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Home My WebLink About05-12-16 IFAC- Minutes Impact Fee Advisory Committee Thursday, May 12, 2016 6:00pm, City Commission Chambers, City Hall– 121 N. Rouse Ave. A. Call meeting to order Anna Rosenberry – Present James Nicholson – Present Rick Hixson – Present Chris Mehl – present B. Changes to the Agenda ‐ C. 05:38:57 PM (00:00:44) Approve minutes from 2/11/2016 – not approved because no quorum. D. 05:39:25 PM (00:01:12) Public Comment – no public comment E. 05:39:37 PM (00:01:24) Action Items 1. 05:39:43 PM (00:01:30) Davis Wastewater Lift Station – Rick Hixson does project presentation. 05:45:05 PM (00:06:52) Pat and Mitch from Billings Clinic begin their presentation of the Scope of Work for the project. Discussing the need for the project. Total project cost is $4.8 Million. 05:50:40 PM (00:12:27) Questions for the applicant – prefer to reserve comments for after discussion. 05:51:22 PM (00:13:09) Anna Rosenberry begins financial summary discussion. Discussion among board members regarding project importance and available funds. 05:59:16 PM (00:21:03) Questions for Staff and the Applicant. Chris Mehl questions the cost of $5.3 million vs $4.6 million being cited in the staff report. Clarification be Rick Hixson and James Nicholson. 06:02:10 PM (00:23:57) Discussion regarding the difference between the lift station proposed in the CIP and the lift station being constructed. Board suggests removing the old proposals and replacing them with the new project. Clarification made that the proposed project will remove the need for the projects previously proposed. 06:07:52 PM (00:29:39) Craig Woolard clarifies that they have known they needed the lift station improvements for a long time. There is no doubt in his mind that reallocating the funds would be beneficial. 06:09:12 PM (00:30:59) Chris Saunders states that these are budget numbers at this point. We don’t have solid numbers at this point until we see the demand change on the lift station. 06:10:18 PM (00:32:05) Open to public comment – no public comment. There is no quorum, so each member states their opinion instead of voting. Anna Rosenberry is in favor of the project. She feels it will lead to building opportunities. Randy Carpenter is in support. Rick Hixson is in support of the project. He is pleased to see that it could happen as proposed. Chris Mehl states that he needs to vote on it later, but he appreciates staff’s excitement for the project. 06:12:31 PM (00:34:18) Anna Rosen berry questions the time frame for this project and how to present it to the commission – whether as an individual item or as part of the budget process. Mr. Woolard states that he feels including it in the budget would be best. 06:14:25 PM (00:36:12) James Nicholson made suggestions on how to present the project to highlight how good of a deal it is for the City. 2. 06:15:13 PM (00:37:00) MSU Transportation Demand Management Position – Craig Woolard begins introduction of the project. There is a desire to create a new position that allows collaboration between City of Bozeman, MSU and WTI. Mr. Woolard explains what the position would entail and that it would be on a three year contract. 06:20:02 PM (00:41:49) Mr. Woolard explains why he feels it is a good use of impact fee money. 06:20:58 PM (00:42:45) Questions for staff – Chris Mehl questions if this will be a problem with statues. Chris Saunders responds in detail. Discussion continues among board members regarding whether it qualifies as an impact fee expense. Anna Rosenberry questions the type of work the position would produce. Mr. Woolard responds. David Kack from the Western Transportation Institute comments on the expectations of the position as well. Discussion continues between board members of the goal of the program. 06:28:53 PM (00:50:40) Anna Rosenberry presents the impact of the position financially. According to budget calculations this position should work. 06:30:06 PM (00:51:53) No Public comment 06:30:12 PM (00:51:59) James Nicholson states there is no quorum, but invites members to go around and provide their opinion. Anna Rosenberry supports the position. It’s a different use of the funds than normal, but she feels it is a good use of the funds. Randy Carpenter supports the position, he feels it relates to impact fees. He states that the statute is pretty unambiguous about how to use the funds, so as long as it fits within what is allowed, he supports it. He also feels that parking is a concern and MSU needs to address parking. Rick Hixson states he feels that this is allowed with impact fees and thinks that it is moving in the same direction as the transportation master plan. We need to start thinking in different ways. James Nicholson states that he thinks it’s a good idea and supports trying it for 3 years to see how the position helps. F. 06:33:56 PM (00:55:43) FYI/Discussion Announcement that there is a transportation master plan meeting following this meeting. G. 06:34:15 PM (00:56:02) Adjournment For more information please contact Alicia Kennedy at akennedy@bozeman.net This Committee generally meets the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month as needed at 6:00pm. Committee meetings are open to all members of the public. If you have a disability and require assistance, please contact our ADA coordinator, Mike Gray at 406‐582‐3232 (TDD 582‐2301).