08-21-19 Urban Renewal Agency Board MinutesCity of Kalispell
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Meeting Summary
URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY BOARD
AUGUST 21, 2019 — 4 P.M.
CITY HALL — FIRST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE
OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE
Jeff Zauner
Bill Goodman
Shannon Freix
Mike Brodie, WGM Group
Matt Venturini
Katharine King, Comm. & Econ. Dev. Asst. Manager
Tom Jentz, Planning Director
Jarod Nygren, Senior Planner
Krista Lammers, Community & Economic Development
Jeff Zauner filling in for Marc Rold. Jeff called the meeting to order and welcomed the Public, Board and City
Staff.
PUBLIC COMMENT - None.
APPROVAL OF MEETING SUMMARY
Matt motioned to accept the July 17, 2019 meeting minutes, Shannon 2nd, passed unanimously.
TIF & TEDD UPDATES
Jarod reviewed Board requested changes to the Downtown and West Side TIF Policies and Procedures. Matt
motioned to recommend the Downtown and updated West Side TIF Policies and Procedures to City Council,
Shannon 2nd, passed unanimously.
Jarod presented draft Downtown Parking Lot Redevelopment Policies for initial discussion. Challenges of
additional public parking when lots are developed discussed, including replacement parking locations, funding
for a parking structure and the value of parking for property owners. The Board and City Staff will continue
work to develop policies.
Mike Brodie presented the current 16t" Street Offset design, phase II sidewalk areas have been surveyed and
design will likely be complete the by the end of the week, discussions with MDT for sidewalk extensions to the
south is underway and parking lot design for the City -owned north west patch of land was requested.
TIGER/KALISPELL CORE Sc RAIL REDEVELOPMENT
Katharine went over the Kalispell Trail & Complete Street 30% Design Submittal Draft. 90% design/engineering
is anticipated to be complete by the end of the year. FRA is reviewing the Supplemental Environmental
Assessment, to be followed by review by the FRA legal department which will likely take three to four weeks.
BROWNFIELDS
Transfer of ownership for the three CHS sites to FCEDA is slated for October 1st, all three Phase I
Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) will be complete using City Brownfields grant funding prior to the
transfer. A Phase I ESA update will be conducted for the BNSF Rail Line using City Brownfields grant funding
prior to the transfer of ownership from BNSF to the City, scheduled for December 31, 2019.
NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING
The Board next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 18t" at 4 p.m.
Jeff adjourned the meeting.