Concerned long time resident

I grew up in the this home and have lived here since 1993. My backyard faces this new street and while I understand the growth of Bozeman and the purpose of this new through street, I am deeply saddened to see this purposed as anything that will disrupt the current path and trees/eco system that is intact. Please, I ask you to consider- if this was your home that you were raised in, and if you shared in the joy that these trees bring to me and my family personality but also this community -would you see this project through? There has been so much negative change in the world and life is challenging. This is no exception and it is personal. I kindly ask for you to consider the impact this is having in bringing this straight to our backyards literally and the destruction this will cause. PLEASE LEAVE AS MANY TREES AND SPACE YOU CAN ALONG THE WEST BIKE PATH BETWEEN THE STREET AND THE HOUSES ON Sweetgrass and Fowler! There is not a resident that is not devastated about this. I hope that when the work does begin, that the people doing this work understand and respect this and really do leave as much of a boundary as possible between the houses currently on Sweetgrass and Fowler and this new street. Consider a scenario in which the street is not widened anymore that what is currently there. We don’t need a median, we don’t need 2 bike paths or walk ways. We don’t need more negative change!!!!! Thank you for reading my plea and for your consideration, respect and grace for our neighborhood.