06-10-14KALISPELL CITY PLANNING BOARD & ZONING COMMISSION
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
JUNE 10, 2014
CALL TO ORDER AND The regular meeting of the Kalispell City Planning Board and
ROLL CALL Zoning Commission was called to order at 6:00 p.m. Board
members present were: Chad Graham, Charles Pesola, Rory
Young, Matt Regier, Karlene Osorio-Khor and Steve Lorch. Tom
Jentz; Kevin LeClair and P.J. Sorensen represented the Kalispell
Planning Department.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES Osorio-Khor moved and Lorch seconded a motion to approve the
minutes of the May 13, 2014 meeting of the Kalispell City
Planning Board and Zoning Commission.
VOTE BY ACCLAMATION I The motion passed unanimously on a vote by acclamation.
PUBLIC COMMENT Rod Kuntz, 611 3' Avenue West, Kalispell stated he is
representing the Flathead High School neighborhood parking
district which is a group of residents that have been working with
the school and the staff at the city planning department for the last
1-1/2 years trying to get a four decades old problem solved. They
have been diligently working this spring to contact neighbors to see
if they would be supportive of a residential parking district in their
neighborhood. Kuntz provided a copy of the signatures they have
collected.
This issue is important because it protects the safety of their
children and residents of the neighborhood and the students and
others who go to the high school; causes disruption of services both
with the city as well as private contracting services; diminishes
their quality of life with noise, litter, parking confrontations, etc.,
as well as more rental turnovers, higher crime and decreased
property values.
Their committee tackled these issues by looking at residential
parking as other cominunities have done with remarkable success.
Hopefully they can move into a new direction. Kuntz noted they
canvassed 207 people in the proposed district and they have made
182 contacts and of the 182 people, 176 have said they would
support a residential parking district — that is 97%. They have only
5 not interested, 7 people not contacted and he added there are a lot
of vacancies in the neighborhood.
Kuntz is asking the planning board to officially direct the planning
department to start working on this solution. He thinks the
residents and the city would be well -served by a parking district in
their neighborhood.
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The board decided they would prefer a have a work session prior to
the public hearing and it was scheduled for July 8, 2014.
MONTANA ACADEMY A request from Montana Academy for a conditional use permit to
GROUP HOME use an existing single-family residence as a group home for 8 or
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT fewer transitional high school -aged students. The property is
located at 1045 3rd Avenue East, in an R-4 (Residential) zoning
district.
STAFF REPORT KCU-14-02 Kevin LeClair, representing the Kalispell Planning Office reviewed
Staff report KCU-14-02 for the board.
LeClair said the proposal is from Montana Academy for a group
home for 8 or fewer residents providing transitional education
programs for teens from 16 — 19 years of age. The students living
at the group home would be attending either Flathead High School
or Flathead Valley Community College (FVCC).
LeClair reviewed a vicinity map; an aerial view indicating the
access points on the property; photographs of the home and
surrounding homes noting the neighborhood is primarily single-
family residential with a mixture of multi -family and home
occupation type uses such as a day care operation nearby.
LeClair provided the location of the other four Montana Academy
group homes currently in operation. He also described the traffic
volumes on 3rd Avenue East and 1 ld' Street East.
Staff recommends that the Kalispell City Planning Board adopt
staff report KCU-14-02 as findings of fact and recommend to the
Kalispell City Council that the conditional use permit be approved
subject to the three conditions listed in the staff report.
BOARD DISCUSSION Lorch asked staff to review the State statute that allows for these
types of group homes in a residential area and LeClair said the
Montana Code Annotated (M.C.A.) defines group and youth foster
homes as a protected use that can be located in residential
neighborhoods. With a conditional use they must be treated as
residential with no additional conditions applied to the group home
that would be above and beyond what would typically be applied to
a residential use in a neighborhood.
Osorio-Khor asked if this applicant has group homes in either
Whitefish or Columbia Falls. She also noted that the staff report
indicates the residents will not have vehicles but they will be going
to Flathead High School and FVCC and she asked how the students
would get to the schools. LeClair said he did not know if they have
homes in those cities and it was his understanding that the residents
of the home would not have cars. He suggested she ask the
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applicant those questions during the public hearing.
Osorio-Khor noted the staff report states that the applicant does not
intend to install any signage that would identify the property as a
Montana Academy group home and she suggested it should read
"will not". LeClair said his understanding is they do not want to
have any signs for the group home, however if they want a sign in
the future they can apply for one.
