08-09-18 Site Development Review Committee MinutesSITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE SUMMARY
Thursday, August 9, 2018
Lower Level Conference Room
201 First Avenue East
ATTENDING:
Dave Dedman, Fire Chief
Patrick Jentz, Engineer I
Rick Parker, Building Plans Examiner
Tom Tabler, Senior Civil Engineer
Kathy Nelson, Recording Secretary
Keith Haskins, City Engineer
Tom Jentz, Planning & Building Director
Wade Rademacher, Police Captain
P.J. Sorensen, Chairman
GUESTS: James Freyholtz (Montana Department of Transportation); Peregrine Frissell (Daily
InterLake); Stephanie Reynolds (WGM); and Mike Brodie {for road redesign discussion} (KLJ).
HEAR THE PUBLIC: None.
PERFORMANCE BOND REMINDERS: None.
OLD BUSINESS:
Universal Mechanical — HVAC - old Merganthaler building — Center St. This went through the
Conditional Use Permit (CUP) process. Nothing new has been submitted yet. This will be on the
agenda for next week.
Sterling School — We are still waiting for their access plan with their security gate and through their
fence to the school. Civil resubmittals have been received and Public Works is working through
them. This will be on the agenda for next week.
Northwest Drywall —1109 E Oregon St; new warehouse in the Rail Park at the south end. This is
part of the PUD and the overall development. FCEDA is doing the ROW improvements, including
sidewalk and street trees. Sorensen sent them comments, including the need for a 20 ft. fire lane and
24 ft driving aisles. Lot lines were discussed, and they will need to aggregate the lot. The Geo-tech
should be coming in at some point. They are planning to be open on January 1, 2019. This will be on
the agenda for next week.
Flathead Liquor —1121 Hwy 2 W; addition. They want to add another storage addition on the west
side of the building. This expansion will trigger some stormwater work so they have decided to go
vertical with the addition. Sorensen noted that going vertical would move this back to ARC.
Stormwater work would include most likely putting in a mechanical unit on the west side. They had
consulted with TD&H, and that was their recommendation. This is on hold pending resubmittal of
new plans. This will be on the agenda for next week.
Distillery Square — 45 — 6th Ae W; exterior remodel. We are mostly looking at the changes in ROW
improvements and extending the sidewalk. Parker is waiting for the energy code from them as they
are changing all the windows out. Public Works needs a few extra notes added to the plans to detail
more of what they are doing in the ROW. This will be on the agenda for next week.
Flathead Special Ed Co-op — 21 Meridian Ct; new school building. No new plans have been
submitted yet. Part of the lot is already developed. The parking lot and the shed have been put in.
Public Works is waiting for a resubmittal. Fire is fine with this project. This will be on the agenda for
next week.
NEW BUSINESS:
Maw — 25 Appleway on the south side; apartments. Two 4-plexes. No civil plans have been
submitted yet. The parking lot will be on the east side of the lot. The approach will be onto
Appleway. Haskins stated there should be sidewalk that would cut through that and the approach
should actually go up to the road, not the ROW line. There is also a ditch that goes along the Rails to
Trails, so they would need to have some sort of a structure to go over that with their trail connection.
It will depend on their drainage easements. There is a ditch on the north side, but the south side only
has a slope. Tabler mentioned they will also need to include curb, gutter and sidewalk. This will be
on the agenda for next week.
PLANNING OFFICE ITEMS:
Eagle Valley Ranch — formerly known as Valley Ranch — 120 acres — Zone Change. South of
Ponderosa Lane and north of the Armory. The Planning Board will be having a meeting next week
on this.
OTHER REPORTS:
Meadows Edge Phase lA — Preliminary Review. Reynolds is present on behalf of this project. This
is a smaller portion of Phase 1 known as Phase IA. They will be bringing across water and sewer and
putting the mains in the middle of the road. They have hydrants and a storm drain system that sends
everything to a pond. They want to make the pond look like it is part of the natural environment and
blend it in with native plants. They are also planning for the drainage on everything else within the
larger phase to eventually reach this pond, which will end up discharging into an intermittent stream
channel/drainage Swale. There is a culvert that goes under the road and continues on and eventually
meets up with Spring Creek. When Phase 1 goes in, it will trigger improvements on Farm -to -Market
Road from Mountain Vista Way South to Three Mile Drive. When Phase 2 goes in, it will trigger
improvements on Three Mile Drive. They are planning to submit plans soon.
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The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 a.m.
Airport Road/18rb St and Airport/Hwy 93/13rb St — Redesign options were discussed after Site
Review.
cc: Police City Manager Fairgrounds MDOT
Bldg. Fire City Clerk City Airport
Planning Parks Comm. Dev. Public Works