Hitchcock Re: Comments on KTP & Glacier MallDear Council:
As a landholder in Flathead County, please make my comments part of the
public hearing record for both the Glacier Mall/Town Center and the new
Kalispell Transportation Plan.
* Please review the Ames Iowa mall development carefully,
including the conditions set for the developer, and find out why the
deadlines for meeting those conditions has passed.
* Keep Kalispell to Whitefish stoplight free. Uphold current city
and state policies for limited access on US Hwy 93. Preserve its safe
and efficient operation and the special character of the valley. Require
interchanges and similar solutions for growing land use demands and
access in this corridor.
* Put into place standards to ensure that new development moves
forward concurrent with needed transportation infrastructure to ensure
safe and efficient highway and road systems in the Kalispell area
covered by the new Kalispell Transportation Plan
* I support the need for the city and the state to plan for and
identify transportation solutions and options BEFORE development
applications are considered for subdivision review.
* I support and call for an independent review of the mall traffic
study and bringing in an expert to review possible solutions (can the
Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University do this?)
for the keeping Hwy 93 stoplight free now, before you reach a decision
on the mall.
Julie Hitchcock
Bozeman, MT