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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMULBERRY & LEMAY CROSSINGS, APTS. (BUFFALO RUN) - PRELIMINARY PUD - 36-96A - CORRESPONDENCE - REVISIONS (3)r� % E. There are no communities with this building design in the Front Range area. The existing building is an evolution of prior designs the developer has utilized elsewhere so I am hesitant to provide photographs. I will provide three-dimensional renderings of the design prior to the submission date for the hearing. F. Agreed. G. We will create a streetscape of the Lincoln Avenue frontage prior to the submission date for the hearing. Should you have any questions on the enclosed, please call me at any time. Best Regards, The W.O. Brisben C panies E. Scott McFadden Development Director, Western Region Enclosures cc: Dean Harper Perry Cabot Lucia Liley T 6. A. The revised site plan will increase the space in front of the buildings allowing us to accommodate this request. B. The revised site plan should accommodate this request. 7. 1 have not yet spoken to the Poudre Fire Authority, but am confident we can find a mutually agreeable location for this fire alarm panel. Please note, the revised plan includes an additional exclusive emergency access onto East Lincoln Avenue adjacent to the clubhouse. 8. The revised site plan will have two and three story buildings intermixed along the Lincoln Avenue frontage. This should eliminate the appearance of a row of similar buildings in that area. 9. All pedestrian connections requested are accommodated in the revised plan with the exception of the sidewalk along the interior access road. As discussed at our meeting on May 9, the interior access road if constructed as presently conceived will be at an elevation 4 to 5 feet above the base elevation of the subject property. Accordingly, any sidewalk on the northern boundary of the street would be elevated and would require a rail fence with retaining walls to accommodate the grade changes. We do not believe this structure is necessitated by the projected use on this sidewalk. DHM, Inc. will be providing an elevation sketch of this area as proposed and with the sidewalk early next week. 10. The revised site plan eliminates this parking area. 11. Same as above. 12. Bike parking will be added to the site plan as will the general note. 13. It is our intention to have three dumpster locations on this site. The locations will be located centrally so as to minimize residents walking distance to at least one of the dumpsters which is efficiently accommodated due to the rectangular layout of the site. 14. The active area will be recalculated and with the revised site plan, this area has increased in size. It is the developer's intention to utilize the green space within the retention pond as recreation area. The engineer has indicated this area will be graded so as minimize slope within the interior of the area so as make it usable as a recreation space. 15. The following recreation space will be accommodated in the plan: a pool area, sport court and Bar-B-Q area located adjacent to the clubhouse; and a tot -lot and Bar-B-Q area within the retention basin. (The tot -lot will not be fenced but has been located within the site to minimize risk of children tenants interaction with traffic.) A Frisbee golf course is probably not feasible for this size site. However, we are willing to participate in a course over adjacent properties. 16. It has not been determined if the decking material for the building's porches will be wood or lightweight concrete. If it is wood, grills will not be allowed on the porches. 17. Agreed. 18. A shared parking agreement will be discussed with the tenant or owner of the adjacent commercial property. 19. Agreed. 20. All ground floor units including both 2 and 3 bedroom units will be accessible/adaptable to City of Fort Collins codes. 21. Agreed. 22. All comments to the landscape plan will be accommodated. 23. A. The lower banding is brick with soldier course. B. No. There is only one type and color of the hardyboard siding. C. The requested shingle type will be included. D. The railing material will be wood. BRISBEN COMPANIES 7800 EAST KE PeR ROAD CINCINNATI, OHIO 45249 (513)489-1990 FAX (513) 489-2780 VIA HAND DELIVERY Mr. Ted Shepard Senior Planner City of Fort Collins 281 North College Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80522 Dear Ted, May 20, 1997 MAY 21 fln This letter and enclosures are in response to the comments made by the City of Fort Collins staff on the Buffalo Run Apartments Preliminary P.U.D. as expressed in your letter of April 30'n We are able to respond to the majority of the comments and the enclosed site plan and revised engineering plans will indicate the progress made to date. In order to accommodate the majority of the. planning and design comments, the site plan has been slightly modified. We are confident this revision provides a great improvement to the project. I believe there remains some question as to how this project will interact with the commercial site to the south. With this revised plan, we have attempted to better define how the multifamily site will be developed as a stand alone project with the ability to interact with the commercial site when it is developed. However, I believe there are still questions from our consultants as well as from the city staff as to how this will achieved from an access and engineering point of view. I propose that to resolve these questions, we meet with all parties as soon as possible in order to keep this project moving forward. The following is cross referenced to your letter. 1. A,B,C, D and E are covered in the enclosed memorandum from Perry Cabot. In summary, all comments are achievable. 2. Understood. 3. See enclosed memorandum to Matt Fater from Aidan Jones at Sear Brown and meeting minutes with Glen Schleuter and Perry Cabot of Sear Brown. 4. See above. 5. 1 have retained Rick Ensdorf to assist in better documenting this site's traffic generation and how it will interact with the commercial parcel to the south. Rick and Eric have spoken and we now understand what information is required from the engineer to satisfy Eric's questions on this development. In any case, I think it would be very beneficial if you and meet with Eric to provide him a better explanation of how.this site is planned to interact with the commercial parcel and how our engineering design relates to his comments. OTHER OFFICES: 2325 N. W. 33RD STREET Fr. LAUDERDALE. FLORIDA 33309 • (305)739-0000 • FAX (305) 739-7563 520 ZERMATT AVENUE NASHVILLE. 7ENNEssEE 37211 • (615) 831-3333 . FAX (615) 831-0505 _ 1700 HAINE SCHOOL ROAD . MARS, PENNSYLVANIA 16046 • (412) 779-1140 . FAX (412) 779-9670 1651 SOUTH ELM STREET . 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