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ORDINANCE NO. 1248
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE MODIFICATION OF THE KALISPELL, MONTANA
URBAN RENEWAL PLAN (THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN) TO APPROVE CERTAIN
PROJECTS AS URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council (the Council) of the City
of Kalispell, Montana (the City), as follows:
Section 1. Recitals. The City by Ordinance No. 933,
passed and approved on September 10, 1979, adopted the Kalispell,
Montana Downtown Redevelopment Plan (the Plan) as an urban renewal
plan for the project area known as the Downtown Redevelopment Area
which constitutes the City`s Urban Renewal District (the District)
pursuant to Montana Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 15, Parts 42
and 43, as amended (the Act), which Plan contained a provision for
tax increment financing. Pursuant to the Act and the procedures
contained in the Plan, and Resolution No. 4290, adopted August 19,
1996, the City has set forth its intention to create certain urban
renewal projects and to finance all or a portion of said projects,
in an amount not to exceed $8,500,000, and has undertaken to
designate and approve the following urban renewal projects (the
Projects), and modify the Plan accordingly, has given notice and
conducted public hearings with respect thereto:
a. Kalispell Center Mall. This project consists of the
acquisition of real property, the clearance of improvements
thereon, construction of certain public utilities and related
relocation activities, all to make such property available for
expansion of the Kalispell Center Mall. The project is estimated
to cost $2,625,000, which will be funded from the annual revenues
generated from the Downtown Redevelopment Area (TIF Area).
b. KDC Site (Kalis ell Downtown Center) Develo ment. This
project consists of the acquisition of certain real property, and
related demolition and site work including public improvements to
make the property available for private development for uses
consistent with the Plan. The project is estimated to cost
$2,000,000, which will be funded from the annual revenues generated
from the Downtown Redevelopment Area (TIF Area).
C. Central School Project.
renovation and rehabilitation
The building could be used
educational facilities, along
total cost of this project is
will be funded from the annual
Redevelopment Area (TIF Area).
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This project consists of the
of the old Central School building.
for multi -purpose community and
with offices and museum space. The
estimated to be $2,500,000, which
revenues generated from the Downtown
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d. Affordable Housing: Elimination of Bli ht. This project is
a Private Multi -Family Housing Density Development Incentive
Program designed to enable the City to: (1) offer incentives to
both existing property owners and private developers desiring to
purchase substandard dwellings occupying large lots with the Urban
Renewal Project Area and replace the substandard single family
units with higher density affordable multi -family housing; (2)
purchase substandard dwellings when they become available and
vacant, particularly if the site would accommodate multiple
dwelling units, clear the property and resell it to developers
willing to build multi -family housing; and (3) to provide the
necessary incentives to encourage high density affordable housing
redevelopment of sites that may become developable and/or
affordable because of fire or other circumstances. The cost of
this project is estimated to be $300,000, which will funded from
the annual revenues generated from the Downtown Redevelopment Area
(TIF Area).
e. Downtown Parking. This project will consist of the acquisition
of additional land for the construction of parking lots or a
parking facility on parcels within the District to provide or
facilitate the provision of adequate parking for projects or to
encourage other private development within the District. The cost
of this project is estimated to be $800,000, which will be funded
from the annual revenues generated from the Downtown Redevelopment
Area TIF Area).
f. Redevelopment Incentive Project. This project will enable the
City to provide assistance to the owners of commercial properties
in the District to encourage the redevelopment of underutilized or
obsolete properties, to increase the taxable value and create jobs.
The assistance may take the form of acquisition and demolition of
improvements, provision of infrastructure or other appropriate
incentives. The cost of this project is estimated to be $275,000,
which will be funded from the annual revenues generated by the
Downtown Redevelopment Area (TIF Area).
Section 2. Findings. The Council hereby finds, with respect
to each of the Projects described in Section 1 hereof, as follows:
a. a workable and feasible plan exists for making available
adequate housing for any persons who may be displaced by the
Projects;
b. the Plan, as modified to include the Projects, conforms to the
comprehensive plan or parts thereof of the City;
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c. the Plan, as. modified to include the Projects, will afford
maximum opportunity, consistent with the needs of the City as a
whole, for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the District by
private enterprise;
d. a sound and adequate financial program exists for the
financing of each of the Projects, which program includes the
utilization of all revenues derived from annual income of the
Downtown Redevelopment Area (TIF Area); and other Projects
heretofore or hereafter approved by this Council, including
administration costs and for the application of available funds in
the Development Account in the Tax Increment Fund of the City, in
proportions yet to be determined, for the purpose of financing all
or a portion of the costs of the Projects as set forth above; and
e. each of the Projects constitutes an urban renewal project
within the meaning of the Act and the Plan.
Section 3. The Urban Renewal Projects herein designated and
approved may be modified by the City Council of the City of
Kalispell if the Council determines by Resolution that an
adjustment to a Project or Projects is required in the best
interest of the City of Kalispell.
Section
with respect
4. All actions of the
to the Projects herein
City Council heretofore taken
designated, to the extent not
inconsistent
herewith, are ratified
and confirmed.
Section
5. This Ordinance shall
take effect from and after 30
days of its passage by the City Council and approval by the Mayor.
Section 6. Approval of Projects. This Council hereby
approves, ratifies and confirms modification of the Plan to
designate the Projects as urban renewal projects within and under
and to be undertaken pursuant to the Plan, and the Projects are
hereby approved. All actions of this Council heretofore taken with
respect to the Projects, to the extent not inconsistent herewith,
are hereby ratified and confirmed.
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PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED on first reading this ZIS day
of () C,+0 be,-- , 1996.
PASSED, ADOTED and APPROVED on second reading this
day of r)ovempev- 1996.
CITY OF KALISPELL
Attest:
By: 011111d
Debbie Giffort)
Clerk of Counci
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By
Mayofd
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