HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-10-24 Public Comment - M. Brown - comment on GAP definitions work sessionFrom:Marilee Brown
To:Bozeman Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL]comment on GAP definitions work session
Date:Tuesday, September 10, 2024 11:44:05 AM
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Greetings Commissioners,
Regarding the GAP definition work session tonight, I have the following questions and
comments.
1. If a missing path qualifies for several of the definitions, how will it be handled? Does staffthen choose the one that is most convenient for their purposes or prioritization? One Example
of such a path - there are many others: Frontage Pathway qualifies as a Linear Gap (between Cherry River and Nelson
Meadows and Valley Center); an Area Gap (the whole far North West side of I-90); aNetwork Gap, and has multiple Spot Gaps; and Experiential Gaps (the only way to
travel currently is on a road that has no shoulder and there are no other available routes).
2. The elephant in the room. There are no funding sources for most of these projects otherthan highly competitive grants. We have been raising that alarm to you for over 6 years. The
$150,000 you have budgeted only qualifies for between the curb projects and will pay foralmost nothing. Without addressing this issue, the GAP analysis will be futile.
Thank you,
Marilee Brown
Marilee Brown, Chair
GAP - Galla10 Alliance for Pathways
2411 Kid Curry DriveBozeman, MT 59718
406-579-5447
saferbozeman@gmail.comwww.frontagepathway.com