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Downtown Business Improvement District
Board Meeting Minutes
January 20, 2015
Attending: Eric Bowman Dylan Clarkson, Ileana Indreland, Erik Nelson, Eric Sutherland, Jeff
Krauss, Chris Naumann
Absent: Mike Basile, Dan Himsworth
Public Comments: None
Disclosures: Dylan Clarkson announced his resignation from the board due to the fact that
he has accepted a job in South Dakota.
Minutes
ACTION: NONE
Chris apologized for failing to distribute the November minutes prior to the
meeting. They will be considered for approval at the next meeting.
Finance Report
Chris presented the financials as of January 20, 2016. He noted that revenues were tracking as
expected. In regards to expenses, Chris said all were according to budget. In particular he
pointed out that the maintenance payroll expenses were on target. There were no questions
from the board regarding the finance report.
Executive Director’s Report
Maintenance Program Update We currently have one part-time downtown maintenance staff person working three to four days
a week. Plus, we also have one part-time garage maintenance staff.
Below are the maintenance statistics comparing year-to-date figures from this year (FY16) to the
statistics from the same period last year (FY15).
FY2015 FY2016
Total Ave/mnth Total Ave/mnth Difference
Trash Emptied 2213 368 1747 291 -466
Recycling Emptied 321 53 255 42 -66
Graffiti Removed 89 15 212 35 +123
Parking Plan Public Meetings Update At the “resident and neighborhood” presentation (Wednesday 1/13/16) approximately 8 citizens
attended (plus some Parking and City Commissioners and City Staff). The next morning at the
Parking Commission presentation (Thursday 1/14/16) only 3 members of the public were in
attendance. At the final meeting (Thursday 1/14/16) for business and property owners about 40 people attended.
Building Project Updates
5 West Building (northwest corner of Mendenhall and Tracy) Construction began on Friday October 2nd with the demolition of the old Opportunity Bank building. Block M Residences (on Lamme between Black & Tracy) Construction of Phase 2—8
additional units is now complete.
Dutton Building (131 West Main--corner of Grand and Main) Completed and leased.
Etha Hotel (old Armory building) the project has all the entitlements and permits needed to begin construction but no start date has been publicized. Willson Residences (old East Willson School) being redeveloped into 18 residential
units with underground parking. Partial completion scheduled for Summer 2016.
Planning Updates In this section I will provide update about several important City planning processes. City of Bozeman Planning Updates
Transportation Master Plan www.bozemantmp.com
Consultants: Peccia & Associates (Helena), Alta Planning (Bozeman)
Timeline: September 2015 (kickoff) through September 2016 (adoption) UDC Revisions http://bozeman.net/Projects/UDCCodeupdate/Home Consultants: Makers (Seattle), Leland Group (Portland), Studio Cascade
(Spokane)
Timeline: September 2015 (kickoff) through February 2017 (adoption)
Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District Analysis Consultants: KLJ/ArchTrio Timeline: Final report released December 18, 2016
http://www.bozeman.net/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?nodeguid=39bede2f-b3ab-
4c6c-a7c3-f2d4696e4ecb&lang=en-US
Comprehensive Parking Plan Consultants: Rick Williams Consulting (Portland) Timeline: September 2105 (kickoff) through April 2016 (adoption)
2017 Downtown Improvement Plan
Consultants: yet to be determined
Timeline: yet to be determined…RFP spring/summer 2016
Discussion and Decision Item
BID Board Vacancy Discussion
The board briefly considered the board vacancy to be created by Dylan Clarkson’s resignation.
It was suggested that a new member could be recruited from the financial sector or the restaurant sector. The board agreed it would beneficial to have a property owner with a
restaurant business fill the vacancy.
Planning Processes Discussion
Downtown Parking Plan As background for the upcoming parking plan, Ileana suggested that the Parking Commission
prepare and provide an accounting of how the Downtown Parking SID funds were spent and
how the parking Cash-In-Lieu fees have been spent.
NCOD Analysis Report
The board asked Chris to provide a summary and analysis of the NCOD report to then be
discussed at the March board meeting. Jeff Krauss commented that the City Commission is interested to know what the downtown boards think of the recommendations in the NCOD report.
Downtown Improvement Plan
The board discussed that rather than a brand new downtown plan, an update should be considered. All agreed that the existing plan is still solid but a new perspective would be beneficial. It was suggested that perhaps the best consultants to ask to perform the update
would be the team that originally developed the current plan.
Downtown Parking Plan Update Chris presented the PowerPoint presentation that Rick Williams Consulting gave during three public meetings earlier in January 2016. The presentation is included below.
**Meeting was adjourned at 1:15pm**