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TO: Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee
FROM: Northeast Urban Renewal Board(NURB)
Keri Thorpe, Assistant Planner
SUBJECT: E. Peach Street Rehabilitation Plans for the section within the Northeast
Urban Renewal District,between N. Rouse Avenue and N. Plum Avenue.
MEETING DATE: November 9, 2011
BACKGROUND: In 2005, the Bozeman City Commission adopted ordinance 1655 which
formally enacted the Northeast Urban Renewal Plan. The stated mission of the plan and general
goals are as follows:
DISTRICT PLAN MISSIONNISION
"This Plan is the City's response to remedy the conditions of blight found in the August
2005 [Blight]Report. The Plan also addresses other issues important to the District. The
Plan's purpose is to ensure the vitality of the Northeast Urban Renewal District(NURD)
the vitality of the NURD for generations to come and to make the NURD an area in which
its citizens can take exceptional pride. The Plan envisions a mixed use neighborhood that
is user friendly, safe, secure and healthy. While this Plan envisions a District with diversity
of housing businesses and amenities, it intends to maintain the unique ambiance and
historic character of the District".
Several goals were developed for the plan. Two of these goals relate to this proposed
design standard for E. Peach Street within the District
GENERAL GOALS:
■ Outdated or insufficient infrastructure should be repaired, replaced, or otherwise
improved.
■ Encourage a land use pattern that facilitates all modes of transportation—
vehicular, bicycle,pedestrian, mass transit, and commercial—for safe, efficient and
convenient access for residential, commercial, and industrial uses.
The NURB's Annual Work Plan and Budget includes funds addressing these goals. To date the
NURB has hired Morrison-Maierle to complete a topographic survey and designs for E. Peach
Street. The NURB and Morrison-Maierle have been working closely with the Bozeman Area
Bicycle Advisory Board (BABAB) and the Northeast Neighborhood Association to create
innovative designs which will remedy the lack of pedestrian, bicycle and storm water retention
facilities in the District while at the same time preserving the District character.
THE PROPOSAL
A draft set of plans are attached. Small changes are being incorporated into the final design, but
the attached plan set provides the basics of what's being proposed.
This section of E. Peach Street is designated as a collector within the 2007 Greater Bozeman
Area Transportation Plan Update(GBTP). Collectors require 90 feet of right-of-way width to
build to the adopted standard. This portion of Peach Street has approximately 60 feet of right of
way. Acquiring additional right of way is not feasible, so the NURB is proposing a creative
solution to improve the pedestrian and bicycle facilities on this road section. Given the mixed use
nature of this District and existing conditions and right of way available, the NURB feels this
design meets the intent of Section 6.2 of the GBTP, a Context Sensitive Design/Solution.
Highlights of the proposal include:
North side of right of way:
1. Elimination of on-street parking
2. Construction of a 5 foot wide sidewalk
3. Installation of boulevard/vegetated swale between the curb and sidewalk to capture
stormwater with curb inlets
South side
4. Repair/construction of curb as needed
The entire roadway section will be designated as a Sharrow (Shared Lane Marking,p. 9-34,
GBTP) with signage and pavement markings to indicate the travel lanes are shared by both
bikes and vehicles.
Completion of the improvements will occur as District funds are available and/or as re-
development occurs along E. Peach Street.
THE PROCEDURE
Following a public comment period, the proposal will be heard by the City Commission. Should
the City Commission find it acceptable, the plan will be adopted by resolution. The date for the
public hearing is yet to be determined, but we anticipate it will happen in December 2011 or
January 2012.
RECOMMENDATION
On behalf of the NURB, we are asking that you forward a favorable recommendation to the City
Commission for adoption of the NURB's E. Peach Street Design as Context Sensitive Solution to
our standard typical section for a Collector.