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Date: February 1, 2007
To: Lennar Homes — Coulter Hooker
Ft Collins City Planning — Shelby Sommer
From: Brad Conrad
1515 Luce Court
Fort Collins, CO 80526
Work: (970) 898-1585
Brad. Con ra d aa. h P. co m
Cc: Kurt Kastein — City Councilman
Re: Registry Ridge Tract C Replat Project Development Plans
Dear Coulter and Shelby,
As a homeowner within Registry Ridge and the President of the HOA Board, I would like to offer some
comments and make a request of both Lennar Homes and the Fort Collins City Planning Department.
While it is understood that Lennar has fulfilled their obligation to the Thompson School District by offering this
tract and making an "in lieu of" payment instead, many of us feel that the proposed Replat enhances the net
benefits to Lennar at the expense of both the City and the local homeowners.
During the home sales process, Lennar representatives promoted the possibility of a school in the neighborhood
as a "value enhancing" feature. Filling the space with homes is clearly not consistent with that promise.
During the home sales process, Lennar recognized enhanced financial benefit from those homes that look upon
and back-up to what was planned to be open school play areas. Filling the space with homes clearly is far less
desirable for those residents.
Lennar homes deeded the 5 acres of park land to the city. That land includes prime "frontage" exposure along
Ranger Street, and would have been even more inviting if it was bordered by open school space. Lennar
Homes has now asked the city to trade some of this prime frontage space for a sliver of land between homes far
from the street.
I urge the City Planning Department to deny Lennar's request to trade the prime frontage property for a far less
useable and valuable sliver of land at the rear of the park. Clearly Lennar is already gaining significant
additional benefit by replatting this property, and does not need to get even more value at the expense of the
400+ residents of Registry Ridge.
And I also ask that Lennar offer, and the City Planning Department require, a redesign of the proposed platting.
That redesign should include the following:
1. No current park land is to be returned to Lennar in the replatting process.
2. Lennar donates one to two additional acres of land to the City Park property, as a way to
compensate the neighborhood for the lost value from this development.
3. Lennar add a greenbelUwalkway (at least 15' wide) between the rear property lines of the current
homes on the west side of Reeves and the new homes, to provide access to the park and provide
some visual relief for those existing homes.
Clearly the change from school land to additional homes will result in significant financial benefit to Lennar, while
also representing a loss in benefit to the current residents. My request is that changes be made so that there is
also some benefit to the 400+ people who trusted Lennar to protect our home values when we were their
customers.
Respectfully,