HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-02-19 City Commission Packet Materials - SP2. Update on Growth Policy Process - SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALSMonday, December 2, 2019
What is the Community Plan?
Why Plan?
•Thoughtful growth patterns
•Sustainability
•Preservation of natural features
•Community character
•Encouraging suitable redevelopment and infill
•Cost effectiveness
•Economic Robustness
What is the Community Plan?
•Bozeman’s Growth Policy as required
•Replace the current 2009 Plan
•Guide land use, community resilience, and
community expansion
•Long-range
•Used to evaluate and prioritize City actions
and land development
Why update the Plan now?
•Changing economic conditions
•Shifts in employment
•Maturing nearby communities
•Patterns and amount of growth
•Opportunity for community discussion
•Coordinate with other Planning efforts
The Community Plan will:
•Represent a shared vision
•Build on recently completed efforts
•Refine the framework of City goals and
policies for land use
•Illustrate future land use
•Serve as a tool for implementing and
monitoring the achievement
Overall Process
TASK 1: FOUNDATIONProject Branding
Stakeholder Interviews
Planning Week #1
Stakeholder Interviews
Listening Sessions
Community Social
Community Questionnaire TASK 2: ANALYSIS + VISIONReview of Existing Plans
Existing Conditions Analysis
Summary of Community Values
Goals + Policies
Planning Week #2 TASK 3: OPPORTUNITIES + CHOICESIdentify Opportunities
Develop Land Use Options
Planning Week #3
Refine Land Use Options TASK 4: PLAN DEVELOPMENT + APPROVALDraft Plan Development
Planning Week #4
Draft Plan Review
Final Plan Development
Formal Adoption Hearings
DECEMBER 2019 –
SPRING 2020
For the Love of Bozeman Bozeman Thinks BigBozeman Talks The Plan
Plan Content
Website
Themes
•A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS | Our City is diverse and
inclusive, defined by our commercial nodes, a variety of
quality housing, walkable centers, schools, and parks.
•A CITY BOLSTERED BY DOWNTOWN AND COMPLEMENTARY
DISTRICTS | Our City is bolstered by our Downtown,
Midtown, University and other commercial districts and
neighborhood centers that are characterized by higher
densities and intensities of use.
Themes
•A CITY INFLUENCED BY OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT,
PARKS, AND OPEN SPACE | Our City is home to an
outdoor-conscious population that honors and protects
our natural environment and immediate access to a well-
managed open space and parks system.
•A CITY THAT PRIORITIZES ACCESSIBILITY AND MOBILITY
CHOICES| Our City fosters the close proximity of housing,
services, and jobs, and provides safe, efficient mobility
for pedestrians, cyclists, transit users, and drivers.
Themes
•A CITY POWERED BY ITS CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE, AND
ENTREPRENEURIAL ECONOMY | Our City, and all residents
benefit from an expanding economy that is powered by
educational development, strong regional partnerships, job
creation, talent retention, and support for local businesses.
•CITY ENGAGED IN REGIONAL COORDINATION | Our City, in
partnership with Gallatin County, Montana State University, and
other regional authorities, addresses the needs of a rapidly
growing and changing population through strategic
infrastructure choices and thoughtful decision-making.
Future Land Use Map
•Fewer
categories
•Greater mix
of uses
•Coordinate
with utility
and
transportation
plans
•Inward +
outward focus
Next Steps
Next Steps
•Public review of draft document
•Open house 4-6 pm, Dec. 3rd
•Planning Board 6 pm, Dec. 3rd and 17th
•Planning Board makes recommendation
•City Commission action in 2020
•1st meeting tentatively scheduled for February 10th
Upcoming participation opportunities
•Comments to agenda@bozeman.net
•Attend Planning Board meetings (Dec 3rd & 17th)
•Multi-media outreach approach
•Spread the word about the Plan and
encourage signing up online for updates
www.bozeman.net/communityplan