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11-13-20 City Manager Report1 City of Kalispell OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER Information Memorandum 11/13/2020 1. Parks Department Park staff are raising tree canopies in various parks throughout the community. Staff also continue to prepare for the winter season by changing equipment to plow/blow snow. KYAC staff have moved all the collected thatch from the year to the leaf compost pile to be mulched with the cities leaves. On November 9, Zach Heidtman began working for the city as a Parks Caretaker. Zack has been a seasonal with the Parks Department since April. Prior to working for the City of Kalispell, Zach attended labor and carpenter trade schools and spent five years working in building maintenance for a condominium in Denver. Zach also worked for HPH Mechanical for nine years as a laborer. While in Denver, he was working on a History degree from MSU Denver. He has recently acquired a pesticide applicator license from the Montana Department of Agriculture. Zack brings a good understanding of park maintenance, forestry and chemical application and will be a valuable member of our team. Lions Park pavilion and log cabin are currently receiving new roofs. The old roofs were cedar shakes and were well beyond their lifespan; indicated by the numerous leaks. Plans are also underway to remodel the interior with new stalls, lights, doors, and fixtures this winter. KPR’s new activity guide was published in the Daily Interlake on Saturday, October 31. It is also available on the city website and will be emailed to all the schools. This guide highlights our parks facility rentals, community events, and youth programs starting in November and running through April 2021. Now that winter has arrived, we are looking for ice skating instructors for our beginning ice skating programs at the Woodland Ice Center beginning in December. 2 2.Public Works Engineering Division-Private Development Oversite The Engineering Division is responsible for the review of private development’s engineering design and construction to ensure compliance with the Kalispell Design and Construction Standards. The Engineering staff’s involvement expands from the initial development phase through the warranty period for the accepted City infrastructure. Below is a list of the projects and their active status currently being managed by the Engineering Division. •IN REVIEW – Engineering plans currently being reviewed by Engineering Staff. •CONSTRUCTION– Project currently in active construction phase. •POST CONST – Project at substantial construction completion; remaining items to be completed prior to city’s acceptance. •WARRANTY - Construction completed and accepted; project within 2-year warranty period. # Project Status # Project Status 1 Woodland Apartments IN REVIEW 40 Town Pump #5 New Building CONSTRUCTION 2 Stillwater Bend Subdivision - Ph1 IN REVIEW 41 KNTC Apartments Phase 2 CONSTRUCTION 3 St Matts Parking Lot Repave IN REVIEW 42 Copper Mountain Coffee CONSTRUCTION 4 Owl View Landing - Phase 2 - Bldg 1 IN REVIEW 43 4th and Zuri CONSTRUCTION 5 Global Storage APPROVED 44 Sherwin Williams CONSTRUCTION 6 Flathead Industries APPROVED 45 Big Sky I.V CONSTRUCTION 7 Northland Subdivision Phase 5D APPROVED 46 Airport Road Sidewalk/Inters CONSTRUCTION 8 The Great Indoors - Silverbrook APPROVED 47 FedEx Trailer CONSTRUCTION 9 Stillwater Square Apartments APPROVED 48 Brightview Phase 3 POST CONST 10 Office Addition APPROVED 49 Grandview Drive Project POST CONST 11 Westview Estates PH 5 APPROVED 50 FVCC Addition Broussard POST CONST 12 Meridian Station Apartments APPROVED 51 Bloomstone Phase 3 POST CONST 13 Immanuel Luth Comm Cottages APPROVED 52 SunRift Beer Company POST CONST 14 Bergman Phase 1 APPROVED 53 RDO Phase 3 POST CONST 15 KNTC - Kalispell North Town Center CONSTRUCTION 54 Sterling West School POST CONST 16 Jefferson Blvd. Extension CONSTRUCTION 55 Cottage Gardens POST CONST 17 Meadow Park Unit #4 CONSTRUCTION 56 Payne West Insurance POST CONST 18 Meadows Edge Phase 1B CONSTRUCTION 57 1002 S Main St - MT Exec Off POST CONST 19 Montana Basecamp CONSTRUCTION 58 Universal Mechanical POST CONST 20 Frontier Apartments CONSTRUCTION 59 Westview Estates Phase 5 POST CONST 21 South Side Estates Phase 2 CONSTRUCTION 60 Beehive Homes WARRANTY 22 Glenwood Apartments CONSTRUCTION 61 Silverbrook/Church Dr. WARRANTY 23 Kalispell City Airport Runway CONSTRUCTION 62 KNTC Apartments Phase 2 WARRANTY 24 Green Nissan CONSTRUCTION 63 Meadows Edge Phase 1A WARRANTY 25 Green Hyundai CONSTRUCTION 64 Treeline Center WARRANTY 26 Crossings at Spring Creek CONSTRUCTION 65 The Vision Clinic WARRANTY 27 Eagle Valley Ranch CONSTRUCTION 66 Glacier Village Greens Ph 20 WARRANTY 28 Silverbrook Road Improvements CONSTRUCTION 67 Beehive Homes Phase 3 WARRANTY 29 21 Appleway Dr Edge Apartments CONSTRUCTION 68 Stampede Packing Company WARRANTY 30 W Gateway Community Center CONSTRUCTION 69 South Side Estates Phase 2 WARRANTY 31 Northland Phases 5A & 5B CONSTRUCTION 70 SD5-Airport Rd. Utilities WARRANTY 32 Maw Apartments CONSTRUCTION 71 PTA Associates WARRANTY 33 Silverbrook Estates Phase 2B-B CONSTRUCTION 72 Owl View Landing WARRANTY 34 Spring Prairie Phase IV - Old Navy CONSTRUCTION 73 Lofts at Ashley WARRANTY 35 UPS Expansion CONSTRUCTION 74 Glacier Eye Clinic Addition WARRANTY 36 Morrison-Maierle Office Building CONSTRUCTION 75 Peterson Acre Subdivision WARRANTY 37 Jaxon Ridge Subdivision CONSTRUCTION 76 Flathead Gymnastics WARRANTY 38 FVCC College Center CONSTRUCTION 77 Fidelity Title WARRANTY 39 Smith's Parking Lot CONSTRUCTION 3 50/50 Sidewalk Replacement Program The 50/50 sidewalk program is winding down for the season. The City had another successful construction season with various curb and sidewalk projects completed throughout the city. Projects this year included a mix of private property and City ADA accessibility projects. This construction season to date, Sandon Construction has completed 36 work orders that included 8.9 blocks of sidewalk and 2 ADA accessibility improvements. 