Legals for May, 31 2020

No. 27004 INVITATION FOR BIDS The City of Kalispell, Montana will receive bids for the 2020 Inflow and Infiltration Mitigation Project. The project includes furnishing labor, materials and equipment required to rehabilitate approximately 4,180 linear feet of existing sanitary sewer main ranging from 8" to 18" in diameter. Full bidding requirements and instructions and the City of Kalispell portal to QuestCDN are located on the City website at www.kalispell.com under Bids & Proposals. Bidding documents may be examined at the City of Kalispell Public Works Department, 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana 59901. Plans and specifications may also be examined beginning Monday, May 11, 2020, through QuestCDN. The City will be only accepting online electronic bids through QuestCDN. Any bidder wishing further information may contact the City of Kalispell Public Works Department, 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana 59901. Phone 406-758-7720. A Pre-Bid Meeting will be held in the City Hall First Floor Conference Room, 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana 59901 at 1:30 PM on Monday, June 1, 2020. Interested Bidders are encouraged to attend the Pre-Bid Meeting. Bids will be received by QuestCDN until 1:30 PM on Monday, June 8, 2020. All bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 1:30 PM on Monday, June 8, 2020 in the Main Level City Hall Conference Room, 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana 59901. Aimee Brunckhorst City Clerk & Communications Manager City of Kalispell May 10, 31, 2020 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 27021 REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) FOR REAL ESTATE MARKETING SERVICES Pursuant to the authority granted to it under MCA 7-5-4301(2)(a)., the City of Kalispell seeks to procure a qualified professional service provider to provide real estate marketing services to the City of Kalispell. Full RFQ requirements, qualifications and selection criteria are available on the City of Kalispell website at https://www.kalispell.com/bids.aspx. The anticipated scope of work includes marketing for sale four (4) commercial parcels in the City of Kalispell subdivision Old School Station for purposes of private capital investment within technological and industrial tax increment financing districts. The Request for Qualifications (RFQ) must be received by the City Clerk at 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana, or by mail to City Clerk, PO Box 1997, Kalispell, MT, 59903, and emailed to cityclerk@kalispell.com by 2:00pm local time, June 12, 2020. A pre-submittal conference for the contract will be held at 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell, MT on June 4, 2020, at 2:00pm. Aimee Brunckhorst City Clerk & Communications Manager City of Kalispell May 17, 31, 2020 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 27005 LIBRARY BOARD VACANCY The Flathead County Commissioners are seeking citizens who are interested in serving on the Flathead County Library Board of Trustees. There is currently one vacancy for a five-year term that will begin on July 1, 2020 and continue through June 30, 2025. The job description can be viewed at http://imagineiflibraries.org/about-us/board-of-trustees/. An application packet is required and is available by calling Teri Dugan at 758-5821. Your letter of interest and application packet should submitted to the Flathead County Commissioners' Office, 800 South Main, Room 302, Kalispell, MT 59901 or emailed to malbertson@flathead.mt.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. Please call 758-5537 for more information. May 10, 17, 31, 2020 MNAXLP _________________________

No. 27047 NOTICE OF BOND SALE $162,805.00 Rural Special Improvement District Bonds (Rural Special Improvement District No. 158) FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners (the "Board") of Flathead County, Montana (the "County"), will receive sealed bids for the purchase of $162,805.00 Rural Special Improvement District Bonds (Rural Special Improvement District No. 158) (the "Bonds") in the Commissioners' Office in the Flathead County Courthouse, 800 S. Main Street, Room 302, Kalispell, MT 59901, until 9:00 a.m. local time on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, at which time the bids will be opened and tabulated. The bids will be presented to the Board at its regular meeting immediately thereafter on the same day, at which time the Board will consider the bids received, and if a responsive and acceptable bid is received, the Board will award sale of the Bonds to the responsive bidder whose bid reflects the lowest true interest cost (TIC). The Bonds will be issued for the purpose of financing the cost of construction of certain local improvements (the "Improvements") within or for the benefit of Rural Special Improvement District No. 158; and paying costs associated with the sale and issuance of the Bonds. The Bonds shall mature, subject to redemption, on July 1 in the