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Agenda Memo110 (11�0 Incorporated 1892 Telephone (406) 758-7700 FAX (406) 758-7758 Post Office Box 1997 Zip 59903-1997 TO: Mayor and Members of Council FROM: Bruce Williams, City Manager RE: Council Agenda for October 16, 1995 AGENDA APPROVAL Included in your packet are the minutes from your regularly scheduled Council meeting of October 2, 1995. Agenda Item 3—Approval of Claims The schedule of claims to be paid on Tuesday, October 17, 1995, have been prepared and available for Council to review. I have reviewed the claims presented amounting to $199,961.85 and recommend their payment. ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL None scheduled. Douglas Rauthe Mayor Bruce Williams City Manager City Council Members: Gary W. Nystul Ward I Cliff Collins Ward I Barbara Moses Ward 11 Dale Haarr Ward II Jim Atkinson Ward III Lauren Granmo Ward III Pamela B. Kennedy Ward IV M. Duane Larson Ward IV 2 ORDINANCES & RESOLUTIONS Agenda Item 5-Ordinance 1229-Dye7,one Chanae R-3 to R-5-2nd ReAding Benchmark Homes and William and Barbara Dye are requesting a zone change for property they own located at the northwest corner of Liberty Street and Meridian Road. The property is about 1 acre in size and is accessed from both Liberty Street and Meridian Road. The request is to change the zone from R-3 to R-5. The request was the subject of a public hearing at the Planning Board's September 12th meeting. The minutes of the meeting are included in your packet. The Planning Board unanimously recommends approval of the zone change request and f Staff concurs with the recommendation. Agenda Item 6-Ordinance 1_230-2.oni na Text Am dment-Parki nar- _nd ReAding Ordinance 1230 would reduce the parking requirement for grocery and supermarkets from 1 space per every 100 square feet of floor area of customer sales and service, plus one space per 200 square feet of gross floor area of storage and office to 1 space per 250 square feet of gross floor area. Staff is proposing the change because the present standard is two to three times the national average for this type of business. Industry standards typically call for four to five spaces per one thousand square feet of gross floor area. 3 After discussing the matter at the last Council meeting, Council amended the ordinance to read "Grocery and supermarkets: 1 space per 200 square feet of gross floor area". This request was the subject of a public hearing at the September 12th Planning Board meeting and is forwarded to Council with a favorable recommendation. Agenda Item 7-Ord i n n 1 .31 -7.nn i ng Text Amendm n _-Cluster Demel_opment-2nd Reading This amendment would reduce the minimum acreage required for a cluster development from 2 acres to 21,000 square feet. It is Staffs opinion that requiring 2 acres is an excessive requirement in an urban environment such as we have in Kalispell. This request was the subject of a public hearing at the September 12th Planning Board meeting. The Board unanimously recommends the approval of the zone change and Staff concurs. Agenda Item 8-Ordinance 1232-Hagerman-Zone Change RecLuest-RA-1 to RA-3-2nd Reading William Hagerman, and several other property owners including the City of Kalispell have requested a zone change for properties located south of 18th Street on the west side of Airport Road. The properties are approximately 4.8 acres. The zone would change from RA-1 to RA-3. 4 This request was the subject of a public hearing at the September 12th Planning Board meeting. The Board recommended the approval of the zone change and Staff concurs. Agenda Item 9-Ordinance 1233-Mahrenweiser Zone Change lst Reams Richard Mohrenweiser has petitioned the City to amend the City zoning map. The property is located north of Underhill subdivision approximately 800 feet east of Meridian Road on the west side of Highway 93. The request is to change the zone from R-3 to RA-1. As you are aware the Planning Board held a public hearing on the request July 11, 1995. The hearing included testimony from several residents of the Underhill Court and Arizona Street neighborhood who objected to the zone change request. The board then proceeded to discuss the pros and cons of the request and after considerable debate decided to continue the discussion at a future planning Board meeting. The Planning Board continued the discussion of the zone change request at its August 8, 1995 Board meeting. After a lengthy discussion the Planning Board decided unanimously to recommend denial of the zone change request based upon a revised set of findings of facts. The revised findings were necessary because the Staffs recommendation was to approve the zone change request which included a different set of findings. Your packet contains the appropriate background materials regarding the issue including - the Planning Board minutes from both meetings. Friday morning October 13, 1995 Mr. Mohrenweiser presented me with a letter indicating that he would like to modify his request for zoning of this parcel from RA-1 to R-4 zone. It appears that Mr. Mohrenweiser now would like to pursue a cluster development for the parcel. If it remains R-3 the maximum number of units allowed under the cluster development would be 11 if you change the zone to R-4 the number of units would increase to 13. BUSINESS FROM MAYOR & COUNCIL _None scheduled. BUSINESS FROM MANAGER Aaenda Item 10-Bid Award -Ambulance We opened 3 bids for a new ambulance Thursday, October 12th. The following is a summary of the three bids FOB Kalispell: 1. Wheeled Coach $58,946.53 2. Specialty Vehicles $59,445.00 3. Fire-Med $67,125.00 We have reviewed all 3 bids and determined that all 3 meet or exceed our specifications. It is our recommendation that Council award the bid to Wheeled Coach in the amount of $58,946.53 FOB Kalispell. Our budget contains a $65,000 appropriation for this purchase. 6 We did however plan on borrowing $35,000 from the State of Montana to assist with the purchase because we do not want to use all our reserves. Amy indicates that the State will loan the necessary money at a rate a little above 6%. We feel that because the interest rate is so high that we should be paying ourselves this rate of return and consequently we are proposing loaning the ambulance money from the Sewer Fund for a term of 3 years at a rate of 6%. If this is acceptable Glen will prepare a resolution authorizing the borrowing. Agenda Item 11-Bid Award -STD No. 342 Bond We will be opening the bond sale bid for Corporate Way SID Monday morning and should have a recommendation for you Monday evening.