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April 16, 2020
Land Conservation & Stewardship Board
c/o Zoe Shark
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Dear Board Members:
On behalf of City Council, thank you for providing us with the April 14, 2020 memorandum
regarding Hughes Stadium Redevelopment and the Board’s encouragement for the City to
protect natural assets and views of the Fort Collins foothills.
We sincerely appreciate your comments and will discuss the item during the City Council
Meeting on April 21, 2020, which is scheduled to be a virtual meeting. Information about how
to join the meeting can be found on the City Clerk’s website at
https://www.fcgov.com/cityclerk/agendas.php.
We encourage you to view the meeting online and remain connected to this important issue.
Thank you again for writing.
Best Regards,
Wade Troxell
Mayor
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Cc: City Council Members
Darin Atteberry, City Manager
Natural Areas Department
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MEMORANDUM
TO: City Council
FROM: Land Conservation and Stewardship Board
DATE: April 14, 2020
RE: Hughes Stadium Redevelopment
The Land Conservation and Stewardship Board (LCSB) urges strong protections for natural
assets and views of the Fort Collins foothills as the Hughes Stadium site is redeveloped. City
Government should apply all its available mechanisms – development requirements, zoning, and
regulations -- to achieve these protections.
• Natural Areas along the Fort Collins foothills have been acquired in a multi-decade, multi-
million-dollar effort. These Natural Areas and views of the protected foothills deserve the
highest possible level of protection when there is adjacent development.
• LCSB endorses several protection strategies identified in the Staff Report from Planning and
Zoning:
o Provide a clear transition from the Natural Areas along the foothills; place higher
residential densities along Overland Trail.
o Provide a density and intensity gradient and land use transition between the developed
character along Overland Trail to the natural character of the Maxwell Natural Area
abutting to the west.
o Placing the lowest housing density and opportunities to retain more open land on the west
portion of the site.
• The 2014 Natural Areas Master Plan established viewshed protection as a program goal.
Development plans for the Hughes property need to be carefully mindful of impacts on foothills
views from County Road 42C and Overland Trail, in order to be complementary with Natural
Area goals and for full enjoyment of our protected lands.