HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-31-25 Public Comment - I. Colon - Support Guthrie AppealFrom:Isabel Colón
To:Bozeman Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL]Support Guthrie Appeal
Date:Monday, March 31, 2025 11:11:12 AM
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Dear Mayor Cunningham and Bozeman City Commissioners,
I am writing in support of the Whittier Elementary School neighborhood of Bozeman
to appeal city planning staff's recent approval of the Guthrie building.
Allowing the out-of-scale Guthrie into a residential district inside the NCOD will open
the door to more such buildings across all the other residential districts inside the
NCOD boundaries. Bozeman residents living in these districts have said to the
commission repeatedly over the past few years that this is not their wish.
The regulatory language in the NCOD, if followed, would have resulted in a staffdenial of the Guthrie. But staff has wrongly—not to say willfully—interpreted the
regulatory language in the NOCD to be "optional," which it is not. This is a fatal error
by staff. The building design also fails to integrate with the neighborhood. Code:
38.230.100A.7
Thank you for your consideration,
Isabel Colón, Bozeman resident