05-19-22 Site Development Review Committee MinutesSITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE SUMMARY
Thursday, May 19, 2022
First Floor Conference Room
201 First Avenue East
ATTENDING:
Kari Barnhart, Planner II Rick Parker, Commercial Plan Reviewer
PJ Sorensen, Senior Planner Keith Haskins, City Engineer
Patrick Jentz, Engineer II Tom Tabler, Senior Civil Engineer
Dan Pearce, Fire Chief Rebecca Franke, MDT
GUESTS: 3
HEAR THE PUBLIC: Margaret Davis – 160 Charolette Ave – expressed concerns with the Old
Gateway Mall parking lot and the slow progress of its repair.
PERFORMANCE BOND REMINDERS:
OLD BUSINESS:
Owl View Ph 2 Building 2 - 210 Sawyer Ln; new apartment building – Discussed removing this job
from the agenda temporarily until we get building plans. Will email owner to advise. This will be on the
agenda next week.
First Interstate Bank- 2 S Main St; new drive thru teller lanes and ATM – Nothing new, no building
plans. This will be on the agenda next week.
SD#5 Transportation and Maintenance Facility- 120 School Station Ct; School bus storage and
maintenance – The fire hydrant in the northeast corner will need to be moved. This will be on the agenda
next week.
Kohls- 2248 Highway 93 N; new retail shell – Nothing new. Building is almost done reviewing the shell
plans. This will be on the agenda next week.
Meridian Apartments (Bldg E)- 50 Meridian Ct; Building 5 of Meridian Apartments (36 units) –
Nothing new. This will be on the agenda next week.
Flathead Liquor- 1121 Hwy 2 W; parking lot modification –The backflow preventer is not high enough
off the ground, it must be 12 inches off the ground. Elevations will need to be provided. Public Works
really has nothing other than tracking the disturbance. This will be on the agenda next week.
The Silos Ph 2 (Building D&G)- 655 Center St; new 36-unit multifamily building – Still waiting on a
new civil submittal, the civils that Public Works currently has on file is from March 2022 and per Keith,
Toby with Jackola advised him those were just preliminary and to not use them. The same encroachment
letter that was used on Phase 1 will also be used on Phase 2. This will be on the agenda next week.
Airport Hangar- 900 Ryan St; new airport hangar – PJ is signing off on their COS today. Per Keith their
ROW permit was cancelled so they will need to apply for a new one. Building still needs to review. This
will be on the agenda next week.
The Harper – 1280 Hwy 2 East; new 40-unit multifamily development – New. This will be on the
agenda next week.
Jiffy Lube – 1290 Hwy 2 East; new/auto service/repair facility – Nothing new. This will be on the
agenda next week.
Diamond Aire Hangar Addition – 1893 Airport Rd; addition to existing hangar – Nothing new. This
will be on the agenda next week.
Taco Bell – 535 E Idaho St; building remodel and parking lot modification – Doug with TD&H is
sending a new site plan. Chad advised if they are doing an interior remodel, they will have to update the
mulching around the building. This will be on the agenda next week.
NEW BUSINESS:
Parkland Meadows – Airport Rd; 2 new multifamily apartment buildings (Buildings A&B) –
Departments still under review, final plat has not been applied for yet. This will be on the agenda
next week.
PRELIMINARY COMMENTS – Creekside Commons – Glenwood Dr; new 31-unit
multifamily building – Jeff Walla present for preliminary review and comments. He is working
with Chad at Parks on the boulevard landscaping. Recreational amenities will be mostly indoors
since it is a senior community. Public Works would like to see sidewalks tied into ADA ramps
coming out of parking lot, the trash area looks a little tight and may need to be designed
differently to make more room along the drive isle. The doors on the trash enclosure might
interfere with traffic, might need to be sliding doors. Discussed location of water main valves
and fire hydrants. Mailbox cluster will be put indoors since it is a senior community. They
currently have more parking spaces than they need so they will be tweaking the parking lot to
provide better turn around access and fire truck access.
PRELIMINARY COMMENTS – Old Loose Change Casino Lot – Sunrift food truck lot –
Mark Rohweder present for preliminary review and comments. This use will be separate from
the brewery and restaurant, strictly just a place for food trucks to park and serve the public.
There are not any parking or bathroom requirements because these are trucks and not buildings,
if parking is found to be required there is a 50% parking reduction because it’s in the B-3 zone.
Will need to check with Department of Revenue regarding the rules if beer were to be served in
the food truck lot.
PLANNING OFFICE ITEMS: None
The meeting was adjourned at 11:00 am
cc: Police City Manager City Clerk
Building. Fire Community Development
Planning Parks Public Works
MDT