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Request for Proposals
Unified Development
Code Overall Update
Bozeman, Montana
1600 Stout Street, Ste 1700
Denver, CO. 80202
303.830.2890
www.clarionassociates.com
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CONTENTS
A. Bozeman Executive Summary 2
B. Firm Profile 3
C. Response to Scope 6
D. General & Technical Requirements 12
E. Related Project Experience 19
F. Proposed Schedule 23
G. Outline of Engagement Plan 23
H. Present Project Workloads & Respective
Responsibility in the Project 25
I. Recent & Current Work for the City of Bozeman 26
J. References 29
K. Post-Adoption Activities & Training 30
L. Cost Proposal and Fee Schedule 31
M. Conflict of Interest 32
Appendix 33
• Example Public Participation Plan
Attachment A
NONDISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL PAY AFFIRMATION
________________ (name of entity submitting) hereby affirms it will
not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, marital status, national
origin, or because of actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or disability and
acknowledges and understands the eventual contract will contain a provision prohibiting
discrimination as described above and this prohibition on discrimination shall apply to the
hiring and treatments or proposer's employees and to all subcontracts.
In addition, ________________ (name of entity submitting) hereby
affirms it will abide by the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Section 39-3-104, MCA (the Montana
Equal Pay Act), and has visited the State of Montana Equal Pay for Equal Work "best practices"
website, or equivalent best practices publication and has read the material.
Name and title of person authorized to sign on behalf of submitter
Clarion Associates, LLC
Clarion Associates, LLC
Don Elliott, FAICP, Director
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A. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
March 23, 2022
City of Bozeman
Email submission to: agenda@bozeman.net
ATTN: Mr. Mike Maas, City Clerk
Mr. Chris Saunders, Community Development Manager
RE: City of Bozeman Request for Qualifications, Unified Development Code Overall Update
Dear Members of the Evaluation Committee:
On behalf of Clarion Associates, I am pleased to submit this proposal to assist the City of Bozeman with its
Unified Development Code Overall Update. Over the past year, we have enjoyed working with the City to start
addressing some of the challenges of housing affordability, and we have enjoyed the opportunity to interact
with a range of citizens and community groups in Bozeman. We would be pleased to continue this collaboration
by undertaking the full update of the City’s UDC.
Clarion Associates is a nationally recognized land-use consulting firm with extensive experience in preparing
development codes for jurisdictions of all sizes across the country since our founding in 1992. Clarion has a
staff of 18 people with offices in Denver, Colorado and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In addition to working with
the City of Bozeman on the 2021 Affordable Housing Assessment, Clarion has worked on many similar zoning
projects throughout the country. We believe that the combination of our existing knowledge of the Bozeman
code, and our familiarity with the broader issues with development and affordability that the City is facing,
provide a unique advantage in undertaking the proposed code update.
We have learned much about Bozeman since beginning our work with the City to target code improvements related
to housing affordability. We believe the current changes to the UDC, including an updated process for requesting
Planned Unit Development (PUD) proposals, Departures for Housing Affordability, and proposed updates to the
Affordable Housing Ordinance, will help the City to move towards its goal of enhancing housing affordability. We
also believe the 2021 Affordable Housing Assessment is a solid basis for initiating a broader UDC Assessment that
would be a central part of the UDC Overall Update. We would be honored to work with Bozeman staff, officials,
and stakeholders to apply lessons learned and best practices towards making further substantial improvements
to the City’s current UDC. In particular, we have extensive experience in developing hybrid ordinances that merge
form-based code components with more traditional code structures and drafting zoning districts that offer flexibility
for new development projects while providing protection to established neighborhoods.
Our proposed approach for updating Bozeman’s Unified Development Code is outlined in the pages that follow.
We would be happy to discuss any refinements or alternative approaches with the City, as well as to prepare a
more detailed scope and budget. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions or comments or if
you need additional information.
We look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,
Don Elliott, FAICP Director
delliott@clarionassociates.com
(303) 830-2890 ext. 26
1600 Stout Street, Suite 1700
Denver, CO. 80202
303.830.2890
www.clarionassociates.com
Planning | Zoning & Land Use | Sustainability & Resiliency
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A. BOZEMAN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Bozeman, as a city and as a community, is starting the
process of updating the Unified Development Code
to implement the Bozeman Community Plan 2020
and help focus new development and redevelopment
on key themes of environmental and economic
sustainability and support for the health and wellness
of the community. This is an ambitious project that
will allow the City to update development standard
for land use, housing, climate, and facility plans. The
outcomes of the UDC update project, if done well,
will guide the City’s growth for a generation. It is
important to undertake this project thoughtfully and
create a new Unified Development Code that is truly
reflective of Bozeman.
The Clarion Associates team, including Bozeman-
based Groundprint Planning & Urban Design, is
excited to present this proposal to the City to assist
with the UDC update. We have exceptional national
and regional expertise with development code
updates; code drafting is the core of our work. Our
recent experience working with Bozeman on the Code
Audit to Create and Preserve Housing has allowed us
the opportunity to work with City officials and staff
members who care deeply about their community,
and we would very much appreciate the opportunity
to continue this work through the UDC update.
Our proposal includes the following information,
provided in response to the Request for Proposals:
B. Firm Profile. We’ve been a leader in land use code
writing for 30 years, including experience with over
200 adopted development codes. Our partner,
Groundprint, keeps us grounded in all things
Bozeman.
C. Scope of Project. Clarion brings two key kinds
of experience to a code update: (1) our depth of
regulatory knowledge, and (2) our tested process
for code drafting. We take the project from start
to finish down a specific path that ensures we talk
about all of the important topics and draft all of
the necessary regulations. This section describes
the four key steps of code drafting. Additional
information about our approach to public
outreach is provided in Section G, and options for
post-adoption training are described in Section K.
D. General and Technical Requirements.
Organizational chart and resumes. Our team
includes urban planners, attorneys, urban
designers, a graphics specialist, and a GIS wiz.
E. Related Project Experience and J. References.
We have worked on over 75 code projects in the
West in the past 10 years. We understand that
western communities are filled with hard-working,
outdoor-loving residents who want to do what’s
best for their families, friends, neighborhoods,
communities, and the environment. We have
provided recent references who can describe how
we helped with their code projects.
F. Proposed Schedule. We have proposed a
24-month project schedule. We find this to be a
good timeframe to keep everyone interested and
involved.
G. Outline of Engagement Plan. While we have a lot
of experience with code-related engagement, we
wait until we have a group of community outreach
experts at the table before we craft a project
specific engagement plan. We focus on employing
the best tools in the most effective manner to
include the community in the code update project
as broadly as possible with particular attention
to those citizens who are often left out of this
process.
H. Present and Projected Workloads. We have the
staff capacity and availability to complete this
project within the proposed timeframe.
I. Recent and Current Work for the City of Bozeman. Our team working with staff to finish
a set of code amendments that came out of our
recent Code Audit to Create and Preserve Housing.
Our teammate Susan Riggs at Groundprint has
been engaged in multiple projects with the city for
years, and her understanding of Bozeman is what
makes her critical to our team.
K. Training. The end of a code drafting project is just
the beginning of a code implementation project.
We can help with this transition through citizen,
staff, and developer training.
L. Cost Proposal and Fee Schedule. Bozeman’s
identified fee for this project indicates how
important it is for the community. We’ve provided
a detailed cost proposal that shows how we
propose to direct the fee toward both drafting and
community engagement.
More detail is provided about each of these
categories in our proposal that follows. We invite any
follow-up questions that the selection committee
may have. We look forward to the possibility of
undertaking this project with Bozeman.
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B. FIRM PROFILE
CLARION ASSOCIATES
Clarion Associates is a nationally recognized land-use and zoning consulting firm
founded in 1992 with offices in Denver, Colorado, and Chapel Hill, North
Carolina. The City of Bozeman’s Unified Development Code Update project will be
managed by our Denver office. The firm includes professionals with a variety of
multidisciplinary backgrounds including planners, architects, landscape architects,
and attorneys. No firm in the country matches the combination of land use and
zoning, urban design, community development, and planning experience of
Clarion’s firm principals and staff. Clarion is recognized for its expertise in:
• Streamlined, efficient code assessments and updates;
• Land use and planning law;
• Innovative development codes that draw on best practices from a variety of
organizing approaches including hybrid, traditional, form-based, and unified
development codes;
• Codes that foster and remove obstacles to environmental stewardship and
housing diversity;
• Codes that encourage multi-modal transportation networks;
• Codes that preserve community character;
• Creative policies and development standards that promote mixed-use, infill,
and redevelopment;
• Sustainable development codes;
• Comprehensive plan implementation strategies; and
• Community, regional, and neighborhood planning.
ZONING & LAND USE
PLANNING
STUDIES & OTHER PROJECTS
ADOPTED
DEVELOPMENT CODES
233
STAFF TO MEET THE
NEEDS OF OUR CLIENT
COMMUNITIES
21
YEARS OF
EFFECTIVE LAND
USE SOLUTIONS
30
DIVERSE
COMMUNITIES
600+
CLARION FACTS
& FIGURES
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We understand that no two code projects are alike
because all communities are unique. Our extensive
experience provides Clarion with a solid foundation
for developing effective code update processes;
however, we recognize that the most successful work
plans are carefully created with the input of staff,
taking into account local circumstances and priorities.
Here are some of the unique qualities of our firm that
would contribute to a successful partnership with the
Bozeman Planning & Community Development staff:
Depth of Experience. Clarion Associates offers an unparalleled amount of national expertise, combined with a long track record of success in similar projects. We have been working throughout the country since the firm’s founding 29 years ago, performing a full range of planning and zoning services for small, mid-sized, and large communities all over the United States. Clarion has prepared zoning regulations and plans for over 130 communities across the U.S. and Canada, and we’re no strangers to Montana. Elizabeth Garvin, our project manager, recently helped the City of Billings update their zoning regulations in 2021. Jenny Baker, a Clarion Associate, worked for the City of Missoula for three and one-half years. And all of the members of our team have contributed to Bozeman’s recent affordable housing-focused code updates.
Focus on Plan Implementation. Clarion Associates
is a leading firm in visioning, policy development,
and preparing comprehensive plans. For many
communities, Clarion is involved in both comprehensive
plan preparation and subsequent (or concurrent)
code updates. We have a deep understanding of how
key planning documents translate into meaningful
regulations. Our code projects emphasize background
research and understanding of other policy documents
to inform the drafting process.
Leaders in Sustainable Best Practices. Clarion is recognized as a national leader in creating the concept of sustainable development codes and conducting sustainability audits of codes. We have drafted comprehensive plans and regulations that incorporate ambitious sustainability goals, ranging from reduction of carbon emissions to density bonuses for infill housing. The firm takes particular pride in its innovative approach to code assessments involving identification of regulatory barriers and opportunities for the use of incentives and flexible menus to achieve community sustainability goals. Additionally, Clarion is one of the few firms in the nation that has actually gone beyond code audits and has drafted new and updated development codes with extensive sustainability sections related to renewable energy, energy efficiency, and low-impact development, among numerous other sustainability topics. An example is the point-based
menu of sustainability options we helped develop for
Henderson, Nevada, which has been used as a model
by other cities.
We have a proven track record in teaching and educating local officials about sustainable code revisions in a clear and practical fashion. Clarion led a popular series of national sustainable development code workshops for the American Planning Association that has educated hundreds of planners on how to remove code barriers, create incentives, and fill regulatory gaps to move their communities towards a more sustainable future.
