12-08-21 Technical Advisory Committee Minutes
Kalispell Technical Advisory Committee
Minutes of December 8, 2021
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KALISPELL TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF MEETING
DECEMBER 8, 2021
CALL TO ORDER AND
ROLL CALL
The meeting of the Kalispell Technical Advisory Committee was
called to order at 1:00 p.m. Committee Members Present were Doug
Russell, Susie Turner, Jarod Nygren, Joe Unterreiner, Rory Young
(zoom), Vicki Crnich (zoom), Bob Vosen, John Schmidt and Justin
Juelfs.
APPROVAL OF THE
MINUTES
Unterreiner moved and Nygren seconded a motion to approve the
minutes of the June 23, 2021, meeting.
VOTE BY ACCLAMATION The motion passed unanimously on a vote by acclamation.
HEAR THE PUBLIC None
WEST RESERVE
CORRIDOR STUDY -
COMPLETED
Vicki Crnich spoke about the Corridor Study and advised all
documents can be found at the following link Documents - West
Reserve Drive (mt.gov)
Committee discussed the possibility of applying for the RAISE
Grant for this project.
KALISPELL BYPASS
UPDATE
John Schmidt gave a brief construction update on the status of the
Kalispell Bypass project.
SIGNAL TIMING UPGRADE
PRESENTATION
Maggie Lin presented – updated local timings (all signals), updated
coordinated timings (16 signals), crash analysis, modified night-time
flash for consistency, compared travel time using Connected Vehicle
data, reduced travel time by an average of 7.2% downtown and
3.7% on US 93 South.
OTHER PROJECT
UPDATES
Committee discussed LED luminaire upgrade, Couplet project,
Kalispell ADA, US 93 North signal upgrade, Grandview to Reserve
mill fill, Dern & Springcreek, crosswalks at court house and the
Parkline Trail.
NEXT MEETING DATE TBD at later date
ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at approximately 3:00 p.m.
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Jarod Nygren Kari Barnhart
Chairman Recording Clerk
The minutes were approved as submitted/amended on ____/____/____.