09-15-17 City Manager ReportfTYOF - City of Kalispell
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
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Information Memorandum
9/15/2017
1. Police Department
With the newly added Campus Resource Officer position at FVCC, the Kalispell Police
Department deploys four school resource officers throughout the city's educational
institutions. The Resource Officers are assigned an office in Glacier High School,
Flathead High School, Kalispell Middle School and Flathead Valley Community College.
However, they routinely visit and work with all schools within Kalispell. The SRO's and
CRO are most active in teaching classes, mentoring, establishing a safe environment, and
taking enforcement action when necessary. Since the initiation of the Run, Lock, Fight
training in the summer of 2016, the SRO's and CRO have provided this valuable training
to 22 local schools with positive feedback and have several more trainings planned in
October.
Investigations Captain Doug Overman will be representing the Kalispell Police
Department in the Leadership Flathead Class of 2018. "Leadership Flathead recognizes
that effective leadership is the key to ensuring the future growth and prosperity of the
Flathead Valley. By educating emerging and current leaders about relevant civic issues
in our community and giving them an opportunity to learn from local leaders and
decision makers through panels and discussions, Leadership Flathead class members
build relationships that will create a stronger community." The Class met on September
12, and will continue to meet once a month for the next 9 months.
The Kalispell Police Department is hosting a Pawn Ordinance Outreach training on
September 19, 2017, at 1pm. We have attempted to reach out to all businesses that fall
under the Kalispell Pawn Shop Ordinance and invite them to meet on September 19 at
Wheat Montana to discuss the ordinance, suggest improvements, receive feed -back on
any concerns they may have.
See attached Monthly Offense and Arrest totals.
2. Fire Department
Since the last update, the Kalispell Fire Department has received 124 calls for service and
has conducted 2 outreach events with approximately 85 individuals in attendance.
Fire department staff pressure testing 11,000 linear feet of fire hose to meet NFPA
certifications and testing compliances. This requires us to load and unload each fire
apparatus, each carrying thousands of feet of different hose types. To lessen apparatus
down time, this is conducted on one day, using the parking area at Station 62.
An emergency meeting of the Flathead County Fire Chiefs, DNRC, USFS FMO, and
Flathead County OES was called to develop and implement an emergency wildfire attack
plan. A contingency plan was developed to split the valley into 4 geographical areas and
develop a strike team of crews and apparatus available to respond to new fire starts or
smoke investigations.
3. Parks Department
Begg Park Dog Park is now open. Fencing around the 3.5 acres has been installed along
with concrete disbursement pads and entry gates. The grand opening and ribbon cutting
ceremony is scheduled for September 17 at 2:OOpm.
The park crews updated the landscaping in front of the
Lawrence Park restrooms recently. The overgrown junipers
were replaced with irrigation and new sod.
Through a grant from the Department of Natural Resource
and Conservation, forestry staff have begun the process of updating Kalispell's Street
Tree Inventory. The desire is to update 20% of the inventory each year. The data
collected will be used to assign tree pruning and removal work over the upcoming year.
With the amount of smoke that has been filling our valley, KPR
delayed the start of the seasons for Runnin' Rascals football and
our "Fall into Soccer" league. We will be monitoring the air
quality each week and updating the status of these programs on
Thursdays. We are using the Montana Department of
Environmental Quality's air monitoring data to determine if air
quality is appropriate for our youth sports programs. The smoke
has also affected our Afterschool program, causing us to keep
participants inside each afternoon rather than playing games
outside. We have still been averaging 42 children participating in
the program each day.
4. Building Department
Three single-family building permits were issued in the past 2 weeks, bringing the total
of new housing units for the year to 80 compared to last year at this time when 83
residential building permits had been issued. Kalispell Regional Healthcare has begun
construction on the 3,OOOsf South Surgery and Storage Addition at the Health Center
located at 320 Sunnyview Lane. The project valuation is estimated at $657,475.
