2012/04/16 Resolution 5556 - Resolution of Intent & Call for Public Hearing - City AirportCharles A. Harball Office of City Attorney
City Attorney 201 First Avenue East
P.O. Box 1997
Kalispell, MT 59903-1997
TO: Mayor Tammi Fisher
and Kalispell City Council
FROM: Charles Harball, Interim City Manager
Tel 406.758.7709
Fax 406.758.7771
charball@kalispell.com
SUBJECT: Resolution No. 5556 — A Resolution of Intent and Calling for a
Public Hearing Regarding Future Funding and Maintenance of
the Kalispell City Airport.
BACKGROUND: The City of Kalispell retained the services of Stelling Engineers to
provide a study and report of the various options of funding and maintaining the
Kalispell City Airport and on April 9, 2012 the report was delivered to the City Council
and made public. Some of the options that are analyzed by the consultants and before
the City Council involve the grant of funds from the federal government through the
Federal Aviation Administration. Therefore it is good and necessary that the public have
the opportunity to review the report and comment to the City Council prior to any
decision that the Council may make. Resolution No. 5556 advises the public that the
City Council will be making a decision about the future of the Kalispell City Airport, its
funding and maintenance, and calls for and sets a public hearing.
RECOMMENDATION: City Council give consideration to and pass Resolution No.
5556.
FISCAL IMPACTS: The fiscal impacts are well addressed in the report provided by
Stelling Engineers that is being made public.
Respectfully submitted,
Charles Hia�a 1, In rim City Manager
WHEREAS, the City of Kalispell retained the services of Stelling Engineers to provide a study
and report of the various options of funding and maintaining the Kalispell City
Airport and on April 9, 2012 the report was delivered to the City Council and
made public; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City of Kalispell and its citizens that an opportunity
is provided for the public to adequately review the evidence provided by the
report and to give public comment to the City Council prior to any decision by the
Council.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. That the City Clerk shall cause all required legal notice to be made that a
public hearing regarding the future funding and maintenance of the
Kalispell City Airport shall be conducted at the regularly scheduled City
Council meeting on Monday, May 7, 2012, in the Council Chambers of
City Hall, 201 lst Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana, at 7:00 P.M.
SECTION II. That the City Clerk shall further cause the subject Stelling Engineers
report to be made available on the City of Kalispell website as well as the
audio recording of the April 9, 2012 airport workshop and a written
compilation of the questions posed and answers provided.
PASSED ANDMAYOR
OF
THE CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 16th DAY OF APRIL, 2012.
Tammi Fisher
Mayor
Theresa White
City Clerk