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THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA
MINUTES
Monday, October 18, 2021
00:00:07 WebEx Meeting Information
A) 00:03:26 Call Meeting to Order
Present: Henry Happel, Cathy Costakis, Gerald Pape, Matthew Hausauer, Jennifer Madgic, Nicole
Olmstead
Absent: Richard Rudnicki, George Thompson
B) Disclosures
C) 00:04:10 Changes to the Agenda
D) 00:04:15 Approval of Minutes
D.1 Approval of Minutes from October 4th, 2021
10-04-21 Planning Board Meeting Minutes DRAFT.pdf
00:04:28 Motion D) Approval of Minutes
Gerald Pape: Motion
Cathy Costakis: 2nd
00:04:37 Vote on the Motion to approve D) Approval of Minutes. The Motion carried 6 - 0
Approve:
Henry Happel
Cathy Costakis
Gerald Pape
Matthew Hausauer
Jennifer Madgic
Nicole Olmstead
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Disapprove:
None
E) 00:04:48 Public Comment
Sean Casto (1461 Boyland rd) commented in opposition of the Canyon Gate project that will be coming
before the Planning Board in the coming weeks.
Daniel Gaugler (158 Boyland rd.) commented in opposition of the Canyon Gate Annexation application
that will be before the Planning Board in the coming weeks.
F) 00:14:22 Action Items
F.1 00:14:26 Subdivision Review Procedures And Associated Development Standards
Update Text Amendment, Ordinance 2089, Application 21338
21338 PB staff Report.pdf
Ord. 2089 Revised Text for Subdivision Process - Public Hearing draft 10-1-2020.pdf
00:14:39 Staff Presentation
City Planner Chris Saunders presented Ordinance 2089 - Subdivision Process Text Amendment to the
Board and recommended that the amendment met the criteria for approval.
00:33:29 Board Questions
Board members directed questions to staff.
01:04:32 Public Comment Opportunity.
No public Comment Opportunities.
01:09:42 Board Discussion
Chairman Happel commented that he would like to make a revision to the proposed motion language
presented to the Board.
Board member Olmstead commented that the goal for the revised ordinance were still unclear and
requested additional information be made available to the public.
01:14:36 Motion: Having reviewed and considered the staff report, draft ordinance, public comment,
and all information presented, I hereby adopt the findings presented in the staff report for application
21338 and move to recommend approval of Ordinance 2089.
Matthew Hausauer: Motion
Cathy Costakis: 2nd
Board member Hausauer spoke to his motion.
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Board member Costakis spoke to her second.
01:17:48 Friendly Amendment: Having reviewed and considered the staff report, draft ordinance, public
comment, and all information presented, I hereby adopt except as provided below the findings
presented in the staff report for application 21338. I dissent from the finding that the proposed
amendments are wholly in accordance with the growth policy in as much as they terminate the City's
inclusionary housing ordinance. I find that this termination is inconsistent with the City's adopted
growth policy in particular goal N-1.1 which states an objective of the policy is to "promote housing
diversity" I nonetheless move to recommend approval of Ordinance 2089.
Henry Happel: Motion
Gerald Pape: 2nd
Board member Costakis commented that she was in agreement with Chairman Happel's amendment.
01:19:56 Vote on the Motion to amend Having reviewed and considered the staff report, draft ordinance,
public comment, and all information presented, I hereby adopt except as provided below the findings
presented in the staff report for application 21338. I dissent from the finding that the proposed
amendments are wholly in accordance with the growth policy in as much as they terminate the City's
inclusionary housing ordinance. I find that this termination is inconsistent with the City's adopted growth
policy in particular goal N-1.1 which states an objective of the policy is to "promote housing diversity" I
nonetheless move to recommend approval of Ordinance 2089. The Motion carried 6 - 0
Approve:
Henry Happel
Cathy Costakis
Gerald Pape
Matthew Hausauer
Jennifer Madgic
Nicole Olmstead
Disapprove:
None
01:21:00 Vote on the Motion to approve as amended: Having reviewed and considered the staff report,
draft ordinance, public comment, and all information presented, I hereby adopt the findings presented in
the staff report for application 21338 and move to recommend approval of Ordinance 2089. The Motion
carried 6 - 0
Approve:
Henry Happel
Cathy Costakis
Gerald Pape
Matthew Hausauer
Jennifer Madgic
Nicole Olmstead
Disapprove:
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None
F.2 01:21:11 Continued Discussion of the Clarion Report on the Bozeman Code Audit
to Create and Preserve Housing and Development of Recommendations.
01:21:36 Board Discussion
Chairman Happel gave a brief introduction to the Clarion report and opened the floor for Board
discussion of the recommendations previously presented to the Board by the Clarion team.
Board members took turns providing their thoughts and comments on the Clarion recommendations.
Chairman Happel proposed that the Board should submit a recording of the meeting video to the Clarion
team in lieu of a written recommendation.
02:07:22 Motion The Planning Board requests that the Community Development forward the portion of
the video of the meeting that deals with the second agenda item which is discussion of the Clarion
report to Clarion as the best indication provided concerning the Board's comments on the housing
affordability assessment.
Henry Happel: Motion
Jennifer Madgic: 2nd
02:08:31 Vote on the Motion to approve The Planning Board requests that the Community Development
forward the portion of the video of the meeting that deals with the second agenda item which is discussion
of the Clarion report to Clarion as the best indication provided concerning the Board's comments on the
housing affordability assessment. The Motion carried 6 - 0
Approve:
Henry Happel
Cathy Costakis
Gerald Pape
Matthew Hausauer
Jennifer Madgic
Nicole Olmstead
Disapprove:
None
G) 02:09:18 FYI/Discussion
Chairman Happel informed the Board that he will not be present for the November 15th Board meeting.
H) 02:10:37 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.