Infill and Mixed-Use. Clarion has drafted numerous
regulations and policies that differentiate between
infill development and new development at the
edge of communities, in terms of both design and
development standards and review procedures. We
also recognize that many cities need a hierarchy of
mixed-use districts that range from high-intensity
areas surrounding transit stops and key activity
nodes, to smaller-scale mixed-use areas that integrate
well with established neighborhoods. Many Clarion
projects have addressed these issues, such as Aurora,
Northglenn, and Littleton, Colorado; Indianapolis,
Indiana; Arlington and Austin, Texas; Portsmouth,
Virginia; Duluth, Minnesota; and Winnipeg, Manitoba.
For Sugar Land, Texas, we prepared a series of case
studies of communities that have adopted zoning
tools to help encourage redevelopment of suburban
patterns into thriving mixed-use centers.
Form-Based Codes. Over the past decade, Clarion has had the opportunity to help communities create highly functional hybrid form-based codes. Form-based regulations are most functional and successful in areas of the community that either have existing character and form that should be reinforced, like a downtown, or in new development where consistent character can be created, such as newly annexed properties, and we help our clients target the best use of form standards. We recognize that form-based codes are a powerful tool for placemaking and, when fully integrated into a hybrid zoning code, can effectively take the place of more subjective design or development standards as well as establish clarity and shared expectations about the form of infill and redevelopment projects.
Historic Preservation Planning and Policy. Clarion
Associates has worked on numerous projects aimed
at revitalizing and redeveloping historic areas, as
well as projects to draft standards and guidelines
for existing and future historic districts. One such
effort is San Antonio’s historic district standards and
guidelines. Our expertise includes crafting historic
district zoning and regulations, economic analysis of
historic restoration, integrating new development
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projects, and developing heritage tourism initiatives.
Our combination of talents in real estate economics,
urban planning, and land-use law allows us to develop
creative solutions to difficult historic preservation
questions.
Procedural Streamlining and User-Friendly Codes. Clarion has been retained by dozens of communities across the United States to streamline procedures, reorganize and reformat codes, and make them more user-friendly. We use a wide variety of tools, ranging from relatively simple formatting techniques to highly sophisticated, interactive, web-friendly computerized codes. Bozeman’s development regulations have been amended in a piecemeal fashion over the years to remedy particular problems. As layers of regulations build up, so do layers of procedures, and over time, that can result in complicated and time-consuming processes. We find that revised regulations can result in a streamlined set of procedures that are easier to use and understand.
Equally important, we understand that modern codes
rely heavily on graphics and illustrations to explain
complex concepts and to illustrate how regulations
are applied. The ability to find and understand the law
is not just a key to good development — it’s a key to
good governance in general.
A Track Record of Innovation. Unique planning goals, development histories, and political constraints often require unique land use regulations, and Clarion professionals pride themselves on mastering cutting-edge techniques and refining them further to meet local needs. Team members have authored leading books and publications such as The Rules of Urban Form; Aesthetics, Community Character, and the Law; A Better Way to Zone; Nature-Friendly Cities; True West; Wildlife Habitat Protection; and The Citizen’s Guide to Planning (Fourth Edition), and Zoning Practice Memos on wind energy, web-based zoning codes, wildfire prevention in urban areas, and zone district consolidation. More importantly, we put the results of our research and publication to work for our clients.
A quality place is made up of connected neighborhoods with a mix of housing types,
green spaces, art, thriving commerce and engaged citizens. Groundprint, LLC is a Bozeman,
Montana based consulting firm that specializes in helping cities and non-profits play a
stronger role in community development.
Areas of expertise include long-range planning, master planning, code writing, urban
design, land use consulting and entitlements.
sriggs@groundprint.com www.groundprint.com
planning urban design groundprint
GROUNDPRINT
A quality place is made up of connected neighborhoods with a mix of housing types, green spaces, art, thriving commerce, and engaged citizens. Groundprint, LLC is a Bozeman, MT based consulting firm that specializes in helping cities and non-profits play a stronger role in community development.
Clients have included the City of Bozeman, the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) and the Downtown Partnership. Areas of expertise include long-range planning, master planning, code writing, urban design, land use consulting and entitlements.
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C. RESPONSE TO SCOPE
PHASE 1. PROJECT ORIENTATION AND INITIAL OUTREACH
TASK 1.1: PROJECT ORIENTATION
This task is designed to establish and set in motion
the processes and conversations that will lay the
foundation for the success of the project.
Project Orientation Call
We will start the project with an orientation call
between staff and the consultant team to start the
processes of project scheduling, working group
formation, logo and project tag line creation, and
identification of initial project outreach materials.
Document Collection
Our team’s familiarity with the City’s current plans
and regulations and the time we have spent with
staff, the public, and City officials discussing how to
implement plan priorities with respect to housing
outcomes will allow us to start this project at a brisk
pace. Combined with our experience from working on
more than 200 zoning code projects, we will be able
to start our work by identifying the regulatory issues
and patterns that we will explore further through
early project conversations.
Ongoing Project Management
Effective project management is an essential
component of getting to adoption. Clarion has an
enviable record of completing projects on time and
within budget. Our success is due in part to our
regular communication with our clients throughout
the project and our ability to make schedule and
drafting adjustments when necessary. Frequent
communication and maintaining momentum are key
factors of Clarion’s success in completing code update
projects in a timely and fiscally responsible manner.
With a code update, there are periods of daily
communication and also periods where Clarion is
in the background drafting project materials. We
keep the lines of communication open through both
scheduled project management calls (typically every
other week) and as-needed check-in calls. One of the
standing tasks of our project management calls is
schedule maintenance to keep the drafting schedule
updated for the duration of the project. We have
found these schedules to be critical to maintaining
project momentum.
The agenda for our first project management call
(following the Project Orientation Call) will include: (1)
creating a detailed drafting schedule that identifies
product delivery dates, as well as staff review and
comment periods, (2) finalizing the Community
Engagement Plan, (3) collecting staff input for the
UDC update issues list, and (4) starting the discussion
about how to collect and address public feedback
about draft documents.
TASK 1.2 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN
Community engagement related to the drafting
of land use codes is unique. In contrast to
comprehensive planning projects, code updates often
involve detailed technical discussions. When working
with the community, we will draw on our skill and
timing to present complex materials in an engaging
and understandable way, and to avoid “technical
topic burnout.” We were able to work with a number
of online and virtual engagement tools during the
recent affordable housing code audit project, and
we were also able to see the depth of knowledge
and interest that Bozeman residents bring to a code
project, both of which we will reflect in the UDC
Community Engagement Plan. We provide a more
detailed description of our approach to community
engagement on page 23 of this proposal.
TASK 1.3: PROJECT KICK-OFF
COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS
For the first set of project activities, Clarion will hold a
series of project orientation meetings with City staff,
stakeholders, the Working Group (we recommend
the creation of a project Working Group and we
provide more detail about this in the description
of the Community Engagement Plan on page 23),
and elected and appointed officials. Topics will
include overall project goals, scope and schedule,
ongoing City activities that may impact the Unified
Development Code Update, and feedback about the
proposed initial strategies for public involvement. If
the kick-off activities take place in person, we would
request that staff arrange a staff-led tour of Bozeman
that highlights how code-related issues are playing
out in actual developments, and to explore prime
development sites, as well as areas ripe for or already
undergoing redevelopment, such as North 7th Avenue
and East Main Street, local residential neighborhoods/
student neighborhoods, and transitional areas where
commercial development is adjacent to residential. We
will wrap up this early public outreach with a facilitated
open house designed to introduce the project to the
broader public.
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PHASE 2. CODE ASSESSMENT AND ANNOTATED OUTLINE
Building on interviews and information gathered during the kick-off activities, along with the completed 2021 Housing Assessment and the targeted rewrite of portions of Title 38, Clarion will prepare a detailed code assessment of the full current Unified Development Code (UDC Assessment), and any related regulations. The UDC Assessment will draw on our professional experience in drafting codes throughout the Intermountain West and across the country, propose ways to incorporate established best practices for regulatory drafting, and where applicable, offer the City alternative options for ways the project can address issues identified in the Assessment.
Our experience preparing the 2021 Housing
Assessment as well as the draft updates to the
Planned Unit Development (PUD) process, Affordable
Housing Ordinance, and affordable housing-related
regulatory departures has given us helpful insights
about regulatory constraints and opportunities that
will allow us to target some of the UDC’s deeper
issues that would typically take longer to unearth
(such as some aspects of plan implementation,
consolidating multiple approaches to design,
balancing predictability and flexibility, and suggesting
options to address development at the urban fringe)
during the assessment process. As needed, we will work with staff to incorporate any short-term regulatory fixes that were identified during the 2021 Housing Assessment review that have not been converted to UDC amendments yet.
TASK 2.1: CODE ASSESSMENT – STAFF AND
WORKING GROUP REVIEW DRAFT
The first draft of the UDC Assessment is generally intended for review by internal staff only. Based on the information collected in Phase 1, the consultant team will analyze the current UDC against a series of questions:
• What are the current code’s strengths and shortcomings in implementing key plans and policies, including those in the Bozeman Community Plan 2020 and longer-term updates recommended in the 2021 Housing Assessment that have not been incorporated in staff-led UDC updates?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of the existing code related to topics the City has identified as important areas of focus, such as sustainability, water conservation, and infill and redevelopment?
PHASE 1 SUMMARY: PROJECT ORIENTATION
CLARION RESPONSIBILITIES CITY STAFF RESPONSIBILITIES
TASK 1.1
Project Orientation
• Project kick-off memo
• Draft and maintain project schedule
• Organize project management calls
• Provide background materials
• Comment on draft kick-off memo
• Provide public schedule updates
• Participate in project management calls
• Organize creation of project Working Group
TASK 1.2
Community
Engagement Plan
• Draft initial Community Engagement Plan;
revise based on City feedback
• Prepare initial outreach information
• Comment on Community Engagement Plan
• Provide preliminary scheduling availability
• Post initial outreach information
TASK 1.3
Project Kick-Off
Meetings
• Draft agenda
• Create website content per Community Engagement Plan
• Participate in meetings
• Meet with City staff
• Tour of Bozeman
• Meet with Board and Commission members, and Working Group
• Conduct stakeholder interviews
• Record notes from all meetings
• Review and comment on agenda
• Schedule meetings with internal City staff and officials
• Coordinate meeting logistics (scheduling, attendee invites, meeting space or virtual platform to use, etc.)
• Organize tour and distribute tour maps/materials in advance (if applicable)
• Participate in meetings
• Review and comment on trip materials
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• Are there opportunities to incorporate flexibility
into the districts and standards applicable to
development in different contexts (for example,
greenfield development versus infill);
• How can the UDC be improved to enhance
the document’s user-friendliness, including
restructuring and centralizing content, ensuring
regulations are written in clear and accessible
language, exploring how UDC sections can be
organized to create user-specific handouts,
and cleaning up the graphics, tables, charts,
and illustrations to create a consistent graphics
language?
• Are there ways to enhance the efficiency,
timeliness, and predictability of the City’s
decision-making processes?
• Is the UDC in alignment with local, state, and
federal statutory and case law?
The UDC Assessment will be organized to address five key topics:
1. How the current regulations respond to the
project objectives identified through the Phase
1 document review and outreach, and how the
regulations can be updated and supplemented
with new standards to better meet the City’s
development goals;
2. Where one or more approaches may work for a particular regulatory issue in Bozeman, which options should the City consider and what rationale supports any recommended approach(es).
3. Whether and how to incorporate any related City
projects currently underway, such as the Parks,
Recreation, and Active Transportation Plan (PRAT);
4. How the recommendations made in the UDC
Assessment come together into a complete
code as described in an annotated outline of the
proposed new UDC; and
5. The proposed structure, styles, numbering, and graphics types that will be used in the drafting process.
The purpose of the UDC Assessment initial staff
draft is to allow staff time to provide Clarion with
substantive feedback on the proposed approach to
the UDC update, and to identify any factual errors or
major issues that should be remedied prior to public
review of the Assessment. Following staff preparation
of one round of written comments, the Clarion team
will revise the UDC Assessment and schedule a review
meeting with the Working Group to collect their
feedback.
