Missoula City Council Meeting Agenda

Meeting #:
Date:	Monday, May 09, 2022 at 6:00 P.m. - 7:00 P.m.
Location:	Council Chambers (in person) or ZOOM Webinar (virtually) Attend in person: City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine, Missoula, MT

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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 May 10, 2022

BF

• Approve accounts payable in the amount of $814,054.27 for checks dated May 10, 2022.

5.2

Construction Services Agreement with Camp Well Drilling & Pump Service for the Sommer’s Street Well Pump Replacement

PWM

Jerry Ellis

• Recommended motion:

  Approve and authorize the Mayor to sign a Construction Services Agreement with Camp Well Drilling & Pump Service for the Sommer’s Street Well Pump Replacement for a cost not to exceed $28,268.00.

5.3

Mullan BUILD Right-of-Way Agreement with Dougherty Ranch, LLC

PWM

Jeremy Keene

• Recommended motion:

  Approve and authorize the Mayor to sign a Right-of-Way Agreement with Dougherty Ranch, LLC for the City to construct public infrastructure for the Mullan BUILD Project.

5.4

Referral – Professional Services Agreement with DJ&A for the Grant Creek Waterway Realignment Project

PWM

Andrew Schultz

• Recommended motion:

  Approve and authorize the Mayor to sign a Professional Services Agreement with DJ&A for the Grant Creek Waterway Realignment Project at a cost not to exceed $331,871.

5.5

Referral – 100 Percent Clean Electricity Consultant Contract

CCP

Leigh Ratterman

• Recommended motion:

  Approve and and authorize the Mayor to sign the 100 percent Clean Electricity Consultant Contract with Bryan von Lossberg in an amount not to exceed $40,000.

5.6

Appointments to the Parks & Recreation Board

CCP

John Engen

• Recommended motion:

  Confirm the Mayor’s appointment of Sam Duncan, Kelly Sellers and Charles Besancon to the Parks & Recreation Board. Sam Duncan will be filling a vacated term beginning immediately and expiring on April 30, 2023. Kelly Sellers and Charles Besancon’s terms begin on May 1, 2022 and expire on April 30, 2025.

5.7

Art Wall Agreement with Northwestern Energy

CCP

Donna Gaukler

• Recommended motion:

  Approve and authorize the Mayor to sign a License Agreement with NorthWestern Energy allowing for Public Art on the Pattee Street Substation walls

5.8

Milwaukee, Bitterroot and Grant Creek Trail crack seal and seal coat

CCP

David Selvage

• Recommended motion:

  Approve a contract with Pro Sweep Plus in the amount of $68,158.53 and authorize the Mayor to sign.

5.9

Conceptual Master Plan for Currents Center for Recreation and Creativity

CCP

Donna Gaukler

• Recommended motion:

  Set a public hearing for May 23, 2022 for the adoption of the conceptual master plan for the Currents Center for Recreation and Creativity.

5.10

North Reserve - Scott Street Urban Renewal District Boundary Amendment

COW

Annie Gorski

• Recommended motion:

  1) Adopt a resolution of intention to amend the North Reserve-Scott Street Urban Renewal Plan, for the North Reserve-Scott Street Urban Renewal District, to include additional property in the District and calling for a public hearing on May 23, 2022. 2) First reading and preliminary adoption of an Ordinance amending the North Reserve-Scott Street Urban Renewal Plan to include additional property in the District.

5.11

Reappointment to the Downtown Business Improvement District Board

BF

John Engen

• Recommended motion:

  Confirm the Mayor’s reappointment of Ellen Buchanan to the Downtown Business Improvement District Board for a term beginning June 1, 2022 and expiring on May 31, 2026.

5.12

Strategies 360 Web Content Evaluation and Design

BF

Montana James

• Recommended motion:

  Approve the agreement with Strategies 360 for web page content evaluation and design services in an amount not to exceed $28,125.00

5.13

Resolution Relating to the Financing of Proposed Sewer System Improvements; Establishing Compliance with Reimbursement Bond Regulations Under the Internal Revenue Code

BF

Leigh Griffing

• Recommended motion:

  Adopt a Resolution Relating to the Financing of Water System Improvements and legal settlement; Establishing Compliance with Reimbursement Bond Regulations Under the Internal Revenue Code.

5.14

Comprehensive Code Reform: Consultant Contract

LUP

Benjamin Brewer

• Recommended motion:

  Approve and authorize the Mayor to sign a professional services agreement with Metta Urban Design for the city’s Comprehensive Code Reform Project for the total amount of $850,000 to be equally distributed between two Fiscal Year Budget cycles - $425,000 in Fiscal year 2022 and the balance of $425,000 in Fiscal Year 2023. 

5.15

Remington Flats Phase 1 Final Plat

LUP

Dave DeGrandpre

• Recommended motion:

  Approve the Remington Flats Subdivision Phase 1 final plat.

5.16

Wavier of Noise Ordinance for the Trinity Mullan Project

PWM

Troy Monroe

• Recommended motion:

  Approve an exemption to MMC Chapter 9.30, Noise Control, to permit relief in accordance with MMC Chapter 9.30.070, Permit for relief from noise level, from specified noise levels and allow for night work on May 16-20, 2022, during the Trinity Mullan Project.

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.)

8.1

Ordinance amending Residency Requirements of Emergency Public Safety Employees

PSO

Gordy Hughes

• Recommended motion:

  [Second and final reading] Adopt an ordinance amending Chapter 2.80 Missoula Municipal Code entitled “Residency Requirements for Emergency Public Safety Employees to change the distance from the city that peace officers and firefighters may live from 30 minute to 45-minute average and reasonable response time, include minor amendments to reflect current law and repeal an exception that no longer applies to current employees.

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.  During COVID 19, the City Council is holding the 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

Referral and Staff Report_Title 18 City Floodplain Hazard Management Regulations Update

LUP

Alex Eidam

The City Council will hold this public hearing open until they take up the item for final consideration on May 16, 2022.

9.2

Referral and Staff Report – Phased Development Review for Phase W2 and E1 of Heron’s Landing Subdivision

LUP

Alex Eidam

The public hearing will be opened on May 9, 2022, at which time the City Council will hear all objections that may be made. At the close of the public hearing the City Council will take up this item for final consideration that same evening.

• Recommended motion:

  Approval of the phased development review of Heron’s Landing Subdivision, Phase W2 and E1 for the property legally described as Parcel 1 and 2 of Certificate of Survey number 5963, located in Section 13, Township 13 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M. based on the findings of fact and conclusions of law, and subject to the amended conditions of approval in the staff report. 

9.3

An ordinance rezoning 2900, 2920 and 2990 Expo Parkway – Grant Creek Village (2 parcels, 44 acres) from R5.4Residential, RM1-35 Residential (multi-dwelling), B2-2 Community Business, and C1-4Neighborhood Commercial to RM1-45 (multi-dwelling)

LUP

Dave DeGrandpre

The City Council will hold this public hearing open until they take up the item for final consideration on May 16, 2022.

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 May 4, 2022 Meeting

BF

10.2

Climate, Conservation and Parks (CCP) committee report

10.2.a

Minutes from the May 4, 2022 Meeting

CCP

10.3

Committee of the Whole (COW) committee report

10.3.a

Minutes from the May 4, 2022 Meeting

COW

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 May 4, 2022 Meetings

LUP

10.6

Public Safety, Health and Operations (PSO) committee report

10.7

Public Works and Mobility (PWM) committee report

10.7.a

Minutes from the May 4, 2022 Meeting

PWM

11.

NEW BUSINESS

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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