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Home My WebLink About10-19-21 Public Comment - WPHA - Bozeman CoHousingFrom:WPHA Secretary To:Susana Montana Cc:Janne Hayward; Tyler Doshier; Brianne Rogers; Agenda; Cyndy Andrus; Terry Cunningham; Christopher Coburn; I-Ho Pomeroy; Jennifer Madgic Subject:Re: Public comment - Bozeman Cohousing, application #21096 Date:Tuesday, October 19, 2021 9:09:58 PM Attachments:2021 1018 WPHA final public comment cohousing development.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. Hi Susana, (cc'ing the Commissioners as well for their awareness of this public comment as we recognizethat the reflections of our community are relevant to many of the projects before them now and into the future)Please find attached the updated comprehensive signatures on our community's letter to the City regarding the final public comment period on the cohousing development. With 55 of 83 member homes signing, this surpasses our covenants' 51% majority requirementand carries the full force of our 83-home association. A total of 83 owner-members signed on behalf of 55 homes. We know we have much more support than this, but faced capacity challenges in trackingeveryone down for a signature during the 14-day public comment period. I am sure you are more familiar than most with the challenges of getting the public to engage on policyissues...we were very proud to achieve a 2/3 majority sign-on - this development is an area of substantial interest for our members. We greatly appreciate your considerable time and attention, Susana, throughout the past fewyears to hear and address the questions from the Westfield Park Homeowners Association. We truly appreciate your public service and the resources you have invested to help us understandthis process and our ability to engage in it. Your commitment to providing information has been outstanding and is to be commended. Sincerely on behalf of our HOA,Brianne WPHA Secretary On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 5:02 PM WPHA Secretary <wpha.secretary@gmail.com> wrote:Hi Susana, I apologize for the delay, I am just seeing this and will get you a comprehensive list.Signatories include at least 55 of our 83 members including over 80 individual signatures (for homes that are husband/wife owned, for example, and both owners signed).I hope to be able to get this to you tonight. Brianne On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 2:28 PM Susana Montana <smontana@bozeman.net> wrote: I hate to put you through much more effort but our Director may want to know of your 80 HOA members, how many support your comments on the CoHousing project, Thanks. From: WPHA Secretary <wpha.secretary@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2021 4:05 PM To: Susana Montana <smontana@BOZEMAN.NET> Cc: Lance Lehigh <llehigh@BOZEMAN.NET>; Brian Krueger <BKrueger@BOZEMAN.NET>; Taylor Lonsdale <tlonsdale@BOZEMAN.NET> Subject: Re: Public comment - Bozeman Cohousing, application #21096 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. Thank you, Susana. We had emails of support on the letter from many more of our members, but weren't ableto catch them all at their doors for a wet ink signature. I'm happy to put together acomprehensive list if helpful. With appreciation,Brianne On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 1:20 PM Susana Montana <smontana@bozeman.net> wrote: Thank you Brianne, and the 49 other resident WPHA members who signed the comment letter. I will forward it to the Director. Have a great day. Susana Montana Senior Planner | Development Review, Community Development The Department of Community Development is revising its operations until further notice to address COVID-19. We appreciate your patience and are working hard to keep as much stability of operations as possible. There may be delays in responding to inquiries. We continue to receive and review development applications. Some application types may see delays in review due to suspension of public meetings. City of Bozeman | 20 East Olive St. | P.O. Box 1230 | Bozeman, MT 59771P: 406-582-2285 | E: smontana@bozeman.net W: www.bozeman.net/planning https://bzncloud.bozeman.net New project submittal instructions can be found here: https://www.bozeman.net/government/planning/covid-19-development-review-procedures From: WPHA Secretary <wpha.secretary@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2021 1:09 PM To: Susana Montana <smontana@BOZEMAN.NET>; Agenda <agenda@BOZEMAN.NET> Cc: Brianne Rogers <briannerogers@gmail.com>; Janne Hayward <jannehayward@gmail.com>; Tyler Doshier <tylerdoshier@gmail.com> Subject: Public comment - Bozeman Cohousing, application #21096 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 Planner Montana, Please find attached a letter of public comment on behalf of the 83-household Westfield Park Homeowners Association regarding application #21096, Bozeman cohousingresidential development site plan. With appreciation, Brianne Rogers WPHA Secretary 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. 