HomeMy WebLinkAboutHARMONY TECHNOLOGY PARK-CELESTICA - PDP - 12-97A - CORRESPONDENCE - TRANSPORTATION ISSUEOCT-31-97 FRI 5:51 PM FT COLLINS STREETS FAX NO, 3V ?21 6270 P. 3
2. Provision of preferential parking for carpools and/or vanpools.
3. Provision of bicycle parking close to building entries
4. Showers for employees
5. On -site food service.
6. Flexible work hours for office employees.
The project in for review at this time is only the first phase of a much larger
industrialloffice park. Each phase will be required to submit a TIA, detailing the
conformance with the trip generation rates used in the first two studies.
Item four asked for a statement regarding pedestrian/bicycle concerns and refnediations.
The requested traffic signal at Harmony Road and Technology Parkway is necessary to
accommodate safe and direct pedestrian and bicycle access between the sites, The signal
design will include refuge islands and pedestrian actuated buttons within the islands to
facilitate the crossing. This connection is necessary to support operational interaction
between Celestica and HP which anticipates a high level of bicycle and pedestrian travel,
The long range plans for the ODP also supports the future need for the crossing.
The last item that I will address is the issue of Carbon monoxide (CO) non -attainment and
pollution concerns. Fort Collins is currently designated as a moderate non -attainment
area. As such, no requirements by EPA or the State of Colorado are applicable for CO
analysis.
I look forward to your timely response and discussing the issue of a bill movement access
signalized access at Technology Parkway and Harmony Road. Please feel free to contact
me directly at 970-224-6062 if you require additional analysis.
Sincerely,
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Eric L. Bracke
Traffic Engineer
City of Fort Collins
xc: Dave Stringer, Development Review Engineer
Kathleen Ileavis, Transportation Planner II
Ted Shepard, Fort Collins Planning Department
Matt Dellich, Traffic Consultant
OCT-31-97 FRI 5:51 PM FT COLLINS STREETS FAX NO. 303 921 6270 P. 2
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City of Fort Collins
October 31, 1997
Ms. Tess Jones
Region Develop;ment(Access Coordinator
Colorado Department of Transportation - Region IV
1420 2od Street
Greeley, Colorado 80631
RE. Celeadca Development, SH 68
Dear Tess:
Please consider this letter as the response to your `Request for Additional Information"
letter dated October, 29, 1997. I will be addressing items 2,3,40and 5 of the letter. Matt
Dellich will be answering items 1 and 6 and will transmit that data directly to you.
Item one asked for an explanation between the connectivity between the Celestica and HP.
The Overall Development Plan relied on two connections between the sites: County Road
9 and Technology Parkway. Technology Parkway, as a full movement intersection
provided the most direct and convenient connection between the two sites. Analysis has
shown that the intersection of CR9 and Harmony Road can not accommodate all of the
traffic generated by the users and the projected background traffic. The interaction
between the two sites also includes an anticipated high level of bicycle and pedestrian
activity. The loss ofthe full movement intersection at Technology Parkway will influence
employees to drive their automobiles between the two sites due to the lack of direct
connections.
item two asked for written support concerning the 30% trip reduction approach used in
the Traffic Impact Analysis. ITE trip generation rates are based on regression analysis on
only a limited number of samples. The trip productions of ME, albeit an extremely usefbi
tool, are an average of what is to be expected in terms of trip generation. As the City
Traffic Engineer, I have always accepted rates based on local experience in the conducting
of a traffic study. I believe this practice to be in accordance with good traffic engineering.
The TIA performed for the site used traffic data based on the rates of what is currently
being produced at the HP site. The relationship between the two companies, HP and
Celestiea, and the fact that many HP employees will be working for Celestica, make the
rates acceptable to the City of Fort Collins. The developer of the Celestica site has
included documentation in the development process that assures the following:
1. Provision of bus stops on CR9 and the allowance for a future stop on Harmony
Road.
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