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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBENNETT ROAD BUNGALOWS - PDP - 42-01 - AGENDA -need of the service area as defined in the Policy Plan. In addition, funding is limited due to the lack of new development in this area. The WCNP agrees that there is adequate parkland overall, but does not feel there is sufficient neighborhood parkland for this area. The area is currently served by Avery Park, City Park and Rolland Moore Park. Both City Park and Avery Park are with 1/3-'/z mile of the proposed park location. The Policy Plan recognizes that Community Parks provide neighborhood park benefits to people living near them and therefor no additional neighborhood parkland would be required for this section of the City. Although the Policy Plan states that new, mini -neighborhood parks should be developed in existing residential areas, staff believes the focus should be on those sections of the City that have a deficit. Staff agrees that there is a need for parkland in the section bounded by Shields, Prospect, Drake Street and College Avenue and will pursue acquisition and development of a new mini -park site as development occurs in this area. The WCNP also has a number of suggestions for improving parks and trails in the area. Staff will work with the neighborhood on implementing and finding funding sources for these suggestions. C1. City of Fort Collins .ral, Library, and Recreational S, ices MEMORANDUM TO: Parks and Recreation Board THRU: Wally Piccone, Manager of Park Planning and Development FROM: Janet Meisel Burns, Landscape Archite4 / l RE: West Central Neighborhood Plan - Park Analysis The West Central Neighborhood Plan (WCNP) is a planning document that encompasses several individual neighborhoods that have been grouped together to develop a "subarea" plan within the City. The planning boundaries include approximately 3 square miles in an "L" shaped configuration and are bounded by Mulberry, Drake, Taft Hill Road, Shields, Lake Street and College Avenue. The plan has been developed by a neighborhood committee and City planning staff. A Draft Plan is included for your reference and the following sections pertain to the plan recommendations; page 6, Goal OS 2, page 10, Policy D1 and Map 5. In addition Appendix A, pages A-7, A-16, A-50 and Appendix B, page B-17 include the committees thought regarding parks in the plan area. The Draft Plan recommends that the city acquire and develop at least two new neighborhood parks in this area. Park Planning staff has completed an analysis of the Draft Plan and proposed park locations and offers the following recommendations: The two proposed parks are located on the west and east sides of the planning area. The eastern park is located in the C.S.U.R.F. Property behind the Holiday Inn (See Map 5). The park location is proposed in the Spring Creek drainage basin and is located within a proposed natural area. The proposed park site lies within a square mile that is deficient in neighborhood parkland as defined by the Parks and Recreation Policy Plan. The neighborhood parkland need is between 0.1 acres and 2.9 acres. Staff agrees with this proposed park location and will begin working with C.S.U.R.F. and future development proposals to determine a new park location. Staff would like to pursue joint acquisition of a park site, if this area is chosen for the Horticulture Center. The second park site is located on the western edge of the plan area and fronts Taft Hill Road and Glenmore Drive. The proposed park site lies within a square mile section that does not need any additional parkland as defined by the Parks and Recreation Policy Plan. The proposed park also does not meet the location criteria and exceeds the parkland 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 0 Fort Collins, CO 80524 • (970) 221-6640 • PAX (9/u) tt.i-uoao i Marilyn Barnes moved to recommend the site located in the C.S.U.R.F. Property to be built with parkland fees from the service area of the park and based on the current policy plan; Jessica MacMillan seconded the motion, and it was unanimously approved (7-0). Marilyn Barns moved that no additional parkland money should be used to acquire or develop parks in the WCNP area that does not have a parkland deficit. If more parks, which the City would maintain are desired, the Board would support a decision to use the property north of Bennett School, but funding should come from the neighbors or the General Fund. However, if money comes from the General Fund, it should not delay or interfere with the development of Hickory Park. Diane Thies seconded the motion, and it was unanimously approved (7-0). A memo from the Board to City Council and the Planning and Zoning Board will be prepared regarding this motion. Request to Combine November/December Meeting on November 