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. Westfield Park Homeowners Association Fieldstone Dr, Concord Dr, and Lexington Dr Bozeman, MT 59715 wpha.secretary@gmail.com October 18, 2021 City of Bozeman Department of Community Development ATTN: Susana Montana 121 N Rouse Ave | PO Box 1230 Bozeman, MT 59715 agenda@bozeman.net | smontana@bozeman.net Dear Director Matsen and Planner Montana, Our neighborhood wishes to submit public comment for your consideration on application #21096, project name: Bozeman CoHousing residential development site plan. As a neighborhood, we have been engaged in the discussion around the Bozeman Cohousing development including meetings of our HOA membership, meetings with representatives of Bozeman Cohousing, City of Bozeman public meetings, and meetings and ongoing communications with City planning and transportation staff. We are deeply appreciative of the time and expertise City staff have shared with us as we have tried to understand the impact this up-zoned development will have on our neighborhood community, members, and their investments in their homes. The site plan before you today includes details that are concerning to our members in the following areas: Viewshed •Please require non-mesh carport backing for carports facing Wagon Wheel Road to reduce headlight trespass into the windows of existing Wagon Wheel-adjacent homes. •We are confident that the Concord/Wagon Wheel streetlight included in the plans will be dark sky compliant; we look forward to ensuring additional screening is installed if light trespass issues occur into existing neighboring homes. Where the Sidewalk Ends… •While the development enjoys significant parking reductions due to their intentions to live a low-car lifestyle, the City is not supporting non-motorized modes of transportation by investing resources to connect this development with the broader public transportation, bike lane, or sidewalk network. It is disappointing that the planned “sidewalk island” is not connected to S. 3rd Avenue and instead relies upon adjacent neighborhoods to maintain and shovel sidewalks to afford pedestrian-friendly and child-safe routes for our new neighbors. This project should also require the installation of a bike lane(s) on Wagon Wheel that connect to the existing lanes on South 3rd. This would facilitate the stated walking and biking goals of the City, Bozeman Cohousing owners, and many of us in the area who use this infrastructure for commuting. Traffic & Parking •Because of the reductions in parking spaces required in the development (99 reduced to 79 through three car-sharing agreements and landscaping in lieu of parking), the site plan currently provides for fewer than two parking spaces per unit. We anticipate spillover parking to become our new reality on the near reaches of Fieldstone, Concord, and Lexington Drives. We will be calling in violations of the City’s 72-hour rule for enforcement and watching the annual car share reports to ensure that promise is living up to the practice. We recognize that it’s the number and density of vehicles, not people, that makes a neighborhood less attractive and safe. •Fieldstone Drive was built to just 26’, narrower than the 31’ curb-to-curb City minimum and newer 33’ minimum design standard. Parking is currently not allowed on the south side of Fieldstone, but signage is not well placed, and no curb marking exists. The onus will be on our members to call in violations of vehicles parked on this side of the street and our neighborhood will work with City staff to increase visibility of parking rules as needed to ensure EMS access and safety on our neighborhood street. •Wagon Wheel Parking – due to safety and congestion considerations, we do not think that permanent or temporary parking on Wagon Wheel should be offered or allowed in lieu of reduced parking requirements on the co-housing site. We are also concerned that if parking along Wagon Wheel begins to occur on the east side of Wagon Wheel, it will also occur on the west side, which our HOA owns and pays to maintain. Parking on our boulevard here is likely to result in turf and sprinkler system damage. We continue to await guidance from the City and RID on this matter. We have never had issues with vehicles parking along the west side of Wagon Wheel in the past and we hope that the City coordinates with the County to prevent inevitable spillover parking in this area without clear signage clarifying parking rules. This high-density development changes the very fabric of our community. We recognize Bozeman is changing; we simply ask that the City step up to support the future it envisions to ensure we can all enjoy the communities we have each worked so hard to build and not bring hardships upon each other with planning that focuses on density, but is not comprehensive in its approach by not addressing the transportation infrastructure that would minimize its impacts on stable neighborhoods and advance stated city goals and plans for a walkable, bikeable community. With sincere appreciation for your time and attention to these concerns. Your neighbors, The Westfield Park Homeowners Association Signature submitted by email Kathryn Cziuzas 3215 Fieldstone Drive Signatures submitted by phone Signatures submitted by phone Signatures submitted by phone Signatures submitted by phone Joe & Terry Johnson 330 Concord Dr Larry & Debi Barnwell 360 Concord Dr Eleanor Christian 3155 Fieldstone WSignature submitted by email Joe & Andi DiMarco 601 Concord Dr Ben & Jenna Dodge 322 Lexington Dr Signature submitted by phone Jeremy Gay 523 Lexington Dr Signature submitted by phone Lisa Rew 523 Lexington Dr Chad NashSignature submitted by phone 3251 Fieldstone W Signature submitted by phone Mike Costle 331 Lexington Dr Signature submitted by phone Dominique Zosso 416 Lexington Dr Signature submitted by phone 435 Lexington DrJacqueline Sikoski Signatures submitted by phone Heidi Switzer & Ty DeBoo 413 Fieldstone Dr Signatures submitted by phone Amy & Joe Riendeau 424 Fieldstone Dr Signature submitted by phone Adam St. Pierre 610 Fieldstone Dr Signatures submitted by phone Frank & Tonya Palazzi 3115 Fieldstone Dr W Shawn & MaryAnne Bates 3203 Fieldstone Dr WSignatures submitted by phone Signatures submitted by phone Chad Nash & Jamie Rizzuto 3251 Fieldstone Dr W Signature submitted by phone Stephanie Adams 575 Concord Dr Signatures submitted by phone Darrell & Lee Micken 515 Lexington Dr Terry & Kami Edwards 410 Concord DrSignatures submitted by phone Signatures submitted by phone Mike & Stephanie Wettstein 552 Concord Dr