TASK 2.2: UDC ASSESSMENT – PUBLIC
REVIEW AND ELECTED OFFICIAL UPDATE
We will summarize the Working Group’s observations
and recommendations and schedule general public
meetings according to the Community Engagement
Plan to discuss the UDC Assessment and collect
comments. The objectives of these meetings will be
to invite the public into the code update conversation,
share the general scope and parameters of the issues
that the project will address, and identify critical
issues where more extensive community-based
conversation will be needed to move toward shared
resolution. We will summarize the feedback from the
public outreach meetings and present a summary of
the UDC Assessment, Working Group feedback, and
public feedback to the City Commission.
PHASE SUMMARY: UDC ASSESSMENT AND ANNOTATED OUTLINE
CLARION RESPONSIBILITIES CITY STAFF RESPONSIBILITIES
TASK 2.1
Draft UDC Assessment
• Staff draft of UDC Assessment
• Revise UDC Assessment to reflect staff feedback
• Presentation to Working Group
• Provide one round of consolidated written staff comments on UDC Assessment
• Coordinate Working Group meeting and assist with reviewing WG comments
TASK 2.2
Trip 2: Public Review
and Elected Official
Update
• Create Public Review Draft UDC Assessment
• Create website content per Community
Engagement Plan
• Presentation materials as necessary (PowerPoints,
handouts, boards)
• Coordinate meeting logistics (scheduling, attendee
invites, meeting space or virtual platform to use,)
• Comment on presentation materials
TASK 2.3
Trip 2: Public Review
and Community
Outreach
• Pre-presentation meeting with City staff
• Facilitate presentation of Assessment to the public
• Present UDC Assessment and public outreach
summary to relevant boards and City Commission
• Coordinate meeting logistics (scheduling, invite
attendees, meeting space or virtual platform to
use, etc.)
• Review and comment on meeting materials
• Participate in meetings and presentation
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PHASE 3. PREPARE DRAFT UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE
TASKS 3.1, 3.3, AND 3.5: DRAFT UNIFIED
DEVELOPMENT CODE – STAFF DRAFTS,
REVISIONS, AND WORKING GROUP REVIEW
Following completion of the UDC Assessment,
Clarion will begin working on the new draft Unified
Development Code according to the content,
sequencing, and formatting identified through the
UDC Assessment process. The updated UDC will likely
include a substantial amount of change, revision,
and new information presented in a different format.
Because it can be difficult to read and digest all of
the new information in its entirety, we recommend
dividing the drafting into three installments based on
related material. While the specific order and contents
of each is up for discussion, below we suggest a
typical breakdown that has worked well in other
communities.
Drafting Organization
Installment 1 – Districts and Uses. This installment
focuses on updating the current lineup of zoning
districts and uses allowed within those districts
to align with relevant City plans and policies. We
will use the Annotated Outline included in the
UDC Assessment to start charting the path toward
alignment with land use designations and the future
land use map in the City’s Bozeman Community
Plan 2020. Possible outcomes include district
consolidations where districts have similar purposes
and similar standards and uses, reconfiguration
and reorganization of some current base and overly
districts to better clarify how they work (such as
the Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District),
creation of new districts to better align with the City’s
land use designations, and elimination/retirement
of districts that are rarely (or never) applied or are
contrary to City land use policies. We anticipate that
the fully built-out district line-up will include a mix of
form-based (or form-oriented) and traditional zone
districts and we will make recommendations about
specific districts based on our team’s understanding
of the City’s current and preferred development
forms and patterns. We will also rely on Groundprint’s
understanding of the development layouts
established by recent residential and mixed-use
projects in Bozeman that can be accomplished
through a base district rather than a PUD. Clarion will
work closely with City staff and the Working Group
to ensure that the zoning district line-up implements
the City’s growth and development goals and policies.
Updates to the use regulations will also be included
in this installment. This work includes revisiting
the categories, specific use types, review type (e.g.,
permitted use, conditional use, special use) and
use-specific standards for clarity, relevance (do the
standards reflect how this use is developed now?), and
potential for approval streamlining.
Installment 2 – Development Standards. One of the key messages that came out of the 2021 Housing Assessment is that quality of life is a basic requirement for all residents of Bozeman. The development standards included in this installment will be updated accordingly. This installment focuses on the development quality standards, such as building form, parking, landscaping, sustainability/resilience, access and circulation, sensitive area protection, site design, and exterior lighting. Context-sensitive design standards will be considered with the development standards and will be integrated and reconciled with any standards drafted during the zoning districts installment. The development standards are often the most complex part of a Unified Development Code because of the breadth of standards and their relationship to standards that often live outside the code (such as street standards and other engineering standards). We will work with staff to identify the appropriate location for and potential integration of standards within and outside the Unified Development Code.
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PHASE 3 SUMMARY: PREPARE DRAFT UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE
CLARION RESPONSIBILITIES CITY STAFF RESPONSIBILITIES
TASKS 3.1, 3.3, AND 3.5
Draft UDC Updates
• Staff drafts of Installments 1, 2, 3
• Revisions per staff comments
• Presentation to Working Group
• Provide one round of consolidated written staff comments
• Coordinate Working Group meeting and assist with reviewing WG comments
TASK 3.2, 3.4,
AND 3.6
Public Review Draft and Community Outreach
• Public drafts of Installments 1, 2, 3
• Collect and catalogue comments
• Review and comment
• Assist with reconciling comments
Trips 3-5:
Community
Outreach
• Create website content per Community Engagement Plan
• Meet with City staff
• Virtual or in-person public meetings per the Community Engagement Plan
• Present Installments to relevant boards and City Commission
• Coordinate meeting logistics (scheduling, invite attendees, meeting space or virtual platform to use, etc.)
• Review and comment on meeting materials
• Participate in meetings and presentation
Installment 3 – Administration and Procedures.
This installment will focus on streamlining the current
procedures for development review applications.
We understand that Bozeman currently has a
comprehensive procedural approach that leans into
the use of administrative review as much as possible.
We will work with planning and legal staff to identify
procedures that still could be subject to reorganization
or streamlining within the boundaries of Montana law.
Our work here will build on the numerous procedural
conversations that took place during the creation of
the updated PUD, departures, and AHO regulations.
Clarion’s expert code drafters are experienced in
establishing procedures that are easy to understand,
are based on a consistent and predictable foundation,
and apply objective approval criteria—all while
offering flexibility where appropriate. This installment
will also include the general provisions of the Unified
Development Code, which contain important elements
to ensure the new code functions effectively (e.g.,
legal authority to regulate Unified Development,
relationship to other codes, nonconformities, and
enforcement of the code).
Staff Review Draft
We will prepare a staff review draft of each
installment. The staff draft will include all of the
content for the current installment, and as the drafting
moves forward will also include the content from the
earlier installments. The drafts will emphasize the
use of graphics, tables, and charts to clearly explain
zoning and land use concepts. The drafts will include
commentary and footnotes to explain changes from
current regulations and practice and the rationale
behind each new provision. The commentary and
footnotes will also demonstrate how the revised code
addresses the issues noted in the UDC Assessment.
We will ask staff to prepare one round of consolidated
comments and we will meet with staff to discussed
proposed revisions. We will then share the revised
draft installment with the Working Group for review
and input.
TASKS 3.2, 3.4, AND 3.6: DRAFT UNIFIED
DEVELOPMENT CODE – PUBLIC DRAFTS
AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS
Following Working Group review, Clarion will share
a public draft of each installment for distribution
and presentation according to the Community
Engagement Plan, including Clarion facilitation of
in-person or virtual meetings on each installment.
Once the public draft of the first installment has been
delivered, Clarion will begin working on the staff
draft of the second installment, and so forth, with
overlap as shown in the Project Calendar. Comments
from the Working Group, stakeholders, and public
on each public draft installment will be collected and
addressed in the adoption draft in Task 4.
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PHASE 4. ADOPTION DRAFT UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE
TASK 4.1: DRAFT UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT
CODE –FINAL STAFF REVIEW DRAFT
We will organize the comments received from the
Working Group, stakeholders, and the general
public for a discussion with staff about revising
the public draft installments to create a full Draft
Unified Development Code for staff review. This
draft will be the first draft to include all of the
components of the new Unified Development Code,
an important milestone for understanding how each
of the installments relate to each other. As with the
preceding installments, we will prepare first a staff
draft of the Adoption Draft Unified Development
Code, and after one round of consolidated feedback
on the staff draft, we will prepare the public
review draft UDC that includes final versions of all
illustrations, charts, tables, and revised text, and will
address any outstanding issues noted in earlier tasks.
TASK 4.2: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS
Following distribution of the public review draft,
Clarion will work with staff to present the draft to
the public, City boards, and the City Commission
pursuant to the approach identified in the Community
Engagement Plan. We will work with staff to collect
feedback and comments to be complied into a report
submitted with the final draft UDC for adoption.
TASK 4.3: UDC ADOPTION PROCESS
Clarion will coordinate with Bozeman staff to create
presentation materials for the code adoption process.
As needed, we can participate in up to two adoption
hearings to assist with adoption questions and issue
resolution.
TASK 4.4: FINAL UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE
After adoption, Clarion will prepare a final version of
the new Unified Development Code, that reflects any
comments and changes from the meetings on the
adoption draft. This final version will be prepared as a
Word document for submission to Municode unless a
different format is agreed to with the City.
TASK 4.5: TRAINING AND FORMS
Clarion will work with staff post-adoption to
undertake UDC training and update development
review policies and forms. This task is described in
more detail on page 31.
PHASE 4 SUMMARY: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE FULL DRAFT & ADOPTION
CLARION RESPONSIBILITIES CITY STAFF RESPONSIBILITIES
TASK 4.1
Staff Draft Full UDC
• Create staff draft of full Unified Development
Code
• Collect and categorize comments, update with
any necessary changes and edits
• Review and comment
• Reconcile comments
TASK 4.2
Community Outreach
• Prepare public review draft Unified
Development Code
• Create website content per Community
Engagement Plan
• Schedule outreach events
• Review final draft and start adoption process
TASK 4.3
Adoption Process
• Create presentation materials
• Attend adoption hearings • Coordinate presentation with Clarion
TASK 4.4
Adoption Process
• Make post-adoption agreed to revisions
• Submit adopted UDC to staff
• Identify post-adoption revisions
• Coordinate codification process with outside firm
TASK 4.5
Training and Forms
• Create internal and external training materials
• Participate in one in person staff training
session
• Assist with creation of training materials
• Schedule staff training session
• Review and comment on updated forms
Trips 6-8
• Full draft outreach
• Present adoption draft of Unified Development Code to appointed and elected officials
• Staff training session
• Coordinate meeting logistics (scheduling, invite
attendees, meeting space or virtual platform to use,
etc.)
• Review and comment on meeting materials
• Participate in meetings and presentations
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D. GENERAL & TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
TEAM AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
This section provides an overview of each team member’s role, qualifications, and experience. Clarion team members assigned are all based in Denver. Susan Riggs of Groundprint is based in Bozeman.
All of our team members worked on the Code Audit
for the Creation and Preservation of Affordable
Housing, except Joe, who is happy to have been
added to the team.
Our team brings a range of technical experience to the UDC Update project. Both Don and Elizabeth are attorneys, Susan is an urban designer, Jenny and Joe have public sector planner backgrounds, and Holly is a graphic designer. Our full resumes and sample project experience are provided in this section.
ELIZABETH GARVIN, ESQ, AICP
PROJECT MANAGER
DON ELLIOTT, ESQ, FAICP
DIRECTOR-IN-CHARGE
JENNY BAKER, AICP
PROJECT ASSOCIATE
JOE GREEN
PROJECT ASSOCIATE
HOLLY WHITE
GRAPHICS
SUSAN RIGGS, AICP
LOCAL PROJECT
ASSOCIATE
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Don is an urban planner, lawyer, and land use consultant with 36 years of
professional experience and a national reputation as project manager,
author, innovator, and solver of complex governance challenges.
