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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPCC Planners recommendations from jurisdictions 1 SUMMARY OF SUGGESTIONS FROM JURISDICTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PCC PLANNERS REVIEW FEBRUARY 26, 2020 PAGE COMMENT / SUGGESTED EDIT PCC DISCUSSIONS JURISDICTION CONCERNS PCC PLANNERS RECOMMENDATION 9 Suggested to add a bullet point to the list of community efforts “Regular communication between school districts and local governments regarding school siting and growth patterns.” Discussion with school district touched on this with MOU tool (p. 20) – Focuses on communication which is good, different communities have different school structures for long-range planning and this allows for differences Bozeman Planning Board add additional discussion regarding communication between the participating governments and school districts. YES – Add this 11 Suggested to add a bullet to 3.2 Guiding Values “Resilience and Sustainability” PCC discussions included sustainability and there were public comments on sustainability and climate but they decided not to include this language previously. Elements of the plan support these values and so it may make sense to include them. Bozeman Commission Resilience (ability to recover from negative shocks like economic downturns or a flood) ties to 4.14 and 4.10 and there are many of the existing policies that support lower impact development trends such as 4.2.3, 4.6.1, 4.8.6, and 4.12. Therefore, this seems to be recognizing a value already embedded in the plan text. PCC further discussion 11 Suggested to list the bulleted items in 3.2 in alphabetical order since there isn’t an intended ranked order. Bozeman Commission Rather than give the impression that one value is prioritized over another a simple alphabetical list is an orderly way to present the statement of values. YES – Alphabetize this 2 13 & 30 Suggested to expand discussion of future agricultural operations of different scales and crops to more explicitly reference small scale and local agricultural as well as production agriculture as referenced on page 30. Related policies are 4.2.4 and 4.2.5. p. 13 talks about future ag and different scales, crops etc. The Bozeman Planning Board noted the rising trend of specialty agriculture that often occurs on smaller tracts. They considered this of sufficient importance to be explicitly included in the existing discussion of agriculture. Focus on the definition - Remove zoning definition on P30 – adjust to keep more open ended – does not limit scale – comment noted has been considered 14 Suggested to revise paragraph to read “The policies of this plan will need to balance the needs of constructing additional dwelling units at affordable prices across all spectrum of the housing continuum, while doing so in a way that avoids and or mitigate impacts from this additional residential development and encourages land use patterns that do not contribute to sprawl, increased infrastructure service costs, emergency service liabilities, and premature conversion of agricultural land and open space.” Diversity of housing options was discussed and included in the plan – not to this specificity Bozeman Commission The edit clarifies that all of the desired positive outcomes listed in the paragraph are applicable to all housing, not only a subset of housing based on price. YES – Edit this 16-17 Revise 3.3 Water and Sewer The existence and development of public and private water and sewer infrastructure will be are a driving force in future development patterns. Not only will water and sewer services direct where public and commercial developments are located, but will likely drive housing density. The cost of extending water and sewer services is an important factor in deciding where and how far these services are extended. Those cost factors should also drive hook-ups at higher densities, in Bozeman Dept. of Public Works and City Manager Discussion: Minor change in sentence tense in the first sentence for clarity. Infrastructure availability is making a difference today, not just in the future. Second paragraph, insert a clear description of how the plan encourages provision of water and sewer to occur rather than in a haphazard or chaotic manner to avoid causing near and long term YES - Edit this for more precise language 3 order to maximize the efficient use of taxpayer dollars. In addition, overstretching these services through rapid expansion without the consideration of long term maintenance liabilities is something this plan seeks to address and discourage. There are numerous concerns in the Triangle that drive the goal of increasing the number of households, businesses, and public institutions serviced by public water and sewer systems. The goals and policies of the plan encourage providing infrastructure in an orderly, well-planned, and coordinated manner that supports compact and contiguous development patterns, and minimizes the installation of new septic systems and wells for environmental health reasons. costs/damages and confusion. 20 Suggested to add new policy 4.2.7 to read “Protect existing agricultural land by encouraging new thinking and practices that support compatible and appropriate agricultural activities in the triangle.” p. 12 talks about future ag and different scales, crops etc. – policy 4.2.1 is close It is difficult to determine what is new thinking and appropriate and who decides that Bozeman Commission Changing economic, land development, and social circumstance provide opportunities to support creativity. As we have seen new kinds of business opportunities in other economic sectors there may be new approaches in agriculture. PCC discuss and consider : Is there value to adding LAND in 4.2.1? Not recommended as suggested. 