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Soopers there would other commercial businesses and service within walking
distance of our homes. At present the commercial space in the King Sooper
plaza is not completely occupied. Anyone wanting to open a business in the
neighborhood could easily find space within the King Sooper plaza or within
1 '/2 miles or less from the King Soopers. Timberline Road from Drake south to
Caribou is lined on both sides with brand new commercial space, most
buildings appear to have plenty of vacancies, and with more commercial
buildings currently under construction.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to comment on the rezoning request.
Sincerely,
Janet Kurman
2827 Chase Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80525
493-0875
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,Cameron Gloss - FW: re -zoning request for NW corner Drake & Timberlme Page 1
From: "Janet Kurman" <jkurman@igc.org>
To: <cgloss@fcgov.com>
Date: 03/12/2006 6:28:23 PM
Subject: FW: re -zoning request for NW corner Drake & Timberline
From: Janet Kurman [mailto:jkurman@igc.org]
Sent: Saturday, 11 March, 2006 17:39
To: 'cgloss@fc.gov.com'
Subject: re -zoning request for NW corner Drake & Timberline
Hi Cameron, Thank you for returning my call late Friday afternoon. As I
described on the telephone, here are my concerns about changing the
currently zoned "MD" acreage on the NW corner of Timberline & Drake to
"Commercial Neighborhood"; based on the information you gave me I assume
that an L-shaped parcel would be used to site something along the lines of a
gas station/mini-market or the like.
I am opposed to this re -zoning proposal because:
1. Over the past 5 years the traffic on Timberline north/south has grown and
will continue to grow once the project of widening the last segment of
Timberline from Drake to Prospect is completed. As it is now, traffic on
Timberline needs to be controlled when there are services & events at
Timberline Church. Making a left-hand turn from southbound Timberline can be
difficult and time-consuming as the church traffic streams in/out. With the
completion of the King Soopers and other commercial businesses on the SE
corner of Timberline & Drake, traffic turning off of Timberline or Drake to
enter the shopping center & gas station has increased. Even tho the
approaches to the shopping center are "set back from the intersection it
still makes entering Timberline from Custer or vice versa difficult. The T &
D intersection is congested and will be more so once the widening project is
complete and the Sidehill development is finished. The larger the
intersection becomes the less pedestrian- & bike -friendly it becomes.
2. Most of the traffic well exceeds the 40 mph speed limit at present making
entering/exiting the Rigden Farm development challenging. I suspect the same
will be true for the Sidehill development residents. I can only imagine the
challenge of entering/exiting a commercial establishment on the NW corner of
Timberline & Drake once Timberline widening is completed. I only hope by
having the police services building in to the neighborhood soon that it will
cause knowing drivers to slow down on Timberline.
3. Most importantly I fail to see the need for additional commercial
establishments/business at the Timberline/Drake intersection. Along with the
planning effort made to give an Old Town/neighborhood feel to Rigden Farm,
most of us who chose to live there understood that in addition to a King