03. Resolution 5460 - CDBG Planning Grant Acceptance and Budget AppropriationT
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City of Kalispell ■ www.kalispell.com
Office of Community & Economic Development
MEMORANDUM
201 1 st Avenue East
Kalispell, MT 599�'I
406.758.7740
Fax: .758.7758
To: The Honorable Mayor Fisher and Kalispell City Council Members
From: Jane Howington, City Manager
Tom Jentz, Planning Director
Katharine Thompson, Community Development Manager
Re: Acceptance of CDB G FY 2010 Planning Grant and Budget
Amendment
Meeting Date: October 4, 2010
Attached to this memo please find a copy of the Montana Department of Commerce letter
notifying the City of Kalispell of a grant award for a Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) FY 2010 Planning Grant in the amount of $20,000.
BACKGROUND: The City of Kalispell submitted a grant request in April 2010 to the
Montana Department of Commerce for a comprehensive growth policy update.
Project Abstract:
The current Kalispell Growth Policy was drafted in 1999-2000 and ultimately adopted in
February 2003. Since that time local conditions have changed dramatically. The
planning staff has been diligent in updating the Growth Policy map which shows future
growth patterns and densities. However, no comprehensive review of the policy
document has occurred. This process will require that this community take a
comprehensive look at its economic potentials and vision of the future. The Kalispell
Growth Policy Update project will depend upon community input and will strive through
innovative processes to increase the quantity and quality of community participation. The
following deliverables will be produced by this project:
* Update of resource inventory including economic profile, housing, and GIS
development;
• Preparation of a snapshot Resources Document;
• Community Needs Assessment;
* Community Vision;
Plan Implementation Strategies,
• Updated Growth Policy Document.
The project budget totals $40,000; $37,500 to fund activities and $2,500 for the purchase
of GIS software. The activities outlined in the grant proposal include:
• Public Outreach: Web based including development and maintenance of webpage
and other social media with online surveys and feedback looping messages; and
more traditional media outreach including printing a city newsletter for residents,
media creation, advertising, meeting supplies, printing and postage;
• GIS Function: Preparing resource documents, mapping, GIS overlays, graphic
data interpretation, draft and final document creation, and meeting preparation;
• Economic Development Marketing Campaign: Utilizing the community vision
and identity resulting from the comprehensive growth strategy process and its
activities to delineate an economic development strategy and marketing of this
newly identified brand.
FISCAL IMPACT: The grant award will fund $20,000 for a $40,000 Kalispell Growth
Policy update. of the $20,000 required match, $18,750 will be funded through the
Community and Economic Development Department budget and $1,250 will be derived
from a software publisher discount on GIS software to be purchased under the grant
project.
RECOMMENDATION: City Council should accept the $20,000 Montana
Department of Commerce CDB G Planning Grant and amend the FYI I budget
accordingly.
Respectfully submitted,
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k Jane Howington `°°- Tom Jentz
City Manager Planning Director
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Ka arine Thompson
Community Development Manager
WHEREAS, on August 16, 2010, the City Council adopted Resolution 5444 adopting the
annual appropriations of the City of Kalispell for fiscal year 2010-2011; and
WHEREAS, on August 30, 2010, the City of Kalispell was informed that it was a recipient of a
Montana Department of Commerce grant award for a Community Development
Bloch Grant (CDBG) FY 2010 Planning Grant in the amount of up to $20,000 to
partially fund a comprehensive Growth Policy update; and
WHEREAS, said funds available to the City were not appropriated pursuant to Section 7-6-
4271, and an increase of appropriation authority is needed.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. That the City Council hereby accepts the Montana Department of
Commerce CDBC. grant award in the amount of up to $20,000.
SECTION II. That the City Council hereby appropriates up to the sure. of $20,000 and
directs the Finance Director to allocate said amount.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 4TH DAY OF OCTOBER., 2010.
Tarmni Fisher
Mayor
Theresa white
City Clerk
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Department of Commerce
Dore Schwinden, Director
301 S. Park Ave. * P.O. Box 200501 * Helena, Montana 59620-0501
Phone 406w-841-2700 * Fax 406-841-2701 * TDD: 406-841--2702 * http://commerce.mt.gov
August 30, 2010
Jane Howington, City Manager
City of Kalispell
201 1st Ave. East
Kalispell, MT 59901
RE: FFY 2010 Planning Grant Awards
Montana Department of Commerce CDBG Program
Dear City Manager Howington:
The Montana Department of Commerce has concluded the review of your application for a
CDBG FFY 2010 Planning Grant.
l am pleased to inform you that the City of Kalispell has been awarded a planning grant in the
amount of $20,000. The City of Kalispell will be responsible for the remaining $20,000 to
complete the planning project, as indicated in your planning grant application.
By accepting this award, you agree to carry out the grant in accordance with the terms and
conditions set forth in the 2010 Application Guidelines for CDBG Planning Grants.
Joanne Gilbert, Program Assistant, will be the Department's liaison for your grant, and will be
providing you with a draft grant contract shortly. Please feel free to contact her at (406) 841--
2791 or jgilbert@mt.gov with any questions or concerns you may have concerning your
planning grant or the CDBG Program. A copy of this letter should be maintained in your
grant files.
Congratulations on the award of your CDBG Planning Grant. We look forward to working
with you.
Sincerely,
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Dore Schwinden, Director
Department of Commerce
CC: Katharine Thompson, Community Development Manager
BRIAN SCHWEITZER, GOVERNOR