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Home My WebLink AboutPROSPECT/1-25 ODP - 20-03 - CORRESPONDENCE -Project Planner: Trat Operations: Engineer: Date: ? 7 Items Requested OrtLand Plat I Utility Drainage R t I Other itemt Required Redlined Items Being Returned Site I Land I Plat Utility I Drainage R t Other Items Being Returned Engineering itormwater Water/Wastewate Traffic Operations . X Trans. Planning Transfort . X Natural Retoursxt Park Planning Totals Other: Hate: All rediined items should bt returned with the mubmittal/ revisions. 444r� 4:0-e —rVTAs_ tnu"ev- o Aw,-uuk4 re •�iu loin;-}: W.►1 No Text If you have any questions regarding these issues or any other issues related to this project, please feel free to call me at 221-6341. Yours Truly, Steve Olt City Planner Page 6 Prospect Road from SummitView to the interchange is substandard/failing pavement and should be included in the off -site improvements. Interim improvements at the interchange should include the potential use of Roundabouts or signals. The roundabout option is preferred from a Traffic Operations perspective. This will need to be discussed with CDOT The developer needs to be fully aware up front that no access off of Prospect between 1-25 and the east frontage road will be considered. Department: Transfort Issue Contact: Garold Smith Topic: General Number: 2 Created: 6/27/2003 Applicant notes that project will achieve City Plan Principles and Policies related to Transit (Policy T-2), yet I see nothing specific illustrating transit infrastructure in the ODP. Transfort would like to see potential transit areas outlined in future submissions. Department: Transportation Planning Issue Contact: Mark Jackson Topic: General Number: 14 Created: 7/8/2003 1 reiterate APF comments and concerns from Traffic Engineering in regards to the interchange and Prospect Road. This is a very big issue. Number: 15 Created: 7/8/2003 Offsite improvements may be necessary to achieve required bike and pedestrian LOS. Consult LOS manual in LCUASS. Number: 16 Created: 7/8/2003 Prospect Rd and frontage road adjacent to site will need to be upgraded to standards. Number: 17 Created: 7/8/2003 As stated in previous comments, the interchange improvements will be the responsibility of the developer and perhaps CDOT. The City of Fort Collins' policy is not to participate financially in interchange improvements. Number: 18 Created: 7/8/2003 Background traffic associated with the Paradigm property was considered for vehicular analysis, but yet it is stated that no bike or pedestrian destinations fall within 1320' of the proposed site. Applicant should consider Paradigm as a b/p attraction for their LOS calculations. Number: 19 Created: 7/8/2003 Potential major bike and pedestrian routes within the ODP should be shown contextually on ODP plan. This completes staff (and outside reviewing agencies) review and comments at this time. This proposal is subject to the 90-day revision re -submittal requirement (from the date of this comment letter, being July 17, 2003) as set forth in Section 2.2.11(A) of the Land Use Code. Be sure and return all of your red -lined plans when you re -submit. The number of copies of each document to re -submit is shown on the attached Revisions Routing Sheet. Page 5 Please add the following notes to the plan: Any residential structures in the floodplain must have the lowest floor including basement or crawl space elevated 18" above the 100-year flood level. Any non-residential structures in the floodplain must either have the lowest floor including basement or crawl space elevated 18" above the 100-year flood level or be floodproofed 18" above the 100-year flood level. Critical facilities are not allowed to be built in the 100-year floodplain. Please see Chapter 10 of City Code for the definition of critical facilities. A floodplain use permit and $25 permit fee will be required for each structure that is built in the floodplain. To obtain a CO, an elevation certificate or flood -proofing certificate will be required to be submitted and approved. The Boxelder/Cooper Slough Recommended Selected Plan is complete. At this time there are no improvements in the plan which will remove this property from the Boxelder floodplain. A regional plan is being pursued which will involve the participation of several communities as well as the landowners in the floodplain. Larimer County is heading up this effort. We encourage the owner to participate in the public review of proposed master plan as well as the development of the regional plan. Topic: Outfall Number: 22 Created: 7/14/2003 The drainage report currently recommends that the flows from this site are to be routed to the Cache La Poudre Inlet Ditch. Currently, City drainage criteria prohibit the use of irrigation canals as the ultimate outfall for a development unless that is recommended by the drainage master plan. This area is for the most part outside of any of the City's identified and master planned drainage areas. If the ditch is to act as the final recipient of drainage flows from this area then not only a ditch agreement would be necessary, but also agreements between the City and the ditch company over the long term maintenance and operation of the ditch, otherwise, outflow into the ditch would not be allowed. The overtopping of the ditch by historic flows that happens now on the ditch cannot be allowed to continue once this site is developed, as this site will markedly increase the amount of flow into the ditch. Even if historic rates are maintained, volumes of water will be significantly increased once this site is developed. It is recommended that before this project get ODP approval outlines of agreements between the developers of this site and the City be developed. We recommend a meeting with the developers to evaluate possible drainage alternatives that would be acceptable to the City. Department: Traffic Operations Issue Contact: Eric Bracke Topic: traffic Number: 1 Created: 6/25/2003 Although APF issues do not arise until the PDP level, the developer needs to be aware that the Prospect/1-25 interchange has failing LOS. In particular, the Prospect/West Frontage Road and Prospect/NB ramp. Because this project will generate approximately 17,000 vehicles per day, the intersection of Timberline/Prospect should also be taken into consideration. Page 4 Department: Police Issue Contact: Joseph Gerdom Topic: General Number: 13 Created: 7/8/2003 No comments. Department: Stormwater Utility Issue Contact: Basil Harridan Topic: Drainage Plan Number: 23 Created: 7/14/2003 Please provide more details in the drainage report as to the amount of detention that would be required for this site. Topic: Floodplain Number: 21 Created: 7/14/2003 Prospect/1-25 ODP Floodplain Review Comments 7/03/03 