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COUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 01/18/2005 - ITEMS PERTAINING TO THE ADOPTION OF THE NORTHSIDE
ITEM NUMBER: 19 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: January 18, 2005 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Pete Wray SUBJECT Items Pertaining to the Adoption of the Northside Neighborhoods Plan as an Element of the Comprehensive Plan of the City,and Implementation Recommendation to Amend the City Structure Plan. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Resolutions. On December 2, 2004, the Planning and Zoning Board voted 7-0 to support a recommendation to City Council to adopt the Northside Neighborhoods Plan. In addition, the Board identified a few suggestions for revising the text in the document (see attached Hearing minutes). FINANCIAL IMPACT No direct financial impacts exist as a result of adopting the Northside Neighborhoods Plan. However,the Plan identifies short and long-term implementation projects the City may be involved in over time. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. Resolution 2005-001 Adopting the Northside Neighborhoods Plan as an Element of the Comprehensive Plan of the City. B. Resolution 2005-002 Amending the City's Structure Plan Map to Comport with the Recommendation of the Northside Neighborhoods Plan. The Northside Neighborhoods Plan was developed over a twelve month planning process,beginning in January 2004, involving local businesses and residents centered around the Buckingham, Alta Vista, Andersonville and Via Lopez neighborhoods. The primary Plan elements in Phase I include assessment of existing conditions, opportunities and constraints analysis, issues identification, and vision and goals. Phase 11 includes developing a physical framework plan integrating land use,transportation,and open lands into a composite map, and policy direction. The final phase focuses on identifying specific implementation strategies for achieving the Plan. January 18, 2005 -2- Item No. 19 Based on the recommendation from the Northside Neighborhoods Plan, an amendment to the City Structure Plan Map is needed to include the"Stream Corridor"(Josh Ames Ditch/Dry Creek)shown on the Framework Plan Map in the Document. The Stream Corridor designation will provide appropriate guidance for future development decisions in an effort to preserve existing natural features along the riparian stream channel. BACKGROUND In 1997, City Plan identified the neighborhoods of Buckingham,Alta Vista,Andersonville and Via Lopez as a priority for detailed planning. Also, residents raised issues during the 1999 Northern Colorado Truck Mobility/SH 14 Relocation Study.In response,City Council identified this area for a future study. As a result, the Northside Neighborhoods Plan is part of the City Managers 2003- 2005 Work Plan.The primary plan objective is to implement City Plan's perspective to the specific circumstances within this area. The Northside Neighborhoods Plan will provide a more specific vision and policy framework for the neighborhoods,including surrounding commercial,industrial and undeveloped open lands. This plan will also become an element of City Plan, the City's comprehensive plan. Framework Plan The Framework Plan map is a physical plan to guide future development in the area and sets a foundation for the actions the community will take to achieve the Plan. The Framework Plan combines several different physical planning elements such as land use,transportation,open lands, parks and trails. Key Findings illustrated in the Framework Plan map include: • Existing neighborhoods and businesses supported and maintained. • Future development on vacant lands consistent with City Structure Plan. • New mixed-use transition areas identified between industrial and residential land uses. • Exploring options to expand Romero Park. • Off-street trails connect to adjacent Poudre River and Mountain Vista trail system. • Re-alignment of Vine Drive and Lemay Avenue consistent with the Master Street Plan. • Re-classify existing Vine Drive and Lemay Avenue to local streets (if re-alignment project is implemented). • Future Dry Creek Channel located adjacent to re-alignment of Vine Drive. Transportation One of the primary issues addressed during the planning process included assessing Lemay Avenue alignment alternatives,including expanding the existing Lemay Avenue to a full arterial street. Staff received clear direction from City Council to support the previously adopted Master Street Plan re- alignment of Vine Drive and Lemay Avenue (see attached Council Study Session Summary). January 18, 2005 -3- Item No. 19 Along with the primary arterial streets as shown on the Master Street Plan, the Northside Neighborhoods Plan identifies several interim improvements to help ease congestion and improve safety in the area. Potential implementation actions to achieve the Plan include: • Identifying both short and long-term projects such as infrastructure upgrades to local storm drainage and floodplain mitigation, street upgrades, sidewalks, landscaping, and neighborhood parks. • Re-classification of Vine and L.emay to local streets (coordinated with re-alignment projects). • Funding strategies for public improvements. • Funding options for building rehabilitation/remodeling. • Access, circulation and pedestrian safety improvements. • Land Use Code amendments for new development standards (interface areas). Public Participation Process Since the Northside Neighborhoods Plan planning process was initiated in the fall of 2004,the staff and consultant technical team has emphasized providing multiple opportunities for public participation in helping develop the Plan. A Citizens Advisory Group (CAG) has gathered once a month to work with the technical team. Newsletters,flyers and direct mailings have been included, along with individual and group meetings. A project web page has been active since the beginning of the process providing up-to-date information on the progress of the Plan. Spanish translation of newsletters, meeting notifications, summaries, and web page information has been provided throughout the process. In addition,regular updates have been provided to the Growth Management Lead Team, Transportation Board and Planning and Zoning Board. Planning and Zoning Board Recommendation On December 2, 2004,the Board voted(7-0)to support a recommendation to City Council to adopt the Northside Neighborhoods Plan (see attached Hearing minutes). In addition, as a friendly amendment, the Board identified the following suggestions for revising the document: • Add specific language in the Action Plan Matrix(Chapter 6)to include acquiring land in addition to stormwater detention facilities for expansion of Romero Park. Staff response: Staff has added new text to the Table. • Amend the City Structure Plan Map to include the "Stream Corridor" (Josh Ames Ditch/Dry Creek) shown on the Framework Plan Map in the document. Staff Response: Staff has included this amendment with the action to adopt the Plan. • No change to the Northside Neighborhoods Plan but allow flexibility in the future to not preclude opportunities for zoning changes for additional commercial uses. January 18, 2005 -4- Item No. 19 Staff response: This Plan is a living document and staff will be open to potential amendments in the future. ATTACHMENTS 1. Memorandum —Council Study Session Summary of Comments from the September 28, 2004 Study Session. 2. Minutes from the December 2, 2004 Planning and Zoning Board Hearing. 3. Memorandum — Transportation Board summary of comments from the November 17, 2004 Board Meeting. 4. Public Open House/Neighborhood Meeting—summary of comments from the November 18 and 30, 2004 public meetings. 5. Existing City Structure Plan Map enlargement. 6. Proposed City Structure Plan Map enlargement. ATTACHMENT MEMORANDUM DATE: September 29, 2004 TO: Mayor Martinez and City Council Members THRU: Darin Atteberry, Interim City Manager Greg Byrne, Director of CPES Joe Frank, Director of Advance Planning FROM: Peter C. Wray, Senior City Planner RE: Northside Neighborhoods Plan - Council Study Session Summary of Comments This memorandum represents a summary of comments and requests made by City Council Members at the September 28, 2004 Study Session regarding the Northside Neighborhoods Plan Item. Staff provided a general update on the status of the Plan and Lemay Avenue alignment analysis, followed by a question and answer period. Council members asked questions and provided comments, which are summarized by the identified agenda question topics. General direction sought and specific questions to be answered: 1. Is Council comfortable with the outlined direction of the Plan? Has staff identified all relevant issues? All Council members expressed satisfaction and support for the direction of the Plan and identified issues. 2. Is Council supportive of the adopted Master Street Plan (MSP) re-alignment of Lemay Avenue to the east, including a grade separated crossing of the BNSF railroad tracks? All members of Council supported the adopted Master Street Plan re-alignment of Lemay Avenue. City Council Study Session Summary of Comments Page 2 The following comments and requests for more information were identified: ❑ The Vine Drive re-alignment appears to have some wetlands in the vicinity and could impact this future project. Is there more information on this? Staff response: Wetlands have been documented adjacent to the re-aligned Vine Drive/Redwood Street area. While this is outside of the study area, more detailed review will be conducted at the time of a proposed development project and future street dedication. The Natural Resources Board will be informed of any critical issues associated with potential impacts to these wetlands. The Northside Neighborhoods Plan has documented these wetlands in the document analysis section. ❑ The local street improvements to both Lemay and Vine should be included in the funding for the re-alignment project. 3. If not, is Council supportive of amending the Master Street Plan and Capital Improvement Program for an alternative Lemay Avenue arterial expansion (existing alignment at grade), directing staff to conduct a more detailed analysis including engineering, cost comparison, neighborhood impacts, acquisition assessment, and public outreach? See Question# 2 response. Staff was directed to not perform any additional analysis on expanding Lemay at the existing alignment—supporting the MSP re-alignment option. • Attachment 2 Planning and Zoning : • . . Minutes December 11 11 Council Liaison: Karen Weitkunat Staff Liaison: Cameron Gloss Chairperson: Mikal Torgerson Phone: (W)416-7435 Vice Chair. Judy Meyer Phone: (W)490-2172 Chairperson Torgerson called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Roll Call: Gavaldon, Meyer, Lingle, Carpenter, Craig, Schmidt and Torgerson. Staff Present: Gloss, Eckman, Wamhoff, Vireta, Moore, Wray, Frank, Avrill, Baker, Shepard, Barkeen, Foreman, Buffington, Smith, Aspen and Deines. Director of Current Planning Cameron Gloss reviewed the Consent and Discussion Agendas: Consent Agenda: • 1. Minutes of the October 21, 2004 Planning and Zoning Board Hearing. (Continued) 2. Resolution PZ04-34 Easement Dedication. 3. #42-04 Poudre School District Kinard Junior High School —Site Plan Advisory Review. Discussion Agenda: 4. Recommendation to City Council for Adoption of the Northside Neighborhoods Plan 5. #43-04 Musso De Las Tres Colonies (Romero House, 425 10th Street)— Project Development Plan. 6. 020-04A Feather Ridge Reception Center— Project Development Plan. Director Gloss reported that the Board received a minor revision to the staff report and a summary of Monday's site visit on the Feather Ridge Reception Center project. Member Lingle declared a conflict of Interest on the Feather Ridge PDP. Member Gavaldon moved for approval of the Consent Agenda Items 2 and 3. Member Carpenter seconded the motion. The motion was approved 7-0. • Planning and Zoning Board Minutes October 21, 2004 Page 2 Project: Recommendation to City Council for adoption of the Northside Neighborhoods Plan Project Description: The Northside Neighborhoods Plan will provide a more specific vision and policy framework for the neighborhoods, including surrounding commercial, industrial and undeveloped open lands. This plan will also become an element of City Plan, the City's Comprehensive Plan, and will help stabilize and preserve the character of the neighborhoods. Hearin Testimony, Written Comments and Other Evidence: Pete Wray, City Planner gave the staff presentation. He stated he would give an overview presentation of the plan elements and process that staff went through to develop the Northside Neighborhood Plan. He stated that this plan was initiated last fall to cover an approximate 12 month planning process, which staff has stayed on tract. Planner Wray showed contacts of the area. He stated that the study area was in and around the Vine and Lemay intersection. It would encompass Conifer Street to the north, the Lemay realignment designation on the east side; Lincoln Avenue on the south side of the boundary and Linden and Redwood Streets to the west. The plan area incorporates several existing neighborhoods including Buckingham, Alta Vista, Andersonville, Via Lopez, and The Meadows north of Vine Drive and part of Evergreen Park, as well as various vacant lands. About 50% of the study area is under vacant land ownership and then existing industrial and commercial businesses primarily around Vine Drive and to the south. As part of the 12 month planning process, starting last fall, staff conducted an initial survey and interviews with businesses and residents identifying issues to give staff direction for the plan. They established a citizen's advisory group comprised of representation from area business owners, residents from the neighborhoods mentioned and property owners within the area. They also had representation from the Planning and Zoning Board on the committee. There were initially 21 committee members to help provide input and comments through this process. They met approximately once a month; they had nine citizen advisory meetings over the last year. Planner Wray displayed a slide outlining some of the key meetings they had. Initial public meeting last fall, an open house and picnic in Buckingham Park in July, they just had a public open house on November 18"' and some other individual meetings. • Planning and Zoning Board Minutes October 21, 2004 Page 3 The Plan is divided Into three key sections. Phase one which incorporated the first four or five months of the planning process. Staff identified conditions and issues in the area, which gave direction in moving forward with the plan and what they would try to address in the process and establishing a more specific vision for this area and how that relates to City Plan and Goals. Phase two, in the middle part of the planning process; staff developed a framework plan that Incorporates land use and transportation patterns and open lands into a composite map. That was really the key element of the plan incorporating the up front direction of the Vision and Goals issues and provided the next step for policy direction, which provided a foundation for implementation. The final Phase that was completed over the past several months was how we were going to achieve the plan, developing implementation strategies and action plan for plan adoption. Planner Wray showed an overall graphic depicting the main components of the process and what staff was trying to develop. The framework plan map described in the Land Use Chapter incorporates the existing development pattern in streets in the area along with suggestions for change in the area. The land uses described are consistent with City Plan and the city Structure Plan Map. One area staff is potentially looking at is an overlay on top of the Industrial land use designation adjacent to the existing • neighborhoods of Buckingham, along Andersonville and below Alta Vista in which a future action is to develop some design standards to provide a transition or buffer between the industrial uses and residential neighborhoods. Staff will be pursuing that over the next year and that would lead to some amendments to the Land Use Code. In looking at the transportation pattern, staff went through some continuous and some strong discussions concerning the Vine and Lemay current alignment and the proposed Master Street Plan realignment of Vine and Lemay adopted by Council. Staff was asked to look at other options, exploring an alternative to the Master Street Plan which staff pursued over the summer addressing the Planning and Zoning Board's request for additional Information. Staff came back in August and September with the findings to the Transportation Board, Planning and Zoning Board, Citizens Advisory Group and City Council. With that information and the staff recommendation, Council agreed to give staff clear direction to not spend anymore time on that analysis and supported the current Master Street Plan adopted alignment for Vine and Lemay. That is what the plan shows and recognizes. What staff did have an opportunity to look at was if and when that project moves forward and is funded, how will the existing streets look in this area and how will they connect or not connect in this area. Staff has a recommendation that if Lemay realigns with a grade separated crossing at the railroad tracks and Vine is realigned to the north of its current alignment, then we would reclassify and down size Vine and Lemay to a • local street so it would connect up on the new alignment, come down to an intersection Planning and Zoning Board Minutes October 21, 2004 Page 4 and it would be terminated before it hits the southern part of the Lemay realignment and there would be a new connection at Buckingham over to Lemay. Planner Wray discussed the current street patterns in the area and what the future might look like with new development. There are existing parks in the area shown in Alta Vista; there is a small park, Romero Park in Andersonville and the existing neighborhood sized park in Buckingham. The next neighborhood park is in Greenbriar and there had been some recent discussions about trying to provide some improvements to the existing Romero Park. Phase three was looking at coming up with an action plan and various Implementations strategies to achieve the plan which goes for adoption by Council on January 18"'. The action plan describes coordination between the city and various other departments and the neighborhoods and businesses. Opportunities to provide updates as needed, coordination with Neighborhood Resources on ongoing communication, police and code enforcement, coordination between the city and the neighborhoods, design standards and coordinating housing programs, funding options and designation of the historic neighborhoods. The transportation actions that are identified short term are some interim intersection improvements to the Vine and Lemay existing intersection. Opportunities to provide some additional turn lanes to improve the situation there. Staff has identified some interim sidewalks along the west edge of Lemay from current Vine intersection down to Lincoln connecting to where the new sidewalks are extending up from Wal-Mart, the apartments and the new bank at the northeast comer of Lincoln and Lemay. In addition and interim sidewalk along Lincoln towards Buckingham towards downtown. Staff also identified the need for an interim traffic signal at Buckingham Street and Lemay to help improve some of the access concerns into the Andersonville and Via Lopez neighborhoods as trains cross and traffic backs up. Long term he had talked about reclassifying the streets with the realignment project and also identifying local street infrastructure needs, curb, gutter and sidewalks within the existing neighborhoods. Some of the key issues staff has been addressing in the plan and that they have heard recently with the final public and neighborhood meetings include concerns with the existing Vine and Lemay intersection and those impacts. They have also heard concerns that if the realignment of Lemay and Vine takes place, the impacts on the edge of the Via Lopez neighborhood which is in close proximity or adjacent to the grade separated crossing alignment of Lemay. Staff met with that neighborhood Monday night and continued to hear their issues and tried to answer some of their questions. Recognizing those issues in the plan was important. They brought up other issues • Planning and Zoning Board Minutes October 21, 2004 Page 5 regarding emergency response in those neighborhoods with the realignment. Also, the need for basic infrastructure within those neighborhoods, curb, gutter, sidewalks, drainage, lighting and landscaping, and the general lack of pedestrian and bike facilities in the area. They are also talked about when the existing streets are upgraded to city urban standards we would be looking at the incorporation of some potential enhanced detached sidewalks to allow for multi-use access for bike and pedestrians on some of those streets. Some of the other issues that have been identified in the plan or recently is the coordination of the Poudre River and Dry Creek floodplain and how that needs to be coordinated with local stormwater projects and street improvements. Compatibility issues between industrial and residential areas, the trail connections and the potential improvements to the park in the Via Lopez/Andersonville neighborhood and continuing to coordinate the issue of increased crime and code enforcement activity in the neighborhoods. Also, ongoing identification of funding sources for the public improvements that have been identified. PUBLIC INPUT • None. Member Craig was interested in the Alta Vista neighborhood and the impacts of the realignment of Vine Drive north. She asked if the neighbors knew how close it was and did they talk about buffers or anything in regards to mitigation as far as their neighborhood goes. Planner Wray replied that both alignments have been talked about in this process and staff has shown the concept plans for the Dry Creek Channel Improvements that would run parallel to the Vine Drive realignment. The green line on the south edge of Vine Drive is the conceptual illustration of the approximate alignment of the Dry Creek Channel along with Vine Drive and staff has shown in the plan ideas for looking at landscaping and buffering between those facilities and the Alta Vista Neighborhood. There is a cross-section in the plan that looks at incorporation of a potential trail along the Dry Creek Channel and additional landscaping to buffer that, similar to what we have in other facilities in the city. The neighbors have been expressing concerns for several years going back to the truck route and the identification of the Dry Creek Channel. Staff has also heard concerns about the Lemay alignment and the plan does describe where the Dry Creek floodplain impacts the area and where the future improvements are located. Member Craig asked what the buffer is from the property line from the road that will be • north of Alta Vista. Planning and Zoning Board Minutes October 21, 2004 Page 6 Mark Jackson, Transportation Planning replied that it would be the standard four-lane arterial section which is about 114 feet. Member Craig asked from that to the edge of the property that would be to the south of that, what would the distance be. Planner Wray replied that as he understood it, the Dry Creek Channel's cross-section is between 80 and 100 feet. The green line is a general location of those two facilities, but they have not been engineered by any means. It appears that the channel is right on the back fence of that neighborhood, but he thinks that there is some additional space there. Member Craig asked if he was telling her that where they have aligned north Vine is not set in stone and if the neighbors do want to come and move it further north it is possible. Planner Wray replied that the alignments are not engineered yet,just like the Master Street Plan. Mr. Jackson also responded that the alignment that is shown on the Master Street Plan is conceptual in nature, and has not been engineered yet. A lot of the issues that are being asked about, about the exact nature of the buffer and design standards all happen during the design phase of the project. When the Master Street Plan was initially realigned to show the Vine realignment going up north in 1999, the Dry Creek improvements were intended to be the buffer separation between the arterial roadway and that neighborhood. Member Craig stated that part of her concern was she knew it would be awhile before the road goes in, but as this area develops the city will be looking for right-of-way and in the process of looking at right-of-way, Indirectly it is being established where that road is going to go. She wanted to make sure that the neighbors in Alta Vista understand that if the road is going to be an issue to them that it needs to be brought up in this plan so they can be a part of it and they understand that the road is going to be located next to their homes. She was looking for awareness on the part of the city. Mr. Jackson replied that that was a good point and that it was something that they could acknowledge in the plan, but it is also something that during the design phase, for both the folks next to the Lemay realignment as well as the Vine realignment, there are numerous and continuous opportunities to give input, suggestions and voice their concems. Member Craig was just trying to think ahead an as development occurs and we are putting in the right-of-ways and are asking for easements, that we have given ourselves • Planning and Zoning Board Minutes October 21, 2004 Page 7 enough space that we are not coming in and mitigating after it is done. She has a feeling that it will be developed before Vine Drive is put in and she would hate to see us put up sound walls if we did not think ahead and maybe get the road more specifically lined up in where we want it. Mr. Jackson responded that those were all very good comments and in talking with Cam McNair the city Engineer, one of the things they would like to do in collaboration with one another is start working our way down the Capital Improvement Projects list on some of these high priority projects and try and do in house preliminary design work that starts to get at some of these issues so we can be more proactive. Member Craig was glad to hear that. Member Gavaldon asked why were sound walls not being considered. Mr. Jackson replied that the design phase is when staff starts looking at mitigation, you would start looking at the exact design as to how it lays out in conjunction with the neighborhood and then you would look at what your mitigation opportunities are. You • really don't find sound walls on a facility of this nature, but if we need to we can look at it. When we get to the design phase and are working to mitigate issues, the whole tool box will be open. Member Gavaldon asked if this project was on the BOB list. Mr. Jackson replied that the Lemay realignment from Lincoln to Conifer is on the BOB list. it was really important for anyone here and also watching tonight to understand that the BOB list is not anywhere near finalized, it is not on Council's recommended list at this time, but that is just a preliminary step in moving forward. It is on staffs highly recommended list, so it is not accurate to say that it is not on the BOB list because the BOB list is not finalized yet. Member Gavaldon asked if this does get on the BOB list and the funding package is defeated again by the voters, does staff have a Plan B. Mr. Jackson replied that you always have to have a Plan B and look for any opportunities that you may have. He thought staff should look for any opportunities where they can collaborate or use development to help pay for those impacts. As this corridor starts to develop, we are already seeing more interest In redevelopment within the corridor. He thought staff would look at alternatives in funding packages, whether it is Improvement Districts of one sort or another. • Planning and Zoning Board Minutes October 21, 2004 Page 8 Member Meyer asked about the flood mitigation and when would it take place. Bob Smith, Director of Stormwater Utility replied that as far as the Dry Creek Flood Control Project goes, it is being designed now and will be under construction next year. The other piece of it is the work on the Ox Bo property and the work has started and should be finished next spring. Member Craig asked how the neighbors responded in looking at an SID. Planner Wray responded that they have not heard support from the existing neighborhoods at this time in establishing an SID within this area. We have talked about the suggestion for a greater potential improvement district In the northeast in the Mountain Vista area. As far as looking at funding for improvements to the local infrastructure within the existing neighborhoods, we see that as an ongoing challenge. Member Craig asked about needing a sidewalk on Lincoln between Lemay and Buckingham. She remembered that Lincoln was part of the Flagpole that DDA took in Wal-Mart, so isn't technically Lincoln part of DDA? Planner Wray replied that he did not know. Member Craig stated that the only reason she is bringing this up was because of the funding mechanism. She is thinking that possibly these neighbors could go to DDA and say that you thought that it was important enough to connect Wal-Mart to downtown, now lets put in some infrastructure to really connect Wal-Mart to downtown, would you help us by putting in a sidewalk. Planner Wray replied that a variety of funding mechanisms would continue to be looked at to achieve these projects. Member Craig stated that she did not see it on staffs list and asked that it be added to the list. She thought that it was a strong possibility that it was under DDA and she thought they should come forward and help with the cost if possible. Member Craig asked that the Structure Plan map be amended to reflect the green corridors configured in the sub-area plan. Director of Advanced Planning Frank replied that was not a problem. Member Craig also assumed that when the Zoning Map is amended that staff would either come up with something for the interface or were we just going to work on design standards. • Planning and Zoning Board Minutes October 21, 2004 Page 9 Planner Wray replied that the action is identified to achieve these interface areas, staff has included in the plan some photos and illustrations to capture some of the initial character of what we are trying to achieve. The next step would be to look at coming up with some actual language to describe and come up with standards that would lead to incorporating those into our Land Use Code. Director Frank added that he thought what would be done is some sort of overlay in the Industrial zoning for that distance back from Lemay Avenue, some special design standards to apply to that area. Member Craig asked If it would be more of amending the Land Use Code rather than changing the zoning. Member Schmidt thanked staff, she thought that it was a pretty extensive plan and one that covered a lot of different things and she thought it took a lot of work and staff has made a real effort to have outreach with neighbors on this. Her only comment, having served on the North College Renewal Plan committee, was trying to see how some of these things connect, and she knows that the committee is interested in the Vine realignment thinking that it is going to help people to get to North College. She would • encourage any kind of consideration that might take a look at making some of these projects happen. Her frustration with the plan was that there are so many good ideas and there is no way to pay for any of them. Member Schmidt would like to see us not rule out the possibility that along the Vine Corridor that if someone comes in with a proposal that we don't sound too rigid as far as we are not going to consider anything else along those areas if it would help create a special district or help financially. Member Schmidt asked about improvements to Romero Park. Planner Wray replied that there have been some discussions and there is a general concern from residents in the Andersonville and Via Lopez neighborhood that the existing Romero Park is very small and it has really not been used by the children in the area very much because of that and because of the night time activity that goes on there. There are suggestions for exploring options for potentially finding additional space possibly to the south of those neighborhoods. Member Schmidt asked what happens once these plans are approved. Planner Wray replied that every time a sub-area plan is finished there is ongoing implementation in which Advanced Planning is involved in development review on an ongoing basis and trying to implement the various projects that are identified on the action plan. • Planning and Zoning Board Minutes October21, 2004 Page 10 Member Schmidt asked besides what we have in City Plan is there any ongoing mechanism that Advanced Planning has that every three years we are going to check and see what kind of progress has been made, are we achieving our goals with this plan or if there is any