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Home My WebLink About03-04-13 Draft Commission MinutesPage 1 of 6 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE CITY COMMISSION BOZEMAN, MONTANA March 4, 2013 ********************** The Commission of the City of Bozeman met in the Commission Room, City Hall at 121 North Rouse on Monday, March 4, 2013. Present were Deputy Mayor Jeff Krauss, Commissioner Cyndy Andrus, Commissioner Chris Mehl, Commissioner Carson Taylor, City Manager Chris Kukulski, City Attorney Greg Sullivan and Deputy City Clerk Aimee Brunckhorst. 0:00:01 A. Call to Order - 6 p.m. - Commission Room, City Hall, 121 North Rouse 0:00:03 B. Pledge of Allegiance and a Moment of Silence 0:00:53 C. Changes to the Agenda None. 0:00:58 D. Public Service Announcement - Community Alcohol Concerns and DUI Task Force Annual Report (Jenny Haubenreiser and Jenna Caplette) 0:01:09 Jenny Haubenreiser, Chair of the Community Alcohol Coalition Ms. Haubenreiser began the presentation on this item. She spoke regarding the impacts of alcohol abuse upon the entire community and explained that alcohol abuse is the number one public health safety problem facing colleges. She provided statistics related to these issues and stressed the importance of looking at the larger community environment for solutions to alcohol and other substance abuse problems. 0:09:29 Jenna Caplette, Gallatin County DUI Task Force Ms. Caplette continued the presentation explaining that the Task Force deals with education, awareness and enforcement. They work on specific projects as well as collect data to make comparisons. Ms. Caplette provided and explained an annual report and statistics. 0:14:59 Cr. Taylor Cr. Taylor asked the presenter questions. 0:17:07 E. Authorize Absence of Mayor Becker 0:17:08 Motion and Vote to authorize the absence of Mayor Becker. 4 Bozeman City Commission Minutes, March 4, 2013 Page 2 of 6 It was moved by Cr. Andrus, seconded by Cr. Mehl to authorize the absence of Mayor Becker. Those voting Aye being Crs. Andrus, Mehl, Taylor and Deputy Mayor Krauss. Those voting No being none. The motion passed 4-0. 0:17:35 F. Consent 1. Authorize Payment of Accounts Payable Claims (LaMeres) 2. Approve Bid Award in the amount of $64,685 to RDO Equipment Company for a Mini Excavator to be used by Water/Wastewater Operations Department and the Street Department (Alston) 3. Approve Bid Award in the amount of $174,024 to Tractor and Equipment of Billings for a Front End Loader for the Streets Department (Van Delinder) 4. Approve Canceling the City Commission meeting the week of March 11th (Ulmen) 0:17:38 Public Comment on Consent Deputy Mayor Krauss opened public comment on consent items F. 1-4. No person commented, so public comment was closed. 0:17:48 Motion and Vote to approve consent items F. 1-4 as submitted. It was moved by Cr. Mehl, seconded by Cr. Taylor to approve consent items F. 1-4 as submitted. Those voting Aye being Crs. Mehl, Taylor, Andrus and Deputy Mayor Krauss. Those voting No being none. The motion passed 4-0. 0:18:06 G. Public Comment Deputy Mayor Krauss opened general public comment. 0:18:20 Rick Hill, Public Comment Mr. Hill explained he serves on the Bozeman Public Schools Wellness Advisory Committee and said the Committee will be promoting Alcohol Awareness Month, coming in April. Mr. Hill provided background on Alcohol Awareness Month. 0:19:17 Public Comment Closed Seeing no further public comment, Deputy Mayor Krauss closed public comment. 0:19:20 H. Action Items 0:19:22 1. Presentation from community service providers interested in applying for funding for an Economic Development project through the Community Development Block Grant from the Montana Department of Commerce (Stocks) 5 Bozeman City Commission Minutes, March 4, 2013 Page 3 of 6 0:19:30 Anna Rosenberry, Director of Administrative Services Ms. Rosenberry provided the staff presentation on this item. 0:21:59 Brit Fontenot, Director of Economic Development Mr. Fontenot informed the Commission of an error on the Commission memorandum for this item. He explained the match should have been listed as 50% with $400,000 available for economic development. Mr. Fontenot then explained he may be applying for this funding opportunity for the North Park Project in the future. Details would be forthcoming at that time. 0:25:56 Cr. Andrus Cr. Andrus began questions for staff clarifying the grant process. 0:27:45 Public Comment Deputy Mayor Krauss opened public comment on this item. Seeing none, he closed public comment. 0:28:56 2. Provisional Adoption of Ordinance No. 1863, amending the Municipal Code by replacing the Department of Planning with Department of Community Development and replacing references to the Director of Planning with Director of Community Development (Kukulski) 0:29:18 Chris Kukulski, City Manager Mr. Kukulski provided the staff presentation on this item. 0:30:58 Public Comment Deputy Mayor Krauss opened public comment on this item. Seeing none, he closed public comment. 