HomeMy WebLinkAboutNORTHERN COLORADO ACADEMY OF ARTS & KNOWLEDGE - SITE PLAN ADVISORY REVIEW - 8-06 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PLANNING OBJECTIVESFebruary 20, 2006
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Automobile Traffic to the site may be mitigated through the following methods. The School would like
to work with the City to determine the best combinations to mitigate traffic impact to the local area and
Harmony Road. Of course the school is also open to other reasonable suggestions in addition to the ones
listed below.
• Arrival and Departure times of students can be staggered
• The hours of the day that school is in session can be adjusted some to mitigate conflicts with other
activities and hours of operation of other businesses and schools in the area,
• Car pooling will be encouraged, and
• Shuttle busses will be added to the possibilities as finances become available in the future.
Current enrollment of the school is approximately 300 students coming from 200 families. This ratio in
itself will reduce the numbers of trips to and from the site significantly from the total of students enrolled.
It is anticipated that this approximate ratio of families to students will carry to the ultimate enrollment of
550 students. It is hoped, that through the implementation of these or other methods, the over-all traffic
impact of the school can be reduced close to what was generated by the prior office occupant. Occupancy
of the building as an office is estimated at 250 +/-. 141 parking stalls were originally provided on the site.
On site traffic will be supervised by teachers or other responsible adults during student arrival to, and
departure from the site. On site automobile circulation will be one way on the site to provide for
automobile stacking on site as much as possible. Loading and unloading and student access to and
departure from the building will be from the east side. Two on site lanes are available for stacking.
Bicycle racks are provided on site to encourage those students in close proximity and who are able to
bicycle to the site to do so.
We look forward to working with City Staff in your review of this exciting project and thank you in
advance for your time and efforts made in addressing this school facility.
Cord�y,
Tobert Sutter, AIA
Principal
RAS/rs
CC: Annette Winkler-Riesel
Terry Gogerty
Floyd Sack
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March 20, 2006
Cameron Glass, Director
Current Planning
281 North College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO.80525
Re: Northern Colorado Academy of the Arts and Knowledge (NCAAK), 4512 McMurry
Avenue — Statement of Planning Objectives for
Dear Cameron,
This letter shall serve as notification per Colorado Revised Statute 22-32-124 concerning the
intent to initiate a Charter School per the subject line above. The letter is also intended to meet
submittal requirements requiring a "Statement of Planning Objectives". The current use on the site
is that of an Office building that has housed the US Forest Service for the last 15 or so years.
The Owner and Operator of the School will be the Northern Colorado Academy of Arts and
Knowledge, Inc. (NCAAK), a Colorado Non -Profit Corporation in good standing. Contacts for the
School are:
Annette Winkler-Riesel, Founding Board Member
Phone (970) 402-7365 or (720) 299-3471; Fax (970) 377-0093
Terry Gogerty, Director of Business Development — MOSAICA Education, Inc.
Phone (303) 817-6117 or (720) 838-4127; Fax (970) 377-0093
The charter for the School was approved November 19, 2005. The School hopes to open for
operation in August of 2006. The school will ultimately house grades K through 8. A separately
licensed, single room preschool will also be housed in the facility. Anticipated full enrollment to
be achieved in 2008 is 550 students. The school hopes to open its doors with 400 students in the
fall of 2006.
The school will have 200 student contact days per year. Hours of operation will be from 7:30 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. Students will be present on the site from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with a few students
remaining on site later in the day for extra curricular activities. These hours can be adjusted to
meet the needs of the NCAAK school community or the community at large as may be prudent.
Cameron Glass