redirection needed. Director Frank replied that every year staff sends in Oannual work programs, Council sets their policy agendas every two years that we use as an opportunity to get some of the high priority action items on that agenda. We are continually looking at all our plans as to what has not been done. Planner Wray added that over time these plans need to be updated. Member Gavaldon moved to recommend to City Council approval of the Northside Neighborhoods Plan with the recommendation to explore additional park space for Romero Park west of Andersonville and south of Andersonville. Also to modify the Structure Plan map as given in the staff report to show the green corridor as shown on A19 (framework map). Member Schmidt asked for a friendly amendment to consider zoning possibilities, should they occur in the areas along the Vine realignment. Member Gavaldon accepted the amendment. Member Meyer seconded the motion. Member Craig asked that the language regarding parks be stronger and that It be added to the matrix as an action item. Member Gavaldon and Meyer accepted the amendment. Member Gavaldon commented that in serving as part of the committee on this item, he thought the staff and neighbors have done a very good job. He cautioned that this is a "bubble chart", things can change. The main concern he has is the Vine realignment because we do not have the money. His concern is relying on capital improvement projects and as our track record looks, the previous three transportation projects have been defeated by the voters. He did not know if the voters are going to change their minds and approve this one and it is a risk that Vine Drive will even get on BOB. If not, we are looking outside some people's lifetimes that this will ever get built. Neighbors need to recognize that this is not a sure thing and it is not even a sure thing with BOB unless you talk to your Council Members and really get them to weigh in on it. He thought that the Vine and Lemay alignment is very expensive and there are higher needs in the city at this time. • Planning and Zoning Board Minutes October 21, 2004 Page 11 Chairperson Torgerson was also on the citizen board and he also thought that everyone involved did a good job, in particular he was pleased by the idea of the interface areas and design standards for industrial as it interacts with the surrounding neighborhoods. That is a great idea and encouraged staff to stay on top of that. He remains very opposed to the Lemay and Vine bypasses, he thought not only are they expensive, but they disrupt the grid pattern that the city as a whole has. If we continue to bypass neighborhoods, our city is going to be a loop of spaghetti 100 years from now. He thought that the neighborhood representatives on the citizen group spoke very strongly and said that they disagree and he respects that. He would be supporting the plan. Member Schmidt has a wont', as well as the Via Lopez neighbors do that doing that kind of bypass is going to increase truck traffic there. She is hoping that with things like shorter turn lanes or something like that, we can build in some elements that will discourage truck traffic on that kind of network and keep most of it where it is now. She thought that by the road design it could make it more inviting for trucks, so she would like at the time of the road design to have that looked at. The motion was approved 7- 0. • • ATTACHMENT City of Fort Collins Transportation Board Bruce Henderson, Chair City of Fort Collins September 20, 2004 Mayor and City Council Members City of Fort Collins PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 Dear Mayor and City Council Members: At the September Transportation Board meeting, the Transportation Staff presented an alternative to the Lemay Avenue realignment shown in the Master Street Plan. The alternative is part of the ongoing Northside Neighborhood Plan process. This proposed alternative would expand Lemay, in its current alignment, to a four lane arterial. It would also include an at grade rail crossing. In a unanimous vote, the Transportation Board strongly supports the realignment of Lemay as it is shown in the current Master Street Plan. The Board further recommends Staff search for general alternative funding options, such as SID's, that would accelerate the current Master Street Plan Lemay Avenue project. If you would like any clarification, please contact me at 898-4625 or at bruce.henderson@hp.com. Thank you, Bruce Henderson Chair ATTACHMENT Northside Neighborhoods Plan Summary Public Open House 4:30 — 6:30 p.m. November 18, 2004 OBJECTIVES • Present key elements of the Draft Plan (Note: Staff had 6 overview boards and several maps and a schedule to present the process). • Receive feedback from the public on further refinements and suggestions for the Draft Plan. ATTENDEES Public: 10 members of the public signed in for the meeting, mainly from Andersonville and Alta Vista. One person from Meadows attended. Matt Noetzlemon,James McMillin, Pete and Melanie Wilson,Jerry Govaldon, Cathy Criban, Roberta Talon,Jeanie Mahoney, Henry Barraza, Donna Dees, Carson Wray, Gilbert Barraza. K. Woods. 2 members of CAG signed-in during the open house. Staff: Pete Wray (City), Mark Jackson (City), David Averil (City), Barbara Lewis (Catalyst), Lesli Ellis (Clarion), Amy Kacalo (Clarion), Lino Soldarriaga. HANDOUTS and DISPLAYS Draft Plan was available 6 information boards,framework plan, schedule Via Lopez/San Cristo resident • Likes realignment proposal— it will help with traffic. Supports more roundabouts in the area. • General support for plan proposals. General: Meadows neighbor • Need parks that neighbors can access • Trail on Redwood? What happens to this in the plan • Transmission line. Can we work with Platte River Power Authority(PRPA) to put these large power lines underground? • Connect trails to where County buildings are. • When will sidewalks near Meadows go in? Andersonville neighbors • Really need Lemay realignment • Traffic is hard with kids. It is a major safety issue. Fumes. Hard to leave the house;takes a few minutes to get out on the driveway. • Interim sidewalks would be nice. No big mud hole, but that is short-term. Via Lopez/San Cristo neighbors • Crime statistics are not consistent with what police analysts provided (See chart below). Comparison of this neighborhood to CSU and Old Town is not appropriate. One committee member did not come to that CAG meeting because the information distributed prior to meeting seemed in valid. Not using all types of crime. Draft Plan is inconsistent with what statistics on the next page show, and these statistics are from the City. Page 1 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Public Open House November 18, 2004 Crime Analysis Lincoln North to Vine&Lemay(9Nh)East to ttth G nn Only alselays Incidents of"Greatest Concem" 16 12 2001 10 2002 02003 ®2004 c _.._ n,",ie nwa rnen e�wry cv x,�w.w aa..n� w,wo«a � siwa.y swi..,wn +t+.n vnnewm Incidents Reported Crime information compiled by Via Lopez resident—data provided by police services. • Lemay Realignment is seen as"Smoke and Mirrors"for a truck route. City is not being honest about this. ■ If the intent is for trucks to use that route, need to screen well - address visual, noise and pollution issues. ■ Pending Question: Need info on how far from switching yard the road needs to be. (Note: Transportation staff did not have an answer during the meeting.) • Why isn't information made more available in English and Spanish? How many documents have been produced in Spanish and English? Need to send information even if we aren't getting participation. • Why is this area not going to get a beautiful park like the south side of town? Where will the kids go to play? • How do our kids (in Andersonville and Via Lopez/San Cristo) get to Atzlon? • From Via Lopez to Buckingham is too far to walk and not safe. There is no place to go to exercise. We have to drive, and that is not how a neighborhood should be. • Can cross 9th St. more easily now but will be more segregated. ■ The discussion on Lemay didn't correctly reflect the view of this neighbor. She doesn't favor either option. Also, she felt the record should show concern about realignment being a truck route. • For realignment, where are the details about a buffer zone? • Will going under ruin homes? Will the water table affect this option? • Would like to see timeline for mitigation planning -explain terms like "mitigation." CAG members can help review for language. • Where are the sidewalks near the museum? • Translate plan in Spanish. Page 2 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Public Open House November 18, 2004 Via Lopez/Son Cristo Resident • Lived here since 1974. Family came here to work in fields. Born in Andersonville; raised in Alta Vista; live now in Via Lopez. • Likes the plan; hasn't seen too much change here. • Redwood connection will help out a lot. • Supportive of Lemay Realignment. • New breweries-They say they bring work but he does not know anyone in the neighborhoods who works there. • Would be good to have more recreation - basketball, field for kids. • Kids are playing in ponds or streets. Romero House park is too small. Via Lopez Residents(Comment Form) • Vision and Goals: Keep the quality of life. • Concern about Health and Safety emergency response time (ambulances and fire trucks). • Framework Plan: Keep the road at least 200-300 feet from the homes (the Lemay realignment). Mitigation behind the Via Lopez Homes Hills, Trees, Bushes, and Sidewalk. • Transportation Improvements: We still need and want access east, north and south—especially south hospital and Wal-Mart, Home Depot. • Agree with Actions: Maybe— No industrial stuff next to or across from the homes. • Recommendations overall: Environmental Impact—leave the natural springs alone. Would like more information about: Environmental Impact Study—noise decibel impact study, air quality study, emergency response. • Staff responsive: Not sure. Acted like sales people trying to sell something. I hope they are really listening. • Adequate materials: Somewhat—Materials and maps were inadequate—didn't have exacts. • Productive meeting: Maybe—didn't have detailed answers I was looking for regarding access and mitigation. • Suggestions: Give us concrete plans. Every bit of info was vague—maps, drawings, etc. • Please contact regarding meetings, updates. Other Comments • Vision—What does "healthy" mean? • More opportunities to live/work/shop in North area. • Sidewalks on Conifer, Blue Spruce? • Do a better job of notifying nearby residents of new construction/development. • Can we put lights on Conifer for pedestrian safety? It is dark and has no sidewalks. Page 3 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Summary Via Lopez/San Cristo Meeting 7:00 — 9:00 p.m. (Templo Betel Church) November 30, 2004 OBJECTIVES AGENDA • Update neighborhood residents on • No formal agenda for meeting draft Plan recommendations and hear comments • Discuss Lemay Ave. realignment issues ATTENDEES Neighborhood residents: Cathy Cribari, Liz Garcia, Tony M. Garcia, Tracy and Kim Turner, Pete and Melanie Wilson, Gilbert and Angela Barraza, LeeAnna Nila, Thomas S. Colvin, Dan McIntosh (sp?), James McMillon, Donna Dees, Danny Olivitas (Church) (2 other people were present who did not sign in). Staff: Pete Wray (City), David Averil (City), Lesli Ellis (Clarion), Ray Moe (LSA). MAILING PRIOR TO MEETING HANDOUTS Draft Plan Public Process chart. Pete Wray provided an overview of the planning process (note: handout provided) and the draft Plan contents, including: short-term actions recommended, land use recommendations (including Industrial/Residential interface, and the transportation recommendations that are consistent with the Master Street Plan. This is a policy plan. Discussion Residents had the following comments ("C'7 and questions ("Q"). Staff replied with answers ("A") when information was available: Q: How far from the backside of the neighborhood will the bypass be built? A: The right-of-way width at the south (near Lincoln Ave.) is 100-feet wide. At the north (near Vine Drive) it is 200-feet wide. Lemay bypass will be a constrained arterial (meaning 48-60-feet wide road), so it will be 70-feet from the fence at the north and closer to the south. Ray Moe provided a brief history of the bypass alignment. It was first established in 1993 in the NE Area Transportation Study. The city changed the Lemay realignment north of Vine Drive in1998. The segment north of Vine Drive was suggested to connect to Lemay further north, rather than to loop into Vine Drive. This also allowed for the under/overpass at the BNSF RR. The city has been acquiring right-of-way since 1993, and has purchase most of right-of-way between Vine Drive and Lincoln. C: The road will create exhaust from trucks. Design issues need to be resolved (such as ventilation for truck exhaust). A: This road will not create as much exhaust as other "hot spots" where there is more acceleration/deceleration. Q: Why did the city plan to have a neighborhood right next to this road? (Via Lopez filed in 1998— the homes are 5 years old). A: This is not a unique situation for a residential project. It is a Page 1 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Via Lopez/San Cristo Meeting November 30, 2004 residential infill project like a lot of others in the city. Many neighborhoods have homes next to arterial roads. C: Most of those neighborhoods along arterials were built after the road, not before the road. A: IN most cases, yes. For this area, actually, the street is already here with the existing Lemay alignment on the West Side of Andersonville and Via Lopez. The re-alignment project will shift the arterial street from the West Side to the East Side of these neighborhoods. C: This road is called a "truck route," and it will function as a truck route. Q: Is there a goal to reroute trucks from Old Town? A: No. The Lemay/Vine realignments are not proposed as truck routes. There is a history of studying truck routes in this area, but that is not the present focus or intent. All truck routes have defaulted back to Mulberry Rd. There has not been anything looked at to reroute trucks to Lemay as part of this process. C: Why not widen the present Lemay alignment to solve the traffic problems? A: The city spent considerable time looking at different alternatives for Lemay in the past few months. The impacts of widening Lemay are great for the Andersonville and Alta Vista neighborhoods (i.e., homes would have to be removed; neighborhoods would be more separated, etc.). There is a lot of opposition from residents to widening the road. In addition, residents in Andersonville along Lemay now complain about exhaust and lack of access into/out of the neighborhood. Q: Can the realigned Lemay be moved to the east? Did the Waterglen neighborhood preclude this and create a conflict? Why did city approve that project? A: The road geometrics ("S" curves, etc.) make it challenging to move the road to the east much. There is a railroad switchyard. The city has been acquiring right-of-way since 1993 and owns most of if already. The airport property is to the east. Note: This road will not be a freeway; it is a 4-lane arterial road (e.g., South Taft Rood). The city has a good history of working with neighbors to design roads and mitigate projects to suit neighborhoods nearby (e.g., South Taft project took a year to design—working with neighbors). Q: Will there be sound walls? A: Probably not—this is not like TREX. We do not really have any examples of sound walls in our community. Sound walls block views and sun. But, there will be walls as part of the underpass/overpass for Lemay. These details will be looked at during the design phase of the project—when funding is approved and the project comes forward. Details of how the road is designed and what it looks like will be critical (e.g., engineering for the water table, designing the underpass and noise mitigation, visual mitigation, and pollution). Q: Why not restudy moving Lemay to the east since the City put the neighborhood in harm's way? A: The design phase of this project may provide opportunities to shift alignment to the east slightly within existing right-of-way, and maybe the City could work with future developments to get more right-of-way along the east side. C: If the City dropped the ball by approving Waterglen, why should this neighborhood (Via Lopez) pay the price? A: The Waterglen project was approved for residential with an affordable housing component. All future streets, including the frontage road, were coordinated with this approval. If a Page 2 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Via Lopez/San Cristo Meeting November 30, 2004 future Interchange expansion project is funded, a different alignment will need to be considered to accommodate a 4-lane facility. C: The City should do a Hazard Materials study. A: It is not clear if the City has conducted this type of study with CDOT in the past within City limits. If this question is associated with the assumption that the Lemay or Vine re-alignment will be a truck route, the only recognized truck route through the City is State Highway 14. Q: Would there be acceleration and deceleration at the future Buckingham/Lemay intersection that would create pollution? A: This would not really be considered a pollution "hot spot." Usually those are on intersections of freeways & arterials or at the intersection of two major arterials (like College and Drake or College and Horsetooth). Generally Fort Collins has good air quality. The volume of traffic at this location would not create major air quality problems because traffic would flow much more smoothly. Q: What are the next steps with this project? Who should we approach to discuss moving the road to the east? Is the alignment set in stone? C: We need to address quality of life for the neighborhoods (mitigation, air quality, impacts on kids, etc.) A: All these types of design and mitigation issues will be addressed when there is funding for the road and the project moves forward. In the meantime, the Planning and Zoning hearing is open to the public on December 2"'. Neighbors could recommend shifting road within right-of-way or exploring acquiring additional right of way along the eastern edge. P. Wray noted that it is obvious that (a) residents have strong concerns about potential impacts of Lemay, and (b) suggested that the city and neighborhoods need to continue to work together to mitigate the impacts. Q: Where does the fill dirt come from for the oxbow site berm? Is it being moved from the clean-up project upstream? A: Staff will check, but is sure that the fill dirt is clean. The clean up on the Poudre River involves (a) building an underground dike to block future pollution seeping into the Poudre River, and (b) removing the contaminated soils. C: The city has a history of"dumping on this neighborhood." For example, it has put facilities on toxic waste sites (e.g., Aztlan Rec Center). Keep our kids in mind. Planners need to be advocates for the neighborhood—the City needs to show respect for the neighborhoods and the people here. Planners should sell the ideas from the residents to city council members. Do not plow over this neighborhood. Give this neighborhood open space and amenities it needs for kids. Make a park for the kids; move the road away from the neighborhood. That is what neighborhood wantsl We want our children to have clean air. Do not cut off our access and mountain views. Consider safety issues. Staff proposed: Let us look at Romero Park solutions. We recognize that this park has problems and is too small. Can we work together to develop a solution? Pete Wray has been discussing with Craig Foreman (Parks) and Bob Smith (utilities) potential for parks in detention areas. Most park equipment would work fine in a detention area. In addition, staff will assess other sites adjacent to the neighborhoods for expanded park space. Page 3 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Via Lopez/San Cristo Meeting November 30, 2004 C: Yes, Romero Park is not used, except for by teens getting in trouble. The neighborhood would like to work with the City on the Park issue to solve the problem. We would like basketball courts for the teens. Hard surfaces for skating would be nice. The kids in the neighborhood right now play where the future Lemay road will go. Q: Can we get the Lemay realignment mitigation now, instead of much later when the road is built? (e.g., open space, trails and places to walk dogs, landscaped areas, picnic sites, etc.) A: Good suggestions. City can explore that. This road realignment (underpass situation, etc.) is unique. The future Lemay Ave. may not be a typical street section design. The city could explore amending the road section for this road (e.g., West Elizabeth Street). C: Our kids need access to future new schools. Do not segregate the neighborhood. A: The draft Plan proposes a much better system of sidewalks and trails to help connect the neighborhoods. It also has some short-term solutions to improve the situation now. C: The Industrial uses across the street are a concern. They would create more trucks in the neighborhood. A: It depends on what types of uses develop there. For example, a church is proposed on Lemay north of the Vet office. The mixed uses with offices/residences would not necessarily mean more trucks. That is the purpose of the "Interface' designation—to create a more compatible transition next to the neighborhoods. Q: What is the time frame for the Lemay realignment project? Is there funding? How long does it take to do the mitigation and build the local street improvements once the realignment happens? (Will the funding for these things be part of one package?) A: This project could be long-term, but there are short-term improvements proposed as part of the plan, including the Buckingham signal. With new developments coming in to the south the city will start negotiating right of way (e.g., for Buckingham Street extension/connection to future Lemay). City Council members expressed support for considering the funding for the local street improvements (to existing Vine and Lemay) as part of the some package as the realignment funding. Q: Is Lemay/Lincoln intersection failing? A: No. Recent improvements have been made to this intersection to improve the level of service. Q: Could alignment be shifted further to east to allow a bigger park (South of Andersonville and Via Lopez)? A: This would be reasonable to look at—to shift road within right-of-way to a more acceptable location. Most of the R.O.W. has already been acquired for the Lemay re-alignment. However, an opportunity may exist to get additional land north of Buckingham Street, depending on the ultimate location of this future connection to the re-aligned Lemay section. C: Crime problems exist in the neighborhood. The police analysis did not look at problems on a per capita basis. The only neighborhood that may be worse is Buffalo Run. It is not fair to compare this neighborhood to the campus and downtown—of course those areas will have higher rates of crime. A: The Plan documents crime trends within the project area and recognizes on-going concerns exist in the neighborhoods. Police Services has determined that District 1 level of service is sufficient. With Page 4 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Via Lopez/San Cristo Meeting November 30, 2004 additional finding this may change in the future. The Action Plan identifies other future activities the neighborhoods can be a part of to work towards improving the situation in the long-term. C: Speeding is a problem in Via Lopez. The draft Plan should propose traffic calming in Via Lopez, not just in Andersonville. A: City can explore this. May not want to do speed bumps; curb extensions or other approaches may be better ways to slow down cars. Q: Will the mitigation for flooding be done at the some time as the road? A: Several floodplain projects are in the implementation stage in 2004 and 2005. These projects will more than likely be completed prior to the re-alignment of Vine and Lemay Streets. Q: Is there a rule about church separation (with new church proposed near Templo Betel)? A: No: The city does not have church separation standards (like for gas stations). Q: Would N. Lemay segment happen at the some time? A: Yes. Q: How neighborhood friendly will the Buckingham Street trail be? A: The signal on the street will help. The sidewalk would be separated and landscaped. Q: Where would future bus stops be located? Currently residents use the bus stops on Lemay. The plan proposes short-term improvements to bus stops. A: The bus stop locations are proposed to remain on Lemay, so these short-term improvements would get used for the long-term. The plan does include a lot of good short-term improvements that should help the situation in the neighborhoods. (e.g., Buckingham signal—the traffic engineer may have spare parts and could do this fairly quickly after resolving some of the alignment issues). Q: What is the process for getting this project on the ballot? A: The process is complex—to add a project to 'Building on Basics" (BOB) package for voter approval. First, the service areas of the city all come up with projects. The initial list was much higher than what can be funded. The list then has to get trimmed. It is too early to predict if the re-alignment project will be included on BOB for 2005. Council members did express some support in last study session for including local streets and mitigation in the funding package when it moves forward. Q: As Old Town develops, what is to stop Buckingham from getting used more as a through street? A: Buckingham is a local street and not connected to any other larger arterial streets extending east/west. This street is part of the overall street network and provides internal circulation within the area. Q: What is the time frame for the realignment project? A: The shortest time could be if the project were approved by voters next year and design began after that, then the road could be built in 5-6 years. The longest time frame could be 20-25 years. It is in the 30-year Master Street Plan but it is not funded in that plan. Page 5 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Via Lopez/San Cristo Meeting November 30, 2004 C: City needs to fix the problems soon. Access in/out is difficult. A: The Plan identifies several interim projects to address access and movement along Lemay Avenue including additional turn lanes and a trafic signal at Buckingham Street and Lemay Avenue. C: What about street lighting along trails. There is a need for better lighting. A: Any new street will have street lighting as part of the overall streetscape design. Lighting along existing streets is still needed and the City has recognized this deficiency and will work towards resolving the issue as funding becomes available. Page 6 . �r,11111111. IS �/ ��iiiili� i►il �.�� • Y .mil oolle , — ����1 ■A rlii w� ■ ��ihl�iiiii�►il����■ i ♦ r - RESOLUTION 2005-001 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS ADOPTING THE NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS PLAN AS AN ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY WHEREAS, on February 18, 1997, the Council of the City of Fort Collins, by Resolution 97-25, adopted the Comprehensive Plan of the City, to be known as "City Plan"; and WHEREAS, City Plan, in its principles and policies, identified the neighborhoods of Buckingham, Alta Vista, Andersonville and Via Lopez (the "Northside Neighborhoods") as a priority subarea for planning efforts; and WHEREAS, the Northside Neighborhoods Plan (the "Plan")has been developed to assist in the implementation of City Plan by providing a more specific vision and policy framework for the neighborhoods, including surrounding commercial, industrial and undeveloped open lands and by addressing specific issues concerning land use,housing,transportation,natural areas and open lands, infrastructure and services, and community appearance; and WHEREAS, citizen participation was critical to the development of the Plan, and many opportunities for gaining public input were utilized,including a citizens advisory group,open house meetings,individual property owner meetings,neighborhood groups,together with interaction with the City's Transportation Board and Planning and Zoning Board which Board unanimously supported the adoption of the Plan with certain changes which have been incorporated into the Plan; and WHEREAS, the Council has determined that the adoption of the Northside Neighborhoods Plan is in the best interest of the citizens of the City. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the Northside Neighborhoods Plan,attached hereto as Exhibit"A" and incorporated herein by this reference, is hereby adopted as an element of the City's Comprehensive Plan. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 18th day of January, A.D. 2005. