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Home My WebLink About03-24-21 Public Comment - C. Krygier - Traffic Light Story Mill Rd & HW 86From:Julie Hunter To:Agenda Subject:FW: Message to City Manager Date:Wednesday, March 24, 2021 12:18:48 PM Attachments:Headlands letter 2020.pdf Please see my communication (below) with this person regarding her wish for this to be public comment. Julie A new entry to a form/survey has been submitted. Form Name:Contact Us - City Manager Date & Time:03/24/2021 10:24 AM Response #:201 Submitter ID:36368 IP address:71.15.197.57 Time to complete:26 min. , 9 sec. Survey Details Page 1 Please feel free to contact us with any comments or questions. 121 N Rouse Ave Bozeman, MT 59715 (406) 582-2306 Alternatively, you may fill out the form below and someone will contact you. First Name Charlene Last Name Krygier Email Address kryc9833@gmail.com Phone Number 734 3555207 Address 2278 Deer Park Ct. Address 2 Not answered City Bozeman State Montana ZIP Code 59715 Comments Jeff Mihelich, During the Q and A after your presentation to the Bozeman LWV last month, I had spoken about the need for a traffic light at the intersection of Story Mill Road and State Highway 86. You'd asked that I email you about this concern. The number of walkers crossing Story Mill with the opening of the Community Park has increased. The volume of traffic on the Highway is often a steady stream, and is especially heavy during the ski season. Embracing the concept of safety first, a traffic light needs to be installed. Would you like to be contacted regarding your comments? (○) Yes How do you prefer we contact you? [×] Email Thank you, City Of Bozeman This is an automated message generated by the Vision Content Management System™. Please do not reply directly to this email. From: Charlene Krygier <kryc9833@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 11:30 AM To: Julie Hunter <JHunter@BOZEMAN.NET> Subject: Re: Message to City Manager 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. Julie,Thank you for your email.Please do distribute my message to the Mayor, Commissioners and City staff who may be ableto work towards installing a traffic light at the intersection. I have attached the letter I had originally emailed in July 2020 but received no response. Please add a note to the letter. I realize that the speed limit on 86 is determined by theMontana State Department of Transportation. That Department also received the letter. Noresponse from them. I am hoping that the City can reach out to the State and pressure theminto lowering the speed limit. Charlene Krygier On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 10:55 AM Julie Hunter <JHunter@bozeman.net> wrote: Hello Charlene, We received your message in the City Manager’s office and I am reaching out to see if youwould like it to be Public Comment, meaning it would be distributed to the Mayor,Commission and pertinent City staff, or if you just intended it for City Manager Mihelich? Thank you- Julie Julie Hunter | Executive Assistant City of Bozeman406-582-2306jhunter@bozeman.net City of Bozeman emails are subject to the Right to Know provisions of Montana’s Constitution (Art. II, Sect. 9) and may be considered a “public record” pursuant to Title 2, Chpt. 6, Montana Code Annotated. As such, this email, its sender and receiver, and the contents may be available for public disclosure and will be retained pursuant to the City’s record retention policies. Emails that contain confidential information such as information related to individual privacy may be protected from disclosure under law. July 27, 2020 Bozeman City Commissioners, The homeowners of the Headlands, located east of Story Mill Road and parallel to State Highway 86, are asking you to reduce the existing 45 mph speed limit to 35 mph on 86 from the intersection of Story Mill Road to the M hiking trail. The speed limit on Bridger Canyon Dr. west of Story Mill Road is 35 mph. This reduced speed is a more prudent one for a highly trafﬁcked area and especially one that involves families with small children. However, 25 mph is the posted speed on Story Mill Road directly south of the new park which should also be considered. The residents on Bridger Canyon, the Headlands, the Legends and Creekwood subdivisions all use the State Highway as a main route of transportation. The three subdivisions have seen the building of many new homes. More development equals more vehicles. The completion of the new trail to the M and Drinking Horse, which is adjacent to 86, has created increased foot and bike trafﬁc which was the rationale for building it. The existing 45 mph is too high and dangerous especially because many motorists are inclined to supersede the speed limit which often means that vehicles are traveling at 50 or 55 miles an hour on this stretch of road. We trust that a trafﬁc light will be installed at the intersection of Story Mill and 86, and welcome the ﬂashing lights placed at Creekwood Dr. and 86 where the new trail crosses from one side of the road to the other. Flashing lights should also be installed at the intersection of the Story Mill Community Park parking lot and Birdie.These safety measure are potentially life saving ones. Additionally, four signs reading “Yield to Vehicles” should be installed on the trail at Bucks Run and Powder Park Courts, two facing east and two facing west.These signs would be contrary to the accepted courtesy of yielding to walkers and bikers but the distance between the turn off from 86 and the trail into the Headlands is so short that it poses a hazardous situation. The screaming sirens of the police cars, ﬁre trucks and rescue units are too often heard along the Bridger Canyon corridor. Already there are three white crosses, indicating fatalities, on 86 from Story Mill Road to the ﬁrst Creekwood entrance. Please help keep our citizens safer by issuing a reduced speed limit on the section of road from the Story Mill Community Park to the M. Sincerely, Bozeman Headlands Residents Katie Finch & Steven Rinella - 2200 Powder Park Ct. Jamey, Michael, Natalie, Luci McCormick - 2277 Powder Park Ct. Charlene Krygier & Mason Grahl - 2278 Deer Park Ct Katie & Chris Baker - 2262 Deer Park Ct. Young & Michael Garrity - 2230 Deer Park Ct. Jocelyn & Fredric Scheer (renters) - 2271 Deer Park Ct. Joan & Tim Klopfer (owners) - 2271 Deer Park Ct. Kristen Jordan & Ben Yeomans - 2272 Virginia Ct.