HomeMy WebLinkAboutMARTINEZ PUD - PRELIMINARY - 4-97 - CORRESPONDENCE - REVISIONSAgreements that we have reached with other city officials, including the Poudre Valley
Fire Department and the utility and engineering departments, are reflected on the site plan,
landscape and engineering drawings and in the correspondence from our engineer, Brian
Shear. Please let me know if you need any further information or if there are other
outstanding issues that need to be dealt with before our planning and zoning hearing on
April 28th.
Ja111CJ W. LGaVll
President
Wonderland Hill Development Company
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I also might note that the CoHousing community would much prefer that the east -west
road through the project be either eliminated or diminished significantly in order to
discourage park traffic through the residential portion of the community. I realize that this
may not be consistent with the city's desires, and we and the CoHousing community are
willing to accept the city's requirements with respect to the road.
Through the workshop with the CoHousing community, we have been able to gain a great
deal of information to help us fine-tune the site plan and to integrate the concerns
expressed by city staff with the needs, hopes and aspirations of the future residents for the
development. Specifically, the CoHousing community has given us valuable input on their
commitment to the clustered parking plan, the use of carports, and other issues raised by
city staff.
Since the relationship of the development to the Lee Martinez Park is such a critical
element, I would like to state my understanding of the agreements that we reached at our
April 1 meeting with the Parks Department regarding our mutual concerns. First, with
respect to the relationship between the CoHousing residential units and the park, we,
including the future CoHousing residents, recognize that the ballfield lights may be in use
seasonally until 11 pm on a daily basis. As such, we have modified the site plan to move
housing units away from the ballfields and locate the Community Building for the
CoHousing on that portion of the site nearest to the ballfields to act as a buffer from them.
We have also suggested that the large trees currently on the slope portion of the site be
relocated to serve as an additional screening between the CoHousing community and the
ballfields.
We have agreed that the CoHousing residential units will not use the park or park road for
daily access or parking. We have agreed to provide a landscape border between the
residential property and the park which will serve as a visual fence of sorts and provide
screening for both sides, allowing limited access points from the residential community
into the park and vice versa. A fire lane may be installed along the property line that
connects the park road with the easterly CoHousing drive and parking. The fire lane will
be screened along the property line so as not to be visible from the park, and access to it
will be restricted by bollards or gates.
Second, with respect to land use and ownership, my understanding is that we and the
Parks Deparment have agreed that the city will purchase the easterly 2.1 acres of the
original Trillium site as an extension to the park at a cost to the city of $70,000. The site
purchase will be structured as a sale at a price of $120,000, of which the DDA has agreed
to provide $35,000 and the Friends of Martinez Park is contributing $15,000. In addition,
we have agreed to dedicate the northerly (approximately .58 acre) portion of the ten
single-family lots that lies north of the existing fence line to the city as an extension of the
park. The city has agreed to release the easement currently held by the park on the north
portion of the CoHousing site where residential units are planned to be built.
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April 7, 1997
Steve Olt
Project Planner, City of Fort Collins
Department of Planning
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580
Re: Martinez Park P.U.D.
Dear Steve:
In response to the comments we received through you from the various city departments
on March 27th regarding the initial plans we submitted for the Martinez Park P.U.D., we
have conferred with officials on the various issues raised in the comments and have
modified the site plan and engineering drawings to reflect what we feel are appropriate
solutions for the issues and problems raised. In the process, we feel we have evolved the
plan in a positive way.
We have also had a weekend workshop with the CoHousing community that has formed
for the Martinez Park site. Currently, there are 13 families who have chosen to join the
CoHousing community and have made a financial and significant time commitment toward
the development of the site.
I've enclosed with this letter a copy of the programming notes taken from the workshop
conducted by Kathryn McCamant with the community members. I thought this
information might be helpful and of interest to you and others in the city. I think it is
noteworthy that the CoHousing community members share some of the same concerns as
some of the city staff, specifically the issues related to the separation between the park and
the housing community.
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