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05-09-06KALISPELL CITY PLANNING BOARD & ZONING COMMISSION n MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING MAY 9, 2006 CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL The regular meeting of the Kalispell City Planning Board and CALL Zoning Commission was called to order at 7:00 p.m. Board members present were: Timothy Norton, Bryan Schutt, Bob Albert and Rick Hull. John Hinchey and Kari Gabriel were absent. Sean Conrad and Tom Jentz represented the Kalispell Planning Department. There were approximately 12 people in the audience. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Hull moved and Schutt seconded to approve the minutes of the April 11, 2006 regular planning board meeting. The motion passed unanimously on a roll call vote. HEAR THE PUBLIC No one wished to speak. TRINITY LUTHERAN A request from The Trinity Lutheran Church for a conditional CHURCH YOUTH CENTER - use permit to allow a youth center to be placed on the CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT church complex site. The property is zoned R-3 (Urban Single Family Residential) which requires churches and accessory buildings to obtain a conditional use permit prior to construction and operation. The property proposed for the youth center is located at 452 Third Avenue WN approximately 250 feet south of the intersection of West California Street. STAFF REPORT KCU-06-04 Sean Conrad, representing the Kalispell Planning Department presented Staff Report KCU-06-04 for the Board. Conrad pointed out there is parking immediately north of the proposed youth center that is currently owned by the church. In order to accommodate parking for the youth center the church can either do a boundary line adjustment to incorporate some of the parking lot onto the youth center property or to get a written zoning lot determination by the Zoning Administrator to allow some of the parking to be used by the youth center when it is built. Conrad added staff is recommending that the mature trees in front of the youth center be retained in order to incorporate the center into the neighborhood. Staff is recommending that the Planning Board adopt Staff Report KCU-06-04 as findings of fact and recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the conditional use permit be approved subject to 5 conditions, noted in the staff report. QUESTIONS BY THE None. BOARD Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of May 9, 2006 Page 1 of 14 APPLICANT/AGENCIES Corey Johnson, 133 Sherry Lane stated that he is a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and also an architect in town and he has worked with the church on the proposed youth center. He is in favor of the conditional use permit and has no objections to the conditions. Norton asked Johnson if they had a preference for a boundary adjustment or letter from the Zoning Administrator to resolve the parking issue. Johnson said that they will research that issue the next time they meet with the building committee. Don Ross, 117 Rainbow Drive in Kalispell stated that he is a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and he will be the contractor on the project. Ross said that he sees the building as proposed to be a real asset to the neighborhood and it will improve the looks of the neighborhood. Norton asked Johnson if the youth center was going to be open to members of the general public and not just to members of the church. Johnson said open to the public because the church wants it to be an outreach to youths throughout the community. PUBLIC HEARING No one else wished to speak and the public hearing was closed. MOTION Schutt moved and Albert seconded a motion to adopt Staff Report KCU-06-04 as findings of fact and recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the conditional use permit be approved subject to 5 conditions, noted in the staff report. BOARD DISCUSSION Schutt asked if a notice of the hearing was sent out to the neighborhood and Norton noted that the list of property owners was included in the packet. Norton said that the youth center will be a benefit to both the church and the youth in the community. ROLL CALL The motion passed unanimously on a roll call vote. FLATHEAD HIGH SCHOOL A request from Flathead High School District 5 for a SUDENT COMMONS/FOOD conditional use permit to allow final design and construction COURT CONDITIONAL USE of a new 12,400 square foot student commons/food court PERMIT addition to the high school. Flathead High School is located at 644 4+h Ave. West. The high school occupies four city blocks between 4th Ave. West and 5th Ave. West. STAFF REPORT KCU-06-05 Sean Conrad, representing the Kalispell Planning Department presented Staff Report KCU-06-05 for the Board. Conrad noted that the proposed addition would provide a food court/ student commons area for the existing student Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of May 9, 2006 Page 2 of 14 C% body at the High School. The existing facility will be expanded and the addition is not going to have any impacts to parking spaces and traffic. Conrad added the during Site Review the Fire Marshal has requested that a fire service connection be installed along 4+h Avenue West in order to enable the Fire Department to better defend a structural fire occurring on the campus. It will be a requirement through the building permit process but Conrad added it in the conditions so that the School District would know it was expected. Staff is recommending that the Planning Board adopt Staff Report KCU-06-05 as findings of