Montana
Zoning reform bills pass Montana House with bipartisan support
HELENA — A set of payments aimed toward rising Montana’s housing provide have handed one other key step on the state Legislature.
This week, three payments making large modifications in how cities deal with zoning handed via the Home, every with broad margins and bipartisan help.
“This has been unimaginable: to have the ability to work with people on the proper, on the left – individuals who normally do not work collectively,” mentioned Kendall Cotton, president and CEO of the Frontier Institute. “But it surely looks like Montanans of all political stripes are coming collectively on this difficulty of housing affordability.”
The Frontier Institute is a Montana suppose tank that has recognized housing as one of many precedence points for this legislative session, they usually highlighted Senate Payments 382, 323 and 245 as vital proposals for addressing it.
“You realize, Montana’s been found,” Cotton mentioned. “We’re rising actually quick. A number of persons are shifting right here. How can we be sure that Montana stays feeling like Montana and would not turn out to be like California as we develop?”
The three payments mirror suggestions that got here from Gov. Greg Gianforte’s housing process pressure final 12 months, which Cotton was a member of.
· SB 382, sponsored by Sen. Forrest Mandeville, R-Columbus, handed 95-5. It could totally overhaul cities’ land-use planning course of. As a part of that, it might require that cities undertake 5 suggestions from a listing of 14 methods for rising housing entry. The invoice would apply to cities with greater than 5,000 individuals which might be in counties with greater than 70,000 individuals.
· SB 323, sponsored by Sen. Jeremy Trebas, R-Nice Falls, handed 72-26. It could require that cities with greater than 5,000 residents permit duplexes anyplace that single-family residences are allowed. The invoice beforehand would have required bigger cities to additionally permit triplexes and fourplexes, nevertheless it was amended within the Home Native Authorities Committee.
· SB 245, sponsored by Sen. Daniel Zolnikov, R-Billings, handed 96-4. It could require cities to permit multi-unit housing developments in business zones. The invoice would apply to municipalities designated as city areas which have greater than 7,000 residents.
Cotton mentioned these payments would encourage denser improvement inside cities, quite than growth on the outskirts.
“Permitting a little bit little bit of that mild density goes to permit our cities to catch as much as inhabitants progress, construct the properties that we have to construct for lots of the oldsters shifting right here and create that pathway to homeownership for younger households and renters,” he mentioned.
The Montana League of Cities and Cities, which represents the state’s municipalities, labored carefully on SB 382.
“We’ve acquired to repair the method,” mentioned govt director Kelly Lynch. “Our statutes are actually antiquated and outdated, and SB 382 actually tries to place them in a way more affordable, considerate manner of strolling via the method.”
However through the course of, the League expressed extra issues about different zoning-related payments that they mentioned would impose top-down mandates on cities.
Lynch mentioned these payments have been amended in methods that can make them simpler for native governments to implement.
“Our place has been that our cities have already been engaged on these points for lots of years,” she mentioned. “We’ve planners who go to the nationwide conferences. These sorts of discussions have been taking place for a very long time. However once you undergo that native public course of, it takes loads longer. However I feel most of them are already in a scenario, are very near having these similar forms of rules, particularly within the type that the payments are in now.”
As a result of all three payments have been amended whereas they have been within the Home, they may now return to the Senate, the place senators will determine whether or not to just accept the modifications. If the Senate concurs with the Home amendments, the payments will go to the governor’s desk. In the event that they reject the amendments, a convention committee might be appointed to iron out the variations.
Montana
Bobcat postgame: Brent Vigen, players discuss Montana State's 55-17 win against Northern Colorado
BOZEMAN — This is the postgame press conference from Montana State following its 55-17 win over Northern Colorado on Saturday for homecoming at Bobcat Stadium.
With the win, the Bobcats are 2-0 in Big Sky play and improved to 6-0 overall. They remain the only team left undefeated in the conference.
Head coach Brent Vigen, linebacker McCade O’Reilly and wide receiver Ty McCullouch spoke to the media following the victory over Northern Colorado. Click the video reel above to watch.
