HomeMy WebLinkAboutRIDGEVIEW CLASSICAL SCHOOL PHASE IV ADDITION - SPAR - 16-01A - REPORTS - CORRESPONDENCE-HEARING (8)that funding should be spent on upkeep of the present property and building before
expanding the school.
4. FENCE. The Stonehenge neighborhood has been told by the school that a fence
will be placed between the school property and Stonehenge property. This will
discourage trespassing, trash, and the use of Stonehenge streets before and after school
for pick-up/drop-off. It will also prevent the occasional vehicle that drives over the
parking lot curb and drives on the Stonehenge greenbelt to get onto Solstice Lane.
Again, we believe funds should be used for items already discussed which would
improve school/neighborhood relations, rather than for expanding the building and
compounding existing problems.
5. SECURITY LIGHTS. The security lights which come on at dark are positioned
to shine directly into the Stonehenge neighborhood. The school would benefit more from
the lights if they were angled down toward the school parking lot. We hope funds will be
used to correct this issue before being spent on a building expansion.
6. MODULARS. Modular buildings are still present on the property. Kim Miller
stated, in the meeting two years ago, that when the original expansion was completed last
year all modular buildings would be taken off the property by Christmas 2002. We ask
that she honor this statement.
We encourage Ridgeview Classical Schools to find a larger and more appropriate
site at this time, rather than expanding the current site and moving to a larger site
later, as noted in The Coloradoan article.
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Comments:
RECEIVED
11/13/03 NOV 17 2003
To:
Fort Collins City Manager
Fort Collins Traffic Control Department
Fort Collins City Planning and Zoning oar
Stonehenge Board of Directors
Re: Ridgeview School Expansion, as reported in the Fort
Collins Coloradoan article of 11/09/03 (attached)
Residents of the Stonehenge Cluster 1 neighborhood and other
neighbors of the Ridgeview School have important concerns
with respect to any further expansion of the Ridgeview
Classical School at Lemay and Stuart Streets.
The neighbors of Ridgeview Classical Schools are proud of its academic standing and do
not object to the.presence of the school in the neighborhood, as long as reasonable
controls are instituted to ensure that the school is a good neighbor.
1. TRAFFIC. The building already dominates the property. Expanding the building
would further restrict area for parking and queue lines for drop-off/pick-up of students,
which overflow onto Lemay and Stuart streets for blocks and obstruct through traffic, as
well as causing serious safety issues. Increasing the number of students (and therefore
cars present during drop-off/pick-up) and at the same time reducing the blacktop area by
expanding the building footprint will greatly impact the existing problems. The
Stonehenge neighborhood is also inundated with cars during drop-off/pick-up times, even
though there is no access to the school from Stonehenge. Children are dropped off and
walk through Stonehenge greenspace to get to school.
2. PLAYGROUND. Kim Miller, President of the school's Board of Directors, told
Stonehenge neighborhood residents in a meeting two years ago that the playground
would be on the northwest corner of the property. However, she placed the playground
along the full north portion of the property. The playground now extends to within a few
yards of our homes. Requests have been made to the school to restrict the amount of
screaming occurring all day long during recess periods. No noticeable action has been
taken.
3. PROPERTY UPKEEP. Last spring, the property was allowed to overgrow with
weeds more than 5' tall in the grass area on the NW corner of the property, in the
catchment area on the NE corner of the property, and in the areas of the parking lot where
dirt exists. The City of Fort Collins requested that the school maintain the property, and
was finally required to go in and clean up the property and bill the school. We believe