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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-14-21 Inter-Neighborhood Council Agenda & PacketA.Call meeting to order This meeting will be held using Webex, an online videoconferencing system. You can join this meeting: Via Computer using Webex: Join the meeting Or copy/paste the following link: https://cityofbozeman.webex.com/cityofbozeman/j.php? MTID=m3daccf540320301d1b8173067d3f54a1 Via Phone: This is for listening only. United States Toll 1-650-479-3208 Access code: 126 215 5168 B.Approval of Minutes B.1 Approve Minutes from September 9th (Rockne) C.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. D.Special Presentation D.1 Presentation on Parks, Recreation & Active Transportation Plan (Agency Planning & Sanderson Stewart) E.FYI/Discussion E.1 City Commission Liaison Update(Pomeroy) E.2 City Liaison Update(Hess) E.3 Neighborhood Updates(INC Reps) F.Adjournment THE INTER-NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA INC AGENDA Thursday, October 14, 2021 For more information please contact Neighborhoods Program Coordinator, Dani Hess - 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 1 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 September 9th MEETING DATE:October 14, 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 2021-09-09.pdf Report compiled on: September 2, 2021 3 THE INTER-NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL (INC) MEETING OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA DRAFT MEETING MINUTES Thursday, Aug 12, 2021 Attending: Jennifer Rockne (SCAN), Kathy Powell (UNA), Cynthia Evans (BCNA), Linda Semones (Bogert Park), Brian Close (NHVN), Lisa Prugh (Cooper Park), Bob Wall (SENA) Laurie McKinney (MarLin), Dani Hess, Neighborhoods Program Coordinator Terry Cunningham, Deputy Mayor Josh Waldo, Fire Chief Scott MacFarlane, County Commissioner Whitney Bermes I-Ho Pomeroy, City Commisson Liaison 4:31 Jennifer called meeting to order Meeting via WebEx. No disclosures – Brian described what was involved. No changes to the agenda. Review Aug. 2021 minutes. Kathy mentioned that in neighborhood updates, Parking Commission passed a resolution, but it was only a recommendation to reduce the re- quirements. This will go to the City Commission later. Cynthia moved to approve the minutes as amended. Lisa seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Public comment: Parking Commission did pass a resolution to have no parking require- ments in B3. Vote was not unanimous. Will go to board review in October, not on City Commission calendar yet. Proposed change to UDC code. Kathy will try to initiate a meeting late in September – got some info from Mark Egge about why the Commission thought this was a good move, other info that they gathered, etc. 4:38 Terry Cunningham and Josh Waldo – City Ballot Issues Josh – General Fund Facility Bonds and Community Housing Mill Levy Ballot Items 4 A Bond is a ballot issue that pays for large public service projects. Fixed amount of mon- ey over a limited amount of time. 15-year bonds are proposed. A levy does not have an end date and does not have a fixed cost. Annually, property owners pay the levy amount on their property taxes. Fire station 2 Bond – relocate from S. 19th. Current facility too small, can’t be expanded, traffic on 19th makes it challenging getting in and out of the station. Shared single re- stroom and shared sleeping quarters for all staff. Built in 1974 – no allowance for female staff. Not enough room for emergency services equipment, current location does not meet national standard of 6 minute emergency response time. Closer to 8 minutes currently. Opportunities: Larger facility, location aligns with guidance from Fire Protection Master Plan (Kagy and 7th across from Museum of Rockies), partnership with MSU, more room for staff, more modern facility. Cost: $18.83/year based on taxable median home value of $364,000. About $6.7M to construct the facility. You can find your home’s assessed value at https://itax.gallatin.mt.gov/. Facilities Renovation Bond Lindley Center – complete renovation inside and out, ADA compliant restrooms and parking area, upgraded kitchen. Current building frequently used, with significant de- ferred maintenance. Bogert Pool – resurfacing and sealing to prevent leaks to pool skin, new fencing. Historic facility built in the 1930s. (A new aquatics facility is being discussed for wet side, but expect Bogert Pool to still be used) Swim Center – upgrades to air filtration system – already experiencing shutdowns. New gutter, water filtration Cost: $6.38/year based on taxable median home value of $364,000. About $2.5M to con- struct the facility. Community Housing Mill Levy Challenges – unprecedented rise in home prices, rapid increase in growth outpacing home inventory, current median home price does not match current wages, loss of workforce. Opportunities: dedicated stream of funding to address community housing, invest in toolbox of housing solutions, reduce barriers to new housing and retain existing housing, encourage different types of housing including multi-family, townhomes, condos, single household, and more. Projects that have been assisted by community housing funds:Arrowleaf Park Apart- ments, Perennial Park Senior Housing, Willow Springs Townhomes, Timber Ridge Sen- ior Housing. Preserving Darlinton Manor, Boulevard Apartments. Helped offset impact fees on new project. 