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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-05-12 Economic Development Council Minutes stt vr��oo.ry City of Bozeman Economic Development Council (EDC) Meeting Minutes April 5, 2012 10:30 am— 12:00 pm Madison room, City Hall, 121 N. Rouse Members Attending: Cheryl Ridgely (Bozeman Deaconess Hospital), Teresa McKnight, Montana State University Innovation Campus, Tracy Menuez (Human Resource Development Council),Deputy Mayor Jeff Krauss (liaison) Members Absent: John Hoagland(Vice-President of Simms), Daryl Schliem (Bozeman Chamber of Commerce), Anders Lewendal (Contractor), Stuart Leidner(Prospera Business Network) Staff Present: Chris Kukulski (City Manager), Brit Fontenot(Director of Economic Development and Community Relations),Aimee Kissel (Deputy City Clerk—taking minutes) Guests /Public Present: Warren Vaughan (Gallatin County), Chris Mehl (City Commission) NOTE: These minutes are not word for word and should be considered in addition to the audio recording of the meeting. A. Call to Order—Recording Secretary Cheryl Ridgely called the meeting to order at 10:33 a.m. D. Public Comment Cheryl Ridgely opened public comment. No person commented. Ms. Ridgely closed public comment. D. Minutes —February 2, 2012 Motion and vote to approve the minutes of February 2,2012. It was moved by Teresa McKnight, seconded by Tracy Menuez to approve the minutes of February 2,2012 as submitted. The motion passed unanimously. 1 of Minutes of the Economic Development Council for April 5, 2012 D. Non-Action Items 1. Discussion of Bozeman Public Schools' May 8, 2012 Annual Operating and School Bond Election (BSD7 Superintendent Kirk Miller and Asst. Superintendent Steve Johnson, and Bruce Grubb, School Board of Directors) Superintendent Kirk Miller began the presentation.Presentation linked here. • Tie between economic development and good schools • 3 items on ballot—trustee election, elementary general fund and annual operating levy • Ballot question related to one common theme—growth • 26.375 million=total package • Three trustees are incumbents • Settlement agreed upon in negotiations on State level on a part of the law that would have excluded .83%inflation on the school state funding formula • Operating levy is the local match to state funding to maximize the budget • $13.30 cost for 20 years on a house with a$100,000 market value =net impact after the Sacajawea bonds are paid off • $15.67 total annual cost per$100,000 with elementary general fund added • District owns 10 acres on Kagy and Highland and 10 acres on North 27th next to bus barn —right now not where growth of student population is • May trade the property on North 27th • Purchasing 43 acres at Cottonwood and Flanders Mill on Durston Road for elementary#8 and possibly another future middle schools and fields in the back • High growth area • Property needs to be annexed into the city. Front end work and cooperation working together with planners to work things out. • Property annexation coming before City Commission soon. • Krauss: Road Infrastructure as part of the annexation agreement? • Elementary schools are at capacity. Projected growth is about a 2%model. • Large school design (500 student model) specialists work well in rotation • With 43 acres available - allows good design for drop off Discussion occurred regarding Street Infrastructure: • Flanders Mill is milled asphalt - County standard. • Flanders Mill has not had any infrastructure improvements. There is an irrigation ditch along the road that would need to be dealt with before widening could happen. • Planning has been concerned about this. Trying to work collaboratively about this. • Pave Flanders Mill at current width it is now? • Off site sidewalks and trails to be determined but plan to have sidewalks all the way to the corner of Cottonwood • Durston is to city street standards on the opposite side of the school 2of5 Minutes of the Economic Development Council for April 5, 2012 Deputy Mayor Jeff Krauss spoke regarding the importance that one of the largest partners in our local government buys off on what the city standards are and if we have an annexation agreement we need to have the standards met. We need to have that discussion when we look at an annexation agreement. Also, when (and if) the school district builds a new high school on Cottonwood and Stucky Road there will be huge infrastructure costs. This question of road infrastructure should come before the Commission quickly and should have come before the Commission already. Chris Kukulski said city staff is approaching this application no different than working with any other applicant though staff has been working diligently to work collaboratively with the school district with some level of flexibility. This has been an extremely tight time frame and is coming before the Commission in a very timely manner. The annexation agreement that will come before the Commission will reflect what city staff thinks will be well negotiated and meet the needs of the community. This elementary school is best served within the city limits. Deputy Mayor Krauss and Commissioner Chris Mehl spoke regarding their expectation that the School District be held to the same city infrastructure standards as everyone else. Deputy Mayor Krauss said there is a significant impact on infrastructure with 400 to 500 kids being dropped off every day. Mr. Grubb said he feels very confident as a board that infrastructure issues will be addressed. Kirk Miller explained they are dealing with an extremely tight timing issue because the elementary's