Description Gallatin County Commissioners' Journal No. April 11, 2006
Date 04/11/2006 Location County Commission
Time Speaker Note
9:03:49 AM Chairman Vincent Call to Order, Moment of Silence, Pledge of Allegiance. Present were Commissioners Murdock, Skinner and Vincent, County Attorney Marty Lambert and Acting Clerk to the Board Mary Miller.
9:04:39 AM Chairman Vincent Agenda announcement: Regular agenda Item #3, Public Hearing and Decision on a Request for Conditional Use Permit for a School within the Gallatin County/Bozeman Area Zoning District for Petra Academy Inc., was continued and estimated to be on the May 16, 2006 agenda.
9:05:29 AM There was no public comments on any matters within the Commission's jurisdiction.
9:05:47 AM Commissioner Skinner Read the consent agenda as follows: 1. Approval of Claims 2. Request/Decision for Common Boundary Relocation Exemption for Vinger 3. Review and Approval of Minutes for March 29, 2006 4. Approval of Contract(s): A Contract to Purchase a Handler and K-9 for the Sheriff's Office to Be Used in Big Sky; and Receipt of Bill of Sale and Approval of Payment for $800,000 for the Re-Entry Facility
9:06:48 AM There was no public comment.
9:07:02 AM Commissioner Murdock I move to approve the consent agenda.
9:07:04 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:07:09 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:07:11 AM Chairman Vincent Receipt and Opening of Statements of Qualifications for the Regional Park Facilities and Maintenance Plan
9:07:25 AM Open Lands Board Coordinator Mike Harris Opened Statement of Qualifications received from the following: TD&H Engineering and CTA Landworks Group Statement of Qualifications will be taken under advisement by a selection committee and return at a later date with a contract.
9:08:23 AM Discussion and Questions
9:09:40 AM There was no public comment.
9:09:49 AM No action taken.
9:09:50 AM Chairman Vincent Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution to Adopt the Four Corners Community Neighborhood Plan & Map
9:10:20 AM County Planner Randy Johnson on behalf of Planning Director Jennifer Madgic Presentation
9:12:01 AM Discussion between the Commission, Randy Johnson, and County Attorney Marty Lambert
9:17:00 AM Public comment Lyle Bergh, David Schlosser, Diane Elliott, Mike Mahler, Paul Shennum, John Liebert, Joe Gutkoski, Attorney David Penwell, and Angela Airhart
9:46:04 AM Discussion between the Commission, Lyle Bergh, and Randy Johnson
9:48:16 AM County Attorney Marty Lambert Comments and Advice
9:50:57 AM Board discussion including Marty Lambert
9:55:37 AM Commissioner Murdock I move that we adopt Resolution #2006-024, which is the Four Corners Neighborhood Map and Plan as an amendment to the Gallatin County Growth Policy.
9:55:55 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:56:10 AM Board discussion
9:57:15 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:57:19 AM Commissioner Murdock Comments, I would like to, I guess make a motion which would be to send a communication from us we'll write it with Marty's help, to the City Commission the Belgrade City Commission asking/requesting that they amend these properties that were presented to us today out of the newly adopted Four Corners Neighborhood Plan, comments.
9:57:53 AM County Attorney Marty Lambert Comments, before we send the letter I think we would want to identify the parcels with specificity, comments.
9:58:02 AM Chairman Murdock The specificity would be the ownership of those properties that signed that petition in front of us today that everybody has had the ability to look at.
9:58:14 AM County Attorney Marty Lambert Comments
9:58:22 AM Commissioner Murdock Comments, so moved.
9:58:26 AM Discussion between the Commission and Marty Lambert
9:59:35 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:59:45 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:00:04 AM Chairman Vincent Recess
10:08:09 AM Chairman Vincent Reconvene to meeting. Decision on Preliminary Plat Approval for the Amended Plat of the Minor Subdivision No. 35A
10:08:53 AM County Planner Christopher Scott Staff Report
10:10:01 AM Board discussion including County Attorney Marty Lambert
10:16:07 AM Commissioner Skinner Finding that the amended plat of Minor Subdivision 35A, Lot 4 meets the requirements of Section 76-3-608 of the Montana Subdivision and Platting Act, that it complies with the provisions of the Gallatin County Subdivision Regulations and that it complies with the Gallatin County Bozeman Area Zoning District, I would move to approve.
10:16:28 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
10:16:35 AM Board discussion including Marty Lambert
10:18:59 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:19:08 AM Chairman Vincent Public Hearing and Decision on a Preliminary Plat Approval for the Subsequent Minor Subdivision (Amended Plat) of Minor Subdivision 246 (Westra Minor Subdivision 258 )
10:19:35 AM County Planner Warren Vaughan Staff report, noting this agenda item was advertised incorrectly. Should have been Minor Subdivision 258, all other processes done correctly.
10:23:16 AM Discussion and Questions
10:24:56 AM Rick Kerin, Kerin Associates Presentation on behalf of the applicant Betty Wright
10:28:24 AM Betty Wright Applicant comments
10:29:02 AM Discussion and Questions
10:30:51 AM There was no public comment.
10:30:59 AM Discussion between the Commission, Warren Vaughan, and Marty Lambert
10:31:54 AM Closed public comment.
10:31:57 AM Commissioner Murdock I move that we approve the Wright/Rider Subsequent Minor Subdivision subject to all the conditions presented by staff with the addition of a condition that would prohibit any further division of the tract in question and done so as a notice on the plat, a covenant in the homeowner's association and any other appropriate method to make that notice deemed appropriate by the County Attorney.
10:32:31 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
10:32:46 AM Board discussion/Findings
10:33:19 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:33:27 AM Chairman Vincent Recess
10:35:04 AM Chairman Vincent Reconvene to meeting. Public Hearing and Decision for Level One Approval of the Expenditure Open Space Bond Funds for the Purchase of a Conservation Easement on the Hoffman Property
10:35:20 AM Open Lands Board Coordinator Mike Harris Presentation
10:37:55 AM Discussion and Questions
10:38:48 AM There was no public present for comment.
10:39:02 AM Closed public comment.
10:39:05 AM Commissioner Murdock Finding that this level one consideration for approval for the expenditure of Open Space Bond Funds for the purchase of a conservation easement on the Hoffman property has been duly advertised and apparently nobody took the time to either see the notice or show up and finding that it has been advertised and decided upon by our Open Lands Board and recommended that we approve this level one expenditure, I would so move that we approve it.
10:39:35 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
10:39:52 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:39:55 AM Chairman Vincent Public Hearing and Decision for Level One Approval of the Expenditure Open Space Bond Funds for the Purchase of a Conservation Easement on the Visser Property
10:40:06 AM Open Lands Board Coordinator Mike Harris Presentation
10:46:14 AM There was no public present for comment.
10:46:25 AM Discussion between the Commission and Mike Harris
10:47:44 AM Commissioner Skinner Finding that the Visser conservation easement would be adjacent to other conservation property and finding that the Open Lands Board recommended approval unanimously, I would move to approve level one funding.
10:48:02 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
10:48:12 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:48:15 AM There were no Pending Resolutions.
10:48:17 AM Meeting adjourned.
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