HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-24-17 Public Comment - J. Tyler - Rosa Apts (1) January 20th, 2017 D
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Marty Matsen JA 6
Director of Community Development ,
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Bozeman MT 59771
Dear Mr. Matsen:
I am writing on behalf of the Flanders Creek Neighborhood Association to request a modification
in the City's procedure for notifying those impacted by a new construction project, specifically
the Rosa Apartments project.
In discussing this project with Tom Rogers, we understand that notifying property owners within
200'of a planned project is normally a sufficient distance, e.g. when it's an infill project. The
Rosa Apartments project however is quite different. The attachment is the developers dated
satellite picture of the site but modified to show all the additional residential housing now in
place (green+hash marks). As you can see,the project site is at the far NW corner of our
Association's boundary of Oak St. When Mr. Rogers showed us by computer how the
notification `reach'is actually determined by radial distance, it became obvious that only a very
small percentage of the residents will receive a City notice.
We are requesting you extend the notification distance in this case to 600', which will reach
roughly half the resident population. This is a good deal more than is typical, we realize.
However,we ask that you consider this neighborhood will be living with this project for four
long years. In our experience,the more residents who hear about issues effecting their
neighborhood upfront,the more they are willing to accept the inconveniences that might result.
Moreover, we'd like to tell the residents via NextDoor that the City cooperatively made a notice
accommodation in our case, because we think it will deflect some of the negative reaction the
project will likely generate.
We hope you will appreciate the rationale behind this request and provide the courtesy of a
notice to a reasonable portion of the neighborhood which is going to be impacted.
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Jack Tyler, Lead
FCT,&Steering Committee
1006 Twin Lakes Ave.
Bozeman 59718
727 772 3002
jack_patricia@yahoo.com
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