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03-03-23 City Manager Report1 City of Kalispell OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER Information Memorandum 3/3/2023 1. Public Works Kalispell’s 1920’s Water and Sewer Main Replacement – 2023 ARPA Project: The upcoming 1920’s Water and Sewer Main Replacement – 2023 Project includes three (3) schedules, as follows: Schedule 1: Sewer Main Replacement of approximately 1,345 LF in E Montana St, MDT Site and 7th Av EN in Kalispell, MT. Schedule 2: Water Main Replacement of approximately 4,360 LF in 8th Ave W and 11th St W in Kalispell, MT. Schedule 2 has one additive alternate (Additive Alternate #1) for street rehabilitation of 8th Ave W and 11th St W, including new curb and gutter. Schedule 3: Sewer Main Replacement of approximately 1,225 LF in 4th Ave EN, E Center Street and 5th Alley E to 2nd St E in Kalispell, MT. Schedule 3 has one additive alternate (Additive Alternate #2) which includes sewer main replacement of approximately 1,550 LF in 5th Alley E from 2nd St E to 6th St E Bids were advertised and awarded to three different contractors. Construction schedule start dates are tentatively set for May and June of this year. Construction notices will be sent out to the adjacent property owners and a webpage development about each schedule is in the works. The webpages will be updated routinely with relevant project information. 2 2. Parks Department Forestry crews have finished pruning trees in the Cottonwood Park Subdivision and are currently pruning in Three Mile Subdivision. A second inhouse crew is pruning large trees along 5th Street West. A contractor is pruning to remove hangers and large stubs along 3rd Avenue East. The Urban Forestry Committee met on February 8, to continue work on the planning of Arbor Day 2023. Subcommittees include sponsorships, environmental booths, students, media, and logistics. The Urban Forestry Committee is looking for financial donations as well as volunteers to assist. The theme for this year’s event is, Throw Some Shade. Session 5 of ice-skating lessons is wrapping up this Thursday, March 2. We thank everyone for a great season! Registrations for next season will begin in November. Spring Break Camp registration is open. This year’s theme is “The Olympics”, with competitive activities such as relay races, tournaments, and a talent show and with fieldtrips planned for Rockfish Climbing Gym and swimming at the Summit. Camp Woodland Summer Day Camp registration will open on April 17 at 8:00am. Registration forms can be found on our website at 8:00am and paper copies will be available in our office as well. Summer Camp begins on June 12. The regular season of the Adult Futsal League has concluded. Playoffs will start this week. There are 12 teams in the league who will compete in a single elimination tournament until a champion is crowned. Our last weekend of Kalispell Kickers season is this Saturday, March 4. Games are played at Rankin Elementary on Saturdays between 9am-3pm. Registration is closed for the Spring Little Dribblers Basketball season. Schedules and rosters will be completed and sent to everyone this week. Games will be played on Saturdays between 8am-6pm at Rankin, Elrod, and Peterson Elementary Schools. 3. Police Department The Kalispell Police Department hosted Street Crimes Training at the 911 Center February 27-March 1. The course is designed to expose newer officers to multiple phases of patrol work including strategies for safe and effective patrol work. Multiple agencies from across the state were represented. 3 Officer Abigail Inabnit and Officer Tyler Daniels joined the Kalispell Police Department on February 28. Officers began their first day by swearing in their oath of office before Judge Howard. New Officers are immediately involved in an ethics in law enforcement meeting conduct by the Chief and Administrative team. They now begin a 14-week journey in our field training program. Officer Inabnit will also attend the Montana Law Enforcement Academy. Officer Daniel’s will attend the two-week law enforcement equivalency course as he has prior academy training. Sergeant Joel Bartholomew attended the Montana Narcotics Officer Association (MNOA) Conference in Bozeman. Sgt. Bartholomew is an active member on the board of the association. MNOA offers training for all areas of law enforcement including, but not limited to traffic interdiction and officer safety, handgun retention, interview techniques, drug identification, legal updates, along with numerous other issues that may arise. Detective case load is 103, this compares with 110 in 2022, and 83 in 2021. Year to date calls for service stand at 5809, this compares with 5588 in 2022, and 5270 in 2021. 