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Home My WebLink AboutDRAKE CROSSING, WALGREENS - MAJOR AMENDMENT/FINAL PLAN - 35-96A - MINUTES/NOTES - CORRESPONDENCE-NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING• FORWIFFMIR.M.TWO MAW MA* Attendees: Please sign this sheet. The information will be used to update the project mailing list and confirm attendance at neighborhood meetings. Contact the Planning Department (221-6750) if you wish to receive minutes of this meeting. Did You Receive Written NotificationAddress? of this meeting? Correct Name Address Zip Yes No Yes No Chi �� P rS0✓v �S�L� ow 5�1� Prt' �� her —0ro7,Ka. a3d,4 s ire. Ct. r60 7X— SC H49 S�QaI C �7�8 �-il� ea— 4�052-6 6'4e-YI`4541 -13 td 4o4iz c-;4- 141OWS517 ti,rl& x 41. Comment: It would be good to work on the internal circulation pattern in the shopping center to help disperse traffic to the major access points. 11 30. Question: What could come into the bank drive-thru site if the bank left? Answer: A coffee shop would be a potential logical use. 31. Question: Where do Safeway employees park? Answer: In the large parking lot to the south of the store. 32. Comment: A bigger Walgreens means more employees. 33. Question: The improvements to the shopping center will need to be paid for in some way. Will you need increased users and traffic to pay for the improvements? Answer: The existing and proposed businesses will not necessarily increase the traffic in the shopping center. 34. Comment: The existing bridge between the 2 buildings adjacent to the west drive serves as a traffic calming device. 35. Comment: Traffic in and around the shopping center is our main concern. The improvements to the center look good. 36. Question: Is a standard traffic study being required? Answer: No, but an amendment to the original study is required. 37. Comment: The whole south side of the shopping center along West Drake Road and at the intersections is very bad, especially coming out of the center or Hampshire Road. 38. Comment: You really need to entice people to go out of the shopping center to the east, to Taft Hill Road. The internal circulation does not encourage this. 39. Comment: The nature of the uses in the shops on the west side of the shopping center is critical to the traffic and the direction the traffic will go. 40. Comment: The new Walgreens store will put more traffic in that portion of the center and will direct traffic to Hampshire Road and West Drake Road. 5 21. Question: Does the City have any projections for the number of cars going through the proposed drive-thru? Answer: Nothing more than what is indicated in the traffic study that was submitted for the new Walgreens store. 22. Comment: There is concern about the combined traffic from the juncture of the 2 drive-thru's. 23. Question: How quickly can the City act to install a signal at West Drake Road and Hampshire Road if it is determined that one is needed? Answer: This depends on the results of the traffic study and the signal separation requirement. 24. Question: I have a concern with the landscaping. The whole west wall elevation is a brick wall with little landscaping. Can there be more and taller landscaping? Answer: That is possible. We can see what we can do to improve the west side, but we do not want windows on that side. 25. Question: When are the Taft Hill Road improvements scheduled to be done? Answer: Taft Hill Road is scheduled to reopen about the lst of July, 2002. 26. Comment: There is a concern with the way some of the delivery people from the food services drive in and out of the shopping center. 27. Question: Is the Walgreens drive-thru negotiable? Answer: No, not really. 28. Comment: There is still concern about the combined Walgreens and bank drive-thru's. 29. Question: Is Buttons & Bows going to stay in the center? Answer: We have not yet spoken to the right person with them. 4 12. Question: Why does Walgreens have to have a drive-thru? Is it only for making money and convenience? It could create traffic problems. Answer: It is to provide a convenience service to Walgreens customers. 13. Comment: The new Walgreens location will naturally create more traffic going to Hampshire Road. Response: This is a shopping center that may increase foot traffic as well as car traffic. 14. Comment: We do not want to see a lot of "strange" things popping up in the spaces on the west side of the shopping center. 15. Comment: Your goal of eliminating some parking and traffic on Hampshire Road is not necessarily the City's goal. 16. Comment: There should be a stoplight at the intersection of West Drake Road and Hampshire Road. 17. Comment: It is very dangerous for the kids in the neighborhood to cross West Drake Road and get to the bicycle trail to the south. 18. Comment: If there were to be a stoplight at the intersection of West Drake Road and Hampshire Road it must be synchronized with the light at the intersection of West Drake Road and South Taft Hill Road. 19. Question: What is the height difference between the existing buildings and the proposed Walgreens building? Answer: The existing buildings that will be replaced are about 24' in height. The Walgreens building will be 21' to 26' high, with a couple of "tower" elements up to 34' high. 20. Question: Are you involved with the Safeway facade changes? Answer: We are now getting more involved as we move ahead with our part of the shopping center. 3 4. Question: Where will the people leaving the Walgreens drive-thru go? They will be heading in the direction of Hampshire Road. Answer: The drive-thru is such a small part of the Walgreens business. It is generally used infrequently as a convenience. The general habits of people shopping at Walgreens and returning home will not change dramatically. 5. Question: Will you be making dramatic changes to the tenants in the buildings on the west side of the shopping center? What will increase traffic on the back side, to the west? Answer: Any major change to the center may be a day care in the northwest corner. The parking lot on the west side should be employee parking for businesses. 6. Question: Is the intent to encourage more traffic at the intersection of Hampshire Road and the west drive? Answer: No, that is not the intent. 7. Question: Will the intersection of Hampshire Road and West Drake Road be signalized? Answer: We, the shopping center, have no plan for a signal at this time. The City will make the determination as to if and when a signal might be warranted. 8. Comment: You cannot get out at Hampshire Road and West Drake Road or at South Taft Hill Road and the shopping center access drive. People go around the outside of the shopping center to use the Valley Forge light. 9. Comment: The 2 south intersections and the west access are very difficult from a traffic standpoint. A larger store will only increase traffic and become more dangerous. 10. Comment: The internal intersection at the north -south & east -west crossing is very difficult and dangerous. 11. Comment: There is a school bus stop at Hampshire Road and Hampshire Court. There are potential conflicts with this stop and traffic in the area. 2 Comm"ity Planning and Environmenta"ervices Current Planning City of Fort Collins PROJECT: DATE: APPLICANT: CONSULTANT: NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION MEETING Walgreens @ Drake Crossing Shopping Center Relocation November 28, 2001 Galloway & Romero Galloway & Romero CITY PLANNER: Steve Olt The applicant is proposing to relocate the existing Walgreens store in the shopping center to another location. The proposal is for a 14,000 square foot drugstore, with drive-thru, near the southwest corner of the shopping center, just east of the existing First National Bank drive-thru facility. This would require the elimination of two existing retail buildings. The Drake Crossing Shopping Center is located at the northwest corner of South Taft Hill Road and West Drake Road and is in the NC - Neighborhood Commercial Zoning District. QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS, RESPONSES 1. Question: Will you be expanding the parking that is in this area now? Answer: No, not really. There would be a net gain of 6 parking spaces with the new lot for Walgreens. 2. Question: You mentioned the facade of Walgreens and Safeway will be changing and will be similar. What will make them compatible with the other existing buildings? Answer: The front building, containing Pringle's Liquors, will not change initially. The rest of the center, though, will begin a facelift immediately. 3. Comment: There are some problematic issues with the uses and parking on the west side of the center. Response: Yes, we understand this and will work to improve the situation. 1 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6750 • FAX (970) 416-2020