, 2023 Meeting

BF

10.2

Climate, Conservation and Parks (CCP) committee report

10.2.a

Minutes from the August 23, 2023 Meeting

CCP

10.3

Committee of the Whole (COW) committee report

10.4

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

10.5

Land Use and Planning (LUP) committee report

10.5.a

Minutes from the August 23, 2023 Meeting

LUP

10.6

Public Safety, Health and Operations (PSHO) committee report

10.7

Public Works and Mobility (PWM) committee report

10.7.a

Minutes from the August 23, 2023 Meeting

PWM

11.

NEW BUSINESS

The Mayor will request Council take up New Business items earlier in the meeting after the committee schedule and before the consent agenda.

11.1

Reschedule Fort Missoula Commons appeal public hearing

LUP

Mike Nugent

• Recommended motion:

  Reschedule a public hearing to October 2, 2023, to hear the appeal of the May 3, 2023, Historic Preservation Commission decision regarding Fort Missoula Commons (Post Hospital) Historic Preservation permit applications at 3255 Lt. Moss Road pursuant to the City Council’s role found in Title 20, Section 20.85.085 (P) of the Missoula Municipal Code and direct staff to update notices required by Title 20, the city zoning code. The hearing had formerly been scheduled for September 11, 2023.

11.2

Postpone consideration of the overnight camping in City public spaces ordinance to November 13, 2023

CCP

Jordan Hess

• Recommended motion:

  Postpone consideration of  an ordinance amending Missoula Municipal Code Chapter 12.40 regarding overnight camping in City public spaces to November 13, 2023.

11.3

Program Year 2022 CDBG/HOME Outcomes

HRCP

Kendra Lisum

• Recommended motion:

  Set a public hearing on September 18, 2023, to consider adopting the program year 2022 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for Housing and Urban Development funded programs.

12.

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR

13.

GENERAL COMMENTS OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS

14.

MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS, REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

14.1

Administratively approved agreement report

15.

ADJOURNMENT

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