* AgendaCITY OF KALISPELL
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
MARCH 21, 2011 - 7:00 P.M.
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
201 FIRST AVENUE EAST
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
A. AGENDA APPROVAL
B. CONSENT AGENDA APPROVAL
All items listed on the Consent Agenda Will be accepted by one motion. If a Council
member desires to discuss an item separately, the item can be removed from the Consent
Agenda by motion.
1. Council Minutes — Regular Meeting — March 7, 2011
2. Award Bid —Chip Seal Project
Two bids were received for the 2011 Chip Seal Project from Pavement
Maintenance Solutions ($188,940.14) and Knife River ($219,754.20). Staff is
recommending the bid be awarded to Pavement Maintenance Solutions.
C. PUBLIC COMMENT
Persons wishing to address the council on any issue not on the agenda are asked to do so
at this time. Those addressing the council are requested to give their name and address for
the record. Please see the last page of the agenda for Manner of Addressing the Council.
(Comments shall be limited to three minutes)
D. PUBLIC HEARING — PROPOSED RATE INCREASES
The city council Will accept public comments concerning proposed rate increases for
sewer, Water, and solid Waste over a five-year adjustment period.
E. REPORTS/RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUBSEQUENT COUNCIL ACTION
Persons wishing to address the council on individual agenda items will be asked to do so
following the staff reports. Please see the last page of the agenda for Manner of
Addressing the Council. (Comments shall be limited to three minutes)
1. Ordinance 1693 —Amend Ordinance 1166 -Administrative Code — 2nd Reading
This ordinance eliminates the requirement that the Kalispell Public Works
Director possess a professional engineer (PE) license. Ordinance 1693 passed
unanimously on first reading March 7 with Kluesner absent.
2. Resolution 5457 — Construction Agreement — Reserve Drive South
The Montana Department of Transportation is making plans to construct the
Reserve Drive South roadway, connecting West Reserve Drive to the east
terminus of Hutton Ranch Road. The proposed roadway does not involve any
financial participation by the city.
3. Resolution 5488 — Grant Acceptance and Budget Appropriation
The Kalispell Parks and Recreations Department has received notification of an
additional grant award in the amount of $4,087.3 o to help address Dutch Elm
Disease.
4. Greenacres Court — Wastewater Collection Connection Request
Greenacres Court has requested emergency funding from the state to help with
failing septic systems which requires an agreement with the city to allow the
mobile homes to connect to city sewer.
5. ordinance 1694 — PUD Agreement Extension — Cornerstone Community Church
This is a request for a one-year extension of the Planned Unit Development
agreement to construct a bank at the corner of Northridge Drive and Highway 93.
6. Resolution 5459 — Extending Reduction on Transportation Impact Fees
The city council, in 2009, imposed transportation impact fees at the rate of 75% of
the scheduled fee for any new construction for two years. Resolution 5459
extends that reduction for an additional one year.
7. ordinance 1695 — Amending ordinance 1557 — Impact Fees — 1 st Reading
This ordinance refines the administrative procedure for installment payments of
impact fees as authorized under ordinance 1587.
5. ordinance 1696 — Lighting ordinance Revisions — 1 st Reading
This ordinance places a five -acre cap for lighting assessments on large vacant
parcels.
9. Resolution 5490 — Establishing Set Fees for Parades and Special Events
Resolution 5490 sets fees for parades and special events that use city property and
public right-of-ways to help offset costs incurred by the city.
10. Collective Bargaining Agreement — Kalispell Firefighters
The city manager requires the consent of the council to execute the collective
bargaining agreement between the city and the Firefighters Local Union No. 547.
F. MAYOR/COUNCIL/CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS
(No Action)
G. ADJOURNMENT
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
No WORK SESSION — March 28, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. — Council Chambers
Next Regular Meeting — April 4, 2011 at 7: oo p.m. — Council Chambers
Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to attend this
meeting. Please notify the City Clerk at 758-7756.
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Adopted July 1, 1991
Section 2-20 Manner of Addressing Council
a. Each person not a Council member shall address the Council, at the time designated in
the agenda or as directed by the Council, by stepping to the podium or microphone,
giving that person's name and address in an audible tone of voice for the record, and
unless further time is granted by the Council, shall limit the address to the Council to
three minutes.
b. All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a body and not to any member of the
Council or Staff.
C. No person, other than the Council and the person having the floor, shall be permitted to
enter into any discussion either directly or through a member of the Council, without the
permission of the Presiding officer.
d. No question shall be asked of individuals except through the Presiding officer.
PRINCIPLES FOR CIVIL DIALOGUE
Adopted by Resolution 5180 on February 5, 2007
■ We provide a safe environment where individual perspectives are respected, heard, and
acknowledged.
■ We are responsible for respectful and courteous dialogue and participation.
■ We respect diverse opinions as a means to find solutions based on common ground.
■ We encourage and value broad community participation.
■ We encourage creative approaches to engage in public participation.
■ We value informed decision -making and take personal responsibility to educate and be
educated.
■ We believe that respectful public dialogue fosters healthy community relationships,
understanding, and problem solving.
■ We acknowledge, consider and respect the natural tensions created by collaboration,
change, and transition.
■ We follow the rules & guidelines established for each meeting.