Resolution 5764 - Public Hearing - Amending Airport/Athletic Complex Redevelopment PlanRESOLUTION NO.5764
A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL AIRPORT/ATHLETIC COMPLEX
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN TO ADOPT AND INCORPORATE THE APRIL 2016
DRAFT OF THE SOUTH KALISPELL URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AS
RECOMMENDED BY THE KALISPELL CITY PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.
WHEREAS, The City of Kalispell, Montana (the "City") is authorized by Montana Code
Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 15, Parts 42 and 43, as amended (the "Act"), to create
an urban renewal area, to undertake urban renewal projects therein, to provide for
the segregation and collection of tax increment with respect to property taxes
collected in the urban renewal area, to issue its bonds to pay the costs of such
projects and to pledge to the repayment of the bonds the tax increment derived
from the urban renewal area; and
WHEREAS, In accordance with the provisions of the Act, this Council adopted Ordinance No.
1242, on July 1, 1996, establishing an urban renewal area within the City
designated as the "City of Kalispell Airport/Athletic Complex Urban Renewal
District" (the "Urban Renewal Area") and adopted an urban renewal plan
therefor, entitled the "Kalispell City Airport/Athletic Complex Redevelopment
Plan Analysis" (the "Urban Renewal Plan"), after duly mailed and published
notice and a public hearing and receipt of recommendations from the City/County
Planning Board, which certified that the Urban Renewal Plan conforms to the
general plan for the development of the City as a whole and the comprehensive
plan of the City for the area containing the Urban Renewal Area; and
WHEREAS, By Ordinance No. 1260, adopted by this Council on March 17, 1997, this Council
amended Ordinance No. 1242 to provide for the segregation of and application of
tax increment in the Urban Renewal Area and established January 1, 1996 as the
base year for calculating the tax increment as provided in Sections 7-15-4282
through 7-15-4293 of the Act; and
WHEREAS, By Ordinance No. 1541, adopted by this Council on July 19, 2005, this Council
amended Ordinance No. 1260 to include additional projects for which bonded
indebtedness was undertaken thereby extending the life of the South Kalispell Tax
Increment District to the termination of the indebtedness; and
WHEREAS, on January 1, 2015 the City contracted with CTA Architects Engineers to assist in
an update of the South Kalispell Urban Renewal Plan through conducting a study
that identified issues through public outreach, identifying key development and
redevelopment concepts in the South Kalispell Corridor, to specifically develop a
series of short term and long term options for the airport, the airport lands and
surrounding affected neighborhoods, and to prepare and present an updated draft
of the South Kalispell Urban Renewal plan for consideration by the City Council;
and
WHEREAS, CTA Architects Engineers completed its study and issued its Draft South
Kalispell Urban Renewal Plan April 2016 to the City, which was then published
by the City on its website, and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to MCA 7-15-4213, on April 12, 2016, the Kalispell Planning and
Zoning Board took public comment on the Draft South Kalispell Urban Renewal
Plan April 2016 at a noticed public hearing, reviewed and considered it as to its
conformity with the Kalispell City Growth Policy 2020 and transmitted it to the
City Council with the finding that the Plan conforms to the Kalispell City Growth
Policy 2020 and should be adopted by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, An Ordinance has been proposed to be adopted by this Council (the "Ordinance")
which would amend the Urban Renewal Plan to adopt and incorporate the Draft
South Kalispell Urban Renewal Plan April 2016 as recommended by the Kalispell
City Planning and Zoning Board; and
WHEREAS, Under Sections 7-15-4214, 7-15-4215 and 7-15-4221 of the Act, it is necessary to
conduct a public hearing on the amendment of the Urban Renewal Plan and
approval any of the Urban Renewal Projects therein.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Public Hearing. On July 18, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers in
the Kalispell City Hall, the City Council will conduct a public hearing on the proposed
amendment of the Urban Renewal Plan to adopt and incorporate the Draft South Kalispell Urban
Renewal Plan April 2016 as recommended by the Kalispell City Planning and Zoning Board.
Section 2. Notice of Public Hearing. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to
publish a copy of the Notice of the Public Hearing in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A (which is hereby incorporated herein and made a part hereof) twice in The Daily
Interlake, the official newspaper of the City and published in Flathead County, Montana, with
not less than six days separating each publication date, and to mail a copy of said notice, not less
than 10 days before the date of the public hearing, to every person or entity whose names appear
on the County Treasurer's tax roll as the owners, reputed owners, or purchasers under contracts
of deed of real property within the Urban Renewal Area at the addresses shown on the tax roll.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 5TH DAY OF JULY, 2016.
ATTEST:
Aiml e Brunckhorst,
City Clerk
®�NO"'I�PPPli/////i
Mark Johnson
Mayor
CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council (the "Council") of the City of
Kalispell, Montana (the "City") will hold a public hearing on the proposed amendment of the
City of Kalispell Airport/Athletic Complex Redevelopment Plan (the "Plan") on July 18, 2016,
at 7:00 p.m., at the Council Chambers in the Kalispell City Hall, 201 lst Avenue East, Kalispell,
Montana. The Plan relates to an urban renewal area within the City designated as the "City of
Kalispell Airport/Athletic Complex Urban Renewal District" (the "Urban Renewal Area"),
which encompasses the municipal airport and certain adjacent property.
The proposed amendment of the Plan is contained within the Draft South Kalispell Urban
Renewal Plan April 2016 published on the City of Kalispell website and accessed at:
littp://www.kalispell.com/planning//. The Plan addresses recreational facilities, mixed use
housing, commercial development, traffic and signage issues, schools, convention facilities,
agricultural uses and the existing municipal airport. Three main alternatives regarding the
municipal airport are contained therein and are as follows: 1) Keep Airport as Currently
Configured, 2) Bring Airport into FAA Compliance, and 3) Phase out Airport Operations.
Further information may be obtained from Aimee Brunckhorst, the City Clerk of the
City, whose address is Kalispell City Hall, 201 1 st Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana, and whose
telephone number is (406) 758-7756.
Any interested persons may appear and will be heard or may file written comments with
the City Clerk prior to such hearing.
Dated this 5th day of July, 2016.
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL
B
y
Aii1nee Brunckhorst, CMC
City Clerk
Publication Dates: July 10, 2016
July 17, 2016