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Home My WebLink AboutCITY STRUCTURE PLAN AMENDS TO GMA, FOSSIL CREEK COOP. PLAN. AREA - 19-04 - CITY COUNCIL PACKET - CORRESPONDENCEATTACHMENT 4 T COLLINS • LOVELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT August 11, 2004 City of Fort Collins Planning Department Pete Wray, Advanced Planning 281 N. College Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80522 Dear Pete Thank you for updating me on the planning efforts at Fort Collins to coordinate compatible land uses with the airport. It is my understanding that as the city annexes land and considers zoning matters you wish to ensure compatible land uses related to the airport. The airport has an adopted land use plan (copy mailed to you previously) which categorizes various land uses and the levels of compatibility depending on the location within the airport's "area of influence". I strongly support the city following this land use plan as you consider future annexations and zoning changes. It is very important that long range planning decisions be done with the understanding that the airport will continue to grow and the influence on the surrounding communities will increase. As a result any residential development inside the critical zones and the 65 decibel noise curve is not recommended. In addition, any development within the "influence area" should include a condition that an avigation easement is granted, at no cost, to the two cities. The avigation easement is a recorded document and provides an official notice to the property owner and/or tenants/residents that airport activity will be a factor. Also, as we have discussed, the airport has started a planning study to update the airport's current master plan. This study will be completed some time next summer. One of the study elements will be to update the airport's land use plan. It is very possible that there will be. changes to this plan; and in anticipation of changes you may want to qualify your land use planning recommendations to account for changes that might be needed as a result of the new airport study. Our master plan consultants will be working with you and the other local planning offices to coordinate the land use planning document. Thank you for your support of the airport and communities by developing a compatible land use plan that benefits everyone. Let me know if you need any further information. Sincerely, 'AA4--- David C. Gordo Airport Director c: Ron Phillips Mike Hart 4900 Earhart Road • Loveland, Colorado 80538 a (970) 962-2850 • FAX 962.2855 +.+�.t T. •e.- �r� .m�� .�.. ..... _ r Mr. Greg Byrne, Director Community Planning & Environment Services City of Fort Collins August 13, 2004 Page Four cc: Kathay Rennels Karen Weitlwnat, Dist 2 Larimer County Commissioner 3009 Phoenix District I Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 498-7001 (970) 229-9774 krennels@larimer.ong kweitkunat@fcgov.com Tom Bender Eric Hamrick, Dist 3 Larimer County Commissioner 3766 Bromley Drive District II Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 498-7002 (970) 225-2343 tbender(a larimer.org ehamrick(@fcqov.com Glen Gibson Kurt Kastein, Dist 4 Larimer County Commissioner 3325 Silver Oaks Place District III Fort Collins, CO 80526 (970) 498-7003 (970) 223A425 ggibson@Iarimer.org kkasteiriftgov.com Ray Martinez, Mayor Marty Tharp, Dist 5 4121 Stoneridge Court 601 Blrky Place Fort Collins, CO 80525 Fort Collins, CO 80526 (970) 416-2154 (970) 484-5711 ramartinez@fcgov.com mtharp(a.fcgov.com Will Bertschy, Mayor Pro Tern David Roy, Dist6 430 Peterson 1030 Mountain Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80524 Fort Collins, CO 80521 (970) 484-0181 (970) 407-7393 wbertschy aOfcoov.com drovna fcoov.com Bob Mook, Business Editor Fort Collins Coloradoan 1212 Riverside Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80522 (970) 224-7735 BobMookt7a Coloradoan.com Mr. Greg Byrne, Director Community Planning & Environment Services City of Fort Collins August 13, 2004 Page Three As property owners, we are unified in our request to be excluded from this proposed expansion of the Fort Collins, GMA. Thank you. Sincerely, Robert and Karen Dickinson Dr. Chris Kawcak 8029 South County Road 9 Fossil Creek Veterinary Hospital Fort Collins, CO 80528 7801 SW Frontage Road (970) 226-2897 Fort Collins, CO 80528 (970) 204-1663 Kurt Dimick 7715 Promontory Drive Fort Collins, CO 80528 (970)215-7530 Steve Prato Gibraltar Realty & Acceptance James Hammond 4600 South Uster Haz&DeN Mushroom Denver, CO 80237-2848 6942 North County Road 13 (303) 770-3353 Loveland, CO 80538 (970) 226-0978 Danny and Kim Hirsch Hirsch Trucking Terry and Mary Van Cleave 5730 North County Road 11 C 8021 SW Frontage Road Loveland, CO 80538 Fort Collins, CO 80528-9322 (970) 667-38N (970) 223-0988 Mr. Greg Byrne, Director Community Planning & Environment Services City of Fort Collins August 13, 2004 Page Two 5. The City of Fort Collins has existing environmental requirements which would hinder the development of this area. 6. The City of Fort Collins staff has indicated that the primary reason for this expansion is to protect the community separator and Fossil Lake open space, It appears that the development of property adjacent to the interchange is not a priority of the City of Fort Collins. 