HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-19-20 Public Comment - M. Sadowski - Future Land Use Map Redesignate to Urban NeighborhoodFrom:Mary
To:Agenda
Subject:[SENDER UNVERIFIED]Re: [SENDER UNVERIFIED]Rezoning issue comments
Date:Monday, October 19, 2020 11:49:31 AM
Here you go! Thank you! Mary
To the Bozeman City Commissioners:
My name is Mary Ann Sadowski, and I am a resident of Bozeman, MT. I am writing to askthat a proposed 120-acre "Industrial" land use parcel in South Bozeman, which iscurrently designated as “Residential” land use, be re-designated as "UrbanNeighborhood" on the Draft 2019 Future Land Use Map.
For more than 10 years, the city’s future land use map has designated the presumptive land usefor most of the farmland in South Bozeman as "Residential." The proposed 2019 Draft of the
Future Land Use Map will convert 120 acres of undeveloped land from “Residential” land useto “Industrial” land use. For the following reasons, the proposed "Industrial Land Use" isincompatible with both the current Community Plan and the proposed draft 2019community plan.
Incompatible with Recent Land Use Decisions: In June, the land use for an adjacent 120 acres
was changed to Residential Mixed Use and annexed with Residential Emphasis Mixed Use(REMU) Zoning. The planned REMU development was approved in part because the
businesses associated with REMU development will benefit and serve surroundingneighborhoods. In turn, the businesses themselves will depend on customers from nearby
residential neighborhoods. Does it really make sense to propose industrial land next to arecently approved REMU development?
Reduces Opportunities for Walkable Neighborhoods: This proposed industrial parcel of land
is just a few hundred yards from Sacajawea Middle School. If the community plan seekswalkable neighborhoods, shouldn’t we put residential land near our middle schools?
Breaks Neighborhood Connections: The proposed industrial parcel is in the heart of what is to
be the future South Bozeman Residential Area. Do we really want the future neighborhoodsof South Bozeman to be separated from one another by industrial lands?
Risks Water Quality in Parks: The proposed industrial parcel is bifurcated by a stream that
subsequently runs through a park and playground in the Alder Creek Subdivision and alsoflows through another parcel, adjacent to Sacajawea Middle School, that has been designated
as park land under a private covenant put in place by the land developer. Do we really want toinvite children to play in a stream that drains industrial lands?
Risks Children’s Safety and Reduces Neighborhood Livability: South 11th Ave is an arterial
stream that will the industrial land use. Locating industrial land on South 11th Ave will routeindustrial traffic through existing residential neighborhoods, across future walking routes to
Sacajawea Middle School, along the Alder Creek Park/Playground, and along the plannedpark behind Sacajawea Middle School. Do we really want to draw industrial traffic through
the heart South Bozeman Neighborhoods and adjacent to designated playgrounds and parks?
To maintain continuity of growth planning, to support the future businesses on REMUland in South Bozeman, to locate residential areas near schools and promote walkableneighborhoods, to maintain the safety of current and planned play grounds, and toprotect water quality in parks, I ask that the slated industrial land in South Bozeman bedesignated as "Urban Neighborhood" on the 2019 Draft Future Land Use Map.
Thank you for considering my comments.
Sincerely,Mary Ann Sadowski
4449 White Eagle CircleBozeman, MT 59715
406-599-3204
On Oct 19, 2020, at 11:41 AM, Agenda <agenda@BOZEMAN.NET> wrote:
Mary,
We have received your public comment. Unfortunately, Pages documents are a file
type that our system cannot open. If you can paste the contents directly into your
email message, we will ensure that they are distributed to the Commission.
Thank you,
Mike Maas, MPA| City Clerk
City of Bozeman | 121 N. Rouse Ave. | Bozeman, MT 59715
D: 406.582.2321 | C: 406.599.0804
www.bozeman.net
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