Resolution 6167 - Authorizes TIF Funds for Public ProjectsRESOLUTION NO. 6167
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE USE OF DOWNTOWN KALISPELL AND WEST
SIDE - CORE AREA TAX INCREMENT FINANCING FOR FOUR PUBLIC PROJECTS
INCLUDING THE DEPOT PARK BUILDING, WYE TRACK PURCHASE, WELCOME TO
KALISPELL SIGNAGE, AND POLICE EVIDENCE FACILITY.
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, on December 17, 2012, Kalispell City
Council adopted the Core Area Plan as an amendment to the City of Kalispell Growth
Policy 2020 by Resolution No. 5601 A, and on December 4, 2017, Council adopted The
Downtown Plan as an amendment to the City of Kalispell Growth Policy Plan -It 2035
by Resolution No. 5846, both after duly mailed and published notice and a public
hearing and receipt of recommendations from the Kalispell City Planning and Zoning
Board, which certified that the Urban Renewal Plans conform to the general plan for
the development of the City as a whole and the comprehensive plan of the City for the
areas containing the Urban Renewal Areas; and
WHEREAS, City Council adopted the West Side Urban Renewal/Core Area plan by Ordinance 1717
(Original Ordinance 1259) and the Downtown Urban Renewal Plan by Ordinance
1816; and
WHEREAS, in both the Downtown and West Side/Core Area Urban Renewal Plans there are Public
Infrastructure Projects which are eligible for Tax Increment Financing; and
WHEREAS, each project is able to be funded under the adopted Urban Renewal Plan under MCA
Title 7, Chapter 12, Chapter 13, or Chapter 14; as follows:
a. In the Wcstsidc Urban Renewal Area, rehabilitating the building in Depot Park in
anticipation of relocating the Parks and Recreation Department to that facility is
eligible under MCA 7-15-4288 (4), "public improvements of infrastructure or publicly
owned buildings;" and
b. In the Wcstsidc Urban Renewal Area, the acquisition of land adjacent to the Parkline
Trail for further redevelopment as part of the trail connections which lead to the bypass
trail, making safety improvements along the trail, are eligible under MCA 7-15-
4288(1), "land acquisition;" and under MCA 7-15-4288(10), "the connection of the
urban renewal area or targeted economic development district to existing
infrastructure outside the area or district;" and
In the Westside Urban Renewal Area, signagc on the bridge at the eastern entrance of
the trail, visually defining the boundary of the Core Area is eligible under MCA 7-15-
4288(1), "land acquisition;" and under MCA 7-15-4288(10), "the connection of*lhe
urban renewal area or targeted economic development district to existing
infraslruclatre outside the area or district;" and
d. In the Downtown Urban Renewal Area, renovating the current Parks and Recreation
building into an evidence facility for the Kalispell Police Department is eligible under
MCA 7-15-4288 (4), "publicly owned buildings."
NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the above listed projects be funded by Tax Increment Financing in the
Core Area and the Downtown Urban Renewal Area.
SECTION 2. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage by the
City Council.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF THE
CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 16TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023.
ATTEST:
Mark Johnson
Mayor
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