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Home My WebLink About07-03-24 Public Comment - Inter-neighborhood Council - Recommendations from the Inter-Neighborhood Council Regarding Redevelopment Impacts to Existing Northside NeighborhoodsFrom:Emily Talago To:Bozeman Public Comment Cc:Salal Huber-McGee; Mark Campanelli; cnevans; bcnaneighbors@gmail.com; batesmotel64@charter.net; Lisa Prugh-Cooper Park; Alison Sweeney; annethoreson@gmail.com; Gannon, Paul (pgannon@montana.edu); marwynlindleyhood@gmail.com; Emily Talago; Joe Genovese; chris.montano@bsd7.org; nenabozeman@gmail.com; Kathy Rich; Adrianne Wallace; Emily Kiely; Takami Clark; Chuck Winn Subject:[EXTERNAL]Recommendations from the Inter-Neighborhood Council Regarding Redevelopment Impacts to Existing Northside Neighborhoods Date:Wednesday, July 3, 2024 11:59:36 AM Attachments:INC Memo-Letter.pdf INC Survey (Responses) - Form Responses.pdf INC Survey (Responses) - Graph.pdf INC Special Meeting.pptx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. 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CC: Inter-Neighborhood Council members, City Communications and Engagement Staff, City Manager Memorandum TO:City Commission FROM:Inter-Neighborhood Council (INC) SUBJECT:Recommendations to the City Commission Regarding Redevelopment Impacts on Existing Northside Neighborhoods DATE:July 2nd,2024 STRATEGIC PLAN: 1.2 Community Engagement:Broaden and deepen engagement of the community in city government,innovating methods for inviting input from the community and stakeholders. 4.A Well-Planned City:We consistently improve our community’s quality of life as it grows and changes,honoring our sense of place and the ‘Bozeman feel’as we plan for a livable,affordable, more connected city. 4.1 Informed Conversation on Growth:Continue developing an in-depth understanding of how Bozeman is growing and changing and proactively address change in a balanced and coordinated manner. 4.2 High Quality Urban Approach c.)Parking Management by District:Develop a comprehensive,integrated approach to parking management for the downtown,midtown,university,and other districts.Consider a range of solutions including both on-street parking and parking Garages. BACKGROUND: During the regularly scheduled INC meeting on June 13th,2024,Chair Cynthia Evans scheduled a special meeting on June 20th,2024 for INC to receive a presentation from the Midtown Neighborhood Association (MNA)regarding Redevelopment Impacts to Existing Northside Neighborhoods.The meeting agenda was publicly noticed on June 17th,2024 with supporting documentation containing a recommended motion: Having received and considered the Midtown Neighborhood Association Steering Committee’s presentation,materials in the development application #23354 file,and any public comment,I move to send a letter to the City Commission requesting they: 1.)Deny development application #23354. 2.)Adopt a resolution requiring the establishment of managed residential parking districts for established neighborhoods that are in proximity to and can reasonably expect to be impacted by any zoning,overlay district,or development proposal utilizing relaxed parking minimums. 3.)Immediately rescind section 38.380.of the Bozeman Municipal Code and schedule a work session to add clarity,address externalities,and establish a means for corrective action in the event of unintended consequences. On June 20th,2024,INC received a presentation from MNA steering committee members summarizing their findings and substantiating the three parts of their recommended motion.Public Comment was received,and representatives of the development applicants,HomeBase partners,were present and able to participate in the Council’s Q&A.INC moved and voted to reconvene the following week in order to engage with their own respective neighborhood associations,distribute a survey,and assess the individual bylaws thereof for the process by which a delegate can take a position on the matter. The June 27th,2024 meeting agenda was publicly noticed on June 24th,2024.During the meeting,the results of the neighborhood engagement responses (over 200)were discussed.and the recommended motion was approved with 5 members voting “yes” and 4 “abstaining ”as a requirement of their associations’bylaws. Redevelopment Impacts on Existing Northside Neighborhoods Recommendations from the Inter-Neighborhood Council July 2nd,2024 TO:Mayor Terry Cunningham Deputy Mayor Joey Morrison Commissioners:Jennifer Madgic,Douglas Fischer,and Emma Bode City Manager Chuck Winn FROM:Inter-Neighborhood Council (INC) After reviewing agenda packet materials,receiving public comment and all information presented during our June 20th,2024 meeting of the Inter-Neighborhood Council;after engaging with Neighborhood Association members,conducting a survey of Association Membership, reviewing over 200 responses,and receiving public comment during our June 27th,2024 meeting; We,the Inter-Neighborhood Council,in our special capacity as a city charter-recognized advisory board (Sec.4.06.),recommend the City Commission acknowledge the substantial outreach response garnered by the Council,consider the recorded contents of the June 20th,and June 27th Inter-Neighborhood Council meetings,consider the enclosed Neighborhood Engagement Survey responses,and take the following actions in regard to Re-Development Impacts on Existing Northside Neighborhoods: ●Deny Development Application #23354.“The Guthrie”(scheduled July 9th,2024) ○93.36%of survey respondents in favor ●Adopt a resolution requiring the establishment of managed residential parking districts for established neighborhoods that are in proximity to and can reasonably expect to be impacted by any zoning,overlay district,or development proposal utilizing relaxed parking minimums. ○90.05%of survey respondents in favor ●Immediately rescind section 38.380.of the Bozeman Municipal Code and schedule a work session to add clarity,address externalities,and establish a means for corrective action in the event of unintended consequences. ○92.89%of survey respondents in favor We recognize the many efforts the Commission,and,as an extension,our community is making to mitigate the profound and acute changes affecting housing opportunities and economic vitality of our citizens.In order to protect the integrity of these efforts and balance them with your strategic efforts to keep neighborhoods resilient,livable,and safe,we appreciate you reviewing and considering these recommendations.We welcome all stakeholders to engage with the Council,and use our forum to collaborate proactively and efficiently on city-wide issues. Enclosures:Survey responses,Survey responses graph,Midtown presentation Timestamp Select your Neighborhood AssociationDo you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission deny development application #23354 "The Guthrie"?Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission adopt a resolution requiring the establishment of managed residential parking districts for established neighborhoods that are in proximity to and can reasonably expect to be impacted by any zoning, overlay district, or development proposal utilizing relaxed parking minimums.Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission immediately rescind section 38.380.030 of the Bozeman Municipal Code (Affordable Housing Ordinance #2105) and schedule a work session to add clarity, address externalities, and establish a means for corrective action in the event of unintended consequences.Please add any comments you would like to include with this response. 