5 Cost: $33.67/year (7 mils) based on taxable median home value of $364,000. About $1M / year. Total: $58.88 / year for all three (on median home value). What if we don’t act? Emergency services response time continues to fall, deferred maintenance on community assets may affect public’s usage, and funding for Community Housing program will be uncertain. Vote on these issues will be Nov. 2. Questions: Lisa – what is the median home taxable value and how does it relate to house’s appraised value. Terry – increases on taxable value are limited. Lisa – how will the new fire station fit in with changes to Kagy? (Current traffic is a mess.) Josh – station will go in before upgrades to Kagy. If nothing changes, would prob- ably add exterior lighting to alert. Bob – is the median assessment the current one? Yes – it is based on the current assess- ments. The next appraisal will be in 2022. Brian – citizens passed a Park Maintenance District last year that included a levy to ad- dress capital backlog in park district. Does this change that? Terry - The previous levy did not include these two improvements. Brian – if full 7 mils levied for affordable housing, how much would that generate? Cur- rently, 1 mil is $145,000, so 7 mils would be about $1M annually. Brian – are there existing projects that can demonstrate how those funds can be used to help affordable housing, and can those funds be used to leverage federal funds? Yes, the local fund can help leverage federal funds and state funds. Examples of projects that have received support: the projects aren’t currently lined up; trying to maintain flexibility. Lisa – on Willow Springs project, how does participation by HRDC compare with City’s involvement (and County’s). City contributed around $480,000 total (around 10% of cap- ital needs). Project behind Lowe’s was $80M, City contributed around $2M. 5:09 Scott Macfarlane and Whitney Bermes – County Bond Issue County’s needs for Courts Building (formerly Law and Justice Center). Previous asks have been for a lot larger project serving several different groups. Now have condensed down to the Courts Building – Sheriff’s Office and Attorney’s Office have been ad- dressed by other means. Current facility in old Catholic school would be replaced by a new County Courts build- ing. Design is fairly complete. Would be on north boundary of property. Would include 6 four District Courts, two Justice Courts, Clerks of Court, Youth Court and Probation, Standing Master, Self-Help Law Center, Public Community and Jury Assembly Room, Security Detail Office. Community meeting space will allow access to the public after hours. Listed several different reasons people might visit the Courts Center. Current building is not adequate and cannot responsibly be used. Construction standards were not in place when it was built. Support columns have been removed, not earthquake safe. Not confident in safety of the building. No fire suppression system, unable to separate groups of people that should not mingle (for example, accused and victims). Logjam of cases is causing problems county-wide. County got a fourth judge, but don’t have space to house them currently. Need for Court Building will not go away. Saved $9M on the project, using existing funds and savings, utilizing creative funding mechanisms to reduce additional ask on taxpayers. Used federal funds (from CARES Act) to help buy a new building for sheriff’s office to reduce the size of the building and ask of taxpayers. Attorney’s Office will be housed in a building on south side of this campus. Costs will only increase from here – construction costs are increasing 10% year over year. Current issues are costing taxpayers in the meantime. A remodel is impossible – whole building would need to be brought up to code and would cost more than building a new one. What will it cost? For an assessed market value of $300,000, would be $20.10 per year. Cost to individuals will decrease over time as the population of the county increases and tax burden is spread out over more people. New Courts Building is the only cost-effective solution to our long over-due need for saf- er and more efficient courts. Questions: phone 582-3000, or email commission@gallatin.mt.gov. gallatin.mt.gov Lisa – how does sq. footage compare to old building? And what happened to idea of moving campus away from current site? Scott – New building is not bigger, since it only needs to house the courts. About 60,000 sq. ft. Not sure that there has ever been another location identified. One primary reason is proximity to detention center. Jennifer – does this include demolition of existing building? Scott – yes it would. 