11-09-99KALISPELL CITY -COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
MINUTES OF MEETING
NOVEMBER 9, 1999
CALL TO ORDER AND In the absence of the President, the Vice -President, Greg Stevens
ROLL CALL called the meeting to order at approximately 7:02 p.m. Members
present were: Rob Heinecke, Greg Stevens, Joe Brenneman,
Brian Sipe, Bill Rice, Donald Garberg, Don Mann and Don
Hines. Jean Johnson was excused. Narda Wilson represented
the Flathead Regional Development Office. There were
approximately 36 people in the audience.
Stevens changed the order on the agenda to have the Medical
Arts conditional use permit ahead of the public hearing on the
master plan.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES On a motion by Rice and seconded by Sipe the minutes of the
meeting of October 12, 1999 were approved unanimously, as
written, on a vote by acclamation.
WALLNER A conservation easement donated by Fred and Mary Kay Wallner
CONSERVATION to the Montana Land Reliance on approximately 43 acres on
EASEMENT property west of Airport Road.
STAFF REPORT Narda Wilson of the Flathead Regional Development Office gave
a presentation on staff report FCE-99-3 in which staff
Orecommends that the board find the easement would further the
goals of the Kalispell City -County Master Plan and endorse the
easement. This property is zoned SAG-10, Suburban
Agricultural. Wilson stated that the staff and the board would
like to thank the Wallner's for their easement
BOARD DISCUSSION The board agreed that this easement was in agreement with the
master plan.
MOTION Brenneman moved and Mann seconded that the planning board
accept the staff recommendation and determine that the
conservation easement would further the goals and policies of
the Kalispell City County Master Plan and that the board
authorize the planning director to act on their behalf by stating
to the Montana Land Reliance that the conservation easement
will further the goals of long range planning and that the
planning board supports the easement. On a roll call vote all
members voted Aye. The motion to support the Wallner
Conservation Easement passed unanimously.
WALLNER A conservation easement donated by Valesca Wallner to the
CONSERVATION Montana Land Reliance on approximately 25 acres on property
EASEMENT west of Airport Road.
-� STAFF REPORT Narda Wilson of the Flathead Regional Development Office gave
a presentation on staff report FCE-99-4 in which staff
recommends that the board find the easement would further the
goals of the Kalispell City -County Master Plan and endorse the
easement. The staff and the board thank Ms. Wallner for her
easement.
BOARD DISCUSSION The board agreed that this easement was in agreement with the
master plan.
MOTION Sipe moved and Heinecke seconded that the planning board
accept the staff recommendation and determine that the
conservation easement would further the goals and policies of
the Kalispell City County master plan and that the board
authorize the planning director to act on their behalf by stating
to the Montana Land Reliance that, the conservation easement
will further the goals of long range planning and that the
planning board supports the easement. On a roll can vote all
members. voted Aye. The motion to support the Ms. Wallner's
Conservation Easement passed unanimously.
MEDICAL A request by Holly Snyder and Medical Arts Pharmacy for a
ARTS/SNYDER conditional use permit to allow an existing building to be
CONDITIONAL USE converted to a drive -through' espresso shop and deli in an H-1
PERMIT zoning district at 211 Conway Drive.
STAFF REPORT Narda Wilson gave a presentation on staff report KCU-99-9 in
which staff recommends that the conditional use permit be
/ J1 approved subject to three conditions. Wilson explained that this
request is to use approximately 664 square foot portion to
convert to a drive through espresso shop. She noted that a
provision might be needed to allow for increased stacking or pull
up parking if the four spaces allotted does not seem to be
enough or becomes a problem. There are 22 parking spaces
currently so the required parking is more than met with existing
parking.
Mann questioned the required parking and Wilson explained
that the espresso shop will need 9 spaces, the pharmacy 8
spaces for a total of 17 required spaces and there is currently 22
spaces allotted for that building.
PUBLIC HEARING The public hearing was opened to those who wished to speak in
favor of the petition.
PROPONENTS Holly Snyder, applicant, spoke in favor of the application stating
that she believes this shop will primarily serve the area medical
community and therefore traffic won't become a problem.
No one else wished to speak and the public hearing was closed.
BOARD DISCUSSION Heinecke stated that there might be some traffic generated but
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the area should be able to handle the additional traffic. He does
not see any potential problem and he is in favor of the
application.