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk EXHIBIT "A" Northside Neighborhoods g ds Plan Draft December 22, 2004 Cityaf FOR Collins y, � F CLARION LSA, INC TALYST CONSULTING CORMICK&ASSOCIATES • ' Draft—December 22,2004 • Acknowledgements Technical Advisory Committee Staff: Pete Wray, Senior City Planner, Advance Planning (Project Manager) Ken Waido, Chief Planner,Advance Planning Maurice Head, City Planner, Advance Planning Karen McWilliams, Historic Preservation Planner, Advance Planning Mark Jackson, Transportation Planning Manager, Transportation Planning David Averill, Transportation Planner, Transportation Planning Ginny Sawer, Neighborhood Administrator, Neighborhood Resources Katy Carpenter, GIS Programmer/Analyst, Geographic Information Services Doug Moore, Environmental Planner, Natural Resources Roger Buffington,Development Review Supervisor,Water Engineering Services Rich Kopp, Compliance Supervisor, Streets Department Julie Brewen, Executive Director, Fort Collins Housing Authority John Pino,Lieutenant, Police Services Bud Bredehoft,Police Officer, Police Services • Consultant Team: Ben Herman, Principal,Clarion Associates Lesh Ellis, Associate, Clarion Associates(Project Manager) Ray Moe, Principal, LSA Associates, Inc. Barbara Lewis,Principal, Catalyst Consulting Kathryn McCormick, McCormick and Associates,Inc. Lina Saldarriaga, Translator Eric Howard, BHA, Sketches City Staff Darin Atteberry, City Manager Greg Byrne, CPES Director Joe Frank,Advance Planning Director Cameron Gloss, Current Planning Director John Stokes, Natural Resources Director Ron Phillips, Transportation Director Megara Kastner, Neighborhood Resources Manager, Neighborhood Resources Dan Coldiron,Systems Administrator, Geographic Information Services Mike Smith, Utilities General Manager Paul Eckman, Deputy City Attorney • Northside Neighborhoods Plan I i Draft—December 22,2004 Citizens Advisory Group (alphabetical) Ted Anderson Buckingham Neighborhood Betty Aragon Buckingham Neighborhood Debra Fay Bueno Andersonville Neighborhood Kristen Coley New Belgium Brewing Co. Dave Conrads Via Lopez Neighborhood Donna Dees Via Lopez Neighborhood Jerry Gavaldon Property/P&Z Board Margaret Guzman Alta Vista Neighborhood Julie Horton Buckingham Neighborhood Katherine Joyce Meadows Neighborhood Bob La Mar Meadows Neighborhood Corkie Odell Odell Brewing Co. Larry Olivas Alta Vista Neighborhood Lupe Salazar Buckingham Neighborhood Don Schlagel Property Owner Kevin Schramm Paws N' Claws Veterinary Clinic Graham Tharp Buckingham Neighborhood Mikal Togerson Property/P&Z Board Ashlee Woodbury Buckingham Neighborhood City Council Ray Martinez, Mayor Bill Bertschy, Mayor Pro-Tem Eric Hamrick Kurt Kastein David Roy Marty Tharp Karen Weitkunat Planning and Zoning Board Mikal Torgerson, Chairperson Jennifer Carpenter Sally Craig Judy Meyer Brigitte Schmidt Jerry Gavaldon Dave Lingle ii I Norihside Neighborhoods Plan Draft-December 22,2004 • Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Plan Process Overview.................................................................................................................1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................................I Location...............................................................................................................................................1 Context.................................................................................................................................................1 BriefHistory........................................................................................................................................1 Purposeof This Plan..............................................................................................................................3 TheNeed for a Plan................................................................................................................................3 PlanningProcess.....................................................................................................................................4 PlanSchedule......................................................................................................................................4 PublicOutreach and Input................................................................................................................4 PlanningContents..................................................................................................................................8 Chapter 2 - Northside Neighborhoods Area Issues..........................................................................................9 The Area's Positive Aspects..................................................................................................................9 Issuesto be Resolved.............................................................................................................................9 Stormwater Management and Flooding Improvements............................................................10 Transportation and Infrastructure Improvements......................................................................10 • Land Use Planning...........................................................................................................................11 Urban Design-Industrial Areas....................................................................................................12 Parksand Trails................................................................................................................................12 Housing..............................................................................................................................................13 OtherCommunity Facilities............................................................................................................13 PoliceProtection...............................................................................................................................13 CodeCompliance.............................................................................................................................14 PlanImplementation........................................................................................................................14 OtherIssues.......................................................................................................................................14 Chapter 3 - Our Vision and Goals for the Future ..........................................................................................15 OurVision... .........................................................................................................................................15 OurGoals...............................................................................................................................................15 Chapter4 - Our Framework Plan.................................................................................................................23 Overview...............................................................................................................................................23 A Physical Plan to Guide Future Development in the Area.....................................................23 How We Developed This Plan.......................................................................................................24 Purpose of the Framework Plan.....................................................................................................24 Componentsof This Plan....................................................................................................................25 LandUses..........................................................................................................................................25 Neighborhood Design and Character ...........................................................................................31 • Transportation..................................................................................................................................31 Stormwater Drainage Improvements............................................................................................35 Northside Neighborhoods Plan I iii Draft—December 22,2004 Chapter 5- Our Direction for Achieving the Plan..........................................................................................39 GuidingPrinciples................................................................................................................................39 Chapter6-Action Plan ................................................................................................................................47 Overview...............................................................................................................................................47 Typesof Actions...................................................................................................................................47 Coordination and Partnerships......................................................................................................47 Zoningand Code Reform................................................................................................................47 PolicyDirections...............................................................................................................................48 Programs............................................................................................................................................48 CapitalImprovements.....................................................................................................................48 Summary of Priority Actions..............................................................................................................48 Highest Priority Actions („Top Three" List) ................................................................................48 ActionPlan Matrix...............................................................................................................................49 Plan Figures Figure1: Vicinity Map..............................................................................................................................1 Figure 2: Plan Area Aerial Photo (2002).................................................................................................2 Figure 3: Public Process Chart.................................................................................................................7 Figure4: Plan Contents.............................................................................................................................8 Figure 5: Elements of the Framework Plan..........................................................................................23 Figure 6: Existing Neighborhoods........................................................................................................24 Figure 7: Vacant Lands—Future Areas of Change.............................................................................24 Figure 8: Distance from Downtown.....................................................................................................27 Figure 9: Industrial/Residential Interface With Landscape Buffer ..................................................29 Figure 10: Industrial/Residential Interface with a Mix of Uses.........................................................29 Figure 11: Future Land Uses, New Residential Units,and Business Space....................................30 Figure 12: Gateway Examples. ..............................................................................................................31 Figure 13: Short-Term Transportation Improvements.......................................................................33 Figure 14: Ultimate Transportation Solution.......................................................................................34 Figure 15: Cross Section for Future Vine Drive...................................................................................36 Figure16: Framework Plan....................................................................................................................37 Figure 17: Action Plan Matrix................................................................................................................49 Appendices AppendixA: Existing Conditions......................................................................................................A-1 Appendix B: Summary of Related Plans and Policies......................................................................B-1 Appendix C: Housing Conditions and Profile................................................................................. C-1 Appendix D: Vine Drive and Lemay Avenue Traffic&Accident Data.......................................D-1 Appendix E: Code Compliance and Violations................................................................................E-1 Appendix F: City of Fort Collins Police Services Analysis..............................................................F-1 Appendix G: Lemay Avenue Alignment Analysis..........................................................................G-1 iv I Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft—December 22,2004 • Appendix Figures and Maps Existing Conditions Figure A.1: Existing Land Use Summary Table...............................................................................A-3 Figure A.2: Development Status Table..............................................................................................A-3 FigureA.3: Land Ownership Summary Table.................................................................................A-5 Figure A.4: Poudre River Enhancement Project...............................................................................A-6 Figure A.5: Recent Street Improvements..........................................................................................A-9 Figure A.6: City of Fort Collins Inventoried Natural Areas.........................................................A-12 Figure A.7: Existing Romero Park and Potential New Location.................................................A-13 MapA.1: Existing Land Use.............................................................................................................A-17 MapA.2: Structure Plan....................................................................................................................A-18 MapA.3: Existing Zoning.................................................................................................................A-19 MapA.4: Land Ownership................................................................................................................A-20 Map A.5: Water Features and Floodplains.....................................................................................A-21 Map A.6: Existing Transportation....................................................................................................A-22 Map A.7: Infrastructure Needs.........................................................................................................A-23 MapA.8: Physical Influences............................................................................................................A-24 Related Plans&Policies Figure B.1: Plan Area Related to Adjacent Area Plans.....................................................................B-2 • Figure B.2: Master Basin Plan Recommended Improvements........................................................B-6 Housing Conditions FigureC.1: Use/Tenure........................................................................................................................ C-3 Figure C.2: Occupancy in Northside Area....................................................................................... C-3 Figure C.3: Units in Structure............................................................................................................. C-3 Figure CA Year Moved by Owners and Renters............................................................................ C-3 Figure C.5: Year Structure Built.......................................................................................................... C-4 Figure C.6: Kitchens, Telephone and Plumbing .............................................................................C-4 FigureC.7: Race/Ethnicity................................................................................................................... C-4 FigureC.8: Age Distribution............................................................................................................... C-4 Figure C.9: Households and household Size.................................................................................... C-5 Figure C.10: Households with Children........................................................................................... C-5 FigureC.11: Household Type............................................................................................................. C-5 Figure C.12: 1999 Average Incomes...................................................................................................C-6 Figure C.13: Percent Income Spent on Housing..............................................................................C-6 Figure C.14: Average Housing Costs.................................................................................................C-6 Figure C.15: Value of Owner-Occupied Units.................................................................................. C-6 FigureC.16: Mortgage Status.............................................................................................................. C-6 FigureC.17: Gross Rent....................................................................................................................... C-7 • Figure C.18: Income Distribution....................................................................................................... C-7 Northside Neighborhoods Plan I v Draft-December 22,2004 J Vine Drive and Lemay Avenue Traffic Figure D.1: AM and PM Peak House Approach and Departure Volumes..................................D-2 Figure D.2: AM Peak Hour Level of Service.....................................................................................D-3 Figure D.3: PM Peak Hour Level of Service.....................................................................................D-4 Figure DA: Vine/Lemay Accident History .....................................................................................D-5 Code Compliance Figure E.1: City of Fort Collins Parcels with Code Violations-2003.............................................E-2 Figure E.2: City of Fort Collins Comparison of Code Violations- 1997 to 2003...........................E-3 Figure E.3: City of Fort Collins Percent of Parcels with Code Violations-2003..........................E-4 Police Analysis Figure F.1: Northside Neighborhoods Reporting Districts.............................................................F-1 Figure F.2: Incident Count for Five-Year Period (Jan. 1999 to Dec.2003) ....................................F-2 Figure F.3: Top Incidents by Area,Five-Year Period.......................................................................F-2 Figure FA: Ten-Year Offense Count...................................................................................................F-3 Figure F.S: 2002 Offense Count—Citywide.......................................................................................F-4 Figure F.6: 2003 Offence Count—Citywide.......................................................................................F-5 Figure F.7: Top 10 Reporting Districts—Citywide...........................................................................F-6 Lemay Avenue Alignment Analysis Figure G.l: Lemay Current Alignment with 115-foot right-of-way..............................................G-2 Figure G.2: Lemay Current Alignment with 102-foot right-of-way..............................................G-3 Figure G.3: Lemay Shifted and Widened...........................................................................................G-4 Cross-Referencing in the Plan This i"symbol is used in the plan �1J document to assist the reader with finding j more information about a particular topic in other sections of the plan. It guides the reader to the relevant figure, page, or chapter where additional information can be found. For example,in a land use section,the reader is directed to: Q (see Map A-1: Existing Conditions on page A 17). vi I Norihside Neighborhoods Plan 'Draft—December 22,2004 . 7 • Chapter 1 P&O-v P4"W aVft Introduction A number of industries and businesses are also located in the area (including New Belgium Brewing,Odell Brewing Company, Location Elite Group Vanworks Automotive, Pointe The Northside Neighborhoods Plan area Five Windows,Federal Express warehouse), (Plan Area) is located at the northern end of many of which have been built in the past 10 Fort Collins. It encompasses 444 acres— to 15 years. The area also has a host of almost one square mile. The Plan Area is smaller retail and service businesses such as bounded by Conifer Street to the north, A-1 U-Store It Storage, Paws-n-Claws Lemay Avenue (91h Street) to the east, East Veterinary,Roth Medical, Montage Graphics, Lincoln Avenue to the south, and Redwood and a Shell gas station(Sandy's Convenience and Linden Streets to the west, as shown on Store). In addition, about 60 acres are 0 the Vicinity Map (see Figure 1). publicly owned and used for street operations by the Larimer County Fleet Services Context Department along East Vine Drive and the • The Plan Area is immediately adjacent to the City Streets Facility and Traffic Operations Cache la Poudre River(Poudre River) and is along Vine Drive and Lemay Avenue. just north of downtown Fort Collins. It is completely surrounded by other City of Fort Collins planning areas including The ¢ n € Mountain Vista Subarea Plan(adopted 1999), the East Mulberry Corridor Plan (adopted 2002),Downtown Strategic Plan (approved �X 2004), and the North College Avenue Corridor Plan (adopted 1995), (shown in *w O Appendix B,page B-2). The Greenbriaz neighborhood is immediately north of then = Plan Area, as well as a number of Larimer l " fort dlin County subdivisions around the Fort Collins Country Club and Lindenmeier Lake. The Plan Area contains three historic o:. ;l residential neighborhoods—Alta Vista, Andersonville,and Buckingham, as well as three newer neighborhoods—Via Lopez/San Cristo,the Meadows, and Evergreen Park (see Figure 2 on page 2). Figure 1: Yi mlyhfop Northside Neighborhoods Plan 1 1 Draft-Dere m be 22,2004 some of the area still retains an industrial feel and has seen new w� — x industrial development in recent years with the two breweries and ' other businesses such as In-Situ. r " ` • What was once the factory is now part ��• � ` �, fit, ,;. of the City's Streets facility. x� In the early 1900s, the sugar beet x N " factory began recruiting Russian- 3 German and Japanese workers ill 71 because of their cultural ties to beet .ems. OYU_w ��.. • t Yon , �� farming and a strong work ethic. To .r t Y A �Sb ,f"� keep workers in town, the company k Kuajfdl _ . ki, organized "colonies," with small, ri ' y � affordable lots and modest housing. <� g Charles Buckingham, a local banker, A4bp ._ a organized 80properties in a' x Buckingham Place in 1902. A year later Andersonville, slightly smaller figore2. PlavArwAenal Photo(2002J with 36 properties, was developed nearby. Despite the proximity to downtown • Brief History Fort Collins, these colonies and their residents The blend of residential neighborhoods, were fairly isolated physically and culturally industry, and agriculture have defined the from the rest of the City. In 1904, a flood on character of the northside neighborhoods in the Poudre River devastated these two the past as well as today. The area now neighborhoods. The residents rebuilt,but constitutes one of the most historic and remained separated from the rest of the culturally diverse parts of Fort Collins. community. In the late 1800s and earlier, the area was agricultural or undeveloped. For decades, During the 1910s Great Western, which farmers grew sugar beets because the plains purchased the sugar factory in 1906, shifted to possessed the ideal climate and conditions for recruiting a Hispanic labor pool from their cultivation. southern Colorado, northern New Mexico, Texas and Mexico. In 1923, Great Western In 1904, the Sugar Manufacturing Company announced plans to build an affordable completed a factory along the railroad and "Spanish Colony' northeast of the sugar near the sugar beet farms to process sugar factory that would provide an incentive for beets into granulated sugar. The sugar Hispanic laborers to settle near the factory factory lent an element of heavy industry to and farms. The area that is now Alta Vista the area,but it also became a magnet for became known as "la Colonia Espanola' and workers and residents. Even though the took on a Hispanic flavor with adobe houses sugar beet factory closed over forty years ago, on small lots. Hispanic laborers began to 41 2 1 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Drab—December 22,2004 • settle in the other two colonies as well, as the The Meadows subdivision began construction Russian-Germans began to move out and into around 1990. Via Lopez/San Cristo is the other parts of the community. As with newest residential area,built in 1998 through previous immigrants, and maybe more so, the 2000,providing 40 single-family, Hispanics were ostracized in Fort Collins and manufactured, affordable housing units. had little opportunity to receive education and branch into other forms of employment. Purpose of This Plan The original neighborhoods developed to Once adopted, the Northside Neighborhoods provide affordable factory housing, did not Plan will be an element of City Plan, the City's include urban amenities, and it took years for comprehensive plan. It provides a more the area to improve with paved streets and specific vision, policies, land use and other amenities. The City completed a sewer transportation plans tailored to this area line to Alta Vista in the early 1970s and paved through a process of local input. In addition, roads starting in 1980. Because of a history of this Plan seeks to resolve concerns and physical isolation, and residents' beliefs that problems in the area by establishing priorities the City has focused its attention to the for utility and transportation improvements. growth areas to the south, the neighborhoods Finally, the planning process collectively have a tradition of taking matters into their involved neighborhood residents,businesses, own hands. Conditions have improved over and property owners. Such a process should time, in part as a result of local activism to foster a sense of ownership in this Plan and • promote local projects and because of create the foundation for lasting partnerships increased awareness about the problems in to accomplish this Pla ri s goals. the area. Federal and local funding (Community Development Block Grants) for The Need for a Plan neighborhood projects starting in the late 1970s also helped improve conditions. Some In 1997, City Plan identified the Northside projects include: Neighborhoods area as a priority for detailed planning at the neighborhood level. • Rehabilitation projects in Buckingham Although the City has completed or is and Alta Vista (1976-87); developing plans for adjacent areas,before • Infill projects (1985); this Plan the City had not yet included the • Acquisition of housing-2nd and 3rd northside neighborhoods in a detailed Street(1990-95); subarea planning process. The area had been • Down payment assistance in San on the City's planning agenda for some time. Cristo/Via Lopez(1992, 1995, 1996-97); In the face of growth and development and nearby and with substandard services and • Recent street paving in Alta Vista, utilities in the area, concerned citizens have Andersonville, Evergreen Park, and shared their immediate needs and views paving on Lincoln and Vine Drive about the impacts of continued growth or (2000-03). change. This Plan identifies a number of issues, such as: • Northside Neighborhoods Plan 1 3 Draft—December 22,2004 • improving stormwater drainage for residents,businesses, and property owners to the Dry Creek and Poudre River become involved and share their ideas. A basins to remove lands from the Citizen Advisory Group,brochures, surveys, floodplain; public workshops, open houses, interviews • improving traffic conditions on Vine and discussions with stakeholders were all Drive and Lemay Avenue and aspects of a public participation plan improving the transportation system designed to be as open and inclusive as overall; possible. These are described briefly below. • determining appropriate future uses The publiprmss chart,(Itigxe'3 nn,page7) for vacant lands; illustrates the array of events and activities • continuing to retain affordable designed to foster meaningful participation. housing; • providing higher-quality, accessible HI public services; • protecting neighborhood character w + and historic resources; and ,,j • protecting natural areas and contributing to a connective citywide system of trails and open spaces. © The Issues chapter that follows(see page 9) I(I identifies the full spectrum of issues this Plan addresses. Public Picnic/Open House Held in July 2004 Planning Process Interviews To start this planning process the planning team held interviews with neighborhood and Plan Schedule business stakeholders. Information recorded This planning process began in October 2003, during the interviews helped to frame the and took a little over a year to complete. It issues and analysis papers. consisted of three parts: Citizen Advisory Group (CAG) • Project Initiation(October 2003 to The Northside Neighborhoods Plan Citizen April 2004); Advisory Group (CAG)provided a broad • Design and Plan Development(May spectrum of interests and citizen perspectives to September 2004); and and advice to the City's Planning and Zoning • Plan Implementation and Adoption Board and Council on the direction and (October 2004 to January 2005). priorities for this Plan. The CAG included residents from each of the neighborhoods, Public Outreach and Input business owners, and other individuals with This Plan relied on a number of public particular knowledge about the area and outreach components over the course of the interest in the area's future. The City notified year that provided multiple avenues for all residents and business owners of the 4 1 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft-December 22,2004 • opportunity to be a part of the CAG before Fliers, Brochures, and Newsletters meetings started. The planning team produced brochures and newsletters to inform the public about the project, and provided information at project milestones in English and Spanish. Northkrde Ner hho n 9 rhoods Plao N xbu• aW„I wN av fx, ,Jbi. .ru-ia u ! •.nn dmIJ"m Gwln,®k,kmaYvegw• •m Citizen Advisory Group Meeting Website 4 °°= Ci do� Information about the planning effort was ;� •wr • �R available on the City's website: www.fcgov.com/advanceplanning. This website made available all the work products b generated during the planning effort and -- • announced meetings and events in both English and Spanish. Direct Mailings The City sent postcards and letters to "Map-It"Packet Survey residents and businesses in the area In October 2003, the planning team periodically to inform the public about distributed 390 informal surveys to homes meetings and events during the project and and businesses in the Plan Area prior to the also to invite stakeholders to participate in the first public meeting. The survey asked planning effort. residents to share their vision for the area by responding to two questions: (1)What do Technical Advisors/ Committee (TAC) you like about the area? (2) What one thing The Technical Advisory Committee(TAC) would you most like to see change in the included representatives from all the City future? This packet also contained a map of service areas, including Advance Planning, the Plan Area and stickers to depict Current Planning, Transportation Planning, "improvements needed" and "issues and Neighborhood Resources, Geographic problems." The City received 29 completed Information Systems (GIS), Streets and surveys (7.4%). These surveys provided Engineering Departments, Housing valuable information about the issues and Authorit y, and Police Department. The TAC concerns in the area(see Chapter 2: Issues). met periodically to guide and advise the planning team on various technical issues • about this Plan. Northside Neighborhoods Plan 1 5 Draft—December 22,2004 Public Meetings Planning and Zoning Board/City Council The City held a kick-off meeting in November Wdates 2003, a neighborhood picnic/open house to The planning team updated the Planning and review alternatives in July 2004, and a draft Zoning Board and City Council about plan plan review meeting on November 18, 2004— progress several times during the process. key milestones during this project. Despite all efforts to send direct notification and gpanish Translation advertise the meeting, only a few The planning team provided summaries of neighborhood residents and business material for the website and newsletters in representatives attended each of these English and in Spanish. In addition, a meetings. Spanish translator attended public events to yy assist with oral translation. CAG members helped the planning team determine if the City was providing roviding enough translation for the g y project. The public did not express concerns urto the planning team that language posed a language barrier during the project. i'I'PIr j"a a c' �. �'l ,iC First Public Open House in November 2003 Third Public Open House in November 2004 I l Public Picnicl Open House in July 2004 6 1 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Drofi—December 22,2004 • 1 tr owl How We Learned Concerns How We Shared Information Decision Process and Ideas Vat >:t, ' ill � :die �- ;i'� .uInteres reate ,: xnEecc�iectrs:(L�bt!ua� loar�ia aei rAnd Awareness i livicro nhiaase l5 ;':issues N sut Etyer and Ceatowm s •6 y '+ � , ., 8finteM' esv Q '� .P09fCard `t6R n+•i " , t�+ Ftif371'Yfd`# 'tommerlkSheeds C ' 'Ptoject'SWebeiten r • 'C tadro and xssaes'(l 04# o • P8cZ.1gpA#te OInput to Study • � 'fCAO p2n'Alternatives and {lisio t;r2ifar,04# • CdkG Ufa: Goole c 4r,n4) • Press releases/interviews P&Z and CC Updates • Postcard mailing/e-mailing CAG#4: Technical Issues • Project Website Design Development (May 1) oInformation Flyer#2 CAG#5: Key Choices(Jun.04) • r (land use choices) • Public Picnic&Open House CD #2: Key Choices(Jul.04) y • • Business Meeting(Jul.04) r� Plans Compareand Comment Sheets 1 • CAG#6: Special Transportation Meeting(Sep. 04) • CAG#7: Framework Plan Draft(Sep.04) • Listening Log • Pressa'eleaseslinterviews + P&4UPdate g ,• l?aeyCard emaailimg'.� + 'CAC,;78: oniNlan{[tet.04) '.. • ProJeat Webeife PInrp Rtipll cA . 