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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRIGDEN FARM, PHASE 1 - PDP - 56-98C - CORRESPONDENCE - REVISIONS• Revised Utility Plans, 10 copies; • Revised Drainage and Erosion Control Report, 3 copies; • Grading and Tree Protection Plan, 4 copies. Thank you for your help in coordinating this project. I look forward to working with you throughout the development review process. Should you have any questions or require additional information, please give me a call. Sincerely, JIM SELL DESIGN, Inc. L. Vaughn Furness Landscape Architect cc: Dave Pietenpol; Bob Almirall, Rigden Farm Submittals a a) the Final Plat will have the perimeter measurements shown for each lot and tract; b) the note `Locations of street trees shall be adjusted at time of installation to maintain a minimum of 40' clearance to streetlights.' has been added to landscape plans; c) noted that the developer will need to coordinate removal of exiting overhead electric and the installation of new underground electric with Light.& Power Engineering. 17. Park Planning: a) Buried Rip Rap has been revised and detailed on plans; b) Parks Department will review and approve revegetation plan for Foothills Channel where adjacent to proposed trail; c) initial coordination of the development of the Foothills Channel Trail will occur during this phase and during subsequent adjacent phases, meeting with Janet Meisel -Burns has occurred to discuss acquiring Easements for the trail on and off -site; d) noted that funding for up -sizing the Foothills Trail is subject to City Budget and availability; e) noted that the Foothill Trail shall be constructed to the half width of 5' wide concrete with expanded edge along the future centerline edge, as per Craig Foreman. 18. Forestry,Department: OK 19. Transfort: a) noted the requirement for transit stop north of Custer Drive on Timberline Road; b) developer will coordinate with Transfort on the exact location of the transit stop. c) note that no plans for transit service through the internal streets of Rigden Farm, however Transfort is willing to discuss the possibility of transit service to the neighborhood community center shall the need arise. 20. Current Planning: a) noted the need to coordinate with Stormwater and Light & Power for the alignment of Rigden Parkway; b) note about trees has been added to Landscape Plans; c) buffer is shown on revised PDP; d) Foothills Basin has been changed to `Foothills Channel'; e) roads to be constructed in Phase 1 are shown in the revised PDP limits; f) Land Use Date shows 'Total Area' on revised PDP; g) diagram showing the areas netted out of the gross density area has been submitted; h) Colorado Drive has been changed to Liman Drive, and Springfield Way to Chase Drive; i) limits of development have been resolved; j) check redlined plans. I've enclosed: • All redlined Plat, Utility, Site and Landscape Plans and the redlined Drainage Report; • Letter of Response to comments for this PDP, 3 copies; • Revised Plat, 9 copies; • Revised Site Plans, 10 copies; • Revised Landscape Plans, 9 copies; • Text has been added to the site plans to replace architectural elevations for the 2-4plex lots; • Updated TIS, 2 copies; c) Developer has agreed to an average 100'+ open space buffer along each side of the Foothills Basin Channel with a minimum 50' wide open space buffer along each side, proof of burden for justification will be at the PDP stage by the developer for all open space buffer less than 100' and greater than 50' to achieve the 100' + average; d) there are no pore encroachments to the 50' buffer area; e) noted that only native plant material approved by the City Natural Resource Department will be planted in buffer areas, note on plans; f) all notes on plans pertaining to 50' average buffer have been changed to 100' average buffer; g) noted that landscape plans are not preliminary, revisions shown landscape plans as Final; h) 50' minimum buffer areas have been shown on revised plans i) Ecological Characterization Study has been completed and is part of this submittal. 10. Poudre Fire Authority: a) noted the requirement for address numerals; b) noted the requirements for Cul-De-Sacs; c) streets will be a minimum of 24' (especially at the neck -downs); d) round -about shall have a minimum radius of 40'; e) no hazardous materials are expected during dhis phase; f) water supply, noted the requirements for fire hydrant spacing and capacity. 11. Water Conservation: OK 12. U.S. Post Office: OK 13. TCI: a) has intended to use the rear lot easements. 14. U.S. West: a) noted that review of plans is not a commitment of telephone service; b) utility easements are shown on revised plans, typically at the rear of lots; c) noted that the developer is responsible for all trenching, street crossings, and ditch crossings, developer will contract with U.S. West for facilities within this development; d) noted that all relocations of existing telephone facilities will be paid for by the developer; e) noted where the existing telephone facilities are located which will service this development, developers engineer will coordinate with the U.S. West Engineer the location of proposed telephone facilities. 