07-12-22 - Planning Board Agenda
AGENDA
KALISPELL CITY PLANNING BOARD AND ZONING COMMISSION
TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2022
The public can participate in person in the Council Chambers or via videoconferencing.
Register to join the video conference at:
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Public Comment can also be provided via email to planning@kalispell.com
The regular meeting of the Kalispell City Planning Board and Zoning Commission will be held on Tuesday,
July 12, 2022, beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Kalispell City Council Chambers, Kalispell City Hall, 201 1st
Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana.
The agenda for the meeting will be:
A. Call to Order and Roll Call
B. Approval of Minutes of June 14, 2022
C. Hear the Public – The public may comment on any matter on the agenda or not on the agenda. (Comments
are typically held to 3 minutes or less.)
D. Public Hearing:
The Planning Board will hold a public hearing and take public comments on the agenda items listed below:
1. File #KA-22-06 – A request from William and Simone Bailey for annexation and initial zoning
designation of R-3 (Residential). The annexation is to allow the property to be connected to city sewer
due to a failing septic system. The property is located at 1788 South Woodland Drive and can be
described as Lot 40 of Greenacres West – Unit No. 2, according to the map or plat thereof on file and of
record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Flathead County, Montana.
2. File #KRD-22-01 - West Side and Downtown Urban Renewal Plan Project Amendment- On December
17, 2012, Kalispell City Council adopted the Core Area Plan as an amendment to the City of Kalispell
Growth Policy 2020 by Resolution No. 5601A. The Core Area Plan addresses needs and priorities
affecting redevelopment of the Core Area. On December 4, 2017, Kalispell City Council adopted The
Downtown Plan as an amendment to the City of Kalispell Growth Policy Plan-It 2035 by Resolution No.
5846. Additionally, City Council adopted the West Side Urban Renewal-Core Area plan by Ordinance
1717 and the Downtown Urban Renewal Plan by Ordinance 1816. The City of Kalispell utilizes a Tax
Increment Finance District (TIFD) within both urban renewal plan boundaries as part of the overall
strategy to meet its needs of promoting economic development, improving area employment
opportunities, improving area housing opportunities and expanding the community’s tax base. Since
adoption of both plans, Kalispell has experienced significant population growth as documented by the US
Census and further indicted by Kalispell being named the fastest growing micropolitan area in the nation.
This population growth has exacerbated housing shortages which were already reflected by zero percent
vacancy rates across the city for years. To mitigate impacts associated with these new developments and
address blighted conditions within the plan boundaries, the city is considering including the creation of
workforce housing for individuals and families with household income of 80% to 120% of area median
income, in the associated urban renewal plan documents to facilitate projects that would seek to provide
such housing options. Identified workforce housing projects created within both plan boundaries, would
promote area housing and employment opportunities. Section 7-15-4213 requires that prior to approval of
an urban renewal project, the local governing body shall submit the project to the planning board for
review and recommendations as to its conformity with the urban renewal plan and growth policy of the
city. Accordingly, the Planning Board is tasked with reviewing the addition of workforce housing projects
in conformance with the City of Kalispell Growth Policy 2035 and making such a recommendation to the
City Council.
E. Old Business
F. New Business
G. Adjournment
Next Regular Meeting: Tuesday, August 9, 2022