21 revise Policy 4.5.1 “Explore the use of Memorandums of Understanding with school districts as a tool to coordinate on school Discussion with school district touched on this with MOU tool (p. 20) - The Bozeman Planning Board noted the influence that school locations have on YES, edit is good addition 4 siting, infrastructure requirements, and capital improvements, including but not limited to complete streets, bike paths, sidewalks, and trails. adjacent residential development desirability and effects on transportation. Where the school is located strongly affects the items already listed in the policy. 21 Suggested insert new policies 4.4.4 and 4.4.5 with subsequent items renumbered appropriately: 4.4.4. Participate in one another’s affordable housing planning needs assessment and action planning processes. (There was some discussion of whether to include this under the future communication items on page 9 but motioner preferred it be listed as a policy). 4-1 4.4.5 Evaluate current land holdings of each partner to determine if land can be used for affordable housing projects or employee housing, and encourage area institutional land holders to do so as well. PCC discussions circled affordability but did not do a deep dive into the topic Possible future needs assessment for County? 4.4.5 is too big of leap where we are now This is more of an action item then a broader policy Bozeman Commission : As the valley develops, economic and housing activities create ever more interconnections between communities. No one community is independent of the others. Participating in joint research and planning on housing enables those interconnections to be considered in identifying best available practices and opportunities to address documented needs as each local government creates and enacts their policies. PCC discussion to consider 4.4.4 or add to future communication on pg 9? Definitions Housing Needs Assessment: typically involves compilation and evaluation of specific demographic data, economic characteristics and trends, current housing inventory and characteristics, government policies and incentives, and the adequacy and availability of selected community services, as well as collecting the input of area stakeholders and residents. The assessment concludes with quantifying the number of housing units needed in the market by tenure (rentals vs. for-sale), price point, bedroom type and market segment (e.g. 5 families, seniors, disabled, young professionals, etc.). Housing Action Plan: outlines a partnership framework to address community housing in the next five (or other timeline) years. The Plan presents a set of actions that address a range of community housing needs. The plan addresses identified community housing needs and to the creation of a lasting framework for implementation that will evolve as the community and its housing needs continue to evolve. The partnership framework for accelerating community housing is based on the recognition that no one entity can solve the local housing challenges. 21 Section 4.4 – Housing Goal: Address anticipated housing needs by providing accommodating a range of housing options at different price points. Policy 4.4.1 Residential zoning should provide allow for a variety of housing See above comment Gallatin County The County doesn’t “provide” housing, so a more accurate term should be used in the goal and policy language. The County doesn’t regulate YES, good clarification 6 types and price points. price point of housing through zoning, but we can/do allow for a variety of housing types in many of our zoning districts. 21 Suggested to revise policy 4.4.2 “Consider mechanisms that support the creation of operationally efficient affordable housing units.” Elements of connectivity, transportation and maximizing water and sewer hooks ups are included in other parts of the plan. Bozeman Commission Affordable housing is about the long-term cost of occupying and owning homes as well as the initial sale price. Coordination with housing and other included policies on transportation, water, and sewer can result in cost savings to both the original construction and the owner over the long term. Yes - Suggested to revise policy 4.4.2 “Consider mechanisms that support the creation of affordable housing units, that consider both the initial purchase price of the home and the long-term costs (e.g. transportation, utilities, maintenance, etc.).” 22 Suggested to revise Section 4.7 Goal: “Provide an efficient multimodal transportation system for all users.” Policy 4.7.5 includes plan for multimodal transportation facilities… Consistent with our policies Bozeman Commission There are many policies under 4.7 that refer to a wide variety of transportation users. This edit provides an early and clear statement summarizing the interests of all types of transportation users. See for example policies 4.7.8, 4.7.16, 4.4.17, and 4.7.19. Yes - Suggestion Section 4.7 Goal: “Provide an efficient transportation system for all users and modes.” 4.7.16 add Provide a network of connected streets that accommodates bicycles, pedestrians, as well as vehicles, as the area continues to develop. 24 Suggested to revise Policy 4.7.22 “Encourage public transportation ridership through the provision of facilities that improve efficiency, comfort, and ease of use of the public The Bozeman Planning Board noted that efficiency such as shorter travel times and lower costs as important in YES – Add this, good addition 7 transportation system (e.g. bus shelters, system maps, and route timetables provided at bus stops). helping encourage ridership and enabling increased service levels. 