Description Gallatin County Commissioners Journal No. July 17, 2007
Date 07/17/2007 Location County Commission
Time Speaker Note
9:08:21 AM Chairman Skinner Call to Order, Moment of Silence, Pledge of Allegiance. Present were Commissioners Skinner and White, Deputy County Attorney Kate Dinwiddie and Acting Clerk to the Board Veniece Lindemulder. Commissioner Murdock was excused.
9:09:11 AM Chairman Skinner Public comment on any matters within the commission's jurisdiction. PowerPoint presentation by Kerry White. Carol Metcalf; Erma Kurk; Jose Castro, District Ranger-Gallatin National Forest. Discussed abandonment of access road to Bear Canyon to leaseholders allowed to graze cattle in the area. No new access road has been built as yet.
9:48:30 AM Acting Clerk to the Board Veniece Lindemulder Read the consent agenda as follows: 1. Approval of Claims 2. Approval of Meeting Minutes from the June 27, 2007 Budget Session and July 3, 2007 Regular Meeting 3. Approval of Disposal Request for Destruction of Records for the Clerk & Recorder Elections Department 4. Approval for Transfer of Budget Authority for the Attorney's Department in the Amount of $1,915 to Purchase Scanners, Chairs and a Fax Machine 5. Approval of Contract: Construction Agreement to Improve a Section of Vincent Road to Gravel Standards.
9:49:34 AM There was no public comment.
9:49:42 AM Commissioner White I'd make a motion for the approval of the consent agenda as it was read into record.
9:49:47 AM Chairman Skinner Second
9:49:50 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:49:56 AM Chairman Skinner Consideration and Decision on an Improvements Agreement for Phase One of the Black Bull Run Major Subdivision
9:50:12 AM County Planner Sean O'Callaghan Staff report
9:52:24 AM Discussion and Questions
9:55:26 AM Craig Madson, Allied Engineering Presentation on behalf of applicant, Stephen M. Barrett, Managing Member for Black Bull Development, LLC
9:57:20 AM Discussion with the Commission, Craig Madson and Stephen Barrett
10:02:02 AM Public Comment Bryan Connelley, Central Valley Fire Department
10:03:31 AM Road & Bridge Engineer George Durkin Comments
10:04:53 AM Board Discussion/Findings
10:05:26 AM Commissioner White I would make a motion for the acceptance of it (Improvements Agreement for Phase One of the Black Bull Run Major Subdivision).
10:05:30 AM Chairman Skinner Second
10:05:34 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:05:46 AM Chairman Skinner Recess
10:14:48 AM Chairman Skinner Reconvene to meeting. Public Hearing and Consideration for a Conditional Use Permit for a 5-Lot Minor Subdivision to Allow One Residence per Five Acres in the East Gallatin Zoning District by Red Canyon Capital, LLC
10:15:24 AM Belgrade City-County Planner Heidi Jensen Staff report, submitted correspondence labeled Exhibit A, Item #2.
10:17:30 AM Discussion between the Commission, Heidi Jensen and Deputy County Attorney Kate Dinwiddie.
10:22:14 AM Shannon Marinko, Skyline Surveying Presentation on behalf of applicant, Red Canyon LLC.
10:23:18 AM John Glover, Berg Law Firm Presentation on behalf of client, Red Canyon LLC
10:25:57 AM Public Comment Steve Wallingford
10:28:08 AM John Glover, Berg Law Firm Rebuttal
10:28:54 AM Board Discussion/Findings including Kate Dinwiddie.
10:35:18 AM Commissioner White I move to approve with conditions as put into record.
10:35:23 AM Chairman Skinner Second
10:35:29 AM Board discussion including Kate Dinwiddie.
10:36:50 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:37:14 AM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on Improvements Agreement for the Completion of Road Improvements for the Spanish Peaks Resort Phase 3A Major Subdivision
10:37:26 AM County Planner Warren Vaughan Staff report
10:38:10 AM There was no public comment.
10:38:18 AM Board Discussion/Findings including Deputy County Attorney Kate Dinwiddie
10:38:51 AM Commissioner White I make a motion to approve.
10:38:53 AM Chairman Skinner Second
10:38:57 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:39:03 AM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on a Request for Final Plat Approval of the Spanish Peaks Resort Phase 3A Major Subdivision
10:39:13 AM County Planner Warren Vaughan Staff report, submitted correspondence labeled as Exhibit A, Item #4.
10:43:00 AM Discussion and Questions
10:44:24 AM Lauren Waterton, Spanish Peaks Applicant presentation
10:46:20 AM Discussion and Questions
10:46:51 AM There was no public comment.
10:46:57 AM Board Discussion/Findings
10:47:55 AM Commissioner White I would support this with a motion to accept the final plat.
