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APPROVED minutes from June 3, 2021 board meeting
Voted on and approved during September 2, 2021 meeting via WebEx TO DO List:
Everyone attend August 5 board meeting
In attendance: David Fine, Susan Fraser, Jen Madgic, Alicia Ruiz, Tracy Menuez, Emily
Talago, Nolan Campbell, Valerie Wyman
A. Call to Order – Val called the meeting to order at 4:30pm.
B. Changes to agenda – none.
C. Public comment – none.
D. Approval of Minutes
Val motioned approval of May 6 minutes as presented; Nolan seconded the motion. All in
favor. E.1. Action Item – 2006 Design & Connectivity Plan, sunsetting of the
Tom Rogers with City Planning Department presented (see Attachment A). This plan, along
with two others, is going before the Planning Board next week for discussion of sunsetting.
Comments made during next week’s meeting will come back to Midtown board for the next
monthly meeting for continued discussion, comments.
Discussion. Val asked staff to explain what within the 2006 ‘Winter Plan’ is no longer
necessary. David answered he would bring back to the board this information after digging,
finding examples. There are good things about having this history/this plan built into the
full community plan.
Tom confirmed there will be more discussion with Midtown board as well as the planning
board. Val noted it is too early to make a recommendation for sunsetting. Discussion
continued. Commissioner Madgic reminded all that such neighborhood plans are tied to
state statute which adds gravitas, and without such a plan in place the district might lose
position(s) to overall plan. She added it might be best to update it and make it have more
‘teeth’ for future.
More discussion. Nolan asked for an explanation of the mechanism to updating this plan,
i.e. is it a matter of staff time, money to hire it done? David responded that the design
standards are being drafted now, approved in this upcoming year’s budget and work plan,
and those will help keep the vision intact. David noted this is a preliminary discussion.
Tom went onto note that his department’s workload does not allow bandwidth to do such a
plan update. He also added the shift of the NCOD (Neighborhood Conservation Overlay
District) might affect Midtown. (FYI: MURB discussed this in Fall 2018 meetings, leading to
a letter to the Commission. See Attachment B).
F. FYI
Susan asked about status of July board meeting, and David said nothing on the horizon requiring board approval. Nolan motioned cancellation of July 1 board meeting; Val
seconded. All in favor. G. Adjournment
Valerie motioned for adjournment at 5:07pm; everyone seconded. All in favor.
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Attachment A
full document can be found at
https://midtownbozeman.org//uploads/Documents/102406-North-7th-Ave.-Design-Connectivity-final-plan.pdf
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Attachment B
November 19, 2018
City of Bozeman Commission
P O Box 1231
Bozeman MT 59771-1231
RE: NCOD draft response
Dear Mayor Andrus and Commissioners:
Thank you for your efforts on updating the Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District. We
write today to give our support to the Alternative 1 Recommendation, found on page 15-16
of the October 23 2018 draft of the NCOD, specifically:
• North 7th Street is all out of the NCOD, and the adjacency boundary line will not include any of the Midtown District.
We appreciate the creation of the B2M zoning for our district and wish to maintain its
streamlined design and implementation. Thank you for continuing to assist with alleviating
blight.
Respectfully,
Andrew Cetraro, Chair
Midtown Urban Renewal Board
cc: Martin Matsen, David Fine and Chris Saunders, City staff