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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH CENTER BUILDING E - Filed CS-COMMENT SHEETS - 2004-08-23r CONCEPTUAL REVIEW STAFF COMMENTS Cih of Fort Collins ITEM: Natural Resources Research Center, Building E, U.S. Forest Service, at the Center for Advance Technology MISTING DATE: July 9, 2002 APPLICANT: Acqucst and Colorado Jaynes c/o Mr. Terry Everett, S.A. Miro, 3500 J.F.K. Parkway, Suite 310, Fort Collins, CO. 80525. LAND USF, DATA: This is Phase Five of the Natural Resources Research Centcr at the Centi-c for Advance Technology. The request includes a two-story, 48,588 Square foot of lice huilding for the U.S. Forest Scrvice. The building is located west of Buildine D, north of the C.S.U. Vet I Iospital, cast of Centic Avenue and west of the Burlington Northern railroad tracks. The huilding is part oi' multi-sti'ucturc office campus for the Fcderaal government. COMMENTS: The parcel is located on properly owned by Colorado State University and is not zoned. The review process is considered advisory. Based on an agreement hetwccn the City and C.S.U., the applicant and Stall- will strive to complete the review process in approximately six weeks. Al the end of the review, process, there will be an advisory hearing. "Fhe applicants commit to complying with the provisions of the Land Devclo mU gent Guidance System. The property will he posted and a mailing to the aflcctcd lnoperty owners will advertise the hearing. _'. Buildings A. B. C, Fabrication Shop and D are presently served elechical power off the existing C.S.U. master meter for the Vet Teaching Hospital. This an-angcment is acceptahle as long as there is sufficient power available. Temporary power can he hrought in horn Centrc Avenue. The project is suhjcct to hoth development charges and huildiM, site chargcS since there is frontage on a puhlic stiect. These charges are based on square lootage of lot ($0.3.4 cents per square toot) and linear front foot age (S26.?7 per lineal loot) along Centre Avenue. Charges are due prior to construction and payable by ineoice. For further information, please contact Doug Martine or Dennis Sumner, 231- 6700. .., ...`. AI�IAA IIi(1AAII.A I:U. St[BA'IC 1S _S1 llurr.Ace. f'0 11��,SG -.�:tl 1n-... Number: 14 Created: 12/2/2003 [12/2/03] Fire hydrant may not be located in sidewalk. Maintain 4 feet of separation between curb stop/meter pit and gas/electric lines. We have moved the fire hydrant to the west so that the fire line and hydrant are in an existing utility easement. We have moved the water meter south to provide the required clearance. Number: 15 Created: 12/2/2003 [12/2/03] Maintain the required landscape/utility separation distances on the landscape plans. See site, landscape and utility plans for other comments. The landscaping has been modified to provide the required separation. Department: Zoning Issue Contact: Jenny Nuckols Topic: ZONING Number: 6 Created: 12/2/2003 [12/2/03] No crosswalk is shown at the entrance off Centre Ave. Will it be stripped, patterned - please clarify. We have provided cross walk stripping at the Centre Avenue entrance. Number: 7 Created: 12/2/2003 [12/2/031 Label building envelope, footprint and distance to property line. This project does not have a recorded plat filed as part of the City review process. The building envelope was added to the site plan only. Comments from Current Planning 1. Be sure to correct the title in the lower right corner to refer to Building E, not B. We have corrected the Building E reference. 2. Please provide a City Approval block. We have added a City Approval block. 3. The Landscape Plan indicates that an existing cottonwood tree is to be removed. Please provide a response as to why this tree cannot be preserved. The City Forestry Department is available to inspect the tree and offer an evaluation. We have requested a statement from Tim Buchanan (City Forestry Department) regarding the removal of the cottonwood tree. Pa,e 3. All water and sewer matins are installed. The sanitm y sewer will connect to the C.S.U. sewer main. If needed, any utility casements must he provided prior to construction. The water conservation standards for landscape and irrigation will apply. Plant Investment fees (tap fees) and raw water rights/cash-in-lieu will he due prior to the start of construction on the site. The City would like water and sewer lines to be placed within dcdicatcd utilit} casements. (This is a repeat comment. The City has consistently requested throuehout the entire planning process for the N.R.R.C. that easements be properly dedicated. This request is in accordance with the Intergovernmental Agreement between C.S.U. and the City of Fort Collins. Failure to properly dedicate the utility cascmcnts us requested may possihly put C.S.U. in violation of this Agreement. Such failure maY be forwarded to the City .Attorney's Officc for review.) For further intonnation regarding water and sewer services, please contact Rogcr Buffington. 