HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-08-25 Public Comment - J. King - Project #25238From:jlkingmail@aol.com
To:Bozeman Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL]Project #25238
Date:Saturday, November 8, 2025 5:45:43 PM
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Erin George, Director, and the relevant Community Development Staff,
When the PUD for Sundance Springs was approved a legally binding Master Plan
was carefully crafted to guide all future development. That Master Plan is the agreed
upon vision between the initial developer, the current and future home owners and all
future developers within the PUD area. As the foundational blueprint for the PUD's
entire development journey, our Master Plan stands through time as the first thing
anyone considering building in the PUD space must consider.
Our Master Plan design guidelines contain detailed design parameters for the entiredevelopment, including land uses, density, building number and volume, open space
use and protection, and community amenities. Even the types of businesses allowed
within the PUD is described in the Master Plan. You folks on the Community
Development staff know, that in this PUD, the Master Plan rules!
Project #25238 is a retread of a development plan that our City Commissioners
rejected with a 4 to 1 vote nearly two years ago. Like its predecessor, the latest
proposal begs you to ignore that the PUD and Master Plan even exists. Nothing cankeep this developer from wasting his resources and your time by submitting frivolous
plans, that ask you to break the law and ignore the public promises the city made as a
party to the PUD. It is up to you, and ultimately the Commissioners, to abide by the
legally binding PUD and Master Plan and to reject this comically inept project and itswildly non-compliant ideas.
With this recycled second application the developer is signaling that the Sundance
Springs neighborhood services lots cannot be developed within the rules and vision ofthe PUD and Master Plan. It seems that only destination businesses, densely packed
with no regard to open space, setbacks, block frontage and building size, or impact to
neighbors are what the developer thinks the market will bear. None of this fits with
the letter or the spirit of our PUD and Master Plan.
At the time of the PUD's creation, the City Commission looked far out into the future
and created a way to solve this dilemma. Those wise commissioners suggested, in
their Findings of Fact and Order, that if the Sundance Springs Neighborhood serviceslots could not comport with the vision and blueprint of the Master Plan that they
instead should be rezoned into residential lots compliant with the Sundance Springs
Residential Covenants.
We built our home in Sundance Springs in large part because of the solid, timeless
vision contained in the Master Plan. As one of the longest residing residents - and
as a former member of the original BOD in Sundance Springs - I whole- heartedly
suggest that the developer apply for rezoning. I will do all that I can to raise support
in our community for this as a solution. Sundance Springs Residential lots are sought
after and quite valuable. The developer will do well to meet that demand. In themeantime, I trust that this and all future developers will get the message from you that
the Sundance Springs PUD and our Master Plan are your unwavering guiding lights.
With Best Regards,
Jeffrey King