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A REGULAR MEETING OF THE KALISPELL CITY COUNCIL WAS HELD AT 7:00
P.M. MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1991, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL.
MAYOR RAUTHE PRESIDED. COUNCILMAN ATKINSON WAS ABSENT AND ALL
OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS WERE PRESENT.
Mayor Rauthe called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of
Allegiance.
CONSENT AGENDA
Approve Minutes -May 20, 1991
June 3, 1991
Approve Claims per Payables Register
Buck .moved the approval of the consent agenda. The motion was
seconded and carried with a vote.
ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL
Chamber of Commence
Nick Haren, Chamber of Commerce, invited everyone to the Chamber
of Commerce Open House at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18. There
will be a ceremony just after 4:00 to connote the final payment
on a $130,000 renovation of the old Depot Building.
Tim Hill, 1206 6th Avenue West, thanked the City, the Human
Resource Development Council and the Community Development
Department for replacing the hot water heater in his home as it
was on the verge of blowing up and could have been disastrous to
his family.
PUBLIC HEARING
Discontinue a__portion of 5th Avenue East and a portion_ of the
alley between 5th and 6th Avenue East
Proponents
Gayle Vidal, Hedges School principal, spoke in favor of the
proposed street closure. She also referred to a petition from
the School District requesting the street closure.
Opponents
Ruth Large, 845 5th Avenue East was not in opposition of the
proposed closure but was concerned about the parking situation in
front of her home.
ORDINANCES & RESOLUTIONS
Ordinance 1166-Administrative Code -First Reading
Kennedy moved Ordinance 1166, an ordinance establishing an
Administrative Code consistent with the Commission -Manager form
of Government, repealing in its entirety Chapter 2, Kalispell
City Code and establishing an effective date. The motion was
seconded.
There was discussion.
Nystul moved Section 2.6 be amended to allow for the change of
the meeting time and minor grammatical changes be permitted for
second reading of the ordinance. The motion was seconded.
With a vote the amendment carried.
Upon roll call vote the resolution carried unanimously.
Resolution 3991-Discontinue_ a portion of 5th Avenue East and a
Portion of the alley between 5th and 6th Avenue East
Moses moved Resolution 3991, a resolution to discontinue a
portion of Fifth Avenue East and a portion of the alley between
Fifth and Sixth Avenue, Block 206, as more particularly described
in Exhibit ".A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by
reference. The motion was seconded.
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After discussion it was agreed that the city will work with the
School District to make sure the 11 items discussed at the work
session will be addressed.
With a roll call vote the motion carried.
Resolution 3992-Tattoo Parlor/Land Acauisition
Granmo moved Resolution 3992, a resolution authorizing the
purchase of Lots 11 and 12, of Block 47, Kalispell original from
Robert Braig, for $52,500 and authorizing the city manager to
accept said property on behalf of said city. The motion was
seconded.
Upon roll call vote the motion carried unanimously.
This resolution was passed during the "Business from the Manager"
portion of the meeting.
BUSINESS FROM MAYOR & COUNCIL
Proclamation -Amateur Radio Week
Rauthe proclaimed June 16-23 as
proclamation.
Amateur Radio Week and read the
Report from Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee on Hwv
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Murray thanked the council, landscape architects Bruce Boody, Pat
Thomas and Chris Moore and all others for working so hard to
attempt to achieve the goal all are striving for.
Marshall Murray gave a brief summary on the history of the
committee's efforts.
Marshall Murray and Mayor Rauthe met with The Highway Engineering
Department and the Director of Highways of the State of Montana,
John Rothwell on Friday, June 14, 1991 in Helena.
North -The end result is that they will build a 5 lane highway
from Grandview to the Whitefish River and no alterations. South -
also will be a 5 lane highway.
According to the environmental assessment, the first one in 1987,
is they plan to let the contract north in 1994. And now it is
going to be in 1992 assuming there isn't some litigation that
stalls it. And we are not going to litigate this issue. We
started out wanting a highway and wanting the improvement as we
have told you and we want them as quickly as we possibly can get
them and we tried to get the design modified a little so that our
concept would be a little better in that respect.
They will give us ,,some beautification along the entire highway.
They did offer a separate bike path south of Balls Crossing to
Somers and apparently that is to divide motorists from the
bikers. We supported that group and if they want to do at least
that we are not going to argue with them. So those are the items
that we came up with in Helena with extreme disappointment.
They did agree to do 2 things. Their design is predicated on a
traffic count that is already out of date, even though they were
not going to construct until 1994. Our growth is accelerating
much more rapidly than they had anticipated. We asked them to
get current on traffic counts and to see if that might -change
their mind in any respect.
We have also completed a considerable amount of research relative
to traffic safety. All of us have doubted what we have been told.
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We found a similar county in the state of Washington, Snohomish
County, where a former landscape architect is now dealing with a
similar situation for that county and he furnished us some
information. It shows that in terms of motor vehicle miles that
the concept that they propose in some areas would be 3 1/2 and in
some areas 5 times as dangerous to a traveling motorist. Which
did get their attention and they agreed to go to Washington and
take a look. He anticipated there will be no change and they
will continue with their accelerated program of building the 5
lane highway.
Kennedy thanked the Transportation Committee for the money,
efforts, energy and hard work put into this project.
It was agreed that the City will send a letter to the Highway
Department requesting they update their traffic counts and they
review the safety issues.
Rauthe thanked the committee for all the hours, sincerity and
effort put into this project.
BUSINESS FROM MANAGER
Tattoo Parlor/Land Acquisition
Granmo moved Resolution 3992, a resolution authorizing the
purchase of Lots 11 and 12, of Block 47, Kalispell original from
Robert Braig, for $52,500 and authorizing 'the city manager to
accept said property on behalf of said city. The motion was
seconded.
There was discussion.
With a roll call vote the motion carried unanimously.
STAFF REPORTS
Next Work Sessi6n-6/24/91-7:00 p.m.
Next Regular Council Meeting-7/1/91-7:00 p.m.
County Transit Planning Meeting-6/18/91-Whitefish Council
Chambers-7:00 p.m.
ADJOURN The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
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ATTEST:
Amy H. Robertson, Finance Director
Debbie Liverman, Clerk of Council
Approved as presented with requested changes July 1, 1991