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Neighbors and candidates urge council to reject Reserve at Johnson Ranch growth-policy amendment
Summary
At a July 21 public hearing, residents, a council candidate and longtime neighbors raised safety, traffic, environmental and infrastructure concerns about a proposed Kalispell growth-policy amendment to allow a mixed-use, high-density node at Old Reserve Drive and Stillwater Road; the hearing record will return to the council Aug. 4.
Kalispell — Residents and local candidates urged the Kalispell City Council on July 21 to deny a proposed amendment to the city’s growth policy that would create a neighborhood business and high-density residential node at the northwest corner of Old Reserve Drive and Stillwater Road.
The proposal would change the Kalispell Growth Policy to allow annexation, initial zoning and higher-density development for property at 1053 Stillwater Road. Opponents told the council the site is unsafe, poorly served by roads, near gravel-mining operations and would overload schools and emergency services.
"You’re going to cause more death, more tragedies, and it's gonna be — I will hold y'all accountable if anybody gets killed at this…
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