fact and recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the conditional use permit be approved subject to 3 conditions, noted in the staff report. QUESTIONS BY THE None. BOARD APPLICANT/AGENCIES Corey Johnson stated that he is representing School District #5 from CTA Architects Engineers and they have reviewed the comments and report and have no objections to the conditions. Johnson noted that they would certainly want to comply with the Fire Marshal with any life safety issues that arise during the permit application. Norton said it appeared that most of the new construction was internal and a remodel of the existing facility. Johnson said that there is additional space that is being added. The main entry from the east into the gym or the auditorium or toward the Fine Arts Center is a narrow and tight space. This is the location where the students eat their lunch. The addition would be moving further to the east to increase that space for the students. Hull asked if this will affect the parking. Johnson said not at all. No classrooms or educational spaces are being added. PUBLIC HEARING No one else wished to speak and the public hearing was closed. MOTION Hull moved and Schutt seconded a motion to adopt Staff Report KCU-06-05 as findings of fact and recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the conditional use permit be approved subject to 3 conditions, noted in the staff report. BOARD DISCUSSION None. ROLL CALL The motion passed unanimously on a roll call vote. KVD A request from KVC Development to lease a 2.9 acre parcel DEVELOPMENT/HOLIDAY from the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of May 9, 2006 Page 3 of 14 0- INN EXPRESS - in order to construct a Holiday Inn Express. The proposed PRELIMINARY PLAT hotel would include three stories, accommodating 104 rooms, with a total building footprint of 22,435 square feet. The proposed lease site is northwest of the existing Lowe's building located at 2360 Highway 93 North. STAFF REPORT KPP-06-02 Sean Conrad, representing the Kalispell Planning Department presented Staff Report KPP-06-02 for the Board. Conrad said before the board is a preliminary plat from KVC Development to construct a Holiday Inn Express on the 2.9 acre school trust lease site just west of Lowe's. They will be extending the existing access road located on the north side of Lowe's, Tree Line Road, westward to access the property. It would be built to city collector standards. Conrad noted all future development would have to comply with the Spring Prairie PUD, including landscaping, signage, lighting and parking. Staff is recommending that the Planning Board adopt Staff Report KPP-06-02 as findings of fact and recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the Holiday Inn Express Preliminary Plat be approved subject to 10 conditions, noted in the staff report. QUESTIONS BY THE Hull asked why it was coming before the board. Conrad BOARD responded that part of the agreement with DNRC was that any time a lease site came up on this property it would go through the subdivision review process, through the planning board and city council in order to make sure that the developer was aware of all the conditions of the Spring Prairie PUD. Conrad said this is similar to the review of the new city fire station. APPLICANT/AGENCIES None. PUBLIC HEARING No one wished to speak and the public hearing was closed. MOTION Albert moved and Schutt seconded a motion to adopt Staff Report KPP-06-02 as findings of fact and recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the Holiday Inn Express Preliminary Plat be approved subject to 10 conditions, noted in the staff report. BOARD DISCUSSION None. ROLL CALL The motion passed unanimously on a roll call vote. EISINGER A request. from Eisinger Properties, LLC and Lyle and Joanne PROPERTIES/LYLE & Davis for a growth policy amendment, petition for annexation JOANNE DAVIS - GROWTH and initial zoning on two properties totaling 15.4 acres. The POLICY AMENDMENT & property owners are requesting to amend the growth policy ANNEXATION & INITIAL designation on the properties from Neighborhood Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of May 9, 2006 Page 4 of 14 ZONING OF B-2 (GENERAL Commercial and Suburban Residential to Commercial. The COMMERCIAL) owners have also submitted a petition to annex into the City of Kalispell and have requested B-2 (General Commercial) zoning for each of the properties. The properties are located at 2545 and 2563 Highway 93 North, at the northeast corner of the intersection of Highway 93 and West Reserve Drive. STAFF REPORTS KGPA-06- Sean Conrad, representing the Kalispell Planning 01 & KA-06-03 Department presented Staff Reports KGPA-06-01 & KA-06- 03 for the Board. Conrad reminded the board that with the Growth Policy amendment the planning board has been working on, this particular area is being recommended as a commercial designation. The land use designation currently on these properties is Neighborhood Commercial and Suburban Residential designation which is inconsistent with the proposed commercial designation and the use proposed by the applicant which is an auto retail store. Given the fact that the site lies at the intersection of Highway 93 North and another major road, West Reserve Drive and the land uses throughout that area are commercial staff is recommending approval of the amendment. Staff would also recommend that if the board approves the amendment, that it include the Highway Community Entrance Overlay District over the properties in order to comply with the policies set forth