11-21-12 Site Review MinutesSITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE SUMMARY
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Lower Level Main Conference Room
201 First Avenue East
ATTENDING:
Jeff Clawson, Building Official
Mark Crowley, Construction Manager
Chad Fincher, Parks Superintendent
Wade Rademacher, Police Lieutenant
P.J. Sorensen, Chairman
HEAR THE PUBLIC: None.
PERFORMANCE BOND REMINDERS: None.
OLD BUSINESS: None.
Sean Conrad, Sr. Planner, Acting Chairman
Dwain Elkins, Plans Examiner
Tom Jentz, Planning & Building Director
Rebekah Wargo, Asst. Civil Engineer
NEW BUSINESS: Family Martial Arts — 3 8th Ave W; change of use from electronics repair to
martial arts studio. They will be doing some work in the bathrooms. From a site perspective, the
parking area is all gravel and paving could be required. Their required number of parking spaces
would be the same or less. In front there is gravel parking that is all in the right-of-way and backs
into 8th Avenue. They should try to clean that up. The site plan does not show a sidewalk and it
would be tight, but they may be able to fit one in right off the curb. Discussion was held regarding
each issue and the age of the building. The consensus of the committee was to address the "backing
into the street" issues. Sorensen will discuss this with the developer.
PLANNING OFFICE ITEMS: Nothing new for December. The only thing on December's
Planning Board Agenda is a text amendment to the zoning ordinance to make schools and certain
other governmental agencies a permitted use in a lot of the zones so they don't have to go through
the agency exemption process.
OTHER REPORTS: A2Z — They are trying to get their Certificate of Occupancy. Crowley signed
off on it yesterday. They still have some minor issues with stormwater, but they said they would have
them completed within a week. The catch basin on the northwest corner has to be a bio
swale/grass/landscaping area. The south property line is jagged. There was a fence that was
supposed to be along that edge, which he will complete in the spring. CenturyLink is on the other
side of that property line and will smooth the jagged drop-off of this property line. He will need to
bond for the landscaping. We need to decide what we need in place to issue the C of O, what we
need to bond for, are there other options since he is unable to obtain topsoil. He could put in fill to
bring it up and put topsoil in in the spring. He will need to fill in the boulevard areas. He will need to
bond for the landscaping and for the fence. Fincher will call him.
West Coast (Kalispell Center) Mall - Traveler's Insurance has a bond from 2006 for $208,000 for
the West Coast (Kalispell Center) Mall. In 2007, the mall owners' submitted a request to reduce the
bond significantly. That request was approved but the bond was never received. The opportunity is
there to reduce it from $208,000 to +/- $69,000. The bond is to cover parking lot modifications,
sidewalks from 1gt and Center, and straight up to the mall. This was all tied to the hotel.
Kalispell Brewery — The parking lot alignment just showed some shrubs and a boulevard area. They
didn't really identify anything. The Building Department will give them a "foundation only" permit
and collect the impact fees after the original permit comes in. Sorensen is waiting for something on
the lights and then the landscaping sign -off from Fincher. This could be wrapped up this afternoon.
They will be doing kegs only, no bottles.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:40 a.m.