Missoula City Council Meeting Agenda

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(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:

    Confirm the Mayor’s appointment of Hailey Kern to the Public Art Committee to fill a vacated term beginning immediately and expiring on June 30, 2022.

  • Recommended motion:

    Approve and authorize the Mayor to sign an Interlocal Agreement with the Missoula County to define roles and responsibilities of the County and the City in the collection, administration, and distribution of revenues from the Local Option Fuel Tax.

  • Recommended motion:

    Confirm Officers Charles Burton, Tyler Swartz, Samuel Leyba, Nathan Champa, Timothy Muis, Clark Nissley, Daniel Buchholtz, and Amanda Jay as police officers for the city of Missoula.

  • Recommended motion:

    Set a public hearing on September 28, 2020 to approve a Memorandum of Understanding for the 2020 Edward J. Byrne Justice Assistance Grant between the City of the Missoula and Missoula County to accept funding for electronic control weapons and computer software programs and offset Missoula County’s property clerk wages in the total amount of $58,440.

  • Recommended motion:

    Adopt a resolution requesting that Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) distribute the City of Missoula’s 2020 allocated share of Bridge and Road Safety and Accountability Act (BaRSAA) Program funds, committing to the City’s contribution of five percent in matching funds, and authorizing the Mayor to execute further documents as may be necessary for the distribution of funds.

  • Recommended motion:

    Approve a resolution declaring certain City of Missoula Property as Surplus and Authorizing its disposal and or sale.

  • Recommended motion:

    Confirm the Mayor’s reappointments of James Walter and Ryan Bundy to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board for terms beginning October 1, 2020 and expiring on September 30, 2023.

  • Recommended motion:

    [First reading and preliminary adoption] Set a public hearing on October 5, 2020 and preliminarily adopt an ordinance to establish the Remington Flats Neighborhood Character Overlay District and to rezone Tract 9 of COS No. 3176 in the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 12, Township 13 North, Range 20 West from RT5.4 Residential to RT5.4 Residential with a Remington Flats Neighborhood Character Overlay District based on the findings of fact in the staff report, and refer the ordinance to the Land Use and Planning Committee on September 30, 2020.

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(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.  The City Council normally votes on the same night as the public hearing unless one Council member requests that it be returned to a City Council committee for further consideration.)

  • Recommended motion:

    The Missoula City Council will hold this public hearing open and will take it up under Final Consideration at the next regular City Council meeting on September 28, 2020.

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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.)

  • Recommended motion:

    (Adopt/Deny) a resolution to annex and incorporate within the boundaries of the City of Missoula two certain parcels of land described as Tract 1 of Halling Farms and a tract of land described in Book 128 of Micro Records at Page 461 and shown on Exhibit A, located in Section 18, Township 13 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., and zone the property C1-3 Neighborhood Commercial, based on the findings of fact in the staff report and subject to the recommended conditions of annexation approval.

  • Recommended motion:

    (Adopt/deny) an ordinance to Rezone property located at 601 W Broadway and legally described as Lots A, B, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and the east half of Lot 6 in Block 51 and Lots 48 and 49 in Block 56 of W.J. McCormick's Addition in Section 21, Township 13 North, Range 19 West from Special District SD/Riverfront Triangle, Sub-district D to CBD-4 Central Business District / DE-D Outer Core Design Excellence Downtown Overlay, subject to the applicant and the City executing a Development Agreement and public non-motorized access easement filed with the County Clerk and Recorder prior to the effective date of the ordinance which is 120 days from City Council approval. The Development Agreement and easement documents shall be reviewed by City Parks, Missoula Redevelopment Agency and Development Services and approved by City Council. The Development Agreement shall include construction of the Riverfront Trail along the north shore of the Clark Fork River from east to west, connecting to W Broadway on the west end and to the easterly property boundary of the 601 W Broadway property to the east without interruption or detour; the developer’s responsibility for the cost of a minimum 10-foot wide asphalt trail with 1 foot shoulders on either side of the path; the City of Missoula’s responsibility for the cost of upsizing the trail to a 14-foot wide trail; the City of Missoula’s responsibility for repair, maintenance and replacement of the trail once constructed; and a 20-foot wide public non-motorized access easement filed with the Development Agreement. Design of the Riverfront Trail and any variation from the standards, including easement width, surface width of the trail, lighting, provision for trash receptacles and benches, shall be specific to the site and approved by City Parks and Recreation.

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  • Recommended motion:

    (Adopt/deny) a resolution to annex and incorporate within the boundaries of the City of Missoula, Montana a certain parcel of land described as Tracts 1 and 2 of COS No. 5963 in the SE 1/4 of Section 12 and the N 1/2 of Section 13, Township 13 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M. and zone the property RT5.4 Residential in the city, based on the findings of fact in the staff report, subject to the recommended conditions of annexation approval. 

  • Recommended motion:

    [Second and final reading] (Adopt/Deny) an ordinance to establish the Heron’s Landing Neighborhood Character Overlay District and to rezone the subject property from RT5.4 Residential to RT5.4 Residential with a Heron’s Landing Neighborhood Character Overlay District based on the findings of fact in the staff report.

  • Recommended motion:

    Variance #1--Approve the variance request from Section 3-020 Table.2A, allowing George Elmer Drive improvements to be made within the existing 80-foot right-of-way instead of a 90-foot right-of-way.

    Variance #2--Approve the thevariancerequestfromSection3-020Table.2A,allowingChuck Wagon Drive improvements to be made within the existing 80-foot right-of-way instead of a 90-foot right-of-way.

    Variance #3--Approve the variance request from Section 3-030.2.A.(2), allowing Block A to be longer than 480 feet.

    Variance #4--Approve the variance request from Section 3-030.2.A.(2), allowing Blocks B,C, D, E, F, G, and J to be longer than 480 feet.

    Variance #5--Approve the variance request from Section 3-030.2.A.(2), allowing Block H to be longer than 480 feet.

    Variance #6--Approve the variance request from Section3-030.2.A.(2), allowing Block I to be longer than 480 feet.

    Variance #7--Approve the variance request from Section 3-020.15.D.1, allowing a 10-foot wide Secondary Commuter Trail along street rights-of-way within an additional 6 1⁄2 foot easement.

    Variance Request #8--Approve the variance request from Section 3-020 Table. 2A allowing Heron’s Landing Drive, Nesting Lane, and Audubon Trail (Loop) to be built within 60-foot rights- of-way instead of 70, so long as an additional one-foot access and utility easement is provided along the outer edge of each right-of-way to allow for maintenance.

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    Approve the Heron’s Landing Phased Subdivision Plat and Application, based on the findings of fact and subject to the recommended conditions of approval in the staff report.

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(Items listed here have been proposed by Council members, staff, or the Mayor for consideration in City Council committees. Committee chairs are responsible for scheduling consideration of these items in their respective committee meetings. These items are listed on our agenda for information only. They will not be considered at this meeting. For further information about any item, contact the person listed in italics.)

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