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KALISPELL
CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
March 21, 2022, at 7:00 p.m.
City Hall Council Chambers, 201 First Avenue East
The public was able to participate in person or via videoconferencing.
Public comment was also available via email to publiccomment(c�r�kalispell. com.
Video of this meeting with time stamped minutes can be found at:
https://www.kalispell.com/480/Meetin2-Videos.
A. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Johnson called the meeting to order at 7 p.m.
B. ROLL CALL
Mayor - Mark Johnson: Present
Council Member - Kari Gabriel: Present via video conference
Council Member - Sandy Carlson: Present
Council Member - Sam Nunnally: Present
Council Chair - Chad Graham: Present via video conference
Council Member - Jed Fisher: Absent
Council Member - Sid Daoud: Present
Council Member - Jessica Dahlman: Present
Council Member - Rvan Hunter: Absent
Staff present in Council Chambers included City Manager Doug Russell, City Attorney Charles
Harball, City Clerk Aimee Brunckhorst, Director of Development Services Jarod Nygren, Senior
Engineer Keith Haskins, Police Lieutenant Jordan Venezio, and Planner II Rachel Ezell.
C. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
D. AGENDA APPROVAL
Motion and Vote to approve the agenda as submitted.
Council Member - Sam Nunnally: Motion
Council Member - Jessica Dahlman: 2nd
Mayor - Mark Johnson: Approve
Council Member - Kari Gabriel: Approve
Council Member - Sandy Carlson: Approve
Council Member - Sam Nunnallv: Annrove
Council Chair - Chad Graham: Approve
Council Member - Jed Fisher: Absent
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Council Member - Sid Daoud: Approve
Council Member - Jessica Dahlman: Approve
Council Member - Ryan Hunter: Absent
The motion passed unanimously on voice vote with Councilors Hunter and Fisher absent.
E. CONSENT AGENDA
All items listed on the consent agenda will be accepted by one motion. If a council member
desires to discuss an item separately, the item can be removed from the consent agenda by
motion.
Council Minutes —March 7, and March 14, 2022 0 a a
2. Bid Award Recommendation for Wvomina Street and North Main Storm Sewer
Improvement Project IJ a
This item considers awarding the base bid for this project to Sandry Construction
for $526,727.
3. Ordinance 1873 — Second Reading - Spring Creek Park Zoning and Planned Unit
Development N a
This item considers an application from GKM Associates, LLC for a zone change and
Residential Mixed Use Planned Unit Development overlay on 90.87 acres located to the
east of West Springcreek Road between Two Mile and Three Mile Drive. The zone change
request considers changing 25.6 acres to RA-1, residential apartment and realigning and
expanding the B-1 area to 5.82 acres.
Public Comment
Mayor Johnson opened public comment on the consent agenda.
Diane Etter, Public Comment
Ms. Etter provided details regarding why she is in opposition to the Spring Creek Park
development - consent agenda item 3.
Seeing no further comments, Mayor Johnson closed public comment on the consent agenda.
00:07:46
Motion and Vote to approve the consent agenda as submitted.
Council Member - Sam Nunnally: Motion
Council Member - Sid Daoud: 2nd
Mayor - Mark Johnson: Approve
Council Member - Kari Gabriel: Approve
Council Member - Sandy Carlson: Approve
Council Member - Chad Graham: Approve
Council Member - Sid Daoud: Approve
Council Member - Ryan Hunter: Approve
Council Member - Sam Nunnally: Approve
Council Member - Jed Fisher: Approve
Council Member - Jessica Dahlman: Approve
The motion passed unanimously with Councilors Fisher and Hunter absent.
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F. COMMITTEE REPORTS - None.
G. PUBLIC COMMENT
Mayor Johnson opened general public comment.
Sarah Lamb, Public Comment
Ms. Lamb of 1112 2nd Avenue West was a victim of car theft and the destruction of her car
window in front of her home for the third time in the last four months and feels it is an issue all
around the neighborhood surrounding Flathead High School. She would ask for additional patrol
presence throughout the area after 3 a.m.
Seeing no further public comment, Mayor Johnson closed public comment.
H. REPORTS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND SUBSEQUENT COUNCIL ACTION
Persons wishing to address the council on individual agenda items are asked to provide
public comment via email to publi ccomment(2kali spell. com or during the meeting verbally
in council chambers or via the online meeting. Please provide your name and address for
the record.