3.Police Department Chief Overman will be participating in a statewide policy meeting with other law enforcement leaders in Helena on November 18. The goal of the meeting is to develop a statewide consistent use of force policy that meets new federal accreditation requirements to receive federal funding. Year to date calls for service are 28,216. This compares with 31,675 in 2019, and 30,330 in 2018. Chief Overman continues to participate in “Community Conversations” on KGEZ radio quarterly talking about various community and law enforcement issues. The latest interview was on November 11, speaking on homelessness, winter driving, the Co-Responder program and COVID effects on the Kalispell Police Department. 4.Information Services IT staff is working to decommission a server that impacts many departments. The fire department received new servers for the north fire station and the downtown station to allow the department user profiles to be removed from the old server. A server at the north station was also decommissioned. City IT worked through the setup and the new servers are supporting user profiles to both stations. Trevor Glennon has started as the new IT Support Specialist. Trevor will work out of City Hall, along with the rest of IT. GIS staff are working with drone imagery to benefit the in-house design projects the public works department have every year. Before the drone imagery was available, we used Google earth for an overview and then had to carefully survey projects to show contractors what was around the project; power poles, fences, trees, sidewalks, etc. With the drone, we can use the high-quality imagery to fill in much of the background data needed and provide clear reference in the field to where things exist. This is likely to save a significant amount of time both surveying and inputing the data into CAD. There are also likely benefits for the contracting community as they gain a better understanding of what the project looks like during the bidding process if they aren’t able to visit the site in person. 4 5.Building Department In the last 2 weeks, we have issued permits for 6 single-family homes, 10 townhomes and 2 duplexes. This brings the total of new single-family/duplex and townhouse units for the year to 268, compared to 134 at the same time last year. There have been 156 multi-family housing units issued so far this year. At the end of 2019, the building department had issued permits for a total of 84 multi-family units. There was a total of 138 combined building and/or fire inspections completed in the last 2 weeks. Residential – 74 Plumbing – 14 Commercial – 19 Mechanical - 19 Electrical – 12 Fire - 36 6.Planning Department The Planning Board held a work session on accessory dwelling units (ADU) at their November 10 meeting. Staff presented a draft zoning text amendment for the board’s discussion. The DRAFT amendment would allow a separate ADU on a lot in zones that allow duplexes (R-4, R-5, RA-1, RA-2, and H-1) in addition to those zones which already allow them. Following a lengthy discussion, the Board felt the amendments were reasonable and directed staff to prepare the text amendment for their next regularly scheduled meeting on December 8. This meeting will be a legally noticed public hearing where the board can solicit further public comment regarding the proposed amendment. 7.Community Development The City of Kalispell has acquired the rail line through the Kalispell Core Area paving the way for removal of the track to be replaced with a linear pedestrian park and trail, spanning approximately 1.6 miles from Meridian Road to the bridge over Highway 2 East. Additionally, the City has worked with Klarr Locomotive Industries to locate and restore Great Northern locomotive #657. The #657 has made its way from Washington to Kalispell and will soon take the place of the current engine located above Woodland Park. A combined, virtual web-based hearing will be held by the City of Kalispell, Flathead County, NeighborWorks Montana, Northwest Montana Community Land Trust, Inc., Samaritan House, Inc., Montana West Economic Development, and Kalispell Regional Healthcare at 1:00 p.m., November 19. The purpose of this hearing is to obtain the views of community residents regarding community development needs and priorities of the 5 City of Kalispell and Flathead County for economic development, housing and neighborhood revitalization, and public facilities. The CDBG program is administered by the State of Montana Department of Commerce and will make available to eligible local governments funding for housing, economic development, public facilities, public infrastructure, and planning activities, with the principal purpose of benefitting low/moderate income persons. The hearing will provide further information about the CDBG program and will allow for citizen participation in the development of any proposed grant applications. During the public hearing, community members will be given the opportunity to express their opinions regarding community needs and the type of projects that should be considered. For more information or to register for the hearing via Zoom, please contact the City of Kalispell Development Services Department via email CDBG@kalispell.com or phone 406-758-7738 or visit our webpage, https://www.kalispell.com/581/Community-Development-Block-Grant.