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Residents urge changes to parks master plan over McGee Drive, Miles Road and flag relocation
Summary
At a Livingston City Commission meeting, residents raised concerns about proposals in the draft parks master plan including closing McGee Drive, relocating a flag, and reducing park green space for new parking.
Several residents told the Livingston City Commission on Tuesday they oppose parts of the draft parks master plan, raising concerns about closing McGee Drive and Miles Road and about adding a large parking area that would remove existing green space.
"It looks really nice on the plan ... but it holds 51 cars," said Barbara Britt, a longtime resident, arguing the new parking area would take a "huge amount of green space out of that park." Britt also said closing McGee Drive would harm neighborhood access and questioned whether the proposed flag move had been finalized.
City staff answered that the parks master plan is still a draft, derived from public input and not yet adopted. A staff member told the commission the online survey remains open through September and that a draft report will be delivered to the commission in October for further review and the formal approval process.
Responding to safety questions about closing Miles Park Road between the baseball fields and the high school, staff said department heads and emergency responders have been involved. The staff explanation noted the proposal would close the segment after the entrances to the high school property and would reinstate a historical configuration that previously had removable bollards; removable bollards and other measures would allow emergency and maintenance access.
Staff committed to confirming that specific questions—about the McGee Drive closure and the flag relocation—are included in the public survey and said they would act if any of those survey items are missing. They also gave residents an email contact (citymanager@LivingstonMontana.org) and the website contact form for submitting feedback outside the survey.
Commissioners and staff said they expect public outreach to continue while the survey remains open and emphasized that the plan is not binding and remains subject to change based on public comment and departmental review.
Residents who could not attend in person were encouraged to use the survey and to email the city manager; staff said they would confirm survey items and follow up as needed.
