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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission FROM: Chris Saunders, Policy and Planning Manager
Wendy Thomas, Director of Community Development
SUBJECT: Commission Resolution 4578 finding that the Bozeman Community Plan remains adequate to present community needs with Section 1 to read as recommended in Alternative 2 memorializing review of the Bozeman Community Plan (growth policy) and
determining its continued adequacy to community needs.
MEETING DATE: February 2, 2015
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Consent
RECOMMENDATION: Approval
BACKGROUND: The Bozeman Community Plan (BCP) was adopted by the Commission
through Resolution 4196 on June 1, 2009. The BCP is the specific title for the current version of
the growth policy for the City of Bozeman. State law requires that a growth policy be reviewed for adequacy every five years. City staff undertook the required review in fall of 2014. The
Planning Board considered the matter at a public meeting on December 16, 2014 and
recommended that the plan remain as presently adopted. The City Commission held a public
meeting on January 12, 2015 and determined that the plan remained adequate to community
needs.
The Commission also expressed a desire to establish a time frame for when the next update to
the plan should begin. The motion directing staff to return with this resolution included some
specific direction regarding fiscal year 2016. Staff recommends the resolution to have more
generalized language which would allow such a schedule should the Commission so choose, but would provide latitude for Commission scheduling of work priorities as well. Alternative
language is provided below.
UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None.
ALTERNATIVES: 1) Approve resolution as written.
2) Approved resolution with alternative language in Section 1 to read “The Bozeman
Community Plan is adequate to the present needs of the community and shall remain in effect.
The City shall undertake an update to the Bozeman Community Plan within the next three fiscal years as scheduled and budgeted for by the City Commission.”
3) Alternative language as recommended by the City Commission.
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FISCAL EFFECTS: No existing budget items will be affected by this ordinance. Additional
costs will be incurred at the time the growth policy update is undertaken.
Attachments: Resolution 4578 Report compiled on: January 22, 2015
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COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 4578
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN,
MONTANA, TO MEMORIALIZE THE REVIEW OF THE BOZEMAN COMMUNITY
PLAN AND DETERMINE ITS ADEQUACY FOR CONTINUED UTILIZATION.
WHEREAS, the City of Bozeman has had a comprehensive plan (growth policy) since
1958; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bozeman adopted it current growth policy known as the
Bozeman Community Plan (BCP) through Resolution 4163 on June 1, 2009; and
WHEREAS, the authorizing statutes for growth policies require a growth policy to
include a timeline for implementation and a description of conditions requiring its review; and
WHEREAS, the authorizing statutes for growth policies further require a growth
policy to be reviewed for adequacy at least every five years; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 17 of the BCP establishes criteria for reviewing the BCP and
determining whether it remains adequate to the needs of the community; and
WHEREAS, the City’s staff initiated the required review of the growth policy in 2014;
and
WHEREAS, a public meeting was held by the Planning Board on December 16, 2014
to consider the matter and make a recommendation to the City Commission which
recommendation was that the growth policy as presently constituted is adequate to the
community’s needs; and
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WHEREAS, the City Commission held a public meeting on January 12, 2015 to
receive the report of the Staff and Planning Board regarding the adequacy of the existing growth
policy; and
WHEREAS, after considering public comment, the recommendation from the
Planning Board, and the staff report the City Commission found that the Bozeman Community
Plan does presently meet the needs of the community.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City of
Bozeman, Montana:
Section 1
The Bozeman Community Plan is adequate to the present needs of the community and shall
remain in effect. The City shall undertake an update to the Bozeman Community Plan beginning
in Fiscal Year 2016 if so scheduled and budgeted for by the City Commission.
Section 2
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman,
Montana, at a regular session thereof held on the 2nd day of February 2015.
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JEFFREY K. KRAUSS Mayor
ATTEST:
________________________________________ STACY ULMEN, CMC City Clerk
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
___________________________________ GREG SULLIVAN City Attorney
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