Implementation of the Neighborhood PlanThe following is a summary of the goals, strategies and recommendations of the 1993 Kalispell
City Airport Neighborhood Plan, the costs associated with implementation of the plan, and a
recommended prioritization schedule for the capital improvements called for in the plan.
The primary goal of the plan is to attain an airport which meets the `B 1 " design standards of the
Federal Aviation Administration. At the present time the airport has so many deficiencies that it
does not meet a= FAA airport design standard. The plan spells out eleven "Target Standards (pp
16-19)" which, if met, will begin to bring the airport up to FAA `B 1" design standards. The Goals
and Strategies of the plan (pp. 24-29), if implemented, will not only enhance the design of the
airport, but will result in a safer and more efficient facility, and will enhance private investment
and development in the area. . r _r.: , t
i MINIMIZE HAZARDS
-TO DEVELOP THE AIRPORT IN ACCORDANCE TO AN AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN
-TO INCREASE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES ON NEARBY PROPERTIES
PROMOTE COMPATIBLED USES INAROUND THE AIRPORT
ESTABLISH DING MECHANISMS FOR AIRPORT ,
-TO ESTABLISH A PRIORITY O' PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
Strategies:
-Extend runway to the south to obtain length of 4,700 feet, maintaining a 60' width.
-Extend single taxiway to parallel extended runway.
-Increase taxiway width to a minimum of 24 feet. 7 _-
-Increase load bearing capacity of runway.
Cost: $820,000.00 -land acquisition, excavation and pavement
Strategy:
-Remove objects within Runway Protection Zone and purchase property within RPZ.
Cost: $180,000.00 - Acquire Timmreck and Beaver properties
$ 15,000.00 - Remove objects within RPZ
Strategy:
-Strobe the KGEZ radio towers.
Cost: $2,500.00
Strategies:
-Install PAPI navigation system.
-Install new runway and taxiway lighting system.
-Install perimeter fence.
Cost: $271,200.00
The plan designates both short- (1 to 5 years) and long-term (5 to 15 years) priorities for capital
improvements at the airport. Short-term priorities of the plan (and the associated costs) are as
follows:
-Attempt to purchase or gain the closure of the private road located within the threshold
surface of Runway 31. $75,000.00 to purchase.
-Fence the perimeter of the designated boundaries of the airport. $136,200.00
-Purchase or trade for land to permit the extension of runway 31 by a minimum of
700 x 320 feet. $560,000.00 to purchase.
-Install a PAPI navigational system on Runway 13. $15,000.00
-Install strobe lights on the FM towers south of the city. $2,500.00
-Improve the wiring system of the runway lights. It has been estimated that replacement of
the lighting system would cost $120,000.00; there has been no estimate done for just
improving the existing wiring.
Long-term priorities and their costs:
-Pave apron areas in area of FBOs for base and itinerant planes. Cost is unknown and
dependent upon ultimate airport design and need. Asphalt paving currently costs in the
neighborhood of $1.50Jsquare foot.
-Resurface the runway to comply with the load bearing requirements for planes weighing
up to 12,500 pounds. $55,000.00
-Relocate or widen taxiways as necessary to comply with the runway to taxiway
separation distances. Cost to widen taxiway to 24': $13,000.00
-Extend the runway 700+ feet to the southeast. Cost to extend runway to overall length
of 4700' as called for in the plan and remove all objects in protection zone: $287,000.00
-Replace the runway lighting system. [Included in short-term priorities ($120,000.00)]
-Extend a single parallel taxiway along the entire length of the extended runway.
$25,000.00
The plan also discusses the application of zoning regulations, in the form of an "airport overlay
zone," as a means of promoting compatible land uses in and around the airport. The plan
recommends that this overlay be applied to "private properties situated adjacent to or within the
designated boundaries of the Kalispell airport and to those properties influenced by the proposed
transitional or threshold surfaces or by the Runway Protection Zone."
According to 67-6-201 M.C.A., "(W)here an airport is owned or controlled by a political
subdivision and any airport hazard area appertaining to such airport is located ouitside the
territorial limits of said political subdivision, within or without the state, the political subdivision
owning or controlling the airport and the political subdivision within which the airport hazard area
is located may, by ordinance or resolution duly adopted, create a joint airport zoning board, which
board shall have the same power to adopt, administer, and enforce airport zoning regulations
applicable to the airport hazard area in question..... in the political subdivision within which such
area is located. Each such joint board shall have as members two representatives appointed by
each political subdivision participating in its creation and in addition a chairman elected by a
majority of the members so appointed."
The statute further states that "(I)f in the judgement of the political subdivision ownimng or
controlling an airport, the political subdivision within which is located an airport hazard area
appertaining to that airport has failed to adopt or enforce reasonably adequate airport zoning
regulations for such area .... and if that political subdivision has refused to join in creating a joint
airport zoning board as authorized.... , the political subdivision owning or controlling the airport
may itself adopt, administer and enforce airport zoning regulations for the airport hazard area in
question."
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Ruth Fields
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I General Sitework & Seeding
$13,068.00
NO
Irrigation
$4,573.801
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Backstops
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Little League Fields A
Sitework & Seeding
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$22,487.32
Softball Fields A
General Sitework-& Seeding
Irrigation
Backstops
Cost for 6 Fields
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Fields
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:General
Sitework & Seeding
$16,200.00:i
Irrigation
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$3,750.001
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Pair Goals & Nets
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for 6 Fields
Parking Areas
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Parking Space Paved
for 350 spaces
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$50,600.00
$50,000.00
$100,000.00
Cost for 22 Fields
Parking and Misc. Sitework
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and Restrooms
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$150,000.00j,
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The above estimates are not site specific to any particular
property. Cost estimates were based on sample bid documentation
for similar projects. Compiled in part by professional landscape
architect Sitescape, Inc.
Assumption:
State lands would be available February 1996. Lease agreement
signed. Design of property April and May 1996. Construction to
being June 1996. Dispersion and development of Airport property
can occur August 1996.
Assumption:
Annual lease payment would be accounted for through recreational
participation fees. Participant breakdown:
1,200 Soccer
720 Baseball
500 Softball
Total: 2,420
Leagues have historically experience 10% growth which indicates
the following:
1994
2,420
1995
2,662
1996
2,928
1997
3,220* (3,370)
*A consolidation of Evergreen Leagues would add an additional 150
F,oiarticipants to Little League, or 3,370 by 1997.
48,000 Fall Soccer
15,000 Spring Soccer
10,000 Adult Soccer
68,000 Baseball
32,000 Softball
173,000 Participant Recreational Hours
50,000 Non -structured use