following years and amounts (unless combined into one or more term bonds): Year amount Year Amount 2021 8,100 2031 $8,100 2022 8,100 2032 8,100 2023 8,100 2033 8,100 2024 8,100 2034 8,100 2025 8,100 2035 8,100 2026 8,100 2036 8,100 2027 8,100 2037 8,100 2028 8,100 2038 8,100 2029 8,100 2039 8,100 2030 8,100 2040 8,905 The Bonds shall be issuable only as fully registered bonds and shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signatures of the Board Chair, the County Treasurer, and the County Clerk and Recorder. The Bonds shall be secured by the County's Rural Special Improvement District Revolving Fund (the "Revolving Fund"). Serial bonds shall be in the denomination of $8,100.00 each or any integral multiple thereof of single maturities (except that one bond maturing in 2040 will be in the principal amount of $8,905.00). Bidders will have the option of combining the Bonds maturing on and after 2021 through and including 2028 and on and after 2029 through and including 2035 into one or more term bonds. If any Bonds are issued as term bonds, such term bonds will be subject to annual mandatory sinking fund redemption on each July 1, concluding no later than 2035, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of such Bonds or portions thereof to be redeemed with interest accrued thereon and payable on January 1 and July 1 to the redemption date, in installments and in the same amounts and on the same dates as the bonds would have matured if they were not included in a term bond. The Bonds shall be dated, as originally issued, as of June 9, 2020, and shall bear interest payable semiannually on January 1 and July 1 of each year, commencing January 1, 2021, at a rate or rates designated by the successful bidder at public sale and approved by this Board; provided that interest rates must be in level or ascending order, no supplemental or B coupons or additional interest certificates shall be permitted and rates shall be expressed in integral multiples of 1/8 or 5/100 of one percent. The Bonds with stated maturities on or after July 1, 2030, will be subject to redemption on July 1, 2029, and any date thereafter, at the option of the County, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof to be redeemed plus interest accrued to the redemption date, without premium. The Bonds are also subject to mandatory redemption on an interest payment date if the amounts in the Sinking Fund, either from prepayment of assessments or transfers from the Construction Account to the Principal Account, are sufficient to pay outstanding Bonds, or portions thereof, with interest thereon to that interest payment date. The Bonds will be sold for not less than $162,805.00 (100% of par) with accrued interest on the principal amount of the Bonds to the date of their delivery. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any informality in any bid, and to adjourn the sale. A good faith deposit in the form of money, cashier's check, certified check, bank money order, or bank draft drawn and issued by a federally chartered or state chartered bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or a financial surety bond in the sum of 2% of the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds ($3,256.00) payable to the order of the County is required for each bid to be considered, as further specified in the Official Terms and Conditions of Sale. Copies of the Official Terms and Conditions of Sale may be obtained from the Flathead County Commissioners' Office, 800 S. Main, Room 302, Kalispell, MT 59901, telephone (406) 758-5537. Dated: May 21, 2020. By /s/ Pamela J. Holmquist Pamela J. Holmquist, Chair ATTEST: By: /s/ Debbie Pierson Debbie Pierson, Clerk and Recorder May 24, 31, 2020 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 27064 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED FY20 BUDGET AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of Flathead County, Montana intends to amend the budget for the 2019-2020 fiscal year and that said budget amendment affects the following functions: general government; public safety; public works; public health; social and economic services; culture and recreation; and solid waste. Details are open to public inspection in the Finance Department, 800 South Main, Room 214, Kalispell, Montana and also available on the County website at http://flathead.mt.gov/finance/downloads.php. The Board will meet on the 16th day of June, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. for the purpose of holding a public hearing and consideration of the amendment to the original budget. Said hearing is to be held in the Commissioners' Chambers, Third Floor, 800 South Main, Kalispell, Montana. Any taxpayer or resident may appear at the hearing and will be heard for or against any part of the proposed budget amendment. For further information, please contact Amy Dexter, Finance Director, Telephone (406) 758-5538. Written comments are encouraged and will be reviewed by the Commissioners if received by the Flathead County Commissioners' Office at least three business days prior to the hearing. DATED this 28th day of May 2020. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Flathead County, Montana By: /s/ Pamela J. Holmquist Pamela J. Holmquist, Chairman May 31, June 7, 2020 MNAXLP _________________________

