HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-10-18 Public Comment - B. Zabawa - South Side LoftsFrom:Tom Rogers
To:Agenda
Subject:FW: Public comment for Southside Lofts
Date:Wednesday, October 10, 2018 1:16:44 PM
From: Planning Technician
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 1:08 PM
To: Tom Rogers <TRogers@BOZEMAN.NET>
Subject: Public comment for Southside Lofts
From: Becca Zabawa [mailto:beccazab@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 12:03 PM
To: Planning <Planning@BOZEMAN.NET>
Subject: ATTN: Tom Rogers
Dear Tom,
I am writing in reference to the proposed four-story, 16 unit building behind the Blackmore
apartments at 115 East Olive Street, Bozeman, MT 59715 (Application No. 18-261).
To begin, I think this proposed building is quite possibly the biggest slap in the face as aMontanan I could receive right now. Not only on a daily basis from 6am-10pm we at the
Blackmore, and surrounding neighbors, have to deal with the earth-shaking construction goingon across the street from the intensely controversial (and dare I say unwanted) Black & Olive
project, but now they want to remove the one aspect of our current, well-established building(mind you The Blackmore is the oldest apartment building in Bozeman - 1913) that makes life
living in downtown Bozeman sustainable. I currently pay $85 a month for a garage andparking spot on the purposed land. If I don’t have access to those I will most likely have to
move and so will a lot of other residents. So, is the object of the Bozeman CommunityDevelopment to run out all of the current, long-term downtown residents?
Secondly, the fact that the owner of the Blackmore hasn’t notified any of us current tenants of
the purposed plan directly (if I hadn’t walked down Olive St. the other day as a fluke Iwouldn’t even have know), because he is banking on stuffing his pockets and having a cushy,
brand new unit for himself is quite possibly the most despicable and least Montanan thing Ican think of. No one is looking out for the current downtown Bozeman residents and it is
honestly just disappointing. I grew up here and really thought we were better. If you have anylove and sense of pride for what Bozeman and Montana currently are you will not allow this
building to be approved. It is complete nonsense. Money for these greedy developers is all thatthis will produce. The downtown, local surrounding community as a whole will be forever
damaged.
Sincerely, Becca Zabawa
120 S. Black Ave. Apt. Y
Bozeman, MT 59715