This property is located in the recently mapped Boxelder Creek Floodplain. Please see the attached Floodplain Review Checklist for information that is required on the plat, drainage and grading plans, and in the drainage report. Please put both the FEMA and City floodplains on the ODP submittal, not just the drainage plan. Remove the word approximate when describing the floodplains. These are both adopted and in force. Please modify Note 3 on the Conceptual Drainage Plan to reflect the Boxelder Creek floodplain has been adopted and is being enforced. Please remove Note 4 from the Conceptual Drainage Plan. The Floodplain map is official until the property owners provide additional physical information which would indicate the boundary of the floodplain is different than shown. This can be done during the PDP phase. A floodway has been created but not yet officially adopted. Until the floodway is adopted the floodplain is considered "no -rise". This means that you can not cause a rise in the flood level off of your property without obtaining easements from affected property owners. Adoption of the floodway is still pending, but a draft map has been attached for your information. In order to show no -rise, you will need to convey the flows through your site and mitigate for any fill, buildings, etc. that are built in the floodplain. It is suggested you refer to the Paradigm ODP just south of Prospect Road to see if your proposed improvements coordinate with their proposed channel. Any changes that are made to the floodplain (fill, construction of buildings, culverts, channels, etc.) will need to be modeled by a registered professional engineer to document no -rise. Please see the attached floodplain modeling guidelines for the requirements. A $300 fee is required if hydraulic modeling is necessary. Page 3 Number: 4 Created: 7/8/2003 In discussions with CDOT, an additional note should be added noting that the 1-25 northbound on -ramp location and alignment may likely shift east with interchange improvements, which could require additional right-of-way from the site. Number: 5 Created: 7/8/2003 The arrows indicated as "major point of access" along the northern and southeastern boundary of the ODP are required to be public streets in accordance with LUC 3.6.3(F). These arrows should be differentiated from "major points of access" Number: 6 Created: 7/8/2003 In accordance with LUC 2.3.2(H)(5) and 3.6.3(F) an additional public street connection is required along the northern boundary of the site between the two "major points of access" currently shown. Number: 7 Created: 7/8/2003 The TIS acknowledged lack of existing bicycle/pedestrian facilities in the area. There may be the need for offsite improvements with development of the property in order to meet level of service criteria. A note indicating this should be placed on the CDP. Number: 8 Created: 7/8/2003 There may need to be additional public streets required within the property in order to satisfy addressing requirements for the future parcels. Number: 9 Created: 7/8/2003 Development of the property will require improvement of Prospect Road (arterial) and the frontage road to standards. In addition no driveway access will be allowed on Prospect Road. This should be indicated as a note on the ODP. Number: 10 Created: 7/8/2003 The Prospect bridge over 1-25 and the operation of this interchange is substandard. This Development is obligated to upgrade the 1-25/Prospect interchange. This should be indicated as a note on the ODP. The developer should consider perhaps partnering with other properties in the area (Paradigm Properties, Interstate Lands) to help facilitate the upgrade of the interchange. Discussion between the developer and the City, in conjunction with City discussion with CDOT should take place with regards to the interchange. Number: 11 Created: 7/8/2003 The access points onto the frontage road will likely need more in-depth analysis and approval from CDOT. There may be concerns with the proximity between the two potential proposed access points. In addition, sight distance easements for both access points are likely based on the curvature of the frontage road. Number: 12 Created: 7/8/2003 The curvilinear nature of the two streets indicated as locals may result in sight distance easements required at access points. Number: 20 Created: 7/9/2003 The existing frontage road is not within City limits and is required to be annexed as part of this development. Page 2 STAFF PROJECT REVIEW Citvof Fort Collins VF Ripley Associates Date: 7/17/2003 c/o Linda Ripley 401 West Mountain Avenue, Suite #201 Fort Collins, CO. 80521 Staff has reviewed your submittal for PROSPECT/1-25 ODP - TYPE II (LUC) #20-03, and we offer the following comments: ISSUES: Department: Current Planning Issue Contact: Steve Olt Topic: General Number: 24 Created: 7/17/2003 The existing frontage road that curves through the C - Commercial portion of the Overall Development Plan (ODP) is not yet in the City of Fort Collins. It must be annexed into the City at this time. Please contact Steve Olt, at 221-6341, if you need information on the annexation process. Number: 25 Created: 7/17/2003 Under the Project Notes on the ODP it states that "Land uses and densities depicted on this Overall Development Plan represent development intentions at this time, however, the Applicant reserves the right to change land uses and/or densities in the future consistent with the I, C, and U-E Zoning Districts". The land uses and densities represented on this ODP, being Commercial, Industrial, and Urban Estate, provide no more information than the Land Use Code permits in those zoning districts. The second part of the Project Notes states that the "Land use areas designated on this Overall Development Plan are approximate". The land use areas shown on this ODP represent exactly the zoning districts and boundaries on the City's Zoning Map. There does not appear to be much room for "approximate". Number: 26 Created: 7/17/2003 The Land Use Breakdown on the ODP indicates 3 parcels (C, I, and UE) and 3 Land Uses (Commercial, Industrial, and Urban Estate). This information is very non-specific and just reiterates the City's Zoning Map and Land Use Code. Topic: Traffic Number: 27 Created: 7/17/2003 Some proposed Points of Access may have to shift on the ODP and some additional Points of Access will have to be added. Department: Engineering Issue Contact: Marc Virata Topic: General Number: 3 Created: 7/8/2003 Streets on the ODP that are called out as proposed local or collector should instead be called out as "potential future street" as traffic volumes shown on a PDP TIS may indicate a different street classification and general alignment is necessary. The ODP does not vest street classification for roadways. Page I