17raft Plam(Nxn. r o flln l�1�0 n Pnblic Opert House!di ReviW;Draft Platt(Nee 04) $ III I • Comment Sheets' CV Implementation • P&Zaaii'CCTTeax�ngs '. . Funding Priorities (Pei.04andJan.05) y • Listening Log O r' Key to Abbreviations and Terns: CAG=Citizen Advisory Group;P&Z=Planning and Zoning Board; • CC=City Council;Listening Log=record of all comments received. Figure 3: Public Process Chart Norrhside Neighborhoods Plan 1 7 Draft—December 22,2004 Plan Contents Chapter 6:Action Plan, describes how the City and partners will accomplish the This Plan contains the following chapters: recommendations of this Plan. The Action Plan Matrix identifies specific actions, Chapter 2: Issues, describes the major issues responsibilities, and timing to implement this in the Northside Neighborhoods area. Plan. Chapter 3: Vision and Goals, describes the This Plan also includes the following long-range vision and goals for the Plan Area, Appendices: which are the foundation for this Plan. They are organized under broad themes,including: Appendix A: Existing Conditions, describes conditions in the area in 2004 and presents the • Community Involvement and Culture; analysis prepared for this Plan. It also • Health and Safety; contains the background maps. • Land Use; • Transportation; Appendix B: Summary of Related Plans and • Neighborhoods and Housing; Policies,provides a summary of the policy • Business Development; documents and regulations that affect the • Neighborhood Design and Character; Northside Neighborhood Area. • Open Lands, Natural Areas, and Resource Conservation; and Appendix C: Housing Conditions and • Facilities and Neighborhood Services. Profile,provides more detailed housing study information prepared for this Plan. Chapter 4: Framework Plan, contains the physical plan to guide future development Appendix D: Vine Drive and Lemay and physical changes in the Plan Area, Avenue Traffic and Accident Data, provides including land use, transportation, open base traffic, congestion, and accident data for lands, parks and trails. Vine Drive and Lemay Avenue. Chapter 5: Direction, contains the guiding Appendix E: Code Compliance and principles that guide the City and other Violations,presents 2003 code violation data. partners to achieve the broader vision and goals and the Framework Plan. Appendix F: Police Analysis, presents crime data for reporting districts. Appendix G: Lemay p*Rodsions erships Analysis, outlines the ,�T6n1QWOrkning&Cod. proprocess and Lemay Avenue Programs alternatives explored 6u�1agpimi impovem.ntsduring this planning PY'ItICId+DSunng Mechanisms process. Chapter 3 : Chapters 4&5 Chapter 6 : Figure 4: Pkn[Seteels 8 1 Norihside Neighborhoods Plan 'Draft—December 22,2004 Chapter 2 N*4� Na#o4aa4 AvA Wu" ■ Proximity to downtown is beneficial "This area is unique for residents who live here and for the for the City of Fort Collins— businesses. It is the historic "roots • Residents like the"open lands" and of Fort Collins. rural quality, views of the mountains, People know each other and proximity to the Poudre River and neighbors are friendly." and trails. • The Romero House museum - A Resident represents a historic milestone, This chapter discusses the major issues this especially for the Hispanic Plan addresses. These issues were gleaned community. during interviews, public open houses, from ' People are starting to upgrade homes an informal"Map-It" survey in fall 2003, and reinvest in the neighborhoods. • discussions with citizen and technical committees, and analysis of the area. The list Issues to be Resolved is not exhaustive,but it captures the most important concerns. The Plan Area also has a number of ongoing concerns addressed in the following sections, Based on existing conditions in the Northside including: Neighborhoods area;directions from residents,businesses and other stakeholders; Stormwater management/flooding and recommendations in related plans; this ' Transportation—congestion and Plan addresses the following issues—both safety, positive, and those to be resolved by this • Residential and industrial land use Plan. Planning, • Urban design, • Economic The Area's Positive Aspects • Sing development, Residents and business owners describe a ' Parks, number of positive qualities about the area, Historic preservation, and including: Other issues including social and general services. • It is the historic "roots of Fort Collins." • The neighborhoods are ethnically • diverse (i.e.,60%+Hispanic). Northside Neighborhoods Plan 1 9 Draft—December 22,2004� Stormwater Management and Flooding • Trucks using Vine Drive to avoid Improvements downtown traffic, and concerns that this The lack of adequate stormwater drainage for traffic will worsen when the realignments the neighborhoods is a major safety concern. occur; and The neighborhoods of Alta Vista and • Lack of bike lanes (Vine Drive). Buckingham are in the 100-year floodplain O Appendices and have flooded in the past. The streets in e these traditional neighborhoods lack curb and transportationn issues in greater detail. and G discuss various gutters. Master Street Plan Funding and Interim In addition, inadequate stormwater drainage Impacts for the vacant land parcels in the area poses a In addition, funding for the realignment of major limitation to development and Vine Drive and Lemay Avenue is distant. redevelopment opportunities. Major regional Because there are no defined funds to make stormwater improvements to Dry Creek and the long-range transportation improvements along the Poudre River are being built,but it in the area(including the Lemay and Vine is uncertain the extent to which these planned realignment or the extension of Redwood channel improvements will relieve flood Street) traffic volumes will continue to hazards. The Dry Creek Basin Plan does increase and further impact the identify some small culvert improvements neighborhoods. This Plan addresses how to that could help the neighborhoods of Alta offset current and future traffic impacts Vista and Andersonville more immediately. through interim improvements. Another key Funding constraints,however, may inhibit issue is to address the congested intersection the City's ability to make immediate of Lemay Avenue (91h Street) and Vine Drive, improvements to the area's storm drainage, which is also expected to worsen as traffic increases(see Appendix G). Residential Transportation and Infrastructure Improvements properties with direct access along Vine and Transportation issues include: Lemay have major access problems that will be further impacted with traffic growth. • Severe traffic congestion at intersections (Lemay and Vine) and along N. Lemay Avenue; • Speeding along Conifer, Lemay, Vine, and through neighborhood streets(Alta Vista especially); • Poor access into/out of Andersonville (along Lemay), especially when the train stops traffic; Lemay Avenue Traffic Stopped for Train • Lack of sidewalks along the arterials (N. Lemay Avenue and Vine Drive); • Lack of neighborhood sidewalks (Alta Vista, Andersonville, Buckingham, and repairs needed in Meadows); 10 1 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft— December 22,2004 • Lemay Avenue and Vine Drivel Realignment Desion Although the ultimate design for Lemay and Vine will not occur until funding is available for construction,the location and design of the Lemay/Vine intersection, the below-or above-grade separation of Lemay, and the general alignment of Vine Drive north of the ,i. Alta Vista Neighborhood will affect the area in the long term. The planning effort brought Discontinuous sidewalk in Alta Vista neighborhood concerns about the realignment and impacts to the forefront. It will be important to Land Use Plan mitigate noise, and visual impacts of the Future Mix of Land Uses and Transitions roads when they are engineered in the future. The present mix of residential and industrial uses in the area is not always compatible, Local Connections to Arterial Street despite the area's history of mixed-use. System With the realignment of Lemay Avenue One of the important directions this Plan (98,Street) and Vine Drive, the existing Lemay provides is a vision and specific and Vine will be reclassified as local streets. recommendations for future development of This Plan considers how these local streets vacant parcels. While the plan does not start • connect with the arterial streets resulting in with a blank slate,it allows the community to local connections to discourage through- refine the proposed land uses in the area and traffic. establish appropriate transitions between industrial and residential uses to achieve the Pedestrian Improvements right mix and character of development. Determining which pedestrian improvements should be proposed is a function of available Natural Areas and Poudre River and Dry funding and the realistic likelihood of Vine Creek Corridors and Lemay being realigned in the foreseeable The natural areas, open lands and river future. Because this area is also within a corridors provide views and habitat that help floodplain, the construction of curbs or define this area. This Plan suggests how to sidewalks within the Plan Area might have a protect significant features and improve significant impact on drainage and flooding. access for pedestrians and improve connections to the Poudre Trail. • Northside Neighborhoods Plan 1 11 Draft—December 22,2004 Density and Mix of New Residential right type of character and transition between Areas and Conserving the Traditional residential uses. Neighborhoods The residentially planned areas are classified Existing Public Facilities Appearance and as low density (i.e., five units per acre) in City Function Plan. This Plan addresses what density, mix, This Plan addresses whether changes or and type of residential development is improvements to City and County facilities appropriate,and what patterns of may help them blend in with the character of development best suit the residential areas. the area or function better overall with the neighborhoods. In addition, some residents In addition,protecting and enhancing the have stated the substation north of Conifer character of the historic neighborhoods and Street could be better screened. Other issues guarding against major gentrification is a are: concern to residents. This Plan addresses how to treat infill and redevelopment, and • Outdoor storage that is poorly how new neighborhoods should be designed screened. to be compatible and integrate with the • City and County maintenance traditional and somewhat mixed-use facilities that are unattractive or development patterns. inconsistent with residential neighborhoods. Urban Design—Industrial Areas The quality of existing industrial Parks and Trails development is inconsistent. Some This Plan considers whether existing businesses are developing in a "sustainable" neighborhood parks are adequate. The Via fashion(e.g.,with high quality materials built Lopez/San Cristo neighborhood lacks a park to last over time), and using materials and or playground, and residents have stated that styles that reflect the region and beautiful Romero Park is too small and inappropriately landscape, other industrial businesses are located to be functional. developing warehouse or flex-space buildings that are incompatible with the character of the New parks should be developed to meet the neighborhoods. needs of new residential development and this Plan suggests how to integrate them with This Plan helps determine what type of uses neighborhoods. It also addresses the future and character is appropriate for the industrial network of trails currently planned to be areas. Will they become more of a extended through the area, and whether warehouse/flex space district, an extension of additional connections are necessary to downtown,or a mixed-use employment/ enhance the system. residential area? This Plan addresses whether the existing industrial classification and zoning is adequate to determine the future development on industrially-zoned parcels. In addition,it considers whether design criteria for industrial uses is promoting the 12 1 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft--December 22,2004 • J needed. The current rental market may not support development of additional rental housing at this time,but could be planned for the future. This area also has the potential to create new ownership opportunities for residents looking for a larger home. These would most likely need to be "step-up/work R force" housing given the current values and owner incomes in the area. Picnic Shelter at Buckingham Park Mixed-use may also support ethnically oriented businesses, such as specialty grocery Trail Connections stores, that residents in the area would either Residents in Via Lopez/San Cristo have stated own/manage and/or use. that access from the neighborhood to the regional trail system along the Poudre River, Other Community Facilities to parks, and to downtown is inadequate. This Plan addresses what types of community Off-street trails are needed. facilities should be incorporated into new development. Some neighborhood Housing stakeholders have expressed interest in The Northside Neighborhoods area has adding new community facilities over the • provided affordable housing in Fort Collins long-term, such as a recreation center. for several generations. The Housing Authority manages 47 units in the area(in all Police Protection the neighborhoods except the Meadows). The City's Police Services Planning and Plan participants generally agree that Research unit reports crime rates for the Plan maintaining and rehabilitating the existing Area fall in the lower ranges compared with stock of affordable housing is important,but other parts of the City. Some residents, the area should not be targeted for additional however, report that the quality of police affordable housing or land banking sites for service is not adequate and a crime problem future affordable housing projects. exists. Residents generally are active in self- patrolling the area and calling the police The Plan Area could potentially develop with when crimes occur, which may account for a mix of land uses that would include rental the relatively low number of offenses housing for families who wish to be in closer compared to other parts of the City. This Plan proximity to downtown and transit corridors. addresses how the City can maintain and improve police services in the neighborhoods Demographically, the Plan Area differs and resolve or eliminate the crime problems somewhat from other neighborhoods in Fort that do exist, including graffiti, a transient Collins. Family size tends to be larger than homeless problem along the ditches, and found in Fort Collins overall, and a large drug-related activities. • number of single persons rent. Thus, a mix of one-, two-, and three-bedroom units may be Northside Neighborhoods Plan 1 13 Draft—December 22,2004 Code Compliance The City's Streets Department addresses code " compliance issues in the Plan Area including yard clean-up and litter, abandoned vehicles, building maintenance, and illegal accessory units. There is a lack of consensus by residents about whether the City should do more to enforce these issues,but generally, residents support addressing these issues. Residents have also reported problems with stray animals and wildlife. Public Picnic/Meeting Event—July 2004 Plan Implementation Identi fyiggfundigg Sources—Small Building Partnerships between the Cite, Grants, Large Capital Projects Lack of funding for projects—for both small, Residents, Businesses, and Others short-term projects and major, long-term A constraint to effective planning in the area projects—is a major constraint to may be the relationships between the implementing a plan for this area. The Action neighborhoods and the City. Residents report Plan recommends ways to accomplish some the City has not followed through on past goals immediately("quick wins'), and commitments nor committed enough strategically plan to accomplish larger goals financial or staff resources to the area to over,the larig team(see Actlon Pic page 490 O effectively resolve problems like code compliance and crime.As a result, Other Issues neighborhood residents may be reluctant to Residents and business owners identified get involved with planning efforts and with implementing this Plan. This Plan addresses other issues this Plan should address,many some ways to establish and reinforce of which are discussed in the Existing (M relationships in the area to implement the Conditions WWySi Imo, a A)and are k✓ neighborhood vision and goals. presented in the Goals and Directions chapters iso Ck *Oe ,3:mid In addition, the quality of relationships • Improve snow plowing services; between businesses and residents could be improved. Residents appreciate charitable • Improve water pressure; contributions of businesses to neighborhood • Trim weeds and trees; Consider a dog park on the north end causes,but are concerned about of town; environmental and social impacts from the businesses. Businesses,however, point out Find ways to make the area the area has always been a mix of residential technologically competitive and to make Internet access affordable for and industrial uses, so having businesses in residents;and the area is historical) appropriate.y PPro P Provide non-motorized boating access Additionally,the proximity to downtown and to the Poudre River. the river is beneficial for niche businesses, such as microbreweries. 14 1 Northside Neighborhoods Pion Draft—December 22,2004 „ • Chapter 3 Our Vision is. . . ... to influence the Northside Neighborhoods area by providing a safe, healthy neighborhood, and providing opportunities for neighborhood members to become actively involved in the community. dust future • Our Goals The goals are the ideals to be sought in the ' Community Involvement and Culture; Northside Neighborhoods area over the next ' Health and Safety; 20 years. As in City Plan,they are the • Land Use; foundation for this Plan. The goals are • Transportation; organized under the following themes: • Neighborhoods and Housing(Where People Live); ■ Business Development(Where People Work and Shop); • Neighborhood Design and Character; Open Lands,Natural Areas,and Resource Conservation;and Facilities and Neighborhood Services. • Northside Neiqhborhoods Plan 1 15 Draft—December 22,2004 Community Involvement III Pro vide grMter opportunities for ' Culture communitymemherstoheinvo/vedand Continue to celebrate and preserve the active. eu/tura/and historim/quo/hies of the This Plan promotes shared responsibility by the City,businesses, and neighborhoods to Northside Neighhorhoods area. maintain and improve this area. We will also seek to provide opportunities for a sustained The Northside Neighborhoods area has rich level of community involvement in civic and traditions and history. We will promote and cultural affairs. celebrate our cultural and agricultural heritage,historic values, and ethnic diversity. ilia �! Neighbors helping develop this Plan Beet factory workers in the early days �r The Sugar Beet Factory(Source: City) Neighborhood events <r� t Romero House in the Andersonville neighborhood-- The cheerful Aztlan Center staff Historic Local Landmark and future museum 16 1 Norihside Neighborhoods Plan Draft--December 22,2004 Health and Safety Enhance the image and identity of the neighborhoods. Improve health and safety—,, high This Plan aims to conserve our existing priority. residential neighborhoods to reinforce historic and cultural pride. It also strives to Safety has improved in the neighborhoods in develop a positive image for the recent years. We will continue to improve neighborhoods. and maintain safety through communication with police services. ; We will also work to resolve health-related ! planning issues, such as flooding and { �� standing water. i t 1 A renovated and well-maintained home in the Buckingham neighborhood New neighborhoods and businesses will blend compatibly with our existing Provide neighborhood services that developments. serve the needs of residents. The area has a long-standing mix of This Plan aims to provide neighborhood residential neighborhoods and businesses. services near residential areas. Services might This Plan will recommend ways for new include recreational facilities, social services, businesses and residential areas to blend and community meeting facilities. harmoniously with older areas. 'Transportation The transportation system in the Northside Neighborhoods area will provide a variety of mobility options. ! !luN... " We want to have a range of transportation An example of mixed-use commercial and residential development-Lowry Town center options in the Northside Neighborhoods area, including cars, transit,bicycles, and walking. • This Plan aims to improve safety and mobility for cars on arterial and collector streets— Northside Neighborhoods Plan 1 17 Draft-December 22,2004 especially Lemay and Vine—as well as reduce traffic that cuts through neighborhoods. We aim to improve pedestrian sidewalks and Residential neighborhoods will continue paths and to provide safer bicycle lanes. to have a strong usense of neighborhood"and will become more stable and cohesive. We will help new development integrate well and revitalize our neighborhood to continue to improve property values. Reinvestment in older residential neighborhoods should help An example of safe bike lanes maintain the existing housing. s> Safe, convenient bus transit with good connections to other destinations is also � 4 important. : Well-maintained home and yard Continue to provide livable and Bus shelters need to be improved,such as in this affordable housing. example This Plan promotes a mix of housing styles Connect trails with surrounding areas. and sizes to meet the needs of a diverse mix of residents—of all ages, families, and singles, We aim to improve our trail connections to socio-economic levels and ethnicities. the Poudre Trail and to provide better links to Old Town and other surrounding neighborhoods. 18 1 Norihside Neighborhoods Plan + Draft-December 22,2004 • Develop generatts rret tlteu owwrtt heeds. (World iBusiness Bank definition) Support businesses that are compatible Support businesses that will serve the with the area and that improve local community. economic opportunities for residents. We will foster growth and stability of small- We will continue to support a diverse range scale local businesses that serve nearby of business development and employment neighborhoods. opportunities while balancing the needs of I !i5�i ik businesses with neighborhoods. This Plan aims to explore opportunities to develop creative,unique, and sustainable economic development niches that capitalize on existing businesses and proximity to the Poudre River and Old Town. _... A local business(just outside the Plan Area) — Lambspun of Colorado Neighborhood Designand Character Develop new commercial and industrial Mixed-use/live-work units(Longmont,CO) areas that are attractive and integrate well with neighborhoods. " The Northside Neighborhoods area has a dynamic mix of industry and neighborhoods. We will continue to ensure that commercial and residential areas develop in a balanced way so that one type of use does not dominate the other. Our new employment The two breweries have.found a niche in this area. in- and retail areas will be welcoming, safe, and Situ is another example attractive. Sustainable-development is defined.as • meeting the needs of people today without compromising the ability of ifuture Northside Neighborhoods Plan 1 19 Draft—December 22,2004 Make neighborhood public spaces Open Lands, Natural Areas, and attractive and accessible. Resource We will develop new high quality public spaces in the Northside Neighborhoods area Preserve and integrate open lands and that are attractive and accessible. natural areas where they provide . wildlife habitat or have other community benefits. This Plan aims to preserve open lands as part of new developments to the extent possible. We aim to preserve mountain views from the public realm when possible. New Belgium Brewery provides outdoor space for visitors and employees Where healthy, mature trees grow in natural areas, we will conserve them. We will also Clean up and maintain public spaces and maintain our healthy street trees. visible yards and grounds in the area. Promote conservation of water and We will continue to encourage all residents energy resources in new developments. and business to maintain properties, to screen outdoor storage, and to maintain fences and City Plan promotes resource conservation. landscaped areas. In addition, we aim to This Plan aims to reinforce the goal of keep our public areas clean and graffiti-free. promoting energy-efficient design in new homes and businesses, and also water conservation in new and retrofitted landscapes. 777, POudre Trail and Open Lands near the Oxbozu site 20 1 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft--December 22,2004 • �� area. We will also seek to provide Facilities Neighborhood recreational opportunities for youth, such as play areas or playgrounds. ^✓111 : Improve capital facilities to serve existing needs and demands created by new development. The City,new development, and existing residents and businesses share responsibilities in providing adequate infrastructure Alta Vista neighborhood park provides a play area for (including but not limited to streets, children in the neighborhood sidewalks, curbs and gutter). This Plan aims to build and repair facilities that are non- existent or are falling into disrepair. In addition, we will work together to encourage private utilities to provide • affordable services (for example, Internet companies and Wireless Internet). Children at play in Buckingham Park Improve accessibility of parks, trails, and recreation opportunities for residents and business employees. We aim to provide access to parks and recreation opportunities. This Plan • recommends new parks of different sizes and character to serve future development in the Northside Neighborhoods Plan 1 21 Draft—December 22,2004 THIS PAGE BLANK 22 1 Norihside Neighborhoods Plan Draft-December 22,2004 • Chapter 4 OU4- f1iA~V4k P&Ool. Overview A Physical Plan to Guide Future Development the Northside Neighborhoods area. This Plan in the Area combines several different physical planning The Framework Plan builds on the vision and elements such as land use, transportation, goals, and sets a foundation for the actions open lands, parks and trails. These key that the community will take to achieve this elements are shown in Figure 5,below, and Plan. It is the physical plan guiding our described in the following sections. future development and physical changes in Transportation Mobility • ""»' Neighborhoods Street and Sidewalk and Housing Improvements, Business Development Transit, Trails Framework Neighborhood Service Plan Industry Open Lands - Parks . and Trails Poudre River and Parks, and Natural Areas ' '* Trails Ak Links to Parks Connections ,j♦, • figareS.• flemeals ofthe framework Plan Northside Neighborhoods Plan 1 23 Drah—December 22,2004 The Framework Plan focuses mainly on the • How We Developed This Plan vacant areas that may change and develop The Northside Neighborhoods Area is not a over time—the areas numbered in Figure 7, "blank slate." Major streets, railroads, and below. other infrastructure, such as sewer and water lines, are in place. In addition, about half the future land ♦— s� E""'`°`"°° land is developed, including existing Use Key O industrial neighborhoods and well-established 4®Mind Use —/Meadows businesses. ©Residential i a r r I` _•_ ' / Alto Visor 'e ur tar ♦ / S ♦♦♦ / se. Wka And so ilie Lope) San / Cristo / / I INum'iol Syr u I / vinvDm° BucMlnyhami Anderso NAME •'� r„s i F��u.e,I�.yb.. hd°mbl W.M.I 4 f • •W Bw11n Fnm St 41 It figure? YorontLonds future Alms o/Change ' A big focus for this Plan is in promoting a �����^ better interface between the industrial and � �a existing and future residential areas (see figure6.• &SlingNeighhorhoods "Industrial/Residential Interface,"page 28)• This Plan also takes into account desires and Purpose of the Framework Plan needs of the residents and businesses in the The Framework Plan aims to achieve the area today. The City has previously adopted following goals consistent with the goals and plans that generally address this area, vision for the Plan Area: including City Plan and the Master Street Plan. This Framework Plan builds on the directions • Conserve existing stable in City Plan and other planning efforts. For neighborhoods. the most part the Framework Plan is • Conserve existing industrial uses. consistent with City Plan, except for slight • Create new neighborhoods having a changes in types of residential designations range of housing options, clustered east of Lemay Avenue, and for new directions around and near services and regarding the "Interface" areas between employment areas. industrial and residential areas. • Provide a mix of industrial and • residential uses that protects the 24 1 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft—December 22,2004 • residential character of the Existing Low Density Residential neighborhoods and honors the traditional coexistence of small Existing Neighborhoods—Meadows, Alta businesses, industry, and Vista, Via Lopez/San Cristo, Andersonville, neighborhoods. Buckingham • Provide a well-planned transportation The built neighborhoods are established as system(including streets, transit, existing Low Density Residential bicycle and pedestrian paths)that nIghbtxrhaels(see Ftgyre :,on:age 24) O meets the needs of residents in the u{y_seven acres are classified as Low area and surrounding areas. Density neighborhoods. Residents want to • Preserve and enhance open lands and conserve these places and enhance and connections between natural areas, improve them in some cases open lands, and parks. h Veit.trectitigi,,pageu}. Jq At the time of this Plan, there appears to be Components of This Plan general neighborhood support for designating Alta Vista, Andersonville, and Land Uses Buckingham as historic Landmark districts, but more outreach is needed. Nevertheless, The following land uses are proposed on the residents express interest in maintaining the Framework Plan for the area: character of the neighborhoods, even if • Existing Low Density Residential; historic designation does not occur. • • Low Density Mixed-Use Residential; '- H • Industrial; 3i. • Industrial/Residential Interface; i Downtown Mixed-Use;and M • Several public land use designations, including Open Lands,Poudre River Corridor, and Public. This section describes each land use category Recently upgraded house in Buckingham and what it means for the Plan Aarea. A Q summary table(see Figure 21 on page 30) provides information about the mix of land uses in the Plan Area, and potential development that could occur on the vacant lands. Additional information is provided in Appendix A about development that could be accommodated by the current Structure Plan and zoning(see e:5ppendix A,page A-3). • Typical narrow streets and mature trees in Alta Vista Northside Neighborhoods Plan 1 25 Draft—December 22,2004 Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhoods Area 1: North of Future Vine Drive Realignment, and Area 2: East of Lemay These areas remain classified as Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhoods (LMN), which will become predominantly single-family residential uses. The neighborhoods could also include supporting land uses that serve Example of a Mixed-Use Neighborhood in Fort neighborhoods. These Oaf;, of planned Collins—Rigden Farm LMN will provide up to 6 cP lausiltg units and could provide homes for over O;rf Otl Neighborhood Centers future re sioiin s'less than a mile from downtown. The new neighborhoods should Area 2: East of Lemay include an internally-connected street grid, The plan does not designate specific locations and a mini-park, open lands, and other for neighborhood centers because of the amenities to serve future residents. These proximity to larger shopping centers; facilities will be provided and maintained by however, some small neighborhood retail private development. The new neighborhood uses would be appropriate in the low density east of Lemay will include neighborhood residential areas as part of Area 2. The intent centers(described in the next section). The is to design mixed-use neighborhoods that new neighborhood west of Lemay Avenue provide a balance of residential, commercial, should include internal streets that connect to and other uses within walking distance of services and to the arterials and other each other. Ground floor retail uses with amenities to serve future residents. upper level offices or residential would be 1�II1 appropriate on small sites to function as neighborhood centers. These neighborhood centers would be no larger than five acres. 'i I III' Example of single family housing in a Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood t Example of neighborhood center-Lowry,Denver 26 1 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft—December 22,2004 Industrial Area 3: Along Vine Drive, and Area 5: South of Vine Drive The plan continues to encourage industry in the areas zoned Industrial. The industrial land use classification currently provides opportunities for workplaces and manufacturing and a wide range of industry, The oxbow site south of New Belgium Brewery but not necessarily a mix of uses including Significant trees on the site will be conseroed. The site may residential. The properties in this area are develop for a mixed-use community use small, and altogether could accommodate almost 30 acres of industry, or almost 200,000 Downtown Mixed-Use square feet of building space. Area 4: Poudre River Oxbow Property This Plan classifies the Oxbow site as �"'"•"•••• Downtown Mixed-Use. The site is less than • one-half mile from downtown and is situated N 1A �% ,A„ along the Poudre River. The intent is to foster • a healthy and compatible relationship • between the Poudre River, downtown, and i Buckingham neighborhood. 