18,1998 Paul VanValkenburg motioned to combine the November and December meetings on November 18 at 281 North College; Jessica MacMillan seconded the motion, and it was unanimously approved (7-0). Other Business • Paul VanValkenburg asked if it is planned to dredge Sheldon Lake. Virgil Taylor said that it may be done in the future if Storm Drainage staff feel the lake has to be made deeper. A wall is being placed at the north end for the time being to take care of erosion problems. Cattails have also been planted in the wetland area to help clarify the water. • Marilyn Barns stated that she has heard people do not like Miramont Park. • Jessica MacMillan asked about Ridgeview Park. Wally Piccone said that it is moving along and that the art pieces are set up. Positive response has been received from the public. Jessica asked about drainage, and Wally said it will be taken care of through completion of the park improvements. • Rebecca Chavez said the drainage by the ditch in City Park is not good. Virgil Taylor said that the irrigation company is presently working on the downstream area and that it will be looked into next year. • Diane Thies mentioned that several people are complaining about not being able to reserve rooms at the Senior Center and that staff is not always consistent with giving directions. Mike Powers will look into the room reservation problem. Marilyn Barnes said that volunteers are often used at the desk, and that may be the reason for vague directions. • Mike Powers stated that Ron Daggett, Poudre School District Facilities, was unable to attend tonight's meeting. 5 West Central Neighborhood Plan Janet Meisel -Burns explained that the Draft West Central Neighborhood Plan recommends that the City acquire and develop at least two new neighborhood parks in a three square mile area bounded by Mulberry, Drake, Taft Hill Road, Shields, Lake Street and College Avenue. After completing an analysis of the Draft Plan, Park Planning staff recommends acquisition of parkland on the east side of the planning area. The eastern park is located in the C.S.U.R.F. Property behind the Holiday Inn. The park location is proposed in the Spring Creek drainage basin and is located within a proposed natural area. The proposed park site lies within a square mile that is deficient in neighborhood parkland as defined by the Parks and Recreation Policy Plan. The neighborhood parkland need is between 0.1 acres and 2.9 acres. Staff agrees with this proposed park location and will begin working with C.S.U.R.F. and future development proposals to determine a new park location. Staff would like to pursue joint acquisition of a park site if this area is chosen for the Horticulture Center. The second park site is located on the western edge of the plan area and fronts Taft Hill Road and Glenmore Dive. Staff does not recommend acquisition of this site. It lies within a square mile section that does not need any additional parkland as defined by the Parks and Recreation Policy Plan. The proposed park also does not meet the location criteria and exceeds the parkland need of the service area as defined in the Policy Plan. In addition, funding is limited due to the lack of new development in this area. The WCNP agrees that there is adequate parkland overall, but does not feel there is sufficient neighborhood parkland for this area. The area is currently served by Avery Park, City Park and Rolland Moore Park. Both City Park and Avery Park are within 1/3 to 1/2 mile of the proposed park location.- The Policy Plan recognizes that Community Parks provide neighborhood park benefits to people living near them and, therefore, no additional neighborhood parkland would be required for this section of the City. Although the Policy Plan states that new, mini -neighborhood parks should be developed in existing residential areas, staff believes the focus should be on those sections of the City that have a deficit. Staff agrees that there is a need for parkland in the section bounded by Shields, Prospect, Drake Street and College Avenue and will pursue acquisition and development of a new mini -park site as development occurs in this area. Jessica MacMillan asked if the C.S.U.R.F. Property is along the creek. Janet said that it would be alright to locate it in the flood plain area as only benches would be placed in the park. Dean Hoag asked if a park could be located on this property if the Horticulture Center is located at Lee Martinez Park instead of on this site. Janet said that a good park could be placed on the property. Rebecca Chavez expressed concern about Hickory Park, a site identified some time ago. Janet said that it is planned to design the park in 1999-2000 and build a portion of the park in 2000- 2001 using money from the General Fund. The new proposed park would be built and developed with money acquired from