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HomeMy WebLinkAboutConsolidated Individual Board Proposed Edits 3-17-2020 draft Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 1 of 36 Planning Board meeting May 19, 2020 distribution The edits consolidated in this list were suggested by individual Board members and staff. The first table is organized by page where a specific edit was suggested. Edits which were grammar, typos, or clarifications that did not alter meaning are already completed. Highlights in edits were in the originally submitted edit. First and last initial identify which Planning Board member suggested an edit. Some edits were large enough that they don’t fit well in this table structure. Those are presented at the end of Table 1 as text blocks and cross referenced in the table so that they appear in order for consideration. The 2nd table is a grouped set of more overarching concepts for discussion that were proposed by individual members that don’t neatly fit onto a single page location. Table 1 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed Cover 2019 2020 Community Plan. There’s an issue with the cover photo that causes it to print incorrectly on Apple computers. ME Title will be revised. There was a prior growth policy called the Bozeman 2020 plan. A different name is desirable to avoid confusion. Edit made Discuss alternate name Page III Add Individual Themes to Table of Contents ME Edit made Add appendices to table of contents Staff Discuss Page 1: Replace introductory text per submitted comment. See page 26 of this document for text. HH Discuss I would not use the 00 on this page. I recommend just using the word Introduction (to be consistent with the table of contents). CK Revise table of contents – Edit made Paragraph 2—I would add something about our airport…isn’t it the busiest in Montana? CK It is. Is this important enough for the introduction to the plan as a whole or would if fit better in Theme 4 introduction? Discuss In general, I do not feel we have enough pictures or graphs or sidebars in this document to break up the text and clarify things. So, I would put a great picture on CK Suggest placing image on the facing page to allow a larger image Make recommendation to Commission for additional images Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 2 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed the top of this page (instead of the 00) and that will necessitate putting some text on page 2 and so I would add a graphic of some sort or another picture at the bottom of page 2. We could even graphically depict population growth in Bozeman since 1990? and keep introduction consolidated. Suggest addition of appropriate images after City Commission has finalized text so images are relevant and helpful with final textl. prior to final publication “recreational center that attracts hundreds of thousands annually.” (The region attracts millions (literally) of visitors annually. We rent 600,000 hotel rooms per year.) ME Edit made Replace Gallatin County population growth chart with Bozeman growth chart. ME Consider utility of the chart at all, Appendix C and D have the population details Discuss to delete, modify, or keep chart as is. Page 3: First paragraph. “…Basics, Themes, Land Use Map Implementation, Amendments + Review, … “ I would take out the word “and” after Implementation and make the Amendments + Review consistent with the table of contents. CK Suggested alternate wording. “The Plan is organized into five main sections: Basics, Themes, Land Use Map, Implementation, and Amendments + Review. Appendices provide additional details.” Edit made Revise to read: 01 BASICS outlines the organization of the plan, describes the Planning Area and the Planning Period, provides an overview of the public outreach process, summarizes existing conditions, and describes the relationship of the Plan to other City planning documents. Finally, the Plan describes the basic planning principles employed in developing the Plan. Recommendations are discussed within the context of the issues most important to Bozeman citizens. HH Discuss Revise to read: 02 THEMES set forth community desired outcomes and the Plan goals and objectives to achieve these outcomes. The Themes include framework HH Discuss Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 3 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed maps that show key opportunity areas related to each Theme. Revise to read: 05 AMENDMENTS + REVIEW contains information concerning amendment of the Plan, and the principles involved in the City’s subdivision and zoning review processes. HH Discuss Page 4: Simplify description of Appendix A to single paragraphs like others HH There is an entire appendix describing the outreach. Does the detail here really benefit the reader once the plan is adopted? Discuss Appendix C details the history of the City of Bozeman, along with highlights a description of existing conditions. and the direction it’s trending. Statistics and text in this section are taken directly from the 2018 Demographic and Real Estate Market Assessment prepared by Economic and Planning Systems (EPS report). Demographic information highlights the existing population’s total count, income, and age, as well as housing, employment, and commercial and industrial statistics. HH Discuss Page 5: Planning Area, first sentence. Remove comma after Bozeman’s Planning Area. HH Edit Made Planning Area, 2nd sentence. … two-mile area around, but outside, the City.. HH Edit Made First paragraph, last sentence. This is picky but I would break up the last sentence by putting a period after “where City services are available. Thoughtful development in the Planning Area is guided…” CK Edit made The use of hypens, en dash and em dashes is somewhat inconsistent throughout the document. E.g. “20 years- until 2040” should be “20 years—until 2040.” ME Edit made Planning Time Horizon, 2nd sentence. The future land use map and other elements (i.e. plans for water, sewer, transportation, and parks) look further HH Edit made Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 4 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed into the future to envision development that are a long-term future that is not predicted to occur over any particular timeframe. Pubic Outreach, 1st sentence. Developing Bozeman’s Community Plan involved a lengthy public outreach period. and the The Planning Board and City Commission provided guidance throughout the process. HH Edit made Public Outreach, 4th sentence Events were advertised through print media, and social media, as well as… Edit made Map should show other complimentary planning areas (Belgrade, etc.) for context, like the map on page 35 ME Could duplicate map on page 35 here. Increasing amount shown on existing map will either be too small to read or will restructure the page. Purpose of map is different than page 35 map. Discuss purpose of the map and how to set overall context for the plan. Under public outreach, (per Jerry’s requests) can we indicate the approximate number of participants at each stage, if known? ME This information will be added to Appendix A when the adoption process is completed. Page 6: Employment, 2nd sentence Gallatin County has experienced an employment growth rate of over four percent per year since 2010 - adding 12,000 jobs. HH Edit made Employment, last sentence. I don’t believe you should ever start a sentence with a number and if you need to you should always spell it out. So, I would spell out “Eighty percent…” This happens also in the second column (under Housing) second paragraph “Fifty- five percent of renters in Bozeman…” Next paragraph: “Forty-one percent of homes in Bozeman are single-detached,…” And in the last paragraph…”Seventy percent of Bozeman commuters drive alone…” CK Edits made Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 5 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed Housing, new 1st sentence. “Figures in this section are from the 2019 Housing Need Study performed after the EPS report was completed.” Staff Edit made Page 7: Growth – last paragraph, move first sentence to end so order of reference matches order in document HH Edit made Comparison to Other Cities—I feel like we should name these cities right up front and state at least briefly that we feel these are comparable to Bozeman in some way and therefore were chosen. It just sounds like we picked these cities out of the air and we don’t even know what cities we are talking about until we see the chart on the next page. Or