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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSW CORNER OF EAST PROSPECT ROAD & I-25 REZONING - 4-04A - CORRESPONDENCE - CITY STAFFKen Waido_ Re: Prospect/1-25 Rezonings Page'? Now, given the "new" information, what happens to staffs concerns about the loss of E zoned land if 143 acres will be added at the SW quadrant? This would more than compensate for the loss of I zoning in the NE if it were all rezoned to C. What are the justifications for changing the C and POL to E in the SW? These changes will also require amendments to the 1-25 Subarea Plan and the Structure Plan map. Who will write the justifications? I would like to recommend that staff have a meeting prior to next Monday's meeting with the Whites to get "our act together" so we know what to say/not say at the meeting with "the Whites." Please let me know if you agree and a meeting time will be set. And, if necessary, the meeting with the Whites can be delayed and rescheduled. Thanks. Ken Waido - Re: Prospect/1-25 Rezonings Page 1 From: John Stokes To: Cameron, Wally; Frank, Joe; Freeman, Mike; Gloss, Cameron; Olt, Steve; Waido, Ken Date: 8/21/2007 1:14:30 PM Subject: Re: Prospect/1-25 Rezonings Thanks Ken, I would welcome the opportunity to meet and get on the same page. I can have Judi Vos schedule the meeting for this group of people. Let me know if you would like us to proceed with that. John John Stokes Director, Natural Resources Department City of Fort Collins (970)221-6263 jstokes@fcgov.com >>> Ken Waido 8/21/2007 1:07 PM >>> As you probably know, the City has received a rezoning request from Dave White to change about 105 acres located NE of the Prospect/1-25 interchange from Industrial (1) and Urban Estate (UE) to Commercial (C). This rezoning would require changes to the 1-25 Subarea Plan and the Structure Plan map in City Plan. In a meeting about a month ago with Dave White and his consultants/advisors, staff put the rezoning of the NE area into context with some proposed changes to zoning in the SW quadrant that is being done to cooperate with CSU's desires for the area. What staff told "the Whites" at the meeting was that we could probably support "transferring" the 25 acres of C zoning from the SW to be combined with the 30 acres of C zoning in the NE to create a C zoned parcel of about 55-60 acres in the NE. There was a question/concern about how much C zoning the market could absorb given information from a recent EPS report. A 135 acre parcel seemed to be way too large of an area given the market findings. Staff also expressed concerns about the loss of "employment" zoning from the remainder of the NE property and indicated it would not support total rezoning of the area from I and UE to C. The 25 acres of C in the SW would be rezoned to Employment (E) along with some additional land currently zoned Public Open Lands (POL) for CSU. I believed at the time staff could successfully argue that the total amount of C and E zoning around the Prospect interchange was basically not changing, the areas were just being shifted between 2 of the quadrants so the eventual development related traffic impacts on the interchange would not change. I don't think the Whites were pleased with being told they would be limited to 55-60 acres of C zoning in the NE. At the meeting it was not known (to me at least) how much additional land in the SW quadrant was to be put into the E district. I knew the 25 acres would change from C to E, but I was not sure how much of the POL land would be rezoned to E. I have just become aware of the size of the change from POL to E is 118 acres. This means the total area in the SW that will end up in the E zone will be 143 acres. Staff has scheduled a meeting with the Whites for next Monday 8/27 at 3 PM to again discuss the rezoning of the NE area. When initially set up I thought the following issues were to be specifically addressed: How does CSU fit into the rezonings in terms of timing and parcel size? How much commercial zoning does staff believe it can support in the NE quadrant? Related to the above question, how much employment zoning needs to remain in the NE?