HomeMy WebLinkAbout6-2-2020 Public Comment - L. Miles - Tree removal and stormwater project at kurk and s 30thFrom:Chris Mehl
To:Agenda
Subject:FW: Tree Removal / Stormwater Project at Kurk and S 30th
Date:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 12:22:49 PM
2 of 3 emails on Cottonwood Trees
Chris Mehl
Mayor, City of Bozeman
cmehl@bozeman.net
406.581.4992
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From: Laura Miles [kalsinmiles@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2020 12:01 PM
To: Chris Mehl
Cc: Stacey Deck
Subject: Tree Removal / Stormwater Project at Kurk and S 30th
Dear Mayor Mehl;
I am sending this email as a follow up to your conversation with my neighbor and another concerned Meadowcreek
resident. As part of a stormwater project at the corner of Kurk Ave and S. 30th Avenue in Meadowcreek
Subdivision, mature, twenty foot high, healthy, cottonwood trees are being ordered to be removed.
The tree crew is out there right now cutting down trees. I request that the City immediately contact the contractor
doing the tree removal and halt the removal of any mature tree over 10 feet tall.
This is occurring without any notice to the Meadowcreek HOA members, as the recent HOA meeting disclosed only
that the ponds would be dredged and cleared out of brush. The HOA meeting did not disclose to the homeowners
that any large mature, healthy trees would be removed.
I have reviewed the City of Bozeman “Stormwater Basin Maintenance Guide” for “maintai[ing] my HOA pond”
that is provided on the City's website. Nowhere in the maintenance guide is there any mention of cutting down large
mature trees as a stormwater maintenance need, in fact, several of the photos of projects posted of various
stormwater projects on the City’s website show trees in them.
I would also note that this subdivision was built in 2006, and the trees in question are, many of them, twenty feet tall
or taller and were probably in existence before the drainage pond was dug. In any event they are not in the pond but
are growing next to and at the same height of the rest of the park, not in the pond or on the sloping banks.
If there is a legitimate purpose for removal of these trees, I would request that there should be adequate notice and
opportunity for public comment by Meadowcreek homeowners about the necessity of removing mature trees, which
provide bird habitat, wind break, and beauty to the neighborhood.
For your reference I a sending you photographs of the area as well. I will send them in a separate email to make sure
there is no problem with this email being delivered.
Thank you in advance for any assistance with this important issue. We appreciate your concern.
Laura and Barry Miles, 3359 S. 26th Avenue, Bozeman, MT 59718