Commission approves Mission Bay extension
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POLSON — A routine request for an extension of preliminary plat approval for Mission Bay Phase 3 until Jan. 20, 2013, generated a lot of discussion at the Jan. 19 Polson City Commission meeting. Although the project’s preliminary plat approval expired in 2009, the city commission could extend the date.
Area residents Murat Kalinyaprak and Margie Hendricks questioned the commissioners – Kalinyaprak because the preliminary plat approval expired in 2009, among other reasons, and Hendricks because she could not access the file at Polson City Hall and was afraid an approval would set a precedent.
Commissioner Judy Preston made a motion to table the item until the next meeting. The motion was defeated by a 3-2 vote with commissioners John Campbell, Fred Funke and Mike Lies voting against and Preston and Elsa Duford voting for tabling the item. Then the commissioners voted to extend the preliminary plat approval until 2013.
Mayor Pat DeVries and commissioner Don Smith were out of town as was city manager Todd Crossett.
Crossett asked city attorney James Raymond to announce the Jan. 27 meeting of the Polson Development Code Advisory Committee. The group will meet in a workshop session at 1 p.m. at city hall to begin the revision of the Polson Development Code.
Assistant Polson Police chief John Stevens updated the commissioners on efforts to meet Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements for city hall storage.
The storage in the upper west end of city hall and upstairs over the PPD detective’s office is “out of OSHA compliance because of weight,” Stevens said. Also there is one light bulb illuminating the area.
The PPD rented three storage units, two of them alarmed, for police records and evidence storage, because it was the quickest way to get something done, Stevens added.
As to a question of why OSHA got involved, PPD civilian assistant Brian Kunz said the sheer amount of items stored and the weight put on the fire hall as well as asbestos got OSHA interested.
Raymond said Crossett and city staff were in the early stages of determining what legally can be destroyed. He is also exploring digital format.
Noting that warrants, claims, bond issues, bond documents, all sorts of records and historical documents were stored west of the council chambers, city treasurer Bonnie Manicke said the State of Montana archivist needed to be contacted. She added that carbon copies might be hard to digitize.
In other business, the commissioners approved:
• Resolution 1017, to levy and assess special improvement districts
• Applicant Bruce Agrella’s appointment to the one-year term vacancy on the Board of Adjustment.
The next city committee meeting will be held on Feb. 7 in council chambers at 7 p.m.
