HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-02-19 Public Comment - S. Mercer - NCOD ReviewFrom:Serena Mercer
To:Agenda
Subject:NCOD - Historic Preservation
Date:Tuesday, April 02, 2019 9:32:47 AM
Commissioners-
I will be out of town April 8 hence the email urging the commission to follow the recommendations
of Bendon-Adams and preserve the NCOD and Bozeman’s historic districts. The North Seventh
Avenue boundary needs compromise – it should not be thrown entirely out of the NCOD. Turning
North Seventh into another commercial free-for-all would be another development disaster. Main
Street – our historic Main Street should remain within the NCOD and the historic district –taller
buildings will mar what is left of our historic Main drag- witness the effect the Black-Olive building is
already creating on Olive and the buildings that surround it. The Bridger apartment building will lose
the sunlight and those who live in the building’s southside apartments have lost the view of Hyalite
Peak (not to mention the PARKING issue the commission so easily caved on).
We participated in the NCOD conversations last summer. It appears the results of the community
voices is strongly in favor of maintaining the single district NCOD as is and keeping present historic
NCOD areas from 1991 – we agree. Do not sell out all of Bozeman to the whims and poor taste of
the greedy developers. Hold on to some integrity.
These are challenging times. Growth hurts yet as our representatives it is up to you to balance the
growth with history. Keep the NCOD and the historic rules. Empower the historic preservation officer
and give the Historic Preservation Advisory Board a prominent role in the city’s growth/development
plan.
Serena Mercer
922 S. 3rd Ave.
Bozeman