01/19/10 City Council MinutesA REGULAR MEETING OF THE KALISPELL CITY COUNCIL WAS HELD AT 7:00
P.M., TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2010, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL IN
KALISPELL, MONTANA. MAYOR TAMMI FISHER PRESIDED. COUNCIL MEMBERS
JIM ATKINSON, KARI GABRIEL, BOB HAFFERMAN, TIM KLUESNER, DUANE
LARSON, WAYNE SAVERUD AND JEFF ZAUNER WERE PRESENT. COUNCIL
MEMBER RANDY KENYON WAS ABSENT.
Also present: City Manager Jane Howington, City Attorney Charles Harball, City Clerk Theresa
White, Detective Lieutenant Jim Brenden, Fire Chief Dan Diehl, Public Works Director Jim Hansz,
Finance Director Amy Robertson, Parks Director Mike Baker, Human Resources Director Terry
Mitton, Municipal Court Judge Heidi Ulbricht, Housing Manager Katharine Thompson, Revolving
Loan Fund Manager Wade Elder, and Deputy City Clerk Judi Funk.
Mayor Fisher called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
A. AGENDA APPROVAL
Atkinson moved approval of the Agenda. The motion was seconded.
There was no discussion.
The motion carried unanimously upon vote with Kenyon absent.
B. CONSENT AGENDA APPROVAL
1. Council Minutes — Regular Meeting January 4, 2010
2. Pledged Securities as of December 31, 2009
Larson moved approval of the Consent Agenda. The motion was seconded.
There was no discussion.
The motion carried unanimously upon vote with Kenyon absent.
C. STUDENT ISSUES
Calvin Moss, 57 Harbin Hill Road, and a fellow Government student asked that maintenance in the
public parks' bathrooms be a higher priority because they are in very poor shape and tourists will
remember them that way.
Danielle Bangert, 203 Stoner Creek Road, and Maggie Sirucek,195 Mennonite Church Road, asked
that the city begin a recycling program and pay for curbside recycling bins and bags.
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Richard Loop, 41 Fichters Way, and Jeremy Hein, 301 Buttercup Loop, noted that 3rd Avenue West
is very congested and unsafe by Elrod School and requested that it be designated one way heading
south from 3rd Street West to 8th Street West.
Chelsea McGuigan, 32 Dawn Avenue; Heather Blackburn, 243 Rocky Cliff Drive; and John Jackson,
3550 Highway 2 West, remarked that School Addition Road in Somers is narrow, has no sidewalks
and that children have nowhere to walk when the snow is piled up.
D. PUBLIC COMMENT
Nancy Davis, 224 Lakeshore Drive, a member of the Board of Directors of the Flathead Community
Foundation, presented a $1000 check to Jennifer Young of the Parks Department for their
scholarship program.
E. REPORTS/RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUBSEQUENT COUNCIL ACTION
E/1. RESOLUTION 5413 — CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH MONTANA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
This summer the Montana Department of Transportation plans to rehabilitate pavement surfaces and
re -construct certain intersections on 2nd Street between Meridian Road and Woodland Avenue.
Saverud moved Resolution 5413, a resolution authorizing the Mayor of Kalispell or her
designee to execute the construction agreement of Federal Aid Project No. UPP 6799(31) with
the State of Montana, acting by and through the Department of Transportation. The motion
was seconded.
Hansz answered questions.
There was no further discussion.
The motion carried unanimously upon roll call vote with Kenyon absent.
E/2. SUB -RECIPIENT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT — NEIGHBORHOOD
STABILIZATION PROGRAM
The Montana Department of Commerce requires that a Sub -Recipient Interlocal Agreement be
approved prior to the release of funds to purchase homes for the community land trust program.
Atkinson moved council approve the Sub -Recipient Interlocal Agreement delineating the roles
and responsibilities between the City of Kalispell and Community Action Partnership under
the Neighborhood Stabilization Program grant. The motion was seconded.
Thompson gave a staff report and answered questions.
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Harball answered additional questions.
Hafferman commented that this is much better than having foreclosed homes sitting empty; this is a
good method of marketing a home, and he is in favor of the grant.
Kluesner noted he hopes the financing stays within the local economy.
Atkinson remarked this is a fabulous opportunity in Kalispell not only for low-income residents but
also for work force housing.
Mayor Fisher asked why a specific date wasn't set for the annual report.
Mayor Fisher moved an amendment to the interlocal agreement by having council receive
an annual report by June 1 (Section IC) and receive quarterly progress reports (Section 8).
The motion was seconded by Atkinson.
The amendment carried unanimously upon vote with Kenyon absent.
There was no further discussion.
The main motion, as amended, carried unanimously upon vote with Kenyon absent.
F. MAYOR/COUNCIL/CITY MANAGER/REPORTS (No Action)
Howington responded to the student suggestions from the January 4 meeting, noting that we have
changed the schedule for snow plowing the entire city, that the ice on the pond depends on Mother
Nature, and that stop signs and signals need to meet certain requirements.
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Zauner asked for a work session on the airport as soon as possible after the January 25 meeting.
Mayor Fisher asked for changes to the Agenda and meeting format. She would like public comment
to be taken before discussion on each item after the staff reports, but noted that no one would be
allowed to comment twice on the same subject.
G. ADJOURN
The meeting was adjourned at 8:12 p.m.
Theresa White
City Clerk
Approved February 1, 2010
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