we could just put a reference to the chart? CK Revise 1st sentence to read “As shown in the table on Page 8, compared to five other communities around the west …” Edit made Comparison to Other Cities Consider consolidating language in these paragraphs and remove language on explanation of differences. HH Discuss Since we have room on the page, should we state our reasons for choosing these particular communities thereby making the comparisons more relevant? CK See also ME comment on page 8 related to the same issue. Discussion of purpose and value of the comparison should be revisited. Clearly identify the purpose of the comparison prior to insertion in text or decide to remove. Also, I thought we were going to number the charts, graphs, figures, for easy reference? CK Edit made I think the second sentence should be broken into two sentences and the word “more” added to the second sentence. “Each of the communities employment sectors were focused on education services, health care, and social assistance jobs. The main difference between the Montana and Colorado communities was that in Montana, a larger percentage of jobs were in the retail field and in CK Edit made Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 6 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed Colorado there were more jobs under the professional…” Also, in the second sentence of this section “The percent of housing developments with 10 or more units…) Is it assumed that these are ATTACHED units without us having to make that clear? CK It is assumed but easy to clarify. Edit made Page 8: Benchmarking Tables: During discussion on 12/3/19 we discussed a benchmarking table with data pertaining to affordability, density, and growth. I suggest removing Median age (not particularly pertinent to a land use plan, in my opinion) and the breakout of housing stock (this would be more appropriate in our housing plan). Please add Median Housing Price, Population Density, and recent growth rates. Compared with our peer cities, our housing is expensive, our density is low, and our growth rate is high. ME Reconsider inclusion of comparator cities, what this comparison is supposed to provide to the reader in understanding Bozeman’s intended future is not clear. Data will be out of date before it can be published and there is no mechanism to keep current in the document short of a regular plan amendment which is time consuming for questionable value. Discussion of purpose and value of the comparison should be revisited. Clearly identify the purpose of the comparison prior to insertion in text or decide to remove. Page 9: 1st paragraph, sentence 4. This Vision Statement focuses on balanced growth, high quality planning and design, strategic infrastructure choices, and districts, and neighborhood centers. HH Edit made 1st paragraph, sentence 6. The six Themes in this Plan further the goals of the Strategic Plan (see table at right below). HH Edit made New 2nd paragraph from 1st paragraph, last sentence. The Themes in this plan and have been carried through from prior plans, demonstrating a level of consistency in community values over time. HH Edit made Revise Strategic Plan chart to add vision statement text to first line - “We consistently improve our community's quality of life as it grows and changes, HH Prior Board discussion was to avoid the term “Bozeman feel”. Is there an alternate way Discuss Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 7 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed honoring our sense of place and the "Bozeman feel" as we plan for a livable, affordable, more connected city.” and renumber individual rows as Goals. to make the link to the strategic plan. Revise Strategic Plan chart to move column for Future Land Use Map to far right position. Add dots in Economy column and rows 4.2 and 4.3. HH Discuss Page 10: Bullet 7, second sentence doesn’t seem to add much…am I missing something? It seems like this is pretty obvious and is covered in the next bullet? I would delete it. CK Bullets 7 and 8 address different subjects. Bullet 7 addresses design philosophy to look beyond the individual site and to the well-being of the city as a whole. Bullet 8 is targeted to issues of City resources. Could break out 2nd sentence of 7 as own bullet and reword. Discuss Bullet 7 – The City Bozeman intends to create a resilient and sustainable community by incorporating a holistic approach to the design, construction, and operation of buildings, neighborhoods, and the City as a whole. Further, Developments should be integrated into their neighborhood and the larger community. HH Coordinate with prior comment. Discuss Remove bullet 5 to remove duplication with bullets 2 and 9. HH Discuss Consider centering the block image on the page Staff Page 11: City’s Role, 3rd sentence The City provides the foundation of these goals foundational work by providing infrastructure, public services, and implementing design standards to shape the fabric of the community. HH Edit made It has also led to growing pains—higher housing costs and increased traffic to name two a few. The City’s response to HH Edit made Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 8 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed this is to pursue policies that mitigate these growing pains. These policies are described above and throughout this Plan. Second column under Housing Affordability, fourth sentence. “The sale price of homes have has more than fully recovered from the 2008 recession for all housing types.” CK Edit made Housing Affordability, 1st paragraph – Housing affordability is a critical issue for the community and has been an ongoing concern since it was identified as an issue in the 1972 community master plan. The positive attributes that make Bozeman a desirable place to live include job growth, increased university enrollments, and geographic location. These attributes have also contributed to ever increasing housing demand. The sale price of homes have more than fully recovered for all housing types. The median sale price of homes, including single-households, townhomes and condominiums, has increased 75% since 2012. This is an average increase of almost 10% per year. HH Discuss Bozeman has taken the issue of housing seriously. and It developed a the housing needs assessment in 2019, hired a housing coordinator, and released the Community Housing Action Plan (CHAP) in October 2019. The CHAP was updated in April 2020. The CHAP Housing Action Plan objectives include the following: i.) ensuring community housing serves the full range of incomes without losing sight of safety net programs for extremely low income and homeless families; ii.) producing community housing at a rate that exceeds or at least matches job growth; and iii.) striving to produce community housing at a rate that matches the spectrum of community housing needs. The CHAP Housing Plan identifies 19 priority action strategies to be evaluated and, where appropriate, utilized over the next five years in an effort to HH Staff Community Housing is the term used consistently in the CHAP and therefore should be properly used in this document as well. Edit made Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 9 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed accomplish the objectives. Because affordable housing, including affordability, is the subject of the detailed CHAP Housing Action Plan, this Plan does not address affordable housing affordability issues in detail. Housing Affordability – suggest moving paragraph from page 12 to 2nd paragraph under Housing Affordability on page 11. HH Discuss Page 12: second paragraph, second sentence. “This figure includes housing for employees, units needed…, provides housing choice,“ I don’t think this phrase fits here or makes sense? and it is addressed in the last paragraph anyway. CK This description was taken from the housing plan. Discuss In the last paragraph (and in the entire document) consider changing the word “citizens” to “residents”. I had a conversation with Buck Taylor of Community Health Partners about this not long ago that the use of the word citizen leaves out many people in our community that live here but don’t happen to be citizens of this country. Just a thought…you could do a search for the word throughout the document and change the ones where you really mean residents and not necessarily citizens. I am pretty sure that would be all of them. CK Dictionary definitions: Citizen – an inhabitant of a city or town. Resident – one who resides in a