6/21/2024 18:19:27 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes This project has been offensive from the beginning. The developer claims he's motivated to provide "affordable" housing as a way to give back to Bozeman. However, what he really wants is a place for workers in his hotels and other properties to find temporary housing that is close to downtown. He has been struggling to fill positions in his organization because the low-end jobs don't pay enough to rent here. So, this is really a way to serve himself, and squeeze a taller building, with inadequate parking out of the deal via the supposed lower income units. Note that this building is right next to the most vulnerable population of elementary school kids in the area. So, parking issues, come-and-go tenants, etc. will be impacting these kids who already have too much in their lives to distract them from school. We should not allow the zoning code to hamstring us into accepting this deeply manipulative project. Thank you! 6/21/2024 18:29:10 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes The proposed Guthrie is a farce with respect to affordable housing. Rent is not low and unit sizes are minuscule. They don’t even have usable kitchens. In addition, the lack of parking is extreme and the number of vehicles will overwhelm the neighborhood and school area and endanger school kids. Please act to protect the integrity of Bozeman and revisit the affordable housing plan. 6/21/2024 18:33:37 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes This is not affordable housing!!!! 6/21/2024 20:25:37 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes The Guthrie project is an insult to human dignity, a tenament in the making, it is unfit for human habitation and the entire project should go back to the drawing board and impact fees for the need for a new school for those kids should be added. 6/21/2024 21:29:16 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes The Guthrie is too tall too big for the Midtown neighborhood. $1,750 for a studio apt is not affordable housing. And potential parking challenges from 111 units will overwhelm the neighborhood and potentially impact the safety of Whittier School. 6/21/2024 21:39:51 University Neighborhood AssociationNo Yes Yes 350sq ft is just too small and for so much $ Minimum should be 400sq ft 6/21/2024 23:14:51 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/22/2024 10:01:58 Jandt Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/22/2024 10:40:01 Jandt Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/22/2024 11:28:34 Jandt Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes I support Midtown’s efforts. While I live in the Jandt Neighborhood, what happens in Midtown will impact what happens in Jandt. The development proposed at 5th and Villard is not providing what I consider “true” affordable housing. Planning and development in Bozeman needs to slow down. Midtown’s requests are completely reasonable and critical to slow down the impact of rampant development that really only benefits the developer. I understand growth and the need for affordable housing. These requests from Midtown will help with planning and with development and with affordable housing development. Please support these requests for Midtown and for every other neighborhood in Bozeman impacted by the explosive and rampant growth and sprawl. 6/22/2024 12:14:05 Jandt Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/22/2024 12:32:23 Jandt Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/22/2024 13:34:36 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/22/2024 13:56:01 Jandt Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/22/2024 14:49:44 Jandt Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/22/2024 16:36:46 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Timestamp Select your Neighborhood AssociationDo you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission deny development application #23354 "The Guthrie"?Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission adopt a resolution requiring the establishment of managed residential parking districts for established neighborhoods that are in proximity to and can reasonably expect to be impacted by any zoning, overlay district, or development proposal utilizing relaxed parking minimums.Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission immediately rescind section 38.380.030 of the Bozeman Municipal Code (Affordable Housing Ordinance #2105) and schedule a work session to add clarity, address externalities, and establish a means for corrective action in the event of unintended consequences.Please add any comments you would like to include with this response. 6/22/2024 17:25:56 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/22/2024 19:57:26 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/23/2024 7:10:29 Jandt Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/23/2024 9:29:33 University Neighborhood AssociationYes No Yes The city commissioners need to start listening to city residents.Please-start the review of the development codes with the LEAST dense requirements and NOT the most dense.If the first attempt at getting more housing doesn't work-you still have plenty of other options to try.You have proposed the very most dense zoning that would completely change the character of long established neighborhoods and the entire city.Start SLOW and adjust from there!!! 6/23/2024 9:59:19 Jandt Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/23/2024 13:23:33 Bogart Park Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/23/2024 13:37:11 Bozeman Creek Neighborhood AssociationNoNo No The school and neighborhood will be severely impacted. Come on Bozeman limited parking at the facility that impacts many many others. So wrong. D. James Suit 6/23/2024 14:30:28 Bozeman Creek Neighborhood AssociationYesYes Yes 6/23/2024 16:04:54 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes The City should not be in the low-income housing business. It is a fool's errand and an invitation to waste and corruption. 6/23/2024 17:44:02 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes To suggest the Guthrie project including 375 sf studios as checking an affordable housing box is a joke. A unit this small can only be a ploy by the developer to gain approval on the project as a whole. Also, doesn’t any project need City Commission approval? 6/23/2024 17:54:42 Bozeman Creek Neighborhood AssociationYesYes Yes 6/23/2024 19:06:29 Jandt Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/23/2024 19:57:52 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/23/2024 20:05:31 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Availability for tax paying residents to find parking for themselves or visitors can be unavailable currently with school events at Whittier as well as events at the Elm Event Center. 6/23/2024 20:08:43 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/23/2024 20:10:05 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationNo No No 6/23/2024 20:11:03 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes A "United" Inter-Neighborhood Council (INC) could become a powerful voice for advocating for neighborhood friendly and environmentally responsible development in all INC neighborhoods. I ask the INC to unite now and vote to recommend to the City Commission that the Commission (1) deny The Guthrie, (2) rescind the AHO, and (3) adopt a resolution requiring the establishment of managed residential parking districts for established neighborhoods that are in proximity to and can reasonably expect to be impacted by any zoning, overlay district, or development proposal utilizing relaxed parking minimums. Thank you. 6/23/2024 20:19:29 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Please do not issue any more variances. Approve 4- and 8- plexes and townhomes rather than large apartment buildings. 6/23/2024 20:24:00 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes The city needs to prevent developments that have impacts outside their footprint. They need to consider and value established housing in the central part of the city. The city should promote more row house style developments instead of maximum size that the code allows as they don’t impact the neighbors while still increasing density. 