HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-10-21 Public Comment - K. Pancich - Buffalo Run DevelopmentFrom: Kevin Pancich
To: Agenda
Subject: Buffalo Run Subdivision application #20112
Date: Sunday, January 10, 2021 9:51:48 PM
Attachments: MeadowCreek.docx
Please see attached letter pertaining to this subject.
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Kevin Pancich PT, DPT, SCS, LAT
406-431-6045
Kevin and Krista Pancich
3373 S 27th
Ave
Bozeman, MT 59718
RE: Application #20112 Buffalo Run Subdivision
To: Bozeman City Commission
Our names are Kevin and Krista Pancich. We have lived at 3373 S 27th
Ave for the past 7 years.
We are located 4 doors down from the intersection of 27th
and Kurk Streets and access our
garage through an alleyway off of Kurk Street.
We are writing to protest the application set forth for R-5 zoning adjacent to our park and
subdivision. This is based on:
1. R-5 zoning is not in line with the growth policy
- Description of R-5 does not fit the current growth policy for R-5, high-density
housing, to facilitate a neighborhood near amenities and services without requiring
the use of vehicles.
- It is not near a commercial center, mass transit or bike paths as alternatives to
vehicle use. Its location, outside of town in an agricultural area, would instead
promote use of vehicles based on location alone.
- It is not near a major street. The developers use Fowler as a major street, though
unfinished, without a plan to be finished soon, and not near or going to a
commercial area. This would cause them to use Meadow Creek as the main artery,
as proposed, increasing the strain on an already busy subdivision roadway that
accommodates 58 homes due east of the proposed location up to 27th
Street and
adds 288 more units. This increase in addition to the newly started Gran Cielo
Subdivision would cause excess strain on Graf Street as well.
2. R-5 zoning states that it is to be near similar zoned regions/housing
- Meadow Creek was zoned R-3 by definition but by land use is R1. The proposed R-5
would differ significantly from the nearby areas in density and height restriction.
- Based on proposed zoning of R-5, the number of units and the paved parking to
accommodate this, there would be a major concern of light pollution in a rural
agricultural area.
3. Increased Safety risk for families, children and pets
- The proposed 288 units and 623 people would bring with it an enormous increase in
auto traffic on Kurk Street. The Traffic Impact Study downplays the true impact a
housing complex of this size, number of vehicles and distance from amenities would
have. Currently there are 58 homes due east of the park up to 27th
Street. Adding
the increased volume would cause even more strain on 27th
, which is 2 lanes, and
even more strain on Graf Streets as Gran Cielo finishes. All of this would lead to
increased safety risk to Meadow Creek families and children who frequent the
roadways, sidewalks and yards along these streets.
- The proposal to extend 31st
Street as another access point would run mere feet from
our neighborhood park and play structure. This is unacceptable and goes without
saying this is a safety risk. Upon moving into the neighborhood our park did not
meet city subdivision requirements and was vastly insufficient before we, the
residents, paid for a play structure. To think that this would all be lost as our park is
taken from us is unacceptable.
4. The water pressure shortage that currently exists
- One major complaint that currently exists in Meadow Creek is the lack of water
pressure. Many calls have been made by us and our neighbors and we were told
nothing can be done at this time and the increased building and being at the end of
the line are causing this. To add 288 more units, along with park land and irrigation
would only lead to far greater problems unaddressed in the application.
We understand and appreciate the need for housing and the issues currently upon us with the
growth of Bozeman. We would like to help with this, just as Meadow Creek was developed to
help in this way, but R-5 zoning is not the answer. This is too aggressive of an approach for
growth. A development of this size and location would overburden existing infrastructure and
cause a municipal street into a collector street as an excuse for not finishing Fowler. It does not
meet the definition of R-5 zoning and would be a car dependent development accessed through
an existing subdivision.
Thank you for hearing our concerns regarding the application presented.
Respectfully,
Kevin and Krista Pancich
3373 S 27th
Bozeman, MT 59718