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Minutes of the City Council of Laurel
~U.,~;,.~St 20, i97~
A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Laurel, Mont.,
was held in the Cotuaci.l Chambers and call~c~ to order by r~iayor Louis M. Yovetich I at 7:00 0' clock, P.M., on Tuesday August 20~ 1971.x.
Upon taka.ng roll call, the follo~rin~ aldermen answered present :
Torn Hard Tom. Kilpatrick E.H. Eb~rsvillEr, Sr, . ?-Ienry Gamer
Ervin Metzger Ghuc~ Rodgers
The minutes of the previous re~~alar meeting of Auk. 6, i97~., were
read. Motion was ma~?e by Ebersviller and seconded by ?hard that the minutes
b~ approved as read. Motion c~.rried.
The m~_nutes of the Special P~eetin~ of l~u~. 7, 197., were read. Motion
was made bar R~et~,r_;er and secorzci~~ b~ GomPr that, the minutes 'pe approved. i~'Iotion.
ca~rr~_ed.
The minutes of the special Meeting of .dug. 12, 197., were read. Motion
Tans made b~ Goner and seconded bar ~bersv3_~1_er that th.e minutes b~ a.~x~roveci. Motion
c ~_r. ried.
~rtain reports of the G9_t~ of. Zaurel~ Montana ~rere presented for ap~?roval a,s Follows: City Clerk's Cash Report, City C1erk~s Trial Balance
and City Treasurer's Financial ,Statemen.t. Motion way made k~~r Ebersviller
and secon.c~ed by Metz~~r. that these reports be approved. Motion carried,
The PA~1.CE az~d Wa-~er reports were presented. for approval. Motion
was made by Rodgers and seconded by I~~etzger th~.'~, these ra~orts be approved. I~Sotion carried.
Jo Tittle presented the gas tax force account to k~e sent to the
st~t~.
I I~etter T,~as read from Jim Palmersheim stating; he kTa.s back ~n t~hP
hospita.~1. but that he has prepared. several items for council actiono T'irst of a.ll a regt~es~-, for variance from Clifford Frank to move a house onto lots
19 and. 20, ~31cac?~ 6, Laurel Heights Subdivis~.on. In this connection Resolu-
tion No. 11~~3~. was presented.
?~'SOI~t?TIO?V N0, i1.~81~
A Resolution accepting or rejecting the request .f.~r variance of
the City ?oning Ordinances as prepared and subm~_tted to the City Counc~_l
by the Gity off' Taurel on the 20th day off' Fugust. Mot~_on was made b~,
Kilpatrick and seconded by Comer to approve the recanmendation of the Zoning
Board and accept Resolution No. 1~8~.. PZotion ca.rr~.ed.
A Petition. fc~r annexation was presented from Mace Re~..lty recAuest3.n.a that ~3locks One (1) n.d FoL~r Certificra.~te of Survey Tito. 969370, i_n ~aLa.t
Subdivision, be 'brought into the C3.ty Zimits with a zone de5ign.ation of R-1
lotion. was made by F~bersviller and seconded bar Hard that a T~esolution of
Intention be passed and official notice puY~l shed. Motion c~:rri.ed.
