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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-18-14 Southwest Montana, Building Industry Association Affiliated With Southwest Montana o �Z Building Industry Association NAHB ;UILDING1716 W.Main St. Suite 8-G Bozeman INIT 59715 (406) 585-8181 B fi O C IIAITLI O RY FAX(406)585-7530 wa-tv.sXcmbia.ore National Association of Home Builders Executive Committee Nathan Albrecht, Chairman November 18 2014 Pro Builders ' 406-586-0792 Brian Popiel,15�r Vice Chairman Mayor Jeff Krause Arete Builders/Resource Site Svcs Deputy Mayor Carson Taylor 406-579-1362 Commissioner I-Ho Pomeroy .wan Ilathaway,20 vice Chairman Commissioner Chris Mehl AS Ilathaway Construction,Inc Commissioner Cynthia Andrus 406-570-0117 City of Bozeman Bill Fiedler,Associate vice P.O.Box 1230 Chairman Bozeman,MT 59771 Distinctive Lighting 406-586-7172 Tylene Vitt,Treasurer Dear Bozeman City Commission,Planning Department Rudd&Company 406-585-3393 Rob Pvans,2012 Past Chairman Thank you for your service to Bozeman and your willingness to serve our city. Bozeman is a great city Constructive Solutions,Inc. to live, work and raise a family. We as a community have an opportunity to help achieve the goal of 406-404-1560 home ownership. Our organization understands economic vitality and strives to conserve affordability in Board ofDirecrors not only our own businesses, but in creating housing in our community. We maintain that increased Jeri Norris regulation hurts our ability to provide affordability. First security Bank 406-585-39(N) We ask the commission to allow the free(unrestricted)market to produce its own affordability. Adding Darryl Seymour regulation to force homeownership at a certain price point skews the market and adversely effects Montana Title&Escrow homeownerships ability in other price points. *6-587-7702 Mike'I'hompson The Southwest Montana Building Industry Association will: Kenyon Noble Lumber 406-586-2384 1) Oppose the use of inclusionary zoning laws or ordinances that are not voluntary or do not include measures such as densitybonuses, subsidy rants or others that do not full compensate for costs Beth 7xman Y grants, Y p Security Title Company associated therewith. 406-522-55(x) 2) Support addressing housing affordability through the use of a competitive housing market that encourages and accommodates housing options for all income levels. Jake Sustainable g g p Sustainable Building Solutions 3) Support the provision of affordable housing through a broad and comprehensive strategy to address 406-580-3581 housing affordability at the state and local level that closely examines the causes of that problem and Andrew I relies on a variety of targeted approaches to address those causes, including direct income and housing ru Mazzclla Construction subsidies, removal of zoning and regulatory barriers to provide for a sufficient number of housing units 406-6(N)-7464 to meet projected growth,rather than relying primarily on mandatory inclusionary zoning. 4 Support the production of a broads spectrum of housing b the home building industry that Tim Rail pp p p g y g � try guarantees Dovetail Construction inc. appropriate development incentives and subsidies. 4M-585-8858 5)Guarantee that the cost is not borne disproportionately by the new home buying public. Andy Rowe Alpenglow Custom Builders (406)920-1029 Respectfully, - " Adrian Vaughn Von Construction Inc. -_�---__._.__._.-----.--- - 406-580-2929 1\ Nathan recht Eugene Graf IV EG Construction Id.0 Chairman of the Board SWMBIA Board of Directors 406-579-8248 David Graham Graham Enterprises (406)580-8312 linda@swmbia.org www.swmbia.org