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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCAHAB Minutes 11-23-2015Community Affordable Housing Advisory Board Wednesday, November 23, 2015, 8:00am, City Commission Chamber – 121 N. Rouse Ave. A. Call meeting to order – Brian LaMeres calls meeting to order. Carson Taylor – Present – Commission Liason Brian Lameres – Present – Board Chair Hattie Baker – Present Anders Lewendal – Present Kris Keller – Present Melvin Howe – Present Sharon Southard – Present David Magistrelli – Present B. Changes to the Agenda – No changes to the agenda. C. Public Comment - No Public comment D. 08:12:06 AM Action Items 1. NCOD Evaluation Presentation – John How begins presentation on the NCOD. He begins discussion highlighting that perhaps it would have been best to do this project prior to the Affordable Housing Ordinance. 08:13:44 AM John How discusses what he is looking to get from the board members. 08:15:15 AM John How discusses what information was gathered and the process to date. 08:17:30 AM John How discusses some of the data collected that helped form the report. 08:20:01 AM Anders Lewendal questions how the second story ADU compares to a two story home in terms of breech of privacy. Mr How comments that these are concerns addressed by the community, he is not sure how the two are different. Kevin Thane questions where that information is coming from – he said he has been to a number of the meetings on the NCOD and hasn’t necessarily heard that concern voiced. Mr. How explains where that information came from. Discussion continues regarding ADU’s and privacy. 08:23:26 AM Kris Keller questions the privacy of the information provided. John How responds that the list of people who were interviewed was public, but they did not record each individual and their specific input was private. 08:24:14 AM Kris Keller questions who addressed which concerns. John How responded in detail. Discussion continues regarding ADU height and infill. 08:27:10 AM John How mentioned that individuals want to know ahead of time what projects are going on within their neighborhood, not necessarily just adjacent properties. 08:28:32 AM John How discusses parking concerns. He highlights that parking is perceived to be full, but in fact, parking capacity is only at 80%. 08:29:56 AM John How briefly discussed historic preservation and the NCOD. 08:31:24 AM Anders Lewendal questions if more homes are preserved through the NCOD or if people preserve them on their own. John How stated that he’s not sure, but he feels that the COA process makes people stop and think about what they are doing within the district. Discussion continues between John How and Anders Lewendal regarding preservation. John How continues to explain that the guidelines don’t necessarily fit the different areas. He feels the guidelines are too strict for areas that are not nationally recognized. 08:34:04 AM John How discusses affordability in the NCOD. Board questions how affordability compares in the district to outside of the district. John How states that he does not yet have that data available. 08:38:21 AM John How discusses availability of infill in Bozeman. 08:39:28 AM John How discusses the changing/expanding districts. 08:40:08 AM John How suggested that within 5 years we remove the NCOD boundaries and create local districts. Displays map of potential historic areas and idea to have buffer zones around historic districts. Recommended that we model Austin, TX’s guidelines for preservation. Discussed ways that local districts can create the standards for their district. 08:44:48 AM Displays map of suggested districts – said they did not have any specific boundaries for these districts yet. 08:45:28 AM Kevin Thane confirms that John How recommends removing the NCOD and create a Design Overlay District. He asks how they will create these DOD’s. Mr. How stated that the neighborhoods will be involved in the creation of the district and how it will be preserved. He stated the Neighborhood Coordinator will be able to work with the community to create them. There will also be some spots where we will continue to preserve them as we have been. 08:48:55 AM Mr. How presents the UDC changes that the evaluation recommends. 08:50:39 AM Kevin Thane questions why use the 2,500sqft minimum at all? Why not just say a certain amount of coverage? John How stated that it was beneficial so homes don’t get too small – with setbacks, it can create homes that are about 10’. He agrees that having minimum lot coverage vs. lot size makes it more flexible. 08:53:18 AM John How discusses Permissible Modifications and demolition of non-contributing structures. Also mentions that there is no way to enforce vacation rentals unless there’s an anonymous reporting system. 08:54:54 AM John How discusses some options to increase infill development in the NCOD. 08:56:29 AM John How discusses whether we want to keep zoning as it is or if we want to increase density through R-4 zoning. 