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03/10/69 City Council MinutesREGULAR MEETING 1 1 1 A regular meeting of the Kalispell City Council was held March 10, 1969, at 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers with Mayor Bjorneby presiding. All councilmen were present. Councilman O'Brien moved approval of the minutes of the meeting held March 3, 1969. Seconded by Councilman Roberts and carried. City Official Reports: City Clerk and City Treasurer for January. Sanitarian, Police Chief, Plain Clothesman, City Engineer and Police Judge for February. Councilman Roche moved acceptance of the City Officials' Reports. Seconded by Councilman O'Brien and carried. Open Bids - Snow Removal Machine: Roberts Rocky Mountain Equipment Co. $6,400.00 Butte, Montana Treasure State Equipment Co. 6,623.00 Kalispell, Montana Northwest Machinery Supply, Inc. 7,470.00 Kalispell, Montana Westmont Tractor Co. 4,820.00 Kalispell, Montana alternate 4,300.00 Councilman O'Brien moved the bids be referred to the Street and Alley Committee and to report back at the next meeting. Seconded by Councilman McCormick and carried. Councilman Happ moved adoption of Resolution No. 2720 - a resolution estimating the cost of parking maintenance and sprinkling the streets and avenues with oil in Oil Sprinkling District and levying an assessment for same for the year 1969. Seconded by Councilman Hensley. Roll call vote. All voted aye. Hear and Pass on Protests - S.I.D. 312: No protests were received. Councilman Roberts moved adoption of Resolution No. 2721 - a resolu- tion creating Special Improvement District No. 312. Seconded by Council- man Miron. Roll call vote. All voted aye. Councilman Roberts moved specifications be prepared by the City Engineer and the call for bids for S.I.D. 312 construction be authorized. Seconded by Councilman Riley and carried. Park Committee Report and Authorize Readvertisement for Swimming Pool Bids: The committee recommends that the bids for renovation of Bruckhauser swimming pool be rejected, that the City Council authorize the readver- tisement for bids allowing for consideration of alternate proposals, which alternate proposals would be subject to approval of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. Councilman Roche moved acceptance of the Park Committee Report. Seconded by Councilman Miron and carried. Councilman Roche moved the readvertisement of call for bids for reno- vation of Bruckhauser swimming pool and authorization to contract additional park recreational development within the limits of available funds. Seconded by Councilman Miron and carried. Election - Voting Places. Judges and Clerks and Voting Method: Councilman Miron moved the voting places for the City Election April 7, 1969, be designated as follows: Ward One Kalispell Golf Course Clubhouse Ward Two Valley Bank Ward Three Henricksen Motors Ward Four Korn Buick Seconded by Councilman Riley and carried. Councilman Roberts moved the Election Judges and Clerks be appointed as listed by the City Clerk. Seconded by Councilman Roche. Councilman Happ and Hensley voted no. Motion carried. r4- Councilman Miron moved votomatic voting machines be used in the City Election, April 7, 1969, with an adequate number of paper ballots printed for absentee voters and voters who prefer to vote by paper ballot. Seconded by Councilman Happ and carried. Councilman O'Brien moved the April 7th Council meeting be cancelled, as that is Election Day. Seconded by Councilman Roche and carried. Addressing the Council: Mr. Al Darr, Missoulian reporter, suggested a sample ballot be print- ed in the local paper to enable voters to become familiar with the ballot before voting. Mr. Herb Sandon, low bidder on the swimming pool renovation, asked why the job couldn't be negotiated. The City Attorney informed Mr. Sandon that bids can sometimes be negotiated after the bid has been awarded, but it was felt that it was in the best interest of the City to reject all bids and readvertise for bids in the matter of the pool renovation. Mr. Argyle Hendrickson and Mr. John Wells, representing persons in the area of 3 Mile Drive and Meridian Road, opposed to annexation of the area to the City of Kalispell. (This is an area of the proposed urban renewal project being considered for annexation to enable the City to qualify for Housing and Urban