24 Section 4.8 – Water and Sewer Policy 4.8.7 Support regular communication between municipal and other existing or proposed utility service providers districts (i.e. e.g.RAE and Four Corners Water and Sewer) to coordinate infrastructure efficiency, maintenance, and expansion. County Commission The policy language as written was too specific. It should address communication with the existing providers that we are aware of as well as any new providers we don’t yet know about. This change seems to strengthen the policy. YES – Add this, good clarification and generalize 24 Revise Section 4.8 Goal to read: “Provide for the safe, orderly, and efficient delivery of drinking water and collection/treatment of sewage in the Triangle Planning area.” Bozeman Dept. of Public Works and City Manager Discussion: The idea of orderliness is a necessary companion to safe and efficient provision of services; and treatment inherently requires the collection of sewage first so this edit makes the relationship explicit. The policies under this goal all assume there to be benefits from a reasonably orderly approach. See as an example 4.8.4. Therefore, it seems appropriate to include orderliness directly into the goal for clarity. YES – Add this, good addition 24 Add new Policy 4.8.1 and renumber following policies accordingly. To read: “Support orderly and well-planned water and wastewater infrastructure pursuant to coordinated and Similar to 4.8.7 make this policy 4.8.2 Bozeman Dept. of Public Works and City Manager Discussion: A facility plan looks in detail at the existing YES – Add this, reflects the intent of this section, good addition 8 adopted facility plans.” conditions and future needs of a water or wastewater service. The planning process supports a rational examination of needs and coordination with other entities as and when it is appropriate. These actions support the “safe, orderly, and efficient delivery” of any provided service as encouraged in Goal 4.8. 27 Suggested to insert a new policy 4.11.3 under goal one with subsequent policies renumbered. 4.11.3 Support water conservation initiatives. Note: 4.11.3 is under water quality not quantity – the goal is Conserve, protect and manage water quantity Can we add the word conservation 4.11.2? water management strategies including conservation … Bozeman Commission The first goal under 4.11 specifically mentions conservation but it is not explicitly included in the following implementation policies. As total available water is a key limit on the ability to have additional development in the Triangle water conservation supports all other goals encouraging additional development in the Triangle. Adding conservation makes sense – yes but would rather the following edit Suggested: Can we add the word conservation 4.11.2? water management strategies including conservation, groundwater recharge … 28 Suggested to revise policy 4.12.3 to read “Avoid impacts to wetlands and, encourage mitigation, as required from the Army Corps of Engineers, to be done within the Gallatin Watershed when wetland disturbance is unavoidable, encourage mitigation efforts that take place within the Gallatin Watershed. The ACE was identified for identifying what level of impact, Agriculture was concerned about who decides impacts Bozeman Commission Believed to be more clearly worded. Army Corps of Engineers retains all applicable authority over wetland review and mitigation established in federal law whether listed directly or not. YES - Good to be broad – good edit 9 28 Suggested to replace Section 4.14 Goal: Continue efforts to inform residents about hazards and reduce impact associated with those hazards. Support climate resiliency strategies and reduce climate hazards. PCC discussions identified hazard plan as appropriate for more details Hazard plan includes climate Climate change and impacts resulting from it may create or amplify hazards. NO – Keep the focus on hazards and not climate - driven events. Climate included in hazard plan. 10 Planning Board (City Commission reviewed and did not change these) 1) Suggested to add additional discussion regarding communication between the participating governments and school districts. This includes: Page 9 – Suggested to add a bullet point to the list of community efforts “Regular communication between school districts and local governments regarding school siting and growth patterns.” and, Page 21 – Suggested to revise Policy 4.5.1 “Explore the use of Memorandums of Understanding with school districts as a tool to coordinate on school siting, infrastructure requirements, and capital improvements, including but not limited to complete streets, bike paths, sidewalks, and trails. Discussion: The Planning Board noted the influence that school locations have on adjacent residential development desirability and effects on transportation. Where the school is located strongly affects the items already listed in the policy. 2) Page 13 - Suggested to expand discussion of future agricultural operations of different scales and crops to more explicitly reference small scale and local agricultural as well as production agriculture as referenced on page 30. Related policies are 4.2.4 and 4.2.5. Discussion: The Planning Board noted the rising trend of specialty agriculture that often occurs on smaller tracts. They considered this of sufficient importance to be explicitly included in the existing discussion of agriculture. 3) Page 24 - Suggested to revise Policy 4.7.22 “Encourage public transportation ridership through the provision of facilities that improvement efficiency, comfort, and ease of use of the public transportation system (e.g. bus shelters, system maps, and route timetables provided at bus stops). Discussion: The Planning Board noted that efficiency such as shorter travel times and lower costs as important in helping encourage ridership and enabling increased service levels. City Commission - vote on each motion is listed at the end of each item A) Page 11 - Suggested to add a bullet to 3.2 Guiding Values “Resilience and Sustainability” 5-0 Discussion: Resilience (ability to recover from negative shocks like economic downturns or a flood) ties to 4.14 and 4.10 and there are many of the existing policies that support lower impact development trends such as 4.2.3, 4.6.1, 4.8.6, and 4.12. Therefore, this seems to be recognizing a value already embedded in the plan text. B) Page 11 - Suggested to list the bulleted items in 3.2 in alphabetical order since there isn’t an intended ranked order. 