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"regional detention" designation; maintenance can be billed to the tenants in the development.
King Soopers is planning to own their store (the only large tenant in the development) but is uncomfortable
"owning" either wetland. We have been pushing them to own the storm detention (southern wetland) but they
are not willing to own it and have asked us to find another solution. If we were King Soopers landlord we could
own these areas — but with a limited long term ownership position it is difficult to justify the ownership, and
particularly difficult to oversee the maintenance.
The City is the best long term steward of the wetlands areas and the cost can be covered by the URA and a
perpetual cost sharing agreement by King Soopers and ancillary tenants. I am asking the City to accept a
donation of these parcels. I appreciate your consideration.
Eric
Dr. Eric J. Holsapple, Partner
Loveland Commercial, LLC
1043 Eagle Drive
Loveland, CO 80537
970-667-7000 Office
970-635-2514 Fax
970-443-5153 Cell
eholsapple@lovelandcommercial.com
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Steve Olt - RE: Natural. Areas on North College
From: "Eric Holsapple" <eholsapple@lovelandcommercial.com>
To: <DATTEBERRY@fcgov.com>
Date: 8/22/2008 11:28 AM
Subject: RE: Natural Areas on North College
CC: "'Frank, Joe"' <JFRANK@fcgov.com>, "'Jones, Diane"' <DJONES@fcgov.com>, "Olt,
Steve"' <SOLT@fcgov.com>, "'Scheick, Jeff" <JScheick@fcgov.com>
Hi Darin,
I am writing to follow up on our natural areas donation proposal and have attached an updated parcel map
reflecting natural areas separate ownership as Outlots A and B as requested by King Soopers. Again, I hope we
can work together to arrive at a mutually acceptable solution and I am available to meet at staffs' convenience.
Eric
Dr. Eric J. Holsapple, Partner
Loveland Commercial, LLC
1043 Eagle Drive
Loveland, CO 80537
970-667-7000 Office
970-635-2514 Fax
970-443-5153 Cell
eholsapple@lovelandcommercial.com
From: DATTEBERRY@fcgov.com [mailto:DATTEBERRY@fcgov.com]
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 4:56 PM
To: Holsapple, Eric
Cc: Frank, Joe; Jones, Diane; Olt, Steve; Scheick, Jeff
Subject: Re: Natural Areas on North College
Eric,
I've received your email and will discuss your proposal with our City team. I'll be back shortly with a response.
Darin
>>> "Eric Holsapple" <eholsapple@lovelandcommercial.com> 8/13/2008 6:01 PM >>>
Darin,
We have had ongoing discussions with staff regarding long term ownership of the wetlands and storm detention
area on North College and were encouraged to contact outside agencies for assistance. Please see the
attached list of agencies we have contacted to take ownership of the wetlands — nobody will participate. We
propose to donate these areas to Fort Collins; the URA can fund the operating for the next 20 years; plus the
shopping center could participate in "storm drainage maintenance cost". There are 2 separate natural areas
totaling approximately 7 acres:
1) The northern wetlands which is basically left in its current state; maintenance should be minimal and
covered by the URA
2) The southern wetland which will be reworked via the mitigation plan and will act as the storm detention
for the site, plus has approximately 4 acre feet of excess storage capacity potentially giving the pond a
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