6/23/2024 20:36:29 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Timestamp Select your Neighborhood AssociationDo you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission deny development application #23354 "The Guthrie"?Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission adopt a resolution requiring the establishment of managed residential parking districts for established neighborhoods that are in proximity to and can reasonably expect to be impacted by any zoning, overlay district, or development proposal utilizing relaxed parking minimums.Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission immediately rescind section 38.380.030 of the Bozeman Municipal Code (Affordable Housing Ordinance #2105) and schedule a work session to add clarity, address externalities, and establish a means for corrective action in the event of unintended consequences.Please add any comments you would like to include with this response. 6/23/2024 20:37:07 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/23/2024 20:37:45 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/23/2024 20:43:09 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/23/2024 21:21:24 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/23/2024 21:30:38 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes No Yes Your second question is confusing. I want the Guthrie to provide parking for the majority of its tenants. This building is totally inappropriate for the neighborhood of single family homes that Halloran wants to destroy. Has anyone ever mentioned that it is UGLY? 6/23/2024 21:53:20 Bozeman Creek Neighborhood AssociationYesYes Yes 6/23/2024 22:28:32 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Thank you City Commission for all your long hours of work to help save beautiful Bozeman from Developers that make the gap wider between the haves and the have nots. 6/23/2024 22:57:36 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/23/2024 23:10:52 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes The proposed Guthrie is the saddest housing development. A five story stack of extremely tiny apartments without parking is deplorable. I would compare it to a prison and worse than "the projects". The sense of community that makes Bozeman special is definitely absent. To drop this non-conforming building into an established neighborhood close to an elementary school is totally absurd. Please stop this nonsense by rejecting the Guthrie. Go back to the drawing board and come up with an idea that we would be proud to have in Bozeman and as our neighbor. 6/24/2024 0:24:08 Bozeman Creek Neighborhood AssociationYesYes Yes 6/24/2024 0:26:11 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes I wish I could think of 1 redeeming quality of the project. 6/24/2024 6:23:10 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/24/2024 6:35:55 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/24/2024 6:37:45 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Safety, Sanity, and Affordibility are all being degraded by rampant high end, high rise development. This is not smart infill! 6/24/2024 6:47:54 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/24/2024 6:53:09 Bozeman Creek Neighborhood AssociationYesYes Yes 6/24/2024 8:01:44 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/24/2024 8:13:24 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/24/2024 8:37:55 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/24/2024 9:12:23 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/24/2024 9:52:27 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationNo Yes Yes I really appreciate all the other neighborhoods paying attention to this in our neighborhood as I think it sets a precedent. 6/24/2024 10:07:43 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/24/2024 10:58:26 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes This is the craziest project ever imagined. 6/24/2024 11:07:29 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes The proposed development is a test case and will set precedent. It is currently not fair to neighbors or developers. Lets' reset and deny this application, think about the future impacts (like parking) and re-do the current affordable housing ordinance to require affordable decent housing. Timestamp Select your Neighborhood AssociationDo you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission deny development application #23354 "The Guthrie"?Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission adopt a resolution requiring the establishment of managed residential parking districts for established neighborhoods that are in proximity to and can reasonably expect to be impacted by any zoning, overlay district, or development proposal utilizing relaxed parking minimums.Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission immediately rescind section 38.380.030 of the Bozeman Municipal Code (Affordable Housing Ordinance #2105) and schedule a work session to add clarity, address externalities, and establish a means for corrective action in the event of unintended consequences.Please add any comments you would like to include with this response. 6/24/2024 12:50:10 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes The Affordable Housing Code absolutely needs revision and clarity, and Homebase Partners is clearly taking advantage of it as it stands now. The studio apartments they are designing without full kitchens are NOT affordable, and would likely mean that numerous people would cram into them. They are delusional to think that people will ride share and not have cars, and the fact that the city would grant this VERY profitable company these leniences, allowing them to build this close to a school in a historic neighborhood, is unethical. 6/24/2024 14:12:42 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/24/2024 15:36:52 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/24/2024 17:37:52 Jandt Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Don't give developers free stuff for fake "affordable housing" 6/24/2024 19:20:17 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Thank you for your work in keeping the integrity of our neighborhood! Additionally, I am highly concerned about street and parking congestion during the winter months. In many other “overdeveloped” neighborhoods such as North Wilson the street is reduced to a single lane. This must be addressed as we increase the density of our city. The current infrastructure was not built to handle large-scale developmen. 6/24/2024 19:47:26 Bridger Creeklands Association of NeighborsYesYes Yes 6/24/2024 19:51:44 Bridger Creeklands Association of NeighborsYesYes Yes responded 6/24 6/24/2024 19:54:46 Bridger Creeklands Association of NeighborsYesYes Yes From Vickie Bates 6/24/2024 19:58:09 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Bozeman City Commission has failed the Midtown Residents Ordinance #1685 In 2006 declared our neighborhood a BLIGHTED AREA. What have they done to improve the neighborhood, they put Cannabis Dispensaries on every block, added bars and breweries, and the ELM Event Center that has made our lives hell!!! We didn't even get a street light!!! 6/24/2024 21:29:47 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/24/2024 21:52:07 Bridger Creeklands Association of NeighborsYesYes Yes 6/24/2024 22:16:01 Bridger Creeklands Association of NeighborsYesYes Yes 6/24/2024 22:17:00 Bridger Creeklands Association of NeighborsNoNo No 6/24/2024 22:27:47 Bridger Creeklands Association of NeighborsYesYes Yes 6/24/2024 22:52:21 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Please proceed with the above. Our part of town needs this! 6/25/2024 7:48:28 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes No Yes 6/25/2024 7:53:15 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes The city needs to truly engage its residents on our affordable housing ordinance, so we can achieve actual affordability. 