Murcon to City Manager - Traffic Signal at Kelly Rd & Hwy 93URCON DEVELOPMENT INC.
#25101 530 8"' Ave SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3 S 8
Ph: 403 269-5416
December 17, 2004
Jim Patrick, City Manager
City of Kalispell
P.O. Box 1997
Kalispell, MT 59903
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Dear Jim:
Thank you for your time on November 10, 2004, to meet with John Schwarz and I regarding the
referenced project. I am writing to you today to again ask you to evaluate this project and ensure
that your staff is aggressively pursuing the installation of a traffic signal on US Highway 93 at the
intersection of Kelly Road.
City records should indicate that on November 7, 2001; the City of Kalispell entered into a
contract with Murcon Development, Inc. for the purchase of Lot 3 of Daley Field Subdivision.
As part of our Buy -Sell agreement, the City provided that they would "aggressively and
persistently" pursue the installation of a traffic light at the intersection of Kelly Road and US
Highway 93. We believed at the time and continue to assert that this traffic light is fundamental
to achieve the highest and best use for our property purchase from the City of Kalispell. Since
entering into this agreement with the City of Kalispell, Murcon Development, Inc. has continued
to pursue the installation of a light. Murcon Development, Inc. has secured a Memorandum of
Understanding for extending the frontage road from our property south to Murdoch's.
Additionally, Murcon Development, Inc. has engaged the services of Schwarz Architecture &
Engineering, Inc. to design significant components of the frontage road, retained the services of
Perteet Engineering to complete the signalization design, and hired Pavlik Electric to install the
underground loons in the signal.
Clearly, Murcon Development, Inc. has shown a considerable level of commitment to pursuing
the light, through engagement of engineering services, coordination with adjacent land owners,
and securing a funding pool to pay for the installation of the light. In order for the City to fulfill
the contractual obligation set forth in our contract for purchase of Lot 3 of Daley Field, we
believe the City of Kalispell must actively dedicate resources and personnel to the goal of
securing a light at Kelly Road. We understand this may involve preparation of engineering
analyses, securing traffic data, evaluating traffic flow and traffic patterns, and providing adequate
data to justify the need for the traffic light. As noted above, Murcon Development, Inc. has
engaged multiple engineering firms to pursue this task and we are certain that these firms will
provide data to the City staff to assist in your tasks.
We continue to believe that the light at Kelly Road represents a J oint need to Murcon
Development, Inc. as well as the residents of the City of Kalispell. With the completion of the
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widening of US Highway 93 into a five lane highway, Murcon Development, Inc. is now actively
involved in the construction of the frontage road servicing the recently approved Daley Field
subdivision. More importantly, we now have a number of potential purchasers who are very
interested in the property. These are very qualified users who are proposing commercial
development that would be a significant benefit the City of Kalispell in general. Until such time
as we receive approval from the Montana Department of Transportation regarding the light at
Kelly Road, we will not be in a position to secure and close these users. Additionally, I believe
you are already familiar with the general support from both the businesses and residences located
east of US Highway 93 and the Kelly Road intersection that need southbound access from Kelly
Road unto US Highway 93. For these reasons, time is now of the essence.
Again, I would ask that you engage your staff and the necessary resources to ensure that this
project moves forward. I have directed Schwarz Architecture & Engineering, Inc. to provide you
with any available information that has been secured to date. I would be available to meet with
you and or your staff to further review this protect and to evaluate tasks that must be corapl.eted in
order secure the light at Kelly Road. I will be in Kalispell as of Friday, December 17, 2004 if you
feel that it is necessary for us to discuss this further.
If you have any questions, please call me at (403) 269-5416.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
urcon elo me t, Inc.
Murph Hannon