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Home My WebLink AboutHARMONY TECHNOLOGY PARK-CELESTICA - PDP - 12-97A - CORRESPONDENCE - REVISIONS (3)r Ted Shepard Celestica Colorado Page 5 Road as an identification sign for Harmony Technology Park. 3. The detention area has been revised to better accommodate detention and the irrigation pond, as well as to reflect reduced parking. This change is illustrated on the plans. Celestica is working hard to be good neighbors in their new community. The attached plans represent significant compromises on their part in an attempt to get off on the right foot with the City. We hope you will agree. We sincerely appreciate the accelerated schedule that you have provided for review of this project. Sincerely, bha design inc. by Bruce A. Hendee, ASLA Principal design design Ted Shepard Celestica Colorado Page 4 Following is a response to comments from the City Forester. We have added additional written responses in red pencil directly to the Forester's drawings in order to facilitate his review. Tim has indicated the requirement for canopy shade trees adjacent to access walks that approach the building. We would like to request alternative compliance to this ordinance. We are providing trees adjacent to the walks but we would like for them to be differentiated from the canopy trees in the parking. We would like to highlight them as pedestrian accesses by providing 1) a tall vertical element at walkways into the major entry points, and 2) by providing a flowering tree at secondary access points. We have added formally planted trees at 40'O.C. along drives. These trees have been clustered to provide visual openings where it is desired to have sign visibility. The parking lot screening ordinance requires trees at an average of 1 tree per 25 lineal feet of parking. It allows clustering. We have clustered groups of evergreens to reflect the Harmony Corridor planting scheme. 4. There are several existing trees on Harmony Road and adjacent to the Harmony House that will be removed. We have met with the Forester on the site and reviewed these trees. Specifically the two easternmost Cottonwoods along Harmony Road will be removed to make room for the deceleration lane into HTP. There also will be Four Green Ash on the southern end of the Harmony Road site that will be removed. We will mitigate these with 6 replacement trees of 3 inch caliper or as further directed by the City Forester. Additional comments. 1. We have simplified the employee courtyard for cost management reasons. 2. We have clarified an identification sign located along Harmony Ted Shepard Celestica Colorado Page 3 gradually reduce peoples' dependence on the automobile and not radically impact the operation of businesses. In addition to the reduction in parking Celestica will also be undertaking the following measures to encourage employees to use alternative transportation measures: • Provision of a Transfort bus stop On CR9 and allowance for a future one on Harmony Road. • Provision of preferential parking for carpools and/or vanpools • Provision of bicycle parking close to building entries • Showers for employees • On -site food service • Flexible work hours for office employees 7. Sidewalk connections have been reinstated on all sides 8-17. Addressed in attached letter from architect. EY-CcrT No. 1 1. 18. Done 19. Done. Submitted with engineering documents. 20. Bob Shuffler, the facilities manager is on vacation. The letter from HP will be forwarded as soon as he returns and before P & Z work session. 21. Done 22. The truck loading zone needs to be designed to accommodate large L 3 . NPs semi -trailer trucks. We have not included a island because of their ecEnl wiOrty b needs in turning. If you have a specific recommendation that you By go'. think will work, we will certainly consider it. 23. The temporary parking has been deleted. It was indicated in our prior submittal as "Temporary Parking." Ted Shepard Celestica Colorado Page 2 design the City Land Use Code. Celestica has made an attempt to reduce the parking, and they will also incorporate TDM strategies. Outlined below is our assumptions and our thinking. A. Celestica will have a total of 700 employees in the production staff (2shifts). City code allows .75 spaces/ employee. This technically allows 525 spaces. The code does not specify limitations for shift workers. Shift work necessarily overlaps because of the requirement of one shift starting work and the other leaving at the same time. w 314EIT Jar L ^ S3, oeo C. Celestica will have 5 513 S of Office Space. City code allows 3 spaces/1,000SF. This means they would be allowed 159 spaces. D. The City Land Use Code allows 20 % more parking for businesses that have frontage on dedicated streets where parking is not allowed. Parking will not be permitted on Technology Parkway, CR9, or Harmony Road, therefore this provision would allow 136 more spaces. Based on this provisions, Celestica would be allowed an additional 136 spaces. E. According to the code ,as we believe it is written, the code would allow Celestica to have 820 total spaces. F. Our original submittal was for 775 spaces which is well under the code. After reviewing their internal requirements Celestica has agreed to reduce the parking to 625 spaces. This is a reduction of 150 spaces. Celestica is concerned about the compromise on their standards but is committed to working with the City. The code as written was intended to reduce the amount of people in Single Occupancy Vehicles. If interpreted as in your original letter this represents a dramatic reduction by almost 60% in the number of individuals allowed to drive to work in a shift environment. This requirement would be totally unrealistic and unworkable. We believe the code is written as it is because the intent was to October 16, 1997 Mr. Ted Shepard City of Fort Collins Planning 281 N. College Ave. Fort Collins, CO. RE: Celestica Colorado Drawing Revisions Dear Ted, Thank you for your comments of October 8, 1997. We have addressed many of the comments through our architect, engineers, and our efforts on the PDP plan. Outlined below is a response to specific items mentioned in your letter relating to planning comments. Attached is a separate letter from the architects relating to your comments on the architecture. As usual our response numbers correspond with your letter number. 1. & 2. This comment has been addressed on revised plans submitted by Sear Brown. 3. & 4. The perimeter security fence has been taken out from the perimeter of Celestica's site. Celestica will provide security at the entry to the building. Celestica has decided that community relations are more important than this security issue. Access to utility providers will be the same as on any project, with utility easements. There will, however, be fence surrounding the Harmony House. This fence will be provided so that children in the house are separated from the driveways on the Celestica building. This fencing will be a maximum 6 foot high metal fence. The portion facing on Harmony Road will only be 4 feet in height. The fence will be designed in conformance with the Corridor plan. An example detail is included and will be placed on the final drawings. 5. An easement for the walk has been platted. A revised lighting plan has been included in this submittal. 6. The requested information has been included on the PDP. We believe after reviewing our plans, the City, code, and working with Celestica, that we will not require a request for a modification to design LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE URBAN DESIGN PLANNING BHA DESIGN. INC. 2000 VERMONT FT. COLLINS. CO 80525 TEL 303 223-7577 FAX 303 226-3855 6660 ! u� i C� � Ll �o r