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Home My WebLink About12-16-21 Public Comment - B. Stroock - Canyon GateFrom:Betty Stroock To:Agenda Subject:Re: Zoning Comments re Canyon Gate Development Date:Thursday, December 16, 2021 3:31:15 PM Attachments:Letter re Canyon Gate 12-14-21.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 Mike,Thank you for your note explaining yourinabiliity to process a document in Pages. Below is my letter, exported into PDF format.In case you might have trouble with the PDF document, I have also included the text of my letter below.Thank you very much, in advance. Sincerely,Betty Stroock December 14, 2021 Bozeman City Commission P.O. Box 1230 Bozeman, MT 59771 Dear Bozeman City Commissioners, The currently vacant 24-acre area located on the northeast corner of Story Mill Road and Bridger Drive is clearly ripe for development. Given our community’s rapid rate of growth, new construction on the site is inevitable. But such development must be done in a manner that compliments the surrounding neighborhoods, which are single family homes and two-story apartments, condominiums andtownhomes. Nothing in the area (aside from the Story Mill itself) is higher than two stories. Whatever is built on the Canyon Gate development must not mar the neighborhood with high-rise buildings that destroy the character of the neighborhood. In addition, the developer of the site should be required to maintain adequate park and/or open space appropriate to the housing densitybeing added to the area. The developer must not be allowed to get by with just a “cash in-lieu” payment and a token park of only 2 acres. The very popular trails, parks and other open spaces in and around the Legends subdivision and along Bridger and Rocky Creeksare already well used - indeed, they are becoming crowded. Human/wildlife interactions are already increasing to the point of risk for both humans and wildlife. Allowing a developer to merely piggy-back on already existing open spaces would further crowd theseimportant community amenities, degrading their value for everyone and increasing the chances of a fatal interaction with bears or some other wildlife species that frequent the area. Canyon Gate must be required to make a significant contribution to open spaces in theneighborhood. Accordingly, I urge that the site proposed for development by Canyon Gate be zoned for nothing higher than R-1 or R-2, allowing for only residential and possibly some very light commercial (coffee shop, deli, etc.) construction. Four-story or higher buildings are clearlyinappropriate. I urge that height restrictions be placed to allow nothing higher that two stories. To put my comments in context, please know that I am a long-time resident of this neighborhood, having lived on Story Mill Road for the past 26 years. I purchased a converted barn back in 1995, and have owned the property ever since. I have witnessed the development ofthe Bridger Creek Golf Course and its three adjacent Bridger Creek subdivisions, along with the Legends Subdivisions, other developments further north along Story Mill Road and additional new housing on both sides of Bridger Drive. Thus far, as hundreds of homes and families have come to the neighborhood, they have managed to do so without destroying adequate space for bears, deer, coyotes, foxes, beavers, birds and many other species of wildlife to migrate into and through the area. Please don’t destroy this remarkable success. Please limit Canyon Gate development to density and use consistent with the surrounding neighborhood. Thank you very much for the opportunity to comment. Sincerely, Betty Stroock 1350 Story Mill Road, Bozeman MT 59715 On Dec 16, 2021, at 1:45 PM, Agenda <agenda@BOZEMAN.NET> wrote: Good afternoon, We unfortunately do not have the ability to process Pages documents. If you could please paste your comment directly into an email body and we can provideit to the City Commission. Thank you, Mike Maas, MPA| City Clerk City of Bozeman | 121 N. Rouse Ave. | Bozeman, MT 59715 D: 406.582.2321 | C: 406.599.0804 Pronouns: he/him/hiswww.bozeman.net -----Original Message-----From: Betty Stroock <bstroock@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 1:45 PMTo: Agenda <agenda@BOZEMAN.NET> Subject: Zoning Comments re Canyon Gate Development CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not clicklinks or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. 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. BETTY STROOCK 1350 Story Mill Road, Bozeman, MT 59715 Tel. 406-580-7312 bstroock@gmail.com December 14, 2021 Bozeman City Commission P.O. Box 1230 Bozeman, MT 59771 Dear Bozeman City Commissioners, The currently vacant 24-acre area located on the northeast corner of Story Mill Road and Bridger Drive is clearly ripe for development. Given our community’s rapid rate of growth, new construction on the site is inevitable. But such development must be done in a manner that compliments the surrounding neighborhoods, which are single family homes and two-story apartments, condominiums and townhomes. Nothing in the area (aside from the Story Mill itself) is higher than two stories. Whatever is built on the Canyon Gate development must not mar the neighborhood with high-rise buildings that destroy the character of the neighborhood. In addition, the developer of the site should be required to maintain adequate park and/or open space appropriate to the housing density being added to the area. The developer must not be allowed to get by with just a “cash in-lieu” payment and a token park of only 2 acres. The very popular trails, parks and other open spaces in and around the Legends subdivision and along Bridger and Rocky Creeks are already well used - indeed, they are becoming crowded. Human/ wildlife interactions are already increasing to the point of risk for both humans and wildlife. Allowing a developer to merely piggy-back on already existing open spaces would further crowd these important community amenities, degrading their value for everyone and increasing the chances of a fatal interaction with bears or some other wildlife species that frequent the area. Canyon Gate must be required to make a signiﬁcant contribution to open spaces in the neighborhood. Accordingly, I urge that the site proposed for development by Canyon Gate be zoned for nothing higher than R-1 or R-2, allowing for only residential and possibly some very light commercial (coffee shop, deli, etc.) construction. Four-story or higher buildings are clearly inappropriate. I urge that height restrictions be placed to allow nothing higher that two stories. To put my comments in context, please know that I am a long-time resident of this neighborhood, having lived on Story Mill Road for the past 26 years. I purchased a converted barn back in 1995, and have owned the property ever since. I have witnessed the development of the Bridger Creek Golf Course and its three adjacent Bridger Creek subdivisions, along with the Legends Subdivisions, other developments further north along Story Mill Road and additional new housing on both sides of Bridger Drive. Thus far, as hundreds of homes and families have come to the neighborhood, they have managed to do so without destroying adequate space for bears, deer, coyotes, foxes, beavers, birds and many other species of wildlife to migrate into and through the area. Please don’t destroy this remarkable success. Please limit Canyon Gate development to density and use consistent with the surrounding neighborhood. Thank you very much for the opportunity to comment. Sincerely, Betty Stroock