* AgendaCITY OF KALISPELL
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
SEPTEMBER 17, 2001 - 7:00 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - CITY HALL
***PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON THE
PROPOSED MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT FOR WOLFORD DEVELOPMENT
WAS CANCELED DURING A SPECIAL MEETING SEPTEMBER 13TH***
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 September 4, 2001
Special Meeting September 10, 2001
2. Approval of Claims Per Payables Register $197,498.43
3. Award Bid - Four Wheel Drive Module Ambulance - Fire
Department
Three bids were received for a new ambulance from Braun
Northwest, Pacific Emergency Vehicles and Wheeled Coach.
Staff is recommending the bid be awarded to Wheeled Coach
in the amount of $88,876.00.
4. Authority to Advertise - Streetscape
Staff is asking Council to approve advertising for
qualified firms to design the streetscape project.
5. Proclamation - Kids Day America
September 22nd marks the seventh annual Kids Day America,
which focuses on health, safety and environmental
awareness.
6. Recognition - Public Works Superintendent Departure
Following fifteen years of service, Dick Brady has
resigned his position as Public works Superintendent to
work in the private sector.
C. HEAR THE PUBLIC
Persons wanting to address the Council on items not on the
Agenda can do so at this time. Those addressing the Council
are requested to give their name and address for the record.
Those wishing to address the Council on specific Agenda items
will be allowed to do so at the time it appears on the Agenda.
Please see the last page of the Agenda for Manner of
Addressing the Council. (Comments shall be limited to three
minutes)
D. PUBLIC HEARING & SUBSEQUENT COUNCIL ACTION ON RESOLUTION 4656
- SUNNY VIEW LANE ABANDONMENT
Northwest Healthcare Corporation has requested the abandonment
of Sunny view Lane which is to be relocated under the Special
Improvement District recently approved by the City Council.
Council will receive comments on the proposed abandonment at
this time and then consider Resolution 4656 which abandons the
road and transfers the right-of-way to Northwest Healthcare
Corporation.
E. REPORTS/RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUBSEQUENT COUNCIL ACTION
1. Motion to Appoint Interim City Attorney
Due to the retirement of Glen Neier, Council will appoint
Assistant City Attorney Charles Harball as Interim City
Attorney during the hiring process.
2. Ordinance 1391 - Zone Change Request - Mohrenweiser - 2nd
Reading
Richard and Judith Mohrenweiser have requested a zone
change from R-3, Single Family Residential, to RA-3, High
Density Residential and Office, on approximately 2.91
acres on property east of North Meridian Road and west of
Highway 93. Council passed Ordinance 1391 on first
reading August 6th.
3. Final Plat Approval - Buffalo Commons Lot 2 Block 2
Phase 3
This is a request for final plat approval of a one -lot
subdivision in the Buffalo Commons development. The lot
contains 0.925 acres and is in the
Retail/Commercial/Office pod of the Buffalo Commons
Planned Unit Development.
4. Ordinance 1393 - Amendment to Administrative Ordinance
1166 - Agenda - 2nd Reading
This ordinance changes the submission date for agenda
items to the Wednesday preceding the Council meeting.
Council passed Ordinance 1393 on first reading September
4th.
S. Ordinance 1395 - Amendment to Administrative Ordinance
1166 - Finance Director - 2nd Reading
This ordinance removes from the duties of the Finance
Director the development and administration of the City's
personnel policy procedures. Council passed Ordinance
1395 on first reading September 4th.
6. Ordinance 1396 - Amendment to Administrative Ordinance
1166 - Building Department - 2nd Readin
This ordinance removes the Building Department from the
supervision of the Community Development Department and
places it under the Fire Department. Council passed
Ordinance 1396 on first reading September 4th.
7. Ordinance 1398 - Amendment to Administrative ordinance
1166 - City Attorney - 2nd Reading
This ordinance removes the City Attorney from the
supervision of the City Council and places it under the
City Manager. Council passed Ordinance 1398 on first
reading September 4th.
8. Ordinance 1399 - Initial Zoning - Muskrat Slough
Subdivision - 2nd Reading
Tim Birk is asking for a zoning designation of City R-4,
Two Family Residential, on approximately nine acres
located on the north side of Russell Drive and west of
Willow Glen Drive. Council passed Ordinance 1399 on first
reading September 4th.
9. Resolution 4657 - Special Response Fee Schedule
Each year, the Kalispell Fire Department responds to
about three hundred incidents that are reimbursable
outside of the general tax base, including motor vehicle
accidents, hazardous materials events and special rescue.
The Fire Department is asking Council to approve a fee
schedule for these special responses.
10. Resolution 4658 - Budget Amendment - Affordable Housing
Program
The original budget for affordable housing was overstated
and available funds require that the appropriation be
reduced to provide for a balanced budget.
11. Resolution 4659 - Budget Amendment - Parking Commission
The original parking commission budget of $207,697 has
been modified by the board with the new appropriation
amount set at $115,992.
12. Motion to Appoint Special City Prosecutor
The City Attorney's office is requesting the Council
appoint Flathead Deputy County Attorney Richard Hickel as
Special City Prosecutor for those instances when a
conflict arises with the City prosecutor and a criminal
case.
F. MAYOR/COUNCIL/CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS (No Action)
G. ADJOURNMENT
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
Next Council Work Session - September 20, 2001 at 7:00 p.m. - Council Chambers
Next Regular Council Meeting - October 1, 2001 at 7:00 p.m. - Council Chambers
Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to attend
this meeting. Please notify Theresa White, 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.