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03-20-14 Site Review MinutesSITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE SUMMARY Thursday, March 20, 2014 Lower Level Conference Room 201 First Avenue East ATTENDING: Mark Crowley, Construction Manager Chad Fincher, Parks Superintendent Tom Jentz, Planning & Building Director Rick Parker, Bldg. Dept. Inspector P.J. Sorensen, Chairman Dave Dedman, Fire Chief Keith Haskins, Senior Civil Engineer Kevin LeClair, Senior Planner Rebekah Wargo, Asst. Civil Engineer Kathy Nelson, Recording Secretary GUESTS: Toby McIntosh and Jenna Svoboda, Jackola Engineering HEAR THE PUBLIC: None. PERFORMANCE BOND REMINDERS: Kalispell Brewery Co. - They will be coming in for their C of O in the next few weeks. They will be posting a bond for three items they have not completed because of the weather: A planting bed, brick work on the exterior, and paving and striping of their parking lot. The bond will be for a total of $38,838.75. OLD BUSINESS: Faith Free Lutheran Church — 405 Liberty; sanctuary addition to existing church. Additional plans were passed through Architectural Review. Parks and Public Works are still waiting to hear back from them. This will be on the agenda for next week. Three Rivers Bank — 223 East Idaho — preliminary review of bank addition. An updated preliminary site plan was reviewed. They have taken out the compact spaces and made them wider. They presently have an unstriped parking lot. The design to the building will change a little bit, and the entry to the building will be adjusted. Public Works is still waiting for a site plan from them. This will be on the agenda for next week. The Rock — 350 Heritage Way; 2,800 sq. ft., 2-story medical office with a basement. They have adjusted their design and are not doing the convention center or the 100+ parking lot to the north. The design to the building will change a little bit with a change in their entrance also. This is going to ARC again this Tuesday. This will be on the agenda for next week. Starbuck's — 10 N Main; new coffee shop with drive-thru. This will be a 1,900 sq. ft. building located on the corner of the Kalispell Center Mall property. This was tabled by the Architecture Review Committee, and is going back in front of them on Tuesday. They want to keep the drive-thrn lane going around the building as they originally proposed. Public Works has not heard back from them yet regarding the impact study. They will be adding a sidewalk on Center Street, and a pedestrian crosswalk through the drive-thru lane. Snow removal is also an issue. They will be in town Tuesday morning for ARC. This will be on the agenda for next week. NEW BUSINESS: Kalispell Kidds — N Meridian dental office (preliminary review follow-up). McIntosh presented their plan that is pared back from the original plan that is now only focusing on the clinic. They will bind the lots together. The parking to the north of the building can no longer back into the street. Their access will be off Meridian. Their patient parking will be upfront, and the employee/staff parking will be in back. They will be going to Northwest Lane for their tap. They will still need to define their lighting and landscaping. They took away the second access. There will no longer be a lot upfront. Utilities could go in on the south boundary. They are considering a ground source heat pump system. There is an existing well there that may or may not be utilized. This is a fairly small building that would have low flows. They have an area for turning around and snow storage. The building is outside the setback from a zoning standpoint. LeClair suggested they move their utilities to the far north edge of the two empty lots. Wargo noted that they will need to have a fire hydrant installed, and Haskins suggested they extend the main from Meridian to a fire hydrant at the west end of their property, or pull from Northwest Lane if the fire flows are satisfactory. Dedman concurs. Crowley noted there is no sidewalk connection on this preliminary plan. Everything drains to the SW corner, but will probably need curb along the south side. They are still working on their water quality issues. PLANNING OFFICE ITEMS: They have two projects set for Public Hearing on April 8: Ray of Hope Homeless Shelter — 5th Ave W and 1st St W. This is for a Conditional Use Permit. There is currently an old house at this location that will be demolished. The new building will be for women and children only. Their present building will then be for men only. Rail Industrial Park — near the old McElroy & Wilken gravel pit site. Annexation of the tracks for the Rail Park on the east side of town will be at the first meeting in April for the Planning Board. There will also be an Extension of Services for water and sewer to the site. They want private internal roads with gates, and we want public roads. The developers do not want drive-thru traffic here. We received an application on Monday for the subdivision on these properties. A special meeting will take place on April 22nd for the Planning Board to hear the Preliminary Plat. They will have one connection at Whitefish Stage Road. Truck traffic will go out at Highway 2. Jentz noted that he met with MDT and they are receptive to putting a traffic light in at this location. LeClair asked for comments to be submitted. OTHER BUSINESS: Central Kitchen — Wargo noted that they have paid their "cash in lieu of sidewalks" money. Parks is waiting for a "Letter of Commitment" from them. Crowley noted that their stormwater drainage that was to be a depression to store water is a mountain of topsoil. There is an easement along Three Mile that needs to be taken care of. Wargo will check with Harball on the easement. The meeting was adjourned at 11:00 a.m. 2