07-27-20 Work Session Agenda and MaterialsCITY oF CITY COUNCIL
K A T .TCPF T .T . WORK SESSION AGENDA
July 27, 2020, at 7:00 p.m.
City Hall Council Chambers, 201 First Avenue East
A. CALL TO ORDER
B. DISCUSSION ITEMS
1. Tunnel Art Proposal from Rails to Trails
C. PUBLIC COMMENT
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the council are requested to give their name and address for the record. Please limit
comments to three minutes.
D. CITY MANAGER, COUNCIL, AND MAYOR REPORTS
E. ADJOURNMENT
UPCOMING SCHEDULE / FOR YOUR INFORMATION
Next Regular Meeting — August 3, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. — Council Chambers
Next Work Session Cancelled — _^_ tass* 102 at 7:00 p.m. — Council Chambers
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CITY OF
KALISPELL
MEMORANDUM
Kalispell Parks & Recreation
306 1st Ave E. P.O. Box 1997
Kalispell, Montana 59903-1997
(406) 758-7715 Fax (406) 758-7719
REPORT TO: Doug Russell, City Manager
FROM: Chad Fincher, Parks and Recreation Director
MEETING DATE: July 27, 2020
SUBJECT: Rails to Trails of Northwest Montana Use Agreement
BACKGROUND: Rails to Trails of Northwest Montana has approached the City of Kalispell
requesting a use agreement be entered into to allow for them to undertake the facilitation of
painting both the east and west facing pedestrian tunnel wall entries at Flathead Valley
Community College. The proposed agreement with Rails to Trails outlines and identifies
approvals, warranties, copyrights, insurance and indemnification, entities ownerships and
responsibilities, and agreement termination.
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that council review and discuss the effects of an
agreement with Rails to Trails for art on the tunnel walls.
FISCAL EFFECTS: There will be no fiscal effects in FY21 or within the first year of the date
of final acceptance of the artwork. The use agreement identifies Rails to Trails as the
responsible party in this time frame to repair or replace any defective component of the work at
no cost to the City. Additionally, the use agreement identifies Rails to Trails as the responsible
party for maintaining the art, including the timely removal of graffiti.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Council.
ATTACHMENT: Rails to Trails of Northwest Montana Use Agreement
c: Aimee Bninckhorst, Kalispell City Clerk
USE AGREEMENT
This Use Agreement is made this day of 20 , by and between
the CITY OF KALISPELL, a municipal corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Montana, of 201 First Avenue East, (PO Box 1997, 59903) Kalispell, Montana
59901 ("City"), and the RAILS TO TRAILS OF NORTHWEST MONTANA, a Montana
nonprofit corporation, of P.O. Box 1103, Kalispell, Montana 59903 ("Rails to Trails").
NOW, THEREFORE, City and Rails to Trails, in consideration of the mutual covenants
and agreements, herein agree as follows:
1. COMMISSION
Rails to Trails is commissioned to render in paint or other City approved medium
of the Artist, on the east and west facing pedestrian tunnel wall entries at the Flathead
Valley Community College and Kidsport connection in Kalispell, substantially as
described in Exhibit A, hereby incorporated into this agreement by reference.
2. SITE COMPATIBILITY
Rails to Trails will submit renderings and proposed materials list to be used to
Montana Department of Transportation (MDOT) and Kalispell Parks and Recreation.
MDOT and Kalispell Parks and Recreation will need to approve renderings and materials
prior to work beginning.
3. TIME
Rails to Trails and the Artist will begin work on or after INSERT DATE, and shall
have completed and installed the work by INSERT DATE.
4. WARRANTIES
a. Rails to Trails, based on representations and warranties of the Artist,
represents and warrants that the work is solely the result of the artistic effort of
Artist and is original and unique, does not infringe upon any copyright, has not
been sold elsewhere and is free from any liens.
b. Rails to Trails represents and warrants that the work will be durable, executed
and fabricated in a workmanlike manner and will be free from defects in
material and workmanship including defects known as "inherent vice" or
qualities which cause or accelerate deterioration of the work.
c. If within one year of the date of final acceptance, the work exhibits any
structural or cosmetic defect or flow, Rails to Trails will repair the work or
replace any defective component of the work at no cost to City. All repairs or
cures to defects shall be consistent with professional conservation standards.
d. Rails to Trails will comply with City policies and procedures with respect to
working in the public right of way and will attend any work session that may be
required by the Department of Public Works or MDOT for those installing art
projects in the public right of way. Rails to Trails will use commercially
reasonable efforts to ensure that Artist likewise complies with the foregoing
City policies and procedures.
e. Rails to Trails shall maintain the art so that the attractiveness of the art does
not become substantially diminished by weather, normal wear and tear or
vandalism. Rails to Trails shall abide by City ordinances regarding the timely
removal of graffiti from the tunnel entrance murals.