Osorio-Khor questioned why the staff report would state there will
be no effect on property values when no one knows if there will or
will not be. Graham said he also has the same concern and he asked
how staff arrived at that conclusion. LeClair said the applicant
provided property transaction information from the NW Montana
Association of Realtors to show that properties are still selling in
the vicinity of their group homes and that the values are on par
with the balance of the neighborhood. LeClair added the statement
is simply to say that staff doesn't anticipate that there would be any
diminishment of property values because the property has been
maintained and an unknowing observer cannot tell that a group
home is operating at this location.
Graham asked why group homes are not treated as a business in a
residential zone and LeClair said he can't comment on the intent
behind the law in the M.C.A. but the law states that we are to treat
them as a residential use.
Young asked if the use and conditions stay with the property and
LeClair said yes and added, however if the use ceases it reverts
back to a single-family residence. Then if a buyer wants to operate
a group home at this location in the future they would have to go
through the conditional use process again.
There was discussion regarding the parking requirements which
staff noted were adequate for the residence. Lorch asked if the
board could condition the permit regarding parking spaces to allow
for additional parking. LeClair and Jentz said no and Jentz added
group homes and day care centers were continually being denied
across the State so the State Legislature acted and said group
homes of 8 or fewer residents are a protected class and they will be
dealt with as if they are a single-family home. They can't be denied
and no conditions can be placed on the group home that would not
be placed on a single-family home. Jentz said although it creates
angst and frustration for the planning board and at tunes for the
neighborhood the State Legislature made it clear this use will be
treated as a single-family home.
Graham noted the city council opted to keep the public hearing
process in place in order to provide the neighborhood with a
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chance to comment on this use in their neighborhood. Osorio-Khor
said this also allows the applicant to hear the concerns of their
neighbors and maybe those concerns can then be addressed.
Graham added that has happened in the past with Montana
Academy. They heard the concerns of the neighbors and then
moved their third proposed group home to another location so it
does work.
PUBLIC HEARING John Santa, 990 McGregor Lane, Kalispell stated he is the owner
of the property and co-owner of the Montana Academy. The
academy has been in existence for 17 years with the main facility
located near Lost Prairie. They have a total of 95 students, 70 on
their ranch campus and 20 — 25 students in the transitional
program. They have found that the transitioning portion of the
program is so important they have had an increasing burden on
sending kids into town for the last part of their program. The four
houses almost work but with the limit of 8 students per house, and
not wanting to mix the sexes, at times, they run into the problems.
Santa continued they have had group homes in Kalispell for 10
years. They want to be good neighbors and listen to the
community's concerns. That's why they spread their houses out as
best they can especially when it became clear that the neighbors
felt that more than 2 houses adjacent to each other was too much.
The kids do not have cars and will never be allowed to have cars.
They have no interest in placing signs on the homes and the kids
are more closely supervised than some kids in traditional homes.
They come from all over the country and when finished with the
program almost 100% go on to colleges throughout the United
States.
Santa said none of the kids are adjudicated, sex offenders, or hard
core criminals. The school is a boarding school environment
where kids get a chance to slow down and get a chance to look at
themselves and grow up. By the time they get to a group home in
town they have been on campus for at least a year and most of
them finish high school and then go on into the world. They are
great kids and they volunteer all over the community.
Osorio-Khor noted there were letters in the application in support
of the Montana Academy but there were no letters from a tax-
paying neighbor. She asked if the city could have a copy of their
handbook and policies for the public to review if they have
questions. Santa said they had an open house a few weeks ago and
a number of the close neighbors did come and they had concerns
because they are fearful of the kind of kids that the home might
house. Santa said the neighbors need to know who these kids are
and he added that isn't covered in a handbook but they have
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nothing to hide.
Regier asked if there have been any major issues with neighbors
and Santa said no and added with the newest home on the west side
there were concerns about the house and one of the neighbors who
objected to the home has now admitted that he was wrong and said
the residents have been terrific neighbors. These homes do not
have a negative impact on the neighborhood.
No one else wished to speak and the public hearing was closed.
MOTION
Pesola moved and Regier seconded a motion to adopt staff report
KCU-14-02 as findings of fact and recommend to the Kalispell
City Council that the conditional use permit be approved subject to
the three conditions listed in the staff report.
BOARD DISCUSSION
Pesola said as a board he doesn't feel that they have the ability to
deny this application. A conditional use permit is a courtesy to the
community to enable them to comment on the proposal. There may
be concerns about parking and driving and the kids but the reality
is this is considered a single-family residence according to law.
