06-21-07 Parking Commission MinutesMONTHLY BOARD MEETING MINUTES
KALISPELL PARKING COMMISSION
Date: June 21, 2007
Location: Conference Room, KPC Office
All in attendance: Janet Clark, Chairperson, Mark Pirrie,
John Hinchey and Joel Schoknecht
Minutes Recorded by: Janet Clark, Chairperson
Minutes Transcribed by: Rachel Brooks, Office Manager
1. Call to Order:
Called to Order at: 7:56 a.m., By: Janet Clark, Chairperson
2. Minutes of May, 2007 Board Meeting:
Moved to approve by Mark Pirrie, Janet Clark seconds, Approved by all present.
3. Hearing of the Public:
No One Present
4. Financial Statement of May 2007:
Moved to approve financials Mark Pirrie, John Hinchey seconds. Approved by all present.
S. Updates from KPC office:
Tickets, Parking Permits, & Meters —
Tickets - * No Valid permit for this lot — Rachel will check w/ Judge Ulbricht for recommended
wording has not gotten to this yet.
Notices and Summons— Current notices & summons — continuous work in progress.
Garnishment/Collections- continuous work in progress. Gradually getting Writ of Exec turned in
and sent off to Alert. Collections — Rachel has suggested... Collection Professionals, Inc.
Anything collected with in the first 30 days of the "Soft Collections" period we keep 100%. No
other companies responded or had anything to offer us anywhere close to this company.
Discussion followed. Motion made by Mark Pirrie to move forward to contract with CPI to
collect our collections. John Hinchey seconds. Approved by all.
6. Unfinished Business:
Change of Board member — Mr. Richard Nelson resigned at last board meeting replacing his
position is Mr. Joel Schoknecht.
Valley Bank —Update? Any new information from Jim Patrick. The Last the KPC Board heard the
ball was in Valley Bank's court.
Line Spacing — Mark to follow through with this and make sure it was on the summer
schedule. Update?
Western Outdoor - Mark was attempting to get M-dot to move the yellow striping up 1 space.
Update? This issue bois down to the state highway and t hey were going to have their
engineer look at it but we haven't heard anything back.
Spring Lot Maintenance —In Progress. Discussion followed. They have started on the Eagles lot
and they have done some in various other lots.
Spring Sweeping & Striping -In Progress as soon as the weather cooperates — Discussion
followed. Hopefully if it does not rain this weekend they will get it done in the Eagles Lot.
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Curb Cut/Mt. Stone — KPC had to go to the state to see if this could be removed and made into
parking spaces. They did not approve this but we tried. The answer from the M-Dot was No.
The property owner would have to petition the state to do this. Rachel placed a call to Michael
Blend as per Janet as to this decision.
Shelly Laing Letter — Regarding the handicapped ramp being installed at the Eagles Lot as per
customer request late last fall.
Request from Mayor Regarding- Handicapped parking regulations downtown. Re -visiting this
issue. A year ago we discussed not charging for handicapped parking. Ed Gilliland has
approached the Mayor that he would like to see all handicapped parking free downtown. All
through the state of Montana handicapped parking is treated as any other parking in other
words it is not free. Kalispell City Ordinance also follows along that line. Rachel called Anne
Guest in Missoula to ask how they handle this ... They have removed all meters from the lots so
handicapped parking is free in their lots due to their machines being inaccessible. They do
post the two hour limits and the 30 minutes and the disabled still have to comply w/ these
zones Most other states give free Handicapped parking Montana does not. The Mayor has
asked the KPC Board to re -visit this and discuss this issue. Ed Gilliland's claim is that he is
unable to go out every two hours and move his car. Discussion Followed.
7. New Business:
Ed Trippet's Lot — Has been sold to Jay Gorder, Owner of Co -Rental— need to set up re-
negotiation of contract. He would like to re -new the lease we presently have with Ed. As long
as everything remains the same Janet requested the board's permission to go ahead and sign
the lease with Jay and move forward with that. If there are any changes he wishes it will be
brought before the board. Discussion followed. Motion made by John Hinchey to change the
lease to Mr. Jay Gorder. Mark Pirrie, Seconds. Approved by all present.
Montana Building Monitoring -Scott Adams, Manager of the Montana Building has inquired
regarding enforcement of Parking Lot of Montana Building. Discussion followed. Scott has
been given the same lease that we have with Ken Yachechak in the Liberty Lot. They are
responsible for the signage, the maintenance, and the permits. We will monitor the lot
ticketing all non -permit holders and then we keep 100% of the ticket revenue. The owners
have signed the lease and is now getting the legal description so Janet is requesting
permission from the board to sign the lease. Discussion followed. Mark Pirrie motions that
Janet moves forward talking to Scott Adams regarding the Montana bldg. lot to sign a
monitoring agreement renewable 1 year lease. John Hinchey, Seconds. Approved by all
present.
8. Adiournment•
Adjourned at: 8:20 a.m., Motion to Adjourn made by: Mark Pirrie, Second by John Hinchey.
Closed KPC Board personnel meeting followed
The mission of the Kalispell Parking Commission is to effectively manage the parking inventory in order to adequately
meet the needs of downtown's customers, employees, visitors, and residents.
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