Recommended Updates to the City Design and Construction Standards Public Comment from Bruce ConstantAimee Brunckhorst
From: Bruce and Davida Constant <bdconstant83@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2022 3:54 PM
To: Keith Haskins; Kalispell Meetings Public Comment
Subject: EXTERNAL Re: Public Comments for Recommended Updates to the City Design and
Construction Standards
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Hello
Thank you for including me in the City of Kalispell Standards update. Please consider the following suggestions to the
recommended Standards.
First, place the sewer lateral no more than 5 and 1/2 feet at curb. This allows ample elevation from ROW to house and
safe installation and inspection.
Secondly, for ease of locating the sewer and water service, stamp an "S" or "W" in the freshly poured curb to indicate
location.
If you have any questions, or need further clarification on suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thankyou
Bruce Constant
Arrowhead Dvsfd II Inc
406-210-1116
On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 5:00 PM Keith Haskins <khaskins@kalispell.com> wrote:
You have been selected as a recipient of this email because you have been identified as a potential stakeholder in the
City of Kalispell Design and Construction Standards.
As you may know, the City periodically updates the Standards for Design and Construction (Standards) to ensure
conformance with current requirements of State and Federal agencies, to adopt changes in various materials and
methods used in construction, to aid in operation and maintenance of public infrastructure, and to ensure the
standards reflect the best practices necessary to support a sustainable community. The Standards were last updated on
January 21, 2020.
Since that time, the City has adopted the Move 2040 — Kalispell Transportation Plan which included updates to road
classifications, typical sections, and policy recommendations. Additionally, the Montana Contractors Association
recently published the Seventh Edition of the Montana Public Works Standard Specifications which are used as a
baseline for municipal construction specifications. Due to these significant updates along with other staff
recommendations, edits, and corrections, an update to the Standards is now necessary.
The following proposed significant amendments have been incorporated into a draft of the Standards:
• Section 1.6.2 Record Files — this section was added to mitigate issues staff is having in getting record
drawings.
• Section 3.1.4 Review Fees — this section was modified to increase the review fee from $180 per review
to a fee structure which will pay for the cost of staff time and Public Works costs for review software
which will soon be incorporated into City review processes.
• Section 3.1.5 Construction Drawings — this section was added to require full final sets of plans in PDF
and DWG format to assist staff for work completed on new construction and also to help coordinate
between developments and engineers in growth areas.
• Chapter 7 —Pretreatment was removed from Sanitary Sewer and reestablished in its own chapter.
These requirements are overseen by the Pretreatment Coordinator and were often overlooked by
contractors. This change is intended to make the pretreatment requirements clearer.
• Table 7 —Traffic Impact Study Categories and Requirements were added as recommended by the
Transportation Plan.
• Table 9 — Access Spacing Guidelines were added as recommended by the Transportation Plan.
Other less significant changes have also been made and can be reviewed via the compare document located here. The
compare document should document (in red text) all changes, including spelling and grammatical modifications, and
updates to links within the document.
A clean version of the recommended updates to the Standards is located here and has a "Final Draft" watermark
through the pages.
A Resolution of Intent for a public hearing on the recommended updates to the Standards is tentatively scheduled to go
before City Council on April 4, 2022. The Public Hearing is tentatively scheduled for May 2, 2022.
If you have comments you would like to provide on the recommended Standards, you can provide them via email
which will be routed to City Council and circulated to appropriate city staff, or you can attend the Public Hearing and
provide comment in person.
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
CITY OF
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KALISPELL PubUc Works 201 IstAve E�1�406.7�58.7727
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