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Bigfork Steering Committee Minutes May 1, 2008 bigforksteering.org (draft)
In attendance: Craig Wagner, Pat Wagner, Gary Ridderhoff, Edd Blackler, John Bourquin, George Darrow, Elna Darrow, Sue Hanson, Shelley Gonzales, Darrell Coverdell, Ralph Walton,
Chairman Craig Wagner called the meeting to order at 12: 00 pm
There was no agenda to approve. This meeting was dedicated to The Bigfork Neighborhood Plan. As you know, we presented our Neighborhood Plan on April 9, 2008 to the Flathead County Planning and Zoning Board for approval. Some of the members of the board had not read it as they had just been appointed. There were two individuals from the public who questioned some of our Goals, Policies or requirements. Because the Montana Supreme Court has delivered a ruling that differs from Flathead County Planning and Zoning Department with regard to Neighborhood Plans, the County Planning and Zoning Department will meet with the County Attorneys on June 11, 2008 to decide how to handle that difference. It was decided the Bigfork Neighborhood Plan will be heard at a workshop meeting with the Flathead County Planning Board on June 25, 2008. The BSC and the BLUAC decided to have a joint meeting, inviting the different chairman and notifying our email list of members to address those issues. We received the list from BJ Greive and the minutes from the April 9, 2008 County Board Meeting so we could address the ones mentioned. We examined each one, had discussion with each one and then made our decision. We left some in as were presented; we changed a few and made minor corrections.
Meeting was adjourned at 1:40
Pat Wagner, Secretary
Bigfork Steering Committee Minutes April 17, 2008 bigforksteering.org (draft)
In attendance: Craig Wagner, Pat Wagner, Gary Ridderhoff, Edd Blackler, John Bourquin, Leslie Budewitz,, George Darrow, Chuck Gough, Sue Hanson Sally Janover
Chairman Craig Wagner called the meeting to order at 12: 02
Agenda: The motion was made to adopt the agenda as emailed. (m/sc (Hanson/Gough) Motion passed. Minutes: The minutes were approved as emailed (m/sc Gough/Bourquin) Motion Passed Treasurer’s Report: We have vouchers totaling $30.00 for Maps from the Resort Tax Committee taken to Chrysler and Gordon CPAs... Resort Tax Committee: No report Lake County Planning: Leslie noted her meetings will be May 2, 2008 and May 16, 2008 at 9:00 am at Saddlehorn Discovery Tower. The public meetings for summer will be either July 23, or 24 or August 13 or 14 2008 depending on availability of a site. She is hoping to have draft regulations by this summer but it is not looking too good. Vision Committee: Their next meeting will be held May 5, 2008 12:00 pm at Saddlehorn Discovery Tower. Craig reviewed again for everyone all the committees he has set up that the Vision Committee wanted. However some of them are summer people and are not back in town. Some of these projects require funding and Craig has also asked that the Vision Committee to see how they can help with the search for alternative funding. Stormwater Committee: The next public meeting is April 23, 2008 Wednesday at 7:00 pm at United Community Methodist Church, 750 Electric Ave. Bill Buxton of the Engineering Firm, Morrison-Maierle will be returning to finish the report and then to talk about improvements. Sue also mentioned a webcast that she watched for 2 hours on retrofitting an established system. It is much less expensive than digging everything up and replacing with new equipment. She also has been working with Tom Lewis in putting a stormwater page on the website www.bigforksteering.org. There was also a discussion on the large amount of grants available during a Federal Election year. Chairman’s Report: Craig announced the DNRC will be giving us a presentation on their activities probably in June at an evening meeting. Again we are waiting for our summer residents to arrive so that some of them can attend. Old Business: Craig explained during the Vision Committee’s report that a lot of money in our treasury is ear marked to print copies of the finished Bigfork Neighborhood Plan. These copies need to be given to the people who bought and paid for the first version almost 3 years ago at the CFBB Garden Bar Auction. New Business: None Announcements: Stormwater meeting Wednesday Evening 7:00 pm April 23, 2008 United Community Methodist Church 750 Electric Ave BLUAC is holding their Meeting Thursday April 24, 2008 4:00 pm Bethany Lutheran Church There will be no BSC Meeting on April 24, 2008
