HomeMy WebLinkAboutNORTH COLLEGE MARKETPLACE - WETLANDS PDP - 39-08 - CORRESPONDENCE - (9)North College Wetland Acquisition Contact List
■ Centennial Land Trust
o (970) 768-3622; 9uistng,concentric.net
o Response: Only do projects in NE Colorado, Talk to Larimer County
Open Space, Legacy Land Trust, USFWS
■ Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts (www.cclt.org)
o Jill N. Ozarski, Executive Director; Jill.ozarskigcclt.org
o Response: Not Interested, Talk to Legacy Land Trust, City of Fort Collins,
Larimer Parks and Open Lands
■ Colorado Open Lands (www.coloradoopenland.org)
o (303)988-2383
o Response: Talk to Larimer County Open Space, not interested
■ Estes Valley Land Trust
o (970) 577-6837; evlt(d)evlandtrust.ong
o Response: Not Interested, no in area
■ Great Outdoors Colorado
o Cathy
o Peggy Reeves, preeves@ og co.org
o Response: Funded by Colorado Lottery, must have benefit to community,
or have something to do with open space plan
■ Larimer County Open Space/Natural Resources
o K-Lynn Cameron (970) 679-4575; kcameron(Qlarimer.org
o Response: Contact Mark Sears, Natural Area Program Manager for the
City of Fort Collins, Larimer County would not have any interest in
acquiring the property
■ Legacy Land Trust
o Jeff Jones, Executive Director; (970) 266-1711; Ilt(gfrii.com
o Response: Said to speak to City of Fort Collins Natural Areas, Only do
easements
■ The Nature Conservancy
o Kate Scherick, Philanthropy Coordinator; (720) 974-7025
o General # (303) 444-2986
o Heather Knight; Colorado@tc.org
o Response: Interested in large scale only & easements
■ The Trust for Land Restoration
o Patrick Willits, Executive Director; wiIIitsgindependence. net
0 970-626-3236
o Response: Not interested, talk to city
Steve Olt - RE: Natural Areas on North Co"-qe Page 3
1043 Eagle Drive
Loveland, CO 80537
970-667-7000 Office
970-635-2514 Fax
970-443-5153 Cell
eholsapple@lovelandcommercial.com
CC: nklein@lovelandcommercial.com; Ililey@lileyrogersmartell.com; JScheick@fcgov.com;
SOLT@fcgov.com; DJONES@fcgov.com; JFRANK@fcgov.com
Steve Olt - RE: Natural Areas on North Co"^qe Page 2
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 "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
Steve Olt - RE: Natural Areas on North CN'^qe Page 1
From: "Eric Holsapple" <eholsapple@lovelandcommercial.com>
To: DATTEBERRY@fcgov.com
Date: 8/18/2008 11:20:34 AM
Subject: RE: Natural Areas on North College
Darin,
Thank you. King Soopers has informed me that ownership of the wetlands
areas is a "deal killer' for them. I look forward to working out a solution
acceptable to all parties and am available to meet at your teams'
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.