HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-07-23 Public Comment - A. Kociolek - New Community Center VoteFrom:Angela Kociolek
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Subject:[EXTERNAL]thank you for recent decision
Date:Saturday, August 5, 2023 9:50:03 AM
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Dear City Commission,
Thank you for your recent decision to hold off on building the new community center. While I would love more
recreational options for my child and me, the price tag would have been too much to swallow. I appreciate your
recognizing this and using your decision making power to protect us tax payers from the financial burden it would
have placed on us.
I do think Bozeman’s artificially rapid rate of growth put us in this situation. I understand that cities naturally grow
and develop but the active promoting of Bozeman as a wonderful place to live and work is what is putting us in this
crunch situation. At the very least, the City should be generating cash flow hand over fist with all the development
going on. Admittedly I don’t fully understand the constraints but if every new development project had to put in a
certain reasonable percentage for community services to accommodate all the new people they are drawing here,
we’d be in a better position. Residents expect and deserve amenities like community centers. Please do more to
require developers to give a portion of their profits and/or seek philanthropic donations (with no strings attached) to
ease the burden on home owners like myself.
Thank you, again, for hitting the pause button. I encourage you to use it more often.
Best,
Angie Kociolek
620 N Tracy Ave
Bozeman, MT 59715