07-11-00KALISPELL CITY -COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
MINUTES OF MEETING
/ JULY 11, 2000
CALL TO ORDER AND Johnson called the meeting to order at approximately 6:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL Members present were: Jean Johnson, Rob Heinecke, Don
Hines, Bill Rice, Don Garberg, Brian Sipe, Dale Pierce, Don
Mann, and Greg Stevens. Narda Wilson represented the
Flathead Regional Development Office. There were
approximately 3 people in the audience.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES On a motion by Sipe and seconded by Garberg the minutes of
the meeting of June 13, 2000 were unanimously approved, as
corrected, to amend page 6, first paragraph of New Business to
read "He made a copy for the City Council and the County
Commissioners..."
STRATFORD Wilson presented a letter from Jackola Engineering, on behalf
SUBDIVISION of the applicant for Stratford Subdivision, asking that
REQUEST WITHD1aAWN application be withdrawn because they have acquired property
next to said subdivision and will be re -submitting in August for
the September meeting.
BRETT KELLY ZONE A request for zone change by Brett Kelly from R-3 to B-3, One
CHANGE Family Residential to Community Business, in the Evergreen
and Vicinity Zoning District at 11 Meadow Lark Drive, on
0 approximately .33 acres.
STAFF REPORT Narda Wilson gave a presentation on staff report FZC-00-5, in
which staff recommends the planning board adopt the staff
report as findings of fact and recommend to the Board of
County Commissioners that the requested zone change from R-
3 to B-3 be granted. Wilson displayed a property map and
indicated the property was in Evergreen, on the west side of La
Salle, with several local shops adjoining. She said the
applicant also owned 7AGB, to the west, occupied by the
Center Stage School of Dance. Wilson said their intention was
to use the property as a parking lot for the dance studio. She
cited details from the proposal; the two lots are approximately
80 feet wide by 180 feet deep on the north side of Meadowlark
Drive. She said there is a single family residence on the
property that will continue to be occupied, until such time that
it will be converted to some type of commercial use that would
be consistent with the proposed B-3 zoning. Wilson stated it is
presently zoned R-3 and is located on the fringe between
residential and a commercial strip to the east. She said the
master plan designates the area as suburban residential.
However, the proposed zone change would be a logical
expansion of the commercial strip corridor.
Garberg asked, and Wilson answered that the designated zones
for lots to the east are B-3. She pointed out the mini -mall and
explained it was an expansion of that corner.
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PUBLIC HEARING The public hearing was opened to those who wished to speak
on the application.
PROPONENTS Rick Kelly, of 1966 Whalebone Drive, and his wife Shonie, who
own the Center Stage School of Dance stated they would like to
utilize the space as parking only. He explained that the dance
studio is out front and they want to keep the building as is, but
with expansion they will need more parking. He said that no
matter what, the east side will border commercial, whether it is
the line that is already there, or the next line. He said they are
not really changing anything, just moving the border a little
further to the west.
OPPONENTS
No one else wished to speak and the public hearing was closed.
MOTION Garberg moved and Hines seconded to adopt FRDO staff report
FZC-00-5 as findings of fact and recommend to the Board of
County Commissioners the requested zone change from R-3 to
B-3 be granted.
BOARD DISCUSSION There was a brief discussion by the board. Kelly stated went
out and talked to all of the neighbors and they seemed to be in
favor of it.
ROLL CALL On a roll call vote, the motion to recommend approval of zone
change from R-3 to B-3 was unanimously approved.
OLD BUSINESS The board briefly discussed the Kalispell City Council public
hearing regarding the growth policy plan and Johnson
commended those who were there and spoke. He stated the
City Council has elected to refer to professional staff, he
assumed FRDO, to re -write or amend and said, don't throw
your notes away because the Commissioner said, most likely,
the planning board will look at it again. Wilson stated that if
they want to change it the Commissioners and the Council will
have to approve the same document. Because we know the
Council plans on changing it, it won't be forwarded to the
Commissioners until those changes take place. The consensus
of the board was that it would be coming back to the board at
some point. Hines suggested that when it does come back that
it be presented in a, final form and not leave any avenues open
for more debate.
Wilson suggested there would always be one or two small
changes from the Council. Garberg wondered why it comes
back to the board after they have voted on it. Wilson answered
that the Council or Commissioners could make a list of issues
and say to the planning board, we feel there are some issues
and would you please take a look at this. If the board takes a
look at it, and does what they think would be appropriate, this
would be serving them in the capacity of their working,
advisory board. On the other hand, if they were minor
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changes, of course it wouldn't go back to planning board. Sipe
said that with the way it sits now, with a 5 to 4 vote, it would
come back from the Commissioners, but not from the Council.
C_ Stevens stated, there was a fundamental difficulty with the
joint jurisdiction; the bulk of the population and the bulk of the
land are not inside the city limits of Kalispell. The bulk of the
people are County residents, but not City residents. He said,
if the city imposes it's will on the residents who have no vote,
for those members in a detrimental way, then it is up to the
County Commissioners to protect those constituents from that
happening. He said there is a fundamental problem to be
resolved. If the City would look at the plan, within it's city
limits, and develop that and let the Commissioner develop the
plan outside the city limits then we could resolve it, but, if the
City insists on controlling all the land for people who can't vote
for them, then I think there will be a continuous dilemma. The
only solution he could see was that the City members devise a
plan for the city and the County members devise a plan for the
county people. He said there is that big of a division.
NEW BUSINESS Wilson stated the Christian Center Church is going to take
another run at doing their expansion by Summit Ridge.
Stevens asked and Wilson answered that the Salvation Army
was approved last night. Garberg asked and Wilson answered
that Highway 93 south was also approved.
ADJOURNMENT The next regular meeting will be August 8, 2000 at 6 p.m. The
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meeting was adjourned by motion at approximately 6:30 p.m.
Approved as submitted/ corrected: 8 / 8 / 00
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