Don has been involved in over 70 projects to reform, update, and
streamline local plans and development codes throughout the U.S.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, Unified Development Code
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New Zoning Ordinance
Indianapolis, Indiana, Unified Development Ordinance
Aurora, Colorado, Unified Development Ordinance
Bloomington, Indiana, Unified Development Ordinance
Hamilton, Ohio, Form-Based Zoning Regulations
Youngstown, Ohio, Redevelopment Code
Albany, New York, Unified Sustainable Development Ordinance
Columbia, Missouri, Unified Development Ordinance
Fairfax County, Virginia, New Zoning Ordinance
Hillsboro, Oregon, Transit-Oriented Development Regulations
Dublin, Ohio, Bridge Street Form-based Zoning Districts
Colorado Springs, Colorado, Unified Development Code
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Initial Zoning Regulations
Fort Wayne/Allen County, Indiana, Fair Housing Zoning Updates
State of Nevada, Fair Housing Regulatory Review
State of Idaho, Fair Housing Regulatory Review
State of Oregon, Fair Housing Review/Analysis of Impediments
State of Texas, Fair Housing Regulatory Assessment
Bozeman, Montana, Affordable Housing Zoning Updates
Blaine County, Idaho, Phase I TDR Feasibility Study
Deschutes County, Oregon, Phase I TDR Feasibility Study
Los Angeles County, California, Wildfire Prevention Zoning Updates
Long Beach, California, Urban Renewal Effectiveness Assessment
Master's in City and Regional Planning
Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Juris Doctor
Harvard Law School
Bachelor's in Urban Planning and Policy
Yale University
A Better Way to Zone, Island Press
Rules that Shape Urban Form, APA
Citizen's Guide to Planning, APA
Arrested Development, Lincoln Institute
Land Use Regulatory System Historical
and Cultural Preservation, USAID
American Planning Association
Past Colorado Chapter President
Past Planning and Law Division Chair
Past Amicus Committee member
Fellow, AICP
American Bar Association
Colorado Bar Association
Denver Bar Association
Past Member of Denver Planning Board
Land Development Regulation
University of Colorado at Denver
College of Architecture and Planning
Sustainable Local Development
Erasmus Mundus Fellow
University of Regensburg, Germany
Corvinus University, Hungary
APA project awards from Colorado,
Arizona, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania
Meritorious Service Award
U.S. State Department
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Elizabeth Garvin is a consulting planner with Clarion Associates and she
works in the Denver office. Elizabeth is both an attorney and a planner and
she has practiced in both disciplines. She has prepared both traditional
and FBC/hybrid code update projects for cities, towns, and counties across
Colorado and the country; drafted topic-specific code provisions covering
issues such as ADUs, sustainability, and signs; served as an expert witness
on land use issues; and organized and undertaken numerous code-related
public participation processes. Prior to working with Clarion, Elizabeth
founded Community ReCode, was the Planning Director for SAFEbuilt
Studio, and practiced law with Spencer Fane.
Ms. Garvin is a frequent speaker and author on planning and regulatory
topics, including serving as an advisory board member for the Rocky
Mountain Land Use Institute as well as RMLUI’s legal columnist to the
Western Planner. Recently, Elizabeth co-authored the April 2018 APA
Zoning Practice article entitled Living with Form-Based Codes and
presented on the same topic at the 2018 APA National Conference in New
Orleans. She was a co-presenter at the Bettman Symposium on Equity and
Zoning at the 2019 APA National Conference.
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⋅ Town of Eagle, Colorado Land Use and Development Code Update
⋅ Bozeman, Montana Code Audit for Affordable Housing
⋅ Billings and Yellowstone County, Montana Zoning Code Updates
⋅ Cedar Falls, Iowa Downtown Vision Plan and Zoning Code Update
⋅ Larimer County, Colorado Land Use Code update
⋅ King County, Washington Department of Permitting and
Environmental Review, Best Practices in Code Enforcement
⋅ Branson, Missouri Unified Development Code and Sign Code
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⋅ Mancos, Colorado Land Use Code Update
⋅ Cedar Rapids, Iowa Unified Development Code and User’s Guide
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University of Kansas
Master of Urban Planning
University of Kansas
Bachelor of Environmental Studies
University of Kansas
LL.M. in Dispute Resolution
University of Missouri
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Licensed Attorney in Missouri and Kansas
Charrette Certified
National Charette Institute
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Practice Adaptive Reuse, Zoning Practice,
American Planning Association
Feb 2022
Legal Challenges to Short-Term Rental
Rules: There’s a Test for That, The
Western Planner, RMLUI Legal Corner
March 2020
Homeless in Public, American Planning
Association, Planning Magazine
Feb 2020
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Elizabeth Garvin is a consulting planner with Clarion Associates and she
works in the Denver office. Elizabeth is both an attorney and a planner and
she has practiced in both disciplines. She has prepared both traditional
and FBC/hybrid code update projects for cities, towns, and counties across
Colorado and the country; drafted topic-specific code provisions covering
issues such as ADUs, sustainability, and signs; served as an expert witness
on land use issues; and organized and undertaken numerous code-related
public participation processes. Prior to working with Clarion, Elizabeth
founded Community ReCode, was the Planning Director for SAFEbuilt
Studio, and practiced law with Spencer Fane.
Ms. Garvin is a frequent speaker and author on planning and regulatory
topics, including serving as an advisory board member for the Rocky
Mountain Land Use Institute as well as RMLUI’s legal columnist to the
Western Planner. Recently, Elizabeth co-authored the April 2018 APA
Zoning Practice article entitled Living with Form-Based Codes and
presented on the same topic at the 2018 APA National Conference in New
Orleans. She was a co-presenter at the Bettman Symposium on Equity and
Zoning at the 2019 APA National Conference.
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⋅ Town of Eagle, Colorado Land Use and Development Code Update
⋅ Bozeman, Montana Code Audit for Affordable Housing
⋅ Billings and Yellowstone County, Montana Zoning Code Updates
⋅ Cedar Falls, Iowa Downtown Vision Plan and Zoning Code Update
⋅ Larimer County, Colorado Land Use Code update
⋅ King County, Washington Department of Permitting and
Environmental Review, Best Practices in Code Enforcement
⋅ Branson, Missouri Unified Development Code and Sign Code
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⋅ Mancos, Colorado Land Use Code Update
⋅ Cedar Rapids, Iowa Unified Development Code and User’s Guide
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Juris Doctor
University of Kansas
Master of Urban Planning
University of Kansas
Bachelor of Environmental Studies
University of Kansas
LL.M. in Dispute Resolution
University of Missouri
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Licensed Attorney in Missouri and Kansas
Charrette Certified
National Charette Institute
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Practice Adaptive Reuse, Zoning Practice,
American Planning Association
Feb 2022
Legal Challenges to Short-Term Rental
Rules: There’s a Test for That, The
Western Planner, RMLUI Legal Corner
March 2020
Homeless in Public, American Planning
Association, Planning Magazine
Feb 2020
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Jenny is an associate in Clarion’s Denver office who believes that zoning can
make communities better in many ways, including preserving open space,
making housing more affordable, and enabling interesting streetscapes
equally shared by many users. These and other community goals are
always better accomplished when supported by development regulations
that are clear, concise, and comprehensible to everyone. Prior to working
in the planning field, Jenny spent 10 years with the American Red Cross and
FEMA’s Region V, focusing on resiliency planning, and responding to over
50 disasters around the US.
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Development Codes
⋅ McKinney, Texas Development Code Rewrite
⋅ Clark County, Nevada Unified Development Code Update
⋅ Rochester, Minnesota Land Development Manual Rewrite
Comprehensive Plans
⋅ Clark County, Nevada Transform Clark County Master Plan Rewrite
⋅ Pueblo County, Colorado Pueblo Regional Comprehensive Plan
Update
Other Projects
⋅ Hawaii County, Hawaii Land Development Entitlement Review
⋅ Bozeman, Montana Affordable Housing Code Revisions
⋅ Albany, New York Sign Code Revisions
Reports and Studies
⋅ American Planning Association, Equity in Zoning Policy Guide
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Master's in Urban Planning
University of Illinois at Chicago
Bachelor of Arts
University of Pennsylvania
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Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Board
Vice Chair
Missoula, MT
1 year, 3 months
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American Institute of Certified Planners
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Associate
Clarion Associates
Denver, CO
1 year, 6 months
Planner III
Development Services
Missoula, MT
3 years, 6 months
Research Assistant
Participatory Budgeting Project
Chicago, IL
1 year, 5 months
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Joe Green
ASSOCIATE
Joe is enthusiastic about engaging communities in data-driven planning
processes. He has experience with a variety of analytical tools and design
software that can help communities understand and visualize complex
planning concepts. His previous work in local government has given him
experience with a variety of planning projects related to land use,
transportation, and sustainability. Joe is passionate about engaging with
the public and helping to create solutions to their unique problems.
KEY PROJECTS
Comprehensive Plans
⋅ Lyons, CO Lyons Thrive Comprehensive Plan
⋅ Pueblo County, CO Pueblo Regional Comprehensive Plan
⋅ Clark County, NV Transform Clark County
⋅ Thornton, CO Thornton Tomorrow*
Development Codes
⋅ Boise, ID Boise Zoning Ordinance Rewrite
⋅ Bloomington, IN Unified Development Ordinance
* Work with previous employers
EDUCATION
Master of Urban and Regional Planning
University of Colorado, Denver
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
University of Arkansas
EXPERIENCE
Associate
Clarion Associates, present
Planner I
City of Thornton, 3 years
Researcher
Colorado Center for Sustainable
Urbanism, 1 year
WRITINGS
Assessing Ongoing Gentrification and
Risk in Suburban Bedroom
Communities: Findings from Metro
Denver, University of Colorado - Denver
Master's Thesis
PROJECT SKILLS
Geospatial Analysis
Data Analysis
Graphic Design
3D Visualization
Community Engagement
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Joe Green
ASSOCIATE
Joe is enthusiastic about engaging communities in data-driven planning
processes. He has experience with a variety of analytical tools and design
software that can help communities understand and visualize complex
planning concepts. His previous work in local government has given him
experience with a variety of planning projects related to land use,
transportation, and sustainability. Joe is passionate about engaging with
the public and helping to create solutions to their unique problems.
KEY PROJECTS
Comprehensive Plans
⋅ Lyons, CO Lyons Thrive Comprehensive Plan
⋅ Pueblo County, CO Pueblo Regional Comprehensive Plan
⋅ Clark County, NV Transform Clark County
⋅ Thornton, CO Thornton Tomorrow*
Development Codes
⋅ Boise, ID Boise Zoning Ordinance Rewrite
⋅ Bloomington, IN Unified Development Ordinance
* Work with previous employers
EDUCATION
Master of Urban and Regional Planning
University of Colorado, Denver
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
University of Arkansas
EXPERIENCE
Associate
Clarion Associates, present
Planner I
City of Thornton, 3 years
Researcher
Colorado Center for Sustainable
Urbanism, 1 year
WRITINGS
Assessing Ongoing Gentrification and
Risk in Suburban Bedroom
Communities: Findings from Metro
Denver, University of Colorado - Denver
Master's Thesis
PROJECT SKILLS
Geospatial Analysis
Data Analysis
Graphic Design
3D Visualization
Community Engagement
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Holly is an Associate in Clarion’s Denver office. Bringing her expertise in
3D visualization and Graphic Design skillset to the Clarion team, she
works to support a wide range of projects. Her passion for designing
illustrative logos, clean infographics, and overall project branding help
Clarion to deliver clear and beautifully designed graphics. Holly has a
diverse background in Urban, Landscape, and Web Design. Above all,
she is enthusiastic about helping cities and towns preserve their
character while enhancing public spaces encouraging public
engagement.
