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Advisory Board Meeting Minutes
Thursday,July 16, 2015
10:00 a.m.
Professional Building Upstairs Conference Room
20 E. Olive, Bozeman, MT 59715
Present:
Bob Hawks Sandy Dodge
Don Beeman Tom Starner
Cyndy Andrus Doug Chandler
City Staff Present:
Carolyn Poissant,TOP Project Manager
Mitch Overton, Director
A. Approval of Minutes of June 16, 2015—Poissant indicated the minutes were not done yet.
B. Changes to the Agenda—added later in the meeting
i. Discussion regarding status of East Gallatin Recreation Area property acquisition
application
C. Public Comment: none
D. Disclosures:
i. Tom Starner disclosed a discussion he had with Amy Grant, realtor for the buyer }
(Andy Epplehausen) of the six-acre site.
ii. Doug Chandler disclosed discussions held with the Rotary Club concerning working I
with the community to update the East Gallatin Recreation Area Master Plan. He
said the Rotary Club was committed to working on the effort to work with the
developer on an alternative that would allow purchase of part of the property `
(about half) for public parkland and development of the other half. The developer I
said he was agreeable to sell half for $100,000 per acre. Details would need to be
worked out before moving forward. He said the developer indicated that quite a h
bit of environmental analysis had been done already and that it was not a
problem. The developer also indicated that he preferred a mixed-use
development with some residential and some commercial (under a PUD— Planned
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iii. Discussion followed as to whether the previous application should be abandoned
and a report forwarded to Commission. It was agreed that an item should be
placed on a later agenda.
E. FYI/Discussion [and Action] Items
i. Front Street Connector Trail
• ROW encroachment issue update
Poissant indicated that a meeting would be set up to discuss the project and
encroachment issues with the property owners. The engineering consultant for
the Oak Street project will help with the design of the trail. Discussion
followed as to the issues concerning the encroachment and its impact on the
placement of the trail. Poissant indicated that Public Works and the City
Attorney will be consulted as to how best to proceed. She said that several
issues of use of park property by private entities have been raised and that a
policy will likely need to be developed. Further discussion occurred about the
timing of the road and encroachment issue.
• Draft resolution (Attachment A—actual Commission documents attached)
Discussion occurred as to the inclusion of language in the Commission memo
that reflects the TOP Committee's concerns about the encroachment, adverse
possession issues, etc. Motion by Beeman and seconded by Dodge to approve
the recommendation to City Commission as per the Commission memorandum
with language added to enter into an agreement with the adjacent property
owner to remove the encroachment on a date-certain basis. Motion passed
unanimously. Dodge said he plans to attend the Commission meeting to
express support for the project (tentatively scheduled for September 14th)
ii. TOP Manager update—Ms. Poissant presented an update of the following:
• Bozeman Pond Park Expansion
• Bozeman Sports Park
• Bozeman Creek Enhancement Project at Bogert Park
• Story Mill Community Park
• Trail to M
iii. Set date for next meeting:tentatively set for August 20th at 10:00
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A. Adjournment— Member Dodge moved to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Beeman.
Unanimously approved.
B�b"fiawk TOP Committee Chair
Date Approved �
meeting �6cording transcribed by
Carolyn Pm|nsant,TOP Program Manager