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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Stacy Ulmen CMC, City Clerk
Chris Kukulski, City Manager
SUBJECT: Authorize Mayor Becker’s signature on a letter of support from the City of Bozeman urging Attorney General, Steve Bullock to reconsider the Mortgage Foreclosure Misconduct Settlement Plan for the State of Montana.
MEETING DATE: June 25, 2012
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Consent *Addendum to agenda on June 21, 2012
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize Mayor Becker’s signature on a letter of support from the City of Bozeman urging Attorney General, Steve Bullock to reconsider the Mortgage Foreclosure Misconduct Settlement Plan for the State of Montana along with asking the State of
Montana to partner with the City of Bozeman and the Human Resource Development Council
(HRDC) in their existing housing and foreclosure efforts.
UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None.
ALTERNATIVES: Do not authorize the Mayor’s signature.
FISCAL EFFECTS: None.
Attachments: Letter to Attorney General
Report compiled on: June 21, 2012
CITY OF BOZEMAN
121 North Rouse
P.O. Box 1230
Bozeman, MT 59771
Phone: (406) 582-2320
Fax: (406) 582-2344
TDD: (406) 582-2301
www.bozeman.net
Mayor
Sean A. Becker
Deputy Mayor
Jeff Krauss
Commissioners
Cyndy Andrus
Chris Mehl Carson Taylor
June 21, 2012
Steve Bullock, Attorney General
State of Montana
P.O. Box 201401
Helena, MT 59620
Mr. Bullock,
The City of Bozeman writes today urging your reconsideration of the Mortgage
Foreclosure Misconduct Settlement plan for Montana.
To wit, we ask that you partner with the City and HRDC in their existing housing
and foreclosure efforts. For over seven years, the City has funded this effort with
General Fund dollars, in partnership with the HRDC. Your current plan has the
great majority of resources going to a Great Falls group to open a local office.
The proposed action is a duplication of efforts.
The City recently adopted a new affordable housing action plan, relying on the
HRDC as its primary partner in the plan’s implementation. The City requests that
your office join our established initiatives to assist families facing foreclosure. By
joining our efforts families will be best served. Therefore, the City requests that
you partner with our local efforts in accomplishing our shared responsibilities. We
can assure you that your office will be well served by our local HRDC, just as we
have been for nearly 40 years.
Sincerely,
Sean A. Becker
Mayor
City of Bozeman
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