HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-25-23 Public Comment - A. Ross - RE_ Application 22375 public comment Anne Ross with staff responseFrom:Lynn Hyde
To:Anne Ross; Agenda
Subject:RE: Application 22375 public comment Anne RossDate:Thursday, May 25, 2023 7:43:27 AM
Thank you for your public comment. It has been received and included in the record for all reviewers, applicant and decision makers to
see.
As for your question regarding a connection to Peach Street, the proposal does have a connection via North 4th Street to Peach Street.
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Lynn Hyde | Development Review Planner, Community DevelopmentCity of Bozeman | 20 East Olive St. | P.O. Box 1230 | Bozeman, MT 59771406.579.1471 | lhyde@bozeman.net | www.bozeman.net
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Subject: Application 22375 public comment Anne Ross
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Hello, We are at 606 N 3rd ave. When the West Peach Condos went in, we were disappointed in the lack of parking for the number ofunits that would be going in. There are overflow cars parking on the street regularly and the placement of the mailbox for thoseunits cut out 2 parking spots. We rarely have room to park in front of our house. So now it sounds like with application 22375there will be dozens more cars pushed to the street on N 3rd because there will not even be 2 spots per unit?! Tell me how a 4bedroom unit in a town where a lot of adults have roommates filling each bedroom to afford to live here is going to only occupy1 space? Another point, my guess is that like the Peach Condos, nobody is planning for a place to put the snow pile in the winter so thatwould mean even fewer spots. Where are all the cars going to go? How will you plow and clean the streets when people havenowhere else to park? Also, Why aren't they adding an access from Peach St. to provide for the enormous increase in traffic that will come with this?There will be an increase in traffic accidents because the streets will be so full of cars you won't be able to see to pull out of thedevelopment or other neighboring driveways safely. I understand wanting to envision Bozeman as a pedestrian friendly town but it snows a lot and gets really cold so people havecars and always will. If you have ever been to Bend Oregon in the wintertime you will find one barely drivable lane on moststreets because of bumper to bumper cars parked on each side plus a mound of snow from the plows basically shoved into thecars on one side. I see us going down that rabbit hole and the city needs to find some boundaries with the developers who are
trying to maximize profit and disappear when problems inevitably arise. Do we need affordable housing? Yes. But just because a dish needs salt doesn't mean you dump the whole shaker in one spotwithout leaving room for the other important seasonings like peppering some parking spots and a little pinch of green space hereand there. So on green space, the developers are asking to basically not have any so they can have more units? This is a climate changedisaster, as we know lack of green space contributes heavily to the rise in city temperatures...is that family friendly? Is the lackof green space family friendly? Make them put in green roofs on all the buildings if they aren't going to put it on the ground.Make them put in Solar, anything to keep this from being a concrete jungle abomination traffic disaster. Every time you allowthis shit to happen you lower the bar for all future developments. Do better! You owe this to the future generations here big time. Anne Ross 406-599-8969