01-22-80 Planning BoardKALISPELL CITY -COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
The January meeting of the
Planning Board was called
at 7:30 P.M. in Courthouse
Chairman Bill Lupton
Ann Smith
Norma Corbett
Dorothy Garvin
Jack Heller
Roger Graham
Bob LaDuc
Kalispell City -County
to order January 22, 1980,
East. Members present:
(Absent were Ray Liebeck and Frank Pallega-County
Appointee)
Minutes of the previous meeting were unavailable.
Chairman Lupton officially welcomed new members.
Secretarial James Mohn referred to a newsletter received by
Services Board members in December. The professional staff
secretary would not be available for transcribing
minutes. Mohn explained the CAB hired a secretary
o'''a contract hourly basis. That secretary's services
were offered to the Board. Bob LaDuc moved to hire
Ms. Tippetts through the end of the fiscal year.
Motion seconded and unanimously approved. Salary
set at $4.75/hr. plus 182� mileage. Next year's
budget for the Kalispell Board would include secre-
tarial services - this year's budget would provide salary
from the old APO accounts until the end of the fiscal
year.
Agenda Mohn anticipated a subdivision and plan amendment
application for the February 26th meeting. Literature
will be forthcoming on the Hart -Hill Property adjacent
to the Sowerwine Property West of Kalispell.
Three -member
Committee
Chairman Lupton suggested the Board discuss planning
priorities that can be communicated to -the CAB for
the calendar year 1980. Commissioner Guay explained
the CAB will meet once a month - at present they meet
weekly until a Planning Director is hired. Communica-
tions between the boards will be handled in an infor-
mal manner.
Mohn requested a three -member committee be appointed
to coordinate projects with the ATS and with three -
member Boards from the Whitefish, Columbia Falls and
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�-� County Planning Boards. This would combine as many
�projects as possible. Mohn requested three -member
committee meet with the ATS the first week of Feb-
ruary. The ATS will establish direction for the
Boards to consider. Committee members will return
to their respective boards and after consultation
with their city councils, produce programs and prior-
ities for the 1981 fiscal year. Priorities of all
four Boards should be submitted to the ATS by March 1st.
This aids ATS in budgeting for each planning board.
ATS submittal date to the CAB for approval of budgets,
priorities and goals is April 1st. A priority system
is needed when the CAB hires the Planning Staff
'Director.
Grant Appli- Mohn explained integration is more workable when
cations applying for available grants. Joint needs in each
jurisdiction relates better to the grant system.
The traffic study was used as an example. Chairman
Lupton appointed Roger Graham, Bob LaDuc and Ann
Smith to serve on the three -member committee.
Time Element,
Bob LaDuc requested the ATS mail pending decisions
Joint Appli-
allowing a 4 to 5-day leeway in making decisions and
cations
time for on -site inspections. Guay stated he often
delays approval until he can make an on -site obser-
vation. Mohn suggested a vicinity map be mailed two
weeks in advance and a report mailed two days ahead
of deadlines. Too many arbitrary decisions are
reached because of that very problem. LaDuc stated
there was no clear-cut policy established by the
Board concerning problems and projects. Guay
questioned Chairman Lupton on the differences joint
sanitary applications would provide. The opinion
of the ATS and the 208 Staff is that joint applica-
tions would make a time difference. The Board
requested Commissioner Guay extend an invitation
to Chris Hunter, Department of Natural Resources in
Helena (application draftee) and to John:Bower,::
present Director of Flathead Drainage 208, to attend
the February meeting.
Hansen
New Business. Hansen Addition No. 114 - request for
Addition
a one -lot annexation to the city. Property is lo-
cated on East Oregon Street, 9th Ave. East -North and
surrounded by the city on three sides. Properties
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Hansen surrounding Hansen are zoned R-4. Existing structures
Addition, include a two-story frame house and a double -wide
(cont.) mobile home. Mobile home is a pre-existing structure
of non -conforming use and is subject to the non-
conforming use provisions of the city ordinance.
Two families are in need of city sewer services.
All legal waivers have been signed to acquire services.
City water services were previously acquired in an
emergency situation. Fire protection facilities are
available. Mohn recommended annexation request be
approved - subject to an R-4 zoning. R-5 zoning
requires, mobile homes have a foundation. Past
policy has been to bring the adjacent street right-
of-way into the city with the lot. 100 feet of Oregon
Street would be accepted into the city with this re-
quest.
Ann Smith moved to accept the Hansen Addition with
the ATS recommendations. La.Duc seconded the motion.
Unanimous decision.
Board as Graham questioned the power of this Board. Mohn
O Recommending explained the Board is a recommending body to the
Body City Council if located in the City, and to the
County Commissioners if in the County. City Council
policy requests this Board to review subdivisions -
it is not required by State Law. If a subdivision
is within the county and requesting annexation to the
city - a recommendation would be passed to both
entities. The City Council will not take a reading
for any annexation without recommendations from this
Board'. The City has authority to annex any lands
and streets without county approval provided they
are surrounded by the city. That works both ways.
Dorothy It was determined Dorothy Garvin was a county appointee
Garvin, to the Board and her term expired in December 1979.
Ninth Member Statutes require the county to appoint four members
to the Board, the city to appoint four members and
the 9th member ,is appointed by the Board. Smith
moved to appoint Garvin as 9th member. LaDuc seconded
the motion. Passed unanimously.
Elections Chairman Lupton called for election of officers.
U Garvin nominated Ann Smith as President. Nominations
closed. Election was unanimous. Smith nominated
Bob LaDuc as Vice -President. Heller closed nominations.
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Election unanimous. Smith nominated Norma Corbett
\j as Secretary -Treasurer. LaDuc seconded the motion.
Unanimous decision.
Board's Mohn explained the Board's purpose to new members.
Objectives The Board serves as a recommending body to the City
Council and the County Commissioners; they serve
as a planning board for land -use decisions and as a
zoning commission. Their objective as provided by
State Legislature is short and long-term land -use
planning to provide for the public health and safety.
After some discussion, Mahn presented guidelines on
the organizational structure of the four planning
boards and the CAB. The CAB determines policy,
budget and priorities for the ATS. The CAB is the
parent organization of the other four boards, and
consists of Mayors from Kalispell, Whitefish, Columbia
Falls and the Chairman of the County Commissioners.
Mohn stated the most significant policy change is that
of each planning board justifying their existence,
instead of the ATS,justifying its existence.
^� Planning Guay�and Mohn described the funding of the four
Board Funding planning boards, the CAB and the ATS. Rather than
a separate levy for each board's operation and the
ATS operating under a fifth budget - all four boards
now levy their proportionate share of operating the
CAB. Mohn emphasized programs, priorities and budgets
should be established now as each Board's jurisdiction
will contribute the number of dollars needed to fund
their section of the work program. Guay explained
the Planning Board has the authority to levy up to
2 mils. Commissioners do not have the statutory
authority to levy planning funds. This eliminates
double levies on city and county. All four county
budgets are figured together and mils disbursed to
each city as needed. The CAB sets those priorities,
but funds for each board can only be levied with the''
existence of each board and the joint approval of
both the cities and the county. One cannot function
without the other. Budget deadlines are April lst
and Federal Grant money is available.
Jurisdiction Kalispell Planning Board's jurisdiction extends from'
the city center West to West Valley Drive; North to
Rose Crossing; South to Falls Crossing; and East to
Fairmont -Egan Road.
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LaDuc moved the meeting be adjourned at 9:30.
-` Motion approved unanimously. The next meeting
is scheduled for February 12, 1980, 7:30 P.M.
in Courthouse East.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Tippetts
Secretary
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