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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-08-07 Parking Commission Minutes Bozeman Parking Commission Meeting November 8, 2007, at 7:30 a.m. Upstairs Conference Room of City Hall Parking Commissioners in Attendance: Larry Bowman Paul Burns Tammy Hauer Steve Schnee Pam Bryan Lisa Danzl-Scott Jeff Rupp City Staff in Attendance: Katie Maroney, Parking Clerk Laurae Clark, Treasurer John Vandelinder-Steet Foreman Chris Kukulski, City Manager Guests in Attendance: Chris Naumann-DBA Director Brian Caldwell- Action Items: Chris noted he wanted to address at future meetings the issue of employees. 0:02:38 [6:59:53] 1. Call to Order Chris Pope called the meeting to order and reviewed the Agenda for the day’s meeting. 0:03:56 [6:59:57] 2. Approval of October 11, 2007 Minutes and EALS Steve made a motion to approve the minutes and Tammy seconded the motion and the minutes were approved. Larry made a motion to approve the EAL's and Pam seconded the motion and all were approved. 0:06:05 [7:30:00] 4. Main Street Loading Zones-John Vandelinder John Vandelinder, with the City of Bozeman Public Works Department, introduced himself to the Parking Commission. John would like direction from the Parking Commission about the placement and number of loading zones to be added to Main Street while the alley is blocked off during the construction of the garage. Discussion was held about the loading zones on Main Street and what the best solution would be for the placement of the zones. Larry made a motion to remove three spaces on the corner of Tracy Avenue to allow for a commercial loading zone. Pam seconded the motion and it was approved. John informed the Parking Commission that the signage should be able to be in place next week. 0:19:32 5. Vote on subdividing R4 unit in retail space. Brian with City Center Commerce, LLC presented information about the plaza area located on Tracy Avenue adjacent from the retail spaces in the garage. He informed the Parking Commission of the different possibilities of what could happen with this area. The issues that have come up regarding the appraisal and whether the Plaza area was included have been resolved. Discussion was held about the Plaza area and how much responsibility the retail owners would have for the area. The vote for the retail space sale will go before the City Commission on Tuesday. It was asked that if there is seating on this plaza will it be private seating or public and will the retailers be able to segregate it from public use to use only for their customers. Discussion was then held about this topic. Chris Pope proposed a motion to go with the proposed design and the idea to sell R4A for the purpose of funding R4B in the retail garage and Paul so moved to do so. Pam seconded the motion and the motion was approved with a six to one vote. Jeff Rupp suggested breaking up the responsibility of the facility into thirds and a suggestion was to have the TIF, the City and the Bus System split the cost of the facility maintenance. 1:00:00 8. New/Old Business Chris noted he wanted to address at future meetings the issue of employees. Chris Naumann is working more with Stephanie Prestly, the new owner/publisher of the chronicle about information in regards to what is going on downtown to help provide a more positive image by the Chronicle. 1:11:20 10. Adjourn Chris Pope adjourned the meeting at 8:42 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Katie Maroney Parking Clerk