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Resolution 6253 - ROI - Main Street Concept Design PHRESOLUTION NO.6253 A RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE "MAIN STREET CONCEPT DESIGN MEMORANDUM" SEEKING INPUT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC REGARDING THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND WHETHER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A "SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL" IMPLEMENTATION GRANT FOR THE CITY OF KALISPELL, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO PROVIDE NOTICE THEREOF. WHEREAS, in 2022, the City of Kalispell was awarded a Safe Streets and Roads for All Planning Grant from the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT); and WHEREAS, staff and the consultants, Kittleson and Associates, developed the Main Street Safety Action Plan as a community -specific framework for applying the Safe System Approach to transportation corridors in the City of Kalispell; and WHEREAS, as a component of the Safety Action Plan, staff and Kittleson and Associates created the Main Street Concept Design Memorandum, whose elements support the final concept design, including results of the traffic operations analysis for 2024 existing and 2045 future conditions; environmental and hydraulic impacts of concept designs; community engagement; concept -level cost estimates; and policy recommendations; and WHEREAS, a Final Concept Design Memorandum for the Main Street Safety Action Plan, attached hereto and incorporated fully herein by this reference, has been prepared for the purpose of seeking input from the general public regarding the proposed project and whether to move forward with a Safe Streets and Roads For All Implementation Grant. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That there is hereby set a Public Hearing on the 19th day of May, 2025, at 7:00 o'clock p.m. in the Council Chambers, City Hall, Kalispell, Montana, to solicit public comment on the proposed Main Street Concept Design Memorandum. SECTION 2. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to make, publish and distribute the notice of said Public Hearing in conformity with State law. The City Clerk shall further make the proposed draft document, attached hereto, available to the public upon the Kalispell City Website and in paper format upon request. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 5TH DAY OF MAY, 2025. Mark Johnso Mayor ATTEST: r � - . �/� Aim e Brunckhorst, CMC City Clerk NL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A Public Hearing will be held on Monday, May 19, 2025, in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 201 1 st Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana, at 7:00 P.M. in order to solicit public comment on the proposed Main Street Concept Design Memorandum as a portion of the Main Street Safety Action Plan. A draft Final Concept Design Memorandum has been prepared whose elements support the final concept design, including results of the traffic operations analysis for 2024 existing and 2045 future conditions; environmental and hydraulic impacts of concept designs; community engagement; concept -level cost estimates; and policy recommendations. Any person wishing to address the proposed Final Concept Design Memorandum may appear at this hearing and make oral statements or present same in writing. The proposed Memorandum can be viewed on the City's website at www.kalispell.com/679/Council-Public- Hearings or in the office of the City Clerk at 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell. Written comments may also be submitted for council consideration by delivering the same to the City Clerk at 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell, MT 59901, or by email to publiccomment a,kalis elp l.com prior to the hearing. For additional information please contact the City Clerk at (406) 758-7756. Dated this 5th day of May, 2025. ���� Ai e Brunckhorst, CMC City Clerk Publish: May 11, 2025 May 18, 2025 �JA�rrsi9►®ttt