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05-25-89 Parks Comm MinutesFJ PARKS/PUBLIC LANDS/ANNEXATION/BUILDING REGULATION COMMITTEE MEETING • May 25, 1989 4:00 P.M. Present at the meeting were Councilmen Furlong and Atkinson, City Attorney Neier, Building Official Kerzman, City Surveyor Fred Zavodny, and David Greer. Committee Chairman Furlong called the meeting to order and explained the procedure that would be followed for each property annexation, and the order they would be in. Pat Ramsey asked if the committee had made up their mind already whether they are going to annex or not, or will any input that the people have today have any effect. C. Furlong said the committee will make up their mind and vote after going through all 17 annexations. Mrs. Ramsey asked if they would still be annexed even if the majority was against it as stated in the Notice? C. Furlong stated that is a state law regarding wholly surrounded areas. 1. Buckallew Addition. Residential, R-3 zoning. C. Furlong read the names of all the property owners, which he did for each annexation. Don Buckallew spoke against this annexation. C. Atkinson asked for input from the citizens for or against the zoning and their concerns with it. 2. County Addition. Public, P-1 zoning. No comments. 3. Dry Bridge. Residential, R-2 zoning. Fred Kluesner asked how much they were going to be charged for the services that may not be available at this time, such as street lighting, curbs and gutters, storm drains and sewer? Fred Zavodny said no one would be assessed for lights unless the City in conjunction with PP&L puts lights in. He said there is no curb assessment there now but there could be at some point in time if an SID is created to improve the streets. Every property in the city pays a storm drainage fee based on the size of their property and what is contained on the property. The only way they will pay a sewer assessment is if they are on the city sanitary sewer. Mr. Kluesner asked what was the city's anticipation of getting sewer to those lots? Fred said it would be the same as any other properties in the city without sewer, as septic tanks fail or as people request it. There was a discussion on where Kluesner's sewer would come in. Mr. Kluesner said he didn't think his property is wholly surrounded because the south end of Woodland Avenue is in the county and has never been deeded to the City, and therefore he is not totally encompassed by the City. City Attorney Neier explained the Attorney General's opinion regarding wholly surrounded property. Mr. Kluesner stated he is totally opposed to the annexation. 4. Eighteenth Street. General Business, B-2. C. A. Neier stated the property out there is used for industrial purposes, but he didn't think we could give it an Industrial, I-1 zoning classification 10 because it would not be in conformance with the Master Plan, and by no • law we can't annex or zone in contravention of the Master Plan. C. Furlong stated there were two avenues the property owners could use, 1) they could be grandfathered in with their current usage regardless of the B-2 zoning, 2) they could go through the procedure for changing the Master Plan. 5. Eighth Street Addition. Residential Apartment, RA-1. No comment. Anthony Lupo asked the committee to explain what the zoning classifi- cations mean, which was done. 6. Grandview Addition. Residential, R-3. No comment. 7. Heritage Addition. Residential Apartment, RA-1. No comment. 8. Indian Addition. Residential, R-3. No comment. 9. Meridian Tracts Addition. Residential, R-3. Fred Wallner stated he is opposed to the R-3 zoning, he feels it should be zoned Commercial as there are so many businesses in that area. David Greer stated the Master Plan shows that area as Urban Residential and FRDO had advised the owners in that area to pursue an amendment to the Master Plan and do a neighborhood plan for that area. James McKinley agreed with Mr. Wallner. He stated the taxes now are very high and his income per year is only about $10,000. David Greer explained that he could go to the County Appraiser and use residential zoning as a basis for getting a reduction in taxes. He also said if a resident makes less than $10,800 annually you qualify for a substantial reduction in taxes. Harley Gosney asked about the letter sent out by the City regarding the zoning, he said he never received a letter. C. Furlong said the City is not trying to do anything behind his back. 10. North Meridian Addition. Residential Apartment, RA-1. Melody Gower stated they have a welding business and repair shop on their property now and it is zoned General Business, she said the proposed zone does not make sense. David Greer said according to the Master Plan it is zoned residential. Mrs. Gower said she thought it should be judged by the majority of land use there, which is commercial. Mr. Wallner asked why the Meridian Road area is broken down into so many tracts, it should all be one zoning area. David Greer explained that it is viewed in different segments by the Master Plan. Mr. Gosney spoke in opposition to being annexed. 