The department completed 29 fire inspections in August, focusing on businesses along
East Idaho.
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Kalispell Police DepartmentReports
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
I September
October
November
December
Totals
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Offenses
Reported
Arrests
Crimes Against Persons
Homicide
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SIWOC/Sexual Assault
1
0
3
0
4
0
4
1
4
2
4
2
4
1
3
0
27
6
Robbery
2
3
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
6
6
Aggravated Assault
5
2
4
0
5
4
4
1
3
0
4
0
5
4
1
0
31
11
Assault on a Peace Officer
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Simple Assault
5
1 1
11 2
1 0
11 10
1 3
11 4
1 0
11 12
1 4
11 8
1 2
11 12
1 5
11 8
1 3
11
1
11
1
11
1
161
18
PFMA
12
1 6
11 6
1 5
11 12
1 3
11 4
1 3
11 10
1 7
12
4
8
8
10
6
74
42
Resisting Arrest
Crimes Against Property
2
1
6
3
7
5
0
0
8
7
2
2
3
3
5
4
33
25
Burglary
8
2
4
0
7
1
12
0
12
0
4
2
10
3
13
1
70
9
Theft
63
9
60
16
58
17
64
16
64
16
44
11
64
33
57
21
474
139
Vehicle Theft/Unauth Use
7
2
1
0
3
0
6
0
6
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
28
2
Arson
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Forgery/Counterfeit
4
0
3
0
4
0
6
0
5
1
8
1
4
0
5
1
39
3
Fraud
8
2
1 9
1
1 8
1 1
1 0
1 0
1 13
1
6
1
5
1
3
0
52
7
Theft of Identity
2
1
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
9
1
Embezzlement
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
6
2
Stolen Property offenses
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
9
2
Criminal Mischief
6
0
5
1
16
1
17
2
9
5
10
1
13
2
7
1
83
13
Crimes Against Society
Weapon law Violations
1
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
6
2
Prostitution Offenses
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
7
Child Pornography
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Drug Offenses
46
20
43
17
57
23
40
12
38
26
28
18
37
24
25
18
314
158
Family Offenses (non-violent)
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
0
4
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
13
2
DUI
15
13
15
14
19
18
12
12
18
17
7
7
19
18
10
9
115
108
Possession of Alcohol
4
16
3
4
2
5
1
0
2
2
5
11
5
9
13
17
35
64
Provide Alcohol to Minor
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Other Alcohol Offenses
1
1
1
1
4
3
8
11
3
2
1
0
5
7
0
0
23
25
Kidnapping/Custodiallnt.
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
6
2
Disorderly Conduct
8
2
3
2
14
7
7
3
14
13
16
14
7
4
4
11
73
56
Criminal Trespass
9
4
8
3
18
10
21
12
29
22
13
13
13
7
13
10
124
81
Violation of Protective Order
4
5
1
4
3
1
0
2
0
3
0
2
0
3
1
24
5
Obstructing a peace officer
7
53
43Juvenile
Offenses (except MIP)
3
JO
45
33Other
Offenses
27
13
9
27
21
16
16
15
11
23
15
42
37
36
36
199
162
255
112
204
85
308
139
255
102
288
150
218
121
280
174
236
154
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2044
1037
5. Planning Department
The Planning Board met on September 12 and acted on three separate applications. The
board reviewed a series of changes proposed by staff for the Kalispell Downtown Plan
based on public comment at the August meeting and then voted unanimously to move the
plan forward to City Council. The board recommended approval of a request by Louis
and Eileen Kis for annexation and initial zoning of RA -I for a 6,903 square foot portion
of a lot previously annexed located at 1541 5th Ave. East. Finally, Kalispell National
Investment Company received preliminary plat approval for the next 5 phases of
Bloomstone Subdivision. To date, Bloomstone contains a 96-unit apartment complex
and 25 single-family homes. The next 5 phases will incorporate 42 acres. Phase one will
include 36 townhouse units and 10 single-family units. Phase two will include 88 multi-
family units. Phase three will include 40 single-family units. Phase four will include 104
multi -family units and the fifth phase will include 126 multi -family units. The subject
property is located within the Bloomstone PUD immediately south of Glacier High
School on Treeline Road.
