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Home My WebLink About08-24-17 City Commission Minutes THE CITY COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA MINUTES Thursday,August 24,2017 Mayor-Carson Taylor: Present Deputy Mayor-Cynthia Andrus:Absent Commissioner-Jeff Krauss: Present Commissioner- I-Ho Pomeroy: Present Commissioner-Chris Mehl: Present Staff Present at the Dais: Interim City Manager(ICM) Dennis Taylor,City Attorney(CA)Greg Sullivan, City Clerk Robin Crough A. 06:01:53 PM (00:05:32)Call to Order—6:00 PM-Commission Room, City Hall, 121 North Rouse Mayor Taylor called the meeting to order at 6:01 PM. B. 06:02:02 PM (00:05:41) Pledge of Allegiance and a Moment of Silence C. 06:02:52 PM (00:06:31)Changes to the Agenda There were no changes to the agenda. D. 06:03:02 PM (00:06:41)Authorize Absence—Deputy Mayor Andrus 06:03:07 PM (00:06:46)Motion and Vote to authorize the absence of Deputy Mayor Andrus. The motion passed 4-0. Commissioner-Chris Mehl: Motion Commissioner-I-Ho Pomeroy: 2nd Mayor-Carson Taylor:Approve Deputy Mayor-Cynthia Andrus:Absent Commissioner-Jeff Krauss:Approve Commissioner-I-Ho Pomeroy:Approve Commissioner-Chris Mehl:Approve E. 06:03:25 PM (00:07:04) Public Comment Mayor Taylor opened public comment. Page 1 of 5 Bozeman City Commission Meeting Minutes,August 24,2017 06:04:26 PM (00:08:05)Chris Clow,Public Comment Mr. Clow spoke in support of detached ADUs.They created a detached ADU to conduct a rental. 06:06:46 PM (00:10:25)Susan Riggs, Public Comment Ms. Riggs, on behalf of the Bozeman Downtown Partnership, reiterated the public comment submitted on August 14th.She highlighted the top ten issues and comments. F. 06:08:17 PM (00:11:56)Action Items 1. 06:08:20 PM (00:11:59) Public Hearing of the Bozeman City Commission Regarding Proposed Changes to the City's Zoning, Subdivision, and Other Land Use Regulations (Chapter 38, Bozeman Municipal Code) (known as the "UDC Update") (Rogers) , a 06:08:35 PM (00:12:14) Procedure Mayor Taylor discussed how public comment would work on an extended item such as this. Public comment procedures were discussed, with public comment happening at each article, which will be discussed at different and determined dates.Staff will discuss one article at a time with important changes. 06:15:21 PM (00:19:00) Staff Presentation Tom Rogers,Senior Planner,joined by Community Development Director Martin Matsen and Policy and Planning Manager Chris Saunders, entered the staff report and public comment into the record. He asked that the Commission make a general motion to allow grammatical and spelling error corrections without individual motions. He discussed the public process, overall themes,the focus of the themes, page numbers, what has been added and changes, and the evolution of the current draft. He discussed the themes of Growth Policy implementation,site plan review criteria and integration of Bozeman Design Objectives,form based codes, and the growing community. He noted the various focuses in updating the document. He discussed the page count in detail. He discussed the completed changes to date. He finally addressed the evolution of the draft and the public's input. He discussed the seven proposed articles making up the structure of the UDC.The most changes are in Article 3 and 5. He went through each article and described the primary changes for each article. He provided detail of the substantive changes to Article 3—Zoning Districts and Land Use.Article 4—Community Design—had a few substantive changes.Article 5—Project Design—had significant changes.There were both new sections and minor revisions to the existing document.Article 6—Natural Resource Protection—had no significant changes. Article 7—Definitions—has changes. 06:40:46 PM (00:44:25) Questions of Staff Cr. Krauss asked how public comment is organized for the Commission's review. He discussed the need for organization of public comment by subject. He asked how can he consider public comment on the dais without having an index on hand. Cr. Mehl asked about the public comment summaries provided at the end of the staff report. Cr. Pomeroy asked about page 19 of the staff report, Chapter 4—Community Quality, and its relationship to a later statement of"simplifying community."She asked about the application to the whole city and not just the entryway corridors, and what is the advantage to doing so. Mr. Saunders further elaborated on the use of overlays. Page 2 of 5 Bozeman City Commission Meeting Minutes,August 24,2017 Mayor Taylor asked about the accessibility of public comment topics and assistance from the Clerk's office. Cr. Krauss stated that the Commission still does not have access this evening to the specific public comment,as it's not presented at the end of the staff report as per usual. 