HomeMy WebLinkAboutFORT COLLINS DISCOVERY MUSEUM - PDP - 6-10 - REPORTS - CORRESPONDENCE-NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING21. Question: (Resident) Is there going to be enough parking to
accommodate all users in the area?
Answer: (Applicant) That is still being evaluated.
22. Question: (Resident) Can Transfort provide services to this site? How
about alternative transportation?
Answer: (Applicant) This can be considered.
23. Question: (Resident) How will bikes/pedestrians cross Cherry Street in
this location?
Answer: (Applicant) The Transportation Impact Study will determine
if a signal is needed/warranted at Cherry Street and Mason
Court. Traffic controls like at the railroad tracks on Drake
Road and Horsetooth Road could be considered.
24. Comment: (Resident) Look long term at the traffic, parking, and
pedestrian situation. Plan for the future, including a 10-year
plan for a pedestrian bridge over Cherry Street.
Response: No response given to this comment.
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15. Comment: (Resident) Please work towards a negative carbon footprint,
with a relationship to the future..
Response: (Applicant) We are definitely taking that into consideration as
we design the building. We are designing to make the
building adaptable.
16. Question: (Resident) Is this facility going to intersect, interact with
other facilities, features in the area?
Answer: (Applicant) Yes, to the extent feasible.
17. Comment: (Resident) This neighborhood in Fort Collins is a
"neighborhood" to the ultimate degree. It has a very distinct
history. How to plug this into the purpose/function of this
facility is critical.
Response: (Applicant) How can we work to get the surrounding
neighborhoods to feel a sense of "buy in" to the facility?
18. Comment: (Resident) There is concern about this facility being a place
for a few people that can pay the entrance fee. We need more
open, park space that doesn't cost.
Response: (Applicant) We will have scholarships for people that cannot
pay. There will be "free zones" inside and outside associated
with the facility.
19. Comment: (Resident) You have exactly the right kind of people involved
with this project. Just keep talking and listening.
Response: No response given to this comment.
20. Question: (Resident) Have traffic pattern studies for this area been
done? How much traffic will this facility generate?
Answer: (Applicant) The Transportation Impact Study that is required
to be part of our development submittal to the City for review
will probably show that traffic for this facility will not
coincide with rush hour traffic. The traffic volumes will be
part of the study.
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8. Question: (Resident) What happens to the 19 or so cars belonging to
Dazbog customers that are regularly there?
Answer: (Applicant) We are still working on that issue.
9. Question: (Resident) What is the total height of the building?
Answer: (Applicant) The tallest part of the building will be 42 feet,
being comparable to the Mason,Street North mixed -use
buildings.
10. Question: (Resident) How far to the north will fencing for this facility
go? Will the existing parking to the north go away?
Answer: (Applicant) Some fencing will go close to the
bicycle/pedestrian trail. There will be different types of
fencing for different purposes. The trailer parking lot to the
north will be eliminated.
11. Question: (Resident) What about noise levels in the area, especially
associated wit this facility?
Answer: (Applicant) There certainly will be no increased noise from
this building.
12. Question: (Resident) How will Art in Public Places be incorporated into
this development?
Answer: (Applicant) We are working with that and a Request for
Proposal from the City has gone out this week.
13. Comment: (Resident) The human sundial as part of this facility is a
great idea.
Response: No response was given to this comment.
14. Question: (Resident) What is the projected life of the building?
Answer: (Applicant) It is planned to be 50 - 100 years. This is not a
"temporary" building.
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2. Comment: (Resident) I am the president of the HOA for the 10 homes
along Mason Court, in Mason Street North, just above Lee
Martinez Park. We have a private street and want traffic
minimized (including construction traffic) on our street. Plain
& simple, people leaving this facility will want to use our
street.
Response: (City Operations staff) We will manage our construction
traffic. There will be signage to deter traffic. Our traffic
engineer will address this issue.
3. Question: (Resident) What other sites were looked at besides this site?
Answer: (Applicant) Not many because of this proximity to the river
and downtown.
4. Question: (Resident) There is a site on the north side of the river, west
of North College Avenue, and just west of the Vine Drive
intersection. That site is now just "wasteland". I think the
City owns the property. Has that site been considered?
Answer: (Applicant) No, it has not because of its detachment from
downtown, the trail, park, and natural area learning
experiences on the south side of the river.
5. Question: (Resident) With the train tracks running right next door to
the east will there be any sound -proofing of the building?
Answer: (Applicant) Yes, there will be.
6. Comment: (Resident) I am with the Northern Colorado Astrological
Society. I like the idea of the digital dome. There could be
telescope parties. I would also like lower impact lights.
Response: No response given to this comment.
7. Question: (Resident) Regarding traffic and parking, what about softball
teams in the summer? How will they be accommodated?
Answer: (Applicant) We are working with Parks & Recreation to
address that.
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NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION MEETING
PROJECT: Fort Collins Discovery Museum
DATE: February 9, 2010
APPLICANT/
DEVELOPER: Fort Collins Discovery Museum
City of Fort Collins
Oz Architecture
AECOM
Gyroscope
Hensel Phelps
CITY PLANNER: Steve Olt XV
Community Development &, Neighborhood Services
The applicant is proposing a new facility to be known as the Fort Collins
Discovery Museum. It will be located near the northwest corner of North
College Avenue and Cherry Street, just east of Lee Martinez Park and south of
the Cache La Poudre River. The use will be considered a "community facility"
and is permitted in the POL, Public Open Lands District in which it will be
located.
A Project Development Plan has not yet been submitted to the City of Fort
Collins for review.
................. QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS, RESPONSES .................
1. Comment: (Resident) Please expand the project notification area to
include the residential neighborhood to the west and south.
Response: (City Planner) That can and will be done. The applicant
agreed.
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