04-10-13 Urban Renewal Agency MinutesCity of Kalispell
Post Office Box 1997 - Kalispell, Montana 59903
Telephone: (406) 758-7701 Fax: (406) 758-7758
Urban Renewal Agency
Summary of Activities
04/10/2013
MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE
Marc Rold- Chairman
Suzanne Faubert
Murphy McMahon
OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE
City of Kalispell Staff —Planning Director, Tom Jentz; Community Development Manager,
Katharine Thompson; Community Development Administrator, Lindsey Simpson
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Rold called the meeting to order at 4:00p.m.
ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA
Members were given and e-mailed the following:
• An agenda for this meeting.
• A Summary of Activities of the 03/13/13 meeting and 03/20/13 work session
• 2011 Annual URA Report
• Draft 2012 Annual URA Report
ACCEPTANCE OF PRIOR MEETING SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES
Prior meeting "Summary of Activities" were reviewed and the documents were accepted as
written.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
No public comment offered.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
No unfinished business
NEW BUSINESS
Certification of taxable valuation- Katharine Thompson updated the committee on how the
Department of Revenue determines values. She has met with Monty Long of the Department of
Revenue to discuss these values. Ms. Thompson explained the timeline of when values are
determined by the Department of Revenue and reported that it is the City's responsibility to
accurately assign properties within TIF district boundaries.
• Annual Report Preparation -The following comments and changes were suggested regarding
the 2011-2012 draft report:
-Actions taken by the URA and City Council during the reporting year should be included
in the report
-The final report should be signed by the URA chairman
-The committee would like to include fund balances for the beginning and ending of the
reporting year
-Taxable values should be included in the report
-The committee would like to include debt service, overhead, and investment for the
reporting year
-The committee would like to know what the percentage of the Cities taxable value is in the
TIF districts
-The committee would like to include wording on the Airport TIF indicating that it can't be
extended
Schedule next meeting- The committee held discussion on the vacant seat of Shannon Nalty and
how/when the City advertises these seats. It was decided that the URA will hold a work session
on May 1 at 4pm and approve the updated 2012 draft annual report at that time as well as discuss
the TIF guidelines and policies. An updated 2012 annual report will be sent to the committee for
review prior to the May 1 work session. The next meeting of the URA will be held on May 29 at
4:OOpm.
ADJOURN MEETING
The meeting was adjourned at 4:58pm
End of Summary of Activities 4/10/13