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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-28-21 Public Comment - S. & J. Baumgardner - Lazarewicz AnnexationFrom:Baumgardner Veterinary Care To:Agenda Subject:Re: FW: Comments regarding Staffenson 3849 annexatiion ( Sunrise homes) Lazarewics Date:Monday, June 28, 2021 3:17:12 PM 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. To the Bozeman Zoning Commission and City Commission, and ATTN:Tom Rogers, We are Scott and Jennifer Baumgardner, owners of 115 Briggs Rd., Bozeman, MT 59718, also known as Plat COS 672A Lot B2., where we reside with our 3 kids. We live on the south border of the 3849 Staffanson Rd property. We are commenting in opposition to the annexation and zoning change of the Lazarewics 3849 Staffanson Road 40 acre parcel for the purpose of building a R1, R2 and R3 density Sunrise Homes development with adjacent right of way for Kagy Blvd and Laurel Parkway under Michael D. Stewart, aka Mike Stewart. Mr. Stewart’s plan is based on false pretenses regarding the Bozeman Triangle Transportation Plan, His development plan is completely inconsistent with existing residences in the area and brings significant negative traffic impact to our Staffanson Rd neighbors and Loyal Garden residents. Armour Road and Staffanson Rd are residential roads, severely inadequate as arteries into a 152 unit subdivision. Loyal Drive also seems grossly inadequate as a main arterial into this isolated acreage and proposed high density development. This attempt to “Leapfrog” necessary infrastructure and adequate transportation access for a high density development at the expense of all existing surrounding residences. Four new very nice homes with reasonable lot sizes were just built on Armour Rd.with families and kids. These families’ homes would be just outside of Mr. Stewarts ridiculously dense subdivision, causing significant safety issues and negative impact on these brand new family homes. Sunrise Homes owner, Mike Stewart presented his plan to develop this property for high density R1, R2 and R3 housing June 16, 2021 to our neighborhood, suggesting it was the City of Bozeman that was wanting this property to be high density subdivision of high rise buildings and that we should be happy that his development “lower density” 152 units on 40 acres plan. His suggestion was ridiculous to us and our neighbors. His presented plan also was significantly lacking in green space, park space, bike and walking paths. The north bordering county farm irrigation canal set back should not be considered an adequate green space for his subdivision. He should not be allowed to use surrounding AS and RS properties for green space for his high density plan, which lacks green space. His plan is an environmental mess. In his June 16th presentation, Mr. Stewart justified his perimeter roads around his subdivision as 1/2 of four lane future Kagy Rd on the south side and 1/2 of future Laurel Parkway on the West side. He indicated that easements already exist on the Lazarewics property and surrounding properties, including our property on the south side for Kagy. This is not true. No surveys for or easements for this exist on our property plat for this purpose. As per Table 4.3 on page 77 and 78 of future road connections in the 2017 Triangle Transportation Plan indicates that Kagy Rd extends only to Cottonwood Rd at west aspect and Laurel Parkway extends only to Huffine at its southern terminal. Mr. Stewart is extrapolating those roads to sell his high density development. Please reject and delay annexation, as Mr. Stewart’s Sunrise Homes plan is dramatically inconsistent with existing properties in the area, would be way too densely populated for the proposed two road accesses, “Leapfrogs” necessary infrastructure for such a high density development, lacks connected trails for multimodal transportation such as walking and biking and severely lacks green space and park space. Stewart’s suggested future Kagy Blvd and Laurel Parkways bordering this proposed subdivision do not exist with current planning. He should not be allowed to place a road. These unresolved issues are significant, We believe that this property should be zoned Agricultural Suburban with 5 acre parcels or Residential Suburban with no smaller than 1 acre parcels. Please do not allow Mike Stewart, a self described resident of Park City, Utah, to dramatical change and carve up our neighborhood. He should not be allowed to be the decider of where future main arteries such as Kagy and Laurel go. That should be part of the Triangle Transportation Plan and all the residents in this area have not been allowed to participate in that discussion. I am not aware that this has even been discussed in any forum. This is not high quality planning, but allows for a developer to throw in as many units on any 40 acres, even if the infrastructure doesn’t call for it. Thank you for this consideration, Scott and Jennifer Baumgardner On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 3:10 PM Agenda <agenda@bozeman.net> wrote: Good afternoon, We are unable to open Pages documents. We can read an attached PDF or Word document. Alternatively, you can copy and paste your public comment in the body of an email and we can distribute it that way. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you, Jesse DiTommaso| Deputy City Clerk City of Bozeman | 121 N. Rouse Ave. | Bozeman, MT 59715 Pronouns: she/her/hers www.bozeman.net From: Baumgardner Veterinary Care <baumvet@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2021 3:03 PM To: Agenda <agenda@BOZEMAN.NET> Subject: Comments regarding Staffenson 3849 annexatiion ( Sunrise homes) Lazarewics 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. Attached is our comments and opposition to the annexation proposal. We also wish to talkand express our concerns during the webex meeting Jennifer Baumgardner and Scott Baumgardner 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. 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