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Gallatin County Commission Meeting Minutes October 9, 2007
Description Gallatin County Commissioners' Journal No. October 9, 2007
Date 10/09/2007 Location County Commission
  
Time Speaker Note
9:07:13 AM Chairman Skinner Call to Order, Moment of Silence, Pledge of Allegiance. Present were Commissioners Skinner, Murdock, and White, Deputy County Attorney Kate Dinwiddie and Acting Clerk to the Board Veniece Lindemulder.
9:08:04 AM Chairman Skinner There was no public comment on any matters within the Commission's jurisdiction.
9:08:20 AM Acting Clerk to the Board Veniece Lindemulder Read the consent agenda as follows: 1. Approval of Claims 2. Approval of Asset Disposals from ITS Department Totaling Four Gateway Desktops, One Intergraph Desktop, Five HP Servers, One ISC Server, One BAB Enterprise Training Lab and One HP Data Storage 3. Approval of Contracts: War Wagon Services for RID Maintenance Snowplowing RID #316; Dan Marx for RID Maintenance Snowplowing RID #308, 351 and 384; OCR Excavating, Inc. for RID Maintenance Snowplowing RID #343; Outdoor Maintenance service for RID Maintenance Snowplowing RID #382; ThinkOne Architects for Pre-construction Design and Engineering of a New 9-1-1 Communications Facility; Grade Crossing Signals Tri-Party Agreement Between Montana Rail Link, Montana Department of Transportation and Gallatin County for Moffit Canyon/E. Bozeman 4. Decision on a Request for a Boundary Relocation Exempt from Subdivision Review for Smith.
9:09:58 AM   There was no public comment.
9:10:07 AM Commissioner White  I'd make a motion that we would approve the consent agenda as it was read into record.
9:10:11 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:10:14 AM   Motion passed unanimously.
9:10:18 AM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on Emergency Management Coordinator and Hazardous Materials Contract
9:10:31 AM EMS Coordinator Patrick Lonergan Presentation
9:11:00 AM   There was no public comment.
9:11:11 AM   Board Discussion
9:11:24 AM Commissioner Murdock I move that we approve the Emergency Management Coordinator and Hazardous Materials contract which we do every year.
9:11:33 AM Commissioner White  Second
9:11:37 AM   Motion passed unanimously.
9:11:43 AM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Between the City of Bozeman and Gallatin County for a Joint 9-1-1/Fire Station Facility at the Regional Park. A decision on this MOU will be made tomorrow, October 10, 2007, but open to public today for hearing/comments.
9:12:41 AM 9-1-1 Director Ben Hess Presentation
9:14:42 AM County Administrator Earl Mathers Presentation
9:16:02 AM   Discussion and Questions
9:19:35 AM Public Comment Chuck Winn, Chief of Bozeman Fire Department
9:21:17 AM   Discussion and Questions
9:21:46 AM   No action taken.
9:21:57 AM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution to Create the Countryside Estates County Water and Sewer District
9:22:09 AM Recording Supervisor Eric Semerad Presentation
9:23:00 AM   There was no public comment.
9:23:11 AM Commissioner White  I would just simply make a motion for the approval for Resolution #2007-125 which is a resolution creating the Countryside Estates and County Water Sewer District.
9:23:24 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:23:28 AM   Motion passed unanimously.
9:23:43 AM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on Acceptance of Bond for the Completion of Improvements Agreement Regarding Roads and Sidewalks for Countryside Estates Major Subdivision
9:23:56 AM Belgrade City-County Planner Jason Karp Staff Report
9:25:11 AM   Discussion and Questions
9:26:31 AM   There was no public comment.
9:26:40 AM Commissioner Murdock Move to approve the improvements agreement. It's been reviewed and approved by our attorneys so it must be right.
9:26:46 AM Commissioner White  Second
9:26:50 AM   Motion passed unanimously.
9:27:52 AM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision Regarding Final Plat Approval for Countryside Estates Major Subdivision
9:28:05 AM Belgrade City-County Planner Jason Karp Staff Report
9:29:00 AM   There was no public comment.
