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Home My WebLink About10/21/2021 - Planning and Zoning Commission - SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENTS - Regular MeetingFrom:Alyssa Stephens To:Katharine Claypool Cc:Clark Mapes Subject:FW: [EXTERNAL] Development review process Sun Commission Date:Tuesday, October 19, 2021 8:57:50 AM Hi Katie, Here’s a public comment on Sun Communities for Thursday’s meeting. I anticipate we’ll get more like this in the coming days. Thanks! Alyssa Stephens MA Neighborhood Development LiaisonCity of Fort Collins Neighborhood ServicesSubmit a public comment| Track Development Proposals From: barbmccune <barbmccune@comcast.net> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2021 2:34 PM To: Alyssa Stephens <astephens@fcgov.com>; Development Review Comments <devreviewcomments@fcgov.com>; barbmccune@comcast.net Subject: [EXTERNAL] Development review process Sun Commission Hi Alyssa, Please make sure this email gets to the right person if it's not you In time for the meeting on Thursday October 21, 2021 at 6pm. Please let me know you received this email and you will share this at the meeting. Thank you! I left a voice message for you and I did not hear back from you. I want to share our concerns about this development. If this goes through we would hope you would keep it separate from our neighborhood. No through streets to our neighborhood . A large burn to separate our neighborhood from the Sun community. Keep it separate!! We would hope it would be a 55plus community. We want to keep our neighborhood safe and quiet! No traffic coming through our neighborhood. So many concerns. Trilby and College are already busy enough . We do not want the traffic in our neighborhood!!!!!! Very concern about it lower our home value . Please consider All our concerns. Do not want it apart of our neighborhood!!!! Home owner in Pelican Ridge's Greg and Barb McCune Sent from my Galaxy Tab A ITEM 2, CORRESPONDENCE 1 Packet pg. 1 From:Development Review Comments To:Katharine Claypool Subject:FW: [EXTERNAL] Sun Community - Affordable Housing?? Date:Tuesday, October 19, 2021 2:06:13 PM Attachments:image001.png Alyssa Stephens MA Neighborhood Development LiaisonCity of Fort Collins Neighborhood ServicesSubmit a public comment| Track Development Proposals From: Sharlene Manno <smanno@fcgov.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2021 2:01 PM To: Development Review Comments <devreviewcomments@fcgov.com> Subject: FW: [EXTERNAL] Sun Community - Affordable Housing?? FYI Shar Manno Manager, Customer Support Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 N. College Ave. Ft. Collins, CO 80524 970.221.6767 smanno@fcgov.com From: Steve Hultin <sjhultin@comcast.net> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2021 9:02 AM To: Sharlene Manno <smanno@fcgov.com> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Sun Community - Affordable Housing?? Dear Planing Board Members, I’ve been following the progress of Sun Communities proposed development on 6750 S. College. Although I am optimistic and supportive of the lower cost of home ownership with this opportunity, the cost of ownership doesn’t add up to real value and savings. ITEM 2, CORRESPONDENCE 2 Packet pg. 2 For purchasing a home, articles suggest the houses will cost about $200k and although the land lease rate has not been identified, awhile back it was suggested it will be about $750/month. Since retirement from CSU Facilities, my math skills may have suffered, but $750/month is approximately $180k in present worth money at a 30 year, 3% mortgage rate. So adding together the purchase price and the present worth value of land lease, isn’t the true purchase cost more like $380k? And this is without land lease escalation. And without community fees. Factoring in these costs bring the real present value of home ownership much higher than the suggested $200k. I am concerned with the overall Sun Communities model of ownership, i.e. buy your home and lease their land. This seems so much like trailer park communities that tend to have problems for owners including lack of control over the ‘property’ and obstacles for resale. We have seen/observed this throughout the country. And, coupled with average lease rate increases of 2% to 4% that is controlled by Sun Communities, seems to setup potential failures of the future residents without much of a true lower cost of purchase/ownership. Take a look at the Sunflower with land lease costs close to $800/month plus community fees close to $150/month. I don’t doubt these communities will appeal to people, but it surely doesn’t appear to be a gateway to affordable housing. Maybe this proposal needs another look into the net benefit to the future owners. Or at least be more transparent about the net cost of ownership. steve hultin 2807 McKeag Drive Fort Collins 970-218-9226 steve ITEM 2, CORRESPONDENCE 2 Packet pg. 3 1 Katharine Claypool From:Sharlene Manno Sent:Wednesday, October 20, 2021 4:53 PM To:Development Review Comments; Katharine Claypool Subject:FW: Sun Communities Trilby/College Development Comments Categories:P&Z FYI Shar Manno Manager, Customer Support Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 N. College Ave. Ft. Collins, CO 80524 970.221.6767 smanno@fcgov.com ‐‐‐‐‐Original Message‐‐‐‐‐ From: DEBBIE WOJCIK <brownpalace470@msn.