7. Other properties south of Larimer County Road 32 have already been excluded from the pending GMA expansion, including Gardner Sign, Eagle Ranch, and the LeMaster property, - The HWY 392 and 1-25 location holds the potential to be one of the most exciting upcoming commercial and industrial projects in Northern Colorado. The magnitude of this development could rival Loveland's Centera project. The resulting activity could provide a substantial future revenue stream for the City of Fort Collins. This activity would also create a much needed southern entryway into the City of Fort Collins. This entryway, we believe, would facilitate the proposed development as well as showcase the Fossil Lake open space and community separator that Fort Collins has worked so hard to acquire and develop. As property owners, we recognized this potential several years ago. Every property owner along 1-25 participated with. CBL Associates to address the. interchange and other infrastructure issues in this area. We agreed to provide the right-of-way needed to facilitate the relocation of ramps, frontage roads, and the parallel roadway system proposed west of 1-25. With the support of Windsor, we prepared to construct this infrastructure as a private endeavor twenty years ahead of the proposed CDOT time line. The cooperative effort needed to develop this area does not appear to be forthcoming from the City of Fort Collins. In fact, Fort Collins' actions and implementation of harsher standards would be construed as a °taking' imposed on each of the properties located within the expansion area. While public participation at each interchange along the entire Colorado 1-25 corridor has provided financial rewards for other communities, Fort Collins continues to squander this resource. One only needs to look at the lack of activity at all of the 1-25 interchanges under the Fort Collins purview as an indicator of City intentions. TEAM Engineering Jeff Couch, PE 3"8 Shallow Pond Drive Fort Collins, CO 90528 (970) 231-9937 August 13, 2004 Mr. Greg Byrne, Director Community Planning & Environmental Services City of Fort Collins 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 RE: GMA Boundary Expansion — Fossil Lake Area Dear Mr. Byrne: This letter is being submitted by 100 percent of the property owners located south of Larimer County Road 32 currently being considered for inclusion within the Fort Collins Growth Management Area (GMA). This correspondence is intended to summarize our opposition to this action and to request that the entire area south of Larimer County Road 32 be excluded from the proposed GMA expansion. We have several reasons for this opposition as follows: 1. The City of Fort Collins provides no services to this area. A 'Community of Interest" usually created by the provision of services must exist prior to completing a legal future annexation. Without services, a °Community of Interest" may never exist in this area. 2. The City of Fort Collins has written policy within its Transportation Master Plan which currently precludes financial participation in the replacement of the 1-25 interchange at State Highway 392. The replacement of this interchange is key to the development of this area. 3. The City of Fort Collins does not have a zoning classification compatible to current zoning established for each parcel. Any land use designation proposed by Fort Collins would be more restrictive in all cases than the current zoning approved by Larimer County. 4. The City of Fort Collins has more restrictive setback requirements than those currently designated by Larimer County, This is especially important to those properties immediately adjacent to 1-25. SOUTH FORT COLLINS SANITATION DISTRICT August 17, 2004 Larimer County Commissioners P.O. Box 1190 Fort Collins, CO 80522-1190 ATTACHMENT 3 Fort Collins City Council P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 Re: Fossil Creek Growth Management Area Boundary Expansion Ladies and Gentlemen: South Fort Collins Sanitation District ("District's owns two parcels of real property consisting of approximately 125 acres and 160 acres, respectively, located within the proposed fossil Creek Growth Management Area Boundary Expansion ("GMA Expansion Area"). The Board of Directors of the District has unanimously expressed its opposition to the inclusion of the District's real property within the GMA Expansion Area. I have met with representatives of the County of Larimer and the City of Fort Collins to discuss the concerns of the District regarding the imposition of additional restrictions upon lands owned by it. In the event the real property is included within the proposed GMA Expansion Area, the additional restrictions imposed upon the land may interfere with the District's potential use of its real property in the future. As a governmental entity and political subdivision of the State of Colorado, the District requests that the County and the City refrain from taking action which may interfere with the District's future use of the real property. If you have any questions regarding the District's position or desire further clarification, please feel free to contact me. Thank you. Sincerely yours, SOUTH FORT COLLINS SANITATION DISTRICT By Michfel D. DiTullio, Manager Enclosure cc: Mr. Larry Timm, Division Head Mr. Ken Waido, Chief Planner Main Office: 5150 Snead Drive Fort Collins, CO 90525 Phone (970)226.3104 Water Reclamation Facility: 2560 East County Road 32 Fort Collins, CO 80528 Phone (970)226.2484