Resolution 5952 - ROI - Amend SKURP - 18th & Airport Rd ProjectRESOLUTION NO.5952
A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT TO THE SOUTH KALISPELL URBAN RENEWAL PLAN TO APPROVE
THE AIRPORT ROAD AND 18TH STREET WEST URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT AS
RECOMMENDED BY THE KALISPELL CITY PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.
WHEREAS, the City of Kalispell, Montana (the "City") is authorized by Montana Code
Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 15, Parts 42 and 43, as amended (the "Act"), to create
an urban renewal area, to undertake urban renewal projects therein, to provide for
the segregation and collection of tax increment with respect to property taxes
collected in the urban renewal area, to issue its bonds to pay the costs of such
projects and to pledge to the repaymentof the bonds the tax increment derived
from the urban renewal area; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the Act, this Council adopted Ordinance No.
1242, on July 1, 1996, establishing an urban renewal area within the City
designated as the "City of Kalispell Airport/Athletic Complex Urban Renewal
District" (the "Urban Renewal Area") and adopted an urban renewal plan therefor,
entitled the "Kalispell City Airport/Athletic Complex Redevelopment Plan
Analysis" (the "Urban Renewal Plan"), after duly mailed and published notice and
a public hearing and receipt of recommendations from the City/County Planning
Board, which certified that the Urban Renewal Plan conforms to the general plan
for the development of the City as a whole and the comprehensive plan of the City
for the area containing the Urban Renewal Area; and
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 1260, adopted by this Council on March 17, 1997, this Council
amended Ordinance No. 1242 to provide for the segregation of and application of tax
increment in the Urban Renewal Area and established January 1, 1996 as the base year
for calculating the tax increment as provided in Sections 7-15-4282 through 7-15-4293
of the Act; and
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 1541, adopted by this Council on July 19, 2005, this Council
amended Ordinance No. 1260 to include additional projects consistent with and in
furtherance of the Plan; and
WHEREAS, on July 5, 2016, this Council passed Ordinance No. 1774, amending Ordinance
No. 1541, with findings adopting a study by CTA Architects, referred to now as
the South Kalispell Urban Renewal Plan, which identified, among other things,
recommended improvements to the vehicular and pedestrian transportation
facilities within the Urban Renewal District; and
WHEREAS, thereafter the City contracted with WGM Engineering to facilitate an urban
renewal project consistent with and in furtherance of the South Kalispell Urban
Renewal Plan, and referred to as the Airport Road and 18th Street West Project,
designed to mitigate the vehicular and pedestrian impacts of various new
developments in the Urban Renewal Area, that included the addition of an
elementary school as well as housing and apartment developments; and
WHEREAS, WGM Engineering presented the 30% design and cost estimate for the Airport
Road and 18th Street West Project to the Urban Renewal Agency, which approved
it and forwarded it to the Kalispell Planning Board for public hearing; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to MCA 7-15-4213, on November 12, 2019, the Kalispell Planning and
Zoning Board took public comment on the Airport Road and 18th Street West
Project at a noticed public hearing, reviewed and considered it as to its conformity
with the Kalispell Growth Policy Plan -It 2035 and transmitted it to the City Council
with the finding that the Project conforms to the Kalispell Growth Policy Plan -It
2035 and should be adopted by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, an Ordinance has been proposed to be adopted by this Council (the "Ordinance")
which would amend the Urban Renewal Plan to adopt the Airport Road and 18th
Street West Project as recommended by the Kalispell City Planning and Zoning
Board; and
WHEREAS, under Sections 7-15-4214, 7-15-4215 and 7-15-4221 of the Act, it is necessary to
conduct a public hearing on the amendment of the Urban Renewal Plan and
approval of any of the Urban Renewal Projects therein.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Public Hearings On December 16, 2019, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council
Chambers in the Kalispell City Hall, the City Council will conduct a public
hearing on the proposed amendment of the Urban Renewal Plan to adopt
the Airport Road and 18th Street West Project and incorporate it into the
South Kalispell Urban Renewal Plan as recommended by the Kalispell City
Planning and Zoning Board.
Section 2. Notice of Public Hearing. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and
directed to publish a copy of the Notice of the Public Hearing in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (which is hereby
incorporated herein and made a part hereof) twice in The Daily Interlake,
the official newspaper of the City and published in Flathead County,
Montana, with not less than six days separating each publication date, and
to mail a copy of said notice, not less than 10 days before the date of the
public hearing, to every person or entity whose names appear on the County
Treasurer's tax roll as the owners, reputed owners, or purchasers under
contracts of deed of real property within the Urban Renewal Area at the
addresses shown on the tax roll.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 2ND DAY OF DECEMBER, 2019.
Mark Jo n
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Ai ee Brunckhorst, CMC
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CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council (the "Council") of the City of
Kalispell, Montana (the "City") will hold a public hearing on the proposed amendment to the
South Kalispell Urban Renewal Plan (the "Plan") on December 16, 2019, at 7:00 p.m., at the
Council Chambers in the Kalispell City Hall, 201 1 st Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana. The Plan
relates to an urban renewal area within the City designated as the "South Kalispell Urban Renewal
District" (the "Urban Renewal Area"), which encompasses the municipal airport and certain
adjacent property.
The proposed amendment of the Plan is the Airport Road and 18th Street West Project
contained within the South Kalispell Urban Renewal Plan published on the City of Kalispell
website and accessed at kalispell.com/agendacenter. The Project is designed to mitigate the
vehicular and pedestrian impacts of various new developments in the Urban Renewal Area,
including an elementary school, apartments, and housing developments.
Further information may be obtained from Aimee Brunckhorst, City Clerk, whose address
is Kalispell City Hall, 201 1 st Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana, and whose telephone number is
(406) 758-7756.
Any interested persons may appear and will be heard or may file written comments with
the City Clerk prior to such hearing.
Dated this 2nd day of December, 2019.
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL
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Aimee Brunckhorst, CMC
City Clerk
Publication Dates: December 8, 2019
December 13, 2019