including landscaping, setbacks, pathways and sign restrictions. Conrad said the initial request of B-2 given the fact that a majority of the property in this area is commercial in nature and the fact that the board itself has considered this site and areas north of this site to the river for commercial type uses, planning staff is recommending approving the initial zoning request for B-2. Staff is recommending that the Planning Board adopt Staff Report KGPA-06-01 as findings of fact and recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the Growth Policy Amendment be approved. Staff is also recommending that the Planning Board adopt Staff Report KA-06-03 as findings of fact and recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the initial zoning of this property upon annexation be B-2 General Commercial. QUESTIONS FROM THE Hull asked if they are talking about changing the growth BOARD policy all the way to the river. Conrad said no the only 2 properties are the Eisinger property, 10 acres right at the intersection of Highway 93 and West Reserve and the Davis property immediately north of that property. Hull asked if the Davis' property has a different proposal than the Eisinger lot. Conrad said the Davis property was proposed for spill over parking from the Eisinger auto mall Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of May 9, 2006 Page 5 of 14 site. C ,) Hull stated that his major concern is that the proposal did not affect the bypass. Conrad said the latest plans on the bypass shows frontage road along the Eisinger and Davis property. The owners are aware of that and will be working with MDT and city staff on approach permits and site access. Hull asked if the planning board will see this project again. Conrad said no, but it will go through Site Review and Architectural Review for any subsequent development. Norton added that there are 2 approaches right now, one on Highway 93 and one on West Reserve which will have to be approved by MDT. Conrad said that the property is vacant now and certainly changing from residential to an auto mall they will have to work with MDT to change the nature of those approaches. APPLICANTS/AGENCIES Johna Morrison, Land Use Planner with Schwarz Engineering & Architecture introduced Kim Larson the lead Architect on the project and presented the board with site maps of the Eisinger auto sales proposal. Morrison said that Eisinger has been planning to relocate to this particular site for over a year and they recently had the opportunity to purchase the property to the north owned by Lyle Davis. Also recently Eisinger had the opportunity to purchase the Honda dealership and their idea was to relocate both of these dealerships on to one property. Morrison said the site works very well for Eisinger and is an appropriate use for that intersection. They have been working closely with MDT on obtaining the appropriate approach permits and Morrison noted that their site plan does include a small frontage road that goes along this property on West Reserve Drive and north along Highway 93. Schutt asked if construction has already started and Morrison said the stormwater drainage system has been replaced and grading has been done. She added that the reason they wanted to go ahead with the Growth Policy amendment was that they were going to miss out on the building season and wanted to start the project as soon as possible. Hull asked if the approaches are right in and right out. Morrison said that they are not sure yet since the discussions with MDT are not finalized. Hull asked if they are going to ask for a left hand turn from Highway 93 into this property and Morrison referred to the project architect, Kim Larson. Larson said the approaches that the board is seeing have already been approved by MDT. They are right in and right out and have approved a pull out onto Highway 93 without consideration of the bypass. When the frontage road Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of May 9, 2006 Page 6 of 14 0 comes in, which he thinks will be soon, they will be dealing with a frontage road which will have a whole different set of parameters that they will have to negotiate with MDT. Larson added that since the frontage road has not been built yet their site map shows both approaches and the frontage road. They are respecting the frontage road for what they are planning and when it comes in they will work with MDT and get their approaches in the right locations with the frontage road. PUBLIC HEARING I No one else wished to speak and the public hearing was closed. MOTION - GROWTH Schutt moved and Albert seconded a motion to adopt Staff POLICY AMENDMENT Report KGPA-06-01 as findings of fact and approve the signing of Resolution KGPA-06-01 by the Vice President and recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the Growth Policy Amendment be approved. BOARD DISCUSSION Schutt said that in his opinion this project should be held to similar standards that were required for Home Depot, Costco, and Lowe's. One thing that was discussed, Schutt said, was the display of outdoor merchandise. Jentz said that DNRC's plan on Section 36 specifically addressed prohibiting outdoor displays. There wasn't a similar requirement on the Mountain View Plaza PUD, where Home Depot is located. Jentz said they started meeting with Eisinger more than a year ago and they ultimately decided that they would proceed with the County. It was a foregone conclusion that they would eventually be coming back to the city. In December they started earnestly talking with the city and asked how soon the