Description Gallatin County Commissioners Journal No. 50 August 22, 2007
Date 08/22/2007 Location County Commission
Time Speaker Note
1:29:40 PM Chairman Skinner Call to Order. Present were Commissioners Skinner, Murdock, and White, Deputy County Attorney Kate Dinwiddie and Acting Clerk to the Board Veniece Lindemulder.
1:29:45 PM Chairman Skinner Agenda Announcement - Regular Agenda Item #9 has been pulled and is continued until September 12, 2007, 10:00 am.
1:30:23 PM Chairman Skinner Public Comment on any Matters Within the Commission's Jurisdiction: Sharon Dunn, requests public hearing regarding violations commited by Northwestern Energy on the building of their substation on S. Church Ave.; G.K. Reiser, spoke on the Northwestern Energy Substation on S. Church Ave. and submitted documents labeled Exhibit A, Public Comment; and Pam Wright, spoke regarding Hebgen Lake Estates sewer district and RID.
1:48:07 PM Chairman Skinner Read the consent agenda as follows: 1. Approval of Contract(s): Contract with U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration for Grant Funding for the Installation of Weather Reporting Equipment at Progreba Field; Contract with Associated Construction Engineering for Evaluation of the Law & Justice Building HVAC System - pulled.
1:48:24 PM There was no public comment.
1:48:35 PM Commissioner White I'd make a motion for the approval of the consent agenda that was read into record.
1:48:40 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:48:42 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:48:46 PM Chairman Skinner Bid Award for the Sale of Bonds for the Rural Special Improvement District (RID) No. 393
1:49:01 PM Recording Supervisor Eric Semerad Presentation
1:50:16 PM There was no public comment.
1:50:36 PM Commissioner Murdock I move that we approve Resolution #07-393-D which would award the sale of the $900,000 Rural Special Improvement District #393 bonds per the advice of bond counsel and the Clerk & Recorders office.
1:50:55 PM Commissioner White Second
1:51:00 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:51:09 PM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on an Interlocal Agreement for the South Central Montana Interoperability Consortium (SCMIC)
1:51:26 PM 911 Director Ben Hess Presentation
1:56:08 PM Discussion and Questions
2:01:06 PM There was no public comment.
2:01:21 PM No action taken.
2:01:28 PM Chairman Skinner Called to order the meeting of the East Gallatin Board of Adjustments
2:01:44 PM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on a Variance in East Gallatin Zoning District-Mazuranich
2:01:53 PM Belgrade City-County Planner Heidi Jensen Staff Report
2:04:27 PM Discussion and Questions
2:05:53 PM Bruce Mazuranich Presentation on behalf of applicant Erlene Mazuranich, submitted correspondence labeled Exhibit A, Item #3 and a site map labeled Exhibit B, Item #3.
2:10:48 PM Public Comment Ben Stanley
2:14:48 PM Bruce Mazuranich Rebuttal
2:16:44 PM Board Discussion including Heidi Jensen
2:18:56 PM Commissioner White I'd make that motion to approve (the variance).
2:18:58 PM Board Discussion/Findings
2:22:47 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
2:22:56 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:23:01 PM Chairman Skinner Meeting of the East Gallatin Board of Adjustments closed.
2:23:13 PM Chairman Skinner Reconvene Board of County Commissioners Meeting
Public Hearing and Decision on Recommendation to the Montana Department of Transportation, Traffic Commission, on US 191 - Gallatin Canyon
2:23:28 PM Chairman Skinner Comments on a letter from the Montana Department of Transportation.
2:24:19 PM There was no public comment.
2:24:36 PM Road and Bridge Superintendent Lee Provance Comments
2:25:36 PM Board Discussion
2:32:29 PM Commissioner White So moved to pass on a recommendation at 60 mph on that stretch of road which is from milepost 48 to milepost 70, and to leave it at the 60 mph that its posted at.
2:32:41 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
2:32:45 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:32:48 PM Recess
2:42:04 PM Chairman Skinner Reconvene to meeting. Public Hearing and Decision for Level One Approval for Funding from the Open Space Bond for the Purchase of a Conservation Easement on the Sinnema Flikkema Ranch
2:42:15 PM Open Lands Board Coordinator Mike Harris PowerPoint Presentation
2:45:35 PM Kelly Ramirez, Field Representative with the Trust for Public Land Presentation
2:47:50 PM Discussion and Questions
2:48:47 PM Kelly Pohl, Gallatin Valley Land Trust Presentation
2:49:33 PM Open Lands Board Coordinator Mike Harris Comments
2:49:51 PM There was no public comment.