Pesola supports the Montana Academy program and the CUP.
Lorch said he is somewhat familiar with the Montana Academy
and recently learned he actually lives across the street from one of
these houses and has for 7-8 months and they are great neighbors.
Lorch said he wants to commend Montana Academy for reaching
out to the neighbors and suggested the Montana Academy reach
out to the people who have written letters of concern, if they
haven't already.
Osorio-Khor said also asked the Montana Academy staff to address
the letters of concern. Most people have that gut —wrenching, knee-
jerk reaction to the term "group home" and there is a lot of
neighborhood work still to do.
Graham has been on the planning board since 2009 and this is the
3rd time Montana Academy has come before the board to request a
group home. At the beginning he was skeptical and he now
supports the Montana Academy program.
Graham added he wanted to congratulate the students in attendance
this evening for their achievement and he wished them good luck
in the future.
ROLL CALL
The motion passed unanimously on a roll call vote.
BEEHIVE HOMES
A request from Josh Burlage of Beehive Homes of Kalispell,
RESIDENTIAL CARE I
working with the property owners Mike Fraser and FSEN, LLC to
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FACILITY CONDITIONAL develop a multi -structure residential care facility on a portion of an
USE PERMIT undeveloped, 8.5-acre tract of land located at 242 Stillwater Road.
The proposal includes two 19-bed homes for memory care, two 16-
bed homes for assisted living, and four independent -living
duplexes.
STAFF REPORT KCU-14-03 Kevin LeClair, representing the Kalispell Planning Office reviewed
Staff report KCU-14-03 for the board.
LeClair reviewed the vicinity map of the subject property and
noted the property is a remainder tract of the Fox Trotter
Subdivision and is currently undeveloped. He reviewed the county
zoning on three sides of the property and the proposed site plan.
The applicant is proposing a phased approach. They plan to start
with a single 19-bed memory care facility at the southeast corner of
the property, following up with additional phases which includes a
16-bed assisted living facility, a 19-bed memory care facility,
another 16-bed assisted living facility and then 4 independent
living units on the north side.
LeClair reviewed an aerial photo of the surrounding properties and
described their uses and photographs of the property.
Staff recommends that the Kalispell Planning Board adopt staff
report KCU-14-03 as findings of fact and recommend to the
Kalispell City Council that the conditional use permit be approved
subject to the 11 conditions listed in the staff report.
BOARD DISCUSSION Osorio-Khor asked if this facility is under the same statute as the
Montana Academy group home and LeClair said no but the
proposed facility will be governed by other statutes in the M.C.A.
She asked if there are other conditions that the board could apply to
the CUP and LeClair said yes.
Osorio-Khor noted the Growth Policy states that high density
housing developments and senior housing should be located in
close proximity to other necessary services and bus stops and
shelters should be incorporated in their designs. She noted her
concerns are the isolation factor and security especially since
memory care units are being proposed. She asked if video cameras
were being considered and LeClair noted they didn't discuss the
facilities in that detail but he knows they will have supervision and
alarms on the doors to know if someone leaves the facility. LeClair
noted the fencing would prevent thein from wandering too far
away.
Osorio-Khor added since this does not fall under the licensing of
nursing homes could the board consider a condition that would
require them to provide a copy of their handbook and/or policies to
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the City of Kalispell for review by the general public. LeClair
noted that condition #5 on page 9 of the staff report requires all
State licensing, inspections and approvals shall be obtained from
the Montana Department of Health and Human Services. Copies of
the current operational licenses and operating procedures for the
facilities shall be submitted to the City of Kalispell prior to the
Certificate of Occupancy for the structures. Osorio-Khor didn't
think that covered their policies and that should be stated in the
conditions.
PUBLIC HEARING Josh Burlage stated he lives at 1190 Clayton Lane in Columbia
Falls and he is the current owner of Beehive Homes in Columbia
Falls. Burlage said their facilities are different than your typical
nursing home and are set up more like a home where residents have
rooms off of the common area. They provide three dietician
approved meals per day plus snacks, daily housekeeping, laundry
services, activities — whatever the residents need to live
comfortably within the hoines. There are currently two Beehive
assisted living homes in Columbia Falls, a 13-unit and 16-unit
facility and they have noticed the increased need for memory care
so that is why it is a part of this proposal for Kalispell. Burlage
said he appreciates the concern regarding the safety and well-being
of the residents and he noted all of the entrances are key -coded, the
exterior fencing will not provide access to the outside, and there
will be security cameras at all the exits and in the common areas.