No. 27056 MONTANA ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, FLATHEAD COUNTY In the Matter of the Guardianship of: Eugene Allen Seese, Minor Child Vickie Marie Brown Timothy Allen Seese Petitioner, Cause No.: DG 20-015D Notice of Hearing on Guardianship of a Minor Child THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO: Jordan Percell and Madison Lynn Schuh Notice is given to the birth parents of the minor child above-referenced that Petitioners have filed a petition with the Clerk of this Court to become the guardians of the Minor child. The hearing on the Petition will be held at the Justice Center Building, 920 South Main, Kalispell, Montana, in Flathead County on 07/7/2020 at 1:30pm. Your failure to attend the hearing may result in the relief requested by the Petitioners being granted. DATED this 12rd day of May, 2020 /s/ PEG L ALLISON Clerk of Court /s/ SARAH ARRIGONI Deputy Clerk May 24, 31, June 7, 2020 MNAXLP _________________________

Legal Notice Summary: Request for proposal - Kalispell Chamber of Commerce/Convention & Visitor Bureau is seeking professional services for Creative Agency and Media Buy Services. The statement of qualifications must be received by the Kalispell Chamber/CVB at 15 Depot Park, Kalispell, Montana, 59901 by 4:00pm local time, June 22, 2020. For detailed information, visit https://discoverkalispell.com/kalispell-tourism-business-improvement-district-tbid/ Full Information: REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFPs) FOR CREATIVE AGENCY AND MEDIA BUY SERVICES Pursuant to the authority granted to it under MCA Title 7, Chapter 5, Part 4301, the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce/Convention & Visitor Bureau (Kalispell Chamber/CVB) and on behalf of the Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) under the authority of the City of Kalispell is soliciting statement of qualifications for services and/or materials for Creative Agency and Media Buy to provide such services and or materials for the KCVB/TBID. The statement of qualifications must be received by the Kalispell Chamber/CVB at 15 Depot Park, Kalispell, Montana, by 4:00pm local time, June 22, 2020. General questions pertaining to the project should be directed to Diane Medler, Director of the Kalispell Convention & Visitor Bureau at 406-758-2808, or diane@discoverkalispell.com. The Kalispell Chamber/CVB shall not be held responsible for any oral instructions. Any changes to this Request for Proposal (RFP) will be in the form of an addendum, which will be furnished to all registered RFP holders. The Kalispell Chamber/CVB reserves the right to reject any or all statement of qualifications, to waive any informality or irregularity in any statement of qualifications received, and to be the sole judge of the merits of the respective statement of qualifications received. After being selected, the successful offeror will execute an agreement with the Kalispell Chamber/CVB to provide services and/or materials to fulfill the following scope of work: The Kalispell CVB, also known as Discover Kalispell, seeks a firm to provide creative agency and media buy services based on the Scope of Services (Exhibit A), to promote Kalispell as a premier travel destination. The selected firm must demonstrate a working knowledge of destination marketing and the travel industry. Full proposal, scope of work, selection criteria, submittal criteria, and selection process and schedule are available at: https://discoverkalispell.com/kalispell-tourism-business-improvement-district-tbid/. One copy of the statement of qualifications must be submitted to Diane Medler, Director of Kalispell CVB by mail at 15 Depot Park, Kalispell, Montana, 59901, or by email at diane@discoverkalispell.com, by 4:00pm local time, June 22, 2020. May 31, June 14, 2020 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 26952 Notice of Public Hearing and Comment Period on Water Quality Standards Before the Montana Board of Environmental Review and Department of Environmental Quality On February 12, 2020, Montana opened its water quality standards for public review as part of a federally required triennial review process. This open comment period has been extended and will now end on June 10, 2020. Additionally, on June 10, 2020, the Board of Environmental Review (Board) will hold a public hearing at 1:00 PM in Room 45 of the Metcalf Building at 1520 E 6th Avenue, Helena, Montana. Please note, that this meeting was originally scheduled for April 6, 2020 but cancelled due to health concerns involving COVID-19. For more information, or how to attend remotely, please visit http://deq.mt.gov/water/Surfacewater/standards. The purpose of the public comment period and hearing is for the Board to solicit comments from all interested persons regarding