HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-01-25 Public Comment - K. Plumb - Centennial Park neighborhood zoningFrom:K. Plumb
To:Bozeman Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL]Centennial Park neighborhood zoning
Date:Monday, December 1, 2025 10:22:40 AM
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This comment is in support of the Centennial Park Neighborhood proposal to amend the UDC
zoning map for the neighborhood from the proposed R-C zoning to R-A (or the correspondingcurrent zoning from R-4 to R-2). We live a few blocks from Centennial Park, on N. Montana
Ave. Centennial Park is the closest green space to our home, and we walk there most days.Given the busy roads to the south and east of us (Peach and Rouse, respectively), we naturally
gravitate towards the park for a bit of fresh air, to stretch our legs, and take in the view fromthe hill. We watch sunsets and storms and meteor showers and aurora borealis events from this
little knoll. We cross paths with our neighbors who are likewise drawn to the park.
The park is already a busy place, serving as the neighborhood dog walk spot and sledding hilland ball field and playground for the nearby apartment buildings. The amount of people who
flow through this area on foot, bikes, and in cars when events are happening at the fairgroundsis palpable. We all breathe a sigh of relief when the summer fairs and rodeos are motor races
are over. It's wonderful to be in a bustling, active part of town that draws people in. It's alsowonderful to have periods of quiet, when the streets aren't overflowing with parked cars and
traffic, and a walk to the park includes grazing from neighborhood fruit trees and berry bushesand gazing at our neighbors' enviable gardens and holiday displays.
Leaving the door open for more density than the R-A level around the park could forever alter
this little haven and the relief the park provides to everyone in the neighborhood. We havealready had significant density changes in the area to the west and south (Westlake Heights,
Peach + 3rd, Aspen Crossing, the Henry, the Ives) and it will continue with the Guthrie projecton 5th and Villard, and apartments going up along N 7th. These infill projects are already
having an impact, and the park is busier than ever. As this part of town becomes even morepopulated, the relief that Centennial Park and others like it provide will be even more
important and valuable. Everyone in the area, whether they're long-time residents or new totown, whether they live in a single-family home or an apartment or condo deserves to enjoy
the open space and relatively unobstructed views from Centennial Park. If we allow for greaterdensity than a duplex and an ADU, if we allow 4-story buildings just shy of the lots lines, then
we all stand to lose out. It feels like sacrificing the good the many for the good of the few.
I support lower density zoning in the UDC for the Centennial Park Neighborhood.
Katie Plumb