11-03-17 City Manager ReportCity of Kalispell
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
Information Memorandum
11/3/2017
1. Parks Department
The Parks crew has been picking up branches after an October 17 wind event that saw
wind gusts up to 49 mph.
A new heater has been installed in the Woodland Park warming hut. The heater will be
on a timer to run during park hours.
A section of the paved trail at Woodland Park near the
Waterpark is being replaced as it has deteriorated over the
years due to a spring that is adjacent to it. Measures are
being put into place to help reduce the effect of the spring
on the trail.
KPR's first outdoor movie was scheduled for Friday October 20. Unfortunately, due to
weather and the concerns from the audio and screen vendor, the event was cancelled. We
are looking to reschedule for this spring.
Our fall, outdoor youth sports are coming to a close. The Running Rascals football
program ended on October 21 and our Fall Into Soccer program ended on October 27.
Little Dribblers and Little Squirts youth basketball programs have over 200 kids
participating with both programs completing in mid -November.
Our annual Skip Out Camp had 76 participants for Thursday and Friday. Thursday,
October 19 was a day at Sweet Pickin's Pumpkin Patch with outdoor activities which
included a pumpkin to take home. Friday, October 20 had arts and crafts, Halloween
activities, and candy corn BINGO.
On October 16, Keli Kirkland joined the staff of Kalispell Parks and
Recreation as administrative assistant. Keli brings with her many
years of front desk and office experience and KPR is pleased to have
her j oin the staff
2. Community Development
The Kalispell Business Improvement District (BID) has been awarded $10,000 from the
Montana Department of Commerce, Montana Main Street Program in support of an
economic development and design plan of the Kalispell Trail to integrate with
Downtown. The BID will provide a match of $3,000 to the project. These funds will be
leveraged with others to complete the design of the Trail. Kalispell's USDOT TIGER
grant is budgeted to cover engineering and construction costs of the Trail. Design work
for the Trail is expected to begin in the spring of 2018 and will involve an extensive
public engagement process.
3. Fire Department
Since the last update, the Kalispell Fire Department has received 196 calls for service and
has conducted 12 outreach trainings with approximately 180 individuals in attendance.
In addition to these outreach trainings we also conducted fire prevention week education
to the majority of Kalispell's 3rd grade classes and various other educational facilities. A
total of 600 fire education packets where distributed.
4. Human Resources
The City held its annual mandatory Harassment Awareness program for all city
employees. The presentation was conducted by a local state Human Rights Investigator.
Over 100 employees attended one of the three presentations, which was videotaped for
those unable to attend during the scheduled times. The city has been conducting this
training for several years.
5. Public Works
50150 Sidewalk Replacement Program
The 50150 sidewalk program has closed
another construction season with various
curb and sidewalk projects completed
throughout the city. Projects this year
included a mix of private property and
City ADA accessibility projects. Sandon
Construction completed 33 work orders
that included 6.2 blocks of sidewalk and
27 ADA accessibility improvements.
Winter Season
Looks like winter might be upon us for the year and the city crews will be attending to
the snow and ice conditions of the city streets. The city's Snow Policy was adopted by
Council in 1997 and provides a policy on snow removal procedures for streets, alleys,
and sidewalks. The Policy delineates responsibilities of the Public and sets expectations
for city roles and responsibilities. A summarization of the policy can be accessed on the
Kalispell website at www.kalispell.com/public®works/snow removal or by calling Public
Works at 758-7720. Below is a summarization of the Policy:
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Snow Routes: A primary system of unmarked snow routes has been established for
effective snow removal on the collector and arterial system. The snow routes are divided
into first priority and second priority routes. First Priority: Any hour service by the Street
Division for snow routes which are established emergency and school routes. Second
Priority: To receive immediate attention following plowing of first priority routes.
