HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-16-20 Public Comment - H. Happel - Suggested Revision (for Clarification) to One Sentence in the Bozeman Community Plan 2020From:Henry Happel
To:Agenda
Cc:Chris Saunders
Subject:Suggested Revision (for Clarification) to One Sentence in the Bozeman Community Plan 2020
Date:Monday, November 16, 2020 4:30:35 PM
I would like to suggest a non-substantive revision to the first sentence in the second paragraphon page 10 of the Community Plan. That sentence currently reads as follows:
“Only 8% of all parcels in the nearly 49 square miles outside of the City Limits arelarger than 20 acres.”
I fear that the sentence causes confusion when compared with the map on page 11 of the Plan,which highlights “parcels up to twenty acres” and shows that a lot more than 8% of the land
mass is in parcels over 20 acres.
To avoid the confusion between parcels and land mass, and to reinforce the main point beingmade in the previous paragraph that land outside the City has already been developed, I’d
suggest that the sentence be revised to read as follows:
About 92% of all parcels in the nearly 49 square miles outside of the City Limits aresmaller than 20 acres, and they occupy approximately [________]** percent of these 49square miles.”
Thank you,Henry Happel
**The figure in the blank would have to be supplied by City staff.