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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-16-18 Downtown URD Minutes Downtown Urban Renewal District Board Meeting Minutes October 16, 2018 Attending: Bob Hietala, Cory Lawrence, Tony Renslow, Kate Wiggins, Jeff Krauss, Chris Naumann Absent: Bobby Bear, Bill Stoddart Public Comment: None Minutes ACTION: Cory Lawrence moved to approve the September minutes as presented. Tony Renslow seconded the motion. All voted in favor. Financial Report Chris presented FY2019 finances as of October 15, 2018. He outlined the previous month’s expenses as follows: $28,325 for 2nd quarter DBP management fee; $5,000 for contracted NBPP project management; $20,000 transfer to DBP for NBPP project; and $743 for Soroptomist and lamp maintenance. The board had no questions regarding the finance report. Executive Director’s Report Technical Assistance Program Update Three planning grants have been awarded in FY19. One grant remains from FY2018 for the Osborne Building. As a reminder, the Planning grants have a $7500 cap and the Façade grants are capped at $3000. Other Financial Program Updates Streetscape Grants None open Date Project Name Project Address Applicant Professional Type Value 4/16/2018 Osborne Building 233 East Main Strreet Casey Durham Locati Arch Plan/Façade 10,500$ Total 10,500$ Date Project Name Project Address Applicant Professional Type Value 8/20/2018 BSWB Building 106 East Babcock Randy Scully Intrinsik Planning 7,500$ 8/23/2018 Garage Restaurant 451 East Main Pete Strom Intrinsik Planning 7,500$ 8/28/2018 240 East Mend 240 East Mendenhall Stacy Hooks Intrinsik Planning 7,500$ Total 22,500$ Technical Assistance Program FY2018 Report Technical Assistance Program FY2019 Report Life-Safety Grants None open Hotel Incentive Grant Etha Hotel—Pending Fiber Connectivity Grant Avant Courier Building—Ongoing Building Project Updates 223 East Main (former IOOF Building) constructing a 2-story building with first floor retail and residential on second floor to be completed early 2019 Owenhouse redeveloping 2nd floor as 8000+ square feet of office space to be completed in Fall 2018 for XY Planning Network Etha Hotel (Armory building) Construction resumed April 30, 2018. Black & Olive Apartments under construction to be completed Fall 2019 “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—final site plan submitted One 11 Lofts (corner of North Willson and West Lamme) 50-unit apartment building with 53 parking spaces. Currently in final review by Community Development Department. Merin Condos (on North Bozeman across from Dave’s Sushi) 28 units of owner-occupied housing. Currently in development review. Southside Lofts (on East Olive adjacent to the Blackmore Apartments) 16 apartment units. Currently in development review. Osborne Building (233 East Main—last vacant lot) 4 story mixed use building with 2 floors of restaurant use and 2 floors of offices. Construction began October 2018. Village Downtown 84 new residential loft units have been approved and 30 new residential condo units are under review by the City New Businesses Update • Fire—243 East Main—former Artcraft Printers—being remodeled as wood-fired pizza restaurant • Blend—31 South Willson—former Style A Gallery—OPEN • Barley & Vine—19 South Willson—former Over the Tapas—OPEN • Lululemon—23 East Main—former Bozeman Angler—OPEN • TBD—23 East Main (second floor)—formerly vacant—available for lease • TBD—223 East Main—formerly Lilly Lu at explosion site—under construction Bozeman Creek Floodplain Update The City of Bozeman Engineering Department, Allied Engineering, and FEMA continue to negotiate the use of our locally funded and produced floodplain data. The most recent version of the proposed floodplain map shows more accurate (and therefore less impactful) flood ways and areas. An official revised FEMA floodplain map is expected to be release during the first quarter of 2019. Planning Updates In this section, I will provide update about several ongoing City planning processes. Community Plan (City Growth Policy) Update Consultants: Logan Simpson (Ft. Collins) Update: October 15-17, 2018 Second round of public engagement. https://www.bozeman.net/city-projects/bozeman-community-plan-update NCOD and Design Guidelines Update Consultants: Bendon Adams Consulting (Aspen, CO) and Orion Planning (Missoula, MT) October 1-3, 2018 Second round of public engagement was postponed until November 7-9, 2018. A draft will be released in advance of the November meetings. https://www.bozeman.net/city-projects/ncod-review 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. I am working with City staff to develop a timeline. Strategy 10, focusing on data collection and analysis, was in part completed with the release of the 2017 Downtown Parking Study conducted by WTI. Strategies 12, 13, and 14, which focus on signage, branding and wayfinding associated with parking will be completed in 2018. Strategy 15 (upgrade the parking technology systems at the garage and used for on-street management) the new T2 parking management system is completely “live” in use. Discussion and Decision Items Parking Projects & Budget Considerations Chris updated the board that the URD term contract team had been selected consisting of Sanderson Stewart, A&E Architecture, DCI Engineering, and Carl Walker Parking. The first two task orders for the team to work on will include: 1) Feasibility analysis of expanding Bridger Park Garage; and 2) Feasibility analysis of additional structure parking sites. Chris reminded the board that the second task order has $50,000 budgeted in the current URD fiscal year, but the garage expansion project was not specifically budgeted for. He proposed paying for the additional feasibility analysis from the “public parking improvements” budget item and had already discussed the option with the City Parking Manager. The board agreed that this would be appropriate as the garage expansion is an improvement to an existing parking asset. Downtown Plan Update Chris reminded the board that the draft framework presentations for the Downtown Bozeman Improvement Plan had been rescheduled to October 29, 30, and 31st. He presented the board with the specific event schedule which includes: three public events and stakeholder work sessions for downtown boards, downtown business and property owners, other citizen advisory boards, and city staff. Chris encouraged the board to attend the downtown board stakeholder meeting and/or any of the public sessions. Meeting was adjourned at 1:05 pm