Lakeshore Protection Committee

CITY OF WHITEFISH LAKESHORE PROTECTION COMMITTEE Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Place: Remote Via WebEx Recorded By: David Taylor Members Present: Nancy Schuber Toby Scott Ben Cavin Peggy Brammer Donna Emerson Roger Rowles Members Absent: Peggy Brammer Staff Present: Dave Taylor & Tara Osendorf Public Present: Colton Behr 1. CALL TO ORDER Summary: Toby Scott called the meeting to order at 6:04 pm. 2. AGENDA CHANGES Summary: None. 3. APPROVAL OF January 13, 2021 MINUTES Summary: Members reviewed the minutes of January 13, 2021. ACTION: Rowles made a motion to approve the minutes of January 13, 2021. Schuber seconded and all were in favor. The motion passed unanimously. 4. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT Summary: None 5. OLD BUSINESS Summary: Ben talked with someone about offshore buoys, got an advisory plan. Toby stated that it is not related to the Lakeshore Committee. Ben said the City could advise lake owners about wake regulations. 6. NEW BUSINESS A. WLP 21-W02– Behr Summary: The applicants are proposing to move a pile of rocks in the Lakeshore Protection Zone to spread them out along the beach. Planner Osendorf summarized her staff report noting. Noted that the boulders have to be at or above the mean high water line, and she had submitted an edited staff report with a new condition to that effect. She had talked to the applicant and he was OK with that. Ben asked if the boulders are at or below high water. Ben made a motion to delay the application until Charlie Abell could comment on the application. The motion died for a lack of a second. Page 1 of 2 Lakeshore Protection Committee March 10, 2021 Donna asked if the boulders would be moved scattered or in a straight line. Colton said he wants to scatter them to look natural. He thought the big boulder might be too heavy to move, so he might leave that one there. Ben asked how the big boulders got there to begin with. Colton thinks they were moved form the O’Shaunessy property at some point. Recommendation: Staff is recommending the approval of the requested lakeshore construction permit with the 11 conditions listed in the report. Colton Behr stated it looks unnatural and they will help with future erosion. ACTION: Schuber made a motion to approve WLP 21-W02 with the 11 conditions. Rowles seconded. Emerson asked if she could add a condition that they be scattered in a natural manner. Ben asked if he could remove the rocks. Scott made a friendly amendment to add a condition that the applicant can remove any boulders they are able to. Emerson seconded. The motion approved 4-1, Cavin opposed. This will go to City Council along with the comments as a consent agenda item on April 5. 8. STAFF COMMENTS Summary: Per Mr. Cavin’s comment regarding the lack of notification to Mr Abell, Mr. Taylor noted that they are still working on changes to the Lakeshore regulations and will look at notification changes in the near future, or the committee could approach the Council to ask them to direct staff to make that change. 9. BOARD COMMENTS Summary: All members available for April 14 meeting. 10. ADJOURNMENT ACTION: The meeting adjourned at 6:30 pm. Page 2 of 2