CITY OF HELENA
City Commission Meeting
January 13, 2020 - 6:00 PM
Commission Chambers, City-County
1.Call to Order and Roll Call
2.Pledge of Allegiance
3.Minutes
A.Special City Commission Minutes - November 13, 2019
B.Regular City Commission Minutes - December 16,2019
4.Board Appointments
A.Board Appointments
5.Consent Agenda
A.Claims
B.Final passage of Ordinance No. 3278 increasing lot coverage in the R-1 (Residential) and R-2 (Residential) Zoning Districts; increasing maximum building height in the R-1 (Residential), R-2 (Residential), R-3 Residential), R-4 (Residential-Office), and B-2 (General Commercial) Zoning Districts; and eliminating minimum lot sizes for multiple dwelling units in the R-3, R-4/R-O Zoning Districts by amending Chapter 4 of Title 11 of the Helena City Code.
C.Final passage of Ordinance No. 3279 revising the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) process by amending Chapter 3 of Title 11 of the Helena City Code to provide better guidance for applicants and decision makers.
D.Resolution authorizing municipal elected officials to participate in the employee benefits program.
6.Communication/Proposals from Commissioners
7.Report of the City Attorney
8.Litigation Strategy
9.Report of the City Manager
10.Communications from the Helena Citizens Council
11.Regular Items
A.Consider first passage of an ordinance adopting by reference the State adopted 2018 editions of the International Building Code (IBC) along with appendix Chapter C Group U, Agricultural Buildings, the International Residential Code (IRC) along with Appendix Chapter Q Tiny Houses and Appendix Chapter S Strawbale Construction, the International Existing Building Code (IEBC), International Mechanical Code (IMC), International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) and 2017 edition of the National Electrical Code (NEC) and clarifying provisions relating to the administration and enforcement of these codes by repealing Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 13, amending Chapter 1, and adopting a revised Chapter 2 of Title 3, Helena City Code.
B.Consider a resolution authorizing participation in the Board of Investments of the State of Montana Short Term Investment Pool (STIP) and authorizing the execution and delivery of documents related thereto and repealing resolution No. 20448.
C.Consider a resolution creating a Business Improvement District in the city of Helena from August 11, 2020 until August 10, 2030.
D.Consider accepting the dedication of the seventy-foot (70) wide Sanders Street right-of-way (ROW) and the fifty-foot (50) wide Vandelay Place ROW generally located south of Prospect Avenue, north of 11th Avenue, and east of Roberts Street, in the City of Helena, Montana.
12.Public Hearings
A.Consider final passage of an Ordinance amending the Helena City Code to allow for the discretionary waiver of City fees on affordable housing projects to be constructed in the City of Helena.
13.Public Communications
14.Meetings of Interest
15.Adjournment
It is the policy of the City Commission to take public comment on any action item. For further information on any of the items mentioned above, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 447-8410 or dmclayborn@helenamt.gov.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Administrative Meeting - January 22, 2020 - Room 326, City-County Building
Regular City Commission Meeting - January 27, 2020 - Commission Chambers, City-County Building

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