HomeMy WebLinkAboutTCSP Oversight Committee Minutes (9)TCSP OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
MEqUTES OF OCTOBER 12, 2000
Members present: Johnson, Stevenson, Baumgartner, Jonutis, Walker, Str/zich, Ricci,
and Cumin; also present: Cossitt.
Minutes were approved as distributed.
Laurel Revitalization League: Debby updated the OC on the status of the proposed
central mini-park downtown. Yellowstone Bank has finally decided they want $60,000
for the lot and will contribute back $25,000 as m-kind. LRL met with A to Z Fund
Raising's Dick Zier of Billings and was charged up by his ideas and fund raising
proposals; he has been very successful elsewhere with fund raising and doesn't feel the
amount needed for the downtown park should be to hard to raise in a community the size
of Laurel. Downtown businesses have already promised $25,000 to add to Yellowstone
Bank's $25,000. LRL will borrow the needed money (estimated at $150,000) over three
years with pledges as collateral. LRL wants to start construction of the park in March
2001 with a dedication planned for June 15.
Anne discussed the Billings, Big Sky, and Beyond Conference held in Billings a week
ago. Basically this was a regional vision preparation. The invited speakers were good.
Anne also has prepared a news release regarding the diagonal parking and her survey of
people using it. The news release will be sent to all area newspapem,
Start noted that in Big Timber on State Secondary 298, diagonal parking was having
problems with big, long farm vehicles using the stalls. Anne will follow-up what other
area towns are experiencing.
Cai went over the TCSP Planning Process Draft he bas proposed. Anne pointed out that
there needs to be a consistent thread that binds individual neighborhoods together as the
City develops it Growth Policy. She also said we may want to bring in James Charier, a
transportation planner from Boulder, CO, one of last week's conference speakers to
provide a different perspective than that of Dan Burden.
Kate will take the logo to Dynamic Design for tweaking.
Hopefully Ken Olson will have a report on the school participation at the next meeting.
(He, Gaye, Larry, and the Mayor are at the League of Cities and Towns Meeting.) We
decided it was a good idea to invite two students to be part of the OC,
Debby talked about her follow-up meeting from her tourism trip back east. She's in
contact through that meeting and the Western Heritage Center with a woman who
specializes in developing trails via abandoned rail lines. Debby also noted that the
National Endowment for the Humanities has a $10,000 ga'ant presently looking for a
project She noted there is funding available to bring in Chautauqua speakers focusing
(for example) on the democratic process and how it works when no body shows up at
meetings.
Cal handed out John Williams' draft chapter on Bicycle & Pedestr/an Trail
Considerations for the Committee to review for its next meeting. Carol brought
Missoula's Non-Motorized Transportation Plan. Cal will review and, if the document is
useful to us, will copy and distribute to the OC.
Kate moved that aLaurel Outlook bill for $386.40 for the Smart Growth column be paid
with a second by Kathleen; motion carried.
Meeting Adjourned.
Cai