08/28/01 Memo/Stevens/Master Plan AmendmentFlatheaa County Planning & Zoning Office
723 5th Avenue East - Room 414
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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August 28, 2001
City of Kalispell
PO Drawer 1997
Kalispell, MT 59903-1997
Re: Master Plan Amendment Request from Wolford Development, Inc.
Dear Mayor and Council:
The Kalispell City -County Planning Board held a public hearing at their regular
meeting of August 14, 2001 at 7:00 PM in the Kalispell City Council Chambers.
During that meeting they considered a request by Wolford Development, Inc. to amend
the Master Plan on approximately 144 acres from a mixture of designations ranging
from Agricultural to Light Industrial to Commercial. The proposed use for this
location is the construction of a 683,000 to 750,000 square foot mall complex.
Forrest Sanderson of the Flathead County Planning & Zoning Office reviewed the staff
report KPA-01-102 and recommended that the Kalispell City -County Planning Board
adopt the staff report as findings of fact and approve the Master Plan amendment.
There were 6 people who spoke in favor, and 9 people who spoke in opposition of the
amendment.
The Board discussed the proposal and considered the public testimony. A motion was
made to adopt staff report KPA-01-102 as findings of fact and recommend approval of
the Master Plan amendment. The motion passed unanimously.
Please place this matter on the agenda at your earliest convenience. You may contact
either this Board or Forrest Sanderson at the Flathead County Planning and Zoning
Office if you have any questions regarding this matter.
Sincerely,
Kalispell City -County Planning Board
Greg Stevens
President
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Attachments: Memo to Chris Kukuluski
Memo to Mayor and Council
Resolution KMPA-01-102 with Map Exhibit
Kalispell Mayor and Council``
Re: Wolford Master Plan Amendment Request
August 21, 2001
Page 2 of 2
Draft Minutes from the 08/ 14/01 Planning Board meeting
Flathead County Planning & Zoning Report #KPA-01-102 and
attachments
Application for Master Plan Amendment
Certification of notice to Adjoining Landowners
Copy of Legal Notice
Planning Board Agenda (8/ 14/01)
CC w/o attachments: Wolford Development, Inc. James L. Wolford, 1200
Mountain Creek Road, Suite 102, Chattanooga, TN 37405
Stokes & Associates, Jean Johnson, 343 First Street West,
Kalispell, MT 59901
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August 24, 2001
To: Kalispell City Council
Re: Wolford Master Plan Amendment
Dear Council:
After the public hearing and subsequent action by our Board to recommend approval
of the application for Master Plan amendment by Wolford Development, the board
discussed the mechanism whereby our recommendation and findings would be presented
to the City Council.
It was determined that the only appropriate way for this matter to be presented to the
Council was by the joint board itself. The Flathead County Planning Office, although it
prepared our staff report, does not present matters to the City Council. The Tri-City
Planning Office did not participate in the staff report, public hearing or board discussion
and is not authorized by our Board to present this application or the recommendation to
the City Council on our behalf. Therefore the only appropriate entity to present this
matter to the Council is the joint Board.
The President of the joint Kalispell City -County Planning Board and Zoning
Commission will be available to present the report of our staff and the recommendation
of our Board when it reaches your agenda.
Sincerely,
Gre tevens
President
Kalispell City -County Planning Board