6/25/2024 8:10:13 Jandt Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 8:42:07 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 9:09:31 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 10:14:02 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationNo No No 6/25/2024 10:17:26 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 11:07:01 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Thank you for the opportunity to be heard. 6/25/2024 12:44:51 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 12:55:38 Bozeman Creek Neighborhood AssociationYesYes Yes Timestamp Select your Neighborhood AssociationDo you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission deny development application #23354 "The Guthrie"?Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission adopt a resolution requiring the establishment of managed residential parking districts for established neighborhoods that are in proximity to and can reasonably expect to be impacted by any zoning, overlay district, or development proposal utilizing relaxed parking minimums.Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission immediately rescind section 38.380.030 of the Bozeman Municipal Code (Affordable Housing Ordinance #2105) and schedule a work session to add clarity, address externalities, and establish a means for corrective action in the event of unintended consequences.Please add any comments you would like to include with this response. 6/25/2024 12:59:01 Jandt Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Please think about the current residents and the town they love before shoehorning in another big block of high rise apartments that take up resources we don't have, 6/25/2024 15:10:11 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 16:37:41 Jandt Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 16:41:35 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 16:44:30 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes When do we get to tar and feather holoran? 6/25/2024 16:44:46 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationNo No No 6/25/2024 16:45:44 Bogart Park Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Thank you for all your efforts on this! Very important to have the community involved and for the city to include the community in decisions impacting our neighborhoods. 6/25/2024 16:46:35 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 16:46:39 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 16:49:49 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Taxpayers should not be funding deep incentives that support luxury development and invade modest residential neighborhoods 6/25/2024 16:54:29 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes No I'm all for incentives for affordable housing, but this project seems to be really pushing the limits of what's reasonable. Those units are so small that they are basically hotel rooms and still quite expensive. This won't provide affordable housing for folks who live and work in Bozeman for the long haul. It's just temporary housing for short term workers, which I don't believe is the intent of the ordinance. 6/25/2024 16:54:44 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 17:01:17 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes We do not benefit in any way by overbuilding in what was once a beautiful friendly place for humans animals and birds 6/25/2024 17:02:18 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes We have to be aggressive with these guys and I appreciate the work being done for and by the neighborhoods. If we shut down even one it will change the whole dynamic. 6/25/2024 17:17:41 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 17:19:56 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationNo Yes Yes 6/25/2024 17:20:52 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Be smart in approving density building projects that adversely affect established mature neighborhoods. Not all growth is good. 6/25/2024 17:30:09 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 17:41:19 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 17:46:18 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationNo No No 6/25/2024 17:52:21 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes No Yes 6/25/2024 18:05:19 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Construction of new affordable housing should not compromise the health and safety of neighborhoods. High density housing always has unfavorable consequences for established single family home neighborhoods. Also, affordable housing needs to be truly affordable! 6/25/2024 18:10:54 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 18:24:47 Bogart Park Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes No 6/25/2024 18:25:40 Jandt Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 18:53:51 Jandt Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Timestamp Select your Neighborhood AssociationDo you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission deny development application #23354 "The Guthrie"?Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission adopt a resolution requiring the establishment of managed residential parking districts for established neighborhoods that are in proximity to and can reasonably expect to be impacted by any zoning, overlay district, or development proposal utilizing relaxed parking minimums.Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission immediately rescind section 38.380.030 of the Bozeman Municipal Code (Affordable Housing Ordinance #2105) and schedule a work session to add clarity, address externalities, and establish a means for corrective action in the event of unintended consequences.Please add any comments you would like to include with this response. 6/25/2024 19:02:01 Jandt Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 19:05:26 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes taxpayers should not have to contribute to deep intense benefits to developers who are not in fact proposing permanent affordable housing and who are in fact proposing development that undermines the quality and stability of established neighborhoods 6/25/2024 19:19:42 Bridger Creeklands Association of NeighborsYesYes Yes The residents these developments impact need to be heard. The city works for the residents not developers 6/25/2024 19:24:56 Bridger Creeklands Association of NeighborsYesYes Yes What is happening to Bozeman is horrifying. No one cares about water levels, traffic congestion, noise congestion, destruction of habitat for wildlife, property taxes skyrocketing, crime skyrocketing. It's all about helping out the developers... not the taxpayers. 6/25/2024 19:34:56 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes The intersection of Peach and Wallace is already a prime example of how crowded these streets can become with the addition of increased residences and businesses without planning for parking - and there are still two more developments and occupancy of the wildlands build to see the full impact! The Guthrie is not only inappropriately sized for how will impact the surrounding homes, but will dramatically increase congestion on the streets if parking is not addressed as part of the plan. Additionally, more multi-million dollar condos without parking, is not with the city needs. If anything is built in the midtown area, it should reasonably comply with/support our increasingly dramatic need for affordable housing, AND parking! If the city listens to residents, this build is not a desirable option for anyone outside of the developer. 6/25/2024 19:37:42 Bozeman Creek Neighborhood AssociationYesYes Yes 6/25/2024 19:44:24 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes The ordinance as written puts too much of a burden on neighborhoods and developers are getting around it by designing spaces that are actually studios and too small to be called one bedroom or two. 6/25/2024 19:53:16 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes I completely support affordable housing but any development, particularly luxury but affordable too, should fit into the neighborhood without any ill effects. 