07/12/99 SP City Council Minutes1490
A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE KALISPELL CITY COUNCIL WAS HELD AT 12:00
P.M. MONDAY, JULY 12, 1999, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL IN
KALISPELL, MONTANA. MAYOR WILLIAM E. BOHARSKI PRESIDED. COUNCIL
MEMBERS JIM ATKINSON, NORBERT DONAHUE, JOHN GRAVES, DALE HAARR,
DUANE LARSON, GARY NYSTUL, DOUG SCARFF, RON VAN NATTA AND CITY
ATTORNEY GLEN NEIER AND CITY MANAGER CHRIS KUKULSKI WERE PRESENT.
Mayor Boharski called the meeting to order.
AGENDA APPROVAL
Haarr moved approval of the Agenda as presented. The motion was
seconded by Nystul.
There was no discussion.
The motion carried unanimously upon vote.
HEAR THE PUBLIC
None
ORDINANCE 1324 - ADOPTING DOMESITE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT - 2ND
READING
Scarff moved second reading of Ordinance 1324, an ordinance
approving a Planned Unit Development on certain real property owned
by the Department of Transportation, State of Montana and Pack and
Co. The motion was seconded by Haarr.
There was discussion.
Kukulski explained there were only two changes made to the
agreement since the first reading. He said the first was the
removal of language requiring the Council to approve any signs and
the second dealt with recording the agreement and all major
amendments.
Bill Goodman, KM Building, said he should have spoken sooner, but
he's concerned what economic impact the additional commercial
footage will have on the area. He said the proposed development
will not generate any new customers, they will have to come from
the existing base, creating a larger glut on the market.
Donahue said even though he feels the agreement the City has now is
a better agreement than when the process started, he hopes things
will be different in the future. He said for one thing, he doesn't
think the Planning Board asked the right questions when it came to
the water well and pollution. In addition, he said these projects
need to come before the Council in work sessions and agreements
need to be finalized prior to any annexation.
Larson agreed that the process was flawed from the beginning and
the City is overbuilding on commercial, but he will vote in favor
of the project because he sees no useful purpose in voting against
it.
Haarr said there is a tremendous amount of vacant retail space in
the valley, but he feels this project will have a positive impact
on the area by improving the tax base and promote a re-energization
of the Gateway West Mall area.
Nystul said he will once again vote against the ordinance,
primarily because of the process and not the project.
The motion carried upon roll call vote with Donahue, Graves, Haarr,
Larson, Scarff, Van Natta and Boharski voting in favor, and
Atkinson and Nystul voting against.
ADJOURN
The meeting was adjourned at 12:23 p.m.
Wm. E. Boharski
Mayor
ATTEST:
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eresa White
City Clerk
approved July 19, 1999