10-30-18 Business Improvement District Minutes2017 — 2027
KALISPELL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD
Special MEETING MINUTES
Meeting date: October 30, 2018
Location: 14 3rd St. E., Kalispell, MT.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Marshall Noice, Karen Sanderson, Kisa Davison, Maggie Doherty,
Christopher Petersen & Pam Carbonari (BID Exec. Director
ABSENT: Debbie Snyder
CITY ATTENDEES: Mayor Mark Johnson
PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE: No One
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER at 8:35 AM by Chair Marshall Noice
MOTION: to approve the agenda dated October 30 by Christopher Petersen with a second by Maggie
Doherty— approved
HEARING OF THE PUBLIC: None
BUSINESS
Special meeting notes from the BID meeting of 10/30/18.
Chairman Marshall Noice opened the discussion of the BID assessment formula by offering the floor to
the Mayor and requesting his thoughts on the formula. The Mayor started the conversation by saying
that our current formula has 2 prongs to the assessment, square footage and taxable value. He believes
that by looking at the addition of a flat fee it might help to homogenize the monetary contributions of all
property owners. He also would like to see the board look at uses of property such as rental property.
He would like to make sure that there is enough reasonably priced rental apartments within Kalispell
and would like to make sure that by charging the BID assessment we are not pricing the downtown
residential market to high. Perhaps we could look at lowering the taxable value rate, and add a flat rate
the formula might be more equitable.
Maggie Doherty indicated that she felt the BID should have a 3 year plan that would help us look at the
delivery of services and how the increased cost of those services might affect the assessment formula
over the next few years. Everyone liked the idea of developing a plan. It was discussed that perhaps the
board should poll property owners regarding what new projects they would like to focus on based on
the budget.
Marshall Noice proposed and the board discussed the addition of a $100 flat fee to all properties within
the district, maintaining the square footage fee and reducing the taxable value assessment to .0275
from .0375. Pam will look at the top 4 property owner assessments and the 4 lowest properties to see
how this new proposal would affect the properties fees. This information will be sent to the board
members prior to the next meeting. Discussion will also continue regarding the potential of the City of
Kalispell contributing to the BID and will include discussion regarding the City Administrative Fee
charged to the BID. Pam will request information from Bozeman, Missoula and Helena about City
Owned properties within their BID's and if the cities contribute to the BID districts.
After considerable discussion the general emphasis appears to be looking at the assessment formula
with the possibility of adding a flat fee element to the formula and looking at adding non-taxable
property like the City owned properties and the School District. The formula discussion and possible
changes will be presented to the City Council at a work session in December, 2018.
NEW BUSINESS: No new business
ADJOURN: Motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:40 AM by Maggie Doherty with a second by
Christopher Petersen. Motion passed unanimously.
Next regular meeting: Tuesday, November 6 at 8:30 AM
Respectfully submitted,
Pam Carbonari