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Home My WebLink About07-22-23 Public Comment - J. Hansen - Yellowstone Fiber7/24/23, 12:50 PM about:blank about:blank 1/3 Customer Submission #CS-23-393 Open Created on July 22, 2023 by Joe Hansen Print Description Yellowstone Fiber complaint. See attached letter to Yellowstone Fiber. NOTE: Greg Metzger of Yellowstone Fiber assured me that the City of Bozeman had oversight of the fiber installation project. Please verify that the city DOES has oversight and please notify me of the contact person withi9n the city.] Joe Hansen 1701 South Black Bozeman Montana 59715 406 548 7840 Assigned to Mike Maas Collaborator/s None Due By 07/25/2023 Submission Age 2 Days Attachments 1 Messages 0 Internal Notes 0 Tasks 0 Source Internal by Joe Hansen Category Public Comment Department Clerk's Office Customer Name Joe Hansen Customer Email joe.hansenbzn@gmail.com Cell Phone - 7/24/23, 12:50 PM about:blank about:blank 2/3 Location 1701 South Black Avenue, Bozeman, MT 59715 Messages (1) Mike Maas 07/24/2023 08:06am Email Thank you for your public comment Good morning, Your public comment has been received and will be distributed to the City Commission and sta for review. Thank you, Street Address 1701 South Black Avenue # City Bozeman State MT Zip 59715 APN Assessor's Address Flagged? No Census Tract 001002 Block Group 300310010024 LowModPct 47 CDBG Eligible? No CDBG Approved? No Owner Name HANSEN, JOSEPH & PATRICIA Owner's Address 1701 S Black Ave, BOZEMAN, MT 59715 Owner's Mailing Address 1701 S Black Ave, BOZEMAN, MT 59715 7/24/23, 12:50 PM about:blank about:blank 3/3 -- Mike Maas, MPA| City Clerk City of Bozeman | 121 N. Rouse Ave. | Bozeman, MT 59715 D: 406.582.2321 | C: 406.599.0804 This email is in reference to issue CS-23-393 (CRM-0PhCbY4Ov). In case of any queries, you can respond to this email and we will get back to you as soon as we can. Bozeman, MT 121 North Rouse Avenue , Bozeman, MT 59715 21 July 2023 To: Yellowstone Fiber Cc: Morrison Maierle Engineers City of Bozeman From: Joe Hansen, 1701 South Black, Bozeman, Montana, 59715 Re: running amok on private property Hello Yellowstone Fiber, I am disappointed to see Yellowstone Fiber disturbing private property without the permission of the owner. You have installed conduit on at least three sides of Woodbrook property. The atached photos and sketch show one of the loca�ons. Some background: I am the president of Woodbrook Townhouses Owners Associa�on (WTOA). Woodbrook and Yellowstone Fiber had a previous mee�ng regarding Yellowstone Fiber accessing Woodbrook property. The result of the mee�ng was that Woodbrook would contact Yellowstone Fiber IF Woodbrook choose to request the installa�on of Yellowstone Fiber’s conduit. Woodbrook has NOT requested that Yellowstone Fiber install the conduit. (That ac�on is s�ll under considera�on by Woodbrook.) Despite the agreement decided in the mee�ng Yellowstone Fiber choose to install conduit at it’s own voli�on; there has been no coordina�on with Woodbrook. In addi�on, and perhaps more galling, there is no apparent effort to mi�gate the consequences of installing the conduit. Some of the issues that I no�ce are: • Uncovered/improperly covered holes in the ground • Clean-up that is lacking or not complete • Disturbances to exis�ng landscape • Poten�al long term street damage due to ‘plugging’ cored holes in asphalt with concrete (dis- similar materials) • Sidewalk damage I have cc’d the Engineer of Record as well as the City of Bozeman. My reason for doing so is to let those en��es know of my concern AND to request that they exert control over this process. NOTE: I understand that Yellowstone Fiber has an agreement with the city of Bozeman to install conduit in u�lity easements. There are certain u�lity easements shown in Woodbrook’s plats but, at least in the case of the intersec�on Mason and Tracy, Yellowstone Fiber has installed conduit outside of those easements. I write this leter as a private ci�zen but that my previous contact with Yellowstone Fiber was to represent Woodbrook as the WTOA president. Joe Hansen 406 548 7840 See atachment ATTACHMENT TO LETTER OF 21 JULY 2023 A) PARTIAL PLAT OF WOODBROOK AT MASON AND TRACY This is a par�al plat at the intersec�on of Mason and Tracy. Easements are indicated by dashed lines (see green highlight). There is no easement at the intersec�on. B) PICTURE OF SIDEWALK AND CONDUIT AT MASON AND TRACY (1 OF 2) Item 1 shows sidewalk panel has been removed Item 2 shows dirt near top of culvert at Mathew Bird Creek (no silt / erosion control to avoid silt in Mathew Bird Creek) Item 3 shows damage to grass at South side of sidewalk. This area is a likely erosion path. C) PICTURE OF SIDEWALK AND CONDUIT AT MASON AND TRACY (2 OF 2) Item 1 is damaged sidewalk panel (Note: this area accumulates water and then freezes to ice in the winter�me – it is a hazard to pedestrians). Item 2 shows destroyed vegeta�on leading to an erosion pathway to Mathew Bird Creek. D) PICTURE OF CORE DRILLED HOLE IN STREEET (TRACY) Item 1 is a concrete plug in the core-drilled hole in Tracy. The road material is asphalt. The concrete plug is not at street level – this is a place for water to accumulate and will lead to freeze/thaw damage. Also, the paving surface is asphalt…. Is is proper design to plug the hole with a dis-similar material (concrete)?