Mann stated that his concerns would be for ambulance traffic
interference. Wilson stated that the fire and emergency services
have seen the plan and have no problem with them as
presented.
Garberg asked about the average wait for each customer. Holly
Snyder explained that it would be fairly fast and would probably
be faster than a deposit at a bank. There is also potential for
moving the cars forward and delivering the coffee.
Mann asked and Snyder answered that there are two entrances
but the traffic flow has to generate on the side of the window.
The bank generally had good traffic flow.
Rice asked Wilson to explain condition two and she stated that
she put that in to give the council the opportunity to discuss
with the property owners of Medical Arts about creating some
sort of through traffic between Conway Drive and Sunnyview
Lane because this is one of the few logical places that a through
road could exist.
MOTION Brenneman moved and Hines seconded to adopt staff report
KCU-99-9 as findings of fact and, based on these findings,
recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the conditional use
permit be granted subject to the conditions as outlined in the
report. On a roll call vote all members voted Aye. The motion to
recommend approval of the conditional use permit for an
espresso shop passed unanimously.
DRAFT KALISPELL A presentation and public hearing on the draft of the Kalispell
CITY -COUNTY MASTER City -County Master Plan and land use map.
PLAN AND LAND USE
MAP Stevens stated that he would like to set up some ground rules,
they have had quite a bit of public testimony on the master plan
revisions over the past year and a half and he would ask that if
the person speaking previously was saying the same thing that
another person wished to say, they would appreciate it if they
just stated that they agreed with the previous speaker and try
not to be repetitious.
STAFF REPORT Narda Wilson gave a presentation of the draft Master Plan and
land use map. She explained that this is a comprehensive
amendment and update to the Kalispell City -County Master Plan
and the staff report gives a broad basis of what has gotten them
to this point. Staff recommends that a public hearing be held
and Resolution KMPA-99-1 be adopted, any revisions made, and
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forwarded with a recommendation to the Kalispell City Council
and the Board of County Commissioners. She explained that
the geographical information systems (GIS) technician has built
a map including many layers in order to show the area covered
by this plan and then to mark the areas included in the plan.
There have been three years of work by the planning board,
staff, and public input through a random survey, which has
gone into the draft as well as several committees that drafted
independent plans, which a consensus committee then
combined into the 1998 draft that was then presented to the
board. The board has held weekly meetings making revisions to
the plan and the result is the final draft dated October 20, 1999.
During that time the legislature passed changes in the state
statute regarding master plans and the name of the document
has been changed to a `growth plan', and those statute changes
will need to be looked at further by staff, and legal council, to
insure that this draft plan is in compliance with the new
statutes that came into effect October 1, 1999.
Garberg asked and Wilson answered that it is her
recommendation that the public be allowed to include comments
on all aspects of the process and information gathering, as well
as the draft plan. Before the board tonight is the '99 draft,
however one cannot look just at this plan, where we have been
and how we got here should also be included.
Stevens stated that there has been a misconception about the
(� process and the staff report that there was a board review of the
previous draft and the board did not review the `98 draft as it is
currently or was previously constituted. It was not approved, it
would not have been approved, it did not have the votes to be
approved and there was no suggestion that it would be approved
without serious revisions by this board. The statutes clearly
state that the planning board is to prepare and propose a
master plan and this draft was prepared by Steve Kountz of the
FRDO staff, not the board, and was supposed to be put out to
allow for public hearings for the board to have input guiding
their consideration of their revisions. The board did not vote on
that plan, did not have a majority to approve that plan and he
wanted to get that straight right from the start. As far as he is
concerned if they want to look at previous plans then they
should go back to the '86 plan and the '99 draft plan and see
what it was as compared to what it is. There are not two plans
there is one, the '99 draft, and it was a process that was started
and followed through by the planning board.
Brenneman noted that it was Steven's `opinion' that the `98 draft
would not have been approved and in fact there was no vote
actually taken.
Stevens stated that it was never brought to the board in total.
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Hines requested that the public comment be limited to 3
1 minutes per individual, noting that there will probably be
further public hearings and that would insure that everyone
would have an opportunity to speak.
Stevens asked that they play it by ear for the first 20 to 25
minutes to see how it goes.
Hines stated that if individuals are allowed longer in the
beginning then it would not be fair if those who wished to speak
later were not allowed the same amount of time.
Sipe stated that he would rather go for 25 minutes and see how
it goes and if they get into 15-20 minute deals then that's it,
they would not stay there until 2 in the morning.
