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Home My WebLink About01-16-18 Downtown URD MinutesDowntown Tax Increment Finance Board Meeting Minutes January 16, 2018 Attending: Bobby Bear, Vonda Laird, Bob Hietala, Cory Lawrence, Tony Renslow, Bill Stoddart, Chris Naumann Public Comments: None Minutes ACTION: Bob Hietala moved to approve the October and November minutes as presented. Cory Lawrence seconded the motion. All voted in favor. Financial Report Chris presented the current FY2018 finances. Chris said he will have the year-to-date income figures from the City for the next finance report. He highlighted some of the year- to-date FY18 expenses including: 3rd quarter Partnership management fee of $27,500; $5468 for a variety of Soroptomist and lighting repairs; and $9,669 for MCS repairs to intersection cable anchor systems. The board had no other questions regarding the finance report. Executive Director’s Report Technical Assistance Program Update No grants have been awarded in FY2018. Two of the three grants left over from FY2017 were recently completed. The final two uncompleted grants from FY2016 have been cancelled. As a reminder, the Planning grants have a $7500 cap and the Façade grants are capped at $3000. Date Project Name Project Address Applicant Professional Type Value Completed 8/21/2015 712 East Main 712-716 East Main BCHO Architects BCHO Architects Plan/Façade $ - Cancelled 12/30/2015 Big Sky Western Bank 106 East Main Big Sky Western Sanderson Stewart Façade $ - Cancelled Total $ - Date Project Name Project Address Applicant Professional Type Value Completed 10/31/2016 Owenhouse 2nd Floor 26 East Main Larry Bowman Yellowstone Arch Planning $ 7,500 YES 10/31/2016 Owenhouse 2nd Floor 26 East Main Larry Bowman Yellowstone Arch Façade $ 3,000 YES 3/30/2017 23 East Main 23 East Main Mark Kehke Intrinsik Planning $ 7,500 Total $ 18,000 FY17 Budget $ 50,000 remaining $ 32,000 Technical Assistance Program FY2016 Report Technical Assistance Program FY2017 Report Other Financial Program Updates Streetscape Grants General Willson Building (along North Black) 3 new streetlamps—Completed 5 West Mendenhall (along West Mendenhall) 4 new streetlamps—Completed Lark Hotel (along South Grand) 5 new streetlamps—Installed, pending completion Life-Safety Grants Dedicated Fire Line for 712-716 East Main—Pending Dedicated Fire Line for Lark Hotel—Pending Hotel Incentive Grant Etha Hotel—Pending Lark Hotel—Pending Building Project Updates 23 East Main (former Bozeman Angler) remodeling 1st and 2nd floor to be complete in May 2018 223 East Main (former IOOF Building) constructing a 2-story building with first floor retail and residential on second floor to be completed October 2018 Owenhouse redeveloping 2nd floor as 8000+ square feet of office space 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. Etha Hotel (Armory building) Construction scheduled to resume in January 2018. Rialto Theater opened with first concert January 13, 2018. Black & Olive Apartments scheduled to begin construction Spring 2018. “OSM” Building 5 story mixed use building proposed on southwest corner of Babcock and Wallace—schedule unknown BG Mill Building 5 story mixed use building proposed on southwest corner of Mendenhall and Broadway—schedule unknown New Businesses Update • Montana Provisions—39 North Rouse—old Service Electric opening late winter • Fire—243 East Main—former Artcraft Printers—being remodeled as wood-fired pizza restaurant • __________--19 South Willson—former Over the Tapas--??? Planning Updates In this section, I will provide update about several ongoing City planning processes. UDC Revisions http://bozeman.net/Projects/UDCCodeupdate/Home Consultants: Makers (Seattle), Leland Group (Portland), Studio Cascade (Spokane) Update: adopted by the City Commission on January 4, 2018 but will not take effect until April 2018. City Vision & Strategic Plan Consultants: HDR Timeline: March 2016-2018 Update: draft plan adopted by CC on May 15, 2017. City Commission will consider revised draft on January 29, 2018. 2017 Community Plan (City Growth Policy) Update Consultants: City release RFP for consultants January 2017 Timeline: October 2017 through late 2018 Downtown Strategic Parking Management Plan Strategies 1 through 5 have been completed. Strategies 6 (Cash-in-Lieu), 7 (UDC Parking Requirements), and 8 (SID 565) are scheduled to be addressed in 2018 and I am working with City staff to develop a more specific timeline. Strategy 10, focusing on data collection and analysis, was in part completed with the release of the 2017 Downtown Parking Study as conducted by WTI. https://www.bozeman.net/Home/ShowDocument?id=5335 Strategies 12, 13, and 14, which focus on signage, branding and wayfinding associated with parking will be completed in 2018. Significant progress is being made on Strategy 15 to upgrade the parking technology systems at the garage and used for on-street management. The new T2 parking management system will be implemented in May 2018. Discussion and Decision Items Downtown Fiber Connectivity Grant Program Chris briefly reviewed the board memo (see below) he had sent on January 10, 2018 outlining his proposal to establish a new financial incentive grant program. The Downtown Fiber Connectivity Grant Program would provide a capped one-to-one financial match for installing fiber internet infrastructure into downtown buildings within the URD. Chris reminded the board there is $115,000 in the FY2018 budget for fiber infrastructure and he would anticipate between $25,000 and $30,000 of potential grant awards. The board agreed that it was prudent to provide some financial assistance as the next step in the URD’s continued investment in fiber infrastructure. The board asked that Chris revise the grant language to make it clear that only one grant would be awarded per building. ACTION: Bob Hietala moved to approve the Downtown Fiber Connectivity Grant Program as presented and discussed. Cory Lawrence seconded the motion. All voted in favor. MEMORANDUM January 10, 2018 TO: Downtown URD Board FR: Chris Naumann RE: Downtown Fiber Infrastructure The most pressing fiber infrastructure need downtown is lowering the costs of the ‘last mile’ connection between the various fiber ‘backbones’ and buildings downtown. The ‘fiber backbones’ available downtown include the City owned conduit (which the URD funded), Bozeman Fiber’s aerial alley runs, and the private fiber networks owned by Spectrum and CenturyLink. The ‘last mile’ connection to these networks usually range between 20 and 150 feet but typically cost thousands of dollars to construct and install. I have developed the “Downtown Fiber Connectivity Grant Program”, which essentially replicates the URD’s existing “Life-Safety Grant Program”. The Life-Safety grant provides a partial financial reimbursement for the construction and installation of a dedicated fire line from the water main to the building. Similarly, the Fiber Connectivity grant would provide a partial reimbursement for the cost to connect a building to an existing fiber network. Again, similar to the Life-Safety program, this grant will result in the construction of permanent infrastructure. Recognizing building connectivity as the most significant fiber infrastructure need and considering the Downtown Fiber Connectivity Grant Program is based on an established and successful URD financial incentive, I would like to utilize the FY2018 “Downtown Broadband Infrastructure” budget ($115,000) to fund this grant program. FEMA Floodplain Mapping Update Chris said that Brian Heaston was preparing to provide a report at the February URD board meeting. Downtown Plan Process Update Chris informed the board that there are concerns from some City Commissioners and City staff that 2009 Downtown Improvement Plan needs to be updated. The board asked why they felt that way and Chris replied that the 2009 plan will be the oldest plan by far considering the 2018 UDC update, 2018 Strategic Plan, and the 2019 Community Plan. Therefore, even doing a simple update in 2018 would make the Downtown Plan contemporary with the other major plans. Meeting was adjourned at 1:05 pm