place. (Merriam-Webster) Discuss Page 13: Introduction - Six Themes describe the community-derived desired outcomes. The Themes contain objectives and actions to guide the City towards its vision., Application of the Themes evolve as the City grows, and allow the City to incorporate new objectives as needed. HH Staff Edit made Page 14: Importance, 2nd paragraph, 1st sentence: I would suggest changing this “There is strong public support for development and maintenance of old and new neighborhoods; these areas are sometimes defined as “complete CK Proposed edit reads more clearly and maintains same essential meaning. Edit made Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 10 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed communities”. I don’t think that sentence makes sense nor does the first part of the sentence relate to “complete communities”. I would suggest taking out the first sentence and just starting the paragraph like this: “Neighborhoods or communities that offer a mix of housing, needed services, and opportunities within close proximity of each other are considered “complete communities”. Importance, 2nd paragraph, 3rd sentence “The idea is to They promote walking…” HH Edit made Page 16: Add Theme number and name prior the Goals, Objectives, and Actions. Ex. “Theme 1: Neighborhood Goals, Objectives and Actions.” Repeat for each theme. Staff I am not sure why these goals and objectives are tabbed over but if we have room along the left edge of the page, I would add some photos to depict what we are talking about with the adjacent policy statements. I have some pics that would fit here if you would like for me to send them to you? i.e., Humble Homes, Valley West showing trail connections in neighborhood, ADUs, etc. But I am sure you have some too. Is there a reason why there are so few pictures? Maybe you are going to add them later and this is just about text? CK Intent at this time is to establish the text. Appropriate photos can be selected to support the finalized text. Anyone wishing to provide photos can send them to Tom or Chris. No change at this time. Will occur in final draft after Commission action. N-1.2 Review Consider increasing required minimum densities in residential districts. HH Staff thinks Review is a more active verb to carry out an evaluation rather than just think about doing so. Discuss “Goal N-2: Pursue simultaneous emergence of commercial nodes and residential development through diverse mechanisms in appropriate locations.” Implementing objectives N-2.1 and N-2.2 say what is appropriate. HH Staff agrees objectives N-2.1 and N-2.2 give guidance as to what is appropriate. Keeping the text is consistent with the following edit and setting the expectation not Discuss Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 11 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed everywhere is appropriate. Goal N-2, phrased oddly and means nothing to a lay-person. RR Result of Board discussion. Alternative wording can be considered. Discuss N-2.4 “Evaluate design standards. Encourage development in appropriate districts of buildings that are Buildings are to be capable of serving an initial residential purpose and be readily converted to commercial uses…” Need to be clear that this describes REMU, B-1, etc. not residential areas ME HH Discuss Consider adding an objective under Goal N-2 N-2.5 Ensure that new development includes opportunities for urban agriculture, including rooftop and home gardens, community gardens, and urban farms, where appropriate. CK JM Discuss Page 17: N-3.2 can we just say “Establish standards…” Aren’t we all agreed we need more diverse housing types? CK The focus in the text is on an area by area evaluation. If the desire is to revise the objective to be universally applicable a text change is appropriate. If the intent is to force a certain mix that wording is different. Discuss Goals 3.6 and 3.7 are passive, I believe we should use stronger language. Rephrase ex. "require" instead of "incentivize" RR There are state law limits on how much cities can control covenants. 76-2-302, MCA Discuss N-4.1 is very vague, what are these civic actions, how do you measure them to show progress? RR Civic action is action by municipal government or community NGOs. Discuss N-4.2 I don’t think this is very clear as to what someone would do to comply with this policy statement…? Not really sure how I would change this because I am not CK It is open ended as the nature of the outcome is variable by location Comma added, discuss the rest Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 12 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed positive what it is getting at. And…there needs to be a comma after “structure” and character of the area. Page 19: Can we add the Cannery District to this map? CK Cannery is an individual development. The map shows more broadly identified areas. The City can have as many on the map as desired and maintain readability. Discuss Areas of Activity Map: Missing: Cannery District, Misco Mill District. Unclear: what’s the Story Mill District (the defunct Stockyard Café?)? What businesses characterize the Fowler District or Cottonwood District? Is the Midtown District appropriately located? These areas aren’t necessarily oval shaped. ME See above. There is no Misco Mill district, it is an individual building. There is a generic reference to the NE neighborhood but even that doesn’t have defined edges. Not all districts are focused on businesses. No districts are physical ovals but there is no method to define exact edges. The ovals provide a generalized location without bogging down on exact edges. Discuss Page 20: DCD-1.6 Consider replacing “Evaluate parking requirements and methods of providing parking…” with “Evaluate parking management strategies such as improved user information, pricing, expanded pick-up and drop-off zones, enhanced transit, bicycle and pedestrian access, and other methods of reducing parking as a part of the overall transportation system and as a land use, acknowledging that demand for parking will still result in new supply being built.” ME This was discussed several times resulting in the current text. Can revisit again. Discuss Suggest moving Goal 1 and associated objectives to the bottom of page 21. Renumber as needed. HH Does not change meaning, puts supporting urban Edit made Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 13 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed development within the City first in order 2.5, 2.6, and 2.10 could easily be combined into 1 goal RR Discuss DCD-2.10 Collaborate with the Montana State University School of Architecture to develop educational materials and opportunities for local architects and citizens on how to do quality urban design for infill and greenfield sites. HH Discuss Page 21: “DCD-2.13 Pursue annexations consistent with the future land use map and adopted facility plans at urban intensity.” Should the highlighted area be moved to its own objective? HH Discuss DCD-2.15 Pursue acquisition and development of a diverse portfolio of water sources and resources. HH Staff believes the original wording is more precise and accurate. Discuss Goal DCD-3: Encourage growth throughout the City, while increasing a pattern of community development oriented on centers of employment and activity. Support a gradual increase in intensity density within developed areas. HH Density is a word understood in many different ways by different people. Staff considers “intensity” as descriptive to the meaning of a greater amount of development units per area unit but subject to fewer interpretations. Discuss 3.1 - What other goals are we talking about? RR Board’s expressed intent are those listed in DCD-3. • Growth throughout rather than in just one area • Increase center oriented development • Gradual increase in intensity in developed areas The word “with” in the sentence could be Discuss Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 14 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed replaced with “through”. DCD-3.2 Support higher density development along main corridors and at high visibility street corners to accommodate population growth and support businesses. HH Discuss 3.2 and 3.3 are speaking to the same issue RR They speak to different means of advancing the issue. 