HomeMy WebLinkAbout5-19-2020 Public Comment - J. Greenfield - Blackwood GrovesMay 18, 2020City of Bozeman Department of Community DevelopmentATTN: Chris SaundersPO Box 1230/ 20 E. Olive StreetBozeman, MT 59715^ r^^@i@IEnilMAY 19 2020DiTiEPARTf^nTuFCOMMUNITY DEV.LOPMENRE: 2019 Future Land Use Map - Blackwood GrovesDear Mr. Saunders and Commissioners,I am in receipt of the Notice of Public Hearing for the Blackwood Groves GPA application. As an affectedadjacent landowner - Real Red, LLC is opposed to both the amendment application and the 2019 FutureLand Use Map Draft. This is the first direct notice received regarding the 2019 FLUM and of anyprospective annexation.The March 2020 Community Plan indicates that "stakeholder interviews" were held along with onlinesurveys as part of the public outreach. As manager of Real Red, LLC no online surveys, USPS mailnotices/questionnaires nor interview requests were received.The FLUM has 140 acres of privately owned Real Red, LLC agricultural land zoned for future as"Community Commercial Mixed Use". It seems the landowner most affected by this designation shouldhave been contacted directly.Real Red, LLC is also opposed to the adjacent and property to the North of Goldenstein Lane that theFLUM zoned for future Industrial use. Industrial use zones should remain and be expanded on the northside ofBozeman.Real Red, LLC has owned and purchased the impacted and nearby properties specifically with the long-term intent and promise to maintain its current integrity as an agricultural, open and natural landscape.We contend that 230 people of nearly 50,000 residents is not a true representation. However, our long-term property use intentions for open space certainly appears to be echoed and confirmed by thosesurveyed and published in the February 2019 Community Opportunities Survey results.Sincerely,^ ,c?<^<^^,(Hjlie Greenfield, ManagerReal Red,LLC