221- 66E 1. d. The site is located in the Spring Creek drainage basin where the new development tee is `n2,175/acre which is subject to the runoff coefficient reduction. The fees arc due before the construction has started. For an estimate of this Iec, please call Jean Pekech, 221- 6375. The site is in inventory grid #71L. The standard drainage and erosion coil tioI reports and plains are required and they must be prepared by a professional enginccr registered in Colorado. A perl<xmance bond will be required for the erosion control measures and refunded upon completion of the project. There is a drainage study for the VTI I outlall and Drake Road Storm Sewer that identities the "sub -basin" master drainage plan that the consultant should read and complied with. Extended detention for water quality is required. For further information, please contact Glen Schlueter, 221-66S I. 5. Thcrc is a requirement of the Mastcr Drainage Plan, prepared by Scar -Brown, that a cut- off* ditch he provided along, the south property line to capture stormwater from the Vet Hospital and protect Buildings C, D and E (and the parkin, lot) from flooding. This ditch should be constructed with this phase. All drainage improvements need to be certiticd by a professional enginccr. registered in the State of Colorado, at the end of construction. 6. SUCCI lleeS must be provided nlon<, Centre Avenue and spaced at intervals ranging from 30 to 40 Get. In addition, six perccnt of the interior of the parking lots must be landscaped in the form of landscape isiands. Since the client is the U.S. Forest Service and the site is located across the street from the City Horticulture Center, special attention to the landscape treatment of the site should he considered. Perhaps a demonstration garden or special landscape area would he appropriate. 7. Thcrc will need to he strong bike and pedestrian connections to Centre Avenue and to the other huildings within the campus. Bike parking should be provided near the building enuances. There should he internal sidewalks that help to minimize potential conflicts hetween cars and pedestrians within hoth the north and south parking lots. Directional ramps are prctcned. For furthC intonnation regarding bike and pedestrian issues, please contact David Abel, -t I6-2040. g. Staff is concerned that the rooftop mechanical screen wall on Building D is not brick as called for on the plans. The rooftop mechanical select, wall on Building E should be brick to match the building's exterior and to match Buildings A and B. (Building C was allowed to have a metal screen wall and it has proven to look out of character and not up to the quality established by Buildings A and B.) 9. Please provide a memo from the traffic engineer updating the existing Transportation Impact Study. Be sure to address the level of service analysis for alternative modes. Also, the study should address the issues related to the Mason Street Corridor. 10. Utility plans will be required at the time of submittal. It is recommended that, if necessary, the design team meet with the City Engineering Department prior to submittal. Please contact Dave Strin«er, 221-6605, to set up such a meeting. I I. For the office building, the Street OversizinR Fee will he hascd on a per square footage hasis. The tee is due prior to construction. For an estimate of the fee, please contact Matt Bakcr, 221-6605. Also, the City collects the Larimer County Road Improvement Fee. I'_. There are no repays due on Centre Avenue. I3. If there arc any street cuts in Centre Avenue, then the patching standards and associated Iecs will apply. Since it is a new street, the fees will be high. 14. The internal drive aisle should be dedicated as "public access, fire and emergency easenicnL" 15. An Excavation Permit will be required for the fire hydrant installation. There will be an inspection fee associated with this permit. Please contact Lance Newlin, 221-6605, for further information. 16. For further information regarding civil engineering issues, please contact Dave Stringer, 221-6605. 17. A fugitive dust permit from Larimer County will be required. There should be a provision for collecting recyclable materials. Native plants and grasses are recommended. The use of bluegrass lawn is discouraged. Picasc be aware that the Capital Expansion Fee will apply and he due prior to construction. For an estimate of this fee. please contact Rick Lee, 221-6760. 