11-27-19 City Manager ReportKALISPELL
1. Police Department
City of Kalispell
OFFICE OF THE CITY
Information Memorandum
11 /27/2019
MANAGER
Attached is the most recent activity report from the police department.
Officer Dustin Willey will be graduating from the Montana Law Enforcement Academy
on December 5. Officer Willey will then return to the police department to continue his
field training program.
Two new officers will be joining the Kalispell Police Department on December 3, with a
week of orientation. Both officers are slated to attend the Montana Law Enforcement
Academy beginning in early January.
With the announced retirement of Senior Sergeant Allen Bardwell and Detective
Michelle O'Neil, the Kalispell Police Department began a new hiring process on
November 13. Testing is scheduled to be conducted on January 7, with background
investigations and interviews to follow.
Captain Jim Wardensky was able to adapt a secured area in our search bay to securely
hold overflow evidence. This allowed the police department to discontinue the rental of
an offsite storage container.
2. Parks Department
On November 25, a forestry contractor began the pruning and removal of 31 hazardous
trees in and around Woodland Park. Park staff will be disposing of the larger wood from
the project once the Arborist has chipped and removed the smaller debris. Utilizing park
staff and working with the contractor, the City is able to save $11,000.00 on this project.
On November 16, Eagle Scout candidate Jarom Holcomb installed a footbridge along the
nature trail at Lawrence Park towards the Whitefish Stage side of the trail. Jarom was
able to fundraise for the materials needed to complete the project.
Park staff have been hanging the large wreaths on city buildings downtown and installing
lights on the Christmas tree at Depot Park for the annual lighting, following the annual
Christmas parade on December 6.
Graffiti continues to be a challenge in many city parks. Lions, Woodland, and
Hawthorne parks have all been tagged recently. With the colder weather it makes it more
difficult and time consuming to clean or cover up.
We will be starting our youth ice skating lessons at the Woodland Ice
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Center in early December. Our first session will run from December
3-12. The second session will start in Januaryafter the holidays.
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Our Santa's Calling event will be taking place on December 4. Parents that are interested
can register their children to receive a personal phone call from Santa. Our volunteer
Santa's are given a list of children to contact along with some information about each
child.
We will be offering 6 full
days of camp over winter
break, December 26-27, 30-
31, and January 2-3. The full
schedule is now available
and includes STEM Gem
activities, field trips and
many other activities. The
field trips this year include:
Signature theater to see
Frozen 2 (December 26), Ice
skating (December 31), and
rock climbing (January 3).
3. Planning Department
2019-2020 Freeze Out Camp
Day
Thursday, Dec. 26
Friday, Dec. 27 Monday, Dec. 30 Tuesday, Dec. 31
Thursday, Jan. 2 Friday, Jan. 3
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CIRCLE TIME
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CIRCLE TIME
Snowflakes
CIRCLE TIME
'Hinter Sports
CIRCLE TIME
Arctic Animals
CIRCLE TIME
Ice
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ARTWORK
FIELD TRIP PREP
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(Free time: Playdough, completing art, repeating science, indoor -outdoor organized group games & mare!)
The Planning Board, at the December 10 board meeting, will hear a request by Mark
Schwager to annex 10-acres of land into the city and zone the land City R-2 (Residential)
upon annexation. The property is located at 155 Tronstad Road and is currently
undeveloped grasslands. There are no development plans at this time.
Staff presented the Kalispell trail project to the Kalispell Sunrise Lions this past Monday
morning. The Lions are developing a plan to be involved in some manner with the trail.
4. Building Department
In the last 2 weeks, we have issued permits for 2 single-family homes and 6 townhomes.
That will bring the total of new single-family/duplex and townhouse units for the year to
143, compared to 127 last year at this time. Multi -family units for the year remain at 80.
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Last year, at this time, we had issued permits for 66 multi -family units.
The permit was issued for the St Matthews Church restoration project located at 601 lst
Ave W. The project is valued at $1.1 million.
5. Community Development
A Phase I environmental site assessment report on BNSF's right of way running 1.6
miles through the City of Kalispell has been completed. The report serves as an overview
of historic uses of the property and documents known areas of potential environmental
impact from those uses and from neighboring properties. The completion of this report is
one of several steps necessary in the acquisition of the property by the City which is
expected to be completed January 2020. As part of the Kalispell Core and Rail
Redevelopment Plan and USDOT TIGER grant project, the old railroad tracks on this
property will be removed and replaced with a linear trail and park scheduled for
construction in fall 2020.
The USEPA has awarded a National Notable Achievement Award, Brownfields Land
Revitalization Team Award to the Western Montana Revitalization Team. This award is
in recognition of Kalispell's Core and Rail Redevelopment project along with other
significant brownfields initiatives in Missoula, Anaconda/Butte, and Great Falls.