plan amendment for North Kalispell would be completed so they could then could come in under the amendment and move forward. Staff asked them to wait until the amendment was completed but Eisinger had a timeframe where they wanted to start construction to be up and running. Jentz added this area is being recommended for a commercial land use designation and the Stillwater River is a logical boundary to end major commercial up the highway. Staff has discussed limiting signage, pedestrian access, and landscaping along the highway and the frontage road with the applicants. Staff has also talked to them about the design standards that the city would like to see at the entrance highway. Jentz said that the frontage road will be constructed with the bypass which is weeks from being on the table. Once the EIS is released MDT will be acquiring land for the frontage roads in earnest. When ,the frontage road is built will depend on where the bypass project starts. Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of May 9, 2006 Page 7 of 14 0' Hull asked what the Highway Community Entrance standards were. Jentz said the standards give special consideration to setbacks, landscaping, bike paths and limiting signage. He added since the standards were not approved yet the city doesn't have the power to implement the standards at this time. Hull asked if the Stillwater River is a dividing point why wasn't it a part of this proposal. Jentz said that when someone comes in they have a right to make a change to their property but not change their neighbor's property. Hull asked if they are annexed into the city would they have to follow lighting standards, because this is a problem with the current Eisinger Motors property. Jentz said that when they are annexed into the city they will get a city building permit, go through city Site 8s Architectural Review, and will have to comply with all city standards including the lighting standards. Norton asked for a description of the setbacks, landscaping, and buffering that will be required for this property from the proposed Highway Community Entrance Standards that are proposed. Jentz responded. Norton said since the Highway Community Entrance Overlay District standards are not approved what will prevent them not following the standards. Jentz said there is nothing in place to require that the standards are met but these issues will be discussed during Site Review and Architectural Review in detail. Jentz added this is not a conditional use permit so they cannot apply conditions. Jentz said that the board was getting into site design which will be addressed later in the process and the board should divorce themselves from Eisinger Motors and consider whether this is an appropriate place to have commercial development and those Highway Community Entrance standards implemented. Schutt said the board does feel helpless and frustrated when they are reviewing a Growth Policy Amendment for one piece of property. It is a major piece and part of the Highway Community Entrance corridor. Schutt said that they have to depend on the good faith and honesty of this developer as they go through Site Review and Architectural Review. Hull said this is one of the most critical pieces of property along that entire highway and he is really concerned. Hull suggested to make it clear in the minutes to the council and applicant what the board is thinking. Schutt said this is a unique, quirky site. Well below the highway grade level and in his opinion one of the saving Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of May 9, 2006 Page 8 of 14 graces of the whole Home Depot complex is that it is 30 feet down. Schutt said that this property will not be the visual impact that it would be at grade with a 20 foot setback. Hull said he wants some kind of assurance that this will not affect the bypass. He has no objections with the request for a commercial land use designation at this location. Albert said this property it is going to be commercial and they can't base their decision on the fact that it is Eisinger because it will be commercial regardless of what goes in there. They shouldn't make a pre -determination of what it will look like and discuss landscaping, etc, until it gets further down along the review process. Norton agreed that this is a major intersection in Kalispell. He said the board has been working on the Kalispell North Growth Policy Amendment as quickly as they can. He has no objection to the commercial designation but how it is designed for commercial use is his concern. He doesn't want to see the same landscaping as Home Depot because that is not his idea of an entrance corridor for a major intersection. In 2 months there will be an updated Growth Policy and they can just walk up to them and ask for the B-2 zoning and hopefully by then these Highway Community Entrance standards will be in place. ROLL CALL I The motion failed on a vote of 2 in favor and 2 in opposition. Hull stated that he voted in opposition because they would like to see the controls that the B-2 zoning in the city would bring as compared to the county. Hull said that he feels that the Growth Policy Amendment is premature and it does not provide enough safeguards for protecting the transportation corridor for the bypass and for the future. Norton stated that the reason he voted in opposition is more on the lines that this is a major intersection and they need to have more control on the appearance the property would have. Norton said that the amendment is premature because the board is working on a Growth Policy Amendment for