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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-11-19 INC Minutes THE INTER-NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL (INC) MEETING OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA DRAFT MEETING MINUTES Thursday, July 11, 2019 Attending: Kathy Powell (UNA), Lisa Prugh (Cooper Park), Suzanne Held (NENA), Joe Genovese (NHVN), Cynthia Evans (BCNA), Gail McMillan (MSU liaison), Alison Udall (BPNA), Susan McCarty (SCAN), Bob Wall (SENA) Melody Mileur (City Staff) Tom Rogers (City Community Development Department) Officer Marek Ziegler, Capt. Andy Knight (Bozeman Police Department) 4:35 Kathy convened the meeting Commission room in City Hall. No public comment. Reviewed Mar. minutes and retreat minutes. Beryl’s neighborhood affiliation is Cooper Park. Gail is an MSU liaison. Lisa moved to approve the minutes as corrected. Cynthia seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 4:35 Officer Ziegler - Police Updates Department is hiring – until end of month. Next Wednesday morning, 9-noon at the Mall, west end of the parking lot, bike safety rodeo. National Night Out against Crime Aug. 6, 5-8 PM. Police, fire will be available. Will also be at the Mall, on the west end of the parking lot. Capt. Knight Grand opening of Story Mill Community Park on July 20, 2019. One area of the park is a wildlife sanctuary, and there will be no dogs allowed. It will be a challenge to enforce. On July 20, there will be an animal control officer manning a booth to let people know. There is a fenced area where dogs are allowed – West Paw Dog Park. Police will be enforcing heavily on opening. NAs can help get the word out to neighbors. Message board and radar trailer can be requested online at bozemanpolice.com or through Bozeman.net. Will leave trailer for a week at a time at requested areas. A lot of bicycle thefts this summer. Mostly unlocked, but there have been some locks cut. Remind neighbors. Next week a code enforcement manager position will be opened. MSU lockdown today – third hand report that a person that was being terminated might bring a gun to Montana Hall. Person has been contacted and lockdown resolved. Incident under investigation by MSU Police, who will cooperate with BPD. Question about what needs are for the Public Safety Center. Solves issues with space and capacity for Police Dept., Fire (fire station 1 will be sold and will be relocated to Public Safety Center), frees up space for Municipal courts and a district court judge, and pro- vides additional space for prosecutors and victim services. Kathy made an announcement - in August, Parking Commission will make a presentation about the concept of parking permits. Initial focus is on downtown north and south of Main St., but this could expand to other neighborhoods. 4:53 Round Robin Neighborhood Updates Share anything new since last time. BPNA – Traffic calming project on S. Church is in full swing. Neighbors, WTI, City En- gineers, and MDOT participated in a walk-through. Temporary traffic inhibitors were placed, and emergency services verified that access was not inhibited. Public comment did cause some change to one inhibitor. Soliciting comments from the public – survey available at surveymonkey.com/r/SChurchSt. Any comments (esp. positive and construc- tive ones) welcome. NENA – working on summer photo voices project. Neighbors can submit photos to cap- ture what they value about the neighborhood. Free art exhibit at TinWorks art Aug. 9 and 10. Results will help inform the NCOD process. Cooper Park – had annual meeting June 5. 32 people there. 4 speakers – Selina from Animal Control, Alex from Forestry, Danny Hess from WTI, and Chuck Winn to address STRs and ADUs. Minutes available on NextDoor. Discussion about the infrastructure projects – 5 street reconstruction projects proposed in the Cooper Park neighborhood. NHVN - Highland open again by Heebs. Light at Main and Highland is blinking, and traffic was backed up badly this afternoon. 5:05 Tom Rogers – Community Plan Last update to community plan reviewed and adopted in 2009. State Legislature requires cities to update plans, and the code includes specifications for required and recommended content for the plan. Bozeman has probably reached 50,000 people now. Evaluating whether themes and visions from growth policies in the past are still applica- ble. They haven’t changed much and still seem applicable. Land and environment preser- vation remain important. Planning Board consists of 9 people that are working on draft. Meet first and third Tues- days of each month. Meetings are open, so interested people can attend any time. Trying to be a data driven organization, and Planning Board is working hard to establish metrics that can be used to illustrate the health of the community and how well it is align- ing with plans. Data will be collected and updated regularly. Should complete the metrics next Tuesday. City Commission established a Strategic Plan two years ago. Tried to eliminate some overlap between different City plans. One result is that the Community Plan is focused on land use. All info is available on the City website – there is an infrastructure map available. Adding about 1,600 people a year to the City. The planning boundary encompasses about 70 sq. miles. City is about 45 sq. miles. There are 7 themes, from which a number of goals and objectives have been developed. - Shape of the city - City of neighborhoods - City bolstered by downtown and complementary districts - City influenced by natural environment, parks, open space - City that prioritizes accessibility and mobility choices - City powered by creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial economy - City engaged in regional coordination In which areas might the INC and neighborhood associations be able to provide the most useful input. Discussed a survey that can be distributed to each neighborhood. Timeline – Planning Board should complete draft work on last theme next Tuesday. Then there will be another round of review with the Commission. The draft version should still be pretty malleable through mid-September. Discussed spreading information about when public meetings are scheduled through the same channels to increase engagement with neighbors. Where does the Capital Improvement Plan fit in with the Community Plan? They are def- initely interrelated, and the Capital Improvement Plan will influence the order in which parts of the Community Plan can be implemented. Talked about the survey (first question might be how an individual would prioritize the seven themes). Maybe 10 or fewer questions. Talked about how to preface the survey to attract the attention of people who are less engaged than INC members. Maybe try to get survey sent out by Aug. 1. Request responses within a week or 10 days. Can provide some initial ideas of responses at Aug. INC meeting. Compile results in mid- August to give to planning board for their meeting Aug. 20. 6:07 No objections – meeting adjourned. Minutes recorded by Bob Wall.