Meeting was adjourned at 1:02
Pat Wagner, Secretary
Bigfork Steering Committee Minutes April 10, 2008 bigforksteering.org (draft) Community Forum
In attendance: Craig Wagner, Pat Wagner, Gary Ridderhoff, Edd Blackler, Elna Darrow, John Bourquin, Steve Zabaro, Bruce Solberg, Cheryl Richmond, Gordon Graham, Alex Strickland, Paul Rana, John Lang, Paul Mustacio, Joyce Mitchell, Leslie Budewitz, John Bourquin, Jan Krause, Katrin Frye,Joe Brenneman, George Darrow
Chairman Craig Wagner called the meeting to order at 12: 03 Introductions were made Agenda: The motion was made to adopt the agenda as emailed. Motion Passed Minutes: The minutes were approved as emailed (m/sc Darrow, E. /Solberg) Motion Passed Treasurer’s Report: No report Balance remains the same. Community Forum: Paul Mutascio mentioned they get their money from their principal fund raiser, the Auction at the Garden Bar. Last year’s auction was the best they had. Resort Tax Committee: Attached is a copy of the Power Point presentation Bruce opened by explaining the steps they went through to get to this point. Several of the resorts were surprised to learn we didn’t already have a resort tax. Their question to “why a resort tax? was why not a resort tax?” It does so much good for resorts that have to rely on a county for funds that have to be shared by all the county offices and communities. John Lang then explained each page in the presentation. Ken Weaver, the expert consultant on resort taxes keeps a close eye on the cities and predicted Whitefish would come up with 5.6 million this year and he was just about right on. He predicts our first year could be $500,000.00 to $750.000.00 and the merchants participating would receive 5% of that back. The resort tax is based on a population of 2500. So two areas have been drawn out that have less than 2500 in population and we have the maps for you. If you have any questions about this presentation please call Cheryl Richmond at the Sleeping Bear at 837-1447 or 837-3735. She has been with the committee since it started their investigation. Since most of the committee members reside outside the proposed area it is felt that should we want to proceed with this endeavor, a new committee be appointed from those members that reside within the proposed area. The first item to start this advancing is to write a letter to the County Commissioners requesting to have us declared a resort. A motion was made to draft this letter and mail it out. (Ms/sc Gough//Mitchell) Motion Passed A sample use for this taxis Bigfork Water and Sewer needs to upgrade their sewer system because of the summer tourist season but in the winter we are fine. Why shouldn’t the tourists help pay for the upgrade. The impact on the locals would be in restaurants and bars. A 3% tax was recommended as most of the tourists pay 6 % to 8.75 in their home states. Another note: Seeley Lake is going forth to obtain one and now Polson is interested in receiving more information on the Resort Tax. Joe Brenneman: We held our first Public Storm Water meeting 2 weeks ago and will be having our second Public Meeting on April 23, 2008 at 7:00 pm at Community United Methodist Church 750 Electric Avenue. The discussion will center on applying for a Treasure State Grant and the deadline is May 2, 2008 and will not be available for another 2 years. This grant requires matching funds and will need a small bond issue of about $750,000.00. On the Township or Village Township idea he has talked to an Assistant to Governor Schweitzer and a couple of legislators and has gotten all positive answers. Lake County Planning: They are moving forward to create an advisory board in their area which resembles the shape Of Maryland. They will be having public meetings in July and August. Vision Committee: The problem we have is we come up with practical ideas but we have no funds to put them