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Home My WebLink About08-28-24 Public Comment - B. Johnsen - Affordable HousingCustomer Submission #CS-24- 745 Closed Created on August 28, 2024 by Brock Johnsen | Closed on August 28, 2024 by Mike Maas Print Description Aordable Housing, see attached word doc Assigned to Alex Newby Collaborator/s Mike Maas Due By 08/31/2024 Submission Age 0 Days Attachments 1 Customer Messages 0 Internal Comments 0 Tasks 0 Source Internal by Brock Johnsen Category Public Comment Department Clerk's Office Customer Name Brock Johnsen Customer Email BrockJohnsen@gmail.com Cell Phone - 8/28/24, 8:19 AM about:blank about:blank 1/3 Location 825 West Main Street, Bozeman, MT 59715 Section 1: Assessor's Addresses Section 2: CDBG Information Customer Messages (2) Clayton Galloway, BozemanMT@customerportal.help 08/28/2024 01:26am Email Issue # CS-24-745: We've received your feedback! Hello Brock Johnsen, Thank you for your feedback (CS-24-745). We're glad you reached out to the City of Bozeman. Your feedback has been received and is being routed to the appropriate City staff! If your feedback requires follow-up please expect an answer within 3 business days. Thank you. Clayton Galloway Bozeman, MT 121 North Rouse Avenue This email is in reference to issue CS-24-745 (CRM-NiDRLF4Go). In case of any queries, you can respond to this email and we will get back to you as soon as we can. Bozeman, MT 121 North Rouse Avenue , Bozeman, MT 59715 Street Address 825 West Main Street City Bozeman State MT Zip 59715 APN Owner Name - Owner's Mailing Address Flagged? No Assessor's Address CDBG Eligible? No CDBG Approved? No Census Tract 000701 Block Group 300310007012 LowModPct 77 8/28/24, 8:19 AM about:blank about:blank 2/3 Mike Maas 08/28/2024 08:16am Email Issue # CS-24-745: We've received your feedback! Good morning, We have received both of your public comment submissions and will distribute to the City Commission and appropriate sta. Thank you, -- Mike Maas, MPA| City Clerk City of Bozeman | 121 N. Rouse Ave. | Bozeman, MT 59715 D: 406.582.2321 | C: 406.599.0804 This email is in reference to issue CS-24-745 (CRM-NiDRLF4Go). In case of any queries, you can respond to this email and we will get back to you as soon as we can. Bozeman, MT 121 North Rouse Avenue , Bozeman, MT 59715 Hello Brock Johnsen, Thank you for your feedback (CS-24-745). We're glad you reached out to the City of Bozeman. Your feedback has been received and is being routed to the appropriate City staff! If your feedback requires follow-up please expect an answer within 3 business days. Thank you. Clayton Galloway Bozeman, MT 121 North Rouse Avenue This email is in reference to issue CS-24-745 (CRM-NiDRLF4Go). In case of any queries, you can respond to this email and we will get back to you as soon as we can. Bozeman, MT 121 North Rouse Avenue , Bozeman, MT 59715 Public Comment 8/28/24, 8:19 AM about:blank about:blank 3/3 Affordable Housing. I viewed the webpage, the other day, the webpage has been updated since then, no longer are the projects and units but all units comparison altering the true number of affordable units coming on the market. Where is the subsidization for small property owners renting to AMI between 30- 80%? The supposedly affordable housing crisis reminds me of the cry from 2008-2010 how we need more housing, more housing near the university where countless ZMA were presented by intrinsiks architects, changing 7’ of the most furtile soil on earth agriculture to Residential. Now intrinsik architects are back again looking for business designation in this newly formed residential area incorporating countless acres on south 19th, south of the university, increasing urban sprawl, lining their pockets. Affordable housing crisis could not be further from the truth. I have rentals in Bozeman that your AMI incentives are aimed directly at. I rent to city of bozeman AMI, 40-100%, I have watched in the course of 1-2 years the number of applicants for a unit drop from 10-15 to maybe 5, increasing vacancy, once again like the cries of we need more housing, we need more housing just like 2008-10, you have over built Bozeman's again, except this time there will be no correction, the federal reserve will not allow it. I think 1 of the most offensive example is the affordable housing units being built just east of north 7th behind Aspen Crossing. The buildings, plans, developer are exactly the same as the affordable units built next to the interstate behind lowes. If I was the owner of Apsen Crossing I would file a lawsuit against the building of those units. How can there not be a private developer that is not willing to work with the city, this makes no sense to me anymore. Also high density housing built in 1 part of the city, i.e south 19th next to the university, the exact same buildings are built west of town OAK, by high school how does this add any value to the city we live in. The clustering of affordable units into certain area only creates exclusion and for lack better description gettos in 20-30 years. Draining the resources of fire, police, City Staff and tax dollars. This is north 8th, the land Gallatin county owns, that needs to be a private and public partnership, that mixes density, income, etc. Every city council meeting I attend the biggest complaint with density is traffic and parking. So why is there a meeting, staff reconditions to increase incentives for less parking, in Gold, Silver, Bronze, this makes no sense? What is the incentive to provided parking, do I get subsidized for that? There are thousands of multi family units coming on the market, without the incentives offered by affordable housing the market will adjust, rent will decrease, landlords need to fill units, simple as that. Also why is there no subsidization for single family housing, why is all the money being spent on apartments? I didn't realize this until it was pointed out to me. Bozeman MT during the first round of PPE money allocated there was a certain amount of slow down shut down in Montana but for the most part it was business as usual, also if you think about the big employers, industries that drive the Gallatin Valley, construction is probably one of biggest employers. By round 2 of PPE Montana was up and running, money was again allocated to businesses with employees, larger business getting more. What to do with millions of dollars. If you're a large developer, construction company, etc, you're probably going to spend on what you do best. Building with little to no financial obligation, a loan to pay off, a monthly payment, because you have millions of free money from PPE rounds 1 and 2. That allows these developers to rent for less, bring down the price of rent because they don't have the financial obligation to make a monthly payment. Ask around, talk to the people in industries they’ll tell you. The affordable house incentives need to stop, until the boom settles down and the free million work their way through the pipe line I guess, 2-5 years. Take the subsidization, tax money and put it towards single family housing, enough! Your driving small property owners out of business. Also, If you want to build in the fast growing city in the USA for 30 years, build something unique not the cook cutter crap that is throwing up on one side of town than the other. the minimum standards in the UDC need to include a provision that does not allow for multiple units to be the same. That will help in keeping the bigger builders out of Bozeman. The focus of the city, the city council needs to shift from this bull shit affordable housing crisis to helping the citizens of Bozeman, MT and the Gallatin Valley. The people working, contributing to our community. One focal point should be the illegal human trafficking of large constructions crews not contributing to our community.