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Home My WebLink AboutTHE GROVE AT FORT COLLINS - PDP - 16-10B - CORRESPONDENCE - CORRESPONDENCE-HEARING (21)Questions for the May 23rd Neighborhood Meeting Regarding The Grove At Fort Collins PDP and the Amended CSURF Centre for Advanced Technology ODP. General Question: 1. Who is paying for the canal move? -- - Questions for CSURF: 1. Please explain the relocation plan (and how it came to be) for Larimer Canal #2. 2. Why is the canal relocation not part of the ODP? Questions for the City: 1. Will staff be recommending that the canal move be completed before or concurrent with building permits are issued for The Grove? 2. - Although City Code allows filling in the floodplain (thus displacing water onto pre-existing development); has this -been allowed at other locations in the City? If yes, please describe where and when. 3. Regarding the traffic studies performed: a Why did the City not require that each of the 4 major intersections within a mile radius of the development be studied? b. __Please explain the traffic studies that were required and why. - c What are the assumptions for numbers of trips generated by the prospective tenants? d: What are the assumptions for numbers of trips generated by other residents of the City? e. Please explain LOS (level of service) standards? At what level are each of the major intersections functioning? f. Will the developer be paying for any of the cost of Center avenue conversion to an arterial? How is that calculated? 1. The City has invested millions of dollars in The Gardens on Spring Creek How does The Grove meet the compatibility requirements of the LUC relative to the Gardens? 2. Is the City giving any development fee rebates, discounts, or any reductions compared to published development fee rates. Questions for Campus Crest: 1. Please explain/describe the bike ways through the development. 2. Will the Grove be heated with electricity? And is there any other heat source planned? 3. Could the applicant please address the fact that a traffic counting device was observed by multiple residents on Center at the proposed intersection of the new Rolland Moore Drive in late February, but no data from such counts was included in the updated inforrnation submitted this spring? 4. Regarding bicycle traffic: a How is increased bicycle traffic on Centre Ave going to be dealt with? b. How is increased bicycle traffic on Spring Creek Trail going to be dealt with? 1. Regarding guest parking: a How will it be accommodated? b. Where will overflow parking go?: c Will there be permit parking? -- 1. Please explain how your policy complies with fair housing regulations, as students are not a federally protected class. 2. We understand you intend to market to students. At what point during the leasing process - -_ . - will you market and lease to non -students? 3. Regarding pets: _ a How many pets will be allowed in the Grove project? One per lease/bedroom? _ b. How will the project deal with animal waste? c How will the project deal with animal noise? - d. How will the project protect the wildlife corridor along the Larimer Canal #2 from predatory - _ pets? 4. How is security going to be maintained in and around the Grove? Does the Grove have a -- security force .on hand? Does it have other staff on hand trained to deal with criminal activity? What is the - Groves policy on guns in the project? Page 3 of 3 >> Here is the list of questions. 6/9/2011 Page 2 of 3 Board members at their work session Friday, June loth, 6 days prior to the public hearing. I am interested in finding out what policy allowed the neighborhood questions to go unanswered and is the applicant allowed to submit last minute information unknown to the neighborhood(s)? It would seem to me that there should be a kind of grace period when loose ends can be tied up, but new information is not allowed. If there is no specific policy you can quote, your thoughts are welcome and appreciated. After the neighborhood meeting on May 23=d was done City staff, the developers and the applicants agreed on a date of June 8th to have completed answers to the written questions provided in hard copy at the meeting and by e-mail on May 241h. City staff had answers to questions directed to the City completed (with one exception) by June 2°d. The developers and the applicant had their answers to questions directed to them completed by June 8th, as agreed. Again, these questions and answers will be distributed to the P&Z Board members at their work session Friday, June loth My last question is: Although our questions were not answered are they now of record and may be brought up at P&Z and at appeal? Your questions have been completely answered in a timely manner and they are now part of the record so, yes, they may be brought up at P&Z and at City Council. As an aside, it seems peculiar to me that you cc: Linda Ripley and Lucia Liley but not the neighborhood(s). My response Tuesday, June 7th,-was to your e-mail of that day. I cc'd Linda Ripley and Lucia Liley only because it served as a reminder to them that staff was still expecting answers to the neighbors written questions by June 8th as agreed upon. Now that the questions & answers are complete the neighbors will be notified. Thanks Dick On Jun 7, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Steve Olt wrote: > Dick, > I have attached your questions from the May 23rd neighborhood meeting with answers from City staff. I have not yet received answers to the questions directed to the developer. Yes, the questions and answers completed to date have been included in the Planning & Zoning Board packet for the public hearing on June 16th. > Steve Olt > City's Project Planner > -----Original Message ----- > From: Richard Thomas[mailto:thomasre@lamar.colostate.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 10:41 AM > To: Steve Olt > Subject: Questions > Hi Steve, > Below is the list of questions from the May 23 neighborhood meeting. I am getting ready for the P&Z meeting. Please send me the answers to the questions. > Did the questions and answers get into the P&Z packet? > Thanks > Dick Steve, 6/9/2011 Page 1 of 3 Steve Olt From: Steve Olt Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 9:09 AM To: 'Richard Thomas' Cc: Linda Ripley (linda.ripley@ripleydesigninc.com); Janelle P. Kechter; Ted Shepard; Diane Jones; Karen Cumbo; 'Feiman,Jonathan'; Kevin Barrier; 'Sarah Burnett'; 'Heather and Paul' Subject: RE: Questions Attachments: The Grove - Ltr ACOE.pdf; The Grove - City letter 3-29-11.pdf; TheGrove@FC (CampusCrest)-052311.NeighborhoodMeeting.Notes.doc; Questions for the May 23rd Neighborhood Meeting Regarding The Grove At Fort Collins PDP and the Amended CSURF Centre for Advanced Technology ODP.doc Dick, Please see my answers to your questions (below, in red). Also, attached to this e-mail are: • The completed answers to the neighbors written questions. On pages 1 & 2 CSURF's answer to Question 3 references two (2) letters, one from City Planning Staff and one from the Army Corp of Engineers. Both of these letters are also attached. • The completed Questions & Answers document from the scribed notes taken at the neighborhood meeting on May 23,d. These documents will be provided to the Planning & Zoning Board members at their work session tomorrow, Friday, June loth. Also, I will be e-mailing this information to the neighbors by the end of the day tomorrow. Steve Olt -----Original Message ----- From: Richard Thomas [mailto:thomasre@lamar.colostate.edu] Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 11:01 AM To: Steve Olt Cc: Linda Ripley (linda.ripley@ripleydesigninc.com); Janelle P. Kechter; Ted Shepard; Diane Jones; Karen Cumbo Subject: Re: Questions Hi Steve, Thanks for your response about the neighborhood meeting questions. Please do not take this email personally. I find there is no progress made by placing blame or pointing fingers. What I am interested in are: policies, procedures, regulations, whatever they are called by the city. I assume that there is a date/time certain that information is provided to the P&Z packet. Section 2.2.2(C) of the Land Use Code states: "A written summary shall be prepared by the Director. The written summary shall be included in the staff report provided to the decision maker at the time of the public hearing to consider the proposed development." The completed answers to the neighbors written questions (attached) will be distributed to the Planning & Zoning 6/9/2011