9:29:11 AM   Board Discussion/Findings
9:29:23 AM Commissioner White  I would move for the final plat approval.
9:29:27 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:29:31 AM   Motion passed unanimously.
9:29:36 AM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on a Conditional Use Permit for a Veterinary Clinic for All Creatures Medical Center in the Agricultural-Suburban Zone of the Gallatin County/Bozeman Area ("Donut") Zoning District
9:29:53 AM County Planner Randy Johnson on behalf of County Planner Ada Montague Staff Report
9:34:08 AM   Discussion and Questions
9:35:35 AM   There was no public comment.
9:35:47 AM   Board Discussion
9:38:15 AM Commissioner Murdock I would move that we approve it with the conditions.
9:38:18 AM Commissioner White  Second
9:38:26 AM   Motion passed unanimously.
9:38:37 AM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on a Request for Preliminary Plat Approval for the Lipka Subsequent Minor Subdivision (in the Ross Creek Subdivision)
9:38:57 AM Belgrade City-County Planner Jason Karp Staff report
9:42:25 AM Mike Lapp, Gaston Engineering Presentation on behalf of applicant David Lipka.
9:42:45 AM Public Comment Mare Boustead
9:45:24 AM   Discussion between the Commission and Jason Karp.
9:47:03 AM Commissioner Murdock So I move that we approve it with the conditions.
9:47:06 AM Commissioner White  Second
9:47:11 AM   Board Discussion/Findings
9:48:27 AM   Motion passed unanimously.
9:48:37 AM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision Regarding the Approval of the Condominium Site Plan and Preliminary Plat for First Community Bank of Belgrade
9:48:47 AM Belgrade City-County Planner Jason Karp Staff report
9:51:24 AM Jack Schunke, Morrison-Maierle, Inc Presentation on behalf of applicant First Community Bank of Belgrade.
9:55:29 AM   Discussion and Questions
9:57:36 AM   There was no public comment.
9:57:52 AM   Discussion between the Commission and Jason Karp.
9:58:10 AM Belgrade City-County Planner Jason Karp So I would recommend a condition stating that "The applicant shall record a pedestrian easement along Amsterdam Road as approved by the Gallatin County Road Department."
9:58:28 AM Commissioner Murdock I'd move that we approve it with the conditions as written with that addition.
9:58:33 AM Commissioner White  Second
9:58:37 AM   Board Discussion/Findings
10:00:15 AM   Motion passed unanimously.
10:00:18 AM Chairman Skinner Recess
10:10:50 AM Chairman Skinner Reconvene to meeting. Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution on a Resolution of Intent to Adopt a Zone Map Amendment to the Gallatin County/Bozeman Area ("Donut") Zoning District and to Provide Initial Zoning for Unzoned Property Located in the Gooch Hill Area to Implement the Adopted Gooch Hill West Neighborhood Plan
10:11:11 AM County Planner Tom Rogers Presentation, submitted fact sheet of permitted uses by district labeled Exhibit A, Item #9.
10:19:42 AM   Discussion and Questions
10:22:52 AM Dale Beland Presentation on behalf of applicant Gooch Hill West, LLC
10:38:48 AM   Discussion and Questions
10:40:59 AM Public Comment Kevin Cook, Gene Cook, Tom Starner-Gooch Hill West, LLC, Ron Johnson-Gooch Hill Greenhouses, and David King-Rae Water & Sewer District.
10:56:10 AM   Discussion between the Commission, Tom Rogers and Dale Beland.
11:02:46 AM Commissioner Murdock Resolution of intention to adopt the zone map amendment #2007-126. Because this doesn't have the language in it, that motion would include the applicant's original application. Not the amendments made by the planning board. (The actual resolution was not presented to the Commission at this time, only a resolution number. This will come back as a Pending Resolution on 10/10/2007. Clerk note: This resolution was not available 10/10/2007. It will be a pending resolution on 10/16/2007.)
11:03:06 AM Commissioner White  Second
11:03:11 AM   Board Discussion/Findings
11:06:32 AM   Motion passed unanimously.
11:06:37 AM   There were no Pending Resolutions.
11:06:39 AM   Meeting adjourned.