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Thursday, October 22,2015
2:00 p.m. - Gallatin Room City Hall
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BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
Bob Hawks, Chair
Don Beeman
Doug Chandler
Sandy Dodge
Tom Starner
CITY STAFF PRESENT:
Carolyn Poissant,TOP Manager
Mitch Overton, Parks&Recreation Director
Thom White,Parks Superintendant
Melanie Eubank,Recording Secretary,Parks&Recreation Dept
A. Call meeting to order (2:00 p.m.) - Chairman, Bob Hawks
B. Approval of Minutes:
• June 16, 2015: Motion by Thom White, Seconded by Sandy Dodge; Approved by all.
• July 16, 2015: Motion by Sandy Dodge, Seconded by Don Beeman;Approved by all.
C. Changes to the Agenda: Added David Cook to speak on the need for more park land ,
acquisition by the city. !'
D. Public Comments: None
E. Disclosures
-- Sandy Dodge shared that his term on the board expires and will not be reapplying.
A discussion followed regarding seeking a replacement.
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F. FYI/Discussion Items
i. David Cook,who is a member for the Recreation and Parks Advisory Board,
spoke about his views on the need for acquiring more park land with TOP
funds and asked the Committee to consider buying small, select parcels of
land for future park development as it becomes identified or associated with
other development throughout Bozeman. He offered to return to discuss this
further with the Committee at the next meeting. Questions and comments
were raised about the HOA parks,and Chairman Hawks said that this topic
could be further discussed when it's been added to the next agenda.
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ii. TOP Manager update
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• Bozeman Pond Park Expansion:
-- Had the site plan review with DRC this week,have a second review
next week, and is on city agenda for 11/16. Requesting additional
funding, approximately$250,000 which was on the master plan:
paved parking lot, extend water main connection,put in a street light,
the restroom,and 3 small picnic shelters. GVLT and schools will do .
the natural playground. The fencing vendor is planned around the dog
park, and it will have a water fountain.
-- Mitch commented on the creation of streets,how that process
affected the development, and how some items hadn't been planned
for and budgeted for initially, such as the road that was platted for this
land originally but isn't needed in the middle of this park.
• Bozeman Sports Park:
-- Master planning process has been completed with input from a
variety of individuals and groups. The plan will be a phased process,
the total cost is estimated to be $18-20 million,which would include
12 fields, restrooms, a dog park, irrigation pond, maintenance yard,
concession complex, and parking. The initial phase would be 4 fields, a
small restroom building with concessions and maintenance for$4.5
million. May be submitting an alternate bid for 2 artificial turf fields.
-- There were questions and comments regarding these numbers
being different than what had been originally planned. Mitch
explained how the TOP funds get the park started but the remainder
would be funded by the private group. Carolyn offered to email the
members the cost estimates and the preliminary design.
• Bozeman Creek Enhancement Project at Bogert Park:
--Waiting on FEMA's approval of the permit and FEMA is remapping
the area so that is affecting our permit process. Once resolved we can
go through site plan approval,and actual construction will start late
summer or early fall.
• Story Mill Community Park:
-- In the midst of the master planning process,have hired Design
Workshop, had an public open house and did interactive surveys to
gain input. Results included utilizing the site for multiple uses and
various experiences. There are no cost estimates yet. Trying to
address Griffin improvements and how to fit in a pedestrian crossing.
-- Mitch shared info about the Boys &Girls Club (adjacent to this park)
being for sale and how this would be an instant community center,a
gymnasium for programming,and the infrastructure the park would
need. He is currently looking at the option for a partner,who would
have a natural tie to the park,to share the building.
• Trail to M:
-- In the process of negotiating the right of way on Bridger Drive, have
permission from 2 of 5 property owners but still in discussion with
the other three. This project is an impetus for enlarging the parking
lot at the M by the forest service,with a pedestrian underpass to the
forest service property.
• Front Street:
-- Funding has been approved by the commission, and they are aware
of the encroachment issue. The adjacent property owners are
agreeable. Still negotiating about the right of way encroachment
permit which won't affect the design.
• EGRA application: (report from Doug Chandler/ Rotary Club)
-- Doug explained a map of the park where they would like to see
various improvements, including a new road and entrance to the park,
and what the process has been over the last 20 years to make this
happen. Mitch suggested that Doug include this in the Master Plan.
iii. Priorities for remainder of TOP bond funds
-- Mitch defended the committee's work thus far by identifying all of the
purchases of park land with the TOP funds and explained that by including
partners we've had "instant community support" for the projects.
-- Bob commented on the idea of buying park land saying that it was more
like a catch up rather than trying to get ahead of the game.
-- Mitch passed on what he hears from folks who are interested in a mountain
bike park, (location next to Snofill &the landfill) and the interest has picked
up again. He stated that a project like this would need a specialized, support
group/volunteer group who could take on a majority of the maintenance
responsibility. The costs would come in the need to design and resurface the
area. The cost would be more than what the TOP funds would allow. But it
would be a big community impact project, giving"a lot of bang for your
buck," and would be a type of park that Bozeman is lacking.
iv. Set date for next meeting: November 19, 2015 at 10:00 am
G. Adjournment: 3:58pm by Bob Hawks N
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Bob H wks, TOP Committee Chair
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Meeting recording transcribed by Melanie Eubank
For more information please contact Carolyn Poissant @582-2908
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