Bridger Base Area Development Meeting Today! Bozeman.

By FuMa, Unfiltered 4-12-07

Base Area Development - 10 Things You Can Do to Help


It's not too late to get your letters in and attend the hearing! We've updated this page with instructions, see below.

1) Familiarize yourself with the issues by obtaining and reviewing Bridger Canyon’s three most important zoning and planning documents: 1) Bridger Canyon Zoning Regulation, 2) Bridger Bowl Base Area Plan, and 3) Bridger Canyon General Plan and Development Guide. If you prefer print, all three are available for about $12 from Speedy Print, located just west of the Courthouse on W. Main Street. Here on BCPOA's site you can also read documents outlining our stand, including “BCPOA’s Top Ten Concerns” (in brief and a fuller discussion of the issues) and BCPOA’s expanded analysis of the proposed Planned Unit Development’s (PUD) compliance with Bridger Canyon’s planning documents and zoning regulations. For a complete copy of the PUD application (a 3 binder set), contact Deb Stratford at 522-7215 or via email.

2) Host a short informational meeting with a group of your neighbors and members of BCPOA’s Development Committee and board. BCPOA board and Development Committee members will be happy to facilitate the meetings, presenting an overview of the development, providing resources, outlining BCPOA’s concerns, and answering questions. Contact Kate Vargas at 586-0549 or via email for additional information about setting up a meeting.

3) Attend a BCPOA Development Committee meeting and offer to volunteer your time and talent on any number of projects, such as organizing a petition to be signed by concerned citizens, encouraging and collecting residents’ letters to the Zoning Commission, making copies and distributing information to property owners, or working on an issue of personal concern whether it be ground water, the proposed waste water treatment facility, streams, wetlands, bird or other animal habitat, or traffic. Contact Kate Vargas at 586-0549 or via email for more information.

4) Attend the April 12th Bridger Canyon Zoning Commission hearing on the proposed Bridger Mountain Village PUD at the County Courthouse, 311 W. Main, 3rd floor Community Room. (It could be an all day affair so clear your calendar.) As the date is subject to change, check our calendar or contact Deb Stratford (522-7215 or via email) to confirm.

5) Prepare comments and plan to speak before the Commission on April 12th. The hearing will take place at the County Courthouse, 311 W. Main, 3rd floor Community Room, and speakers will be allowed 3 minutes each. As the date is subject to change, check our calendar or contact Deb Stratford (522-7215 or via email) to confirm.

6) Write a letter stating your concerns about the development to: Bridger Canyon Planning and Zoning Commission, Attention: Planning Department, Room 208, 311 W. Main, Bozeman, MT 59715. For sample letters, see Sample 1 or Sample 2, or contact Kate Vargas at 586-0549. So we may keep an accurate count, please copy Kate on any letters sent directly to the County.

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