6/25/2024 19:56:27 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes No 6/25/2024 20:08:17 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Thank you! 6/25/2024 20:39:49 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes given the poor quality of the developer's existing and previous projects, their license for developing should be revoked. 6/25/2024 20:46:35 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Timestamp Select your Neighborhood AssociationDo you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission deny development application #23354 "The Guthrie"?Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission adopt a resolution requiring the establishment of managed residential parking districts for established neighborhoods that are in proximity to and can reasonably expect to be impacted by any zoning, overlay district, or development proposal utilizing relaxed parking minimums.Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission immediately rescind section 38.380.030 of the Bozeman Municipal Code (Affordable Housing Ordinance #2105) and schedule a work session to add clarity, address externalities, and establish a means for corrective action in the event of unintended consequences.Please add any comments you would like to include with this response. 6/25/2024 20:47:07 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Right now, I feel that affordable housing shouldn't be just a catch phrase, but should truly be helpful to Bozeman citizens. The city commission should shift focus and only approve "workforce" housing for the forseeable future. This needs to be a much lower financial bar than "affordable". Workforce housing should come in all sizes, from tiny homes and starter homes to tall midrise buildings and everything in between. Landlords who provide truly affordable workforce housing should be given significant incentives to keep up the good work. Parking is an issue. I've always felt that dropping parking guidelines is the wrong approach. It can and does come with negative impacts for surrounding neighborhoods. Under no circumstances should neighbors near large projects be permanently saddled with the negative consequences those projects bring. Loss of sunlight, loss of peace and quiet, loss of neighborhood character. It's all bad. Perhaps developers should have to share their windfall profits with those they impact! 6/25/2024 20:47:10 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 20:55:13 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 20:59:07 Jandt Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Please back away from the rapid expansion of the downtown neighborhoods. I know they are great for rich condo developers/owners, but it destroys the character and charm that makes Bozeman so desirable. There is plenty of land out in the surrounding fields to create more big housing complexes. That way you can create the housing you want without destroying old Bozeman. It is already being rapidly eroded. And once old Bozeman is gone, it’s gone forever. Please stop the multi story complexes that are going up in downtown. You are ruining our city. Richard Moore 6/25/2024 21:22:05 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes No While I agree that the existing affordable housing ordinance needs work to ensure it produces the kind of affordable housing we need/ want (and not what the Gutherie seems to be), I'm not sure rescinding the ordinance is the right solution. That will leave us with literally nothing to push developers to build some amount of affordable housing. Given how long these things take to develop and adopt, I'd rather start work to improve/ fix the existing ordinance while it is still in place. So, I'd suggest amending this last bullet point to that effect. 6/25/2024 21:37:49 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationNo No No Buncha NIMBYs sitting in million dollar homes protesting against affordable housing being built in their neighborhood. Shameful! 6/25/2024 21:48:06 Bridger Canyon Yes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 21:57:29 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 22:00:48 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 22:09:58 Bridger Creeklands Association of NeighborsYesYes Yes 6/25/2024 22:13:06 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes No Yes I don't fully understand the "managed parking" issue. I would rather have not responded to that one. I think all units should have required parking on the building site. 6/25/2024 22:14:20 Bridger Creeklands Association of NeighborsYesYes Yes Timestamp Select your Neighborhood AssociationDo you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission deny development application #23354 "The Guthrie"?Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission adopt a resolution requiring the establishment of managed residential parking districts for established neighborhoods that are in proximity to and can reasonably expect to be impacted by any zoning, overlay district, or development proposal utilizing relaxed parking minimums.Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission immediately rescind section 38.380.030 of the Bozeman Municipal Code (Affordable Housing Ordinance #2105) and schedule a work session to add clarity, address externalities, and establish a means for corrective action in the event of unintended consequences.Please add any comments you would like to include with this response. 6/25/2024 22:24:16 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes No Yes I want to know more about the Guthrie's “extended stay hotel” model of short term rentals. Are there similar models for comparing the impact on existing neighborhoods? As for parking: Maybe people who stay there don't need parking, or building management can have a reservation system, so that 39 spaces for 111 apartments is enough. What impact has Black Olive's 40 parking spaces for 47 apartments had on traffic and parking availability? How much would a "managed residential parking district" cost, including enforcement? 6/25/2024 23:10:20 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/25/2024 23:51:52 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 5:42:18 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes The large developments within or across the street from old neighborhoods ruin the sense of place of these old neighborhoods. 6/26/2024 6:03:50 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 6:17:20 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes I strongly agree that the relaxed options for affordable housing need to be reevaluated and clarified. The Guthrie exemplifies all the things that could go wrong with a project asking for the relaxed guidelines in exchange for offering affordable housing. 6/26/2024 6:27:31 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 6:45:15 University Neighborhood AssociationYes No Yes 6/26/2024 6:50:30 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 7:05:48 University Neighborhood AssociationNo No No 6/26/2024 7:06:18 University Neighborhood AssociationNo No No 6/26/2024 7:30:05 Bozeman Creek Neighborhood AssociationNoNo No 6/26/2024 7:46:48 University Neighborhood AssociationNo Yes No 6/26/2024 7:49:30 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 7:50:51 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 7:54:01 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 8:09:23 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 8:23:45 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 8:24:55 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 8:35:24 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 8:41:56 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 8:54:21 Jandt Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 8:56:24 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 9:17:50 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Not opposed to infill or affordable housing. am opposed to Andy Holleran changing Bozeman so quickly and so drastically. Lack of parking would make more sense if public transport were better from there, or if Whittier school weren’t right down the street. 