5-0 Discussion: Rather than give the impression that one value is prioritized over another a simple alphabetical list is an orderly way to present the statement of values. C) Page 14 - Suggested to revise paragraph to read “The policies of this plan will need to balance the needs of constructing additional dwelling units at affordable prices across all spectrum of the housing continuum, while doing so in a way that avoids and or mitigate impacts from this additional residential development and encourages land use patterns that do not contribute to sprawl, increased infrastructure service costs, emergency service liabilities, and premature conversion of agricultural land and open space.” 5-0 Discussion: The edit clarifies that all of the desired positive outcomes listed in the paragraph are applicable to all housing, not only a subset of housing based on price. D) Page 21 - Suggested insert new policies 4.4.4 and 4.4.5 with subsequent items renumbered appropriately: 4.4.4. Participate in one another’s affordable housing planning needs assessment and action planning processes. (There was some discussion of whether to include this under the future communication items on page 9 but motioner preferred it be listed as a policy). 4-1 4.4.5 Evaluate current land holdings of each partner to determine if land can be used for affordable housing projects or employee housing, and encourage 11 area institutional land holders to do so as well. 3-2 Discussion: As the valley develops, economic and housing activities create ever more interconnections between communities. No one community is independent of the others. Participating in joint research and planning on housing enables those interconnections to be considered in identifying best available practices and opportunities to address documented needs as each local government creates and enacts their policies. E) Page 20 – Suggested to add new policy 4.2.7 to read “Protect existing agricultural land by encouraging new thinking and practices that support compatible and appropriate agricultural activities in the triangle.” 4-1 Discussion: Changing economic, land development, and social circumstance provide opportunities to support creativity. As we have seen new kinds of business opportunities in other economic sectors there may be new approaches in agriculture. F) Page 21 - Suggested to revise policy 4.4.2 “Consider mechanisms that support the creation of operationally efficient affordable housing units.” 5-0 Discussion: Affordable housing is about the long term cost of occupying and owning homes as well as the initial sale price. Coordination with housing and other included policies on transportation, water, and sewer can result in cost savings to both the original construction and the owner over the long term. G) Page 22 – Suggested to revise Section 4.7 Goal: “Provide an efficient multimodal transportation system for all users.” 5-0 Discussion: There are many policies under 4.7 that refer to a wide variety of transportation users. This edit provides an early and clear statement summarizing the interests of all types of transportation users. See for example policies 4.7.8, 4.7.16, 4.4.17, and 4.7.19. H) Page 27 – Suggested to insert a new policy 4.11.3 under goal one with subsequent policies renumbered. 4.11.3 Support water conservation initiatives. 4-1 Discussion: The first goal under 4.11 specifically mentions conservation but it is not explicitly included in the following implementation policies. As total available water is a key limit on the ability to have additional development in the Triangle water conservation supports all other goals encouraging additional development in the Triangle. I) Page 28 – Suggested to revise policy 4.12.3 to read “Avoid impacts to wetlands and, encourage mitigation, as required from the Army Corps of Engineers, to be done within the Gallatin Watershed when wetland disturbance is unavoidable, encourage mitigation efforts that take place within the Gallatin Watershed. 5-0 Discussion: Believed to be more clearly worded. Army Corps of Engineers retains all applicable authority over wetland review and mitigation established in federal law whether listed directly or not. J) Page 28 – Suggested to replace Section 4.14 Goal: Continue efforts to inform residents about hazards and reduce impact associated with those hazards. Support climate resiliency strategies and reduce climate hazards. 3-2 Discussion: Climate change and impacts resulting from it may create or amplify hazards. Gallatin County Change #1 Section 4.4 – Housing Goal: Address anticipated housing needs by providing accommodating a range of housing options at different price points. Policy 4.4.1 Residential zoning should provide allow for a variety of housing types and price points. Discussion: The County doesn’t “provide” housing, so a more accurate term should be used in the goal and policy language. The County doesn’t regulate price point of housing through zoning, but we can/do allow for a variety of housing types in many of our zoning districts. Change #2 12 Section 4.8 – Water and Sewer Policy 4.8.7 Support regular communication between municipal and other existing or proposed utility service providers districts (i.e. e.g.RAE and Four Corners Water and Sewer) to coordinate infrastructure efficiency, maintenance, and expansion. Discussion: The policy language as written was too specific. It should address communication with the existing providers that we are aware of as well as any new providers we don’t yet know about. This change seems to strengthen the policy.