Osorio-Khor asked for the- qualifications of the staff for the
memory care unit and Burlage said it is similar to assisted living
where they use personal care attendants (PCA's) and do not require
CNA's. They are State licensed and periodic checks are required.
Osorio-Khor noted she feels it is important that their policies and
procedures be available to the public and copies are provided to the
city.
Osorio-Khor said if most of the residents do not drive, how do they
find outside stimulation like shopping? Burlage said they have a
bus that transports residents to different locations. He noted this
location is closer to the hospital and other services than their
facilities in Columbia Falls. They do not currently transport
residents to medical appointments so they will rely on families to
assist them or have Eagle Transit pick them up. They also plan to
have on -site physician care. Burlage said they have no problem
with providing the city with a copy of their policies and procedures
and he added they are approved by the State.
Mike Fraser, 385 East View Drive stated he prepared the
application and is assisting Mr. Burlage through this process.
Fraser was originally involved with the Fox Trotter project and the
remainder 8.5 acres that were originally planned for a 23 lot
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subdivision which was approved in 2008. They allowed that
preliminary plat to expire in 2011 because they did not see the
economy recovering to the extent that they could market those lots
and have a return on their investment. The property has been sitting
there looking for a user. It has been hayed on a regular basis and
they have been maintaining it in order to be good neighbors.
Fraser continued Mr. Burlage was looking for property for his
project and this piece was the closest to the city's core area that had
enough acreage. The property has good accessibility to shopping
and medical facilities.
Fraser noted condition 6 asks them to rebuild a portion of
Stillwater Road. He said this site is halfway between Three Mile
and Four Mile Drive where there are three subdivisions that access
Stillwater Road and none of those subdivisions were required to
make a dedication or improve Stillwater Road. They are being
asked to rebuild 550 feet of Stillwater Road to include street
widening; curb, gutter, street lights and landscaping between the
curb & bike path. Fraser said they don't see any logic behind that
request as there would then be rural sections of road to the north
and south of the improvements.
Fraser said they would, however, be willing to dedicate 10 feet of
their property for the further widening of Stillwater Road as
referenced in condition #9 and provide the 20-foot wide pedestrian
and bicycle easement as referenced in condition #10.
Fraser also noted that condition 11 is included within the overall
concept of condition 3 and they feel it is redundant and not
necessary.
Jon Olson — 100 1 Quarter Horse Lane stated his property is directly
south of this proposed project and his first major concern would be
Stillwater Road which is not a rural road but is a very busy road.
Another concern is the entrance to the proposed project as there are
5 or 6 access roads clustered together onto Stillwater Road.
Parkridge will be closed eventually once the bypass is complete but
still is a concentrated area and some improvements need to be
made.
Olson continued in terms of the bike path it is already on the other
side of the road and how will that be connected to the one proposed
with this development. In addition he has concerns about how the
drainage faom this property will impact his property since his
property is below this one. When Stillwater Estates was developed
there was an issue of flooding in his area and the city installed a
drainage system that has alleviated this problem. His neighbor is
also concerned because there is a valley and all the runoff goes
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right between our properties. Olson added he is also concerned
about fire trucks, ambulances and lighting in a residential area.
Debbie Street, 1400 Rose Crossing stated she is a project manager
on the Starling project which is the 640 acre master planned
community that is directly north of this development. She is also a
real estate broker and she speaks in support of the project because
the community desperately needs assisted living.
Frank Strickland stated he lives at 272 Stillwater Road, the 10 acres
north of this proposed development. His concern is condition 6.
The construction of the bypass will take a tremendous amount of
traffic from Stillwater Road. Strickland said if you go west of
Kalispell on Three Mile Drive there isn't a curb or gutter in site
period. It does not make sense to require curb and gutter on a 550
foot section of Stillwater when the surrounding roads are built to
rural standards. It could create more problems rather than solve
them.
Jane Crawford, 1201 Quarter Horse Lane stated if she knew there
was going to be commercial property near her home she would not
have purchased it. They have put a lot of investment in their
property and although they may build a high quality facility they
still are a commercial facility in a rural setting. When she looks out
from her back porch she will see large buildings with paving,
lighting and lighted signage. That will be the only thing that is not
rural or agricultural in the area. Crawford said the property is
rolling and that drainage will come across a corner of her property.