10:48:02 AM Chairman Skinner Second
10:48:10 AM Motion passed unanimously.
10:48:22 AM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision for Change of One Condition to the Preliminary Plat Approval of the K-Ranch Minor Subdivision
10:48:35 AM County Planner Christopher Scott Staff report
10:54:15 AM Discussion and Questions
10:54:46 AM Bob Lee, Land Use Planner, Morrison Maierle, Inc. Presentation on behalf of applicant, submitted map labeled Exhibit A, Item #5.
11:08:19 AM Discussion between the Commission, Christopher Scott and Chris Wasia, Morrison-Maierle, Inc.
11:18:21 AM Public Comment Road & Bridge Engineer George Durkin.
11:21:39 AM Chris Wasia, Morrison-Maierle, Inc Rebuttal
11:23:07 AM Board Discussion/Findings
11:25:55 AM Commissioner White I would support it with a motion of approval.
11:25:59 AM Chairman Skinner To approve the variance?
11:26:00 AM Commissioner White Yes.
11:26:01 AM Chairman Skinner Second
11:26:03 AM Board Discussion/Findings
11:27:23 AM Motion passed unanimously.
11:27:51 AM Chairman Skinner I think we need a motion for change of conditions based on the findings of unnecessary, impossible or illegal.
11:28:06 AM Commissioner White I make the motion.
11:28:10 AM Chairman Skinner Second
11:28:15 AM Board Discussion/Findings
11:28:42 AM Motion passed unanimously.
11:28:46 AM Chairman Skinner Recess
11:42:55 AM Chairman Skinner Reconvene to meeting. Continuation of Public Hearing and Decision on Preliminary Plat Approval for the Aspen Springs Major Subdivision
11:43:07 AM County Planner Sean O'Callaghan Staff report
11:49:56 AM Discussion and Questions
11:50:49 AM Debbie Anderson, Gateway Engineering and Surveying, Inc Presentation on behalf of applicant Kailo Design & Development, LLC
11:53:02 AM Ron Schwend, Gateway Engineering and Surveying, Inc Presentation on behalf of applicant Kailo Design & Development, LLC
11:58:20 AM Discussion between the Commission, Ron Schwend and Richard J. Mackie, Ph.D., Certified Wildlife Biologist
12:01:26 PM Public Comment William Ogden; Craig Jourdonnais, U.S. Fish, Wildlife & Parks; Susan "Tutti" Skaar; Swep Davis; Andy Dana; Marc Murfitt; and Noreen Breeden.
12:43:50 PM Debbie Anderson, Gateway Engineering and Surveying, Inc Rebuttal
12:46:04 PM Commission comments
12:46:41 PM Susan Swimley, Attorney Rebuttal
12:50:55 PM County Planner Sean O'Callaghan Comments, requests modification to condition #28p if condition #37 is approved.
12:51:46 PM Board Discussion including Deputy County Attorney Kate Dinwiddie, Sean O'Callaghan and Susan Swimley
1:08:07 PM Commissioner White I would make a motion for the approval of that (approval of the Aspen Springs Major Subdivision) and with the conditions as we have listed in the staff report and I guess I've, in regard to Condition #37, my motion, well I don't know, we can have discussion on it, my motion would not require Condition #37.
1:08:41 PM Chairman Skinner And how about the other conditions?
1:08:42 PM Commissioner White And the other conditions would be in the motion.
1:08:46 PM Chairman Skinner And that's referring to the conditions presented this morning by staff, #14a, #28s, and #29.
1:08:55 PM Commissioner White Yes.
1:09:09 PM Chairman Skinner Second
1:09:15 PM Chairman Skinner I really do think we should put in Condition #37 just because the wildlife biologists have agreed to that as a better design.
1:09:26 PM Commissioner White I'll amend my motion to do so. I have no problem either way.
1:09:31 PM Chairman Skinner I'll second that amended motion.
1:09:37 PM Board Discussion/Findings. Kate Dinwiddie suggested modification on wording in #28p to say, "Construction on "all" lots shall be done in a manner to assure that the intermittent drainage on these lots is not obstructed." Strike the words, "...1-4 and 7-9..."
1:21:23 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:21:28 PM Chairman Skinner Pending Resolution - Intent to Levy and Assess a Tax on Rural Improvement Maintenance Districts Within Gallatin County, Montana (#2007-077)
1:21:39 PM Finance Director Ed Blackman Presentation
1:22:45 PM Board Discussion including Deputy County Attorney Kate Dinwiddie
1:23:38 PM Commissioner White I move to approve Resolution #2007-077.
1:23:43 PM Chairman Skinner Second
1:23:46 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:23:52 PM Meeting Adjourned.
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