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Proposed Spring Creek Development and Zone Change Public Comment from Darcy AlbertSpring yr::< Park Proposed Development- : /#....tea\<#. City /#??? ff\?• >°?© \ \#\\ The Kalispell Planning Board recommended approval of this massive hodevelopment callf#-$■ Creek P© located between Two .. Drive and Three Drive next to West form■ Creek Road. < decision so wrong on :$ many levels. First $°f parcel is entirely zoned for single-family »homes. surrounded on four sides $ single-family »homes. $fabout \00 single family homes, on small lots, most of them $:.$<..e. townhouses $row -houses, on even smaller lots. The developer i: also proposing , apartment � units, with a height $<k° feet $. all of them. .order $#$ this2$# change is required#: $t of the recommended$$$. No one < arguing the parcel will be developed, just that the high- density$:f$$$$f in that location.From KalispellGrowth$ $ $f "High densityhousing developments should be located in close proximity to other<<:# incorporate bus stops and shelters in their desigThis area : miles from any "necessary KalispellThe Zoning Regulations define Zone Residential Apartment as "Intended to provide for urban areas for multifamily and compatible non-residential uses $° medium land use intensity. It should be served with all public utilities and be in close proximity to municipalservices, parks and shopping #: Once again, : area is not urban and is miles from shopping or other services. Additionally,zoning regulations, section\& .1.3. lists the purposes of the regulations, among them is No.& f avoidance or minimizationof congestion." Anyone driving Three Mile Drive knowso• is notadequate failingthe traffic volume from 600 plus new homes. There is already one intersection on Three Mile Drive. Two Mile Drive will suffer just as much with a projected required transportation •y nearly ignored Two Mile and made no mention of the other apartment complex closer to Meridian, which is only 1/3 completed • will be contributing hugely to congestion complete. Two Mile Drive is a narrow county road, with no shoulder usingand drainage ditches on both sides. It also has many pedestrians it, and with no shoulder,except bike right KalispellFrom the Planning Board's own website, I quote their statement of purpose: "To improve the present health, safety, convenience, and welfare of • to plan for the future development the community to the end: that highway systems be carefully planned that new community centers grow only with adequatehighway, educational,• recreational facilities." So again, the board ignored the "careful planning of highway systems." The board also ignored the health, safety, and convenience of Kalispell• be working for all of Kalispell'scitizens,- developers. There is not a reason in the world why this parcel couldn't remain all single-family and be developed as such. It is the addition of the zone change and the 464 apartments that increases the congestion to such an extreme level and blocks sight lines totally. A homeowner who b•use adjoining undeveloped land should be able to •o his • shoulddiligence and once confirming that the land is zoned single family, he be able to count on that remaining. homeownersThe adjoining homeowners will be looking at what will amount to a 45- foot-tall wall of apartments. The city of Kalispell is not treating • ' • I •o not knowo •o•- can possibly be legal.point of o • if it can be changed on any capricious whim? How is any other homeowner to be assured that the lot next door •• the same way? couldThe Planning Board could have done some minimal mitigation, they have put in a height• have taken the apartmentsdown to two stories. This would have been a • • help, • they chose not to do even that. What this says to me is that is open season for building • no zoning, build what you want, anywhere you want. I Diane Etter 301 Aspen Loop Kalispell MT 59901 406-752-0204 or 752-4460