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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-22-22 Public Comment - D. Kirschner - Fowler Avenue Connection CommentFrom:Dan To:Agenda Subject:Fowler Avenue Connection - Comment Date:Wednesday, June 22, 2022 9:15:09 AM 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. TO: Transportation Advisory Board Members and City Commissioners; RE: Fowler Avenue Connection Project Please accept this public comment on the Fowler Avenue Connection. "Growth, for the sake of growth, is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey The public input portion [of the Fowler Avenue Connection Project] is disregarding any public input which supports: - not building this connection and/or - constructing a simple two or three lane roadway - building-improving wildlife/plant habitat - saving the wetlands It is a public disservice, boarding on fraud, for the City [and Project Contractor] to disregard public input [comments] which: - advocate for not building this roadway - advocate for building a bike and/or trail - advocate for saving the wetlands - advocate for a simple two lane road - advocate for not connecting roads, like Cascade, to the Fowler extension [so the City is not creating E-W traffic in neighborhoods] It is deceptive and fraudulent for the City to claim the Fowler Avenue Connection citizen input process included all public input. Why did the City/Contractor disregard comments from meetings, field trips, open houses and comments posted on Engage Bozeman, which did not comport with their proposals for three and/or five-lane with median roadway? The reality is many public comments: - against the project and/or - to build trails instead of roads and/or - to build a simple two or three lane road - to save the wetlands are/were disregarded. Clearly, no comments against the project and/or to build a trail and/or to build simple two-three lane roadway, etc., are reflected in the public comments published to date. If the City is being honest, it will restart the scoping-planning process for this project and insure that all public comments - in all documents - which: - do not want this road extension built and/or - which want a trail and/or - which advocate for saving the wetlands and/or - which want the road constructed as a slow-speed simple two-three lane roadway - which do not want side-streets connected to Fowler will be incorporated into the scoping-planning process. As it stands, the City is trying to claim all public input supports a three or five lane roadway, with a median - and that, simply, is not the truth. Plans can change. Just because a plan exists does not mean that plan is relevant and/or correct in 2022. Creating a major three-lane and/or five-lane roadway with a median, will result in: - making it difficult/dangerous for pedestrians to walk across Fowler (wide streets are not neighborhood friendly) - loss of wetlands (which greatly enhances the livability of a neighborhood) Thank you in advance for considering this input. Respectfully yours; Dan Kirschner