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 December 20, 2022
BF

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  • Approve accounts payable in the amount of $2,165,748.47 for checks dated December 20, 2022.

5.2
Right-of-Way Vacation at 601 West Broadway
PWM
Brandt Dahlen

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  • Recommended motion:

    Set a public hearing on January 9, 2023 and preliminarily adopt a resolution declaring it to be the intention of the City Council of the City of Missoula, Montana, to close and vacate a portion of Front Street public right-of-way in WJ McCormick’s Addition, Blocks 51 and 56, and subject it to two (2) conditions of approval.

5.3
Historic Preservation Appointment
LUP
City Clerk Office

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  • Recommended motion:

    Appoint Ezra Williams to serve as a voting member on the Historic Preservation Commission for a term beginning January 1, 2023 and ending of December 31, 2025.

5.4
Minor Subdivision request for 316 and 320 Expressway-Grant Creek Phase II Lot 22
LUP
Spencer Starke

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  • Recommended motion:

    Approve the variance request for the Grant Creek Phase II Lots 22A and 22B minor subdivision to deviate from Article 3, Section 3-020 Table .2A, 3-020.3.C and 3-020.15.D(1) of the City Subdivision Regulations which prescribe road design standards for Urban Collector Minor Arterial Roads requiring 80 feet of right-of-way, five-foot wide sidewalks, and seven-foot wide boulevards based on the findings of fact in the staff report.

  • Recommended motion:

    Approve the Grant Creek Phase II, Lots 22A and 22B Minor Subdivision at 316 and 320 Expressway, based on the findings of fact and subject to the conditions of approval in the staff report.

5.5
Resolution Relating to $1,163,000 Special Road District Bond, Series 2023; Authorizing the Sale and Prescribing the Form and Terms Thereof and the Security Therefor
BF
Leigh Griffing

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  • Recommended motion:

    Adopt a Resolution Relating to $1,163,000 Special Road District Bond, Series 2023; Authorizing the Sale and Prescribing the Form and Terms Thereof and the Security Therefor

5.6
Resolution Relating to $3,420,000 Special Park District Bond, Series 2023A and $924,000 Special Park District Bond, Series 2023B
BF
Leigh Griffing

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  • Recommended motion:

    Adopt a Resolution Relating to $3,420,000 Special Park District Bond, Series 2023A and $924,000 Special Park District Bond, Series 2023B (Taxable); Authorizing the Sale and Prescribing the Forms and Terms Thereof and the Security Therefor.

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
Proposed Repeal of MCC Chapter 2.90
BF
Eric Hallstrom

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The public hearing will be opened on December 19, 2022 at which time the City Council will hear all objections that may be made to the ordinance. At the close of the public hearing the City Council will take up this item for final consideration that same evening.

  • Recommended motion:

    [Second and final reading] Adopt an ordinance repealing Missoula Municipal Code Chapter 2.90 entitled “Architects/Engineers Selection”.

9.2
An Ordinance to Amend Title 12 entitled “Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places”
PWM
Ross Mollenhauer

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The City Council will hold this public hearing open until they take up the item for final consideration on January 9, 2023.

9.3
West End Homes Major Subdivision, Annexation, Zoning Upon Annexation, and Sxwtpqyen Master Site Plan Review
LUP
Cassie Tripard

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Presentation, public comment, and discussion on the proposal and staff recommended motions to approve the annexation, preliminary subdivision plat application, variances, and master site plan, subject to the recommended conditions of approval. Final Consideration held on Monday, January 9, 2023.

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

  

12.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR

  

13.
GENERAL COMMENTS OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS

  

14.
MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS, REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

  

15.
ADJOURNMENT

  

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