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2025 01 06 City Council Agenda

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AGENDA FOR THE CITY COUNCIL
City of Rapid City, South Dakota
6:30 P.M., January 6, 2025

ROLL CALL AND DETERMINATION OF QUORUM

INVOCATION (You are welcome to participate, but not required)

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

PRESENTATION
1. Sustainability Committee Annual Report

GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT (3-minute time limit per speaker)

A time for the members of the public to discuss or express concerns to the Council on any issue not on the agenda. Action will not be taken at the meeting on any issue not on the agenda, except by placement on the agenda by unanimous vote of the Council members present.

NON-PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS -- Items 2 – 46
       Open Public Comment – Items 2 – 43
                  Close Public Comment

CONSENT ITEMS – Items 2 – 43

       Remove Items from the “Consent Items” and Vote on Remaining Consent Items

Approve Minutes
2. Approve Minutes for the  pdf December 16, 2024 (127 KB) Regular Council meeting.
3. Approve Minutes for the  pdf December 23, 2024 (65 KB) Special Council meeting.

Vacations of Right-Of-Way Set for Hearing (February 3, 2025)
4. No. 24VR003 - A request by Renner Associates, LLC for Pennington County for a Vacation of Right-of-Way for property generally described as being located at 307 St. Joseph Street.

Alcoholic Beverage License Applications Set for Hearing (Tuesday, January 21, 2025)
5. Black Hawk Oil, Inc. DBA Mr. Liquor, 5312 Black Hills Blvd, for a new Retail (on-off sale) Wine and Cider License
6. Naja Shrine Temple for a SPECIAL EVENT (on-sale) Liquor License for an event scheduled for January 30, 2025 at the Naja Shrine Temple, 4091 Sturgis Rd
7. Pennington County Democratic Party for a SPECIAL EVENT (on-sale) Wine License for an event scheduled for February 7, 2025 at Prairie Edge, 606 Main Street

Public Works Committee Consent Items
8. PW123124-01: Approve Request By Rapid City Area School District For City Of Rapid City To Accept The Deed For A Drainage Lot At The Northwest Corner Of 5th Street And Enchanted Pines Drive.
9. PW123124-02: Authorize Mayor And Finance Director To Sign Amendment 1 To Agreement Between The City Of Rapid City And Avid4 Engineering For Professional Engineering Services For Sioux Ave, East Saint Charles St, And Riley Ave – Street And Utility Improvements. Project No. 2780/CIP No. 51365-51453. Estimated Cost $139,020.00
10. PW123124-03: Authorize Staff To Advertise Bids For Wonderland Drive Area Street And Utilities Reconstruction Phase 1. Project No. 2609/CIP No. 51070.1. Estimated Cost $6,300,000.00
11. PW123124-04: Authorize Staff To Advertise 2024 MIPS Bid Package 3 - Facility/Building Projects. Project No. 2753.3/CIP No. 51292.3 Estimated Cost $3,500,000.00
12. PW123124-05: Authorize Staff To Bid Wonderland Drive Drainage Basin Design Plan – Elements 80 And 320. Project No. 2830/CIP No. 51429. Estimated Cost $300,000.00
13. PW123124-06: Authorize Staff To Purchase Posi-Shell Alternate Cover From LSC Environmental Products LLC As A Sole-Source Purchase In The Amount Of $36,760.00
14. PW123124-07: Authorize Staff To Seek Proposals For Collection And Disposal Of Household Hazardous Waste One-Day Event(S). Project No. 2793/CIP No. 51206. Estimated Cost Of $90,000.00
15. PW123124-08: Approve Request From Pennington County For Abatement Of Stormwater Drainage Utility Fee For Pennington County Owned Property, Tax ID 34916, In The Amount Of $78.41
16. PW123124-09: Approve Request From Pennington County For Abatement Of Stormwater Drainage Utility Fee For Pennington County Owned Property, Tax ID 48496, In The Amount Of $130.68
17. PW123124-10: Approve Change Order 4F To MAC Construction Co. For Dinosaur Park Accessibility Improvements For An Increase Of $1,997.08.
18. PW123124-11: Approve Change Order #3 To Viridity, LLC For Executive Golf And Star Of The West Softball Irrigation For An Increase Of $14,674.25.
19. PW123124-12: Authorize Parks And Recreation Department To Harvest Up To 150 Deer For The 2025 Rapid City Deer Management Program.
20. PW123124-13: Request From Mayor To Confirm The Reappointment Of Daniel Earley To The Rapid City Trenching Board, To Serve An Additional Two-Year Term.

