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05-23-785-23-78 Minutes approved: 5-9-78. Public Hearing: Green Acres West Unit #3. i The regular meeting of the Kalispell City -County Planning Board was held Tuesday, May 23, 1978, at 7:30 p.m. in the Flathead County Courthouse East, Community Room,'-723 .5th. Avenue East, Kalispell, Mt. Members Present: Garmen Meadows Jay Shropshire J. Lupton Dale W. Haarr Fran 011endike Ray Lybeck Dorothy Garvin Walter A. Griffin Jr. John Kain Others Present: 1 APO Staff Representati James E. Mohn 4 Guests The. medting.of the Kalispell.City-County Planning Board was called to order by President Dale Haarr at 7:33 p.m., President Dale Haarr called for additions or correcti to the Minutes of May 9, 1978, and the Minutes were approved as mailed. Jim Mohn presented a brief summary of the project, noting some corrections in the.Staff Report with respects to: I.A.7. Chg. 15,000 sq.. ft. min to. 17,000 sq. ft. Min. (Pg. 1) II.C.2.a.) Building sites (Pg.3) Strike last line %�8, unfavorable slope. II.C.2.a.) (Pg.4) Strike %;17, high erosion hazard II.E.l.e.) (Pg.5) Paving is now a county requirement. II. F. 1. a. ) 25.2 Acres of Kalispell-and.-Tally-6e-fies-. (Pg.6) soils Class II. Strike:----Aees-of-Kalispell-6eies---Glass-CFI The Kalispell-and.-Tally-series soils are II.I.2. Add: the Staff would.recommend a 10' easement (Pg.7) or dedication - - - - Jim also read a letter from Mr. Marquardt requesting a special consideration•be given with respects to time limits to be imposed on future road construction deadlines, (copy attached). Dean Marquardt spoke with regards to the project and discussed methods of controlling setback distances along Willow Glen Drive and recommended that the Board determine how best to handle any method of reserving right-of-way for future expansion of Willow Glen: Drive. He offered.to either make an outright dedication of additional 10' along.right-of-way of control it through setbacks in.Covenants. . 1. He also stated that he had no objection to a Master Plan on the balance of their properties assuming that the planning board•would give his firm. an indication as to how to zone the area and master plan it accordingly. J Ray Lybeck questioned the reasoning behind the additional dedication of right-of-way along Willow Glen Drive and Jim Mohn gave a brief history of the Willow Glen Drive By -Pass Plan that was proposed several years ago and stated that he could not justify the outright dedication at this point but felt consideration should be given for setbacks. Consensus of the group was to at least notify or bring to the attention of the County Commissioners the possible for need for additional dedication along this Willow Glen right-of-way. The only adjacent landowner to the proposal, Mr. and Mrs. Behrens sited concerns dealing with water quality and water quantity, siting the number of users on the community water systems and the number of septic. systems that would be established in the area. They indicated that some area wells are registered between 55-60' in depth. She also stated that there was history of traffic conflicts and problems within the vicinity and felt that additional consideration should be given to ingress and egress from the area to the west. Current traffic on South Woodland Drive is significant. - Additional discussion 1. on the part of Mr. Marquardto dealt with the matter°of water rights appropriation through the State Dept. of Natural Resources. Mr. William Wheeler, an interested citizen, questioned the inequities in the -square footage requirements with respects to -septic systems for single family lots versus trailor courts. Jim responded to the comments stating that two separate standards seemed to be justified since mobile home parks were subjected to annual licensing, renewal and inspection. Walt Griffin questioned Mr. Marquardt with respects to drainage, possible culvert locations, accessibly from existing county roads over borrow pits to the lots that fronted on Haven Drive and Willow Glen Drive. Walt Griffin also questioned Mr. Marquardt with respects to apparent engineering faults in the previous section of the Green Acres West developments and Mr. Marquardt indicated that those inequities were being corrected and assured Mr. Griffin that these problems would not occur in Unit No. 3. Discussion was also conducted with respects. to possible sewer services to the area and street design standards, assuming the possibility that the development site may within the not too distant 2. future become city property. Chairman Haarr requested that Jim review.the history of the Staff's recommendations dealing with sections of the Oxbow Slough area, as Greenbelt or park area. This was done and Walt Griffin wished to note that,the"s..ection that the planning board recommended fo.r park area in. the Greendale Addition had not been,accepted by the city and at.the cityy s recommendation, lot lines were extended to the center line of the slough: At the'request of the members of the Board, Jim Mohn also outlined the