Resolution 4002 - Resolution of Intent - Modify Downtown Redevelopment Plan to Approve Project206
RESOLUTION NO. 4002
A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO MODIFY THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT
PLAN TO APPROVE A CERTAIN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kalispell on the
10th day of September, 1979, adopted Ordinance No. 933, entitled
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE KALISPELL DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
FOR THE CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA AS AN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND
THE FEASIBILITY OF RELOCATION; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO IMPLEMENT
THE PLAN WITH POWERS CONTAINED IN THE URBAN RENEWAL LAW, and
WHEREAS, said Ordinance No. -933 directed that an urban
renewal plan for blighted areas within the Kalispell Downtown
Redevelopment Area be developed in accordance with the Montana
Urban Renewal Law, and
WHEREAS, a certain urban renewal project has been submitted
to the City for review by the Kalispell City -County Planning
Board and recommendation as to conformity with the Kalispell
City -County Master Plan.
WHEREAS, the Kalispell City -County Planning Board should
review the project under Section 7-15-4217, M.C.A. to determine:
A} the effect, if any, the project may have on persons
displaced by the projects
B) the conformity of the project with the Kalispell
City -County Master Plan,
C) if the project will afford maximum opportunity,
consistent with the needs of the community as a whole,
to rehabilitate and redevelop the urban renewal area by
private enterprise, and
D) a sound and adequate financing program. for the
project.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF KALISPELL,
SECTION I. That the following Urban Renewal Project be
submitted for review by the Kalispell City -County
Planning Board:
a) The City of Kalispell and Warehouse Industries,
Inc., a Washington Corporation d/b/a Tidyman's
(hereinafter Tidyman's) propose entering into a
Development Agreement with the objective of developing
certain tracts of land, within the Redevelopment Area,
bounded by the Burlington Northern Railroad Tracks on
the South, Montana Street on the North, Main Street on
the West and 3rd Avenue E. N. on the East (hereinafter
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Project Area).
b) Tidyman's is the owner of certain real property,
described above, located within the Kalispell
Redevelopment Area, upon which it intends to develop a
57,000 square foot grocery store together with all
related improvements, including, but not limited to,
parking, landscaping, utilities and access, with an
assessed valuation of not less than $5,000,000.00.
c) The City anticipates that the redevelopment of said
property will be accomplished by a Development
Agreement between the City and Tidyman's involving the
abandonment of the Southerly portion of the dedicated
Second Avenue East North right-of-way between Montana
Street and Warehouse Industries, Inc.'s property, as
well as the closure and abandonment of the Southerly
portion of dedicated public alley in Block 24,
Kalispell, Montana. City proposes to take the
appropriate action, upon application of Tidyman's, to
notice said abandonments and vacate said Avenue and
alley in accordance with the statutory procedure, so
long as adjacent landowners on the alley have adequate
egress and ingress maintained for existing facilities.
d) The City anticipates that the Tidyman's
redevelopment, within the Project Area, will require
certain on -site development and infrastructure
improvements, off -site improvements of benefit to the
City and the Redevelopment Area, including: 1) sanitary
sewer, water service, storm sewer, parking lot paving;
2) First Avenue East North extension from Center Street
to Montana Street, including street construction, curb,
gutter, sidewalk, landscaping, boulevards, etc; 3)
access from Main Street to First Avenue East North,
including street construction, curb, gutter,
landscaping, etc.; 4) demolition of Kalispell News
property, including sewer cap, abandonment, etc.; 5)
miscellaneous costs including permit fees, legal fees,
surveying, landscaping, etc.; and b) acquiring
property vacated and dedicating right-of-way for new
public street construction. It is estimated that site
development and infrastructure improvements will cost
approximately $1,000,000.00.
e) For payment of a portion of the costs of the
Improvements, the City proposes to expend for those
Public Infrastructure Improvements, through a
Development Agreement, the sum of $500,000.00, either
from the tax increment fund cash flow account, on hand,
or from the proceeds of tax increment bonds, to be sold
by the City. The City further proposes to apply for an
Economic Development Administration (EDA) Grant for
$300,000.00 to pay a portion of the estimated cost of
the Improvements.
f) If the EDA Grant is not received, Tidyman's will be
expected to pay an equivalent amount toward the payment
of the estimated costs of the Improvements.
SECTION 11. That a public hearing be scheduled on said
Urban Renewal Projects to be held on the 3rd day of
September, 1991, at which time the City Council of the
City of Kalispell shall consider this Resolution of
Intention, the Kalispell City -County Planning Board
report, public comment, and either accept, modify or
reject an Ordinance approving the said Renewal
Projects.
SECTION III. The City Clerk of Council is hereby
authorized and directed to give proper legal notice of
said public hearing in accordance with Section 7-19-
4213 M.C.A.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR THIS
5th DAY OF August , 1991. a gaz�r
DouglQ3 D. Rauthe, Mayor
ATTEST:
Amy H. X6beftson
Finance Director
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