1/2 M le The 20+acre site is fairly constrained because *W ,F-X w,• yam" of the river bank setbacks and significant t trees. Assuming that 15 acres of the site x � �E, +j develops, it could accommodate approximately 80,000 square feet of commercial development or a combination of EW k retail space, workshops, community facilities, •• ••• � E and medium density housing (with up to 80 units of housing). Figure 8: Distance from Downtown In addition, current City standards require the area within 100 feet of the drip line, of the Recent industrial developments have used large healthy("significant') trees, on the site, quality building design and materials and be conserved. landscaping to help "blend in" with the Northside Neighborhood area and uphold a theme of high quality for the businesses. • Northside Neighborhoods Pion 1 27 Draft—December 22,2004 " industry and housing. Loft-style, live-work units(with ground level retail or office and IE upper level residential) or small scale offices are good examples (see image below). A mix of five-work units could serve as "transitions" between existing neighborhoods and future and existing industrial lands. Ihl. Existing industry in the Plan Area 7 i Example of live-work units in Longmont In addition,industrial-residential buffer standards will apply—developers of New In-Situ development south of Buckingham industrial properties must still adhere to Ittdustrial/Residential Interface requirements to provide buffers and setbacks near residential properties,but some Abutting Vine Drive to the North (West of flexibility could be provided for mixed-use Alta Vista) and South of Vine Drive developments. Details of setbacks will be addressed as part of design standards. This Plan establishes this new Industrial/Residential Interface classification The industrial area(including the interface in current zoned industrial areas that abut areas) is within easy walking distance of residential to promote small-scale industry or downtown,making it a desirable location for mixed-use development. In essence, the mixed-use projects including residential classification is an overlay district and a fine- development. tuning of the industrial zoning district. Approximately M'ams are classified as part The classification will no longer allow heavy of the interface area, which could industry—those generating excessive traffic, accommodate up to 1 ) square feet of odors,noise, or ones visually incompatible non-residential space and potentially T35 with the neighborhoods. For example, a junk residential loft apartments. yard would not be allowed in the interface area. The classification,however,will provide some greater flexibility to develop a mix of 28 1 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft—December 22,2004 amework , lan e?'s Live-work example-Steelyards project in Boulder,CO t � m , .. dr �Q figure 9. IndustrkVResidenhal lnterfm with landsmpe buffer This illustration shows Industrial uses in the industrial area with a landscaped setback,which current zoning allows. A. d�yapy„ `'='tic Figure 10. Induslrim0esidenhal lnoerface with a mix of uses • This sketch shows mixed-uses with live-work buildings near the neighborhoods. Mixed-use is proposed as part of the Interface area. Norihside Neighborhoods Plan 1 29 Draft—December 22,2004 Public Open Lands Poudre River Corridor This Plan does not call for any new public Portions of the Oxbow property will tie in open lands classification. New with the Poudre River Corridor after flood developments,however,will set aside some control improvements to the river bank are open lands, and the Vine Drive realignment complete. The Poudre Trail will continue and Lake Canal will include green space and along the river through this site. drainage corridors. Poudre River Corridor(Oxbow site) Fi ure 11: Future land Use New Residential Unite and Business Future Land Use NNIP Areas Acres Potential New Units EXlsha low Deasl Resrdenfial Existing neighborhoods 37 acres (dev) n/a ��j� i 1 ` 1 rfn�i vIi {{{ 7 acres jneyO b151Y i'kef1fraf U.n1}{i I i 3 t {i 4 ni 3 i {ii l i p im Siy i wi i t FiF Gp 14{yell,i k i.:i °it i f3 f i { {i¢f IF y! Neighborhood Services 2— East of Lemay Two neighborhood Almost 50,000 square cente s (new) lt feet " '`m'ni i �0I yj Syr, { I i I ary : 0 0".4 1. 7 ..r .. y Iadushial 3—North of Vine 28 acres (new) 190,000 square feet of 5 South of Vine ( 96 acres (dev industrial yy II ii g;3t, I)i';{ F39I acres��li`, `: J {1 ,pCb sAcrtrre feet plus aup to 105 r"dim, l l ParkS n/a 7+ acres (dev) Mini parks.in new developments. Explore .:: � rtgiRauil4e" " 1 .: ntta Via Lopez _— Total Summary 387 Tataf acres 830+ new housing units plus live-work units 06,Zo0*/-square feet of nonresidential business and iodustry 30 1 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft-December 22,2004 • Parks sidewalks will provide access to the Poudre This Plan does not propose new Trail and to downtown. Residents have neighborhood parks in the Plan Area. expressed preference for off-street paths over According to parks staff, the current parks in on-street bike lanes. the area meet City level of service standards. Residents of Andersonville and Via Neighborhood Design and Character Lopez/San Cristo,however,have expressed The Framework Plan identifies several concerns that that those neighborhoods do neighborhood gateways/identification not have an adequate local park or good locations. These are places where the City access to nearby neighborhood parks. They will encourage the neighborhoods to help have raised the need to provide an expanded design neighborhood "gateways' that fit park. This Plan recommends exploring them. opportunities to develop a new park or Qmulti use facility(see Figure 16. Framework Plan on page 37). JW, Olt$ In addition,new neighborhoods will contain "pocket parks" to serve future residents north of Vine and possibly west of Lemay. H�sTax. P as `''' �I' ndwsavitte • i I��II Ihut i; I(4�itt��4itii I :'..� FAIT ..1 •.III V h Figure 12: Ga►ewmy Examples. Examples of neighborhood identification or Poudre Trail gateways. This Plan encourages neighborhoods to Trail Connections work with the City to design signs fitting the The Framework Plan(see Figure 16)shows a character of their neighborhoods. future multi-use trail along the Lake Canal connecting to the existing Redwood Trail and This Plan aims preserve views to the west to the Poudre Trail. Future widened multi- to the extent possible as new development use off-street sidewalks are also shown along occurs. • Buckingham Street, the future Vine Drive realignment, and the Redwood Street. These Norlhside Neighborhoods Plan 1 31 Draft-December 22,2004 transit stops and shopping destinations to the Transportation south (e.g.,Wal-Mart/Home Depot shopping Improvements to Intersections and Local center). This path,however,might conflict Streets—Short- and Mid-Term with residential parking areas along Lemay This Plan identifies some interim street and and Lincoln. Another pedestrian path is transportation improvements helping ease proposed east of Lemay Avenue to connect to congestion and improving safety in the area. the bus stop on the south side of Vine Drive. Recommendations are the following: )I • Add a southbound left-turn lane on Vine at Lemay; • Add a signal at Buckingham Street and Lemay Avenue; and • Add northbound right turn lanes on Vine(Note: The right turn lane might impact pedestrian access to the Lemay Transit Stop). t - ---• ^=s Short-term solution path proposed along Lemay Transit Stop Improvements Pads,benches, and shelters are needed at all the transit stop locations identified on the shot-term ipravnte :,l; urt3}, no V' I Short-term Solution: Right Tuns Lane on Vine to turn north onto Lemay Avenue µid A potential mid-term traffic congestion solution is to construct the new Vine Drive before Lemay is realigned and provide an improved,full-movement intersection in place of the currently constrained intersection (see Figure 13. Short-Term TTrartsporlation Transit stop example Improvements plan, on the next page). Pedestrian Paths on Lemay Avenue The City is committed to seeking funding to provide a pedestrian path along Lemay Avenue making it possible to serve key 32 1 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft-December 22,2004 , • Bike Lanes Local Street Calming The realigned Vine Drive will include bike Residents of the Alta Vista neighborhood lanes meeting current City standards. Bike have expressed concerns about cut-through lanes will be improved on Lemay if it traffic near Alta Vista Park and on local becomes a collector level street with the streets. Residents of other neighborhoods realignment alternative. A multi-use bike have expressed concerns about speeding path is also proposed along Lake Canal, as vehicles. The City should work with the ' shoes on'the Frai wo& lm lir#�r t6),, neighborhoods to identify appropriate ways to slow traffic and identify funding solutions to make improvements. i ?,f _ qi • F ! :i Gipij, is 4: ! y 3 i nt! , .i t r • Figure 13: Short-Term Transportation Improvements Northside Neighborhoods Plan 1 33 Draft—December 22,2004 Ultimate Transportation Solution—Vine Lemay is currently shown on the MSP as Drive and Lemay Avenue Realignment being realigned to the east of the Via The Master Street Plan(MSP) and this Plan Lopez/San Cristo neighborhood, and this Plan identify the Vine and Lemay realignment as is consistent with that recommendation. In the ultimate transportation and traffic addition, this Plan proposes Lemay be solution for the area. Both Lemay and Vine designed to pass under the railroad(if will become 4-lane arterials to handle the engineering feasibility studies support the growing traffic in the area. The current underpass recommendation). The separated- alignments will become local streets. grade crossing will solve the access and congestion/queuing problems that happen now because of trains. i , — y I ; I 1 r + a ginma i itih— hItI4 Y�� ✓�+ . , Rgure 14. Uhinwle Tmnsporlefion Soludon 34 1 Norrhside Neighborhoods Plan Draft-December 22,2004 • The current Lemay/9th Avenue will become a Stormwater Dminage Impromements two-lane local street when the realignment Regional Improvements occurs. This will help greatly to allow better, safer pedestrian and bike connections Poudre River Enhancement Project between Alta Vista and Andersonville. A cul- de-sac at the south end of Lemay will help Construction will begin on the Poudre River discourage through-traffic on this local street. Enhancement Project in early 2005. This project aims to stabilize two segments of the The City has been gradually acquiring right- Poudre River channel(between Linden Street of-way along the Lemay future alignment. and Lincoln Avenue) while providing Most of the right-of-way between Vine Drive ecological and recreational benefits. The and Lincoln Avenue is owned by the City. project will also address the 100-year flooding Right-of-way north of Vine Drive should hazards in the Buckingham neighborhood become available following Dry Creek and for businesses between Buckingham and Floodplain improvements. Lemay Avenues. Half of the funding for the realignment of Dry Creek Flood Control Project Lemay will be paid for by development as the The Dry Creek Flood Control Project is the area redevelops (including frontage City's$8 million regional flood control improvements and street oversizing)with the project breaking ground in 2005, with balance to be funded from a variety of City completion in 2005 or early 2006. This • and other sources. The project is estimated to Project will reduce the Dry Creek 100-year cost$23 million. floodplain from a basin of 65 square miles. This floodplain covers a large portion of the Vine Drive will be realigned to the north and Northside Neighborhoods area north of Vine will be coordinated with the Lemay Channel Drive. kW drainage fsese Figure 14 on page 34). Localized Improvements—Lemay Noise, visual, and environmental mitigation Channel will be important considerations during the Additional localized flood and stormwater engineering stage of the Vine and Lemay improvements will be necessary in the area realignment. The new streets also should be north of Vine Drive. The Lemay Channel will designed to celebrate the culture and history be necessary to reduce flooding in a more of the area. localized two-square mile area. The channel will be constructed separately or as part of the Noose. 'Al the request ofseaerdl CAG members,staf erplorrd Vine Drive realignment on the south side of theF0 (blhty'�,d; e+xartir�esgym•ZangAvenue* the road embankment to provide a buffer t"the 5treetPl r +Ctgnment• z question zone between the new road and the Alta Vista and mgoaetsof,wrdemang current I e" a d`s° m neighborhood. The project will also include Appendix G. The mimduee urged the City is seek funding and find wqs to make the reatignment of Lmay and vine culverts under Lemay Avenue to provide an happen,quickly outlet for new developments to the north as well as flows generated along N. College • Avenue. Norihside Neighborhoods Plan 1 35 Draft-December 22,2004 ti L.sndwnp�d Sedgy btcw, 'Drain "frsi( 4-lantsrtu'tat ,read wcCk Figure 15. OW-Ndion for f M Wine Drive This sketch of the future Vine Drive right-of-way includes stormwater drainage, a separated path, and the 4-lane arterial road. The Lemay Channel project will be paid for • Dry Creek channel improvements in through a combination of funding, the Alta Vista; majority of which will be covered by new • A series of small borrow ditches in development drainage fees. Andersonville; • Improvements to Lemay ditch Localized Stormwater Improvements between Vine Drive and Lincoln Additional localized drainage problems are Avenue; and due to undersized and inadequate i Improvements to the capacity of conveyance facilities. Alta Vista and Redwood and Evergreen East Andersonville have the potential for shallow Retention Ponds flooding due to inadequate street carrying Installation of curb and gutter and capacity of drainage flows, which results in street outflows. overtopping the streets cross-section and overtopping into adjacent properties during a 100-year storm event. Improvements to address the localized drainage problems include: 36 1 Northside Neighborhoods Plan k r .Htt,, T gt5g I / AM 71 t s r Evergreen Park Ere Pr.enLat - i � Redwood Pond •r Meadows m .w h r ; 3 P •r , Q . E Future Vine Dr iv hment = '�'"'� r A a sta yr . .,• � .a4.,✓i.^,. Lem � E.Vlne Drive f:;r' son�-Iles Via Lopez( San Cristo' h Existing Industrial Area Ro eronp+sea r to it St uc n h Ruddngham �� (`" ttealignmer � • �� Existing Industrial Area'�� ma legend FRAMEWORK PLAN -- --- Draft December 2004 Plan Boundary Future Land Use Streets 8 Trails Other —'-- City Limits Existing Low Density Residential ® Industrial 1111110 Arterial(4-Lone) 01111 �Green Corridor Rivers,Streams,and Ditches Low Density Mixed-Use Residential 11111110 Downtown Mixed Use Arterial(2-Lone) • Gateway/Art Existing Trails jj/j Industrial/Residential Interface = Public Open lends r•Collector 2-Lane( ) Existing/Potential iE1*Neighborhood Services(Existing/Potential) M Poudre River Corridor future Multi-Use Trail Park Future Widened xs o soo ood rev alk CLARION anJwn Cwer Draft-December 22,2004 • Chapter Ouev N��Iw?wp Admix& Ptfw Guiding Principles Community Involvement and — Culture This chapter contains our direction,or Guiding I Ili Principles, to guide the City and others in achieving the broader vision and goals established earlier in this Plan. Specific Actions to carry out this direction are Oidentified in Chapter 6. This section is organized according to the City and neighborhood representatives working following themes, as in the vision and goals on the plan • chapter: Community Involvement and Culture; C-1. City/Neighborhoods Cooperation. The Health and Safety; City will continue to assess neighborhood and Land Use; business needs, share information about Transportation; projects and changes in the area, and • Neighborhoods and Housing; cooperate with the neighborhoods to resolve • Business Development; issues and build trusting relationships. • Neighborhood Design and Character; Open Lands,Natural Areas,and Resource C-2. Cultural Facilities and Education. Conservation;and Support development and preservation of • Facilities and Neighborhood Services. cultural facilities in the area, such as the Romero House. C-3. Cultural Events. Support events that celebrate and honor the history and culture of the area, such as guided "history' walks, neighborhood picnics and festivals, and youth neighborhood art projects. Example--The City could work with the • neighborhoods to develop a "history walk"placard or placemats for the nearby restaurants. Northside Neighborhoods Plan 1 39 Draft—Deremher 22,2004' Healthand Safety • is "Neighborhood Watch" Example of infill housing out of scale HS-1. Safety Through Collaboration. roith existing homes Continue to improve and maintain public LU-1. Retain Traditional Mix of safety in the area through communication Neighborhoods and Businesses. The between police services and neighborhoods Framework Plan retains land for industry and and businesses. Further, explore the potential also classifies future neighborhood for specific programs, such as a development areas (see Figure 16 on page 37). "Neighborhood Watch," to improve public Continue to ensure that commercial/ safety in the neighborhoods, industrial and residential areas are in balance, and that one type of use does not dominate • HS-2. Enforce Codes. Continue to improve another. code compliance in the area. Seek ways to better identify and prioritize code violations LU-2. Harmonious Blend of Old and New and assist property owners with clean-up. Development. Require new businesses and residential developments to blend HS-3. Flood Control. Improve storm harmoniously with older neighborhoods. drainage in the area. (See "Facilities and New development should be sensitive to the V Services,"principles on page 41). scale, building heights, architectural qualities, landscaping, and other distinct characteristics of the neighborhoods and provide buffering (e.g., evergreen trees or hedge for screening). LU-3. Industrial/Residential Interface Areas. Ensure interface areas (as indicated on the Framework Plan, page 37)provide gradual O transitions between industry and neighborhoods to preserve the livability of the neighborhoods. These interface areas should provide visual and physical buffers between existing and new developments and • protect neighborhoods from intrusion of light, 40 1 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Dmft-December 22,2004 • noise, odors and other nuisances sometimes recommends further exploration of programs caused by business or industry. For example: to provide funding for and to reward maintenance of homes. • Noisy or odorous uses industrial uses will not be allowed in these zones,but LU-5. Compatible Scale of Housing additional light industrial uses and Developments. New housing developments live-work housing and mixed-uses should be in a similar scale and compatible will be allowed. with the existing neighborhoods. This Plan • Height should transition from shorter recommends consideration of a neighborhood (one to two stories)buildings facing conservation district(depending on outcome residential areas to taller buildings on of historic Landmark designation) to ensure the interior industrial-facing portions compatibility of new construction within the of the site. neighborhoods. • A landscaped buffer should be provided (in accordance with code LU-6. Provide Opportunities for Live-Work requirements). Spaces. Allow housing,studio, and live- • Loading and storage areas should be work spaces for people to live and work. This oriented away from the adjacent type of development is encouraged in the residential neighborhoods. interface areas shown on the Framework Plan {see:Fdgure l6 .fi*a�7 l✓ Certain uses would be prohibited in these • areas such as automotive washing and sales LU-7. Neighborhood Centers. The involving outdoor storage or warehousing. Framework Plan low density mixed-use classification allows for small neighborhood centers that could include recreation areas, '+ local-serving retail, social services, and community meeting facilities. Transportation Example of mixed-use live and work units in Steelyards project Boulder,Colorado LU-4. Maintain and Rehabilitate Existing Affordable Housing Stock. Promote maintenance and, where appropriate, qYi '.. rehabilitation of the existing housing stock. A range of transportation options including cars, Keeping the existing homes in good repair is transit and walking an important part of the neighborhoods' • future as the homes age. This Plan Northside Neighborhoods Plan 141 Draft—December 22,2004 T-1. Provide a Range of Transportation T-5. Provide Safer Bicycle Circulation in the Options. Provide a range of transportation Area and Connections Outside the Area. alternatives in the area,including cars, transit, Provide safer bicycle lanes along Vine Drive bicycles, and walking. and Lemay Avenue. Provide a new bicycle path along Lake Canal. T-2. Improve Vehicular Safety and Mobility. Improve safety and mobility for T-6. Improve Bus Stop Facilities and Access. vehicles on arterial and collector streets in the Provide opportunities for safe, convenient area,especially for Vine and Lemay. The bus transit with good connections to other Framework Plan identifies short-term,mid- destinations. Improve bus stops and provide term, and long-term projects improving safety stops that are attractive and sheltered. New and mobility. and improved shelters are needed at the following locations(see Ffgtrre T-3. Reduce Neighborhood Traffic. Seek ways to reduce and slow down vehicular • Conifer/Redwood near the Meadows; traffic through neighborhoods using • East and north of the Lemay/Vine appropriate traffic calming measures, intersection; and particularly in the Alta Vista neighborhood. • On Lincoln near Buckingham. T-4. Add Pedestrian Connections. Enhance T-7. Organize On-Street Parking. Provide and add pedestrian sidewalks and crosswalks and organize on-street parking so it is safe to provide safe connections along streets, to and does not obstruct traffic flow. Existing connect neighborhoods and shopping centers, businesses should seek ways to improve and to provide safe access to bus stops parking. ©' sce:Fsgure .i, rz page. ,1.!New sidewalks are needed immediately: T-8. Provide Trails. Provide trail connections to the Poudre Trail from the • Along Lemay Avenue (Vine to neighborhoods and businesses. A future Lincoln); multi-use trail is proposed along Lake Canal. • Along Vine Drive(from Lemay to the Widened multi-use sidewalks (off-street) are bus stop immediately west); and proposed along Buckingham Street, Redwood • Along Lincoln Avenue. Street, and the future Vine Drive realignment. These sidewalks will provide better Over time, sidewalks along Linden Street to connections to downtown for residents of improve connections between the Andersonville and Via Lopez/San Cristo. neighborhoods and downtown are desirable. The Downtown Strategic Plan also T-9. Mitigate Impacts of Realigned Street. recommends providing crosswalks using Use creative design to provide mitigation for special paving across Jefferson Street at noise, visual,and other impacts from the Vine Linden Street and Lincoln Avenue. and Lemay realignment. The future roads When existing Lemay and Vine become provide an opportunity to use art and design collector streets, more permanent sidewalks to celebrate the history and culture of the and curb and gutter need to be incorporated. area. 42 1 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft-December 22,2004 • c r r i cBusiness Development N-1. Conserve and Revitalize Neighborhoods. Promote revitalization of existing neighborhoods in a way that does not displace residents and low and moderate income people. The City, where possible, should play an active role in upgrading sidewalks and other features to attract private investment in the area. In addition, the City ; can assist in connecting neighborhood residents and owners in the area with New business development with high quality rehabilitation funding programs, such as architecture(e.g.,In-situ) Larimer Home Improvement Program. Other approaches such as"Repair-A-Thons" and B-1. Support Business and Industry "Mayor's Painting Awards" are worth Diversity. Continue to support a diverse exploring to encourage private investment range of business development and and revitalization. The Action Plan discusses employment opportunities in the area, while Qthese approaches ;Clatter G oi, e7) balancing the needs of businesses with V neighborhoods. • N-2. New Neighborhoods Provide a Mix of Housing Types. New low density mixed-use B-2. Make this a Unique Niche Area. neighborhoods should contain a mix of Explore opportunities to develop creative and housing styles and sizes to meet the needs of unique economic development niches to future residents. capitalize on existing businesses and on proximity to the Poudre River and Fort N-3. Promote Higher Density Housing. Collins' historic downtown. This Plan is Promote mixed-use and higher density live- consistent with the Downtown Strategic Plan in work housing along arterial streets and as a its recommendation for the following types of transition between industrial areas and uses and activities in the designated neighborhoods. The Framework Plan industrial and mixed-use areas: designates interface areas(taae:ft re 16)_ • Promote cultural arts and educational N-4. Accessible Housing. Ensure some of facilities; the new housing constructed is accessible for ' Support mixed-use developments people with disabilities through ground-level including housing and small entry and other accessible design features. neighborhood services; • Support restaurants and event venues N-5. Support Senior Housing. Support with outdoor spaces; and senior housing projects in the area,but let the ' The architecture should blend well market determine the location and size of with the historic downtown and • housing projects. neighborhoods, and buildings should Northside Neighborhoods Plan 1 43 Draft-December 22,2004 be designed with outdoor spaces to DC-1. Enhance Positive Residential capitalize on the river setting. Neighborhood Image. This Plan encourages a positive neighborhood image through B-3. Encourage Partnerships. Encourage architectural design and landscaping. The partnerships between businesses and local image of the area will be enhanced by: residents to foster opportunities for local outreach and jobs. • Using architectural styles for new developments that are appropriate for B-4. Encourage High Quality Business Site the historic neighborhoods, region, Design and Architecture. Ensure businesses and climate; provide adequate parking, and screen service • Repairing discontinuous sidewalks areas from residential areas. Business and and providing continuous sidewalks industrial areas should also develop in a in new neighborhoods; manner allowing customers and employees to • Providing appealing and appropriate safely walk and bicycle in business areas. lighting fixtures; This Plan recommends the City work with • Planting street trees and keeping them businesses to develop guidelines for new well-maintained;and businesses so they are constructed of durable • Promoting the history and culture of building materials. Metal sheds and the area through entry signage, warehouses do not convey a positive image. history placards, and other design features. B-5. Foster Growth and Stability of Local Businesses. Foster growth and stability of small-scale local businesses that serve nearby neighborhoods. Neighborhood Design and Character �4r Continue to promote the area through signs and other design features DC-2. Support Historic Districts. Support on-going efforts with the neighborhoods to Alta Vista neighborhood has characteristic large trees designate Alta Vista,Buckingham, and and narrow streets AndersonviRe as Fort Collins Landmark Districts if the neighborhoods support the direction. More outreach is necessary. 44 1 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft—December 22,2004 • DC-3. Provide High Quality Employment and Retail Areas. New developments should ren Lands, Natural Areas, and provide welcoming, safe, and attractive Resource Conservation employment and retail areas. This Plan recommends identifying guidelines for the OL-1. Preserve Open Areas. Preserve industrial areas to identify some consistent identified natural areas as part of new design themes, and to direct adequate developments to the extent possible. screening, and neighborhood-friendly building design(e.g.,no blank walls,quality OL-3. Maintain building materials, limited parking, and Functional Ditches and shielded lighting). Streams. Maintain ditches and streams— DC-4. Create High Quality Public Spaces. eliminate problems of Provide outdoor public spaces that are: standing water. • Human-scaled and pedestrian- OL-4. Maintain Street friendly; Trees. Maintain street • Beautifully paved and landscaped; trees in a healthy state • Safely separated from vehicular traffic; so they are attractive • Linked to other neighborhoods and and do not create downtown; and • hazards duet • Accessible to disabled people. breaking limbs. DC-5. Maintain Properties. The City will Maintain ditches enforce Streets Department Code and require residents and business to keep front and side OL-5. Preserve Significant Trees. Preserve yards litter-free, and to screen outdoor healthy significant trees. storage. These measures will help advance a positive neighborhood image. Fences and OL-6. Preserve Mountain Views. Preserve landscaped areas should be maintained. mountain views from the public realm when possible. DC-6. Maintain Public Areas. Keep public areas clean and graffiti-free. OL-7. Promote Energy-Efficient Design. Promote energy-efficient design in new DC-7. Encourage Neighborhood Identifiers homes and businesses. or"Gateways." Provide neighborhood gateway signs and enhancements such as OL-8. Promote Water Conservation. landscaping and lighting. The City will Promote installation of water conserving encourage these projects to be neighborhood- landscapes in new developments. initiated and will work with neighborhoods to define gateway locations and local culture OL-9. Cluster jobs and Housing Together. •+®` and arts projects(see Figure 12 on page 31)_ Promote development of jobs and housing that are in close proximity to one another to Norihside Neighborhoods Plan 1 45 Draft-December 22,2004 minimize dependency on energy resources F-4. Affordable Private Services. Encourage for transportation. private utilities to provide affordable services to residents in the area(e.g., Internet Facilitiesr r companies and wireless networks). Services F-5. Parks Serve New Residents. Encourage provision of mini parks(by developers)in new neighborhoods. Explore options for a new park in the Via Lopez/San Cristo area. PI EIE ���ili� E � "v EdE J rEriE, E F-6. Address Other Parks and Recreation Needs. Continue to provide recreational opportunities for youth,such as play areas or playgrounds. Consider provision of additional off-leash dog areas in north Fort Collins that would serve this area. Infrastructure: Sidewalks,streets,curbs,gutter F-1. Share Public/Private Responsibilities. The City,new development, and residents and businesses share the responsibility in providing adequate infrastructure(including but not limited to streets, sidewalks, curbs and gutter). F-2. Implement Stormwater Improvements. Improve storm drainage throughout the area to eliminate regional flooding problems as well as local street flooding. The Framework Plan summarizes the Utility department plans for regional improvements to Dry Creek Basin, Poudre River floodplain, as well as local stormwater iMprcrvements( p#g 35,). This Plan also recommends ditches along streets be replaced with a curb and gutter stormwater system when street improvements are made. F-3. Provide Street Lighting. Provide street lighting where it is needed, including: Along Vine Drive; and Along Lincoln Avenue. 46 1 Norrhside Neighborhoods Plan Draft—December 22,2004 , • Chapter 6 A Overview Types of Actions A key aspect of this Plan is how it will be Types of actions necessary to carry out the carried out after it is adopted. This Action plan are: code reform,policy decisions, Plan recommends how the City of Fort programs, and capital Improvements. Each Collins, the neighborhoods,the businesses, of these types is briefly described below. A and other partners may best implement the summary of the highest priority actions is goals and policies outlined in this Plan. The located an**1YN The Citizen City should periodically review and prioritize Advisory Group helped guide the priorities the actions identified in the action plan, and for the Action Plan. revise them as necessary. Coordination and Partnerships The Action Plan builds on the earlier vision, Many actions identified for this Plan simply goals and policies, and framework plan, and require establishing better means of defines the actions for achieving this Plan. It communication between the areas residents • also determines the priority and timing of the and businesses and the City. In some cases, actions to be able to allocate resources. The this Plan may recommend more formalized V ' " ,�F;, V%h 1� {awr Figure 17 partnerships or sponsorships to accomplish lists the actions required to projects. The City will also continue to work implement this Plan, and the relative priority with interested parties to jointly draft of actions. standards and guidelines and notify neighborhoods about future proposals for Partnerships development or improvements to sidewalks Zoning &Code and streets. Revisions Zoning and Code Revisions % • • ns Programs The City's development regulations Capital Improvements (primarily zoning)will need to be consistent with the goals and policies of this Northside Funding Mechanisms T Neighborhoods Plan. This Plan recommends ypes of actions to implement this Plan the adoption of a new zoning classification or overlay for the industrial/residential interface areas. It also suggests additional design standards for the interface areas. • Northside Neighborhoods Plan 1 47 Draft-December 22,2004 Policy Directions the long-range growth and development This Plan identifies a number of strategies to goals for the Plan Area. be carried out during day-to-day policy decisions made by the planning staff, other " City staff, the Planning and Zoning Board, Summary of rkk � and the City Council. The City will This Action Plan matrix identifi� ber continually make decisions regarding s development proposals in this area. This Plan of immediate priority items th serves to guide such policy decisions should implement as soon as post o occurring throughout the life of this Plan. ensure that future decisions ar latent with this Plan. Programs Highest Priority Actions('Top Threenit!W The Northside Neighborhoods Plan establishes a foundation for new programs to carry out the Some members of the Citizen ACC goals of this Plan. Some strategies involve Group helped to prioritize the top, participating in efforts with other partners, actions: such as working with business to sponsor neighborhood improvements or events. For 1. Addition of interim sidewalk,. example, a "Neighborhood Repair' program "2, Tr ligation# tersectlb •• could rely on a combination of volunteerism, "� toVements andltt'zm-lanes;' City sponsorship,business sponsorship and `Bttckgham signal;prioritize grants to do neighborhood enhancement and �Vme/Lemay reali�n�nent). beautification projects. Some communities j e have developed programs with names such as "Strategic Response' code enforcement to Other piTb *r,incltrd2 ii� identify repeat and problem code violations and prioritize those that are important. ' ' o0/police enforcement. ■-_''fntlustrial/resideritiaI interface area These programs often use a joint effort and quality devel.. (i.e., design approach to encourage compliance facilitation s) ard"soirthereas), (for residents who cannot fix the problem) astructure and provide money to buy landscaping and improvements materials and volunteers to help do the work. Additional, specialized programs or studies may be necessary to help revitalize some of the existing neighborhoods. Capital Improvements In some cases, this Plan recommends the City take a more proactive role to plan for improvement to services and facilities. This Plan recommends coordinating the Capital Improvements Program (CIP) with 48 1 Northside Neighborhoods Plan I m • � � ! w v 4 Z z c° O G n n aG O III i v m i A II! d g ea c G o ! o19 V F z z 'd z V z U U U V V U H F F O O O O O O v j O v �a j m Cu 'li F. C. U V C. U V CS U P4 U U .. C. •` 04 m C RCL s .m. D aFi v v, p l v .