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CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on January 28, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider an ordinance to create chapter 2.11 Missoula Municipal Code entitled “Development Services” in order to create a Development Services office and establishing the composition and duties the office is to perform including administration, planning, engineering, code compliance, permitting, transportation services, land use and public/private building/construction projects. For further information contact Martha Rehbein, City Clerk at 552-6078. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk
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CITY OF MISSOULA PUBLIC NOTICE The Missoula Consolidated Planning Board will conduct a public hearing on the following items on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana. Proposed amendments to Title 20 Missoula City Zoning Ordinance Chapter 20.45.060 Accessory Dwelling Units and Chapter 20.60.020 Required Motor Vehicle Parking As directed by the Missoula City Council, Development Services prepared potential amendments to the Missoula City Zoning Ordinance Chapter 20.45.060 Accessory Uses and Structures, Accessory Dwelling Units and Chapter 20.60.020 Required Motor Vehicle Parking. The proposed language amendments to be reviewed by the Planning Board include expanding the option to create an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) to single family zoning districts allowing attached (or internal) ADUs by-right and allowing detached ADUs (backyard apartments) through the conditional use process. The proposed amendment to the parking chapter would change the off-street parking requirement for any two unit development from four to three parking spaces when the project includes at least one unit with 850 square feet in area or less. The City Council will conduct a public hearing on this item at a time to be determined. Your attendance and comments are welcomed and encouraged. The project files are available for public inspection at Development Services, City Hall, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana. Telephone Tom Zavitz at 258-4657 or email tzavitz@ci.missoula.mt.us If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide 48 hours advance notice by calling 552-6630. The City of Missoula will provide auxiliary aids and services. CITY OF MISSOULA REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES: Design, Engineering, and Contract Administration for Construction of the URD II – Cedar, Hawthorne, and West Broadway Street Improvement Project City of Missoula, Montana NOTICE TO ENGINEERING CONSULTING FIRMS: Notice is hereby given that the Missoula Redevelopment Agency (MRA), acting as Project Owner (“Owner”) for the City of Missoula, will receive written statements of qualifications and proposals for professional services related to the Urban Renewal District II (URD II) – Cedar, Hawthorne, West Broadway Street Improvement Project for the purpose of improving the streets surrounding a new Poverello Center on 1100 block of West Broadway and the expansion of the YWCA facilities on the 1100 block of Cedar St. The project will be funded with URD II tax increment funds. The Project will involve the redesign of the Cedar/West Broadway intersection and the reconstruction of Cedar St. and Hawthorne St. including drainage structures, curb, sidewalk, landscaping, and street lighting. The Project Area is defined as Cedar Street between West
Broadway and Hawthorne St.; Hawthorne St. between Cedar St. and West Broadway; and the north side of West Broadway between Hawthorne St. and Cedar St. Assistance with rightof-way acquisition and utility relocation coordination may be required. Communications with MRA staff, property owners, and City officials are important components of the engineer’s work. The design development phase of this project will begin as soon as possible upon selection of an engineering firm by a City Selection Committee. The selected engineer will be required to follow applicable City, State and Federal regulations. Information to be submitted by prospective firms in their written statements, qualifications, and professional proposals should include: 1. Qualifications of the firm: This section should include a list of design, engineering, and construction management of similar public projects completed by the firm over the last five years. The agency name, contact person, and phone number of the person who worked most closely with the firm on these projects should be included along with information regarding construction dates, quantities, and project cost. 2. Key Personnel: This section shall include a list of the key personnel in the firm and describe their experience doing work related to the Project. Also include a statement regarding the firm’s intention to subcontract any portion of this work to another firm. 3. Proposed Schedule: Submit a proposed schedule of Project services including design development, surveying and engineering, final design, construction drawings and bid documents,
construction management, and Project closeout; and the ability of the firm to meet the scope of services as outlined. Include projected work load and availability of key personnel to complete the work within the schedule. 4. Additional Information: Any additional information that is relevant for MRA to consider in reviewing and comparing the firm’s proposal. 5. Scope of Services: The Professional Services Agreement entered into by the Missoula Redevelopment Agency and the selected firm will include the following phases: A. Design Development. The selected engineer will provide the following during preliminary design of the Project within the above described Project Area: public notification of the Project; field surveying and engineering; curb and sidewalk alignment to accommodate existing utilities; drainage plan; asphalt patching to existing pavement and/or partnership with the City Streets Division for repaving of streets; soils investigation, utility relocation, and /or right-of-way acquisition if applicable; and preliminary cost estimates. The engineer’s preliminary design will be reviewed and approved by City Development Services engineering officials prior to approval by the MRA Board of Commissioners. The selected engineer will hold a public meeting with adjacent land owners in the Project area to present preliminary design, and also provide for public outreach and communications with property owners to mitigate design and/or en-
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The City of Missoula Design Review Board will conduct a public hearing on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 in the City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine Street, Missoula, at 7:30 p.m. to consider the following applications: A request from Paradigm Architects; Signs as Part of Building and Building Graphic for Top Hat Lounge located at 134 W. Front St. (SEE MAP C).