Garberg stated that it would not be fair to later speakers and he
would prefer a time limit starting at the beginning. It has been
his experience that people have been able to say everything they
wish within the three minutes.
Stevens again asked that the audience act responsibly and get
through their comments as quickly as possible and to please not
repeat what previous speakers have said. What he is looking for
some real input to tell what the public would like to have
included or deleted in this plan, or if there are some concrete
suggestions to improve this plan then please try to give the
board help. Don't make this a public relations effort to discredit
the board or the process, please try to stick to the facts of the
four elements of the plan. Keep the comments relative to the
plan itself and move along as fast as they can and not repeat
things.
Brenneman moved and Sipe seconded to limit public input to
five minutes per individual and if someone wishes to stay and
talk later then they may do so. On a vote by acclamation the
motion passed unanimously.
PUBLIC HEARING The public hearing was opened to those who wished to speak in
favor of the plan.
PROPONENTS Lex Blood, 844 3rd Ave East, stated that he was one of the
committee members that participated in the effort to assist in
the rewrite of the master plan. He was under the impression
that he was partaking in a genuine, realistic, citizen based effort
to assist in revamping the master plan. They met for six
months, as did the other committees, and after reviewing the
entire plan came up with their version of the plan. And then the
consensus committee then came up with the '98 draft. He
stated that his point was that there was a substantial amount of
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community effort put into the plan, and that this was done at
the request of the previous planning board, to assist in guiding
in the development of a plan. Most of the public does not have a
copy of that consensus report, but have an eviscerated report
that this board has spent several months in preparing.
Certainly five minutes is not enough time to go through this and
it is the height of arrogance to suggest to anybody that in five
minutes they address the substantive changes that this board
has made after a years worth of effort by 30 plus people who
gave their time to help guide this board with this plan. This
board sat down in some 25 meetings, and he commends the
board for that, they managed to change the sum and substance
of what the citizenry developed in a year's time. He stated that
unless the board allows the public ample opportunity to review
the plan then they are doing a great disservice to the
community. And don't look again for the citizenry to participate.
There is a vast amount of cynicism in the land today, and this is
the sort of thing that does it. If the board is honestly interested
in putting out a plan that they can recommend to the city
council and to the commissioners, that represent a broad based
perspective, give the citizenry of this jurisdiction an ample
opportunity to review what the board has come forward with.
They also should know the history that brought this plan to this
point. The process is critically important.
Stevens commented that the he has always considered that
the public hearing is an opportunity for people to teach and
C� learn. (Blood stated that his time was up and Stevens stated
that he was going to make comments.) Stevens added that
the board tries to learn from the public but they also feel that
they have an obligation to explain to the public their thought
process and what they are thinking. Stevens explained that
he was on the committee with Mr. Blood, (Blood and Stevens
had comments as to whether Stevens was on the committee
or just attended as a public participant), as a member of the
Kalispell City -County Planning Board, and he stated that the
committee consisted of six government employees, himself
and a farmer, and if this was a broad based endeavor then
this community must consist entirely of government
employees. There were no more meetings conducted by that
particular group than there were by this planning board. He
has tried not to get into anything other than the contents of
this plan because that what he wanted from this public
hearing tonight. And if this is going to be construed as a
broad based citizen effort then they are going to look at the
makeup of those committees and see if seven government
employees, one working man and a farmer is what the people
intended when they appointed those committees.
Ben Long, 920 6+h Ave. East, stated that he has never worked for
a government agency, and has attended a whole lot of public
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meetings and he stated that he has never seen a chairman bring
up what someone does for a living and then imply that just
because they work for a government agency they are not quote
�) working men or women, and that he thought it was pathetic, for
the record.
Jana Goodman, 200 1st Ave. E., stated that she in complete
agreement with Mr. Blood's assessment.
Mayre Flowers, Program Direct of Citizens for a Better Flathead,
and her comments were on behalf of that group. She stated that
she is deeply concerned that the board is sending a message to
the community that they do not deeply value public input. She
was distressed that this is how the meeting has begun. Critical
information was not provided to the public, the document
presented at this meeting is a very sanitized document and the
changes from the `86 document to the `96 document and then to
the `99 document should all have been provided. A town
meeting format should be considered, which would include
planning and city staff available to answer questions, and
showing the revisions to the draft plan and allowing the public
to ask questions and make comments. She went on with her
comments directed to the two drafts ('98 and '99). She
presented written comments on several changes that the
Citizens for a Better Flathead would like to see in whatever plan
that is ultimately recommended to the city council, to become a
part of the record of for this meeting.