Legal & Finance Committee Consent Items
21. LF123124-07 – Confirm the reappointment of Nick Patton and Rick Denherder to the Downtown Business Improvement District (BID) Board
22. LF123124-11 – Confirm the Reappointments of Jami Battochio and Wade Lampert, and the Appointment of Erik Olsby to the Hotel BID Board
23. LF123124-12 – Confirm the Appointment of Brittany Richman to the Library Board of Trustees
24. Acknowledge the Following Volunteers for Worker’s Compensation Purposes: Vernave Gustilo (RSVP+), and Daniel Allard, Shi-Anne Blakeman, Tomlyn Toy, Michael Schille (RCPD)
25. LF123124-02 – Acknowledge Opportunity Capture Fund Minutes and Authorize Expenditures
26. LF123124-03 – Approve Resolution No. 2024-106, a Resolution Amending Certain Fees to be Charged in February 2025 for Various Licenses, Permits and Applications
27. LF123124-05 – Acknowledge the November 2024 Treasury and General Fund Update
28. LF123124-06 – Approval the 2025 Election Services Agreement with Pennington County
29. LF123124-08 – Approve Resolution No. 2025-002, a Resolution Declaring Property Surplus
30. LF123124-01 – Authorize Mayor and Finance Director to Sign the Agreement for Laboratory Services between Monument Health Rapid City Hospital, Inc. and the City of Rapid City, by and through the Fire Department
31. LF123124-09 – Approve Resolution No. 2025-003, a Resolution Writing Off Uncollectable Ambulance Patient Accounts
32. LF123124-13 – Authorize Mayor and City Finance Officer to Sign the Renewal of the Co-Responder Agreement with the Volunteers of America to Provide Collaborative Support to those in Crisis and in Need of Services in Rapid City, in the Already Approved 2025 Budgeted Amount of $75,000
33. LF123124-14 – Authorize Mayor and City Finance Officer to Sign the Renewal of the Co-Responder Agreement with the Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board to Provide Collaborative Support to those in Crisis and in Need of Services in Rapid City, in the Already Approved 2025 Budgeted Amount of $75,000

CIP Committee Consent Items
34.  pdf No. CIP122024-00 (64 KB) – Approve CIP Minutes for December 20, 2024
35. No. CIP122024-03 – Approve Capital Plans for Government Facilities – (Fire & Emergency Services, Parks & Recreation, Summary)
36.  pdf No. CIP122024-04 (401 KB) – Approve Capital Plan for Fire Vehicles
37.  pdf No. CIP122024-05 (423 KB) – Approve Capital Plan for Parks & Recreation
38.  pdf No. CIP122024-06 (416 KB) – Approve Capital Plan for Information Technology
39. No. CIP122024-01 – Acknowledge Financial Report (Summary, DCA Charges and Debt Service)
40.  pdf No. CIP122024-02 (375 KB) – Approve Capital Plan for PW Infrastructure
41. No. CIP122024-07 – Authorize the purchase of 2025 Equipment for General Fund Departments

Community Planning & Development Services Department Consent Items
42. LF123124-04 – Acknowledge Historic Preservation Commission 2023-2024 Annual Report

Bid Award Consent Items
43. CC121624-04.3 – Award Total Base Bid plus Alternate A, Alternate D, and Alternate F in the amount of $4,177,583.60 to Western Construction, Inc. for Project No. 2753.2/ CIP No. 51292.2 2023-2024 Miscellaneous Improvements Projects Bid Package #2 – General Civil Projects. (This item was continued from the December 16, 2024 City Council Meeting.)

END OF CONSENT ITEMS

NON-CONSENT ITEMS – Items 44 - 46
        Open Public Comment – Items 44 - 46
               Close Public Comment – Items 44 - 46

Ordinances (NONE)
Public Works Committee Items (NONE)
Legal & Finance Committee Items (NONE)

Community Planning & Development Services Department Items
44. No. 24PL096 - A request by Advanced Design Engineering and Surveying, Inc for Villa Village Mobile Home Park, LLC for a Preliminary Subdivision Plan for proposed Lot 2 of Block 2 of Shepherd Hills West Subdivision, generally described as being located at 390 Creek Drive.
Recommendation: Continue this item to the February 3, 2025 City Council Meeting per staff request.

CIP Committee Items (NONE)
Other Board, Commission & Committee Items (NONE)
Bids (NONE)
Alcoholic Beverage License Applications (NONE)
        Reissuance
        Special Event
Mayor’s Items (NONE)
Council Items & Liaison Reports (NONE)
        Reconsideration Notices
        Motion for Delivery of Items from Committee

Staff Items
45. CC121624-02.2 - Approve Resolution 2024-104 Establishing a Citizen Committee to Solicit & Recommend Projects Submitted by the Community to be Funded from the City’s Vision Fund. (This item was continued from the December 16, 2024 City Council Meeting.)
Recommendation: Approve
46. CC010625-02.1 – Approve Resolution 2024-107 Amending the Five-Year Plan of Projects and Programs to be Funded from the Vision Account of the City of Rapid City’s Capital Improvements and Vision Fund; and Establishing the Allocation of Funds between the Funding Priorities included in the Plan.
Recommendation: Approve

Appeals (NONE)
       Planning Commission Appeals
       License Appeals
       Sign Code Appeals
       Other Appeals Heard by the Council

PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS – Items 47 - 48
       Open Public Hearing (Comment)- Items 47 - 48
       [Public Hearing Remains Open]
       Close Public Hearing – Items 47 - 48

CONSENT PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS – Item 47
        Remove Items from the “Consent Public Hearing Items” and Vote on Remaining Consent Items

Community Planning & Development Services Department Items (NONE)

Alcohol Licenses
47. Elevate Rapid City for a SPECIAL EVENT (on-sale) Malt Beverage License and (on-sale) Wine License for an event scheduled for January 14, 2025 at The Home Slice Group, 333 West Blvd #200

Assessment Rolls (NONE)
Other Items Requiring Public Hearings (NONE)

END OF CONSENT PUBLIC HEARING CALENDAR

NON-CONSENT PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS – Item 48
48. No. 24RZ022 – Second Reading, Ordinance 6646, an Ordinance Amending Section 17.06 of the Rapid City Municipal Code, a request by Advanced Design Engineering and Surveying, Inc for Yasmeen Dream, LLC for a Rezoning request from Medium Density Residential District to General Commercial District for property generally describe as being located at 2015 E. Anamosa Street.
Recommendation: Approve

BILLS
49.   pdf No. CC010625-01 (16 KB) – Bill List for January 6, 2025

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