3.2 is incentive oriented and 3.3 addresses compulsory standards Discuss DCD-3.4 Evaluate revisions to maximum building height limits in multi-household, commercial, industrial, and mixed-use zoning districts to account for revised building methods, building code changes, and the effect of incremental height changes on meeting goals of this Plan. HH Staff Discuss DCD-3.6 Evaluate and pursue coordinated improvements and facilities to mitigate development impacts for multiple developments rather than requiring each site to be fully self-supported. Evaluate and pursue joint mitigation of development impacts across multiple developments. HH Discuss DCD-3.7 Encourage convergence of public transit routes and the placement of higher density housing developments along public transit routes. HH Discuss Page 22: Introduction – 2nd paragraph, 2nd sentence. “Responding to climate change, and invasive plants and animals, protecting the health of our water systems and our air quality, and grappling with the impacts of increased human population, are some of our challenges. HH Discuss Page 23: Many of the trails shown on this map are inaccurate. Trails shown should extend beyond city boundaries. ME Trails are from City GIS data. Due to limitation on readability the map does not attempt to Discuss Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 15 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed depict all trails. The direction to the online map is given as the data is constantly being updated. Can update with final draft to catch up with recent changes. Page 24: Consider bolding “complete streets” and other terms that appear in the glossary of terms so that people know that they can look these items up in the glossary. Where is the glossary? CK Appendix F is the glossary. Discuss Move existing goal EPO-1 to follow existing EPO-2. HH Edit made Consider adding “urban farms” to EPO-1.3 EPO-1.3 Inclusion of community gardens and urban farms as part of open spaces outside of watercourses and wetlands in subdivisions is encouraged where there are good soils. CK JM See comment memo from CK and JM Discuss 1.3 - I like the inclusion of community gardens but it has nothing to do with natural features being discussed. Include in a better location RR Discuss EPO-2.1 Coordinate the location of new and future parks to create opportunities for larger and more functional parks. Prioritize quality locations and features in parks over quantity of parks. HH Staff recommends keeping the existing language. Current language addresses parks established with new subdivisions and those which are yet to be created. Discuss EPO-2.5 Work with partner organizations to identify and reduce impacts on at-risk, environmentally sensitive areas that contribute to water quality, wildlife corridors, and or wildlife habitat. HH Discuss EPO section 3 should include a GOA addressing refuse and recycling. RR Discuss EPO-3.1 Ensure complete streets and identify long-term resources for the maintenance of year-round bike and HH Discuss Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 16 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed multiuse paths’ maintenance to improve utilization and reduce annual per capita vehicle miles traveled. Move EPO-3.2 to be the first objective under goal EOP-3 HH Edit made Page 25: 3.6 - Should specifically mention infiltration in place, LID features, green streets, etc. so that it is clear they should be included in code. RR These options are already included in Chapter 38 and 40 of the municipal code and the Engineering Design Standards Discuss EPO-3.8 In coordination with the Sustainability Division, provide public education on energy conservation, and diversified power generation alternatives. HH Edit made EPO-3.9 Integrate climate change considerations into development standards. HH Edit made Goal EPO-4: Promote uses of the natural environment that maintain and improve habitat, water resources quantity, and water quality, while giving due consideration to the impact of these regulations on economic viability. HH Staff considers “resources” as less specific and prefers the existing text. The removal of “these” substantially opens the meaning of the consideration of regulations beyond those under the City’s authority or related to the natural environment. Discuss EPO-4.5 Identify, prioritize, and preserve key wildlife habitat and connectivity corridors. HH Discuss 4.5 would be more appropriate in EPO-1 RR Discuss Page 26: Our City fosters the close proximity of housing, services, and jobs, and desires to provides safe, efficient mobility for pedestrians, cyclists, transit users, and drivers. HH Discuss Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 17 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed Last paragraph, second sentence consider replacing “citizens” with “residents” but again, I am not going to point out each incident…I would suggest doing a word search. CK Match with outcome of discussion on same topic identified above. Discuss Last paragraph, Third sentence: Appropriately designed trails, sidewalks, crossings, and bike lanes, and transit networks help us move around…” CK Edit made Photo. How ‘bout a better photo than a street without bike lanes, sidewalks, or transit service ME Final photos will be set after Commission action. Anyone wishing to provide photos can send them to Tom or Chris. No change at this time. Will occur in final draft after Commission action. Page 27: Accessibility and Mobility Map. The indicated “bicycle facilities” do not reflect current conditions. ME Can update with final draft to catch up with recent changes. No change at this time. Will occur in final draft after Commission action. Map should include transit corridors. ME See page 4 of ME comment for map samples suggested Discuss how many maps for each category are needed. Page 28: M-1.1 Prioritize mixed-use land use patterns. Encourage and enable the development of housing, jobs, and services in close proximity to one another. HH Discuss M 1.3 - I think mode share is a better measure of multimodal travel RR This objective addresses what the design and performance should be for the physical infrastructure. Mode share addresses a different subject. Discuss M-1.4 Develop safe, connected, and complementary transportation networks for pedestrians, bicyclists, and other personal mobility devices (bicycles, e- bikes, electric scooters, powered wheelchairs, etc.). HH Discuss M 1.6 - I believe putting much effort into AV's right now is premature and an RR Autonomous vehicles are one component of Discuss Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 18 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed ineffective use of staff time. I can elaborate on the issues if needed but simply put the technology can't function in this area on the majority of roads due to issues such as unpaved roads, no lane markings, lack of sensors, and insufficient network capacity. the objective. Time commitment should be commensurate with each element of the objectives. M-1.7 Is “trunk network” in the glossary? If so, can we bold it? “connecting high- frequency” high-frequency what? Transit? CK HH Wording needs revision for clarity Discuss Page 29: M 1.12 - Should include consideration for parking maximums and no parking requirements as opposed to just changing minimums. RR Parking maximums are already in the zoning code. Discuss Can we consider adding an objective/action item either here or in the neighborhoods section regarding the City’s Traffic Calming Project? Partnering with Public Works and neighborhoods to determine where traffic calming pilot projects are needed to determine if they would improve safety? CK The program already exists and is outside of the land use arena and into street operations. Board has previously kept focus on land use specific issues where possible. Discuss M-2.1 Work with the Public Works Department, Police Department, and other partners to provide education on safe travel behaviors and rules. HH Edit made 2.5 and 1.4 say/do the same thing. Consider combining RR Discuss Page 30: Theme 5 – Our City benefits from and desires to further an expanding economy that is powered by the talents of its citizens, a dedicated and engaged business community, and strong regional partnerships. HH Discuss Revise the Importance paragraphs. See page 27 of this document for text. HH Discuss Comment: When I look at the chart on page 8 I notice that a major part of our economy is also “Accommodation and Food Service as well as Retail” These are relatively low-paying jobs and people have CK Discuss possible text change Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 19 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed a hard time living here on those wages given our cost of living. I am not sure