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Sarah Kane
From: Darin Atteberry
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 4:00 PM
To: 'Gary Wockner'; Darin Atteberry
Cc: City Leaders; Craig Foreman; Lindsay Ex; Laurie Kadrich; Karen Cumbo; Mark Jackson; Polly
Bennett; Sarah Kane
Subject: RE: Agenda Item #28 RE: No cement retaining walls in the Poudre River! (Council SAR #
22648)
Thank you Gary,
I’ve received your message and will also forward it to Council in their Read-Before Packet for this evening.
Darin
Darin Atteberry, ICMA-CM / AICP
City Manager
Fort Collins, Colorado
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From: Gary Wockner [mailto:garywockner@comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 12:12 PM
To: Darin Atteberry
Cc: City Leaders; Craig Foreman; Lindsay Ex; Laurie Kadrich; Karen Cumbo; Mark Jackson; Polly Bennett; Sarah Kane
Subject: Re: Agenda Item #28 RE: No cement retaining walls in the Poudre River! (Council SAR #22648)
Darin,
Save The Poudre requests that you move that building back away from the river. The need for "retaining walls"
exemplifies the encroachment into unbuildable areas and too-steep slopes.
Gary
Darin Atteberry wrote:
Good afternoon, Gary,
Thank you for your inquiry concerning the proposed retaining walls for the Block One project. Please see the following
information provided by Lindsay Ex, Senior Environmental Planner, on behalf of the City leaders:
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The river bank stabilization proposal for the Block One project does include two retaining walls (see attached
graphics). In addition to the bioengineering, these walls were designed to achieve the goals outlined in the Poudre River
Enhancement Project (see Figure 1) of stabilizing this bank of the Poudre River.
As illustrated in Figures 2-4, the retaining walls are exposed above ground between 1'-7" and 2'-6" and are planted with
extensive native plantings so that, once the vegetation is established, the walls will not be visible. Note that Figure 2
also shows the location of the walls within the exhibits provided to the Hearing Officer.
Please let us know if you have any further questions we can help answer.
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Regards,
Debra Unger
Executive Administrative Assistant
City Manager's Office
Fort Collins, Colorado
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From: Gary Wockner [mailto:garywockner@comcast.net]
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 3:34 PM
To: City Leaders; Darin Atteberry; Craig Foreman
Subject: No cement retaining walls in the Poudre River!
Hello City Leaders,
In your agenda item #28 for tomorrow night for Block One, it says there will be "decorative retaining walls"
along or in the river. Can you confirm that this proposal is for cement retaining walls being poured into the
river or right along the bank of the river?
Below is the image that your staff presented during the legal, public hearing for this property. It shows a
gradually sloped bank and cobbles and native landscaping along the river. Save The Poudre strongly opposes
cement walling-in the Poudre River! DON'T DITCH THE POUDRE!
Gary
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Gary Wockner, PhD, Director
Save The Poudre: Poudre Waterkeeper
Fort Collins, Colorado
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