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Home My WebLink About6-20-2020 Public Comment - R. Zimmer - Please Consider Supporting Additional Funding for Bike_Ped ProjectsFrom:Ralph Zimmer Subject:Please Consider Supporting Additional Funding for Bike/Ped Projects Date:Saturday, June 20, 2020 4:25:46 PM Importance:High Saturday, June 20, 2020 Members and Friends of the Bozeman (Area) Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee (PTS), This Monday evening, June 22, the Bozeman City Commission will be adopting its budget for the 2020/2021 fiscal year (July 1 2020 through June 30 2021). That budgetearmarks $50,000 for bicycle/pedestrian projects. A number of local bike/ped advocates, including all three of our committee's officers, are asking the Commission to budget an ADDITIONAL $50K (making a total of $100K) forbike/ped projects. That additional $50K is just a drop in the bucket, but every drop helps. We hope you will join with us in this effort. If you do, you should consider one or both of the following options: (1) sending an email to the Commission AND/OR (2) speaking atMonday night's Commission meeting. If you do either or both of those two things, please SPECIFICALLY request that the Commission budget an ADDITIONAL $50,000 forbike/ped projects to be located either inside or outside the curb lines. (Note that sidewalks and separated paths are typically located outside the curb lines.) Sending an email is easy. Send it by Monday noon to agenda@BOZEMAN.NET "Signthe email with your name. If you are willing, include your residential address so the Commission will know you are a City resident. Since the Commission is still meeting remotely because of COVID-19 concerns,speaking at a Commission meeting is more difficult that it was previously. The meeting starts at 6 PM but conceivably could run very late (last week's meeting adjourned at 11:45 PM). Atthe very end of this message, you will find the meeting agenda. That agenda contains instructions for speaking at the meeting. One option would be to speak very early in themeeting at Agenda Item G. Communications to the Commission, either written or verbal, could be as short as stating the request bolded and underlined above. Alternatively, you could add your personal rationalefor making that request. Immediately following my "signature" below are some comments that might trigger some thoughts of your own that you could express in your own words. The meeting can be watched on cable channel 190 or on-line as described in the belowagenda. Thank you for considering supporting additional funding for bike/ped projects. Ralph W. Zimmer, Chairperson Bozeman (Area) Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee ############################################################ Some Statements Supporting Additional Bike/Pedestrian Funding Many of the handicapped, young, older, and economically deprived in our community need viable and safe facilities to accommodate their transportation needs and desires. These funds could be used for such things as crosswalks, flashing beacons, and ADAcompliant ramps which benefit not only non-motorized travelers but also motorists. Non-motorized facilities benefit both transportation users and recreational users. Sidewalks and separated paths remove non-motorized travelers from the roadway occupied by vehicles and thus reduce the hazards caused by conflicts in the roadway. Improvements in non-motorized facilities induces more use of such facilities and that reducesboth fossil fuel consumption and climate change while also increasing public health through encouraging exercising and lowering air pollution. Within the City limits, four bicyclists and pedestrians were run over or killed just last year.Facilities and features built with the requested additional funding would reduce the hazards of such incidents. Nationwide pedestrian and bicyclist deaths are increasing and are at their highest level sinthirty years. Safer facilities are needed to fight this unfortunate trend. Vehicles are again getting bigger and heavier and pedestrians and bicyclists are no match for them when they meet. We need to do all we can to reduce such collisions. ############################################################ At 01:50 PM 6/18/2020, the Bozeman City Clerk wrote: THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA AGENDAMonday, June 22, 2020 This meeting will be held using Webex, an online videoconferencing system. Youcan join this meeting: Via Webex: https://bozeman.webex.com/bozeman/onstage/g.php?MTID=ed9a18d13eb2a55b0c340c5970b3f38c1 Click the Register link, enter the required information, and click submit.Click Join Now to enter the meeting. Via Phone: This is for listening only if you cannot watch the stream orchannel 190United States Toll +1-408-418-9388Access code: 146 521 5804 If you are interested in commenting in writing on items on the agenda please send an email to agenda@ bozeman.net prior to 12:00pm on Monday, June 22, 2020.You may also comment by visiting the Commission’s comment page. You can also comment by joining the Webex meeting. If you do join the Webex meeting, we ask you please be patient in helping us work through this onlinemeeting. If you are not able to join the Webex meeting and would like to provide oral comment you may send a request to agenda@bozeman.net with your phonenumber, the item(s) you wish to comment on, and the City Clerk will call you during the meeting to provide comment. You may also send the aboveinformation via text to 406-224-3967. As always, the meeting will be streamed through the Commission’s video page (click the Streaming Live in the drop downmenu) and available in the City on cable channel 190.Stream this meeting here. Table of Contents A. Call to Order – 6:00 PM – WebEx Video Conference B. Pledge of Allegiance and a Moment of Silence C. Changes to the Agenda D. FYI E. Commission Disclosures F. Consent 1. Authorize Payment of Accounts Payable Claims for Goods & Services(LaMeres) 2. Authorize Write-off of Stale-dated Accounts Payable Checks from theCity’s General Accounting Ledger (LaMeres) 3. Authorize the Mayor to Sign a Bridger View Redevelopment PreliminaryPlat Findings of Fact and Order, Application 19466 (Rogers) 4. Authorize the City Manager to Sign a Notice of Award and ContractDocuments for the New Hyalite View Subdivision Sanitary Sewer Service Connection Improvements (Gamradt)5. Authorize the City Manager to Sign a Sewer Pipeline and Access Easement and Agreement with the Trustees of Gallatin County High School District for theExisting Bozeman High School Renovation Project 19036 (Nielsen) 6. Authorize the City Manager to Sign a Street and Utility Easement inAssociation with the University Crossing 2020 Annexation to Annex 1.749 Acres Southwest of the Intersection of Kagy Boulevard and S. 19th Avenue, Application19444 (Saunders) 7. Authorize the City Manager to Sign an Agreement Between and AmongPDI Investments, LLC, and the City of Bozeman, and the Associated Public Access and Utility Easement, and Temporary Construction Easement for theNorth 7th Avenue Streetscape Design and Construction Project (Fine) 8. Authorize the City Manager to Sign an Application and to AcceptDepartment of Justice Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Grant (VELTKAMP)9. Approve the Local Government Entity Reimbursement for COVID-19 Submission and Ratify the City Manager and Mayor’s Signatures of the LocalGovernment Entity Certification Form (Donald) 10. Authorize the City Manager to sign the Memorandum of Agreement andUtility Easement with Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) for the Front Street Interceptor Sanitary Sewer Project (Murray)11. Authorize the City Manager to Sign a Collection Agreement with the USDA Forest Service Custer Gallatin National Forest for Hyalite Canyon Road GuardrailInstallation (Heaston) 12. Authorize the City Manager to Sign a Task Order for Fiscal Year 2021Remediation Systems Oversight at the Story Mill Landfill (Bozeman Landfill) (Kohtz)13. Authorize the City Manager to Sign a Task Order for Fiscal Year 2021 Groundwater and Perimeter Methane Monitoring, Assessment of SystemPerformance and Effectiveness at the Story Mill Landfill (Bozeman Landfill) (Kohtz)14. Authorize the City Manager to Sign a First Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Matthew A. Madsen, of M Squared Consulting forAdministrative Support to the Community Housing Program (Andreasen) 15. Authorize the City Manager to Sign Task Order 2 with CommunityDevelopment Services of Montana (CDS) to Complete a Review of Conditions that Contribute to Blight for the Idaho Pole Area of Bozeman (Fine)16. Authorize the City Manager to Sign Amendment Number 4 to Task Order Number 2 of the Professional Services Master Task Order Agreement with AE2S,Inc. for Providing On-call Professional Engineering Services for Instrumentation & Control Systems (Heaston)17. Resolution 5173 Authorizing the Creation and Establishment of Right-of- Way for a City Street Across a Portion of Parcel 12-C-1 of the Amended Plat ofLot 12-A, 12-B, and 12-C, Amended Plat of Lot 12, Phase 1, Gallatin Center Subdivision P.U.D. Phase 4 to Provide Additional Right of Way for theIntersection of Cattail Street and Max Avenue, Subdivision Exemption 19492 (Garber)18. Resolution 5177, the Blackwood Groves Annexation to Annex approximately 120.99 acres, Application 20020 (Saunders)19. Resolution 5187, Amending Resolution 4319 by Adding the Fund Balance and Revenues Recorded in the Story Mill Community Park Fund and theBozeman Sports Park Fund to the List of Committed Special Revenue Fund Balances in Accordance with the Governmental Accounting Standards BoardStatement 54 (GASB 54) (LaMeres) 20. Resolution 5201, Certification of Delinquent City Assessments to the County(Donald) 21. Ordinance 2052, Provisional Adoption of the Blackwood Groves Zone MapAmendment to Designate Approximately 120.99 acres as REMU, Residential Emphasis Mixed Use, Application 20020 (Saunders) Consider the motion: I move to approve Consent Items 1-21 as submitted. G. Public Comment - Please state your name and address in an audible tone ofvoice for the record. This is the time to comment on any matter falling within the scope of the Bozeman City Commission. There will also be time in conjunctionwith each agenda item for public comment relating to that item but you may only speak once. Please note, the City Commission cannot take action on any itemwhich does not appear on the agenda. All persons addressing the City Commission shall speak in a civil and courteous manner and members of theaudience shall be respectful of others. Please limit your comments to threeminutes. H. Action Items 1. Application 20027, Icon Apartments Subdivision a Subsequent MajorSubdivision Preliminary Plat Application to Allow the Subdivision of 19.86 Acres Into Two Residential Lots, Two Dedicated Parkland Lots, Three Open SpaceStorm Water Lots, and Street Right-of-way (Quasi-judicial) (Jacob Miller) Consider the motion: Having reviewed and considered the application materials, public comment, and all the information presented, I hereby adopt thefindings presented in the staff report for application 20027 and move to approve the subdivision with conditions and subject to all applicable code provisions. 2. Resolution 5170, A Resolution of the City Commission of the City ofBozeman, Montana, Appropriating Funds for Various Budget Units, and Further Estimating Revenue Necessary to Operate and Maintain Services of MunicipalGovernment for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2021 (Donald) Consider the motion: I move to adopt Resolution 5170, A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana, Appropriating Funds for VariousBudget Units, and Further Estimating Revenue Necessary to Operate and Maintain Services of Municipal Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30,2021 I. FYI/Discussion J. Adjournment