HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-06-19 Public Comment - Girl Scout Brownie Troop #3528 - Downtown Trick or Treating Girl Scout Brownie Troop #3528
Jill Scarson, Leader
2521 Goldenrod Lane
Bozeman, MT 59718
(406) 451-8601
Mayor Cynthia Andrus
City Commission, City Hall
121 North Rouse Avenue
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 582-2383
Dear Mayor Andrus,
We are Girl Scout Troop #3528 from Bozeman. We have a safety concern about the busy roads
downtown during Halloween trick or treating. It seems unsafe to us because cars are still
driving down Main Street while young kids are trick or treating. Kids are excited and can run
into the street and can be very hard to see by drivers. The kids are in costumes and can also
have a hard time seeing cars too. It gets dark early in the fall too and makes it even harder to
see at that time of day. We have noticed that downtown streets are closed during other
community events like Music on Main, the Christmas Stroll, the Car Show and Bite of Bozeman.
Halloween has more kids than any of the other events and always needs lots of police and
other people to make sure cars stop at the all the lights and crosswalks and everyone is safe.
We think that that Downtown Trick or Treating could be made safer by closing all the roads
including cross-streets. Even just moving traffic on Main Street into the inside-lanes leaving the
outside-lanes empty in each direction (in case kids step off the sidewalks or in between parked
cars to avoid the crowded sidewalks) would make the event much safe for families. We hope
that you can help us make Downtown Trick or Treating safer for the community, especially the
young children, in time for the next Halloween. Our troop could help by fundraising if changes
cost the city more money. We could gather signatures from our family, friends, neighbors and
community members in support of making the Halloween event safer for everyone. We could
also help by making signs or asking Girl Scouts to volunteer for traffic control.
We hope that you will support us and write us back with ways we can help make Downtown
Bozeman safer for our friends and family. Thank you very much for your time.
Sincerely,
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