HomeMy WebLinkAboutz01-29-26 Public Comment - M. Koscinski - Rocky Mountain Flats, App 252961
Bailey Minnich
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For the project public comment.
Brian Krueger | Development Review Manager, Community Development
City of Bozeman | 20 East Olive St. | P.O. Box 1230 | Bozeman, MT 59771
406.582.2259 | bkrueger@bozeman.net | www.bozeman.net
From: Martha Koscinski <mmscottkos@yahoo.com>
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Subject: [EXTERNAL]Rocky Mountain Flats, Application
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The Rocky Mountain Flats project, while noble in concept, makes no sense (except to the developer) in this location. 296
units, on 10 acres, in the middle of nowhere. It’s the last street In the City on the southwest side. I am hoping that you will
take a closer look at this proposed development and strongly suggest modifications or reject it entirely.
The location of Rocky Mountain Flats is on Fowler Lane. As you probably know, this section of Fowler was a county dirt
road until a little over a year ago. It is still dirt to the south of this development. Where it is paved, it is narrow, it has no
safe shoulder and there are deep irrigation ditches on both sides of the road. Fowler feeds into Stucky Road, which as
you know is also a narrow road, with ditches on both sides resulting in multiple accidents and vehicles that slide into the
ditches. How is this safe and how do we think that Fowler and Stucky can handle this additional traffic?
On the east side of the property, the traffic may flow onto Meah Lane, a narrow neighborhood street, which dead ends on
S. 27th in the Meadow Creek subdivision. There is a playground located very close to Meah Lane and S. 31st Ave. That
alone should give you pause. Whee is the pedestrian bulb at that intersection to slow traffic?
It is proposed that this development will have .75 vehicles per unit. That’s 222 parking spaces. While this may satisfy the
minimum vehicle parking requirement, in this location, that allotment makes no sense. First, there is NO public
transportation in this area. This project is not walkable to any store, church, school, medical facility or office. If more
than 2 adults live in a unit, more than likely, there will be two vehicles per unit. Looking at this realistically, there will be
more than 500 vehicles. Where will these vehicles park? On Fowler Lane with no shoulder and ditches on either side?
This is not similar to the low-income projects on the north side of Bozeman where there are services close by and public
transportation options. According the the University of Tennessee, one acre can accommodate 150 vehicles. The
acreage of the entire project is only 10 acres. The math doesn't pencil out.
It is also noteworthy that Rocky Mountain Flats is absolutely not compatible with the neighborhood. It is surrounded by
single family home and farmland on three sides.
The City insists that in time this area will be built out resulting in in retail, etc., but let’s be realistic. That will not happen
any time soon especially with a 40% vacancy rate in all the new apartments that have sprung up all over town.
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Just because this development is utilizing incentives for affordable housing, does this development make sense in this
location? Why approve something that will be detrimenal to those who might live there and the neigboring properties? I
respectfully ask that you and your department take a very close look at the feasibility of this project.
Thank you,
Martha Koscinski