Tronstad Road subdivision proposal Public Comment from Christine PlunkettAimee Brunckhorst
From: Christine Plunkett <daychristine999@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 1:42 PM
To: Kalispell Meetings Public Comment
Subject: EXTERNAL Tronstad Road subdivision proposal
To whom it may concern,
I would like to voice my concern over the annexation and development of the 110 acres off Tronstad Road into the
Kalispell city's growth policy. I am greatly opposed to these measures and vehemently disagree that this addition would
benefit any of the current local residents and only serve to further line the pockets of the investors involved in this
scheme. Our current school system is already over maximum capacity along with underfunding and has little hope of
passing bonds and levies to make up for missing funds, the taxpayer is already overtaxed. We would be adding hundreds
more students to that system without the additional schools and teachers/funds in place beforehand. Additionally, our
infrastructure cannot support this kind of massive growth in the time span laid forth, the municipal water system is
already full of forever chemicals and can't even shut down a "toxic" or else the water supply would be impacted
negatively. An additional stop -light would be necessary at the junction of Tronstad and Hwy 93 in order to control flow of
traffic and avoid additional collisions with a R-turn only boundary already in place (which cause most to either perform
illegal lefts or dangerous U-turns on high speed roadways). Lastly, this proposal will do nothing to increase affordable
housing since the tiny lots (under 4,000 sq ft) are selling for approximately 130,000 dollars before houses are even
planned. Now the majority of people who will be able to afford these lots and the cost of construction will be wealthier
investors and those from out of state looking for a second home that they can make an income off when not in use.
Please consider and listen to the voice of the people...
-Christine Plunkett
211 Garland St.
Kalispell, MT
(3rd generation Montanan,
18 year Flathead Valley resident
Parent of children in the SD5 school district)