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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-05-19 Public Comment - A. Breuer - Sustainable Community DevelopmentFrom:Chris Mehl To:Agenda Subject:FW: Reference on sustainable community development Date:Thursday, December 05, 2019 3:28:32 PM Chris Mehl Bozeman Deputy Mayor cmehl@bozeman.net 406.581.4992 ________________________________________ From: abigailbreuer@gmail.com [abigailbreuer@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2019 3:10 PM To: Chris Mehl Cc: tanya.andreasen@bozeman.net Subject: Reference on sustainable community development Hi Chris and Tanya, As I just became aware of this very impressive on-line resource- https://sustainablecitycode.org/about/ which is a compilation of innovative community development policies in practice by city and county governments across the country (put together by a consortium of law schools), I am passing it on, on the off-chance it is not yet a reference used by the City of Bozeman. More below. Hope you both had wonderful Thanksgivings. Thanks, Abigail ____________________________________________ The Sustainable Development Code offers best practices for community development….SDC contains 32 subchapters<http://sustainablecitycode.org/subchapters/> that serve as a menu for local communities to choose the issue confronting them. For each of the 32 subchapters, the SDC makes 25-35 recommendations to amend development codes. The recommendations are categorized as “removing obstacles” (what in the existing code is harming your community), “create incentives” (where can we look to encourage developer, homeowner, and others’ actions), and fill regulatory gaps (what are the minimum standards your community will accept). Each of the recommendations then has a brief designed by and for public officials, staff, experts and the public. The briefs consist of three key sections: introduction, effects, and examples. The introduction explains the recommendation to amend the code. The effects section explains how adopting the recommended ordinance may affect the community and code. Each brief then provides 2-3 examples of local governments, which have adopted the recommendation. The SDC explains each example in plain language. In addition, the SDC concludes with an additional 3-6 examples of local governments, which have adopted the recommendation. Here, the SDC provides citations, links, and one sentence describing the ordinance.