potential revision to any aspect of Montana's water quality standards. Comments should identify the water quality standard at issue, any suggested revision to the standard, and the basis for the suggested revision, including technical information. Montana's water quality standards include the Administrative Rules of Montana Title 17, Chapter 30, subchapters 5 (mixing zones), 6 (water quality standards), 7 (nondegradation), and 10 (groundwater protection), and Department Circulars DEQ-7 and DEQ-12A and -12B. You are invited to submit data, views, or arguments concerning water quality standards either orally or in writing at the hearing. Written data, views, or arguments may also be submitted to: William Howard George, Department of Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 200901, Helena, Montana, 59620-0901; telephone (406) 444-6491; or email: William.George@mt.gov; no later than 5:00 pm on June 10, 2020. Or submit your comments online at http://comment.cwaic.mt.gov/commentpage.aspx?cmntkey=0fJNS65qh7 The Board will make reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities who wish to participate in this hearing or need an alternative accessible format of this notice. If you require an accommodation, contact the Department of Environmental Quality no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 15, 2020, to advise us of the nature of the accommodation that you need. Please contact Sandy Scherer, Department of Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 200901, Helena, Montana 59620-0901; telephone (406) 444-2630; fax (406) 444-6836; or e-mail sscherer@mt.gov. May 17, 24, 31, 2020 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 27062 PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO PROTEST ISSUANCE OF ONE NEW MONTANA ALL-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY LICENSE IMMANUEL LUTHERAN HOME (Immanuel Lutheran Communities, Owner(s)) has applied for one new Montana All-Alcoholic Beverages Continuing Care Retirement Community License No. 07-901-2388-055 to be operated at IMMANUEL LUTHERAN HOME, 185 Crestline Ave, Kalispell, Flathead County. The public may protest this license transfer in accordance with the law. Who can protest this transfer? Protests will be accepted from residents of the county of the proposed location Flathead County, residents of adjoining Montana counties, and residents of adjoining counties in another state if the criteria in 16-4-207(4)(d), Montana Code Annotated (MCA), are met. What information must be included? Protest letters must be legible and contain (1) the protestor's full name, mailing address, and street address; (2) the license number 07-901-2388-055 and the applicant's name IMMANUEL LUTHERAN HOME; (3) an indication that the letter is intended as a protest; (4) a description of the grounds for protesting; and (5) the protestor's signature. A letter with multiple signatures will be considered one protest letter. What are valid protest grounds? The protest may be based on the applicant's qualifications listed in 16-4-401, MCA, or the grounds for denial of an application in 16-4-405, MCA. Examples of valid protest grounds include: (1) the applicant is unlikely to operate the establishment in compliance with the law; (2) the proposed location cannot be properly policed by local authorities; and (3) the welfare of the people in the vicinity of the proposed location will be adversely and seriously affected. How are protests submitted? Protests must be postmarked to the Department of Revenue, Office of Dispute Resolution, P.O. Box 5805, Helena, Montana 59604-5805 on or before July 1, 2020. What happens if the transfer is protested? Depending on the number of protests and the protest grounds, a public hearing will be held in Helena or Kalispell. All valid protestors will be notified of the hearing's time, date and location. Hearings typically are scheduled within 90 days. A protester's hearing testimony is limited to the grounds in the protester's letter. Following the hearing, the Department of Revenue will notify the public whether the license transfer is approved or denied. How can additional information be obtained? The cited MCA statutes are online at leg.mt.gov/bills/mca_toc/. Questions may be directed to Patty Kautz, Compliance Specialist for the Department of Revenue's Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, at 444-0017 or PKautz@mt.gov. May 31, June 7, 14, 21, 2020 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 27053 INVITATION FOR BIDS Sealed bids for construction of the following project(s) will be received by the Montana Department of Transportation, Construction Contracting Bureau, Room 101, 2701 Prospect, Helena, Montana until 9:00 a.m. on June 18, 2020. All bids being publicly opened, reviewed for correctness, and then publicly read in the Department's auditorium. 