12-16-22 City Manager Report and Arrest Report1
City of Kalispell
OFFICE OF THE CITY
MANAGER
Information Memorandum
12/16/2022
1.Parks Department
With the recent cooler weather, parks crews were able to broom and flood the Woodland
Park Pond on December 12. Anticipated cold weather should keep the ice in good shape
for skating through the holiday week. Our practice for maintaining the ice is as follows:
•Ice must be 5” for us to put staff and equipment onto the ice.
•Snow is removed with a snowblower.
•Temperatures must not be projected to rise to more than 25 degrees Fahrenheit for
the day when flooding is scheduled. Usually, we will come in at 6am to flood to
take advantage of it being cooler and ability to freeze before afternoon.
•Prior to flooding, we will use a broom on a piece of equipment to remove snow or
small ice chunks. If snow and ice chunks are not removed prior to flooding, the
surface can be abrasive. (We will not flood if snow is forecasted during the time
it takes time for the water to freeze)
Forestry crews continue to work through storm damage calls and our normal pruning
cycle. Crews are currently on 3rd Avenue West.
The Kalispell Kids After School Program is nearing the end of the
year with only one week left until Winter Break. The kids have
participated in activities such as making reindeer hats and
gingerbread people, and have other activities planned for the
remaining days of school.
Freeze Out Camp registration is open. Freeze Out Camp will take
place December 22-23 and December 27-30. We are over half
capacity for every day offered and are receiving 2-3 new registrations daily.
The second session of Ice-Skating Lessons is now full and session 3 is nearing capacity.
This puts the program at the same pace as last year’s record participation levels. Session
1 began on December 6 and will end on December 15. Session 2 will start up on January
3.
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Cheerleading Camps are open for registration. Glacier Cheer Camp will take place on
January 7, and Flathead Cheer Camp on February 11. A portion of the proceeds go to the
cheerleading squads of Glacier and Flathead High Schools.
We are in week 6 of the Adult Futsal league. There are 12 teams in the
league who are each guaranteed 14 games, including playoffs, which
run through February 23. Games are played at Edgerton Elementary on
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 7-9pm.
Registration is open for Kalispell Kickers. The season starts January
21, and games will be played Rankin Elementary on Saturdays between 8am-6pm. Early
registration deadline is December 23 at 5pm. The regular registration deadline is January
6 at 5pm.
Registration is open for Spring Little Dribblers. The season starts March 11. Games will
be played at Rankin, Russell, and Peterson elementary schools on Saturdays between 8am
-6pm. Early registration deadline is February 11 at 5pm. The regular registration
deadline is February 25 at 5pm.
2.Police Department
Attached is the latest case report for the Kalispell Police Department.
On December 8, the Kalispell Police Association and Walmart partnered to host “Shop
with a Cop”. SROs Jesse Allen, Garrett Smith, Eric Brinton, and Cory Clarke collected
names of students from the principals of the six School District 5 elementary schools. In
all, 13 kids were able to participate. The hope for the program is that children get
respective items while instilling a positive experience with law enforcement.
Year to date calls for service stand at 33,969, this compares with 33,440 in 2021, and
30,917 in 2020. Detective caseload stands at 648, this compares with 572 in 2021, and
425 in 2020.
Evidence Custodian Riley Horner is attending evidence room training in Meridian, Idaho
December 14 and 15. This 2-day course provides training for Law Enforcement
Personnel responsible for, or actively involved in, the operation, supervision or
management of a Property and Evidence Unit.
The Kalispell Police Department Administrative Team has completed the initial data
collection phase of the CPSM staffing study. We received and are reviewing the first
draft data report along with CPSM staff. This process will include interviews and site
visits in the coming months with an early spring target date for completion.
3.Fire Department
From the period of November 30 to December 13, the Fire Department had 186
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responses. Of these, there were 137 were medical incidents, 2 Structure Fires, 12 Motor
vehicle accident with injuries, 10 Fire alarm activations, 5 public assists, 3 Haz-Mat
incidents, 1 illegal burning and 16 dispatched and canceled.
New Ambulance bids are being received and will be opened December 19.
Administration is working on data collection for the Center for Public Safety
Management (CPSM) report.
The Fire Chief has been assisting the planning department with evaluations and
interviews for new software program.
The Department assisted our Mutual Aid partner Smith Valley Fire with a structure fire
on Coyote Canyon Road, near Foys Lake.
4.Planning Department
The Kalispell City Planning Board held a public hearing at their December 13 meeting
and took public comments on the agenda items listed below:
1.File #KCU-22-03 – A request from Mark Gillette for a conditional use permit to
allow four (4) multi-family residential units as part of a mixed-use development at
428 First Avenue West.
2.File #KCU-22-04 – A request from Aaron McPherson (Absolute Ministries) for a
conditional use permit to allow a group home for up to eight (8) individuals
located at 730 1st Ave W. The group home is anticipated to house five (5)
individuals as transitional housing as part of a faith-based drug and alcohol
rehabilitation program. Individuals in the home would participate in the first
phase of the program at a separate location and would have at least four (4)
months of continuous sobriety before coming to the home.
