01-13-97KALISPELL CITY -COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
AND ZONING COMMISSION
MINUTES OF MEETING
JANUARY 13, 1997
CALL TO ORDER The specially scheduled meeting of the Kalispell City -County Planning
AND ROLL CALL Board and Zoning Commission was called to order at 12:32 p.m. on
Monday, January 13t`, by Therese Hash. Board members present were
Pam Kennedy, Milt Carlson, Joe Brenneman, Robert Sanders, Walter
Bahr, Jean Johnson, Mike Conner, and Therese Hash. Milt Carlson and
Therese Hash were reappointed to the Planning Board by the County
Commissioners. Walter Bahr and Jean Johnson were reappointed by City
Council. The Flathead Regional Development Office was represented by
Tom Jentz, Planning Director.
ELECTION OF The next item of business was to elect officers for the new year.
OFFICERS
Therese Hash was nominated for President. There were no other
nominations. The nominations were closed. By unanimous vote,
OTherese Hash was voted in as President.
Pamela Kennedy was nominated for Vice -President. The nominations
were closed. By unanimous vote, Pam Kennedy was voted in as Vice -
Chair.
MEMBER -AT The next item of business was to elect a member -at -large to serve as the
LARGE ninth member of the Planning Board. Letters of interest were submitted
and included in the packet, from Robert Lopp and Suzanne O'Conner.
By majority vote, Robert Lopp was selected as the member -at -large.
This recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council and to the
County Commissioners to confirm his appointment to the Kalispell City -
County Planning Board,
APPROVAL OF The minutes of the meeting of December 10, 1996 were clarified on page
MINUTES 3 regarding the inclusion of DNRC lands in the neighborhood boundary
for West Valley Neighborhood Plan. The Department of Natural
Resources lands were included in the neighborhood boundaries, however
were not zoned P-1, as they wanted to look at developing their own
neighborhood plan.
The minutes were corrected on page 10, under New Business, to strike
the first sentence and the first phrase of the second sentence, and stating
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Q, that "A noon meeting was suggested to elect officers and member -at -
large."
The motion was made by Conner, seconded by Kennedy to approve the
minutes of the meeting of December 10, 1996, as amended. All members
voted aye.
OLD BUSINESS There was no old business.
NEW BUSINESS Tom Jentz asked if the Board members had any desire or need for any
training in the coming year.
Hash requested that any legislative changes that would affect planning
and land use issues, would be a topic for discussion.
Kennedy stated that it was requested last spring that this Board meet
with City Council.
The Board requested that a thank you letter be sent to Suzanne
O'Conner to let her know that we appreciated her application and that
we would encourage her to consider submitting an application in the
0 future.
Motion Kennedy made the motion to direct staff to draft a letter to be signed by
President Hash to Ms. O'Conner. Conner seconded. By acclamation
vote, all members voted aye.
Further new business, there are several items scheduled for the February
meeting.
ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:52
p.m.
Therese Fox Hash, President Elizabeth Ontko, Recording Secretary
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