HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-29-19 Planning Board Minutes
City Planning Board
October 29, 2019 | 6:00 PM– 8:00 PM |Commission Room | City Hall – 121 N. Rouse Avenue
A. 06:03:23 PM (00:00:04) Call Meeting to Order & Roll Call
Present were:
Jennifer Madgic
Paul Spitler
Cathy Costakis
Henry Happel (Chairman)
Deputy Mayor Chris Mehl (Commission Liaison)
Mark Egge
Lauren Waterton
Chris Saunders (City Staff)
B. 06:03:54 PM (00:00:35) Changes to the Agenda
C. 06:04:07 PM (00:00:48) Minutes for Approval-None
D. Disclosures
E. 06:04:15 PM (00:00:56) Public Comment – Please state your name and address in an audible tone of
voice for the record. This is the time for individuals to comment on matters falling within the purview
of the Committee. There will also be an opportunity in conjunction with each action item for
comments pertaining to that item. Please limit your comments to three minutes.
F. Action Items
1. Community Plan Update | Draft Community Plan (Rogers / Saunders)
FLUM Memo 10-15-19 (reissue no change from Oct 15th packet)
Working Draft of Community Plan, V5 (reissue no change from Oct 15th packet)
Comments – Happel 10-24-19 edits of Draft of Community Plan
Metric List for Simplification – Egge
GroundPrint public comment growth policy 10-22-2019
DBP FLUM Questions PB 10-22-19
Supplement 10-28-19-A Memo to PB- Happel
Supplement 10-28-19-Bozeman-DraftPlan-Happel
Supplement 10-28-19-Draft Plan-Compare-Happel
06:04:34 PM (00:01:15) Chairman Happel sent out a revised version of the Community Plan with the edits
that were recommended at previous meetings. His version of the Community Plan was referred as Plan 2,
which was included in the materials packet as “Supplement 10-28-19-Bozeman-DraftPlan-Happel”. Mr.
Happel proposed beginning the discussion about the Themes (page 16 of 72). Planning Board members
continued their discussion on this version of the draft plan.
06:15:51 PM (00:12:32) MOTION: Move Theme 1, “Shape of the City”, to become the new beginning of
Chapter 3, which is Land Use, as an introduction and description under the land use designations and the
future land use map. Lauren Waterton
06:16:43 PM (00:13:24) MOTION SECONDED: Mark Egge
06:16:47 PM (00:13:28) Discussion:
06:19:23 PM (00:16:04) VOTE: All in Favor, Motion passes unanimously.
06:19:35 PM (00:16:16) Board members went to Theme 2, “A City of Neighborhoods”, for their discussion.
Included in this discussion were comments concerning the statement under “Objectives, and Actions” about
the City of Neighborhoods (page 21 of 72). Cathy Costakis recommended a change in wording of Objective
and Actions, Item (f) from “Maintain block and lot design standards…” to “Review and where appropriate
revise block and lot design standards throughout City Neighborhoods”.
06:23:39 PM (00:20:20) MOTION: Remove Objective and Actions, Item (c) “Provide a diverse zoning map to
encourage a variety of different residential uses in proximity to each other.” wording. Mark Egge
06:24:45 PM (00:21:26) A motion was not voted on. The Motion was from Ms. Costakis to change the
wording to “Review and where appropriate revise block and lot design standards throughout city
neighborhoods”.
06:25:03 PM (00:21:44) VOTE: On unopposed motion from Cathy Costakis to change wording. All in Favor,
Motion passes unanimously.
06:25:12 PM (00:21:53) Board members discussed Mr. Egge’s recommendation to remove wording in
Object and Actions (c). Mr. Egge withdraws his motion
06:26:45 PM (00:23:26) MOTION: That staff include the idea of a diverse land use map somewhere in the
Objectives and Actions section. Chris Mehl
06:26:57 PM (00:23:38) MOTION SECONDED: Paul Spitler
06:27:00 PM (00:23:41) Discussion:
06:29:30 PM (00:26:11) VOTE: All in Favor, Motion passes unanimously.
06:29:43 PM (00:26:24) Board members moved their discussion to Theme 3, “A City Bolstered by Downtown
and Complementary Districts”.
06:30:34 PM (00:27:15) MOTION: To replace the language within this vision statement to describe
increased densities within neighborhood centers or within commercial districts rather than describing
corridors style development. Mark Egge
06:30:50 PM (00:27:31) Motion SECONDED: Chris Mehl
06:30:52 PM (00:27:33) Discussion: Mr. Egge clarified that this language change would be in Goal DCD-1,
Item (e). Present language is “Encourage increased development intensity along key district corridors.”
Change language to read, “Encourage increased development intensity within commercial districts and
neighborhood centers”.
06:32:31 PM (00:29:12) Mr. Happel offered a Friendly Amendment to the motion to modify it to not only
cover the specific language in this Theme of the document, but to more broadly make a recommendation
for the entire document to not emphasize density along corridors, but emphasize density in areas where the
city is looking for density. The Friendly Amendment was accepted.
06:35:11 PM (00:31:52) VOTE: All in Favor, Motion with Friendly Amendment passes unanimously.
06:35:20 PM (00:32:01) MOTION: Change wording on Theme 3, Goal DCD-2, Item (k) [originally stated as
Item (f) but clarified to Item (k)] “Support University efforts to attract commercial development near
campus.”; change to “Support University efforts to attract commercial and residential development near
campus”. Jennifer Madgic
06:36:18 PM (00:32:59) MOTION SECONDED: Chris Mehl
06:36:19 PM (00:33:00) Discussion:
06:36:56 PM (00:33:37) VOTE: All in Favor, Motion passes unanimously.
