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Home My WebLink AboutBID DM Report 10-20 District Manager’s Report Business Improvement District Board October 21, 2020 Downtown BID Board Appointments Appointments to the BID Board are the on the October 27, 2020 City Commission agenda. As of 10/13/20, the only applications were from the two expiring members, Mike Basile and Susan Neubauer. BID Assessment Rate The rate for FY21 is $0.025872 per taxable dollar value. Downtown Plan Projects Here are some updates regarding other projects proposed in the 2019 Downtown Plan. Bozeman Creek—the Downtown Partnership is working with Mountain Time Arts to identify opportunities to enhance and improve Bozeman Creek. Their initial work was completed by Intrinsik and partially funded with a Downtown URD Technical Assistance Grant. MTA has created a project website that will be updated as more work is completed: https://mountaintimearts.org/see-bozeman-creek MTA is coordinating three working groups which include Landscape & Water Resources, Art & Placemaking, and Communications & Funding. Soroptomist Park—the Downtown Partnership is working with the MSU CATS program to have a fall semester senior-level landscape design class and a stream restoration ecology class work on improvement concepts for Soroptomist Park. The DBP will be coordinating with professional mentors to add value and expertise to the student’s work. Alley Improvements—The Downtown Partnership is working with DHM Design to develop a final preferred concept design plan for the alley next to the Bridger Park Garage between North Tracy and North Black. DHM and DBP staff have and are still in the process of gathering feedback from property and business owners as well as the City of Bozeman and Northwestern Energy. The final concept plan is scheduled to be presented in November. Transportation & Mobility Analysis—The URD board approved the scope of work with Sanderson Stewart at their June board meeting. The SOW will provide analysis and recommendations associated with the transportation-related improvements in the 2019 DBIP. The Sanderson Stewart team is working on Part One deliverables which should be completed in November. Structured Parking Planning— major impediments have been discovered with the two preferred sites for a second garage. Therefore, DBP staff is looking at other sites and reconsidering different types of structured parking. The consulting team is going to look the options to install simple decks above existing surface lots as a simpler more affordable way to create more spaces. Two financial garage analyses are also being prepared: 1) Sources, Uses, Debt Service scenarios; and 2) Short- and Long-Term Operations and Maintenance projections. Downtown Plan UDC Recommendations—As detailed in my e-mail to all three downtown boards on 9-14-20… Last year the City Community Development Department decided to consider UDC revisions twice each year (one slate April and another in October). City staff designate which specific UDC edits will be considered in each slate. The staff tries to group related revisions together into themes or topics. They slated building heights as a topic to be considered in October 2020, but that has been delayed by COVID until December 2020. There are a variety of building height code revisions to be discussed and considered ranging from floor-to-ceiling heights to overall building heights in different zoning designations. More details can be found on the City of Bozeman UDC Community Platform here: https://www.bozeman.net/government/planning/udc-discussions/maximum- building-heights These discussions will include the recommendations about building heights in the 2019 Downtown Plan. The URD and BID boards will have downtown building heights as discussion topics on their October and November meeting agendas. Maintenance Program Update Currently we have one part-time general maintenance employee (Mike), one weekend general maintenance employee and one part-time garage maintenance employee (Trish). Flower baskets came down on October 7th. Below are the maintenance statistics comparing the year-to-date figures from this year (FY21) to the corresponding stats from last year (FY20). FY2020 Y-T-D FY2021 Y-T-D Total Avg/mnth Total Avg/mnth Difference Trash Emptied 968 323 1198 399 +230 Recycling Emptied 224 75 275 92 +51 Graffiti Removed 96 32 262 87 +166 Building Projects Osborne Building (233 East Main) 4-story mixed use building with 2 floors of restaurant use and 2 floors of offices. Construction began October 2018. See https://www.theosbornebozeman.com/ “OSM” Building 5 story mixed use building proposed on southwest corner of Babcock and Wallace— construction began Spring 2019. One 11 Lofts (corner of North Willson and West Lamme) 50-unit apartment building with 53 parking spaces. Construction began spring 2019. Merin Condos (on North Bozeman across from Dave’s Sushi) 28 units of owner-occupied housing. Under construction. Village Downtown 30 new residential condo units and 9 single-family lots are under review by the City. Veranda Apartments (111 South Church) proposed new construction of 6 units. AC Hotel (5 East Mendenhall) 6 story 140 room full-service hotel. Site Plan approved in November 2019. Under construction. East End Flats (240 East Mendenhall) 6-story mixed use project. Development review completed and final site plan approved. Strata Building (106 East Babcock)—former BSW Bank—3 floor (46,000 SF) office building. Construction projected to be complete 4th quarter 2020. Carin Townhomes (northwest corner of W Beall & N Grand)—5 townhome condos currently under construction. New Businesses • Tanoshii—113 East Main—formerly Corx—renovations underway • Bozeman Running Co—132 East Main—formerly Dari Rasa – Open • Smoke, Fire & Coal—303 East Main—formerly Fire Pizza • Fabers Bakery & Deli—33 South Willson—formerly Delicious Bakery-- • Ghost Town Coffee—110 East Olive—In Black Olive apartment building—Open • TBD—27 East Main—formerly Crossroads—to be redeveloped as a restaurant(s) • TBD—424 E Main-- formerly Sage Spa • TBD—441 East Main—formerly Coqui Coffee • TBD—137 East Babcock—formerly Gallatin Laundry • TBD—424 East Main—Yellowstone Wild Gallery is going out of business • TBD—544 East Main—formerly Heeb’s – building improvements underway • TBD—19 South Willson—formerly Barley & Vine • TBD—411 East Main—Formerly Knife Bistro • TBD—126 East Main—Formerly Bozeman Running Co Planning Updates In this section, I will provide update about several ongoing City planning processes. Community Plan (City Growth Policy) Update The Planning Board has completed their draft of the Plan and is advancing it to the City Commission. The draft Plan, appendices, and future land use map can be downloaded here: https://www.bozeman.net/city-projects/bozeman-community-plan-update Remaining Process Schedule: • October 20th—Second City Commission public hearing with direction of amendments • October 28th to November 12th—Revisions to text and map as needed to implement City Commission’s drection • November 24–Final City Commission hearing and resolution of adoption for final action Bozeman Climate Plan The City is updating and expanding upon the 2008 Municipal Climate Action Plan and 2011 Community Climate Action Plan. I am serving on the 2020 Climate Team which functions as the steering committee coordinating with City staff and the consultants. City Commission work session reviewed the draft plan on September 22, 2020, the City Commission’s adoption hearing is on December 8, 2020. Here is the link to the Draft Climate Plan: https://bzncloud.bozeman.net/s/tfKoBH8ATaNsRk5#pdfviewer