HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-02-2020 - Public Comment - J. Kauffman - AC Hotel Parking 3/2/20 BOZEMAN COMMISSION MEETING
January 7,2020 2-Z -
AC Hotel still wants
80 garage spots
October 15,2019
group requests LOI be
withdrawn or revoked
October 2,2019
AC Hotel identifies
80 spaces at Medical Arts
September 12,2019
BPC revises policy- August 28,2019
no more UDC in garage
parking manager
signs LOI
June 4,2019
wants to bypass BPC and
get City Com'n to grant
80 UDC spaces in garage May 24, 2019
BPC denies request
to convert
December 14, 2018
asks BPC to convert
monthly permits in
garage to 80 UDC
GARAGE PARKING
CURRENTLY CONTROLLED BY HBP October 4,2018
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• Mendenhall Partners- 112 monthly permits (4/15) for 50 UDC spaces Project denied reques
• Mendenhall Partners-50 long term permits (6/15) in
AC HOTEL needs garage
• Homebase Partner-claims it has the 112 monthly 80 UDC Spaces
permits as of 12/18
KASTING,KAUFFMAN&MERSEN,P.C.
BOZ E MANMT
Community Development
disabilities, please contact the ADA Coordinator Mike Gray, at 582-3232 (voice), 582-2301 (TDD).
Please reference Application 19078 in any correspondence.
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW APPLICATION
PROJECT IMAGE
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PROJECT INFORMATION VICINITY MAP
Project name. AG HOTEL BOZEMAN jI
Project types)
Hotel
Description. 143 quest room hotel including a lounge and 61h floor terrace
Street address S E Mendenhall St.Bozeman.MT
Zip code Fly-Fly-=
Zoning:
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977sl b —
Gross lot area: 19, _
Block frontage Storefront
Number of buildings: 1 _
Type and Number of dwelling
Non-residential building size( :88.3; Q .• ; i
Non-residential buildingheight(s): satorfes = -
(in stories)
Number of parking spaces U �
Affordable housing(YIN): t� ;
Cash in lieu of parkland(YIN)
No parkland requlremems �• = I (` '
CITY USE ONLY
Submittal date: Planner
Application No marnimr: DRC rngu,rcd(WN)- Rovision Dme
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STATEMENT TO THE BOZEMAN PARKING COMMISSION
BY
JOSEPH ROSSON
My name is Joseph Rosson and I was once in a business relationship with
Andrew Holloran in a company called Mendenhall Partners, LLC. I recently
became aware that Mr. Holloran is now trying to use monthly parking leases that
Mendenhall Partners, LLC obtained in 2015. I gather he is trying to use those
leases to satisfy parking obligations for a hotel he wants to construct on what used
to be the Straightaway Motors property. I have some information that may be
helpful to the Parking Commission and the purpose of this statement is to provide
that information.
In 2015, when I was a business associate with Mr. Holloran, he made an
unsuccessful effort to buy the Straightaway Motors property. Around the same
time, he discovered that there were unleased spaces available in the Downtown
Parking Garage available for lease. Mr. Holloran asked me to go to the City of
Bozeman and find out how many spaces were available to lease and if one person
could lease them all. Mr. Holloran explained to me why he wanted to lease all of
the available spots. He believed that if he could secure all of those spaces, the
owners of the Straightaway Motors property and other property owners in the
vicinity would not be able to sell their property to someone else for development
because the property would not have enough parking.
I went to the City and asked how many spaces were available to lease and
could one person lease them all. The person at the City told me the number and
said that one person could, in fact, lease them all. I then relayed that information
to Mr. Holloran, who asked me to advance the money to lease all of the available
spaces. I refused. Mr. Holloran then proceeded to lease the spaces in the name of
Mendenhall Partners, LLC.
I do not do business with Mr. Holloran anymore.
JOSEPH ROSSON
DATED C)5JO /1.2