Description Gallatin County Commissioners' Journal No. March 14, 2007
Date 03/14/2007 Location County Commission
Time Speaker Note
1:34:59 PM Chairman Skinner Call to Order. Present were Commissioners Skinner, Murdock, and White, Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan and Acting Clerk to the Board Stephanie Young. Meeting held at the Manhattan High School.
1:35:05 PM Chairman Skinner Agenda Announcement: Regular Agenda Item #3: Public Hearing and Decision on Request for Preliminary Plat Approval for the Spanish Peaks Resort Phase 4A Major Subdivision - continued until March 20, 2007.
1:35:17 PM Chairman Skinner There was no public comments on any matters within the Commission's jurisdiction.
1:35:44 PM Clerk to the Board Stephanie Young Read the Consent Agenda as follows: 1. Approval of Application for Cancellation of Taxes for Parcel No. RRG23709, Totaling $152.69, 2. Approval of Application for Cancellation of Taxes for Parcel No. PPP6884, Totaling $842.58, 3. Approval of Contract(s): Contract with Montana Department of Transportation for the FY 2007 Equipment Grant, Contract with Stahly Engineering for a Geotechnical Report and Topographic Survey of County Property at the Rest Home, and Contract with Durrant Group for Detention Center Pre-Bond Planning
1:36:24 PM There was no public comment.
1:36:32 PM Commissioner White I would make a motion that we approve the consent agenda as read into record.
1:36:37 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:36:43 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:36:46 PM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution of Intent to Amend the Gallatin County FY 2007 Budget by Appropriating $6,000 in Revenues Received from the Montana Department of Transportation, Highway Traffic Equipment Grant
1:37:09 PM Grants Administrator Larry Watson Presentation
1:38:02 PM There was no public comment.
1:38:08 PM Commissioner Murdock I would like to move that we approve the resolution of intention to amend the budget which we will have another hearing on next week to allow the Sheriff to take $6,000 to add to his budget and that would be for the forth time, Resolution #2007-021.
1:38:27 PM Commissioner White Second
1:38:34 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:38:41 PM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on a Request for Preliminary Plat Approval for the Blackfoot Hills Major Subdivision to Consider Submittal of New Lot Configuration Due to Wildlife Concerns (Continued from January 30 and February 14, 2007)
1:39:16 PM Commissioner Murdock Requests to pull consent agenda Item #3 Contract with Durrant Group for Detention Center Pre-Bond Planning to the regular agenda for discussion.
1:40:42 PM Chairman Skinner Stated that we will proceed with agenda Item #2 and will visit consent agenda Item #3 after this.
1:41:11 PM County Planner Warren Vaughan Staff Report, suggested striking condition #20: Lots 7, 8,20, 21, 22, and 26 shall be removed from the final plat.
1:43:28 PM Discussion between the Commission, Warren Vaughan, and Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan
1:45:04 PM Ed Matos, Bridger Engineers Presentation on behalf of the applicant; Bostwick Properties, Inc
1:51:25 PM Discussion and Questions
1:53:30 PM There was no public comment.
1:53:39 PM Discussion between the Commission, Greg Sullivan, Warren Vaughan, and Ed Matos
1:59:00 PM James Taylor Applicant comments
1:59:55 PM Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan Recommended language for a new covenant to read as follows: All structures shall be constructed within the building envelopes as shown on the document entitled "Modified building envelopes". Minor changes to the building envelopes may be approved by the homeowners association; major changes to the location of the building envelopes must be approved by the Planning Department.
2:00:26 PM Board Discussion including Greg Sullivan and Ed Matos
2:01:37 PM Commissioner White I would make a motion to begin with of adding the new and modified conditions as in the staff report, March 14th, which is 42x the amendments to 42(x), 42(c), 42(ee) which is a new condition, 42(ff), 42(gg), 42(hh), and 42(ii) which is, as read into record by County Attorney Greg Sullivan and also I would with that motion include the removal of condition #20.
2:02:35 PM Commissioner Murdock Do you want to include in your motion to approve the subdivision? With the rest of the covenants.
2:02:41 PM Commission comments
2:02:47 PM Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan The application had requested a change to gg that would add "Except for the trail for trail building and open space management. Was that part of your motion?
2:02:58 PM Commissioner White No it wasn't but I am going to add it right now.
2:03:01 PM Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan And I also believe to correct a typo in condition #1.
2:03:09 PM Commissioner Murdock Second so reflects these changes.
2:03:11 PM Discussion between the Commission and Greg Sullivan
2:03:20 PM Commissioner White And also put on record the modification to Condition #1 which is to strike Cold Iron Road from Lazy J South Subdivision to the intersection with Michener Creek Road and then in addition Condition #42(gg) to add, "except for trail construction and open space management and also the approval of the preliminary plat."
2:04:13 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
2:04:23 PM Board Discussion/Findings
2:04:56 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:05:05 PM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on Request for Preliminary Plat Approval for the Spanish Peaks Resort Phase 4A Major Subdivision - continued until March 20, 2007.
2:05:12 PM Chairman Skinner Consent Agenda Item #3: Contract with Durrant Group for Detention Center Pre-Bond Planning
2:05:31 PM Commissioner Murdock What I'd like to do is to make a new motion to approve the consent agenda as modified with that removed and by that action that would repeal the first action we took on the consent agenda.
2:05:46 PM Commissioner White Second
2:05:57 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:06:00 PM Chairman Skinner Consent Agenda Item #3: Contract with Durrant Group for Detention Center Pre-Bond Planning
2:06:14 PM Grants Administrator Larry Watson Presentation
2:10:19 PM Discussion and Questions
2:15:04 PM Public Comment Dennis Carlson
2:15:37 PM Discussion between the Commission, Dennis Carlson, and Larry Watson
2:16:21 PM Commissioner White Well it's on the regular agenda now. I would move approval of the contract with Durrant Group for the Detention Center Pre-Bond Planning.
2:16:37 PM Chairman Skinner Second
2:16:44 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:16:49 PM Grants Administrator Larry Watson Comments
2:17:12 PM Chairman Skinner
Pending Resolution: A Resolution stating the Responsibility and Authority of a Project Manager for the Detention Center Project for Professional Service Contracts
2:17:35 PM County Administrator Earl Mathers Presentation
2:18:22 PM There was no public comment.
2:18:28 PM Discussion between the Commission and Earl Mathers
2:19:22 PM Commissioner White I would move the adoption and approval of Resolution #2007-022.
2:19:30 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
2:19:38 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:19:55 PM Chairman Skinner Work Session Regarding Growth Policy Implementation Program - Rural Cluster Development
2:20:08 PM Recess
2:20:14 PM Chairman Skinner Announcement: Commissioner Murdock will be excused @ 3:30 to attend another meeting.
2:27:45 PM Reconvene to meeting.
2:28:05 PM County Planner Sean O'Callaghan Presentation/PowerPoint
2:37:03 PM Chairman Skinner Comments
2:37:34 PM County Planner Sean O'Callaghan Continued Presentation/PowerPoint
2:39:33 PM Work session and discussion between Sean O'Callaghan, Rob Brownell, Commission, C.B. Dormire, Deputy County Attorney Greg Sullivan, Dennis Carlson, Tom Milesnick, and Mike Harris
3:38:31 PM No Action Taken
3:38:40 PM Meeting Adjourned.
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