Dave Bailey, Kalispell resident, stated that the `98 draft was
published and in the year plus time since then the board has
had 25 meetings that were all open to the public. The document
before the public now has thousands of hours of work into it.
The board thoughtfully and thoroughly went through the plan
and he thanked the board for their serious consideration and he
asked that the board pass the '99 draft along to the council and
commissioners.
Kathleen Schulte, 117 Fairway Blvd., read the goals of the
Montana Association of Realtors, they attended many of the
board's meetings and it never fails to surprise her that when
they get to the end, the people who weren't there seem to be in
opposition. She stated that the association sees this as a viable
tool that heads the community in the right direction to
accomplish those goals. She thanked the board for their efforts.
Bill Goodman, 200 1st Ave. E., stated that he is a member of the
Montana Association of Realtors and he disagrees with Kathy
Schulte and agrees with Mayre Flowers.
Nina Wickersham, 759 Greenridge Drive, spoke for her
neighborhood and presented a petition signed by the
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neighborhood. She stated that their neighborhood has been
moved from suburban residential to urban residential. Theirs is
; a neighborhood of larger lots and acreages, and they do not feel
l that urban residential is suited to the neighborhood. They
would ask that the small are from Leisure Drive north and east
of Willow Glen be turned back to suburban agriculture. Even
though Stevens commented that those are zoning designations
and would be dealt with through zoning, she believed that
because of the meetings they have attended where they have
been told that the application complies with the master plan
therefore tough luck, or other meetings where applications that
do not comply with the master plan and they are then told that
the master plan is not made in concrete. So they would like to
be included in the suburban residential and they would then
continue to be in compliance with the master plan.
Stevens commented that those comments that Mayre Flowers
was bringing before the board had already been ably brought
to the attention of the board through Narda Wilson, and that
her concerns were not necessarily overlooked. That these
issues were discussed during the deliberations of this board
and they were surprised that there was not someone from
Citizens for a Better Flathead at every meeting.
Russell Crowder spoke for Montanan's for Property Rights, he
stated that he attended many of the board's meetings, and had
ample opportunity to give input. He stated that this proposed
document, probably for the first time in dealing with land use
planning in Flathead County, gives consideration to owners
property rights, and that these are valuable rights and they are
worthy of all of the other considerations and factors that deal
with land use planning. This hasn't been done in the past and
may be why groups like Citizens for a Better Flathead are
unhappy. He thanked the board for that and stated that his
group supports this document and they recommends moving it
on the council and commissioners, and that they are looking
forward to making specific comments further along in the
process. He added that the Montanan's for Property Rights have
consistently fought against impact fees. He fords it ludicrous
that a representative of Citizens for a Better Flathead would
have a concern that this plan will result in higher taxes or fees.
They are the main proponents for impact fees in the Flathead
County.
Ted Schlegel, 408 Ashley Court, thanked the board for the time
that they have spent on this plan. He stated that the plan is
headed in the right direction. Throughout the plan it talks
about encouraging different types of land use planning, and
there are two ways to encourage, one is with a big stick and one
is with incentives. He is a proponent of changing `encourage' to
provide some kind of incentives, because he is concerned that
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the word encourage would mean that they will regulate it.
Milt Carlson, 375 Grandview Drive, presented a written
statement to the board to become a part of the record. He
stated that he participated in the first 2 1/2 years of this process.
He stated that he is for a good master plan, but the `99 revisions
move so far from the intent of the previous plan that he cannot
support it. He asked that the board take SB97 into
consideration as well as the other language in the statutes in
.regard to a master plan.
Stevens commented that he wished that people had
participated in the some 25 meetings that the board had held
so that they would understand the board's rationale in
making changes to the `98 draft. We have had reference to
this urban growth boundary and their feeling about it was
that given the realities of our county, for one thing if they
drew that little line around the city and prevented anything
on the outside of that line from being anything less than 20
acres, given the fact that the jurisdictional boundary is only
four miles, and this was out quite a ways that what they
would in fact be doing, people wouldn't be able to build
outside of that urban boundary, people would jump the
jurisdictional boundary of the Kalispell planning board, and
by putting that in there they would have in fact probably
increased the speed and the scope of what he calls dispersed
development. He is frustrated that the very concerns that
some people are bringing up are ones that the board went
over in those meetings, and they may have found out that
there were good reasons for these changes that may well
have been in line with some of their interests. He personally
replaced the term "sprawl" with "dispersed development"
because he wanted to try to get some rationality in the
discussion because there are certain buzzwords that are in
all fields and when we start talking about things like urban
sprawl, open. space, what happens is that as soon as they say
urban sprawl there is immediate negative connotation that.
