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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNORTH COLLEGE MARKETPLACE, SECOND FILING - PDP - 43-08 - REPORTS - CORRESPONDENCE-NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING32. Comment: (Resident) This project does not fit the flavor of North College Avenue. Response: No response given at the meeting. 33. Question: (Resident) What can you tell us about the Tax Increment Financing that is being requested? Answer: (Applicant) We are still working that out with the City. 34. Comment: (Resident) I do appreciate this new project coming to North College Avenue, especially since it is primarily a non -auto - related project. However, the scale and quality of the architecture is important. Response: No response given at the meeting. 35. Question: (Resident) Can this development be designed to extensively include "green building" concepts? Answer: (Applicant) We can certainly consider that. 36. Comment: (Speaker Unknown) The drainage siphon north of the New Mercer Ditch goes south and daylights near the Perez property. Response: No response given at the meeting. 37. Question: (Resident) Is the Bohemian Foundation arts center close to this site? Answer: (Applicant) No, not really. 38. Comment: (Resident) I really want to see a good sit-down restaurant in this shopping center. Response: (Applicant) Yes, we want to include at least one in the center. 39. Comment: (Resident) I am concerned about the traffic associated with this new shopping center? Response: No response given at the meeting. 7 25. Question: (Resident) Will you be adding sidewalks to both sides of North College Avenue along the west side of this shopping center? Answer: (Applicant) Yes, on the east side of North College Avenue for sure. Where on the west side is to be determined. 26. Question: (Resident) Will bicycle lanes be added on North College Avenue? Answer: (Applicant) One already exists on the west side and we will add one on the east side. 27. Question: (Resident) Could there be a theater in this shopping center? Answer: (Applicant) No, a theater does not work with the supermarket, nor is there enough room. 28. Comment: (Resident) There appears to be too many, or approaching too many, grocery stores in fort Collins now. This King Soopers will probably cause Albertson's to close. Response: (Applicant) That is conjecture. Also, King Soopers considered buying the Albertson's store but determined that it is too small to fit their needs. 29. Question: (Resident) Is the roundabout proposed to be a double lane? Answer: No, it will be a single lane roundabout. 30. Question: (Resident) Will the intersection at North College Avenue and Willox Lane contain sidewalks and bicycle lanes? Answer: (Applicant) Yes, it will. 31. Question: (Resident) Do you have a best estimate on when the King Soopers Supermarket will open? Answer: The plan is for June, 2010. r 19. Question: (Resident) The applicant is asking for 2 uses on -site (drive-in restaurants and gasoline station) that are not now permitted in the CCN District. Where will these uses be in the shopping center? Answer: (Applicant) The applicant pointed to the projected locations on the plan. 20. Comment: (Resident) There is a big difference between need and want. I don't need or want this project. It would make this area look very south Fort Collins. This is not the character we want on North College Avenue. The project does not reflect the flavor and character of this area. It does not fit and does not contribute to the quality of life in north Fort Collins. Response: No response given at the meeting. 21. Comment: (Resident) This type of development does provide a quality type of development needed in north Fort Collins. Response: No response given at the meeting. 22. Question: (Resident) Are there projections for how much traffic there will be on Willox Lane over the next 2 years? Answer: (Applicant) There will be about a 2% growth in traffic per year. 23. Question: (Resident) Do you have any projections for potential City annexation on West Willox Lane? Answer: (City Planner) No, we don't, and the question is not really germane to tonight's meeting. 24. Question: (Resident) Where will most of the King Soopers customers come from? Answer: (Applicant) Generally, within a 2 to 3 mile radius from the store. 5 13. Question: (Resident) Will there be any stoplights at the entry or entries from North College Avenue? Answer: (Applicant) No, because the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will not permit stoplights in this location. 14. Comment: (Resident) The nucleus of the residential neighborhoods are to the east and south. There is already lots of truck traffic along Willox Lane through these neighborhoods. Response: (Applicant) Willox Lane is now an arterial roadway and is planned to extend east of Lemay Avenue in the future. 15. Comment: (Unclear as to who made comment) Actually, Conifer Street is planned to extend east of Lemay Avenue, not Willox Lane. Response: (Unclear as to who responded) Willox Lane is still a minor arterial street. 