01-10-13 Site Review MinutesSITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE SUMMARY
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Lower Level Main Conference Room
201 First Avenue East
ATTENDING:
Sean Conrad, Senior Planner
Dwain Elkins, Plans Examiner
Tom Jentz, Planning & Building Director
Rebekah Wargo, Asst. Civil Engineer
Kathy Kuhlin, Recording Secretary
GUESTS: James Freyholtz, MDT
HEAR THE PUBLIC: None.
PERFORMANCE BOND REMINDERS: None.
OLD BUSINESS: None.
Mark Crowley, Construction Manager
Chad Fincher, Parks Superintendent
Wade Rademacher, Police Lieutenant
P.J. Sorensen, Chairman
NEW BUSINESS: Peterson School — They have come in with their application. Their parking
across the street will be added to their parking counts. They will need to still submit some site plans
and a second set. They are working with Wargo on some storm drainage issues. They are working
with the Fire Dept. regarding fire access through the gate. This will hopefully be a permitted use in
six weeks. This will also need to go through Architectural Review.
PLANNING OFFICE ITEMS: Brannigan's application came in for a casino on the second floor
of the Loading Dock building, and they will be coming in for a CUP on that, as well as a text
amendment to do a larger casino than is currently permitted with the Kalispell zoning ordinance.
They will need to obtain a building permit for this project. They will also have a private dining area
upstairs, overlooking Depot Park, and a card room.
OTHER REPORTS: A VW Dealership — has purchased the property at Lower Valley Road and
Highway 93 from Gardner's, and we are working with APEC on a submittal to do a Volkswagen
dealership there. This is south of the Toyota dealership. The second lot there may also be used for
another auto dealership.
McDonald's — An engineer in Washington will be in town next week to meet with us. Conrad will
pass on Freyholtz's contact information to them, also. This would be for a McDonald's right at the
corner of Meridian and Highway 2 where the old Eisinger site was located. They are working on
some background work for the property right now, and putting together costs for the developer. The
design looks similar to the McDonald's near Costco. They are also trying to keep the old Roy
Stanley building intact. It will have to be a subdivision, and they will have to address the flood plain
issue. The right-of-way for Highway 2 is 120 feet, and for Meridian it's 60 feet, and gets wider at the
intersection. The approach permit was discussed. Crowley thought that would come from MDT.
We may need to require screening from headlights at the drive-thru, along with sidewalks.
Hagestad Painting — They are planning to go with a landscape plan that is basically like the original
plan. Fincher suggested to them that they use Sheep Fescue Grass which has fairly low maintenance,
and they agreed to that. They will only have rock on the west side of the building for drip down
along with the bark and plants.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:20 a.m.