06:37:06 PM (00:33:47) Chairman Happel asked City Community Development Manager Chris Saunders to
explain urban renewal areas.
06:38:52 PM (00:35:33) Board members began working through Theme 4, “A City Influenced by Our Natural
Environment, Parks, and Open Space”.
Mr. Happel added a new goal, EPO-1, “Work to ensure that development is responsive to natural amenities”
in his version of the draft plan. Board members discussed this addition. Mr. Saunders questioned the usage
of the word “amenities” and requested the board suggest another word or allow staff to choose the word.
Ms. Costakis recommended the change to “responsive to the natural environment”.
Board members discussed this goal addition and included discussion concerning agriculture within the city
and cooperation with the county.
06:51:43 PM (00:48:24) MOTION: To remove EPO-1 from the plan and take specific items from that and
filter them throughout the section. Chris Mehl
06:51:55 PM (00:48:36) MOTION SECONDED: Lauren Waterton
06:51:57 PM (00:48:38) Discussion:
06:54:55 PM (00:51:36) VOTE: 3 votes For the Motion, 4 Against, Motion fails
06:57:00 PM (00:53:41) MOTION: Include in the plan the new goal, EPO-1 “Work to ensure that
development is responsive to the natural environment” or language determined by staff. Jennifer Madgic
06:57:22 PM (00:54:03) MOTION SECONDED: Chris Mehl
06:57:26 PM (00:54:07) Discussion: A Friendly amendment from Mark Egge was not accepted, so motion
remained as originally presented.
07:05:54 PM (01:02:35) VOTE: 5 votes For the Motion, 2 Against, Motion passes.
07:06:13 PM (01:02:54) Board members began discussion on Goal EPO-3, “Address climate change in the
City's Plans”. Board members expressed concern about the different versions of the draft plan and the
changes that were made to the document.
07:17:10 PM (01:13:51) MOTION: That in this latest version of the plan to stick with the original goals
unless the board moves to make modifications to the goals. Paul Spitler
Clarification of the motion is that the board will continue to work through the second version of the plan,
except to revert to the prior language from the original version for the goals.
07:17:33 PM (01:14:14) MOTION SECONDED: Mark Egge
07:18:34 PM (01:15:15) Discussion:
07:26:04 PM (01:22:45) VOTE: 1 vote for, 6 against, Motion fails
07:26:34 PM (01:23:15) MOTION: To include Mr. Happels’ goal, EPO-3, “Address climate change in the
City’s Plans into the draft plan”. Chris Mehl
07:26:47 PM (01:23:28) MOTION SECONDED: Jennifer Madgic
07:26:49 PM (01:23:30) Discussion:
07:27:06 PM (01:23:47) VOTE: All in Favor, Motion passes unanimously.
07:28:16 PM (01:24:57) Next item discussed by the board was EPO-4 “Promote uses of the natural
environment that maintain and improve habitat, water quantity, and water quality, while giving due
consideration to the impact of these regulations on economic viability.” Mr. Happel revised this goal from
the original wording.
07:30:35 PM (01:27:16) The board moved on to discuss Theme 5, “A City that Prioritizes Accessibility and
Mobility Choices”. Mr. Happel did not change the two goals from the original draft.
07:35:43 PM (01:32:24) The discussion went to Theme 6, “A City Powered by its Creative, Innovative, and
Entrepreneurial Economy”. There are two goals under this theme and Mr. Happel has not changed the
wording.
07:37:03 PM (01:33:44) The board considered Theme 7, “A City Engaged in Regional Coordination”. Mr.
Happel did change the wording in Goal 1. Mr. Happel made no edit changes to the other two goals.
07:38:28 PM (01:35:09) MOTION: To add an objective under Theme 7, Goal G-3 for the city to prioritize
under the pattern of development for more development at an urban scale which would allow the county to
continue to be more open space or rural. Chris Mehl
07:39:23 PM (01:36:04) MOTION SECONDED:
07:39:26 PM (01:36:07) Discussion:
07:41:04 PM (01:37:45) VOTE: 6 votes for the Motion, 1 against, Motion passes.
07:44:07 PM (01:40:48) Mr. Saunders reminded the board that this was a public hearing and there are may
be people in attendance wishing to speak.
07:44:33 PM (01:41:14) PUBLIC COMMENT:
Sherry Staub, 1167 Saxon Way, made comments on waterway trails and the increased usage of the trails.
Mary Palffy, Maxey LTD Partnership, 1105 Durston Rd., made comments on parking, land use designation
and the draft community plan.
07:52:30 PM (01:49:11) Mr. Happel discussed how to best proceed with the review process by the board of
the draft Community Plan.
07:57:12 PM (01:53:53) MOTION: To reinsert the previous objectives to adopt a safety policy. Mark Egge
07:57:33 PM (01:54:14) MOTION SECONDED: Chris Mehl
07:57:34 PM (01:54:15) Discussion:
07:59:38 PM (01:56:19) MODIFIED MOTION: To add an objective that says to build safe streets. Mark Egge
07:59:43 PM (01:56:24) MODIFIED MOTION SECONDED: Chris Mehl
07:59:44 PM (01:56:25) Discussion: The motion is to add the Objective under Goal M-2.
08:02:03 PM (01:58:44) VOTE: All in Favor, Motion carries unanimously.
08:03:00 PM (01:59:41) Board members went over future board meeting dates and how to proceed with
the review of the remainder of the plan.
G. 08:08:48 PM (02:05:29) FYI/Discussion
1. Ethics training
2. Future Agenda Items
H. 08:09:58 PM (02:06:39) Adjournment | 8 PM
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