HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-03-17 Public Comment - P. Templin - Black OliveFrom: Patricia Templin [pattemplin@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2017 2:19 PM
To: Jeff Krauss; I-Ho Pomeroy; Chris Mehl; Cyndy Andrus; Carson Taylor
Subject: proposed Black Olive
I oppose the Black Olive on grounds of inappropriate scale for the historic neighborhood,
impact on parking (our study shows the neighborhood parking 85% full overall, at present),
impact on infrastructure, and aesthetics. (At one of the Commissions’’s meetings, a resident
rightly called it ugly.) Since I live 12 houses south of Olive on So. Bozeman, my neighbors and I
would be painfully aware of this “elephant” as someone recently called it in a letter to the
editor.
In Palo Alto, CA, from where I’ve just returned, they are having the same discussion about infill
vs. sprawl, although there are few lots available between San Francisco and San Jose. There
they tear down and rebuild. One criteria they feature in their discussion is whether or not
occupants of the tall building (there, limited to 4 stories) can see down into other people’s
backyards. If so, the building doesn’t get approved. We should seriously consider this factor of
people being able to see down into other's backyards. Mine would be one of those into which
occupants of Black Olive would peer, and I strongly oppose this building.
Pat Templin
321 So. Bozeman Ave.
Bozeman, MT 59715
406-600-1282