HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-25-18 Public Comment - C. Crayton - Hoover Way Subdivision PUDTo: Bozeman City Commission (for 2-26-18 meeting)
Re: Hoover Way Subdivision PUD
As a property owner within the Baxter Square subdivision and a member of the Baxter Square Owners
Association (BSOA), I have concerns about the Hoover Way project. I am not simply an absentee owner without
direct interests in the area--my daughter lives on my property and is working towards owning it someday.
I support the creation of affordable housing, but I feel that it is important and equitable that the Hoover project
not be viewed and evaluated differently than any other project, simply because it will meet the City’s desire to
create affordable housing. I respectfully request that care be taken not to permanently and negatively impact
the infrastructure standards that the City has thoughtfully and carefully put in place by granting numerous
relaxations of those standards.
My concerns center around the fairness/equity of displacing the substantial costs of this project onto other
residents of the Baxter Square subdivision. Baxter Square has 64 units--the 24 units in this project increase
infrastructure impacts by 37.5%.
The proposed project:
should be annexed and subject to all zoning and covenants of the Baxter Square subdivision since it is
within the subdivision and will be substantially utilizing all subdivision amenities (relaxed standards do
not allow for fairness to other projects that have to abide by these standards)--the reason for non-
inclusion must be to lower the cost per unit--it is not equitable to make other area residents absorb the
costs and support the project simply to meet the City’s goal of creating affordable housing (the land
trust holding the lots should be required to pay the BSOA fees each year);
should be required to have park, street, and light maintenance agreements with the BSHOA (these costs
need to be assumed by the future users--for example: this year the BSOA is shouldering additional costs
for snow removal to keep up with limited plowing by the City);
should be required to adhere to all parking standards (no relaxation of off-street parking)--parking is
already limited and streets are congested--the only access to the project is Buckrake--relaxation of the
City parking standards will create more congestion and potentially impede fire and emergency access
(Hoover Way is actually a subdivision street and not a City street--another reason to require that the
project be annexed, and that maintenance agreements be established and enforced);
should be required to provide park/open space--the BSOA spends $12,500 annually on park
maintenance ($2000 for dog waste management)--since there is no park in the project, the residents will
be using, impacting, and benefitting from the only park in the area (the Baxter Square park); and
should not be allowed to encroach on or impact wetlands since the designation of and construction of
these wetlands has already been accomplished (the City has had a policy of no net loss of wetlands--
substantial degradation will occur with a relaxation of wetland standards--these standards were
implemented to avoid this issue).
Thank you for your time and consideration of these concerns.
Cyndi Crayton (owner of 2831 Baxter Lane)
4027 Bridger Canyon
Bozeman MT 59715