parkland fees and would not delay the development of Hickory Park. 4 '4linaites of 12conahir Nlcetinnh'-- October 28, 1998 281 North Collc-c Avenn e 6:30 P.n11, Council Liaison: Bill Bertschv ` FStaff Liaison: 1a-ckie Rae1221-6351- 1'residenf: Lance Freeman Phone: 491-7813 (work) 484-6789 (Home) Call Meeting to Order: The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by Vice President Jessica MacMillan. Agenda Review: There were no changes to the printed agenda. Items of Note: Board Members Lance Freeman and Mary Ness were not able to attend the meeting. Citizen Participation: None Approval of the Minutes: On a motion by Marilyn Barnes, seconded by Paul VanValkenburg, the minutes of the September 30, 1998 meeting were unanimously approved (7-0). Natural Areas Regulations Karen Manci displayed poster boards explaining proposed Ordinances for City -owned natural areas which the Open Lands Natural Areas Team have been working on for some time. Public outreach on the proposed Ordinances, which are similar to existing regulations, has received a lot of public review and comment through the years and hasn't been very controversial. New Ordinances deal with conditions under which Search And Rescue (SAR) dogs may be trained in a natural area, construction of a structure, harassment of wildlife, and fishing rules and regulations. Regarding horseback riding, Karen said concern was expressed by the public that riding would not be permitted but the proposed regulation states a horse may be ridden on or within five feet of a paved trail or another type of trail designated for such use. Search And Rescue trainers want full rein on use of locations, especially off -leash training of puppies, and three sites were proposed (Gustav Swanson Natural Area, Archery Range Natural Area, and the Ross Natural Area). They didn't care for Archery Range and Gustav and said these natural areas were not enough. Parks met with them and proposed two other sites (Greenbriar Park and Troutman Park) and will take an offer of Redwing Natural Area, Salyer, January 29, 200_ Michael W. Powers Bennett Road Potential Park Site. On January 8, 2002, the City Council considered the pros and cons of purchasing a four -acre vacant parcel of land directly north of Bennett School. The question before the Council at that time was should staff pursue the purchase of this property for an eventual neighborhood park. The Council voted 3-2 to not pursue the purchase of this property for a park site. Under Other Business on January 15, 2002, the Council voted to reconsider this issue. The Agenda Item Summary from the January 8 meeting is attached. (Attachment "A") In addition to the materials provided to Council on January 8, the following is attached: Minutes from the Parks and Recreation Board meeting of October 28, 1998, when the Board reviewed this issue (added to Attachment "A"). The Parks and Recreation Board consideration of the Bennett Park site was given to Council as part of the West Central Neighborhood Plan discussion. Many other City boards also reviewed and commented on the Plan (as reflected in Chapter 1, Page 4 of the Plan). The Parks and Recreation Board's recommendation was discussed with the Planning staff and citizens working on the Plan. The Board's recommendations were incorporated into the Plan (Chapter 4, Page 7), with the exception of the Young's pasture property. The Plan included this land as a potential park site and the Board did not recommend this site for a park. • Relevant sections of the Council -adopted Parks and Recreation Policy Plan that addresses the parkland standards by area and population (Attachment `B"). • Draft minutes of Council's discussion at the January 8, 2002 Council meeting discussing the potential purchase of the Bennett Road property (Attachment "C"). Staff does not recommend pursuing the purchase of this property for a four -acre park site. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS STUDY SESSION AGENDA January 29, 2002 6:00 p.m.** The Study Session will begin at the conclusion of the adjourned meetimz Call Meeting to Order. I Bennett Road Potential Park Site. (1 hour) On January 8, 2002, the City Council considered the pros and cons of purchasing a four -acre vacant parcel of land directly north of Bennett School. The question before the Council at that time was should staff pursue the purchase of this property for an eventual neighborhood park. The Council voted 3-2 to not pursue the purchase of this property for a park site. Under Other Business on January 15, 2002, the Council voted to reconsider this issue. Other Business. 4. Adjournment. The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for access to City services, programs, and activities and will make special communication arrangements forpersons with disabilities. Please call 221- 6515 (TDD 224-6001) for assistance.