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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTHE SUMMIT ON COLLEGE PARKING GARAGE - MJA/FDP - FDP130056 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PROJECT NARRATIVEthe proximity to the student housing, it is hoped that many of the employees will be students who can walk to work. Additional people will be employed as part of the student housing. Although difficult to quantify, it is anticipated that from 3 to 10 people will be working at any one time. WRITTEN NARRATIVE ADDRESSING EACH CONCERNASSUE RAISED AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING(S), IF A MEETING HAS BEEN HELD: A neighborhood meeting was not required for this project. NAME OF THE PROJECT AS WELL AS ANY PREVIOUS NAME THE PROJECT MAY HAVE HAD DURING THE CONCEPTUAL REVIEW: Project Name: Choice Center Mixed -Use Redevelopment Other Names Used: Choice Center 0 panels and visual interest that should blend with the adjacent building to the north from the point of view of a BRT patron. The least compatible use adjacent to this site is to the south, Creekside Park and the Spring Creek trail. On the project site, we will be buffering with tree plantings as much as possible, however due to a variety of underground utilities in this area, there is only a limited opportunity to plant. Another buffering technique that is being applied to the south edge of the parking garage are 3 Green Screen panels. These panels will be attached to the building fagade and vines will be planted at the base will grow up the trellis. In addition to the on -site buffering, the Summit Garage Team is currently working with the City to design off site buffering to that will be located on in Creekside Park, just to the south of the property line. This collaborative conceptual design effort will lead to a cash -in -lieu solution which will allow the developer to contribute financially to the buffer, but the City will maintain control over the improvements that happen on the City Property. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED OPEN SPACE, WETLANDS, NATURAL HABITATS AND FEATURES, LANDSCAPING, CIRCULATION, TRANSITION AREAS, AND ASSOCIATED BUFFERING ON SITE AND IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF THE PROJECT: The summit on College Parking garage is part of a larger urban in -fill project. The developer has created a vital urban setting for the street that fronts the east side of the Phase 1 building. To the west of the Phase 1 building is a drainage swale. It is anticipated that this area will not have flowing water on an on -going basis. Rather, the broad flat area will provide an open feel which can provide a buffer to the railroad right-of-way. STATEMENT OF PROPOSED OWNERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACE AREAS; APPLICANT'S INTENTIONS WITH REGARD TO FUTURE OWNERSHIP OF ALL OR PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PLAN: The developer owns and operates the residential and commercial units, as well as all on -site open space. Currently there is no anticipation of selling any portion of the development, and as such, the developer, or its affiliated company, will own and maintain the entire project. There is no public open space area. ESTIMATE OF NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES FOR BUSINESS, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES: The project will have 58,252 square feet of commercial space. As can be seen on the site plan, the space is configured to be in -line retail space in three buildings. As such, the developer anticipates small retail and office users, restaurants and student -related businesses. Sizes of individual units will vary, but will probably average approximately 1,500 SF per unit. Assuming that each unit has 2 employees at any one time, the project will have 78 employees. Because of 0 TST 760 Whalers Way Bldg C, Suite 200 Fort Collins, CO 80525 970.226.0557 main 303.595.9103 metro 970.226.0204 fax ideas@tstinc.com www.tstinc.com TST, INC. CONSULTING ENGINEERS THE SUMMIT ON COLLEGE PARKING GARAGE MAJOR AMENDMENT SUBMITAL Project Narrative PROJECT OVERVIEW: The Summit on College is an existing 221 unit, 676 bed student housing project located on South College Ave, and Choice Center Drive, in Fort Collins Colorado. The purpose of this Major Amendment is to add a parking garage to serve the residents of the development. The parking garage will be located over the existing south parking lot, between the existing large building and Creekside Park. This Parking Garage will have 427 spaces, replacing the surface lot of 96 spaces for a net gain of 331 spaces. It is the intention of the project to build the parking garage to ease the impact of this development on the adjacent neighborhood parking and traffic. The proposed parking garage will strive to be compatible with the surrounding land uses and the adjacent neighborhood to the east. Adjacent to the site directly to the east are two existing businesses, Dairy Queen and a multi -tenant building with a Subway and T-Mobile as the current tenants. The parking garage is compatible with these business uses and while non-resident customers will not be able to access the parking garage, the garage should free up on -street parking for these businesses. This same compatibility would apply to the businesses that are located along College Ave to the north and south of the site. Further to the east, beyond College Ave is a residential neighborhood that has been adversely affected by the Summit student housing development. While the parking garage may not address all of the issues raised by these neighbors, it will significantly reduce the demand for on street parking and the related traffic that has increased in the neighborhood this year. To the north of the parking structure is the Summit on College main building, housing 493 students. This parking garage is being built to address the parking demands by these students and thus it is an extremely compatible use. These students are currently parking in off -site locations and are either walking or being shuttled to these remote lots. This parking garage will ensure that these students have a designated place to park their vehicles and will lessen the impact on the adjacent properties. To the west, the property is bordered by the Colorado and Southern Rail Ways and the soon to be completed Mason MAX BRT. These two uses do not present a compatibility issue, as both the users are transient and will only be passing by the parking garage. This west elevation of the garage will have some relief 0