Ordinance 1402 - Downtown Urban Renewal (TIF) Plan Modifications103
ORDINANCE NO. 1402
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE MODIFICATION OF THE KALISPELL MONTANA
DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN (THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN) TO APPROVE A
CERTAIN PROJECT AS AN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council (the "Council") of the City
of Kalispell, Montana (the "City") as follows;
Section 1, Recitals. The City by Ordinance No. 933 (the
"Ordinance"), passed and approved on September 10, 1979, created the
Kalispell Montana Urban Renewal District as an urban renewal
district (the "District") and approved the Downtown Urban Renewal
Plan (the "Plan.") for the District containing a tax increment
financing provision as set forth in the Ordinance, pursuant to
Montana Code Annotated, Title 71 Chapter 15, Parts 42 and 43, as
amended (the "Act"). Pursuant to the Act and the procedures
contained in the Plan, the city has established the procedures for
approving urban renewal projects from time to time. Pursuant to the
Act and the procedures contained in the Plan, the City, in
Resolution No, 4632, has set forth an intention to establish certain
projects as urban renewal projects (the "Projects"), and modify the
Plan accordingly, has given notice and conducted a public hearing
with respect thereto.
Section 2. Modification of Plan and Approval of Project. The
City reconfirms the findings contained in Resolution No, 4632 and
hereby approves the following project as an Urban Renewal Project
and modifies the Plan accordingly;
Assistance in the Building of a Health Department
Facility, The project consists of granting to Flathead
City/County Health Department/Flathead Board of County
Commissioners a sum not to exceed $500,000 to assist in
the construction of a new Health Department Facility
within the Downtown Urban Renewal Area.
Section 3. Findings. The Council hereby finds, with respect to
the Project described in Section 1 hereof, as follows:
a. a workable and feasible plan exists for making
available adequate housing for any persons who may
be displaced by the Project;
b, the Plan, as modified to include the Project,
conforms to the comprehensive plan or parts thereof
of the City;
C. the Plan, as modified to include the Project, will
afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the
needs of the City as a whole, for the rehabilitation
or redevelopment of the District by private
enterprise;
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d. a sound and adequate financial program exists for
the financing of the Project, which program includes
the sale and issuance by the City 'of its urban
renewal tax increment bonds in an amount not to
exceed the costs of the Project and other Projects
heretofore or hereafter approved by this Council,
including administration costs and costs of issuance
of the bonds, and for the application of available
funds in the Development Account in the Tax
Increment Fund of the City, in proportions yet to be
determined, for the purpose of financing all or a
portion of the costs of the Project as set forth
above; and
e. the Project constitutes an urban renewal project
within the meaning of the Act and the Plan.
Section 4. The Urban Renewal Project herein designated and
approved may be modified by the City Council of the City of
Kalispell if the Council determines by Resolution that an adjustment
to a Project or Projects is required in the best interest of the
City of Kalispell,
Section 5. All actions of the City Council heretofore taken
with respect to the Project herein designated, to the extent not
inconsistent herewith, are ratified and confirmed.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall take effect from and after 30
days of its passage by the City Council and approval by the Mayor.
Section 7. Approval of Project. This Council hereby approves,
ratifies and confirms modification of the Plan to designate the
Project as an urban renewal project within and under and to be
undertaken pursuant to the Plan, and the Project is hereby
approved. All actions of this Council heretofore taken with respect
to the Project, to the extent not inconsistent herewith, are hereby
ratified and confirmed.
PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED on first reading this 15TH day of
OCTOBER, 2001.
PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED on second reading this 5TH day of
NOVEMBER, 2001.
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Wm. E. Boharski
Mayor
ATTEST;
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T11 C-:6e sa White
City Clerk