HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-14-19 Public Comment - R. Zimmer (on behalf of PTSC) - Downtown Bozeman Improvement PlanFrom:Chris Mehl
To:Agenda
Subject:FW: Proposed Downtown Bozeman Improvement Plan
Date:Sunday, April 14, 2019 8:28:53 PM
Attachments:Ltr to City Commission re Downtown Bozeman Plan 19-04-14.doc
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Chris Mehl
Bozeman Deputy Mayor
cmehl@bozeman.net
406.581.4992
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From: Ralph Zimmer [RalphZimmer@mcn.net]
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2019 8:23 PM
To: Cyndy Andrus; Chris Mehl; Jeff Krauss; I-Ho Pomeroy; Terry Cunningham
Cc: Martin Matsen; Chris Saunders; Shawn Kohtz; Downtown Business Association
Subject: Proposed Downtown Bozeman Improvement Plan
Sunday April 14, 2019
Honorable Mayor Andrus & City Commissioners,
My understanding is the Bozeman City Commission will be considering
the proposed Downtown Bozeman Improvement Plan at its meeting tomorrow.
Attached is a letter from the Bozeman (Area) Pedestrian and Traffic
Safety Committee supporting the proposed plan but with one caveat,
one suggestion, and one observation.
Thank you for consideration of our comments.
Ralph W. Zimmer, Chairperson
Bozeman (Area) Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee
cc: Marty Matsen
Chris Saunders
Shawn Kohtz
Chris Naumann
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Bozeman Area Pedestrian & Traffic Safety Committee
Created by, Responsible to, and Serving
The City of Bozeman, County of Gallatin, and Bozeman School District
Mailing Address: c/o City Clerk, City of Bozeman, P.O. Box 1230, Bozeman MT 59771-1230 Ralph W. Zimmer, Chairperson, (406) 586-9152, RalphZimmer@mcn.net Tony Gaddo, Vice Chairperson Marilee Brown, Secretary MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor Andrus & Members of Bozeman City Commission
FROM: Ralph W. Zimmer, Chairperson
DATE: April 14, 2019
SUBJECT: Proposed Downtown Bozeman Improvement Plan With one caveat, one suggestion, and one observation, the Bozeman (Area) Pedestrian and Traffic
Safety Committee supports the approval and implementation of the draft Downtown Bozeman Improvement Plan. We urge you to support the plan.
We came to that conclusion after Mr. Chris Naumann, Executive Director of the Downtown Bozeman Partnership, met with us twice to tell us about the transportation components of the
plan. Both times Chris made relevant documents available to us for our review.
The caveat is that Mr. Naumann has assured us that none of the proposed significant
changes in controlling pedestrian movements and the movements and parking of both motorized and non-motorized vehicles will be implemented until those specific changes are subjected to engineering review and approval. Your support of the plan should specifically require that
engineering review and approval before implementation. While we believe many vehicle drivers would love back-in diagonal parking, we suspect many
others will be intimidated by it. Therefore we suggest if the City elects to install such parking that it be preceded and accompanied by educational efforts to acquaint drivers with the process. This could include setting up a practice area with cardboard and/or cones marking the location of
adjacent vehicles. Before proceeding with this particular recommendation, MSU’s experience with this kind of parking should be reviewed.
A key component of the plan is the minimization of truck traffic on Main Street. Our observation is that objective would be desirable even if nothing else in the plan were implemented.
Therefore, we encourage the City to initiate/renew efforts to remove as much truck traffic from
Main Street as possible.
Thank you for your consideration of our comments. cc: Marty Matsen
Chris Saunders Shawn Kohtz Chris Nauman n