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Thank you again for taking the time to meet with me and present and discuss these
issues. Please feel free to contact me at (970) 416-2029 if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Mark A. Jackson, AI\CP!
City of Fort Collins Transportation Planning
Cc: 'red Shepard, Current Planning
Dave Stringer, Engineering Development Review
Randy Hensley, Transportation Planning Manager
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the north south roadway, creating a T intersection. Regardless of the applicant's
design decision, they are required to follow City design standards that maximize
safety for motor vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians.
3• Move Collector roadway on eastern site boundary approximately 100' to the
west
Transportation Planning has no issue with this proposed change from a Master Street
Plan perspective. The MSP alignments are conceptual and this change follows the
spirit of the MSP. Please coordinate this alignment change with the Lind
development project to the north. Transportation Development Review Staff asks that
the Gillespie PDP taper this alignment back to the east as it moves southward so as to
avoid future potential offsets with roads planned for the property south of your site.
4. Conflict with trail crossings of internal roadways
Transportation, Parks Planning, Current and Advance Planning Staff met to discuss
this issue. Staff agreed that the applicant needs to design the'regional trail/parkway
corridor through the site consistent with the Mountain Vista Subarea Plan (adopted
element of City Plan). At -grade street crossings should be minimized or avoided. A
creative overall site plan design should design the parkway First, and then look at
street and lot layout and other elements.
Staff anticipates only 2 at -grade street crossings where the connector streets intersect.
Local streets can incorporate loop ways and cull -de -sacs or other alignments to avoid
crossing the parkway. The trail should take advantage of the proposed neighborhood
park and stormwater detention areas to maximize the off-street parkway. Surface
drainage from the overall site should be directed to this greenway leading to the
detention area.
Staff agrees that a minimum width for the trail/landscape parkway should be 30 feet,
preferable 50 or greater_ Attached is a copy of your site plan with staff comments.
5. Number of connections across the ditch to the east
Transportation Development Review Staff was in agreement that there should be at
minimum three roadway connections across the ditch to the east; north, center and
south of the site. In addition, two separate bike/pedestrian crossings need to made
across the ditch at appropriate 660' spacing intervals. This modification is similar to
agreements reached with other projects such as Lind and Harvest Park. Funds may
be escrowed for these connections. If the applicant does not wish to provide these
connections, it will be necessary to go before the Planning & Zoning Board to
request a modification. Transportation Staff will not support such a request.
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City of Fort Collins
Transportation Services
Transportation Planning
Mark A. Jackson, AICP
City of Fort Collins
Transportation Planning
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO.
80522-0580
Linda Ripley
VF Ripley & Associates
410 West Mountain Ave.
Fort Collins, CO 80521
November 1, 2001
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Transportation Planning Staff met with members of the City's Transportation, Parks
Planning, Advance and Current Planning development review staff to discuss issues
raised by the applicant at the October 18t' meeting. In response to your inquiries and
request for direction regarding transportation issues related to the Gillespie Farm PDP:
1. Downgrade two key roadways from Collector to Connector with on street bike
lanes
Forecast model results support the findings of Matt Delich. 2020 forecast volumes on
the links in question did not show average daily volumes warranting a Collector -level
facility. Recent Transportation Impact Studies from proximate development projects
show similar results in their peak hour volume forecasts. Transportation Planning is
prepared to support downgrading the north south Collector and the middle east -west
Collector roadways to a Connector -level facility with on -street bike lanes.
Amendments to the Master Street Plan will need to be made concurrent with your
project approval process. This includes not only Planning & Zoning Board Approval
but Council approval as well.
2. Straighten the relative alignment of the north -south roadway in question
The City Traffic Engineer has stated that he would accept an offset T intersection
created as a result of straightening the alignment of the center north south roadway in
the Gillespie development site. Traffic forecast modeling shows acceptable levels of
average daily traffic even with the offset. Transportation Planning has other
concems however. Straightening this alignment will cause an offset roadway
alignment, posing safety issues particularly for bicyclists. Given that the site directly
south of Gillespie is a potential school site, there could be significant amounts of
bicycle and pedestrian traffic in this area in the future. The alignment currently
shown on the Master Street Plan was designed to accommodate the future school site
and avoid many of these issues. While Traffic Engineering may agree to this
proposed realignment, Transportation Planning does not support the realignment of
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