R.ESOT~UTION V0. 1~.~8~
~esolutian No. 1J~~35 being a resolution proposing to extend the
Bo~lnC3ari F?5 [~f thc? !:i t,tr T,imi t.~ of t,l~A (:i i:~r nf' T.aiiral _ Mnnt.ar~a i-n i nr+"liiratr
all. of_ B3_ock~ nne (1)~ ~.nd Four (la.) :in MaI~it~Subdivis:ion. ~ ~ T vv v~µ~v
Letter was re~.d fr~n the Zoning Bo~rfl as follows:
The ~onin~ :Board of 1?djust~nent for the City of_' Z,aurel way convened on
Au~t~st 20, 1_g71~, for the purpose of reconsidering a request by Meadowlark
Development Company for a.nne~ation as a Zone R-3 (~2ultiple Family Dwelling) with 50 foot buffer strip of the following described property:
E~~, SEl~, AIF Section 9, Township 2 South, Range 2~ Fast,
Yellowstone; Co~,znt;~, Montana.,
The Zoning hoard o_f Adjustment h~.vin~ found the following:
1. Proper notice and publication were had a.ccordang to City Ordinance;
2. 'She C~.ty Coancil of the City of ~,aurel having had a public
hearing end the Cit~r Cot.n:ci1 having requested the Zoning Board of ~dju.stment
to rECOnsic?er therequest of Meac~owla.rk Development Company;
3. ~1 protest, from propezty owners in the City of Laurel adj~.rent
and contieur~us to the property sought to be annexed is substantial and against
the property being annexed ~r~ith a lone desi~nGt~_on of R-3;
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Minutes of the City Council of Laurel
1:. 'That creation of a 50 foot park or ~0 foot buffer zone w'~ th a
designation of :ft-2 or R-1 wculd defeat the spirit of the zoning ordinances;
The Zoning Board of Ad~ust~ent hava.n~ ~i.ven further considerat3.on to the petition. and protests end reviewed the proposed drawi.n~s and plans of
Meadowl~rl~ Development C~npany,
IT IS ADOPTED b~ the Zon.in~ Board of Adjustment the follo~n~
decision;
That the rec~,uest of Meadowlark Development Company for annexation
of the above-described propexty with a zone designation of R-3 be denied.
DATE ~SUg. 20; 197 .
~d Martian, Chairman R. W. Roach, Member
Saschia Herman, l~eznber
In Jim. Pa.lmersheim' ~ letter he recommended .that the matter of the
~Meadow7.ark Senior Citizen Development be tabled until further study in depth
can be made. Motion w~.s made by Kilpatrick and. seconded b~ Dodgers that the
cot:ncil go along with the recommendation of the zoning board and this request be denied. Mota.on carried~l:nanmot4sly.
The A't~yor stated that he would li~c~ to appoint T~arr~~ Herman Rc Kent
Harris to the Planning Board to replace Tam Bradley and. John Daley. Motion
was made by Ebersviller and seconded. by Haxd to accept these appointments.
Motion carried.
Rodgers reported that the Public Safety Committee checked into the
recent charges made by Mr. Bullis a}~aut the Police Depa.rtrn~nt. ~.odgers stated
that the city ja.i1. ~.s no "~iil~tan Motel" but taking into consideration. whit
the department has to work with, it ~..s doing an outstanding job. Rodgers
stated th~.t the committee studa..ed in. depth the various charges m~.d~ bar I~L1I.~15 •
Gc~rrier stated that the drains are plugg~ec~ and the city crew should
be cleaninn them.
Diek Michael represent3_ng the Laurel Gulf and Recreation Association
asked if thef would be able to dump after the lst of September. The Ma,~or
stated that after Sept. lst NO county residents will be ~.7..lpw~d to dtunp.
Dione Smith, Chairman of the Park & Recreation C~nmission, reported
that the green thiunb workers would like to work a~ winter but the parks don't
have enough work to last through tha winter. Mrs. Smith was wandering if the
city could find sc~nethin~ for them to do. The ~ayar stated that there would
be lots of worl~ end we coup find sameth~_ng for them to do.
Inez Vaughn ecjmplimented the City Crew for cleaning out the gutter
in front of her place dtxrin~ the last rain.
Ken T3even reported for Dick l~fetz~er ghat the new garbage truclti would
be shipped on Sept. lst~ and the track loader was shipped on the 19th of Aug.
for del~_sery in about Z to 7 days. Beven also stated that three gas tanks have been installed at the city shop.
Beven reported that Chet Herbert is stil under Dr's care.
Beven stated.tha.~ the Road to the Reservoir needs some gravel.
There being no further business to come before the covneil at this
time, motion waszna.de by Metzger and seconded by Hard that the meeting be
ddjaurned. Motion carried.
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Sharon Herman, Deputsr City Clerk
Approved by the Mayor and passed 'ty Co cil of the City of
?~aurel, Montane, this 3rd day o~ September 197 }
A
I~ M. e ich, Mayor
ATTEST
Dorothy P. ~ i.ty C~.erk