HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-09-17 Recreation & Parks Advisory Board MinutesRecreation and Parks Advisory Board
March 9, 2017 - 7:00 p.m.
**New Location: Beall Park Recreation Center
415 N. Bozeman Ave.
Minutes
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
Brian Close, Chair Steve Schnee
Tommy Bass Richard Shanahan
Matt Hausauer Jade Sobek
Steve Roderick
[Excused: Stephanie Gray, Tony Thatcher, Beth Thorsen]
STAFF PRESENT:
Mitch Overton Carolyn Poissant
Thom White Melanie Eubank
A. Call meeting to order: Brian Close, Chair
B. Changes to the Agenda: None
C. Public Comment: None
D. Approval of Minutes: Jan. 8, 2017 Meeting Minutes
-- Motioned: Jade Sobek, Second: Steve Schnee, Approved: All (7)
E. Announcements: Jade Sobek shared that the swimming events for the Big Sky State Games
will be at the Swim Center this year for the first time this summer. July 14th
G. Committee Report, Discussion, and Action Items:
1) Special Presentation: Affordable Housing – Kevin Thane, CAHAB Board Member
-- Gave an update to their plan to use an area of Cemetery property for an Affordable
Housing project. Described some issues to work out regarding a sewer section that needs
replacement and the intersection Main St. and Highland Blvd. He will continue to give
updates as the project moves along. As to the type of housing, nothing has been decided.
Would like to include MSU students for their input in the planning, but at this point they
don’t have a specific plan for the number of units, the size or occupancy limit.
2) Division & Gallatin Valley Land Trust Report: Jeff Hough
-- Youth Cycling and Trail Etiquette: They are beginning to plan for a program for 6-14 year
olds for next summer (2018) that would include both trail etiquette and trail work.
-- Their summer maintenance plan is in the works right now.
-- TMP: consulting firm taking final comments
3) Trails, Open Space and Parks Committee Report: Stephanie Gray - absent
4) Action Items:
a) Allocate Cash In Lieu Funds to Bozeman Sports Park: Carolyn Poissant (Includes
attachment)
Recommended Motion: I hereby move to recommend the City Commission approve the
allocation of $25,092 in cash-in-lieu of park land dedication funding to the Bozeman Sports
Park project.
-- Background from Carolyn: Known as the “23rd Ave. Condos;” Cash-in-lieu amount was
voluntarily doubled to $25,092; developer sent a letter requesting the CIL be applied to the
Sports Park.
-- Mitch added an additional explanation. A neighborhood park needs to be within a half
mile; if a community park, must be within a reasonable distance.
-- Discussion continued about the needs of other parks close by like Bozeman Pond.
-- Recommended Motion by Steve Roderick; Second by Richard Shanahan; Approved [Yes:
6, No: 1]
b) Rose Park Master Plan (updated): Carolyn Poissant
https://tdhengineering.sharefile.com/share?#/view/s091b978b09e4237b
Recommended Motion: I hereby move to recommend City Commission adopt the updated
Rose Park Master Plan as presented by staff.
-- Background from Carolyn: Using the GIS maps, she showed us where the park is in
relation to this development. The developer met with Mitch, proposing an Improvements-
in-Lieu ($190K) rather than providing parkland within their development. For this to
happen the Master Plan for Rose Park needed to be updated and would include the
improvements the developer proposed. The Disc Golf group also gave T. D. Engineering
some additional proposed improvements to incorporate in the park plan.
-- Recommended Motion by Steve Schnee; Second by Tommy Bass; Approved [Yes: 7/All]
c) Park Within a 10-Minute Walk Campaign: Mitch Overton (Includes attachment)
Recommended Motion: I move that the City Commission authorize the Mayor to sign the
Letter of Support for the National Recreation and Parks Association, Trust for Public Land,
and Urban Land Institute Combined National Effort for Municipalities to have a goal of a
Park Within a 10-Minute Walk to all its residents.
-- Background from Mitch: Defined 10-Minuite Walk as “within a half mile radius.” Trails
are not parks but help with connectivity to parks. National Campaign will begin this fall,
promoting cities that have adopted this goal. We are doing well already with this concept,
but it will be a goal to work within for future projects.
-- Recommended Motion by Jade Sobek; Second by Steve Schnee; Approved [Yes: 7/All]
d) Kirk Park Boundary Line Adjustment: (Includes attachment)
Recommended Motion: Having considered all public input and information received to
date, I hereby recommend that City Commission approve Ordinance 1969 for the
Agreement to Exchange Land for the Kirk Park Boundary Line Adjustment.
-- Recently discovered that private property adjacent to the Kirk Park skate park area
overlapped some of the park’s skate parkland and needed to be adjusted. This would
require an ordinance to adjust the boundary, and we need to file a subdivision exemption
with the state. Discussion continued around how and why that boundary line was drawn.
-- Recommended Motion by Steve Roderick; Second by Jade Sobek; Approved [Yes: 7/All]
5) Subdivision Review Committee: Carolyn Poissant
-- SOBO Lofts at Babcock and 11th, a mixed use development, issue is whether they are