06-10-05City/County Joint
Airport Affected Area Committee
City of Kalispell - Flathead County
Montana
MINUTES
Present:
Fred Leistiko, Mgr. Kalispell City Airport (City appointee)
Tom Jentz, Tri-City Planning Office (City appointee)
George Smith, Flathead Co. Planning Office (County appointee)
Tom Sands, Sands Surveying (County appointee)
Guests:
None
The organizational meeting of the City/County AAA Committee was called to
order at 1:00 P.M. in the Kalispell City Hall Conference Room by acting Chairman Fred
Leistiko. The meeting was noticed on the Bulletin Board at City Hall.
Mr. Leistiko welcomed the committee members and briefly outlined their duties
over the next 12 months. The committee would function under committee rules not board
rules. A Board may be set up to administer the adopted rules at a later date.
The acting Chairman called for the first order of business, that being the election of
a Chairman to preside over the meetings. Mr. Sands nominated Mr. Leistiko for the
position of Chairman, seconded by Mr. Jentz. Hearing no other nominations, the vote was
unanimous to appoint Mr. Leistiko as Chairman.
Mr. Leistiko asked for public comment, there was none.
Chairman Leistiko notified the committee that the City and County officials had
suggested Mr. Todd Wirthlin as the fifth member -at -large. Chairman Leistiko stated that
he had a telephone conversation with Mr. Wirthlin a week prior to this meeting and had
asked him if he would serve. He stated that he would think about it and get back to Mr.
Leistiko before the first meeting so his name could be entered as a nominee. Mr. Wirthlin
did not get back to Mr. Leistiko as he stated he would.
Chairman Leistiko asked for further suggestions on the member -at -large. The
following names were submitted:
William C. Paullin - Glacier Bank
Chuck Manning - District 5 School teacher
Tom Weaver - Retired Banker
The committee asked Chairman Leistiko to contact these individuals and the first
one to accept would be appointed by the Connnittee.
Chairman Leistiko handed out a binder of supplemental information for the
members to review for the next meeting. It contained background information and the
new State Laws pertaining to Airport Affected Areas.
A brief discussion followed about the scope of the committee's undertaking and
how long it is anticipated the project would take. The committee would draft rules and
regulations to present to the City and the County for approval. There would be at least
one public hearing on the rules and regulations before finalizing them The public hearing
would be governed by the MCA rules.
It was agreed that a recording secretary would only be used when needed. It
would be provided by the City or the County.
It was agreed that the public hearings would be held in the Earl Bennett building to
take advantage of the video recording equipment,
Tom Sands volunteered the services of Sands Surveying to print up the associated
maps to be used with the project.
George Smith volunteered to put together a map showing the zoning in the
proposed AAA and bring it to the next meeting.
Chairman Leistiko stated that he would get an opinion on the notification process
for the public hearings from the City and County Attorneys.
The next meeting, a working meeting, would be scheduled in mid July at the call
and the location specified by the Chairman.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:00 P.M.
NOTE:
Mr. William C. Paullin, Glacier Bank, was contacted after the meeting by Chairman
Leistiko and Mr. Paullin agreed to serve as the member -at -large pending an email
confirmation by the rest of the committee. Mr. Paullin was subsequently approved by an
email vote of all members. Chairman Leistiko will meet with Mr. Paullin and deliver his
informational packet and brief him on the goals of the committee.
Respectfully submitted,
Fred Leistiko, Chairman
City/County Joint
Airport Affected Area Committee
City of Kalispell - Flathead County
Montana
Committee Members
As of June 10, 2005
Fred A. Leistiko, Chairman
132 Buffalo Stage Rd.
Kalispell, MT 59901
Work: 250-3065
Home: 756-9071
leistiko@digisys.net
Tom Jentz
TriCity Planning Office
Work: 751-1850
tricit3iom@cenjIlWel.net (until 7/l/05)
tjentz@.kalispell.com (after 7/l/05)
George Smith
Flathead Co. Planning Office
Work: 75108208
Cell: 250-9357
usrnjth@co.tIqthead.mt.us
Tom Sands
Sands Surveying
Work: 755-6481
tom(cr?sandssurve�ing. com
William C. Paullin
P.O. Box 2918
Kalispell, MT 59903
Glacier Bank
P.O. Box 27
Kalispell, MT 59903
Work: 756-4237
Cell: 249-4551