03-23-82 Planning BoardKALISPELL CITY -COUNTY PLANNING BOARD, KALISPELL
CITY -COUNTY ZONING COMMISSION AND KALISPELL
CITY ZONING COMMISSION MINUTES
March 23, 1982
Members Present:
Kathleen Jukich, President
Bob LeDuc
Ron Nance
Roger Graham
Jack Peters
Jack Heller
Ed Trippet
Others Present:
Nick Verma, Planning Director
Jim Mohn, Senior Planner
15 guests
Approval of Minutes Meeting was called to order in the Kalispell
City Hall at 7:30 P.M. by President Jukich.
The minutes of the March 9, 1982, meeting
were approved as circulated.
Mall Proposal President Jukich introduced the first item
of business as being a presentation by repre-
sentatives of Developers Diversified on their
plans for a shopping mall development which
would be located North of Kalispell.
Jukich turned the floor over to Nick Verma,
who gave the background of the mall and the
proposed plans. He stated that approximately
six months ago an Application was received
from Developers Diversified for zoning their
property. Before the Application was accepted,
Developers Diversified were asked to present
detailed plans for their new proposal.
Verma said that this proposal was substantially
different from the previous Application which
was processed three years ago, in that they
are requesting the property to be annexed
into the City and it could be served with
City utilities and that the new proposal is
approximately seven acres less than the previous
site. The prior Application had been turned
down by the City Council.
Presentation - Verma introduced Ron Schivinski - Project
Developers Coordinator, Jim Karabeck - Vice President
Diversified of Developers Diversified and Dan Johns -
Legal Counsel for Developers Diversified.
The floor was turned over to Dan Johns for
the Developers Diversified presentation.
He gave the background of the proposal since
it was first initiated and said that a Com-
prehensiVe Plan change had been applied for.
Johns stated that one of the major things
that had occured in the new site plan was
that the building is back approximately 200
feet to the East from where it was three years
before and that this was a result of the En-
vironmental Impact Study that had been per-
formed by the Department of Highways. One
of the conclusions by the Department of High-
ways was that the entrances had to be con-
structed so that cars would not be "stacking
up" on the main highway. Johns stated that
the new plan did comply with the requirements
of the Highway Department.
Johns also explained the landscape design,
in that the area would be covered with trees,
grass and shrubs. Also the building itself
would have metal canopies and fluted masonary.
Photos of existing malls that had been built
by Developers Diversified were presented as
an exhibit. A booklet containing additional!)
photographs was passed around to the Board
members and a revised site plan was also dis-
played.
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LeDuc asked that if this was approved, when
construction of the building would commence.
Karabeck stated that it depended on the interest
rates.
1982-1983 Work The next item of business on the agenda was
Program consideration of the Work Program and projects
for fiscal year 1982-1983 as requested by
the Countywide Administrative Board.
Jukick turned the floor over to Verma who
explained this to Board members. He stated
that there would be a forthcoming joint meet-
ing of the Countywide Administrative Board
and all Planning Board Chairmen and respective
members to discuss the Work Program.
Correspondence Jukich read correspondence from Stebbins Dean
of the Kalispell area Chamber of Commerce
and also a letter that she had written in
return.
Meeting was adjourned at 9:00 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
LouAnn Conrad
Recording Secretary
Approved:
Chairman
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