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* 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.