Planning staff held a work session with the board as we begin the process of reviewing
and updating the Growth Policy Map now that the Growth Policy document has been
updated. Additional work sessions are planned for this effort. To date, the focus has
been to consider expanding the annexation boundary on the north end of the planning
jurisdiction, increasing some of the residential densities on the periphery of our Growth
Policy, and to recognize the mixed -use character proposed for the Core Area.
Finally, staff met with MDT Missoula District Administrator Ed Toays as we continue to
understand the ramifications of the recent policy, which limits or prohibits multi -use
paths (bike paths) in any MDT Right of Way. Initially, we thought the policy only
affected US 2 and US 93. It now appears the policy extends to all MDT urban routes.
The policy has created concern in several communities across the state as little guidance
has been provided with the policy. MDT met with city staff to help understand the
impacts we are experiencing and to understand its impacts on current and planned MDT
projects. In Kalispell, the policy affects the planning for completion of the path along US
93 from Wyoming up to the hospital and has caused design issues for two building
permits on US 93 south of Four Corners.
6. Information Services
The website project kick off meeting was recently conducted. Staff are now working on
the first phase, collecting information, and photos. The full project timeline was
delivered to IT staff with an estimated launch date of March 29, 2018. Updates will be
provided as the project continues.
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7. Public Works
FY 2017 Capital Improvement Report
The Annual Capital Improvement Report has been completed. The report specifies
infrastructure improvements with respective annual costs for water, sanitary sewer,
stormwater collection, wastewater treatment, and streets. This information is provided to
the Finance Department by the Public Works Department to satisfy the City's annual
auditing requirement. The table below is a simplified summary of the report. A copy of
the full report can be acquired from the Finance Department.
FY 17 Ca ital Improvement Summarized Report
Fire Hydrants
# of Hydrants
Costs
W W TP Projects
CIP/Re air
Costs
Replacement -City Project
5
$22,909
Ever reen Sam le Shed and Equipment
Replace
$23,054
New -City Project
0
$0
Digested Sludge Line Replacement
Replace
$150512
New -Private Development
6
$28,688
Replace Building Roofs
Repair
$34,636
Machinery and Equipment Replacement
Replace
$69,391
Water Main Projects
Lineal Foot
Costs
Replacement -City Project
0
$0
Sewer Main Projects
Lineal Foot
Costs
New -Private Development
1,411
$99,915
Replacement -City Project (SEW-67,15)
2,101
$820,266
New -Private Development
130
$3,023
Water System Projects -City
CLP/Re lace
Costs
Parks Metering Phase 1
CIP-New
$11,584
Sewer System Projects -City
CIP/Re air
SCADA System Upgrades
CIP-Replace
$2,715
Lift Station Communication Upgrades
CIP-
Replace
$12,342
Main Break Repairs
Repair
$15,228
er Installatio
Total
Installed
Costs
Manhole Rehabilitation
Repair
$1,855
%"
223
$40,140
P'
19
$7,125
StormwaterProjectsLineal
Foot
Costs
1.5"
3
$1,800
Replacement -City Project
873
$529,350
2"
17
$15,895
3"
1
$580
Street Projects
Lineal Foot
Costs
4"
1
$2,615
City Project -sidewalk
794
$49,351
City Project -alley
6 alleys
$38,750
City Project -chip Seal
:19,829
$106,489
City Project-overlay/pavement maint.
7,564
1 $511,942
8. Community Development
LHC has begun clearing the rail park site in preparation for construction. This includes
removal of structures and trees that are within the construction footprint. Mass grading
at the site is scheduled to begin in early October.
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