HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-13-25 Public Comment - A. Sweeney - Re_ INC meeting, June 12From:Alison Sweeney
To:Daniel Carty
Cc:Emily Talago; Emily Kiely; Bozeman Public Comment; Angela Kociolek
Subject:[EXTERNAL]Re: INC meeting, June 12
Date:Friday, June 13, 2025 5:23:23 PM
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Hi Dan, thank you for that reminder! I actually had intended to correct that, and then forgotduring Kathy Riches university neighborhood update, so I’m sorry for that oversight. I will
make sure to send a clarification about WARD in my INC meeting, recap that goes outtomorrow.
Alison B. Sweeney
Bernadette's Handmade JewelryBozeman MT
406-404-5740alison-bernadettes.com
On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM Daniel Carty <dgc12@hotmail.com> wrote:
Emily Talago (INC Chair), Alison Sweeney (INC Secretary), and Emily Kiely (Community
Engagement Coordinator and City Staff Liaison to the INC):
(1) Thank you for proposing to create an INC-wide survey related to Commissioner Jennifer
Madgic's June 3 suggestion to pause large-scale developments (>= 35,000 sq ft buildings)
within the NCOD until such time as the NCOD regulations (for lack of a better-defined term)
are updated within the UDC update process.
(2) For the INC minutes, I want to correct a mis-statement made by Mr. Jason Delmue
(representing NENA at this meeting) re the WARD ballot initiative (approx. 1:47:50 of
meeting video). In Mr. Delmue's re-cap of the NENA spring meeting, he stated that WARD
would mean "no more cash-in-lieu of water rights." Although this statement may be Mr.
Delmue's personal opinion, it is not, in fact, what the WARD working group presented at the
NENA spring meeting and not how the WARD ballot initiative actually reads (see attached
pdf). The key sections of the WARD ballot initiative actually read as follows:
Sec. 38.410.130.D - Water adequacy
2. Implementation of onsite and/or offsite water efficiency and conservation measures that
reduce the estimated annual municipal water demand attributable to the development by
one
or more of the following methods:
e. Other water efficiency and conservation methods brought forward as part of the
development by the applicant that the review authority may at its discretion approve.
"3. a. Development of three or more residential dwelling units shall only be allowed to issue
a
payment to the city of cash-in-lieu of water rights if the development contains 33% or more
of affordable dwelling units restricted by deed for 99 years or as long as the law allows at
120% or less of area median income (AMI) for sale or at 60% or less of AMI for rent. The
affordable dwelling units must be of the same quality and size as those sold or rented at
market rate. The affordable dwelling units must be evenly distributed among and within all
buildings and floors in any such development as applicable. The city shall allocate the
affordable dwelling units for sale and for rent by random lottery."
Because of Mr. Delmue's mis-statement about the WARD ballot initiative, I ask for this public
comment and a pdf of the WARD ballot initiative to be attached as an addendum to the INC
minutes for the INC's June 12 meeting. Thank you.
Daniel Carty, WARD working group
213 N. 3rd Ave
Bozeman, MT 59715
cc: Angie Kociolek, NENA rep for INC