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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-12-21 Inter-Neighborhood Council Agenda & PacketA.Call meeting to order Via Webex: https://cityofbozeman.webex.com/cityofbozeman/j.php? MTID=m3daccf540320301d1b8173067d3f54a1 Meeting number: 126 215 5168 Password: xW2pA3bkgB6 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 or channel 190 • Call-in toll number (US/Canada): 1-650-479-3208 • Access code: 126 215 5168 B.Disclosures C.Changes to the Agenda D.Approval of Minutes D.1 Approve Minutes from July 8th(Rockne) E.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.Special Presentation F.1 One Valley Community Foundation Regional Housing Initiatives & Seat at the Table 2021(Andreasen) G.FYI/Discussion G.1 City Liaison Update(Hess) G.2 City Commission Liaison Update(Pomeroy) THE INTER-NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA INC AGENDA Thursday, August 12, 2021 1 G.3 Neighborhood Updates(INC Reps) H.Adjournment For more information please contact Dani Hess at dhess@bozeman.net This board generally meets the 2nd Thursday of the month from 4:30pm to 6:00pm Committee meetings are open to all members of the public. If you have a disability and require assistance, please contact our ADA coordinator, Mike Gray at 582-3232 (TDD 582-2301). 2 Memorandum REPORT TO:Inter-Neighborhood Council FROM:Hess SUBJECT:Approve Minutes from July 8th MEETING DATE:August 12, 2021 AGENDA ITEM TYPE:Citizen Advisory Board/Commission RECOMMENDATION:Recommend approval of minutes STRATEGIC PLAN:7.3 Best Practices, Creativity & Foresight: Utilize best practices, innovative approaches, and constantly anticipate new directions and changes relevant to the governance of the City. Be also adaptable and flexible with an outward focus on the customer and an external understanding of the issues as others may see them. BACKGROUND:Minutes recorded by Secretary, submitted for review by INC members - attached UNRESOLVED ISSUES:NA ALTERNATIVES:NA FISCAL EFFECTS:NA Attachments: INC minutes 2021-07-08 (004).pdf Report compiled on: July 6, 2021 3 THE INTER-NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL (INC) MEETING OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA DRAFT MEETING MINUTES Thursday, July 08, 2021 Attending: Jennifer Rockne (SCAN), Kathy Powell (UNA), Lisa Prugh (Cooper Park), Laurie McKinney (MarLin), Cynthia Evans (BCNA), Brian Close (NHVN), Linda Se- mones (Bogert Park), Mickey (Cottonwood Condos), Bob Wall (SENA) Amy Ference (NENA), Emily Talago (Midtown), Pam Bode (Cooper Park), Dani Hess, Neighborhoods Program Coordinator Jessica Ahlstrom, City Water Conservation Division Sarah Rosenberg, City Associate Planner, Historic Preservation Program Director Alex Williams, Andy Knight, Bozeman Police Dept. Brit Fontenot, City Economic Development Coordinator 4:30 Jennifer called meeting to order Meeting via WebEx. Review June 2021 minutes. Kathy mentioned that on page 4, third Kathy – “Looks like revenue is lower than projected income.” This should be “projected expenses.” Discussed whether the City would replace sidewalks due to safety risks. They do not un- less a boulevard tree causes a trip hazard. And they only replace the sidewalk squares that are affected by the tree roots. Kathy moved to approve the minutes with the stated amendment. Lisa seconded. Motion passed unanimously. No Public Comment. Brian is new representative for NHVN. Did quick neighborhood rep introductions. 4:42 Jessica Ahlstrom – Drought Management component of Water Conservation Pro- gram 4 Bzn’s water supply – 18 acre-feet/day (6 MGD). Lyman Creek 20%, Hyalite Creek 40%, Bozeman (Sourdough) Creek 40%. No ground water supply City started conservation about 7 years ago. 2017 Drought Management Plan • Vulnerability Assessment: drought prone, climate change impacts, high summer water use • Drought Monitoring: City staff monitor water supplies regularly throughout the year. • Drought Response Actions and Declaration • Drought Communications Campaign • Drought Response Measures Very likely to experience a drought event. Southwest MT was in sever or extreme drought 15% to 19.9% of time since 1915 Wildfire Risks and Impacts. Fire in Hyalite watershed could impact City’s water supply quality Drought Monitoring: local data (area stream flow, snowpack, Hyalite Reservoir volume), regional/national indicators (U.S.. drought monitor). Gallatin County currently in severe drought (a bit in severe drought). Drought Response Actions and Declaration: monitor, staff updates director of Public Works, Director of Public Works makes recommendations to the Commission, Commis- sion reviews at public meeting to discuss drought conditions, Commission decides on drought declaration and the drought stage. Will recommend at Commission meeting Tuesday July 13th that they declare a Stage 1 drought. This will increase messaging about conservation, with goal to reduce water use by 10%. No mandatory restrictions. Stage 2 would call for time of day and day of week watering restrictions. Stages 3 and 4 would introduce lawn watering ban. If there are water use restrictions, City Code sections 40.02.1250-1360 will allow imposi- tion of fines. Warning letters will be generated, fines can be levied, and water can be shut off. Current Drought Conditions: low stream flow, low snowpack. If stage 1 drought is de- clared, there will be surcharges on water usage introduced. Stage 1 and 2 Drought Response: Stage 1 is voluntary. Stage 2 would limit watering to 2 days per week, limit hours to 6 pm and 10 am. Watering prohibited on Monday, during day. City actions: reduce outdoor watering by 30-40%. Mow less frequently. Install signage in these areas to inform the public that the City is voluntarily reducing water use due to drought conditions. 