} z F' ° E o 3 0 8 oco.5 .d a, v ° ( ° .c° v c °1 w o. y F-- °: o o •� �o c $ °: oho �' s o. o O o omnx" � sS E ° EnI ° 3 aG = o v d v v s g U Q v x s° s° ro v z T v. o j z z c ^u V 0. 0 LV i�,i a H N H aGi l— m in F- Q x i v o 0 0 o io v $ o o Nx 0 yyG tG0 Ei 09 m 5 m 5 0 m 5 m 5 $ „ 5 m 5 " o " $ V I U .. V .. V w w I U ': U w U o. V c v " > E > 5 w C O G C aGi o 9 u $ � C OK�O ai .a 00 c7 w 01 69 $i 3 A i m p � � � > m � o .� v 5 m u 'O y ( h J .""N.. ° 'O `._ G OKO v O ,fir. 01 o� $ 3&U ce '�: d d :: > x 3 '° w a: U �o c I A (n yy i a O G G a' > Gp a". Gl 'd CfJ'� � > WJ m y' > CD > > QU > OO! m � r• • 'o .5 a ` ¢ .5 a w � •o .5 ffi v v 5 'o '° 5 •° 3 v °�, a A E o a A N li 5 cl y' o m .F u bb 0 v m m o v e o y C ' ° v 'G .. a, v v m •d .�v L G at, •v •v ' O m N y 'd m Om0 G O fi 4 N O` U � 'I. ° o v s v c oGo a o ° 9 0 v o 5 v c as o °c° m li � v •O .n ,:, cn °° c � •o ¢ m �% V Drob-December 22,2004 Appendix A Appendix A summarizes the existing conditions in the Northside Neighborhoods population and Household area at the time this plan was being developed. It includes information about the Characteristics following topics: At the time of the 2000 Census,there were 801 • Population and household people residing in 276 households in the characteristics; Northside Neighborhoods. Of these • Existing land use and potential households,46%were families with children, development; and 20%, or nearly half of all families with • Water features, floodplains,and children were single-parent families. Close to stormwater; 10% of the population in the Neighborhoods • Utilities; were aged 60 or older, and 14%were aged 17 • Transportation and streets; years or younger. The Northside • Economic development; Neighborhoods constitute a predominately • Open lands and natural areas; Hispanic area,with 64%of the population • Public services; defining themselves as Hispanic or Latino. • Historic preservation activities; • Urban design;and Household income in the greater Northside • Related plans and policies. was lower than that for Fort Collins residents as a whole. The average household income The demographic and housing information for this area was$41,947 compared to$55,852 presented in this appendix was largely for Fort Collins. Within this area,the average derived from the 2000 U.S. Census data for income of homeowners($48,358)was higher the area. In some cases,data was not than that of renters ($29,935). available at the census block level,the smallest geographic unit of analysis. Where Housing Characteristics possible,block level data was utilized, and Housing Occupancy and Tenure statistics representing the most accurate level The data indicate that a high percentage of of geography refer to the"Northside new residents moved into the greater Neighborhoods",the Plan Area. Where more Northside from 1999 to 2000. This can largely specific data was not available, the be attributed to the new residential geographic area needed to be expanded. development projects that were introduced These results refer to the "greater Northside" into the area at this time and are therefore not of Fort Collins. an indication of high turnover within the Northside Neighborhoods (see Appendix Q. • Northside Neighborhoods Plan I A-1 Draft—December 22,2004 At the 2000 Census,the number of Given the historic nature of many homes in households who had owned their home for the Neighborhoods and the incidence of new five or more years in the greater Northside residential development along the periphery area was roughly equal to that in Fort Collins of the neighborhoods,it appears that homes (48%). The home ownership rate in the in the neighborhoods are older than in the Northside was 65.2%,notably higher than greater Northside area. There is a higher that in Fort Collins as a whole (57.1%). incidence of homes without plumbing in the Renters occupied another 34.8%of homes,a area(1.1%)and without phones(4.2%)than much lower renter-occupancy rate than in the were found in Fort Collins overall (less than City (42.9%),yet within this area,vacancies 1%for any factor. were more common(5%)than in Fort Collins (4.1%)at the time of the Census. Housing Costs Average mortgage and rent rates within the Housing Tune and Age area were below those of Fort Collins, While the predominant housing type within indicating that housing in the area is the Northside Neighborhoods is single-family affordable. The average rent payments in units (49.5%),the area offers a diverse mix of 2000 for the area and Fort Collins were$642 housing types. One quarter of the housing and$727, respectively. stock consists of mobile home units, 10%is 2- 4 unit homes,and 13.8%of the housing stock Monthly mortgage expenditures within the is higher occupancy buildings (5-50 area, on average ($1,001/mo.), were very close units/structure). to those in the city as a whole($1,092), despite a great disparity in relative assessed home While the Northside Neighborhoods are some values. The median owner-occupied home of the older neighborhoods in the City,the value in the area at$95,810 was almost half area's history was rooted in agriculture and that of the city as a whole ($180,565). The the housing of the workers tended to be lower median home values reflect the clustered amidst the fields. Only 6.9%of tendency of the housing in the neighborhoods owner-occupied units and 13.1% of rental to have a value between$60,000 and$69,000, units pre-date 1960 when agricultural uses with no homes valued at$200,000 or higher. were active. In fact,within the greater Only 11% of the homes in the area were Northside, recent residential development without a mortgage,compared to 18%in Fort has increased markedly,with 42.7% of all Collins. housing being built between 1995 and 2000,at the time of the Census. Site observation, Housing is typically deemed to be affordable however,suggests most of this new if a household pays no more than 30% of their development has taken place on the outer gross monthly income for rent or a mortgage, edges of the Northside area and not within plus utilities. By this measure,the area is an the historic neighborhoods that are the focus affordable neighborhood, with nearly 52% of of the Northside Neighborhoods Plan. It should all renters paying less than 30%of their be noted,however,that this peripheral income for rent,2% more of the relative development has not been well-integrated population than in Fort Collins as a whole. into the Northside Neighborhoods. A-2 I Northside Neighborhoods Plan Droll-December 22,2004 • Among renters in the area, 26%pay more Collins, the floodplains of the Poudre River than 40%their monthly income for housing. and Dry Creek have presented a major This pattern of affordability,however, is constraint to development in the Plan Area, reversed among homeowners. While nearly resulting in almost half of the land remaining half of Fort Collins owners pay less than 20% vacant or in agricultural production. Over 68 for housing, the same is true for only 40% of acres are currently commercial or industrial owners in the area. It is also notable that 17% (15%) and 52 acres are residential (12%), as pay more than 40%of their income for shown in Figure A.1,below. housing,and may be at risk of losing their (See M- ap AJ 'Existing Land Use non page A-17.) home. For Fort Collins owners as a whole, 10%of owners pay more than this amount for fi ureAL &*#hgL#1dAvSYmmir1yToY# housing;however,there are also more ■� households earning above$100,000. At this Sin le Famil Residential 44.4 10 income level, paying half of gross monthly --- - _8 . y-.- Mulh Famrly Resrdenhal 7.5 2 income for housingd not resent as big --._ oes P g a Commercial/Services 4.2 1% concern as when the annual income is Industrial _ 64.1 14% $50,000. Public/Quasi-Public _ 48.2 11% Parks/Recreation 8.8 2% A ricultural 83 19 Public Housing Vacant 183.2 zs% The area has long served as a part of the city R ght-of-wa 57.2 13% that provides affordable housing to residents Total__ 443.5 too°io • because of the small lot sizes and modest Source: clarion Asso ales,city of Fort Collins GIS data,2004. homes. In addition,the City's Housing Authority maintains 44 low income and Parcel Sizes affordable rental units (17 buildings) Parcels in the Plan Area range from under throughout the neighborhoods,except for The_ 4,000 square feet to over 60 acres in size. Meadows. The Housing Authority also holds 2nd or 3rd position liens on 32 additional Existing Development and Vacant Parcels homes in Via Lopez/San Cristo. In the Plan Area, 177 acres(40%) are developed and over 200 acres are vacant or Existing Land Use and Potential agricultural(47%) as shown in Figure A.2, below. Most of the vacant land is in the 100- Development year floodplain. &&mAl.• Dew✓opmenlS1d Toole Land Use Mix This Plan Area contains a mix of land uses, as Development StatusDevelo ed 177.1 40% it has since the inception of development over 1 Vacant or A riculturA 209.2 47% a century ago,with a blend of residential Rightofyay 57.2 13% neighborhoods, industry, and agriculture. Total 443.5L 100% While a fair amount of new development is Source: Clarion Associates,City of Fort Collins GIS data,2004. occurring in other parts of northern Fort • Northside Neighborhoods Plan I A-3 Draft—December 22,2004 Future Land Uses This would equate to almost 600 new The City of Fort Collins Structure Plan residential units and an increase in (element of City Plan)identifies this Plan Area population of 1,740 people(using the same as a mix of uses,including: Low Density assumptions as above). The vacant lands in Mixed-Use Residential(north of Vine Drive); the area are also zoned to potentially Industrial(primarily South of E.Vine Drive accommodate over 40 acres of industrial uses, except for the existing residential as discussed in the Economic Development neighborhoods);and Downtown District on Section fsee page A�i9).'''hese•�rt lerstial land the property south of Linden Street and east use estimates do not,however, account for of the Poudre River, as shown on the the constraints to development presented by (q`f 5trucp re P.lar map}gee P A,2 'pa A-4g). the floodplains, and about 30%of the This plan also includes rural/open lands and a industrial land is in the floodplain. The stream corridor generally coinciding with Dry various plans to address stornswater flooding Creek north of Vine Drive, and the Poudre discussed later{see page AY5),have real River Corridor. implications for the potential of industrial development within the neighborhoods. The vacant and agricultural lands,as planned,could accommodate over 145 acres of new residential mixed-use development. na ' + i i hkIEN This equates to almost 740 new residential n i units and a new population of 2,140 people, + assuming five dwelling unite per acre and 2.9 +,i persons per unit. The zoning varies somewhat from the Structure Plan,and would allow slightly fewer units. Almost all of this gtk (�k "fi;1 I'; residential land,however,is in the floodplain; t a i therefore,it is heavily constrained for /f1} develop-ment fine Map A.2)- VV Existing Zoning Existing Ownership Patterns The current zone districts are generally This Plan Area includes 60 acres owned by consistent with the Structure Plan. North of public agencies (14%),including the City of Vine Drive,the lands are zoned for residential Fort Collins,Larimer County, and the use—Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood Housing Authority. The uses on these public (LMN) and Low Density Residential(RL). properties include the Larimer County Fleet South of Vine Drive and West of North Services facility,the City Streets Facility and Lemay Avenue, the lands are zoned Traffic Operations building,Housing Industrial(I) for heavy industry Authority rental units in the neighborhoods, O (see Map: A-3: Existing Zoning, on page A-39): and three neighborhood parks. In addition, almost 60 acres are public right of way land The vacant and agricultural lands, as (see Map AA: Land Ownership,on page A 20). currently zoned, could accommodate almost 120 acres of new residential development. A-4 I Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft-December 22,2004 • F'�areA.3: LmidON7,errhi .AimmoryTo�e Non-Residential Projects Ownership Strips Acres Percentage . New Belgium Brewery, ongoing Private ownership325.7 73% Public ownership 60.6 14% improvements including a water Right of Way 572 13% process facility(2001); Total 443.5 100% • Bank of Colorado (at the northeast Source: clarion Associates,City of Fort Collins GIS data,2004. corner of Lincoln and Lemay), a 5,500 square foot commercial building on Growth and Development 1.7 acres. The bank will have three The City has had longstanding policies to drive-thru lanes. (2004 project encourage development north of downtown received preliminary development to help reestablish downtown as the heart of approval,in final compliance phase). the community. Recently, developments have been approved and more are under Water Features, Floodplains, review that would target this area and surrounding lands. These projects include: and Stormwater Basins Residential Projects Most of this Plan Area currently lies within • Dry Creek Mobile Home Park the 100-year floodplain of two major (between Vine and Linden and South stormwater drainage basins: • Lemay and Summitview),240 mobile homes approved in phase one • Dry Creek Basin;and Cache la Poudre Basin. (approved 1997); • Old Town North (north of Vine Drive and east of College Avenue)a 30-acre North of Vine Drive,most of the land lies mixed-use development consisting of. Within the floodway or the 100-year up to 300 single-family detached and floodplain of Dry Creek. South of Vine Drive, attached units and 30 mixed-used the Buckingham neighborhood and (approved 2004);and businesses along E.Lincoln Avenue are • Maple Hill(at the northeast corner of within the Poudre River floodplain CR 11 and Richards Lake Road), a 139- (see Map A-5, Wafer Feafures and Floodplatns, acre mixed use project consisting of on page A-21). These areas are regulated by 449 single-family detached and 78 the National Flood Insurance Program and duplexes. Future phases will include require flood insurance or mitigation, such as multi-family,a neighborhood center, flood-proofing or elevating buildings for any and a neighborhood park (approved development within the floodplain. The 2004). floodway is the most restrictive area reserved for the passage of flood flows;however, a number of structures are already located within this floodway. • Northside Neighborhoods Plan I A-5 Draft—December 22,2004 Dry Creek/Lemay Channel and leaving the dry"oxbow"area. The City The City has sought for years to solve has identified flood improvements in this flooding problems in the Dry Creek basin, project area in both the Poudre River Master and is currently building a diversion channel Drainageway Plan(draft 2002) and the to intercept Dry Creek flows from the Downtown River Corridor Implementation Larimer-Weld Canal and divert them to the Program Summary Report(2000). The Master Poudre River. This diversion will reduce the Plan identified the reach between Linden extent of the floodplain associated with the Street and Lincoln Avenue as an area subject Dry Creek through this Plan Area,but to flooding and flood damage. During a 100- presently it is uncertain how much the year flood event,water overflows the east improvements will reduce the floodplain bank and flows through the Buckingham until FEMA remaps the area. Improvements subdivision,also flooding several businesses will be complete by late 2005 or early 2006, between Buckingham Street and Lemay and mapping will take place after that time. Avenue. The Dry Creek Basin Plan identifies additional The City is currently underway with the first local stormwater improvements that could phase of the Poudre River Enhancement help alleviate flooding in the Alta Vista and Project(PREP) (described below)which will Andersonville neighborhoods, as discussed seek to address the floodplain issues posing below. The Lemay Channel improvement limits to existing property owners in the should be coordinated with the realignment floodplain. The actual impacts of the project of the Vine Drive. on land available for use and decreased flood related problems in the area will not be Poudre River/Oxbow Area measurable until the project is further along. Historically,the Poudre River followed a large meander to the east of its current alignment on the property just west of the Buckingham neighborhood. The river eventually matured,cutting its current path {';pm,QkIMGEtAIfff:�u B.MAR k� .........., FigureA.4.• Pewdre RirWfnheneamenl r Projed •`, '+_ Preferred Plan for Linden to Lincoln Downstream Reach 1 i s xwa (Source: Ayres wlwme p Associates/EDA W, 741 October 2003) tH PA W,am dAffTF.MM, "naW,t"!?:. RATUhEi PLAN A-A I Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft-December 22,2004 • Poudre River Enhancement Proiect Utilities (PREP), October 2003. The Poudre River Enhancement Project (PREP) is aimed at stabilizing two segments of the Water and Sewer Lines Poudre River channel in downtown Fort The City of Fort Collins provides water and Collins while providing ecological and sewer service to this Plan Area. A 24-inch recreational enhancements. The bank and water main and a 15-inch sanitary sewer main river stability improvements and river habitat are installed along Lemay Avenue, and serve components of the project for the oxbow most of the area. Smaller water and sewer property are currently in the conceptual lines are in place along Redwood Street, design stage. The project focuses on two Conifer Street, and Vine Drive. Utilities staff reaches. One of them—the downstream is not aware of any capacity issues for existing project reach is within this planning area. or future development,but the City is It extends from Linden Street to Lincoln currently in the process of updating collection Avenue and incorporates primarily channel system information. Both water and sewer stabilization and ecological enhancements. capacity should be adequate to serve future development,although depth of sewer and The PREP project proposed three alternatives topographic issues may arise when planning to address flooding on the oxbow property to expand sewer lines to serve vacant and then selected a preferred plan. The properties in the area. preferred plan provides the best balance of • ecological, recreational, and aesthetic Nigh Voltage Power Lines and Substation enhancements. In addition,the preferred Several major high voltage overhead power plan incorporates a retaining wall and levee lines pass through this Plan Area along to stabilize the channel and banks and Lemay Avenue, Buckingham Street, and prevent flooding, and also includes some Redwood Street and-connect to other parts of amenities—a 10-foot concrete trail/5-foot the city and county. These lines are not gravel train, and paved overlooks. It also required to be placed underground. The includes rock drop structures, fish ledge,rock Western Area Power Administration toe protection,buried rock that is vegetated. (WAPA), a federal agency, maintains the The total PREP project cost is estimated to be substation at Redwood and Conifer,just $4.5 million($4.2 for the downstream project north of this Plan Area. Currently WAPA has alone). The remaining component of the no plans to expand the substation or power PREP project was the construction of a kayak lines within the next ten years. course at the power plant site for an estimated $300,000. • Norihside Neighborhoods Pion I A-7 „• Drell—December 22,2004 Transportation and Streets Existing Street Network Arterial Streets Existing Transportation System The primary two-lane arterials serving the The transportation system within this Plan Northside Neighborhoods include Lemay Area consists of roadways,bicycle lanes,and Avenue(also known as 9th Street),Vine Drive, transit service,and serves to provide and Lincoln Avenue. Lemay Avenue is a transportation linkages,both within the north-south arterial that travels throughout neighborhood,with downtown Fort Collins the city to the south and continues to the directly to the south, and the Mountain Vista north into unincorporated Larimer County. area,Wellington,and unincorporated Vine Drive is an east-west arterial that begins Larimer County to the north. Because of its at College Avenue (SH 14/US 287) and goes location along the transportation corridors for east to rural areas beyond I-25. There is these growing areas,this area has currently not an interchange at I-25. Lincoln experienced a significant amount of traffic Avenue is an east-west arterial connecting to growth. The aged roadways were initially the Old Town area to the east. Although Vine constructed to handle the local traffic volume, Drive,Lemay Avenue,and Lincoln Avenue and are not designed to accommodate higher are designated arterials,they are not local traffic volumes now faced,or to facilitate constructed to current street standards and safe bicycle and pedestrian mobility. Given lack adequate trail lanes, raised medians, that the roadways are not up to current curbs, parkways,and sidewalks. transportation standards,the recent growth in areas north of this Plan Area has resulted in Because of the higher traffic volumes and significant negative impacts within the speeds along these two arterials,access to the neighborhoods,including congestion,access, residences in Andersonville and Alta Vista and safety. can be extremely difficult,particularly during the morning and afternoon peak hours. The Existing Transportation Map shows the ink transportation system(see Map A:G on page Collector Streets A-22). Appendix D provides additional There are two two-lane collectors running information on base background traffic, east-west within this Plan Area: Conifer congestion and accident data for Vine Drive Street and Buckingham Street. The one north- and Lemay Avenue(see Appendix'D: Traffic south collector,Redwood Street, currently and Accident Data). terminates south of Conifer Street. Except for Conifer Street,which has curbs and In addition to the existing street network, the sidewalks,the collectors of Buckingham and Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Redwood are not constructed to current street Railroad travels east-west through this Plan standards and lack curbs,parkways, and Area parallel to Vine Drive and immediately sidewalks. south of the street. A-8 I Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft-December 22,2004 • iy� as� S..w �!; Local Streets �„ ; ,, ;• The remaining streets within this Plan Area are local streets,with the majority not meeting current City standards. Most of these local streets do not have sidewalks and s^a P sodz curbs. The City has recently paved or plans to pave local streets in the area,including: • Buckingham (planned 2005); • Andersonville(paved 2003); • Alta Vista (paved 2002);and • Evergreen Park cul-de-sac pavement (2000). wwu-Pw . .d Bike Ie Traffic Control Existing traffic control within this Plan Area principally consists of stop signs,with the exception of signalized intersections along FigareAS tpeten/Shael/mproveln�Ih Lemay at Vine and Lincoln. The signalized In 2001,the City paved Vine Drive and in 2002 intersection of Lemay and Vine has been added bicycle lanes to Lincoln Avenue. • identified by the City as a critical intersection because of its congestion during the morning and afternoon peak hours. Expansion of this Center ll ce 1 !ap`�;' Exrs 11 t�ng Tr°nspor on, on page A-22). road is limited because of the close proximity of homes located at the northwest and The Route 8 service runs Monday through southeast corners. Various signal phasing Saturday with service every 30 minutes options have been tried,but have not resulted during the a.m. and p.m. peak hours and in acceptable operations. every hour during the mid-day.Because this service is a one-way route,all transit trips TransFort Transit Service must be made in a clockwise fashion. The City's TransFort bus service provides one route (Route 8) through this Plan Area. Route BiQicle Lanes 14 also runs along E. Lincoln Avenue. Route On-street bicycle lanes exist on all arterials 8 begins at the Downtown Transit Center on Mason Street. The route travels east on (Lemay,Vine, and Lincoln) and collectors (Buckingham, Conifer, and Redwood)within Mountain, north on Jefferson,northeast on this Plan Area. These roadways and striping Linden,east on Vine,north on Lemay,west for bike lanes were constructed prior to on Conifer,north on Blue Spruce Drive, west adoption of the current City Street Standards on Willox, and then returns via College to the and do not meet current standards. It should Downtown Transit Center. From Route 8, be noted,however, that this is not uncommon transfers can be made to Transfort Routes 1, 5, in the city where bike lanes have been 9, 14, and 15 from the Downtown Transit retrofitted. • Northside Neighborhoods Plan I A-9 Draft—December 22,2004 provide a mix of services for the community. The on-street bike lanes provide connections Some of the existing industries have to the Poudre Trail,located along the expressed interest in future expansion, southwest edge of this Plan Area. This trail however,major expansion is somewhat provides regional bicycle and recreational limited for most businesses due the land- trail connections throughout the city. locked condition—with few developable vacant parcels remaining. Some industries Existing Pedestrian Network may consider remote sites outside of this Plan At the time when the local streets in the Area for expansion. neighborhoods were constructed, sidewalks were not required as part of the street Major employers in the area include: standards. Therefore,sidewalks do not exist within this Plan Area. Residents and • New Belgium Brewing Company employees currently walk along the edges of (180+employees); local streets and within the bike lanes along • The City's Streets and Traffic Facility the arterials and collectors. (over 100 employees); Larimer County Fleet Management Existin Railroad Operations (approximately 20 employees);and The BNSF railroad maintains a main line to • Odell Brewing Company Wyoming,located parallel to and (approximately 20 employees). immediately south of Vine Drive. BNSF also has a switching yard located immediately east One of the largest private employers in Fort of this Plan Area between Lemay and Collins,Wal-Mart, is located just south of the Timberline, south of Vine. This BNSF line area. Other major employment centers, serves between six and eight trains per day. including downtown and the Colorado State Because of the length and frequency of the University,are within_ two to three miles of trains, significant delays in crossing the tracks this Plan Area. at Lemay and Linden are quite common. Coupled with the limited capacity of the Vine The vacant lands industrially-zoned in this and Lemay intersection geometrics, area(i.e.,just over 40 acres) could allow for congestion can prevail for some time after a approximately 280,000 square feet of new train has passed. industrial development, and an additional 430+jobs.' The vacant parcels range in size Economic Development/Market from 2.4 acres to 17 acres—generally small for industrial development. Given the lot sizes, Analysis the largest new facility in this area could be just over 110,000 square feet. Employment and Industry While this area is not a major employment or industrial center for Fort Collins,the businesses and industries in the area ' Job calculations assume average .15 Floor Area Ratio, and 650 square feet/job,ass in the 2003 Fort Collins collectively employ over 300 people and Market Study. These calculations do not account for floodplaln constrained lands. A-10 I Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft-December 22,2004 • The City Plan Update Market Analysis (2003) million square feet of new retail development indicates there is a citywide potential for 4.4 by 2025,including shoppers' goods, million square feet of new office and convenience goods and other miscellaneous industrial development by 2025. This area retail. It is unlikely future development in provides approximately 2.5%of the city's this area will significantly contribute to the industrial land requirements. city's retail commercial services. Retail Market Residential Market The existing retail development serving this The 120 acres of vacant lands planned for area includes: residential uses could accommodate over 600 new residential units(at 5 units per acre)? • Downtown,which is mostly a location This area may also have potential for mixed for bars,restaurants,entertainment, uses at slightly higher densities because of its and specialty goods and services; close proximity to downtown and other • Community commercial locations desirable amenities, such as the Poudre River along North College Avenue, and trails systems. Mulberry and Lemay, and Lemay and Riverside;and The City's Market Analysis Draft Report(2003) • Neighborhood commercial indicates city population growth and demand (convenience store) at the corner of for residential land uses will remain high over Conifer Street and Lemay. the next decade. The city's population is • projected to grow from 118,700 to 192,800 The oxbow property is currently planned as people(30,200 new households, and the part of the Downtown Commercial District in City's Growth Management Area has enough the Structure Plan, and is zoned for land to accommodate 23,000 new residential community commercial(river). This site is units. This area could accommodate 8% of somewhat constrained by the floodplain and the 1,500 acres required to support the significant trees but is the only site that,as additional population in the city. currently planned, could accommodate commercial development in the area. Residents have expressed interest in additional neighborhood retail services. There may be potential for some neighborhood commercial services that are integrated into neighborhoods or mixed-use industrial areas (as part of mixed-use residential development),but the lack of commercial parcels means it will not be a major community-serving retail area without major zoning changes. The City Plan Update Market Analysis (2003) Z This calculation does not account for the floodplain • indicates there is a citywide potential for 2.4 constraints. Almost all of the vacant residential lands are in the 100-year floodplain. Northside Neighborhoods Pion I p-11 Dmh-December 22,2004 Open Lands and Natural Areas Udall Natural Area to the south (23 acres). Inventoried Areas 1— , ` i ,,' i 1 Natural areas are important resources in the neighborhoods for wildlife, and scenic quality. They are also components of the city and region's natural system. This Plan Area contains several inventoried natural areas along the Poudre River and the Dry Creek �t ' drainage corridor. While the Lake Canal —' - _ 1 if�' f passes through this Plan Area, there are no 1 - _- inventoried natural areas associated with the 4 drainage canal. ~ The following areas are shown on Figure A.3 on this page: OMAN • On the Poudre River "Oxbow" FigilIMA.