HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-08-24 Public Comment - K. Rydell - the Guthrie and the AHOFrom:kiki rydell
To:Bozeman Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL]the Guthrie and the AHO
Date:Sunday, July 7, 2024 8:27:02 PM
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Dear Mayor and City Commissioners,
I am deeply concerned about the Affordable Housing Ordinance that would have allowed citystaff--and not the City Commission--to give final approval to the Guthrie because the
developer was asking for no variances. Such developments are way too big and have such ahuge impact on our town and tax-payer resources that it is ridiculous that city staff could be
okaying such developments as the Guthrie. I am also very concerned with how taxpayers aresubsidizing developers through the use of "deep incentives" such as next to no parking and
two additional stories in exchange for some "affordable" units. The developer is made wholeby the taxpayers who end up footing the bill. Please do not allow the Guthrie complex to go
through and scrap the Affordable Housing Ordinance that was foisted onto Bozemanites withminimal advanced warning and explanation.
Respectfully yours,Kiki Leigh Rydell
622 S Grand Ave