4. Fire Department From the period of February 15, to February 28, the Fire Department had 140 responses. Of these, there were 102 medical incidents, 1 structure fire, 5 Motor vehicle accidents with injuries, 3 Fire alarm activations, 6 public assists, 2 Haz-Mat incidents, 1 vehicle fire, 19 dispatched and canceled, and various other call types. Crews attended a 4 hr. Medical-Legal considerations/documentation course. The Fire Chief/Asst. Chief worked with CPSM consultants Feb 27, 28 and March 1in helping with their review of the Fire Department. This included interviews with employees and chief officers, neighboring Fire Chiefs, municipal staff and department heads, tours of response areas, fire stations, and equipment. Fire Crews went to Flathead High School on Friday night for Drivers Safety education. This included the dangers of texting and driving, not wearing seat belts, and general drivers’ safety. Personnel met with County Medical director and Flathead County EMS Manager for incident reviews and continuing education, (4 hr. class). The Fire Department had an apartment fire on the evening of Sunday the 26th. This originated as a second-story deck fire (debris on deck ignited) that spread to the knee wall and attic due to the strong winds Sunday evening. The building suffered major damage. 4 5. Planning Department The Kalispell City Planning Board will hold a public hearing at their March 14 meeting and take public comments on the agenda items listed below: 1. Files #KPP-22-07 and KZC-22-05 – The application contains a request from Owl Corporation and Flathead Village Greens, LLC, for a zone change from R-2 (Residential) to R-4 (Residential) covering approximately 182.15 acres, as well as a request for major preliminary plat approval for Stillwater Village, a subdivision with eight (8) phases containing a total of 181 lots (67 detached single-family and 114 attached single-family homes) on approximately 46.78 acres in lots, streets, common areas, and land held for future development. Additionally, the plat contains approximately 20.01 acres as park area and park access (for a total of approximately 66.79 acres) to serve both the initial eight phases and future phases on the overall property that are not part of the initial preliminary plat. The property is located south of Silverbrook Estates, west of Highway 93 and Hagerman Lane, north of Northern Pines Golf Course, and bordering the Stillwater River on the western edge of the property. 2. File #KPP-23-02 – The application contains a request from Michael Sandefer for preliminary plat approval for Bitterroot Heights No. 2, a major subdivision containing approximately 4.2 acres. The subdivision includes 13 single family lots and park area. The property is generally located on the west side of North Riding Road and south of West Northview Loop, and includes property currently addressed as 249 Three Mile Drive. 3. File #KA-23-02 and KPP-23-03 – The application contains a request from Brent Holdings, LLC, for annexation and initial zoning of R-4 (Residential), along with a request for major preliminary plat approval for Creekside Subdivision, a residential subdivision on approximately 24.51 acres with 71 lots (35 detached single-family and 36 attached single-family), along with streets, parks, and open space. The property is located at 1111 Farm-to-Market Road. 4. File #KCU-23-01 – The application contains a request from Dave McLean as director of A Ray of Hope for the expansion of its facility at 46 Fifth Avenue West, which is located in the B-3 (Core Area Business) zone. The expansion involves the construction of an approximately 1280 square foot garage on the rear of the lot. The garage would include an apartment in the second story. The property was granted a conditional use permit for a private shelter in March 2005 and this conditional use permit would be considered an expansion of the prior approval. Documents pertaining to the agenda items are on file for public inspection at the Kalispell Planning Department, 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell, MT 59901, and are available for public review during regular office hours. In addition, information on the agenda items are posted on our website at https://mt-kalispell.civicplus.com/668/Planning-Board under planning board “upcoming agenda.” 5 6. Building Department The total of new single-family/duplex and townhouse units for the year is 6, compared to 28 at this time last year. There have been 36 multi-family housing units issued so far this year. Last year, at this time, we had issued 24 multi-family housing units. There were a total of 256 combined building and/or fire inspections completed in the last 2 weeks. Residential – 29 Plumbing – 30 Commercial – 47 Mechanical - 28 Electrical – 33 Fire – 89 7. Community Development Staff has participated in the online training needed to administer and manage the Safe Streets for All Planning Grant. It is anticipated the city will initiate a grant agreement in the coming weeks. 8. Information Technology The council chambers audio video upgrade is scheduled for April 3 – 7. Contractors will be working in the chambers all week. The council meeting on Monday 4/3 will not be impacted. Cityworks is being configured in a test environment for the addition of documents through public access to support the upcoming electronic plan review project.