HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-12 South University District Park Plan Review Bozeman Recreation&Parks Advisory Board
P.O.Box 1230 • Bozeman,MT • 59771
Park Plan Review
SUBJECT: South University District
PLANNER: Brian Krueger
FROM: Subdivision Review Committee
REVIEW DATE: 12/9/2011
BACKGROUND:
• Development of 127 acres south of Kagy Blvd between South 19th and South 1 la'Aves
zoned Residential Mixed Use (REMU).
• Phase 1 is to be high-density residential/group living, designed to be appropriate for
student housing, with a commercial/mixed use strip bordering 11th Ave.
• Subsequent phases to the south would include "Transitional Residential (mixed density)"
as the development merges with the less collegiate and more family type neighborhoods
there.
• A large park bisects the development running north/south between future 14th and future
17th avenues, eventually merging at the southern end with the proposed aggregated
parkland of Allison and Aspen Park subdivisions.
COMMENTS:
• A street frontage variance will be required for the parkland that will be developed with
phase 1. In light of the master plan as a whole this seems appropriate and we favor it.
• We discussed the suggestion that Arnold Street run continuously between
11th and 191h when the southernmost phases are developed. We viewed this
as a good idea from a traffic flow point of view. From a park point of view it
is a conundrum. If we ignore the adjacent parkland in Aspen Park and
Allison, it is good in that it adds street frontage to the South University
park. If the Aspen/Allison parks do materialize, it runs a busy street
through the middle of a park and really diminishes the plus side of having
aggregated parkland. We think we need to put the idea on the table so that
when future phases are developed we are prepared for this discussion.
• We favor the proposal to have on street parking and bike lanes on 14th and 17th when
they are built, that is, built to local plus standard.
• We would like to see a more detailed park master plan, specifically with attention to
landscaping, bridge crossings of Mandeville Creek, improvements, neighborhood center
facility, and seeing the park transition in nature to match the transition of the
development.
• The park is large enough and well located, especially with its connection to other
parkland to the south, that its southern end should be given some consideration as a
potential site for a future City Recreation/Aquatic Center. Joint development of this park
area could be mutually beneficial.
Respectfully submitted,
Sandy Dodge,
RPAB Subdivision Review Committee