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Tronstad Meadows/Whitetale Crossing Public Comment from Jeffrey MullerA"en%on Kalispell Mayer Mark Johnson and City Commissioners Ryan Hunter, Jessica Dahlman, Chad Graham, Karl Gabriel, Sid Daoud, Sandy Carlson, Sam Nunnally and Jed Fisher This le"er is in protest of Amending the Growth Policy, annexa%on, zoning change and preliminary plat approval for the Tronstad Meadows and Whitetail Crossing Project. Please consider the amount of %me given for the public to respond and note the overwhelming response. The mass majority are against these changes, and this became evident to all as the mee%ng progressed for the next 5 hours with their tes%mony and comments. These were passionate residents from all corners of Flathead County, not just the neighborhoods adjacent to this Proposal. Tes%mony was heard about traffic, lack of Infrastructure, water and sewage, developers not paying for impact fees, loss of valuable farmlands and taxes. Some other concerns and problems facing the public fears are Fire and Emergency services, Schools and lack of affordable housing. I was first approached by Frank Garner about 2 weeks prior to the mee%ng when he showed up at my home. He introduced himself, very respecUully. His comments then to me were that he was trying to inform the neighborhood of the developer’s intent. He men%oned working with the neighborhood and crea%ng a buffer. Frank stated that the homes would be affordable for our police officers, teachers, etc., but the costs were not clear as they were currently talking with local builders for the build out. When asked about townhomes or apartments he said there wouldn’t be any, but we see them on the applica%on. He brought up buffers to isolate the neighborhood from the development. He said the city informed the developer that the development had to 100% complete and all Roads, Infrastructure and a new stop light at Tronstad and 93 installed before any homes could be built. Later we learned that most of if not all, what was told to me, and the neighbors was unfounded not factual. We soon discovered that Frank was the developer’s salesperson to get the public onboard and had no authority to make any decisions nor was he even aware of the developer’s final inten%ons. The homes he said they were building, a percentage affordable became a development consis%ng of only lots for sale with no inten%on to build any homes. The costs of these lots along with the cost of the structure without any landscaping is said to be in the range of 650,000.00 dollars. With the average household Income being $63,500.00. Not many residents of Flathead County will be able to afford them. John Sonju’s remarks in the Beacon was that these would be a"ainable homes for the workers of the valley, a"ainable how? That will remain to be seen in the years to come. Water is a big issue; the well water being donated to the City was first brought to our a"en%on by Mr. Garner. This brought up a major concern with the neighborhood and its underlying wells. Experts say the well that the developer is dona%ng to the city cannot produce the capacity its capable of, without severely dropping the levels of water in the surrounding neighborhoods. Furthermore, others have water rights to this well and have not been contacted. My understanding is no tests of the water for contaminants have been done. Does the City of Kalispell have enough good clean water to supply this Subdivision without the usage of the well water? There must be some concern, why was a Water Tower constructed across from Northern Pines golf course on Hwy 93? Possibly for mi%ga%ng future an%cipated water shortages? Cleaning up the water sources already in place (PFAS) should take priority over annexa%on and this Subdivision Proposal. Wastewater System- Is the Treatment plant and pump system capable of handling all the waste from this subdivision along with all the other developments that are approved? If the annexa*on policy is to be amended there should be a new study on the service area proposed to make sure it meets the criteria required by the Treatment Plant and service area. The wastewater plans are developed using the following: The City’s study service area (serving both City of Kalispell water and sewer customers and “sewer only” customers) was evaluated for future growth trends. The Evergreen District is considered separate from the Kalispell study service area. The study service area was developed by reviewing current planning documentation, considering previously completed facility plans, evaluating geographical boundaries, and discussions with City staff. Ultimately, this resulted in using boundaries already established from the recent planning efforts performed for the City, which include the following: 1) The 2015 Annexation Boundary was presented in the City of Kalispell Growth Policy Plan-It 2035 document, adopted by Kalispell City Council Resolution No. 5821A, dated July 3, 2017. 2) The Kalispell Growth Policy Future Land Use Map (dated February 15, 2017) established the “Growth Policy Planning Area” and was prepared as part of the City of Kalispell Growth Policy Plan-It 2035. The Growth Policy Planning Area extends to a larger land area outside the 2015 boundary and is primarily used as a means of policy coordination between the City and Flathead County. These boundaries establish the future growth areas and provide consistency between recent planning efforts. The study service area boundary used for the WWFPU is the 2015 Annexation Boundary and is presented in Figure 3-1. Areas of future growth within the City have been identified for each planning horizon. Individual maps showing anticipated growth areas for each planning horizon can be found in Appendix B. I sencerley hope you take all this into consideration before making these decision which could effect the futures of all. Montana is a rare and beautiful place. The last frontier in the lower 48. Please keep it that way as long as it’s possible. Respectfully Jeffrey Muller