HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-09-21 Public Comment - K. McDowell - Bridger MeadowsFrom:Kate McDowell
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Subject:Bridger Meadows Development
Date:Friday, July 9, 2021 2:11:11 PM
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I would like to have the City Planning Board and city commission take notice of Nikki Naiser’s Letter to the Editor
in today’s (July 9, 2021) Bozeman Daily Chronicle.
Ms. Naiser questions the relaxation of six city ordinances for the development of Bridger Meadows and rightly so.
When reading through the planning documents, I questioned why the word HABITAT was changed to REFUGE?
A habitat is a place or environment where a plant or
animal naturally or normally lives and grows. A refuge is a place that provides shelter or protection. By changing
the wording in the planning document you have
presented to the general public that this quiet undisturbed piece of land will remain a breeding ground for sand hill
cranes and a birthing area for moose and deer.
With the construction of 16 homes and the activity that will surround those dwelling, you have eliminated what
Mother Nature has provided for the birds and wildlife.
Dogs barking in back yards, children playing and shouting, cars coming and going does not present a quiet
undisturbed environment fo these birds and animals.
Add to that fact, the construction of these 16 homes will not happen all at once. It may be a one or two year project
or who knows how long it may take for the
development to be complete. IMPACT will continue on this habitat.
I watches the Zoom presentation on this property and there were numerous occasions where each and every
commissioner hesitated on going forward with this
development and yet voted yes.
I ask each one of you if you haven’t visited this proposed development site to do so. The Village Green
Townhouses are already in a floodplain and have sump
pumps in their crawl spaces. There are drainage pipes underneath this complex to help to facilitate that water issue
and it drains along the sidewalk of Boylan Road.
Now place yourself in one of the townhouses that will face this development. Where will the piles of snow be
placed in order to clear the street? Where will the water
go from the snow melt come Spring? Where will the car exhaust fumes go when home owners are warming up their
car/cars in the early morning hours on a winter day?
Where will the headlights from those cars be shining? What impact will this development have on the Main to the
Mountains Trail System that fronts and runs along side
of the townhouse complex.
The county denied the Bridger Meadows development several times and when this county island was annexed to the
city, the city bends over backward to approve it.
There is something very wrong with that decision. The commission has relaxed six building ordinances and that
alone is wrong because you have then set a president
to honor other developers same requests. Those codes are as stated by Ms. Naiser were “designed to keep our
citizens safe and protect the unique quality of our town”.
There is a tremendous amount of building going on within the city limits of Bozeman. Our road traffic has
increased tremendously. Our stores are busier and more
crowded. Even an evening stroll down Main Street is no longer a joy.
I ask you to please rethink the approval of this development.
Kate McDowell
Bozeman