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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLONGVIEW MARKETPLACE @ SHENANDOAH - PDP - 47-95B - CORRESPONDENCE - CORRESPONDENCE-NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING (7)Steve OI` -Lon view Market lace Page P 2 the Colland Center area for this issue and will be drumming up whatever support I need to throw bureaucratic, pubic relations, as well as economic roadblocks in the way of this project. I know that this is the only way to get the attention that is needed. Could you please do the following things for me: 1. 1 would like the name and contact information of the King Soopers representative that was at the meeting so I can contact him about my intentions. 2. 1 would like a contact person that we can work with in the Larimer County agency that would be involved with this sort of planning. 3. 1 would like a contact person and information on the appeal process for the Planning and Zoning board decisions. I would like you to know that I have resigned myself to the inevitable growth marching towards us from the north. I think that King Soopers and their design team have done a very nice job with the plan for this project within the scope of their boundaries. I simply know that unless pressure is brought on by these project reviews is not focused on the broader issues, the City and County will continue to do nothing about this matter until the body count becomes a factor. Thank you for your time; Jeremiah Rohr 421 Diamond Drive Fort Collins, CO 80525 970-669-7413 jeremiah_Rohr@hotmail.com Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE'. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Steve Oly- Longview Marketplace T _ ._ _ _ _m Page 1 From: "Jeremiah Rohr" <jeremiah_rohr@hotmail.com> To: <solt@fcgov.com> Date: 2/13/03 10:55PM Subject: Longview Marketplace Dear Stephen Thank you for the time you spent at the Heart of the Rockies Church on Monday, February 10, informing us about the new Longview Marketplace. I was impressed with the quality of the development within the context of the Shenandoah property. Many of my questions about the development were answered and very well addressed. As a 30 year resident of Northern Colorado, half of which was a Fort Collins resident and half in the Colland Center sub -division, I am well aware of the land use issue that have plagued this area. 15 years ago, I opposed the this subdivision and the retail center associated with it because of concerns that this kind of development would severely impact the rural nature of this area. I obviously did not prevail in that discussion though my concerns have become all to real. While I now have no objections to this actual project, as I addressed at the meeting, I am still very concerned about the traffic impact that this and other Fort Collins developments are having on County Road 32. The City of Fort Collins and Larimer County both have been avoiding the issue of upgrading this road to the major arterial that it has become for a long time. The focus of my concern is the section of County Road 32 from 287 to Lemay Ave. including both major intersections at either end. This section of road is already over crowded with present conditions and will only get far worse with this project being completed. I know that the City will take the stand that it is not their responsibility to deal with a county road, however with the cities aggressive growth pattern south of the Harmony corridor it bears a major responsibility for the dramatic increase of traffic along this corridor. Let<Es face it, the unintended consequence of the County paving County Road 32 (part of which was helped improved by the City with when the Greenstone development came into the city) was that this corridor has become the unofficial southern entrance to Fort Collins whether you like it or not. The City of Fort Collins needs to take the lead in working with Larimer County to make the improvement required of at least the section of this road described above. I am not asking for a 4 lane monster like Harmony. I believe a properly constructed two lane arterial street with turning lanes and good usable bike and pedestrian lanes with good drainage is sufficient. This would be similar to the work the city just completed to Taft Hill south of Drake, an area also interspersed with County enclaves. This is a City responsibility; your growth policies have created the congestion and the building of a major shopping complex on the hairy edge of your city boundaries only emphasizes this point. I am informing you now that I plan to file an appeal to any Planning and Zoning decision that does not properly address this issue in the near term (the 2004 plan not the 2020 plan). I am presently soliciting support from