This is a 24/7 operation where people can be coming and going at
all hours. She objects to the project and if they do end up with an
approval the developer should pay for the costs of improving the
roads.
Ron Cebulla, 250 Stillwater Road noted his property is Phase 1,of
Fox Trotter Estates, the flag lot immediately north of this proposed
development. Cebulla said he is concerned about his property
values with a commercial project next to an urban setting. He
knows they can't hang on to the rural setting forever and knowing
that the previous subdivision was denser and they should be
thankful. However, this will be a 24 hour operation with lighting
on 24 hours a day, ambulances coming and going all hours of the
day, parking lots and the number of entrances off of Stillwater
Road. That is a steep hill and in the winter cars crash into their
driveway.
Cebulla said he agrees that the road should not be widened if this
project is approved. He is not against senior care facilities but this
is the wrong setting.
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MOTION Lorch moved and Young seconded a motion to adopt staff report
KCU-14-03 as findings of fact and recommend to the Kalispell
City Council that the conditional use permit be approved subject to
the 11 conditions listed in the staff report.
BOARD DISCUSSION Osorio-Khor said she is torn when she hears the neighbors' talk
about their rural environment and as previously mentioned her
concern about the location of this facility. She asked how the
board will mitigate the neighbors concerns regarding runoff,
Stillwater Road, the five access roads already in place onto
Stillwater Road, and the impacts on their lifestyle. The setting
seems wrong for this facility.
Graham said he doesn't think there will be runoff because the
development will have its own stormwater retention pond and that
will help alleviate the current runoff problems. In addition the
lighting ordinance requires that the lights be pointed downward to
reduce light pollution onto to other properties.
Graham said it appears to be a piece of land that is totally
surrounded by county and Osorio-Khor said she is troubled by the
fact that it is an island surrounded by agricultural land. LeClair
noted the property is almost surrounded by other existing and
proposed subdivisions and it just so happens that this is the western
boundary of the city at this point. LeClair added this property is
well within the growth policy's annexation boundary and the city
will likely be annexing more lands further to the west of this
property in the future.
Lorch asked if the existing zoning and use is consistent with the
growth policy and LeClair said the R-2 zoning is consistent with
the growth policy designation and the zoning ordinance states that
assisted living can go in an R-2 zone with a conditional use permit.
Lorch said there is no question that there is a lot of growth going
on in the west side of Kalispell and as a planner for the city and
county a few years ago it was anticipated then. With the
infrastructure working its way out to this area it is making these
properties more attractive to people for development. Lorch said
there are always going to be conflicts with changes to different
areas and the best that the board can do is help mitigate some of the
issues.
Lorch said he has concerns with the incremental development of
the property and the road. Typically with a subdivision there is a
traffic impact study (TIS) and you can take the quantitative
analysis and determine that safety would be greatly increased if
there was a turn lane or some other mitigating measure. In the
absence of a TIS Lorch said he doesn't know what the city uses to
determine what improvements should be required. LeClair said
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traffic impacts. are discussed with the applicant early on. The
threshold for requiring a traffic impact study is 300 vehicle trips
per day and it is not expected that the first phase of this facility
would meet that threshold. Those questions will get asked again by
the site review committee before the building permits are issued.
Then the Public Works engineers will look at the responses from
the applicant and if the thresholds are met then the city looks at
those improvements.
LeClair said for this project the request was that Stillwater Road be
approved at this time. Looking south there were no required
improvements but those are examples of opportunities lost. Public
Works felt that a compromise would be instead of putting in the
improvements now they could pay a cash in lieu payment and that
way at the time the entire roadway is designed to be improved the
cash has been deposited with the city to make those improvements.
Knowing that Four Mile Drive will be extended over to Stillwater
Road with the completion of the bypass and with the potential
development of the Starling subdivision to the north it is expected
that Stillwater Road will become a collector street and the
development of those improvements would be considered standard
for those types of roads. LeClair noted the board could opt to
recommend that the cash in lieu be changed to a waiver of SID that
would put the cost off to a future date for the developer.
Regier asked if that is the recommendation in condition #7 and
LeClair said that is for the West Side Interceptor which is a project
that is being designed at this time. With Stillwater Road we don't
know when the traffic warrants will reach the point that the
improvements should be made.
Graham asked why would they need to have the SID for the
interceptor and why wouldn't it be covered by the impact fees
when they hook up. LeClair said after the interceptor is designed
the impact fees may not cover the entire cost.