Rails to Trails warrants, based on representations of the Artist, that the Artist
can replicate the imagery depicted in Exhibit A accurately in design, color,
saturation, and hue as well as translate the size and proportion of the artwork
to the size and proportion of the actual tunnel entrance.
5. FINAL ACCEPTANCE AND TITLE
a. Upon the work being installed and completed to Rails to Trails satisfaction, the
City and MDOT shall inspect the work and present Rails to Trails with a
detailed listing of any observed flaws. When the City and MDOT are satisfied
with the work, City shall notify Rails to Trails of its final acceptance of the work.
b. Upon final acceptance, title to the work shall pass to City. Thereafter, City shall
retain all written documentation regarding the work and shall have the right to
a copy of all drawings, sketches and designs of the work for maintenance and
historical documentation purposes only.
6. COPYRIGHT
a. Rails to Trails will cause the Artist to take necessary steps that will enable the
City to own the original work of art substantially as described in Exhibit A.
Copies of the work can be made by Rails to Trails and the Artist for the
purposes of display or applications for further commissions provided City is
credited with commissioning the original work.
b. Rails to Trails will cause the Artist to take the necessary steps to grant City an
irrevocable license to make two-dimensional reproductions of the work for
non-commercial purposes, including but not limited to reproductions used in
advertising, brochures, media, publicity and catalogues.
7. INSURANCE AND INDEMNIFICATION
a. Rails to Trails will execute an agreement with the Artist that acknowledges that
as an independent contractor, they are not personally covered by the City's
general liability insurance.
b. Rails to Trails shall at all times hereafter defend, indemnify and hold
harmless City, its officers, agents, employees, against any and all claims,
costs, losses and liabilities of any kind, caused by acts or omissions of Artist,
its employees or agents, or accruing, resulting from, or related to the subject
matter of this Agreement including, without limitation, any and all claims,
demands, or causes of action of any nature whatsoever resulting from
injuries or damages sustained by any person or property.
8. NONDISCRIMINATION
In performing their duties under this Agreement, the City and Rails to Trails each
agree that they shall not violate federal or state law by any act of discrimination against
any person in a class protected under federal or state law.
9. ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND TERMINATION
a. The permission for the placement of any art may be revoked by the City upon
giving 30 days written notice to Rails to Trails by regular mail, at the address
given below. The City may revoke this permission without notice during an
emergency. If the Rails to Trails fails to remove the permitted art and restore
said right-of-way to its previous condition within said 30-day period, or in an
emergency, in a reasonable time, the City at its option may remove the art and
restore said right-of-way to its previous condition.
b. The parties agree that obligations under sections 4, 5 and 8 shall survive the
completion or termination of this Agreement.
10. Notice
a. Notice: Any notices required by this agreement shall be sent by regular US
Mail to the following addresses:
City of Kalispell Rails to Trails
City Manager President
P.O. Box 1997 P.O. Box 1103
Kalispell, MT 59903 Kalispell, MT 59903
b. All notices shall allow 10 days for response from date of sending.
11. GOVERNING LAW
This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of Montana State.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this agreement the day and
year first above written.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Rails to Trails and City have caused this Agreement to be
executed, effective on the date written above, and intend to be legally bound thereby.
CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA
By:
Doug Russell, City Manager
RAILS TO TRAILS
By:
Date Mark Crowley, President
Date
STATE OF MONTANA
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County of Flathead )
On this day of , 2020, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the
State of Montana, personally appeared Mark Crowley, in their capacity as President of the Rails
to Trails of Northwest Montana, a Montana nonprofit corporation, that executed the within
instrument, and acknowledged as such subscribed, sealed and delivered said instrument as the free
and voluntary act of said corporation, for the uses and purposes therein set forth, and that he was
duly authorized to execute the same on behalf of said corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the
day and year in this certificate first above written.
Printed Name:
Notary Public, State of Montana
Residing at
My Commission Expires
STATE OF MONTANA )
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County of Flathead )
On this day of , 2020, before me, a Notary Public in and for the State of
Montana, personally appeared Doug Russell, known to me to be the City Manager of the City of
Kalispell, a municipality, that executed the within instrument, and acknowledged that such City
Manager subscribed, sealed and delivered said instrument as the free and voluntary act of said
municipality, for the uses and purposes therein set forth, and that he was duly authorized to execute
the same on behalf of said municipality.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal, the
day and year first above written.
Printed Name:
Notary Public, State of Montana
Residing at
My Commission Expires
EXHIBIT "A"