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03-18-22 City Manager Report and Arrest and Case Reports1 City of Kalispell OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER Information Memorandum 3/18/2022 1.Fire Department The Kalispell Fire Department responded to 162 calls for service from February 22 to March 8. Of the 162 calls: 125 were EMS related, 11 were dispatched and cancelled enroute, and 2 calls were for fires in structures or other buildings. The Fire Department participated in several public outreach events in early March, including, presenting at Driver’s Education classes, Read Across America at Logan Health Kids Care, and conducting a station tour for a pre-kindergarten program. Paramedics are currently working on their Pediatric Advanced Life Support certifications. Advanced EMT’s and Paramedics are in also in the process of renewing the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians and Montana medical licenses. The Department conducted a second rope refresher course at Station 62. 27 of the 32 members were able to participate. This is required knowledge for Firefighter 2 certification and confined space requirements. 2.Public Works Pothole Locations and Repairs Street Crews are mapping, logging, and patching potholes created from winter and spring weather conditions. Temporary patch techniques consist of filling the holes with cold mix, hot recycled asphalt millings, or gravel. Temporary patching will continue until the asphalt plants start operating this spring. Public Works encourages citizens to call the office number at 758-7720 to report potholes in their area. The faster staff can respond to potholes, even if it is only a temporary fix, minimizes the deterioration of the road. The potholes are placed on a list and properly repaired throughout the spring/summer season. 2 2022 City Road Load Limits Load limits are placed on city roadways to prevent deterioration from heavy vehicle traffic on gravel and asphalt road surfaces in the spring. Effective March 3 - Load Limits of 350lbs per inch of tire width, 7-ton single axle, 14 ton tandem axle are in place for: •Stillwater Road - Three Mile Drive to Old Reserve Drive •Four Mile Drive - W Spring Creek to Stillwater Road •Spring Creek Road - Four Mile Drive to Old Reserve Drive •Whitefish Stage Road - County load limit of 400 lbs. per inch City Road conditions are assessed daily, and additional road sections may be added as necessary. Warning signage will be installed to inform the truck traffic per City regulations. Load limit removals vary annually but are typically removed by May of each year. 3.Police Department Attached is the latest case report from the Kalispell Police Department. Chief Overman has been appointed to the Montana Board of Crime Control. The mission of the Montana Board of Crime Control is to proactively contribute to public safety, crime prevention, and victim assistance through planning, policy development and coordination of the justice system in partnership with citizens, government, and communities. Officers George Minaglia and Ian Whipple have completed field training and will be going to assignment in the patrol division. In continuing discussions regarding future planning, Chief Overman attended a public safety building design seminar that reviewed factors related to design of operations space needs and factors involved in project implementation. Officers Cory Clarke and Dennis Petersen attended Background Investigations for Police Applicants. Taught nationally, this 12-hour course enables investigators to uncover more about an applicant through a systematic approach to the investigation in order to be better prepared in the hiring process. 3 4.Parks Department Park staff are working on transitioning our equipment to spring operations. The weather has recently enabled us to sweep all trails within the park system. Entry signs in some of our parks have been vandalized to the point that new ones were needed. To help save money and expedite installation, our field staff have been able to make the sign blanks, router the lettering and will paint them as well. Request for proposals have been distributed for a trail study of the Highway 93 north connection from West Wyoming up to Bountiful drive. The trail study is to look at feasibility and the constructibility of 2 options. The first option is to keep the trail within MDT right-of-way (or on system) and the second is a combination of on-system, City right-of-way and an easement across private property (off system). On system trails do not require a match if a grant is awarded through MAP21. If the trail is awarded and there are off system components, a match is required for funding. Forestry is now pruning on 6th Avenue East along the 1300 block. The Urban Forest Committee is actively planning Arbor Day for April 29, at Woodland Park. The board is working on soliciting sponsorships and volunteers for the event. We would also like to congratulate Krissy Rhoades from Flathead High Schools Graphic Arts Class for this year’s logo. Her logo was chosen to help us celebrate Arbor Day. We are actively recruiting for staff at both the Woodland Water Park and Camp Woodland Summer Day Camp. We will be attending job fairs at Flathead High School on Thursday, March 31, and Glacier High School on Thursday, April 7. We will also be at Linderman on Tuesday, April 12, and the Northwest Montana Job Fair at the County Fairgrounds on Thursday, April 14. We have four weeks left in our Little Dribblers youth basketball league with the program ending on Saturday, April 19. Our next youth sports league, Spring Soccer, will begin Wednesday, April 22. The early registration deadline is Friday, March 25 and registration deadline for Spring Soccer is Friday, April 8. 