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Answer: (Applicant) Yes, it is currently a parking lot for the bike trail and is
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29. Comment: (Citizen) Neighbors expressed their concern that the landscape buffering
will not be adequate.
30. Question: (Citizen) Is there any control regarding what/the Rail Road does with the
trees on their property?
Answer: (Applicant) No, the bike trail is on the Rail Road's property, but they will
not allow landscaping to be added.
31. Question: (Citizen) How will the east property line be buffered?
Answer: (Applicant) Unsure at this point.
32. Comment: (Citizen) Neighbors expressed their concern about the design fit; it
seems very urban for this area?
33. Comment: (Citizen) Neighbors expressed their concern about how this could
change the value of their properties.
34. Comment: (Citizen) Neighbors think there is a difference between trains and buses.
35.Question: (Citizen) Will these be traditional diesel buses?
Answer: (Applicant) By the time this facility opens the entire fleet is expected to be
natural gas powered.
36. Comment: (Citizen) Neighbors are concerned about the odor.
37. Comment: (Citizen) The west side of the property does not have room for future
trees besides those on the Rail Road's property. What will happen if these are
removed someday? Why is the bus drive so close to the property line?
Answer: (Applicant/Staff) The applicant has no control over the Rail Road's trees.
This development will need to meet the landscaping and buffering standards in the
Land Use Code.
38. Question: (Citizen) What happens if this outgrows the parking lot provided?
Answer: (Applicant) The parking is based on projections for long term growth.
39. Question: (Citizen) Is there any potential to buy property on the west side of the Rail
Road tracks for buffering?
Answer: -(Applicant) That is not in our current plans.
40. Question: (Citizen) Was the Wal-Mart location considered when this site was
selected?
Answer: (Applicant) This site meets the needs of the proposal; it is an area ripe for
redevelopment and was purchased 10 years ago for this purpose.
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Answer: (Applicant) Till midnight.
18.Question: (Citizen) Will the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) meetings be advertized
online?
Answer: (Applicant/City Staff Yes.
19. Question: (Citizen) The funding for this project has been voted down twice, why are
you looking at it again?
Answer: (Applicant) Though funding has been voted down, the City would still like
to pursue this expansion to the Rapid Transit system. Funding is through grants.
20. Question: (Citizen) Is the grant information available to the public?. .
Answer: (Applicant) It is public information, if you want details contact Transfort and
we'll try to help you.
21.Question: (Citizen) Has modeling been done?
Answer: (Applicant) Not at this point.
22.Question: (Citizen) Will there be another public meeting?
Answer: (Applicant) Besides the one at the public hearing, no there will not be,for
this specific site.
23. Question: (Citizen) What is the decision based upon?
Answer: (Applicant) The City has development standards in the Land Use Code
and LCUASS that are applicable for all development within the City, these standards
will apply to this proposal.
24. Question: (Citizen) Neighbors have concerns about the noise,. light and visual
conflicts this project may impose on the neighborhood?
Answer: (Applicant) The applicant acknowledges this.and hopes to produce a
project that -is accepted by the neighbors.
25. Question: (Citizen) Are there lighting standards?
Answer: (Applicant) Yes, the LUC has lighting standards that will apply to this
project. This project also hopes to meet LEED standards for lighting, which are even
stricter than the City's standards.
26.Question: (Citizen) What about car light spillage?
Answer: (Applicant) The LUC landscaping standards are intended to minimize the
impact of car lights on surrounding development.
27. Comment: (Citizen) What about the other lighting in the area, they don't face
downward to limit their spillage off there site.
Answer: (Staff) The development that is being referred to is pre the City's LUC and
most likely developed under old standards in the County.
28. Question: (Citizen) Can we access the site to see it?
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Answer: (Applicant) The bus route is only on Mason Street in the Downtown area, it
will run adjacent to the railroad south of Mason Street.