0:31:39 Motion to provisionally adopt Ordinance 1863, amending the Municipal Code by replacing the Department of Planning with Department of Community Development and replacing references to the Director of Planning with Director of Community Development. It was moved by Cr. Taylor, seconded by Cr. Andrus to provisionally adopt Ordinance 1863, amending the Municipal Code by replacing the Department of Planning with Department of Community Development and replacing references to the Director of Planning with Director of Community Development. 0:33:15 Vote on the motion to provisionally adopt Ordinance 1863, amending the Municipal Code by replacing the Department of Planning with Department of Community Development and replacing references to the Director of Planning with Director of Community Development. Those voting Aye being Crs. Taylor, Andrus and Mehl. Those voting No being Deputy Mayor Krauss. The motion passed 3-1. 6 Bozeman City Commission Minutes, March 4, 2013 Page 4 of 6 0:33:31 3. Provisional Adoption of Ordinance No. 1864, removing the Bozeman Senior Citizens’ Advisory Board from the Municipal Code by removing all sections of Chapter 2, Article 5, Division 13 (Brunckhorst) 0:34:06 Aimee Brunckhorst, Deputy City Clerk Ms. Brunckhorst provided the staff presentation on this item. 0:37:56 Public Comment Deputy Mayor Krauss opened public comment. No person commented, so he closed public comment. 0:38:02 Motion to provisionally adopt Ordinance 1864, removing the Bozeman Senior Citizens’ Advisory Board from the Municipal Code. It was moved by Cr. Andrus, seconded by Cr. Mehl to provisionally adopt Ordinance 1864, removing the Bozeman Senior Citizens’ Advisory Board from the Municipal Code. 0:38:13 Commission discussion on the motion. 0:42:18 Vote on the motion to provisionally adopt Ordinance 1864, removing the Bozeman Senior Citizens’ Advisory Board from the Municipal Code. Those voting Aye being Crs. Andrus, Mehl, Taylor and Deputy Mayor Krauss. Those voting No being none. The motion passed 4-0. 0:42:32 4. Appointment to the Cemetery Advisory Board (Brunckhorst) 0:42:34 Commission discussion on this item. 0:43:01 5. Reappointment to the Zoning Commission (Brunckhorst) 0:43:05 Motion and Vote to reappoint Erik Garberg to the Zoning Commission. It was moved by Cr. Taylor, seconded by Cr. Andrus to reappoint Erik Garberg to the Zoning Commission. Those voting Aye being Crs. Taylor, Andrus, Mehl and Deputy Mayor Krauss. Those voting No being none. The motion passed 4-0. 0:44:56 6. 2013 Legislative Session Update / Commission may give direction to Staff on pending legislation (Sulivan/Kukulski) 0:45:01 Chris Kukulski, City Manager Mr. Kukulski referenced a transmittal report regarding twenty-two bills that the League of Cities and Towns is watching. 7 Bozeman City Commission Minutes, March 4, 2013 Page 5 of 6 0:45:31 Greg Sullivan, City Attorney Mr. Sullivan referenced water bills 37 and 106 that had made it through transmittal. He explained that staff attorney Tim Cooper looked at these bills and said that he did not see any potential problems for the city with house bill 37 which allows for leasing of water rights. Mr. Sullivan spoke further about the affects of this bill. He also explained that bill 106 is a cleanup bill adding provisions about enforcement. 0:47:08 Deputy Mayor Jeff Krauss Deputy Mayor Krauss began a Commission and staff discussion regarding the bills related to Tax Increment Finance Districts. 0:48:03 Greg Sullivan, City Attorney Mr. Sullivan spoke regarding House Bill 314 which would amend the special district provisions and provide a petition process for creation of a special district. The city needs to look into this further and has questions regarding this bill. 0:49:05 Further Discussion occurred on a bill related to the Tax Increment Finance Districts. 0:50:27 Brit Fontenot, Director of Economic Development Mr. Fontenot explained that he opposed this bill in committee several weeks ago on behalf of the city. 0:50:28 Cr. Andrus Cr. Andrus explained that Representative Woods called her regarding House Bill 435, which is the ability for grants that come from the coal board to include an opportunity for mitigation of noise. Each community could apply for money to help mitigate train noise. She believes this bill is moving on to the Senate. 0:52:23 I. FYI/Discussion 0:52:29 1. No Commission meeting, Monday, March 11th (Brunckhorst) 0:52:38 2. Award from Big Sky Trust Fund Brit Fontenot, Director of Economic Development Mr. Fontenot explained that the city received an award from Big Sky Trust Fund for some of the grant money requested to proceed with a preliminary engineering report for the North Park project. They will now be able to proceed with the scope of work and Request for Proposal for this. 0:53:19 3. Community Development Update Steve Worthington, Director of Community Development - Interim Mr. Worthington reported that the Department of Community Development has seen an increase in the volume of applications including four subdivisions under review as well as a number of homes. 8 Bozeman City Commission Minutes, March 4, 2013 Page 6 of 6 0:54:30 J. Adjournment Deputy Mayor Krauss adjourned the meeting at 6:54 p.m. ____________________________________ Jeffrey K. Krauss, Deputy Mayor ATTEST: ______________________________________ Stacy Ulmen, CMC, City Clerk PREPARED BY: ______________________________________ Aimee Brunckhorst, Deputy City Clerk Approved on __________________________ 9