15. Building Inspection: a) noted the requirement for accessible exterior wheelchair routes and parking facilities; b) noted the requirement for buildings larger than 5,000 square feet shall be equipped with automatic fire - suppression systems; c) noted the requirement for new building construction to be designed to comply with the City of Fort Collins Energy Codes; d) noted the requirements for a portion of the dwelling units to be accessible and adaptable for use by persons with disabilities in accordance with the 1997 UBC Code as amended by the City of Fort Collins. 16. Light and Power: q) solar orientation Alternative Compliance???????????????; r) the street stubs adjacent to lots 145 and M2 will be built to the Plat Boundary; s) the Plat has been revised and meets all the submittal requirements; t) the Plat has been revised to include new dedication and attorney certification language; u) a 15' utility easement has been provided for adjacent to the Arterial Roads; v) noted the need to make all improvements to the Plat boundary or the developer will be required to put up cash for future improvements; w) all work outside of the Plat boundaries will have easements dedicated to the City of Fort Collins; x) Timberline Road designs will be submitted; y) curb returns are shown on profile revisions; z) elevations are shown on revised plans for the proposed medians; aa) the inlet locations are shown on the revised plans and profiles; bb) additional grade information has been provided in the revised plans; cc) off -site designs for all streets have been provided in revised plans: 500' for local streets, arterial streets to be provided with separate improvement plans; dd) revised plans have corrected the places that did not meet minimum design requirements; ee) station through the traffic circle/flowline has be revised; ff) elevations in the intersections are provided in the revised plans in accordance with detail D-18; gg) cross sections every 50' of the arterial designs to be provided with separate improvement plans; hh) typical cross sections will be shown as noted; ii) details have been modified as shown; jj) extra details have been provide in the revisions as noted. 8. Zoning: a) topographic lines will remain because they are required by the Land Use Code and as per Bob Blanchard; b) street trees, see letter dated April 8, 1999; Troy Jones PDP Issues - Local Streets/Street Trees #2 "There will be no escrow required to secure the placement of these trees, however, a certificate of occupancy will not be granted for development on any of these vacant tracts until the sidewalks and street trees are in place. To be enforced by the Zoning Department."; c) noted the recommendation to scale down Landscape Plans; d) fencing detail is shown on revised plans; e) noted minimum density requirements, this ODP is for gross density not net density; f) noted that there is no need to show tracts not part of this PDP, however the roads adjacent are in this PDP may include Tract's adjacent on plans; g) utility easements and dimensions are shown on revised Utility Plans; h) roads being 20' wide was a graphic misprint, revised plans are correct; i) elevations for Multi -family dwelling units are being waived with information about architectural guidelines being part of this PDP, number of bedrooms are listed on revised PDP; j) noted that a housing model affidavit form will need to be completed when applying for building permit; k) listed items will remain because they are required by the Land Use Code and as per Bob Blanchard; 1) , note about multi -family housing in this phase and future submittals has been clarified on revised PDP; m) sheet #4 of 6 is to shown roads in the PDP; n) Land Use Data on sheet #2 has been corrected on revised PDP; o) lot dimensions will be shown on Final Plat. 9. Natural Resources: a) a detail of the neighborhood community center is shown in the revisions; b) the top of bank has been identified on the revised plans; c) noted that this project is not ready to move forward?; d) traffic circle details provided. 4. Public Service: a) noted the need for a 9' utility easement adjacent to both sides of all internal streets; b) noted the need for a 15' utility easement adjacent to Timberline and Drake Roads. 