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Peggy Loonan
708 Gilgalad Way
Fort Collins, CO 80526
12/7/2010
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Steve Olt
From: Peggy Loonan [info@lifeandlibertyforwomen.org]
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 9:16 PM
To: Steve Olt
Subject: Neighborhood Mtg Dec 7th Comments
Hi Steve,
As I indicated to you this morning I wanted to make a couple of comments on the "new" plan submitted
by Campus Crest for their student housing on CSURF property at Centre Street to be placed into the
record as comment at the December 7, 2010 neighborhood meeting at Plymouth Congregational Church.
First, I'm still concerned about issues raised in my husband's November 14, 2010 letter to the P&Z
Board.
I'm not sure from what I heard at the Conceptual Review Team on December 6, 2010 whether Rolland
Moore will remain downgraded from a Collector to a Local Connector. But if that is the case I am
deeply concerned about that. That conclusion would be based on assumptions by the City Traffic
Engineers as the amount of traffic that would end up on Rolland Moore but that assumption falls way
short of what the reality will be and I am dumbfounded as to why City Staff would do that.
In my husbands letter he said, "According to Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards (LCUASS), a
Local Connector is used when the traffic volume on the street is anticipated to be in the range of 1,000
to 2,500 vehicles per day. I am not a traffic engineer; however, I have been working with traffic
engineers for over 30 years. The result of a traffic study is dependent on the assumptions that are made
regarding where and how pile drive. I have lived in the Windtrail on Spring Creek neighborhood
since 1998 and I have observed the usage of Rolland Moore Drive from the local residents. Once,
Rolland Moore Drive is connected to Centre Avenue, there will be residents from the local
neighborhood using Rolland Moore Drive to avoid the traffic on Shields. Furthermore, if two thirds of
The Grove residents use Rolland Moore Drive to drive to and from CSU in the morning and again in the
afternoon, this would generate over 1,664 vehicles trips per day. If you add in trips to work, groceries
stores, shopping, dining, pizza deliveries and bar hopping, I expect The Grove alone will generate nearly
2,500 vehicle trips per day on Rolland Moore Drive. In my opinion, Rolland Moore Drive should be a
Collector with 76 feet of Right of Way."
I can tell you that I will use Rolland Moore Drive (RMD) to access Centre St. to get to Prospect and so
will the whole of all the adjacent neighborhoods. In addition once city residents discover they can get
their kids to soccer practice faster by using RMD to get to the park they will be driving that street on a
regular basis. I do that with Raintree and so does thousands of other city residents. Fort Collins City
Staff must make RMD safe for all who will use it.
Finally, I want to reiterate my objections to this developer because of their reputation. The City of Fort
Collins deserves better. CSU students deserve better and so does our neighborhoods that will surround
this project.
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