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09-11-14 Site Review MinutesSITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE SUMMARY Thursday, September 11, 2014 Lower Level Conference Room 201 First Avenue East ATTENDING: Mark Crowley, Construction Manager Chad Fincher, Parks & Rec. Director Tom Jentz, Planning & Building Director Kevin LeClair, Senior Planner Rick Parker, Bldg. Dept. Inspector Wade Rademacher, Police Captain Rebekah Wargo, Asst. Civil Engineer P.J. Sorensen, Chairman Kathy Nelson, Recording Secretary GUESTS: Scott Emmert (Smart Insurance) and Kim Larson (APEC Engineering) HEAR THE PUBLIC: None. PERFORMANCE BOND REMINDERS: Ashley Heights — We have an extended performance bond for Wayne Turner's soundwall. Jentz and LeClair visited his son's property up by LHC. Turner has begun pouring the base blocks for the wall that will be buried, so he was testing his forms to get the mix right. They have about a dozen blocks so far, and will need 800 blocks total. We have encouraged him to get the trench dug for his foundation before it freezes, and get the gravel in so he can start placing the blocks in the trench. Once it freezes, he can just build up the wall. The foundation is 3' wide, and 2' deep gravel. OLD BUSINESS: Doggie Day Care — in the old National Llama Registry at I I1/2 South Meridian near Bud Block's. This is an existing space that is accessed off of Meridian. There is an outdoor fenced area they cannot use under the zoning code, and will keep the dogs inside. They plan to soundproof the building with sound -dampening board. The parking lot is presently unpaved, and they will probably need to pave the front area to provide five parking spaces. There is a large gravel area in the back. We have not received a parking design for the front yet. This will be on the agenda for next week. NEW BUSINESS: Smart Insurance Building — across from Woodland Park. They are looking at doing an addition onto an existing 2000 sq ft building. The addition would go on the west and south side. There is an existing parking lot that is up in front. They are doing a boundary line adjustment to account for the setback coming off of the south of the building. They have proposed closing off College to make room for more parking spaces, but it creates a dead-end. They could leave the access open and put in angled parking. They have curbing around the signage. Emmert expressed his concern for drivers cutting across their lot. They have a speed bump that hasn't slowed the drivers' down. Sorensen suggested they may also consider narrowing the entrance off of Second to become more of a defined driveway. They may consider a "one-way only" for traffic flow. Sign options were discussed. Crowley mentioned that they might do some street right-of-way improvements such as sidewalks, curb and gutter, street trees, or street lights. He asked if they have some alternatives to doing all these improvements. There is a ramp and crosswalk across the street that leads from Woodland Park that they could possibly complete over to their project with a handicapped ramp and sidewalks. Emmert stated they will be putting in some curbing. Their parking along College that is in the ROW and backs out onto the street should be removed. There could be street parking there. They will meet with Crowley to discuss this. A new landscape plan will be submitted next week. This will be on the agenda for next week. PLANNING OFFICE ITEMS: Captain's Marine — The hearing took place on Tuesday night. The PUD was presented to the Planning Board. Due to limited information on the balance of the site outside of the intended development on the front as well as a lack of resolution on how the property integrates with the rest of the PUD, we proposed to apply the PUD to the front 3.7 acres of the property, and any other development on the balance of the property would require another full PUD. That was not what the applicant or the engineers were hoping for, so after some deliberation with the Planning Board, we decided that we would work with APEC on coming up with a full PUD plan for the entire property and bring that back to the Planning Board for the next Public Hearing. LeClair plans to work on review comments and outline what else we need if the application is intended to cover the entire property. We will send a letter to APEC to explain what we need from them and then write a revised staff report for the Planning Board. Flathead High School Residential Parking District —After the above mentioned hearing, there was a Work Session on the Flathead High School residential parking district. After a lengthy hearing of testimony from the community for and against the parking district, the Planning Board wasn't sure what to do next. We are going to come up with a couple of solutions, layout some pros and cons, and submit this to the Planning Board for the Public Hearing. OTHER BUSINESS: Planning Consultant Team - Jentz stated that we are advertising for a Planning Consultant Team to come in and work on the South Urban Renewal Plan around the airport. We hope to have the team in by Christmas to undertake a year -long plan to evaluate the south Kalispell neighborhood. Particularly, the airport viability and the business activity around it and further out. It will be paid for out of TIF funds. TIGER 6 Grant — Jentz noted that the TIGER 6 Grant did not get approved, so we are still trying to figure out the political ramifications. The AMWED Board met and will be going after new market tax credits which has similar funding injection. We will submit again next year for the TIGER 6 Grant. The meeting was adjourned at 10:35 a.m.