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Steve
From: Ward Stanford
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 3:51 PM
To: Steve Olt
Subject: Reg Ridge comments
Steve,
Was taken away mid -morning to deal with an 1-80 closure detour from Wyoming. Am back to reviewing. Hopefully
you have not waited on me and I will enter any comments in Accela, plus email a copy to you and to the applicant
if you provide me an email contact address.
I spoke with Matt Delich earlier on an item but yet have any comments.
Also, Joe and I, possibly Wade Troxel and other staff will be meeting with Joy Short and Patrick McKeen (possibly
others) from the neighborhood next Friday (here, 10-12). We will be discussing traffic issues with them. You are
welcome to attend if you want.
Ward Stanford
Traffic Systems Engineer
City of Fort Collins Traffic Operations
off.970-221-6820
fax: 970-221-6282
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to get this taken care of? This is currently a very dangerous intersection, and it is unacceptable to "wash
your hands of it" just because it doesn't fall under your jurisdiction.
3. In regards to the intersection mentioned above, it is currently classified as a "commercial corridor", and
therefore the high volume that passes through there is not of concern to the city. How can we go about
getting that changed to a "residential corridor"? The only traffic that passes through that intersection is
residential, not commercial in any way! Just because it is located on a state highway does not mean it is
commercial.
4. Due to the higher volume of traffic once this project is completed, the residents would like the city to
show us some tangible proof that we can have communications regarding paid crossing guards
(currently we have NONE), and the possibility of reducing the speed limit in front of the school. Our
HOA is currently working to poll residents to show that a majority is in favor of traffic calming measures,
but we need the city to show us the best way to proceed in this matter.
Joe was very prompt in responding to Joy and offering several times that worked for him this week to meet with
her and other neighbors to discuss traffic issues and concerns.
Please let me know if there is additional information needed regarding this matter.
Steve Olt
Project Planner
From: Karen Cumbo
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 8:52 AM
To: Steve Dush; Steve Olt
Cc: Joe Olson
Subject: FW: Reg Ridge comments
Importance: High
Steve(s):
Could one of you write up a quick summary of the project, the concerns, and the genesis/nature of the meeting on
Friday? If a Councilmember is involved, we need to flag it for Darin and Diane, particularly if it's a case that is
likely to go to appeal.
Kc
Ps. Are Ridgewood Hills and Registry Ridge the same project?
Karen Cumbo
Director,
Planning Development and Transportation
City of Fort Collins
970-221-6287
From: Steve Olt
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 1:48 PM
To: Karen Cumbo
Subject: FW: Reg Ridge comments
Karen,
Here is the message I was talking about.
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Steve Olt
From: Steve Olt
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 10:31 AM
To: Karen Cumbo; Steve Cush
Cc: Joe Olson
Subject: RE: Reg Ridge comments
Karen,
First, no, Ridgewood Hills and Registry Ridge are not the same project. They are 2 separate residential projects
about one mile apart, east to west, in south Fort Collins.
The Ridgewood Hills Residences, POP is a proposed qualified affordable housing project. The initial submittal
(12/07/10) was for 180 multi -family dwelling units on approximately 10 acres located at the intersection of
Avondale Road and Triangle Drive in Fort Collins. The proposal had been through one round of development
review by City staff and outside reviewing agencies. There was a brief staff review meeting on December 22nd
where staff provided the applicant/developer with a comment letter expressing concerns, most significantly related
to adequate buffering between this project site and surrounding single-family residences. The
applicant/developer then took time to make revisions to the plans based on staff comments. On March 8, 2011
revised plans were submitted to the City for a second round of development review. The revised plans are for
146 multi -family dwelling units, being a decrease of 34 units on the 10 acres. At the staff review meeting on
March 23rd it determined that the current plans adequately satisfy the applicable Land Use Code requirements
and standards and, therefore, the required Administrative Public Hearing can be scheduled that will result in a
decision (approval or denial) on the project. The administrative hearing is in the process of being scheduled.
The genesis/nature of the meeting on Friday, April 2nd, is based on Joe Olson's response to Joy Short, a resident
in Ridgewood Hills, who was present at the staff review meeting on March 23'd. She had sent the following e-mail
to me on March 241h:
Thank you again for allowing us to sit in on the staff review yesterday morning. We appreciate being involved in
the process.
I want to let you know that at this point we are not trying to block the project in any way. We have been
extremely pleased with the work that your staff has done, as well as the major changes that the developer has
made.
However, we as residents still have some major concerns in the area of traffic. Again, we want to know how
best to work with the city to make our neighborhood the best it can be, and we need your help to know who to
meet with, and when. We have a big problem with the city accepting the plans as is, with no apparent "plan" in
place for the current and projected traffic issues.
1. It has been stated in the traffic study done by Delich and Associates, that the current and projected
traffic counts are well over the Larimer County street standards limit, however they estimate that 30%
of traffic can flow down Avondale once that has been extended, relieving much of the congestion. BUT,
P&Z has told us that there are NO plans in place to extend Avondale. What can be done about this to fix
this inconsistency?
2. Both traffic studies done for this project state that "the city needs to investigate if the warrants could
be met for a traffic signal to be placed at 287 and Triangle". Who in the city can work with us and CDOT
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