12-30-22 City Manager Report1
City of Kalispell
OFFICE OF THE CITY
MANAGER
Information Memorandum
12/30/2022
1.Parks Department
Forestry crews are pruning trees along 4th Street West and have a second crew pruning in
the Village Greens Subdivision.
Christmas tree pickup will begin December 27 and continue through January 13. Trees
should be placed in the boulevard free of Christmas lights, ornaments, and tree stands.
The Adult Futsal League is at the halfway point of the season
with no games scheduled this week due to the holidays. 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 at Rankin Elementary on
Saturdays between 8am-6pm. The registration deadline is
January 6 at 5pm.
Registration is open for spring Little Dribblers. The season
starts March 11 and games are played at Rankin, Russell, and
Peterson Elementary schools. Early registration deadline is
February 10 at 5pm and regular registration deadline is February
24 at 5pm.
Freeze Out Camp is currently underway with activities like ice skating, sledding, and
“snow science” experiments taking place over the course of the camp.
Ice Skating Lessons session 3 is now full and session 4 is currently at half capacity.
Session 2 begins next week on January 3.
Glacier and Flathead Cheerleading Camps are open for registration. Glacier Cheer Camp
is quickly approaching and will take place on January 7. Flathead Cheer Camp takes
place on February 11. A portion of the proceeds go to the cheerleading squads.
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2.Police Department
Captain Jordan Venezio has been accepted to attend the FBI National Academy in
Quantico, VA, in April of 2023. The FBI National Academy is a program of the FBI
Academy for active U.S. law enforcement personnel and also for international law
enforcement personnel who seek to enhance their credentials in their field and to raise
law enforcement standards, knowledge, and also cooperation worldwide. The FBI
National Academy is a 10-week course held four times a year.
Officers John McEntyre and Eric Miletich graduated from the Montana Law
Enforcement Academy in Helena on December 13. The officers returned to the Kalispell
Police Department and will be going through the field training program preparing them
for independent duty in the next 3-4 months.
Utilizing the winter break period, Kalispell SRT partnered with our FCSO partners and
toured the local high schools developing critical response strategy and familiarization of
the local facilities.
Police Department calls for service stand at 35,166. This compares with 34,756 in 2021,
and 32,109 in 2020. The detectives case load is currently at 668. This compares with 597
in 2021, and 440 in 2020.
3.Fire Department
From the period of December 14 to December 27, the Fire Department had 203
responses. Of these, there were 125 medical incidents, 3 Structure Fires, 11 Motor
vehicle accident with injuries, 10 Fire alarm activations-smoke scares, 11 public assists, 3
Haz-Mat incidents, 9 Broken water lines/building sprinkler systems, 1 illegal
burning, and 27 dispatched and canceled enroute.
Two ambulance bids were received, with a tentative award by Council on January 3.
Administration is working on data collection for the Center for Public Safety
Management (CPSM) report.
The Fire Chief assisted the Bigfork Fire Department with Firefighter interviews for new
positions within their organization.
Crews were called to 3 structure fires over the Christmas Holiday period. The first fire
was Saturday morning at 1658 Hwy. 35, assisting Evergreen with a well involved house
fire. The second fire was early Christmas morning at 46 Aspen Ct., also assisting
Evergreen Fire with a house fire. Lastly the third fire was Monday morning in Kalispell
at 612 4th Ave East. This was a fire that started in the basement. Evergreen Fire
responded to assist Kalispell. 1 family was displaced and there was approx. 90 to
$100,000 damage.
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Kalispell Fire will be hosting an Ice Rescue class at Foys Lake on January 10 and 11.
Members from Kalispell, Whitefish and Evergreen Fire Departments will be in
attendance.
4.Planning Department
The Kalispell City Planning Board will hold a public hearing at their January 10 meeting
and take public comments on the agenda item listed below:
1.Files #KPP-22-07 and KZC-22-05 – The application contains a request from Owl
Corporation and Flathead Village Greens, LLC, for a zone change from R-2
(Residential) to R-4 (Residential) covering approximately 182.15 acres, as well as
a request for major preliminary plat approval for Stillwater Village, a subdivision
with eight (8) phases containing a total of 181 lots (67 detached single-family and
114 attached single-family homes) on approximately 46.78 acres in lots, streets,
common areas, and land held for future development. Additionally, the plat
contains approximately 20.01 acres as park area and park access (for a total of
approximately 66.79 acres) to serve both the initial eight phases and future phases
on the overall property that are not part of the initial preliminary plat. The
property is located south of Silverbrook Estates, west of Highway 93 and
Hagerman Lane, north of Northern Pines Golf Course, and bordering the
Stillwater River on the western edge of the property.
Following the Public Hearing, the Board will hold a work session on the following
request:
1.Files #KA-22-09, KPUD-22-035, and KPP-22-08 – A request from James Barnett
for annexation, initial zoning of RA-1 (Residential Apartment) with a Residential
Planned Unit Development (“PUD”) overlay, and major preliminary plat on
approximately 20.1 acres of land. The development, called Timberwolf Ridge,
would contain up to 400 multi-family dwelling units in six (6) buildings on six (6)
lots along with parking, recreational amenities, and open space. The property is
located at 605 Stillwater Road at the intersection of Stillwater Road and
Timberwolf Parkway.
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 item is
posted on our website at https://mt-kalispell.civicplus.com/314/Planning-Board under
planning board “upcoming agenda.”
5.Building Department
In the last 2 weeks, we have issued permits for 0 single-family homes. The total of new
single-family/duplex and townhouse units for the year is 137. Last year, at this time, we
had issued 240 single-family/duplex and townhouse units.
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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 99 combined building and/or fire inspections completed in the last 2
weeks.
Residential – 21 Plumbing – 6
Commercial – 12 Mechanical - 9
Electrical – 6 Fire – 45
6. Community Development
The City has received the Phase II Environmental Site Assessment conducted with
USEPA Brownfields Assessment grant funds for the Samaritan House site. The
assessment was completed to assist the Samaritan House as it plans to expand the facility
to increase its service capacity.
The City of Kalispell has been awarded $25 million from the US Department of
Transportation’s Surface Transportation Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant
Program (Rural) for the West Reserve Drive: Hutton Ranch Road to Whitefish Stage
Road Intersection project. The grant will be matched with $6.7 million from the Montana
Department of Transportation. Preliminary administration and construction work will be
carried out in 2023 with construction expected to begin spring of 2024 and be completed
fall of 2025. Detailed information on the project is available at: MPDG RURAL
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION GRANT 2022 | Kalispell, MT