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Home My WebLink AboutURD Minutes 4-21 Downtown Urban Renewal District Board Meeting Minutes April 27, 2021 Attending: Bobby Bear, Emily Cope, David Fine, Cory Lawrence, Jennifer Madgic, Marley McKenna, Tony Renslow, Angie Rutherford, Ellie Staley, Nick Zelver Absent: Minutes ACTION: Marley McKenna moved to approve the March minutes as presented. Nick Zelver seconded the motion. All voted in favor. Financial Reports April 2021 finance report is attached below. District Manager’s Report 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 with Intrinsik Architecture 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 To advance the opportunities identified in the grant report, MTA is now convening three working committees made up of community organizations and citizens: Landscape & Water Resources; Art & Placemaking; and Communications & Funding. Part One has been completed and the decision to move forward with Part Two has been placed on hold until both organizations have filled their Executive Director positions. Soroptomist Park— The Downtown Partnership partnered with the MSU CATS program in the fall of 2020 to have a senior-level landscape design class and a stream restoration ecology class develop improvement concepts for Soroptomist Park. The final report can be found on the downtown website. https://downtownbozeman.org/uploads/MSU_SoroptimistBozemanCreek_Report_sm.pdf Alley Improvements—staff is continuing the work with DHM Landscape Architects to refine the improvement concepts for the alley adjacent to Bridger Park Garage between North Black and North Tracy. Three design options have been developed that phase in a wide variety of enhancements in the public and private realms. With specific input from the adjacent property and business owners, and in consultation with the City and utilities, the final concept plan has been published with a press release to soon follow. Alley renderings will be printed and installed at either end of the alley with a QR code linked to the final plan on the DBP website. https://downtownbozeman.org/uploads/2020-11-12_Bozeman_Alleyways_-_Report_Reduced.pdf. Transportation & Mobility Analysis—the URD board approved the final scope of work (SOW) on June 16, 2020 and the City Commission subsequently approved the corresponding Task Order on July 20, 2020. Part One deliverables have been sent to City of Bozeman and MDT for agency review. Structured Parking Planning— The consulting team is researching options to install simple decks above existing surface lots as a simpler more affordable way to create more spaces. After an initial meeting with the term contract team, the parking decks may not be a viable option due to ramping and the commercial wrapping requirement which would take away too many parking spaces. A summary of the findings will be shared with DBP staff by the end of April. The consulting team has been asked to complete concept plans for a potential garage on the current US Bank parking lot. City Parking Policy Updates— The city held multiple parking engagement sessions over the past couple of months. At the April 27th City Commission meeting, the Economic Development staff will provide a presentation of the conversations. At the April Parking Commission meeting, city staff and the parking commissioners held a work session to discuss their work plan over the next year. They elected to work in committees to focus on different parking initiatives that evolved from the engagement sessions and from the 2016 Downtown Strategic Parking Plan. At the next meeting they intend to have a draft schedule of the initiatives they will be discussing at future parking commission meeting. To view past meeting recordings and information on upcoming sessions: https://www.bozeman.net/government/parking/parking-engagement-hub The PARK BZN app has a new feature that shows the number of parking spots available in the parking garage in real time. MDT Rouse Project The URD contracted with MDT’s Rouse Avenue construction company, Missouri River Construction, to install the underground electric conduit and pull-boxes for the future installation of downtown streetlamps. Following the completion of the Rouse reconstruction, MDT will review and provide final location approval for over 24 new downtown streetlamps between Main and Lamme Streets. An RFP for the installation of the lamps will be available soon to take place next summer once school is out of session. Micromobility Parking Update At the April 13th City Commission meeting, the commission provisionally adopted Ordinance 2072. This ordinance updates the Bozeman Municipal Code definitions surrounding micromobility, creates a micromobility business license for commercial vendors, and pilot a micromobility parking plan. The DBP intends to assist the city to educate downtown businesses and patrons of the identified pilot parking areas for e-scooters. https://d2kbkoa27fdvtw.cloudfront.net/bozeman/18924e986e8b21d6308bd6d89e9123b70.pdf Homeless Working Group Members of the group currently are made up of Emily Cope, Chris Naumann, Susan Gregory (Bozeman Public Library), Susan Neubauer (Fresco Café owner), Amy Kirkland (Altitude Gallery owner), Erica Brubaker (Wild Joes Coffee owner), Marek Ziegler (Bozeman PD), and Heather Grenier (HRDC). The first version of the business resource toolkit was sent out to downtown property and business owners on November 11th. This toolkit will be revised as new resources and information become available. The BID, HRDC and COB have discussed a pilot outreach program to be ran during the summer of 2021. Heather Grenier from HRDC shared a draft proposal proposing a two employee approach, one for street outreach (time spent visiting with people physically downtown and using a housing first approach while connecting persons to existing resources) and one for business relations (time