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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04A_12.2.21 Gallatin County Courts Pre-app Meeting Gallatin County Courts Pre-Application Meeting December 2, 2021 Attendees: Brian Krueger, Karl Johnson, Claire Morrison, Ben Abbey, Scott Mueller, Nick Borzak, Jon Wirth, Bill Hanson, Diane Tolhurst Project Description: Pre-application meeting for advice and comments for new courthouse, Sheriff office addition to Detention Center, Court Services building, demolition of the existing Law and Justice Center, and related site Site: 615 South 16th Avenue, Bozeman, Montana 59715 S12, T02 S, R05 E, LAW JUSTICE CENTER, S12, T02 S, R05 E, C.O.S. 691, PARCEL B, ACRES 3, S12, T02 S, R05 E, ACRES 0.172, TR IN SW4SW4 60' X 131.73' Planning Process/Timelines • Master Plan for entire site – include changes to existing Justice Center o Not required to have future pad sites developed o Come in later with site plans after MSP is approved • Come in with a phased SP for the two parking lots o Do a SP for the court building • If no Agency exemptions – no additional hearings, can all be approved administratively • Timeline – SP and MSP o MSP - 12-14 weeks if application is prepared o SP – can be submitted and approved at same time as MSP o SP for court building would be submitted after the MSP and the SP for parking lots are approved • No major issues with current layout o Parking - Projects cannot have more than 125% than the minimum parking o Create a hierarchy in your drive aisle system  Coming in through Dickerson  Site design standards – consider a primary throughway with access to all the parking lots and services to buildings  Internal roadway with Dickerson  Designed to carry both pedestrians and vehicles o Diagonal parking lot – can use as staging for construction, can post a bond for landscaping and complete the landscaping prior to occupancy • Engineering – o Traffic generation would require a TIS  You can use the previous report as best you can, if the information is still usable/applicable o Hardscape – Looking for stormwater retention  Seasonal high ground water monitoring • Suggest spring monitoring o Several water mains into site but not connected to each other – you will need to be Page 2 of 2 aware of looping those mains o Connection to 15th – double check to make sure access exists o Utility services – 30 ft easement between detention center and sheriffs building  Dry utilities – private easement between landowner and utility owners; City is not signatories on these types of easements • Discuss with owners to determine if you can build over and abandon later  Water-sewer easements are maintained by City • Code is explicit – you cannot build in current utility easement • Fire – Opportunity to not require turnaround but needs to be worked out if the City can drive through parking lot area/secured area o Verify doors on the Sally port so Fire can get through o Verify the sheriff’s office would allow Fire to get through o Eastern property edge – Verify road width for Fire to get around building; 9ft is minimum width o Fire is ok with phasing; just would like to ensure they can get through the secure gates Please note: Comments are preliminary and based on the information provided. City staff cannot identify all possible issues during a pre-application meeting. We try to identify critical path issues at this time. You are required to design the project to meet the requirements of the Bozeman Municipal Code.