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Global Village Academy - Ft. Collins - Phase 2 Addition
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Ted Shepard
Chief Planner
Development Review Center
281 North College Avenue
Ft. Collins, CO 80524
RE: Global Village Academy - Ft. Collins - Phase 2 Addition
Dear Mr. Shepard:
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It is our interest and request to construct a final addition to the Global Village Academy Public Charter School located at
2130 W. Horsetooth Road that would serve an estimated 400 additional students to total an estimated 780 students
ranging from pre-school through eighth grade. The building addition, to account for the current growth and future
enrollment of the school, would be approximately 28,000 square feet in size and two stories in height.
It is our intent to design a pleasant and welcoming school and to comply with the spirit of the Ft. Collins Planning
regulations in order to come together in mutual agreement for the benefit of the neighborhood and the City of Ft. Collins.
The process to achieve this intent is three -fold. Through the architectural experience, the landscape design and the
traffic design.
The architectural addition is designed to enhance the educational experience of the current and future students and to
accommodate the current growth and educational need of the neighborhood and City of Ft. Collins.
The addition design will include a Gymnasium, Performance space, expanded Cafeteria and Serving area, additional
Preschool classrooms, a science classroom and additional general classrooms. The site design will include an expanded
preschool play area, an expanded apparatus play area, a hard surface multi -use play area and a multi -use athletic play
field.
The landscape design intent is to generally comply with the Ft. Collins landscape requirements. As the property has
been developed in phases, the second phase allows for development of the property to include a substantial additional
landscaping to surround the building, compliment the architecture, and provide for a welcoming environment for
students, parents and staff. Xeriscaping principles have been incorporated throughout the design process, resulting in
low maintenance and low water using landscape. The tree canopy as designed contributes to the visual quality and
continuity of the development of streetscapes in the City of Ft. Collins.
The new traffic design on campus should enable the traffic aspects of Phase 2 to operate more efficiently and
reducetmitigate the neighborhood impacts. The updated circulation design includes an enlarged 4 lane private driveway
with bus drop off and increased parking areas with 48 additional spaces to allow for an onsite circulation system for
student drop-off and pick-up traffic. Additional levels of circulation service accommodate pedestrians to provide to a
level of connectivity to the City, bicycles, and transit modes based on transportation guidelines. As a whole the
development of GVA Phase 2 is feasible from a traffic engineering standpoint.
Through these three components we are excited to provide a pleasant and welcoming school to benefit the
neighborhood and the City of Ft. Collins.
Please refer to the previously submitted planning submittal for Global Village Academy - Ft. Collins - Phase 2 Addition for
expanded design information, design drawings and the traffic report.
We welcome your feedback and thank you for your time and consideration.
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