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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-19-25 Public Comment - K. Phillips - Re_ Parking Commission - Request - Cancer Support Community MontanaFrom:Kelly Phillips To:Bozeman Public Comment; Nicholas Focken; Yulia Newby; Mike Maas; Alex Newby Cc:Jasmine Surina Subject:[EXTERNAL]Re: Parking Commission - Request - Cancer Support Community Montana Date:Friday, September 19, 2025 11:06:27 AM Attachments:image014.pngimage.pngOutlook-Logo Desc.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hello, Nick! I am reaching out again to follow up on this situation and request by us, Cancer Support Community Montana. Chris Darnell is no longer with CSCMT, and Jasmine Surina is our interim CEO. She is cc'd above and knows of this request. We would like a response to our request for a parking resolution. We would truly love to provide 4 parking spots to our participants/visitors, who are often cancer survivors taking part in our programs, which can include yoga, strength training, cooking classes, nutrition classes, educational sessions, mindfulness events, among many others. While we have a parking lot, we also have six employees and volunteers/interns who need several of those spots. At this time, I have a street permit, and we will get a street permit for Jasmine next week. However, even with those two permits we do not have enough spots if we host an event at our building between the hours of 9 am and 4 pm, Monday through Friday. I have circled the area we would love to offer to our visitors, which only includes 4 spots if they park close to one another. If they park with any significant distance between the cars, there are actually only 3 spots available. It is worth noting that we NEVER have folks park there who live nearby or are not visiting our building. Please consider an alternative for our little non-profit that allows folks to visit and not be ticketed. Chris also outlined other options in his initial email below. We look forward to a quick decision about this! Thank you, Kelly Phillips | Cancer Support Navigator 102 S. 11th Ave Bozeman, MT 59715 406.582.1600 Cancer Support Community Montana From: Chris Darnell <chris@cancersupportmontana.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 12:10 PM To: comments@bozeman.net <comments@bozeman.net>; Nicholas Focken <nfocken@bozeman.net>; Yulia Newby <ynewby@bozeman.net>; Mike Maas <mmaas@bozeman.net>; Alex Newby <anewby@bozeman.net> Cc: Kelly Phillips <kelly@cancersupportmontana.org>; Jasmine Surina <jasmine@cancersupportmontana.org> Subject: RE: Parking Commission - Request - Cancer Support Community Montana Hello All, Following up on our request of 5 months ago, wondering if there is an update? We’ve heard nothing, and with summer winding down and school starting up again, the parking compliance team is out in force. We’ve received several ‘warning’ tickets this week. If you will, please provide an update. Where are we in the process? What’s next? Our goal, as described below, is to realize some relief as has been allowed for years. Thanks in advance, Chris Chris Darnell CEO | Cancer Support Community Montana (406)582-5822 – office (843)345-4871 - cell From: Chris Darnell Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2025 4:34 PM To: comments@bozeman.net Cc: nfocken@bozeman.net Subject: Parking Commission - Request - Cancer Support Community Montana Dear Parking Commission, On behalf of Cancer Support Community Montana, I am writing to request relief from our current parking situation, which has become very problematic. Cancer Support Community Montana, a local not-for-profit business which has been in its current location for more than a decade, is located at 102 S. 11th Avenue. See map below for details. We are situated on the corner of S. 11th and W. Babcock streets within the Bozeman High School Residential Parking District. While parking has long been a source of question, more often than not there has been an understanding that we would have participants (individuals with cancer) and guests parking on the street, and they would not be ticketed. The typical visitor comes for an hour or so to attend a cancer support related class or program. This has worked well enough for years; however, recently, a number of our participants and guests have received parking tickets. I am not sure what has changed, but I do know this presents significant challenges (and may be a barrier to someone getting the supportive cancer care they need). We are asking for your help with relief, please. While I do not understand all of the rules and regulations associated with ‘parking districts,’ I am requesting some relief for our organization which could involve one or more of the following options: 1. Exclude our side of S. 11th Ave between the alley and W. Babcock (adjacent to our location) from the parking restrictions. Consider it a small carve-out. This is our preferred option. 2. Exclude S. 11th Ave from W. Babcock to W. Olive from the parking restrictions. Consider it a carve-out. 3. Allow for temporary parking on S. 11th Ave from W. Babcock to W. Olive as this would allow our participants and guests to park for limited times only (maybe 2 hours at a time). 4. Allow us to purchase visitor parking passes that we could somehow share among visitors. 5. Abolish the Bozeman High School Residential Parking District altogether. My understanding is that this was created when there was only one high school and parking was a serious issue – with two high schools now, I do not believe this remains such a challenge. 6. I suspect there are other options as well. I have met with Nic Foken, parking manager, and we discussed the history, the dilemma, and possible solutions. I bring this request for your consideration as I believe this Commission can resolve the situation. Please let me know if you have questions or suggestions, and I am glad to discuss in person; otherwise, thank you for your consideration, and I look forward to hearing back from you. Respectfully, Chris Chris Darnell CEO | Cancer Support Community Montana 102 S. 11th Ave Bozeman, MT 59715 (406)582-5822 – office (843)345-4871 - cell