01-10-08 Site Review MinutesSITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE SUMMARY
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Kalispell Planning Office Conference Room
ATTENDING:
Frank Castles, Asst. City Engineer
Sean Conrad, City Planner
Chad Fincher, Parks Superintendent
Tom Jentz, Planning Director
Nicole Johnson, City Planner
Kathy Kuhlin, Recording Secretary
Jeff Clawson, Plans Examiner
Mark Crowley, Construction Manager
Gary Hoes, Fire Inspector
Charlie Johnson, Construction Manager
P. J. Sorensen, Zoning Administrator, Chair
Guests: James Freyholtz, M.D.O.T.; Jeff Walla, Stelling; Steve Lorch, D.N.R.C.; and
Jeff Bronson, Developer
Hear the Public: None.
Performance Bond Reminders: Continue to work with Goldberg and Associates over bonding for
the Forest Service building. It will be reduced from $125,000 to $10,000. Also, Goldberg's project
on Treeline Road in front of the Holiday Inn will be more problematic. It expires February 1, and
they will need to extend that.
OLD BUSINESS:
Neal Dental Office —13 5 Commons Loop; new dental office — Refer APEC to speak with F.
Ray. No central landscaping. The modified turnaround should be discussed with F. Ray.
Mark does not want to approve this until the previous corrections are made and shown on
the plans. Mark made a motion that we deny this until the changes are made. We will take
no action on this and leave it on the agenda. Extensive discussion was held regarding how to
address this. PJ will contact their engineer.
Kohl's / Spring Prairie Phase 3 — Hwy 93 N; overall site layout and new retail store -
Added in approach locations of sidewalk. They need a lighting plan. Drainage situation.
These are 20 to 1 scale drawings. Other anchors will be redesigned because of four exits.
Everyone will take a copy and make comments on the plans. They already have preliminary
plat on this, but need final plat.
NEW BUSINESS:
Tinseth — 750 N Meridian; addition and new storage building — Pave to the property line.
Mike Frasier is working on the drainage. French drains in the rear. The water is from
Frasier's building, and there will be an 8" drain for his building. The storm drain is in the
corner of Tinseth's property. They are adding a 5' buffer in front for landscaping. There are
two foot eaves on the storage building, and 20' to front. The chain link fence will be taken
out and the paving will go all the way up. Approaches were approved during the Meridian
project as right in, right out. The storage in the back is for a boat, camper, and a sailboat.
The building will be 42' x 40' (1,600 sq. ft.) . Fire Prevention may have a problem with this
type of storage. Five foot sidewalk in front of building. Need to connect this sidewalk to the
existing sidewalk. Cross easement with developer across the way. They have two hydrants
within 400' of the building.
PLANNING OFFICE ITEMS:
Timberwolf Center Phase 1 and 2 — DNRC proposal south of the Forest Service building in
Section 36. R-5 with PUD overlay. This is 9'/2 acres. They plan to develop Lot 1 first.
DNRC is looking for feedback on this project. This is located east of Starling Phase
Subdivision, on Stillwater. They plan to extend Timberline Parkway east to provide a
temporary turnaround at this time. If the 911 Center locates in this area, they will extend the
road further. Frank believes they should build the temporary cul-de-sac on the east side of
Lot 2 of Phase 1 because otherwise, it will interfere with the well head. It needs to be named
Farmstead Parkway instead of Timberwolf Parkway. DNRC will eventually connect to
Wolfpack Lane at the high school. They are working with the existing easement that the
DNRC has. They have a conceptual lot layout that will show what the lots will look like.
Public Works will need an all-weather access down the easement to access a manhole. The
bike path will run from the Forest Service down to here. They will design all the
improvements on Stillwater Road to urban standards in Phase 2 and the DNRC will pick up
the cost of the Forest Service portion of the road. The City would like the improvements
done when Phase 1 goes in. DNRC would like to put out an RFP to develop phase 2 of the
project later to urban standards. They are working on the intersection of Stillwater and
Timberwolf for it to be functional. Storm water facilities need to be developed to 100
percent. Drainage, roadways, etc. as referred to in the memo from Frank to Nicole regarding
Public Works requirements on this project. Mark stated the sidewalks need to be put in on
the south side of Farmstead when it is built. They should provide reasonable access for both
sides of the road. Make sure not to cut off other properties. Boulevard and sidewalk
maintenance on the south side was discussed, including maintenance districts. Steve stated
that the DNRC would be willing to spray the weeds and possibly seed the ground and mow it
until the adjoining property owner comes into the city. This text should be proposed by the
developer. They will stub off of the 12" main. They may have to run a fire line up to their
building. For lot 1, DNRC administration building and DEQ, including 3 or 4 shop bays, 2 for
vehicles and Ito 2 for fire cache. Fire flows maybe an issue. They could possibly separate the
fire service line. This is subject to the Late Comer's Agreement the city has with Owl Corp.
They will have a I to 300 ratio for the parking. The preliminary site plan for the building will
need to come back to Site Review. They are working on the intersection on Stillwater with
the Aspen Group. The school district and Goldberg will need to be added to the list of
adjacent lessees notified of the subdivision.
Bloomstone Subdivision — Was sent to a work session. It was shown to the Planning Board,
and there were concerns about revised plans, which will need to be sent back out to us.
They spoke with Chad also, and they will be revising the landscaping/parks plans also. They
have increased the density. They will be putting in two tot lots and a bike path.
OTHER REPORTS:
Stillwater Bluffs — Public Works' issues are completed, but there is a question about the
landscaping on Country Way and the neglect to the homeowners' park. The Homeowners'
Association needs to take over the organization of this association. The developer doesn't
want to let go of this. Maintenance districts and boulevard maintenance possibilities were
discussed, as well as finding a funding mechanism.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:45 a.m.
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