Development funds). These persons indicated that they did not wish to be annexed as they felt that annexation would result in financial burden to them. Mayor Bjorneby invited Mr. Hendrickson and Mr. Wells to attend a meeting March 19th with Ken R. White representatives and representatives from Housing and Urban Development to enable them to gain additional in- formation in regard to urban renewal plans for the area. Committee Reports: Finance - Councilman Hensley reported the committee has audited all claims for February and approved them for payment. Councilman Hensley moved acceptance of the Finance Committee report. Seconded by Council- man O'Brien and carried. Sidewalk & Curb - Councilman Happ reported the committee hereby orders the installation of curbs on all streets in the Adams Addition at a cost to be determined later, and at a time determined by the City Engineer. Councilman Happ moved acceptance of the committee report. Seconded by Councilman Roche and carried. Airport - Lease of Airport Property: Councilman O'Brien moved the City lease to Larry Gerken, for a 3-year period, 75 feet of highway frontage immediately south of the Armory at $1.00 per front foot per month, the lessee to bear the costs of utilities and utility installa- tions, and all proceeds to be deposited in the General Fund of the City of Kalispell. Seconded by Councilman Miron. Following discussion on the motion, Councilman Miron withdrew his second to the motion. Councilman O'Brien withdrew the motion. The Airport Committee is to consider the matter further with the Airport Association. Safety - Junior High School Access Road Improvement - Councilman Miron requested the letter from the State Highway Commission denying re- quest for Engineering Study of North Meridian Road (Junior High School Access Road) be made a part of the minutes. The letter follows: 1 am 1 1 1 K J Nawfiffflz Mr, r!oert A. Miron Cit.,/ f' )uncilman 635 Avenue West Kalispell, Montana 59901 Dear Mr. Miron: Please refer to the lette - A Febru!- may 19c o, signed by George Beardsley, City Clerk, and. addres:_cJ: to Fre oc. rldary Roads Engineer. This letter i n: )ads leading to the new in ne rtr.we sL al'- - v c,. Pell. It is understood =n = f- 'S Route 424 and U.S. Highw- corn which. will be generate _ The a and L Secondary hi, "r the o. , and ; t is ou:. C. 6th.e comm ,-,_y priorities of such fur d_i . on existing ro,, _ "t-, iich >. 1 p- .: luc, assignment of �Iaaitional fu -;d.s :for t]fwiden '_ng or FA:: ' )ute 424. Under our Financial D_i_str. i ct Law, 1'ri-many System construction are assigned to Financial District !�Io. 1, which. includes all of Lake, Lincoln and Flathead counties. In prepa.r.ing construction programs, reference is 1„ode to sufficiency ratings which. establish. the relative priority rating for all sections of Primary highway within use financial d.istric:t. There are several other projects in this financial district which. have a lower sufficiency rating than U.S. 93 northwest of Kalispell, and the long-.,-ange program, which.h.as already been prepared, contemplates the improvement of these other sections prior to doing any further work on the sect; -,,i J.S. ��) nc - ;hwest of the city. The short access roads from the hi ~ :._1' would not qualify for inclusion in either a Pr---*. - conse- quently would not be eligib _e for ove V. funds. There is a possibil`_ operate in using funds assi;. use of the 1967 Session Laws fr­c ion :,es,. Mr. Albert A. Miron Page 2 February 28, 1969 We _ _ 2t -c:, Lt we cannot g've L ci at this time in expendin, ,ate and Federal h.igh,ray 1';...s in :,rder -.-o fir. side access the new sch, V-: Y truly You- , r T gft- F,,Y 426 Safety - Traffic Signal at Idaho & 5th Ave. W.N.: Councilman Miron reported the traffic control signal at this location has been put on manual control. Safety - Councilman Miron reported Fire Chief Tillson requested per- mission to send a fireman to Alarm School to be held March 31, April 1st and 2nd at Tacoma, Washington. Councilman Miron moved the request be approved. Seconded by Councilman Riley and carried. Curb Warrants - City Attorney Donahue reported that he had referred to the State Code and, in his opinion, the City could purchase the Curb Warrants with surplus funds. The meeting was adjourned by Mayor Bjorneby. Read and approved as read this 14th day of April, 1969. Mayor 1 1