in place and we also come up with idealistic ideas. So we are going to come up with a questionnaire and send it out to the different organizations. We will then try to put the results on paper. Storm water Committee: Given by Joe Brenneman Chairman’s Report: Department of Natural Resources (DNRC) would like to give a presentation to BSC and Bigfork Citizens on Forest Management. Craig has suggested holding it in a June evening meeting when our summer residents are here. Paul Rana mentioned there is big difference between DNRC and State Forestry. Craig reported on the Bigfork Neighborhood Plan’s appearance at the Flathead County Planning Board the night before. We were last on the agenda of which had 3 items. The Mildren Zone Change at 395 Swan River Rd took a very long time. It was very confusing as they all said there was no room for density due to ground water. They also need soil and ground water testing which has not been done but finally passed it with a vote of 5 to 4. BJ Grieve presented our plan, told of all the meetings we held, showed all the public comments we had, newspaper coverage of the meetings and public notices. Craig spoke as the Applicant and turned it over to Shelley as she was the Chairman. She spoke on how we went about doing the rewrite of the 1993 plan. John Bourquin changed his Incorporation figures from 67% to 27%. Public Comment--- Charles Lapp who used to be on the County Planning and Zoning Board then addressed the board. He came up with a list of 15 items that he said needed to be redone or left out. There were a couple of errors that need to be redone, and some items that may have to be reworded. Erica Wirtela, working for Sands Engineering also stepped up with a couple items. It was suggested that we come back to a workshop meeting with the county board. It will be June 25, 2008 at 6:00 pm Gene Dizza praised our neighborhood plan as being the best he has ever seen and wished that all neighborhood plans were like ours. The meeting was pushed back so that we will have Flatheads decision on the recent Supreme Court ruling on Neighborhood Plans. Old Business: None. New Business: None Announcements: Swan River Community Hall Annual Pie Auction April 11, 2008 at 7:30 pm Featured auction: A pie a month for a full year. On the corner of Echo Lake Rd/Swan River Rd Admission one pie or $5.00 per family—Pie slices $2.00, a la mode $2.50. Proceeds go to continuing renovation for this Historical Hall. Meeting was adjourned at 1:37
Pat Wagner, Secretary
Bigfork Steering Committee Minutes April 3, 2008 bigforksteering.org (draft)
In attendance: Craig Wagner, Pat Wagner, Gary Ridderhoff, Edd Blackler, Elna Darrow, John Bourquin, Steve Zabaro, Bruce Solberg, Ralph Walton Chairman Craig Wagner called the meeting to order at 12:04 Agenda: The motion was made to adopt the agenda as emailed. (m/sc Bourguin/ Darrow/) Motion Passed Minutes: The minutes were approved as amended (m/sc.Darrow/ Bourquin) Motion Passed Treasurer’s Report: Steve Zabaro has agreed to be the new Treasurer. Resort Tax Committee: Bruce Solberg is still preparing his Power Point presentation on the resort tax. Lake County Planning: No Report Next Meeting is April 18, 2008 9:00 am at Saddlehorn Discovery Tower. Vision Committee: The Vision Committee is meeting on Monday April 7, 2008 at 12:00 at Saddlehorn Discovery Tower with Ned Cooney Stormwater Committee: There was a stormwater public meeting on Monday. Bill Buxton of Morrisin-Maierle Engineering presented an informative report on the need for the engineering study. After his report the meeting was opened for public comment. (see attached in Secretary’s notebook.) Saddlehorn: Ralph Walton mentioned the infrastructure is progressing nicely, The part of the sewer line that goes by Burger Town may be done after summer, there is going to be two huge water tanks going in different areas and they will not be seen from the road, 3 houses are under construction and 3 in the design center. There will be a welcome house at the entrance which is a 200 year old cabin brought in from Bozeman and is being refurbished. Chairman’s Report: Craig gave a report on the Board of Ajustment meeting held on Tuesday April 1, 2008 Zoning Variance on Ashley Lake on a setback problem was passed but a 5ft deck is now a 3 ft deck. 2. A laser tag field at 4966 Highway 93 South was found to be safe and passed. 