5.Planning Department The Kalispell City Planning Board will hold a public hearing at their April 12 meeting and take public comments on the agenda items listed below: 4 1.File # KA-22-01 – A request from Ryan Koistinen for annexation and initial zoning of RA-1 (Residential Apartment) for property located at 1801 and 1823 5th Avenue East. The proposal involves two properties that will be subject to a boundary line adjustment (Assessors Tracts 8D and 8KA). The applicant owns Tract 8D/1823 5th Avenue East, which is partially in the city. Flathead Electric Cooperative, Inc. owns Tract 8KA, which is also partially in the city. The boundary line adjustment would take approximately 0.256 acres of land from Tract 8KA and add it to Tract 8D. This request would annex the entirety of the expanded Tract 8D into the city with an RA-1 zoning designation, with a total of 0.43 acres to be annexed. 2.File #KZC-22-02 – A request from John Todd to change the current zoning of properties located at 128 and 130 2nd Street East and certain adjoining properties from RA-2 (Residential Apartment/Office) to B-4 (Central Business). The combined properties (other owners include the City of Kalispell and Villa Normandy, LLC) contain approximately 0.44 acres of land and can be described as Lots 1, 2, and the northern 37.5 feet of Lot 3, Block 57 of Kalispell Original Township. 3.Files #KPP-22-03 and KCU-22-01 – A request from Housing Solutions, Inc, for a conditional use permit for a multi-family residential development and major preliminary plat approval for one additional lot within an existing subdivision. The new lot would contain approximately 1.01 acres. The development would include 31 senior housing units which are rent and income restricted, supported by tax credits administered through the Montana Board of Housing. The property is in a B-2 (General Business) zone at 1203 Highway 2 West (Gateway West Mall) with the project to be located in the northern portion of the property. 4.File #KPP-22-04 – A request from Stillwater Corporation for preliminary plat approval for Kalispell North Town Center Phase 5, a major residential subdivision with 37 lots on approximately 10.6 acres in lots, roads, and common area. The property is zoned R-3 (Residential) with a Planned Unit Development overlay. It is located on the east side of Jefferson Boulevard and can be described as Tract 9- A of the Amended Plat of Block 3 of Kalispell North Town Center, Phase 2, located in the southwest quarter of Section 19, Township 29 North, Range 21 West, P.M. The planning board will also hold a work session on the item listed below (no action will be taken on these items): 1.Files #KA-22-01 and KPUD-22-01 – A request from Kelcey and Tawnya Bingham for annexation and initial zoning with a Commercial Planned Unit Development overlay on approximately 37.6 acres of land. The development, called the Farm District, would be a mixed-use development with a focus on a 150,000 square foot indoor youth athletic and arts facility along with commercial and residential uses. The property is located at the northwest corner of Highway 93 North and Church Drive and can be described as a tract of land situated, lying 5 and being in the east half of the southeast quarter of Section 12, Township 29 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M, Flathead County, Montana. 2.File #KPUD-22-02 – A request from JCA Management, LLC, for a Commercial Planned Unit Development (“PUD”) overlay on approximately 9.72 acres of land. The property is currently zoned B-2 with a placeholder PUD overlay, which requires a full PUD submittal prior to development. The proposal includes locating a truck and RV Center on the property. The property is located at 3178 Highway 93 South near the intersection of Highway 93 and the Bypass. 3.Files #KA-22-03, KGPA-22-01 and KZC-22-03 – A request from Spartan Holdings for a zone change, growth policy map amendment and annexation and initial zoning of property, to be known as Eagle Valley Ranch Addition on 6.8 acres of land. The developer of Eagle Valley Ranch PUD has acquired land adjacent their development (Home Outfitters) and neighboring property currently within the County that is being requested to be included in the Eagle Valley Ranch PUD. The application includes a zone change of the existing Home Outfitters building which is City R-2 to the Eagle Valley Rand PUD, and annexation and initial zoning of surrounding County property from County SAG- 10 to the Eagle Valley Ranch PUD. The request would also include a growth policy map amendment from suburban residential to urban mixed use on those properties annexing into the