HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-22-23 Public Comment - A. Sortore - Public Comment - Historic Preservation Advisory Board Special Meeting 12_20_23From:Anna Sortore
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Subject:[EXTERNAL]Public Comment - Historic Preservation Advisory Board Special Meeting 12/20/23
Date:Wednesday, December 20, 2023 10:55:48 AM
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Hello,
Below is the public comment I would like to submit for the Historic Preservation Advisory Board
Special Meeting on 12/20/23.
“As your board begins to plan for 2024 and the next two year work plan, I want to touch on the
importance you all have in assisting with the Bozeman Climate Plan. Based on the Historic
Preservation Program statement of “bridging the gap between the past and our future”, “celebrating
community values”, and being “enjoyed by future generations”, your goals highly align with the
objectives of the Climate Plan, such as “adopting bold targets for emissions reduction and renewable
energy” and “weaving sustainability and resilience into decision-making processes”.
Since you all have the decision making ability in the 10 historic districts throughout our city, I ask
that you keep clean energy installation obtainable within these areas. As a small, local solar
company, we help local residents and businesses get affordable and reliable clean energy. As
Bozeman grows and development booms, permitting requirements, rightfully, become more strict.
Our small team devotes so much of our time to meet the city permitting demands, when we really
want to be educating and changing our community to meet the goal of having 100% net clean
electricity by 2030. The solar installations done by Bozeman companies are done meticulously; we all
want our city to have aesthetic and well-engineered systems. Requiring additional permits and tests
for historic areas will increase costs and make solar installations harder to obtain, pushing local
businesses away from clean energy, and therefore, complicating our path to achieving the Bozeman
Climate Plan.
Anna Sortore from Harvest Solar MT.”
Thank you,
Anna Sortore
Harvest Solar MT LLC, Designer
406-296-1313
516 E. Bryant St
Suite A
Bozeman, MT 59715
https://www.harvestsolarmt.com/