3. Permit to build storage units at 585 Willow Glen Drive passed.4. A zoning variance was requested because of on site parking requirements at 475 Electric Ave. It was granted. Old Business: Pat mentioned the petition for the Bigfork Neighborhood Plan was available for signing. New Business: None Announcements: Swan River Community Hall Annual Pie Auction April 11, 2008 at 7:30 pm Featured auction: A pie a month for a full year. On the corner of Echo Lake Rd/Swan River Rd Admission one pie or $5.00 per family—Pie slices $2.00, a la mode $2.50. Proceeds go to continuing renovation for this Historical Hall. Meeting was adjourned at 12:37 Pat Wagner, Secretary
Bigfork Steering Committee Minutes March 27, 2008 bigfork steering.org (amended)
In attendance: Craig Wagner, Pat Wagner, Gary Ridderhoff, Edd Blackler, Alex Strickland, Chuck Gough, Elna Darrow , George Darrow, John Bourquin, Steve Zabaro, Bruce Solberg, Frank Landis, Leslie Budewitz, Sue Ostergard, Julie Spencer, Sue Hanson, Lamont Kincade
Chairman Craig Wagner called the meeting to order at 12:00 Agenda: The motion was made to adopt the agenda as emailed. (m/sc Zabaro/ Gough) Passed unanimously Minutes: The minutes were approved as emailed (m/sc.Ridderhoff/ Bourquin) Passed unanimously Treasurer’s Report: Pat Wagner read Chuck’s report. We had 4 authorized expenditures of 250.00, 35.75, 5.00, 65.98. for committees, Resort Tax, Lake County Planning and Neighborhood Plan, giving us a new total of $2812.44 Resort Tax Committee: Bruce Solberg stated he is in the final process of putting a power point presentation together to present to the BSC meeting within the month. Date to be determined. He gave a description of the different areas that will be discussed in the presentation. After he presents his findings Bruce feels that he should step down if the BSC decides to present this to the community.. There was also discussion with regard to Seeley Lake which has already passed the first stages in applying for a resort tax to help with funds for infrastructure and other needs in their community. Lake County Planning: Leslie reported her last meeting was a very productive one. Sue Shannon from Lake County Planning Department attended, John Bourquin, Chairman from BLUAC, and Shelley Gonzales attended and explained the workings of the BLUAC advisory board to Sue. This was very helpful to Sue as there are no advisory boards in Lake County. We also learned from her how Lake County deals with planning issues which does differ somewhat from Flathead Lake County which was also very helpful. Our April Meetings will be April 4, 2008 and April 18, 2008 at Saddlhorn Discovery Tower. Leslie also wanted to point out the purpose of this committee is to establish an advisory committee or council that would work with Lake County Planning for Woods Bay and Ferndale. This committee is trying very hard to get out draft regulations for this advisory committee; they will need more public meetings this summer and they need much help from the Steering Committee and people in the Community. They will need help in getting out the draft regulations and identifying land uses for 1800 parcels of land. This was also done in 1993 when Bigfork developed their first plan. Also Leslie pointed out more funds will be needed for this, using both the steering committee and their own resources. Leslie also mentioned that Anne Moran from the DNRC had called and offered their Foresters for a presentation to the BSC on the health of your forest, setbacks and more. It was decided that since we had just had a presentation from Rick Trembeth on Firewise we would postpone this until our summer residents return. We also would like to hear if you want a daytime or evening meeting?? Bruce Solberg: Bruce Solberg then introduced Sue Ostergard who is a new resident and is working with the new owner of the bowling alley and a part time resident Arthur Lieberman. We welcomed her aboard. Vision Committee: The Vision Committee is meeting on Monday April 7, 2008 at 12:00 at Saddlehorn Discovery Tower. They have