07:06:17 PM (01:09:56) Public Comment Mayor Taylor opened public comment. 07:07:22 PM (01:11:01)Jeanne Wilkinson,Public Comment Ms.Wilkinson commented on Article 3, and whether or not the NCOD should prevail in transitions.She encouraged the Commission to decide the NCOD should prevail over the UDC, but only if the Subchapter 4B discussion includes more public input. 07:10:46 PM (01:14:25)Daryl Behrent,Public Comment Mr. Behrent is concerned of development in mixed-use zones,and the balance of residential vs. commercial, as well as parking in that balance. He asked for a minimum amount of mixed-use. 07:13:38 PM (01:17:17)NancV Schultz,Public Comment Ms.Schultz discussed the Emerson lawn,seeing no transition zone that would make that acceptable in the area.She believes the B-3 zoning line should be moved.She is worried of losing the historical and open space. 07:15:54 PM (01:19:33)Ben Lloyd,Public Comment Mr. Lloyd recognized the time and effort of staff.As a member of the UDC Advisory Committee, he was surprised by the content of Article 5. He discussed the difficulty of design meeting the code. He suggested a preface of"how to use this code." 07:18:16 PM (01:21:55)John Hosking,Public Comment Mr. Hosking discussed the greatness of Bozeman, and asked the Commission to demand the very best with this code. It is important to preserve the neighborhoods and character of the town. 07:20:22 PM (01:24:01)Alan Kirk Public Comment Mr. Kirk stated he has not heard a response from the Commission on severing the zone edge transition from the UDC update. He discussed the usefulness of the public meetings held on the UDC update the previous week. 07:23:43 PM (01:27:22)RandV Peters,Public Comment Mr. Peters stated that citizens need more time to understand the changes to the UDC. He agreed with severing some pieces of these for more time for consideration. 07:26:34 PM (01:30:13) Point of Clarification CA Sullivan asked the intent of further procedure including public comment. 07:28:22 PM (01:32:01) Recess The Commission went into recess until 8:40 PM. 07:49:20 PM (01:52:59) Call to Order Mayor Taylor called the meeting back to order at 7:49 PM. Page 3 of 5 Bozeman City Commission Meeting Minutes,August 24,2017 07:49:32 PM (01:53:11)Motion that having reviewed and considered the application materials,public comment,recommendation of the Zoning Commission,recommendation of the Planning Board, and all the information presented,I hereby adopt the findings presented in the staff report for application 15320 and move to approve the zone text amendments as shown in the July 28,2017 Unified Development Code draft and direct the city manager to return to the commission with an ordinance codifying these text amendments along with other text amendments previously approved by the commission but not yet adopted by ordinance. Commissioner-Jeff Krauss: Motion Commissioner-Chris Mehl: 2nd 07:50:34 PM (01:54:13)Motion to Table. Commissioner-Jeff Krauss: Motion Commissioner-I-Ho Pomeroy: 2nd 07:50:48 PM (01:54:27) Vote on the Motion to Table. The motion tied 2-2. Commissioner-Jeff Krauss: Motion Commissioner-I-Ho Pomeroy:2nd Manor-Carson Taylor: Disapprove Deputy Mayor-Cynthia Andrus:Absent Commissioner-Jeff Krauss:Approve Commissioner-I-Ho Pomeroy:Approve Commissioner-Chris Mehl: Disapprove 07:51:12 PM (01:54:51) Point of Order Cr. Krauss asked if there are any extraordinary noticing required for the tie-breaking. CA Sullivan explained the procedure. 07:52:42 PM (01:56:21) Discussion Cr. Pomeroy stated she seconded the motion because the issue is so complex, and more time is needed to understand and discuss. Cr. Krauss stated he would like to suspend the rules in the future to allow the Commission to access only the public comments using a computer. He expressed that he will try to get a binder of collated comments for future meetings. Mayor Taylor discussed different ways to allow viewing of online public comment. CA Sullivan explained using electronics at the meeting in detail. Cr. Mehl asked when the Commission will next see this. 08:05:03 PM (02:08:42)Mayor Taylor continued the session until September Ph at 6:00 PM. G. 08:05:35 PM (02:09:14) FYI/Discussion • Cr. Krauss asked about the Swim Center bulkhead. • Community Development Director Martin Matsen stated he will try to pull together another public meeting to discuss Article 5 on September 7th. CA Sullivan recommended that it not happen until after DM Andrus's decision. Page 4 of 5 Bozeman City Commission Meeting Minutes,August 24,2017 H. 08:11:44 PM (02:15:23)Adjournment Mayor Taylor adjourned the meeting at 8:11 PM. Carson Taylor Mayor ATTEST: • � "-��_��, •.�,� Robin Crough • City Clerk ��`• e1883 ,•�W7 ��NCO• �1fl_' PREPARED BY: Robin Crough City Clerk Approved on: Page 5 of 5