HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-08-21 Public Comment - C. Mcqueary - Buffalo RunFrom: Christopher Mcqueary
To: Agenda
Subject: Buffalo Run in opposition
Date: Monday, February 8, 2021 10:27:59 PM
Attachments: Dear Commisioners ll.pdf
Please record my attached letter to the commissioners as in opposition to Buffalo Run
development
Thank You
Chris
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Dear Bozeman City Commissioners 02.08.21
Allowing Derek Williams to access his proposed Buffalo
Run development through Meadow Creek subdivision is
a safety threat and life changing event for its residents.
Unlike some other developments in the area, (whether in
the short term or long term) there is absolutely no net
gain to this proposal for the current residents of Meadow
Creek. The short- and long-term effects are very
pronounced for the residents of Meadow Creek. The
allowance of this proposal would produce a 6-fold
increase in the number of vehicles on Kurk Drive.
Residents aren’t accustomed to anything like this. It only
has one affect upon the value of the resident’s daily
lifestyle and the homes they all have worked hard to
own. Meadow Creek with its dead ends to the west are
designed for an established lifestyle; Derek Williams’s
proposal threatens this way of life. It is simply a means
for the developer to cut costs at the expense of Bozeman
residents who call Meadow Creek their home.
Given the current infrastructure and circuitous routes of
the roadways through Meadow Creek, the idea of
routing commercial traffic through this established
development during the construction phase is insidious
and borders on the threshold of being asinine. It
completely belies any practical means of the commercial
transport of goods and workers as well as the transport
of future residents. As a poignant example, please plot a
route from Kenyon Noble or from any other origin
outside of Meadow Creek to the location of the proposed
development on your device and see which route it
provides. Ingress and egress to the proposed
development via Meadow Creek would require the use
of no less than 4 intersections producing over 8 potential
stops and starts, numerous turns, while in close
proximity to dozens of resident homes .vs an obviously
more economical route (Stuckey to Fowler) which would
include 2 county roads, one intersection, 2 turns and
would pass by very few residential homes.
The most concerning threat is that the proposed ingress
egress through Meadow Creek during the commercial
traffic phase, which would last for years, would raise
emission and noise levels significantly over current levels.
A simple extrapolation could produce predictable
numbers. These levels may approach or exceed the EPA
thresholds for clean air and would possibly exceed the
legal decibel threshold for noise pollution. This only
deteriorates with the predicted number of vehicles trips
per day made by the new residents of Buffalo Run; a
number which can also be accurately
predicted/projected by any environmental firm.
Although the science would produce the hard facts, its
simply no way to live, especially when its avoidable and
disadvantages the majority.
In summary:
It’s obvious to anyone that with the approval of the
proposed ingress and egress via Meadow Creek using
Kurk Drive will devalue our homes , as well as
compromise our safety and health. If approved, many
residents like ourselves will be forced to relocate do to
the aforementioned concerns. Please represent the
people who stand the most to lose (which is the
majority) not the ones who stand the most to gain (the
minority).
Thank for your consideration
Chris McQueary
3306 S 29th Ave
Bozeman