HomeMy WebLinkAboutF.1.1BDC comment Workgroup OutlineBDC Advisory Board July 2020
Bozeman Development Consortium
BCD Workgroup with Bozeman Planning Board
July 28, 2020 6pm WebEx
Agenda
Agenda
•The BDC Web Site
•Advisory Board
•Petition Signers
•Survey
•Survey Results
Page 1
Agenda
•The Process
•Up to now
•Why BDC?
•Why now?
Page 2
Agenda
•Motions
•Substantiations
•Discussion
•Votes
Page 3
Substantiation for the following motions will be provided during
the workgroup.
Community Plan Motion #1
•Having reviewed and considered the presentation of the BDC, public comment, and all information
presented, I hereby move to instruct staff to insert the following language from BDC prominently into the
Community Plan as follows:
During the development of the 2020 Community Plan, and at the time of publication, the world has been
beset by the COVID Pandemic and the subsequent COVID Financial Crisis.
The impacts of COVID reach into the trillions of dollars worldwide
Southwest Montana has fared better with COVID than most communities on a global scale. At the time of
publication, it appears that this reduced initial COVID impact is creating significant in-migration of
citizens to Bozeman and its environs.
Mitigation of the impacts of both COVID and an influx of new citizens to our community will require
unprecedented resilience, agility, and outside-the-box thinking, by all participants, the Development
Community, including the City of Bozeman Commission and staff at all stages of the development process.
Recognize COVID Pandemic & COVID Financial Crisis
Community Plan Motion #2
•Having reviewed and considered the presentation of the BDC, public comment, and
all information presented, I hereby move to instruct staff to bring the following
language from BDC and from the CAHAB and the Affordable Housing Action Plan
prominently into the Community Plan as follows:
At the time of publication, the availability of Affordable Housing, whether for rent or
for purchase, is one of Bozeman’s most serious problems, as demonstrated by both
the 2018 EPS Study and the Affordable Housing Study by Werwath Assoc.
Recognize the Affordable Housing Crisis pt1
Community Plan Motion #3
•Having reviewed and considered the presentation of the BDC, public comment, and all information
presented, I hereby move to instruct staff to insert the following language from the BDC prominently
into the Community Plan as follows:
The Planning Board has recognized the Affordable Housing consequences created by a Blanket NCOD
in Bozeman.
To mitigate this negative impact, and to facilitate Affordable Housing and gentle, generational
Neighborhood Density Progression, the Planning Board recommends the replacement of the current
Blanket NCOD, previously defined by an entire US Census tract, with an NCOD defined exclusively by
and constrained to an inventory of specific “contributing structures”; and with cognizance of and
mitigation for existing and future negative affordability consequences.
The Planning Board recommends to the City Commission that actions, staff, and budgetary resources
relating to the revision of the Blanket NCOD be given a high priority.
Mitigate the negative consequences of a Blanket NCOD
Community Plan Motion #4
•Having reviewed and considered the presentation of the BDC, public comment, and all information
presented, I hereby move to instruct staff to insert the following language from BDC into the Community
Plan as follows:
To promote the development of “Missing Middle” housing, as one of the most critical components of
Affordable Housing. The City Commission, the Planning Board, and the Community Development
Department shall permit/remove any impediment to the development of two-story duplex townhomes with
features similar to and including: a 1,400-1,600 square foot 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath dwelling and a two-car front
loaded attached garage with two exterior parking spaces that do not encroach the sidewalk. The units shall
be permitted to have primary entrances on the sides (not facing the street) of the dwelling. The land use ratio
should roughly conform (±5%) to 40% front yard, parking pad, garage; 30% dwelling; and 30% back yard and
side yard.
The Planning Board recommends to the City Commission that actions, staff, and budgetary resources
relating to the mitigation of the “Missing Middle” problem be given a high priority.
Eliminate a significant cause of “Missing Middle” problem
Community Plan Motion #5
•Having reviewed and considered the presentation of the BDC, public comment, and all information presented, I hereby move to instruct staff
to insert the following language from BDC and the Economic Development Plan Update prominently into the Community Plan as follows:
Economic Development and Skilled Workforce Development are top priorities of the Bozeman City Commission, The Planning Board, and the
Community Development Department, in conjunction with local and regional authorities. Additionally, Economic Development is critical to
Bozeman’s resilience and agility in the face of economic uncertainty presented by the Covid pandemic of 2020:
The three top action items in the Economic Development Plan are:
Recruit new businesses and support growth of existing businesses;
Invest in infrastructure as a mechanism to drive economic development; and
Support education and workforce development initiatives to provide newly recruited and existing businesses with qualified workers.
Additionally, the Economic Development Department must be encouraged to develop a business recruitment program for skilled workforce
businesses with median salaries of $45,000-65,000.
For additional, up-to-date detail see Economic Development Plan & Update <- with hyperlinks
The Planning Board recommends to the City Commission that actions, staff, and budgetary resources relating to Economic Development be
given a high priority.
Recognize the interdependence of Economic Development
Community Plan Motion #6
•Having reviewed and considered the presentation of the BDC, public comment, and all information
presented, I hereby move to instruct staff to insert the following language from BDC prominently into
the Community Plan as follows:
The need for a path to the emergence of small-scale Neighborhood Commercial development and its
ability to bring pedestrian access to coffee shops, groceries, and other daily experiences, and related
employment opportunities, is a critical part of Bozeman’s municipal maturation.
Such a path is dependent on sufficient population density in such neighborhoods to make
Neighborhood Commercial viable. Typically, this viability cannot be achieved co-emergently with
construction of neighborhood housing—for this reason other subsidy approaches must be developed
and deployed to make co-emergence possible.
The Planning Board recommends to the City Commission that actions, staff, and budgetary resources
relating to Neighborhood Commercial Development be given a high priority.
Recognize the need for Neighborhood Commercial Development Strategies
Planning Board Bylaws Change Motion
•Having reviewed and considered the presentation of the BDC, public comment, and all
information presented, I hereby move to change the Bylaws of the Bozeman City Planning Board:
•The Bozeman City Planning Board shall, via the Community Development Department,
schedule, promote, and coordinate no less than three mandatory workgroup sessions with
Bozeman Development Consortium and its members during any review/rewrite of the:
•Community Plan/Growth Policy
•Future Land Use Map
•Uniform Development Code
•These workgroup sessions shall be no less than 2.5 hours and shall occur, at a minimum, at the
beginning, middle, and end of any of the associated review/rewrite processes stated above.
Mandate Beneficial Engagement with the primary Community Plan & UDC Stakeholders