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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-14-10 Inter-Neighborhood Council Minutes THE INTER-NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL (INC) MEETING OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA DRAFT MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, May 11, 2010 Attending: Mary Cloud Ammons (NENA) facilitator, Kirk Johnson (MarLinN), Dana Huschle (NHVN), Jon Wirth (SCAN), Cliff Chisholm (BPNA), Bart Manion (BCNA), Bob Wall (SENA), Allyson Bristor, Brit Fontenot, Lt. Mark Johnson (Bozeman Police Department 7:02 Mary Cloud called the meeting to order Brief introductions for new people – Allyson Bristor is taking over from Brit as the Neighborhood Coordinator. Bart Manion will be representing the Bozeman Creek Neighborhood Association. Dana moved to approve the minutes from the May meeting as submitted, Kirk seconded. Motion passed unanimously. No public comment. 7:06 Lieutenant Mark Johnson, Bozeman Police Department update Typical problems with students returning to school – party houses, noise, fights, stolen bikes. There have been a number of vehicle break-ins, mostly to unlocked cars. Some stolen bikes are being repainted and sold to friends and other students. Calls for service reports are available via e-mail; contact the Police Department to be added to the list. The Department is in the process of reorganizing with the new Police Chief. The new Chief may possibly attend next month’s INC meeting. Citizen’s Police Academy starts its fall semester on Wednesday, 9/15. The first session had 22 participants; the new session has 30 signed up so far. The session will be nine weeks long this time. 7:18 Allyson Bristor intro The Neighborhood Coordinator position has been moved to the Planning Department. Allyson has accepted the position. She will spend 50% of her time on the N.C. position and 50% on planning activities. She is also the staff liaison for the Beautification Advisory Board. Brit was also 50% N.C., 50% special projects, so there should be a similar level of involvement from Allyson. It was suggested that the neighborhood associations with mail groups should invite Allyson to join their groups. It was also suggested that it would be helpful if emails she forwards are in text format. On behalf of the INC, Mary Cloud welcomed Allyson and thanked Brit for his involvement. The new phone number for Neighborhood Coordinator is 582-2274. Allyson’s email is abristor@bozeman.net. 7:33 Statement by Mary Cloud Ammons Mary Cloud will be leaving Bozeman soon, so she is resigning her position as chairperson of the INC. Chris Nixon will be the INC representative for NENA. Elections will take place at the December meeting for the new chairperson. 7:41 Action Items 2010-2011 INC Priorities Brit’s suggestions – INC is the only city advisory board that is self-selecting; we should try to more firmly establish its importance as such. Establish another neighborhood association. Strengthen the Bridger Creek N.A. involvement in INC. We discussed the effort to bring back Amtrak service. The depot cleanup was cancelled because the indemnification clause requested by the owner couldn’t be signed by the City. The Safe Routes to Schools program was mentioned, and the intersection painting project was discussed. The paint didn’t last long on the intersection, probably because a lot of the paint wasn’t really road-grade. Might be an opportunity to redo that this year, and maybe do another. The annual State of the Neighborhoods address will be made to the Commission again this year – this is an opportunity to continue to elevate the status of the INC. We discussed the mechanism by which the INC provides advice to the City Commission – in the form of resolutions and requests to be placed on Commission meeting agendas. We can encourage neighborhood involvement in activities like the Climate Task Force plan, cleanup days, the Neighborhood Conservation Clubs, etc. An issue that has come up multiple times is the noise ordinance and an idling ordinance for the city. Chris Nixon and others have worked with Peter Bronken to resolve much of the issue on Peach St. It was mentioned that maybe we could facilitate more interaction with street maintenance. Also could perform a similar role with MSU, to improve integration of MSU and students with the city. It may be advantageous to wait and see how neighborhood association elections this fall might change the board make-up. Bob moved for the INC to make it a priority for the coming year to increase membership, with a measurable goal of adding at least one new association in the coming year. Kirk seconded. We discussed how we would go about it. There was quite a bit of debate about whether we should adopt any priorities at this meeting, mostly revolving around the agenda and public notice concerns. We decided we could adopt this priority, since there was an item on the agenda regarding setting priorities. Mary Cloud called for a vote on the motion – it passed unanimously, with Dana abstaining. We agreed that we should try to develop a more consistent plan and process for putting together and distributing agendas, minutes, etc. INC Meeting Dates Allyson asked if we might consider changing the meeting date from the second Tuesday of the month to the second Thursday; Thursday works better for her. We discussed briefly. Cliff motioned to change the INC meeting date to the second Thursday of each month. Kirk seconded. The motion passed unanimously. 8:48 FYI Items Development applications: no questions. Demolition of the old brewery – review is scheduled for DRC tomorrow. The application will be deemed inadequate for review, and it will require an update from the applicant’s structural engineer to proceed. New chairperson – Dana will serve as acting chair until the elections. The Neighborhood Conservation Clubs have a new MSU intern, and they have a new fall speaker series assembled. Medical marijuana update – the City did adopt ordinance 786 on Aug. 25. There is a cap on the number of distribution businesses (13); there are currently more licensed distributors than this (25). There is a buffer around schools. Some businesses approved during the interim ordinance might not conform to the final ordinance. Future of the neighborhood program – a lot of points were brought up in the earlier discussion on priorities. thrd N. 7 Urban Renewal outreach event planned for Sept. 23 at 5:30 PM. 9:02 Cliff moved to adjourn. Bob seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Minutes recorded by Bob Wall.