• 61yofFxfCv1%ff1mmlaiedNolara/ property are over 12-acres of riparian AIMS forest and 10-acres of grasslands; These natural areas are part of an extensive • Along the Dry Creek corridor, over 10 system of natural areas along the river acres of riparian forest are located just managed by the City. north of the County's facility; • Dry Creek has associated aquatic habitat east of Lemay Avenue;and Public Services • A 2+acre wetland south of Conifer Street comprises marsh and wet Parks and Recreation meadow and aquatic habitat. The Northside Aztlan Community Recreation Center is near this Plan Area. The community The City requires a 300-foot setback from the center serves a variety of functions in the edge of the wetland boundary along the neighborhood,including providing programs Poudre River to protect natural features. for seniors (Los Santianos Anitos Hispanic City-Owned Natural Areas Seniors Group), and youth recreation activities. The City does not own or manage any natural areas in this Plan Area,but the following The neighborhoods are served by three parks: areas are located along the nearby Poudre River: • Buckingham Park(5.8 acre neighborhood park); , Gustav Swanson Natural Area to the . Alta Vista Park(0.6 acre mini park); west(5.6 acres);and and • Romero Park(0.2 acre mini park). A-12 I Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft-December 22,2004 r =W1 , • Via Lopez/San Cristo does not have a park, Vista, Andersonville,and Via Lopez/San although Romero Park is nearby. Despite the Cristo neighborhoods. proximity,neighborhood children often play in the detention area and residents have Schools expressed concerns that the neighborhood Residents in this Plan Area are served by the does not have good access to park land. Poudre R-1 School District(PSD) and the following schools: 1 5`s Taveli Elementary School (which has reached capacity); k ri Lincoln Junior High School;and • Poudre High School. PSD has several proposed new school sites in the Mountain Vista subarea,including a high school and an elementary school site on Vine Drive,but does not currently propose new schools in this study area. The Vine Drive figereAl FxniinpRaneroPorFondPolenNo/New location is unlikely to be used for a new Lom#w elementary school because of its proximity to the railroad and proposed Vine Drive • Lee Martinez Park is the closest community realignment,however, PSD has enough land park that is located about one mile west of at the future high school site to accommodate this Plan Area along the Poudre River. Also both an elementary and high school. nearby are Old Fort Collins Heritage Park, a 20-acre neighborhood park, and Greenbriar Fire and Emergency Response Park,a 22-acre neighborhood park. Station Number 1,located on East Mulberry Street,is less than one mile south of this Plan The City's neighborhood park standard is 2.5 Area. Poudre Fire Authority serves this Plan acres per 1,000 people. With Buckingham Area. Park serving the neighborhoods,the parks in this area are adequate to serve the current Code Enforcement population. With new residential One issue, consistently identified for the development north of Vine Drive,however, neighborhoods,has been code enforcement. the City may need to consider adding an This area has a code violation pattern similar additional neighborhood park to the north to to that found in other older City maintain the level of service. neighborhoods. Data from the code compliance database indicate the number of In addition,the trail system in the area code violations in the neighborhood has connects with the Poudre River Trail and increased in the past five years;however, this converges with other on and off-street trails is due in part to increased levels of patrol and in this area, including the Redwood Street new units in some of the neighborhoods. • bike trail. Better access is needed for the Alta Appendix E provides more detailed statistical Norihside Neighborhoods Plan I A-13 Draft—December 22,2004 information on code violations in the Neighborhood members are concerned that Northside Neighborhoods area as compared the Reporting District data does not provide to the community as a whole. an accurate representation of the"per capita" crimes that are occurring in this area relative City Police Services/Crime to other neighborhoods in the city. At the This Plan Area is located within Police Service time this information was provided,the District 1. The City's main police station is police department did not have per capita less than one mile from this Plan Area and is information available. the main headquarters for officers who serve the neighborhoods. While the City is Cultural Resources planning to move the main station to the south end of town,the current station will The Romero House(Casa Romero)museum, likely become a substation,ensuring the level located in Andersonville,is a cultural facility of service in the north end of town will that received a grant from the Colorado State continue to be consistent. The Fort Collins Historical Fund for its restoration. The Police Services Planning and Research unit facility is a particular source of pride to the Qproduced maps and data(serve Appendix F)to Hispanic community and the neighborhoods. help citizens in this area understand what In addition,the Fort Collins Museum and types of crime are being reported in their Fort Collins Library(downtown branch),are neighborhoods. about one-half mile south of this Plan Area and serve the entire city. Finally, the The top ten incidents in this Plan Area for the Mulberry Pool/Recreation Center and Lincoln past five-year period have been disturbance- Center Performing Arts complex provide related,traffic complaints, and police citywide services, and are within one to two assistance,but citizens have expressed miles of this area. concerns that other more serious crimes are occurring as well and are not reported in this Historic Preservation information(including assaults and auto In 2004, the City published a survey report, theft),and that the level of crime appears to "The Sugar Factory Neighborhoods: be increasing. Buckingham,Andersonville,Alta Vista." The results of this survey indicate Buckingham The citywide maps produced by Police and Andersonville neighborhoods retain a V Services fin Appendix F)illustrate the offense majority of contributing structures, making count by reporting district for a ten year the entire neighborhoods eligible as Fort period(1993—2003). Because they fall in the Collins Landmark districts. While Alta Vista, two lower ranges of the offense count, Police as a whole, is not eligible as a National Services does not consider the three Register of Fort Collins Landmark district, a Reporting Districts for this Plan Area to be a large portion of it is considered eligible. high crime area relative to other parts of the Three properties in these neighborhoods are city. Other City areas have a higher number individually eligible for the National Register, of offenses,not only in the years 2002 and including the Romero House. 2003,but also over a ten-year period. A-14 I Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft-Derennher 22,2004 •„. r • While a series of City meetings held in the the region. This plan will need to determine neighborhoods in the Fall of 2003 to discuss the desired character of future industrial and the historic district designation were not well non-residential development. attended,all residents who have attended meetings support the designation because it Streetsape recognizes the history and culture of the No street design themes or plans have been neighborhoods. The benefits of historic developed for the major arterials in this area. district designation include better protection for the neighborhoods and potential for funds Local Infrastructure Needs for residents to upgrade properties that contribute to a district. 20% State Tax Credits The Local Infrastructure Needs map is a are also available for owners who make synthesis of the transportation and utility improvements to contributing historic improvements that are immediate concerns properties in a district. At the time of this for the area( .1 r Map ,tm.laage;,q-23). This plan, the City is moving forward with map reflects the desired and necessary residents of the neighborhoods to designate locations for these local infrastructure the neighborhoods. All three have expressed improvements as gleaned through interviews interest;additional outreach needs to be done. and discussions from information provided in special area plans. These improvements will Urban and Streetscape Design enhance the area and,when combined with strategic housing and neighborhood • improvements,facilitate reinvestment in the Existing Neighborhoods Character residential areas. The map shows locations The traditional historic neighborhoods have a for: distinct character with narrow streets, small lots, large trees,and a blend of small historic Stormwater improvements,including adobe and other styles of structures and infill Poudre River flooding prevention, and additions. The City's aim for the curb and gutter,and localized culvert neighborhoods is to protect their character, and channel improvements; but allow for infill and redevelopment that is Traffic calming; contextually appropriate. Sidewalks; • Bike lanes,paths, and routes;and Industrial Development • Street lights. Industrial development that currently exists physical Influences in the area is a blend of(a) industrial-looking warehouse and flex spaces, and(b)businesses The Northside Neighborhoods Plan area is the with architecture and site planning. The only area in north Fort Collins not been latter of these, such as the New Belgium planned in detail. This area is smaller than Brewery and In Situ, use high quality most subareas in the city and almost half of building materials, distinctive architectural the lands are developed, making it a character,and a lot of landscaping and more challenging area to plan. The Physical • closely fit with Fort Collins' downtown and Influences map shows an initial synthesis of Northside Neighborhoods Plan I A-15 Draft—December 22,2004 the various physical constraints and potential The BNSF railroad line,which aareas:d#change(see MapA.S,on page A44) prevents any additional road crossings,means the Lemay Avenue • Vacant lands. Almost half of the lands realignment will need to be elevated in this Plan Area are vacant or or built below-grade. agricultural. The vacant lands are checker-boarded throughout. The Issues xh"r'{s =Cd iotd 2),°discusses • The tapestry of historic neighborhoods other constraints,including the current lack of have a rich history of cultural funding to implement the large capital- diversity. A number of homes in the intensive improvement projects. neighborhoods have historical significance. Sources: • The area has access to the Poudre River corridor and potential History of German-Russians in Fort Collins. connections to open space corridors History of Hispanics in Fort Collins. shown on plans for adjacent areas and History of the Sugar Beet Industry. Q the.Struchne Plan map (see page A-48). • The area is in close proximity to The Sugar Factory Neighborhoods: Buckingham, downtown Fort Collins and other Andersonville,Alta Vista,City of Fort Collins,2004. retail shopping,including North Plans: College Avenue and the Wal-Mart and City of Fort Collins, Dry Creek Basin Master Plan, the Alberstons-anchored Riverside 2003. Shopping Center. • The realignment of Vine Drive and City of Fort Collins,Poudre River Basin Stormwater Lemay Avenue offer the potential for Master Plan,2003. better connections between the existing neighborhoods (i.e., Alta Vista City of Fort Collins,North College Avenue Corridor and Andersonville). The now busy Plan, 1995 arterial streets would have less traffic. The area has views of the mountains, City Fort Collins and Lorimer County, East • Mulberry ry Corridor Plan,2003. river corridor,and some open lands. • The potential for flooding and City of Fort Collins, EPS,Market Analysis for Fort extensive floodplains cover most of Collins City Plan Update,2003. the vacant lands. Floodplain restrictions apply. City of Fort Collins,Mountain Vista Subarea Plan, • A complex network of high voltage 1999. overhead power lines pass around and through this area, and connect to City of Fort Collins,Ayres Associates, EDAW, the power substation just north of Poudre River Enhancement Project, Executive Conifer Street. Summary,2003. • Arterial streets are substandard and City of Fort Collins,Master Street Plan,2003. heavily congested. Access is blocked to neighborhoods and businesses. A-16 I Northside Neighborhoods Plan 14 ti - ' Evergreen Parts t a �11 I I VacantVacant . 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T i And rsirry( La ti g Views 5� Existing Industrial Area Future Industrial/ i b Mixed Use? � k - ® � NernaXl _` u<k" \rm5trssi- Pork W'Fr i future _ Ml.ed Future Indust of. { D ' Use7 6aaklpgfwm � Ihury Co dor Plan) On / Iwmawham Existing Ind trial Area i1 Pork I bl Eau �XXYlpaprywlW4lIInIRItlN111111 IIIIIIIII IIIIIIInIIItlIYIX1111XXII111111111AlXlllllllll IIIIAIII IIIIYtlItl1111111111111111111pIRlNI III( .- Gull Course I - I Map A-8 Legend PHYSICAL INFLUENCES munmN Plan Boundary 1 Foot Floodway, F— Developed Lands 0 Potential Open/Natural Area ---- City Limits 100-Year Floodplain i Vacant and Agricultural Lands Potential Mini Park i'. Rivers,Streams,and Ditches w'%Conflict Area '' Residential/Industrial Transition awrms Potential Street Improvements Trails Railroad [ Historic Neighborh000d Poudre River Corridor �� ...... Overhead Power line Potential Neighborhood Commercial (IIIIIIIII Potentiul Open Spite • s' V --- �F Neighborhood Entrance Corridor(Other) xerx CLARION �OrxO1� A-24 I Northside Neighborhoods Plan Droll--December 22,2004 t '• ` Appendix B This appendix provides a summary of the therefore Industrial Districts will be located current policy documents and regulations away from, or adequately buffered from, that affect the Northside Neighborhood residential neighborhoods." In addition, Plan Area, including City Plan, zoning, City Plan stipulates the design character and adjacent subarea plans,transportation image of the buildings and site plans, and utility plans. improvements in Industrial Districts "may be simple, practical, and more vehicle- Structure Plan and Zoning oriented than in other districts and may lack a uniform design theme or character. City Plan is the City's comprehensive plan. Development standards should allow for The land use and physical plan element of metal buildings,tilt-up buildings, and City Plan is called the Structure Plan. The similar large span construction." planned land uses have been discussed in Appendix A(see page A-4)• Downtown District • The Downtown District,located adjacent to New Neighborhoods this Plan Area, focuses on architectural City Plan policies call for new Low Density elements based on a human-scale, Mixed-Use Neighborhoods to include a mix preservation of historic buildings, a visual of housing types and lot sizes, and a continuity and sense of place,excellence in neighborhood center. design, public art,landscaping, and other street features to create a comfortable "The size, layout, and design of a environment for pedestrians a historic street Low Density Mixed-Use grid system. Neighborhood should make it conducive to walking, with all Adjacent Area Plans dwellings sharing the street and sidewalk system, and having access The Northside Neighborhoods area is to the Neighborhood Center." almost completely surrounded by the boundaries of other subarea plans the City Industrial Districts has either completed or currently has under City Plan states, "Industrial Districts are development. In some cases the boundaries intended to provide a location for a variety slightly overlap. These adjacent plans are of work processes such as manufacturing, described in the following sections and are machine shops,warehouses, outdoor shown in Figure B.1'fsee page B-2). Q storage yards, and other uses of similar character. The design features are not as • extensive as Employment Districts; Northside Neighborhoods Plan I B-1 Appendix B: Related Plans: Policies Draft-December 22,2004 I (Homy ood 5Y RDU�4No; t �, �..,.r_ l 1 4 ti <, 1' I fnatk.X 4 r� t n ` ad Road fi Figured 1. Plon Arm relandto aepwlaravplons North College Avenue Corridor Plan (1995) The North College Avenue Corridor Plan is just connecting the Northside Neighborhoods west of this Plan Area. This corridor plan Plan area generally along Dry Creek. provides recommendations and policies to The Mountain Vista Subarea Plan (1999,2009) promote further development of a business center zone and a highway commercial The Mountain Vista subarea Plan, recently updated is 2ndu designates future locations zone. Commercial development on North College serves the area's neighborhoods as for schools, industrial/employment and well as the larger Fort Collins community. commercial activity centers that will likely T serve its plan area as well as that of the This corridor plan identifies a landscaped B-2 1 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Bra ft-December 22,2004 � • Northside Neighborhoods Plan. The Dry The realigned Vine also connected with the Creek corridor is shown as a future open realigned Lemay, to the east, which has space corridor connecting to the Northside been part of the City's Master Street Plan. Neighborhoods area. While City Council voted against the East Mulberry Corridor Plan (2002) relocation of SH 14 and the truck route to The East Mulberry Corridor Plan establishes the realigned Vine Drive, Council did neighborhood mixed-use commercial recognize the benefits of the realigned Vine centers,employment centers, and a mix of as an arterial to minimize neighborhood other uses along this major gateway to Fort impacts. This City Council action changed Collins. Some of the regional-serving the Master Street Plan to reflect the commercial located along East Mulberry realignment. Street also serves the Northside Neighborhoods. Subsequent to the Council decision,the citizens of Fort Collins,in November 1999 Downtown Strategic Plan (2004) voted on and passed Ballot Initiative 200. The Downtown Strategic Plan identifies ways The ballot initiative specified any future to reinforce positive aspects of Fort Collins' alternative SH 14 and truck route must be downtown and make it a strong economic located at least two miles north of Douglas and cultural center as well as improve Road,which is County Road 56. Ballot connections to the Poudre River and sites Initiative 200 therefore precludes the • along the river. modified Vine arterial from being further considered as an alternative for SH 14 and a Transportation Plans truck route. The City and consultants have conducted a Fort Collins Transportation Master Plan (2003)_ number of transportation studies that relate The Fort Collins Transportation Master Plan is to or may affect the Northside a comprehensive plan for Fort Collins' Neighborhoods area. These studies and vehicular, transit,bicycle, and pedestrian implications are summarized below. transportation modes through the year 2030. This master plan was prepared in- Northern Colorado Truck Mobility/SH 14 step with the update to City Plan. The Relocation Study(1998) following section summarizes the key plan In 1998, the City conducted a study to elements that pertain to the Northside determine alternative routes to SH 14, the Neighborhoods Plan area. Mulberry/Riverside/North College corridor. This study examined a number of route Proposed Master Street Plan locations and recommended to City Council The City's Master Street Plan proposes three the preferred route was along a realigned major changes in the arterial street system Vine Drive,located north of the existing for the Northside Neighborhoods Plan area. Alta Vista Neighborhood. The objective of These changes are summarized as follows: this alignment was to minimize traffic • impact along the Alta Vista Neighborhood. Northside Neighborhoods Plan I B-3 Draft—December 22,2004 • Lemay Avenue Realignment and severely constrained budget,none of the BNSF Grade Separation: The proposed Master Street Plan improvements Master Street Plan proposes the would be funded within the 2030 horizon of realignment of Lemay to the east of the transportation plan. Therefore,based the Northside Neighborhoods study on this limited budget,the existing roadway area and will include a grade network in the Northside Neighborhoods Plan separation at the BNSF railroad. The area will remain as is until there are Master Street Plan does not specify additional funds or developer fees collected whether this grade separation to implement the improvements. should be depressed or elevated because that decision will require Proposed Transit Service additional engineering and As part of the Fort Collins Transportation floodplain analysis. The resulting Master Plan 2003 effort,incremental realignment would vacate the TransFort transit service phasing is existing Lemay Avenue (91h Street) proposed to occur in four phases. This and designate the current arterial as would begin with: (1) minimal redesign of a local street. the existing TransFort services; (2) adding Mason Street Transportation Corridor • Vine Drive Realignment: The transit service;and(3)modifications and Master Street Plan proposes Vine restructuring of the TransFort bus system Drive be relocated to north of the grid type operation. The final phase (4) Alta Vista Neighborhood. The would expand the grid transit service resulting realignment would vacate including new routes for the area's the existing Vine Drive and neighborhoods. designate the current arterial as a local street. In review of the long-range transit plan,no transit route changes are indicated through • Redwood Street Extension: The Phase 3,whereas Phase 4 would add transit Master Street Plan proposes the along Conifer as an enhanced travel southerly extension of Redwood corridor. It should be noted this Phase 4 is Street from its current terminus to not funded and would not likely occur for the south,where it would align with many years. Linden Street as it intersects with Vine Drive. Proposed Bicycle Network The Fort Collins Transportation Master Plan It should be noted that these improvements 2003 created for the first time a Bicycle are part of the overall long-range Hierarchy Map. This hierarchy map unconstrained Master Street Plan. As part of identifies the realigned Vine, Buckingham, the preparation of the City's Transportation and Lincoln streets as high volume feeder Master Plan 2003,a fiscally-constrained routes that would connect with the City's alternative was prepared to determine what high volume bike corridors. In addition, improvements might be made based on this plan identifies Vine Drive within the current funding levels. Because of a Northside Neighborhood Plan area as a B4 I Northside Neighborhoods Plan DmB—December 22,2DDa • problem area requiring additional study Other flooding problems are the Redwing and improvements. Marsh(just north of Meadows), and the Evergreen East Pond. Proposed Pedestrian Network The pedestrian element of the master plan The Lemay Channel should be constructed maintained the pedestrian planning concept separately or in conjunction with the of targeting pedestrian improvements to proposed realignment of Vine Drive. The high activity pedestrian zones,commercial Lemay Channel should be located on the corridors, and routes to schools and parks southside of the new Vine Drive road rather than proposing sidewalks on every embankment to provide a buffer zone street throughout the city. In regards to the between the new Vine Drive road and the Northside Neighborhood Plan area,further Alta Vista neighborhood. Culverts would study will be necessary to determine where be required under Lemay Avenue to required sidewalks would need to be. provide an outlet for new developments to the north to the channel as well as flows Utility Plans generated along N. College Avenue. In Andersonville,a series of small borrow ditches are proposed to alleviate flooding. The Dry Creek Basin Plan (December 2002) The Dry Creek Basin Plan states that the potential for flooding in this area(the • Lower Dry Creek Basin)is substantial due to development and undersized conveyance facilities. There is potential for major flooding and extensive damage during a large storm event as a result of overtopping of the Larimer and Weld Canal. A stormwater conveyance system is proposed in this area to convey the runoff generated ® south of the cabal(see Figure B2: City of Fort Collins Master Plan Basin Recommended Improvements,page B-6). There is potential for shallow flooding and structure damage in the Alta Vista neighborhood because of inadequate channel capacity,which results in overtopping of the existing Dry Creek Channel during a 100-year storm event. In Alta Vista,channel depth improvements are proposed to resolve the inadequate channel capacity of Dry Creek. • Northside Neighborhoods Plan l B-5 Draft—December 22,2004 City of Fort Collins Master Plan Basin Recommended Improvements ��w.m.x x,awcow.sem. roy....mo..r n ww ce�i.s em. eum..r...armmwryn Legend y = Water Features ` Pipes Open channels Ponds figumB.2 N9Jfff&.inP1011R& mm&7dW11flFWM&71s B-6 I Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft—December 22,2004 • Appendix C : This appendix provides more detailed neighborhoods. Census information at the housing study information. block level for unit type was not available; however, driving through the 2000 Census Information neighborhoods it becomes clear that most are single-family homes,many of which To understand housing conditions in the have been identified as having historical Northside Neighborhoods, a combination of significance. There are some mobile homes 2000 Census data and site visit observations and newer units mixed in with older homes were used. Much of the census information throughout these areas. The 2000 Census was not available at the block level,which information found that 37% of the units would have provided more specific were built after 1995, suggesting that new information. Where possible, data at the development is taking place on the outer block level was used and is described as the edges of the northside area and not within neighborhood. Other information is for a the neighborhoods that are the focus of the block group, which is a smaller area than Northside Neighborhood Plan. Homes in the • the census tracts. This is described as the neighborhoods appear to be older than subarea. All information is derived from would be indicated in the Census. There is the two primary census tracts that include a higher incidence of homes without the plan area—13.05 and 13.06. Information plumbing in the subarea(1.1%)and without that was only available at the tract level is phones(4.2%) than were found in Fort referred to as the Northside. Collins overall (less than 1%for any factor). Housing Characteristics Household Characteristics Slightly more than half of the homes in the According to the 2000 Census,there were subarea are single-family units(52%)and a 276 households housing 801 people in the greater percentage of all the units are neighborhoods. Of these households,46% owner-occupied (71%) than found in Fort are families with children,with a high Collins as a whole (57%). The percentage of percentage of single-parent families. Close single-family homes in the subarea is likely to 10% of the population in the to be overstated when compared to the neighborhoods are aged 60 or older and smaller neighborhood area, particularly there is a strong Hispanic presence, with since the Census found that 30% of the 64% of the population defining themselves homes in the subarea were mobile homes. as Hispanic in the 2000 Census. When mobile homes are excluded, the percentage of single-family homes in the Household income in the northside area is subarea increases to 74%,which is more lower than Fort Collins. The average likely to reflect the housing type in the income for all households was$41,947 • Northside Neighborhoods Plan I C-1 Draft— December 22,2004 compared to$55,852 for Fort Collins. Owners had an average income of$48,358 compared to$29,935 for renters. Housing Costs In the subarea, the average rent in 2000 was $642 compared to$727 for Fort Collins.The average mortgage paid was$1,001 compared to an average of$1,092 in Fort Collins, yet the value of home in the area was almost half at$95,810 compared to $180,565 for the city as a whole. About 15% of the homes in the subarea had a value of $60,000 to$69,000 and no homes were valued above$200,000. Only 11% of the homes in the area were without a mortgage, compared to 18%in Fort Collins. Housing is typically deemed to be affordable if a household pays no more than 30%of their gross monthly income for rent or a mortgage, plus utilities. Interestingly, the subarea has a higher percentage of renters paying less than 20% of their income for rent than Fort Collins as a whole (30% versus 27%of renters respectively). Among renters in the subarea,26% pay more than 40% their monthly income for housing. This pattern is reversed among owners. About half of Fort Collins owners pay less than 20%for housing compared to 40%of owners in the subarea. Among owners, 17% pay more than 40%of their income for housing and may be at risk of losing their home. For Fort Collins owners as a whole, 10% of owners pay more than this amount for housing;however,there are also more households earning above$100,000. At this income level, paying half of gross monthly income for housing does not present as big a concern as when the annual income is $50,000. C-2 I Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft- December 22,2004 r r r • Housing Profile 2000 Housing Unit Estimates and Physical Characteristics figure a. LIAdTenure f�ureC.3. UndsinShudure North Sub- Fort Sub- Fort side % Area Collins North area Collins side % % Total: 1,610 100% 100% 100% Total: 1,610 100% 1,239 45,828 1,detached 762 47.3% 51.7% 55.9% Occupied 1,523 95.0% 45,769 1,attached 36 2.2% 0.8% 7.6% Owner 993 65.2% 71% 57.1% 2 units 17 1.1% 0.6% 3.6% occupied: 3 or 4 148 9.2% 5.5% 6.4% Renter 530 34.8% 29% 42.9% 5 to 9 95 5.9% 2.0% 7.1% occupied: 10 to 19 40 2.5% 2.4% 8.9% Vacant 87 5.0% 4.1% 20 to 49 49 3.0% 3.7% 3.6% Percent of total units. 50 or more 39 2.4% 2.4% 4.1% Mobile home 417 25.9% 30.4% 2.7% • RV, van, van,etc. 7 0.4% 0.5% 0.0% s." s 9 I � I FigureCl.• OmiponryinNa!/uideArea I i i _---.- ......_------- figurec.4. YWr,*vedby0#"WiY1dR&71W Northside Neighborhoods Plan I C-3 Draft-December 22,2004 FigilmCS.• YWrSbede1eM1 Household Demographics North Fort side %Collins figamr-7- RotWM#lo* Total: 1,523 North- Sub- Neigh- Fort Owner 993 100.0% side Area borhood Collins 1999 to March 2000 143 14.4% 3.8% Hispanic or 1995 to 1998 275 27.7% 9.3% Latino: 30.4%31.4% 63.7% 8.7% 1990 to 1994 210 21.1% 7.5% White alone 65.6%64.5% 31.8% 85.4% 1980 to 1989 142 14.3% 12.8% Black or African 1970 to 1979 132 13.3% 12.0% American alone 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 1960 to 1969 22 2.2% 4.8% American Indian 1950 to 1959 6 0.6% 2.5% and Alaska 1940 to 1949 27 2.7% 1.1% Native alone 0.0% 0.0% 1.2% 0.6% 1939 or earlier 36 3.6% 3.2% Asian alone 0.2% 0.0% 1.4% 2.1% Renter: 530 100.0% 42.9% Native Hawaiian 1999 to March 2000 118 22.3% 0.9% and Other Pacific 1995 to 1998 29 5.5% 4.3% Islander alone 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 1990 to 1994 91 17.2% 4.0% Some other race 1980 to 1989 42 7.9% 7.8% alone 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 1970 to 1979 173 32.6% 13.4% Two or more 1960 to 1969 8 1.5% 5.3% races 3.8% 4.1% 1.6% 1.9% 1950 to 1959 26 4.9% 2.8% 1940 to 1949 13 2.5% 1.3% 1939 or earlier 30 5.7% 3.2% FigereCf..• Age&JAY Ow Neigh North- Fort F19918 .f: A"i x4 Telwhmv borhood side Sub-Area Collins onoPiumhieg 18 and 19 35.2% 35.3% 35.1% 27.5% Lack Kitchens 0.0% 0.6% 20 to 29 17.6% 19.6% 18.0% 25.8% No Phone 4.2% 0.7% 30 to 39 16.7% 17.8% 18.0% 14.3% Lack Plumbing 1.1% 0.1% 40 to 49 12.4% 13.3% 14.4% 14.2% 50 to 59 9.1% 7.3% 8.0% 8.2% 60 to 69 5.0% 3.6% 3.8% 4.2% 70 to 79 2.7% 2.2% 2.2% 3.5% 80 + 1.2% 0.9% 0.7% 2.4% TOTAL Pop 801 4,337 3,554 118,652 C4 I Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft- December 22,2004 • FigureC.9.• Hm vhe1dro.dhaa6ddAw FigureC. h AWAM dTge North Sub- Neigh- Fort Sub- Neigh Fort side Area boyhood Collins Northside Area borhood Collins TOTAL HH 1,509 1,227 276 45,882 Population 4,337 3,554 801 118,440 Married-couple family 48.2%50.4% 42.8% 44.9% Households 1,509 1,227 276 45,769 Male Average householder/no HH Size 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.6 wife 3.8% 3.6% 5.4% 1.9% Female figu/e C.10. /hwmblds with NOW householder/no North Sub- Neigh- Fort husband 15.4% 12.6% 15.2% 5.6% side Area borhood Collins Male HH with householder 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% children 753 592 129 13,967 Living Alone 14.4%14.8% 14.9% 21.4% Total: 100% 100% 100% 100% Not Living Family Alone 1.9% 2.0% 2.2% 1.5% households: 49.5% 47.9% 46.4% 30.0% Female Married- householder 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% couple Living Alone 13.2%13.3% 14.1% 22.0% family 30.3% 31.7% 25.7% 22.5% Not Living • Single Alone 2.7% 2.9% 5.1% 2.3% Parent 19.2% 16.2% 20.7% 7.5% Non-family households: 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% • Northside Neighborhoods Plan I C-5 Draft-December 22,2004 Income,Housing Cosh and Affordability FlyuieCl.? IffAmWelnwmet F/ywcls..• Yol,1v0f0 wff-&a edl/nds Northside Fort Collins Sub- Fort Average Income $41,947 $55,852 Area Northside Collins Owners $48,338 $72,091 Less than$49,999 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% Renters $29,935 $34,267 $50,000 to$59,999 0.0% 1.2% 0.2% $60,000 to$69,999 15.0% 12.6% 0.4% $70,000 to$79,999 2.6% 2.2% 0.4% FyureC.13.