HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 4209 Integrate Downtown Bozeman Improvement Plan as a Neighborhood PlanCOMMISSION RESOLUTION N0.4209
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA,
STATING THEIR INTENT TO ADOPT AND INTEGRATE THE "DOWNTOWN BOZEMAN
IMPROVEMENT PLAN" AS A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN UNDER THE CITY GROWTH
POLICY
WHEREAS, the City of Bozeman has had a comprehensive plan (growth policy) since 1958,
and
WHEREAS, the City of Bozeman adopted its most recent growth policy known as the Bozeman
Community Plan (BCP) through Resolution 4163 on June 1, 2009, and
WHEREAS, the BCP allows for the development of "neighborhood plans" for asub-sector of
the Bozeman community, and
WHEREAS, the City of Bozeman partnered with the Downtown Bozeman Partnership, and
consultants LMN Architects, in the creation of a downtown Bozeman neighborhood plan entitled
"Downtown Bozeman Improvement Plan," and
WHEREAS, the City of Bozeman Planning Board conducted a public hearing on the downtown
Bozeman neighborhood plan on September 15, 2008, and
WHEREAS, having considered the draft plan and receiving four public testimonies the Planning
Board made a recommendation to the Bozeman City Commission that they approve the draft plan as
submitted, pending possible consideration at future meetings, to add language "no net loss of public
parking stalls" for public surface parking, and to recommend a study for public parking utilization, and
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WHEREAS, the in accordance with 76-1-602, MCA, the City Commission must conduct a
public hearing prior to taking any action to adopt or revise a growth policy,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman,
Montana, that:
Section 1
In accordance with the requirements of Section 76-1-604 MCA, the intent to adopt and integrate
the "Downtown Bozeman Improvement Plan" as a neighborhood plan under the City growth policy is
hereby stated.
Section 2
That a public hearing be set and advertised for November 9, 2009 for the purpose of receiving
public testimony on P-09011, the adoption and integration of a downtown Bozeman neighborhood plan
into the BCP.
DATED this 5TH day of October 2009.
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KAAREN JACO ON
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
SULLIVAN
City Attorney
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