E4. Ord. 1835 SKURP Airport Rd and 18th StreetPLANNING FOR THE FUTURE
REPORT TO: Doug Russell, City Manager
FROM: Jarod Nygren, Planning Director
Planning Department
201 1" Avenue East
Kalispell, MT 59901
Phone: (406) 758-7940
Fax: (406) 758-7739
www.kalispell.com/planning
SUBJECT: Ordinance 1835 Second Reading — South Kalispell Urban Renewal Plan -
Airport Road and 181h Street West Project
MEETING DATE: January 21, 2020
BACKGROUND: This is the second reading of Ordinance 1835, an ordinance amending the South
Kalispell Urban Renewal Plan by approving the Airport Road and 18th Street West as an urban
renewal project as recommended by the Kalispell Urban Renewal Agency and Kalispell City
Planning and Zoning Board.
The Kalispell City Council, at their meeting on January 6, 2020, approved the first reading of
Ordinance 1835, unanimously upon roll call vote.
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the Kalispell City Council approve the second
reading of Ordinance 1835, an Ordinance approving the Airport Road and 18th Street West as an
urban renewal project supported by the South Kalispell Urban Renewal Plan and in conformance
with the Kalispell Growth Policy Plan -it 2035.
FISCAL EFFECTS: Proposed urban renewal project will be paid for through balance of South
Kalispell/Airport Tax Increment Financing.
ALTERNATIVES: Deny the request.
ATTACHMENTS: Ordinance 1835
Link to Materials from 01-06-20 council meeting
c: Aimee Brunckhorst, Kalispell City Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 1835
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SOUTH KALISPELL URBAN RENEWAL PLAN
BY APPROVING THE AIRPORT ROAD AND 18TH STREET WEST URBAN
RENEWAL PROJECT AS RECOMMENDED BY THE KALISPELL URBAN RENEWAL
AGENCY AND 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 repayment of 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, on December 16, 2019, pursuant to Sections 7-15-4214, 7-15-4215 and 7-15-4221
of the Act and in compliance therein of all notice requirements, the Kalispell City
Council conducted a public hearing and heard public comment on the proposed
amendment to the Urban Renewal Plan with the proposed Airport Road and 18th
Street West Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Modification of South Kalispell Urban Renewal Plan with the Approval of
the Airport Road and 18th Street West Urban Renewal Project. The City adopts the
findings and accepts the recommendations of the Kalispell Urban Renewal Agency and the
Kalispell City Planning Board and hereby approves and designates the Airport Road and
18th Street West Urban Renewal Project as an Urban Renewal Project of the South
Kalispell Urban Renewal Plan and modifies the Plan accordingly. The Urban Renewal
Project herein designated and approved by the City may be modified by the City Council
if the City Council determines by Resolution that an adjustment to an Urban Renewal
Project is required in the best interests of the City.
SECTION 2. Effective Date. This Ordinance is to be published as required by law and
copies made available to the public upon request. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty
(30) days after its final passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS DAY OF JANUARY, 2020.
ATTEST:
Aimee Brunckhorst, CMC
City Clerk
Mark Johnson
Mayor