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Home My WebLink AboutISLAMIC CENTER OF FORT COLLINS - PDP - PDP110011 - CORRESPONDENCE - CORRESPONDENCE-NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING (4)Pl EIGHBORHOOD INFOR!tiI -A-TION MEETI`--1 / G L' EG�TL`7L aiw A /7T6 • /►y A f 3 /� 02 / / / "Id You Receive vrittea Notification of this meeting? �Corrcct Address. Name ,Ad • _� Z'p Yes I No I Yes, No �� /P/9,e (Jxx wr j° /9 / W G dew/s ;ON I I I I Main d�., OAIK ® S v- I I I I c 6 VX V �Qk�� ICI III �«�� I✓1 I I. II III I I I III I!i IIi 14. It appears that one problem has been solved with the location of the traffic control gate; i.e. limiting access to the north to Lake Street. But, another problem is the open access to the 12 parking places south of the gate which will have unlimited access from Summer Street. And, since there appears to be no fence or other barrier to the south of these spaces, they will be filled during the day and on weekend nights by students partying at the houses directly behind my property on Prospect Road This will be especially problematic as Muslim services are held on Friday not to mention increasing traffic on Summer Street itself. I therefore urge some sort of traffic mitigation off of Summer Street to discourage unauthorized parties from accessing these parking spots. I don't think the Mosque can just pass illegal parking onto the Police Department. I see no reason a creative, pro -active approach can't be taken to nip any potential problems in the bud and thereby maintain harmonious relations in the community. If students realize there is no access to the parking spots they won't try to use them. If they are open they will. A. Response from City Planner: These are good comments. Keep in mind that the City Engineering Department is requiring that a driver on Summer Street have the ability to turn around on either a public street cul-de-sac or a private drive hammer -head with a public access easement. Installing a traffic control device at the end of Summer Street would then force a driver to trespass by using a private driveway to reverse direction. To address your concern, it may come down to how the Mosque decides to enforce illegal use of its parking lot. This is an issue facing all private property owners that have parking lots in close proximity to the campus and is not unique to the Mosque. It appears that the Mosque is aware of your concern. 4 7. So, with the gate in place six days per week, the parking spaces south of the gate will remain open and accessible from Summer Street. How will you keep college students from using these spaces as a commuter parking lot? A. The Mosque is aware of this potential and will have to adopt an enforcement policy. 8. Will the hammer -head be placed in an access easement? A. Yes. 9. Is the Poudre Fire Authority in agreement with the gate? A. In principal, yes, but they need to see the final design and operational details before signing off. 10. Will construction traffic use Summer Street? A. The Mosque can require that all construction traffic use Lake Street. 11. Will the Mosque still enter into a shared parking agreement with the Plymouth Congregational Church? A. The entire Mosque's required parking is now entirely onsite with the addition of the east parking lot so a shared parking agreement is not needed in order to comply with the City's code. The Mosque is still discussing shared parking in case there is a need for overflow parking. Both parties are interested in pursuing an agreement but nothing has not been finalized yet. 12. What about stormwater detention? A. All of the stormwater for Phase One will be directed to the northeast corner of the site. The pond will feature a low retaining wall in order to capture the volume of the runoff. The pond will be shallow and will look very similar to the detention pond recently constructed for the Plymouth Church. Storm flows are then detained and the outfall is Lake Street. 13. When do you plan on starting construction? A. We hope to start late summer or fall of this year. 3 reverse direction without trespassing on private property. Normally, this is done by constructing a cul-de-sac. But a cul- de-sac requires a diameter of 100 feet. The Islamic Center does not want to construct such a large asphalt area on their property as it impacts the ability to provide parking spaces and increases stormwater runoff. Instead, the proposal is to allow the public to use the parking lot for a three-point turn. This is also referred to as a hammer -head design which can act in lieu of a cul-de-sac. The Mosque would grant an access easement to the City to allow a driver to reverse direction within their parking lot. 2. Would the City be willing to post a No Outlet sign on Summer Street? A. Response from City Traffic Engineer: Yes, of course. 3. 1 see where a sidewalk will now be extended south to Prospect Road. A. Yes, that is correct. This is provided at the request of the City in order to meet bicycle and pedestrian level of service criteria. The exact location and alignment may shift as we accommodate the grade. 4. One of the big problems is that the tenants of the rental houses on Prospect Road drive their four-wheel drive vehicles across the field which you have described as being in a future phase. You should be forewarned that this behavior needs to be addressed. Have you considered a fence along your west property line, south of the parking lot, to prevent this? A. At this time, we are not proposing a perimeter fence this far south. Our hope is that once the site develops, and we are occupying the facility on a daily basis, that such trespass behavior will be discouraged. And, with the proposed gate in the parking lot, there would be no access to Lake Street. 5. Will the sidewalk to Prospect Road be placed in an access easement? A. Yes. 6. 1 see where you have added a new parking lot on the east side. Will this lot connect over to the west lot? A. No. Phase One does not provide such a connection. The connection will be made with future phases as it would be needed for fire access. 2 SECOND NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING SUMMARY PROJECT: DATE: APPLICANT: CONSULTANTS: CITY PLANNER: CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER Islamic Center 925 West Lake Street May 31, 2011 The Islamic Center of Fort Collins Dana Lockwood, Lockwood Architects Ted Shepard, Chief Planner Ward Stanford, Traffic Operations Engineer The meeting began with a review of the project. As proposed, the new facility will include a Mosque (praying area), children activity area, gymnasium and elementary school. The project will be constructed in phases with Mosque being Phase One, the school being Phase Two and the gymnasium being Phase Three. Phase One will be two stories and consist of 11,600 square feet. A new parking lot has been added along the east edge of the site so there is now a total of 95 parking spaces being provided on the site. The site is 3.26 acres. The purpose of the neighborhood information meeting is to review and discuss the traffic control plan for the project. At the first neighborhood meeting, concerns were expressed about the access between Summer Street and the project. The primary concern was that there would be undesirable cut -through traffic using Summer Street, the Mosque parking lot and Lake Street as a street system. In response, the applicant will provide a vehicular connection to Summer Street, which is primarily needed for an emergency second point of access, but, as mitigation, the Mosque parking lot will include a traffic control device to prevent cut -through traffic. As proposed, this device will be closed six days per week but be open on Fridays. In addition, the City Engineering Department is requesting turn -around capability for drivers to reverse direction without using existing driveways on Summer Street. QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS 1. Could you further explain the position of the City's Engineering Department? A. Yes, the City Engineering Department has a standard that a public street cannot terminate without a driver being able to