Resolution 5790C - NOT ACTED ON - Reject GP Amendment - Stillwater & 4 Mile11/21/16 — NOT ACTED ON
RESOLUTION NO. 5790C
A RESOLUTION REJECTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE KALISPELL GROWTH
POLICY 2020.
WHEREAS, pursuant to MCA 76-1-601 the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020 was originally adopted
by the Kalispell City Council on February 18, 2003; and
WHEREAS, WWEE, LLC, Dwayne Druckenmiller and Debbie Street formally requested a growth
policy amendment on approximately 30 acres at the intersection of Stillwater Road
and Four Mile Drive in Flathead County, by changing the designation of land from
Suburban Residential and Urban Residential to Neighborhood Commercial and High
Density Residential; and
WHEREAS, on October 11, 2016, the Kalispell City Planning Board held a public hearing, after
due and proper notice, received public comment upon, and reviewed Kalispell
Planning Department report 4KGPA-16-01, which evaluated the proposal based upon
the goals and objectives of the Growth Policy and current circumstances in the
planning jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, at the conclusion of said public hearing and after consideration of the proposed
amendment, the Kalispell City Planning Board adopted report 4KGPA-16-01 as the
findings of fact and recommended approval of the proposed Growth Policy
amendment; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kalispell, on November 7, 2016, passed Resolution
5789, a Resolution of Intention to Adopt, Revise or Reject a Proposed Amendment to
the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020 and called for a public hearing to be held on
November 21, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kalispell, after due and proper notice, held a public
hearing on November 21, 2016, and received (_) oral public comments on the
recommendations of the City Planning Board and the Kalispell Planning Department
report 4KGPA-16-01; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kalispell finds that it is not in the best interest of the
City to amend the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020, as recommended by the Kalispell
City Planning Board, said proposed amendment consisting of amending the
designation of 30 acres of land from Suburban Residential and Urban Residential to
Neighborhood Commercial and High Density Residential in the Growth Policy for the
following reasons:
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to Section 76-1-604, MCA, the Kalispell City Council hereby
rejects the amendment that was the subject of the Kalispell Planning
Department report 4KGPA-16-01 and recommended by the City Planning
Board to the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 21 ST DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2016.
Mark Johnson
Mayor
ATTEST:
Aimee Brunckhorst, CMC
City Clerk