6/26/2024 9:23:37 Bozeman Creek Neighborhood AssociationYesYes Yes 6/26/2024 9:38:36 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Timestamp Select your Neighborhood AssociationDo you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission deny development application #23354 "The Guthrie"?Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission adopt a resolution requiring the establishment of managed residential parking districts for established neighborhoods that are in proximity to and can reasonably expect to be impacted by any zoning, overlay district, or development proposal utilizing relaxed parking minimums.Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission immediately rescind section 38.380.030 of the Bozeman Municipal Code (Affordable Housing Ordinance #2105) and schedule a work session to add clarity, address externalities, and establish a means for corrective action in the event of unintended consequences.Please add any comments you would like to include with this response. 6/26/2024 10:01:33 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationNo No No 1) the City Commission cannot discretionarily deny the development application. If they do so based on "the neighbors don't like it," HomeBase will just take the city to court and win. 2) Some tweaks to the affordable housing ordinance may be warranted, but throwing the baby out with the bathwater is unwarranted. 3) There is a simple and direct defined process to creating parking benefit zones. Neighbors wanting to be in a benefit zone just need to go through the process. 6/26/2024 10:04:55 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationNo No Yes 6/26/2024 10:34:05 Bridger Creeklands Association of NeighborsYesYes Yes 6/26/2024 10:44:15 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 11:10:02 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 11:11:42 Bozeman Creek Neighborhood AssociationYesYes Yes 6/26/2024 11:11:55 Bozeman Creek Neighborhood AssociationYesYes Yes 6/26/2024 11:22:59 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 11:35:20 Bozeman Creek Neighborhood AssociationYesYes Yes 6/26/2024 11:58:54 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 12:14:24 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 12:22:11 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 12:38:48 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 12:46:02 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes We have lived on N 4th Ave for 8 years now & love our neighborhood. But we now have 2 small children and are extremely concerned about the amount of traffic & street parking that the Guthrie will bring to our neighborhood. 6/26/2024 13:08:01 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Thankfully the Midtown Association is helping our otherwise inept City Commission. 6/26/2024 13:10:54 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Much similar assessment needs to be done in the UDC update 6/26/2024 13:17:28 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 15:31:11 Bozeman Creek Neighborhood AssociationYesYes Yes 6/26/2024 16:52:14 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 16:58:20 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 17:11:35 Bridger Creeklands Association of NeighborsYesYes Yes 6/26/2024 17:37:41 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 17:39:49 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 17:42:48 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 17:45:54 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes No Yes The city should require sufficient parking for new development. And wouldn't it be novel if they actually listened to citizens and neighbors?! 6/26/2024 17:47:57 Bridger Creeklands Association of NeighborsYesYes Yes Home Base has been shoving developments down our throats for years now. Time to look at the loopholes he uses and close them! 6/26/2024 18:48:23 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 19:12:07 Bridger Creeklands Association of NeighborsYesYes Yes 6/26/2024 19:19:00 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Please disregard earlier response to this survey. I read question one incorrectly and answered wrong. These are my appropriate responses 6/26/2024 20:09:38 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Timestamp Select your Neighborhood AssociationDo you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission deny development application #23354 "The Guthrie"?Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission adopt a resolution requiring the establishment of managed residential parking districts for established neighborhoods that are in proximity to and can reasonably expect to be impacted by any zoning, overlay district, or development proposal utilizing relaxed parking minimums.Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission immediately rescind section 38.380.030 of the Bozeman Municipal Code (Affordable Housing Ordinance #2105) and schedule a work session to add clarity, address externalities, and establish a means for corrective action in the event of unintended consequences.Please add any comments you would like to include with this response. 6/26/2024 20:59:13 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 21:07:47 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes None at this time. 6/26/2024 22:17:25 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes The City Commission needs to slow down and think things through!!! 6/26/2024 22:49:32 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/26/2024 23:14:03 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/27/2024 7:08:31 Bogart Park Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/27/2024 7:44:04 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes I support affordable density housing but this does not fit what I believe is affordable rent. I would not be able to easily afford these apartments as a single person. A studio apartment for two people also does not seem very reasonable either. "Affordable" rent in my mind is $800/month for a single person. It is expensive to live in Bozeman and if your rent costs $1600/month you have very little leftover for your other bills, monthly expenses, and ability to have leisure time. This also makes me worry these tiny units will all become airbnbs. I also don't understand how many new housing projects in Bozeman are allowed to be built in Bozeman without adequate parking provided. I understand the city wants to encourage more walking and biking, but even if people may live close to downtown not all of Bozeman is within walking distance, we also live in an outdoor area which requires travel to trails and points of interest, and in winter sidewalks can be quite dangerous. There should be a requirement to have at least one space per unit in any new housing developments. People have cars, this can't be ignored. Parking can be placed underground as well. Without adequate parking provided the parking spill over goes into the existing neighborhoods clogging parking for home owners and surrounding traffic. If these things would change for the proposed development I would support the project. 6/27/2024 7:54:36 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes we are long time residents of Bozeman and want to have more of a say in how our town grows in a healthy respectful way and honors our historic neighborhoods. 6/27/2024 8:05:39 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/27/2024 8:19:09 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes The community continues to work with council to define codes which will uphold the standard of not detracting from existing neighborhoods. Please act now to prevent further neighborhood deterioration. 