where this fits in this Theme but this is an important issue in our community. This Importance section makes it seem like we have a bunch of high-paying jobs and everyone is participating in this great “dynamism, diversity, and wealth”. I think that is a bit skewed. But maybe this isn’t the place? Small edit: last paragraph, second to the last sentence, I don’t think outdoor recreations should have an “s”. CK Edit made Page 31: Retitle map HH Discuss Page 32: EE-2.3 Adopt zoning regulations that establish urban farms, including vertical farms, as a conditional [or permitted] use in appropriate locations. Urban farms are compatible with the [insert names (e.g., Commercial, Industrial)] land use designations shown on the Future Land Use Map. Other possible objectives to consider: • Amend [zoning and/or subdivision codes] to encourage [or require] all new housing units [or multifamily housing units] to contain designated yard, rooftop, or other shared space for residents to garden. • Amend [zoning and/or building codes] to encourage [or require] all [or some, such as multifamily residential, commercial, institutional, or public] new construction to incorporate green roofs and edible landscaping, vertical gardens, and encourage the use of existing roof space for community gardening. CK JM Existing standards require open spaces for residential uses. These can be met in many ways including roof decks, balconies, shared built spaces, and private and shared open areas. Need to be clear if this is a new addition or just clarifying use of what is already provided. Use of private land (or roofs) for gardening by the owners and residents is already permitted in all districts. The City cannot modify state adopted building codes. Discuss Page 33: Why is this on a separate page? CK If page 33 is needed for layout purposes additional images can be placed. Edit made Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 20 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed Page 34: Third sentence under Importance— "Conflicting decisions and lack of trust between agencies can create complications and uncertainty, adversely affect our overall public health and safety, and drive up costs. CK Edit made Page 35: Would it be possible to add the Triangle Plan boundaries on this map? CK Yes, however that is not yet adopted by all parties. Likely will be adopted before GP is complete. Suggest waiting to edit map. May also make map harder to read. Discuss Change shading so Bozeman planning area is dark in all areas including overlap with Belgrade Staff Correct prior to next public draft Page 37: RC-3.9 Can we include schools in this list? They appear in the Triangle Plan. CK Since RC-3 is specific to Gallatin County suggest any addition happen in RC-1. Since RC-1.5 is included the school coordination is pulled in. Discuss RC-4.3 Is this supposed to be a stand- alone policy and not connected to the next sentence? If so, I would suggest that we make the next sentence its own policy… CK Yes, this should be its own objective. Edit made RC 4.4 “Update the Unified Development Code (UDC) to:” Or, if not, then add something that is related to human well- being and health to the bulleted points? Does that make sense? CK Yes, match with prior comment Edit made Page 41: Urban Neighborhood description: "Higher density residential areas are encouraged, but not required, …..." If this is truly important we should require it. RR A requirement leads to several questions that need to be answered. 1) what does “higher” density mean in this context. Discuss Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 21 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed 2) how close is proximity Page 44: Under 5. Regional Commercial and Services—fourth sentence, add “to”. Development within this category… pedestrian activity and provide ready- access within and adjacent to development. CK Edit made Swap out Costco photo for Kenyon-Noble on Oak Street or 1001 Oak Street office buildings. Staff Shows broader range of uses in the images and more representative of desired site designs Change photos before next pubic draft. Page 45: Pictures under Industrial. Do we have any other examples that are not in the NE Neighborhood? CK Alternate photos can be taken. Due to change in land use map photos are no longer applicable Change photos before next public draft. 6. Industrial. The Northeast Neighborhood—where all of these photos are taken—is now designated Community Commercial. We need some photos of actual industrial use (e.g. photonics, Kenyon Noble’s yards, etc.). ME See previous comment. Page 46: Correlation with Zoning “Applicable zoning categories…” The “A” is missing. CK Edit made Also, is there a way for us to at least have a chart with the zoning categories abbreviations spelled out with perhaps a brief explanation of them? Or at least where to find them? CK We will add a link to the online municipal code that includes all the district names and descriptions Edit made Also, why is R-S on this chart if it doesn’t correspond to anything? Sorry if that is a stupid question! CK RS is still an existing district but has been barred from use as future amendments to the zoning map. “commemorate and preserve existing RS zoning only.” If it were to be shown it is primarily in the Urban Neighborhood designation. Discuss Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 22 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed Page 49: See proposed revisions to the Importance paragraphs. See page 30 of this document for text. HH Discuss Page 50: See proposed revisions to the Monitoring and Updates introduction paragraphs. See page 30 of this document for text. HH Discuss Short Term Action List, 2nd sentence Many actions are ongoing activities. HH Edit made Consider putting the short-term action list in order by Theme and state that they are not listed in any order of priority. CK Discuss Revise short term action list so all objectives and goals are referred to the same way. Some are in parenthesis at the end of sentence and other are not. Update all references for other edits Staff Edit to be made after remainder of edits. Page 51: A City of Neighborhoods - Housing stock diversity: How are we measuring diversity? RR Measure may depend on purpose and housing type. Intent has been to finalize methods and details after City Commission has accepted the metric. Discuss Consider adding “Pedestrian-oriented street intersections per square mile” to the notes section of Intersection Density as a way to explain this metric (you can also keep what is already there about trails). CK Prior Board discussion directed the shorter listing in the plan with more expansion descriptions as the items are developed and measured. Discuss Under Commute Mode Share…what are we measuring here? What do we want to increase? Walking, biking, transit commute trips? SOV commute trips? CK Prior discussion directed the shorter listing in the plan with more expansion descriptions as the items are developed and measured. Previous discussion was on documenting non- Single Occupant Vehicle trips. Discuss Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 23 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed A City Bolstered by Downtown and Complementary Districts - Development vs Redevelopment: Target is to increase redevelopment but I'm not sure that is the right measure. If redevelopment equates to removing smaller more affordable housing and replacing with larger less affordable housing then this target makes other issues worse and is a failure. How are we reinsuring that redevelopment is equating to increased density or affordability? RR Discuss A City Bolstered by Downtown and Complementary Districts - Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Target is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, how do we expect to measure that? RR This measurement is by the Sustainability Division as part of the Climate Action Plan Discuss A City Bolstered by Downtown and Complementary Districts - Vehicle Miles Traveled: Target is to reduce VMT which is an unattainable and unrealistic goal. We can't continue to grow outward and reduce how far we travel. RR Discuss Page 52: A City that Prioritizes Accessibility and Mobility Choices - Transit Accessibility: Target is to increase % of jobs within a distance of a route. This is outside our control, Streamline’s survey response could be that residents want less routes and increased frequency and with that change we have instantly failed. RR Discuss Under Acres Wholly Surrounded but Unannexed…why did we use the term “reduce” as opposed to “decrease” like all the others? CK Edit made Page 54: See proposed revisions to the Amendment Process introduction paragraphs. See page 31 of this document for text. HH Discuss The following events require a formal review of the plan: 1. Passage of five years since adoption of the Plan by the City Commission. HH Edit made Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 24 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed Five years after the plan is adopted it must be reviewed. Review Triggers, 1st paragraph. 