HomeMy WebLinkAboutMODIFICATION REQUEST, COLLINDALE GOLF CLUBHOUSE - MOD - 17-01 - CORRESPONDENCE - TRANSPORTATION ISSUE (3)pedestrian safety improved) if the sidewalk were built and located so that the fencing protected the
pedestrians who are currently using this path from errant golf balls.
We will be glad to meet with you and your project coordinator, Linda Ripley, to address this issue for your
project. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Thank you.
CC: Ron Phillips, Executive Director, Transportation Services
Don Bachman, Policy & Budget Manager, Transportation Services
Randy Hensley, Transportation Planning & Parking Manager
Kathleen Reavis, Senior Transportation Planner
Tom Reiff Transportation Planner
Cam McNair, City Engineer
Dave Stringer, Development Review Engineering Supervisor
Cameron Gloss, Current Planning Director
Steve Olt, Current Planner
City of Fort Collins
Transpo. ion Services
Transportation Planning
MEMORANDUM
DATE: May 22, 2001
TO: Jerry Brown, Manager of Golf
FROM: Gary Diede, Transportation Operations Director,/ -I "
RE: Sidewalk on Horsetooth, along Collindale Golf Course
In regards to the recent proposal at the City's Conceptual Review meeting for the new club house at
Collindale Golf Course, Transportation Services continues to believe that the sidewalk along Horsetooth
Road adjacent to Collindale needs to be constructed as part of your development project.
The following is a list a reasons for our position:
Most importantly, City Plan and the City's Land Use Code as well as the Multi -modal Level of Service
Manual require that new development projects construct facilities such as this sidewalk in order to
provide pedestrian connectivity to their site. It is important for public development projects to follow
the same requirements that would be placed on a private development. To leave this sidewalk out of
your project would be contrary to these City regulations. Transportation Services would be willing to
work with you and your staff to determine the most practical alignment and design for this sidewalk in
order to minimize the impact on the golf course.
2. The 1987 letter regarding the Horsetooth widening project only referred to what needed to be done (or
not done) by that earlier project given the development patterns at that time. The letter does not read
that the sidewalks would never be built, just not as part of that project. Given the extent of
development to the east of the golf course today, pedestrian activity is much greater. Also, the City's
transportation policies and standards have improved over the last 13 years so pedestrian facilities are
now considered to be a much more important component of the community's transportation system.
It is not safe to expect pedestrians who are walking on the south side of Horsetooth Road to cross to
the north side when the sidewalk ends in front of Collindale Golf Course. The only places on
Horsetooth Road that are intended for pedestrian street crossings is at the signalized intersections of
Lemay and at Timberline. Due to the high volume and high speed of traffic on Horsetooth (which is
normal for a City arterial street), it is unsafe for pedestrians to try to cross mid -block between these
two signalized intersections, therefore the sidewalk system should be continuous on the south side of
the street in order to avoid mid -block pedestrian crossings.
4. Connectivity along Horsetooth Road for pedestrians is very important due to the future City trail that is
planned along the Union Pacific Railroad. It is our understanding that this trail is being planned by the
City's Parks and Recreation department and should be completed within the next several years.
5. Currently, pedestrians are walking along this portion of Horsetooth Road but due to the location of the
existing golf course fencing, they are walking through the edge of the golf course - rather than along
the roadway - so they are not protected by the existing fencing. The City's liability should be less (and
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