HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-27-25 Public Comment - A. Hoitsma - 24 June 2025 City Commission MeetingFrom:aok@mcn.net
To:Bozeman Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL]24 June 2025 City Commission Meeting
Date:Friday, June 27, 2025 1:33:56 PM
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Honorable Mayor Cunningham, Deputy Mayor Morrison, and Commissioners Bode, Fischer,
and Madgic:
It is not often that I make two requests of the Commission in one letter, and you fulfill themboth in one meeting: taking item F.2 off the Consent Agenda and agreeing to put on a futureCommission agenda a discussion and vote on requiring that a vote to reconsider a previousCommission action be an Action Item and not placed on the Consent Agenda. Thank you. Iwish I had thanked Commissioners Madgic and Fischer when I spoke, to let people know thatyou do read public comment and take suggestions and requests seriously.
I think it will serve the Commission and the public well to require that reconsideration votesbe Action Items. That said, I do hope it doesn't happen very often.
I worry that your vote on Tuesday to reconsider the Boutique Hotel application will havenegative impacts in terms of public perception. As I said in my letter, my understanding is thata citizen unhappy with a City decision would have to pay a $2,000 fee, file an intent to appealwithin 5 days of the decision, and then file the actual appeal within 10 days of the decision. Inthis case, it feels like the developer (and/or his representative) had special access and was ableto avoid the appeal process and request a reconsideration of the decision instead. I know youhave good intentions and that you wil hold a fair hearing, but the process doesn't feel fair tome.
With my best,Amy Kelley Hoitsma