7 Bob – is single-story the most cost-efficient way to construct the building? Scott – engineering determined that this is probably the most efficient design. Linda – was it designed for the possibility of a second story? Scott – no, the structures to support that would be prohibitively expensive. But layout is such that it should be easy to build annex for additional courts. That could be two stories. Kathy – what are plans for energy sources? Plans for solar? Scott – plan to be solar-ready, so if funds are available, solar can be installed. Part of un- certainty is that when bonds are sold, there may be premiums to offset some cost, and contingency funds might help offset cost of solar, but these are not concrete up front. Kathy – how are the energy efficiency issues being considered? Scott – trying to plan to use most up-to-date techniques, and to pursue any credits and bonuses available. Credits for lighting, efficiency of heating system, etc. are being con- sidered during engineering of systems. Brian – original goal of County Commission in 1970s was to buy Willson School and ex- pand courts into that building. County bought Rosary School, hoping to trade that to the school, but that didn’t work out. They ended up putting the Law and Justice Center there, then built the detention center there. 5:43 Dani’s updates Good Neighbor Day is last Tuesday of month, Sept. 28. Encouraging people to hold block parties. Outdoor gatherings with masks will hopefully be safe. Parks & Rec, Li- brary, Neighborhoods Program are hosting a west side block party on Yellowstone Ave. next to park. People can go to https://www.bozeman.net/government/neighborhoods/building-blocks-bzn to see some FAQs and suggestions on how to throw a block party. Need to submit applications 15 working days before event to get permits. Kathy suggested that in the “Get the Word Out” section, might suggest reminding people a week before and again one or two days before. There is a party tonight at 7th and Dickerson, with jazz music and pizza oven. UNA held a party that was successful. Smaller group, but people enjoyed. Affordable Housing code assessment – audit of City’s UDC, with goal to remove barriers to affordable housing. Draft report available now. Next week, 5-6 PM on Wednesday evening, Sep. 15, via WebEx or Zoom, project team will host meeting, which will be rec- orded. Public comment open until Oct. 13. 8 From Linda: https://www.bozeman.net/home/showpublisheddocument/11543/637659324485130000 This is where you can read the document on affordable housing, which is much, much more than that. There are a lot of changes outside affordable housing – historic preserva- tion. 2015 NCOD audit recommended removal of NCOD by 2020, and creation of smaller dis- tricts. 2019 report recommended keeping boundaries intact, breaking into two programs. New report suggests eliminating the NCOD again, which would require introducing new mechanisms for historic preservation. Other changes proposed – changes to R2 zoning to allow more living units per lot. Application period now open for City Advisory Boards. There is new page on the City web site describing new board structure and providing the application forms. Applica- tions open until Sep. 30. https://www.bozeman.net/government/citizen-advisory-boards City still in Stage 1 drought restrictions. City Commission Calendar for the next six months: https://www.bozeman.net/home/showpublisheddocument/10727/637653041465300000 5:58 Neighborhood updates Linda: Bogert Park Neighborhood put in traffic calming devices at Gallagator Trail cross- ing – need more feedback on SurveyMonkey site, https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SChurchSt. 6:01 - Meeting adjourned. Minutes recorded by Bob Wall. 9 Memorandum REPORT TO:Inter-Neighborhood Council FROM:Parks & Recreation SUBJECT:Presentation on Parks, Recreation & Active Transportation Plan MEETING DATE:October 14, 2021 AGENDA ITEM TYPE:Citizen Advisory Board/Commission RECOMMENDATION:Listen to presentation, ask questions, no formal action needed STRATEGIC PLAN:1.1 Outreach: Continue to strengthen and innovate in how we deliver information to the community and our partners. BACKGROUND:The Parks, Recreation, and Active Transportation Planning team will join us to introduce the purpose of the plan, outline the process and timeline, and talk with the group about how Neighborhood Representatives can be ambassadors for engaging their neighborhoods in the process. UNRESOLVED ISSUES:NA ALTERNATIVES:NA FISCAL EFFECTS:NA Report compiled on: September 2, 2021 10