HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-23-21 Public Comment - J. Cook - Buffalo Run App. 21076From:Cyndy Andrus
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Date:Tuesday, March 23, 2021 1:23:40 PM
Cynthia Andrus|Mayor
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From: "Bozeman, MT" <webadmin@bozeman.net>Date: March 22, 2021 at 2:23:15 PM MDTTo: Cyndy Andrus <CAndrus@bozeman.net>Subject: joancook2000@yahoo.comReply-To: Joan Cook <joancook2000@yahoo.com>
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Site Visitor Name: Joan CookSite Visitor Email: joancook2000@yahoo.com
RE: Opposition to Buffalo Run Annexation and Zone Amendment Application
#21076, My family has lived on Fowler Lane for nearly 45 years. Fowler Lane is an
agricultural area! It is not the place for high-density zoning. At what point are yougoing to protect the landowners whom have worked hard for years in a zoned area
that values open land, livestock, crop production, family activities, and wildlife.R4 development does not fit with anything on Fowler Lane. The developers are
trying to fit a square peg into a round hole! It doesn’t work and it shouldn’t beforced. Fowler Lane has a very unique use. It is used to move cattle, horses,
llamas, it is used by our tractors and baling equipment, combines, etc. Manypeople use the lane to walk their dogs, ride bikes with their children, drive horse-
drawn wagons, and ride horses because it is a gravel road. Fowler Lane is uniquein its use by so many people for so many things that cannot be done safely
anywhere near here. I have heard that the developers will pave from BlackwoodRoad to Stucky. If kept at the same width, we will have a dangerously narrow
road similar to Cottonwood and Gooch Hill. Fowler must be wider and include ashoulder and a bike/multi-use lane. The proposed development will add a huge
amount of traffic. We have to pay for our own dust control. We already haveclouds of dust from vehicle traffic. Changing the zoning to the north will only
exacerbate our problem. People will NOT travel only to Stucky Road to and fromtown or the mountains. They will certainly use Fowler Lane both north and south,
especially to get to Hyalite. A single home subdivision similar to Lazy TH -
Patterson Road and east- Meadow Creek, is a much better fit. No one on eitherside of the proposed subdivision believes that it should be permitted at anything
higher than R1 or R2. Please protect us from developer greed and inconsiderateuse of land. R4 is atrocious and does not fit anything on Fowler Lane. Help us,
please!