HomeMy WebLinkAboutCDOT POUDRE RIVER REST AREA - SITE PLAN ADVISORY REVIEW - 27-04 - CORRESPONDENCE - CORRESPONDENCE-HEARING (3)• The proposed design violates the City's adopted stormwater regulations
affecting the Boxelder floodway. In particular, a portion of the proposed
building and parking area will be located within the floodway boundary. The
impacts of the building and floatable materials, such as trucks and vehicles
within the parking areas, may cause negative impacts downstream from the
site; and
• The State is not providing its fair share of financial contribution to needed
improvements at the 1-25/Prospect interchange.
A complete transcript of the Planning and Zoning Board discussion from the
August 26, 2004 hearing is attached.
Thank you for your referral to the City of Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board.
Should you have questions please feel free to contact me at (970) 221-6750.
Respectfully,
Cameron Gloss, AICP
Director of Current Planning &
Secretary to the Planning and Zoning Board
cc: Planning and Zoning Board
Paul Eckman, Deputy City Attorney
Greg Byrne, CPES Director
Attachment -August 26, 2004 P&Z hearing transcript
Comm, .ity Planning and Environmenta ervices
Current Planning
City of Fort Collins
August 31, 2004
Colorado Department of Transportation
c/o Rick Gabel, North Program Engineer
1420 2"d Street
Greeley, Colorado 80631
Subject: City of Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board Disapproval of CDOT
Poudre River Rest Area
Dear Mr. Gabel and Members of the State Transportation Commission:
On August 26, 2004, the City of Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board
considered the CDOT Poudre River Rest Area pursuant to 22-32-124 of the
Colorado Revised Statutes. Under the statutory provision, it was the duty of the
Planning and Zoning Board to review the proposed CDOT Poudre River Rest
Area within sixty (60) days after receiving the plan. Accordingly, the Planning
and Zoning Board reviewed the plan based upon its "location, character, and
extent' as described within the statute. The Board unanimously disapproved the
submitted plan based upon reasons as I shall describe in greater detail later in
this letter.
According to the statute, the Planning and Zoning Board must communicate its
reasons for disapproval to the Colorado Transportation Commission, which has
the power to overrule such disapproval by a recorded vote of not less than two-
thirds. Therefore, the purpose of this letter is to relay concerns expressed by the
Planning and Zoning Board regarding the proposed CDOT Poudre River Rest
Area. Those concerns are as follows:
• Increased truck traffic at the Prospect and 1-25 interchange will increase
congestion and create conflicts with vehicular movements, particularly during
peak hours;
• Travel lanes on the Prospect and 1-25 overpass are of an insufficient width to
accommodate large trucks simultaneously crossing the overpass;
• The 20% projected increase in traffic from the month of April to the month of
August cited in the Traffic Impact Study was too low relative to the higher
traffic volumes perceived by some members of the Board;
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