HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-30-21 Public Comment - C. Lange - The IvesFrom:Connie Lange
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Subject:RE: project # 21165, Ives development
Date:Thursday, September 30, 2021 7:46:53 PM
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RE: Project #21165, Ives development
I wish to express my opposition to this development for the following reasons. This project does not
meet the Bozeman Community Plan’s goal N-1 to create housing for the “missing middle.” Rather it
will create more luxury units for wealthy part-time residents in a part of the city that critically needs
missing middle housing.
The Community Plan’s goal N-4 speaks of a “sense of place.” Developments by Home Base have
never reflected a sense of this place. Rather, they reflect some other place and distinctly continue
to destroy the character of the neighborhoods where its luxury condos are built. Additionally, the
request for cash-in-lieu for the parkland provision compounds the threat of loss of character and
sense of place. It is apparent that Home Base has a vision of what Bozeman should look like – a
collection of cold, nondescript high rises for the rich. Unfortunately, Home Base remains blind to
what Bozeman has been both architecturally and as a community.
Any plan for a five or six-story building abutting single family homes, which are characteristic of
Bozeman neighborhoods, is also contrary to the City’s call for a gentle transition. I am positive no
one on the planning board or city commission who enjoys living in a single family home would
welcome such a massive assault to the quality of life that residents near this proposed development
would suffer: traffic, parking, loss of privacy, loss of neighborhood character, etc. Please take into
consideration that most of the residents in the surrounding area have been paying property taxes
for decades and for some generations. Many consider paying property taxes as an investment in
their city and their quality of life. Should that be so easily destroyed? For luxury condos?
Given our critical need for affordable housing, it is shocking that yet another luxury development
even could be seriously considered. Yes, we need to include density in the City’s growth plan. But at
any cost? Approving yet another luxury development would be a detriment not a benefit. I implore
you not to approve this project.
Respectfully,
Connie Lange
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Connie Lange
connielange712@gmail.com
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