11. Northwest Tracts Addition. Residential, R-3. Bob LeDuc inquired what the City is going to do within the next 5 years regarding services. C. Furlong stated lights will be put in either at the • request of the property owner, by creating an SID, or by the City of -2- • Kalispell. Streets would become part of the Kalispell street system immediately upon annexation. C. A. Neier said FRDO prepared and the City Council adopted an Extension of Services Plan in March and a mini -extension of services plan for each annexation. Mr. LeDuc asked when the taxes start, C. A. Neier said the first payment would be in November of 1990. Mr. LeDuc said he is still opposed to being annexed into the City. John wells spoke regarding the problem of getting a sand truck on North Meridian Road in the winter, that road is very treacherous. He spoke against the zoning, he thought it should be commercial. C. A. Neier said this property is the same as the Eighteenth Street Addition, an Industrial, I-1 zoning classification would be in contra- vention to the Master Plan. Pat Ramsey spoke in favor of being zoned commercial also. She inquired about the water runoff problem in the spring, what would the City do about that? C. Furlong said it would have to be addressed and would be taken care of in time. 12. Salish Court Addition. Residential, R-3. No comment. 13. Slivers Addition. Residential, R-2. No comment. 14. Sunnyview Addition. Residential Apartment, RA-1. No comment. • 15. Third Avenue Addition. Residential Apartment, RA-1. Anthony Lupo spoke in opposition to the zoning. He felt it should be zoned the same as businesses. He inquired why there is now such an urgent need to annex all these parcels? David Greer explained that every year the Planning Board adopts work programs for the coming year, and this was on that work program. Ardith Gendreau spoke in favor of the Residential, RA-1 zoning. Edythe Hill spoke in favor of the RA-1 zoning also but is opposed to the annexation. She inquired if she would be notified by letter if someone requested a zone change, David Greer said any property owner within 150' would be notified. Mrs. Hill asked several questions about connecting to the sewer and the water/sewer rates. Mr. Lupo asked if it was possible to zone half of the property RA-1 and half business? David Greer said it could be split. Mabel Ryker spoke in favor of the zoning. She asked if the one sewer lift there would be enough. Fred stated that would be enough. Mrs. Gendreau asked if they would be taxed for storm drains when they were annexed even if they don't have them. C. A. Neier said they would. • Mrs. Hill asked about hooking up to the sewer main. There was a discussion on this. -3- 0) Harold Quande asked what the City charges for hooking up to the sewer line. C. Furlong said $500. Fred said he would have to hire a private contractor to hook up from the main sewer line to his house. Mrs. Hill asked if the water line is not adequate, would she have to bear the cost of putting in a new water line. Fred said he could not answer that at this time. 16. Two Mile Addition. Residential Apartment, RA-1 & Neighborhood Business, B-1 zoning. Gladys Millhouse spoke in favor of the B-1 zoning. 17. Wyoming Addition. Neighborhood Business, B-1 & Residential, R-4 zoning. Roscoe Lewis stated the property on the north end of 6th Avenue belongs to the County, so that does not make their area an island and they should not be annexed to the City. He spoke in opposition to the annexation. Clem Wisher spoke against the Residential, R-4. Greer said Wisher would be grandfathered because of his business. Nadine & Bill Fincher spoke against the R-4 zoning. C. Furlong thanked the people for their input and explained the procedure to be followed next for recommending the annexation zonings to the Council. Buckallew Addition. MOTION: C. Atkinson moved that this committee recommend to the City Council the passage of the annexation of the Buckallew Addition with R-3 zoning classification. C. Furlong seconded. Motion passed unanimously. The same procedure was followed for the 16 other annexations and proposed zoning classifications and all were passed unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 6:00 P.M. Shirley Hughes, Recording Secretary -4-