4. Does the Plan meet the current needs of the community? 5. Can this Plan be modified to better serve the needs and desires of the community? HH Discuss Column 1, last sentence. The annual review of those indicators may inspire interest in suggest conducting a review prior to the required five year period. HH Edit made Review Triggers, 2nd column, last two sentences. When updated, the review Any review of the growth policy should consider the triggers presented below. Periodic formal and informal reviews of the implementation policies as well as the growth policies themselves are desirable. HH Edit made See proposed revisions to the Amendment Process paragraphs in attached sheets. HH Discuss Page 55: See proposed revisions to the Amendment Criteria introduction paragraphs. See page 31 of this document for text. 1st column, Move Who May Initiate Amendments up one paragraph before the last paragraph of Amendment Process HH Discuss 1st column, 2nd paragraph. Any proposed changes to either the text or maps contained in the Bozeman Community this Plan must comply with all of the defined criteria shown described below. The burden of proof for the desirability of a proposed amendment and its compliance with the criteria lies with the applicant. Unless all criteria are successfully met by demonstrable facts, an amendment may not be approved. HH Edit made See proposed revisions to the Amendment Criteria paragraphs in attached sheets. HH Edit made Page 56: Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 25 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed Under Agriculture. I would still like to see some way that we can grow food (small, sustainable, urban ag) in the city limits. Just had to say this one more time! 😊😊 CK This discussion is specific to application of the term to the subdivision review process. Subdivisions create lots for a wide range of future uses as allowed by zoning. Agriculture as a business is allowed in two districts at this time. Discuss Page 57: Under Agricultural Water User Facilities, number 1. Third sentence there should be a comma after the word “demonstrated” before the word “provision” CK Edit made Insert reference to MCA ditch maintenance provisions to read: “4. Agricultural Water User Facilities are subject to Section 70-17-112, and Section 85-7-2211 and 85-7-2212, MCA.” Staff State law references address duties and liabilities re ditches and interference with easements. Discuss Under Local Services there is a missing period after the third bullet. CK Edit made Page 58: Under Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat, number 1. Last sentence…do we use the term “Present Rural” anymore? CK That term has been replaced with “No City Services”. Edit made Page 61: Under second column, When Does the City Initiate Zoning Changes…”, second bullet should start “Forty percent...” CK Edit made Page 63: First column under number 2 (a) “Reasonable provision of adequate light and air”, add “d” in and. CK Edit made Page 65: First column under “d”. 4th sentence “Parks and Open Lands” the “o” should be capitalized. CK Edit made Page 66: First column, second sentence. “When evaluating compliance with criteria,” add comma after criteria. CK Edit made Page 67: Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 26 of 36 Edit Origin Staff comment Action Taken/Needed First column under number 1. “The public hearing are is advertised as…” CK Edit made Page 1: The city of Bozeman is set in an expansive valley, surrounded by mountain ranges and intersected by blue ribbon waterways. Over the last 150 years, Bozeman has grown from a small town supported by agriculture to one of the most livable micropolitan areas in United States. Desirable attributes such as immediate access to year-round recreation, high-quality schools, a growing high-tech culture, and thoughtful and forward-thinking city policies have all contributed to strong population growth, high employment and rapid development. Bozeman now has a population of approximately 50,000 people, which is up from 22,660 people in the year 1990. It is the fourth largest city in Montana. Bozeman is home to Montana State University, the largest university in the State with a total enrollment of over 17,000 students. It is a growing regional healthcare hub, serves as the major trading center for much of western Montana, has a sophisticated and growing high-tech industry, and is a renowned summer and winter recreational center that attracts many thousands of visitors annually. Bozeman's high rate of growth and changing economics, the rapid development in surrounding Gallatin County, and state law mandating that community plans be kept up-to-date, all make it necessary for Bozeman to adopt a new community plan. Without guided growth and development, the community’s identity and overall quality of life could be diminished by congestion and pollution. The City has had five community plans dating back to 1958, the most recent being it's 2009 plan. Each plan builds upon the others, reflecting the community’s vision and needs over time. This community plan (the Plan) is a fundamental policy document guiding further growth and community development in Bozeman. It sets forth Bozeman's future growth policy for land-use and development. The purpose of the Plan is to guide the City’s community planning and to evaluate and prioritize the City’s actions moving forward. It reflects the community’s shared values and priorities. The Plan is the City’s long-range growth policy that meets the statutory requirements of Section 76-1-601 of the Montana Code Annotated. This Plan helps guide citizens, City staff, and elected officials’ decisions. It brings land use policy into larger community discussions on many issues addressed by the City. It's measure of success is continuation of the Bozeman tradition— a flourishing, safe, and a vibrant place to reside, build a business, and raise a family. The City, as an institution, will undertake many actions to implement the Plan as well as track the progress of the Plan’s implementation through established indicators. These indicators will help determine the objectives that are working, where they can be improved, and the objectives that need to be reevaluated. The citizens and businesses in the City, through their aspirations and hard work, will carry out the Plan. Page 30 Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 27 of 36 IMPORTANCE Bozeman’s economy is diverse and expanding, with a mix of businesses and industries centered on technology, healthcare, education, recreation, and tourism, and regional services. This is one of the City’s great strengths. Bozeman has access to cutting edge education and research at opportunities from Montana State University. With an enrollment of nearly 16,000 20,000 students, the University hosts ten colleges that includes subjects such as Engineering, Agriculture, Business, and Nursing. Graduates have created offshoot industries that foster competencies in several national industries, including businesses in opto-electronics, biofilm, and outdoor gear and other industries. The City’s commitment to broadband availability through its Economic Development Division has improved availability of national-level broadband speeds in key areas of the City, making state of the art communications and information distant consultants available locally. Additionally, immediate and short-distance proximity to various outdoor recreation opportunities provides significant daily mental and physical health benefits to both citizens and employers, making Bozeman one of the most desirable innovation centers in the country. Bozeman’s growing economy makes possible its increasing dynamism, diversity, and wealth. Each of the major sectors of our economy – education, technology, outdoor recreations, tourism, health care, and regional services – benefits from and reinforces the others. The growing economy provides resources the money that enables the City to pursue its priorities. Page 38 – Planning Staff has discussed this text with the Sustainability Division. Sustainability agrees this text is complementary to and more broadly applicable to City operations than the Climate Assessment or Climate Action Plan. Theme 7: Resiliency Our City desires to be forward thinking, collaborative, and deliberate in planning and execution of plans and policies to enable our community to successfully ride the waves of change. Importance Communities and the world around them are constantly changing. Resilient communities rebound, positively adapt to, or thrive amidst changing conditions or challenges and maintain quality of life, healthy growth, durable systems and conservation of resources for present and future generations. Resiliency addresses both short-term or one-time shocks as well as long-term stressors. Resiliency is needed to address a wide range of circumstances affecting all elements of the community and its operations. Stressors include natural disasters, climate change, economic shocks and transitions, and in 2020, a pandemic. Long term systems and adaptations, not just initial responses, are needed to maintain a healthy community. Resiliency takes a holistic approach towards protecting and improving a community. Bozeman is well positioned with diverse subject plans to address many of the likely areas where stressors occur. The staff and elected officials work to coordinate between plans and actions. The Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 28 of 36 process of coordination is integrated with the constant process of updating plans, capital improvement programs, budgets, and ordinances. Goal R-1: Continue to strengthen and develop resilience as a community. R-1.1 Be reflective: use past experience to inform future decisions R-1.2 Be resourceful: recognize alternative ways to use resources R-1.3 Be inclusive: prioritize broad consultation to create a sense of shared ownership in decision making R-1.4 Be integrated: bring together a range of distinct systems and institutions R-1.5 Be robust: well-conceived, constructed, and managed systems R-1.6 Be redundant: spare capacity purposively created to accommodate disruption R-1.7 Be flexible: willingness and ability to adopt alternative strategies in response to changing circumstances Goal R-2: Pursue community decisions in a manner that supports resilience. R-2.1 Co-Benefits: Provide solutions that address problems across multiple sectors creating maximum benefit R-2.2 High Risk and Vulnerability: Ensure that strategies directly address the reduction of risk to human well-being, physical infrastructure, and natural systems Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 29 of 36 R-2.3 Economic Benefit-Cost: Make good financial investments that have the potential for economic benefit to the investor and the broader community both through direct and indirect returns R-2.4 Social Equity: Provide solutions that are inclusive with consideration to populations that are often most fragile and vulnerable to sudden impacts due to their continual state of stress R-2.5 Technical Soundness: Identify solutions that reflect best practices that have been tested and proven to work in similar regional context R-2.6 Innovation: Advance new approaches and techniques that will encourage continual improvement and advancement of best practices serving as models. R-2.7 Adaptive Capacity: Include flexible and adaptable measures that consider future unknowns of changing climate, economic, and social conditions R-2.8 Harmonize with Existing Activity: Expand, enhance, or leverage work being done to build on existing efforts R-2.9 Long-Term and Lasting Impact: Create long-term gains to the community with solutions that are replicable and sustainable, creating benefit for present and future generations Related Plans Integrated Water Resources Plan – 2013 Integrated Water Resources Implementation Plan – 2013 Climate Vulnerability Assessment/Resiliency Strategy - 2019 Community Climate Action Plan – 2011 (in process of being updated) Gallatin County Hazard Mitigation Plan and Community Wildfire Protection Plan (draft) – 2019 Drought Management Plan – 2017 Fire and EMS Master Plan – 2017 Affordable Housing Action Plan - 2019 Stormwater Management Plan – 2019 Transportation Master Plan – 2017 Community Transportation Safety Plan – 2013 Water Facility Plan Update – 2017 Economic Development Strategy Update – 2016 Urban Forestry Management Plan – 2016 Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 30 of 36 Wastewater Collection Facilities Plan Update – 2015 Not for inclusion in the text of the growth policy. Examples of how the concept of resiliency spans community priorities. Existing Actions taken or underway to support resiliency – Integrated Water Resources Plan, looped water lines, diverse economy, support to social service organizations such as mental health providers, alternate service delivery of City operations, emergency systems training, avoiding hazards such as Wildland Urban Interface and floodplains; joint Health department and coordinated responses; Joint Emergency Operations Center, shared 911 system, and more. Future Actions to strengthen resiliency – redundant water supply feeds being constructed in next year, increased water supply being pursued through conservation and new source development, increase telecom robustness with fiber optic, continuing efforts to diversify economy, increase base employment, and local supplies creation within state, climate adaptations and new climate plan, Triangle Community Plan under development, and more Page 49 IMPORTANCE The Plan is intended to be a living document used daily by the City. Successful implementation of the Plan requires monitoring. Monitoring determines how well the City’s initial objectives are working, where they can be improved, and what is not working. Monitoring will take place at specified intervals based on information availability. Measuring the Plan’s efficacy (or outcomes) is a main tenant of the Plan. and; therefore, successful implementation of the Plan requires monitoring. A series of indicators have been identified for each Theme, in order to track progress and setbacks. For example, one indicator under the neighborhoods-based Theme addresses housing stock diversity, looks by looking at square footages, the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, and the taxable value of homes. A diverse housing stock is indicative of a City that is more accessible and affordable to those of all incomes. The implementation effort will largely be accomplished through a consolidated list of action items listed below and referred to in more detail in Chapter 2 as objectives and actions. Implementation will work in coordination with the City’s Strategic Plan, Capital Improvements Program, and other relevant plans and documents guiding the City. Some of the actions may already be underway while others will are estimated to occur in the future. Successful implementation of this plan will require dedication, engagement, and hard work from the community. Page 50 MONITORING AND UPDATES Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 31 of 36 Tracking and monitoring the Plan’s intent is critical. Each Theme has one or more identified indicators, which use data to measure success towards the goal. Each indicator listed below identifies a source— from where the data should be drawn, description, frequency—defines how often the data is available, and set forth notes describing key considerations. The development of indicators requires the City to establish where we are now in relation to each indicator. This provides a baseline from which to track changes over time. Indicators were selected to be replicable, effective, and where possible, of a similar scope and nature as for indicators for with peer cities. A target, or where we want to go, will be established for each indicator. In some cases the process of setting a target will itself require substantial effort. The targets listed below are to give a general indication of intended trends; further refinement will follow. If an indicator shows over time that the City is getting farther from, rather than closer to, the intended target, it may be necessary to modify targets, policies, or standards. The process for revising the growth policy is described in Chapter 5. Development of specific targets for each indicator should be completed within a year of Plan adoption. After that first year, an annual report on the status of each indicator should be provided to the community. Page 54 AMENDMENT PROCESS