Resolution 5362C - NOT ACTED ON - Reject West Kalispell Growth Policy Amendment05/04/2009
RESOLUTION NO.5362C NOT ACTED ON
A RESOLUTION REJECTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE KALISPELL GROWTH
POLICY 2020.
WHEREAS, pursuant to MCA 7-1-601 the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020 was originally adopted
by the Kalispell City Council on February 18, 2003, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the statutory requirement that the enacted growth policy be reviewed on a
regular basis the Kalispell Planning Board has been reviewing land use information,
traffic patterns, environmental constraints, and growth trends in the areas west and
northwest of Kalispell, and
WHEREAS, based upon its review the Planning Board determined that it would be appropriate to
expand the Growth Policy boundaries westerly and northwesterly to address the need
to promote orderly growth and development in this area, and
WHEREAS, the area to be included is described generally as the area west of Stillwater River and
Stillwater Road, north of Two Mile Drive, east of Farm to Market Road, and south of
Church Drive, and
WHEREAS, on February 10, 2009, the Kalispell City Planning Board held a public hearing, after
due and proper notice, received public comment upon, and reviewed Kalispell
Planning Department report #KGPA-09-1, which evaluated the proposal based upon
the goals and objectives of the Growth Policy, the purpose of zoning 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 #KGPA-09-1, 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 April 6, 2009, passed Resolution 5351, 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 April 20,
2009, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kalispell, after due and proper notice, held a public
hearing on April 20, 2009, and received three (3) public comments on the
recommendations of the City Planning Board and the Kalispell Planning Department
report #KGPA-09-1, which evaluated the proposal based upon the goals and
objectives of the Growth Policy, the purpose of zoning and current circumstances in
the planning jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, based upon the recommendations of the Kalispell Planning Board, as well as
considering all of the evidence provided by oral and written public comment, 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, pursuant to the recommendations of the
City Planning Board, said proposed amendment consisting of including
approximately 16 square miles in the Potential Utility Service Area and assigning an
appropriate land use only at such time and upon annexation to the city for the
following reasons:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. That pursuant to Section 76-1-604, MCA, the City Council of the City of
Kalispell hereby rejects the amendment that was the subject of the Kalispell
Planning Department report #KGPA-09-1 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 4TH DAY OF MAY, 2009.
ATTEST:
Theresa White
City Clerk
Pamela B. Kennedy
Mayor