stops rational consideration of the reality of it. But when
they talk about dispersed development versus concentrated
development he thinks they can get an actual realistic
discussion without the buzzwords and emotions associated
with the buzzwords. So although they mean exactly the
same thing, he personally thought they could get a more
rational discussion if the term "dispersed development" were
used instead of sprawl.
Mayre Flowers again spoke giving detailed information on the
changes that the group would like to see made, as per her
written documentation.
i) Kathy Williams, 1700 Steel Bridge Road, stated that she agreed
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with Mayre Flowers comments.
Mary Gibson, 505 6th Ave. E., stated that she agreed with Mayre
C) Flowers comments.
Tatsy Guild, 3165 Foothill Road, stated that she agreed with
Mayre Flowers comments.
B. J Carlson, 375 Grandview Drive, stated that she agreed with
Mayre Flowers comments and added that she has two concerns
that the public should be involved, and that she does not believe
disbursed development is something that this community
wants. We have the opportunity to remain unique and if
dispersed development is allowed along the highways we will
look like Any Town, USA.
Judith Pressmar, 844 3rd Ave. E., stated that she agreed with
Mayre Flowers comments and added that this is what our lives
will look like for the next 10 or 20 years . and she believes the
public should have more of an opportunity for the public to be
involved.
Cal Williams, 1800 Steel Bridge Road, stated that he agreed with
Mayre Flowers comments.
Scott Damler, 319 3rd Ave. E., stated that he does not support
the comments of Mayre Flowers. He added that he has watched
individual rights be taken away by the natural resource
industry; it destroys the tax base and the economy. He never
thought he would hear people want to do the same things to the
county. Those speakers are talking about taking away the
individual's property rights and telling people what they can and
can't do on their own land. This valley requires so many
permits and government baloney and they are destroying the
valley. He added that he sees the Citizens for a Better Flathead
as the Citizens for a Socialist Flathead.
Alex Hilton, Kila, stated that he would ask that the chairman
show some leadership at this point and not allow further attack
and degradation of speakers and base it on some fairness.
Stevens commented that from the very beginning the
comments were not about the specifics of the master plan.
From Mr. Blood on down. For you (Mr. Hilton) to jump up
and require him to censor somebody else after person after
person has stood up and attacked the process without once
mentioning the text or the map is a little disingenuous so
he is going to continue to allow people at this public
hearing to present their opinions.
Verdell Jackson, 555 Wagner Lane, stated when in another state
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he was unable to develop his property and had to sell it for a
loss. Environmentalists wrote the planning documents in that
state. And when he tried to use the land he paid for, they
stopped him from using it, which allowed them to use it for free.
He would not support allowing that in this county and city and
he supports individual property rights and this plan recognizes
that people have to make a living with their property, and this
plan brings this balance back in.
Kathy Aldridge, 328 7h Ave. W., stated that when she lived in
another state she watched as the air became smoggy, the streets
became crowded, the crime rate rose, there was no longer and
open space, and property lost values. And she sees the
community in a position to keep that from happening here. This
is a perfect time to preserve and protect this town as it is and try
to make wise choices, to listen to everyone and to have a vision
and in that plea she supports Mayre Flowers comments.
Russell Crowder stated that he proposes that the following be
added to the plan, "none of the terms, provisions,
recommendations, or requirements outlined by this proposed
growth management plan will apply to private property", and if
this is included then the Montanan's for Property Rights will
agree with the recommendations set forth by the Citizens for a
Better Flathead to delete all references to `private property
rights'.
Mann asked why Mayre Flowers or any members of the
Citizens for a Better Flathead did not attend the workshops,
and he stated that he appreciated her comments and would
like a copy of her comments.
Flowers stated that members had attended work sessions and
she did not believe public comments were listened to or
considered and she understood that the public hearing was the
time for such input.
It was explained that the board would discuss the plan and
make decisions on where the board would so from here.
No one else wished to speak and the public hearing was closed.
