03-08-16AGENDA
KALISPELL CITY PLANNING BOARD AND ZONING COMMISSION
TUESDAY, March 8, 2016
The regular meeting of the Kalispell City Planning Board and Zoning Commission will be held on Tuesday,
March 8, 2016 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Kalispell City Council Chambers, Kalispell City Hall, 201 1st Avenue
East, Kalispell, Montana.
The Agenda for the meeting will be:
A. Call to Order and Roll Call
B. Approval of Minutes of February 9, 2016
C. Hear the Public — The public may comment on any matter on the agenda or not on the agenda. (Comments are
typically held to 3 minutes or less.)
D. Public Hearing:
The Planning Board will hold public hearings and take public comments on the agenda items listed below:
1. Glacier Rail Park Development Plan for Targeted Economic Development District (TEDD) — The City of
Kalispell in conjunction with the Flathead County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) is seeking to foster
the development of secondary, value adding industries within the proposed Glacier Rail Park Development Plan
Area as part of the City's overall mission to meet its needs of promoting economic development, improving area
employment opportunities and expanding the community's tax base. This effort would be made possible through the
creation of a TEDD on approximately 49 acres of land within the larger Glacier Rail Park Development Plan
boundary. The City of Kalispell would need to utilize Tax Increment Financing as part of the overall strategy to
provide infrastructure in support of value -adding industry pursuant to the 2013 Targeted Economic Development
District Act, embodied in 7-15-4279, Montana Code Annotated (MCA). The TEDD would provide the City of
Kalispell with the ability to employ tax increment financing as provided in 7-15-4282, MCA for appropriate public
infrastructure projects in support of "value -adding industry or secondary value-added products or commodities"
within the proposed Glacier Rail Park Development Plan boundary. The Glacier Rail Park Plan Boundary is
generally bound by Whitefish Stage Road to the West, Stillwater River to the north, BNSF tracks to the east and
Oregon Street to the south. The TEDD boundary is a tract of land located in the N1/2 of Section 8, Township 28
North, Range 21 West. P.M.M., Flathead County, Montana.
2. South Kalispell Urban Renewal Plan — CTA Architects was hired to update the South Kalispell Urban
Renewal Plan. The urban renewal plan was first adopted in 1996 and addressed a host of issues, many of which have
been accomplished. CTA has now completed the plan update. The plan contains an executive summary, a series of
recommendations for the South Kalispell area and provides 5 different scenarios for the future of the airport
property. The 5 scenarios include keeping the airport and management as it is today using city funding to maintain
the operational status of the airport, closing the airport, requesting FAA funding for the airport, incorporation of the
airport property into an Airport Authority and finally privatizing the airport. The plan boundary is generally bound
by 18th Street to the north, Cemetery Road to the south, Airport Road to the West and U.S. 93 to the east.
E. Old Business
F. New Business
G. Adjournment
Work Session: A work session will be held immediately following the regular meeting to discuss the following
item:
1. Kalispell Zoning Ordinance Update (housekeeping items)
Next Meeting: April 12, 2016