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RESOLUTION NO. 08-1 8776 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN UPDATED MASTER PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RIVERFRONT PARK ON THE NORTH SHORE OF THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER WHEREAS, the public interest requires the creation and adoption of an updated Master Plan for Riverfront Park, a Natural Resource Area, to control and limit development in accordance with the needs of the community, the limitations and constraints of the park site, and with improvements suited to and appropriate for this Conservation and Multifunctional Area. WHEREAS, it is in the public interest and necessary that the current and future development of the park shall conform to the adopted master plan; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BILLINGS: 1. Master Plan. The master plan update for Riverfront Park presented for adoption and attached as Exhibit is the official Master Plan for the park. 2. General Character of Providedfor by the Plan. The general character of the improvements are intended to balance scenic, cultural and natural resource conservation with resource based recreational opportunities in the park which is located on both sides ofSouth Billings Boulevard along the north shore of the Yellowstone River. The purpose of the plan is to guide development and maintenance of the park and its facilities. 3. Changes. Proposed improvements not part of the adopted plan shall not be installed unless a new master plan is adopted through the normal park planning process that finds that the proposed improvement is appropriate as desc¡ibed above and can be incorporated as part of an "amended" park master plan to be presented for adoption at that time. .PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Billings, Montana, this 15d' day ofDecember, 2008. CITY OF BILLINGS ATTEST: sv, (axu-h atrt;-,-\ Cari Martin, City Clerk Ron Tussing, Mayor