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HomeMy WebLinkAbout800, 808 & 814 W. PROSPECT RD. MIXED-USE (OBSERVATORY PARK) - PDP - 41-02A - CORRESPONDENCE - (22)4. We have a proposed sidewalk connection from sidewalk adjacent to Prospect, through the site, and providing a connection to the North. 5. The drive way is now 30' wide to accommodate the fire lane. 6. Refer to Stewart and Associates for responses to engineering, light and power and water wastewater. 7. The trash enclosure has been sized to accommodate recycling containers. PFA — Fire Lane: A 30' fire lane has been incorporated into the revised site plan. This has been coordinated with Ron Gonzales, and it has been determined that a turn around would not be required. See attached approved letter to Poudre Fire Authority. Natural Resources: We have met with Tim Buchanan, City Forester on site to evaluate the existing trees. Tim identified 4 trees considered to be significant, which are required to be removed for this project. The trees include one Black Walnut, one Juniper, and two Spruce Trees. The two spruce trees are located at the northwest corner of the building, where a drive way enters parking area below the building. The other trees are located in the proposed driveway and parking area. To keep these trees, the building would lose a significant amount of parking and residential units. The number of units lost would be impacted both by the loss of adequate parking and the physical location of the spruce trees. The loss of multiple units would make the project financially unfeasible. The proposed mitigation for removal of these trees would be to install trees larger trees than standard requirements. For each, spruce 3 trees would be up -sized, for the Walnut, 2 trees would be up -sized, and for the juniper, one tree would be up -sized. Therefore a total of nine (9) trees would be increased in size when planted as a part of this project. For your information Louise Herbert at VF Ripley Associates will be the future project manager. Please call if you have any questions or additional comments. Thank you, Don Brookshire. VF Ripley Associates V FriiP'c=-yASSOCIATES INC Landscape Architecture Urban Design Planning January 27,2003 Ted Shepard City of Fort Collins Current Planning 281 North College Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80524 Re: Frazier Subdivision 808 West Prospect Mixed Use PDP Dear Ted, CC: Clark Mapes — Advance Planning Katie Moore — Engineering Doug Martine — Light and Power Doug Moore — Natural Resources Michael Chevez — PFA Wes Lamarque — Stormwater Utility Tom Reiff — Transportation Planning Jeff Hill — Water Wastewater Jenny Nuckols — Zoning Enclosed are the revisions to the 808 West Prospect Mixed Use proposed project. Listed below is an outlined the changes made in response to city staff comments from the first submittal. Since receipt, of the first round of staff comments we have met with the head of the historic district / neighborhood, directly south of our site, for a complimentary review of our proposed project. In response to the feedback from that meeting we have completely redesigned the exterior architecture of the proposed building. The current design is a more direct reflection of that historically designated neighborhood instead of a reflection of the history of our specific site. The site plan also has some significant changes from our previous submittal. The building has been reduced in size and has moved further back from Prospect Road. Access to the basement level parking area below the building now enters under the west side of the building, so that no parking or drives are in the front of the building. Following are clarifications and explanation of revisions, in response to specific comments provided by city staff. 1. The plan now shows the complete future right of way for W. Prospect Road, with a 15' Utility Easement. We are proposing that an attached 7'-0" sidewalk be installed to maintain connection to adjacent properties, until future improvements occur along Prospect Road. The overall circulation of the project includes the sidewalk adjacent to Prospect road, a 5' sidewalk connecting from Prospect to the adjacent property to the north is proposed as well. There is one driveway access to Prospect road, and internal loop through the parking area on site. 2. Parking setbacks have been measured from ultimate curb line. 3. Sharing access to neighboring properties is not a feasible solution at this point in time, as the neighbors to each side are single family residences. Phone 970.224.5828 Fax 970.224.1662 401 West Mountain Ave. Suite 201 Fort Collins, CO 80521-2604 Wripley.com