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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSOUTH TRANSIT CENTER - PDP - 9-10 - CORRESPONDENCE - (13)> lucie.iensen0comcast.net; crestrents(c)gmail.com; edreid1928 as gmail.com; > william.matthews(a?opm.gov; m3rbC&comcast. net; marciaccDeldoniames.com; • bburt(a)com cast. net; loyceab(c earthllnk.net; earthchem(o)aol.com; • stereoblock(cDyahoo.com; Eric Leftwich; trm(a)lpbroadband.net; • kui(acoiensen.net •'Subject:' FW: South Transit Center Neighborhood Meeting > • Please take a look at the notes for the transit center meeting, • detailed in the attachment. Add your email to Emma's list if you have > not already received this email directly from her. Diane > > Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 09:56:31 -0700 > > From: emcardle(a)fcgov.com • > To: diane reiser(cilhotmail.com • > Subject: Fwd: South Transit Center Neighborhood Meeting > > Please see the attached document with notes from the South Transit > Center Neighborhood meeting that took place December 2, 2009. > > This proposal has not been formally submitted yet, if and when it is > formally submitted you will be notified of the Public Hearing, if you • were notified of the neighborhood meeting in December. If you were not > notified of the neighborhood meeting and would like to be added to the • mailing list for the public hearing, please let me know. > > Thanks, > > Emma > > Emma McArdle > > City Planner > > City of Fort Collins > > emcardle(a)fcgov.com > > (970)221-6206 > ---------------------------------------- • Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. ><http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469227/direct/01/> > shoppers it would bring, Wal-Mart would consider a joint funding > program. This area is far more conducive to parking, traffic and high > volume ingress and egress as well. > 4) Given that there is already a BUS DEPOT Located on Trilby, > wouldn't our tax dollars be better spent modifying IT to be the actual > south termination location. Buses could leave there and traverse > college as they do today until they arrived to the mason entrance and > then proceed down the corridor. There would be virtually NO > unbillable time for that route. (How much would that save over the > years?) In that situation as the busses would continually be in use. > Normal traffic patterns would continue, there would be no new > intersection construction need (at Mason and Harmony). > 5) Given the non urban and remote area of the proposed south > depot (meaning not located in an large public destination area that is > well lit, patrolled regularly by police and surveyed by a general > pedestrian population) coupled with the unfortunate fact that public > transportation allows the homeless or transient community access to > larger areas of the city... how will we prevent transient persons > from gaining ease of access to the adjacent open space and back > acreage of some of the larger lots in the area from being used as camp > grounds or settlements? Essentially the proposed location for the > south depot puts this population with great ease to these areas and > puts them at risk for loosing access to valuable public services > should they end up camping in this area or worse along the dangerous > adjacent RR tracks. > Thank you for reviewing my opinions. Please, let's work together to > find a amiable and democratic answer to this need. I believe FTC > needs the Mason Street Corridor, I am sure our community can find an > answer that everyone will enable everyone to enjoy the south depot. I > just want us all to have a voice in how it might happen so that we may > all find a win win. > Cheers —E > Eric Leftwich > 4719 Crest Road > 303.990.4349 > *From:* Diane Reiser fmailto:diane reiser(a)hotmail. com1 > *Sent:* Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:22 PM > *To:* chrislile48(ayahoo.com; diane reiser(ahotmail.com; > hear and smell busses coming and going from dawn until midnight and > you will have to live with many negative peripheral impacts that may > come with it as well. Personally, I don't feel there has been > enough study into the environmental impact this will have to us and > our neighbors. Moreover, I feel the current site as it's configured > is far too limiting to allow for any remediation or improvements > should it be deemed to have negative impacts to the residential areas > nearby. > More specifically I don't believe I have heard enough about the > consideration and impact to the enjoyment of our homes as it relates > to the following: > 1) Ingress and egress onto Crest Road as traffic will pile up > when stop lights allow busses to cross harmony in addition to the > already congested, Mason Street Crossing, Train Access, College Road > Congestion and Bike Traffic using the same intersection. > 2) Additional traffic congestion at the Harmony and College -- > Additional proposed stop lights or stop light modification will mean > longer wait times to get through this complex intersection of Mason > and then on to College. This will inevitably spill back to harmony > road and add traffic delays, noise, site and carbon pollution as well > as hinder the quality of quiet enjoyment of our properties. > 3) As proposed, the city won't be able to build or add additional > buffer material on the west side of the south depot property as the > boundary goes right to the bus way and any property after the bus way > is controlled by the RR. Should light, sound and smells become an > issue there will be no way to remediate it at the city level. We will > be a the mercy of the RR and we all know THAT is not a good place to be. > 4) As it was explained at the meeting an additional light will be > placed on College Ave South of Pizza Hut adding yet again more wait > times and more congestion to the Harmony / College intersection quadrant. > Other items or alternatives I would have like to hear about: > 1) Given that this proposed area is not central to ANY pedestrian > destination activity IE shopping, schools, restaurants , is this > really the best location? Wouldn't FRCC or a location further south > near the city and county services of Mental Health (Laramie Center for > Mental Health at College and Saturn) or Vocational Therapy ( Foothills > Gateway at College and Timberline) be better suited for this site? > 2) Doesn't Fort Collins Extend South of Trilby anyway? Why > wouldn't FTC use the south depot to service that part as well? > Wouldn't this help develop South College Ave with more premiere > shopping and then increase a falling sale tax base. > 3) Has any exploration been given to consider the Long View > Business Park where Wal-Mart is located. Perhaps given the additional Thank you, Robert Brooks 4607 Crest Road > Greeting all, > Please accept this email as a call to awareness and possible action. > I have CC'd Ms. Emma McArdle from the City Planners office. She is a > VERY lovely and nice person. I am sure she would be pleased to help > you understand more about this project. Reach out to her directly. > Here is her contact info. > Emma McArdle > City Planner > City of Fort Collins > emcard leAfcgov.com <mailto:emcardle(cDfcgov.com> >(970)221-6206 > Thank you Emma. Look forward to working with you in the future. • "The following is simply my opinion. Please, explore this issue and > learn more on your own. Certainly call me if you like but I hope to > see you at any of the upcoming hearings regarding this matter" > Hi all, > Diane and I attended the South Transit Center Neighborhood meeting in > December and indeed as you can see by the notes Emma was so kind > enough to compile for us, there are a number of large issues and > unanswered questions in my opinion. I feel compelled to say as a > property investor here in our fair city I am certainly pro public > transportation and pro city growth. In fact, I love the Mason Street > concept, however, as it pertains to south end depot I have some > concerns. Frankly stated, it seems as if we are stuffing it into a > postage stamp size lot constrained by bike paths, RR Tracks, general > College Ave congestion and the dreaded "RR Track / Bike Path/ Triple > stop light intersection at Harmony and Mason gauntlet" that we Crest > Road Residents and FRCC attendees face every day.... And I am confused > as to why. > Their reasoning on selection of this site is not sufficient in my > opinion. As stated it's simply because they have owned this parcel > for ten years and it's ripe for development. What concerns me the > most is that as it stands, the city is explaining that within view of > most of our (Crest Street Residents) front and back doors,you will > see the new South Transit Center Depot with ease. You will also , From: Emma McArdle To: Eric Leftwich; Robert Brooks CC: bburt@comcast.net; chrislile48@yahoo.com; crestrents@gmail.com; Diane... Date: 3/8/2010 10:21 AM Subject: Re: South Transit Center Neighborhood Meeting Hi Robert, I just want to clarify my role in this. I am a Planner for the City, I am not a part of the team that is proposing this facility. I will be a reviewer of•the proposal against the Citys Standards set forth in the Land Use Code (LUC) and manage the other commenting agency's comments, then ultimately make a recommendation (base on City standards)'to the decision maker. That being said, the applicants have not submitted a formal development proposal yet so I am unable to answer any questions about what they are proposing or where their buffering is going to be. Also, the City's LUC does require on -site landscape buffering that this development proposal will be subject to. I am happy to discuss this more when a formal submittal has been made and I know more. I recommend checking back in with me in the up coming weeks to see if a formal submittal has been made. Thanks for your interest. I will keep your comments in the project file and the decision maker will be given them with their packet for the hearing. Emma Emma McArdle City Planner City of Fort Collins emcardle@fcgov.com (970)221-6206 >>> Robert Brooks <m3rb(a)comcast.net> 3/6/2010 10:07 PM >>> Hello Emma, I am a Crest Road resident. I read through the Neighborhood Meeting document, as well as Diane's and Eric's emails, and while many good points were made, what was most compelling -to me'was the lack of buffering space on the west side of the property.-~ I see that someone asked whether the propertyimmediately to the west of the railroad tracks might be purchased for use as buffering, with a reply that it is not in the current plans. It seems to me that it might be possible to use that land for buffering purposes, such'as,a wall or berm to shield the lights and noise from the' Transit Center, without the land actually having to be purchased. I know that if I owned that land, I would be concerned about its marketability because of its proximity to the Transit Center, the railroad tracks, and the current and future commercial uses nearby. Thus, I would welcome improvements which would shield the rest of the property from those things, even though they would consume some space. Has the owner of that land been contacted in regard to such.a solution?