Ordinance 1098 - Approve Griffin Field Project370
ORDINANCE NO. 1098
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE KALISPELL DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN;
APPROVING A CERTAIN PROJECT AS AN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kalispell on the loth day
of September, 1979, pursuant to Title 7, Chapter 15, Parts 42 and 43,
Montana Code Annotated, enacted Ordinance No. 933 entitled ORDINANCE
APPROVING THE KALISPELL DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE CITY OF
KALISPELL, MONTANA AS URBAN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE FEASABILITY OF
RELOCATION; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN WITH POWERS
CONTAINED IN THE URBAN RENEWAL LAW, and
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WHEREAS, said Ordinance contained a provision for tax increment
financing for Projects with an area designated as the Kalispell Downtown
Redevelopment Area, and
WHEREAS, a certain urban renewal "Project" has been submitted to
the City for review and said Project has been reviewed by the Kalispell
City -County Planning Board for compliance with Kalispell City -County
Master Plan, and
WHEREAS, the Kalispell City -County Planning Board after reviewing
the proposed Project has advised the City Council, in writing, that
the Project, as a part of the Kalispell Downtown Redevelopment Plan,
conforms with the Kalispell City -County Master Plan, and
WHEREAS, on the 9th day of March, 1987, the City Council of the
City of Kalispell passed Resolution No. 3718, entitled A RESOLUTION
OF INTENTION TO MODIFY THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN TO APPROVE A
CERTAIN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, and
WHEREAS, on the 6th day of April, 1987, pursuant to Resolution No.
3718, the City Council of the City of Kalispell, after due and proper
notice under Section 7-15-4215 MCA, held a Public Hearing on said
Project and received expressions from the public, supporting and
opposing said Project, and
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the Lity of- Kalispell finds.. with
respect to the Urban Renewal Project proposed in Resolution No. 3718
as follows:
a. a workable and feasible plan exists for making available
adequate housing for persons who may be displaced by the
Project;
b. the Plan, as modified to include the Project, conforms
to the comprehensive plan or parts thereof of the city;
C. the Plan, as modified to include the Project, will
afford maximum opportunity, Consistent with the needs of the
City as a whole, for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of
the Area by private enterprise;
d. a sound and adequate financial program exists for the
financing of the Project;
e. the Project constitutes an urban renewal project within
the meaning of the Act and •the Plan.
WHEREAS, after considering the evidence submitted at said public
hearing, the City Council of the City of Kalispell considers it in
the best interest of the City to designate and approve the certain
Urban Renewal Project in the Kalispell Downtown Redevelopment Area.
WHEREAS, the City proposes to finance the Project through a combi-
nation of tax increment cash available and repayment of a UDAG Loan.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. That the City Council of the City of Kalispell
hereby modifies the Kalispell Downtown Redevelopment Plan
for the City of Kalispell and designates the following Project
as an Urban Renewal Project under Title 7, Chapter 15, Parts
42 and 43 MCA and the Kalispell Downtown Redevelopment
Ordinance:
Griffin Field Relocation. This project will consist
of the demolition of the Griffin Park Baseball
Facility located at 3rd Avenue East and Montana
Street and the relocation of said Griffin Field
and construction of a new baseball facility`to an
area set aside at Begg Park. The old Griffin
Field will be retained and developed by the City
in a manner suitable with the Urban Renewal Plan.
The estimated cost of the relocation Project is
estimated to be $220,000. The City anticipates
financing the cost of the Project through cash
available to the City through tax increment financing
and repayment of the UDAG Loan to Kalispell Center
Limited Partnership.
SECTION 11. The Urban Renewal Project 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 is required in the best interest of
the City of Kalispell.
SECTION III. All actions of the City Council heretofore
taken with respect to the Project herein designated, to the
extent not inconsistent herewith, are ratified and confirmed.
SECTION IV. This Ordinance shall take effect from and after
30 days of its passage by the City Council and approval by
the Mayor.
PASSED BY
THE
CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY
OF-KALISPELL AND -APPROVED
BY THE MAYOR
THIS
20th__ DAY OF
April
, 1987.
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,Pbhn E Kennedy J ., Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk -Treasurer
I, Don iialver, City Clerk of the City of Kalispell, Montana, do hereby certify that
on the day of 1987, the attached ordinance passed the first
reading and the second reading will be heard at the regular council meeting to be
held on the day of , 1987.
City Clerk of the City of Kalispell, Montana