HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-19-21 Public Comment - J. Cook - Buffalo RunFrom: Joan Cook
To: Agenda
Subject: Comments on Application 20112 Buffalo Run on Fowler Lane Bozeman
Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 8:50:39 AM
Attachments: Comment App 20112.docx
Attention: Chris Saunders
Comment on Application 20112 by local residents
Please find our comments on the attached document.
Thank you for the opportunity to respond.
Joan Cook
6115 Fowler Lane
Bozeman
To: City of Bozeman Department of Community Development
Concerning: Application 20112 Buffalo Run, Fowler Lane Bozeman
From: Joan Cook, 6115 Fowler Lane, Bozeman, MT 59718
January 19, 2021
Dear Commission Members,
We have lived on Fowler Lane for more than 40 years. My son and his family also
live on Fowler Lane… they are 5th
and 6th
generation Montanans. We live about 1/2 mile
from the proposed R5 development on property that is zoned one home per twenty acres.
Fowler Lane is an agriculture area. It is a gravel road. I have watched the city moving closer
every year and know that it will come. However, taking one home per 20 acres to an R5
development is atrocious! This is not the place for high-density zoning. At what point are
you going to protect the landowners whom have worked hard for years in an zoned area
that values open land, livestock, crop production, and wildlife? In addition, this proposed
R5 zone change is less than ¼ mile from land where elk routinely migrate for winter feed.
We feel especially bad for the neighbors bordering this zone change request. For years
they have worked hard on their beautiful property and home, knowing that they were
protected from high-density housing. They paid the high price for their land as one home
per 20 acres. Please, help them by not allowing high density right next to their rural homes
and animals, no matter what. R5 development does not fit with anything on Fowler Lane. It
just isn’t right or honest to allow for R5 zoning in an area zoned for 1 home per 20 acres.
Do something similar to your recent development and zoning change on southern Fowler
Lane, Open 40. There, lower density development accommodates the rural atmosphere and
wildlife migration. We, in agriculture, are being pushed out. A solution could be to zone a
higher density on the eastern half of the proposed property while having low density
towards Fowler Lane and the people already living there. In conclusion, do not approve R5
or other high density zoning in this valuable agricultural area.
Respectfully,
Joan W. Cook _____________________________________ _________________________________
Gary L. Cook _____________________________________ _________________________________