spent talking to business community to understand current concerns and time spent training for employers and employers). The BID Board approved $12,000 of their “New Program” budget towards the pilot program. This program will be managed by HRDC and costs shared between HRDC, BID, the City and possibly other partners. Technical Assistance Program Update Other Financial Program Updates Streetscape Grants: None Life-Safety Grants: None Fiber Connectivity Grant: None Building Projects • Osborne Building (233 East Main) 4-story mixed use building with 2 floors of restaurant use and 2 floors of offices. Construction began October 2018. See https://www.theosbornebozeman.com/ • Merin Condos (on North Bozeman across from Dave’s Sushi) 28 units of owner-occupied Date Project Name Project Address Applicant Professional Type Value Completed 10/7/2019 Gallatin Laundry 137 East Babcock St Robert Lateiner Think Tank Plan/Façade 10,500$ YES 11/1/2019 9 E Main Street 9 E Main Street Robert Lateiner Think Tank Façade 3,000$ CANCELED 1/30/2020 Bozeman Creek Watercourse of Bozem Jim Madden Intrinsik Planning 7,500$ YES 1/30/2020 DA Davidson & Co 529 E Main St Randy Scully Intrinsik Planning 7,500$ 1/30/2020 102 E Babcock St 102 E Babcock St- Blo Randy Scully Intrinsik Planning 7,500$ Total 36,000$ Technical Assistance Program FY2020 Report Date Project Name Project Address Applicant Professional Type Value Completed 10/5/2020 107 E Babcock 107 E Babcock Randy Scully Intrinsik Planning 7,500$ 10/5/2020 104 E Main 104 E Main Randy Scully Intrinsik Planning 7,500$ 1/13/2021 5th & Main 411 & 421 W Main Donnie Olsson Hennebery Eddy Planning 7,500$ 2/22/2021 Ridge 111 E Mendenhall Steve Roderick Architecture One Planning 7,500$ Total 30,000$ Technical Assistance Program FY2021 Report housing. Under construction. • Village Downtown 30 new residential condo units and 9 single-family lots are under review by the City. • AC Hotel (5 East Mendenhall) 6 story 140 room full-service hotel. Under construction. • East End Flats (240 East Mendenhall) 6-story mixed use project. Development review completed and final site plan approved. • Carin Townhomes (northwest corner of W Beall & N Grand)—5 townhome condos currently under construction. • North Central (20 North Tracy)—Mountain View & Medical Arts buildings, phased master site plan development proposing a total of 9 new mixed-use buildings, associated parking, open space and infrastructure. Application submitted. New Businesses • Stretch Lab—23 South Willson—formerly The Art Shoppe • TBD—122 W Main—formerly Genuine Ice Cream (Lark food truck) • Tanoshii—113 East Main—formerly Corx—renovations underway • TBD—121 W Main—formerly Union Hall Brewery • Sotheby’s International Realty—424 E Main-- formerly Sage Spa—OPEN • TBD—27 East Main—formerly Crossroads—to be redeveloped as a restaurant(s) • rewild MT—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—411 East Main—formerly Knife Bistro • TBD—402 E Main St Suite 3— formerly The Montana Scene • TBD—South Willson—formerly Barley & Vine Discussion and Decision Items URD Budget Prioritization Discussion The URD board members individually ranked their preference for the top five projects for both short term and long term projects within the 2019 Downtown Bozeman Improvement Plan. Fourteen projects were narrowed down as the top ranked projects. The board directed staff to place these projects into the FY22 budget and work plan. It was noted that work on some of these projects has already been completed and momentum should not be lost on the progress. Meeting was adjourned at 1:30 pm Downtown URD April 2021 Finance Report Category Approved Budget FY2021 YTD Income Starting Cash Balance 3,100,000 2,506,000 final from FY20Income from TIF 335,000 - COB Interlocal Share 1,400,000 - Entitlement Share State of Montana 56,050 - Interest Income 20,000 - Other Income - - Total Income 4,911,050$ 2,506,000$ Expenses Operations DBP Management Fee 175,000 175,000 43750 4th quarter Total Operations 175,000$ 175,000$ Infrastructure ImprovementsStreet Furniture and Park Maintenance 15,000 13,407 129 alpine lawn Streetscape--new purchases 30,000 9,080 North Rouse Streetscape Project Streetlamps (26 qty)85,000 Phase 1 Construction: Conduit 60,000 33,009 1,946 TD&H Phase 2 Construction: Lamps 80,000 North Willson Streetscape Project 75,000 Streetscape Assistance Grant Program 50,000 Streetlamp Power Reconfiguration Project 250,000 Alley Improvements 50,000 FY20 Encumbered 19,000 DBIP: Bozeman Creek Improvements 50,000 Library Pedestrian Safety Improvements 15,000 15,000 15000 Life-Safety Grant Program 50,000 5,464 5464 Osborne Fiber Infrastructure 100,000 Fiber-Broadband Infrastructure--Grants 10,000 3,125 Alternative Transportation Projects 25,000 Total Improvements 964,000$ 79,085$ PlanningCity Economic Development Specialist 21,740 Technical Assistance Grants 50,000 FY20 Encumbered Funds 15,000 15,536 Residential Incentive Program 200,000 Armory Hotel Incentive Encumbered Funds 100,000 100,000 DBIP: Transportation PlanningEncumbered Part One--Concepts 31,710 31,392 Part Two--Data, Analysis, Cost Est 90,590 DBIP: Alley Planning 25,000 10,521 DBIP: Bozeman Creek Planning 30,000 15,000 DBIP: Soroptomist Park Planning 6,000 2,597 DBIP: Code Amendments 10,000 2,503 DBIP: Design Guidelines-Historic Inventories 38,750 38,750 DBIP: General Implementation 100,000 14,755 FY20 Encumbered Truck Study 15,000 6,155 SILD & Streetscape Engineering 25,000 Structured Parking Feasibility Analysis 25,000 15,897 393 SSStructured Parking Informal, Site Plan, Bids 750,000 South Wallace Asbestos Project 75,000 75,000 Professional Services Term Contract 75,000 528 Streetscape Preliminary Engineering 25,000 Total Planning 1,708,790$ 328,634$ Parking Structure Garage Bond Payment 335,000 Total Parking Garage Payments 335,000$ -$ Total Expenses 3,182,790$ 582,719$ Balance 1,728,260$ 1,923,282$ recent activity