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Comprehensive Plans
⋅ Clark County, NV Transform Clark County Comprehensive Plan
⋅ Lyons, CO Lyons Thrive Comprehensive Plan
⋅ Pueblo County, CO Pueblo Regional Comprehensive Plan
Development Codes
⋅ Albany, NY Unified Sustainable Development Ordinance
⋅ Colorado Springs, CO ReTool COS Development Code Graphics
⋅ Larimer County, CO Land Development Code
⋅ Reno, NV Zoning Code RENOvation
⋅ Parker, CO Land Development Ordinance
Document Design
⋅ Clark County, NV Transform Clark County Comprehensive Plan
⋅ History Colorado Economic Benefits of Archaeology
⋅ Fort Collins, CO Air Quality Report – City Plan
⋅ Syracuse, NY ReZone Syracuse Administrative Manual
Branding & Websites
⋅ History Colorado The Economic Benefits of Archaeology 2021
⋅ Clark County, NV Transform Clark County
⋅ Lyons, CO Lyons Thrive Comprehensive Plan
⋅ Pueblo County, CO Pueblo Regional Comprehensive Plan
⋅ Black Mountain, NC Elevate Black Mountain Comprehensive Plan
⋅ Bozeman, MT Affordable Housing Code Audit
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University of Colorado, Boulder
Con’t. Ed. Advanced Architectural
Graphics Art Institute of Colorado
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Change, Here, Now, North Atlantic
Publishers 2018, Illustrator
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Permaculture Design Certificate
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Graphics and Marketing,
Clarion Associates 2018-present
Graphic Designer,
United Airlines 2016-2018
Creative Services,
The Aquaponic Source 2012-2016
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Project Management
Document Design
Web Development
3D Visualization
Graphic Design
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EXPERIENCE
Groundprint, LLC
Owner/Principal - November 2016 to Present
•Planner on interdisciplinary teams for residential, commercial & mixed-use projects
•Focus on serving cities and non-profits including Downtown Bozeman Partnership,Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) and Trust for Public Land (TPL)
•Land use consulting with an emphasis on the entitlement process and code anaysis
•Master planning and neighborhood planning
•Urban design services
•Code writing and editing
Intrinsik Architecture, Inc.
Senior Planner - January 2007 to June 2015
•Provided planning consulting and project management for residential, commercial
and mixed-use projects (both subdivision and zoning)
•Competed site analysis and feasibility studies
•Initiated Zone Map/Text Amendments and Growth Policy changes
•Developed neighborhood and park master planning and design
•Generated, edited and implemented neighborhood design review programs
City of Bozeman
Associate Planner - September 2001 to December 2006
•Project planner for residential subdivisions and large-scale commercialdevelopments
•Administrative Design Review Staff for entryway corridor and historic districtprojects
•Planner for establishment of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District for North 7th(now Midtown) Urban Renewal District
•Generated, edited and implemented long-range planning documents and StaffHandbook
•Assisted the public in analyzing and interpreting local ordinances and state statutes
•Completed illustrations as an appendix to zoning regulations to improve publicrelations
EDUCATION
University of Virginia School of Architecture, Bachelor of Arts in Urban & Environmental
Planning, 2001
•American Planning Association Award, Virginia Chapter, 2001
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) No. 021407
American Planning Association (APA)
Montana Association of Planners (MAP)
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Gallatin County Planning Board, Member 2009-2011
North 7th Avenue Urban Renewal Board (NSURB), Member 2008-2012
Community Builders "Building Better Places," Gallatin County Team Member 2020
CONTACT
Groundprint, LLC
280 W Kagy Blvd Std D #236
Bozeman Montana 59715
406.579.5844
sriggs@groundprint.com
www.groundprint.com
planning urban design groundprint
SUSAN RIGGS, AICP
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E. RELATED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
Land Development Regulation Updates
Rochester, Minnesota, is the third largest city in that state, home to more than 110,000 residents and the world-renowned Mayo Clinic. Following Clarion Associates’ successful drafting and implementation of new zoning tools to implement transit-oriented development and residential infill strategies from 2018-2019, the firm was retained to prepare a complete rewrite of all of the City’s zoning and subdivision regulations. This work will involve significant focus on implementing key goals of the City’s 2018 Plan2Succeed comprehensive plan – including affordable housing, updated incentives, improved design standards, new zone districts, and modernized use regulations. It will also focus on the creation of objective design and development standards to significantly reduce reliance on negotiated zoning approaches. Clarion will work closely with neighborhood, business, and Mayo Clinic-related stakeholder groups. The project is expected to be completed in early 2022.
REFERENCE CONTACT INFO
Ryan Yetzer, Senior Planner Rochester Community
Development Department
4001. W River Parkway NW
Rochester, MN 55901
(507) 328-2954
ryetzer@rochestermn.gov
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BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA
Unified Development Ordinance
With a population of almost 85,000, Bloomington is the seventh largest city in Indiana and the seat of Monroe County. It also serves as home to Indiana University, world renowned for its academics, swimming, music, and basketball programs. In late 2017, Clarion Associates was retained to lead a team including our Cincinnati affiliate McBride Dale Clarion to complete significant updates to Bloomington’s Unified Development Ordinance. The primary purpose of the updates is to ensure that the UDO is aligned with and promotes the implementation of the new Bloomington Comprehensive Plan. The project began with an Diagnosis of the existing Unified Development Ordinance and a detailed annotated outline of the new UDO structure. Key challenges addressed in that Diagnosis included the need for market-based regulations and incentives to promote affordable housing, new tools to encourage additional student housing, ensuring protection of existing neighborhood character, and the advantages and disadvantages of form-based zoning approaches for some portions of the city. The UDO updates were adopted and implemented in late 2019.
View the Bloomington UDO at https://bloomington.
in.gov/planning/udo
REFERENCE CONTACT INFO
Scott Robinson, Director Bloomington Planning and Transportation Department401 N. Morton St., Suite 130Bloomington, IN 47404812-349-3423robinsos@bloomington.in.gov
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ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
Zoning Code Update
Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the largest city and the
largest economic in the State of New Mexico. Blessed
by spectacular views of the Sandia mountains, the
main campus of the University of New Mexico, Rail
Runner connections to the state capital in Santa
Fe, and an emerging bus rapid transit system along
historic Central Avenue/Route 66, the city is poised to
strengthen its status as one of the SunBelt’s success
stories. In 2014, Clarion Associates was selected
to head a team of seven consultants, including
Fregonese Associates, Dekker/Perich/Sabatini, Karpoff
Associates, Leland Consulting Group, Kimley-Horn
Associates, and Urban Interactive Studios to update
the city’s Centers and Corridors Comprehensive
Plan and to develop a new Integrated Development
Ordinance for the city. The two-year effort began in
early 2015, and resulted in a much more nuanced
menu of Center and Corridor types aligned with a
new approach to Complete Streets implementation.
The updated Comprehensive Plan was adopted
in 2016. In addition, this project consolidated,
integrated, and streamlined the existing zoning
ordinance and subdivision controls with land use
regulations included in over 40 Sector Plans into an
Integrated Development Ordinance (IDO) that makes
those controls more internally consistent, predictable,
administrable, and user-friendly. After an extensive
public engagement process, the IDO and related
citywide zoning remap was approved by the City
Council in November 2017.
View ABQ’s Integrated Development Ordinance.
REFERENCE CONTACT INFO
Mikaela Renz-Whitmore, Albuquerque Project Manager505-924-3932 mrenz-whitmore@cabq.gov
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BILLINGS & YELLOWSTONE COUNTY, MONTANA
Zoning Code Updates
Clarion recently led a team working with Billings (pop. 110,000) and Yellowstone County, Montana, to update, coordinate, and fully separate the zoning code that both communities have shared for 50 years. This community-led zoning code rewrite has been guided by an ad hoc steering committee of both city and county representatives; four standing working groups that met monthly or twice monthly to address code drafts through the lenses of urban issues, county issues, landscaping, and signs; and numerous individual meetings with specific interest groups such as developers, real estate agents, short-term rental owners, restaurant/bar/casino owners, homebuilders, environmentalists, health care providers, and outdoor recreationalists. The City of Billings opted for the creation of a character-driven, hybrid form-based code while Yellowstone County opted for a more traditional larger lot, agricultural oriented zoning code that takes advantage of the form sections of the Billings zoning code through a process called “planned neighborhood development.” Both communities will be able to use that process to address development at the urban-rural interface, providing infrastructure and density predictability to the City, property owners, and developers. Major updates in the codes include modernized use tables and use-specific standards supported by a streamlined administrative approval process, specific zone district character and pattern regulations designed to ensure quality infill development in the City’s older neighborhoods, new standards for wind and solar installations that support Montana’s clean energy goals, and the consolidation of eight full and partial sets of sign regulations into a single, updated set of sign standards that is linked to the different sizes and types of development anticipated in the new form-based zone districts. Yellowstone County adopted their new zoning code in November, 2020 and Billings should complete the adoption process in January 2021.
View the Billings, MT Zoning code at https://library.municode.com/mt/billings/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CICO_CH27ZO
REFERENCE CONTACT INFO
Nicole CromwellZoning Coordinator406.657.8281 cromwelln@billingsmt.gov
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F. PROPOSED SCHEDULE
We anticipate drafting and completing the Bozeman UDC update over about two years, as shown on the project schedule below. We have found that keeping the drafting process moving is essential to ensuring consistent community engagement in the update process. We accomplish this by working with staff to map out a schedule when the project is initiated and use that timeframe to back into tentative dates for meetings with key stakeholders and the public. Calendaring important meetings early eliminates (or at least dramatically reduces) the time-consuming process of polling busy stakeholders and officials about their availability along the way and limits the potential for unforeseen delays. It also keeps provides the project team with clear dates and deliverables to work toward.
YEAR 1 YEAR 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
PHASE 1 Project Orientation
PHASE 2 Code
Assessment
PHASE 3 UDC Drafting
Installment 1
Installment 2
Installment 3
Staff/Working
Group Edits
PHASE 4 UDC Adoption
Community Outreach Engagement
Elected Official Updates
Whole Community Update
ZONE DISTRICTS
& USES
DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS
PROCEDURES
G. OUTLINE OF ENGAGEMENT PLAN
An effective community engagement strategy will be critical to the success of the Unified Development Code Update—and to accomplishing the goals and objectives the community has already identified as part of the Bozeman Community Plan 2020. The engagement strategy must recognize the importance of prior engagement efforts, and continue this participation in the effort to build a new code. We describe in this section an initial approach for development of a Community Engagement Plan for the UDC Update, including identification of outreach tools and input opportunities to define “big picture”
themes for the code rewrite and detailed feedback on technical drafts.
We have found the most successful outreach efforts
are achieved using a variety of methods—both online
and in person—and by providing a broad array of
engagement opportunities throughout the process.
Our preliminary strategy is based on three key
objectives:
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• Establishing (and maintaining) open lines of communication;
• Providing broad and inclusive opportunities for engagement; and
• Fostering productive dialogue and creative problem-solving.
This section provides a brief description of our initial
approach to achieve each objective. During Task 1, we
will prepare a detailed Community Engagement Plan
for the entire UDC update process. The CEP will be
grounded in the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) pillars. This initial draft will be subject to revision based on input from staff, elected and appointed officials, and other stakeholders about what has worked well—or not—in Bozeman in the past.
We have included a detailed community engagement
plan from another project in the Appendix section to
better identify the level of detail included in a project-
specific Community Engagement Plan.
