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Eric Leftwich
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Direct: 303.729.2126 1 Mobile: 303.990.4349 1 Fax: 303.292.2218
11/17/2010
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This Bus Depot WILL be in your site, hearing and smell range.
The plan as they have laid it out appears to have little thought in providing insurance we will have "quiet
enjoyment" of our property and homes. There is no FORMAL barrier between us and the bus depot
There is no assurance they can control light, sounds, fumes and general visual activity of busses running until
midnight everyday
The plan seems dangerous, as I understand the Road Path for this terminal will actually CROSS OVER the bike
path.
This plan now provides for connections to other busses such as private bus companies, taxis and other Traffic ...
not just the "quiet natural gas buses" they explained it would be originally.
This plan deposits hundreds of foot traffic people in an area where there is not a lot a foot traffic destinations...
WHY? Isn't there so many other location further south that make more sense to be a SOUTH depot anyway?
FRANKLY ... The plan for this terminal seems to be SQUEEZED into a lot TOO small and oriented in such a way
that it will be intrusive to our lives here in our homes and obstructive to our egress of the street we live on.
If this is the ONLY property on which FTC can put this south end DEPOT, so be it... BUT There needs to be some
concession and awareness of the city about our concerns. Only YOU can air those concerns and or make further
inquiries. The decision to move forward is DAYS away. Please forward this to others and bring a unified voice of
concern or we will be at the mercy of planners who have no idea how special our neighborhood is today and
how important it is to preserve our way of living.
Please send email or write
Pete Wray, Senior City Planner
Advance Planning Dept
City of Ft Collins, 80521
Email him at pwrayCalfcgov.com
Call him at 970-221-6754
CC: Pete Wray, Sr City Planner
11 /17/2010
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As the acting Hearing Officer for this item, I will be forwarding any new correspondence back to
Emma. As mentioned at the Hearing, a decision has not been made yet, but will be rendered by
November 29, 2010.
Thanks again for your interest,
Pete Wray, Senior City Planner
(970 221-6754
pwray@fcgov.com
From: Eric Leftwich [mailto:Eric.Leftwich@Ivs1.com]
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 9:23 PM
To: Diane Reiser; chrislile48@yahoo.com; lucie.jensen@comcast.net; crestrents@gmail.com;
edreid1928@gmail.com; william.matthews@opm.gov; m3rb@comcast.net; marcia@eldonjames.com;
bburt@comcast.net; loyceab@earthlink.net; earthchem@aol.com; stereoblock@yahoo.com;
trm@lpbroadband.net; kuj@cojensen.net
Cc: Pete Wray
Subject: South end bud depot
Importance: High
Neighbors of Crest Road,
Diane did a great job summarizing her experience at the hearing tonight. Thanks Diane. Those of you that
know me, know I call it as I see it. In a nut shell here is what you as resident should consider.
Do want headlights shining into your bedroom each night while you try to sleep as buses circle and turn around?
Do you want to smell the fumes of GREY HOUND or OTHER private busses every time you leave the house? Do
you want to hear loud speaker announcements everyday about bus departures? Do you want it to take more
than 8 minutes from the time you leave the street to be able to cross college avenue on harmony? Do you want
to have to watch for bus traffic on a path our tax dollars pay for to be BIKE and RUNNING trails?
If not, then you need to write a letter and express your concerns or ALL OF THIS will happen!
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Pete Wray will make a decision based on the staff report submitted to him, the applicant's presentation and public
comments that were submitted with the staff report and made at the hearing. The emails you and others sent
after the neighborhood meeting were included in the information Mr. Wray was given to review for this project.
As Mr. Wray mentioned, he has 10 business days to make a written decision. There is a 10 business day appeal
period that begins once his decision is made. Please see Chapter 2, Article II, Division 3 of the City Code for
more information on this.
Feel free to contact me with. any questions. You are welcome to come by and see the plans, staff report and any
information in the file at any time.
Thanks,
Emma
Emma McArdle
City Planner
CDNS I City of Fort Collins
emcardle(a)fcgov.com
(970)221-6206
From: Pete Wray
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 10:18 AM
To: 'Eric Leftwich'; Diane Reiser; chrislile48@yahoo.com; lucie.jensen@comcast.net; crestrents@gmail.com;
edreid1928@gmail.com; will iam.matthews@opm.gov; m3rb@comcast.net; marcia@eldonjames.com;
bburt@comcast.net; loyceab@earthlink.net; earthchem@aol.com; stereoblock@yahoo.com;
trm@Ipbroadband.net; kuj@cojensen.net
Cc: Emma McArdle; Steve Dush
Subject: RE: South end bud depot
Eric, thanks for forwarding this information to me after the hearing last night. At this point, I want to
direct you and your neighbors to forward all correspondence to Emma McArdle, the project planner for
this item. While this input can not be used as public comments after the Hearing, we will include it in
the project file.
