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5. Resolution 5610 - Resolution of Intent & Call for Public Hearing - CDBG GrantCity of Kalispell Charles A. Harball Office of City Attorney City Attorney 201 First Avenue East P.O. Box 1997 Kalispell, MT 59903-1997 TO: Doug Russell, City Manager FROM: Charles Harball, City Attorney Tel 406.758.7709 Fax 406.758.7771 charball @kalispell.com SUBJECT: Resolution No. 5610 — A Resolution of Intent to Call for a Public Hearing and Collaborate with Flathead County in its Application for a Montana CDBG Public Facilities Grant MEETING DATE: March 4, 2013 — Regular Council Meeting A city/county joint Community Needs Assessment hearing was held December 18, 2012 to identify overall community development and housing needs. At that hearing, multiple members of the community expressed concern regarding identified health and safety challenges related to the current location for the Flathead County Agency on Aging. Flathead County has determined that its Agency on Aging (AOA) is in need of improved office and community space to better serve its customers. Program activities offered by AOA meet the needs of many low to moderate income individuals in our community. To this end, Flathead County seeks to utilize the City of Kalispell's 2013 application allocation for public facilities funds through the Montana Department of Commerce Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. Grant funds will be utilized as partial funding to construct a new facility to house the Agency on Aging programs. The residents of the City of Kalispell benefit from the Agency on Aging programs and Council may find, therefore, that it is in the best interests of the City to promote the construction of a new facility that will better meet the needs of this segment of the city population. There are currently no other public facility projects within the city that are known to be application ready and that would otherwise be eligible for CDBG public facility grant funding. A second public hearing is required by CDBG to be duly noticed and held to gather specific information on the potential impacts and benefits related to an upgraded AOA facility, and gather public comment prior to the submission of a CDBG Public Facilities application. Resolution No. 5610 Memorandum February 27, 2013 Page - 2 I_13 DQ0[1)15 U I It is recommended that the City Council pass Resolution No. 5610 calling for a public hearing and giving Flathead County the assent of the City to pursue an application for the city's 2013 allocation of Montana CDBG public facilities grant funds for the purposes of constructing a facility to house the Flathead County Agency on Aging programs. Official application authority will be granted by the City Council through a future Resolution to Authorize submission of the CDBG application pending the outcome and input received at the hearing. FISCAL IMPACTS: There are no anticipated fiscal impacts to the City from this action. Respectfully submitted, /z Charles Ha all, City Attorney Office of City Attorney City of Kalispell RESOLUTION NO. 5610 A RESOLUTION OF INTENT BY THE CITY OF KALISPELL TO GIVE ITS ASSENT TO FLATHEAD COUNTY IN A GRANT APPLICATION SUBMISSION TO THE MONTANA CDBG PUBLIC FACILITIES PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSES OF PARTIAL FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FACILITY TO HOUSE THE AGENCY ON AGING AND SETTING A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. WHEREAS, Flathead County seeks to utilize the City of Kalispell's 2013 application allocation for public facilities funds through the Montana Department of Commerce Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program to assist in the partial funding of the construction costs of a new facility to house the Flathead County Agency on Aging programs; and WHEREAS, because program activities offered by AOA meet the needs of many low to moderate income individuals in our community the residents of the City of Kalispell benefit from these programs and it is therefore in the best interests of the City to promote the construction of a new facility that will better meet the needs of this segment of the city population; and WHEREAS, there are currently no other public facility projects within the city that are known to be application ready and that would otherwise be eligible for CDBG public facility grant funding; and WHEREAS, A public hearing is required to be duly noticed and held to gather specific information on the potential impacts and benefits related to an upgraded AOA facility, and gather public comment prior to the submission of a CDBG Public Facilities application. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. A public hearing is hereby scheduled for April 1, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana for the purpose of taking public comment on the application. SECTION II. That following the public hearing the City of Kalispell may authorize Flathead County to submit an application to the Montana Department of Commerce for CDBG public facilities grant funding for those funds allocated to the City of Kalispell for 2013 for the construction of an upgraded AOA facility and to provide such additional information as may be required. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL THIS 4TH DAY OF MARCH, 2013. ATTEST: Theresa White City Clerk Tammi Fisher Mayor