HomeMy WebLinkAboutREDTAIL PONDS - PDP - PDP130030 - CORRESPONDENCE - CITIZEN COMMUNICATION (4)and stay in their directional lane, and they will be required to navigate the dysfunctional Cameron/College
intersection. In addition, the Permanent Housing project will likely produce a demand for emergency services —
first response, fire, ambulance, etc. The majority of these emergency vehicles will access this development from
the north and exit it to the north (the firehouse, PVH, and other medical services are located to the north). That
means these emergency vehicles will also be subject to the same narrow, winding, indirect route through the
business park to College Ave. as the over -the -road truckers —yet in potentially life -threatening situations.
3. Is there an adequate route plan for the removal of the excessive fill on the project site?
If the site's large fill dirt stock pile needs to be exported prior to construction, there will need to be a specific
route plan designed and enforced for removal. The export process should of course be monitored for dust,
spillage and dirt tracking onto public streets to prevent storm water sediment contamination, but steps will also
need to be taken to protect the streets from fully loaded fill -hauling trucks and fully loaded cement delivery
trucks during construction. The pavement on Cameron Drive is old, cracked, potholed and alligator -surfaced, as
is the intersection at College and Cameron, and neither will withstand the stress that an export project of this
magnitude will place on the street. If the export plan calls for the trucks to use Cameron Dr., the developer
should be required to pay for re -surfacing the streets.
Regards,
Steve Spanjer
Member
Nicolane Properties LLC
5131 S. College Ave,
Suite A
Fort Collins, CO. 80525
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Jason Holland
From: Steve Spanjer <steves@spanjer.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 3:37 PM
To: Jason Holland
Subject: FCHA Permanent Supportive Housing Project at Redtail Ponds (sign #91 on South College)
Attachments: Conejos Traffic Study.pdf
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In regards to the FCHA Permanent Supportive Housing Project at Redtail Ponds (sign #91 on South College),
there are a few concerns about the physical development itself that I hope P&Z will be able to address prior to
approving the proposal.
1. How does this development adequately meet current and future traffic flow needs as it interfaces with
South College Ave.?
Hwy 287 between Harmony and Trilby is a very high -traffic street, and its proposed traffic plan will add a
divided highway with limited left turns in and out of non -signalized intersections. As proposed, development
#91 shows two access points from College Ave.: West Fairway Lane and Cameron Drive. In addition to FCHA
program staff arriving by car, as well as all the other facility support vehicles, these access points will also be
utilized by MAX park -and -ride customers at the south transit center. All traffic wanting to travel north (toward
town) on College is currently forced to make a left turn across a four -lane highway at a non -signalized
intersection (Fairway and College). Once the US 287/South College traffic plan begins, and until a signal is
installed at Fairway Lane, all MAX traffic, all FCHA traffic, and all industrial traffic from the business park
will need to access College indirectly through the business park via Conejos Dr, Cameron Drive and the
Cameron/Fossil Creek Pkwy intersection, which is already insufficient current traffic.
The traffic study for this project should demonstrate to the neighboring properties and the public the impact of
both the MAX and the Permanent Housing project will have on the Cameron Office Park street infrastructure
and its outlet at College Ave and Cameron Drive. It should recommend whether development of this parcel will
make it necessary for the developer to be tasked with installing the traffic light at Fairway Lane prior to project
start in order to accommodate heavy construction traffic. This report should also take into consideration the
impact of traffic flows at full ridership projections on the MAX and full occupancy of the FCHA project, any
alias at peak hours of ridership, as well as ridership projections once MAX is integrated into the regional transit
plan.
2. Is the existing street section width on the east -west section of Conejos Rd. allowable under the City of
Fort Collins Street Design standards in a commercial -industrial development?
Actual measurements show this section is 24' wide from back of curb to back of curb (20' asphalt section). This
design cross-section is not listed in the county's street design guide as an allowable industrial or commercial
street design; the only acceptable 24' width in the standards is a "narrow residential street" that may be used in
single-family dwelling areas where off-street parking is accessed via alleys, which this development is not. The
width of this stretch of road will become critical once the US 287 traffic plan begins, as the commercial -
industrial business located between Fairway/College and Cameron/College receive and ship via semi tractor -
trailers. When these trucks need to travel north on 287—necessitating a left turn at a signalized intersection —
they will be forced to travel through the business park, using the 24'-wide section of Conejos Road, which has
two 90' turns and one even sharper turn with very little street length on either side. There is also a width -
restricted bridge between the two 90' turns on Conejos. Semi operators will be unable to navigate this section
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