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Residents and commissioners debate neighborhood associations’ role, notice rules for development

Bozeman City Study Commission · April 15, 2026
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Summary

Public commenters and commissioners discussed whether neighborhood associations should have both advisory and advocacy roles, how to resource them, and whether the charter should require notice to affected neighborhoods for development applications — with disagreement over when the notification trigger should occur.

Commissioners spent substantial time discussing how neighborhood associations should be recognized in the charter, the role they should play, and whether the charter should require notice to affected neighborhoods when development applications are submitted.

Mark Campanelli, a Bogart Park neighbor, told the commission he speaks for himself and urged that the inter-neighborhood council (INC) and neighborhood councils be allowed to play an advocacy role — not merely advisory functions — while warning that activism would be too far. Daniel Carty Boseman urged clear…

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