Regier said if they pay cash in lieu for improvements to Stillwater
Road, condition #6, and an SID comes later won't they be paying
double and LeClair said they would have the right to protest the
SID and if they had already paid the cash in lieu they would be in
good standing to protest.
Osorio asked why staff does not believe conditions #3 & #11 are
redundant and LeClair stated condition #11 was included to
specifically address the requirement that the 14" water main be
under the roadway of Stillwater Road because the site plan shows it
near the pedestrian/bike path running adjacent to the property.
Public Works wanted it to be clear that what was shown on the site
plan was not an approved location of the water main. LeClair noted
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an alternative would be to roll condition #11 into #3.
MOTION — COMBINE
Osorio-Khor moved and Lorch seconded a motion to roll condition
CONDITIONS 3 & 11
#11 into condition #3.
ROLL CALL
The motion passed unanimously on a roll call vote.
BOARD DISCUSSION
There was lengthy discussion regarding cash in lieu v. completing
the improvements to Stillwater Road at the time of development;
SID's for the West Side Interceptor and for improvements to
Stillwater Road; and impact fees.
MOTION — DELETE
Graham moved and Regier seconded a motion to delete condition
CONDITION #7
#7.
BOARD DISCUSSION
Graham noted the impact fees were increased in order to pay for
the West Side Interceptor and to also be required to sign a waiver
of right to protest an SID for the same project didn't make sense to
him.
Further discussion was held.
ROLL CALL
The motion passed on a roll call vote of 4 in favor and 2 opposed.
MOTION — AMEND
Pesola moved and Regier seconded a motion to amend condition
CONDTION #6
#6 to read, "The property owner shall submit a signed and recorded
Special Improvement District (SID) Protest Waiver for their
contributing capacity to the Stillwater Road improvements."
BOARD DISCUSSION
Lorch stated he would appreciate knowing that when it comes time
to improve Stillwater Road that the general taxpayers will not get
stuck with the costs to fill the gaps. There will be a need for a good
city standard road as it is already being used beyond its rural
standards. Lorch would like to keep the motion as written and
allow the developer the option to either build it now or pay cash in
lieu or require the developer to pay cash in lieu and not even allow
the option to construct the improvements at the time of
development. Osorio-Khor agreed with Lorch.
Further discussion was held.
ROLL CALL
The motion passed on a roll call vote of 4 in favor and 2 opposed.
BOARD DISCUSSION
Osorio-Khor said we should keep in mind that we are building a
neighborhood and it may not happen tomorrow but it is going to
happen and it is important that the board try to solve some of these
problems.
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Lorch said he is concerned about the need for improvements to
Stillwater Road related to the increase in traffic from this
development and he asked if the city is in the position to require
any improvements such as a left -turn lane or some other traffic
mitigation. LeClair these type of assisted living facilities are a very
light impact on the transportation systems they are adjacent to.
Staff will come and go but because of shift work it won't be during
peak travel periods. There will also be the bus taking residents to
different locations however, nothing that would require major road
improvements.
Lorch described the current traffic on Stillwater Road and how you
don't get to address these issues without subdivision review. Lorch
asked if there were any discussions of the impacts when the
western portion of the property is developed. LeClair said there
were lengthy discussions about that and the development was
shifted to the north to include a full -width roadway that could be
extended west on the southern portion of the property.
Lorch asked if additional development would be considered an
expansion of this conditional use permit and LeClair said another
review would take place for additional facilities.
Jentz reminded the board that the city council had approved a 23
lot subdivision in this location that would have generated about 230
vehicle trips per day. He noted that this project will probably have
1/1 Oth of that amount of traffic because this is a low impact project.
ROLL CALL — ORIGINAL
The original motion, as amended, passed unanimously on a roll call
MOTION
vote.
OLD BUSINESS:
Growth Policy Update.
Lengthy discussion was held on changes to the draft Growth Policy
Update and the board decided a work session should be held to
work through the document prior to holding a public hearing. The
update will be discussed at the work session on July 8, 2014.
NEW BUSINESS:
None.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:20 p.m.
NEXT MEETING
The next regular planning board meeting is cancelled due to a lack
of applications however a work session will be held on July 8,
2014 bednnim at 6:00 p.m. in the Kalispell City Council
Chambers, 201 1" Avenue East. The board will discuss the
following items:
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1. Growth Policy Update
2. Flathead High School Parking District
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Chad rahain Michelle Anderson
President Recording Secretary
APPROVED as submitted/corrected: � / 1'7- /14
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