Description Gallatin County Commissioners' Journal No. 51 April 14, 2009
Date 04/14/2009 Location Commission
Time Speaker Note
9:03:35 AM Chairman White Call to Order, Moment of Silence, Pledge of Allegiance. Present were Commissioners Skinner, Murdock, and White, Deputy County Attorney Jecyn Bremer and Acting Clerk to the Board Veniece Lindemulder.
9:04:19 AM Chairman White Announcement: Reminder to the public that the meeting is being recorded, televised live by Bresnan Communications and streamed over the internet.
9:04:51 AM Chairman White There was public comment on any matters within the Commission's jurisdiction. Tony Kolnik regarding wastewater treatment issues at Four Corners and submitted 'Regulations for Wastewater Treatment Systems' from the Gallatin City-County Health Department labeled Exhibit A, Item-Public Comment.
9:10:46 AM Acting Clerk to the Board Veniece Lindemulder Read the consent agenda as follows: 1. Approval of Claims, 2. Approval of Budget Transfer Within the Solid Waste Management District (Logan Landfill) from Capital Outlay to Building in the Amount of $42,000, 3. Approval of Contract(s), Montana Department of Transportation for the Purchase of Four In-car Video Units for the Sheriff's Department ($18,000); DOWL HKM for the Storm Water Management Plan for the Gallatin County Fairgrounds (pulled until 4-21-2009), 4. Approval of Cost Share Agreement Between Gallatin County and the USDA Forest Service Gallatin National Forest for the County's Performance of Snowplowing Hyalite, 5. Decision on a Mortgage Survey Exemption from Subdivision Review for Erickson
9:11:58 AM There was no public comment.
9:12:07 AM Commissioner Murdock I move that we approve the consent agenda as read.
9:12:11 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:12:13 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:12:22 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution to Amend the Capital Improvements DES FY 2009 Operating Budget to Include Unanticipated Grant Revenues in the Amount of $267,206 Received from the Montana Department of Military Affairs for a Middle Creek Dam Early Warning Systems
9:12:43 AM Grants and Projects Administrator Larry Watson Presentation
9:13:37 AM There was no public comment.
9:13:45 AM Commissioner Skinner Move to approve Resolution #2009-044.
9:13:50 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:13:53 AM Board discussion
9:14:19 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:14:31 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution to Amend the Capital Improvements Road & Street Service FY 2009 Operating Budget to Include Unanticipated Revenues in the Amount of $23,173 Received from the Gallatin Airport Authority for the Environmental Assessment on the I-90 Interchange
9:14:53 AM Grants and Projects Administrator Larry Watson Presentation
9:15:15 AM There was no public comment.
9:15:22 AM Commissioner Murdock I move that we approve Resolution #2009-045.
9:15:27 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:15:30 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:15:41 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution of Intent to Amend the CDBG Grants FY 2009 Operating Budget to Include Unanticipated Revenues in the Amount of $30,000 Received from Montana Department of Commerce and Belgrade Senior Center for a Preliminary Architectural Report on the Existing Senior Center
9:16:03 AM Grants and Projects Administrator Larry Watson Presentation
9:16:29 AM There was no public comment.
9:16:35 AM Commissioner Skinner Move to approve Resolution of Intent #2009-046.
9:16:42 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:16:45 AM Board discussion
9:16:53 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:17:06 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution of Intent to Amend the Women, Infant and Children (WIC) FY 2009 Operating Budget to Include Unanticipated Revenues in the Amount of $2,330 to be Used to Open a WIC Clinic in Belgrade, Montana
9:17:29 AM Board discussion
9:18:00 AM There was no public comment.
9:18:07 AM Commissioner Murdock I move that we approve the Resolution #2009-047 which would, again, amend the budget to accept unanticipated revenues for the WIC program.
9:18:19 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:18:22 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:18:32 AM Chairman White Public Hearing, Discussion and Approval of the Sale of Surplus Property No Longer Necessary to the Conduct of the County Business per MCA 7-8-2211, at a Public Sale to be Held April 18th, 2009 at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds, Building #4
9:18:54 AM Auditor Jennifer Blossom Presentation
9:19:25 AM Discussion and Questions
9:23:22 AM There was no public comment.
9:23:30 AM Commissioner Skinner I move to approve the sale of this surplus property and the list as presented by the County Auditor.
9:23:37 AM Commissioner Murdock Second
9:23:41 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:23:54 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution to Transfer Portions of Public Dedicated Parks in the Shakira, Valley Grove and Wylie Creek Subdivisions to the State of Montana for the Purpose of Creating Additional Road Right of Way for the Expansion and Reconstruction of State Secondary MT 235 (Valley Center Road)
9:25:08 AM Open Lands Coordinator Mike Harris Presentation
9:26:08 AM Discussion and Questions
9:27:32 AM There was no public comment.
9:27:42 AM Commissioner Murdock Comments, I would move that we transfer portions of the public dedicated parks in Shakira, Valley Grove and Wylie Creek Subdivisions to the State of Montana for the purpose of creating additional road right-of-way for the expansion and reconstruction of State Secondary MT 235, which is, basically, Valley Center Road.
9:28:20 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:28:23 AM Discussion between the Commission and Mike Harris
9:29:34 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:29:42 AM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Request for Preliminary Plat Approval for the Pogreba Minor Subdivision to Remove an Agricultural Exemption and Decision on a Variance Request from Sections 6.E (Fire Protection Requirements) of the County Subdivision Regulations
9:30:03 AM County Planner Ada Montague Staff report
9:32:37 AM Discussion and Questions
9:34:07 AM County Planner Ada Montague Staff report continued
9:40:03 AM Susan Swimley, Attorney Presentation on behalf of clients Larry and Donna Pogreba, submitted correspondence labeled Exhibit A, Item #7.