08:57:08 AM Kris Keller questions if there was ever an effort to reduce the number of vehicles a home can have. John How states he doesn’t believe the city can restrict the number of vehicles a residence has. He stated that Streamline could be improved and that could improve parking demands. 09:01:24 AM John How discusses ways that affordable housing can be achieved. 09:02:46 AM John How displayed an implementation matrix and how we can use it to prioritize changes from here forward. 09:03:34 AM Opened up presentation for questions. 09:03:42 AM Kevin Thane questions what Austin is doing that we should do as well. John How said they reuse building materials, preserve buildings, not necessarily a whole district. He said they also have some “green” building guidelines worth following – and that historic homes are not necessarily efficient. He said we don’t have to model Austin exactly; we can pick and chose from other areas. 09:06:34 AM Anders Lewendal stated that he supports historic preservation, but in 1905, we didn’t have these design guidelines and had creative and diverse areas. If it is hindering affordability, then we should not make it required, but do it because we want to. 09:08:34 AM Brian LaMeres asks how the board feels about John How’s recommendations. How we feel about ADU’s, etc. specifically. Anything we don’t comment on, it will be assumed we agree. 09:09:20 AM Kevin Thane said he would like us to go on record with a letter of support saying we agree with what he has said to this point. The letter should say we support removing the NCOD within 5 years and replacing it with the DOD’s. He says we should go on record as supporting relaxed standards. He also felt we should remove the 2,500sqft minimum to a minimum lot coverage and changing the requirements of ADU’s (allowing on ground floor and lot coverage) 09:10:43 AM Kevin Thane moves that we make a letter of support that will go to the commission stating the boards position on the different points of the evaluation. 09:10:57 AM Second by David 09:11:08 AM Hattie Baker was introduced to the board. Hattie introduces herself and agrees with what Kevin Thane states. The board discusses that the NCOD preserved home value. 09:13:23 AM Hattie Baker states that if we start building up, does affordability include apartments. John How said that it would include condos. 09:14:22 AM John How discussed parking near where they want to shop and eat. With downtown becoming more of a restaurant district, which requires more parking. 09:16:19 AM Kris Keller comments that the charts and graphs apply to home ownership, but we do have a zero vacancy for rentals. She asked if they reviewed areas where design failed to say “this is what not to do”. John How said they did review other areas where design was not great. He said they did not necessarily review rentals because Werwarth just did that. He said that he did discuss affordability with a realtor, and some people come in and say they only want to live downtown – which drives up affordability. 09:20:30 AM Kris Keller states she supports limiting parking especially in areas where parking may be a concern. John How stated that he could do a search and see if other areas have restricted parking. Discussion continues regarding parking concerns. 09:24:28 AM John How addresses the concern with infill creating more of a parking demand. 09:24:45 AM Anders Lewendal said he supported Kevin Thane’s motion – he commented that increased home values was the unintended consequence of the district. Board discusses deadline for the letter of support. 09:26:50 AM Carson Taylor commented that the motion and the minutes for the meeting will be sufficient. No need for a letter as the motion will speak for itself. John How stated that he will include comments from the boards with their packet to the commission. 09:28:20 AM Board decides to vote on the motion: Kevin Thane said he would like us to go on record with a letter of support saying we agree with what he has said to this point. The letter should say we support removing the NCOD within 5 years and replacing it with the DOD’s. He says we should go on record as supporting relaxed standards. He also felt we should remove the 2,500sqft minimum to a minimum lot coverage, and changing the requirements of ADU’s (allowing on ground floor and lot coverage, etc). Board unanimously agrees. E. FYI/Discussion 09:30:15 AM – Anders Lewendal stated that we should find a way to encourage the city to use the affordable housing funds. He feels we should find families now E. 09:31:42 AM Adjournment For more information please contact Alicia Kennedy at akennedy@bozeman.net This board generally meets the second Wednesday of the month at 8:00am Committee meetings are open to all members of the public. If you have a disability and require assistance, please contact our ADA coordinator, James Goehrung at 582-3232 (TDD 582-2301).