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December 19, 2007
Committee members present: Dick Shockley, Margaret Jarrett, Diane
Volkersz, Dick DeBernardis, Christie Francis, Siobhan Peters, Kerri
Payne, Jerry Kawasaki, John Baden, Warren Vaughan (CP).
Community members present:
Dick & Kathy Huttinga, Brad Parsch, Patti Steinmuller, Kathy Brekke.
Old Business:
Siobhan motioned to accept
the Dec. 5th meeting minutes; Dick D. seconded;
motion carried. Financial report: Kerri stated that our
current balance is $3,928.35. Boundary revision proposals:
Dick S. said that after the large landowners meeting, it was decided
to table the whole issue of changing boundaries until we have
something to present to the county commission (CC). Dick D. said
that the original planning area boundary was established to start
the planning process. If people want in, they should participate in
the process. If others want out, we will still encourage them to
participate. However, their wishes will be so noted when we make
our presentation to the commission. Dick S. said that our best
approach now should be to focus on the principles and the forming of
a plan. We will work with certain parties to change the boundaries
when the time comes. We will ask for a written amendment to be
considered and represented at the time we have a public hearing (or
whatever the venue is). The CC will probably want to include
people/land versus excluding them. In the meantime, the focus right
now has to be on the growth plan. When we make our recommendation
to the CC, we’ll deal with the boundaries then. The changed eastern
boundary (Portnell Road area) is now rescinded until that time that
our plan is formally accepted. Dick D. will compose a summary to
be posted on our webpage. Large landowner meeting
(12/07/07): Dick D. presented our group with a rough summary of the
meeting and a list of those that attended. He said that there were
20 people present, but that there were others who were interested
but could not attend (that day). He stated that people are sincere
in their interests, but that most were convinced that we are trying
to zone. Dick D. said that Rocky Goertz (has been a developer in
the past) was asked how he viewed the process and where development
would target the area. Basically, he indicated that without some
controls there will be little anyone can do to regulate what goes
on. Zoning is a tool not everyone likes, but with it comes some
direction. At the same time, everyone gives up a bit of their
flexibility. He said, “You can have zoning, or you can have a
free-for-all.” He also said that if he was a developer, he would
definitely go to an un-zoned area first. It was pointed out that
the Gateway Planning group was currently only working on developing
a basic plan for the area. Several people indicated they wanted to
be taken out of the planning area as they did not trust the county
or the planning group. These property owners have strong opposition
to the planning group, but were in support of the development of a
plan in a forum similar to (that) meeting. Christie said that they
want a copy of Warren’s “very rough draft” of our community plan so
that they could get a better feel for where we’re trying to go with
this. It would be easier if they had something in hand that was a
little more concrete to peruse. Warren said that he still wanted to
tweak the document and would also like to be present at their next
meeting, so that he could answer questions. Christie agreed that
his presence would be very helpful, because she was at times unable
to answer county specific questions. Dick S. wanted to clarify that
although Warren wrote the document, it was still based on our
gathered information and it is our plan. Guiding
Principles (GP) community outreach: Dick S. said that we still
need a lot more input . . . whether it is gathered via smaller group
meetings or one on one encounters, we need more people to fill out
the GP survey. Warren handed out two lists – the first was of all
individuals that had participated in the planning process, while the
second listed those property owners that have not responded. Dick
S. said that we should review the second list and decide upon 10-15
people that each of us would contact. Ask that they do both the
original survey and the GP work sheet. Christie asked us to
highlight our contacts and bring the lists back to the next meeting
on Jan. 2nd. We will try to close the gaps as much as
possible. Dick D. asked if we should include the subdivisions or
plan to meet those individuals separately. Dick S. said that they
should be called, explain the process and the request . . . at least
make an attempt to contact them.
New Business:
Community planners
committee member recruitment/community associations outreach:
Kerri and Dick S. will work together to meet with Gateway business
owners. Christie, Siobhan and Warren will try to recruit a new
liaison from the Gateway Fire Board, since Adam Rabel hasn’t been in
attendance in a long time. Christie will also attend a school board
meeting in January and expects that Nikki Robbins will continue to
be our school liaison. Jill Allen and Siobhan will contact
homeowners associations in the area. Christie said that we need
individuals as well as associations to fill out the GP work sheet
and the survey (if they have not done so in the past). Pete Stein
will continue to be the downtown contact. Transportation
committee update: Diane, Dick D. and Jill distributed their
compiled draft of Gateway input to be submitted to the Greater
Bozeman Area Transportation Plan revision. Please review
this before the next meeting and make any suggestions to Diane as
soon as possible. Jill will forward the document to Christie so
that it can be posted on our webpage, where the public can submit
their comments. We are open to all community input. 2008
community events: Dick S. tentatively set the next event for
the 3rd Wednesday in January (the 16th). The
topic will be a review of the growth planning process and the next
step, policy development. How do policies evolve? So far, it seems
that people have been happy with how we’ve conducted the dialog.
Warren suggested titling the event something like, “Putting the
Pieces Together”. The discussion that followed questioned what to
focus on. Dick S. said that the more “meat” we can present to
people, the more meaningful it will be to them. Are we ready to
start coming up with concrete policy statements? For example, a
statement protecting agricultural operations, would be a place to
begin. Committee members agreed that we need to start in this
direction. Warren said that he would provide policy statement
summaries for us by the next meeting (Jan. 2nd). The
topic for our next event will be, “Putting the Pieces Together –
Policy Development for Rural Gateway”. At that time, we decided we
would hold the event on Thursday, Jan. 17th, if the
Community Center was available on that date (Patti Steinmuller will
check). That way, we would hold our regular meeting the night
before, so that we could be better prepared to host the event.
Vaughan Advisory
Regarding his “Gateway
Plan - very rough draft” (dated 9/19/07), Warren said that we
need to fill in the gaps that he hadn’t. Christie will compose a
short history of Salesville, and others need to be gathering that
information wherever possible. Patti S. will provide a short
summary of the history of the community center site. We also need
to get the long-range needs from the school and the fire
department. Warren will e-mail the document to committee members,
so that we can start filling in some of the missing text.
Warren said that the
Gallatin County Commission had, on 12/18/07, passed a historical
vote in favor of “light zoning”. It was a 2 to 1 vote;
Skinner and Murdoch for and White against. The CC has directed the
Planning Department to start working towards implementing this
zoning. The CC wants us to do our own planning. This zoning is
going to start directing growth, but we still have the opportunity
to make choices and plan our own direction. Warren felt that the
county process will take about 6 months and there will be plenty of
public hearings. Warren said, “The times they are a-changin’ . . .
these are exciting times!” A discussion ensued with regard to our
planning process versus that at the county level. Brad Parsch said,
“Peoples’ voices are bigger and louder in this forum.” Warren and
Dick S. agreed.
John motioned to end the
meeting; seconded by Diane; motion carried.
Next meeting: January 2,
2008 @ 7 p.m. in the community center.
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