HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-24-23 Public Comment - D. Carty - Request to postpone Oct 30, 2023, UDC special meeting of Community Development BoardFrom:Daniel Carty
To:Cyndy Andrus
Cc:Terry Cunningham; Jennifer Madgic; Christopher Coburn; Jeff Mihelich; Nora Shelly; Agenda
Subject:[EXTERNAL]Request to postpone Oct 30, 2023, UDC special meeting of Community Development Board
Date:Friday, October 20, 2023 11:54:15 AM
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Date: Oct 20, 2023; Time: 11:55 AM
Bozeman Mayor Cyndy Andrus:
I am writing to ask the City of Bozeman (City) to postpone the Oct 30, 2023, special
meeting of the Community Development Board (CDB) until a date on which sitting
Commissioner Jennifer Madgic can be present for the onset of the CDB’s formal
deliberations about the City’s proposed Unified Development Code (UDC) update.
I am asking for this postponement because two public events planned for Oct 30, 2023,
create a scheduling conflict for Commissioner Madgic, who is the City Commission's liaison
to the CDB and who, this fall, is up for re-election to the City Commission. The two public
events that create a scheduling conflict for Commissioner Madgic are:
(1) Special meeting of the City’s CDB re the proposed UDC update (City Hall, 6 PM start),
and
(2) Bozeman municipal candidate forum (City Library, 6:30 – 8:00 PM).
This scheduling conflict is one that no sitting City Commissioner should have to face.
Moreover, I think it would be a disservice to Bozeman residents if Commissioner Madgic
was not present during the CDB’s Oct 30, 2023, formal deliberations about the proposed
UDC update.
Finally, although it may be legal for a quorum of the CDB to meet without Commissioner
Madgic, I suggest that the right thing to do—the ethical thing to do—is to postpone the Oct
30, 2023, special meeting of the CDB until a date on which Commissioner Madgic can be
present.
Thank you for considering this request.
Sincerely,
Daniel Carty
213 N. Third Ave.
Bozeman, MT 59715
dgc12@hotmail.com
406-548-2810
CC's: Terry Cunningham, Deputy Mayor; Jennifer Madgic, City Commissioner and City
Commission Liaison to the CDB; Christopher Coburn, City Commissioner; Jeff Mihelich,
City Manager; Nora Shelly, Bozeman Daily Chronicle; and agenda@bozeman.net