Nationally ranked Montana State defeated Northern Colorado for the 11th-straight game with a 55-17 win Saturday in a Big Sky Conference football game at Bobcat Stadium in Bozeman.
Sophomore wide receiver Taco Dowler had 207 all-purpose yards for the 6-0 Bobcats, who came into the homecoming game ranked third in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 poll from Sept. 30.
Northern Colorado lost for the sixth time in six games this season, and the program losing streak extended to 18 games dating to November 2022.
UNC’s last win was a 21-20 victory Nov. 12, 2022 over Big Sky opponent Northern Arizona at Nottingham Field in Greeley. The program’s current losing streak began the following week with a 45-21 loss to Eastern Washington in Cheney, Washington.
Northern Colorado’s last win over Montana State was 17 years ago, a 16-13 victory Oct. 27, 2007 in Greeley.
Montana State led 27-0 at halftime on three touchdowns from Bobcats’ quarterback Tommy Mellott and a 34-yard touchdown pass from wide receiver Ty McCullouch to Dowler. Mellott threw two touchdown passes in the first half and ran for another.
Dowler and Mellott connected for a 72-yard touchdown late in the third quarter. Dowler added 102 yards on punt returns. McCullouch caught a 50-yard touchdown pass from Mellott midway through the third quarter to give the Bobcats a 34-0 lead.
Mellott was 8 of 12 for 225 yards passing. He accounted for five touchdowns against the Bears with four passing touchdowns. Mellott has 12 passing touchdowns this season and five rushing touchdowns. He has not thrown an interception.
Montana State totaled 510 yards of offense, averaging eight yards per play in scoring a season-high in points. Running back Scottre Humphrey ran for 81 yards on 10 carries with a touchdown.
“We didn’t play very disciplined on defense,” UNC coach Ed Lamb said in a text message. “It cost us dearly. MSU had too many big plays for us to overcome. Particularly with the poor field position caused by a slow start on offense and poor punt coverage.”
Montana State hosts fellow Big Sky undefeated Idaho (2-0, 4-2) Oct. 12 at Bobcat Stadium. The Vandals, ranked 10th in FCS last week, beat No. 25 Northern Arizona 23-17 at home Saturday in Moscow.
UNC got on the scoreboard late in the third quarter on a 14-yard pass from running back Caden Meis to Carver Cheeks, a defensive back-turned wide receiver. Meis also has two rushing touchdowns this season.
Sophomore wide receiver Brayden Munroe scored on a 28-yard reception from Kia’i Keone with 2-minutes, 7 seconds left in third, and Hunter Green kicked a 29-yard field goal early in the fourth for the Bears.
Green punted seven times for 321 yards with a long of 60 yards and an average of 45.9 yards per punt.
Munroe caught five passes for 84 yards. He is the Bears’ leading receiver this season with 20 catches for 267 yards.
Tight end Cash Cheeks, Carver’s brother, had four catches for 71 yards. Carver Cheeks finished with three catches for 46 yards.
UNC’s offense was statistically more productive than in any other game this season. The Bears’ 356 yards of total offense was four yards short of its season-best of 360 in the first game at University of Incarnate Word.
“We can build on some of the fight and effort displayed by the offense,” Lamb said.
Keone was 17 of 29 for 247 yards with a touchdown and an interception. In his first start at UNC, Keone’s 247 passing yards were the most by a Bears quarterback this season.
A graduate student transfer from Pacific Palisades, Hawaii, Keone was the fifth starting quarterback for UNC this season because of injuries.
Peter Costelli, who was selected as the starter before the season, injured his knee late against Colorado State in the second game of the year.
The Bears then worked in Jonah Chong, Hank Gibbs and Kaiden Box as starters with Keone, though, seeing significant playing time through the first five games.
The Bears had 95 yards rushing, which was their second lowest total of the season. UNC rushed for 87 yards last week against Cal Poly.
UNC’s next game is Oct. 12 at Weber State. Weber State (2-0 Big Sky, 3-3 overall), beat defending conference champion Montana 55-48 in overtime Saturday in Missoula. Montana (1-1, 4-2) came into the game ranked eighth nationally last week.
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