1. Ordinance 1874 —First Reading — Floodplain Management Ordinance Update a
This ordinance considers revising the City's existing Floodplain Management
Ordinance, last revised in 2015 through Ordinance 1761 and now requiring an
update by the Montana State Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.
Planner II Rachel Ezell provided the presentation on this item.
00:12:16 Councilor Daoud began questions for staff.
Public Comment
Mayor Johnson opened public comment on this item. Seeing none, he closed public comment.
00-13.47
Motion and Vote to approve Ordinance 1874, an ordinance repealing Ordinance 1761,
Codified as Chapter 10A Kalispell City Code, and replacing said ordinance with the City of
Kalispell Floodplain Ordinance in compliance with M.C.A. 76-5-101 through 76-5-406,
declaring an effective date, and authorizing the City Attorney to codify the same.
Council Member - Sam Nunnally: Motion
Council Member - Sandy Carlson: 2nd
Mayor - Mark Johnson: Approve
Council Member - Kari Gabriel: Approve
Council Member - Sandy Carlson: Approve
Council Member - Sam Nunnally: Approve
Council Chair - Chad Graham: Annrove
Council Member - Jed Fisher: Absent
Council Member - Sid Daoud: Approve
Council Member - Jessica Dahlman: Approve
Council Member - Ryan Hunter: Absent
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The motion passed unanimously on roll call vote with Councilors Fisher and Hunter
absent.
2. Parking Garage Development Services Agreement N a
This item considers authorizing the City Manager to execute a Development
Services Agreement with Montana Hotel Development Partners, LLC for a public
parking structure at 1st Street West and 1st Avenue West.
00:15:13 City Manager Doug Russell provided background on the process this item has gone
through.
00:16:16 Development Services Director Nygren provided a staff presentation.
00:17:03 Councilor Dahlman asked for clarification on one of the agreement exhibits.
00:20:33 Councilor Daoud clarified his understanding of the agreement.
Public Comment
Mayor Johnson opened public comment. Seeing none, Mayor Johnson closed public comment.
00:24:10
Motion to authorize the City Manager to execute the Development Services Agreement with
Montana Hotel Development Partners, LLC for a public parking structure at 1st Street West
and 1st Avenue West.
Council Member — Sam Nunnally: Motion
Council Member — Sandy Carlson: 2nd
00:24:37 Councilor Daoud provided discussion on the motion.
00:25:38
Vote on the motion.
Council Member
- Sam Nunnally: Motion
Council Member
- Sandy Carlson: 2nd
Mayor - Mark Johnson: Approve
Council Member
- Kari Gabriel: Approve
Council Member
- Sandy Carlson: Approve
Council Member
- Sam Nunnally: Approve
Council Chair - Chad Graham: Approve
Council Member
- Jed Fisher: Absent
Council Member
- Sid Daoud: Aimrove
Council Member - Jessica Dahlman: Approve
Council Member - Ryan Hunter: Absent
The motion passed unanimously on roll call vote with Councilors Hunter and Fisher
absent.
L CITY MANAGER, COUNCIL, AND MAYOR REPORTS (No Action)
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City Manager Doug Russell reported that the Buy -Sell for the parking lot related to the Charles
Hotel/Parking Structure project will be brought before the Council. In addition, Development
Services has been working with the Parking Commission and stakeholders in the area to discuss
a related item asking for temporary restrictions to some of the 2-hour parking rules.
Mr. Russell also informed Council that the recent public comment received regarding speeding
issues have been forwarded to the Police Chief.
00:26:56 Councilor Graham recognized and congratulated Geography Bee winners from
Kalispell Middle School who competed in the 2022 Montana Regional Finals for the
International Geography Bee in Missoula recently. Mr. Griffin Ingersoll won first in the sixth -
grade division, and Oliver Casey won third. They will be representing Montana at the National
Geography Bee in Orlando this summer.
00:28:50
Mayor Johnson announced he has a County Landfill Board Meeting tomorrow
Mayor Johnson spoke with sympathy regarding the public comment received regarding vehicle
break-ins and let Ms. Lamb know the police will be following up on that. He also let her know
that the city has been planning to budget for a study to look at police and fire staffing needs
within the next fiscal year.
J. ADJOURNMENT
Seeing no further business, Mayor Johnson closed the meeting at 7:29 p.m.
Aimee Brunckhorst, CMC
City Clerk
Minutes approved on, 2022
UPCOMING SCHEDULE / FOR YOUR INFORMATION
Next Work Session — March 28, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. — Council Chambers
Next Regular Meeting — April 4, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. — Council Chambers
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