Protest LetterJanuary 27, 2014
Theresa White
City Clerk
City Hall Council Chambers
201 15t Avenue E
Kalispell, MT 59901
RE: Resolution #5657
RECEIVED
2914 J ed 29 PM E: 11
KALISPELL CITY CLERK
Public Hearing objection —To be read aloud at Council Meeting scheduled on February 3, 2014.
1 am upset and disappointed City Council Members, after hearing objections to this proposed project
and taxation of property owners of The Willows Subdivision in late 2011 or early 2012, The City Council
took it upon your selves to move forward and complete this project. You are now putting the expense
on homeowners of The Willows Subdivision against our wishes.
I attended a council meeting in the fall of 2011 or early 2012 regarding this very issue. The capacity of
the Willows Subdivision storm water system was adequate until subsequently approved subdivisions
drainage (Runoff) was allowed to enter into our system. The issue was put down primarily due to this
fact. The discussion was positive only if the other outlying subdivisions were to help with the needed
improvements. You alone as City Representatives were responsible because you could not tax the
outlying subdivisions subsequently approved — only the Willows Subdivision.
Subsequently, you as Representatives of the City of Kallispell, are requiring The Willows Subdivision to
be your scapegoat. Prior to surrounding subdivision approval, The City of Kalispell did not require
adequate storm water systems. You allowed storm water to drain into the Willows Subdivision without
the required improvements needed for The Willows Subdivision to handle the increased capacity. The
City of Kalispell did not do its due diligence prior to approving surrounding subdivisions and The City of
Kalispell is solely responsible for these improvements.
I cannot believe how any council member could vote for this unjust and unethical action, although legal
it may be.
Larry Bauer
22 Honeysuckle Lane
Kalispell, MT 59901