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Home My WebLink AboutBID Minutes 6-17 Downtown Business Improvement District Board Meeting Minutes June 21, 2017 Attending: Mike Basile, Jolee Berry, Ileana Indreland, Eric Sutherland, Chris Naumann Absent: Eric Bowman, Erik Nelson, Susan Neubauer Public Comments: None Minutes ACTION: Ileana Indreland moved to approve the minutes from May as presented. Eric Sutherland seconded the motion. All voted in favor. Finance Report Chris presented the financials as of June 20, 2017. He noted that revenues were tracking as expected with just over $153,000 received, which includes $11,000 in flowers sponsorships. On the expense side of the ledger, nothing unexpected to report as all expenses were on budget. He noted that payroll for garage maintenance was tracking high but still under the associated contract revenue. Chris reported between the checking account and CDs, total cash equaled $135,288. The board had no further questions about the finance report. Executive Directors Report Maintenance Program Update We are fully staffed for the summer season. Mike Grant is our full-time general maintenance employee. We also have two flower watering employees; one works five days a week and the other works two days a week. One of the flower watering employees also cleans the parking garage 5 days a week. Below are the maintenance statistics comparing year-to-date figures from this year (FY17) to the statistics from the same period last year (FY16)--July through May. FY2016 FY2017 Total Ave/mnth Total Ave/mnth Difference Trash Emptied 2684 244 2290 208 -394 Recycling Emptied 360 33 278 25 -82 Graffiti Removed 345 31 373 34 +28 Building Project Updates Lark Addition (corner of Grand and Main) 4 story building with 28 new Lark hotel rooms. Construction began in December 2016 to be completed Spring 2018. 5 West Building (northwest corner of Mendenhall and Tracy) Construction began on October 2016. First floor businesses scheduled to open in July and August 2017 and the upper floors completed in August 2017. Etha Hotel (old Armory building) first phase of foundation work complete. No date for when construction will resume. Rialto Theater under construction to be completed by November 2017. Black & Olive Apartments application was denied by the City Commission on April 11th. “OSM” Building 5 story mixed use building proposed on southwest corner of Babcock and Wallace BG Mill Building 5 story mixed use building proposed on southwest corner of Mendenhall and Broadway New Businesses Update • Union Market—39 North Rouse—old Service Electric space opening date unknown • Squire House—27 East Mendenhall—Element Hotel restaurant is under construction • Stuffed Waffles—26 West Main—OPEN—former Tonsorial Parlor • Intrigue Ink—12 East Main—OPEN—former Headroom • Backcountry Burger Bar—127 West Main—OPEN—former Bistro space • Boho Boze—129 West Main—OPEN—former Jewelry Studio space • Evergreen—16 East Main—OPEN—former F-11 space • Montana Silversmiths—14 West Main—OPEN—former Mountain Lodge space • Reflections space—240 East Main—vacant and for lease • Sandwich shop—411 East Main— former Rockford space Planning Updates In this section I will provide update about several ongoing City planning processes. Transportation Master Plan www.bozemantmp.com Consultants: Peccia & Associates (Helena), Alta Planning (Bozeman) Timeline: September 2015 (kickoff) Update: Final draft released 4/25/17. Adopted by CC May 1st UDC Revisions http://bozeman.net/Projects/UDCCodeupdate/Home Consultants: Makers (Seattle), Leland Group (Portland), Studio Cascade (Spokane) Update: Draft was presented to CC on May 8, 2017. Public meetings scheduled through June 21st. Final Draft to CC July 10th. City Vision & Strategic Plan Consultants: HDR Timeline: March 2016 (kickoff) Update: draft plan adopted by CC on May 15th 2017 Community Plan (City Growth Policy) Update Consultants: City release RFP for consultants January 2017 Timeline: October 2017 through late 2018 Discussion and Decision Item Bozeman UDC Update Presentation Tom Rogers from the Community Development Department gave an overview of the update process to date. He highlighted the areas being revised that would pertain to downtown. In particular, the board discussed the application of the block frontage designations “storefront” and “mixed”. The board also asked questions about the storefront transparency requirements and if smaller percentage could be applied to secondary frontages for buildings located on a corner. Chris and Susan Riggs, Groundprint (consultant), presented the