9:43:47 AM Discussion between the Commission, Susan Swimley and Deputy County Attorney Jecyn Bremer. It was noted that Condition #B.2.D should read as follows: "The applicant shall waive the property owner's right to protest creation of a future RID."
9:56:55 AM Ty Traxler, C&H Engineering and Surveying, Inc. Presentation on behalf of applicants Larry and Donna Pogreba
10:03:01 AM Public Comment Udo Chapman and David Spencer
10:13:09 AM Susan Swimley, Attorney Rebuttal on behalf of clients Larry & Donna Pogreba
10:16:17 AM Chairman White Closed public comment.
10:16:20 AM Discussion between the Commission, Ada Montague and Jecyn Bremer
10:24:42 AM Commissioner Skinner Comments, I would move to approve the fire variance.
10:25:20 AM Chairman White Second
10:25:24 AM Board discussion/Findings
10:27:04 AM Motion passed 2:1. Commissioner Murdock opposed.
10:27:34 AM Commissioner Skinner I'll move to approve the one-lot minor with staff-suggested conditions remaining the same except for deleting G.11.g, deleting Condition #17 and, now with the variance, deleting Condition #20.
10:27:53 AM County Planner Ada Montague And Condition #1. Condition #1 will also need to be amended.
10:28:00 AM Commissioner Skinner And I'll, I'll put that in my motion to delete Condition #1.
10:28:07 AM Chairman White Second
10:28:12 AM Board discussion/Findings including Jecyn Bremer
10:35:20 AM Motion passed 2:1. Commissioner Murdock opposed.
10:35:32 AM Recess
10:49:20 AM Chairman White Reconvene to meeting. Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution of Intent to Create RID 395 - Proposed Ousel Falls and South Fork Roads and Highway 64 Intersection Improvements - Big Sky
10:49:44 AM Jack Schunke, Morrison-Maierle, Inc. Presentation, submitted assessment summary sheet labeled Exhibit A, Item #8.
11:01:17 AM Discussion between the Commission, Deputy County Attorney Jecyn Bremer, Attorney Bob Murdo and Jack Schunke
11:07:02 AM Public comment Steve Johnson, Tim Cyr, Beth VanHorn, Randy VanHorn, Tara DePuy, David Schwalbe, Brandon Bang, Paul "Packy" Cronin, Christian Johnsen, Jack Eakman, submitted correspondence labeled Exhibit B, Item #8, Susan Swimley, Attorney for Spanish Peak Estates North, John Olson, Director of Engineer for Spanish Peaks Resort, Jim Hart, Madison County Commissioner and Gervaise Purcell
11:53:10 AM Jack Schunke, Morrison-Maierle, Inc. Rebuttal
12:01:09 PM Discussion between the Commission, Jack Schunke, Craig Brawner, Morrison-Maierle, Inc., County Planner Tim Skop, Bob Murdo and Bill Simkins.
12:29:59 PM No action taken.
12:30:03 PM Recess
12:38:28 PM Chairman White Reconvene to meeting. Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution of Intent Amending the Boundaries of the Four Corners Community Plan (Plan) Adopted as Part of the County Growth Policy to Exclude Certain Properties in the Southeast Corner of the Plan and to Include Certain Properties Located Along Highway 191
12:38:53 PM County Planner Warren Vaughan Staff report
12:43:13 PM Discussion and Questions
12:44:47 PM Public comment Ronald Page and Deb Wahlberg
12:46:46 PM Board discussion including Deputy County Attorney Jecyn Bremer.
12:47:05 PM Commissioner Murdock I will move that we include the properties to amend the boundaries of the Four Corners Community Plan consistent with what Warren has presented. Is this the right way to make this...? No? Ok.
12:47:24 PM County Planner Warren Vaughan What you need to do is move to approve the Resolution of Intent and then from there the determinations which are on the last page of your staff report.
12:47:32 PM Commissioner Murdock So I will, strike that. Sorry Veniece. I will move to approve the Resolution of Intention (#2009-048) revising the boundary of the Four Corners Community Plan as a revision to the Gallatin County Growth Policy.
12:47:45 PM Commissioner Skinner Second
12:47:50 PM Board discussion/Findings including Jecyn Bremer and Warren Vaughan
12:50:28 PM Motion passed unanimously.
12:50:35 PM Chairman White Public Hearing and Decision on a Resolution of Intent Amending the Boundaries of the Gallatin County/Bozeman Area Master Plan and Map Adopted as Part of the County Growth Policy to Remove Certain Properties within Portions of the Gallatin County/Bozeman Planning Area Also Covered by the Four Corners Community Planning Area
12:51:01 PM County Planner Warren Vaughan Staff report
1:01:47 PM Public comment Dan Triemstra, Mike Gaffke, Deb Wahlberg and Peg Easton
1:06:26 PM Commissioner Skinner I'm in support of this and I would move to amend the Gallatin County/Bozeman Area Planning jurisdiction boundary as a revision to the Gallatin County Growth Policy as described in Warren's staff report dated April 14.
1:06:41 PM Commissioner Murdock Second
1:06:42 PM Deputy County Attorney Jecyn Bremer Would you add to that motion that you're moving to adopt the Resolution of Intent to effect that.
1:06:47 PM Commissioner Skinner I will include in my motion to adopt the Resolution of Intent #2009-049.
1:06:53 PM Commissioner Murdock Second agrees
1:06:57 PM Board discussion
1:07:26 PM Motion passed unanimously.
1:07:31 PM Discussion with the Commission and Warren Vaughan
1:08:10 PM Meeting Adjourned.
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