HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-03-25 Public Comment - L. Rus-Ogilvie - Re_ 5532 Fowler Annex file #24-492From:Lavonne Rus-Ogilvie
To:Maddy Mason
Cc:Bozeman Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL]Re: 5532 Fowler Annex file #24-492
Date:Thursday, July 3, 2025 2:40:07 PM
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Public Comment for 5532 Fowler Annex File #24-492
Comments@bozeman.net, BlueLine Developers
As you plan development for a proposed annexed 10 acres in southwest Bozeman (Rocky
Mountain Flats), please seriously consider the following:
Meadowcreek park is a treasured asset and promises to be even more so as time progresses.
Development will now encircle it. As your plans will complete the final corner of this
neighborhood park, please be cognizant of its future as a shared community space in our
rapidly growing city.
All current developments around the perimeter of the park provide adequate parking within
their developments. This means any parking around the park is kept open for visitors who
want to access and enjoy the park. No park-adjacent parking spots are intended for
residential daily parking. Given your proposed design, and requested deep incentives, there is
not enough parking to support your residents within the apartment compound. This would
lead to spill-over parking that would severely change the park surroundings and the next-door
neighborhood of single-family homes (Meadow Creek). Please include enough parking spaces
on site to hold all of your future units’ occupants.
Second, your neighbor to the north (Buffalo Run) adjusted their plans to help transition from
lower density Meadow Creek to higher density builds along Fowler. This lower-density
transition zone now includes townhomes and row houses. Visually it provides a more
appropriate gradual shift from lower rooflines to higher ones. Something like this may also
provide a financial incentive for you to offer larger, premium units along the park edge.
Meadow Creek is a lovely family neighborhood. Please do everything you can to ensure we
can keep it that way. Building wisely along the park could go a long way in earning trust.
Thank you,
Lavonne Rus-Ogilvie
3428 S. 30th Ave.
Please add this to your next round of required community feedback.
On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM Maddy Mason <maddy@bluelinedevelopment.com> wrote:
Hi Lavonne,
Your comment has been received and will be included in the submittal to the City, per the
Affordable Housing Ordinance 2025-001.
Thank you,
Maddy Mason
BlueLine Development, Inc.
1004 South Avenue WestMissoula, MT 59801P: 612-741-9396
www.BlueLineDevelopment.com
From: Lavonne Rus-Ogilvie <lavonne.rus@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 2:18 PM
To: Maddy Mason <Maddy@bluelinedevelopment.com>; comments@bozeman.net
<comments@bozeman.net>
Subject: 5532 Fowler Annex file #24-492
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Please do not disenfranchise future residents of any development on the proposed 10 acres
for 5532 Fowler Annex. This site requires an automobile. Because of this, a developmentneeds to provide guaranteed spots for each unit along with guest parking. As a caring
community, we cannot ask a 1st year nurse, or a shift worker to arrive home after a nightshift and have no guarantee of safe and close parking to their unit. Seniors on a limited
income, need to know there is plenty of parking for their visitors and possible home healthaides.
There is only a planned grass easement between Buffalo Run and 5532 Fowler, so residents
would not be able to spill over into their parking lots (and try to cross snow banks to get totheir apartment!). There is no parking on Fowler. The field to the south is yet undeveloped,
but any future developments there would be prioritizing their paying residents, not vehiclesfrom a neighboring property. Meadow Creek (abutting the property on the east) needs to
retain its pocket neighborhood appeal. Meadow Creek's community of mostly single-familyhomes will not absorb hundreds of additional vehicles from 200+ units trying to find daily
parking.
My request is to fully support this "affordable" development and reduce anxiety for MeadowCreek residents as high density begins to border them on the West, by not utilizing parkingdeep incentives, but to provide more than adequate parking within the 10 acres for anappropriate number of units.
Thank you,
Lavonne Rus-Ogilvie3428 S. 30th Ave
Bozeman, MT 59718