gotten in touch with a Ned Cooney who will give a presentation on his expertise on helping non profit organizations in getting good results and being more efficient. He also mentioned the DNRC was proposing a sale of land that would take away a recreational area. Leslie Budewitz mentioned she had talked DNRC Planner Anne Moran about the proposed sale and summarized her understanding of the DNRC trust land program and the proposed sale. Storm Water Committee: Sue Hanson, Chairman reported the first public meeting on the preliminary findings of the engineering firm Morrison-Maierle, Inc., will be held on April 1, at 7:00 p.m. at Community United Methodist Church 750 Electric Ave in Bigfork Montana (one block east of Bigfork High School) Written comments can be sent to Wm A. Buxton, PE., Morrison – Maierle, Inc., PO Box 8057, Kalispell, Montana 59904. This project is based on obtaining grants and it is necessary that we have as many letters on file as possible. Letters endorsing this project can be sent to Debbie Pierson, Flathead County Commissioners Office,800S Main, Kalispell, or email dpierson @flathead.mt.gov. Part of the funding for our next our next grant will be for outreach and education and we need all the support we can get. We have also appealed to our state representatives and senators for federal help also. Our power lies in individual letters, form and blanket letters are just that but having individual letters on files is much more effective. We have a lot of work ahead of us, Chairman’s Report: Pat reported on an email she received from Vertical Media that they had linked our bigforksteering.org web site on their web site. They were also asking for us to link them on ours. I called Mike Callaghan, our webmaster, to get his advice. He advised me not to do so as they are a commercial website that creates regional directories for profit. A motion was made to have me write an email in return and stating a reason why we could not do that at this time. (m/sc R/Zabaro/Gough)Motion Passed. Pat then reported that she had a request from Susan Hanson to add the Storm Water Committee to the web site. A motion was made that we add the Storm Water Advisory Committee (BSAC) to the web page. (m/sc Darrow/Gough) Motion Passed Saddlehorn: Frank Landis said they were making good headway on getting the infrastructure completed for Phase one. The rock crushing will be finished in about a week. We have roughly 14,000 yards of gravel and saved 1200 dump truck trips back and forth. The crusher had little sound impact also. We have started recycling our rain water and trying to become a sustainable community as much as possible and trying to preserve the beauty of the area. Bigfork Water and Sewer: The new lift station is almost done, Julie reported. They still have some lines to hook up. They are intending to be done by the time Art Walk is held on May 10, 2008 Old Business: Chuck mentioned the petition for people to sign supporting the Bigfork Neighborhood Plan, We have plenty of them. New Business: Bruce Solberg mentioned that he held a meeting in the Chamber on Parking with representatives representing CFBB, BSC, BLUAC, Chamber of Commerce. There is nothing new as this time. A couple of ideas came up but the have to be checked with Bigfork Fire and the county road department. This has been an on going problem for years and years. Maybe some day………. There are still some options to explore. Announcements: Please attend the Public Meeting on Storm Water. This is a very important subject and the beauty and health of our Flathead Lake depends on the storm water issue. April 1, 2008, 7:00 pm at Community United Methodist Church 750 Electric Ave. Bigfork.
Meeting was adjourned at 1:06
Pat Wagner, Secretary
Bigfork Steering Committee Minutes March 13,2008 bigforksteering.org Community Forum Draft
In attendance: Craig Wagner, Pat Wagner, Gary Ridderhoff, Edd Blackler, Chuck Gough, Elna Darrow, George Darrow, John Lang, Julie Spencer, John Bourquin, Bruce Solberg, Gary Ridderhoff, Steve Zabaro, Paul Guerrant, Shelley Gonzales, Darrell Coverdell, Marilyn Wood, Robin Steinkraus, Edd Blackler, Paul Rana, Leslie Budewitz, John Lang, Mickey Sogard, Julie Spencer, Joe Brennemen.
