Legals for February, 8 2023
No. 1757 INVITATION TO BID Columbia Falls Schools District 6, 501 6th Avenue West Columbia Falls, MT 59912 will receive sealed bids until 4:00 p.m., local time, February 14, 2023 for the Columbia Falls High School HVAC Upgrade, Columbia Falls, Montana. All bids should be mailed and received or delivered by the above time to the District Office, 501 6th Avenue West, Columbia Falls, MT 59912. Bids will be opened and read publicly after bid submission deadline. Generally, project is comprised of approximately: 150,000 SF of existing high school building to be retrofitted with a new variable refrigerant flow system and energy recovery ventilators to provide an improved student environment at the school. The electrical service will be updated and moved. Other work will include finishes, structural framing, mechanical penthouse construction and demolition work in areas impacted by the mechanical system. See Contract Documents for a complete scope of the Work. The project is publicly funded. Specifications and drawings will be available on Friday, January 6, 2023 and may be obtained from: Flathead Valley Plans Exchange 2303 U.S. Hwy 2 E, Kalispell, MT 59901 and All Montana Exchanges Please direct all questions to Tyler Tonjum, Engineer with Jackola Engineering & Architecture, PC at ttonjum@jackola.com. Each bidder shall have a current Montana Public Contractor’s License of the proper class, as defined, and set forth in the Montana Code Annotated. A Bid Security will be required: See Section 00 2000 for further information. Columbia Falls Schools District 6 reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive irregularities, and to accept any bid which it deems most advantageous. By Order of Jill Rocksund; Chair, Board of Trustees February 1, 8, 2023 MNAXLP __________________________
No. 1758 LEGAL NOTICE Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking public input on the proposed continuation of a project to benefit native westslope cutthroat trout in tributaries in the Middle and North forks of the Flathead River near Coram in Flathead County. FWP is proposing to continue removing and relocating hybrid and rainbow trout from the mouths and channels of Abbot, Sekokini, Rabe, Ivy, and Third creeks to Pine Grove Community Pond in Kalispell. This effort would reduce threats to westslope cutthroat trout persistence while still providing angling opportunities. The introduction of non-native species like rainbow trout seriously threaten native cutthroat trout through hybridization (interbreeding) and competition for resources. Currently, genetically unaltered westslope cutthroat trout exist in less than 10% of their historic range in the U.S. and less than 20% of their historic range in Canada. The proposed project would incorporate lessons learned from past projects in FWP’s ongoing effort to conserve native westslope cutthroat trout by reducing negative impacts from non-native rainbow and hybrid trout in the affected river system. FWP would continue to monitor the efficacy of the proposed project by tracking the rate that hybridization continues to spread in the affected river system, the population’s genetic structure in streams targeted for suppression, and the relative number of spawning hybrid and rainbow trout captured at targeted sites. A copy of the draft environmental assessment is available at the FWP office, 490 N. Meridian Rd., Kalispell; Montana State Library, 1515 E 6th Ave., Helena; FWP State Headquarters, 1420 E 6th Ave., Helena; and the FWP website at http://fwp.mt.gov/news/publicNotices/. FWP asks that comments on this draft environmental assessment be submitted to either of the following addresses by 5:00 pm on February 17, 2023: Amber Steed, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, 490 N. Meridian Rd, Kalispell MT 59901; or via email (ASteed@mt.gov). February 8, 2023 MNAXLP