The Bozeman Community Plan was formed on the basis of significant community outreach efforts and the input of many persons and groups. Alterations, whether the result of a review as triggered above or another reason, to the growth policy must provide a significant opportunity for public participation and understanding of the proposed changes. Amendments to the growth policy must meet the same statutory standards as the original adoption. Therefore, prior to the adoption of any amendment to the Plan, a public process must be provided. A fundamental requirement for public participation is time for individuals to become aware of proposed amendments and to study the proposed changes. A minimum active public review period of three months is to be expected. This Plan has been prepared to balance a wide variety of interests. Changes to the Plan must continue the balance of needs and interests. This Plan has been prepared to be internally consistent. Internal consistency meets one of the fundamental purposes of community planning— Page 55 AMENDMENT CRITERIA When an amendment to either the text of the Plan or the future land use map is requested it must be reviewed against the following criteria: 1. The proposed amendment must cure a deficiency in the growth policy or improve the growth policy to better respond to the needs of the general community; Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 32 of 36 2. The proposed amendment does must not create inconsistencies within the growth policy, either between the goals and the maps or between different goals and objectives; 3. The proposed amendment must be consistent with the overall intent of the growth policy; and 4. The proposed amendment may must not adversely affect the community as a whole or any significant portion thereof by including: a. Significantly altering land use patterns and principles in a manner contrary to those established by this Plan, b. Requiring unmitigated improvements to streets, water, sewer, or other public facilities or services, thereby impacting development of other lands, c. Adversely impacting existing uses because of unmitigated impacts on facilities and services, or d. Negatively affecting the livability of the amendment area or surrounding areas; or the health and safety of the citizens. Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 33 of 36 Table 2 General Comments Edit Member Staff comment Action Overall Consider fully justifying text in layout Staff Discuss Page 1: The illustrative maps (not the FLUM) in the document would benefit from review and revision by the board. I would appreciate a review of the entire map series in the document. In particular, I'd like to see the Accessibility and Mobility Map include future transit corridors (which were included with a previous version of the document), and perhaps some of the major bicycle corridors from our Transportation Master Plan. ME Board needs to determine how much is essential to communicate the core ideas of the Plan. Prior discussion was to point the reader to on-line resources for most information due to the rapid pace of change in the data and desire to keep this document lean. Discuss Pages 16-37 Are the GOA's [Goals, Objectives, Actions] prioritized, should they be? RR Prior Board discussion was to not prioritize. Acknowledgment that priorities will shift over the term of the plan as circumstances evolve and officials change over. Questionable value for the work involved to prioritize. Discuss There are several repeated GOA's there are better ways to do this than repeating. Revise to eliminate duplication RR Discuss Page 40: I noted the sentence that each land use can be implemented by multiple zoning districts. I don't have much familiarity with the zoning here but this should be simplified. We should strive to have 1 or 2 flexible zonings to implement a land use instead of multiple more restrictive/ specific zonings. There are GOA's addressing this and its really outside this plan but I think its noteworthy. RR Board has consolidated the number of land use categories with this version of the growth policy. Board may suggest changes to zoning but the Zoning Commission and City Commission have statutory duties over any code changes. Discuss Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 34 of 36 Edit Member Staff comment Action Page independent Metrics. I'd like to see the metrics more tightly integrated into the document, e.g. integrated into each vision theme section, after the "importance" section and before the goals / objectives / actions (rather than cordoned off to an appendix-like section at the back of the plan). If it's not possible to include current scores with the current draft then the metrics are too numerous and too complicated and we need to reduce and simplify. I'm happy to volunteer some of my time with Strategic Services to identify data sources, computation methodologies, and baseline scores for the draft metrics. ME Metrics were the subject of several months of discussion. Current arrangement is the direction of the Board. Some metrics apply to more than one goal or objective. The Board is making a recommendation, the City Commission sets the final metrics and text. It is premature to fully develop the metrics until the Commission has endorsed them. Board must consider whether the additional 8-12 month estimated delay to assemble baseline values and targets and have them accepted is worth delaying the rest of the plan. Board can reduce the number of proposed metrics. Discuss The implementation section is very lacking in detail. We should include information like who is assigned/working on the goals, we should have the current status of all these items otherwise we are in year 2 before we can assess change, we should note if there are associated costs with each task. RR See comment above. The Board may make suggestions for priorities but does not assign duties to staff. Discuss The plan does not currently establish a logical plan and timeline for how the increases in density it describes will be implemented. Under the current plan, downtown growth is substantially limited to the existing B-3 zoning district, and there's nothing in the plan that lays groundwork for how the neighborhoods ME Short Term Action List, page 50 recommends review of the zoning map in Actions 1 and 2. Could add N-1.3, N-2.2, N-3.1 and DCD-3.3 to the list of objectives Discuss Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 35 of 36 Edit Member Staff comment Action immediately surrounding downtown will change over time to provide a transition zone. Gradual and targeted upzoning is essential to (and implicit in) many of the plan's goals, but not specifically addressed. I think it may be too late at this point to address this failing, but I'd like to note it for the record. implemented with these actions. Execution of the review and any directed upzoning is a big project and the Commission will need to direct prioritization and commit funding. As the City does not actually construct the buildings the ability to establish a performance timeline for increased physical density does not realistically exist. Edit Overall restructuring of plan and reprioritization per general comment letter included in the packet. JP This plan is for land use and the long term. It is appropriate for the City to consider both short and long term needs of the City. Short term (1- 5 years) budgeting is the responsibility of the Finance Department. See attached letter from Finance Director Donald. Staff has reviewed the goals and objectives in light of the present health and economic circumstances. The current disruptions do not lessen overall community priorities. Prioritization of implementation may be altered as needed to address areas of emphasis. Staff suggests an additional Theme 7, Resiliency Discuss Edits for discussion to the March 17, 2020 draft of the Bozeman Community Plan Page 36 of 36 Edit Member Staff comment Action with text as presented to broadly address community resiliency and adaptability. Can we use this plan to drive the housing plan to be more aggressive. Include a specific % target or a specific increase RR The housing plan is an independent document and beyond the control of the growth policy. Tasks to implement the housing plan are under way. What are our current height limitations, do they old us back? RR Maximum heights are set by each zoning district. Evaluation of possible changes to maximum heights is already under investigation with intent to bring proposed revisions to the City Commission in October 2020.