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• Board Meeting Minutes
9/16/2008
The Tax Increment Finance District Board meeting was cancelled by a unanimous vote of
the board.
Via a-mail, Chris Naumann provided the board with the following documents in lieu of the
meeting:
^ Financial Report
^ Minutes from the August board meeting
^ Executive Director's Report for September (see below)
Executive Director's Report
Tax Increment Finance District Board
September 16t" 2008
Downtown Neighborhood Plan Update
Now that funding has been secured for the Downtown Neighborhood Plan, I am building a
Project Advisory Committee. This committee will consist of one representative from each of the
following entities for a total of seven members:
Downtown Bozeman Partnership
• Downtown Business Improvement District Board
Downtown Tax Increment Finance Board
City of Bozeman Planning Department
City of Bozeman Planning Board
Bozeman Parking Commission
Bozeman City Commission
The primary role of the Advisory Committee will be to determine the process by which local
and/or national consultants will be chosen to author the Downtown 2020 Neighborhood Plan.
The Committee will also develop a project timeline. The Committee will also be responsible for
overseeing the process from consultant selection to final plan adoption.
The advisory committee will meet over lunch twice in October and November plus once a month
December through the completion of the project.
Parking Garage Update
Tony Martel of Martel Construction informed the Parking Commission that the parking garage
will be completed on approximately November 26, 2008. The retail space should be turned over
to the buyer at the end of October. I am working with Paul Burns (Parking Manager) to finish
the design of the public restroom space. The City will enter into a cleaning contract for the
restrooms with a professional cleaning service. A tour of the structure has been tentatively
planned for Monday, October 6 for the Parking Commission and TIF board-details to follow.
• Downtown Parking Sign Project
The design of the downtown parking sign "family" is complete. Fabrication and installation will
be completed according to "family member" priority. I am working with preliminary fabrication
costs to determine total costs to complete the project. I am also working with the Planning
Department in an attempt to streamline the permitting process.
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Downtown Tree Replacement
The City of Bozeman Forestry Division has determined that numerous Black Ash trees in the
downtown district have died do to insect infestation. FYI-The BID board allocated the funding
to replace 15 of the dead trees.
TIF Board Applicants
Carson Taylor is still waiting for a final decision regarding his application to the Ethics Board.
He did say that if he is unable to serve on the TIF board, Heather Hart is willing to represent the
Bozeman School District. Bill Stoddart, DA Davidson, is planning to apply.
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