Legals September 29, 2018

No. 25687 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of Flathead County, Montana intends to amend the budget for the 2017-2018 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 Office of the Flathead County Clerk & Recorder, 800 South Main, Kalispell, Montana and also available on the County website at http://flathead.mt.gov/finance/downloads.php. The Board will meet on the 11th day of October, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. for the purpose of holding a hearing and consideration of the amendment to the original budget. Said meeting 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, 800 South Main, Room 214, Kalispell, Montana 59901, Telephone (406) 758-5538. Written comments are encouraged and will be reviewed by the Commissioners if received by the Flathead County Commissioners' Office prior to the hearing. DATED this 24th day of September, 2018. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Flathead County, Montana By: /s/ Pamela J. Holmquist Pamela J. Holmquist, Chairman September 29, October 6, 2018 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 25691 FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR THE EMERALD HEIGHTS HOA WATER DISTRICT, MONTANA WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS TO: ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Date: September 25, 2018 Action: Funding Drinking Water System Improvements Location of Project: Emerald Heights HOA Water District, Whitefish, Montana DEQ SRF Loan: $ 90,000 DEQ SRF Forgiveness Funds: $ 90,000 Total Project Cost: $180,000 An environmental assessment (EA) has been prepared by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for proposed funding for improvements to the Emerald Heights HOA Water District's supply and storage systems. The proposed improvements include the installation of one new water supply well, connection of the new well to the existing system and replacement of the existing buried water storage tank. The purpose of the project is to make improvements to the community's water supply system needed to protect public health. The affected environment will primarily be the Emerald Heights subdivision located approximately two miles south of the City of Whitefish, Montana. The human environment affected will include residents and visitors of the aforementioned areas. Based on the EA, the project is not expected to have any significant adverse impacts upon terrestrial and aquatic life or habitat, including endangered species, water quality or quantity, air quality, geological features, cultural or historical features, or social quality. This project will be funded with a low interest loan through the Montana Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program, administered by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. The loan will be repaid by a General Obligation Bond tax assessment. The DEQ utilized the following references in completing its EA for this project: a 2017 Preliminary Engineering Report (PER), a 2018 addendum to Emerald Heights' HOA Water Districts Source Water Delineation and Assessment Report and well construction specifications all prepared by Applied Water Consulting and Shari A. Johnson & Associates Engineering, the district's consulting engineers. In addition to these references, letters were sent to: Montana Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) Permitting Program, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP), Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation (DNRC), United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and Montana State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). No project comments have been received. These references are available for review upon request by contacting: Robert Ashton Montana DEQ State Revolving Fund Program P.O. Box 200901 Helena, MT 59620-0901 Phone (406) 444-5316 Email: rashton@mt.gov or Allen Wolf, President Emerald Heights HOA Water District 115 Emerald Drive Whitefish, MT 59937 (406) 270-3479 Comments on this finding or on the EA may be submitted to DEQ at the above address. After evaluating substantive comments, DEQ may revise the EA or determine if an EIS is necessary. This finding will stand if no substantive comments are received during the 30-day comment period or if substantive comments are received and evaluated and the environmental impacts are still determined to be non-significant. Signed, Kevin Smith, Chief Engineering Bureau September 29, 2018 MNAXLP __________________________