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Emma,
I went ahead and sent my letter of concern to you and Mr. Wray before I got this. I could not attend the meeting
but still want and deserve to be heard. I hope there is some clause in the City Code you kept quoting that makes
allowances for those who could not be at the public meeting but are still concerned. In addition, I wrote our HOA
to inform them of the depot. Although you'd like to think the depot only effects those within 800 feet, I submit that
the noise, smell, and lights from the depot will affect our entire neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods as
well. All, not just owners within 800 feet, should have been informed that the City plans on bringing the buses
in/out on Mason. It's an ill conceived plan that will put pedestrian/bikers on the trail at risk (because buses will be
crossing the trail) and will further congest the Harmony Mason/College intersections making getting through that
stretch of road miserable. If this is a done deal as you indicate, I hope the City will try and mitigate some of our
concerns. It makes more sense to me for buses to go in/out on Fairway - especially since a new street light is
proposed at College and Fairway. There should be a better barrier (not a few deciduous trees) between the
depot and our neighborhood that will truly reduce noise, smell, lights, and foot traffic into our neighborhood. Does
the depot really need to be open until 12am with buses running and loud speaker announcements blasting?
Maybe it could close at 10pm instead (or at least on week nights) to respect residential neighbors who are trying
to sleep. Finally, if transient and or criminal activity increases in our area due to the depot, the City should
promise to up the the police presence to protect our neighborhood and the elementary school children that go to
school within our neighborhood.
If my concerns will not be considered at this time, please let me know when the 10-day appeal begins so that I
may be heard and included in the process.
Thank you for your time.
Tania
-- EMcArdle@fcgov.com wrote:
From: Emma McArdle <EMcArdle@fcgov.com>
To: Pete Wray <PWRAY@fcgov.com>, 'Eric Leftwich' <Eric.Leftwich@lvs1.com>, Diane Reiser
<diane_reiser@hotmail.com>, "chrislile48@yahoo.com" <chrislile48@yahoo.com>, "lucie.jensen@comcast.net"
<lucie.jensen@comcast.net>, "crestrents@gmail.com" <crestrents@gmail.com>, "edreid1928@gmail.com"
<edreid1928@gmail.com>, "william.matthews@opm.gov" <will iam. matthews@opm.gov>, "m3rb@comcast.net"
<m3rb@comcast.net>, "marcia@eldonjames.com" <marcia@eldonjames.com>, "bburt@comcast. net"
<bburt@comcast.net>, "loyceab@earthlink.net" <loyceab@earthlink. net>, "earthchem@aol.com"
<earthchem@aol.com>, "stereoblock@yahoo.com" <stereoblock@yahoo.com>, "trm@l pbroad band. net"
<trm@Ipbroadband. net>, "kuj@cojensen.net" <kuj@cojensen.net>
CC: Steve Dush <SDush@fcgov.com>
Subject: RE: South end bud depot
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:58:39 -0700
Eric and others,
Unfortunately, at this point your concerns will not be considered as part of the public testimony as hearing officer,
Pete Wray, mentioned. Public testimony was heard and closed at the public hearing last night. All neighbors
within 800' of the property were notified of the hearing and I sent a courtesy email to you and several others that
had shown concern following the neighborhood meeting to make sure you were all aware of the hearing.
This application has been processed in accordance with the standards of the Land Use Code (LUC), I urge you to
take a look at Division 2.2 of the LUC, if you have questions about this process or feel free to contact me. The
LUC is available on the Development Review webpage.
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Emma McArdle
From: Emma McArdle
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 8:33 AM
To: Pete Wray
Subject: FW: South end bud depot
The applicant is willing to add more landscaping along the west portion of the site to mitigate some of the
concerns mentioned.
So you know the two neighbors that have been emailing you, were notified via the mailing.
Emma McArdle I City of Fort Collins
From: Angela Milewski [mailto:amilewski@bhadesign.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 5:50 PM
To: Emma McArdle; Steve Seefeld; 'Jerod Huwa'; 'David Lingle'; 'Matt'; Kurt Ravenschlag
Cc: Steve Dush
Subject: RE: South end bud depot
Emma,
I certainly think we could look at some more upright evergreen/juniper species along the portions of the west
edge where headlights are a concern. We have some room (a few feet) to work with between the trail fence and
our property line, so there are certainly options for different plant types for buffering.
Angie
Angela K. Milewski I BHA Design Incorporated
From: Emma McArdle [mailto:EMcArdle@fcgov.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 5:14 PM
To: Steve Seefeld; 'Angela Milewski'; 'Jerod Huwa'; 'David Lingle'; 'Matt'; Kurt Ravenschlag
Cc: Steve Dush
Subject: FW: South end bud depot
FYI — Another
Also, both of these people were on the mailing list.
Steve Dush is curious if you are amenable to any of the buffering suggestions Mr. Leftwich and Mrs. Metcalf are
suggesting, i.e. more dense vegetation along the west boundary? It may be possible to avoid an appeal by
making some efforts to mitigate their concerns. I think much of the concerns they have expressed are inaccurate
due to their second hand information about the plan though. I'll send an email to the group in the morning
suggesting they come by to see the plans for themselves; maybe that will clear some confusion up.
Emma McArdle I City of Fort Collins
From: Tania Metcalf [mailto:trm@lpbroadband.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 4:39 PM
To: Emma McArdle
Cc: Pete Wray; Eric.Leftwich@lvs1.com; diane_reiser@hotmail.com; chrislile48@yahoo.com;
Iucie.jensen@comcast.net; crestrents@gmail.com; edreid1928@gmail.com; william.matthews@opm.gov;
m3rb@comcast.net; marcia@eldonjames.com; bburt@comcast.net; loyceab@earthlink.net; earthchem@aol.com;
stereoblock@yahoo.com; kuj@cojensen.net; Steve Dush
Subject: RE: South end bud depot
11/17/2010