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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOPPERLEAF (FORMERLY 3425 SOUTH SHIELDS) - PDP - PDP160026 - CORRESPONDENCE - CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONLaurie Lewis 1312 Patterson Place 970-206-1909; 970-227-0269 (cell) — leaves house around 11:30 a.m. or 12:00 p.m. — is off on Fridays Calling about the Copper Leaf Apartments project that is being proposed — Don't see how this project can be approved without causing mayhem with traffic. It is so bad now! She does not understand why we would want to put more and more businesses into this little quadrant. There is already a gas station (Schraders), a travel agency, an urgent care and a daycare, all of which are already causing huge traffic problems. It is beyond her understanding why we would now want to pack in a multi -family project with 150 units, creating more issues in this area. She suggested moving south with this project where there are lots of fields and room for this type of thing. She stated that Rocky Mountain High School is right up the street —they let out at 3:30 p.m. Rush hour traffic lets out at 5:00 p.m. Shields traffic is already areal mess right here. She believes approving this project will have a huge negative impact on this area. Laurie stated that Richmond has ab in/out. Patterson is an offshoot of that. They have cars going up and down Patterson constantly because people are using them as a pass through to cut off of that corner and get back on to main streets. This has become a real problem in her neighborhood. She also noted that you can't get out onto Richmond. It is lined with cars on both sides every day because of the businesses. This makes it hard to get out onto Richmond and the main streets— it is hard to see —and the parking leaves very little room on the roads to get out onto the streets. She added that there are kids coming and going out of the preschool, there are cars constantly going in and out of Schraders, and she can't understand why we would want another 150 parking spaces in there with the multi -family project to add to this already huge mess. She has been in her neighborhood for 19 years. If this goes through, she is looking at moving, because doesn't want to be impacted by the additional stress this will put on this area. She does not want to have to put up with this. She feels like she should have a right to get to her home without having to constantly fight traffic just a block away from her house. She stated again that they should consider moving the project south where there is more available/open space. De(ynn CoUiron Neighborhood Services Manager City of Fort Collins 970-221-6676 decold iron aC)fcgov com Tell us about our service, we want to know! Stephen Olt From: Sarah Burnett Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 10:16 AM To: Nicole Hahn; Martina Wilkinson Cc: Delynn Coldiron; Ted Shepard; Leslie Prassas Subject: RE: Copper Leaf Apartments Project Laurie was unable to attend the neighborhood meeting, and was interested to learn what other residents thought about the proposal. I will be emailing her the link to the November 10 P&Z agenda so that she can review the documents, including the neighborhood meeting notes. From: Sarah Burnett Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 10:06 AM To: Nicole Hahn; Martina Wilkinson Cc: Delynn Coldiron; Ted Shepard; Leslie Prassas Subject: FW: Copper Leaf Apartments Project Thanks Delynn & All — I'm forwarding to Nicole and Martina in Traffic Operations so that they can follow up with traffic questions. When I spoke with Laurie, she mentioned that she is concerned that people will be unable to turn left from Richmond to Shields so they will use Patterson as a cut through to get to the light at Casa Grande. Because this proposal will be reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Board on November 10, if Ms. Lewis wants her comments to be considered by the Planning and Zoning Board, she should provide them in writing prior to the hearing. I spoke with Laurie to clarify with that the notice she received is for the public hearing on the proposal (not a neighborhood meeting). I also let her know that that Board can consider her written comments if they provided to Ted before the P&Z hearing on November 10. Sarah From: Delynn Coldiron Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 9:12 AM To: Ted Shepard Cc: Leslie Prassas; Sarah Burnett Subject: Copper Leaf Apartments Project Hi Ted — I received a call from Laurie Lewis regarding this project. She is really concerned about the traffic impacts this project would cause in her neighborhood. I have attached the notes I took from our call. She would like a call from the person in traffic who is reviewing the project so she can get further clarification on her questions. She is unable to be at the neighborhood meeting that has been scheduled. Let me know if you need anything further from me. Thanks!