5 Surcharges increase from stage 1 to stage 4, vary by usage tier and customer class. Stage 1 has max surcharge of 21.7%. Stage 4 goes up to 200% for tier 4. Surcharge compensates for increased cost of water, helps offset reduced revenue on water usage. Kathy asked about how to relate tier to HCF used. This will be part of education / mes- saging. Dropcounter app will help you identify your water use and how it fits into the ti- ers (and that info is on your water bill). Kathy suggested identifying the volume limit for each tier. Lisa asked about basis for the tiers – it is based solely on volume of water usage. Kathy asked about whether there will be outreach to people / HOAs that have wells in- stead of City water. City hopes to contact all HOAs that they can to encourage water con- servation, and to relax covenants that require lawn watering. Lisa asked about golf courses – Jessica said they are also all on wells, but there will be outreach. There will also be attempts at outreach to residences that are on wells. Kathy mentioned that she recently heard of a mobile home park that also requires all res- idents to keep their lawns green. Linda asked about in which Billing Cycle would the surcharge start if the recommenda- tion is passed. Jessica said it would affect water use starting Aug. 1, which would appear on the bill due Sept. 15. City will also be making door hangers, if anyone would be interested in volunteering to distribute them. Kathy suggested that neighborhood associations might be able to help. Gary mentioned a direct feed system to water trees. He thought it might be less wasteful, and that it might be a good recommendation. He got a Ross feeder at Owenhouse. 5:15 Sarah Rosenberg – Historic Preservation Program Update Sarah has taken over the Historic Preservation Program from Phil Gonzalez. She worked on Historic Preservation in Aspen before coming to Bozeman. Doing some surveys, updates of inventory (previous inventory was done in 1980s). Try- ing to increase the influence of the History Preservation Board. srosen- berg@bozeman.net, 582-2297 Linda asked whether the July meeting would be held. Sarah said that several members were unable to attend, so they will defer until the August meeting. 6 5:21 INC FY22 Issues Work Session INC executive committee met this past week to discuss direction for the coming year. Would like to select a focus issue for the upcoming year. This issue would probably have some facet represented in each INC meeting’s agenda. Dani presented the jamboard tool to gather ideas about what people would like to be the focus issue. The jamboard also lists the City’s 13 strategic plan priorities for the coming year – we are encouraged to align the focus issue with these priorities. Executive committee submitted ideas for the focus issue – others are encouraged to sug- gest additional items. Linda suggested adding traffic calming in as many neighborhoods as possible. Should align with livable cities, and maybe with climate action. Talked about sustainability / water conservation, parking, affordable housing items brief- ly. Brian talked about the 10-year Parks and Rec plan update coming up and suggested that the INC could help track status and help with outreach. Dani suggested that we vote on whether we should have a focus issue, and if so, have an- other vote on what the issue would be. Brian suggested that we could get presentations from experts in some of the areas of in- terest (parks & rec, parking, affordable housing) to help guide a decision on which one should be a focus. 6:00 Neighborhood Representative Update (Dani) Equity indicator updates will be deferred to next meeting. Neighborhood Update MarLin (Laurie) – Farmer’s Market moved to Lindley Park instead of Bogert. Like Sweet Pea with no parking regulations. A lot more activity, and a lot of biking group activity al- so. UNA (Kathy) Planning a block party on Aug. 22 (Sunday evening). People to bring their own food and refreshments. No picnic tables or buffet style food – following CDC guide- lines. Working with interim parking manager on simplifying process to get visitor park- ing permits, working on funding approach. There is a bear in the neighborhood! 6:05 - meeting adjourned. 