this area which this property would fall under. Jentz noted that this will then go to council without a recommendation and suggested that the board still address the zone change. MOTION - ANNEXATION & Hull moved and Albert seconded a motion to adopt Staff INITIAL ZONING Report KA-06-03 as findings of fact and recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the initial zoning of this property upon annexation be B-2 General Commercial, contingent on the council's action on the growth policy amendment. BOARD DISCUSSION Schutt asked if this growth policy amendment gets approved by council and in September the Highway Community Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of May 9, 2006 Page 9 of 14 J Entrance standards are approved, which would take precedence. Jentz said that if they get the plan amendment at the council level and B-2 zoning and pull their building permit July 1, they live with the codes and standards that are in affect on July 1. If they decide not to break ground until next April 2007, their building permit will be premised on whatever standards are in place at that time, or they go home tonight and pull a state building permit and they construct it out in the county because they already have county B-2 zoning. Hull said he wants to see this area in the city because it gives the city control over the lighting, the appearance and several other factors that are considered critical. Hull said the last thing that they want to see is county commercial at the entrance to the city. Schutt said he has a level of faith and trust in the applicant and was willing to take that step to approve the growth policy amendment. This is going to be a commercial piece of property eventually and B-2 zoning is appropriate. Norton said he fully believes that this parcel should be annexed into the city and the B-2 zoning is appropriate. ROLL CALL The motion passed unanimously on a roll call vote. OLD BUSINESS: CASINOS TEXT A request by the City of Kalispell to amend Sections AMENDMENT 27.14.030(5), 27.15.030(3), 27.16.030(8), 27.17.030(4) and 27.18.030(7) of the Kalispell Zoning Ordinance. The amendment is intended to review the 300 foot setback for casinos from churches, schools, parks, residential zones, and other casinos. The current text requires the 300 foot setback for casinos from churches, schools, parks, residential zones, and other casinos as measured from property line to property line. The City is considering amending the zoning code to maintain the requirement for a conditional use permit but either decrease or eliminate the 300 foot setback requirement. STAFF REPORT KZTA-06- Conrad stated that at the public hearing in April the text 02 amendment regarding the 300 foot buffer for casinos from churches, schools, parks, residential zones, and other casinos was tabled and the board directed staff to come back with some language that would allow a casino to be located within the 300 foot buffer if there were certain circumstances present at the site, such as a topographical separation between land uses, or a highway, etc. Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of May 9, 2006 Page 10 of 14 0 Staff is recommending that the planning board adopt Staff Report KZTA-06-02 as findings of fact and recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the text amendment be approved with the following language: Replace sections 27.14.030(5), 27.15.030(3), 27.16.030(8), 27.17.030(4) and 27.18.030(7) which state: Casino if 300 feet or more from churches, schools, parks, residential zones, and other casinos, measured from property line to property line. With the following: Casino (see 27.35.110 Additional Requirements for Specific Conditional Uses) Under Chapter 27.35 of the Kalispell Zoning Ordinance add the following section: Section 27.35.110: Casino Casinos shall be a minimum of 300 feet from churches, schools, parks, residential zones, and other casinos, measured from property line to property line. If topographic or physical circumstances exist which form a separation or barrier to easy access between a casino site and a church, school, park, residential zones, or other casinos, strict interpretation of the 300 foot standard may be waived. A topographic or physical barrier is defined as an arterial highway (four or more lanes), airport, river, stream, or steep embankment, all of which impedes or prohibits easy visual or physical access. 2. If a casino is proposed within 300 feet of a church, school, park, residential zones, or other casinos, as measured from property line to property line, pursuant to Section 27.35.110 (1), then the following design standards as appropriate may be placed on the casino: a. Limiting or prohibiting the on -premise signage or building design from using the following: • Any terms such as gaming, gambling, cards, dice, chance, etc. Any reference to any associated activity or any symbols or words commonly associated with gaming. Any words, terms, figures, art work, or features intended or designed to attract attention to the fact that a casino is on site. • Neon Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of May 9, 2006 Page 11 of 14 b. Limiting the number and location of entrances into the casino. c. Increasing landscaping requirements in order to create a buffer between the casino and adjacent land uses. BOARD DISCUSSION None. MOTION Schutt moved and Hull seconded a motion to adopt Staff Report KZTA-06-02 as findings of fact and recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the text amendment be approved with the language as noted above. BOARD