ESTABLISHING (AND MAINTAINING) OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION
Tap into established communication channels. Through the efforts of the Community Engagement office while working in the comprehensive plan and other past City projects, we know that Bozeman has established connections to various community groups through social media networks, newsletters/blogs, local news outlets, and distribution lists. Tapping into these established networks once again is one of the most efficient and effective ways to get the word out about the Unified Development Code Update. We will work with staff and others as appropriate to leverage these connections as a way to generate “buzz” around the process and upcoming events, provide periodic project updates, and direct people to online input opportunities.
Establish a dedicated project website and brand. As we did for the Affordable Housing Code Audit, we can work with the City to develop a dedicated project website (either hosted through the City’s existing site or set up by Clarion as a standalone site, based on City preference) to serve as a clearinghouse for project news and updates. The project website will also serve as a portal for interim documents and input opportunities throughout the process. A recognizable project logo and brand will also be established for use on all project materials, advertisements, and documents, as well as the website. The website can also be used as an educational platform to build a broader understanding of the role the Unified Development Code Update will play in shaping future development in Bozeman.
PROVIDING BROAD AND INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT
Make Unified Development Code
concepts accessible to all. Let’s
face it. Unless it impacts them
directly, zoning is not a topic most
residents get excited about. Helping the community
understand how topics they do care about—housing
affordability, climate change, environmental
protection, historic preservation, and others—will
be addressed as part of the Code Update (and why
their input on these topics matters) is essential.
Informational videos, 1-page handouts, doorhangers,
map-based “tours,” visual preference surveys, and
other high and low-tech methods can be used to
help inform the public about why there is a need for
an updated Unified Development Code, and provide
them with straightforward and accessible ways to
understand zoning concepts and offer their opinion
on them. These kinds of education-to-participation
opportunities can be included as part of both online
and in-person events.
Engage youth and young adults.
While common as part of planning
processes, youth and young adult
engagement is often overlooked as
part of code projects. We propose
working with local high schools and students from
the MSU’s Architecture and/or GIS/Planning programs
to facilitate a series of workshops or activities at
key points in the process. These activities would be
designed to help build awareness of the impact of
local land use regulations on the community’s built,
natural, and social environment, and seek input on
possible approaches to challenging issues.
Offer multiple ways for people to weigh in at each decision point. Six “rounds” of community engagement will be provided as part of the Unified Development Code Update. Each round of engagement will be tailored to fit the types of input needed at each stage in the process and will include a variety of opportunities for input. Regardless
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of whether meetings are conducted virtually or in-person, information presented at the meetings will be made available on the project website. We have found that providing and advertising these “extended input opportunities” can result in significantly higher
participation overall. Online input opportunities will generally consist of a brief overview of the process and the types of input being sought and a brief survey about the interim work product that is out for review.
FOSTERING PRODUCTIVE DIALOGUE AND CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING
Working Group. We frequently
work with advisory committees
-- variously referred to as Working
Groups, Technical Advisory
Committees, Development Code
Committee, or Citizen Advisory Committee -- as
part of our code work. Whatever the name for the
group, we have found this approach to be a highly
effective way to seek input on interim drafts, gain
an understanding of the level of community support
that exists on major policy options before they are
rolled out to the broader public, and also develop
“advocates” among community members who support
the updated Code’s eventual adoption. We propose a
panel of interested individuals, both technical experts
and “regular” community members, be established at
the outset of the UDC Update project. While we rely
on staff knowledge of the community to determine
potential committee members, it is often helpful
to have members with professional experience or
backgrounds related to the regulatory issues that will
be addressed by the UDC. That often encompasses
members of the development community, historic
preservationists, environmental activists, housing
advocates, as well as representatives from the City’s
relevant advisory boards as a place to start. Working
Group meetings generally correlate to the review
of interim drafts and major project milestones. We
anticipate the Working Group may need to meet eight
to ten times over the course of the project, and when
choosing participants, it is important to ascertain
that potential members can sustain this level of
commitment over the course of the project.
Elected and Appointed Official Study Sessions. Periodic study sessions with the Bozeman City Commission will be held at key points during the process to provide progress updates, present preliminary recommendations, and seek input on major policy decisions. The officials ultimately will be responsible for adopting and implementing the updated UDC, so having these parties understand the issues, and weigh-in on key choices will be important to build support for the updated Code. Typically, these meetings will coincide with major project milestones.
H. PRESENT PROJECT WORKLOADS &
RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY IN THE PROJECT
If selected for the Bozeman UDC update, key Clarion and Groundprint team members are available to dedicate the time needed to complete the project
within the established deadline. We have identified the anticipated time and respective responsibilities for each team members in the Cost Proposal and Fee Schedule.
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I. RECENT & CURRENT WORK
FOR THE CITY OF BOZEMAN
CITY OF BOZEMAN, 2021-2022
Unified Development Code Updates to Support Affordable Housing
With a population of 48,000, Bozeman, Montana, is the fourth largest city in the state – and one that is consistently rated as one of the highest qualities of life in the U.S. A thriving local economy grounded in outdoor recreation, camping, skiing, and mountain activities has made the city a magnet for immigrants from all over the country. Unfortunately, those trends have also resulted in rapidly rising housing prices, as new arrivals from California and west coast have competed with local residents for available housing. In 2021, Clarion Associates was retained to lead a team of consultants to update the city’s Affordable Housing Ordinance, zoning ordinance, and Planned Unit Development regulations to identify and remove barriers to affordable housing, and to advise the city on how to improve that supply. Clarion’s team, including the Denver-based national housing economics firm Root Policy Research and Bozeman-based local planning and engagement firm Groundprint worked through 2021 to engage stakeholders and the public in discussions about the strengths and weaknesses of the current
housing regulations and make recommendations for improvement to all three regulatory documents. As of the submission of these qualifications in March 2022, the City is considering updated ordinances with streamlined and affordable-housing focused changes to the PUD and UDC departures processes, as well as revisions to the Affordable Housing Ordinance designed to work following changes to Montana law. Key recommendations from the Affordable Housing Assessment are being drafted for City review as short-term code fixes, while the remaining recommendations will be incorporated into the overall UDC update.
View the Bozeman Code Audit To Create and Preserve
Housing | City Of Bozeman
REFERENCE CONTACT INFO
Martin MatsenCommunity Development Director (former), City of Bozemanmmatsen@gmail.com
MANY PIECES IN THE PUZZLE
BOZEMAN, MT | CODE AUDIT TO CREATE AND PRESERVE HOUSING
Planned Unit Developments
Affordable Housing OrdinanceIncentives
Administrative Departures
Land
Costs
Labor
FeesFinancing
Materials/Supply
Short TermCode Fixes
Overall Code Assessment
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CITY OF BOZEMAN, JULY 2020
NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT REPORT
Groundprint, LLC created a report and infographics for the Bozeman Neighborhoods Division to help city-wide efforts to broaden and deepen public engagement. Surveyed peer cities included Bend, Oregon, Corvallis, Oregon, Flagstaff, Arizona, Fort Collins, Colorado, and Vancouver, Washington. Data collection methods involved an online survey, interviews, and data analysis from the American Community Survey. The report focuses on emerging themes related to government structure, engagement tools, inclusion strategies and metrics, and is intended to be a reference guide for the Neighborhoods Division.
REFERENCE CONTACT INFO
Dani Hess, Neighborhoods
Program Coordinator
dhess@bozeman.net
406-595-6585
CITY OF BOZEMAN, DEC 2020
Planned Unit Development Relaxation Report
Groundprint, LLC generated a report to address the first action item identified in the Planned Unit Development strategy of the City of Bozeman’s Community Housing Action Plan, specifically to “evaluate past PUD relaxation approvals.” The analysis explores Bozeman’s historical use of PUDs in relation to housing affordability and investigates past relaxation approvals to identify common elements and themes among the projects. The study yielded twelve detailed code recommendations and outlined specific future steps.
REFERENCE CONTACT INFO
Marty Matsen, AICP, Director
Community Development
mmatsen@bozeman.net
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SELECTED PROJECTS
Work under Groundprint, LLC
Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) Ongoing Consulting - feasibility
analysis, site design & entitlements for affordable housing projects throughout
Gallatin County; zone text amendments and state law amendments; code and
policy analysis; conceptual design in collaboration with local design team for
Tiny Home Village, new homeless shelter, Food Bank and Resource Hub.
Downtown Improvement Plan (in collaboration with Agency Landscape +
Planning acting as Prime) - extensive update to the Neighborhood Plan for
Downtown Bozeman. Highlights of this team effort include creative and
engaging public outreach; extensive use of graphics to effectively communicate
ideas; analysis and recommendations for implementation matrix to better align
municipal codes and policies with goals identified in the plan. Note ongoing
consulting for plan implementation. Also Groundprint represented Downtown
Partnership in Community Housing Action Plan Working Group.
Bridger View Redevelopment Neighborhood Planning (in collaboration with
Evolve EA acting as Prime and an extensive local team) - this Planned Unit
Development includes 62 small homes with half in a community land trust to
help meet the demand for “missing middle” housing. The project exemplifies
compact neighborhood design and sustainability.
City of Bozeman Consulting - Planned Unit Development Report to identify and
analyze common code relaxations related to affordable housing; Neighborhood
Engagement Peer Cities Report; zone text amendments for Unified Development
Code; feasibility studies; graphics, marketing and press releases.
PAST PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Selected projects under Intrinsik Architecture, Inc. team (2007-2015)
• Stewart Homes Affordable Housing Master Plan: Helena, MT
• Zone Text Amendment to establish "Residential Emphasis Mixed Use"
(REMU) new zoning district: Bozeman, MT
• Downtown Bozeman Technical Assistance Grants
• Valley West: Bozeman, MT
• The Lakes at Valley West, Phases 1 & 2: Bozeman, MT
• South Rouse (Park)ing Lot Redesign: Bozeman, MT
• Zone Text Amendment to add provisions for way-finding signage in
Bozeman, MT
• Olive & Wallace Renovation: Bozeman, MT
• Goetz Law Firm Addition: Bozeman, MT
• Block M Townhomes: Bozeman, MT
• Element Hotel Consulting: Bozeman, MT
• Bozeman Birth Center: Bozeman, MT
• Greenway Group Living Facility for Reach, Inc.: Bozeman, MT
• North Tracy Group Living Facility for Reach, Inc.: Bozeman, MT
• HRDC's West Edge Condominiums Phase 2: Bozeman, MT
Work completed under City of Bozeman Community Development
(2001-2006)
• Project planner for subdivisions, commercial & mixed-use developments
• Administrative Design Review Staff for entryway corridors and historic
districts
• Planner for establishment of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District for
North 7th
• Event coordinator for annual Clean Up Day, Awards Ceremony & Staff
Retreats
• Staff liaison to Beautification Advisory Board & North 7th Urban Renewal
Board
• Co-author of Bozeman Creek Neighborhood Plan
• Artist for illustrated appendix to zoning ordinance
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J. REFERENCES
Ryan Yetzer, Senior Planner
Rochester Community Development Department
Rochester, MN
(507) 328-2954
ryetzer@rochestermn.gov
Scott Robinson, Director
Bloomington Planning and Transportation Department
Bloomington, IN
812-349-3423
robinsos@bloomington.in.gov
Mikaela Renz-Whitmore,
Project Manager
Albuquerque, NM
505-924-3932
mrenz-whitmore@cabq.gov
Nicole Cromwell
Zoning Coordinator
Billings, MT
406.657.8281
cromwelln@billingsmt.gov
Martin Matsen
Community Development Director (former),
Bozeman, MT
mmatsen@gmail.com
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K. POST-ADOPTION ACTIVITIES & TRAINING
In order for implementation of the Bozeman UDC to
go smoothly, we will work with staff to create a UDC
training program that will focus on four aspects of
Code implementation:
1. Drafting Process Testing. We will start the
training process while the drafting process is
still underway. To ensure that recommended
standards can be applied through existing or
new application processes, we will work with
staff to process a series of test projects across
the community and/or simultaneously process
projects that have been proposed under the
current UDC. While the primary goal of project
testing is to make sure the regulations produce
the City’s preferred outcome, the secondary goal
is to identify issues with project processing that
can be addressed either in the updated UDC
or through application process or procedure
changes.