are at capacity now. They do not have the bonding capacity to start two schools right now. They need a place to put 500 kids. Kirk Miller continued the presentation: • The floor plan for 98 will be very similar to Hyalite Elementary but a cafeteria space has been added in addition to the health enhancement area. • The plan is to open in the fall of 2014-15. Everything must fall into place quickly to make this happen. • Cost of elementary#8 higher since building Hyalite School in 2006 because they need to buy the land, more infrastructure costs and more floor plan to add a cafeteria • Efficiency changes to floor plan • Mr. Miller went over details regarding costs and the breakdown of money on the ballot. • Support services building is on the same ballot. Since built SMS, Hyalite, expansion of the High School, and elementary#8 have increased the space needed for the support facility that has the central kitchen, print services, etc. • Website has the schematic drawings for the support services building expansion. • Operations of support services funded by the general fund -not a separate mill • Mr. Miller explained the breakdown of funds for the support services building. • Longfellow School Renovation - last of the four schools that have not been upgraded. The cost for this is 3.25 million. If this was not in the bond it would take five to seven years to raise enough money to take care of this and would mean no other preventative maintenance to any other building during that time. 3 of 5 Minutes of the Economic Development Council for April 5, 2012 • State funding requires a local match. • 130 more K-5 students next year and need six more classrooms. $235,000 will be used for equipping six more classrooms and six more teachers. • Voter brochure will be mailed out the Friday before the ballot. • Mail ballots usually receive 50 to 60% turnout. There are 27,000 registered voters in the Elementary District. Council members asked questions of School District presenters: Cheryl Ridgely spoke regarding the economic gain of this project to the community in construction jobs and materials and high quality employee positions at the new school. Mr. Miller explained the school district will need six new teachers for next year and then during the building phase, another six teachers. At the opening of the new school they will hire another six. The 1St year transition plan while building this elementary is to keep kids in place with overcrowded classrooms. Tracy Menuez asked whether this is a nonstop process based on enrollment projections as an ongoing issue with a community that has constant growth. Mr. Grubb explained that this is an issue with constant growth in the community. They do not want to base construction on projections so they wait until to capacity to build. Deputy Mayor Krauss said no other community of our size is building elementary schools and this shows this is a vibrant community. From an economic development standpoint this is a big indicator. No greater indicator of economic health than the youth and education of Bozeman. Mr. Kukulski said that when Mr. Miller explained the reality of the urgency, staff was told to roll up their sleeves and make this a priority so incoming kids will have someplace to learn. Mr. Grubb explained they would have liked to bring this bond issue forward sooner so the rush would not be needed, but bonding capacity has been a big limitation for them. Mr. Grubb said there is a line in the bond issue question to allow spending on future planning if resources allow. Kirk Miller showed a touching, informational video regarding the importance of passing the school bond issue that was created at the High School by Hawk T.V. students. See the School District website. E. FYI/Discussion 1. Deputy Mayor Jeff Krauss is the new Commission liaison to the EDC; 2. 2012 Economic Summit and Follow-up; • Successful, fabulous energy • Compiling info., reconnect meeting on May l Otn 4of5 Minutes of the Economic Development Council for April 5, 2012 3. Mandeville Farm Land Use Planning Project; • The Commission will be approving a contract with CTA Architects to get the land use plan going. 4. Southwest Montana Site Selector is live and public www.montanasiteselector.com/southwestmontana 5. Northern Rocky Mountain Economic Development District (NRMEDD)update http://nrmedd.org Warren Vaughan said they have hired local Rob Gilmore as their new Executive Director for the District. They will be sending out more personalized surveys. He will be back out there May 10th. The Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy will be spearheaded by Rob. The draft plan should be ready by early to mid summer, then the district will be off and running. 6. Agenda for the May 3, 2012 and future EDC meetings • Please email Mr. Fontenot agenda ideas. • Meetings have been cancelled in June and July in the past. • Current meeting time works for Deputy Mayor Krauss. • Review of summary from Summit at next meeting?New things emerging we need to add to the plan from this feedback? On the right track? • Relate discussion points back to the plan to help Council members keep track F. Adjournment Cheryl Ridgely adjourned the meeting at 12 p.m. * NOTE—Full audio of this EDC meeting is available at: htlp://weblink.bozema,n.net/WebLink8/0/fol/46967/Rowl.as]2x Cheryl Ridgely, Secretary PREPARED BY: Aimee Kissel, Deputy City Clerk Approved on: Economic Development Council meetings are open to all members of the public. If you have a disability that requires assistance,please contact our ADA Coordinator James Goehrung, at 582- 3232 (TDD 582-2301). 5 of 5