19. At the end of the review process, mylar copies of the planning and engineering documents should be submitted for our record keeping. All mylars should be on 24 x 36 sheets. 20. A HazardOns Material Impact Analysis will be required for the labs. Also, there may be an issue with providing two points of access for emergency equipment. Please contact Ron Gonzales, POLtdre Fire Authority, 221-6570, for further information. 21. The contact at Public Service Company/Xccl Energy is Mr. Len Hildebrand, 225-7540. 22. The contact at US Wcst/Qwest is Mi. Bob Ruth, 377-6401. 23. The site plan should contain data on the breakdown of space within the building. Staff is interested in how much space is devoted to offices, laboratories, customer common areas, and other large areas such as cafctcria or auditorium. This analysis will help us evaluate the amount of proposed parking. 24. Fccs arc typically adjusted at the beginning of the new year. In order to avoid confusion as to which year's fees shall apply, the date of the final approval of the Development Consu-uction Permit will establish the date upon which fees are calculated. Project Comments Sheet Selected Departments City of Hurt Collins Department: Engineering Date: December 3, 2003 Project: NRRC@C.A.T. BLDG. E - SITE PLAN ADIVOSRY REVIEW All comments must be received by Ted Shepard in Current Planning, no later than the staff review meeting: December 03, 2003 Note - Please identify your redlines for future reference Issue Contact: Dave Stringer Topic: Civil Plans Number: 23 Created: 12/3/2003 [12/3/03] Use directional ramp detail for southern access drive Number: 24 Created: 12/3/2003 [12/3/03] Where is detail 6/C3.1/C8.1 being used? Number: 25 Created: 12/3/2003 [12/3/03] need to submit easements for water/fire line as requested by Water Wastewater Dept. Signature Date CHECK HERE IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE COPIES OF REVISIONS Plat _ Site Drainage Report Other_ Utility _ Redline Utility Landscape Page I REPLY to COMENTS STAFF PROJECT REVIEW Date: 12/11 /2003 Staff has reviewed your submittal for NRRC@C.A.T. BLDG. E - SITE PLAN ADIVOSRY REVIEW and we offer the following comments: Response to Comments in bold print: ISSUES: Department: Engineering Issue Contact: Dave Stringer Topic: Civil Plans Number: 23 Created: 12/3/2003 [12/3/031 Use directional ramp detail for southern access drive. We have changed the handicap ramps to directional ramps. Number: 24 Created: 12/3/2003 [12/3/03] Where is detail 6/C3.1/C8.1 being used? We have added a note on the site plan (sheet C3.1) at the northeast corner of the site were we are connecting to an existing sidewalk. Number: 25 Created: 12/3/2003 [12/3/03] need to submit easements for water/fire line as requested by Water Wastewater Dept:. We have moved the fire hydrant to the west so that the fire line and hydrant are in an existing utility easement. Department: Stormwater Utility Issue Contact: Basil Harridan Topic: Details Number: 21 Created: 12/2/2003 [12/2/03] Please provide a detail for the proposed Type 16 area inlet. The detail is on sheet C8.3. Topic: Drainage Plan Number: 26 Created: 12/8/2003 [12/8/03] Please call out the proposed detention pond on the south side of the building. We have shaded the detention area high water surface and added a note calling out the detention pond on thegradingplan and Drainage and Erosion Control Plan. Page l Topic: Drainage report Number: 22 Created: 12/2/2003 [12/2/031 Please provide appropriate accepts of the master plan drainage report for this site showing what the allowable release rate is. We have clarified the release rate in the Drainage Report. Topic: Erosion Control Number: 19 Created: 12/2/2003 [12/2/03] November 24, 2003 The calculations are incomplete (EFF?). We have added the completed information. City of Fort Collins standard erosion control notes have been revised, please remove the old and replace with the new, which can be obtained from stormwater development review. We have obtained the newer notes from Basil and have placed then on the Drainage and Erosion Control Detail Plan (sheet C7.2). Please add a note that all disturbed areas are to be seeded and mulched. We have added this note to the Drainage and Erosion Control Plan (sheet CTA ). The silt fencing should extend around the southeast corner and east side of the site. We have added the extra silt fence at the southeast corner of the site. A gravel construction entrance should be indicated at the drive on the southwest corner of the site.. We have added Vehicle Tracking