2. Application Process Mapping. We will create
a flow chart to accompany each specific
development process included in the updated
UDC. If needed as part of the post-adoption
activities, we can also undertake an application
process mapping exercise with staff to identify
the specific “behind-the-scenes” steps involved
in moving an application from submission to
decision. Based on this mapping exercise, we can
identify inefficient or ineffective activities in the
process that can be revised and improved.
3. Staff Transition. Moving from a familiar code to
a new code can be disorienting and information
can get lost in that transition. To help Bozeman
staff make this change, we will prepare training
materials for in-person and virtual staff
workshops focused on both what has changed in
the UDC and how to find new information. We will
also prepare UDC summaries and staff code-user
“cheat sheets” that summarize information
typically referenced in different plan and project
reviews.
4. UDC Drafting and Amendment. The updated
Bozeman UDC should be treated as a living
document and should be amended as needed
to meet the City’s goals and priorities. We will
prepare materials for and hold one workshop
with Community Development leadership and
the City Attorney’s department to help establish
a robust UDC issue vetting and amendment
drafting process. This will include determining
whether and how to use informal and written
clarification processes, discussing whether to
process amendments on an as-applied-for versus
“batched” timeframe, and a presentation on how
to amend the UDC as a cohesive whole document.
After the UDC has been adopted, we recommend a
three-to-four-month delay before the new ordinance
and map become effective. This gives staff, citizens,
and ordinance users time to become trained on the
new system. During this time, Clarion Associates
can prepare materials for external trainings and
educational workshops tailored to the needs of the
different UDC users, such as the real estate industry,
land developers, neighborhood groups, or others
identified by staff. These training materials will be
prepared using proven adult education techniques
involving engagement, discussion, problem solving,
and web exploration rather than lectures. The
resulting materials will be available for continued use
by the City.
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L. COST PROPOSAL AND FEE SCHEDULE
Bozeman UDC Update Projected Hours
Task Total
Team Member Director PM
Senior
Associate Associate Graphics Riggs
Billable Rate $/Hour $225 $180 $125 $110 $90 $120
1.1 Project Orientation 2 6 6 2 0 8 24
1.2 Community Engagement Plan Preparation 2 8 8 4 10 8 40
1.3 Project Kickoff Community Outreach Events 16 16 16 4 10 8 70
Project Management/Coordination meetings w/staff 4 4 4 4 0 4 20
Phase 1: Total Hours 24 34 34 14 20 28 154
Phase 1: Total Labor $5,400 $6,120 $4,250 $1,540 $1,800 $3,360 $22,470
Person trips 1 1 1 1 0 0 4
Phase 1: Total Travel $950 $950 $950 $950 $0 $0 $3,800
Phase 1: TOTAL $6,350 $7,070 $5,200 $2,490 $1,800 $3,360 $26,270
2.1 Staff Review Draft, Working Group Review 8 20 40 40 20 40 168
2.2 Public Review Draft 4 10 20 30 10 20 94
2.4 Community Outreach Events + Materials 20 20 0 24 0 26 90
Project Management/Coordination meetings w/staff 4 4 4 4 4 4 24
Phase 2: Total Hours 36 54 64 98 34 90 376
Phase 2: Total Labor $8,100 $9,720 $8,000 $10,780 $3,060 $10,800 $50,460
Person trips 1 1 1 1 0 0 4
Phase 2: Total Travel $950 $950 $950 $950 $0 $0 $3,800
Phase 2: TOTAL $9,050 $10,670 $8,950 $11,730 $3,060 $10,800 $54,260
3.1 Installment 1 Staff Review Draft, Working Group Review 20 80 110 200 60 160 630
3.2 Installment 1 Public Draft, Community Outreach Events 16 24 16 20 10 20 106
3.3 Installment 2 Staff Review Draft, Working Group Review 20 60 100 200 60 140 580
3.4 Installment 2 Public Draft, Community Outreach Events 0 16 16 20 10 16 78
3.5 Installment 3 Staff Review Draft, Working Group Review 20 44 100 200 60 100 524
3.6 Installment 3 Public Draft, Community Outreach Events 16 16 16 20 10 20 98
Project Management/Coordination meetings w/staff 12 12 12 12 12 12 72
Phase 3: Total Hours 104 252 370 672 222 468 2088
Phase 3: Total Labor $23,400 $45,360 $46,250 $73,920 $19,980 $56,160 $265,070
Person trips 2 3 3 2 0 0 10
Phase 3: Total Travel $1,900 $2,850 $2,850 $1,900 $0 $0 $9,500
Phase 3:TOTAL $25,300 $48,210 $49,100 $75,820 $19,980 $56,160 $274,570
4.1 Final UDC Staff Review Draft and Revisions 12 40 80 60 40 100 332
4.2 Final UDC Outreach Events 16 20 20 20 20 24 120
4.3 UDC Adoption Process 12 30 30 30 20 20 142
4.4 UDC Post-Adoption Clean-Up 4 12 20 20 20 10 86
4.5 Training + Forms 2 40 60 100 40 40 282
Project Management/Coordination meetings w/staff 6 6 6 6 6 6 36
Phase 4: Total Hours 52 148 216 236 146 200 998
Phase 4: Total Labor $11,700 $26,640 $27,000 $25,960 $13,140 $24,000 $128,440
Person trips 3 4 4 2 0 0 13
Phase 4: Total Travel $2,850 $3,800 $3,800 $1,900 $0 $0 $12,350
Phase 4: Total $14,550 $30,440 $30,800 $27,860 $13,140 $24,000 $140,790
Project Total Hours 216 488 684 1020 422 786 3616
Project Total Labor $48,600 $87,840 $85,500 $112,200 $37,980 $94,320 $466,440
Project Total Person Trips 7 9 9 6 0 0 31
Total Travel Expenses $6,650 $8,550 $8,550 $5,700 $0 $0 $29,450
Total Fees: Labor and Expenses $55,250 $96,390 $94,050 $117,900 $37,980 $94,320 $495,890
Phase 1: Orientation and Initial Outreach
Phase 2: Code Assessment and Annotated Outline
Clarion
Phase 4: Adoption Draft UDC
Phase 3: Prepare Unified Development Code
Ground-
print
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M. CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Clarion Associates and Groundprint do not have any
actual or perceived conflicts of interest with the City
of Bozeman in undertaking the UDC update. Below is
a list of Groundprint’s permit or development review
approval clients over the past five years. We are happy
to respond to any questions about these clients.
• Agency Landscape + Planning
• City of Bozeman
• Clarion Associates
• Comma Q Architects
• Downtown (Bozeman) Tax Increment Finance
District
• evolve environment::architecture
• Headwaters Community Housing Trust
• Hennebery Eddy Architects
• HRDC
• Kalani Cowles
• Love Schack Architecture Inc.
• MFGR Designs
• Random Acts of Silliness
• Verge Theatre
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APPENDIX
• Example Public Participation Plan, Centennial, CO
HOUSING STUDY AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT:
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN
April 2022
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Centennial NEXT—the City’s framework for future growth and development—highlights key
opportunities for expanded housing options in different areas of Centennial. Since the Plan was
adopted in 2018, housing cost and availability have become a major focus in Centennial and
throughout the region. Two phases of work emerged in response:
Phase 1: Research and Discovery
In 2021, City Council set out to explore housing cost and availability in Centennial with the intent
to advance the understanding of the entire spectrum of housing issues in the City, define the
various needs for housing, and identify priorities to potentially inform future policy. Over the
course of a year, the City Council—with support from City staff—conducted research, met with
local housing experts, and toured peer communities in the region. These efforts helped provide
the City with an understanding of the state and regional trends that are influencing the housing
demand and the overall market, and the policy and regulatory strategies communities like
Centennial are taking in response.
Phase 2: Housing Study and Policy Development
In 2022, the City initiated a more in-depth Housing Study and Policy Development process (Housing
Study) to expand research efforts and engage the community in a discussion about possible policy
options that Centennial is considering implementing to increase housing options and address
affordability concerns. The project is being managed by a project team comprised of City staff
from Community Development, Communications, and the City Manager’s Office with support from
a consultant team, led by Colorado-based Clarion Associates, in partnership with Root Policy
Research. The process is anticipated to take one-year to complete and will include three major
milestones:
• Community Housing Needs Assessment
• Public Engagement on Housing Strategies and Development of Housing Policy
• Land Development Code (LDC) modifications and other policy action
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CITY OF CENTENNIAL HOUSING STUDY AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT 2
ROLE OF THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN
The Housing Study is a major undertaking that
prioritizes community input and collaboration
among a wide range of community
stakeholders. This Public Participation Plan
(PPP) provides a summary overview of the
City’s approach to public engagement
throughout this process. The PPP outlines a
detailed strategy to:
• Establish (and maintain) open lines of
communication;
• Provide broad and inclusive
opportunities for engagement; and
• Foster productive and fair dialogue
and creative problem-solving.
Public engagement strategies will vary
depending on the types of information being considered and the level of stakeholder input needed
at each stage of the process. This PPP includes the following sections: 1) a list of community
stakeholders that will be targeted; 2) an overview of the formal groups that will meet regularly
during the Housing Study process; 3) a communications strategy to help get the word out about
the process and various input opportunities; and 4) a calendar of anticipated events and input
opportunities associated with major project milestones.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
OBJECTIVES
• Facilitate an inclusive and transparent
process
• Ensure the voices of underrepresented
groups are represented
• Offer multiple ways for people to weigh in at
each decision point
• Educate participants as to why housing
policy is important for Centennial
• Make housing policy and development code
concepts accessible to all
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CITY OF CENTENNIAL HOUSING STUDY AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT 3
COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS
Community stakeholders listed will be kept informed throughout the process using a range of
communication tools and methods specified, as outlined on page six of this PPP. Community
stakeholders for the Housing Study include both technical experts that are familiar with and use
the Land Development Code (LDC) regularly—and those that may be less familiar, but may have
an interest in the implementation of Centennial NEXT and housing issues that are impacting them
directly. Targeted stakeholders and community groups that will be engaged as part of the Housing
Study include:
• Age-in-place advocates
• Business owners and organizations
• College students
• Families with young children
• Housing organizations, non-profits, and advocacy groups
• Homebuilders, developers, architects, and others with experience in both an infill and
greenfield development context
• Neighborhood groups (representing all Districts of Centennial)
• Public sector employees (e.g., teachers, firefighters)
• Traditionally underrepresented groups (e.g., retail, restaurant, and service industries)
• Young professionals
Formal engagement will occur through the four types of groups outlined below. Informal
engagement opportunities for the community-at-large will be offered both online and in-person
throughout the process, as outlined in the Opportunities for Input section beginning on page nine
of this PPP. Because housing cost and availability is a regional issue, community engagement
efforts will not be limited to current residents of Centennial.
GROUPS IN THE PROCESS
Four formal groups/types of groups will be convened over the next year to help guide the Housing
Study process: the Core Team, the Working Group, Focus Groups, and Centennial elected and
appointed officials. A description of each group’s role, composition, and general meeting
parameters is provided below:
Core Team
The Core Team is comprised of City staff from Community Development, Communications, and
the City Manager’s Office, and consultant team members from Clarion Associates and Root Policy
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Research. The Core Team will assist with overall project coordination and scheduling, and will be
responsible for providing the technical review of all interim work products; providing detailed or
department-specific knowledge of specific conditions, issues, or concerns; introducing ideas for
consideration; responding to department-specific questions; and considering the enforceability
and administrative effort required by proposed changes. The Core Team will meet bi-weekly, or as
needed, throughout the process. Core Team members will also work closely with consultant team
members to execute this PPP.
