Harball Memo/West Side TIF RequestCharles A. Harball Office of City Attorney
City Attorney 312 First Avenue East
P.O. Box 1997
Kalispell, MT 59903-1997
T: Mayor Pamela B. Kennedy
and Kalispell City Council
FROM: Charles Harball, City Attorney
Myrt Webb, Interim City Manager
Tel 406.758.7708
Fax 406.758.7771
charball@kalispell.com
SUBJECT: Request by Owners in Ashley Square Mall for Utilization
of Westside TIF Funds to Assist in Redevelopment Project
MEETING DATE: Monday, July 27, 2009 — City Council Work Session
BACKGROUND: The owners of the Ashley Square Mall are applying to utilize a
portion of the Westside TIF funds to assist in the planned redevelopment project of
that retail mall. The projected costs of the redevelopment are in excess of 7.5
million dollars. The owners are requesting that the City consider contributing
approximately one million dollars for the public infrastructure portion of the
project. These costs would go to pay for parking lot, storm drain, sidewalk, street
improvements, landscaping, utility upgrades and facade demolition and
reconstruction.
The Westside TIF District is due to sunset on July 1, 2010. Funds remaining
in the City's Westside TIF account and not otherwise committed by agreement will
be returned to the appropriate taxing entities at that time. It is the intention of the
applicants to have the project under contract in under construction prior to the
sunset date.
The applicants will be presenting their proposal to the Council at the
workshop. The Council may choose at that time, to direct staff to offer a resolution
at a future Council meeting that authorizes the City Manager to enter into
negotiations for a developer's agreement with the applicants.
Respectfully submitted,
Char es all, City Attorney
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