Control mat at the southwest corner of the site and have added a detail of the Vehicle Tracking Control to the Drainage and Erosion Control Detail Plan (sheet C7.2). Topic: Grading Plan Number: 18 Created: 12/2/2003 [12/2/03] Please call out pipe inverts on the grading plan We have added the manhole invert elevations to the Grading Plan (sheet C4.1). Pa<_,e 2 Topic: Plat Number: 16 Created: 12/2/2003 [12/2/03] The existing drainage easement that is on file on this property is in the process of being vacated, by the City and CSU and hopefully that easement vacation will take place before this plat is filed, if not please vacate the portion of this plat that runs through this property, as it is no longer needed. The Plat (Land Survey Plat) is an exhibit only and will not be a part of the City's Platting process. The easement is in the process of being vacated. Topic: Storm Sewer Profiles Number: 20 Created: 12/2/2003 [12/2/03] Please add a note stating that all proposed storm sewers are to be inspected by the City of Fort Collins. And all storm sewers are to be maintained by the property owner. We have added notes; 1) ALL PROPOSED STORM SEWERS LINES AND FACILITIES ARE TO BE INSPECTION DURING CONSTRUCTION BY THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS UTILITY DEPARTMENT. 2) ALL PROPOSED STORM SEWER LINES AND FACILITIES ARE TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER, to sheet C5.1. Manhole # 6 seems to be very deep, please provide a special access detail for that manhole that would minimize the risk for someone falling. To best of our understanding, there are no additional requirements for manholes under 20-foot in depth. We have included a copy of our information. If the City has more information on this requirement please send us a copy. Department: Transportation Planning Issue Contact: Tom Reiff Topic: Transportation Number: 8 Created: 12/2/2003 [12/2/03] Sidewalk ramps at the south driveway and Centre Ave. need to be directional and not radial as shown on current plan set. Also the access ramps at the north employee parking entrance should be directional as well and continue directly across the driveway rather than swerving down to the gutter pan (see red lines). We have change the south driveway sidewalk ramps to be directional and the north drive sidewalk ramps have also been change to directional ramps. Paee 3 Number: 9 Created: 12/2/2003 [12/2/03] Transportation staff suggests that a direct walkway from the employee entrance of Building E (NE side of building) be constructed to connect with the existing sidewalk on Centre Ave. This would provide a more direct pedestrian connection to the public sidewalk and the existing bus stop on Centre (see red lines). Because not wanting the public trying to use a direct connecting sidewalk to Centre Avenue, we are using the suggestion and are purposing a connecting sidewalk running through the north employee parking lot to connect to Centre Avenue. Number: 10 Created: 12/2/2003 [12/2/03] According to the site plan there is a handicap -parking stall across from the bus parking bays. In order to provide an accessible route please include ramps for the walkway that goes through the landscaped island to the front entrance (see red lines). This will also facilitate access to the visitor center for bus passengers. We are showing the walk connections as handicap ramps. Department: Water Wastewater Issue Contact: Jeff Hill Topic: General Number: 11 Created: 12/2/2003 [12/2/03] Provide utility easements for all water mains, fire hydrants and water services up to and including the curb stop. We have moved the fire hydrant to the west so that the fire line and hydrant are in an existing utility easement. We will pursue obtaining an easement from C.S.U. for the curb stop. We have talked to Roger Buffington and it is our understanding that obtaining this easement will not hold up approval of the project. Number: 12 Created: 12/2/2003 [12/2/03] 2-inch water services do not use a gate valve but are controlled by a curb stop located with in 2 feet of the meter pit. Please correct this on the utility plans and include the standard water service detail on the detail sheet. Have changed the gate valve to curb/stop and moved it two feet from meter pit. We have added a curb/stop detail to sheet C8.2. Number: 13 Created: 12/2/2003 [12/2/03] Provide cleanouts every 100 feet on the sanitary sewer service. Label invert into the existing sanitary sewer manhole. Include a note to core drill all openings into existing manhole. We have provided two extra cleanouts, label existing manholes and include a note to core drill the sanitary service into existing manhole. Pale 4