will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units: 280 and 534. Units contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds & other misc. household goods. These units may be viewed starting Monday, January 28th, 2013. All auction units will only be shown each day at 3 P.M. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage office at 4101 Hwy 93 S., Missoula, MT 59804 prior to Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 4:00 P.M. Buyers bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All sales are final.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Your attendance and your comments are welcome and encouraged. E-mails can be sent to kcolenso@ci.missoula.mt.us. Project files may be viewed at the Missoula Development Services at 435 Ryman St., Missoula, Montana. If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling 258-4657. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services.
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1 Mosque officials 6 Stop, drop or roll 10 Agents of change? 14 Tag cry 15 Olympic figure skater Kulik 16 Trade 17 "Our movies are so riveting they contain ___" 19 One of Marlon's brothers 20 Immigrant's class, briefly 21 Horse with whitish hairs 22 Mineral used in sandpaper 24 Sugar alternative in chewing gum 26 Block, as a river 27 Dog doc 28 Where press releases arrive 31 Kartik Seshadri's instrument 34 Bean whose top producer is Cote d'Ivoire 35 One of George of the Jungle's pals 36 It's got an outskirts 37 Hard to see through 38 Play like a bad CD 39 Lance on the bench 40 Frivolous decisions 41 Stopped existing 42 Strands in the back 44 2013 Golden Globes cohost Tina 45 Say without saying 46 It opens many doors 50 Bitter end 52 Cafe au ___ 53 Lofty poem 54 Candid 55 "Our pillows are extra full because we ___!" 58 Half-owner of Lake Titicaca 59 "Disappear" band 60 ___ in the bud 61 Overly emphatic assent said with a fist pump 62 Nair competitor 63 "Strawberry Wine" singer Carter
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1 Textbook section 2 Shy and quiet 3 In any way 4 Alternative to gov, edu or com 5 Word before pistol or kit 6 Totally necessary 7 Tiger's ex 8 2016 Olympics city 9 Type and type and type 10 Samba singer ___ Gilberto 11 "Our meringues stand up so well that you'll see ___" 12 Win at chess 13 Dalmatian feature 18 Cantankerous old guy 23 "I ___ over this..." 25 "Terrible" ruler 26 Dealer's packets 28 DEA figures: var. 29 Music magazine 30 Held onto 31 Word on a Kool-Aid packet 32 Greek vowel 33 "Our races are scrutinized down to the millisecond because we use ___" 34 His nose was tweaked many times 37 Submitted a ballot, perhaps 38 Simon ___ 40 Auto race units 41 London entertainment district 43 Words at the start of a countdown 44 Epic ___ 46 The P in PBR 47 King in the Super Mario Bros. series 48 Hubble of the Hubble Telescope 49 Gossip 50 Not quick to catch on: var. 51 Fencing sword 52 De ___ 56 "A Chorus Line" hit 57 Go kaput
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