HomeMy WebLinkAboutWILLOW STREET LOFTS - PDP - 24-04 - CORRESPONDENCE - REVISIONSwill provide additional parking for guests and customers both for our project
and all other projects on Willow Street.
Number 41 — 44 — Complied with.
Number: 45 — We have coordinated with the theatre. Parking stall usage will
be controlled by signage and education.
Water Wastewater
Topic: General
Number: 50 — One big building, as reflected by elevations.
Number 52-55 — Complied with.
Zoning
Topic: Zoning
Number 1 — Complied with.
Number: 2 — n/a. See above.
Number: 3 —Type 1.
Number: 4 - Complied with.
Number: 5 — Cutoffs/installation/relocates of facilities will be at developer's
expense. Services will be installed prior to paving.
Xcel Energy:
Number 1 — Complied with.
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Light & Power
Topic: Electric Utility
Number: 6 — Relocated.
Natural Resources
Topic: Air Quality
Number: 8, 36, 37 — Requirements relating to indoor air quality, handling of
contaminated materials and sub -slab venting system will be complied with.
Topic: General
Number: 7 — n/a — as per EPA resolution and remediation of problems in the
area.
Police
Topic: General
Number: 35 — Landscaping adjustment.
Stormwater Utility
Topic: Drainage
Number: 46 & 47 — Storm drainage is being handled in the manner that
stormwater has questioned and required.
Number: 49 — As required.
Topic: Erosion/Sediment Control
Number: 48 — Complied with.
Transportation Planning
Topic: Transportation
Number: 38 — As per above. Willow's ultimate cross section is not possible at
this time. Cross section and design for Pine Street, however, can be
provided.
Number: 39 — Complied with.
Number: 40 — Parking is being provided as per code requirements. However,
it is understood that a major neighborhood parking structure is planned which
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B. Vacation of public alley right-of-way. This vacation, as well as our
purchase of the north half of the vacated alleyway, is in process.
C. Off site easements for drainage and landscaping. Off site easements
will be provided, as required. It would seem that the City departments'
approvals and the approval process would sere to adequately meet
the "Letter of Intent" requirement.
D. Storm drainage easement. An off -site drainage easement will be
provided, as requested. Again, it would seem that the departments'
approvals and the approval process would adequately meet the "Letter
in Intent" requirement.
E. Number of buildings. The project is one large building.
F. Environmental contamination. Environmental matters have been
resolved by EPA.
2. Specific Comments
Engineering
Topic: General
Response to these comments will also be addressed separately by North Star
Engineering.
Number: 27 — Requested tree line will be provided.
Number: 33 — See above.
Number: 56 - Being provided.
Number: 58 — Regarding Letters of Intent and easements, see above.
Number: 60 — All easements as required by separate document.
Number: 61 — Soils report being submitted.
Number: 62 — Regarding Willow Street design, see above.
Number: 64, 65,66 — n/a — demolition completed. Property is platted; no
replat will be done.
Number: 67 — n/a — as per Aztlan plan.
Number: 68 — No building doors will open into the right-of-way.
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October 4, 2006
Ms. Anne Aspen
City of Fort Collins — Current Planning
281 North College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO. 80522
Re: Willow Street Lofts PDP/Response to 07/28/04 Comments
Dear Anne:
In response to the above -captioned comments:
General
A. Willow Street. - We have participated in gatherings to talk about the
alternative potential designs for Willow Street. Our input is that Willow
Street should be a paved plaza that serves as a vehicle -way, a
bikeway, a pedestrian -way and a plaza. There should be no curbs but
drainage handled in alternative and aesthetically pleasing ways. The
plaza should be brick or stone of some type, not colored concrete and
not asphalt. The street should have no center median. The street
should be narrow (two lanes). Perhaps it should meander for speed
control and aesthetic reasons. The demarcation between vehicle
roadway (and perhaps bike lanes) and the pedestrian walkways should
be use of planters and pockets of diagonal parking (i.e., pockets of
diagonal parking with substantial landscape offsets). Again, no curbs.
The right-of-way is wide enough so that on each side of the vehicle-
way/bikeway area, there can be a wide plaza -pedestrian -way,
pedestrian gathering areas (landscape pockets with benches, etc.).
It is expected DDA will play a significant role in the special public
improvements for this area. We will, of course, contribute to public
improvements adjacent to our project, as required by City Code, but
1 will not be providing specific design work for Willow, as this is being
handled by the City. Conceptual designs have yet to be completed,
and fundamental engineering considerations have not been addressed
yet.
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