For a special meeting on Tuesday, Bloomington’s plan commission has set an agenda to hear a single petition—for the rezone of nearly 140 undeveloped acres in the southwest part of the city.
It’s located northwest of RCA Community Park.
If the rezone for the Summit District is eventually approved by the city council, the proposal from Sudbury Partners, LLC could lead to the eventual construction of around 4,250 new housing units, plus commercial uses like a hotel, as well as additional roadway, trail, and utility connections. Sudbury also intends to dedicate land for a trailhead and a fire station on the eastern side of the site.
The build-out of the project is planned in five stages, corresponding to neighborhoods, which are named after mountains (Shasta Meadow, Denali Woods, Everest Center, Sandia Place, Whitney Glen). The first stage, with 550 housing units, is not projected for completion until 2028. Later stages call for completion by 2034.
The plan commission’s job on Tuesday night will be to send the rezone request to the city council with one of three messages—a recommendation to approve it, a recommendation not to approve it, or explicitly with no recommendation.
Three plan commission hearings have already been held on the petition—the first one in July last year. Continue reading “Tuesday: Bloomington plan commission to vote on rezone rec for 140 acres in city’s southwest”