BOARD DISCUSSION Sipe asked and Wilson explained that the document would have
to be reviewed by the city attorney and she is not in a position to
comment on whether this would meet all of the legal
requirements of SB97. Sipe stated that the public should have
been at the work sessions. He also stated that people have
private property rights as allowed by the constitution. The Fifth
amendment states that private property should not be taken for
public use without just compensation. He stated that the West
Valley plan takes 76 percent and demands that it be open space
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forever. A man could not use his land without first going
through someone else and that is the taking of private property.
He concluded that people have a right to private property.
Stevens stated that the staff recommendation is to adopt the
resolution and recommend this to the council and
commissioners. He stated that in the course of the hearing
SB97 was brought up which took affect the 1st of October, and
the board may need to make some revisions to the draft in order
to comply with state statute. He added that he thinks the board
should talk about that and he has not had time to review SB97
and he does not think this should be sent on until they have
had time to further review this. The board should schedule
another meeting and they should consider this further. He also
has problems with their compliance with the process as written
in their own draft and he would not want to violate their own
plan. The board should discuss further meetings to address the
draft and SB97.
Garberg asked if they should get legal council to insure
compliance with the SB97 and
Wilson stated that so far no one has come up with a
comprehensive idea and she would ask the Dept. of Commerce
and see what they would recommend to reconcile this plan with
the statute changes.
Garberg questioned whether a future meeting of the board could
be fruitful until they have those answers.
Stevens stated that he would not be comfortable sending a plan
forward without consideration of the statute changes and they
should make a good faith effort to meet the `must includes' of
the statute. They should try to reconcile this plan with state
statute and their own plan on process requirements.
Rice agreed with Stevens, that they should make a good faith
effort to comply with statute and also to consider the comments
from tonight before moving forward with the plan,.
Mann suggested putting off to the next regular meeting.
Heinecke said it should be a work session and it should be a
town meeting type of session, and there should be further public
comment. He also stated that he is encouraged by the public
comment tonight.
Steven suggested a workshop at which they would consider
holding further public meetings.
Stevens thinks the council should be asked what they want the
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board to do.
MOTION Sipe moved and Rice seconded to have a work session Tuesday,
November 16the, to include further consideration of the process
that they need to follow as well as the legal issues and to
consider public input.
Brenneman commented that he does not support the document
at all, and he did not believe that the committees' input was
considered, as it should have been. The merits of the
committees were not discussed and they have unwittingly
shown this boards dysfunction, they often rejected information
because of the messenger, all to often the rules were based on
simplistic anecdotal personal reference, a vision document
should not be tied down with that, he is in a dilemma as he
cannot support the document 4M {"there are extensive
problems, and he also wished to say that he respects the board
as individuals.
On a roll call vote all members voted Aye. The motion to have a
work session on Tuesday passed unanimously.
PROTEST PROVISION A request by the Flathead Regional Development Office for an
TEXT AMENDMENT amendment to the Kalispell Zoning Ordinance that changes the
protest provision for municipal zoning.
n STAFF REPORT Narda Wilson gave a presentation on staff report KZTA-99-6 in
/ which staff recommends that the text amendment as written in
the staff report be made to the Kalispell Zoning Ordinance.
Wilson stated that there is a typo it should be 99-7. She
explained the changes.
Sipe asked and was answered that each of these changes are
simply to comply with state law.
PUBLIC BEARING The public hearing was opened and no one wished to speak and
the public hearing was closed.
BOARD DISCUSSION Heinecke asked about #4 and it was clarified.
MOTION Brenneman moved and Garberg seconded to adopt staff report
KZTA-99-7 as findings of fact and, based on these findings,
recommend to the Kalispell City Council that the proposed
amendment be made to the Kalispell Zoning Ordinance. On a
roll call vote all members voted Aye. The motion to recommend
the text amendment passed unanimously.
NEW BUSINESS
OLD BUSINESS
There will be a full agenda next month.
There are planning board appointments that will expire on
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December 31, 1999 and staff asks that those members that are
interested get their letters in as soon as possible.
Stevens commented that he did not like limiting individual
comments and he would not like to do that in the future.
Brenneman stated that he thinks it is very fair and this gives
each member of the public ample time to speak as well as
insuring that there is time for everyone to speak.
ADJOURNMENT The next regular meeting will be December 14, 1999 at 7 p.m.
The meeting was adjourned by motion at approximately 9:50
p.m.
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Kalispell City -County Planning Board
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