DISCUSSION Schutt questioned the use of language that refers to topographic or physical barrier. He said if that 300 foot setback is there to preserve some of those qualities is a topographic barrier a substitute for that. Conrad said an example, which was brought up at the last council meeting, was the VFW wanted to locate on top of a very steep hill near Woodland Park. They couldn't locate there because obviously they were within 300 feet of a park. But a circumstance where a VFW club was located up a steep slope from a park there probably would not be any interaction between visitors in the park and patrons at the VFW. Conrad felt that the public would interpret this language broadly but it would be the planning department's intent that these requests would be reviewed on a case -by - case basis to determine the impacts. Schutt noted that if the topographic or physical barrier impedes or prohibits visual or physical access do we chose one or the other of those. He added that Lion's Park is very visually accessible from the proposed Hilton property therefore the board would ignore the visual accessibility. Conrad said they have added signage language either limiting or prohibiting the signs all together so that you don't have the flashing, detached sign right out front. Conrad said council elected to prohibit casino signage for the Hilton Inn altogether. Schutt understood the process of the PUD which enables the casino to be part of the Hilton complex but is having a hard time with amending the casino regulations for the rest of the city. Norton added that the language staff developed is exactly what a majority of the board requested. Schutt said that when a text amendment is passed they don't know how it is going to be applied in the future and they can only judge by the words presented for the amendment. Conrad noted that the board can amend the language that he suggested. Hull said that he really likes the limits on the signs and Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of May 9, 2006 Page 12 of 14 wished they could make that city-wide. Hull suggested if it would be possible to keep the restriction for churches, schools, and have it only as parks and residential zones with the barriers. Albert wondered if this would even be an issue if the city didn't stand to gain a lot by allowing casinos near these other uses. Norton said that is how they came to this point. Albert added that he doesn't think the text should be changed. Jentz suggested that the board could chose to do nothing because there is a struggle for some board members with why are we watering down what is a good standard. Jentz noted that the council felt that the PUD process was used inappropriately. This board said no entrances to the casinos and the council added no signage and a customer has to now be inside the Hilton to even know that there is a casino inside. The board can suggest that life continues on as it is and if someone wants to go through a PUD process and subject themselves to hearings, etc., they can. Schutt suggested a work session be held on the text amendment. Norton noted that the board could table the discussion, hold a work session, change the language presented, or vote on it as is. MOTION Norton moved and Hull seconded a motion to table the text amendment in order to hold a work session. ROLL CALL The motion to table passed unanimously on a roll call vote. MOTION TO APPROVE The motion to approve failed due to the motion to table. KALISPELL NORTH Jentz reminded the board of the Kalispell North Growth GROWTH POLICY Policy Amendment Open House on May 16, 2006, from 6:00 AMENDMENT - OPEN p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the city council chambers. HOUSE MAY 16TH NEW BUSINESS: Norton thanked Mr. Hines for coming and asked if he would like to speak to the board. Norton thanked the Flathead County Planning Board for postponing approval of the Riverdale Growth Policy Amendment and added that he agreed that approval was premature. Don Hines said that the Riverdale Growth Policy Amendment was tabled in light of the pending Growth Policy update that the county is working on, and some of the board also thought it was premature. Hines said the Mountain View Plaza first came forward as a Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of May 9, 2006 Page 13 of 14 sports complex and got approval for commercial and ended up being Home Depot. There is a condition in the Home Depot PUD for no outdoor displays. Hines added that in Cresponse to the Eisinger project he would be very adamant and stand his ground on the planning board to make sure that if they were to come back to the County and try to circumvent the process the urban standards would be implemented including lighting, landscaping and such to ensure that it would not be a thorn coming in at the corridor into the city. Norton asked about the next meeting with the Flathead County Planning Board and Hines noted that they were working on Tuesday June 20th. Hines suggested that the County Planning Board be invited to the 300 foot buffer work session. Jentz noted that reappointments to the board and filling the vacant position will be addressed at the May 15+h city council meeting. ADJOURNMENT I The meeting was adjourned at approximately 9:10 p.m. The next regular meeting of the Kalispell City Planning Board and Zoning Commission will be held on Tuesday, June 13, 2006. Timothy Norton y Michelle Anderson Vice Presidents Recording Secretary APPROVED as submitted/corrected: & /�3 /06 Kalispell City Planning Board Minutes of the meeting of May 9, 2006 Page 14 of 14