Big Sky Manor Public Hearing Minutes - March 19, 2018City of Kalispell Public Hearing
Big Sky Manor Low Income Housing Tax Credits
Minutes
Monday, March 19, 2018, at 6:00 p.m.
City Hall Council Chambers, 201 First Avenue East
CALL TO ORDER
Kalispell City Clerk Aimee Brunckhorst called the public hearing to order at 6 p.m. Ms.
Brunckhorst read the following statement into the record:
Big Sky Manor Apartments is an affordable housing project located at 110 2nd Avenue West in
Kalispell, Montana, that consists of 28 studio units and 32 one -bedroom units, all rent restricted
and available to seniors whose incomes are 60% or less of the area median income. The Project
is owned by Big Sky Preservation, LP, a Montana limited partnership (the "Project Owner"), and
the Montana Board of Housing has allocated Internal Revenue Code low income housing tax
credits to the Project. The partners of the Project Owner are Northwest Montana United Way,
a Montana nonprofit organization; Montway Partners, LLC, a Montana limited liability
company; CREA Big Sky Manor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; and CREA SLP, LLC, an
Indiana limited liability company (collectively, the "Partners"). Northwest Montana United Way
is a tax-exempt organization and it actively participates in the operation of the Project. The
Project Owners and the Partners are planning for and effecting the acquisition, rehabilitation,
and preservation of affordability of the Project in order to allow the Project to continue to
provide low-income rental housing to an underserved population in the Kalispell area. The
Project is applying for an exemption from Montana real property taxes, and in connection with
this request for exemption, the Project Owner has arranged for this opportunity for the public
to comment on whether the Project meets a community housing need.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Ms. Brunckhorst called for public comment on the public hearing. Seeing none, she closed
public comment.
ADJOURNMENT
Ms. Brunckhorst adjourned the public hearing at 6:03 p.m.
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./ Attest:
'Aimee Brunckhorst, CIVIC
Kalispell City Clerk
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