5. Streets Department: OK. 6. Transportation Planning: a) The Traffic Impact Study has been amended to address internal traffic counts; b) the Neighborhood Community center has been'redesigned to include internal pedestrian walkways, bicycle parking, and dumpster pad; c) crosswalks will be enhanced at the traffic circle with a change in paving material; d) there will be a temporary pedestrian/bicycle connection in the existing Drake Road ROW connecting County Road 9 to the Timberline/Drake intersection; e) developer will coordinate with Eric Bracke about the timing of Drake Road improvements; f) a trail along the north side of the Foothills Channel will be constructed in this PDP phase connecting the Neighborhood Community Center to the proposed future connection in Pine Cone Apartments, the remaining trail system will be constructed in future phases; g) the on -site Foothills Channel Trail easement dedicated to the City of Fort Collins will be 30' wide, the approximate location is shown on PDP, exact easement will be determined after trail is constructed.. 7. Engineering Department: a) the Plat is now complete: there are dimensions for the boundaries, and curve data for horizontal layout of roads; . b) the Traffic Impact Study has been amended to address internal traffic counts; c) the setback requirements shown on the PDP have been corrected as noted; d) development team have submitted for a Variance from the City Engineer to construct a traffic circle; e) centerline data have been provided on the Plat revisions; f) noted that no buildings can be placed in portions of lots at intersections that are used for site distance views. Site Distance easements have been shown on Plat; g) noted that Rigden Parkway has been moved toward Plat Boundary, escrow money shall be provided for future expansion; h) the TIS has been revised to incorporate Drake Road as an access, developer will coordinate with Engineering and Traffic Operations in regards to Drake Road being an access; i) Timberline Road is being coordinated between Matt Baker, Engineering, Transportation, and Traffic Operations; , j) all internal streets in this PDP have been framed and are engineered; k) the two streets south of Custer Drive are public roads connecting to the proposed church site, plans and profiles have been submitted; 1) the intersection neck -down information and data have been submitted and approved, m) the 660' street connection requirement along Drake Road will be met by Alternative Compliance with pedestrian connections, note that pedestrian connection will be constructed along with the County Road 9 and Drake Road improvements; n) the street connection requirement along the Foothills Channel will be met by Alternative Compliance; o) PDP text has been enlarged to be more readable; p) the note about the buffer along the Foothills Channel has been changed to read 100' average; May 26, 1999 Troy Jones Current Planning Department City of Fort Collins 281 North College Avenue Fort Collins CO 80524 RE: Rigden Farm - Project Development Plan (PDP) Response to the PDP Staff Review Comments Dear Troy: Based upon your PDP staff review comments of March 31, 1999, please note the following: k Ldo lum F- P/anurury Water and Sewer Utility Department: a) noted CP isolation connection, CP detail and labeled connections on overall utility plans; b) all sanitary sewer stubs are shown with the future main extension and future manhole, profiles for all existing and future mains are provided; c) meeting has occurred with Roger Buffington and JR Engineering to discuss water main connections to the 24-inch transmission main; d) noted that all water mains are to maintain a 4.5' min. and a 5.5' max. Depth of bury from finish grade unless noted, 12" water main in Rigden Parkway has been redesigned to eliminate multiple air release valves, all proposed air release valves are shown and labeled on both plan and profile views; e) all profile sheets are labeled with appropriate associated street names, all methods of connection to all existing water and sewer mains have been clearly defined, all connections to existing sanitary sewer trunks have the proposed inverts matching the existing crown; f) sanitary sewer service stationing has been provided on all sanitary sewer profile sheets, all inverts into and out of proposed manholes have been included; g) water and sewer mains and service are shown on all landscape plans, noted the need to coordinate landscape design with civil design, notes pertaining to landscape/utility separation distances and locates are included on all sheets of the landscape plans; h) noted that all sanitary sewer mains are to be constructed with PVC pipe, the site and utility plans are coordinated to correspond with each other and reflect the correct pipe; i) all fittings and thrust blocks are shown and labeled on all sheets of utility plans, all unnecessary fittings and thrust blocks have been eliminated; j) storm sewers are shown in all views; k) all water, sanitary sewer mains and concrete encasement are shown and labeled in storm sewer profiles; 1) all redlined comments on the utility, site and landscape plans have been resolved. 2. Stormwater Utility Department: a) see attached response to Stormwaterptility Departments comments. 3. Traffic Operations: a) The TIS has been revised to incorporate Drake Road as an access, noted that the Drake Road and Rigden Farm will need improvements; b) noted that the cost of'the traffic signal will be a developer expense @ $65K; .