7 Minutes recorded by Bob Wall. 8 Memorandum REPORT TO:Inter-Neighborhood Council FROM:One Valley Community Foundation SUBJECT:One Valley Community Foundation Regional Housing Initiatives & Seat at the Table 2021 MEETING DATE:August 12, 2021 AGENDA ITEM TYPE:Citizen Advisory Board/Commission RECOMMENDATION:Listen to presentation, ask questions, no formal action needed STRATEGIC PLAN:1.2 Community Engagement: Broaden and deepen engagement of the community in city government, innovating methods for inviting input from the community and stakeholders. BACKGROUND:The One Valley Community Foundation will present information on their Regional Housing Initiatives including the recently published Regional Housing Study (attached), Regional Housing Fund and Council, and the Seat at the Table event planned for October 14th, 2021. Learn how you can participate in Seat at the Table and the housing issues across Gallatin County. UNRESOLVED ISSUES:NA ALTERNATIVES:NA FISCAL EFFECTS:NA Attachments: PR_GV Housing Study.pdf Report compiled on: July 6, 2021 9 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 5, 2021 CONTACT: Tanya Andreasen, Community Engagement Manager One Valley Community Foundation (406) 587-6262 ext. 3 tanya@onevalley.org https://www.atthetablegv.org Housing Study to Inform Solutions to Housing Needs in Gallatin County One Valley Community Foundation, in partnership with Future West, recently released a housing study to highlight challenges and solutions around housing in Gallatin County Gallatin County, MT- In partnership with Future West, the One Valley Community Foundation recently released a housing study for Gallatin County. The study highlights escalating costs of housing to purchase or rent, describes a county-wide housing shortage and illustrates how the costs of housing are not in alignment with wage growth. In addition to describing housing needs and challenges, the study also provides ideas meant to catalyze the region to communicate, collaborate, and develop coordinated solutions to the housing needs of those who live, work, and do business in Gallatin County. Supplemented with available information on all community regions in the county, the report builds upon recent housing studies and housing action plans that have been conducted in Bozeman and Big Sky. It combines data from public sources with primary research from these studies. The One Valley Community Foundation commissioned the Gallatin County Regional Housing Study to illuminate housing needs in the county’s rural and urban areas. One Valley and its partners believe that local problems need local solutions. What works to address a lack of housing stock in Bozeman may differ from solutions to housing availability in Manhattan or Big Sky. By presenting data representative of the entire county’s geography and population, shared understanding of regional housing needs is built among public and private partners, and individual residents of Gallatin County. Understanding the complexities of housing needs is the first step to developing effective solutions. 10 This study is meant to be an easy-to-read compilation of information – and a conversation starter for our community. On October 14, 2021, One Valley Community Foundation will host its second A Seat at the Table event to inspire hundreds of conversations around the county to discuss the current housing situation and generate ideas and solutions directly from community members. Results from this event will be compiled by Montana State University, and be made widely available to the community. Our first A Seat at the Table event in 2018 brought together 1,000 people from around Gallatin County to discuss their concerns, hopes and dreams for their community. The One Valley Community Foundation heard loud and clear that housing affordability, availability, and attainability are top of mind for Gallatin County residents and employers. Learn how to participate at www.atthetablegv.org. One Valley Community Foundation invites you to get informed and be a part of the solutions by joining the conversation. Start by reading the Regional Housing Study at www.onevalley.org/regionalhousing and participate in the upcoming A Seat at the Table 2021: Transformational conversations about housing in the Gallatin Valley. One Valley wants loud and quiet voices at the table as everyone is affected by housing needs in one way or another. Invite your neighbor to join us at A Seat at the Table 2021 to share your story, gain new understanding, and explore ways to be a part of the housing affordability solution in our region. Sign up for ongoing social media messaging around regional housing issues and events, and learn how to invest in the Regional Housing Fund at www.onevalley.org/regionalhousing. About One Valley Community Foundation Formerly known as the Bozeman Area Community Foundation, One Valley Community Foundation’s mission is to connect people who care to causes that matter to build a better community. Through philanthropic services, strategic investments, and community leadership, One Valley Community Foundation helps people support the causes they care about, now and for generations to come. The Community Foundation serves the areas of Bozeman, Big Sky, Belgrade, Manhattan, Churchill, Three Forks, and the rural areas in between. Since its inception in 1998, the Foundation has galvanized more than $8.6 million for 200+ local nonprofit organizations. Read the 2020 Annual Report and learn more at www.OneValley.org. ### 11