Site Development Review Committee

SITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE SUMMARY Thursday, December 13, 2018 Lower Level Conference Room 201 First Avenue East ATTENDING: Jeff Clawson, Building Official Dave Dedman, Fire Chief Tim Falkner, Acting Police Chief Chad Fincher, Parks & Rec. Director Tom Jentz, Planning & Building Director Jarod Nygren, Senior Planner Rick Parker, Building Plans Examiner Tom Tabler, Senior Civil Engineer P.J. Sorensen, Chairman Kathy Nelson, Recording Secretary GUESTS: James Freyholtz (Montana Department of Transportation) HEAR THE PUBLIC: None. PERFORMANCE BOND REMINDERS: None. OLD BUSINESS: Northwest Drywall – 1109 E Oregon St; new warehouse in the Rail Park at the south end. Parker received their structural information, but is still waiting for their site plan. There are issues with them moving forward with the Gabion wall without having a full Building Permit. This will be on the agenda for next week. Maw – 25 Appleway on the south side; apartments. Two 4-plexes. Nothing new has been received yet. This will be on the agenda for next week. World Gym – 555 East Swift Creek Way (no longer Diamond Peak); new athletic club. We are still waiting on the Plat Amendment. Nygren will follow up with Mike Brodie on that. Sorensen stated the building portion of this is still about 4 to 6 weeks out. This will be on the agenda for next week. Sunrift Brewery – 55 – 1st Ave WN; Phase 2 – convert existing building to a restaurant. Nothing new has been submitted. They are planning to go to ARC in early January. This will be on the agenda for next week. NEW BUSINESS: None. PLANNING OFFICE ITEMS: Cottage Gardens – A Preliminary Plat application for a 39-lot subdivision on Three Mile Drive, 1 south of Mountain Vista Phase IV, was recommended for approval by the Planning Board last Tuesday, and will go onto City Council. Kalispell North Town Center – A zone change was also recommended for approval by the Planning Board and will be going to Council. Rose Crossing – Debbie Street and Mike Fraser spoke at the Tuesday meeting about how dangerous they feel the curve on this road is. Freyholtz noted the County has re-signed this down to 10 miles per hour and put some barriers up. They have also asked MDT to review this for safety funds. Eagle Ranch – A new application for a preliminary plat came in for the January Planning Board Meeting. Gateway West Mall - A new application came in for a CUP for multi-family on the parking lot at the Gateway West Mall for the January Planning Board Meeting, but they have a few outstanding items to provide before it will be put on the agenda. OTHER REPORTS: Edge LLC – 21 Appleway; apartments – preliminary discussion. Sorensen spoke with Dia Sullivan a couple of weeks ago on this project. They are still trying to do some kind of joint effort on the storm drainage with the Maw property. He discussed the recreational amenities with her. They have about 1,800 sq. ft., but they are also looking at doing a combination of benches, a fire pit, bike storage, and a raised garden area. Parker stated he received an e-mail from her this morning stating they want to put the bike storage between two units. This should be coming in for Site Review soon. Wal-Mart – Sorensen asked about their progress, and Tabler stated the documents are still in their Corporate Office. They just need to sign them and get them back to us. T.A.C. Meeting – T. Jentz – they will be proceeding with updating their overall Transportation Plan of the greater Kalispell area. That is a 12-month cycle for them to go through. Hwy 93/Treeline Upgrade – Freyholtz stated this improvement will be completed in 2020. They will remove the medians on the approaches and make those into left-turn lanes, and add a right-turn lane for the south bound traffic onto Hwy 93. T. Jentz noted the extension of Treeline is a DNRC decision and has not been determined yet. The meeting was adjourned at 10:12 a.m. cc: Police City Manager Fairgrounds MDOT Bldg. Fire City Clerk City Airport Planning Parks Comm. Dev. Public Works 2