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* AgendaWORK SESSION AGENDA October 30, 1995 7:00 p.m. 1. Business From Mayor and Council 2. Business from Manager 3. Transfer Property to School District 5f..� +&Icoholic Beverages in Parks and Public Buildings 05. Resolution 4241-Adopting Extension of Services Plan 6. wrence Park Boundary Line Adjustment {( 7. Con inue Construction Standards l�- .q 100-A- J&t I �v Next Regular Council Meeting November 6, 1995 7:00 p.m. Next Work Session November 13, 1995 7:00 p.m. Incorporated 1892 Telephone (406) 758-7700 FAX (406) 758-7758 Post Office Box 1997 Zip 59903-1997 October 30, 1995 Mr. Marvin Dye, Director Montana Department of Transportation Post Office Box 201001 Helena, MT 59620-1001 Dear Mr. Dye: On behalf of the citizens of Kalispell and the Flathead Valley, we want to take this opportunity to thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to meet with us concerning our frustration over the delay associated with the reconstruction of U.S. Highway 93 between Somers and Kalispell. Although we do acknowledge your historical assessment of this project, our memories and perceptions of the history are quite different from yours. It was certainly a positive note to hear you admit that the draft document sent to us for review misrepresented the status of this project, and that our understanding of the project schedule was correct. We appreciate your . recognition that internal departmental communication between your central headquarters personnel and regional personnel needs significant improvement so that everyone is working from the same page, something which is long overdue. It is our opinion that one of the biggest problems with your agency is associated with poor communication, and that certainly appears to be the problem associated with our present differences with MDOT. As you know, we are concerned about the method used by the Highway Commission to allocate the federal highway money to each of the Montana's five highway districts. We understand you have little to do with this funding allocation. However, we do request that you follow up with the Highway Commission concerning the equity question we discussed with you during our meeting. Of particular interest to us, in this regard, are the U.S. 93 monies that were diverted to Billings and Glendive Districts -as a result of our project being delayed. It is our understanding that our region lost approximately 12 million dollars and it is our unified opinion that this money Douglas Rauthe Mayor Bruce Williams City Manager City Council Members: Gary W. Nystul Ward I Cliff Collins Ward 1 Barbara Moses Ward II Dale Haarr Ward If Jim Atkinson Ward III Lauren Granmo Ward III Pamela B. Kennedy Ward IV M. Duane Larson Ward IV Marvin Dye October 25, 1995 Page 2 should be returned to this region as quickly as possible and used to accelerate the Somers to Kalispell section of the U.S. Highway 93 reconstruction prior to the year 2000. You had indicated a willingness to take this issue to the Highway Commission for their consideration. Therefore, we are officially requesting that this. item be placed on the next agenda of the Highway Commission so they can consider a possible policy change that will address this fairness issue. In closing, we want to once again thank you for meeting with us. Although we do not agree with your position on many of the issues discussed at our meeting, we do appreciate your willingness to discuss them with us. We heartily endorse and support your efforts at improving the department's ability to communicate both internally and externally._ We look forward to hearing from you concerning the Highway Commission's policy decision on the equity/fairness issue. Sincerely, r Ma[yor V• • Councilman Cliff Collins Councilman Dale Haarr Councilman Jim Atkinson Councilwoman Pam Kennedy Councilman Gary Nystul Councilwoman Barbara Moses Councilman Lauren Granmo Councilman Duane Larson