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1b. Council Minutes - Special Meeting July 12, 19991 A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE KALISPELL CITY COUNCIL WAS HELD AT 12:00 P.M. MONDAY, JULY 12, 1999, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL IN KALISPELL, MONTANA. MAYOR WILLIAM E. BOHARSKI PRESIDED. COUNCIL MEMBERS JIM ATKINSON, NORBERT DONAHUE, JOHN GRAVES, DALE HAARR, DUANE LARSON, GARY NYSTUL, DOUG SCARFF, RON VAN NATTA AND CITY ATTORNEY GLEN NEIER AND CITY MANAGER CHRIS KUKULSKI WERE PRESENT. Mayor Boharski called the meeting to order. AGENDA APPROVAL Haarr moved approval of the Agenda as presented. The motion was seconded by Nystul. There was no discussion. The motion carried unanimously upon vote. HEAR THE PUBLIC None ORDINANCE 1324 - ADOPTING DOMESITE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT - 2ND READING Scarff moved second reading of Ordinance 1324, an ordinance approving a Planned Unit Development on certain real property owned by the Department of Transportation, State of Montana and Pack and Co. The motion was seconded by Haarr. There was discussion. Kukulski explained there were only two changes made to the agreement since the first reading. He said the first was the removal of language requiring the Council to approve any signs and the second dealt with recording the agreement and all major amendments. Bill Goodman, KM Building, said he should have spoken sooner, but he's concerned what economic impact the additional commercial footage will have on the area. He said the proposed development will not generate any new customers, they will have to come from the existing base, creating a larger glut on the market. Donahue said even though he feels the agreement the City has now is a better agreement than when the process started, he hopes things will be different in the future. He said for one thing, he doesn't think the Planning Board asked the right questions when it came to the water well and pollution. In addition, he said these projects need to come before the Council in work sessions and agreements need to be finalized prior to any annexation. 2 Larson agreed that the process was flawed from the beginning and the City is overbuilding on commercial, but he will vote in favor of the project because he sees no useful purpose in voting against it. Haarr said there is a tremendous amount of vacant retail space in the valley, but he feels this project will have a positive impact on the area by improving the tax base and promote a re-energization of the Gateway West Mall area. Nystul said he will once again vote against the ordinance, primarily because of the process and not the project. The motion carried upon roll call vote with Donahue, Graves, Haarr, Larson, Scarff, Van Natta and Boharski voting in favor, and Atkinson and Nystul voting against. ADJOURN The meeting was adjourned at 12:23 p.m. Wm. E. Boharski Mayor ATTEST: Theresa White City Clerk