HomeMy WebLinkAboutMULBERRY AND LEMAY CROSSING (FORMERLY LEMAY TOWNE CENTER) - ODP - 36-96 - CORRESPONDENCE - CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONtake several changes of lights to get through the Lemay/Mulberry
intersection as well as Lemay/Lincoln intersection. Just creating a
4 lane road on Lemay North of Mulberry is not a solution. It is easy
to envision that when a train blocks Lemay at Vine the ensuing
traffic jam will be extremely disruptive even south of Mulberry.
Second is the impact of that volume of traffic in creating pollution,
airborne, water and noise. The property is adjacent to the Poudre
River. Runoff from the asphalt parking lot will include a great deal
of material that will be detrimental to the Poudre River and its
wildlife. There is no question, automotive and diesel exhausts are
heavier than air and tend to collect in low areas. What is the
estimated impact on the river and the Poudre trail? Has an
environmental impact study been completed? If so I would greatly
appreciate having access to it. If not, one should be completed
before the project is allowed to proceed. Further, I note in the
document on the reverse of the Draft Zoning Map it specifically
states that "Three new zoning districts are proposed for the Poudre
River that will protect this flowing resource through the city." Yet,
in spite of this noble sentiment the undeveloped ground both south
and north of Lemay are designated C for "intensive commercial
activity" instead of CCR tailored to the river arena. I think that
very serious consideration should be given to modifying the Draft
Zoning Proposal to include the current C area both north and south of
Mulberry to CCR.
I am not against development of the property in question. Assuredly
it will not remain forever as a corn field. I think that the
developers plan to include housing is good, but the idea of creating a
Regional Shopping Center in that location to bring in residents of
other communities that have easy access to 1-25 or State Route 14
is wrong for our community I urge you to deny this proposal and ask
the developer to come forward with a more modest proposal in
keeping with that location. In closing, in the discussion of Zoning
districts defined with uses in the description of the City Plan it is
stated that "The goal is to meet needs closer to home", this
proposal does not meet that explicitly stated goal. Thankyou for
your consideration.
February 25, 1997
TO: Fort Collins, Planning Board
c/o Ted Shepard, City Hall
FROM: Robert W. Phillipsw'q'Z' �
2 Windjammer Cove
Fort Collins, CO 80524
484-1888
SUBJECT: Proposed Development Mulberry and Lemay NE
I had hoped that this matter would come before the Board last night
and was disappointed when it was put off until March 10th as I will
be out of town on that evening.
I have a number of concerns regarding that proposed development.
Before specifically detailing them I would comment briefly on the
new Code and the Draft Zoning Map that were discussed at last
nights meeting. In general I support the new approach although I
have not had opportunity to attempt to peruse the entire planning
document. It is obvious that a great deal of careful thought has gone
into preparing the plan and the Draft Zoning Map. I would agree that
such a major program should be widely disseminated and discussed
by the local population before it is implemented in its final form.
I strongly oppose the proposed Mulberry Lemay Northeast
development as a major regional shopping center. There are several
reasons for my concern and they are interrelated. First, according to
the developer the new complex would generate about 18,000 daily
car trips (Coloradoan news story). Has serious consideration been
given to what that means? Cars traveling bumper to bumper take up
a minimum of 20 feet. Accordingly 18,000 cars would equate to a
single line of cars over 68 miles in length. That number does not
include trucks to deliver salable goods, remove trash and keep the
facility in repair. The impact that this would have on our current
road system and developing transportation gridlock is immense. I
live in the Northeast quadrant off of Lemay, in busy times it can