Working Group
A 10-person Working Group will serve as a sounding board for the Core Team. The Working Group
is intended to represent a balance of technical and community-oriented interests, as outlined in
the discussion of community stakeholders above. The role of the Working Group will be to:
• Review and assist in vetting major policy options (based on the results of the Community
Housing Needs Assessment) before they are rolled out to the broader public;
• Review and provide feedback on proposed revisions to the LDC;
• Serve as a liaison to representative interest groups—promoting awareness and
understanding of proposals that emerge from the process; and
• Communicate the Housing Study process to stakeholders
While Committee members will not vote or have veto power over proposed revisions
recommended by the Core Team, their opinions will be shared with Centennial elected and
appointed officials. Working Group meetings will be held in person and a meeting summary will
be posted on the project webpage. Working Group members include:
• Christine Sweetland - Council Member
• John Scales - Planning and Zoning Commission Member
• Don Sheehan - Senior Commission Council Liaison
• Corey Reitz - South Metro Housing Options (pending)
• Affordable Housing Developer [to be added]
• Shelby Foster - South Metro Denver Realtors Association
• Liana Escott - Arapahoe County Housing and Community
Development/Arapahoe/Douglas Works!
• Tom Brook - Denver South
• Andrew Spaulding - Centennial Resident
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Focus Groups
Focus groups with traditionally underrepresented groups will be held early in the Housing Study
process to help inform the Housing Needs Assessment. Focus groups will consist of groups of up
to 10 residents. The goal of the resident focus groups is to engage traditionally underrepresented
groups in the process and ensure their needs are reflected in recommendations that emerge from
the Housing study. Based on organizational contacts available and demographics of the City, the
following were identified as traditionally underrepresented groups:
• Low income families
• Hispanic workers
• Seniors
• People with disabilities
Focus group participants will be identified through local service providers, faith-based
organizations, employers, and others who work directly with traditionally underrepresented
groups in the City of Centennial. Participants will be paid a modest stipend.
Elected and Appointed Officials
The Core Team will provide updates to the City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission at key
points during the process to keep elected and appointed officials informed about potential
changes, to seek guidance on potential policy choices and potential tools to implement them, and
proposed updates to the LDC. City Staff will also provide brief updates on the Housing Study to
both bodies at regular work sessions.
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COMMUNICATION TOOLS
A variety of tools will be used to keep the public informed about the Housing Study and to advertise
public events and input opportunities. Updates and notifications will generally coincide with major
project milestones; generally, each time a major deliverable is made available for public review or
approximately two weeks in advance of public meetings, events, or input opportunities. Primary
methods of communicating with the public about the Housing Study are anticipated to include,
but not be limited to:
PROJECT WEBPAGE
COMMUNICATION OBJECTIVES RESPONSIBILITY
• Provide general project information
• Advertise upcoming meetings and engagement
opportunities
• Provide access to interim work products,
presentations, and other project-related
materials
• Provide answers to Frequently Asked Questions
• Provide a means for submitting comments or
questions at any time during the project
• Allow interested parties to sign up to receive
periodic e-mail updates about the project
• Clarion will provide initial content for the
webpage, suggested updates to content monthly
(or as needed), and materials and work products
to be posted online
• City staff will maintain a dedicated webpage at:
centennialco.gov/Government/City-Projects-and-
Initiatives/Housing
• City staff will manage comments and e-mail
addresses received
SOCIAL MEDIA
COMMUNICATION OBJECTIVES RESPONSIBILITY
• Advertise upcoming meetings and available
documents for public review
• Expand awareness of public meetings and events
• Direct community to online engagement activities
• Highlight participation in community events and
activities
• Clarion will develop brief talking points to
highlight overall project progress, key questions
for discussion, and opportunities for input
• City staff will craft and disseminate posts on
different forums, as appropriate
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E-MAIL BLASTS/ NEWSLETTERS/PRESS RELEASES
COMMUNICATION OBJECTIVES RESPONSIBILITY
• Provide brief updates on the project to interested
parties and meeting attendees
• Advertise upcoming meetings and engagement
activities through a variety of methods (i.e., e-
mail blasts, newsletters, and/or press releases to
local newspaper outlets such as the Centennial
Citizen)
• Clarion will draft content for City approval that
can be adapted to a variety of formats
• City Staff will approve final content and
distribute as appropriate
HAVE YOUR SAY CENTENNIAL!
COMMUNICATION OBJECTIVES RESPONSIBILITY
• Provide brief updates on the project to interested
parties and meeting attendees
• Advertise upcoming meetings and engagement
activities
Provide access to project-related consultations
(i.e., opportunities to provide input on one-
pagers about individual strategies)
• Clarion will draft content for City approval
• City Staff will post content and establish project-
related consultations as appropriate
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT
The tentative timing of meetings and other opportunities for public input in the Housing Study
process are outlined below. Specific meeting dates and input opportunities will be added to the
‘Have Your Say Centennial’ page on the City’s website as the process progresses. Input
opportunities will be adjusted as necessary during the process to ensure they are achieving the
stated objectives.
PARTICIPATION
OBJECTIVES
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT
1: COMMUNITY HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT (FEBRUARY 2022 – MAY 2022)
• Introduce the Housing Study
process and build awareness
of the housing work that’s
been completed to-date
• Educate the public about why
housing policy is important for
Centennial’s future
• Seek input on housing issues
that matter to community
stakeholders
March
Working Group #1
• Purpose: Introduce project/present basic housing
information/request input for Focus Group contacts and
Stakeholders
• Timing: March 28
Newsletter/e-blast #1
• Purpose: Introduce the project; encourage public to sign up for
updates
• Timing: Week of April 11 (following Working Group Meeting)
Newsletter/e-blast #2
• Purpose: Housing 101 blurb/question of the week
• Timing: Week of April 18
April
Focus groups/interviews groups
• Purpose: Gain an understanding of the housing needs of
underrepresented groups
• Timing: April
• Review preliminary data and
findings from market analysis
and focus groups/interviews
• Engage representatives from
neighborhood groups in all
Districts of Centennial, as well
as the community-at-large
Working Group #2
• Purpose: Overview of preliminary findings
• Timing: April 25
May
Newsletter/e-blast #3
• Purpose: Housing 101 blurb/question of the week; Advertise first
community meeting
• Timing: Week of May 2
City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission Update #1
• Purpose: Provide overview of preliminary findings/update on
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PARTICIPATION
OBJECTIVES
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT
process generally
• Timing: May 9 – Joint Work Session with PZC
Newsletter/e-blast #4
• Purpose: Advertise first community meeting (reminder)
• Timing: Week of May 16
Community Meeting #1 (In-Person)
• Purpose: Provide an opportunity for neighborhood groups and
interested community members to learn about the process and
provide input on Centennial’s housing needs.
• Timing: May 17
2: COMMUNITY HOUSING STRATEGIES (MAY 2022 – AUGUST 2022)
• In-depth review and vetting of
potential housing strategies
that match identified housing
needs
• Identify preferred set of
housing strategies
• Target outreach to areas and
groups that are most likely to
be impacted by proposed
strategies
May
Newsletter/e-blast #5
• Purpose: Announce release of Community Housing Needs
Assessment
• Timing: Week of May 30 (after Community Meeting)
Working Group #3 - First Round of Strategy Review
• Purpose: Refresher on housing needs; review three strategies to
gauge levels of support.
• Timing: May 23
June
City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission Update #2
• Purpose: Provide update on strategy review and process generally
• Timing: June 6 CC – June 8 PZC
Newsletter/e-blast #6 and online input opportunity
• Purpose: Strategy 101 and invitation to weigh in on first round of
strategies; reminder that public is invited to listen in on Working
Group meetings
• Timing: Week of June 6
Working Group #4 - Second Round of Strategy Review
• Purpose: Review three strategies to gauge levels of support;
Review results of online input opportunity
• Timing: June 27
July
City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission Update #3
• Purpose: Provide update on strategy review and process generally
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PARTICIPATION
OBJECTIVES
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT
• Timing: July 11 CC – July 13 PZC
Newsletter/e-blast #7 and online input opportunity
• Purpose: Strategy 101 and invitation to weigh in on second round
of strategies; reminder that public is invited to listen in on
Working Group meetings
• Timing: Week of July 11
Working Group #5 – Third Round of Strategy Review
• Purpose: Review three strategies to gauge levels of support;
Review results of online input opportunity
• Timing: July 25
Newsletter/e-blast #8 and online input opportunity
• Purpose: Strategy 101 and invitation to weigh in on third round of
strategies; invitation to second Community Meeting
• Timing: Week of July 25 (after Working Group #5)
August
City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission Update #4
• Purpose: Provide update on strategy review and process generally
• Timing: August 29 Joint Work Session with PZC – (Pending
approval)
Community Meeting #2
• Purpose: Provide update on strategy review and process
generally; seek input on strategies, with an emphasis on those
that the Working Group has not reached agreement on (and/or
those that have been the most controversial); engage CenCON
members in areas of Centennial that will be most directly
impacted by strategies
• Timing: Week of August 8
3: DRAFT POLICY AND CODE CHANGES (AUGUST 2022 – DECEMBER 2022)
• Communicate the relationship
between proposed LDC
changes and the Community
Housing Strategies
• Seek input on proposed
changes to the LDC before the
draft is finalized for
consideration by the Planning
Commission and City Council
Working Group #6
• Purpose: Review proposed LDC changes (Round 1)
• Timing: August 22
September
Newsletter/e-blast #8
• Purpose: Process update and invitation to third Community
Meeting
• Timing: Week of September 12 (after Working Group #5)
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PARTICIPATION
OBJECTIVES
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT
• Target outreach to areas and
groups that are most likely to
be impacted by proposed
strategies
Working Group #7
• Purpose: Review proposed LDC changes (Round 2)
• Timing: Week of September 19
City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission Update #5 (Joint meeting)
• Purpose: Review Public Draft of proposed Policy and Code
Changes (Round 1)
• Timing: October 24 – Joint Work Session with PZC (Pending
approval)
Community Meeting #3 and online input opportunity
• Purpose: Review Public Draft of proposed Policy and Code
Changes
• Timing: Week of October 3
October
Working Group #8
• Purpose: Refine proposed LDC changes based on community
input received (Round 3)
• Timing: October 24
Working Group #9
• Purpose: Refine proposed LDC changes based on community
input received (Round 4)
• Timing: November 28
December
City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission Update #6 (Joint meeting)
• Purpose: Review Public Draft of proposed Policy and Code
Changes (Round 2)
• Timing: December 12 CC (pending) – December 14 PZC
(confirmed)
4: POLICY AND CODE ADOPTION SUPPORT (JANUARY 2023 – FEBRUARY 2023)
• Build public awareness of the
key elements of the proposed
LDC changes and the
relationship to the Community
Housing Strategies
• Provide an opportunity for
public comment on the
adoption draft of the
proposed changes to the LDC
January
Newsletter/e-blast #10
• Purpose: Process update and adoption timeline
• Timing: Week of January 2
City Council study session
• Timing: January 16
Planning & Zoning Commission study session
• Timing: January 25
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PARTICIPATION
OBJECTIVES
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT
February
Newsletter/e-blast #11
• Purpose: Process update and adoption timeline
• Timing: Week of January 30
Planning & Zoning Commission public hearing
• Timing: February 8
City Council public hearing
• Timing: Week of February 20
5: ASSISTANCE WITH GRANT APPLICATION (FEBRUARY 2023 – MARCH 2023)
• Keep the public informed
about next steps following the
adoption of LDC updates
Variety of communication tools;
Informational only
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