HomeMy WebLinkAbout6-9-2020 Public Comment - J. Dickinson - Solar Installation at home in greenhouse VillageFrom:Chris Mehl
To:Agenda
Subject:FW: Solar installation
Date:Tuesday, June 9, 2020 8:47:52 PM
Chris Mehl
Mayor, City of Bozemancmehl@bozeman.net406.581.4992________________________________________From: sally dickinson [sbdickinson31@gmail.com]Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2020 7:47 PMTo: Chris MehlCc: Sally Dickinson; Josh DickinsonSubject: Solar installation
Dear Mayor Mehl,
My wife Sally and I live in one of the ten homes that form the Greenhouse Villageon South Tracy Avenue. We believe strongly that installing solar panels on our roofwould be a valuable contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Our request (in June, 2019) to the Home Owners Association (HOA) to approve solarinstallation was denied. The By-Laws for Greenhouse Village state "No Unit ownershall make any alteration, including any color alteration,or structural modificationto any Common Element. Such alterations and modifications shall only be undertakenby the Association." There is no specific reference to solar panel installation in theBy-Laws. Seven out of ten home owners voted to approve solar panels. Three votedno. Eight approval votes are required to justify changing the By-Laws. Our requestwas denied.
We believe denial of our request to install solar panels is against the public interest.
With best regards,
Joshua Dickinson
=======================Joshua C. Dickinson, PhDThe Forest Management Trust1106 South Tracy AvenueBozeman, MT 59715