comprehensive list of clarification and edits. They told the board that a written public comment document would be drafted focusing on the six to ten most important edits. Chris said he would send the draft document to the boards prior to submittal to the City. **Meeting was adjourned at 1:15pm** DRAFT Comments for Discussion Regarding How Proposed Edits Impact Downtown + Recommendations for Improvements Prepared for the Downtown Bozeman Partnership UDC Update (Comments based on the Working Draft dated 5.8.17) 1 82 38.230.040 DRB Authority Coordinate with Manual language; clarify parking threshold (provided; required; on-site; structured; etc.?) 2 93 38.230.120 Special Use Permits Clarify - do these also start with the premise that they are not ok similar to CUP? Example used in presentation was alcohol in B3 (see comment 6) 3 95 38.230.160 Reuse Clarify how this works with the Levels I-III on Page 366; clarify "new application" language 4 172 38.300.110 B3 Intent Edit name and intent to match adopted DIP "Downtown District" (page 38) and "density, infill" (page 12); residential should be included. 5 183-94 38.110.040 Use Charts More edits/flexibility if this is supposed to be form-based; simplify/group more by uses like manufacturing; for example: "Retail, Heavy" should be under retail category and "Service, General; Service, Heavy; Service, Personal;" also need to coordinate with definitions 6 184 38.310.040 Sale of Alcohol Make "S" in B3 7 187-91 38.310.040 Residential in B3 Fix footnotes 3, 4, 8 and 9 to explain how residential works in "Core Area," B3 in general and with the storefront block frontages 8 187 38.310.040 "Lobby" Give some parameters for "lobby" (note this is in several use chart footnotes) 9 191 Table 38.310.040.B Core Area footnote Core area designation impacts use (offices and residential), height (55 and 70) & landscaping and should be defined in one easy to find spot and not buried in a footnote 10 193 Table 38.310.040.C Community Centers Keep "Museum, Cultural facility…" as a separate use category as "P" or eliminate footnote 4 for community centers 11 209 Table 38.320.050 Max height in B3 Heights are 70 or 55 but could be much lower for several transition properties depending on "transition" language, zoning, size of lot, etc.; consider adding language to cross- reference or add footnote? 12 210 Table 38.320.050 Setbacks 0 or 5' for an alley but could be 5' side if transition or as large as 15' depending on design (page 389); add footnotes or cross references? 13 210-12 Table 38.320.050 B3 garages & note 15 Clarify that garage doors can be closer as long as there are not parking spaces in front of them; does current language cover that? 14 213 38.320.060 Zone Edge Transitions 28' and 38' are low in that the lower intensity zone could be taller (pitched roof) than the portion of the building that is buffering; is there a compromise between the existing 44' and the proposed numbers? Maybe 36 and 42? Need to understand how this relates to NCOD guidelines - more restrictive applies or NCOD overrides? Are there other conflicts? Metal siding example. 15 225 38.340.050 Conflicts Example: there is obvious conflict between zone edge transitions and 4b, is the number 28 or 44? 38 or 44? Are there other known examples of conflicts that can be addressed now? 16 226 38.340.070 Deviations Clarify if deviations are still not available for new construction? What about significant additions? Detached garages example. 17 247 ADUs Some things made it easier for ADUs, but other things make it more restrictive (size, location); should these be SUPs? ADUs are a great way to add density near Downtown! 18 279 38.360.240 Town/rowhome These are Design Standards that are in Art 3 instead of Art 5; clarify that if town/rowhomes x< 3, only Art 3 applies (with cross reference to Art 5) and if x>3, then both apply?; major issues with required min width of 30 to get a street-accessed garage which is a very suburban standard. Alleys are great if available but they are not always an option. If utilities are driving design, then shouldn't also apply to rowhomes on a single lot; note that a width of 15' is mentioned as an example on Page 281; so all town/rowhomes everywhere can only ever have single car garage facing the street?; duplicative open space requirements (page 397) clarify if double counting is allowed and add option for shared/common open space to count - North Black Row example with townhomes and a shared open space; design standards not flexible enough 19 309 38.400.090 Access Width Clarify "Unless otherwise allowed by this chapter…" - does that mean B3 no min lot widths; interior townhome widths? 