7. Conditional Use Permit - Accessible Space, Inc.REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Tom Jentz, Director
Myrt Webb, Interim City Manager
SUBJECT: ASI - Conditional Use Permit for 23 Unit Senior Housing
MEETING DATE: July 6, 2009
BACKGROUND: At the council's June 15th meeting they discussed the conditional use
permit request from Accessible Space, Inc. (ASI) to construct a 23-unit apartment building to
serve very low income senior citizens on Grandview Drive. Among other issues the council
revisited the discussion of requiring ASI to make a payment in lieu of taxes to the city to cover
the cost of anticipated services from the Fire and Police departments. It was noted that staff
was moving forward with a recommendation for a formal policy on PILT and that this policy
would be formally discussed at the July 6, 2009 council meeting.
After further discussion, the council elected to table the main motion to conditionally approve
the conditional use permit until the PILT issue for the City of Kalispell was finalized.
Specifically the project was tabled until the July 6, 2009 meeting. The project developer, Dan
Billmark, in an attached letter dated June 23, 2009 has now requested that the conditional
use permit discussion be continued until the July 20 city council meeting so that he can be
in attendance and respond directly to any questions that the council may have.
RECOMMENDATION: Council should remove the item from the table and then vote to
continue discussion of this item until the July 20, 2009 city council meeting.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the council.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom Jentz
Kalispell Planning Dept
Report compiled June 30, 2009
C: Theresa White, Kalispell City Clerk
M Webb
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Interim City Manager
Attachments: Letter from Dan Billmark, Accessible Space, Inc., dated 6-23-09
Accessible Space, Inc.
June 23, 2009
Mr. Myrt Webb, Interim City Manager
Attention: Mr. Sean Conrad, Senior Planner VIA E-Mail Scan & FED EX Delivery
City of Kalispell, Montana
201 First Avenue East
Kalispell, Montana 59903
RE: Conditional Use Permit to construct a 23-unit apartment building for very low-income
senior citizens in an RA-1 Zoning District
Dear Mr. Webb,
Accessible Space, Inc. (ASI) respectfully requests that the above referenced City
Council agenda item currently scheduled for hearing at the July 6, 2009 City Council
meeting be rescheduled for hearing at the July 20, 2009 City Council meeting.
I understand that certain issues were raised at the June 15, 2009 Council meeting that
could not adequately be addressed at that time, resulting in tabling of the Conditional
Use Permit hearing to the next regularly scheduled Council meeting on July 6, 2009.
Unfortunately, I am not able to attend the July 6t" City Council Meeting and, therefore,
respectfully request that the agenda item be moved to the July 20, 2009 meeting. As
ASI's direct representative, I am confident that I can address any existing questions or
concerns, as well as any new questions that might arise at that time.
Thank you for your consideration of our request. Please feel free to contact me by phone
at 1-800-466-7722, extension 206 or by e-mail to dbillmark@accessiblespace.org.
Sincerely
Dan Billmark
Director of Real Estate Development
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Enclosures
Cc: Mr. Stephen Vander Schaaf
President/CEO
Accessible Space, Inc.
Ms. Katherine Thompson
Community Development Manager
City of Kalispell, Montana
Mr. Tom Jentz
Planning Director
City of Kalispell, Montana
Mr. Greg Lukasik
Project Manager
Morrison- Maierle, Inc
Ms. Dawn Davis
Director of Operations
Denver Multifamily Program Office
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
2550 University Avenue, Suite 330N 651-645-7271 (1-800-466-7722) Fax: 651-645-0541 Equal Opportunity Employer
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