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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-31-23 Public Comment - G. Gemette & S. Humphreys - FW_ Petition and Public Comments for the North 3rd Street DevelopmentFrom:Lynn Hyde To:Agenda Subject:FW: Petition and Public Comments for the North 3rd Street Development Date:Wednesday, May 31, 2023 8:10:27 AM Attachments:3rd Street Petitions.docx Lynn Hyde | Development Review Planner, Community Development City of Bozeman | 20 East Olive St. | P.O. Box 1230 | Bozeman, MT 59771406.579.1471 | lhyde@bozeman.net | www.bozeman.net -----Original Message-----From: Gregory Gemette <ggemette@me.com>Sent: Friday, May 26, 2023 4:33 PMTo: Lynn Hyde <lhyde@BOZEMAN.NET>Cc: simon Humphreys <shumph@mac.com>Subject: Petition and Public Comments for the North 3rd Street Development CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unlessyou recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Lynn Hyde I would like to introduce us. We are owners of 315 W. Peach #5. Part of the West Peach Development. We arekindly submitting to you for public record the petition and public comments to oppose the North 3rd St.development. Please understand we don’t oppose it entirely, we oppose it in specific issues. Attached is our petitionand public comments. Can you please enter and record them.Can you please confirm receipt and acceptance. If there is anything else we need to do, amend or submit differentlyplease advise us. Many thanks for your support on this. BestGreg Gregory Gemete Simon Humphreys Owners of: 315 W. Peach #5 Bozeman, MT 59715 Dear Board Members: We are wri�ng in opposi�on to the North 3rd St. Apartments. We have several issues and ques�ons. We do not challenge the development itself; we challenge the density and impact to the north side of the city of Bozeman impact. Issue # 1 - The proposed development does not have adequate parking designated internally in the project for the total poten�al cars. Thus, allowing the excess cars to flood and crowd the street. The 318 parking spaces needed for the total 216 unit proposed puts 100 cars on the neighboring streets. There is only space for 40 cars on the 3rd street corridor. This is not manageable. Bozeman law provides for HOA to establish parking requirement and since the West Peach condos will have a south facing border with no current designed buffer (another problem) this presents another problem. Issue #2 – There has been no proof of environmental studies that the infrastructure can handle the volume of sewage and waste the 216 units would produce. The current density in this area is 17 units of 3-bedroom dwellings in 1.5 SQ mile area or 2460 Sq � per unit. The proposed density of the 2,5 SQ mile lot would be 324 Sq � per unit. Almost 1/10 of the space per unit. This concentra�on is not a neighborhood. It’s a high-rise city density. It’s not appropriate for a northern suburb of a “town”. We don’t challenge the development; we challenge the density. Issue #3 – What is the noise study of the density of this development? Issue #4 – What is the impact to the current use of the lot as a park, dog and walking loca�on? Issue #5 – Has this project gone through the planning commission? If so, when were the public hearings if not why? We demand a public hearing with 90 day’s no�ce to neighboring residents to atend. Issue #6 – What is the planning commissions plans for the north side development? Why is this development popping up now? Who owns the lot? Why was the lot marketed by developers as city managed with a long-term lease to protect and preserve the lot. What has changed. Issue #7 – Human & Pet Density. With the planned development there will be 412 humans and 324 poten�al pets. This again is almost 10 �mes the neighboring areas. What is the waste, noise, sewage, pollu�on, environmental impact? Issue #8 – What governance is in place to manage and monitor transient rentals? Issue #9 – This was per many city maps and real estate maps for home sales in the neighborhood, it was designated as a “park”. Where will the park be re-located to? Issue #10 – The density concern we have is also combined with the neighboring development of the 7th street corridor. The Ponderosa development, the BMZ park, the overflow from 7th street. Where will all these cars go? What noise will we have to endure at night? Lastly – It is our view and that of legal counsel we have secured, that the density is twice the appropriate limit. When will be able speak publicly with enough no�ce to plan to atend and hear the answers to our concerns. Many thanks Dear Board, once again we opposed this development based on it’s density and lack of city integra�on. It’s simply too many homes in one loca�on. Sincerely Gregory Gemete Simon Humphreys Friday, May 26, 2023