Chairman Craig Wagner called the meeting to order at 12:00 p.m. Agenda: The motion was made to adopt the agenda. (m/sc Solberg/Gough) Passed unanimously Minutes: The minutes were approved as emailed. (m/sc Solberg, /Zabaro) Passed unanimously Treasurer’s Report: No Report No Treasurer , Shelley submitted some invoices which we will take to Chrysler & Gordon, the accounting firm. Community Reports: John Bourquin, former chairman of the Government Committee that investigated Bigfork incorporation reported and apologized that his final report of incorporation was in error. He got together with Ken Weaver and they went over the money figures again. It was found that the true market value was used for the initial calculations and not the assessed valuation. In other words the market value should be divided by the number 4, which was confirmed by Scott Williams of the Department of Revenue. After confirming population numbers and city budget figures it was determined that in order to incorporate and have a city budget, the property taxes would rise by 27% and not the 67% originally reported. (A revised copy of John’s report is attached the secretary’s notebook)The meeting was then turned over to Joe Brennemen who would like to report on an idea he had for small communities. It is the establishment of an unincorporated village/township in Montana. The basic concept is to give small communities the ability to determine their own destiny. The county commissioners would still be the final authority but a decision from a small town council would be considered more seriously than a decision from an advisory board. We also discussed how the resort tax could help in this situation. For example, we have a Town Council, who has decided we need an extra Sheriff located in Bigfork during the summer months and the resort tax has funds available to pay the costs. That was just one idea, there were others brought up. This is in the very early stages and would of course have to go through the state legislature. Joe wanted to know if he should go forward with this idea and talk to some state legislature members about the idea. Joe had a report on his ideas but left it on his desk. (See second attachment) A motion was made to go forward with incorporation (m/sc Bourquin/Darrow E,) Failed unanimously A motion was made to support Joe in his effort to form a Village/Township form of governing for small communities. (m/sc Budewitz/Bourquin) Passed unanimously.
Our next speaker was Marilyn Wood, Director Flathead Land Trust. She shared with us some plans for the North Shore of Flathead Lake. They would like to expand the Waterfowl area that already exists on both East and West sides. They have been writing grants, accepting donations, trying to raise money to buy this land and have been successful but of course they need more. They want to keep the whole water fowl area intact and improve it as an area for the people of Flathead County. She showed a concept of how it would look in the future. There is a developer that has plans for a subdivision on the east side. Planning and Zoning denied it the first time. They revised their density from 310 to 290 homes, still including several amenities like an equestrian center. and it will come back before the Planning and Zoning Board on March 26, 2008 at 6:00 pm. Flathead Land Trust is in negotiations with this developer but of course it means money. Resort Tax Committee: Bruce reported that the information and the packet that Ken Weaver sent is so helpful they are ready to start presenting it to the community. He also handed in a voucher to pay Ken Weaver $250.00 which we will drop off at Chrysler and Gordon also. John Lang mentioned there is a good article in this weeks Flathead Beacon telling you every thing you need to know about a resort tax. Seeley Lake just passed the first round with the Legislature in their application for a resort tax. The committee is now talking with people in the community and asking them how they feel about the resort tax, and are being given factual information. Bruce stated a very active member in Whitefish has made a month to month study with regard to the income derived from their tax and when she sends it to me I might be able to get a better figure for the amount Bigfork might expect. Lake County Planning: Leslie announced their next meeting will be Friday March 21, 2008, 9:00 am at Saddlehorn Discovery Tower. They will have at their meeting, Sue Shannon, Director of Planning and Zoning of Lake County and John Bourquin to discuss advisory boards. Vision Committee: This committee will meet April 7, 2008 at 12:00 pm at Saddlehorn Discovery Tower. This meeting will have Ned Cooney who will give advice on how to be a more efficient group. Storm Water Committee: There is a meeting tonight at 5:00 at Saddlehorn Discovery Tower, March 13, 2008 Chairman’s Report: Drew Hubatsek gave a great presentation on shaded lighting. He had many samples of both good and undesirable types of lighting. His wife, showed the power point slide show. One very important issue demonstrated on this slide show was how much better visibility is in shaded light than in a full glowing light environment. There was also a picture of the great blackout that went all the way to Toronto several years back, and you could look up and see the milky way. Old Business: Shelley reported that she had finally received the Land Use Map, fully cleaned up by the GIS Dept; it has been incorporated into the neighborhood plan and…… THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN WAS DELIVERED TO FLATHEAD COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT THIS MORNING… MARCH 13, 2008. Sounds of applause in the background. Announcements: There will be no Bigfork Steering Committee meeting on March 20, 2008. We will meet again on March 27, 2008. at 12:00pm There will be a BLUAC meeting Thursday March 27, 2008 at 4:00pm. Meeting was adjourned 1:47 Pat Wagner, Secretary
Bigfork Steering Committee Minutes March 6, 2008 bigorksteering.org In attendance: Craig Wagner, Pat Wagner, Gary Ridderhoff, Edd Blackler, Alex Strickland,Chuck Gough, Elna Darrow , George Darrow, John Lang, Julie Spencer.