6/27/2024 8:39:17 Bridger Creeklands Association of NeighborsYesYes Yes Developers will always try to extract as much money out of a project as possible. Where they can do this with creative, thoughtful, efficient design, that is welcome. But when they design what will in practice be a studio, they should not be allowed to claim it as a 1 bedroom to get more money from people. Claiming those studios as 1 bedroom apartments is unethical, and they should not be given any concessions in return for that dishonest misnomer. 6/27/2024 8:39:20 Bogart Park Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Don't bow to the developers. Again. 6/27/2024 8:42:49 Bridger Creeklands Association of NeighborsYesYes Yes 6/27/2024 9:17:36 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes I find it extremely short-sighted that the commission even opens the door to developments that do not address parking needs at levels that match the lliving arrangements of dwellings -- every studio and 1 bedroom should come with at least one space defined and allocated and every 2 bedroom + should come with defined and allocated spaces equal to the bedrooms. As we move to more dense neighborhoods we can't just assume that it is okay to sprawl parking 2, 3, and 4 blocks away from a development. 6/27/2024 9:39:14 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Timestamp Select your Neighborhood AssociationDo you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission deny development application #23354 "The Guthrie"?Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission adopt a resolution requiring the establishment of managed residential parking districts for established neighborhoods that are in proximity to and can reasonably expect to be impacted by any zoning, overlay district, or development proposal utilizing relaxed parking minimums.Do you support Midtown's request to recommend the City Commission immediately rescind section 38.380.030 of the Bozeman Municipal Code (Affordable Housing Ordinance #2105) and schedule a work session to add clarity, address externalities, and establish a means for corrective action in the event of unintended consequences.Please add any comments you would like to include with this response. 6/27/2024 11:45:56 Hoffman Overlay District Yes Yes Yes 6/27/2024 11:46:42 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes No Yes Developments should be required to provide adequate parking and not overwhelm surrounding neighborhood. 6/27/2024 12:36:48 Bridger Creeklands Association of NeighborsYesYes Yes 6/27/2024 13:06:04 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes No Yes 6/27/2024 13:18:04 Midtown Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/27/2024 13:25:20 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/27/2024 13:53:12 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes 6/27/2024 15:32:15 Northeast Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes I know it’s late and I hope my note that started this whole thing counted :) 6/27/2024 15:50:53 University Neighborhood AssociationYes Yes Yes Removed from Final counts due to duplicate email Other Neighborhood Possible participant error Personally identifiable information redacted from comment Deny Guthrie Y Deny Guthrie N Parking Y Parking N AHO Y AHO N Total Response Bogert Park 5 0 5 0 4 1 5 Bozeman Creek 12 2 12 2 12 2 14 Bridger Creeklands 16 1 16 1 16 1 17 Jandt 19 0 19 0 19 0 19 Midtown 49 1 46 4 49 1 50 Northeast 54 7 50 11 53 8 61 University 40 3 40 3 41 2 43 Other 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 Totals:197 14 190 21 196 15 211 Percentages:93.36%6.64%90.05%9.95%92.89%7.11%100.00% Duplicate submissions by the same email have been removed prior to presenting this data. Redevelopment Impacts to Existing Northside Neighborhoods Midtown Neighborhood Association Steering Committee June 20th, 2024 InterNeighborhood Council •Sec. 4.06. Bozeman City Charter •(a) Purpose: The citizens of Bozeman value the contribution neighborhoods can make to the governance of the city. Therefore, it is the purpose of this article to strengthen neighborhood participation where it exists, and to encourage and support neighborhood participation where it does not yet exist. •(d) (1) The InterNeighborhood Council shall provide a forum for Neighborhood Associations to come together, share information, and make recommendations to the city commission, city staff, and the mayor on city-wide issues. “A neighborhood is a special place”- Terry Cunningham InterNeighborhood Council Midtown Neighborhood •Formed January 21, 2020 •Renamed from North Seventh Association of Neighbors (NSAN) •Character- History •Postwar era workforce construction, diverse housing types •Emphasis on automotive culture and services •Gallatin Valley Creamery Coop •Character- Pride and Values •Whittier Elementary •Hard working, resilient community •Neighborhood church •Families and friendships, diversity •Outdoor living space •Mature trees and vegetation •Westlake Park- BMX, memorial and community gardens Layers •N. 7th Design & Connectivity Plan •Midtown Urban Renewal District •Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District (NCOD) •Zoning, Unified Development Code (UDC) Predictability in Planning •Growth Policy •Strategic Plan •Economic Vitality Strategy •N. 7th D&C Plan •URD •Climate Plan •Capital Improvement Plan •Belonging in Bozeman Plan •Sensitive Lands Plan •Affordable Housing Action Plan N. 7th NCOD Neighborhood Infill The Guthrie Affordable Housing Ordinance •2022 •Inclusionary zoning ban •What leverage do we have to influence the real estate market to ensure our community can meet the needs of our residents? •Lack of engagement Deep Incentives of the AHO What is Area Median Income (AMI)? •According to HUD, 2024 AMI for a 1 person household (HH)in Gallatin County is $76,300 2024 1 person HH 2 person HH 3 person HH 4 person HH Median $76,300 $87,250 $98,125 $109,000 80th percentile $61,050 $69,800 $78,500 $87,200 60th percentile $45,780 $52,320 $58,860 $65,400 Affordable Housing Plan - How does it work? •Maximum annual rent is 30%(?) of 80% of Gallatin County median income as published by HUD (effectively 24% of AMI) though none of this is spelled out in the AHO •Affordable home.A residential dwelling unit for rent or purchase that a subdivider or developer has committed to making affordable as an affordable home at the AMI levels to qualify for the incentives in 38.380. •Affordable housing.Affordable housing does not require greater than 33 percent of the household gross annual median income for housing. 1 person HH 2 person HH 3 person HH 4 person HH 80th percent $61,050 $69,800 $78,500 $87,200 Max Rent (Yr)$18,315 $20,940 $23,550 $26,160 Monthly Rent $1,526.25 $1,745 $1,962.5 $2,180 38.380.20.D.2.Applicability - Assumptions and Calculations •To determine the maximum sales (?) prices of affordable homes with different numbers of bedrooms, the city will base its calculation on AMIs for households of different sizes, as follows, with the review authority determining which rooms qualify as bedrooms: •a. Studio dwelling: AMI for a one-person household; •b. One bedroom dwelling: AMI for a two-person household; •c. Two bedroom dwelling: AMI for a three-person household; and •d. Three bedroom unit or larger: AMI for a four-person household. 