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 3:03 PM To: Sharlene Manno <smanno@fcgov.com> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Sun Communities Trilby/College Development Comments Dear Planning and Zoning Commissioners, I am writing to inform you about concerns regarding Sun Communities and their management of local manufactured home communities. As a resident of Skyline Mobile Home Community, we have seen that important infrastructure repairs have often been neglected by Sun since it purchased Skyline about six or so years ago. For example, driveways and sidewalks in the older park have deteriorated to the point that most need some repair or outright replacement. There are a number of driveways where the concrete has shifted so much that significant trip hazards (one inch or more) exist. Residents in this senior community have reported tripping on uneven concrete and seeing paramedics, postal workers and others also trip. Skyline management has been aware of these issues for years, and residents have been given repeated promises of “you’re on the list for repair” with very limited follow through. When residents would continue asking for a timeline for repairs, they were often told “it wasn’t in the budget this year”. After being informed by a city staff member earlier this year that residents could submit complaints to the Buildings department to have their driveways and sidewalks inspected for issues, 78 residents submitted letters to start the inspection process. Fort Collins Building Inspection found issues with these and many other sites in Skyline that are in need of repair. As you can see, it wasn’t until the city stepped in that Sun is now moving forward on repairs. There are other issues that still need to be addressed in Skyline, but I hope that the commissioners will ask Sun management about its lack of infrastructure maintenance (until required by the city) and how it will be a better manager of the new Trilby site. Thank you for your consideration. ITEM 2, CORRESPONDENCE 3 Packet pg. 4 2 Debbie Wojcik 2211 W Mulberry Lot 64 Fort Collins CO 80521 970 227 9089 Sent from my iPad ITEM 2, CORRESPONDENCE 3 Packet pg. 5 1 Katharine Claypool From:Clark Mapes Sent:Wednesday, October 20, 2021 4:19 PM To:Katharine Claypool Cc:Sharlene Manno Subject:FW: The Foothills PDP comments Categories:P&Z From: Andy Smith <poudretrout@hotmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 3:59 PM To: Sharlene Manno <smanno@fcgov.com>; Clark Mapes <CMAPES@fcgov.com> Subject: [EXTERNAL] The Foothills PDP comments Good afternoon Shar and Clark, Please forward my letter below to the P&Z Commission. Thanks, Andy Smith ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ ‐‐‐‐‐‐ Greetings P&Z Commissioners, I respectfully encourage you to approve The Foothills PDP, as well as the associated Modification request. I have been involved with affordable housing development in Fort Collins for nearly 25 years, and most recently worked on the adjacent Lakeview on the Rise community, as well as two senior affordable communities, Oakridge Crossing and Cadence. Providing certified affordable housing in Fort Collins has become increasingly difficult, and rarely consists of housing types with a yard and no shared walls. Over the past 2 years, our community has gained a much greater appreciation for manufactured housing as an important "arrow in our quiver" of diverse remedies to our acute housing crisis. The residents of manufactured housing communities in Fort Collins are often senior citizens, children, undocumented residents, and working families (often multi‐generational), all critical members of our social and economic fabric. Personally, I wish Ken Waido was here to see some of his work finally become important in our community. The simple fact is that Sun Communities has worked diligently and creatively, and has benefited from excellent support from City staff. It is nearly impossible to design and develop any housing in Fort Collins without some form of variance or Modification of Standard, and that is especially true for workforce or affordable housing developers, who can not compete with the market‐rate or student‐housing developers when buying land. Thanks for your time and consideration, and for your continued service to our community. ITEM 2, CORRESPONDENCE 4 Packet pg. 6 2 Andy Smith Fort Collins resident, and former P&Z Board Chair ITEM 2, CORRESPONDENCE 4 Packet pg. 7 1 Katharine Claypool From:Development Review Comments Sent:Thursday, October 21, 2021 11:59 AM To:Katharine Claypool Subject:FW: Sun Communties Oct 21, 2021 Categories:P&Z Alyssa Stephens MA Neighborhood Development Liaison City of Fort Collins Neighborhood Services Submit a public comment| Track Development Proposals From: McSay,Ann <Ann.Mcsay@ColoState.EDU> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2021 10:24 AM To: Development Review Comments <devreviewcomments@fcgov.com> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Sun Communties Oct 21, 2021 To: P&Z board I will not be able to attend the P&Z meeting on Thursday Oct 21 due to another commitment. While I am in favor of the affordable housing proposed, I am still very concerned about the impacts of the additional traffic on Trilby. The additional traffic at the intersection of Debra & Trilby combined with traffic from 7‐11 concerns me most. I have encountered several almost accidents in the area with the current traffic involving with left turn vehicles. I cannot even fathom what the area will be like once Debra is opened to not only the new 200 homes (or a percentage of) but also additional traffic from Lake View on the Rise. I suspect Trilby will also be affected by the proposed affordable housing at the Heart of the Rockies location as well as the new developments on Timberline just north of Trilby (for those who need to go west will most likely use Trilby or Carpenter unless they need to go north). I assume that I can view the session at a later date. Thank you Ann McSay ITEM 2, CORRESPONDENCE 5 Packet pg. 8