city, allowing for neighborhood commercial uses, similar to the commercial properties within the current Eagle Valley Ranch PUD. The goal of the change is similar to that of the original PUD which is to provide a diverse neighborhood close to existing services and commercial development on the north side of Kalispell and allows for inclusion of properties that are currently segregated from the development. Documents pertaining to the agenda items are on file for public inspection at the Kalispell Planning Department, 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell, MT 59901, and are available for public review during regular office hours. In addition, information on the agenda items is posted on our website at https://mt-kalispell.civicplus.com/314/Planning-Board under planning board “upcoming agenda.” 6.Building Department In the last 2 weeks, we have issued permits for 2 single-family homes and 4 townhomes. This brings the total of new single-family/duplex and townhouse units for the year to 33, compared to 44 at this time last year. There have been 24 multi-family housing units issued so far this year, which is the same as last year. There was a total of 133 combined building and/or fire inspections completed in the last 3 weeks. Residential – 40 Plumbing – 14 6 Commercial – 23 Mechanical - 14 Electrical – 12 Fire – 30 7.Community Development The City of Kalispell is collaborating with the Montana Department of Transportation to submit a construction grant application to US DOT’s RAISE (Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity). The proposed project for construction funding includes multiple components on West Reserve Drive, stretching from Hutton Ranch to the east side of the Whitefish Stage Road intersection. Maximum funding award is $25 million. Grant applications are due April 14, and notice of awards will be in August 2022. Community Development is assisting two prospective purchasers of Core Area properties by utilizing the City’s EPA Brownfields Assessment grant funds to conduct phase I environmental site assessments (ESA). The City contracts with qualified environmental professional consulting firms to conduct the phase I reports which are paid for by the City’s grant funding. A phase I ESA is a report on previous uses of a property to gauge if there is a need for further study or if the property has no indication of negative environmental impacts from development that might require remediation. The phase I is an important due diligence step for a purchaser in establishing prospective purchaser protections. In addition to the two Core Area phase I’s, the City is also working with Samaritan House to provide a phase I ESA as a part of their previously approved CDBG Planning Grant for expansion of services to homeless individuals and families. Community Development gathered a Downtown Parking Stakeholder Group to address upcoming changes to downtown parking in anticipation of the construction of the Charles Hotel and the parking garage. These projects will displace current permit parking on the 3rd & Main (Valley Bank) and Eagle’s lots. The group will meet as needed through the construction period to review and recommend temporary parking restrictions and organize public notification regarding available parking as it changes. 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 Crimes Against Persons Homicide/Justifiable Homicide 0 0 0 0 0 0 SIWOC/Sexual Assault 8 1 3 0 11 1 Robbery 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aggravated Assault 9 0 9 6 18 6 Assault on a Peace Officer 0 0 0 0 0 0 Simple Assault 13 8 6 4 19 12 PFMA 5 2 15 7 20 9 Resisting Arrest 3 2 6 4 9 6 Crimes Against Property Burglary 3 0 1 0 4 0 Theft 49 23 63 33 112 56 Vehicle Theft/Unauth Use 1 2 5 0 6 2 Arson 1 0 0 0 1 0 Forgery/Counterfeit 4 0 3 0 7 0 Fraud 7 2 2 0 9 2 Theft of Identity 1 0 0 0 1 0 Embezzlement 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stolen Property offenses 0 0 1 0 1 0 Criminal Mischief 12 4 20 3 32 7 Crimes Against Society Weapon Law Violations 0 0 2 0 2 0 Prostitution Offenses 0 0 0 0 0 0 Child Pornography 0 0 2 0 2 0 Drug Offenses 14 11 26 10 40 21 Family Offenses (non-violent)2 0 0 0 2 0 DUI 8 8 9 9 17 17 Possession of Alcohol 2 0 0 2 2 2 Provide Alcohol to Minor 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other Alcohol Offenses 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kidnapping/Custodial Int.0 0 0 0 0 0 Disorderly Conduct 2 2 4 2 6 4 Criminal Trespass 29 20 25 21 54 41 Violation of Protective Order 2 0 3 0 5 0 Obstructing a peace officer 5 3 6 3 11 6 Juvenile Offenses (except MIP)2 0 2 0 4 0 Other Offenses 19 20 25 18 44 38 Total 201 108 238 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 439 230 Traffic Traffic Stops Cites Traffic Stops Cites Traffic Stops Cites Traffic Stops Cites Traffic Stops Cites Traffic Stops Cites Traffic Stops Cites Traffic Stops Cites Traffic Stops Cites Traffic Stops Cites Traffic Stops Cites Traffic Stops Cites Traffic Stops Cites 396 300 374 316 770 616 Total Calls for Service 552328592664 Kalispell Police Department Case and Arrest Reports - 2022 January February March April May June July August September October November December Totals