Plowing & Parking in Residential Areas: Residential areas will be plowed within 48
hours of the end of snowfall in excess of 3 inches. Less than 3 inches will not be plowed
from residential streets unless drifting occurs. In central Kalispell plow operators will
clear Avenues on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Plow operators will clear snow from
Streets on Tuesday, Thursday. If you must park your vehicle on the public street then you
are requested to park on the nearest adjacent Street or Avenue on the days when plows
are operating. Other residential areas, typically South of 18th Street, East of Woodland
Avenue, West of Meridian Road, and North of Colorado Street, where off-street parking
is more abundant, are not impacted by the request to move vehicles between Streets and
Avenues. However, snow clearing in these outlying areas will be greatly improved if on -
street parking is held to a minimum.
Please note: Plow operators will attempt to clear snow from curb to curb. Where access to
the curb line is blocked by parked cars the vehicle owner should expect snow to
accumulate around the parked car as the plow passes the vehicle. City crews will try to
avoid plowing snow against a parked vehicle. However, if it does happen they will not be
able to assist in removing the piled snow.
Plowing Private Property: It is strictly forbidden for a city plow to clear snow or ice from
private property unless it must be done to allow emergency vehicle access. Pushing snow
from private property onto the public streets or sidewalks is also prohibited by the City
Code section 24-18.
Private Driveways: City plows are not responsible for clearing private driveways or snow
from private property. The operators do their best to minimize the driveway berms, but
some accumulation is inevitable. Care will be exercised by operators to minimize the
blocking of the driveways, however the burden is the property owners or occupant
responsibility to clear the driveways.
Alleys: Alleys will not be plowed except to maintain essential City services.
Public Parking Lots: Plowed within 12 hours of the end of snow event by Street Division.
Parking lots and sidewalks administered by the Kalispell Parking Commission are not
covered by this Policy.
Sidewalks: Sidewalks at City operated facilities shall be cleared within 36 hours of end of
snowfall. Clearing snow from sidewalks adjacent to private property is the responsibility
of the property owner or resident. City Code Sec. 24-17.
Sanding/Ice Control: Use of street sanding abrasives and deicers will be dictated by
specific weather and road conditions of each snow event. Street sanding abrasives and
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Sodium Chloride solution (with rust inhibitor) shall be used when the application will
produce a proven result. Sanding abrasives generally will not be used except when a
solution of Sodium Chloride will be ineffective.
6. Building Department
Seventeen single-family building permits were issued in the past 2 1/z weeks; bringing the
total of new single family/duplex units for the year to 118 compared to 130 last year at
this time.
The building permit for Husky Street Apartments located @ 1110 Husky St. was issued.
The project is valued at $2.2 Million. This 24-unit apartment complex brings the total of
multi -family units issued so far this year to 44, compared to 86 for all of last year.
7. Planning Department
Planning and Community Development staff conducted a tour of the Core Area and Rail
Park with the Governor and members of his staff.
The Planning Staff participated in a downtown walking tour with representatives of the
Parking Commission, BID, Police, Public Works, and MDT. The focus was, as identified
in the draft downtown plan, to examine opportunities to maximize parking opportunities
in the downtown by revisiting street markings (yellow curbs and handicapped sites), 30-
minute and 2-hour parking zones, and excessively large curb cuts. We also looked at
several locations on side streets where angle parking could be effective
The November 14 Planning Board meeting will contain two agenda items. The first is a
request by Team Development LLC to annex a 9.6 acre tract of land immediately west of
the new grade school on Airport road. The west half of the site would be zoned R-4 and
the easterly half would be RA-1. The Board will also act on Phase 5 of the city initiated
rezoning of the Core Area to B-3 Core Area Business. This final phase will cover all
lands west of 71' Ave. West, south of Idaho, east of Meridian and north of First Street
West. Finally, staff will hold a work session with the planning board to review the
existing Kalispell Growth Policy Map, evaluating what areas of the map need to be
revised as part of our overall Growth Policy update.
8. Police Department
Attached is the latest activity report for the Kalispell Police Department.
Detective Dave Massie attended Medicolegal Death Investigation training in Missoula
October 4 — 6. The training included Cyber/Social investigation, and SUID (sudden
unexplained infant death). The classroom portion involved a crime scene preservation,
documentation, a tour of the Montana State Crime Lab.
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Leaders of Tomorrow toured the Kalispell Police Department on November 1. The group
of 25 were given demonstrations on Taser, the Special Response Team, and the K9
program.
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