Missoula City Council Meeting Agenda

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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

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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 8/30/2022
BF

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  • Recommended motion:

    Approve accounts payable in the amount of $1,895,112.41  for checks dated August 30, 2022.

5.2
Professional Services Agreement Amendment No. 1 with WGM Group for the Cooley St. and Stoddard St. Water Main Replacement Project
PWM
Andrew Schultz

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  • Recommended motion:

    Approve and authorize the Acting Mayor to sign the Professional Services Agreement Amendment No. 1 with WGM Group, Inc. for the Cooley Street and Stoddard Street Water Main Replacement Project at a cost not to exceed $25,411.00

5.4
Ordinance Granting TDS Metrocom LLC Cable Television Franchise
PWM
Jim Nugent

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  • Recommended motion:

    First reading and preliminary adoption - Set a public hearing on September 19, 2022, on an ordinance Granting TDS Metrocom LLC Cable Television Franchise

5.5
End of Year Report for CDBG/HOME Program Year 2021
HRCP
Kendra Lisum

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  • Recommended motion:

    (No quorum present) Set a public hearing for Monday, September 19, 2022, to review the City of Missoula Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for HUD-Funded Programs for Program Year 2021.

5.3
A Resolution Supporting the City of Missoula’s Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Application
PWM
Aaron Wilson

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  • Recommended motion:

    Adopt and authorize the Acting Mayor to sign a Resolution to support the intent of and project contained in the 2022 South Avenue Safe Streets for All grant application, and commit to providing up to $1,500,000 in local funds as match necessary to complete the project elements located with the current City limits.

5.6
Legislative Lobbyist for 2023 Session
PSHO
Dale Bickell

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  • Recommended motion:

    Approve and authorize the mayor to sign a contract with Central House Strategies in the amount of $38,000 for lobbyist services for the 2023 Montana Legislature.

6.
COMMENTS FROM CITY STAFF, CITY AGENCIES, COMMUNITY FORUM, NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, OR AUTHORITIES

  

7.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS

  

8.
FINAL CONSIDERATION

  

(Items listed under Final Consideration have had a public hearing.  The hearing was held open to allow time for additional public comment before final consideration and action by the City Council. The chairperson of the standing City Council committee will make a motion. We invite community comment on each item.)

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

9.1
Street Lighting Improvement District Assessments for fiscal year 2023
BF
Marty Rehbein

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Because of statutory requirements, the City Council will conduct the public hearing and make a final decision on these final assessments the same evening.

  • Recommended motion:

    Adopt 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 $269,457.00 to defray the cost of street lighting in special lighting districts during the fiscal year 2023.

9.2
Resolution levying assessments for Park District 1, Road District 1, Tourism Business Improvement District and Downtown Business Improvement District for fiscal year 2023
BF
Marty Rehbein

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Because of statutory requirements, the City Council will conduct the public hearing and make a final decision on these final assessments the same evening.

  • 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 Number 1 in the amount of $7,202,828.00 for the costs associated with providing certain maintenance, purchasing and improvement services in fiscal year 2023 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 $6,882,820 for the costs associated with providing certain maintenance, purchasing and improvement services in fiscal year 2023 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 and Engineering Division, Central Service’s Vehicle 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 2023 in the amount of $2 per occupied room night in accordance with 7-12-1132 MCA.

  • Recommended motion:

    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 for fiscal year 2023 in the amount of $390,172.82 in accordance with 7-12-1132 MCA

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

  

10.2
Climate, Conservation and Parks (CCP) committee report

  

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

  

10.6
Public Safety, Health and Operations (PSHO) committee report

  

10.7
Public Works and Mobility (PWM) committee report

  

11.
NEW BUSINESS

  

11.1
Public Forum Missoula County Pallet Shelter
LUP
Madison Matthias

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  • Recommended motion:

    Set a public hearing on September 12, 2022 to provide a public forum and take public comment on an application from Missoula County to provide amenities for temporary and emergency shelter at 2340 Mullan Road through the Temporary Use, Emergency Homeless Shelter, and Group Living uses, and refer this item to the Land Use and Planning committee for a preview on September 7, 2022. Per Title 20 Zoning Code City Council must conduct this public forum, but has no power to deny, approve or condition the proposed use.

11.2
City Council appointment to fill Mayor Vacancy
COW

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Council President/Acting Mayor Gwen Jones will call on each Council member and ask them if they'd like to name a Mayoral applicant to interview with the City Council's Committee of the Whole on September 7.  Following the selection of the interviewees, the City Clerk will draw their names from a hat to determine interview order.

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12.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR

  

13.
GENERAL COMMENTS OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS

  

14.
MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS, REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

  

15.
ADJOURNMENT

  

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