Stop Hotel

Stop The Proposed Hotel At Boone's Lick & Fifth Street!

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The Issues At Hand

A 3 Star Low Budget 140 Room Towneplace Hotel Is Being Proposed At Fifth And Boone’s Lick Road On Property Owned By The City And Property The Developer Has Bought Behind Mcdonald’s Restaurant. This Development Is Being Proposed To Be Established As A Planned Urban Development Project(PUD), Which Will Allow Them To Circumvent Many Of Our Codes That Govern The Architecture And Visuals Including Setbacks And Facade Materials. This Development Presents A Clear And Present Negative Impact On The Surrounding Residents And The Main Street Historic District For The Following Reasons

The Quality Of Life For The Surrounding Residential Community Adjacent To This Site Both In The Subdivision And Along Boone’s Lick Road Will Be Greatly Diminished By Noise, Lighting, Trash Pickup, Deliveries, Traffic Congestion And 24 Hour Operations.

There Will Be Significant Removal Of Trees Along The Little Hills Rising Up From The Historic Boone’s Lick Road And Blanchette Creek.

The Increase Amount Of Pavement Associated With The Hotel Development And The Removal Of Trees Will Cause Increased Soil Erosion And Drainage Into Blanchette Creek As Well As Eliminate The Habitat Supporting The Abundant Wildlife.

The Current Flooding Of Homes Along Boone’s Lick Road Will Be Even More Damaging During Storms. Recent Storm Events Caused Flooding Of The Creek During 2021, 2022 And 2023 Impacting Homes, Some Enduring Thousands Of Dollars Of Damage To Their Homes. The City Has Still Not Addressed The Storm Management In This Area.

The Developer Proposes Two Ingress And Egress Points Along Boone’s Lick. One Can Only Imagine How These Will Be Engineered Given The Extreme Drop In Elevation From The Highest Portion Of This Property To Boone’s Lick Road And Crossing The Creek.

According To Modot, The Average Number Of Cars Per Day On Boone’s Lick Is 6,000. This Number, Obviously, Grows Tremendously During Our Many Festivals. Many Times During These Festivals Traffic Is Backed Up On Interstate 70 To The Blanchette Bridge. The Traffic On Boone’s Lick Will Increase With This Development, Exasperating The Current Congestion.

The Most Negative Impact Will Be The Elimination Of Our Welcoming Visual Created For Our Visitor As He/she Turns Onto Boone’s Lick Road. This Primary Gateway Into The Historic District Was Designed In 2004 With Federal And City Funds. At That Time, The City And Local Citizens, Saw The Need To Protect This Most Historic Corridor By Purchasing The Land At Fifth And Boone’s Lick And Demolishing An Inappropriate Non-historic Building. The Development Further Established A Visual Brand For The Gateway, Giving Visitors Their First Impression Of What They Would Experience In The Historic District. Gaslights Were Installed, Overhead Electric Wires Buried, A Replica Of The Boone’s Lick Plank Road Was Constructed, A Covered Wagon Placed Along The Plank Road And Split Rail Fences Erected. In Other Words, At That Time, The City Visionairies Understood The Importance Of A Branded Gateway.

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