7. Question: (Citizen) Are there buffering standards?
Answer: (Applicant) Yes, the City's Land Use Code (LUC) requires buffering
between incompatible uses as well as landscaping to buffer parking lots and drive
ways.
8. Question: (Citizen) Will the buses be diesel engines?
Answer: (Applicant) By the time this facility opens the entire fleet is expected to be
natural gas powered.
9. Question: (Citizen) What is the expected timeline?
Answer: (Applicant) We anticipate submitting for development review by the City in
early spring 2010, breaking ground the summer of 2011 and begin operations the
summer of 2012.
10. Comment: (Citizen) Why not use another site to the south?
Answer: (Applicant) This site was available and fit our needs.
11. Question: (Citizen) This site seems tight for the use, specifically the size and a site
further south seems more appropriate.
Answer: (Applicant) There was an access control plan that this project must comply
with and this site is expected to be sufficient in size and the Transportation Impact
Study will be done to ensure that this site and the surrounding transportation system
can accommodate this use. It is expected that a traffic light will added at Fairway
and College.
12. Question: (Citizen) Where will the bus enter?
Answer: (Applicant) Buses will enter off of the Mason Extension off of Harmony
Road and off of Fairway.
13. Question: (Citizen) How often will buses cross Harmony?
Answer: (Applicant) During the highest frequency (peak) there will be buses
crossing every 10 minutes, buses will be treated no different than any other vehicle
crossing Harmony.
14. Question: (Citizen) When will there be other meetings regarding the Mason Street
Corridor?
Answer: (Applicant/City Staff) They will be starting in the near future.
15.Question: (Citizen) Will the traffic lights on Harmony be coordinated?
Answer: (Applicant/City Staff) Yes.
16.Question: (Citizen) Will there be a charge for parking in the lot?
Answer: (Applicant) No.
17.Question: (Citizen) How late will buses run?
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NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION MEETING
PROJECT: South Transit Center
DATE: December 2, 2009
APPLICANT: Aller-Lingle-Massey Architects
CITY PLANNER: Emma McArdle
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Community Development and
Neighborhood Services
281 North College Avenue
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
970.221.6750
970.224.6134 - fax
fcgov.com/Cun-entp/anning
This is a request for "transit facility without repair or storage," known as the South
Transit Center, to be located southwest of South College Avenue and Harmony Road,
just south of the. Spradley Barr dealership (northwest of West, Fairway Lane and Fossil
Boulevard). The proposal includes a 150-.250 space parking lot for a "park-n-ride" lot,
10-12 bus bays and a 2500-4000 square foot building. The 4.2 acre site is in the
Commercial (C) Zone District.
There were 103 notification letters sent to Affected Property Owners. within 800 feet of
the property.
QUESTONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS AND RESPONSES
1. Question: (Citizen) Is this a proposed site or has it been decided this will be the
official site?
Answer: (Applicant) This site was purchased for this use
2. Question: (Citizen) If neighbors don't want this use in this location can it be
changed?
Answer: (Applicant) This proposal will go through the required development review
process, and public hearing; neighbors will be notified of the public hearing and are
encouraged to attend to share their opinion. The applicant is expecting to go
forward with this proposal on this site though.
3. Question: (Citizen) Have there been studies done on sound and air quality?
Answer: (Applicant/Staff) Yes.
4. Question: (Citizen) Where can these studies be found?
Answer: (Applicant) Online.
5. Question: (Citizen) Is there a Mason Street connection?
Answer: (Applicant) This will be the southern terminus of the Mason Street Corridor
project.
6. Question: (Citizen) How will this site connect to Mason Street?
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To: Angela Milewski; dian_reiser@hotmail.com; dlingle@aller-lingle-massey....
CC: Jeff Howell
Date: 3/4/2010 9:40 AM
Subject: South Transit Center Neighborhood Meeting
Attachments: NeighborhoodMeeting_12.2.09.doc
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
noted 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@fcgov.com
(970)221-6206
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