HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-15-23 Public Comment - D. Kaveney - Left Lane MOU proposal for Library Board of TrusteesFrom:Susan Gregory
To:Dan Kaveney; Agenda; Stewart Mohr
Cc:Terry Cunningham
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL]Left Lane MOU proposal for Library Board of Trustees
Date:Wednesday, November 15, 2023 11:38:18 AM
Dan,
Thank you very much for your comments! They are important and I am sharing them with our
Library Board Chair, Stew Mohr, right now.
We appreciate your support of the Library so much!
Susan
Susan F. Gregory
Director
Bozeman Public Library
Bozeman, MT 59715
sgregory@bozeman.net
(406) 582-2401
From: Dan Kaveney <dan.kaveney@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 8:33 PM
To: Agenda <agenda@BOZEMAN.NET>; Susan Gregory <SGregory@BOZEMAN.NET>
Cc: Terry Cunningham <TCunningham@BOZEMAN.NET>
Subject: [EXTERNAL]Left Lane MOU proposal for Library Board of Trustees
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Dear LIbrary Trustees,
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed “public-private partnership”
regarding a library parking structure.
This one is one of the worst development ideas I’ve seen in my 30 years as a Bozeman citizen
and volunteer. It isn’t a public-private partnership as the proposal alleges; it’s exploitation,
pure and simple. Left Lane is betting we are aren’t intelligent enough to understand that they
are proposing that we give up a lot – control over our own land, any possible expansion of our
own library, our stewardship responsibilities to the valley we love, our quest to make local
housing more affordable, and our own quality of life – in order to get a few parking spaces and
an unneeded luxury development we neither want nor have the resources to accommodate
(Even if the hotel owners can find employees, where are they going to live? Where is the
water for all these people going to come from?). I’m also quite concerned by the notion that
the “definitive documentation” would need to be completed by November 22, 2023 (uh, one
week?). This is what people perpetuating some kind of con or fraud always do – produce a
false sense of urgency so one doesn’t have time to think things through. This proposal must be
rejected because it offers nothing of value to Bozeman, and overflows with dozens of other
things that would be extremely detrimental to Bozeman, the people who live and work here,
and to the library.
Left Lane obviously thinks you’re not sophisticated enough to see through the double-speak in
this proposal. I think you’re much smarter than that, and therefore know I can count on you to
reject this proposal out of hand, with no further negotiation, at this Wednesday’s meeting.
Thank you for considering my comments.
Dan Kaveney
1496 Boylan Rd
Bozeman, MT 59715
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