HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Mail Packet - 7/19/2016 - Information From Darin Atteberry Re: Minutes From Csu Stadium Advisory Group (Sag) Meeting - June 13, 2016Jennifer Lobermeier | Administrative Support for Stadium Advisory Group | 970-491-2359 |
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Stadium Advisory Group
June 13, 2016
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Lory Student Center 304-306
Agenda:
5:35 p.m. Meeting called to order
Public Comment – no public comment was made.
Construction Update – Fred Haberecht, CSU Assistant Director of Facilities Management and Campus
Planner, and Doug Wilson, Director and Project Field Manager, ICON Venue Group.
o Stadium update: Approx. 1 year until substantial completion (June 9, 2017). Construction is on
schedule. Current challenges include enclosing the west tower closed by October and Whitcomb
sanitary line being slightly off schedule due to unexpected issues underground. July 15-17, 2016
closure of Prospect & Whitcomb, door-to-door updates will begin next week along Whitcomb St.
Construction will relatively be shut down during CSU move-in August 17 & 18.
o CSU construction update: Aggie Village – Completed: 973 beds. Parking structure to be completed
by July. Prospect Underpass to be completed by August. Biology, Chemistry, Stadium, CSU
Health & Medical Center all will be completed in 2017. Biology steel completed. CSU health and
medical center – steel to begin within the next two months. Chemistry first two floors completed.
Proposed Shields Underpass Presentation – CSU and City of Fort Collins joint presentation by Fred
Haberecht of CSU and Tim Kemp, City of Fort Collins Capital Projects Engineer
o Presentation of history, planning efforts to date, data interpretation, feasibility study, and
conceptual design for the proposed Shields Underpass. Studies showed significant need for safety
improvements, operational improvements, and congestion and conflict points through multiple
modes of vehicles (bicycles, pedestrians, and motor vehicles) at Elizabeth St. and Shields St. which
is also the heaviest vehicular/bike/pedestrian corridor in City of Fort Collins. City of Fort Collins’
Bicycle master plan, Top Tier Project, West Central Area Plan, Student Housing Action Plan
influenced the proposed underpass. Study of crossings along Shields St. from Laurel St. to Lake St.
Focus on safety by improving access between campus and the surrounding businesses and
neighborhoods on a daily basis and during events on campus.
o Proposed At-Grade Intersection improvements – now required by IGA – were identified before the
Stadium construction began and are independent from the stadium. They were identified as issues
365 days a year.
o Fred and Tim Kemp discussed concerns regarding side of the proposed underpass, separating
pedestrian and bicycles, if the proposed underpass is confirmed to be constructed as the design is
conceptual. Multiple steps need to be taken in order for the proposed plan to be passed.
Colin Gerety (SAG member) gave a presentation on the proposed underpass and discussed his
concerns as a Campus West business owner. Colin noted there were issues that would be created by
an underpass at Shields and Elizabeth including left-turn access to Campus West Shops and Elizabeth.
SAG members discussed concerns for what SAG is to address and provided their feedback. Colin’s
graphics will be given to design and selection committee, planning and zoning committee as public
comments.
Meeting adjournment at 7:30 p.m.
Additional Meeting Dates:
July 18, 2016 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at Lory Student Center 312
July 14, 2016
TO: Mayor & City Council
FROM: Darin Atteberry
FYI /sek