Kalispell Kruise Public Comment from Kendra Matheros Aimee Brunckhorst
From: Kendra Matheros <kendramathison@icloud.com>
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2024 3:45 PM
To: Kalispell Meetings Public Comment
Subject: EXTERNAL Kalispell Kruise
Hello-
My name is Kendra Matheros. I live on 1st Ave E, Kalispell MT. And the four years that we've
lived in our home, the Kalispell cruise has come by Friday nights and turned around to go back
to Main Street revving their engines repeatedly waking up my children. I understand it's all fun
and it is a local tradition. Unfortunately, it frequently scares my children at bedtime. We have
people coming racing down our streets at all hours of the night and day. Well, I do understand
that that is not exclusive to the kruise definitely much more frequent during that time frame.
The noise for us has gotten so bad that we have to turn on white noise to be able to get our
children to sleep for the summer.
Beyond just the noise, our family is uncomfortable going downtown lol this is happening. The
sidewalks feel unsafe. The noise is uncomfortable. And it's hard to dine or be places where you
cannot have a conversation without the overwhelming loud noises. We need to limit hours and
ticket for Loud mufflers.
Does she know where people speeding on first Street is another huge problem that spikes
significantly during the Kruises but is an ongoing issue throughout the year. Many people
attempting to avoid main street lights and want a straight shot. We could avoid this by adding
stop signs in multiple places on first Street. It would slow down traffic.
Thank you for your time and consideration
Kendra Matheros
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