Staffs discussion sketches for zoning and traffic flow in the general vicinity that would tie east, west and north -south traffic together to provide additional traffic flows from this general area to Willow 'Glen Drive. and.to.US,#93, Dean Marquardt was, asked .if considerations were being given for fire fighting capabilities within the water systems within the project and Mr. Marquardt stated that.considerations were.to be given in the water system for this unit to'allow.the`volunteer fire department that serves the area.to at least be serviced by water for recharge of tanker and pumper trucks. Mr. Marquardt did state that water system would have a C' main lines. and would be tied in with the original Green Acres Wes t development and would be served by three wells,. on a continuous system. Following this discussion, Garmen Meadows moved that., the Kalis.peTl City -.County Planning Board recommend to the Board of County Commissioners'of Flathead County that the preliminary plat of Green Acres West Unit #3 be approved with the following conditions: 1. That all water and sewer systems be approved by the State Dept. of Health anal County Sanitarian, 2. that the access drainage easement comments noted under Sec. I..l. be incorporated into the final design,:* 3. tha:t.all roads within the development and Kelly Road bebuilt to county standards and dedicated, 4. that the developer work out an agreement with the County Commissioners and/or the County Road Dept. providing for the future possible widening of Willow Glen Drive, 5. that the developer's suggestion or condition be accepted regarding a condition of approval and commitmen:t,by the developer to dedicate the additional roads,,South.Woodland and Kelly Road when 35 lots in Unit No. 3 are sold, so long as Kelly Road is dedicated all the way to U.S.. 93, 6. that Covenants be placed on Unit No. 3, in keeping W with previous Units of Green Acres est, and 3. 7. that the developer petition for R-3 Zoning. Proposed Subdivisions: ..Zoning Commission Good and Welfare *With respects to the homeowners park site, the Staff would recommend that the access presently shown between Lots 112 and 113 be removed with a replacement of that access located between Lots 114 and 115 and that the drainage easement location shown at the southern most portion of the homeowners park be in- corporated into a second access located between Lots 111 and 112, for both drainage and access purposes by using this contour the na- tural drainage could be followed in a later phase and possibly used to connect this home- owners park with the Oxbow Slough located to the south of the site in hopes of establishing at some later date an integrated greenbelt, pedestrian, equistrian system throughout the master plan yet to be developed. Walt Griffin seconded the motion. Discussion on a portion of the Covenants and application followed. Mr. Marquardt stated that the Covenants are fine if landowners inforce them. Garmen and Walt Griffin discussed the pros and cons of zoning of the development and agreed that to achieve the long range goal of adequate zoning in the area, that it was the best approach at this time to recommend that the developers petition for R-3 zoning. Mr. Marquardt indicated that this was satisfactory. The question was called for and the motion carried. Jim Mohn handed out copies of sketch development plus those abilities instrumatic form for the area on top -of Buffalo Hill between Centerview Lane and Parkview Terrace between Hwy 93 and Grandview Ave. Jim handed,out the maps of the sketch and indicated that this was strictly for discussion purposes. Allowing for commercial high density and medium density in the area witha schematic road network through the development to connect to the various roadways that.presently exist in the vicinity. Work'Mtg.There being no further business, Dale Haarr stated that their next meeting (Work Meeting) would be a week from tonight in the Community Room for Zoning discussion purposes. John Kain stated that he would not be able to attend that meeting due to a public hearing conflict. John Kain questioned the liability on the part 4. J.E.Mohn:/ee 6-13-78 of planning board members and their actions relative to the fact that the board did not have an attorney representing the board in their actions and decisions as individuals and as a planning board. Following discussion, lead to the conclusion that the Board had acted in good faith and good judgement and did not feel that the presence of an attorney defending or representing the board would present a comfortable open discussion relationship between the public and/or the board members. Walt Griffin also mentioned that if there were a legal problem presented, it would be the board's responsibility to point out the possible legal question to the Board of County Commissioners and request that their council.mak e recommendations relative to the proper resolution of the conflict. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at about 10:15 p.m. Dale W. Haarr, Pres. Garmen Meadows, Secr.. 5.