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Ordinance 1835 - Amends South Kalispell Urban Renewal Plan - Airport Rd and 18th StORDINANCE 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 a I DAY OF JANUARY, 2020. Mark John ATTEST: _%\\�\il::lA'''%yor i� SEAL Aime Brui4ckhorst, CMC = I892 City Clerk P ���� FONT \.