2:50:01 PM Commissioner Murdock Move to approve Level One Approval as presented for $700,000 of open space bond money.
2:50:12 PM Commissioner White Second
2:50:13 PM Board Discussion/Findings
2:51:22 PM Motion passed unanimously.
2:51:33 PM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on Received Protests of RID Maintenance Costs
2:51:39 PM Finance Director Ed Blackman Presentation
2:52:53 PM Discussion and Questions
2:54:21 PM Public Comment Richard Geer, submitted exhibits labeled Exhibit A, Item #6; Pam Wright, submitted and read letter from John Prichard labeled Exhibit B, Item #6, and exhibits labeled Exhibit C, Item #6.
3:15:47 PM Discussion between the Commission, Ed Blackman and Pam Wright
3:20:04 PM Jack Schunke, Morrison-Maierle, Inc. Presentation on RID #358.
3:25:10 PM Discussion between the Commission, Ed Blackman, Jack Schunke and Deputy County Attorney Kate Dinwiddie
3:40:38 PM Commissioner White The motion would be to recommend that we, that the number that we're going to use will be a number that will take care of the overlay requirements and obligation and then, it would be a number less than the $158 and I don't know what that is, but I would like to have that number by next week.
3:41:09 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
3:41:10 PM Board Discussion
3:42:45 PM Motion passed 2:1. Chairman Skinner opposed.
3:42:55 PM Jack Schunke, Morrison-Maierle, Inc. Presentation on RID #322.
3:46:12 PM Discussion between the Commission, Ed Blackman and Jack Schunke
3:49:36 PM No action taken.
3:49:38 PM Chairman Skinner Decision on Request for Reduction in the Letter of Credit Regarding Required Improvements for the Black Bull Run Major Subdivision Phase I
3:49:52 PM Planning Director Greg Sullivan Staff Report
3:51:37 PM Discussion and Questions
3:53:13 PM Steve Barrett Presentation on behalf of applicant Black Bull Run Development, LLC
3:55:08 PM Discussion and Questions
3:56:12 PM There was no public comment.
3:56:23 PM Commissioner White I'd make a motion for the reduction of the letter of credit from $9,000,000 to $4,213,448.
3:56:35 PM Board Discussion
3:56:52 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
3:56:57 PM Motion passed unanimously.
3:57:46 PM Chairman Skinner Public Hearing and Decision on a Request to Modify County Required Covenant "K" for the Galactic Park Residential Subdivision Regarding the Removal of Mandatory Sprinkler Systems
3:58:00 PM Planning Director Greg Sullivan Presentation
3:59:30 PM Discussion and Questions
4:00:00 PM Richard Smith, RJ Associates, Inc. Presentation on behalf of applicant Galactic Park Residential Subdivision.
4:04:22 PM Discussion between the Commission, Richard Smith, Greg Sullivan and Deputy County Attorney Kate Dinwiddie.
4:06:13 PM Public Comment Gregg Heath, submitted exhibits labeled Exhibit A, Item #8; Chris Wasia, Morrison-Mairele, Inc.; Bruce Suenram, Fire Logistics; Mark Goveia; Bryan Connelley, Central Valley Fire Dept., submitted correspondence labeled Exhibit B, Item #8; Jason Revisky, Big Sky Fire Dept; Chris Vandersloot.
4:44:04 PM Richard Smith, RJ Associates, Inc. Rebuttal
4:47:15 PM Discussion between the Commission, Richard Smith and Kate Dinwiddie
4:47:55 PM Board Discussion/Findings
4:49:56 PM Commissioner White I believe that it would be an appropriate change (to the covenants) and that I would support it with a motion for approval.
4:50:10 PM Board Discussion including Kate Dinwiddie
4:51:18 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
4:51:20 PM Board Discussion
4:53:12 PM Commissioner White I can withdraw my motion and then come up with changed language and then have another motion.
4:53:18 PM Commissioner Murdock I will withdraw the second then.
4:53:20 PM Discussion between the Commission, Greg Sullivan, Richard Smith, Bryan Connelley and Kate Dinwiddie
5:04:55 PM Commissioner White I'd make a motion then for the approval of this change in their covenants with the modification that you just put on record that it's the intent of the Commission to, that the language would be restrictive for the alternate, which, I guess, is Section B of their proposed change of language, that would only be for single resident dwellings, single-family dwellings and would not include commercial or multi-family.
5:05:36 PM Commissioner Murdock Second, comments.
5:06:26 PM Motion passed 2:1. Commissioner Murdock opposed.
5:06:32 PM There were no Pending Resolutions.
5:06:35 PM Meeting Adjourned.
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