HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-27-17 Public Comment - W. & S. Bucossi- Black OliveCity Commissioners,
My wife and I own a single family home at 223 E Olive Street, about 1.5
blocks from the proposed Black Olive project. We do support infill in
downtown Bozeman and believe the lot at the corner of Black and Olive could
be a great opportunity for mixed use and/or dense development. However,
after extensively reviewing the building plans and associated traffic study we
object to the project for two primary reasons. First, it does not not appear the
current design considers the context of the surrounding historical
neighborhood. The proposed structure will not blend well with the single and
double story homes South of Olive. Second, despite the stated conclusions of
the traffic study we believe the adding this number of housing units will
significantly increase traffic on East Olive further degrading an already tedious
traffic situation.
To make the project more tenable we would like to see Mr Holloran consider the
following modifications.
1. Reduce the height of the building by the equivalent of one story so the
building fits in context with the surrounding historical neighborhood and
decrease the number of housing units to reduce the impact on the
surrounding neighborhoods.
2. Install traffic calming at the intersection of Bozeman and E Olive to
delineate the boundary between the mixed use and residential
neighborhoods.
3. Conduct a traffic study to determine if changing Babcock into a two-way
thoroughfare might provide some traffic relief to the historical residential
neighborhoods adjacent to the mixed use zone.
Regards,
Will + Sommer Bucossi