Chairman Craig Wagner called the meeting to order at 12:00 p.m. Agenda: The motion was made to adopt the agenda. (m/sc Ridderhoff/Blackler) Passed unanimously Minutes: The minutes were approved as amended. (m/sc Darrow, E./Ridderhoffl) Passed unanimously Treasurer’s Report: No Report No Treasurer Chuck did say an expenditure of $250.00 had been received for Ken Weaver’s visit to the chamber. Resort Tax Committee: John Lang shared with us that the committee has been doing population studies and have come up with two areas to show us. They were visited by Ken Weaver who fully explained the complete steps you must take in order to start this process. He handed out a printout with all the steps involved, which government agencies to contact, in what order and sample letters. It is a very specific set of plans. It would be for Bigfork only. It does cross county lines in Big Sky because the entrance is in one county and the ski hill in another. John also stated maybe the Vision Committee could identify those projects that would benefit this community. Elna reported that the CFBB already has a list. Craig remarked we don’t want to step on anyone’s plans Lake County Planning: No report Vision Committee: The Vision Committee is meeting on Monday April 7, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. at Saddlehorn Discovery Tower. They have gotten in touch with a Ned Cooney who has the expertise on helping non profit organizations in getting good results and it was suggested the vision committee might like to meet with him so that he can help us make us more of an efficient organization. Storm Water Committee: (Formerly known as the Watershed Committee) This committee will be meeting on March 13, 2008 at Saddlehorn Discovery Tower 5:00 p.m. Chairman’s Report: Craig gave a report on the Board Of Adjustment meeting that was held on Tues. The zone variance for the building on Electric Ave was continued by the applicant. The coffee shop and apartments in Evergreen, applicant did not attend... They needed 26 parking spaces and they only had 20. It was denied. The Tennis Recreation by the Crossroads Christian Fellowship church passed with 21 Conditions that have to be met. The Alltel tower passed. Craig announced that we had lunch with Paul Mustacio Chairman of the CFBB to discuss community projects. We came to the conclusion that we need to have a combined meeting with all the groups in town that are working on our community needs so we don’t duplicate and maybe pool resources. Craig also mentioned that Elna forwarded an email from Robin Steinkraus who would like to give a short presentation to the Bigfork Steering Committee on the North Shore Ranch subdivision. Craig has arranged for her to come to the Community Forum next week on March 13, 2008. Old Business: None New Business: None Announcements: We have arranged a meeting on Ambient Lighting which is shaded lighting such as IGA. Drew Hubatsek will be giving us a Power Point Presentation on this subject and also lighting that will not disturb your neighbor. It will be held on March 11, 2008 at Bethany Lutheran Church on Highway 35 at 7:00 pm in the Basement. Everyone in Bigfork, Ferndale, Woods Bay and all over are invited to this meeting. He is hoping to get the person from Whitefish that was instrumental in getting their ordinance passed. Drew is also the Chairman of this committee. Tonight is the meeting at Hilton Gardens Inn on the proposed marina. Diane Johnson, one speaker in opposition called Gary Ridderhoff and asked him to urge large numbers of people opposed to please show up. (Which they did)Next week is our community forum. We will be meeting in either the Ark or the Library depending how many people we have. The basement will be used for a luncheon. .
Meeting was adjourned at 12:47
Pat Wagner, Secretary
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