HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-05-19 Public Comment - G. Mortenson and T. Bishop - South 5th Street ReconstructionFrom:Shawn Kohtz
To:Mitch Reister; Anna Rosenberry
Cc:Brenda Sweeney
Subject:FW: South 5th Avenue Proposed SID
Date:Thursday, December 05, 2019 1:15:24 PM
See the public comment below on the S. 5th local street reconstruction project.
From: Mtn taj <mtntaj@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 10:54 AM
To: Katherine Maines <KMaines@BOZEMAN.NET>
Subject: Re: South 5th Avenue Proposed SID
Thanks Katherine,
Appreciate your response. We really hope that the South 5th Avenue upgrade will be
supported, but doubt it will pass as we have some vocal people on South 5th Ave (mostlythose who rent out their houses and don't even live here) who feel the city should pay for
everything. They passed out three rounds of fliers requesting residents to vote NO. We'velived on South 5th for 24 years and plan to live here as long as possible, and our kids have
expressed interest to live here after us - so we have a long term vested interest in improvingSouth 5th Ave and replacing old sewer and water pipes.
If the South 5th Avenue upgrade is approved, we have some thoughts we would like to share:
1. 1,000s of people use South Side park area (along South 5th near our homes). Over the
decades, we've seen the usage of the park increase dramatically and also compromised safetyaround the park. We've witnessed several accidents on the corner of South 5th and Alderson
(next to South side park) and also seen several near misses of pedestrian vs. vehicle. It wouldhelp to either reduce the speed limit to 15 MPH by South Side park, and / or put in STOP sign
(Alderson & 5th) and / or a highly marked visible pedestrian crossing point. The park is usedby elementary schools, skaters, curling, hockey, children, dogs, summer camps, Tball, soccer
for young kids, tennis, swings, teens in the summer evening and much more.
2. About 80%+ of the trees on South 5th Avenue are Ash trees, and in the last 3-4 yearsseveral have been removed (they are dying) and the likely invasion of Emerald Bore beetle in
the next 3-5 years will kill many more of the trees. So if a South 5th Avenue improvement ismade in 2020, the city engineering may want to meet with City Forestry division and see
about coordinating efforts. The forestry dept has done an amazing survey of Bozeman citytrees and almost done putting it on online and has a program to replace tree by reimbursing
home-owners for cut down trees to plant new ones (we've lost three Ash trees in last 4 years).
I went to the Engineering Dept community meeting for South 5th Avenue and was impressedwith all the research and work they put into the survey.
We're grateful for the effort the city public works and engineering department put into thissurvey.
Regards,
Greg Mortenson
Tara Bishop617 South 5th Ave
406-788-7235
On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 1:44 PM Katherine Maines <KMaines@bozeman.net> wrote:
Hi Greg and Tara. I just wanted to let you know that I received your comments and votes
(3) for the proposed project on South 5th Avenue. I’ll send out letters next week to follow-
up with the results. Since there was trouble getting you the postcards, I’ll email you theletter that we send out.
Thanks for taking the time to vote and provide feedback! Have a nice week!
Katherine Maines | Public Works Technician
City of Bozeman | 20 E. Olive St. | Bozeman, MT 59715P: 406.582.2273www.bozeman.net
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