104 GATEWAY TO GLACIER FLA(16) Construction of a shared-use path, with signing and electrical components on the Gateway to Glacier project in Flathead County. The project is located east of Columbia Falls on US 2 (N-1) beginning at the east end of the Flathead River bridge (RP 137.4) and continuing east 0.9 miles ending at the intersection with S-206 (RP 138.3). Bid documents and instructions to bidders may be obtained from the Construction Contracting Bureau. These documents may be requested by FAX (406)444-7236 (see order form), by mail, by downloading at the following web site: http://www.mdt.mt.gov/business/contracting/ under "Bid Packages" link, or by calling (406)444-6215, 6212 or TTY 444-7696. Any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement is subject to all appropriate state and federal civil rights laws. The prime and subcontractors are required to pay the wage rates set out in the bid proposal. MDT will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin or sex in the award, performance or administration of any MDT contract or in the administration of its DBE program (49 CFR Part 26). MDT attempts to provide reasonable accommodations for any known disability that may interfere with a person participating in any service, program or activity of the department. Alternate accessible formats of this document will be provided upon request. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in MDT bid lettings, call the Civil Rights Bureau at 444-6331 or TTY 406-444-7696 [TTY 1-800-335-7592 (toll free)]. MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Barb Skelton, Chairperson Michael T. Tooley Montana Transportation Commission Director of Transportation May 24, 31, 2020 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 27063 OBSOLETE PROPERTY RESOLUTION Cayuse Prairie School District #10 May 26, 2020 WHEREAS Flathead County School District #10, Kalispell, Montana, owns real property located in Flathead County and more completely described as follows: All that portion of Government Lot 4 of Section 7, Township 28 North, Range 19 West, Flathead County, Montana, included within the property described in a Warranty Deed to School District #62 (now part of School District #10), Flathead County, Montana. Lying West of a line 275 feet East of an parallel to the West and all property lying East of the East line of the property described in said deed to said School District #10 and West of a line 275 feet East and parallel to the West boundary line of Government Lot 4, Section 7, Township 28, Range 19 West and North of the County Road which is the South boundary of the property described in the deed to said School District, and lying South of the North line of the property described in said deed; and WHEREAS said property is no longer suitable for the school purposes of the district; and WHEREAS § 20-6-604, MCA, allows the Board of Trustees to sell or otherwise dispose of real and personal property which has become abandoned, obsolete, undesirable or unsuitable for the school purposes of the district; and WHEREAS the district has considered various options for the disposal of the property, including sale by auction, placement of the property on the market, and negotiation for sale to an adjacent landowner; and WHEREAS the Board of Trustees has determined that a negotiated sale to an adjacent landowner for a total purchase price of $ 500.00 is the most economical and efficient means of disposal of this property and in the best interests of the School District; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees of Flathead County School District #10, Kalispell, MT, hereby determines, in accordance with § 20-6-604, MCA, to dispose of the property described herein as follows: The said property shall be sold, in whole, to the Mountain Brook Homestead Foundation, who is an adjacent landowner, for a total purchase price of $500.00, subject to a mutually acceptable transfer agreement setting forth the terms of the transaction. This Resolution shall become effective fourteen (14) days after notice of this resolution is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the district, or posted, as required by § 20-20-204, MCA. PASSED AND APPROVED by the Board of Trustees of the Flathead County School District #10, this 26th day of May, 2020. Kevin Fox, Board Chair Heather Mumby, District Clerk May 31, 2020 MNAXLP _________________________

No. 27060 RESOLUTION DISPOSITION OF ABANDONED, OBSOLETE AND UNDESIRABLE PROPERTY At a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of Creston School District #9, Flathead County, Montana, held 26 May 2020, at 8:00 a.m. at Creston School, the following resolution was approved: Be it resolved that the Board of Trustees of Creston School District #9, Flathead County, Montana, will sell or dispose of obsolete equipment because they have become undesirable, or unsuitable for school purposes of the district. A list of said property to be sold or disposed of is available at the District Clerk's Office, 4495 Montana 35, Kalispell MT 59901. A taxpayer may appeal this resolution of the Trustees during the two-week period following this publication. Matt Hartle, Board Chair Tammy Bartos, District Clerk May 31, 2020 MNAXLP __________________________