03-11-20 Urban Renewal Agency Board Minutesdda City of Kalispell
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Meeting Summary
URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY BOARD
MARCH 1112020 — 4 P.M.
CITY HALL — FIRST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE
Marc Rold
Shannon Freix Jarod Nygren, Planning Director
Matt Venturini
David Giardot
Chairman Rold called the meeting to order and welcomed the Board and City Staff.
PUBLIC COMMENT: None.
APPROVAL OF MEETING SUMMARY
Jeff moved to accept the December meeting minutes, Shannon 2nd, passed unanimously.
TIF & TEDD UPDATES Sc TIGER/KALISPELL CORE Sc RAIL REDEVELOPMENT/BROWNFIELDS
Discussion about approval of the "Welcome to Kalispell" sign, which is a project within the
South Kalispell Urban Renewal Plan. There may be enough money leftover in the budget to
construct the sign, so we would need to start the process soon. The Board concluded that the
cost in the plan was too high and were not willing to approve the sign until they had an idea
of the sign cost.
City Staff continues meet with the Downtown Business Improvement District chairman and
downtown stakeholders to discuss downtown parking, including use of the city lot on Main
Street and 3rd Street West.
Although all three showed interest in downtown parking matters, none of the banks had any immediate plans
that included parking expansions. Talked about the Valley Bank Lot and the policies for giving the lot away.
This will be up for further discussion at next month's meeting.
The TIGER Supplemental Environmental Assessment public comments are under review at the Federal
Railroad Administration who will summarize the comments and work toward issuing a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI), which will allow for the determination of a north/south street connector by City
Council. City acquisition of the BNSF rail line right of way is nearing completion. City Staff will work with
Kalispell Center Mall on an agreement regarding trail alignment and easements along their property. KLJ
continues to work on the issues with the Glacier Rail Park rail signals.
The CHS Grain Elevator site and Agronomy Center site transferred to FCEDA ownership on February 27, 2020.
The Country Store site bypassed FCEDA ownership and went straight to the developer. Phase II petroleum
environmental site assessment work has been approved by the EPA for both the CHS Country Store and
Agronomy Center sites.
Lot 4 at Old School Station (OSS) is expected to sell April 1, 2020. The City will also put out a request for
qualifications for a realtor for the properties for sale in the OSS TIF.
BOARD MEMBER TERMS
Shannon and Matt's terms are ending on April 30, 2020. City staff will email the link to the application for
renewal.
NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING
The Board next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 4 p.m.
Meeting adjourned.