• Permnt1xw8Spewtw110 iflg $80,000 to$89,999 3.2% 4.0% 1.0% Sub- Sub- $90,000 to$99,999 0.0% 0.0% 1.5% Area FC Area FC $100,000 to$124,999 13.8% 13.2% 8.4% Renters Renters Owners Owners $125,000 to$149,999 22.4% 23.9% 20.1% Less than $150,000 to$174,999 24.6% 27.2% 22.5% 10% 4.4% 2.9% 3.4% 15.3% $175,000 to$199,999 16.4% 13.8% 14.8% 10 to 14% 16.0% 8.7% 8.6% 16.1% $200,000 to$249,999 0.0% 0.0% 16.5% 15 to 19% 9.4% 12.8% 27.7% 18.4% $250,000 to$299,999 0.0% 0.0% 6.5% 20 to 24% 4.7% 13.2% 17.8% 15.6% $300,000 to$399,999 2.2% 1.9% 4.7% 25 to 29% 17.1% 12.1% 10.0% 12.2% $400,000 or more 0.0% 0.0% 2.6% Now 1 100.0% 100.0% 99.9% � F New t FigureCl6. Matgoge frohrs Fort Not Sub-Area Norihside Collins computed 5.0% 3.5% 0.0% 0.5 Second mortgage/ home equity loan 168 25.9% 28.3% 21.2% �Qe/eL74.• AYB/OpeNaaiegCam First Mortgage Only 371 63.3% 62.6% 60.2% Sub-Area Fort Collins No mortgage 54 10.8% 9.1% 17.9% Rent $642 $727 TOTAL 593 100.0% 100.0% 99.3% Mortgage $1,001 $1,092 Average Value $95,810 $180,605 C-6 I Norlhside Neighborhoods Plan Draft-December 22,2004 • f/guroC.11r &WRMI Sub- Northside Area Fort Collins Total: 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% With cash rent: 96.6% 95.0% 98.0% Less than$100 1.5% 2.2% 0.4% $100 to$149 6.2% 2.2% 0.8% $150 to$199 0.0% 0.0% 0.9% $200 to$249 0.0% 0.0% 0.9% $250 to$299 3.0% 4.4% 1.3 $300 to$349 0.0% 0.0% 2.7% $350 to$399 3.6% 0.0% 2.6% $400 to$449 3.4% 2.5% 4.6% $450 to$499 15.3% 11.3% 5.70/. $500 to$549 6.8% 5.2% 6.5% $550 to$599 3.4% 5.0% 5.7% $600 to$649 15.3% 19.9% 9.1% $650 to$699 7.9% 6.9% 9.7% $700 to$749 5.1% 7.5% 7.9% $750 to$799 0.0% 0.0% 6.3% $800 to$899 13.4% 13.3% 8.7% $900 to$999 3.2% 4.7% 5.6% • $1,000 to$1,249 7.0% 7.7% 10.7% $1,250 to$1,499 1.5% 2.2% 4.9% $1,500 to$1,999 0.0% 0.0% 2.3% $2,000 or more 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% No cash rent 3.4% 5.0% 2.0°i° Figu/BC18.• /name Di�iribu/iai _ Northside FC Northside FC '.. Own %age Owners Rent %age Renters Owner occupied: 993 65.2% 57.1% 530 34.8% 42.9% Less than$5,000 8 0.8% 1.4% 8 1.5% 5.4% $5,000 to$9,999 27 2.7% 1.9% 76 14.3% 10.2% $10,000 to$14,999 59 5.9% 2.6% 53 10.0% 10.5% $15,000 to$19,999 54 5.4% 3.2% 46 8.7% 10.7% $20,000 to$24,999 57 5.7% 4.4% 66 12.5% 9.9% '.. '.. $25,000 to$34,999 134 13.5% 8.7% 142 26.8% 15.8% $35,000 to$49,999 277 27.9% 15.5% 72 13.6% 16.9% '.. $50,000 to$74,999 209 21.0% 25.1% 35 6.6% 13.3 $75,000 to$99,999 100 10.1% 17.70/. 14 2.6% 4.6% $100,000 to '.. $149,999 60 6.0% 13.2% 18 3.4% 2.0% $150,000 or more 8 0.8% 6.4% 0 0.0% 0.8 Total 993 100.0% 100.0% 530 100.0% 100.0% Northside Neighborhoods Plan I C-1 Drab-December 22,2004 establishes a Fair Market Rent(FMR) for Definitions Used rental units within a specific geographic The following definitions are applicable for area. The FMR is used to determine the the terms used in this plan. amount of subsidy that will be paid to a landlord when a tenant has Section 8 Rent • Affordable Housing-when the amount Subsidy. spent on rent or mortgage payments (excluding utilities) does not exceed 30% Income Limits-most communities of the combined gross income of all establish income limits for the programs household members. There is no single they administer based on the area median amount that is"affordable". The term is income (AMI), which is adjusted by not synonymous with low-income household size. Area Median Incomes are housing;households in lower through adjusted annually by the Department of middle-income ranges tend to have Housing and Urban Development(HUD). affordability problems. Under most Four different income categories are Federal programs for low-income defined for various programs and housing, occupants pay 30% of their gross policies.The dollar amounts associated income for rent and utilities. with each household size are provided in the Very Low,Low, Moderate and Middle • Certificate of Occupancy-the official Income section of this report: document issued by the City to a general contractor upon completion of a dwelling 1. Very low income,which is less unit, signifying the construction conforms than 30% of the area median to safety standards,such as the Uniform income; Building Code, as well as other applicable local standards,such as land use 2. Low income,which is between regulations and zoning. 30% and 59%of the area median income; • Cost Burden-when a household or individual spends more than 30%of gross 3. Moderate income,which is income on rent or mortgage payments. between 60% and 79% of the area median income;and, • Disabled--households where a person needs in-home care,uses a walker or 4. Middle Income, which is between wheelchair, is blind,hearing impaired, 80%and 120%of the area median developmentally disabled or has another income. form of disability as defined by the respondents. Disability can also include a • Mean-the average of a group of work-related disability, as defined by the numbers. It is obtained by adding all the respondent. data values and dividing by the number of items. • Fair Market Rent-the Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD) Median-the middle point in a data set. C4 I Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft- December 22,2904 • Multi family—typically two or more units that are attached by common walls. These can be condominiums,town homes or apartment developments. • Section 8 Rent Subsidy-The Section 8 Rent Subsidy program is offered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD). This program pays the difference between 30%of monthly household income and the Fair Market Rent (FMR)established by HUD for Larimer County and the City of Fort Collins. There are two types of Section 8 assistance: 1) project based where vouchers are attached to specific properties, or 2) vouchers--persons using Section 8 assistance find market rate housing where the landlord is willing to participate in the program. • • Substandard Housing-a unit that lacks complete kitchen and/or plumbing facilities. • Overcrowded Conditions—the standard definition is where more than one person per room resides within a dwelling unit. For example, six people living in a five- room home would be living in overcrowded conditions. • Northside Neighborhoods Plan 1 C-9 " Droll—December 22,2004 THIS PAGE BLANK C-10 I Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft-December 22,2004 s Appendix D N vcA,,a Gum.y T44,c 4t Au-�44 Nu The following information provides base increase in north/south traffic at the background traffic,congestion and accident intersection of Vine and Lemay. data for Vine Drive and Lemay Avenue in Fort Collins. This data is intended to both From a percentage bases, the major increase present a historical context of changes that in traffic has been the east/west movement on have occurred in the area over the past four Vine at Lemay,where traffic has increased by years, as well as a comparison to other approximately 85%over the 2000 to 2003 time locations within the city. period. This increase in traffic might be occurring in part from growth in the Peak Hour Intersection Turn Mountain Vista subarea. In addition increased traffic along the Vine corridor Movements might be occurring form automobile and truck traffic diverting from the • The City of Fort Collins conducts annual Mulberry/Riverside corridor to the Vine intersection turn movement counts at key corridor. signalized intersections throughout the city. The resulting a.m. and p.m. peak hour Level of Service intersection approach and departure volumes for the intersection of Vine Drive and Lemay Level of Service(LOS)is a congestion grading Avenue for the four year period from 2000 system similar to an A to F school grade, through 2003 are presented in Figure D.1 where A,B and C is good (not congested), D (see Page D-2)• acceptable(congesting)and LOS E and F are failing (congested). The City assumes a LOS D In review of the totals presented in Figure as there threshold of acceptability. D.1, volumes at this intersection have increased by approximately 24% from 2000 to Currently, the intersection of Vine and Lemay 2003,which is equal to an annual growth rate operates acceptably at LOS C in both the a.m. by about 7.5% per year. In a more detailed and p.m. peak hour condition. The maps on review of the volumes, the north/south the next two pages(see Figures D.2 and D.3) 4M Lemay Avenue traffic growth is very low, at present comparable morning (a.m.) and about 8%over the four-year period from 2000 afternoon(p.m.) peak hour congestion levels to 2003. It does not appear the opening of the for all signalized intersections within the city. Super Wal-Mart at Lemay and Mulberry in As can be seen, the intersection of Lemay and the fall of 2000 resulted in any significant Vine performs very well as compared to many higher-volume congested intersections • Northside Neighborhoods Plan I D-1 Dmh-December 22,2004 within the city. It is recognized that many of cumulative impact of adding project traffic to the more congested intersections do not have existing traffic plus forecasted traffic from the additional conflict with a train crossing, previously approved development. Based on although many other intersections are also approved projects submitted to the City, the impacted by the same train. In general, the resulting LOS is forecasted to be at the lower Vine and Lemay intersection can experience end of LOS D (acceptable)approaching LOS E backups when north/south traffic is impacted (not acceptable). This condition is not by the train. After a few signal cycles, immediate,but will eventually be however, the intersection backup returns to experienced with the long term buildout of ambient condition. approved developments in the north-east Fort Collins area. There is no remaining capacity, It should also be noted that as part of the however, to approve any additional development approval process, all future developments until the forecast congestion at developments are required to conduct a Vine and Lemay is mitigated. traffic impact analysis to evaluate the 130/99p�.�y p�a� !�lP�O MONP n4n� gN'�°C 0�^o^ ease eoo 135/113 00 00 202/213 209/230 01 01 285/376 227/199 02 02 2BW342 268/255 03 03 361/366 91% Vine Dr. 80% 160/184 00 00 134/192 214/282 01 01 278/331 185/243 02 Q 02 261/025 26213" 03 0 03 267/341 v $eso '0000 --- ---- LEGEND OPPr� n.-Po XX/1IX =AM/PM Peak n P^ v C C C Hour Traffic Counts by Year 3% XX% =3-Year Growth Rare Between 2000 ond2003,the total AWPM Peak Hour Traffic grew by 24% Figure h AMMOMPenkHourApp1w&Wd0 ff1fM1eY0111mes D-2 I Northside Neighborhoods Plan Drab—December 22,2DD4 r • J CR 64G U52](Stale 11) � V ' s P i �P _ T rev �$ �I 1 � airy Will C MylGeiry A AA D Mu _. ( A B>—(A DfMo t E A � �� C � E� B � A �Cdumbe \''Ula RaintreeD/" B 1 r lJ � Dm C 0 A C E C C MF) F B p - I _ - �\ D A T E A B DC D C C A E` B, ' c' 4' A r� IT r� J'1 y r'-fr A +T t;;w . H�p�}Jy C e F A C o U Aq . AN.✓�.J `� .�' c V � nnya`Nay.� Keobler Rd � r A < A a .............. 6�'� Tn by RC A C B FgureD.2 AMPwfflwirLvWOfSff"C8 • Northside Neighborhoods Plan I D-3 t r Draft—Member 22,2004 CR WG a US27(Shtle 14) B � r � S- - 4 der 7 Vine Nil BBA A M _ C M erM I C A A ,_� ern �_, ABA 8 A D F B c a�C B A r belAC B A O Mob�pr(E A1' _ A C A pmspxl D q Sw 1 � - A Perk1.A B -I � 1 t c .,.{- Mowe -.erg Rutgers g U Ralntrea EY D �E - -� S n A T A LZI a CennaFi"q I�L � C FC D E �C F He' A 0 N r- YES �T II nngfYJny NecWr Rd e--,I BY Rd B a J � Figuro0.3: PA/Peok11wrLeWv1SmrWkv D4 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft-December 22,2004 r Accidents The City maintains an accident history and Interim Improvements calculates annual accident rates. The most recent four year accident history for the Questions have been raised as to whether intersection of Vine Drive and Lemay Avenue interim improvements might be made at the is presented in Table D-1 below. The accident intersection of Vine Drive and Lemay Avenue rate is the number of accidents that occur per to accommodate increased traffic, improve one million vehicles passing through the safety,and reduce accidents. Because of the intersection. residential constraints along the northwest and southeast comers of this intersection,no As can be seen, the total number of accidents conventional interim intersection that occurred at the Vine Drive and Lemay improvements are planned. Avenue intersection in 2004 was 14 accidents. This intersection was ranked 46a'out of 128 intersections within the city,based on the total number of accidents.The accident rate for this intersection in 2003 was 1.9 accidents per one-million vehicles entering the intersection. The Vine Drive and Lemay intersection ranked 16th out of 128 • intersections based upon accident rates. Ryure0.4• rile/LemerAaidenlHis/ay Type 2000 2001 2002 2003 Rear End 5 3 10 5 Turning 1 1 3 4 Right Angle 1 4 Head On 1 Side Swipe 1 Hit Object 1 1 2 Hit Parked Vehicle 1 i Unknown 2 2 3 1 i Total 9 9 20 14 i Accident Rate Per 1 Million Vehicles 1.3 1.3 2.9 1.9 _. _....----...._. .. .. ......_...,.._ ...._.__...._ - .....__.._..__ _. Source City of Fore Collins • Northside Neighborhoods Plan I D-5 r r Drah—December 22,2004 THIS PAGE BLANK D-b Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft -December 22,2004 '� . Appendix E G�o� Ux (ry,. 20, 2003) The City's Streets Department code violations,parking on yards violations and compliance database information shows the repeat offenders for weeds and rubbish. percentage of parcels with code violations in 2003. The data indicates the quarter- According to a Street Department reports, square mile area north of Vine Drive the vast majority of the violations are due to (including the Alta Vista and Meadows pro-active patrol (over 80%). The City's neighborhoods)had a parcel violation rate goal is to catch violations before a citizen of 28% (104 parcels). The area south of Vine has to complain. The City tries to get Drive (including Buckingham)has one of through every neighborhood every two to the highest rates of code violations in the three weeks. city. In this area, 62%of the parcels had code violations in 2003, including citations In the five-year period from 1997 to 2003, for snow removal,immovable vehicles, the number of code violations increased in rubbish, and weeds (133 parcels). The the Alta Vista,Andersonville,Buckingham, sector east of Lemay Avenue(including the and Meadows neighborhoods. North of • Andersonville neighborhood)had 35% of Vine Drive, the violations increased the the parcels with code violations in 2003(98 most dramatically, at a rate of 333%. The parcels). increase in violations within the Alta Vista neighborhood may be attributed to These counts are based upon notices of increased levels of enforcement in the violations sent by City code staff. neighborhood,which resulted in more Approximately 87%of all violations are violations being found. It is unlikely the corrected by the residents without further neighborhood is getting worse,but is also action by the City. Citations (summons to not improving;whereas anecdotally other court) are issued only when a violation is neighborhoods appear to be cleaner than 25 not corrected by a resident and a summons years ago. South of Vine Drive,the rate is warranted. The City does not issue increased by 30% (Buckingham summons for every violation not corrected neighborhood). East of Lemay by a resident. Most of those violations, such (Andersonville neighborhood)the rate as weeds, rubbish, sidewalk snow increased by 180%,but the number of units violations, are abated by the City and the in this area have increased with the addition property owner is billed. The City does of San Cristo/Via Lopez. In the city overall, issue summons for inoperable motor vehicle total violations increased by 144%. Statistics alone do not tell the whole story. • Northside Neighborhoods Plan ! E-1 Draft—Defember 22,2004 City of Fort Collins Parcels with Code Violations - 2003 WDOUGLAS RDA EDOUGLAS RD ECOUNTY ROAD 54 c \, ,� :h K�COUNTV ROAD S 9 r:' E COUNTY RD 52 tCOUNTRY CLUB RD g ; 0 1 m �F�� i 0 \ m E z WVI E cl; wVINE DR i5 N / MULBERRY 9T t2 i tWD E D O sir, R IWIW'' o 9. gg I ifi=' w e ROAD —HE E itl iir COUNTY ROA03B ER i m �'i 'Iti3 Iz .1 I� tl dddddd W TRR,BY �' E TRI[BY R4 o k z> I I COUNTY ROAD D 3rATEHIOHWAY 392 I` g m E NTY ROA DIa E COUNTY RO1. AD 31 _._j Legend N '',, I1 -15 109-211 -- Miles _ i'tiL,tiw 16-44 — 212-412 0 0.5 1 2 3 4 45- 108 - 413-724 Source: City of Fort Collins,Sheets Department Code Compliance Database Figuref l: GlyoffwtCdfinsPormis wfh code ridodwu-M E-2 I Northside Neighborhoods Plan A Dmh -December 22,2004 • City of fort Collins Comparison of Code Violations - 1"7 to 2003 \ W DOUGIAS RD^ E DOUGLAS RD � _ E COUNTY ROAD 54 z z z � � n A M1 I ip 6CG OiS� !$ it EC UNTY RO 62 a c GOUNTV RI z 0, = Cryh �COUNTI CLUB RD L F w z z 4 0 o z ti v W V14E E VINE OR - <,4 y4i �l0 MULBERRY ST - u G i I iC PRCl3 on i I 5 ( 1 A O • 'y I 111� r li�l � iU O AD3 f N COUNTY ROAD JJ - 2I � xCO NTV ROAD 08 •W TRILEY R O 0 ' m \ EC ROAD 6 STATE HIGH WAY 393 0 Z p 2 1O IiK I E COON Y ROAD 30 Legend V N - -87.5--200 0.1 - 100 Miles -199.9--50 ® 100.1 -300 0 0.5 1 2 3 4 -49.9-0 _ 300+ Sources City of Fort Collins,Streets Department Code Compliance Database Figorefl.• GryolFoiiCO1/inrCamporimnaJCodero%/iom-lo7toAm • Northside Neighborhoods Plan I E-3 r r r Draft—December 22,2004 City of Fort Collins Percent of Parcels with Code Violations - 2003 W DOUGLAS R_Dm EDOUGIAS ND ECaurv_TY ROAD 54 A _ _ � �1J i1 4 CC S-I COUNTY ROPb E UNTY RO 62 IA O' hL� '��COUNT YCLUB RD 3 F g =I =I, N I Ii \ •l WVIE 7 r. {i?�i 9V.� 1 EVINE OR 17 -A �0 A .• MULBERRY ST �' 2 g$� �Aivl nTl o It P G n v�w�� !� 1 ��i+ �� 1i i �wI' �t pt8 9s1 5i1� l s� Vi nD3 Im iz 01 �Iltq MN�r 1 COUNTY ROAD 38 51 lv L i CAS 8 - U ,, i i:l g ;� t it •WTRI Y0. � � � _ OQ �O rjl #rya �� ECOUW7 ROAD) 0 STATE HIGHWAY 393_ EOOUNTYROAD3D,.__._ ...� O 18 Legend N 1.4-5.5% M 23.9-35.9% Miles 5.6-12.3% - 36.0-56.7% 0 0.5 1 2 3 4 12.4-23.8% — 56.8-100.0% Source: City of Fort Collins,Skeeh Deparhnent Code Compliance Data6ose f1g111eE.3. OtfOlfMfCollinsP tOfPgMdS#ifhCa*rm(oliaa-M E-4 I Northside Neighborhoods Plan „ Droll-December 22,2004 • Appendix F: e4,!t,vj FP4 CW:” P 5�w As shown in Figure F.1,below, the Northside maintain direct communication with the Neighborhoods Plan area falls within three neighborhoods. reporting districts. Figures F.2 and F.3 on the following page illustrate the types of calls As discussed in Appendix A,some neighborhood received by Fort Collins Police Services in the residents have expressed concerns that the types of past five-year period (1999-2003)in these crimes reported do not represent all crimes occurring in reporting districts. The Fort Collins Police the neighborhoods or recent crime trends. In addition, Services Planning and Research unit some citizens are concerned that comparing Reporting produced Figures FA through F.7, and the Districts does not accurately compare crimes on a per associated data to help citizens properly capita basis. address what type of crime is being reported in their neighborhood. Citywide Offense Comparison(see Figure • on page F 4),illustrates the offense count by reporting district for a ten-year period (1993- ® 2003). Figures F.5,and FA(see*es F-4 i&S) :N q RWM show the offense count by reporting district "s �; for 2002 and 2003, respectively. According to ; e A Police Services, the three reporting districts in question for this Plan Area are not considered high crime districts. They fall in the two lower ranges of the offense count. Other areas of the city have a higher number of J offenses, not only in the years 2002 and 2003, but also over a ten-year period. ' s, Finally, Figure F.7(see page F-6)shows the ten <. reporting districts in the city that have experienced the highest number of drug noise-, and disturbance-related calls for the 1999-2003 AgareFI. hWhWdeNeighbvhoWd A4wifillg period. Again, the three reporting districts in DiAMSIM13,F#17 ondFAV) the Plan Area are not in the top 10 for the city. Source: Fort Collins Police services,April 2004. Police services attended a Citizen Advisory • Group meeting in spring 2004 and pledged to Northside Neighborhoods Plan i F-1 „• Droll—December 22,2004 `c 14g u ■E013 2XS ■E017 m 4n 0 2 OF008 c d ^ d Y N v V d = C O o ° �° V a Z > a aE U N a w u u Z 3 x Call Type FigureF2 lmdwtCw,7tlorFire-YwrPenod(lon. 1999to&x M3J AgureF-3.• TopteddwIskrAreq Fire-YeorPeriod Reporting District E013 E017 F008 Total Traffic Complaints 111 65 28 204 Police Assistance 68 74 27 169 Suspicious Circumstances - Check 63 66 21 150 Non-in'ury Hit and Run 57 69 0 126 Disturbance 87 124 401 251 Welfare Check 35 0 0 35 Hang up Call 341 0 38 72 Noise 01 111 15 126 Other 341 114 39 187 Total 4891 623 208 1,320 F-2 I Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft—December 22,2004 • E w DOUGLAS RD. -+ EDOUOLAS RD HGy n O H n 4 y, C COUNTY RO 54 � p i E OUNTYROA 62 O K o C UNTRY C B RD o T w z w E i n G2 i i '4 E VINE DR O q p D O H " s y As" EMU LBE YST { si s! II { R06P Y a 0 2dti O • O i O 0 t mn { R xl ( TOOTH RD gfl y Count 1-9a3 e04-1392 1393-.2371 fl ® 2372-4197 4196-7877 v °a r m r z ECO LINTY ROAD 32 D A a O � a 0 •^•^^••�•^^^•�• Pr ECOUN YROAD3a a am M Ib 2 • FipareF.4. Ten-Yeorff&wCamJ Northside Neighborhoods Plan I F-3 Draft—December 22,2004 = I y WOOVOIAsm EOOVeL w y 1 n _ WUNTY ROA U �> C E OVNTYROA 52 Y O A K p UNTRYG BRO o C� w F N UN AINY Z p nn y p E VINE DR O CO' u y, WgFF EMULBE YST S ROBPE O O a K O I�R. y i 1 TOO TX AD �d o �' fTER RD 2DO2 Offense:'Count g - 1-23 24-69 WWI 70.139 S m i 140-244 8 U n CA ECO UNTY ROgp 32 ® 245-352 - 353-921 a �, �•••.••--�••� � EGO VN Y0.OAD 30 tln Fg�reFs• �aaroc��c�y»rydB i4 I Northside Neighborhoods Plan 4 , Drell—December 22,2004 IW®RMW y WDOUQLaRD j EDOUGLASRD ° ra z i c OODNTY ROA 34 B> E OUNTY RD M z z � O a UNTRY GL OW o z r w N r o z a 2 z ° 00 w ° G q z E VINE DR � A PD � m C0� � V, qDF EMULEE YST O OC Z N RDSPE f O O i • W a Y N +( mZ '� TOO TN RD Z _ y a nP YRD p � a O VO 3 200Ci Offense Count N 1-29 30-74 Y S 9i--1 A5 M m � '146-253 a r a 254-4/a EOOUNTYROAD32 ° ' W` y a 441-Ba8 ° 0 a A•^•"r••••^•••• EGOUN YROAD30 0 oa as i ,a a Figure F.6. 2003 Offense Covert—Citywide • Northside Neighborhoods Plan I F-5 Draft—December 22,2004 WE" y WDOUGIAe Rp E DOUGLAS RO < { z w LOUNTVMA61 ? 0 ECOUHTYRDAI 52 Y o 0 ¢p UNTRYC BRD ) o � ,a � ��• AD UN I MNVI TAD Y W p Z 2�2 u In MI EDR 0 w EW 'P� a i POR AVE G. J .`� z y S A C� WMJLER ST HR'p E LBEJ JYSii o I ^ Y < E RO P T D I) wI I o M I z i ) W OR NE RD b ) f DR R c --, W ORSETO TN.RD. �. E ORS 0 RD o y O � O� WHA IJNY RD m EH MON RD 0 Top 10 Reporting Districts NE ER D 78B1t-.2gD:R'. D N ..Cali Types: N m MM H ^ O Noise A DI7tUltlin4p(f'�� MWIBY ETR YRD w 0 y. on s 's C y PEN 0.0.D x ECp UNTY ROAp 3$ O a �•^••�••••• EWUN YROAD 30 0 03 05 1 1s 2 figuiefl Tr�IOR�vafingDishids—Glywide F-6 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Droll-December 22,2004 Appendix G Summary of Analysis of the Lemay alternatives I (see? 5uenmmy r f At#vie tnr page G 4). Process Staff Recommendations At Citizen Advisory Group meetings in May Staff acknowledged there are significant and June, some committee members issues that should preclude further expressed concern about the cost of the consideration of improving Lemay to a 4-lane proposed Master Street Plan (MSP) arterial status on its current alignment,even realignment of Lemay Avenue, and whether though it has the potential to be a less this project will ever be funded. Prompted by expensive project than the MSP realignment. discussion at the committee meeting and the These considerations are: Planning and Zoning Board, the planning team studied alternatives to the Lemay Widening Lemay Avenue only realignment. Staff considered three provides a short-term,partial fix to • alternatives to the realignment(all involving adequate public facilities, and widening of the existing Lemay alignment) congestion and queuing issues at the that are described in more detail on the next Vine and Lemay intersection. page. It does not provide relief from delays associated with trains because there After staff prepared technical analysis would not be a grade-separated showing the alignment and impacts of crossing. widening Lemay, staff concluded the MSP It does not solve access problems for realignment remains the better alternative property owners along Lemay in the because widening Lemay would have Andersonville neighborhood. tremendous impacts on the existing It would require acquisition of some neighborhoods and would not ultimately properties along Lemay and solve the traffic problems in the area. demolition of the homes. • It precludes future neighborhood The planning team polled the CAG, the continuity, stressed as a key factor in Transportation Board, and the Planning and this Plan, and would severely impact Zoning Board about whether to pursue the the neighborhoods of Andersonville question of whether to widen Lemay with the and Alta Vista neighborhoods. neighborhoods. CAG and T-Board both It has political implications dealing recommended no further study of Lemay with prior City commitments,historic Widening. P&Z was split on its direction. preservation, and environmental Taking into account advice from these boards, justice issues. • City Council recommend no further analysis Northside Neighborhoods Plan 1 6-1 Droll-Derembr 22,2004 Master Street Plan Lemay , �„� , Potendal Impacts with Lemay A" bullt as a standard 4 Lane Arterial Alternatives „ The planning team explored three potential alternatives to the Master Sheet Plan realignment of Lemay Avenue, including the following: 1. Current alignment with 115-foot right-of-way. r 2. Current alignment with a narrower 102-foot right-of-way. 3. Alignment shifted to the west, requiring moving high voltage power poles. 1-Lemay Current Alignment (115400t Right-of-Way) This option would require widening of Lemay Avenue at its current alignment r to 4-lanes with a 115-foot right-of-way fsee;Figure G,1).1 There would be no grade-separation for the railroad crossing. Considerations are: • An estimated impact to 25+ Legand structures(including homes and Ro�a i+"1"'° aaa u° d> " m acnanholl e —s"" . a church)along Lemay; 4°R„, • Access and queuing issues remain; FigureG.l: Lmaywnenla/ignm&7lwilhllJ:botVht- • Railroad issues remain; and Of#W • This option impacts neighborhood grade-separation for the railroad crossing. continuity between Andersonville and Considerations are: Alta Vista neighborhoods. • Estimated impact to 22+structures; 2—Lemay Current Alignment (including homes and a church) along (102-foot Right-of-Way) Lemay; • Access and queuing issues remain; This option would require widening of • Railroad issues remain;and Lemay Avenue at its current alignment to 4- • This option impacts neighborhood lanes with a 102-foot right-of-way(see Figure, continuity between Andersonville and G. 2 on page G-3). There would be no Alta Vista neighborhoods. G-2 I Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft-December 22,2004 • a The option still impacts up to I 664 Fq06 Potential Impacts with Lemay Ave ei ht homes in the Alta Vista bulk as a constrained 4 Lane Arterial g neighborhood; It requires movement of several large power poles and lines at considerable expense; a The delay issues related to the railroad remain unanswered; a Access treatment would still be necessary to protect Andersonville neighborhood residents; The option impacts neighborhood continuity between Andersonville and Alta Vista neighborhoods; and a The option increases impacts to vacant land owners to the west. Financial Cost Comparison of Alternatives • Master Street Plan-Lemay Realignment The realignment of Lemay proposed in this Plan and in the Master Street Plan has the following associated costs: Legend 4 L y�{ a Total project cost is$23 million ROe ..,(I[c)Meisel � Ii!p 4WM1 ROW cWrea•pMe.4 enWuleC or ��Sluar MaeewMerv . e.ROW owrlry pOS) YM""'<Lane ROW cis euYlrq eXpmmM(SR) ,o+M 40P (Capital Costs-CIP 2004). a This cost includes the grade Figaie6.2 Lmnoyivffwtnffgnm&7t*w/b lLV kdl7gb/- separation over or under the railroad. of-my It could be funded by approximately 3—Lemay Shifted and Widened Alignment $7 million in Street Oversizing(SO) fees,$5 million in developer The third option would shift the alignment of contributions, and$11.5 million Lemay Avenue slightly to the west and capital improvements budget and would require moving the high voltage other sources. power poles that are currently along the street There is a potential for the railroad to iV (see Figure G:3 on pageG-4). There would be contribute towards grade-separated no grade-separation for the railroad crossing. crossing. Considerations are: a The city has acquired right-of-way between Lincoln Avenue and Vine • Drive. Northside Neighborhoods Plan I G-3 Drah—Deremher 22,2004 'f Current Lemau Shifting and Widening Alternative 3 above Shifting and widening Lemay would have the following ` associated costs: Ilk Total estimated project cost would be ` approximately$12 million. rr ,n It has limited potential for development/SO fees to pay for improvements. d It potentially could d cost more for right-of- way acquisition and legal costs. I �s II i tLL • a fru• `6. FigureG.3 :LemWihh%dand widened 64 1 Northside Neighborhoods Plan Draft-December 22,2004 • Summary of Advice and Direction Citizen Advisory Group (September 22,2004) City Council Study Session (September 28,2004) The planning team polled the Citizen After presenting the options to the two Advisory Group (CAG), and a majority boards and the CAG, the planning team supported the Master Street Plan alternative to presented the Lemay options to the City realign Lemay. Some CAG members did not Council to get direction about whether to feel this alternative should have been further question the widening options with explored before more discussion took place the neighborhoods. Council unanimously with the CAG and neighborhood residents, supported the Master Street Plan—Lemay given the severity of the potential impacts on realignment and did not recommend further the neighborhoods. Many members, exploration of the Lemay widening. however, remain concerned about the financial feasibility of the Lemay realignment. Transportation Board Meeting The planning team presented the Lemay • realignment options to the Transportation Board to determine whether to further explore the widening options. The Transportation Board unanimously supported of the Master Street Plan realignment alternative. Planning and Zoning Board The planning team presented the Lemay realignment options to the Planning and Zoning Board to get advice as to whether to further explore the widening options with the neighborhoods. The P&Z Board was split in its advice to (a) talk to neighborhoods and further consider explore Lemay options, and (b) to support of the Master Street Plan realignment of Lemay. • Northside Neighborhoods Plan I G-5 Droll—December 22,2004 THIS PAGE BLANK } �s W G-b I Northside Neighborhoods Plan RESOLUTION 2005-002 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING THE CITY'S STRUCTURE PLAN MAP TO COMPORT WITH THE NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS PLAN WHEREAS,by Resolution 2005-001 the Council of the City of Fort Collins has adopted the Northside Neighborhoods Plan as an element of the City's Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS,because of the adoption of the Northside Neighborhoods Plan, the Council has determined that an amendment should be made to the City's Structure Plan Map by including the "Stream Corridor"for the Josh Ames Ditch/Dry Creek in order to guide future development decsions to preserve existing natural features along the riparian channel; and WHEREAS,the Council has determined that the proposed amendment to the City's Structure Plan Map is in the best interests of the citizens of the City. NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the City's Structure Plan Map is hereby amended so as to appear as shown on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 18th day of January, A.D. 2005. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Exhibit A CITY OF FORT COLLINS STRUCTURE PLAN Citv of Fort Collins Wellington -__—____________--_____ GR-58---___—_____—____ _- V Fort Collins- -= Wellington _CR 56 Separator -. Cabe La Porte Bellvue � re, CR 54G E 5- l «G I Pond Country Club rt Irl Wlllox i �J }'� "°e"11ei9r { r- Mountain Uista U F Lake CSu Foothills O Vlrs,e _.- L p -- Campus GMA Expansion I J _. Site Change ' Area �I- SH-14 .-', I -" Mulbey Lory l / State Park I d tarbu Dralk ~ ---------_ter' r Fort Collins- - I Timnath Separator Horsetooth i Mountain —._--. ' Horsetooth Park i '1 N i 0 Timnath i r i ra V 4i -- r., ^«• Harmony.�..p,� cr.......r++ ... - S - ----- ' f l Fort Collins- `:—:1 I— J`lM -.� Timnath- co l _ 1 Windsor Separator (Ir— - J , 1 l i Ex Trilby' �, -- �T+fed / '_.—r 1 ti I i Fossil Creek CPA =s' i GMA Expansion Area - - C-a rpernter SH 392 .. I Fort Collins.- - Loveland Separator. Windsor v e Loveland 0 0.5 1 Boundaries Districts 0 ITTSiiiiam,les Pon Collins GMA dF Downtown District dF Industrial District Edaes Corridors Community Separator Enhanced Travel Corridor(Transit) Potential GMA Expansion �Community Commercial District NeiahborhOOds , I If Foothills Poudre River Corridor rrd Other City GMA Commercial Corridor District Urban Estate 41Rural Lands Poutlre River E e Planning Area Neighborhood Commercial Center Low Density Mixed-Use Open Lands,Parks, �r Stream Corridors Adjacent Planning Areas Campus District ] Adopted Medium Density tiJ Mixed-Use January t e 2005 ^/ City Limits dF Employment District