38.340.40.2.b.Affordable Housing Plan Required -Development Standards for Affordable Homes •a. The number of affordable homes must meet or exceed the minimum standards needed to qualify for the applicable incentive in section 38.380.030. •b. The mix of bedrooms per unit in affordable homes must be as similar as possible to the mix of bedrooms per unit of the market -rate homes in the development. •c. Access to shared amenities and services by residents of the affordable homes must be the same as to those in market rate homes in the development. •d. If the development is to be constructed in phases, and the developer has requested affordable housing incentives, at least 75 percent of the dwelling units in each phase must be affordable homes, unless the city has received adequate legal or financial assurance that any shortfall during earlier phases will be constructed before approval of the final phase of development. The Guthrie Affordable Housing Plan •51 units are 1 bedroom at $1,745/mo •5 units are 2 bedroom at $1,962.50/mo •Remaining 55 units are market rate units Staff report on the Guthrie's plan •Most of the units in the project are proposed as one-bedroom units. The BMC does not contain a definition of the term, “bedroom.” Pursuant to BMC 38.700.010, where the BMC does not define a term, it must be defined as found in the latest edition of "The Illustrated Book of Development Definitions" by Harvey S. Moskowitz and Carl G. Lindbloom. The "The Illustrated Book of Development Definitions" (2015) provides a definition of a “bedroom”: A private room planned and intended for sleeping, separated from other rooms by a door, and accessible to a bathroom without crossing another bedroom. •Staff finds that all the units in The Guthrie meet the definition of a one-bedroom unit for the purposes of assigning rental rates pursuant to 38.380.020.D.2., because sleeping areas may be separated from other rooms by a door, and these sleeping areas are accessible to a bathroom without crossing another bedroom. Doors provide privacy to the sleeping area from other parts of the apartments. •Affordable homes are distributed throughout the building and nothing in the Site Plan Application or Affordable Housing Plan indicates that any shared facilities will not be available to all residents. The Applicant confirmed in writing that, “Access to project amenities and services are available for ALL residents.” UDC does define "apartment"but not studio •A habitable room or suite of two or more habitable rooms meeting the requirements of the city's adopted International Building Code, located in an apartment building or used for residential purposes in non-residential buildings located within non-residential districts, as specified in this chapter. An efficiency unit is as an apartment under this definition. Townhouses and rowhouses are excluded from this definition. But wait, I saw something about a studio in the AHO. What is that? •“See Dwelling Unit, Efficiency”. •A dwelling unit consisting of not more than one habitable room (emphasis added), together with kitchen or kitchenette and sanitary facilities. o Comment: Efficiency units, also known as studio apartments, typically contain between four hundred and five hundred square feet. See Dwelling, Micro-Unit. How is a ~360 sq ft unit a 1 BR? By treating an "operable partition"as a door! Compare vs Guthrie's ~600 sq ft "Deluxe Unit" What does this mean? By treating the operable partitions as doors and thus classifying the units as one-bedroom instead of studios, tenants will pay an extra $118,125 the first year, with increasing amounts as AMI increases. What else is in this dictionary? •What is a habitable room? o Any room in a dwelling unit other than a kitchen (emphasis added), bathroom, closet, pantry, hallway, cellar, storage place, garage, or unfinished basement, cellar, or attic. •What is a rooming unit? o Any habitable room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit, used or intended to be used for living and sleeping but not for cooking or eating (emphasis added). •What is an amenity? o A natural or created feature that enhances the aesthetic quality or visual appeal or makes more attractive or satisfying a particular property, place, or area. •What is a viewshed? •An elevated or unobstructed location, position, or area that permits an unhindered panoramic vista of particular interest or pleasure or unique view to or from a particular point. See Vista. See Figure 106. •What is a micro-unit? o A type of dwelling unit between two hundred fifty to four hundred square feet containing a kitchen, bathroom, and sleeping accommodations. o Comment: The micro-unit is designed to provide affordable housing to single persons and couples. The size of micro-units differs by jurisdiction and purpose. Most cities usually have minimum area requirements for apartment housing (four hundred fifty square feet, for example) that would have to be changed if micro-units are to be permitted. Newer forms of “rooming houses” composed solely of micro-units are now being built to cater to young singles who want to live away from home in smaller, affordable units. The micros units in such modern rooming houses may be as small as one hundred to two hundred square feet, including a small kitchen and compact bath. See Micro Hotel. Exhibit 006 -A0.14 - Affordable unit locations Taking these elements into account Proposed and Approved •51 one-bedroom units at $1,745/mo (using 2024 AMI) •5 two-bedroom units at $1,962.50/mo (usin g 2024 AMI) In reality •22 micro-units at $1,526.25/mo (or less?) •23 studio units at $1,526.25/mo •6 one-bedroom units at $1,745/mo •5 two-bedroom units at $1,962.50/mo Where do things stand? •"Pursuant to Sec. 38.200.010.H, BMC, as the duly appointed Director of Economic Development, I am the review authority for an affordable housing plan submitted pursuant to 38.380.040. I hereby approve the attached Affordable Housing Plan for The Guthrie at 5th and Villard Site Plan (the “Project”)." •"Staff reviewed the Affordable Housing Plan for The Guthrie at 5th and Villard for compliance with every requirement of the Affordable Housing division of the code and found that it complies with all code requirements. Therefore, the requested incentives must be awarded." Deny the Application •Conflicts with N.7th D&C •Incorrect premise of baseline height (NCOD) •AHO=Zoning Ordinance? 83 Am.Jur.2d, Zoning and Planning, §112, determination factors considered states: “In order to establish the validity of a zoning ordinance alleged to constitute impermissible spot zoning, the finder of fact must determine (1) if the zoning activity constituted spot zoning as the courts have defined that term; and (2) if so, whether the zoning authority made a clear showing of a reasonable basis for the zoning.... One test for spot zoning is (1) whether the requested use is significantly different from the prevailing use in the area; (2) whether the area in which the requested use is to apply is small, although not solely in physical size, and an important inquiry under this factor is how many separate landowners will benefit from the zone classification; and (3) whether the requested change is more in the nature of special legislation designed to benefit one or a few landowners at the expense of the surrounding landowners or general public, which should involve an inquiry into whether the requested use is in accord with a comprehensive plan…” Deny the Application Deny the Application •Traffic impact study Rescind the Affordable Housing Ordinance •Community consensus •Ensure bona fide affordable housing below market rates •Create incentives using available capacities $1746/month Parking Management Parking Management Unintended Consequences-Corrective Actions •Infrastructure •LOS •Life/Safety •Supply •Impacts •Safety •QOL •Enforcement •BPD •Code Compliance •Recourse •Metrics •Resource Allocation Consider the motion: Having received and considered the Midtown Neighborhood Association Steering Committee’s presentation, materials in the development application # 23354 file, and any public comment, I move to send a letter to the City Commission recommending they Deny development application # 23354. Adopt a resolution requiring the establishment of managed residential parking districts for established neighborhoods that are in proximity to and can reasonably expect to be impacted by any zoning, overlay district, or development proposal utilizing relaxed parking minimums. Immediately rescind section 38.380. of the Bozeman Municipal Code and schedule a work session to add clarity, address externalities, and establish a means for corrective action in the event of unintended consequences.