16. Question: (Resident) What will be the impacts of improvements to Willox Lane be on North College Motors? Answer: (Applicant) We will have to take 5 feet along the south side of that site for a right -turn lane and bicycle lane. 17. Question: (Resident) Taking part of this site out of the floodplain, is that City or FEMA regulated? Answer: (Applicant) to some extent, a combination of both. 18. Question: (Resident) What is preventing you from filling portions of the wetlands and eliminating the mosquito breeding grounds? Answer: (Applicant) Both the City, in their Land Use Code, and Corps of Engineers have regulations against that.. 4 7. Question: (Resident) This extra large supermarket right across from Albertson's is going to put them out of business. Why does this have to happen? Answer: (Applicant) The large store is the nature of King Soopers' business today. The idea of Albertson's going out of business is only conjecture. 8. Question: (Owner of Country Club Corners Shopping Center) representing the Albertson's shopping center, can you coordinate the accesses with us? Answer: (Applicant) Yes, definitely. 9. Comment: (Resident) We live in the Pheasant Ridge development to the east and north and are most concerned about noise, especially the 24 hour noise. Response: (Applicant) That is a valid concern. King Soopers will control the times of day for trucks to the site for deliveries. 10. Question: (Resident) How high are the screening walls along the east side of the King Soopers store to screen the trucks? Answer: (Applicant) They will be 14 feet high. 11. Comment: (Resident) I live close to where the trucks will be entering the site along the east side of the King Soopers store. I am concerned about the noise. Response: (Applicant) As previously stated, King Soopers will control truck deliveries and will do what they can to minimize the noise. 12. Question: (Resident) Are any stillwater (assume means stormwater) ponds being proposed in the green (wetlands) areas on the plan? Will they hold water? Answer: There are no ponds to be included. These will be vegetated wetlands. There will be some detention (short term) for storm water. 3 ................. QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS, RESPONSES ................. 1. Question: (Resident) Would the proposed gas station be part of the King Soopers operation? Answer: (Applicant) Yes, it would be. 2. Question: (Owner of Country Club Corners Shopping Center) The proposed roundabout on Willox Lane may impact our Albertson's Supermarket shopping center access. Will we continue to have full access? Answer: (Applicant) Yes, you will. 3. Question: (Resident) Will there be any gateway into this development for the residents up in the Country club area? Answer: (Applicant) Yes, along Willox Lane. 4. Comment: (Resident) The landscaping appears to represent about a 30- year growth. We will have to live with the maturing of the plants for the rest of our lives. Response: (Applicant) Our plan shows trees and shrubs at a 10-year growth, as the City's Land Use Code requires. 5. Question: (Resident) Is there any chance that there could be a bridge across the ditch to allow for a pedestrian/bicycle trail from the neighborhoods into the shopping center? Answer: (Applicant) There are constraints such as the existing wetlands along the ditch and homes, in some cases. We can certainly look into the possibility, however. 6. Question: (Resident) How will you move all the trucks for King Soopers to the store? Answer: (Applicant) They will use local, adjacent streets and drives. 2 City of F6rt Collins Planning, Development and Transportation Services Current Planning 281 N. College Ave. PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 970.221.6750 970.224.6134 - fax fcgov.com/Currentp/anning NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION MEETING PROJECT: North College Marketplace (King Soopers Shopping Center) DATE: August 7, 2008 APPLICANT: Loveland Commercial CITY PLANNER: Steve Olt 410 Current Planning The applicant is proposing a (King Soopers) supermarket -anchored shopping center, to be known as North College Marketplace, at the northeast corner of North College Avenue and East Willox Lane. The developer is Loveland Commercial, who has developed a Kings Soopers Center in Loveland, Colorado. The potential development site is approximately 30 acres in size and the supermarket building would be about 123,000 square feet in size. Total building square footage in the center would be about 176,000 square feet (including 8+/- smaller building pad sites). The primary access to the site will be from North College Avenue and East Willox Lane. The property is in the CCN - Community Commercial North College Zoning District. The applicant went to the Planning & Zoning Board at their August 21, 2008 public hearing with a request for "addition of permitted uses" to allow gasoline station and drive-thru (restaurant) uses.on pad sites in the shopping center. They currently are not permitted uses in the CCN District. This was also discussed at the neighborhood meeting on August 7th and a letter of notification for the Board public hearing was mailed to affected property owners. 1