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home structures. As you can see, the proposed replats only add one
additional separate structure from the original plat. Also note that
building setback requirements are the same for both cases, and the
intent is to contract to the builder on these lots with no restrictions
on building setback beyond the City specification. Therefore, the
actual building separation distance could very possibly be the same in
either case.
Regarding your request for a neighborhood meeting with John Walz and the
principals of J2 and Horsetooth: I will make the request of John Walz
but I certainly cannot require his participation and cannot make any
commitments for him. He is an entity completely separate from my own
and I do not intend to force his involvement to this degree. A formal
neighborhood meeting with a large attendance is certainly different than
what I mentioned to John prior to our meeting last Friday. I had told
John what I had anticipated -- an informal gathering with a couple of
neighbors to talk about his building plans and concepts. Also, I myself
am happy and willing to coordinate and communicate with you as we
proceed through the project, but at this time I am not able to commit to
attendance by other principals to a formal neighborhood gathering as you
suggest. We are not sure that the minor nature of the proposed replats
warrants such a formal gathering.
You mentioned several times during our meeting your concern about the
proposed private access drive and landscape buffer island. Specifically
you said your were concerned that this had been discussed and promised
many times in the past but that you still have not seen anything that
adequately or to your satisfaction ensures the timing and nature of this
proposed improvement. You also said that if you were adequately
guaranteed that this would indeed be a reality someday that that would
help significantly ease your concern about the visual impact of the
Maple Hill project. I hope you understand that the nature of this
improvement is not in my direct control, but that it is my intent to
fulfill my legal obligation to provide funding for this project (as is
specified in the Development Agreement). It is the City itself that has
the direct control on the timing for completing this work. Note that
there is mention for the driveway consolidation project being tied to
the timing of development work in the north half of Maple Hill. Perhaps
your neighborhood could pursue an avenue with the City of Fort Collins
that more clearly defines to your satisfaction those proposed
improvements.
Let's continue to communicate and work cooperatively through the
development process. Thank you again for your time. I will contact you
next week to arrange to deliver to you the above mentioned items. Prior
to then, please feel free to contact me via e-mail or by phone
(303-356-0531).
Respectfully,
Brad Lenz
Cc: Ted Shepard, City of Fort Collins
JJ Brandstatter, J2 Development, LLC
Ted Shepard - RE: Maple Hill Developrr Page 1
From: "Brad Lenz" <brad.lenz@j2development.com>
To: <BLEICHERJW@aol.com>
Date: 7/21 /04 12:26PM
Subject: RE: Maple Hill Development
Hello Joe,
Thank you for the opportunity to meet with you, Kirvin, and Nick last
Friday. I too appreciated the time to meet you all and learn about your
neighborhood, your interests and concerns, and some of the history of
this project prior to any involvement by J2 Development or Horsetooth
Development companies.
Regarding the follow-up items to our meeting:
1) I have a copy of the approved FDP and final Plat for this
project that I will try to deliver to you by early next week.
2) 1 will also bring you a copy of the proposed plat and planning
documents for the submitted replat which proposes minor changes to
blocks 17, 22, and 29.
3) 1 have a copy of the final Development Agreement between this
project and the City that govern our project requirements. I have
highlighted the section that speaks to the future CR 11 improvements and
the related driveway consolidation project that affects your
neighborhood. I will deliver that to you along with the plan sets
mentioned above.
4) My landscape architect is currently working on the landscape
plans for this project. It may be a couple of weeks before they are in
a state adequate to share with you, but I will do so as soon as
possible. The FDP document defines the "minimum" landscape requirements
that I must meet - as I shared with you last Friday, it is our intent to
go beyond the minimum with our landscaping, particularly in those tracts
that adjoin CR 11.
5) 1 am in a meeting with John Walz this afternoon and will talk
to him again about when he will have his paired home plans to a state
that he will be able to provide something to review and discuss.
I as I stated last Friday it is definitely our intent to be a good
neighbor to your neighborhood. By that I mean that we will proceed
fully within the formal agreements, plans, specifications, and laws that
govern this already fully zoned, platted and approved project. We will
also look for cooperative and reasonable ways to address your concerns
and make this development as beneficial as possible to your
neighborhood. It is not our desire or intent to revisit and reopen for
discussion any negotiations, agreements, debates, concerns, etc. that
have already occurred prior to our involvement during the years long
history of the entitlement process leading to an approved project.
Having said that, I would like to focus the current discussion on the
current replat proposal that has been submitted for review. The
proposed replat affects blocks 17, 22, and 29, but as we agreed last
Friday, your concern is primarily blocks 17 and 22 since these are the
two that back to CR11. Block 17 is currently platted as 10 duplex lots
with a standard width of 50' for 5 paired home structures. The replat + I S r
would change to 10 lots of 45' standard width and an additional single
family lot of 50' width. Block 22 is currently platted as 11 lots for 5