6. Public Works
Traffic Signs and Signals
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The Traffic, Signs, and Signals Department recently
replaced the school zone flasher on Whitefish Stage Road.
They were able to make the school zone sign in-house and
' installed the flashing ring on the top of the sign. The poles,
bases, and cabinets were re -purposed for the project to keep
costs down. The lighting ring around the sign flashes 7 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The speed is displayed
below the sign and when drivers exceed 35 miles per hour
during those hours, the current speed flashes with the
message to slow down. After 5 p.m. when the ring turns off,
the feedback sign still runs, but the excessive speed is set to 45 miles per hour
New WWTP Bio-cell Instrumentation
In November, the treatment plant installed updated dissolve oxygen probes, OPR probes,
nitrate probes, and controllers in the Bio-cells and new pH
and ORP probes in the fermenter.
The new dissolved oxygen probes replace older probes that
were obsolete, and incorporate new technology that requires
less maintenance with improved accuracy. The red buoys
keep the probes suspended in the process at a consistent
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depth, which provides readings that are more accurate.
The nitrate probe monitors nitrate levels in the bio-cells and communicates through the
plant's communications system to optimize pumping rates of the Mixed Liquor Return
(MRL) pumps. These pumps send Nitrate rich flow to key areas of the WWTP in an
effort to maximize Nitrate removal.
The new pH and ORP probes in the fermenter provide real-time parameter readings that
allow the Operators to make adjustments that aid in the prevention of upset conditions. A
properly operating fermenter provides conditions for efficiently removing phosphorus
from the plant effluent, reduces the potential for foaming in other areas of the WWTP,
and helps with the digestion of solids in the primary digester.
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January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Totals
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests il
Homicide
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
SIWOC/Sexual Assault
5
1
3
0
3
0
6
0
4
0
3
0
1
0
1
1
7
1
6
0
39
3
Robbery
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Aggravated Assault
6
3
6
1
3
1
3
1
7
2
2
1
4
1
10
8
2
0
8
3
51
21
Assault on a Peace Officer
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Simple Assault
7
4
5
6
12
6
16
11
10
2
8
5
9
5
18
10
6
3
8
3
99
55
PFMA
14
11
7
6
12
7
12
7
7
6
8
4
8
4
10
6
10
7
8
6
96
64
Resisting Arrest
4
5
3
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
8
8
2
1
3
3
3
3
5
5
33
31
Burglary
7
4
6
3
2
0
6
1
6
0
5
1
8
1
10
1
8
1
4
0
62
12
Theft
51
17
48
22
32
12
49
11
77
9
63
11
78
14
63
27
69
17
78
24
608
164
Vehicle Theft/Unauth Use
2
0
2
0
4
2
7
0
8
1
5
0
8
1
8
1
0
0
7
1
51
6
Arson
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Forgery/Counterfeit
1
0
5
0
9
2
4
1
8
0
0
0
4
0
3
0
9
1
15
1
58
5
Fraud
6
0
9
3
3
1
4
0
8
0
5
1
1
0
6
1
8
1
5
1
55
8
Theft of Identity
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
8
0
Embezzlement
1
1
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
7
5
Stolen Property offenses
1
1
2
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
3
0
5
3
3
1
5
4
24
9
Criminal Mischief
11
1
4
2
14
4
18
3
18
6
17
2
25
1
18
1
14
3
14
0
153
23
Weapon Law Violations
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
5
3
Prostitution Offenses
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Child Pornography
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
Drug Offenses
41
22
24
17
37
25
33
17
22
15
30
20
34
16
47
31
42
19
36
19
346
201
Family Offenses (non-violent)
2
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
8
2
DUI
13
15
7
5
13
13
7
1 6
7
6
9
8
10
1 10
11
10
7
7
10
9
94
89
Possession of Alcohol
0
0
0
0
1
0
4
8
4
4
3
8
2
2
8
23
2
4
8
7
32
56
Provide Alcohol to Minor
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other Alcohol Offenses
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
Kidnapping/Custodiallnt.
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
4
1
Disorderly Conduct
4
2
6
3
7
7
6
4
7
5
7
5
5
5
4
3
5
4
7
6
58
44
Criminal Trespass
12
7
5
2
5
5
14
6
18
3
16
9
25
14
21
15
18
9
19
10
153
80
Violation of Protective Order
2
1
4
1
4
1
2
0
5
2
2
1
6
0
1
0
2
1
6
2
34
9
Obstructing a peace officer
9
10
7
4
9
8
10
10
5
3
8
9
8
6
9
11
9
6
10
8
84
75
Juvenile Offenses (except MIP)
10
9
10
3
11
10
12
9
7
7
6
7
10
2
7
8
4
2
3
2
80
59
Other Offenses
49
49
48
48
53
48
38
35
38
37
48
45
39
40
53
52
41
38
46
43
453
435
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260
163
215
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247
157
254
1 133
276
1 110
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1 146
292
124
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217
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