Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-17-21 Public Comment - C. McQueary - Buffalo Run App. 21076From:Christopher Mcqueary To:Agenda Subject:Oppostion to Buffalo Run proposal Date:Wednesday, March 17, 2021 8:02:22 PM Attachments:Dear Commisioners ll.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear City Commissioners Please accept my opposition (attached) to the R-4 Zoning proposal of Buffalo Run and its proposed annexation to Meadow Creek. Thank you Chris McQueary City Resident Dear Bozeman City Commissioners 03.08.21 I oppose the R-4 zoning proposal of Buffalo Run. I also oppose any annexation of the proposed Buffalo Run development to Meadow Creek. Allowing Derek Williams proposed Buffalo Run development to annex with Meadow Creek subdivision is a safety threat and life changing event for its residents. There is absolutely no net gain in allowing 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 approval 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 streets to the west are designed for and have an established lifestyle; Derek Williams’ 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 lack of 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. 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, it’s simply no way to live, especially when it’s avoidable and disadvantages the majority. It’s obvious to anyone that approval of the proposed ingress and egress via Meadow Creek using Kurk Drive (annexation) would devalue our homes , as well as compromise our safety and health. Furthermore, this proposed development would not meet the City of Bozeman’s climate plan. Given the location, it is simply not intelligent growth to support an isolated island development such as this. There is no chance for any public transport and other routes for ingress and egress are completely inadequate. In summary: 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 developer). Thank for your consideration and all you do for our community Chris McQueary 3306 S 29th Ave Bozeman