3.A request has been submitted to include 5th Street West between 5th Avenue West
and 6th Avenue West within the Westside Parking Management Zone. The
Westside Parking Management Zone was established by Ordinance 1759 on
August 2015. At that time, it was found that within the vicinity of Flathead High
School the demand for curbside parking far exceeds the curbside space available
resulting in limited availability of curbside parking for residents, congested streets
and compromised roadside safety. Accordingly, residents, students and teachers
have to purchase parking permits in order to park on the street within the Parking
Management Zone. Ordinance 1759 allows for the amendment of the Parking
Management Zone by increasing or reducing the boundary after holding a public
hearing before the Kalispell City Planning Board. Requests to be added or
removed from the management zone shall be done at the block face level (both
sides) of the avenue or street by petition from at least 75% of the property owners.
In this case, a petition has been submitted by property owners on the frontage
described above to be included in the Parking Management Zone. The petition
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includes a request to be included within the Parking Management Zone from 6
of the 7 property owners (85%).
The Board recommended approval of the three agenda items. Their recommendations
will be forwarded to Council for consideration at the January 3 meeting.
5.Building Department
In the last 2 weeks, we have issued permits for 1 single-family home. This brings the total
of new single-family/duplex and townhouse units for the year to 137. Last year, at this
time, we had issued 240 single-family/duplex and townhouse units.
There have been 464 multi-family housing units issued so far this year. Last year, at this
time, we had issued 608 multi-family housing units.
There was a total of 138 combined building and/or fire inspections completed in the last 2
weeks.
Residential – 23 Plumbing – 20
Commercial – 38 Mechanical - 13
Electrical – 8 Fire – 36
6.Community Development
Phase II environmental site assessments have been finalized for two properties on the
west side of Kalispell, one of which is the Samaritan House location on 2nd Street West.
The environmental sampling, analysis and reporting were conducted to accurately
characterize and quantify suspected environmental health concerns from building
materials and in the ground at these sites. The work represents roughly $75,000 worth of
services provided by the City’s EPA Brownfields Assessment grant and the EPA Region
8 Targeted Brownfields Assessment grant at no cost to the property owners.
7.Public Works
ARPA Grant Projects Update
The City was awarded $5,947,987 for stormwater, water, and wastewater projects, as part
of the completive ARPA Grant. The following table provides a summary of the status for
each project.
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Crimes Against Persons
Homicide/Justifiable Homicide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SIWOC/Sexual Assault 8 1 3 0 4 2 1 0 9 1 4 0 2 0 5 0 10 0 6 0 4 0 56 4
Robbery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Aggravated Assault 9 0 9 6 9 4 5 1 5 2 6 2 4 5 5 4 10 4 4 1 3 2 69 31
Assault on a Peace Officer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Simple Assault 13 8 6 4 6 3 5 3 3 1 11 7 11 8 9 3 6 1 10 4 12 4 92 46
PFMA 5 2 15 7 15 8 15 10 10 5 8 7 9 7 13 8 7 6 7 6 11 8 115 74
Resisting Arrest 3 2 6 4 2 2 1 1 2 2 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 39 36
Crimes Against Property
Burglary 3 0 1 0 6 5 3 1 2 1 2 0 5 1 8 1 1 1 5 2 2 0 38 12
Theft 49 23 63 33 63 27 72 27 37 17 45 16 52 26 42 14 50 16 53 21 37 18 563 238
Vehicle Theft/Unauth Use 1 2 5 0 8 3 5 0 4 0 4 0 4 1 6 3 5 1 9 0 4 1 55 11
Arson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Forgery/Counterfeit 4 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 1 25 6
Fraud 7 2 2 0 2 1 7 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 5 0 6 3 1 0 37 7
Theft of Identity 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
Embezzlement 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
Stolen Property offenses 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2
Criminal Mischief 12 4 20 3 13 2 12 2 8 3 12 3 16 2 21 5 13 3 20 4 5 0 152 31
Crimes Against Society
Weapon Law Violations 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1
Prostitution Offenses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Child Pornography 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 7 0
Drug Offenses 14 11 26 10 24 13 27 18 32 15 20 12 9 2 13 9 17 10 14 10 13 11 209 121
Family Offenses (non-violent)2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 11 1
DUI 8 8 9 9 11 10 5 4 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 9 7 7 11 11 2 2 83 81
Possession of Alcohol 2 0 0 2 2 0 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 2 4 3 2 17 18
Provide Alcohol to Minor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 7 7
Other Alcohol Offenses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 8 7
Kidnapping/Custodial Int.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
Disorderly Conduct 2 2 4 2 4 4 3 2 11 9 4 5 5 5 8 6 3 1 6 8 6 4 56 48
Criminal Trespass 29 20 25 21 22 13 30 11 10 5 22 14 22 12 17 12 23 10 24 14 14 11 238 143
Violation of Protective Order 2 0 3 0 4 1 5 2 2 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 3 3 3 1 1 2 28 12
Obstructing a peace officer 5 3 6 3 5 5 4 2 4 3 6 7 6 5 5 5 7 6 7 6 6 6 61 51
Juvenile Offenses (except MIP)2 0 2 0 5 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 9 3 5 3 6 4 39 14
Other Offenses 19 20 25 18 33 31 37 27 31 35 39 40 30 28 14 12 18 12 20 18 10 8 276 249
Total 201 108 238 122 245 135 248 116 189 114 201 127 209 119 189 102 214 97 226 125 150 89 0 0 2310 1254
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January February March April May June July August September October November December Totals
2859 2664 3035 3094 3071 3384 3285731613158332826232480