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From: Anne Aspen
To: c.matkins@comcast.net; joannafrye@vfavfr.com
Date: 10/18/2007 5:00:05 PM
Subject: RE: 3425 S. Shields
Hi Chris and Joanna,
This looks fine and will not need a modification for hearing. Hopefully in final plan review, we can work
together to get a true bioswale in there. Joanna, if you can get me two sets of site, landscape and
elevations tomorrow, I should be all set to get everything to the hearing officer. Thanks for your diligence
on this work,
Anne
>>> "Joanna Frye" <joannafrye@vfavfr.com> 10/18/2007 4:50 PM >>>
Anne,
Attached is the revised Site Plan PDF with the bioswale added to it as
mentioned below. Please review and let me know if this will work. I can
drop plans by your office tomorrow that reflect both this change as well as
the replacement of ornamental trees for the evergreen trees along the north
property line. Please let Chris or I know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
VF Ripley Associates
401 W. Mountain, Suite 201
Ft. Collins, CO 80521
(970)224-5828
(970)224-1662fax
a oanna(dWavfr.com
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From: c.matkins(a)comcast. net rmailto:c.matkins(ocomcast. netl
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 4:14 PM
To: Anne Aspen; Joanna Frye
Cc: Linda Ripley; Dana Leavitt
Subject: Re: 3425 S. Shields
Anne,
Thank you for exploring these options with your peers, we very much
appreciate your suggestions and the combined expertise from City staff.
Similar in layout to the bioswale, we are interested in pursuing an island
(with curbs) that is designed in a north -south orientation. This will allow
us to include the residential/commercial screening we are trying to achieve,
while increasing the open area available to the tree roots. As you pointed
out, this layout will result in losing a couple of feet of the commercial
front walkway. However, in this approach we would not be incorporating any
east -west island ... this is to preserve our parking capacity. Will this
scenario still require a modification to the 15-parking spot requirement?
If so, we would ask for consideration to be given to our efforts to preserve
the existing pine tree near the commercial building as an approach that
exceeds the benefit of any ea s-west island. If we need to install
east -west islands, then we'll likely have to regain these two spots by
removing the existing pine tree we have worked diligently to save.