20 311 Tab 38.400.090.C Driveway widths Is the standard 25' or 30' or less? 21 366 38.500.020.B Remodels How does this coordinate with "Reuse" requirements on Page 95? 22 369 38.510.010.A Applicability Clarify - So if there are 4 rowhomes than Art 5 applies; what about 4 townhomes? Are those evaluated as SHRs or 4 attached? 23 369 38.510.020 Maps The maps are key to B3 and need to be reviewed in detail; maybe simplify the wording - "Framework Maps" or "Frontage Maps" 24 372 38510.030.B.2 Standards Floor to ceiling height of 13' - why 13'? 25 373 Tab 38.510.030.B Parking Location Clarify - are all spaces 18' length? If yes, diagrams, etc. need to be updated; if not, should be 64' to accommodate 20'+20'+24'= 64' option or 20'+18'+24' = 62' option without adding another row or significantly impacting intent 26 375 Tab 38.510.030.C Transparency Clarify the note about obscuring visibility into storefront space - blinds, curtains, window signage, temporary v. permanent? 27 379 38.510.030.E Gateway Frontage Confusing with other "High Visibility Gateway Sites" - use a different word other than "gateway" 28 381 Tab 38.510.030.G Transparency Same question re: transparency 29 389 38.520.030 Light, Air, Privacy Confusing intent; "C" shaped building example still has windows in back yards; setbacks significantly increase for properties depending on floor plan; should it be a footnote in setback chart? Not urban standard 30 393 Fig. 38.520.040.C Parking lots Most parking lots are not diagonal so a better example would be 90 degree parking where 200' = 6 or 7 rows not 4; clarify intent and adjust 31 398 38.520.060.B Open Space e. should apply to rowhomes and apartments too; "generally visible from all units" would be difficult to meet in many scenarios; also need to clarify how this works with page 280 32 399 Fig. 38.520.060.B Open Space (image) Stormwater areas count but only if they are accessible; does lower right image show a departure? 33 399 38.520.060.B.4 Open Space "unrentable" - should this say "unusable"? 34 400 38.520.060.C Commercial OS Note impacts on Main Street B3 properties; allow departures? 35 401 38.520.060.D Ped-Oriented OS Does seating area for restaurant count? Publicly accessible? 36 404 38.520.070.B.3 Service Areas Departure language is confusing - are service areas exempt or not? Dumpsters? Recycling? Mechanical? Need more detail and more flexibility for B3 37 410 38.530.040.B Façade articulation Clarify if this applies to all four sides? Alleys? 38 413 38.530.040.E Max façade width Clarify which zones are more "intense;" example: B2/UMU? B3/R5? B3/B2M? 39 420 38.530.050.C.2.b Ribbon Windows These can be great or bad - allow as a departure? Currently, language says "prohibited" 40 420 38.530.050.D Gateway Site Again, this is confusing with "Gateway Frontage" - are there gateway sites downtown? 41 424 38.530.060 Overall Design Requirements/Materials So the first floor of every commercial/mixed use building needs to be "dipped" in brick, stone or concrete? What about Treeline or Wild Crumb or West Main CoOp? And every residential building needs to be "dipped" at least 2 feet in brick, stone, or concrete? What about West Edge? There should be, at the very least, a departure to allow wood or metal for primary portion of building. 42 425 38.530.060.C.3 EIFS Clarify EIFS limited to 20% back and sides too? Upper? 43 430 38.540.010.A.5-6 Parking in rear yards Setback drawing would be helpful somewhere in document to clarify parking in rear yards; also add rowhomes to 5 44 431-2 38.540.020 Parking dimensions Clarify 18' verses 20' and make consistent throughout document 45 433 38.540.020 Backing up Are townhouses and rowhomes allowed to back into alley or are they considered nonresidential if >? Allow departure for backing into alley for all uses B3 46 440 38.540.050 Parking Adjust. The B3 option gets lost under the "Neighborhood Commercial" section title 47 441 38.540.050 800' to park. garage Clarify how you calculate this - public walking path? 48 441 38.540.050 3000 SF free parking Clarify that this applies to mixed use buildings also; not just nonresidential buildings 49 554 Definitions Side Setback Definition is still referencing side yard; should reorganize to be next to each other - setback, side; setback, front; etc.; add diagram to clarify what supersedes 50 Definitions Example of clean up - shoe repair falls under General Service, Light Goods Repair and Personal & Convenience Services… definitions need to be cleaned up to match new categories