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ECS CONSULTANTS
Cedar Creek Associates
916 Willshire Ave.
Fort Collins, Co 80521
Mike Phelan
970-493-4394
Natural Resource Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 19332
Boulder, CO 80308-2322
303-915-3211
Steve Johnson
Smith Environmental
760 Whalers Way, Bldg C, Suite 120
Fort Collins, Co 80525
970-206-4432
Walsh Associates
4888 Pearl East Circle, Suite 108
Boulder, Co 80301-2475
Janetta Shepard, Grant Gurnee
330-443-3282
Wildland Consultants, Inc.
1001 Jefferson Dr.
Berthoud, Co 80513
Eric Berg
970-532-4354
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Steve Olt
From: Lindsay Ex
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 12:48 PM
To: 'Shannon Robbins (shannon @hcsdesigngroup. com)'
Cc: 'Marc Hendricks (marc@hendrickscommunities.com)'; Linda Ripley; Steve Olt
Subject: Ridgewood Hills Residences ECS
Attachments: ECS CONSULTANTS-7.09.doc
Shannon,
Thank you for making the drive up to Fort Collins today and bringing your team members along so we could have a
productive conversation. I did hear from the Natural Areas staff and my colleague had a sick child, thus, he was
unable to attend.
As per our meeting on -site today, the City is going to require an Ecological Characterization Study (ECS) for the
property. Please follow the guidelines outlined in Section 3.4.1 of the code for completing this study. I would view
this requirement as an affirmation letter and use the ECS requirements as a "checklist," if you will, for whether or not
a consultant observed any issues or concerns related to the topics described in the code.
As far as timing goes, as we discussed, this should have been submitted prior to the PDP submittal. However, I do
recognize that you have only been made aware of this requirement recently. Thus, we would just ask that you get
the ECS to us with your second round of review, assuming a 2"d round is scheduled. If it is not scheduled, please
send us the ECS as soon as possible.
At the end of our site visit, you and I discussed whether the stormwater pond to the south of the proposed
development should be included in the ECS. This question was raised become site modifications to this facility could
be made because of the pond's lack of functioning. I discussed this issue (as well as the others) with our Director,
Steve Dush. Steve and I agree that, because the pond was designed to handle the runoff from this development,
this area has already undergone the site review process. As the use of the site was already designed and approved,
and the use of the area is to remain the same, it does not need to be included within your ECS. Please note that I
will work with the stormwater folks, and your company as necessary, to ensure that all environmental standards are
met should any future development affect this site.
Finally, please see attached a list of consultants who have provided ECS reports to us in the past. I did not create
this document, and I am certain that there are many more folks out there who do similar work. Please note the City
does not recommend any of these consultants and is only providing it as a courtesy to you.
Please let me know if you have any questions on this — I do apologize this requirement was not brought up to you
during conceptual review of your project. Hopefully this will not be the case in any of your future projects, as we
have a staff member dedicated to these issues again!
Cheers,
Lindsay
Lindsay Ex
Environmental Planner
Current Planning
City of Fort Collins
lex@fcgov.com
Office Phone: 970.224.6143
Office Hours: Monday 8 - 5, Tuesday through Thursday: 8-12
1/5/2011