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THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA
MINUTES
Monday, October 4th, 2021
00:00:51 WebEx Meeting Information
A) 00:04:08 Call Meeting to Order
Present: Henry Happel, Cathy Costakis, Gerald Pape, Jennifer Madgic, Nicole Olmstead
Absent: Richard Rudnicki, George Thompson, Matthew Hausauer
B) Disclosures
C) 00:05:07 Changes to the Agenda
D) 00:05:13 Approval of Minutes
D.1 Approval of Minutes from September 20th, 2021
09-20-21 Planning Board DRAFT.pdf
00:05:30 Motion D) Approval of Minutes
Gerald Pape: Motion
Cathy Costakis: 2nd
00:05:42 Vote on the Motion to approve D) Approval of Minutes. The Motion carried 5 - 0
Approve:
Henry Happel
Cathy Costakis
Gerald Pape
Jennifer Madgic
Nicole Olmstead
Disapprove:
None
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E) 00:05:53 Public Comment
Mary Wictor (1504 Boylan Rd.) Commented on the additional goals and objectives, and suggested that
it would be helpful to include in staff reports what area of town the projects are in.
F) 00:14:36 Special Presentations
F.1 Special presentation from One Valley on Gallatin County Regional Housing Study.
00:14:49 Special Presentation
Tanya Andreasen of One Valley Community Foundation presented to the board regarding the recently
published Gallatin County Regional Housing Study.
00:33:22 Board Questions
Board members directed questions to the presenters.
G) 01:20:41 Action Items
G.1 Ongoing work sessions to define and refine Planning Board goals for 2020 and
implementation of the Bozeman Community Plan 2020.
Memo to PB-210928.pdf
Chairman Happel gave an introduction to the work session and stated his goals for the discussion.
01:23:21 Update on Regional Planning Summit
Board member Costakis gave a brief report of her ongoing work on creating a Regional Planning Summit.
Chairman Happel suggested the possibility of a speaker series in place of a regional summit as there are
limitations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Staff Liaison Saunders informed the Board that there is an opportunity for breakout sessions via WebEx.
Chairman Happel directed board member Costakis to research the possibility of orchestrating a speaker
summit.
01:30:03 Suggested revisions to the UDC
Chairman Happel gave an overview of the Clarion report and inquired if the Board would like to have a
discussion on the report at a special meeting of the Planning Board.
Commissioner Madgic commented that a special meeting would be a good idea.
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Board member Pape commented that it is important for the Board to have a discussion on the Clarion
report.
Board member Olmstead requested clarification as to why the Board would hold a special meeting.
Chairman Happel commented that his intention of holding a special meeting would be to create a
resolution based on the discussion to present to Clarion.
Staff liaison Saunders asked questions regarding the logistics of a special meeting.
Chairman Happel responded that he feels that the Board should discuss each of the 5 topics that Clarion
reported.
Board member Costakis commented that she would be willing to attend a special meeting of the Board
to discuss the Clarion report.
Board member Olmstead commented that she thought a special meeting of the Board would be a good
idea.
Chairman Happel commented that he would inquire as to whether the public comment deadline could
be pushed out.
01:50:28 Community Plan Oversight
Chairman Happel gave an overview of the work done in the previous meeting regarding the community
plan oversight and commented that he will be following up with Marty Matsen.
01:51:38 Form Based Codes
Commissioner Madgic recommended a presentation be made for the Board to review.
Board member Pape echoed Commissioner Madgic's comment.
Board member Costakis commented that she would prefer to hear from someone who is not biased in
their opinion on form based code.
Board member Olmstead commented that it may be a good idea to ask Clarion to make a presentation
and also recommended that she believed that the County used Sanderson Stewart in the past to make
presentations based on form based code.
H) 02:00:52 FYI/Discussion
I) 02:00:57 Adjournment
For more information please contact Tom Rogers at trogers@bozeman.net. This board generally meets
the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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