01-17-08 Site Review MinutesSITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE SUMMARY
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Kalispell Planning Office Conference Room
ATTENDING:
Paul Burnham, Assoc. Civil Engineer Frank Castles, Asst. City Engineer
Jeff Clawson, Plans Examiner Sean Conrad, City Planner
Mark Crowley, Construction Manager Chad Fincher, Parks Superintendent
D. C. Haas, Asst. Fire Chief -Prevention Tom Jentz, Planning Director
Charlie Johnson, Construction Manager Nicole Johnson, City Planner
F. Ray Ruffatto, Deputy Fire Marshal P. J. Sorensen, Zoning Administrator, Chair
Kathy Kuhlin, Recording Secretary
Guests: James Freyholtz, M.D.O.T.; Anne Moran, D.N.R.C. Planner; and Jeff Walla,
Stelling Engineering
Hear the Public: None.
Performance Bond Reminders: The Holiday Inn is working on getting their bond extended.
Public Works is also working a deal with Eisinger on their parking lot regarding striping. They will
have to bond for the landscaping, the striping and some building items. We will split the bond out.
OLD BUSINESS:
Neal Dental Office — 13 5 Commons Loop; new dental office — They are still putting together
the new building plans which will include some of the questions on how they will deal with
the lower and upper levels.
Kohl's / Spring Prairie Phase 3 — Hwy 93 N; overall site layout and new retail store —
Public Works items regarding the subdivision and the building issues have been forwarded on
to them. Jeff sent them his comments yesterday. There is no on -site fire protection on Phase
3. It is an all block building. Hydrants should be in by the time final plat comes in (possibly in
April).
Tinseth 750 N. Meridian; addition and new storage building — no updated drawings. They
are borrowing deeded access on Meridian from the owner to the north. They need to assure
our Fire Dept. that they have access.
NEW BUSINESS:
Office Solutions — 700 Sunset Blvd; remodel/expansion of non -conforming use;
Administrative CUP — they need to get their application for an Administrative CUP to expand.
They are pulling off a few parking spaces in the front.
PLANNING OFFICE ITEMS:
Timberwolf Center — Phase 1 on Stillwater Road, south of the Glacier High School. DNRC
is present. Public Works has already submitted their comments. DNRC requested to defer
the full construction of Stillwater Road and in exchange, do the necessary improvements
along the Forest Service property when Phase 2 comes in. Public Works wanted the
Stillwater Road done to city standards. They could call Aspen to get an agreement between
the two groups to get the road built and DNRC would reimburse Aspen. Stelling — DNRC
will put RFP out to developers for phase 2. Ideally, Aspen will build the whole road. The
Forest Service Road area will not get done if we have DNRC do Stillwater Road for only
their road frontage. The City would require DNRC to bond for Stillwater. Anne will look
into the bond issue. The complete design would need to be done by final plat. Public Works
could find out what the cost of the taper and paving to complete the Forest Service road area,
including the storm drainage, lighting and asphalt. Anne will discuss this with Steve Lorch
tomorrow. Require Stillwater to be upgraded to Urban Standards, but it could be bonded for
if DNRC includes the Forest Service area. They could put in their infrastructure now or do
the bond. The intersection of Stillwater and Farmstead Parkway will need to be in place and
functional at the time of Final Plat. Improvements on Farmstead Parkway. Sidewalk and
maintenance issues were discussed on the south side of the road. RFP could include
maintenance of these areas. Tom is concerned with fairness to the developers requiring
improvements to south side of road be a requirement of Phase 2. A maintenance requirement
will need to be implemented now to cover weed control for the south side of the road 2-3
times a summer. The well and legality to transfer any water rights. The City could apply to
lease the water rights. Anne will look into who has the water rights. We would ask that the
water rights be transferred at Final Plat as a condition. If the State can't legally do this, then
the requirement would be moot. Water flow — there may be an issue regarding this.
Regarding the trunk line in Phase 1, if the water main is extended using a 12" line, will we get
enough flow? Sprinklering and fire flows for the building will be looked at by DNRC. There
may be a mechanical building with a ceiling. This is R-5 with PUD overlay. They are hoping
to have a vehicle washing area and Frank stated there are many rules that go with that. The
entire subdivision must have 100% of their design for the water main with grades and
drainage report, which needs to be divided. For the bike connection, there is a pedestrian
path overpass (an at grade tunnel of approx. 150') for the bypass. With condition to protect
corridor to the bike path, they will need to know the grade, with more of a direct line to the
Glacier High School campus. They need to have everything in by January 29th, to go to the
February 12th Planning Board Meeting. Temporary cul-de-sac on Farmstead going possibly
more than 600'. There is a well site protection zone. It may impact the storm sewer.
Bluestone — 86 acres west of Kidsports. Revised plan at end of January or February.
Valley Ranch — north of Glacier Town Center on Highway 93. Residential Subdivision
coming in within the next two months. Coming in as a PUD.
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Eisinger Honda — Request from Schwarz Construction for Eisinger Honda on all of their
conditions. Working with DNRC and Treeline Road to sort out bonding requirements.
Swank and APEC Engineering are trying to work this out.
OTHER REPORTS:
Site Review Process Memorandum — Procedures were discussed last week. P J distributed
a memo regarding our Site Review process. Contact information will need to be either on the
plans or the agenda. Each department needs to review it and send their comments out to
everyone. It doesn't leave Site Review until all departments have submitted their comments
just for Site Review. They need to have one contact person for us to correspond with
(sometimes there may be multiple engineer or architectural firms for different aspects of the
project). P J will need a final written approval from each department for each project.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:45 a.m.
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