Resolution 6029 - Reallocation of CDBG Funds to Kalispell ParklineRESOLUTION NO. 6029
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REALLOCATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
BLOCK GRANT FUNDS HELD AND MANAGED BY THE CITY OF KALISPELL TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE KALISPELL PARKLINE CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT.
WHEREAS, the City of Kalispell currently holds and manages Community Development Block Grant
[CDBG] funds in the amount of $525,000 previously received from the Montana
Department of Commerce which the City has allocated and utilized in a revolving loan
fund to provide gap financing in the form of small loans to Kalispell businesses; and
WHEREAS, the subject CDBG funds have been fully revolved and applications for these funds are
now scarce due to the widely available low rate of interest offered by commercial banks;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Kalispell has the option, and may, by resolution, reallocate the subject CDBG
funds to any other purpose that meets the objectives of the CDBG funding; and
WHEREAS, there is currently a need for additional funding for the Kalispell Parkline construction
project which is an urban redevelopment project designed to prevent and eliminate blight
and falls within one of the objectives of CDBG funding; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was duly noticed and held on June 7, 2021 before the Kalispell City
Council to hear and consider public comment regarding the reallocation of fully revolved
CDBG funds held by the City for the purpose of providing gap financing in the form of
small loans to Kalispell businesses to the purpose of utilizing the funds to support the
construction of the Kalispell Parkline, at which hearing no oral or written negative
comments or evidence was received; and
WHEREAS, the Kalispell City Council finds that it is in the best interest of the taxpayers and
residents of the City to reallocate the fully revolved CDBG funds held by the City to
support the construction of the Kalispell Parkline as a project that meets the national
objectives of CDBG funds.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Community Development Block Grant [CDBG] funds in the approximate
amount of $525,000 that that are held by the City of Kalispell and have been
fully revolved shall be utilized for the purposes of providing additional funding
for the Kalispell Parkline construction project.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF THE
CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 21 ST DAY OF JUNE, 2021.
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Aim& Brunckhorst, CMC
City Clerk